UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended December 31,
2014
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR
15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _________ to ________
Commission File No. 000-53291
LAKE VICTORIA MINING COMPANY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada |
Not Applicable |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
|
Suite 810 675 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada V6B 1N2
(Address of principal executive
offices) (zip code)
604.248.5750
(Registrants telephone number,
including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name, former address
and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all
reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes [X] No [ ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted
electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, 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 such
shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
Yes [X] No [ ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller
reporting company. See definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated
filer, and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
Large accelerated filer |
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Accelerated filer |
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Non-accelerated filer |
[ ] |
Smaller reporting company |
[X] |
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company) |
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell
company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes [ ] No [X]
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APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS
DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS
Check whether the registrant filed all documents and reports
required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after
distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. Yes [
] No [ ]
APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS
State the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuers
classes of common equity as of the latest practicable date: As of February
17, 2015, there were 138,954,067 shares of common stock, par value $0.00001,
outstanding.
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
Lake Victoria Mining Company, Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
|
December 31, 2014 |
F-1
Lake Victoria Mining Company, Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Consolidated Balance Sheets |
(Expressed in US dollars) |
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December 31, |
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March 31, |
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2014 |
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2014 |
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$ |
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$ |
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(Unaudited) |
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(Audited) |
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ASSETS |
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Current Assets |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
|
40,431 |
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|
34,022 |
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Prepaid expenses and other |
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21,211 |
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14,598 |
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Total Current Assets |
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61,642 |
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48,620 |
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Property and Equipment (Note 4) |
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27,025 |
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52,499 |
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Mineral Properties (Note 8) |
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501,400 |
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501,400 |
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Total Assets |
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590,067 |
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602,519 |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS DEFICIT |
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Current Liabilities |
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Accounts payable |
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909,979 |
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1,038,461 |
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Accounts payable to related
parties (Note 3) |
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486,038 |
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329,402 |
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Accrued expenses and other payables (Note 5) |
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296,510 |
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233,183 |
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Deferred revenue (Note 6) |
|
103,269 |
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31,383 |
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Note payable (Note 7) |
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10,522 |
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6,007 |
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Loans payable |
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150,000 |
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Total Liabilities |
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1,806,318 |
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1,788,436 |
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Nature of Operations and Going Concern (Note 1) |
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Commitments (Note 6 and 13) |
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Subsequent Events (Note 14) |
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Stockholders Deficit |
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Preferred Stock, 100,000,000 shares authorized, $0.00001
par value;
No shares issued and outstanding (Note 9) |
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Common Stock, 250,000,000 shares
authorized, $0.00001 par value;
138,954,067 shares issued and
outstanding (March 31, 2014 - 114,554,067)
(Note 9) |
|
1,390 |
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|
1,146 |
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Additional Paid-in Capital |
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18,138,310 |
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17,528,554 |
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Deficit Accumulated During the Exploration Stage |
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(19,355,951 |
) |
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(18,715,617 |
) |
Total
Stockholders Deficit |
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(1,216,251 |
) |
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(1,185,917 |
) |
Total Liabilities and Stockholders Deficit |
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590,067 |
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|
602,519 |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited
consolidated financial statements
F-2
Lake Victoria Mining Company, Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) |
(Expressed in US dollars) |
(Unaudited) |
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Three Months Ended |
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Nine Months Ended |
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December 31, |
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December 31, |
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2014 |
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2013 |
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2014 |
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2013 |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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Revenue |
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Expenses |
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Depreciation |
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6,488 |
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9,616 |
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25,473 |
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28,782 |
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Exploration costs (Note 8) |
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29,239 |
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32,356 |
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97,679 |
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109,652 |
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General and administrative |
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29,652 |
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27,472 |
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123,165 |
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113,649 |
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Impairment of mineral property
acquisition costs (Note 8) |
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90,000 |
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Management and director fees |
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9,000 |
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9,000 |
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27,000 |
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27,000 |
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Professional and consulting
fees |
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2,069 |
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13,150 |
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55,310 |
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93,954 |
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Salaries (Note 3) |
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103,592 |
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112,313 |
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340,599 |
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344,410 |
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Travel and accommodation |
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76 |
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4,789 |
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9,787 |
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20,285 |
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Total Expenses |
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180,116 |
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208,696 |
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679,013 |
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827,732 |
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Loss before other items |
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(180,116 |
) |
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(208,696 |
) |
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(679,013 |
) |
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(827,732 |
) |
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Other Income (Expenses) |
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Foreign exchange gain (loss) |
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26,856 |
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12,862 |
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39,939 |
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9,997 |
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Interest income |
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69 |
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62 |
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Interest expense |
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(703 |
) |
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(468 |
) |
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(1,329 |
) |
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(488 |
) |
Proceeds from sale of royalty interests (Note
8(a)) |
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200,000 |
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Total Other Income (Expenses) |
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26,153 |
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12,394 |
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38,679 |
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209,571 |
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Net Loss and Comprehensive Loss |
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(153,963 |
) |
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(196,302 |
) |
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(640,334 |
) |
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(618,161 |
) |
Net Loss and Comprehensive Loss Attributable to Non-
Controlling Interest |
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Net Loss and
Comprehensive Loss Attributable to the Company |
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(153,963 |
) |
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(196,302 |
) |
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(640,334 |
) |
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(618,161 |
) |
Net Loss Per Share Basic and Diluted |
|
(0.00 |
) |
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(0.00 |
) |
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(0.01 |
) |
|
(0.01 |
) |
Weighted Average
Shares Outstanding |
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120,388,850 |
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|
114,554,067 |
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|
116,506,067 |
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114,554,067 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited
consolidated financial statements
F-3
Lake Victoria Mining Company, Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows |
(Expressed in US dollars) |
(Unaudited) |
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Nine Months Ended |
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December 31, |
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2014 |
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|
2013 |
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$ |
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$ |
|
Operating Activities |
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Net Loss |
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(640,334 |
) |
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(618,161 |
) |
Adjustments for non-cash expenses |
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Depreciation |
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25,473 |
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28,782 |
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Impairment of mineral property
acquisition cost |
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90,000 |
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Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
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Decrease (Increase) in prepaid
expenses and other |
|
(6,613 |
) |
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(15,839 |
) |
Increase (Decrease) in accounts payable to
related parties |
|
156,636 |
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|
166,723 |
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Increase (Decrease) in
accounts payable |
|
(128,481 |
) |
|
57,125 |
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Increase (Decrease) in accrued expenses and
other payables |
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63,327 |
|
|
(1,574 |
) |
Increase (Decrease) in deferred revenue |
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71,886 |
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99,194 |
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Net Cash Used In
Operating Activities |
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(458,106 |
) |
|
(193,750 |
) |
Investing Activities |
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Acquisition of property, plant and equipment |
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(1,709 |
) |
Net Cash Used In Investing Activities |
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(1,709 |
) |
Financing Activities |
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Proceeds from note payable |
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20,123 |
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14,636 |
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Repayment of note payable |
|
(15,608 |
) |
|
(5,735 |
) |
Proceeds from issuance of stock, net |
|
460,000 |
|
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|
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Net Cash Provided
By Financing Activities |
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464,515 |
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|
8,901 |
|
Net (Decrease) Increase In Cash and Cash
Equivalents |
|
6,409 |
|
|
(186,558 |
) |
Cash and Cash
Equivalents at Beginning of Period |
|
34,022 |
|
|
207,724 |
|
Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period |
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40,431 |
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|
21,166 |
|
Supplemental Cash Flow information (Note 12)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited
consolidated financial statements
F-4
Lake Victoria Mining Company, Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements |
December 31, 2014 |
(Expressed in US dollars) |
(Unaudited) |
1. |
Nature of Operations and Going Concern |
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Lake Victoria Mining Company, Inc. (the Company) was
incorporated on December 11, 2006 under the laws of the State of Nevada.
The Companys administrative office is located in Vancouver, Canada. The
Company is an Exploration Stage Company, as defined by Financial
Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification
(ASC) 915, Development Stage Entities. The Company has been in the
exploration stage since inception and has not yet realized any revenues
from its planned operations. |
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The Companys main area of interest is to search for
mineral deposits or reserves which are not in either the development or
production stage. The Company is primarily conducting exploration
activities on gold and uranium properties located in Tanzania. The Company
is planning to run a small-scale gold mine on mineral properties under the
Companys primary mining licenses. |
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As of December 31, 2014, none of the Companys mineral
property interests had proven or probable reserves as determined under the
requirements of SEC Industry Guide No. 7. The ability of the Company to
emerge from the exploration stage with respect to any planned principal
business activity is dependent upon its successful efforts to raise
additional debt or equity financing and/or attain profitable mining
operations. As shown in the accompanying financial statements, the Company
has a working capital deficit of $1,744,676 and an accumulated deficit of
$19,355,951 incurred through December 31, 2014. The Company also has no
revenues. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Companys
ability to continue as a going concern. Management intends to seek
additional capital from new equity securities offerings that will provide
funds needed for operations and to continue the exploration for gold. No
assurance can be given that additional financing will be available, or
that it can be obtained on terms acceptable to the Company and its
shareholders. The financial statements do not include any adjustments
relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded assets, or
the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary in
the event the Company cannot continue as a going concern. |
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2. |
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
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a) |
Basis of Presentation |
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These consolidated financial statements and related notes
are presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States, and are expressed in U.S. dollars. These
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and
its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Kilimanjaro Mining Company, Inc.
(Kilimanjaro), Lake Victoria Resources Company, (T) Ltd., Jin 179
Company Tanzania Ltd. and Chrysos 197 Company Tanzania Ltd. Significant
intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. The Companys
fiscal year-end is March 31. |
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These interim unaudited financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in
the United States for interim financial information and with the
instructions to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Form 10-Q. They
do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally
accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements.
Therefore, these interim financial statements should be read in
conjunction with the Companys audited financial statements and notes
thereto for the year ended March 31, 2014, included in the Companys
Annual Report on Form 10-K filed June 30, 2014 with the SEC. |
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The financial statements included herein are unaudited;
however, they contain all normal recurring accruals and adjustments that,
in the opinion of management, are necessary to present fairly the
Companys financial position at December 31, 2014, and the results of its
operations and cash flows for the three and nine months ended December 31,
2014. The results of operations for the periods ended December 31, 2014
are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for future
quarters or the full year. |
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b) |
Use of Estimates |
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The preparation of financial statements in accordance
with United States generally accepted accounting principles requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements
and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses in the reporting period.
The Company regularly evaluates estimates and assumptions related to
long-lived assets, mineral property costs, asset retirement obligations,
stock- based compensation, financial instrument valuations and deferred
income tax asset valuations. The Company bases its estimates and
assumptions on current facts, historical experience and various other
factors that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the
results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying
values of assets and liabilities and the accrual of costs and expenses
that are not readily apparent from other sources. The actual results
experienced by the Company may differ materially and adversely from the
Companys estimates. To the extent there are material differences between
the estimates and the actual results, future results of operations will be
affected. |
F-5
Lake Victoria Mining Company, Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements |
December 31, 2014 |
(Expressed in US dollars) |
(Unaudited) |
2. |
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
(continued) |
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c) |
Business Combinations |
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The Company follows the guidance in ASC 805, Business
Combinations, and ASC 810, Consolidation. The net loss attributable to
non-controlling interest recognized during the period from December 11,
2006 (date of inception) to December 31, 2014 was previously the minority
interest held by certain passive shareholders at the consolidated
financial statement level of Kilimanjaro, and whose interests were
eliminated for accounting purposes by the August 7, 2009 share exchange
agreement. The Company, after August 7, 2009, had no further
non-controlling interests. As of December 31, 2014, a cumulative loss of
$8,719,455 had been attributed to the non-controlling interest of the
Companys controlled subsidiary. |
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d) |
Basic and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Share |
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The Company computes net income (loss) per share in
accordance with ASC 260, Earnings per Share, which requires presentation
of both basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) on the face of the
income statement. Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income (loss)
available to common shareholders (numerator) by the weighted average
number of shares outstanding (denominator) during the period. Diluted EPS
gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during
the period using the treasury stock method and convertible preferred stock
using the if-converted method. In computing diluted EPS, the average stock
price for the period is used in determining the number of shares assumed
to be purchased from the exercise of stock options or warrants. Diluted
EPS excludes all dilutive potential shares if their effect is anti
dilutive. As of December 31, 2014, the Company had 4,920,000 potentially
dilutive securities outstanding. |
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e) |
Cash and Cash Equivalents |
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The Company considers all highly liquid instruments with
a maturity of three months or less at the time of issuance or may be
redeemed without significant penalties to be cash equivalents. |
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As of December 31, 2014 and March 31, 2014, the Company
has approximately $1,500 and $1,900, respectively, deposited at FDIC
insured banks in the United States. FDIC deposit insurance covers the
balance of each depositors account up to $250,000 per insured
bank. |
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As of December 31, 2014 and March 31, 2014, the Company
has approximately $36,000 and $26,000, respectively, deposited at CDIC
insured banks in Canada. CDIC deposit insurance covers the balance of each
depositors account up to $100,000 per insured bank. These deposits
include $6,400 (CAD$ 9,700) and $6,720 (6,000), respectively, of
guaranteed investment certificates bearing variable interest at prime rate
less 1.90% which is restricted in use for corporation credit
cards. |
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As of December 31, 2014, the Company has approximately
Tanzania shillings of 365,000 (approximately $200) and $2,200 deposited in
Tanzania. The Deposit Insurance Board in Tanzania insures up to 1,500,000
Tanzanian Shillings (approximately $840 as of December 31, 2014) per
customer per bank. Any amount beyond the basic insurance amount may expose
the Company to a loss. |
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f) |
Property and Equipment |
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Property and equipment consists of mining tools and
equipment, furniture and equipment and computers and software which are
depreciated on a straight line basis over their expected lives of five
years. |
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g) |
Mineral Property Costs |
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Under US GAAP mineral property acquisition costs are
ordinarily capitalized when incurred using FASB ASC Topic 805-20-55- 37,
Whether Mineral Rights are Tangible or Intangible Assets. The carrying
costs are assessed for impairment under ASC Topic 360-10-35-21, Accounting
for Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, whenever events or
changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying costs may not be
recoverable. The Company expenses as incurred all property maintenance and
exploration costs. |
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The Company also evaluates the carrying value of acquired
mineral property rights in accordance with ASC Topic 930-360-35-1, Mining
Assets: Impairment and Business Combinations, using the Value Beyond
Proven and Probable (VBPP) method. The fair value of a mining asset
generally includes both VBPP and an estimate of the future market price of
the minerals. |
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When the Company has capitalized mineral property costs,
these properties will be periodically assessed for impairment of value.
