EXPLANATORY NOTE
The Company is filing this Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-K/A (the “Form 10-K/A”) for the year ended May 31, 2023, originally filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission on September 25, 2023. This Form 10-K/A has been amended as follows:
- A property map has been added for the Cache River Property pursuant to Item 1303(b)(1) of Regulation S-K.
- Summary property disclosure on the Cache River Property has been added pursuant to Item 1303(b)(2) of Regulation S-K.
- Internal controls disclosure has been added for the Frog Property and Cache River Property pursuant to Item 1305 of Regulation S-K.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Business
This annual report contains forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. 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" that may cause our or our industry's 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.
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.
Our financial statements are stated in United States Dollars (US$) and are prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles.
In this annual report, unless otherwise specified, all dollar amounts are expressed in United States Dollars and all references to "common shares" refer to the common shares in our capital stock.
As used in this annual report, the terms "we", "us", "our company", "Wolverine", mean Wolverine Resources Corp., a Nevada corporation, unless otherwise indicated.
Corporate History
Our company was incorporated in the State of Nevada on February 23, 2006 and is quoted on the OTC Pink under the symbol WOLV.
Since we began operations in 2006, the Company has been focused primarily on the exploration for and development of base and precious metal properties located in North America. The Company has two mineral properties located in Labrador, Canada, the Frog Property and the Cache River Property.
On February 28, 2022, the Company entered into an agreement ("Agreement") with 86835 Newfoundland & Labrador Corp. ("86835"), a non-arm's length party, to acquire a 40% interest in the Frog Property (the "Property") located in Labrador, Canada. Under the terms of the Agreement the Company issued 28,500,000 common shares at a deemed price of $0.04 per share for a purchase price of $1,140,000. The deemed issue price of the acquisition was determined based on an equivalent price per share for a concurrent financing. For accounting purposes, the acquisition had a fair value $2,850,000 and a fair value of $0.10 per share based upon the closing market price of Wolverine on February 28, 2022.
86835 is an Innu owned and operated private mineral exploration company which owns mineral properties in both Newfoundland and Labrador. Bruce Costerd and Luke Rich are officers, directors and shareholders of 86835 and Wolverine.
On August 9, 2022, Wolverine entered into an Amended Purchase Agreement with 86835 Newfoundland & Labrador Corp. ("86835") relating to the acquisition of a 40% interest in the Frog Property located in Labrador, Canada. Under the terms of the Amended Purchase Agreement the number of shares issued pursuant to the acquisition was reduced from 28,500,000 common shares to 27,500,000 common shares and the number of claims was reduced from 315 claims to 262 claims.
On July 19, 2023, Wolverine entered into a Second Amendment of the Purchase Agreement with Rich Resources Inc.("Rich") formerly 86835 Newfoundland & Labrador Corp. relating to the acquisition of a 40% interest in the Frog Property located in Labrador, Canada. Under the terms of the Second Amendment of the Purchase Agreement 24,000,000 common shares of Wolverine were issued to Rich at a deemed price of $0.04 per share and 12,000,000 Wolverine common shares held by each of Bruce Costerd and Luke Rich were cancelled.
The Company also holds a 90% interest in the Cache River Property located in Labrador, Canada consisting of a total of 53 mineral claims and an area of 1320 hectares (3,262 acres). The Company is not currently conducting any exploration on the Cache River Property.
We have not yet determined whether the Frog Property or the Cache River Property contain mineral reserves that are economically recoverable.
Our Current Business
We are an exploration stage mining company engaged in the identification, acquisition, and exploration of metals and minerals with a focus on base and precious metals. Our current operational focus is to raise sufficient funds to continue exploration activities on our properties in Labrador, Canada, known as the Frog Property and the Cache River Property. We intend to conduct further exploration activities on the properties in 2023. We expect to review other potential exploration projects from time to time as they are presented to us.
Our business is conducted by independent contractors all of which are officers and/or directors of the Company. As of May 31, 2023, the company had one full-time consultant, Bruce Costerd, the CEO and a director of the Company. The Company also has two consultants engaged on a non-exclusive, part time basis, Richard Haderer, the CFO and a director of the Company and Luke Rich, a director of the Company. Our business plan does not anticipate that we will hire a large number of employees or that we will require extensive office space. We have to date, and plan to continue to acquire most of the industry and geological expertise we require through third party contractual relationships with other companies, which will act as operators of our various interests. Although this exposes us to certain risks on behalf of those operators, it also allows us to participate in the often, unique experience and knowledge that local persons have related to certain properties.
The Company's objective for the next twelve months on the Frog Property is that additional magnetics be completed expanding on the current grid to the north and south of anomalous readings encountered in 2022. This will be completed in fall 2023, at which time prospecting should be completed expanding the 2021 range of coverage focusing on the large magnetic anomaly in the area as it extends beyond the valley bottom to the steep valley ridges where it is more likely to encounter outcroppings.
We have suffered recurring losses from operations and anticipate generating losses for the foreseeable future. The continuation of our business is dependent upon obtaining further financing, completing a successful program of exploration and/or development, and, finally, achieving a profitable level of operations. 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.
There are no assurances that we will be able to obtain further funds required for our continued operations. As noted herein, we are pursuing various financing alternatives to meet our immediate and long-term financial requirements. There can be no assurance that additional financing will be available to us when needed or, if available, that it can be obtained on commercially reasonable terms. If we are not able to obtain the additional financing on a timely basis, we will be unable to conduct our operations as planned, and we will not be able to meet our other obligations as they become due. In such event, we will be forced to scale down or perhaps even cease our operations.
Mineral Properties
Summary
Since we began operations in 2006, the Company has been focused primarily on the exploration for and development of base and precious metal properties located in North America. The Company has two mineral properties located in Labrador, Canada, the Frog Property and the Cache River Property. Currently only the Frog Property is material to the Company. The Frog Property and the Cache River Property is at the exploration stage and there are no mineral resources or mineral reserves. Wolverine is the operator of the Frog Property and the Cache River Property.
Frog Property -Labrador, Canada
Property Description and Location
Figure 1: Location Map
The Frog Property is located approximately 70 kilometres west-northwest of the town of Natuashish and 65 kilometres southwest of the town of Nain, Labrador, situated 30 kilometres south of the Voisey's Bay nickel, copper, and cobalt deposit operated by Voisey's Bay Nickel Company Ltd., a subsidiary of Vale S.A (Figure 1). The Property is centered on latitude 56.02° N and longitude 62.24° W within the 1:50000 scaled National Topographic System ("NTS") map sheets 13M16 and 14D01.
Figure 2: Frog Property Mineral Licence Map and Topography
The Property is 60% owned by 86835 Newfoundland & Labrador Corp ("86835") of Natuashish, NL, an Innu owned private corporation and 40% owned by Wolverine. The Property currently consists of 5 contiguous mineral licences composed of 262 claims encompassing 6,550 ha (16,185 acres) (Figure 2). A complete listing of mineral licences comprising the Frog Property follows on Table 1.
Licence |
Area (ha) |
Area(acres) |
# Claims |
Issued |
Expiry |
Mapsheets |
031778M |
2,875 |
7,104 |
115 |
2020-12-23 |
2025-12-23 |
13M16,14D01 |
031779M |
2,500 |
6,178 |
100 |
2020-12-23 |
2025-12-23 |
13M16,14D01 |
034256M |
150 |
371 |
6 |
2022-04-13 |
2027-04-13 |
13M16 |
034255M |
450 |
1,112 |
18 |
2022-04-13 |
2027-04-13 |
14D01 |
034465M |
575 |
1421 |
23 |
2022-05-07 |
2023-05-07 |
14D01 |
Table 1: List of Mineral Licences
Exploration Permits
Exploration Permit E230188 and E230214 were granted by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador for exploration on the Frog Property until June 27, 2025. All exploration in Labrador requires approval from the Innu Nation as part of the permitting process.
Mineralization
To date, no economic mineralization has been discovered on the Property. A total of 23 rock (float) samples were collected and sent to Eastern Analytical Ltd. of Springdale, Newfoundland for multi-element analyses including nickel and copper sulphides as well as rare earth element minerals. Although no economic results for precious metals were found from the laboratory analyses, one sample did contain up to 780 ppm Cu. Elevated iron and depleted sulphur suggests iron (+/-) titanium oxides present likely related to the coincident magnetic high.
It was noted that all of the samples analyzed contained high levels of zirconium averaging 562 ppm Zr (2.7 times normal background levels) and the samples were subsequently analyzed for rare earth elements (REE's). Of the 23 samples, 13 were found to contain total rare earth elements (TREE) grading above twice normal background values averaging 475 ppm TREE + Y.
Preliminary petrographic work on one sample suggests the rock is an iron rich olivine ("fayalite") granite demonstrating textures consistent with chemical disequilibrium and possible hydrothermal alteration. Fayalite granites are unusual rocks commonly associated with anorthosite-magnerite-charnokite-granite (AMCG)-type massifs such as the Nain Igneous Complex.