Once a property reaches the production stage, the related capitalized
costs will be amortized, using the units of production method. The Company
records its interests in mining properties and areas of geological
interest at cost. |
F-6
Lake Victoria Mining Company, Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements |
December 31, 2014 |
(Expressed in US dollars) |
(Unaudited) |
2. |
Summary of Significant Accounting Principles
(continued) |
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h) |
Long-Lived Assets |
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In accordance with ASC 360, Property Plant and Equipment
the Company tests long-lived assets or asset groups for recoverability
when events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying
amount may not be recoverable. Circumstances which could trigger a review
include, but are not limited to: significant decreases in the market price
of the asset; significant adverse changes in the business climate or legal
factors; accumulation of costs significantly in excess of the amount
originally expected for the acquisition or construction of the asset;
current period cash flow or operating losses combined with a history of
losses or a forecast of continuing losses associated with the use of the
asset; and current expectation that the asset will more likely than not be
sold or disposed significantly before the end of its estimated useful
life. Recoverability is assessed based on the carrying amount of the asset
and the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use
and the eventual disposal of the asset, as well as specific appraisal in
certain instances. An impairment loss is recognized when the carrying
amount is not recoverable and exceeds fair value. |
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i) |
Asset Retirement Obligations |
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The Company accounts for asset retirement obligations in
accordance with the provisions of ASC 440, Asset Retirement and
Environmental Obligations which requires the Company to record the fair
value of an asset retirement obligation as a liability in the period in
which it incurs a legal obligation associated with the retirement of
tangible long-lived assets that result from the acquisition, construction,
development and/or normal use of the assets. The Company did not have any
asset retirement obligations as of December 31, 2014. |
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j) |
Financial Instruments |
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ASC 825, Financial Instruments requires an entity to
maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable
inputs when measuring fair value. ASC 825 establishes a fair value
hierarchy based on the level of independent, objective evidence
surrounding the inputs used to measure fair value. A financial
instruments categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon
the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value
measurement. ASC 825 prioritizes the inputs into three levels that may be
used to measure fair value: |
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Level 1 |
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Level 1 applies to assets or liabilities for which there
are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or
liabilities. |
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Level 2 |
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Level 2 applies to assets or liabilities for which there
are inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or
liability such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in
active markets; quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in
markets with insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (less active
markets); or model-derived valuations in which significant inputs are
observable or can be derived principally from, or corroborated by,
observable market data. |
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Level 3 |
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Level 3 applies to assets or liabilities for which there
are unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant
to the measurement of the fair value of the assets or
liabilities. |
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The Companys financial instruments consist principally
of cash and cash equivalents, accounts payable, accounts payable to
related party, other payables, notes payable and loan payable. |
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Pursuant to ASC 825, the fair value of cash and cash
equivalents are determined based on Level 1 inputs, which consist of
quoted prices in active markets for identical assets. The Company believes
that the recorded values of accounts payable, accounts payable to related
parties, other payables, note payable and loans payable approximate their
current fair values because of their nature and respective relatively
short maturity dates or durations. |
F-7
Lake Victoria Mining Company, Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements |
December 31, 2014 |
(Expressed in US dollars) |
(Unaudited) |
2. |
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
(continued) |
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j) |
Financial Instruments (continued) |
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Assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis were
presented on the Companys balance sheet as of December 31, 2014 as
follows: |
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Fair Value Measurements Using |
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Quoted Prices in |
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Significant |
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Active Markets |
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Other |
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Significant |
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For Identical |
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Observable |
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Unobservable |
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Balance |
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Instruments |
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Inputs |
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Inputs |
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December 31, |
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(Level 1) |
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(Level 2) |
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(Level 3) |
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2014 |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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Assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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40,431 |
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40,431 |
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k) |
Foreign Currency Translation |
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The Companys functional and reporting currency is the
United States dollar. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in
foreign currencies are translated to United States dollars in accordance
with ASC 740, Foreign Currency Matters, using the exchange rate prevailing
at the balance sheet date. Gains and losses arising on translation or
settlement of foreign currency denominated transactions or balances are
included in the determination of income. |
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To the extent that the Company incurs transactions that
are not denominated in its functional currency, they are undertaken in
Canadian dollars and the Tanzanian Schilling. A portion of business
transactions in Tanzania and mineral option purchase agreements are
denominated in Tanzanian Schilling. The Company has not, to the date of
these financials statements, entered into derivative instruments to offset
the impact of foreign currency fluctuations. |
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l) |
Segment Information |
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At December 31, 2014, approximately $22,000 of property
and equipment (March 31, 2014 - $44,000) is located in Tanzania and $5,000
(March 31, 2014 - $8,000) in Canada. Mineral properties totaling $501,400
(March 31, 2014 - $501,400) are located in Tanzania. Although Tanzania is
considered economically stable, it is always possible that unanticipated
events in foreign countries could disrupt the Companys
operations. |
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m) |
Comprehensive Loss |
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ASC 220, Comprehensive Income, establishes standards for
the reporting and display of other comprehensive loss and its components
in the consolidated financial statements. |
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n) |
Income Taxes |
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The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and
liability method in accordance with ASC 740, Income Taxes. The asset and
liability method provides that deferred tax assets and liabilities are
recognized for the expected future tax consequences of temporary
differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and
liabilities, and for operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred
tax assets and liabilities are measured using the currently enacted tax
rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to
reverse. The Company records a valuation allowance to reduce deferred tax
assets to the amount that is believed more likely than not to be
realized. |
F-8
Lake Victoria Mining Company, Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements |
December 31, 2014 |
(Expressed in US dollars) |
(Unaudited) |
2. |
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
(continued) |
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o) |
Stock-Based Compensation |
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The Company records stock-based compensation in
accordance with ASC 718, Compensation Stock Based Compensation and ASC
505, Equity Based Payments to Non-Employees, which requires the
measurement and recognition of compensation expense based on estimated
fair values for all share-based awards made to employees and directors,
including stock options. |
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ASC 718 requires companies to estimate the fair value of
share-based awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model. The
Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model as its method of
determining fair value. This model is affected by the Companys stock
price as well as assumptions regarding a number of subjective variables.
These subjective variables include, but are not limited to the Companys
expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards, and actual
and projected employee stock option exercise behaviors. The value of the
portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as
an expense in the statement of operations over the requisite service
period. |
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All transactions in which goods or services are the
consideration received for the issuance of equity instruments are
accounted for based on the fair value of the consideration received or the
fair value of the equity instrument issued, whichever is more reliably
measurable. |
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p) |
Recent Accounting Pronouncements |
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The Company has evaluated all recent accounting
pronouncements and determined that they would not have a material impact
on the Companys financial statements or disclosures. |
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3. |
Related Party Transactions and Balances |
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As at December 31, 2014, the Company owed $422,680 (March
31, 2014 - $257,044) of salary to four directors and officers of the
Company. As at December 31, 2014, the Company owed $63,358 (March 31, 2014
- $72,358) of directors and consulting fees to two directors of the
Company. The balance is due on demand, non-interest bearing, unsecured and
with no fixed term of repayment. During the nine months ended December 31,
2014, the Company incurred $27,000 (2013 - $27,000) of directors fees to a
director and $304,165 (2013 - $218,801) of salary to four directors and
officers. |
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4. |
Property and Equipment |
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Property and equipment consists of the
following: |
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As at December 31, 2014 |
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As at March 31, 2014 |
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Accumulated |
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|
Net Book |
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Accumulated |
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|
Net Book |
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|
Cost |
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|
Depreciation |
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Value |
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Cost |
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Depreciation |
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|
Value |
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$ |
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$ |
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|
$ |
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|
$ |
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|
$ |
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|
$ |
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Mining tools and equipment |
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143,270 |
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126,740 |
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16,530 |
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|
143,271 |
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108,162 |
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35,109 |
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Motor vehicle |
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12,800 |
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9,174 |
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|
3,626 |
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|
12,800 |
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7,253 |
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|
5,547 |
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Furniture and equipment |
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12,127 |
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10,033 |
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|
2,094 |
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|
12,127 |
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8,620 |
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|
3,507 |
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Computer and software |
|
37,403 |
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|
32,628 |
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|
4,775 |
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|
37,403 |
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|
29,067 |
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|
8,336 |
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|
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|
205,600 |
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|
178,575 |
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|
27,025 |
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|
205,601 |
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|
153,102 |
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|
52,499 |
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5. |
Other Payables |
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|
|
As of December 31, 2014 and March 31, 2014, the Company
withheld tax deductions of $292,611 and $233,183, respectively, to conform
to local tax laws. |
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December 31, |
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|
March 31, |
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2014 |
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2014 |
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$ |
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|
$ |
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|
(a) Accrued payroll deductions in Canada |
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144,914 |
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118,986 |
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(b) Payroll deductions payable in Tanzania |
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147,697 |
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|
114,197 |
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(c) Corporation credit cards payables |
|
3,899 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
296,510 |
|
|
233,183 |
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F-9
Lake Victoria Mining Company, Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements |
December 31, 2014 |
(Expressed in US dollars) |
(Unaudited) |
5. |
Other Payables (continued) |
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a) |
Accrued Payroll Deductions in Canada |
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At December 31, 2014, the Company accrued for payroll
deductions on unpaid salaries in Canada in the amount of $144,914 (March
31, 2014 $118,986). The accrued amounts will be transferred to accounts
payable once the salaries are paid. |
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b) |
Payroll Deductions Payable in Tanzania |
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As of December 31, 2014 and March 31, 2014, the Company
withheld Tanzanian payroll tax deductions of $147,697 and $114,197,
respectively, which remain payable under the local tax law. |
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6. |
Deferred Revenue |
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|
On January 23, 2014, the Company agreed to forward sell a
portion of its future gold production from the Kinyambwiga project (see
Note 8(a)) to finance the capital costs of establishing a gold mine. The
forward gold sales pricing will be calculated using the future gold price
as per COMEX for the month being offered. As of December 31, 2014, the
aggregate amount of $103,269 (March 31, 2014 - $31,383) was received by
the Company and recorded as deferred revenue. |
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7. |
Note Payable |
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On July 26, 2014, the Company signed a finance agreement
for $12,140 at an annual rate of 15.95% for an eleven-month period,
payable in monthly installments of $1,104 for general liability insurance.