Internal Controls Disclosure
The Company has only conducted preliminary exploration work on the Frog Property. The Company will establish internal control procedures once active exploration activities on the Frog Property commence.
Exploration History
In the fall of 2021, 86835 completed an initial exploration program on the Property consisting of prospecting, rock geochemistry, and ground magnetics.
In February and March of 2022, the Company completed a ground magnetometer survey on the Property. A total of
28.5 line-km of surveying was completed on 30 - 100 m spaced lines encompassing an area of 350 ha. The survey was completed by indigenous workers employed by 86835 using an Overhauser GEM GSM-19 Magnetometer. The survey expanded on a preliminary survey completed late in 2021.
Although several small anomalous bodies were delineated in the eastern portion of the grid, a strongly magnetic body was outlined extending 1.4 km through the western portion of the grid and is open to the north and south. This magnetic feature is 180 to 360 m wide and shows a sharp contrast of up to 20,000 nT between the anomaly and country rock.
In the fall of 2022 an exploration program was completed which consisted of prospecting in an area of strong magnetics delineated by a ground magnetics survey completed earlier in the year.
Recommendations
In the author's opinion, the Frog Property is a property of merit and additional exploration should target both the source of the magnetic anomaly and the areas suspected to contain rare earth mineralization.
It is recommended that airborne magnetics and radiometrics surveys be completed over the Property. Rare earth mineralization is generally associated with uranium mineralization and radiometrics should define promising areas for follow-up examination.
The area of the strong magnetic anomaly is completely covered in glacial tills and no outcrop is evident. Prospecting should be completed expanding the 2021 range of coverage focusing on the north and south limits of the large magnetic anomaly at the cliff edges where the steep valley ridges demonstrate spalling of rocks into scree piles. Additional prospecting should be completed following the airborne geophysical surveys as well, focusing on both radiometric and magnetic anomalies.
It is estimated that the next phase of exploration would cost $152,000, as itemized in Table 4.
Program |
Description |
|
Cost |
|
Airborne Geophysics |
Property wide |
$ |
75,000 |
|
Prospecting |
7 people x 14 days |
$ |
24,500 |
|
Mob/demob |
Helicopter/Float Plane |
$ |
25,000 |
|
Analytical |
100 samples |
$ |
5,000 |
|
Camp |
|
$ |
9,000 |
|
Contingencies |
~ 10% |
$ |
13,500 |
|
Total |
|
$ |
152,000 |
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Table 4: Recommended |
Budget - Frog Property |
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Cache River Property –Labrador, Canada
Property Description and Location
The Cache River Property is located about 120 kilometres (75 miles) west of Goose Bay, Labrador, a small town of 9,000 people on the Atlantic Coast of northern Canada. It takes approximately one and a half to two hours to drive to the Cache River Property from Goose Bay.
The Cache River Property lie within NTS map sheets 13E/01 and 13F/04 and extends approximately from 53o 11’ 08’’ N latitude and 62o 11’ 56’’ W longitude to 53o 06’ 34’’ N latitude and 61o 57’ 02’’ W longitude.
Goose Bay features an international airport. From there, the Cache River Property can be accessed directly from the Trans-Labrador Highway. The Cache River Property are easily accessible by the Trans-Labrador Highway, which runs through the central portion of the Cache River Property. The Trans-Labrador Highway is a well-maintained Provincial Highway with a gravel surface. There are no gas stations between Goose Bay and Churchill Falls, the next major community located 290 kilometres (180 miles) to the west of Goose Bay and 160 kilometres (105 miles) to the west of the Labrador Claims.
Access to the Cache River Property is possible for most of the year given the proximity to Goose Bay and the fact that the highway is well maintained. Airborne geophysical surveys are best performed either in late winter (March-April) or during the summer (June-August). Ground geophysical surveys should be scheduled to avoid freeze-up (November-December) and breakup (late April to early June). Ground geological surveys are best conducted with no snow cover (mid June to mid November).
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Figure 1. Cache River Property Location
Description of Claims
The Cache River Property consists of a total of 53 mineral claims of which 6 claims are held under Licence 013472M and an additional 47 claims were recently staked and are held under Licenses 031643M and 031889M as described in the table below. A layout of the claims is shown in Figure 2 below.
Summary of the Claims |
|
Number |
# of Claims |
NTS |
Area |
Good to Date |
|
|
|
(hectares) |
|
013472M |
6 |
13F/04 |
150 |
05-17-2027 |
031643M |
29 |
13F/04 |
725 |
12-13-2025 |
031889M |
18 |
13F/04 |
450 |
01-20-2026 |
In the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador a mineral claim consists of a 25-hectare square measuring 500 meters per side. A single license can contain from one to 256 claims. The claims are unencumbered and in good standing and there are no third-party conditions which affect the claims other than conditions defined by the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador described below. The claims together make up an aggregate area of 2,825 hectares. We have no insurance covering the claims. Management believes that no insurance is necessary since the claims are unimproved and contain no buildings or improvements.
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Figure 2 Cache River Property Claims Location
There is no assurance that a commercially viable mineral deposit exists on the Cache River Property. Further exploration will be required before an evaluation as to the economic feasibility of the Cache River Property is determined. Our consulting geophysicist has written a report and provided us with recommendations of how we should explore the property. Until management can validate otherwise, the property is without known reserves.
Exploration Permits
Exploration Permit E220178 was granted by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador for exploration on the Cache River Property until November 17, 2023. The Company will be applying for a new permit for the 2024 exploration All exploration in Labrador requires approval from the Innu Nation as part of the permitting process.
Mineralization
Mineral occurrences discovered to date on the Cache River property consists of disseminated copper +/- gold mineralization occurring within Grenvillian gneisses exposed along a 20-30 kilometer section the Trans Labrador Highway in south central Labrador. Mineralization observed consists largely of disseminated and stringer chalcopyrite, pyrite and pyrrhotite hosted within medium to dark grey, strongly foliated metasedimentary gneisses. Some mineralization appears to be associated with strongly deformed mafic intrusive or extrusive rocks. Prospecting results include a high of 6.4% copper and 108 ppb gold from a grab sample. Best results from diamond drilling in 2010 include 21 meters grading 0.04% copper. The highest grade intersection was from CR1-05-11 which returned 0.49% copper and 427 ppb gold over 0.50 m. While work to date has failed to outline a significant deposit, the fact remains that outside of the immediate area of the roadside exposures, very little has been done, and the area in general remains largely unexplored. Mineral exploration in the region surrounding the Cache River property is limited to potentially significant Rare Earth Element (REE) mineralization discovered in 2006 at Pope’s Hill, 30 kilometers east of the Cache River property; and by iron bearing river sands in the Lower Churchill River Valley. These items, and others, will be discussed under Adjacent Properties Section.
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Internal Controls Disclosure
The Company has not conducted any exploration on the Cache River Property since 2012 The Company will establish internal control procedures once active exploration activities resume on the Cache River Property are underway.
Subsidiaries
We do not have any subsidiaries.
Intellectual Property
We do not own, either legally or beneficially, any patent or trademark.
REPORTS TO SECURITY HOLDERS
We are not required to deliver an annual report to our stockholders but will voluntarily send an annual report, together with our annual audited financial statements upon request. We are required to file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements, and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our Securities and Exchange Commission filings are available to the public over the Internet at the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.
The public may read and copy any materials filed by us with the SEC at the SEC's Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington DC 20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. We are an electronic filer. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. The Internet address of the site is http://www.sec.gov.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Much of the information included in this annual 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".
If we do not obtain additional financing, the business plan will fail.
Our current operating funds are insufficient to complete the next phases of our proposed exploration program on our Labrador mineral claims. We will need to obtain additional financing in order to complete our business plan and our proposed exploration program. Our business plan calls for significant expenses in connection with the exploration of the Labrador Claims. We have not made arrangements to secure any additional financing.
Because we have only recently commenced business operations, we face a high risk of business failure and this could result in a total loss of your investment.
We are not currently conducting any exploration and are in the initial stages of exploration of the Labrador Claims, and thus have no way to evaluate the likelihood whether our company will be able to operate our business successfully. Our Company was incorporated on February 23, 2006 and to date we have been involved primarily in organizational activities, obtaining financing and preliminary exploration of the Labrador Claims. We have not earned any revenues and we have never achieved profitability as of the date of this annual report. Potential investors should be aware of the difficulties normally encountered by new mineral exploration companies and the high rate of failure of such enterprises. The likelihood of success must be considered in the light of problems, expenses, difficulties, complications and delays encountered in connection with the exploration of the mineral properties that our company plans to undertake. These potential problems include, but are not limited to, unanticipated problems relating to exploration and additional costs and expenses that may exceed current estimates. We have no history upon which to base any assumption as to the likelihood that its business will prove successful, and we can provide no assurance to investors that our company will generate any operating revenues or ever achieve profitable operations. If our company is unsuccessful in addressing these risks its business will likely fail and you will lose your entire investment.
Because our company has only recently commenced business operations, we expect to incur operating losses for the foreseeable future.