On October 20, 2014, the Company amended the agreement and financed an
additional $10,875 for directors and officers liability insurance. Total
monthly installment payments increased to $2,546. As at December 31, 2014,
the balance owing under the note payable was $10,522. |
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On September 26, 2013, the Company signed a finance
agreement for $15,085 at an annual rate of 12.95% for an eleven-month
period, payable in monthly installments of $1,532 for general liability
insurance. This note has been fully repaid by December 31, 2014. |
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8. |
Mineral Property Acquisition and Exploration
Costs |
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|
All of the Companys mineral property interests are
located in Tanzania. Geo Can holds resource properties in trust for the
Company. Most of the resource property interests are still formally
registered to Geo Can to save on registration fees. When the annual filing
for each property comes due then the formal registration of each property
will be transferred to Kilimanjaro or as directed by
Kilimanjaro. |
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|
|
The following is a continuity of mineral property
acquisition costs for the nine months ended December 31,
2014: |
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Handeni |
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Buhemba |
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Project |
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Project |
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Total |
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|
|
$ |
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|
$ |
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|
$ |
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Balance, March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2014 |
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251,250 |
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|
250,150 |
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|
501,400 |
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F-10
Lake Victoria Mining Company, Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements |
December 31, 2014 |
(Expressed in US dollars) |
(Unaudited) |
8. |
Mineral Property Acquisition and Exploration Costs
(continued) |
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|
|
The following is a continuity of accumulated mineral
property exploration expenses: |
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North |
|
|
Buhemba |
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Other |
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|
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Kalemela |
|
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Geita |
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|
Kinyambwiga |
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|
Suguti |
|
|
Singida |
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Mara |
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|
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|
|
Projects |
|
|
Total |
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|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
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|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
Accumulated expenses March 31, 2014 |
|
640,692 |
|
|
417,839 |
|
|
966,599 |
|
|
130,508 |
|
|
1,321,368 |
|
|
77,941 |
|
|
223,074 |
|
|
388,344 |
|
|
4,166,365 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exploration Expenditures: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Camp, Field Supplies and Travel |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
6,545 |
|
|
- |
|
|
2,188 |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
8,733 |
|
Geological Consulting and Wages |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
87,082 |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
87,082 |
|
Vehicle and Fuel expenses |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
234 |
|
|
- |
|
|
492 |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
726 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
93,861 |
|
|
- |
|
|
2,680 |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
96,541 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated expenses December 31, 2014 |
|
640,692 |
|
|
417,839 |
|
|
1,060,460 |
|
|
130,508 |
|
|
1,324,048 |
|
|
77,941 |
|
|
223,074 |
|
|
388,344 |
|
|
4,262,906 |
|
|
a) |
Musoma Bunda - Kinyambwiga Project |
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The Musoma Bunda Gold Project comprises of three
prospecting licenses that are located on the eastern side of Lake
Victoria. |
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|
Kinyambwiga project is part of the Musoma Bunda Gold
Project. As a part of the Geo Can Agreement, the Company owns 100%
interest of Kinyambwiga projects one prospecting license and 24 primary
mining licenses. The Kinyambwiga Gold Project is about 208 kilometers
northeast of the city of Mwanza in northern Tanzania. |
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|
A director of the Company entered into Mineral Purchase
agreements on behalf of the Company with 24 Primary Mining Licenses (PMLs)
which are part of the Kinyambwiga Project and which are recorded in his
name. During the year ended March 31, 2014, the Company submitted an
application to convert 24 PMLs into a mining license and to transfer it
over to the Company. On April 1, 2014, the Company was granted a mining
license for 10 years. |
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|
On August 3, 2012, the Company announced that it intends
to offer up to 120 units of royalty at $25,000 per unit to raise up to
$3,000,000 from participants by selling up to 60% of the net proceeds of
gold production of the Companys Kinyambwiga gold project through royalty
purchase agreements. Each unit will entitle the holder to receive ½ of 1
percent (1/2%) of the net proceeds of production from small scale mining
operations up to 60% of the net proceeds of gold production. As of
December 31, 2014, the Company has received subscription payments totaling
$1,125,000 for 45 units which has been recognized in other
income. |
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|
|
On January 23, 2014, the Company agreed to forward sell a
portion of its future gold production from Kinyambwiga project to finance
the capital costs of establishing the Kunanaga Medium Scale Gold Mine. The
forward gold sales pricing will be calculated using the future gold price
as per COMEX for the month being offered. The price is negotiable for bulk
or sizable orders. The net amount realized by the Company per agreement
will be the discounted price less any promotional discount, consulting
fees and the amount of 5 cents allocated per dollar received, for CSR
projects at the Kunanga Village area. |
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|
|
As of December 31, 2014, the Company has sold 112.38 oz
of gold for the total consideration of $103,269 (March 31, 2014 - $31,383)
(Note 6). |
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b) |
Singida Project |
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|
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|
|
On May 15, 2009, the Company signed a Mineral Financing
Agreement with one director of the Company authorizing him, on behalf of
the Company, to acquire Primary Mining Licenses (PMLs) in the Singida
area. As of February 7, 2011, this director has entered into Mineral
Properties Sales and Purchase agreements and addendums with various PML
owners to acquire PMLs in the Singida area. As of December 31, 2014, the
Company has acquired a 100% interest in 23 PMLs and 20 PMLs with the 2%
net smelter production royalty payments. The Company also agreed to
increase the royalty by 1% to 3% if commercial production is delayed
beyond March 2015. |
F-11
Lake Victoria Mining Company, Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements |
December 31, 2014 |
(Expressed in US dollars) |
(Unaudited) |
8. |
Mineral Property Acquisition and Exploration Costs
(continued) |
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|
c) |
Uyowa Project |
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|
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|
|
As a part of the Geo Can Agreement the Company had owned
100% interest in the Uyowa projects prospecting licenses. On July 19,
2011, Guardian Investment Ltd, a related party, on behalf of the Company,
entered into a mineral properties option agreement to acquire four primary
mining licenses within the northern most prospecting license of the seven
comprising the Uyowa Gold project. In March 2013, the Company has
terminated the option agreement and the related capitalized acquisition
costs of $90,000 were determined to be impaired. |
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|
|
d) |
Handeni Project |
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|
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|
|
On April 20, 2011, the Company signed a license purchase
agreement to acquire one prospecting license. The total consideration was
$113,250, of which $77,250 was paid on May 13, 2011 and $36,000 was paid
on July 14, 2011. On June 14 and June 20, 2011 the Company paid a finders
fee of $30,000 in cash and issued 400,000 common shares with a fair value
of $108,000. |
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|
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|
|
On March 7, 2012, the Company was granted an additional
license for an area within the Handeni project for a total consideration
of $4,800, of which $2,400 was paid on March 7, 2012 and $2,400 was due on
August 14, 2012. In 2013, the Company returned the license and capitalized
acquisition costs of $2,400 were determined to be impaired. |
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|
|
e) |
Buhemba Project |
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|
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|
|
Buhemba Project consists of two prospecting licenses. One
prospecting license is a part of the Geo Can Agreement the Company owns
100% interest. |
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|
|
|
|
On April 20, 2011, the Company signed license purchase
agreement to acquire one prospecting license. The total consideration was
$112,150, of which $89,650 was paid on April 29, 2011 and $22,500 was paid
on July 14, 2011. On June 14 and June 20, 2011 the Company paid a finders
fee of $30,000 in cash and issued 400,000 common shares with a fair value
of $108,000. |
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|
|
|
|
On March 7, 2012, the Company was granted an additional
license for an area within the Buhemba project for a total consideration
of $76,800, of which $6,800 was paid on March 7, 2012, $70,000 was due in
2012. As at March 31, 2013, the Company has not paid outstanding payments
and capitalized acquisition costs of $6,800 were determined to be
impaired. |
Preferred Stock
The Company is authorized to issue
100,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.00001. As of
December 31, 2014, the Company has not issued any preferred stock.
Common Stock
The Company is authorized to issue
250,000,000 shares of common stock. All shares have equal voting rights, are
non-assessable and have one vote per share. Voting rights are not cumulative
and, therefore, the holders of more than 50% of the common stock could, if they
choose to do so, elect all of the directors of the Company.
On December 9, 2014, the Company
completed a private placement of 24,400,000 units at $0.025 per unit for gross
consideration of $610,000. The shares are accompanied by a gold bonus
distribution of a total of 244 ounces of 0.999 gold during the first 480 days of
commercial gold production. The gold bonus distribution plan contains a feature
where the Company retains the option to convert the gold bonus into common
shares of the Company at a rate of $0.025 per share based on the spot price per
ounce of gold on the payment date. At December 31, 2014, the fair value of the
gold bonus was estimated to be $Nil.
10. |
Stock Options and Warrants |
On October 7, 2010, the Company adopted
the 2010 Stock Option Plan under which the Company is authorized to grant stock
options to acquire up to a total of 10,000,000 shares of common stock.
F-12
Lake Victoria Mining Company, Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements |
December 31, 2014 |
(Expressed in US dollars) |
(Unaudited) |
11. |
Stock Options and Warrants (continued) |
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|
|
The following table summarizes the continuity of the
Companys stock options: |
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|
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|
|
Weighted- |
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Weighted |
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Average |
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Average |
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Remaining |
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Aggregate |
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Number of |
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Exercise |
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Contractual |
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Intrinsic |
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Options |
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Price |
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Life (years) |
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Value |
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|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
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Outstanding, March 31, 2014 |
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9,520,000 |
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0.12 |
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|
|
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|
|
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Granted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Expired |
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(4,600,000 |
) |
|
0.15 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding,
December 31, 2014 |
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4,920,000 |
|
|
0.09 |
|
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0.32 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable,
December 31, 2014 |
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4,920,000 |
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|
0.09 |
|
|
0.32 |
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|
|
|
At December 31, 2014 and March 31,
2014, the Company did not have any unvested options. The following table
summarizes the continuity of the Companys warrants:
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Number of |
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Weighted- |
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Shares |
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Weighted |
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Average |
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Issuable |
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Average |
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Remaining |
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Aggregate |
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|
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Upon |
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|
Exercise |
|
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Contractual |
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Intrinsic |
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|
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Exercise |
|
|
Price |
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Life (years) |
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Value |
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|
|
|
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$ |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
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Outstanding, March 31, 2014 |
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17,068,334 |
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0.12 |
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|
|
|
|
|
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Granted |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Expired |
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(17,068,334 |
) |
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0.12 |
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|
|
|
|
|
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Outstanding,
December 31, 2014 |
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|
|
|
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12. |
Supplemental Cash Flow
Information |
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Nine Months Ended |
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December 31, |
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2014 |
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2013 |
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$ |
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$ |
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Supplemental Disclosures |
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|
|
|
|
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Interest paid |
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703 |
|
|
468 |
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Income tax paid |
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13. |
Commitments |
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a) |
On May 11, 2010, the Company entered into an agreement
with a consultant to provide services as a Senior Geological Consultant.
The Company original agreement was amended on October 21, 2010 and
December 23, 2012. Under the amended agreement, the Company is committed
to: |
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i. |
a monthly payment from $20,000 to $6,000 commencing July
1, 2012 and until the mechanical completion of the first small scale gold
mining operation; |
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ii. |
issuing 300,000 stock options to the Consultant on
November 1, 2012 and 2013. The Company will only grant the Consultant the
additional stock options when the Company achieves a positive operating
cash flow and upon the approval by the board of
directors. |
F-13
Lake Victoria Mining Company, Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements |
December 31, 2014 |
(Expressed in US dollars) |
(Unaudited) |
13. |
Commitments (continued) |
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b) |
On October 1, 2013, the Company entered into a consulting
agreement with Misac Noubar Nabighian (the Consultant) to provide
geophysical data processing and interpretation services to the Company in
consideration for 0.5% of the net proceeds from the sale of any mining
properties and granting the Consultant (a) a royalty on producing
properties of $1.00 per ounce of gold produced or 0.25% of net smelter
returns for all commercial production, whichever is greater, and (b) 0.25%
of net smelter returns for all other commercial production.The agreement
is for a term of 36 months and may be renewed at the option of the Company
upon 30 days written notice. |
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14. |
Subsequent Events |
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a) |
On February 11, 2015, the Company entered into a
financial advisory agreement with Hemendra A. Ghaghada ("Advisor") wherein
the Company agreed to pay the Advisor a success fee at 7% of the equity
financing or 10% of the debt financing. No fees will be paid in connection
with any introduction to any existing contacts of the Company. The term of
the advisor's fee agreement is three months and may be extended by mutual
written consent on a monthly basis thereafter. |
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b) |
On February 12, 2015, the Company signed a debt
settlement and subscription agreement with a consultant to settle a
consulting fee of $55,500 for business development services provided. The
Company will issue 1,000,000 restricted shares of common stock at $0.0555
to settle the balance outstanding. |
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c) |
On February 13, 2015, the Company passed a resolution to
grant 5,080,000 stock options to directors and officers and geological
consultants options at an exercise price of $0.06 per share which will
expire on February 13, 2018. All stock options are non-qualified and vest
immediately. |
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d) |
On February 12, 2015, the Company received $150,000 in
subscriptions for an upcoming a private placement of 10,000,000 units at
$0.015 per share for total consideration of $150,000. The shares have not
been issued yet. |
F-14
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
Forward Looking Statements
This quarterly report contains forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are projections of events, revenues, income, future
economic performance or managements plans and objectives for our future
operations. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by
terminology such as may, should, expects, plans, anticipates,
believes, estimates, predicts, potential or continue or the negative
of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only
predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors, including the risks in the section entitled Risk Factors and the
risks set out below, any of which may cause our or our industrys actual
results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially
different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These
risks include, by way of example and not in limitation:
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risks and uncertainties relating to the
interpretation of sampling results, the geology, grade and continuity of
mineral deposits; |
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risks and uncertainties that results of initial
sampling and mapping will not be consistent with our expectations; |
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mining and development risks, including risks related to
accidents, equipment breakdowns, labor disputes or other unanticipated
difficulties with or interruptions in production; |
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the potential for delays in exploration
activities; |
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risks related to the inherent uncertainty of
cost estimates and the potential for unexpected costs and expenses; |
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risks related to commodity price fluctuations;
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the uncertainty of profitability based upon our
limited history; |
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risks related to failure to obtain adequate
financing on a timely basis and on acceptable terms for our planned
exploration project; |
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risks related to environmental regulation and
liability; |
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risks that the amounts reserved or allocated for
environmental compliance, reclamation, post-closure control measures,
monitoring and on-going maintenance may not be sufficient to cover such
costs; |
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risks related to tax assessments; |
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political and regulatory risks associated with
mining development and exploration; and |
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other risks and uncertainties related to our
mineral property and business strategy. |
This list is not an exhaustive list of the factors that may
affect any of our forward-looking statements. These and other factors should be
considered carefully and readers should not place undue reliance on our
forward-looking statements.