Our company has never earned any revenue and our company has never been profitable. Prior to completing exploration on the Labrador Claims, we may incur increased operating expenses without realizing any revenues from the Labrador Claims, this could cause our company to fail and you will lose your entire investment.
If we do not find a joint venture partner for the continued development of our mineral claims, we may not be able to advance exploration work.
If the results of the exploration program are successful, we may try to enter into a joint venture agreement with a partner for the further exploration and possible production of the Labrador Claims. Our company would face competition from other junior mineral resource exploration companies who have properties that they deem to be attractive in terms of potential return and investment cost. In addition, if our company entered into a joint venture agreement, our company would likely assign a percentage of our interest in the Labrador Claims to the joint venture partner. If our company is unable to enter into a joint venture agreement with a partner, our company may fail and you may lose your entire investment.
Because of the speculative nature of mineral property exploration, there is substantial risk that no commercially viable deposits will be found and our business will fail.
Exploration for base and precious metals is a speculative venture involving substantial risk. We can provide investors with no assurance that the Labrador Claims contain commercially viable mineral deposits. The exploration program that our company will conduct on the Labrador Claims may not result in the discovery of commercial viable mineral deposits. Problems such as unusual and unexpected rock formations and other conditions are involved in base and precious metal exploration and often result in unsuccessful exploration efforts. In such a case, we may be unable to complete our business plan and you could lose your entire investment.
Because of the inherent dangers involved in base and precious metal exploration, there is a risk that our company may incur liability or damages as we conducts our business.
The search for base and precious metals involves numerous hazards. As a result, our company may become subject to liability for such hazards, including pollution, cave-ins and other hazards against which we cannot insure or against which we may elect not to insure. Our company currently has no such insurance nor do we expect to get such insurance in the foreseeable future. If a hazard were to occur, the costs of rectifying the hazard may exceed our asset value and cause our company to liquidate all of our assets resulting in the loss of your entire investment.
Because access to our company's mineral claims is often restricted by inclement weather, we will be delayed in exploration and any future mining efforts.
Access to the Labrador mineral claims is restricted to the period between May and November of each year due to snow in the area. As a result, any attempts to visit, test, or explore the property are largely limited to these few months of the year when weather permits such activities. These limitations can result in significant delays in exploration efforts, as well as mining and production in the event that commercial amounts of minerals are found. Such delays can result in our company's inability to meet deadlines for exploration expenditures as defined by the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. This could cause the business venture to fail and the loss of your entire investment unless our company can meet the deadlines.
As our company undertakes exploration of the Labrador Claims, we will be subject to compliance with government regulation that may increase the anticipated time and cost of its exploration program.
There are several governmental regulations that materially restrict the exploration of minerals. Our company will be subject to the mining laws and regulations as contained in the Mineral Act of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador as we carry out our exploration program. We may be required to obtain work permits, post bonds and perform remediation work for any physical disturbance to the land in order to comply with these regulations. While our company's planned exploration program budgets for regulatory compliance, there is a risk that new regulations could increase our time and costs of doing business and prevent our company from carrying out our exploration program.
Because market factors in the mining business are out of our control, our company may not be able to market any minerals that may be found.
The mining industry, in general, is intensely competitive and we can provide no assurance to investors even if minerals are discovered that a ready market will exist from the sale of any base or precious metals found. Numerous factors beyond our control may affect the marketability of base or precious metals. These factors include market fluctuations, the proximity and capacity of natural resource markets and processing equipment, government regulations, including regulations relating to prices, taxes, royalties, land tenure, land use, importing and exporting of minerals and environmental protection. The exact effect of these factors cannot be accurately predicted, but the combination of these factors may result in our company not receiving an adequate return on invested capital and you may lose your entire investment.
Because our company holds a significant portion of our cash reserves in United States dollars, we may experience weakened purchasing power in Canadian dollar terms.
Our company holds a significant portion of our cash reserves in United States dollars. Due to foreign exchange rate fluctuations, the value of these United States dollar reserves can result in both translation gains or losses in Canadian dollar terms. If there was to be a significant decline in the United States dollar versus the Canadian Dollar, our USdollar purchasing power in Canadian dollars would also significantly decline. Our company has not entered into derivative instruments to offset the impact of foreign exchange fluctuations.
Our auditors have expressed substantial doubt about our company's ability to continue as a going concern.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that our company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the May 31, 2023, financial statements, our company was incorporated on February 23, 2006, and has never generated any revenue, has a working capital deficiency, and has incurred operating losses since inception. As a result, our company's auditor has expressed substantial doubt about the ability of our company to continue as a going concern. Continued operations are dependent on our ability to complete equity or debt financing or generate profitable operations. Such financing may not be available or may not be available on reasonable terms. Our financial statements do not include any adjustments that may result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Our stock is a penny stock. Trading of our stock may be restricted by the SEC's penny stock regulations which may limit a stockholder's ability to buy and sell our stock.
Our stock is a penny stock. The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted Rule 15g-9 which generally defines "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 SEC 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 customer's 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 customer's 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 purchaser's 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.
OTC Markets has placed a "Shell Risk" identifier on the Company's page on OTC Markets website.
OTC Markets has placed a "Shell Risk" identifier on the Company's page on OTC Markets website. The Company is not in agreement that it is a "Shell Company" as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act due to the operations conducted by the Company in the past few years in the technology sector, and that such operations have been more than nominal. If advisable or beneficial for the Company or its shareholders, the Company may elect to pursue the appeal process with OTC Markets to have the "Shell Risk" identifier removed.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
None.
Item 2. Properties
We do not own any real property. Our principal business offices are located at #55-11020 Williams Road, Richmond British Columbia, Canada, V7A 1X8 at a cost of CDN $1,000 per month on a month-to-month basis.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Other than as set out below, our company is not a party to any pending legal proceeding and no legal proceeding is contemplated or threatened as of the date of this annual report.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
PART II
Item 5. Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
Public Market for Common Stock
Our stock is quoted on the OTC Pink under the symbol WOLV.
Stockholders of Our Common Shares
As of the date of this annual report, we have 261 registered shareholders.
Stock Option Grants
No stock options were granted during the year ended May 31, 2023.
Warrants
We have not issued and do not have any outstanding warrants to purchase shares of our common stock.
Dividends
There are no restrictions in our articles of incorporation or bylaws that prevent us from declaring dividends. The Nevada Revised Statutes, however, do prohibit us from declaring dividends where, after giving effect to the distribution of the dividend:
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we would not be able to pay our debts as they become due in the usual course of business; or |
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our total assets would be less than the sum of our total liabilities plus the amount that would be needed to satisfy the rights of shareholders who have preferential rights superior to those receiving the distribution. |
We have not declared any dividends, and we do not plan to declare any dividends in the foreseeable future.
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
On May 28, 2010 our directors approved the adoption of our 2010 Stock Plan which permits our company to issue up to 257,363 shares of our common stock, and 257,363 options to acquire shares of common stock, to directors, officers, employees and consultants of our company upon the grant of stock or the exercise of stock options granted under the 2010 Plan. As at May 31, 2023, there were none issued.
Transfer Agent
Our common shares are issued in registered form. Empire Stock Transfer, Inc. Telephone: (702) 818-5898; Facsimile: (702) 974-1444 is the registrar and transfer agent for our common shares.
As of September 22, 2023, we have 275 registered stockholders and 100,974,373 shares of common stock outstanding.
Purchase of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
We did not purchase any of our shares of common stock or other securities during the year ended May 31, 2023.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
On January 27, 2023, we issued 1,250,000 shares of our common stock in a private placement at a purchase price of CDN $0.05 (USD $0.04) raising gross proceeds of CDN $62,500 (USD $49,361). We have issued all of the shares to six (6) non-US persons (as that term is defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933) in an offshore transaction relying on Regulation S and/or Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.
On January 27, 2023, we issued 7,200,000 shares of our common stock in a private placement at a purchase price of CDN $0.025 (USD $0.02) raising gross proceeds of CDN $180,000 (USD $133,410). We have issued all of the shares to thirteen (13) non-US persons (as that term is defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933) in an offshore transaction relying on Regulation S and/or Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.
On January 27, 2023, we issued 420,000 shares of our common stock in a private placement at a purchase price of USD $0.02 raising gross proceeds of USD $8,400. We have issued all of securities to two (2) U.S. persons (as that term is defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933) relying upon Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933.
On January 27, 2023, we issued 450,000 shares of our common stock pursuant to debt settlement agreements with two (2) individuals. The deemed price of the shares issued was USD $0.002 per share. We have issued all of securities to two (2) U.S. persons (as that term is defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933) relying upon Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933.
On January 27, 2023, we issued 5,240,000 shares of our common stock pursuant to debt settlement agreements with nine (9) individuals. The deemed price of the shares issued was CDN $0.025 (USD $0.02) per share. We have issued all of the shares to nine (9) non-US persons (as that term is defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933) in an offshore transaction relying on Regulation S and/or Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933.