Forward looking statements are made based on managements
beliefs, estimates and opinions on the date the statements are made and we
undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements if these beliefs,
estimates and opinions or other circumstances should change. Although we believe
that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are
reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance
or achievements. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities
laws of the United States, we do not intend to update any of the forward-looking
statements to conform these statements to actual results.
In this quarterly report, unless otherwise specified, all
dollar amounts are expressed in United States dollars and all references to
common stock refer to the common shares in our capital stock.
As used in this quarterly report, the terms we, us, our,
the Company and Lake Victoria mean Lake Victoria Mining Company, Inc., and
our wholly owned subsidiaries Kilimanjaro Mining Company, Inc. and Lake Victoria
Resources (T) Limited, Chrysos 197 Company Tanzania Ltd. and Jin 179 Company
Tanzania Ltd., unless otherwise indicated.
Recent Corporate Developments
Since the commencement of the three months period ended
December 31, 2014, we experienced the following significant corporate
developments:
1. |
On April 1, 2014, the Company was granted a Mining
License ML520/2014 by the Tanzanian Government in respect to the Companys
proposed Kinyambwiga open-pit gold project in northern Tanzania. The term
of the Mining License is 10 years. |
Our Current Business
We are an exploration stage corporation focused on acquiring,
exploring and developing gold deposits in Tanzania, East Africa. We hold
5 prospective gold projects, consisting of one Mining license, 4
Prospecting Licenses (PLs) and 43 Primary Mining Licenses (PMLs) within our
Tanzania property portfolio, covering 73.18 square kilometers (18,083 acres).
Our main area of interest is acquiring, exploring and
evaluating mineral properties through our ongoing exploration program. Following
exploration, we intend to either advance them to a commercially feasible mining
stage, enter joint ventures to further develop these properties, sell or dispose
of them if the properties do not meet our requirements. Our properties are all
early stage exploration properties. Within our mineral exploration land in
Tanzania our focus is primarily on gold, all uranium prospects in our portfolio
were expired in the last fiscal year.
We have no revenues, we have incurred losses since inception
and we have relied upon the sale of our securities to fund operations. To date,
we have not discovered a NI43-101 compliant commercially viable ore body,
mineral deposit or mineral reserve on any of our properties and we will be
unable to do so until further exploration is done and a comprehensive evaluation
concludes with an economic feasibility study or production is initiated However,
we have achieved environmental (EIA) approval and a Mining License to commence
gold mining on one of our gold projects mineralized target.
Assuming funding is available, we plan to develop and conduct
small-scale gold mining on selected mineral properties within certain areas that
are currently contained within our primary mining licenses and the Mining
License that we have. The production decision or significant development on
these projects will not be based on mineral reserves supported by an NI43-101
compliant technical report. We plan to secure Mining Licenses for each of these
potential mining areas.
Our property portfolio is large, therefore we may interest
other companies in our properties to either participate by means of option or
joint venture agreements in the exploration of them or to finance and establish
production on discovered mineralization.
We maintain our registered agents office at The Corporation
Trust Company of Nevada, 6100 Neil Road, Suite 500, Reno, Nevada 89511 and our
business and administrative office is located at Suite 810 675 West Hastings
Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6B 1N2, Canada. Our telephone number is
604.248.5750.
Prospective Gold Projects
The following is a brief overview of portfolio of prospective
mineral properties, the exploration developments on them where applicable and some of the details of the historical
option agreements for them. During the three months ended December 31, 2014, no
exploration work was undertaken on any of the projects.
Prospective Projects and Properties
The following map is a gold project location map (Map
1). For a detailed listing see Licenses Gold Projects and License
List.
Map 1: Gold Project Location Map, 2014
Musoma Bunda Murangi Gold Project
The Musoma Bunda Murangi Project is now comprised of one
Prospecting License PL4653/2007 and one Mining License ML520/2014. During 2013,
the 39 PMLs, totaling 3.44 square kilometres located on the Kinyambwiga PL
PL4653/2007 were amalgamated and incorporated back within the PL (July 5, 2013).
This was undertaken in order to facilitate the application for a Mining Licence
(Map 2).
On August 2, 2013, The Company completed and filed an
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment report for the Kinyambwiga mining
project covering the amalgamated 39 PMLs with the National Environmental
Management Council (NEMC) on August 2, 2013. The Environmental Certificate was
approved by January 7, 2014. This was shortly followed by the submission of the
Mining application to the Ministry of Mines. The Mining Licence was granted by the Ministry of Mines on April 1, 2014.
No field exploration was undertaken during this reporting
period on the Kinyambwiga (PL4653/2007) License. A trial test pit that was dug
by excavator at the proposed Kanunga Mine site on the Kinyambwiga Project in
February 2013 to evaluate the upper saprolite horizon for geotechnical
studies.
Exploration Strategy
The Kinyambwiga License has been reduced from 30.90 square
kilometers to 13.47 square kilometers as part of the required Government
relinquishment of 50 percent of the ground holdings on License renewal. A second
renewal Offer for PL4653/2007 came out on 20th February 2014 and
there is a pending amount to be paid of USD 6,735. The southern part of
the License area, largely covered by dark gray to black, clay rich soil and
underlain by granitic rocks with no known artisanal workings, was relinquished.
The Company maintained the northern part of the License which is host to the
Kunanga 1, 2 and 3 artisanal or small scale mine sites. The relinquished area is
currently under application on account of a soil anomaly in the NE corner of the
License.
The new artisanal or small scale mining site, located 1
kilometer along strike to the east of Kunanga 2, has been abandoned.
Furthermore, the +500 artisanal miners that were mining the surface quartz
rubble at Kunanga 3 in the northern part of the license have ceased operations
and left the site.
Map2: Plan showing the 24 PMLs plus the 15 additional PMLs
that have now been amalgamated and incorporated within PL4653/2007 which has
subsequently been included in the Mining Licence.
The Kunanga 1 Prospect has been earmarked for commercial small
scale mining operations that are expected to proceed once necessary funding has
been acquired. The ESIA report, completed by TANSHEQ a local Tanzanian consulting firm specializing in Environmental Management, was
approved by the National Environmental Management Council (NEMC) on the December
23, 2013 and the Environmental Certificate was issued to Lake Victoria Resources
(T) Ltd on the January 7, 2014. An application for the Mining License, covering
the amalgamated 39 PMLs, together with the required Environmental Certificate,
was submitted to the Ministry of Energy and Minerals early in 2014. A slight
revision of the proposed Mining Licence was requested by the Ministry of Mines
in order to reduce the amount of corner beacons presented by the current PML
layout and which has subsequently increased the surface area to 5.12 square
kilometres (Map 3). The Mining License ML520/2014 was offered by the
Ministry of Energy and Minerals of Tanzania (MEM) on April 1, 2014 and
officially received on June 2, 2014.
Map 3: Mining Licence (ML520/2014) shown in purple covering
the Kunanga small scale gold mine site. The outline perimeter of the amalgamated
39 PMLs is shown by the red boundary line.
A study covering metallurgical test work, mine planning, mine
scheduling (details of which were included in the 1st Quarter Report 2013) and a
conceptual financial evaluations has been prepared. A capital investment of
US$3M is an estimated requirement for building the project.
Mine Planning
The Kunanga 1 Prospect consists of a small, conceptual gold
target that is based on 40 meter spaced reverse circulation drill sections and
trenches and may contain gold bearing mineralized material of between 600,000
and 1,000,000 tonnes. The estimated gold grades are between 1.50 and 2.00 g/t.
The mineralized area which lies in three vein structures at Kunanga 1, is within
the first 150 and 200 meters of surface. Continuity of the narrow quartz veins
appears to extend along a strike length for about 500 meters.
The potential quantity and grade of these targets are
conceptual in nature. There has been insufficient exploration to define a
mineral resource and that it is uncertain if further exploration will result in
the target being delineated as a mineral resource. The conceptual target has been determined on
the results of trenching, mapping, geophysics and both RC and RAB drilling.
It is currently proposed to mine the mineralization by open pit
mining methods using an excavator and trucks to transport the material to an
onsite processing plant. A vertical test pit to a depth of 8 meters was
excavated in granitic saprolite (host rock) at site using a Caterpillar 320
excavator in a relatively short time of 3 hours. The results of the test pit
proved good retaining rock wall strength, ease of excavation and the lack of
ground water.
The proposed site plan showing location of pit, waste dumps and
processing plant is shown in Map 4.
Map 4: Site plan showing the proposed position of the rock
waste dump tailings dam and the pit. 100 meter and 200 meter buffer zone from
the pit and representing an area of non-inhabitation and limited farming
activities, as per requirement by the Mining Act of Tanzania, is
indicated.
Based on the results of the test pit undertaken in the 1st
Quarter, a pit slope of 55-60 degrees was re-modeled for the open pit, using 10
meter and 7 meter benches (Map 5 & Map 6). At this time, the last
bench in the 40 meter deep pit would be steeper depending upon the reach of the
equipment and rock strength of the pit walls.
The rock dump and tailings dam have been re-designed (Map 7
& 8) to accommodate approximately 1.5M tons and 260,000 tons
respectively; this is the estimated amount of rock to be mined to a depth of 40
meters.
Map 5: Plan view of the open pit on the Kunanga 1 showing
the access ramp and benches
Map 6: Longitudinal and cross sections of the Kunanga 1 Pit
Map 7: Plan and profile section of the rock waste dump
Map 8: Plan and profile section of the tailings dam
The Mining and Mill plan is designed for processing 300 tonnes
per day (Chart 1).
Chart 1: Flow sheet diagram showing the conceptual
processing plant
Mining License
The Environmental Impact Assessment (ESIA) report, completed by
TANSHEQ, a local Tanzanian consulting firm specializing in Environmental
Management, was submitted to the Tanzanian Governments National Environmental
Management Council (NEMC) on the 2 August 2013 and was approved on the 23
December 2013. The company received the approved report on January 7, 2014 (see
news release dated January 9, 2014). The Company has been awarded the
Environmental Certificate of approval, registration number EC/EIS/1106, issued
under the Environmental Management Act No.20 of 2004 and signed by the Tanzanian
Minister of Environment. The EIA Certificate is valid during the entire life cycle of the project based on the
Companys compliance with the General and Specific Conditions of its issuance.
The Company has already completed the Mining and Processing
License Application to cover not only the Kunanga Prospect but also the 39
amalgamated Primary Mining Licenses (PMLs) previously held by the Companys
Tanzanian subsidiary. The area, totalling 5.12 square kilometers also includes
the 2 other known gold occurrences at Kunanga 2 and 3. The Mining application
was submitted to the Ministry of Energy and Minerals in January 2014 and a
Mining License (ML520/2014) was granted on April 1, 2014 valid for an initial
period of 10 years.
Future work
With the Mining and Processing application approval and a
Mining License being awarded by the Ministry Energy and Minerals, the Company is
in a position to proceed with the proposed mine plan once the necessary funding
has been obtained.
A prospective exploration area lies to the east of the Kunanga
1 Prospect and is referred to as the Kunanga School Anomaly. With the Mining
License approval, the Company will be in the position to make application for
the area in order to do follow-up investigation of this gold anomaly.
An anomalous stone layer as encountered from previous RAB
(rotary air blast) drilling during 2009 as well as the soil anomaly over the
school zone requires further investigation. A number of auger drill traverses
are planned to test the strike towards the SW where a number of anomalous soil
samples are present (Map 9). Since this area was previously relinquished
as part of the governments requirement to reduce the PL area by 50 percent, an
application to renew the area of shed-off was filed with the Ministry of
Mines.
Map 9: Kunanga 1 East and School soil anomalies
The recent influx of +500 artisanal miners at the Kunanga 3
Prospect, situated approximately 1 kilometer to the north of Kunanga 1 (Map 10), was short lived. After processing
some of the surface quartz gravels, the miners migrated elsewhere and off the
license. The prospect consists of abundant quartz float covering an area of 200
meters x 200 meters which has been the site for periodic artisanal activity over
the years. Trenching and reverse circulation drilling intersected a number of
narrow discontinuous quartz veins (Map 11).
Map 10: Distribution of recently acquired PMLs (green and
purple blocks) and showing positions of Kunanga 1, 2 and 3 prospects as well as
the Kunanga School gold-in-soil anomaly in the eastern part of the Kinyambwiga
licenses.
Map 11: Kunanga 3 prospect showing results of trenching and
drilling undertaken across the area.
Singida Gold Project
The area of the project is approximately 3.47 square kilometers
and is comprised of a total of 43 Primary Mining Licences (PMLs). 23 PMLs are
held with ownership by a director of the Company and 20 PMLs are held through an
Option to Purchase agreement by the same director. As of December 31, 2014,
there is an outstanding annual rent approximately of USD27,000 (TZS48,306,068)
to be paid. No exploration work was undertaken during the Quarter.
Future exploration
An evaluation of the Reverse Circulation drill results for both
Phase 1 and 2 programs undertaken during 2010 and 2011 has shown that gold
mineralization at the Singida-Londoni project consists of narrow, medium to low
grade and often discontinuous lenses. The shear structures hosting the gold-rich
zones typically pinch and swell along strike, which in places, has resulted in
larger pods of limited size as at Sambaru 3 and Sambaru 4 which indicates that
the gold deposits have limited potential to be developed into a major ore
resource contrary to the Companys vision of discovering substantially larger
and economically viable gold deposits in the short term. In this regard, the
Company believes that the nature and extent of the mineralization revealed thus
far may lend itself towards a small-scale commercial mining operation. The
Company intends to explore the possibilities of undertaking a small scale mining
operation on a number of PMLs once a scoping study has been completed.
Although the Company completed a Technical report in compliance
with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 prior to the June 2010 revised code, it
was not submitted. The report is to be prepared under the revised
guidelines.
Buhemba Gold Projects
The area of the Buhemba Gold project is 14.94 square kilometers
and is comprised of the Kiabakari East (PL7142/2007). The Maji Moto (HQ-P23869)
license which was formally part of the Buhemba Gold Project has been reject and
relinquished to the Tanzania Ministry of Energy and Minerals. As of
December 31, 2014, there is an outstanding annual rent approximately of USD4,500
to be paid.
No exploration work was undertaken on this project during the
Quarter.
Kiabakari East (PL7142/2011)
The Kiabakari East Project is located approximately 55
kilometers southeast of Musoma town, in the Mara Region. The PL, covering 14.94
square kilometers and lying within the central part of the Musoma-Mara
Greenstone Belt, was granted to Lake Victoria Resources by the Ministry of Mines
in April 2011. As of December 31, 2014, there is an outstanding annual rent
approximately of USD3,600 to be paid.
Future exploration
Metallurgical test work is to be undertaken on the oxide rock
material taken from artisanal working and trenches on surface as part of the
scoping study to determine the viability of commencing and open pit/underground
small scale mining operation at BIF Hill. Due to the moderate to steep easterly
plunge of the gold zone, a follow-up reverse circulation drill programme has
limited potential other than to evaluate a near surface resource and would be
unable to test the down-dip extensions of the gold shoot. A substantial diamond
drill programme would be required to evaluate the gold mineralization down
plunge.
In order to obtain short term revenue for the project, a small
scale open pit mining operation could be possible once a RC drill programme has
defined a near surface gold resource. Alternatively, in order to get a better
understanding of the geology and gold mineralisation, the Company is considering
developing a north trending adit form the southern side at the base of the
hill.
Uyowa Gold Project
The Uyowa Gold project, located 120 kilometers northwest of
Tabora town, previously consisted of seven (7) Prospecting Licenses (PLs) that
initially covered a total area of 729.73 square kilometers in the west-central
area of Tanzania. Due to increased Ministerial costs of annual renewals
coupled with the Companys objective to focus its exploration efforts on more
potentially viable ground holdings, the number of licenses has now been reduced
to one PL amounting to 29.27 square kilometers (Map 14).
PL7245/2011 has been relinquished. As of December 31, 2014, there is an
outstanding annual rent approximately of USD14,600 to be paid.
No exploration work was undertaken on any of the Licenses
during the Quarter.
Map 14: Current PL5153 of the Uyowa Project and relinquished
PL7245
Future exploration
Interpretation of the ground magnetic survey suggests the
presence of a graben structure that coincides with the last of the artisanal
workings on the western side of the known mineralized zone. The area, unlike the
artisanal site where laterite is often exposed on surface, is overlain by sand
cover for some 500 meters to the west before lateritic soils are again present
suggesting possible continuation of the mineralized shear zone to the west. GIS
studies suggest that the shear zone is a major structure which can be traced
across the length of the licence, covering an additional 11 strike-kilometres
and forming a potential target for the continuation of gold mineralization out
beneath the laterite and sand cover (Map 15).
Conventional soil sampling is planned across areas of lateritic
soil cover. Initially a RAB program is recommended to test the intervening areas
covered by black cotton soil (mbuga). However, prior to embarking on such a
program, an orientation survey using enzyme geochemistry is recommended as a
trial study over a portion of the area to be sampled. Should results be positive
further sampling incorporating this geochemical method will continue to be used
to outline the gold anomaly.
Follow-up investigation using possibly both methods of soil
sampling will be undertaken across a number of ground magnetic targets in order
to prioritize targets for later testing by RAB drilling.
Reverse Circulation infill drilling is recommended on 40 meter
spaced N-S sections across the artisanal site in order to undertake a resource calculation. Furthermore, part of the
program will also focus on testing the soil anomaly along strike.
Map 15. Trend of gold-in-soil target along strike from
the area of artisanal mining.
Handeni Gold Project
The Handeni Project, comprising of the Mkulima East Prospect
(PL7148/2011) and covering a total area of 12.03 square kilometers, is located
approximately 240 kilometers by road north-west of Dar es Salaam and some 30
kilometers south of Handeni town within the Handeni District (Map 16).
Map 16: Location map of the Handeni Project showing
PL7148/2011 in red.
Exploration
No exploration was undertaken on the Handeni Project during the
Quarter. Previous exploration involving stream sediment sampling and soil
sampling programmes outlined 4, northwest trending low threshold gold-in-soil
anomalies, having an overall strike length of 1.5 kilometers, situated on either
side of the NNW trending Mkulima Hill (Map 17).
Map 17: Soil sampling across Mukulima Hill outlining
potential soil anomalies
A brief summary of the status of proposed future exploration of
PL7148/2011 is given:
Future exploration
An infill soil sampling programme on 100 meter x 25 meter grid
is planned across the Mkulima Hill (188 samples) in order to better define the
apparent gold anomalies prior to commencing a trenching programme across the
main anomalous zones. Further soil sampling on 100 meter x 50 meter grid is
proposed around the hill on 200 meter x 50 meter grid (623 samples) to increase
the area of investigation and strike extend of the gold anomalies.
General
The following is a discussion and analysis of our plan of
operation and results of operations for the three month period ended December
31, 2014, and the factors that could affect our future financial condition. This
discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our consolidated
unaudited financial statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere in this
quarterly report. Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in
accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles. All
references to dollar amounts in this section are in United States dollars unless
expressly stated otherwise.
Plan of Operation
As of December 31, 2014, we had approximately cash of $40,000
and working deficit of $1,745,000. We plan to spend approximately $400,000 for
property compensation and $2,000,000 for development and production of small
scale mining in Kinyambwiga project. We will need to raise additional funds to
finance the activities on our projects. There is no assurance that such
financing would be available at this time.
In September 2012, the Company offered a total of up to 120
royalty units to raise a gross amount of $3,000,000 for a small scale mining
operation on the Kinyambwiga property. Each unit will entitle investors to
receive ½ of 1 percent (1%) of the net proceeds of production from the small
scale mining operation at Kinyambwiga. Up to 60% of the net proceeds of gold
production are offered to investors. As of December 31, 2014 the Company
received subscription payments of $1,125,000 for 45 units.
Our estimated expenses over the next twelve months are as
follows:
Cash Requirements during the Next Twelve Months
Expense |
|
($) |
Property compensation and holding costs |
|
400,000 |
Mine development and production costs |
|
2,000,000 |
Professional fee |
|
100,000 |
General and administration fee |
|
500,000 |
Total |
|
3,000,000 |
There is no historical financial information about us upon
which to base an evaluation of our performance. We are an exploration stage
corporation and have not generated any revenues from operations. We cannot
guarantee we will be successful in our business operations. Our business is
subject to risks inherent in the establishment of a new business enterprise,
including limited capital resources, possible delays in the exploration of our
properties, possible cost overruns due to price and cost increases for services
and economic conditions. Because we do not currently derive any production
revenue from operations, its ability to conduct exploration and development on
properties is largely based upon its ability to raise capital by equity
funding.
Our exploration objective is to find an economic mineral body
containing gold. Our success depends upon finding mineralized material. This
includes a determination by our contracted consultants and professional staff
whether the property contains resources and/or reserves. Mineralized material is
a mineralized body, which has been delineated by appropriately spaced drilling
or underground sampling to support sufficient tonnage and average percentage
grade of metals to justify removal. If we dont find mineralized
material or we cannot remove mineralized material, either because we do not have
the money to do so or because it is not economically feasible to do so, we will
cease operations or seek other properties.
In addition, we may not have enough capital to complete
exploration of our properties. If we have not raised sufficient funds to
complete our exploration program, we will try to raise additional funds from
another equity or debt offering or rely on loans from shareholders. If we
require additional funds and are unable to raise the required amounts, we will
have to suspend or cease operations until we succeed in raising the additional
funds.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Three and Six Month Summary
|
|
Three
Months |
|
|
Nine
Months |
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2014 |
|
|
2013 |
|
|
2014 |
|
|
2013 |
|
Revenue |
$ |
- |
|
$ |
- |
|
$ |
- |
|
$ |
- |
|
Expenses |
|
180,116 |
|
|
208,696 |
|
|
679,013 |
|
|
827,732 |
|
Other income (expenses) |
|
26,153 |
|
|
12,394 |
|
|
38,679 |
|
|
209,571 |
|
Net Income (Loss) |
$ |
(153,963 |
) |
$ |
(196,302 |
) |
$ |
(640,334 |
) |
$ |
(618,161 |
) |
Revenue
We had no operating revenues for the nine month period ended
December 31, 2014 and 2013. We anticipate that we will not generate any revenues
until we generate additional financing to support our planned operations.
Operating Costs and Expenses
The major components of our expenses for the six months ended
December 31, 2014 and 2013 are outlined in the table below:
|
|
Nine Months
Ended |
|
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2014 |
|
|
2013 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization and
depreciation |
|
25,473 |
|
|
28,782 |
|
Exploration costs |
|
97,679 |
|
|
109,652 |
|
General and
administrative |
|
123,165 |
|
|
113,649 |
|
Impairment of mineral property
acquisition costs |
|
|
|
|
90,000 |
|
Management and
director fees |
|
27,000 |
|
|
27,000 |
|
Professional fees |
|
55,310 |
|
|
93,954 |
|
Salaries |
|
340,599 |
|
|
344,410 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Travel and accommodation |
|
9,787 |
|
|
20,285 |
|
Total Expenses |
|
679,013 |
|
|
827,732 |
|
General and Administrative Expenses
The Company reported a loss of $679,013 for the nine months
ended December 31, 2014 compared with a loss of $827,732 for same period in
fiscal 2014. The decreased loss in the current period is mainly attributed to
decreased exploration costs, travel and accommodation expenses and no impairment
write-downs in the current period.
The $9,516 increase in our general and administrative expenses
for the nine month period ended December 31, 2014 as compared to the same period
in fiscal 2014 was primarily due to the increase in insurance, promotion and
shareholder relationship expenses.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Working Capital
|
|
December 31, 2014 |
|
|
March 31, 2014 |
|
Current Assets |
$ |
61,642 |
|
$ |
48,620 |
|
Current Liabilities |
|
1,806,318 |
|
|
1,788,436 |
|
Working Deficit |
$ |
(1,744,676 |
)
|
$ |
(1,739,816 |
)
|
Cash Flows
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2014
|
|
Cash used in Operating
Activities |
$ |
(458,106 |
)
|
Cash used in Investing Activities |
|
- |
|
Cash provided by Financing
Activities |
|
464,515 |
|
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash |
$ |
6,409 |
|
We had a cash balance of $40,431 and working deficit of
$1,744,676 as of December 31, 2014 compared to cash of $34,022 and working
deficit of $1,739,816 as of March 31, 2014. We anticipate that we will incur
approximately $3,000,000 for operating expenses, including professional, legal
and accounting expenses associated with our reporting requirements under the
Exchange Act during the next twelve months. Accordingly, we will need to obtain
additional financing in order to complete our full business plan.
Going Concern
The unaudited financial statements accompanying our quarterly
report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2014 have been prepared
on a going concern basis, which implies that our company will continue to
realize its assets and discharge its liabilities and commitments in the normal
course of business. Our company has not generated revenues since inception and
has never paid any dividends and is unlikely to pay dividends or generate
earnings in the immediate future. The continuation of our company as a going
concern is dependent upon the continued financial support from our shareholders,
the ability of our company to obtain necessary equity financing to achieve our
operating objectives, and the attainment of profitable operations. As of
December 31, 2014, we had a cash balance of approximately $40,000 and we
estimate that we will require approximately $500,000 for general and
administration costs and professional fees, and $400,000 for property
compensations and holding and small-scale mining evaluation, development and
production costs associated with our plan of operation over the next twelve
months. We do not have sufficient funds for general and administration
activities and planned mineral property acquisition and exploration activities
and therefore we will be required to raise additional funds. No assurance can be
given that additional financing will be available, or that it can be obtained on
terms acceptable to the Company and its shareholders.
The advancement of our business is dependent upon us raising
additional financial support. The issuance of additional equity securities by us
could result in a significant dilution in the equity interests of our current
stockholders. Obtaining commercial loans, assuming those loans would be
available, will increase our liabilities and future cash commitments.
Future Financings
We had a cash balance of approximately $40,000 and we estimate
that we will require approximately $500,000 for general and administration costs
and professional fees, and $400,000 for property compensation and acquisition
holding and small-scale mining evaluation, development and production costs
associated with our plan of operation over the next twelve months. Accordingly,
we do not have sufficient funds for planned operations and we will be required
to raise additional funds for operations. We intend to raise additional funds
from another equity offering or loans. At the present time, we are attempting to
raise additional money, but there is no assurance that we will be successful. If
we need additional funds and are unable to raise them, we will have to suspend
or cease operations until we succeed in raising additional funds.
Outstanding shares and options
As of February 14, 2015, we have 138,954,067 shares of common
stock outstanding, 4,920,000 stock options outstanding.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are
reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition,
changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations,
liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to
stockholders.
Risks and Uncertainties
Much of the information included in this quarterly report
includes or is based upon estimates, projections or other forward looking
statements. Such forward looking statements include any projections and
estimates made by us and our management in connection with our business
operations. While these forward-looking statements, and any assumptions upon
which they are based, are made in good faith and reflect our current judgment
regarding the direction of our business, actual results will almost always vary,
sometimes materially, from any estimates, predictions, projections, assumptions
or other future performance suggested herein.
Such estimates, projections or other forward looking
statements involve various risks and uncertainties as outlined below. We
caution the reader that important factors in some cases have affected and, in
the future, could materially affect actual results and cause actual results to
differ materially from the results expressed in any such estimates, projections
or other forward looking statements.
Risks Associated with Mining
All of our properties are in the exploration stage. There is
no assurance that we can establish the existence of any mineral resource on any
of our properties in commercially exploitable quantities. Until we can do so, we
cannot earn any revenues from operations and if we do not do so we will lose all
of the funds that we expend on exploration. If we do not discover any mineral
resource in a commercially exploitable quantity, our business could
fail.
Despite exploration work on our mineral properties, we have not
established that any of them contain any mineral reserve as defined by NI43-101
regulations and the Securities and Exchange Commission in its Industry Guide 7,
nor can there be any assurance that we will be able to do so. If we do not, our
business could fail.
A mineral reserve is defined by the Securities and Exchange
Commission in its Industry Guide 7 (which can be viewed over the Internet at
http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/forms/industry.htm#secguide7) as
that part of a mineral deposit which could be economically and legally extracted
or produced at the time of the reserve determination. The probability of an
individual prospect ever having a reserve that meets the requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commissions Industry Guide 7 is extremely remote; in
all probability our mineral resource property does not contain any reserve and
any funds that we spend on exploration will probably be lost.
Even if we do eventually discover a mineral reserve on one or
more of our properties, there can be no assurance that we will be able to
develop our properties into producing mines and extract those resources. Both
mineral exploration and development involve a high degree of risk and few
properties which are explored are ultimately developed into producing mines.
The commercial viability of an established mineral deposit will
depend on a number of factors including, by way of example, the size, grade and
other attributes of the mineral deposit, the proximity of the resource to
infrastructure such as a smelter, roads and a point for shipping, government
regulation and market prices. Most of these factors will be beyond our control,
and any of them could increase costs and make extraction of any identified
mineral resource unprofitable.
Mineral operations are subject to applicable law and
government regulation. Even if we discover a mineral resource in a commercially
exploitable quantity, these laws and regulations could restrict or prohibit the
exploitation of that mineral resource. If we cannot exploit any mineral resource
that we might discover on our properties, our business may fail.
We believe that we are in compliance with all material laws and
regulations that currently apply to our activities but there can be no assurance
that we can continue to remain in compliance. Current laws and regulations could
be amended and we might not be able to comply with them, as amended. Further,
there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain or maintain all permits
necessary for our future operations, or that we will be able to obtain them on
reasonable terms. To the extent such approvals are required and are not
obtained, we may be delayed or prohibited from proceeding with planned
exploration or development of our mineral properties.
Our business activities are conducted in Tanzania.
Our mineral exploration activities in Tanzania may be affected
in varying degrees by political stability and government regulations relating to
the mining industry and foreign investment in that country. The government of
Tanzania may institute regulatory policies that adversely affect the exploration
and development of properties. Any changes in regulations or shifts in political
conditions in this country are beyond our control and may adversely affect our
business. Investors should assess the political and regulatory risks related to
our foreign country investments. Our operations may be affected in varying
degrees by government regulations with respect to restrictions on production,
price controls, export controls, foreign exchange controls, income taxes,
expropriation of property, environmental legislation and mine safety.
We may not have clear title to our properties.
Acquisition of title to mineral properties is a very detailed
and time-consuming process, and titles to our properties may be affected by
prior unregistered agreements or transfers, or undetected defects. Several of
our prospecting licenses are currently subject to renewal by the Ministry of
Energy and Minerals of Tanzania. As a result, there is a risk that we may not
have clear title to all our mineral property interests, or they may be subject
to challenge or impugned in the future.
If we establish the existence of a mineral resource on any
of our properties in a commercially exploitable quantity, we will require
additional capital in order to develop the property into a producing mine. If we
cannot raise this additional capital, we will not be able to exploit the
resource, and our business could fail.
If we do discover mineral resources in commercially exploitable
quantities on any of our properties, we will be required to expend substantial
sums of money to establish the extent of the resource, develop processes to
extract it and develop extraction and processing facilities and infrastructure.
Although we may derive substantial benefits from the discovery of a major
deposit, there can be no assurance that such a resource will be large enough to
justify commercial operations, nor can there be any assurance that we will be
able to raise the funds required for development on a timely basis. If we cannot
raise the necessary capital or complete the necessary facilities and
infrastructure, our business may fail.
Mineral exploration and development is subject to
extraordinary operating risks. We do not currently insure against these risks.
In the event of a cave-in or similar occurrence, our liability may exceed our
resources, which would have an adverse impact on our company.
Mineral exploration, development and production involve many
risks, which even a combination of experience, knowledge and careful evaluation
may not be able to overcome. Our operations will be subject to all the hazards
and risks inherent in the exploration for mineral resources and, if we discover
a mineral resource in commercially exploitable quantity, our operations could be
subject to all of the hazards and risks inherent in the development and
production of resources, including liability for pollution, cave-ins or similar
hazards against which we cannot insure or against which we may elect not to
insure. Any such event could result in work stoppages and damage to property,
including damage to the environment. We do not currently maintain any insurance
coverage against these operating hazards nor do we expect to get such insurance
for the foreseeable future. If a hazard were to occur, the costs of rectifying
the hazard may exceed our asset value and cause us to liquidate all of our
assets, resulting in the loss of your entire investment in our company.
Mineral prices are subject to dramatic and unpredictable
fluctuations.
We expect to derive revenues, if any, either from the sale of
our mineral resource properties or from the extraction and sale of precious and
base metals such as gold, silver and copper. The price of those commodities has
fluctuated widely in recent years, and is affected by numerous factors beyond
our control, including international, economic and political trends,
expectations of inflation, currency exchange fluctuations, interest rates,
global or regional consumptive patterns, speculative activities and increased
production due to new extraction developments and improved extraction and
production methods. The effect of these factors on the price of base and
precious metals, and therefore the economic viability of any of our exploration
properties and projects, cannot accurately be predicted.
The mining industry is highly competitive and there is no
assurance that we will continue to be successful in acquiring mineral claims. If
we cannot continue to acquire properties to explore for mineral resources, we
may be required to reduce or cease operations.
The mineral exploration, development, and production industry
is largely un-integrated. We compete with other exploration companies looking
for mineral resource properties. While we compete with other exploration
companies in the effort to locate and acquire mineral resource properties, we
will not compete with them for the removal or sales of mineral products from our
properties if we should eventually discover the presence of them in quantities
sufficient to make production economically feasible. Readily available markets
exist worldwide for the sale of mineral products. Therefore, we will likely be
able to sell any mineral products that we identify and produce.
In identifying and acquiring mineral resource properties, we
compete with many companies possessing greater financial resources and technical
facilities. This competition could adversely affect our ability to acquire
suitable prospects for exploration in the future. Accordingly, there can be no
assurance that we will acquire any interest in additional mineral resource
properties that might yield reserves or result in commercial mining operations.
If our costs of exploration are greater than anticipated,
then we may not be able to complete the exploration program for our Tanzanian
properties without additional financing, of which there is no assurance that we
would be able to obtain.
We are proceeding with the initial stages of exploration on our
Tanzanian properties. We are carrying out an exploration program that has been
recommended by a consulting geologist. This exploration program outlines a
budget for completion of the recommended exploration program. However, there is
no assurance that our actual costs will not exceed the budgeted costs. Factors
that could cause actual costs to exceed budgeted costs include increased prices
due to competition for personnel and supplies during the exploration season,
unanticipated problems in completing the exploration program and delays
experienced in completing the exploration program. Increases in exploration
costs could result in our not being able to carry out our exploration program
without additional financing. There is no assurance that we would be able to
obtain additional financing in this event.
Because of the speculative nature of exploration of mining
properties, there is substantial risk that no commercially exploitable minerals
will be found and our business will fail.
We are in the initial stage of exploration of our mineral
property, and thus have no way to evaluate the likelihood that we will be
successful in establishing commercially exploitable reserves of gold, silver or
other valuable minerals on our Tanzanian properties.
The search for valuable minerals as a business is extremely
risky. We may not find commercially exploitable reserves of gold, silver or
other valuable minerals in our mineral property. Exploration for minerals is a
speculative venture necessarily involving substantial risk. The expenditures to
be made by us on our exploration program may not result in the discovery of
commercial quantities of ore. The likelihood of success must be considered in
light of the problems, expenses, difficulties, complications and delays
encountered in connection with the exploration of the mineral properties that we
plan to undertake. Problems such as unusual or unexpected formations and other
conditions are involved in mineral exploration and often result in unsuccessful
exploration efforts. In such a case, we would be unable to complete our business plan.
Cost estimates and timing of our Kinyambwiga small scale
mining project and new projects is uncertain, which may adversely affect our
expected production and profitability.
The capital expenditures and time required to develop and
explore our properties are considerable and changes in costs, construction
schedules or both, can adversely affect project economics and expected
production and profitability. There are a number of factors that can affect
costs and construction schedules, including, among others:
|
|
changes in input commodity prices and labor
costs; |
|
|
availability and terms of financing; |
|
|
availability of labor, energy, transportation,
equipment, and infrastructure; |
|
|
fluctuations in currency exchange rates; |
|
|
changes in anticipated tonnage, grade and
metallurgical characteristics of the rock to be mined and processed;
|
|
|
recovery rates of gold and other metals from
the ore; |
|
|
difficulty of estimating construction costs
over a period of years; |
|
|
weather and severe climate impacts; and |
|
|
potential delays related to social and
community issues. |
Mineralized targets and other mineralized material
calculations are estimates only, and are subject to uncertainty due to factors
including metal prices, inherent variability of the mineralized rock and
recoverability of metal in the mining process. The calculation of mineral
mineralized targets, other mineralized material and grading are estimates and
depend upon geological interpretation and statistical inferences or assumptions
drawn from drilling and sampling analysis, which may prove to be
unpredictable.
There is a degree of uncertainty attributable to the
calculation of mineralized targets and corresponding grades. Until mineralized
targets and other mineralized materials are actually mined and processed, the
quantity of mineralization and grades must be considered as an estimate only. In
addition, the quantity of mineralized targets and other mineralized materials
may vary depending on metal prices, which largely determine whether mineralized
targets and other mineralized materials are classified as potentially
economic(economic to mine) or waste (uneconomic to mine). A decline in metal
prices may result in previously reported mineralized targets becoming uneconomic
to mine (waste). Any material change in the quantity of mineralized targets,
other mineralized materials, mineralization, grade or stripping ratio may affect
the economic viability of our properties. In addition, we can provide no
assurance that gold recoveries or other metal recoveries experienced in small-
scale laboratory tests will be duplicated in larger scale tests under on-site
conditions or during production.
We may not achieve our production and/or sales estimates and
our costs may be higher than our estimates, thereby reducing our cash flows and
negatively impacting our results of operations.
We prepare estimates of future production, sales, and costs for
our operations. We develop our estimates based on, among other things, mining
experience, mineralized targets and other mineralized material estimates,
assumptions regarding ground conditions and physical characteristics of ores
(such as hardness and presence or absence of certain metallurgical
characteristics) and estimated rates and costs of mining and processing. All of
our estimates are subject to numerous uncertainties, many of which are beyond
our control. Our actual production and/or sales may be lower than our estimates
and our actual costs may be higher than our estimates, which could negatively
impact our cash flows and results of operations. While we believe that our
estimates are reasonable at the time they are made, actual results will vary and
such variations may be material. These estimates are necessarily speculative in
nature, and it may be the case that one or more of the assumptions underlying
such projections and estimates may not materialize. Investors in our common
stock are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the projections and estimates
set forth in this Form 10-Q.
Because our executive officers have limited experience in
mineral exploration and do not have formal training specific to the
technicalities of mineral exploration, there is a higher risk that our business
will fail.
Our executive officers have limited experience in mineral exploration and do not have formal training as geologists or in the technical aspects of management of a mineral resource exploration company. As a result of this inexperience, there is a
higher risk of our being unable to complete our business plan for the exploration of our mineral property. With no direct training or experience in these areas, our management may not be fully aware of many of the specific requirements related to
working within this industry. Our decisions and choices may not take into account standard engineering or managerial approaches mineral resource exploration companies commonly use. Consequently, the lack of training and experience of our management
in this industry could result in management making decisions that could result in a reduced likelihood of our being able to locate commercially exploitable reserves on our mineral property with the result that we would not be able to achieve
revenues or raise further financing to continue exploration activities. In addition, we will have to rely on the technical services of others with expertise in geological exploration in order for us to carry out our planned exploration program. If
we are unable to contract for the services of such individuals, it will make it difficult and maybe impossible to pursue our business plan. There is thus a higher risk that our operations, earnings and ultimate financial success could suffer
irreparable harm and our business will likely fail.
Risks Relating to Our Common Stock
If we issue additional shares in the future, it will result in the dilution of our existing shareholders.
Our articles of incorporation authorize the issuance of up to 250,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.00001 per share. Our board of directors may choose to issue some or all of such shares to acquire one or more businesses or
to provide additional financing in the future. The issuance of any such shares will reduce the book value and market price of the outstanding shares of our common stock. If we issue any such additional shares, such issuance will reduce the
proportionate ownership and voting power of all current shareholders. Further, such issuance may result in a change of control of our corporation.
Our common stock is illiquid and shareholders may be unable to sell their shares.
There is currently a limited market for our common stock and we can provide no assurance to investors that a market will develop. If a market for our common stock does not develop, our shareholders may not be able to re-sell the shares of our common
stock that they have purchased and they may lose all of their investment. Public announcements regarding our company, changes in government regulations, conditions in our market segment or changes in earnings estimates by analysts may cause the
price of our common shares to fluctuate substantially. In addition, stock prices for junior mineral exploration companies fluctuate widely for reasons that may be unrelated to their operating results. These fluctuations may adversely affect the
trading price of our common shares.
Penny stock rules will limit the ability of our stockholders to sell their stock.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted regulations which generally define penny stock to be any equity security that has a market price (as defined) less than $5.00 per share or an exercise price of less than $5.00
per share, subject to certain exceptions. Our securities are covered by the penny stock rules, which impose additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers who sell to persons other than established customers and accredited
investors. The term accredited investor refers generally to institutions with assets in excess of $5,000,000 or individuals with a net worth in excess of $1,000,000 or annual income exceeding $200,000 or $300,000
jointly with their spouse. The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from the rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document in a form prepared by the Securities and
Exchange Commission which provides information about penny stocks and the nature and level of risks in the penny stock market. The broker-dealer also must provide the customer with current bid and offer quotations for the penny stock, the
compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction and monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customers account. The bid and offer quotations, and the broker-dealer and
salesperson compensation information, must be given to the customer orally or in writing prior to effecting the transaction and must be given to the customer in writing before or with the customers confirmation. In addition, the penny stock
rules require that prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from these rules, the broker-dealer must make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the
purchasers written agreement to the transaction. These disclosure requirements may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity in the
secondary market for the stock that is subject to these penny stock rules.
Consequently, these penny stock rules may affect the ability of broker-dealers
to trade our securities. We believe that the penny stock rules discourage
investor interest in and limit the marketability of our common stock.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, has
adopted sales practice requirements which may also limit a shareholders ability
to buy and sell our stock.
In addition to the penny stock rules described above, FINRA
has adopted rules that require that in recommending an investment to a customer,
a broker-dealer must have reasonable grounds for believing that the investment
is suitable for that customer. Prior to recommending speculative low priced
securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make
reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customers financial status,
tax status, investment objectives and other information. Under interpretations
of these rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability that speculative
low priced securities will not be suitable for at least some customers. FINRA
requirements make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their
customers buy our common stock, which may limit your ability to buy and sell our
stock and have an adverse effect on the market for its shares.
Because of the early stage of development and the nature of
our business, our securities are considered highly speculative.
Our securities must be considered highly speculative, generally
because of the nature of our business and the early stage of our development. We
are engaged in the business of identifying, acquiring, exploring and developing
commercial reserves of primarily gold. Our properties are in the exploration
stage only although we have achieved environmental (EIA) approval and a Mining
License to commence gold mining on the mineralized target in one of our gold
projects. This project is not a compliant gold reserve as defined by Canadian
NI43-101 regulations or the Securities and Exchange Commission in its Industry
Guide 7. We have not generated any revenues nor have we realized a profit from
our operations to date. Any profitability in the future from our business will
be dependent upon locating and developing economic reserves of gold, which
itself is subject to numerous risk factors as set forth herein. Since we have
not generated any revenues, we will have to raise additional monies through the
sale of our equity securities or debt in order to continue our business
operations.
We do not intend to pay dividends on any investment in the
shares of stock of our company.
We have never paid any cash dividends and currently do not
intend to pay any dividends for the foreseeable future. To the extent that we
require additional funding currently not provided for in our financing plan, our
funding sources may prohibit the payment of a dividend. Because we do not intend
to declare dividends, any gain on an investment in our company will need to come
through an increase in the stocks price. This may never happen and investors
may lose all of their investment in our company.
Risks Related to Our Company
Our by-laws contain provisions indemnifying our officers and
directors.
Our by-laws provide the indemnification of our directors and
officers to the fullest extent legally permissible under the Nevada corporate
law against all expenses, liability and loss reasonably incurred or suffered by
them in connection with any action, suit or proceeding. Furthermore, our by-laws
provide that our board of directors may cause our company to purchase and
maintain insurance for our directors and officers, and we have implemented
director and officer insurance coverage.
Because most of our directors and officers are residents of
other countries other than the United States, investors may find it difficult to
enforce, within the United States, any judgments obtained against our directors
and officers.
Most of our directors and officers are nationals and/or
residents of countries other than the United States, and all or a substantial
portion of such persons assets are located outside the United States. As a
result, it may be difficult for investors to enforce within the United States any judgments
obtained against our officers or directors, including judgments predicated upon
the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or
any state thereof.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About
Market Risk.
Not Applicable.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
As required by Rule 13a-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer evaluated
our companys disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of the period covered by
this report. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and
principal financial officer concluded that as of the end of the period covered
by this report, these disclosure controls and procedures were not effective.
Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are
designed to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by our company
in reports it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is
recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified
in the rules and forms of the Securities Exchange Commission and to ensure that
such information is accumulated and communicated to our companys management,
including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to
allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The conclusion that our
disclosure controls and procedures were not effective was due to the presence of
the following material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting
which are indicative of many small companies with small staff: (i) inadequate
segregation of duties and effective risk assessment; and (ii) insufficient
written policies and procedures for accounting and financial reporting with
respect to the requirements and application of both United States generally
accepted accounting principles and Securities and Exchange Commission
guidelines. Management anticipates that such disclosure controls and procedures
will not be effective until the material weaknesses are remediated.
We plan to take steps to enhance and improve the design of our
internal controls over financial reporting. During the period covered by this
quarterly report on Form 10-Q, we have not been able to remediate the material
weaknesses identified above. To remediate such weaknesses, we plan to implement
the following changes during our fiscal year ending March 31, 2015, subject to
obtaining additional financing: (i) appoint additional qualified personnel to
address inadequate segregation of duties and ineffective risk management; and
(ii) adopt sufficient written policies and procedures for accounting and
financial reporting. The remediation efforts set out above are largely dependent
upon our securing additional financing to cover the costs of implementing the
changes required. If we are unsuccessful in securing such funds, remediation
efforts may be adversely affected in a material manner.
It should be noted that while our management believes our
disclosure controls and procedures provide a reasonable level of assurance, they
do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or internal controls
will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well
conceived or operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that
the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control
system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the
benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the
inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can
provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if
any, within our company have been detected. These inherent limitations include
the realities that judgments in decision making can be faulty, and that
breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls
can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two
or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of any
system of internal control is based in part upon certain assumptions about the
likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will
succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or
the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system,
misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
There were no changes in our internal control over financial
reporting during the three month period ended December 31, 2014 that have
materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal
control over financial reporting.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF
PROCEEDS.
None.
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.
None.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not Applicable
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION.
None.
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
Exhibit |
|
|
Number |
Description |
3.1 |
Articles of
Incorporation (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement
on Form SB-2, filed on June 6, 2007) |
3.2 |
Certificate of Amendment dated
December 7, 2010 (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on
Form 8-K dated December 10, 2010) |
3.3 |
Amended and Restated
Bylaws (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K
filed on June 7, 2011) |
4.1 |
Specimen Stock Certificate
(incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form SB-2
filed on June 6, 2007) |
4.2 |
Form of Warrant
Certificate for Offering Completed September 7, 2010 (incorporated by
reference from our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 23,
2010) |
10.1 |
Option Agreement with Geo Can
Resources Company Limited (incorporated by reference from our Annual
Report on Form 10-K filed on July 14, 2009) |
10.2 |
Binding Letter
Agreement with Kilimanjaro Mining Company Inc. (incorporated by reference
from our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on July 14, 2009) |
10.3 |
Consulting Services Agreement with
Stocks That Move (incorporated by reference from our Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q filed on November 23, 2009) |
10.4 |
Consulting Agreement
with Robert Lupo (incorporated by reference from our Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q filed on February 22, 2010) |
10.5 |
Addendum to the Consulting Agreement
with Robert Lupo (incorporated by reference from our Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q filed on February 22, 2010) |
10.6 |
Finders Fee
Agreement with Robert A. Young and the RAYA Group (incorporated by
reference from our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on July 14, 2010)
|
10.7 |
Termination of the Consulting
Agreement with Robert Lupo (incorporated by reference from our Annual
Report on Form 10-K filed on July 14, 2010) |
10.8 |
Consulting Agreement
with Clive Howard Matthew King (incorporated by reference from our Annual
Report on Form 10-K filed on July 14, 2010) |
10.9 |
Consulting Agreement dated October 7,
2010 between the Company and Misac Noubar Nabighian (incorporated by
reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 13, 2010)
|
10.10 |
2010 Stock Option
Plan (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K filed
on October 13, 2010) |
10.11 |
Stock Exchange Agreement with
Kilimanjaro Mining Company, Inc. and their selling shareholders
(incorporated by reference from our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on
November 23, 2009) |
10.12 |
Form of Subscription
Agreement for Offering Completed September 7, 2010(incorporated by
reference from our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 23,
2010) |
10.13 |
Amendment No. 1 to Consulting Agreement between the
Company and Clive King dated effective November 11, 2010 (incorporated by
reference from our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 23,
2010) |
10.14 |
Form of Mineral Property Sales Agreement dated May 15,
2009, July 29, 2009, August 28, 2009 and November 19, 2009 between a
director of the Company and the landowners listed below (collectively the
Landowners) (incorporated by reference from our Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q filed on November 23, 2010): |
|
|
|
No |
Owners Name |
|
S01 |
Pius Joackim Game in
Parenership with Mustafa Kaombwe and Msua Mkumbo |
|
S03 |
Mohamed Suleimani and Partners
Plus Chombo, Alfred Joakim and Heri S. Mhula |
|
S04 |
Maswi Marwa In Partnership with
Robert Malando, Andrew Julius Marando and Mathew Melania |
|
S05 |
John Bina Wambura in
Partnership with Fabiano Lango |
|
S06 |
Elizabeth Shango |
|
S07 |
Athuman Chiboni in Partnership
with Maswi Marwa and Robert Malando |
|
S08 |
Malando Maywili in Partnership
with Charles Mchembe |
|
S09 |
Robert Malando |
|
S10 |
Raymond Athumani Munyawi |
|
S11 |
Jeremia K. Lulu in Partnership
with Agnes Musa, Juma Shashu, Neema Safari, Neema Tungaraza, Safari Neema
Tungaraza, Safari Meema and Simon Gidazada |
Exhibit |
|
|
Number |
Description |
|
S12 |
Heri S. Mhula and partners Samweli Sumbuka,
Plus Gam and Shambulingole |
|
S13 |
Limbu Magambo Nyoda and
Partners Saba Joseph, Bakari Kahinda |
|
S14 |
Shambuli Sumbuka in Partnership with Limbu
Gambo |
|
S15 |
Salama Mselemu |
|
S16 |
John Bina Wambura in Partnership with Bosco
Sevelin Chaila; Plus Game; Saimon Jonga |
|
S17 |
John Bina Wambura in
Partnership with Jumanne Mtemi; Anton Gidion; Bosco Sevelin Chaila; Plus
Game; Saimon Jonga |
|
S18 |
Limbu Magambo in Partnership with Pous GamI and
Shambuli Sumbuka |
|
S19 |
Lukas Mmary in Partnership with
Henry Pajero, John Bina, Massanja Game, Mwajuma Joseph, Mwita Magita and
Plus Game |
|
S20 |
Maswi Marwa In Partnership with Shagida
malando; Marwa Marwa; Benidict Mitti and Fred Mgongo |
|
S21 |
Mustafa IDD Kaombwe |
|
S22 |
Mustafa IDD Kaombwe in Partnership with Mahega
Malugoyi; Julias Kamana; Ramadhani Lyanga and Abas Mustafa |
|
S23 |
Ramadhani Mohamed Lyanga In
partnership With Mustafa Kaombwe and Bethod Njega |
|
S24 |
Ales David Kajoro in partnership with Henry
Ignas; Daud Peter and Julias Charles Rugiga |
|
S25 |
Joel Mazemle in Partnership
with Christina Mazemle, Plus Chombo and Limbu Magambo Nyoda |
|
S26 |
Idd Ismail in Partnership with Bakari Abdi,
Elizabeth U. Yohana, Emanuel Marco, Hamisi Ramadhan, Husein Hasan, Mnaya
Hosea, and Sanane Msigalali |
|
|
10.15 |
Form of Addendum No. 1 to Mineral Property Sales
Agreement dated September 18, 2009 between a director of the Company and
the Landowners (incorporated by reference from our Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q filed on November 23, 2010) |
10.16 |
Form of Addendum No. 2 to Mineral Property Sales
Agreement dated January 18, 2010 between a director of the Company and the
Landowners (incorporated by reference from our Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q filed on November 23, 2010) |
10.17 |
Form of Addendum No. 3 to Mineral Property Sales
Agreement dated July 27, 2010 between a director of the Company and the
Landowners (incorporated by reference from our Quarterly Report on Form
10- Q filed on November 23, 2010) |
10.18 |
Mineral Financing Agreement between the Company and Ahmed
Magoma dated October 19, 2009* (incorporated by reference
from our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 23, 2010)
|
10.19 |
Property Purchase Agreement between Geo Can Resources
Company Limited and Kilimanjaro Mining Company, Inc dated May 5,
2009(incorporated by reference from our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
filed on November 23, 2010) |
10.20 |
Amendment to Mineral Financing Agreement between the
Company and Ahmed Magoma dated October 27, 2009 (incorporated by reference
from our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 23, 2010)
|
10.21 |
Declaration of Trust of Geo Can Resources Company Limited
dated July 23, 2009 (incorporated by reference from our Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q filed on November 23, 2010) |
10.22 |
Form of Subscription Agreement for non US Subscribers
(incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
March 11, 2011) |
10.23 |
Form of Subscription Agreement for US
Subscribers (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K
filed on March 11, 2011) |
10.24 |
Consulting Agreement
dated April 26, 2011 between David Kalenuik and the Company (incorporated
by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 2, 2011)
|
10.25 |
Consulting Agreement dated April 26,
2011 between Roger Newell and the Company (incorporated by reference from
our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 2, 2011) |
10.26 |
Employment Agreement
dated April 26, 2011 between Heidi Kalenuik and the Company (incorporated
by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 2, 2011)
|
10.27 |
Employment Agreement dated April 26,
2011 between Ming Zhu and the Company (incorporated by reference from our
Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 2, 2011) |
10.28 |
Geita Option
Agreement dated May 6, 2011 between Otterburn Ventures Inc. and the
Company (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K
filed on May 12, 2011) |
10.29 |
Kalemela Option Agreement dated May
6, 2011 between Otterburn Ventures Inc. and the Company (incorporated by
reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 12, 2011)
|
10.30 |
North Mara Option
Agreement dated May 6, 2011 between Otterburn Ventures Inc. and the
Company (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K
filed on May 12, 2011) |
Exhibit |
|
Number |
Description |
10.31 |
Singida Option Agreement dated May 6, 2011 among
Otterburn Ventures Inc., the Company and Ahmed Abubakar Magoma
(incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
May 12, 2011) |
10.32 |
Form of Royalty Purchase
Agreement (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K
filed on September 13, 2012) |
10.33 |
Finders Fee Agreement with Berkshire
Investment Ltd (incorporated by reference from our Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q filed on February 14, 2013) |
10.34 |
Option Agreement with Ahmed
Magoma dated December 11, 2012 (incorporated by reference from our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 14, 2013) |
10.35 |
Strategic Partner Advisory Fee Agreement with
Sattva Capital Corporation dated August 14, 2013(incorporated by reference
from our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 14, 2013) |
10.36 |
Amendment to option agreement
with Ahmed Magoma dated August 1, 2013 (incorporated by reference from our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 14, 2013) |
10.37 |
Consulting Agreement with Misac Noubar
Nabighian dated October 1, 2013 (incorporated by reference from our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 14, 2013) |
10.38 |
Financial advisory agreement
with Stope Capital Advisors dated October 25, 2013 (incorporated by
reference from our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 14,
2013) |
10.39 |
Form of Forward Gold sale agreement
(incorporated by reference from our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on
February 14, 2014) |
10.40 |
Amended Form of Forward Gold
sale agreement (incorporated by reference from our Annual Report on Form
10-K filed on December 31, 2014) |
14.1 |
Code of Ethics (incorporated by reference from
our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on June 26, 2008) |
21.1 |
List of Subsidiaries
(incorporated by reference from our from our Annual Report on Form 10-K
filed on December 31, 2014) |
31.1* |
Certification of Chief Executive Officer
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
31.2* |
Certification of Chief
Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002 |
32.1* |
Certification of Chief Executive Officer
pursuant Section 906 Certifications under Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|
32.2* |
Certification of Chief
Financial Officer pursuant Section 906 Certifications under Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 |
99.2 |
Audit Committee Charter (incorporated by
reference from our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on June 26, 2008)
|
99.3 |
Disclosure Committee Charter
(incorporated by reference from our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on
June 26, 2008) |
|
|
101.INS* |
XBRL Instance Document |
101.SCH* |
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema |
101.CAL* |
XBRL Taxonomy Extension
Calculation Linkbase |
101.DEF* |
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase |
101.LAB* |
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label
Linkbase |
101.PRE* |
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase |
* Filed herewith.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
LAKE VICTORIA MINING COMPANY, INC.
By |
/s/
|
David
Kalenuik |
|
David Kalenuik |
|
President, and Chief Executive
Officer |
|
(Principal Executive Officer) |
|
|
|
Date: |
February 17, 2015 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
By |
/s/
|
Ming
Zhu |
|
Ming Zhu |
|
Chief Financial Officer |
|
(Principal Accounting Officer and
Principal |
|
Financial Officer) |
|
|
|
Date: |
February 17, 2015
|
CERTIFICATIONS
I, David Kalenuik, certify that:
1. |
I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of
Lake Victoria Mining Company, Inc.; |
|
|
2. |
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report; |
|
|
3. |
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and
other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report; |
|
|
4. |
The registrants other certifying officer and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and
internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have: |
|
(a) |
designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us
by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which
this report is being prepared; |
|
|
|
|
(b) |
designed such internal control over financial reporting,
or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed
under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financials
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles; |
|
|
|
|
(c) |
evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's
disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on
such evaluation; and |
|
|
|
|
(d) |
disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or
is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal
control over financial reporting; and |
5. |
The registrants other certifying officer and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee
of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the
equivalent functions): |
|
(a) |
all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in
the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability
to record, process, summarize and report financial information;
and |
|
|
|
|
(b) |
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in the
registrant's internal controls over financial
reporting. |
February 17, 2015
/s/ David Kalenuik |
David Kalenuik |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
(Principal Executive Officer) |
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Ming Zhu, certify that:
1. |
I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of
Lake Victoria Mining Company, Inc.; |
|
|
2. |
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report; |
|
|
3. |
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and
other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report; |
|
|
4. |
The registrants other certifying officer and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and
internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have: |
|
(a) |
designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us
by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which
this report is being prepared; |
|
|
|
|
(b) |
designed such internal control over financial reporting,
or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed
under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financials
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles; |
|
|
|
|
(c) |
evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's
disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on
such evaluation; and |
|
|
|
|
(d) |
disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or
is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal
control over financial reporting; and |
5. |
The registrants other certifying officer and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee
of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the
equivalent functions): |
|
(a) |
all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in
the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability
to record, process, summarize and report financial information;
and |
|
|
|
|
(b) |
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in the
registrant's internal controls over financial
reporting. |
February 17, 2015
/s/ Ming Zhu |
Ming Zhu |
Chief Financial Officer |
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting |
Officer) |
CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY
ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Lake Victoria Mining
Company, Inc. (the Company) on Form 10-Q for the nine month period ended
December 31, 2014, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the
date hereof (the Report), I, David Kalenuik, President and Chief Executive
Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant
to 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that
|
(1) |
The Report fully complies with the requirements of
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended; and |
|
|
|
|
(2) |
The information contained in the Report fairly presents,
in all material respects, the financial condition and results of
operations of the Company. |
Dated: |
February 17, 2015 |
By: |
/s/ David Kalenuik |
|
|
David Kalenuik |
|
|
President and Chief Executive Officer |
|
|
(Principal Executive Officer) |
CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY
ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of Lake Victoria Mining
Company, Inc. (the Company) on Form 10-Q for the nine month period ended
December 31, 2014, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the
date hereof (the Report), I, Ming Zhu., Chief Financial Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that
|
(1) |
The Report fully complies with the requirements of
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended; and |
|
|
|
|
(2) |
The information contained in the Report fairly presents,
in all material respects, the financial condition and results of
operations of the Company. |
Dated: |
February 17, 2015 |
By: |
/s/ Ming Zhu |
|
|
Ming Zhu |
|
|
Chief Financial Officer |
|
|
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal |
|
|
Accounting Officer) |
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