Purchase of Equity Securities by the Issuer
Wolverine did not purchase any of our shares of common stock or other securities during our fourth quarter of our fiscal year ended May 31, 2023.
Item 6. Selected Financial Data
As a "smaller reporting company", we are not required to provide the information required by this Item.
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and the related notes for the years ended May 31, 2023, and 2022 that appear elsewhere in this annual report. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include but are not limited to those discussed below and elsewhere in this annual report, particularly in the section entitled "Risk Factors" beginning on page 9 of this annual report.
Our audited financial statements are stated in United States Dollars and are prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles.
Cash Requirements
There is limited historical financial information about us upon which to base an evaluation of our performance. We have not generated any revenues from activities. We cannot guarantee we will be successful in our business activities. 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, and possible cost overruns due to price and cost increases in services.
Over the next twelve months we intend to use any funds that we may have available to fund our operations and conduct exploration on our Labrador Claims. We expect to review other potential exploration projects from time to time as they are presented to us.
Not accounting for our working capital deficit of $92,143 as of May 31, 2023, we require additional funds of approximately $152,000 at a minimum to proceed with our plan of operation over the next twelve months. As we do not have the funds necessary to cover our projected operating expenses for the next twelve-month period, we will be required to raise additional funds through the issuance of equity securities, through loans or through debt financing. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in raising the required capital or that actual cash requirements will not exceed our estimates. We intend to fulfill any additional cash requirement through the sale of our equity securities.
Our auditors have issued a going concern opinion for our year ended May 31, 2023. This means that there is substantial doubt that we can continue as an on-going business for the next twelve months unless we obtain additional capital to pay our bills. This is because we have not generated any revenues and no revenues are anticipated until we begin removing and selling minerals. As we had minimal cash and a working capital deficit in the amount of $92,143 as of May 31, 2023, we do not have sufficient working capital to enable us to carry out our stated plan of operation for the next twelve months. We plan to complete debt financings and/or private placement sales of our common stock in order to raise the funds necessary to pursue our plan of operation and to fund our working capital deficit in order to enable us to pay our accounts payable and accrued liabilities. We currently do not have any arrangements in place for the completion of any debt financing or private placement financing and there is no assurance that we will be successful in completing any debt financing or private placement financing. Our success or failure will be determined by what we find under the ground.
Plan of Operation
The Plan of Operation for the next 12 months is to raise $152,000 for the exploration program on the Frog Property.
As at May 31, 2023, we had cash of $208. We will need to raise additional financing to fund our exploration program over the next 12 months.
The continuation of our business is dependent upon obtaining further financing, a successful program of exploration and/or development, and, finally, achieving a profitable level of operations. 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.
There are no assurances that we will be able to obtain further funds required for our continued operations. As noted herein, we are pursuing various financing alternatives to meet our immediate and long-term financial requirements. There can be no assurance that additional financing will be available to us when needed or, if available, that it can be obtained on commercially reasonable terms. If we are not able to obtain the additional financing on a timely basis, we will be unable to conduct our operations as planned, and we will not be able to meet our other obligations as they become due. In such event, we will be forced to scale down or perhaps even cease our operations.
Purchase of Significant Equipment
We did not purchase any significant equipment over the twelve months ending May 31, 2023.
Results of Operations for the Years Ended May 31, 2023 and 2022
The following summary of our results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements for the years ended May 31, 2023 and 2022.
Our operating results for the years ended May 31, 2023 and 2022 are summarized as follows:
|
|
Year Ended May 31 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
Revenue |
$ |
- |
|
$ |
- |
|
Operating expenses |
$ |
(333,490 |
) |
$ |
(3,400,807 |
) |
Other income (expenses) |
$ |
(76,412 |
) |
$ |
(280,462 |
) |
Net loss |
$ |
(409,902 |
) |
$ |
(3,681,269 |
) |
Revenues
We have not earned any revenues since our inception and we do not anticipate earning revenues in the near future.
Operating Expenses
Our operating expenses for the years ended May 31, 2023 and 2022 are outlined in the table below:
|
|
Year Ended May 31 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
General and administrative |
$ |
303,381 |
|
$ |
498,419 |
|
Impairment (recovery) of mineral properties |
$ |
- |
|
$ |
2,861,952 |
|
Mineral exploration costs |
$ |
30,109 |
|
$ |
40,436 |
|
The decrease in general and administrative expenses for the year ended May 31, 2023 of $195,038, compared to the same period in fiscal 2022, was mainly due to:
- a decrease in consulting fees of $142,337, mainly due to a decrease in consulting services during the year;
- a decrease in interest expense of $12,396, due to an adjustment made during the year ended May 31, 2022;
- a decrease in transfer agent and filing fees of $30,424, mainly due to a decrease in share issuances;
- and a decrease in office expenses of $6,430.
Mineral property and exploration costs decreased by $10,327 from $40,436 during the year ended May 31, 2022 to $30,109 during the year ended May 31, 2023. Mineral property exploration costs decreased during the year as a result of a decrease in exploration costs incurred during exploration of the Frog Property and a staking license fees refund of $2,350.
Impairment of mineral properties decreased by $2,861,952 from an impairment of $2,861,952 during the year ended May 31, 2022 to $Nil during the year ended May 31, 2023. Impairment of mineral properties during the year ended May 31, 2022 was primarily due to the uncertainty of establishing proven and probable outputs from the Frog Property acquisition.
Liquidity and Financial Condition
Working Capital
|
|
At May 31, 2023 |
|
|
At May 31, 2022 |
|
Current assets |
$ |
2,501 |
|
$ |
9,349 |
|
Current liabilities |
|
94,644 |
|
|
81,517 |
|
Working deficit |
$ |
(92,143 |
) |
$ |
(72,168 |
) |
Cash Flows
|
|
Year Ended May 31 |
|
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities |
$ |
(216,843 |
) |
$ |
(296,976 |
) |
Net Cash Used in investing activities |
|
- |
|
|
(7,334 |
) |
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities |
|
210,757 |
|
|
301,493 |
|
Net change in cash during period |
$ |
(6,086 |
) |
$ |
(2,817 |
) |
Operating Activities
Net cash used in operating activities during the year ended May 31, 2023 was $216,843 compared to $296,976 for the year ended May 31, 2022. The decrease in cash used in operating activities was primarily a result of a decrease in net loss to $409,902 for the year ended May 31, 2023, offset by non-cash item including a loss of settlement of debt of $80,888 and a net change in operating assets and liabilities of $112,171, compared to a net loss of $3,681,269 for the year ended May 31, 2022, offset by non-cash items including an impairment of mineral property costs of $2,861,952, a loss of settlement of debt of $395,493, gain on write-down of accounts payable of $100,733 and a net change in operating assets and liabilities of $227,581.
Investing Activities
Net cash provided by investing activities during the year ended May 31, 2023 was $Nil compared to net cash used in investing activities of $7,334 for the year ended May 31, 2022, resulting from a decrease in mineral property claim acquisition costs.
Financing Activities
During the year ended May 31, 2023, we received proceeds of $210,757 from financing activities, which included advances from related parties of $8,600 and proceeds from common stock issued and subscribed of $202,157. During the year ended May 31, 2022, we received proceeds of $301,493 from financing activities from common stock issued and subscribed.
Contractual Obligations
As a "smaller reporting company", we are not required to provide tabular disclosure obligations.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have no significant 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.
APPLICATION OF CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Our audited financial statements and accompanying notes are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles used in the United States. Preparing financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, and expenses. These estimates and assumptions are affected by management's application of accounting policies. We believe that understanding the basis and nature of the estimates and assumptions involved with the following aspects of our financial statements is critical to an understanding of our financial statements.
Mineral Property Costs
Our company has been in the exploration stage since its inception on February 23, 2006 and has not yet realized any revenues from its planned operations. It is primarily engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mining properties. Mineral property exploration costs are expensed as incurred. Mineral property acquisition costs are initially capitalized when incurred. Our company assesses the carrying costs for impairment under ASC 360, "Property, Plant, and Equipment", at each fiscal quarter end. When it has been determined that a mineral property can be economically developed as a result of establishing proven and probable reserves, the costs then incurred to develop such property are capitalized. Such costs will be amortized using the units-of-production method over the estimated life of the probable reserve. If mineral properties are subsequently abandoned or impaired, any capitalized costs will be charged to operations. No mineral costs were incurred in the current period.
Stock-based Compensation
Our company records stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC 718, "Compensation-Stock Compensation" and ASC 505, "Equity Based Payments to Non-Employees", using the fair value method. All transactions in which goods or services are the consideration received for the issuance of equity instruments are accounted for based on the
grant date fair value of the consideration received, or the fair value of the equity instrument issued, whichever is more reliably measurable.
NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
The Company has implemented all new accounting pronouncements that are in effect and that may impact its financial statements and does not believe that there are any other new accounting pronouncements that have been issued that might have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
As a "smaller reporting company", we are not required to provide the information required by this Item.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Our audited financial statements are stated in United States dollars (US$) and are prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles. The following audited financial statements are filed as part of this annual report: