REGISTRATION
STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT
OF 1934. OR
|
√
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For
the fiscal year ended November 30, 2004. OR
|
TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
|
Securities
registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of
the Act.
|
Securities
registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of
the Act.
|
Indicate
the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer's
classes of
capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered
by the
annual report. 10,783,642
|
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to
be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period
that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has
been subject to
such filing requirements for the past 90
days.
|
√
Yes No
|
Indicate
by check mark which financial statement item the registrant
has elected to
follow.
|
√
Item 17 Item
18
|
Description
of Statement
|
||
(a)
Auditor’s Report
(b)
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of November 30, 2004 and 2003
(c)
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Cumulative Loss for each
of the
three years ended November 30, 2004, 2003 and 2002(d) Consolidates
Statements of Cash Flows for each of the three years ended November
30,
2004, 2003 and 2002
(e)
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity for each of the four years
ended November 30, 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001
(f)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial
Statements
|
|
Notes
|
2004
|
2003
|
|||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||||
Current
|
||||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
2,798,485
|
$
|
64,899
|
||||||
Restricted
cash
|
25,810
|
—
|
||||||||
Receivables
|
16,978
|
2,993
|
||||||||
Prepaid
expenses
|
13
|
181,246
|
6,075
|
|||||||
Due
from related party
|
3
and 10
|
—
|
5,350
|
|||||||
3,022,519
|
79,317
|
|||||||||
Property,
plant and equipment
|
4 |
13,463
|
10,170
|
|||||||
Investments
|
6
|
1
|
27,565
|
|||||||
$
|
3,035,983
|
$
|
117,052
|
|||||||
LIABILITIES
AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
||||||||||
Current
|
||||||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
$
|
65,700
|
$
|
37,950
|
||||||
Due
to related parties
|
3
and 10
|
25,525
|
—
|
|||||||
Due
to affiliated company
|
3
and 10
|
—
|
2,594
|
|||||||
91,225
|
40,544
|
|||||||||
NATURE
AND CONTINUANCE OF OPERATIONS
|
1
|
|||||||||
CONTINGENCIES
AND COMMITMENTS
|
13
|
|||||||||
Shareholders’
equity
|
||||||||||
Capital
stock
|
7
|
8,991,903
|
4,995,516
|
|||||||
Contributed
surplus
|
8
and 9
|
532,560
|
—
|
|||||||
Share
subscriptions
|
14
|
(30,375
|
)
|
—
|
||||||
Deficit
accumulated during the exploration stage
|
(6,549,330
|
)
|
(4,919,008
|
)
|
||||||
2,944,758
|
76,508
|
|||||||||
$
|
3,035,983
|
$
|
117,052
|
_______________________ Director | _______________________ Director |
|
Cumulative
Amounts
From
October
7,
1994
to
November
30,
|
Years
Ended November 30,
|
|||||||||||
2004
|
2004
|
2003
|
2002
|
||||||||||
OPERATING
EXPENSES
|
|||||||||||||
Amortization
|
$
|
24,739
|
$
|
2,438
|
$
|
2,974
|
$
|
3,047
|
|||||
Consulting
fees (Note 10b)
|
725,612
|
238,116
|
82,800
|
100,522
|
|||||||||
Acquisition,
exploration, and development costs
(Note 10a)
|
2,158,405
|
504,262
|
27,783
|
57,664
|
|||||||||
Listing
and transfer agent fees
|
246,478
|
81,156
|
20,730
|
23,979
|
|||||||||
Office
|
296,107
|
25,061
|
23,026
|
64,571
|
|||||||||
Professional
fees
|
296,429
|
86,837
|
52,900
|
40,798
|
|||||||||
Property
investigation
|
186,563
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
Rent
(Note 10c)
|
118,130
|
21,845
|
17,333
|
78
|
|||||||||
Salaries
and benefits
|
85,827
|
5,519
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
Shareholders’
communications
|
420,412
|
30,938
|
11,853
|
4,175
|
|||||||||
Stock-based
compensation (Note 9)
|
549,360
|
549,360
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
Travel
|
158,461
|
44,237
|
24,702
|
19,426
|
|||||||||
(5,266,523
|
)
|
(1,589,769
|
)
|
(264,101
|
)
|
(314,260
|
)
|
||||||
Interest
income
|
213,406
|
15,749
|
464
|
1,092
|
|||||||||
Investment
income
|
27,565
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
B.C.
Capital taxes
|
(31,909
|
)
|
(31,909
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Gain
on writedown of due to affiliated company
|
2,594
|
2,594
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
Gain
on sale of marketable securities
|
100,703
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
Gain
(loss) on foreign exchange
|
160,235
|
577
|
438
|
(1,917
|
)
|
||||||||
Loss
on disposal of property, plant and equipment
|
(7,189
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||
Impairment
of mineral properties
|
(1,100,722
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||
Write-down
of marketable securities
|
(374,526
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||
Write-down
of investments
|
(272,964
|
)
|
(27,564
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Net
loss for the period
|
$
|
(6,549,330
|
)
|
$
|
(1,630,322
|
)
|
$
|
(263,199
|
)
|
$
|
(315,085
|
)
|
|
Basic
and diluted loss per share
|
$
|
(0.24
|
)
|
$
|
(0.14
|
)
|
$
|
(0.22
|
)
|
||||
Basic
and diluted weighted average common shares
outstanding
|
6,732,969
|
1,908,609
|
1,428,195
|
|
Cumulative
Amounts
from
October
7, 1994
to
November
30,
|
Years
Ended November 30,
|
|||||||||||
2004
|
2004
|
2003
|
2002
|
||||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
|
|||||||||||||
Net
loss for the period
|
$
|
(6,549,330
|
)
|
$
|
(1,630,322
|
)
|
$
|
(263,199
|
)
|
$
|
(315,085
|
)
|
|
Items
not affecting cash (see Note 12a)
|
2,201,232
|
579,362
|
2,974
|
3,047
|
|||||||||
Changes
in non-cash working capital items
(see Note 12b)
|
(17,167
|
)
|
(133,125
|
)
|
23,422
|
2,098
|
|||||||
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
(4,365,265
|
)
|
(1,184,085
|
)
|
(236,803
|
)
|
(309,940
|
)
|
|||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
|
|||||||||||||
Proceeds
on sale of marketable securities
|
488,027
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
Property,
plant and equipment acquired
|
(51,574
|
)
|
(5,731
|
)
|
—
|
(6,841
|
)
|
||||||
Proceeds
on disposal of property, plant
and equipment
|
6,183
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
Acquisition
of mineral properties
|
(500,722
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||
Acquisition
of marketable securities
|
(761,850
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||
Increase
in investments
|
(245,400
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(1,065,336
|
)
|
(5,731
|
)
|
—
|
(6,841
|
)
|
||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING
ACTIVITIES
|
|||||||||||||
Issuance
of capital stock, net of issuance
costs
|
8,254,896
|
3,949,212
|
175,500
|
508,150
|
|||||||||
Common
shares committed to be issued
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(125,000
|
)
|
||||||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
8,254,896
|
3,949,212
|
175,500
|
383,150
|
|||||||||
Net
change in cash and cash equivalents
and restricted cash
|
2,824,295
|
2,759,396
|
(61,303
|
)
|
66,369
|
||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents, beginning of
period
|
—
|
64,899
|
126,202
|
59,833
|
|||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents and restricted
cash, end of period
|
$
|
2,824,295
|
$
|
2,824,295
|
$
|
64,899
|
$
|
126,202
|
|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents and restricted
cash consist of:
|
|||||||||||||
Interest
bearing balances with banks
|
$
|
481,826
|
$
|
64,899
|
$
|
126,202
|
|||||||
Term
deposits
|
2,316,659
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||
Term
deposits, restricted
|
25,810
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||
$
|
2,824,295
|
$
|
64,899
|
$
|
126,202
|
Supplemental disclosures with respect
to the
consolidated statements of cash flows:
|
|||||||||||||
Cumulative
Amounts
from
October
7, 1994
to
November
30,
|
Years
Ended November 30,
|
||||||||||||
2004
|
2004
|
2003
|
2002
|
||||||||||
Cash
paid during the period for:
|
|||||||||||||
Interest
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
|||||
Income
taxes
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
|
||||||||||
Year
|
Number
of Shares
|
Amount
|
Consideration
|
|||||||
2004
|
200,000
|
|
$ 244,000
|
Acquisition
of mineral property
|
||||||
2004
|
84,583
|
20,300
|
Shares
for debts owing
|
|||||||
2002
|
23,750
|
15,350
|
Finder’s
fees
|
|||||||
2002
|
139,402
|
66,457
|
Shares
for debts owing
|
|||||||
1999
|
2,675
|
8,025
|
Finder’s
fees
|
|||||||
1996
|
150,000
|
600,000
|
Acquisition
of mineral property
|
|
Number
of
Shares
|
Price
|
Value
of
Common
Shares
Issued
and
Fully
Paid
|
Common
Shares
Committed
to
be Issued
|
Subscriptions
Receivables
|
Contributed
Surplus
|
Deficit
Accumulated
During
the
Exploration
Stage
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||
Balance
at November
30, 2001
|
694,323
|
$
|
4,230,059
|
$
|
125,000
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
(4,340,724
|
)
|
$
|
14,335
|
|||||||||||
Issuance
of shares for cash:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Private
placement Private
placement
|
337,500
|
$
|
0.40
|
135,000
|
(125,000
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
10,000
|
|||||||||||||||
Private
placement
|
212,500
|
0.92
|
195,500
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
195,500
|
|||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of options
|
18,750
|
0.68
|
12,750
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
12,750
|
|||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of warrants
|
325,000
|
0.48
|
156,000
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
156,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of warrants
|
20,209
|
1.20
|
24,250
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
24,250
|
|||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares for
finder’s fee
|
12,500
|
0.40
|
5,000
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
5,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares for
finder’s fee
|
11,250
|
0.92
|
10,350
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
10,350
|
|||||||||||||||||
Share
issuance cost
|
(15,350
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(15,350
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||
Settlement
of debts
|
118,834
|
0.40
|
47,534
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
47,534
|
|||||||||||||||||
Settlement
of debts
|
20,568
|
0.92
|
18,923
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
18,923
|
|||||||||||||||||
Net
loss for the year
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(315,085
|
)
|
(315,085
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||
Balance
at November
30, 2002
|
1,771,434
|
4,820,016
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(4,655,809
|
)
|
164,207
|
|||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares for cash
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Private
placement Private
placement
|
62,500
|
0.48
|
30,000
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
30,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of options
|
56,250
|
0.68
|
38,250
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
38,250
|
|||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of options
|
6,250
|
0.96
|
6,000
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
6,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of warrants
|
28,125
|
1.20
|
33,750
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
33,750
|
|||||||||||||||||
Private
placement Private
placement
|
225,000
|
0.30
|
67,500
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
67,500
|
|||||||||||||||||
Net
loss for the year
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(263,199
|
)
|
(263,199
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||
Balance
at November
30, 2003
|
2,149,559
|
4,995,516
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(4,919,008
|
)
|
76,508
|
|||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares for cash:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Private
placement Private
placement
|
850,000
|
0.24
|
204,000
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
204,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Private
placement Private
placement
|
2,500,000
|
0.27
|
675,000
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
675,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of warrants
|
62,500
|
0.60
|
37,500
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
37,500
|
|||||||||||||||||
Private
placement Private
placement
|
3,010,000
|
0.54
|
1,625,400
|
—
|
(13,500
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
1,611,900
|
||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of warrants
|
59,500
|
1.20
|
71,400
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
71,400
|
|||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of warrants
|
150,000
|
0.35
|
52,500
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
52,500
|
|||||||||||||||||
Private
placement Private
placement
|
1,306,250
|
0.80
|
1,045,000
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,045,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of options
|
178,750
|
0.25
|
44,687
|
—
|
(16,875
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
27,812
|
||||||||||||||||
Shares
issued for property
|
200,000
|
1.22
|
244,000
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
244,000
|
|||||||||||||||||
Settlement
of debts
|
84,583
|
0.24
|
20,300
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
20,300
|
|||||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation
|
16,800
|
—
|
—
|
532,560
|
—
|
549,360
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Share
issuance cost
|
(40,200
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(40,200
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||
Net
loss for the year
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(1,630,322
|
)
|
(1,630,322
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||
Balance
at November
30, 2004
|
10,551,142
|
$
|
8,991,903
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
(30,375
|
)
|
$
|
532,560
|
$
|
(6,549,330
|
)
|
$
|
2,944,758
|
1. |
NATURE
AND CONTINUANCE OF
OPERATIONS
|
On
January 14, 2004 the Company changed its name to Wealth Minerals
Ltd. from
Triband Enterprise Corp. and consolidated its capital stock, warrants
and
options on a basis of four old shares for one new share. All share,
warrant, option and per unit data included in these financial statements
have been adjusted to retroactively reflect this
consolidation.
|
The
Company is in the process of exploring and developing its mineral
properties and has not yet determined whether these properties
contain
mineral reserves that are economically
recoverable.
|
2. |
SIGNIFICANT
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
|
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with Canadian
generally
accepted accounting principles requires Management to make estimates
and
assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities
and
the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date
of the
financial statements and the reported amount of revenues and expenses
during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Accounts specifically requiring the use of management estimates
and
assumptions in determining carrying values are receivables, prepaid
expenses, property, plant and equipment, investments, accounts
payable and
accrued liabilities, due to related party, due to affiliated company
and
future income taxes.
|
These
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company
and
its wholly owned subsidiary, Triband Resource US Inc. (incorporated
in
Nevada, U.S.A.). All significant intercompany balances and transactions
have been eliminated.
|
Cash
and cash equivalents includes cash in bank accounts and highly
liquid
investments with original maturities of three months or less.
|
The
Company’s financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents,
restricted cash, receivables, accounts payable and accrued liabilities
and
due to related parties. Unless otherwise noted, it is Management’s opinion
that the Company is not exposed to significant interest, currency
or
credit risks arising from these financial instruments. The fair
values of
these financial instruments approximate their carrying values,
unless
otherwise noted.
|
2. |
SIGNIFICANT
ACCOUNTING POLICIES (cont’d...)
|
Exploration
and development costs
|
The
Company has adopted the policy of expensing exploration and development
costs as incurred. The Company will expense future exploration
and
development costs until such time as the existence of proven and
probable
reserves is determined, or sufficient objective evidence in the
opinion of
Management to support the recognition of an asset. Option payments
receivable by the Company would be credited against mineral property
exploration costs when received.
|
Property
evaluations
|
The
Company reviews and evaluates the carrying amounts of its mineral
properties when events or changes in circumstances indicate that
the
carrying amount may not be recoverable. If it is determined that
the net
recoverable amount is significantly less than the carrying value
and the
impairment in value is likely to be permanent, a reduction in the
carrying
amount of mineral properties with a corresponding charge to operation
are
recorded.
|
The
Company does not accrue the estimated future costs of maintaining
its
mineral properties in good
standing.
|
Environmental
protection and reclamation
costs
|
The
operations of the Company have been, and may be in the future be
affected
from time to time in varying degrees by changes in environmental
regulations, including those for future removal and site restorations
costs. Both the likelihood of new regulations and their overall
effect
upon the Company may vary from region to region and are not
predictable.
|
The
Company’s policy is to meet or, if possible, surpass standards set by
relevant legislation, by application of technically proven and
economically feasible measures. Environmental expenditures that
relate to
ongoing environmental and reclamation programs will be charged
against
statements of operations as incurred or capitalized and amortized
depending upon their future economic benefits. The Company does
not
currently anticipate any material capital expenditures for environmental
control facilities because all property holdings are at early stages
of
exploration. Therefore, estimated future removal and site restoration
costs are presently considered
minimal.
|
Property,
plant and equipment are recorded at cost and are being amortized
over
their estimated useful lives at the following
rates:
|
Computer
equipment
|
30%
declining balance basis
|
Office
furniture and equipment
|
20%
declining balance basis
|
2. |
SIGNIFICANT
ACCOUNTING POLICIES (cont’d...)
|
The
Company’s long-term investments are accounted for on the cost basis. The
investments will be written-down to their estimated net realizable
value
when there is evidence of a decline in value below carried cost
that is
other than temporary.
|
Foreign
exchange
|
The
proceeds from the exercise of stock options, warrants and escrow
shares
are credited to capital stock in the amount for which the option,
warrant
or escrow share enabled the holder to purchase a share in the
Company.
|
2. |
SIGNIFICANT
ACCOUNTING POLICIES (cont’d...)
|
3. |
DUE
FROM (TO) RELATED PARTIES
|
|
2004
|
2003
|
|||||
Due
from related party (Note 10d)
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
5,350
|
|||
Due
to related parties (Note 10c)
|
$
|
(25,525
|
)
|
$
|
—
|
||
Due
to affiliated company (Note 10g)
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
(2,594
|
)
|
||
4. |
PROPERTY,
PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
|
|
Net
Book Value
|
||||||||||||
Cost
|
Accumulated Amortization |
2004
|
2003
|
||||||||||
Computer
equipment
|
$
|
15,333
|
$
|
8,494
|
$
|
6,839
|
$
|
2,413
|
|||||
Office
furniture and equipment
|
14,274
|
7,650
|
6,624
|
7,757
|
|||||||||
$
|
29,607
|
$
|
16,144
|
$
|
13,463
|
$
|
10,170
|
5. |
MINERAL
PROPERTIES
|
6. |
INVESTMENTS
|
|
Net
|
|||||||||||||||
Number
of Shares
|
Cost
|
Writedown
|
2004
|
2003
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Clearant,
Inc
|
30,994
|
$
|
27,564
|
$
|
(27,563
|
)
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
27,564
|
||||||
Puresource,
Inc.
|
—
|
1
|
(1
|
)
|
—
|
1
|
||||||||||
$
|
27,565
|
$
|
(27,564
|
)
|
$
|
1
|
$
|
27,565
|
Effective
August 19, 1999, Puresource sold all of its assets to Clearant,
Inc.
(“Clearant”), a private company incorporated April 30, 1999 in the State
of California, United States. As consideration, Puresource was
issued
3,000,000 shares of Clearant with a fair value of $2,837,650
(US$1,900,000) or $0.95 (US$0.63) per share determined by an independent
valuation at date of closing and promissory notes convertible into
common
shares at the discretion of Clearant totaling $1,642,850 (US$1,100,000).
Upon completion of the sale, the shareholders of Puresource resolved
to
wind up the corporation.
|
In
October 2000, the Company received a distribution of assets from
Puresource consisting of 29,015 Clearant shares. The distribution
of
assets by Puresource to its shareholders is considered a non-monetary
non-reciprocal transfer and is accounted for on the basis of the
recorded
value of the resources transferred. As such, the 29,015 Clearant
shares
were recorded by the Company at $0.95 per share for a total value
of
$27,564. In October 2003, the Company received another 1,979 Clearant
shares representing the Company’s proportionate interest in the remaining
promissory notes. The Company now holds 30,994 common shares of
Clearant.
The promissory notes receivable were not originally recorded by
the
Company, and the resulting distribution of shares in lieu of those
receivables has nominal value.
|
Clearant
is a private company with no active market for its shares and has
sustained significant operating losses in prior years. Due to uncertainty
as to the value of the shares and a lack of current information
from
Clearant, the Company has determined that the investment in Clearant
has
experienced a permanent impairment and has written down its investment
to
a nominal value of $1.
|
The
investment in shares of Puresource was written down in the 2000
fiscal
year by $146,449 to a nominal value of $1. Following the second
distribution of shares noted above, Puresource was wound up and
the
balance of the investment was written
off.
|
7. |
CAPITAL
STOCK
|
|
|||||||
Number
of Shares
|
Amount
|
||||||
Authorized
|
|||||||
Unlimited
number of common voting shares without par value
|
|||||||
Unlimited
number of preferred shares, issuable in series
|
|||||||
Common
shares issued (reflecting 4:1 consolidation)
|
|||||||
As
at November 30, 2002
|
1,771,434
|
$
|
4,820,016
|
||||
For
cash - private placements
|
287,500
|
97,500
|
|||||
For
cash - exercise of options
|
62,500
|
44,250
|
|||||
For
cash - exercise of warrants
|
28,125
|
33,750
|
|||||
As
at November 30, 2003
|
2,149,559
|
4,995,516
|
|||||
For
cash - private placements
|
7,666,250
|
3,549,400
|
|||||
For
cash - exercise of options
|
178,750
|
44,687
|
|||||
For
cash - exercise of warrants
|
272,000
|
161,400
|
|||||
For
acquisition of property
|
200,000
|
244,000
|
|||||
For
settlement of debts
|
84,583
|
20,300
|
|||||
Share
issuance costs
|
—
|
(40,200
|
)
|
||||
Share
based compensation
|
—
|
16,800
|
|||||
As
at November 30, 2004
|
10,551,142
|
$
|
8,991,903
|
Shares
for Debt
|
In
February 2004, the Company issued 84,583 common shares for debt
at $0.24
per share.
|
7. |
CAPITAL
STOCK (cont’d...)
|
2004
|
2003
|
2002
|
||||||||
First
placement during the year:
|
||||||||||
Private
placement proceeds
|
$
|
204,000
|
$
|
30,000
|
$
|
195,500
|
||||
Number
of units
|
850,000
|
62,500
|
212,500
|
|||||||
Number
of whole warrants
|
425,000
|
62,500
|
223,750
|
|||||||
Unit
price
|
$
|
0.24
|
$
|
0.48
|
$
|
0.92
|
||||
Warrant
exercise price
|
$
|
0.35
|
$
|
0.60
|
$
|
1.20
|
||||
Warrant
expiry date
|
August
26, 2005
|
December
3, 2004
|
June
5, 2004
|
|||||||
Second
placement during the year:
|
||||||||||
Private
placement proceeds
|
$
|
675,000
|
$
|
67,500
|
n/a
|
|||||
Number
of units
|
2,500,000
|
225,000
|
||||||||
Number
of whole warrants
|
1,250,000
|
225,000
|
||||||||
Unit
price
|
$
|
0.27
|
$
|
0.30
|
||||||
Warrant
exercise price
|
$
|
0.35
|
$
|
0.42
|
||||||
Warrant
expiry date
|
March
15, 2006
|
November
14, 2005
|
||||||||
Third
placement during the year:
|
||||||||||
Private
placement proceeds
|
$
|
1,625,400
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
||||||
Number
of units
|
3,010,000
|
|||||||||
Number
of whole warrants
|
1,505,000
|
|||||||||
Unit
price
|
$
|
0.54
|
||||||||
Warrant
exercise price
|
$
|
0.80
|
||||||||
Warrant
expiry date
|
May
14, 2006
|
|||||||||
Fourth
placement during the year:
|
||||||||||
Private
placement proceeds
|
$
|
1,045,000
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
||||||
Number
of units
|
1,306,250
|
|||||||||
Number
of whole warrants
|
1,306,250
|
|||||||||
Unit
price
|
$
|
0.80
|
||||||||
Warrant
exercise price
|
$
|
1.00
|
||||||||
Warrant
expiry date
|
March
7, 2006
|
7. |
CAPITAL
STOCK (cont’d...)
|
7. |
CAPITAL
STOCK (cont’d...)
|
2004
|
2003
|
2002
|
||||||||
Outstanding,
beginning of year
|
462,917
|
216,042
|
—
|
|||||||
Issued-
exercisable at $0.48
|
—
|
—
|
337,500
|
|||||||
Exercised
at $0.48
|
—
|
—
|
(325,000
|
)
|
||||||
Expired
|
—
|
(12,500
|
)
|
—
|
||||||
Issued-
exercisable at $1.20
|
223,750
|
|||||||||
Exercised
at $1.20
|
(59,500
|
)
|
(28,125
|
)
|
(20,208
|
)
|
||||
Expired
|
(115,917
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
Issued-
exercisable at $0.60
|
—
|
62,500
|
—
|
|||||||
Exercised
at $0.60
|
(62,500
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
Issued-
exercisable at $0.42
|
—
|
225,000
|
—
|
|||||||
Issued-
exercisable at $0.35
|
425,000
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Issued-
exercisable at $0.35
|
1,250,000
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Exercised
at $0.35
|
(150,000
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
Issued-
exercisable at $0.80
|
1,505,000
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Issued-
exercisable at $1.00
|
1,306,250
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Outstanding,
end of year
|
4,561,250
|
462,917
|
216,042
|
|
|
|
Number
of Warrants
|
Exercise
Price
|
Expiry
Date
|
|
||
425,000
|
$0.35
|
August
26, 2005
|
225,000
|
$0.42
|
November
14, 2005
|
1,306,250
|
$1.00
|
March
7, 2006
|
1,100,000
|
$0.35
|
March
15, 2006
|
1,505,000
|
$0.80
|
May
14, 2006
|
4,561,250
|
7. |
CAPITAL
STOCK (cont’d...)
|
|
|
|
Number
of Warrants
|
Exercise
Price
|
Expiry
Date
|
175,417
|
$1.20
|
June
5, 2004
|
62,500
|
$0.60
|
December
3, 2004
|
225,000
|
$0.42
|
November
14, 2005
|
462,917
|
|
|
|
Number
of
Warrants
|
Exercise
Price
|
Expiry
Date
|
12,500
|
$0.48
|
October
10, 2003
|
203,542
|
$1.20
|
June
5, 2004
|
216,042
|
8. |
CONTRIBUTED
SURPLUS
|
|
2004
|
2003
|
|||||
Balance
- beginning of year
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
|||
Stock-based
compensation (Note 9)
|
549,360
|
—
|
|||||
Stock
options exercised
|
(16,800
|
)
|
—
|
||||
Balance
- end of year
|
$
|
532,560
|
$
|
—
|
9. |
STOCK
OPTION PLAN AND STOCK-BASED
COMPENSATION
|
9. |
STOCK
OPTION PLAN AND STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (cont’d...)
|
Options
granted on January
29, 2004
|
Options
granted on September 29, 2004
|
||
Risk
free interest rate
|
2.5%
|
3.22%
|
|
Expected
life
|
2
years
|
2
years
|
|
Expected
volatility
|
136%
|
165%
|
|
Expected
dividends
|
—
|
—
|
The
Company, in accordance with the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange,
is
authorized to grant options to directors, employees and consultants,
up to
10% of issued and outstanding common stock. The exercise price
of each
option is not less than the average market price of the Company’s stock as
calculated over the ten trading days preceding the date of grant,
and may
also be set at a higher price. The options can be granted for a
maximum
term of 5 years. The consolidation of the Company’s outstanding options on
a one new for every four old basis on January 14, 2004, and the
repricing
of all consolidated options to $0.25 per share on February 24,
2004, have
been applied on a retroactive basis.
|
The
following incentive stock options are outstanding at November 30,
2004:
|
|
|
|
Number
of Shares
|
Exercise
Price
|
Expiry
Date
|
20,000
|
$0.25
|
January
29, 2009
|
900,000
|
$0.70
|
September
29, 2006
|
After
adjusting for the repricing of options approved by the TSX Venture
Exchange on February 24, 2004, the following incentive stock options
were
outstanding at November 30, 2003:
|
|
|
|
Number
of Shares
|
Exercise
Price
|
Expiry
Date
|
51,250
|
$0.25
|
February
27, 2007
|
43,750
|
$0.25
|
January
24, 2007
|
10. |
RELATED
PARTY TRANSACTIONS
|
a)
|
The
Company paid $nil (2003 - $nil; 2002 - $31,400) to directors or
companies
controlled by directors for geological services which have been
expensed
as acquisition, exploration, and development
costs;
|
b)
|
The
Company paid $152,500 (2003 - $60,000; 2002 - $60,000) in consulting
fees
to Company directors, and $4,000 (2003 - $nil; 2002 - $nil) to
an
officer;
|
c)
|
Amounts
due to related parties of $25,525 is comprised of $8,720 (2003
- $3,000;
2002 - $nil) to directors and officers for consulting, $2,461 (2003
-
$nil; 2002 - $nil) to Cardero Resource Corp. (a public company
related by
a common director) for rent and administration, $14,284 to directors
for
expense reimbursements, and $nil (2003 - $5,333; 2002 - $nil) to
a company
controlled by a director for office
rent;
|
d)
|
Advances
receivable of $nil (2003 - $5,350; 2002 - $nil) were short term
expense
advances to a company controlled by a
director;
|
e)
|
Share
subscriptions include $11,875 due from a director for options exercised
and $5,000 due from the corporate secretary for options exercised.
Both
amounts were paid subsequent to year-end (Notes 7 and
14);
|
f) |
Directors
participated in private placements during the year as
follows:
|
i) |
Two
directors subscribed for 300,000 units each at $0.24 per
unit.
|
ii) |
A
director subscribed for 150,000 units at $0.27 per
unit.
|
iii) |
A
director (indirectly) subscribed for 200,000 units and another
director
subscribed for 15,000 units at $0.54 per
unit.
|
g) |
Amounts
due to affiliated company of $nil (2003 - $2,594) are unsecured,
non-interest bearing, with no fixed terms of repayment. The affiliated
company, Indico Technologies Ltd. (“Indico”), a TSX Venture Exchange
listed company, is related by two common directors. Indico has
forfeited
its receivable from the Company, and the Company has recorded a
gain on
the cancellation of the payable of
$2,594.
|
All
transactions with related parties have occurred in the normal course
of
operations and are measured at the exchange amount, which is the
amount of
consideration established and agreed upon by the related parties
(see Note
3).
|
11. |
INCOME
TAXES
|
a) |
Income
tax provision
|
A
reconciliation of the income tax benefit (provisions) with amounts
determined by applying the combined Canadian federal and provincial
income
tax rates of 35.79% (2003 - 37.79%) to the consolidated loss as
follows:
|
2004
|
2003
|
||||||
Net
loss for the year
|
$
|
(1,630,322
|
)
|
$
|
(263,199
|
)
|
|
Income
tax recovery at combined basic Canadian
|
|||||||
federal
and provincial tax rate:
|
583,476
|
99,462
|
|||||
Foreign
tax rates differentials
|
(4,143
|
)
|
(12,000
|
)
|
|||
Tax
benefit of losses not recognized in current year
|
(579,333
|
)
|
(87,462
|
)
|
|||
Income
tax recovery
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
b) |
Future
income taxes
|
The
tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant
components of future income tax assets and liabilities by applying
the
combined Canadian federal and provincial income tax rates of 35.79%
(2003
- 37.79%) are as follows:
|
2004
|
2003
|
||||||
Future
income tax:
|
|||||||
Property,
plant and equipment
|
$
|
5,969
|
$
|
5,400
|
|||
Exploration
and development expenditures
|
620,589
|
484,000
|
|||||
Issuance
costs
|
209,232
|
99,000
|
|||||
Losses
available for future periods
|
1,038,433
|
939,000
|
|||||
1,874,223
|
1,527,400
|
||||||
Valuation
allowance
|
(1,874,223
|
)
|
(1,527,400
|
)
|
|||
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
The
above losses available for future periods include US operating
losses by
applying the income tax rates of 34% (2003 - 34%). These tax benefits
have
not been recognized in the consolidated financial statements, as
there is
no certainty that they will be
utilized.
|
11. |
INCOME
TAXES (cont’d...)
|
Subject
to certain restrictions, the Company has exploration and development
expenditures of approximately $1,734,023 (2003: $1,277,000) and
operating
losses of approximately $1,913,822 (2003: $1,399,500) available
to reduce
future Canadian taxable income. The Company also has operating
losses from
a US subsidiary of approximately $1,039,691 (2003: $1,207,200)
available
to reduce US taxable income. These losses expire as
follows:
|
Year
|
Canada
|
U.S.
|
|||||
2005
|
$
|
147,822
|
$
|
—
|
|||
2006
|
283,378
|
—
|
|||||
2007
|
243,750
|
—
|
|||||
2008
|
210,167
|
—
|
|||||
2009
|
254,374
|
—
|
|||||
2010
|
235,356
|
—
|
|||||
2014
|
538,975
|
—
|
|||||
2018
|
—
|
532,131
|
|||||
2019
|
—
|
259,084
|
|||||
2020
|
—
|
171,507
|
|||||
2021
|
—
|
34,760
|
|||||
2022
|
—
|
5,265
|
|||||
2023
|
—
|
18,783
|
|||||
2024
|
—
|
18,161
|
|||||
$
|
1,913,822
|
$
|
1,039,691
|
12. |
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING
ACTIVITIES
|
a) |
Items
not affecting cash:
|
Cumulative
Amounts
from
October
7, 1994
To
November 30,
|
Years
Ended November 30,
|
||||||||||||
2004
|
2004
|
2003
|
2002
|
||||||||||
Amortization
|
$
|
24,739
|
$
|
2,438
|
$
|
2,974
|
$
|
3,047
|
|||||
Investment
income
|
(27,565
|
)
|
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Gain
on sale of marketable securities
|
(100,703
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||
Loss
on disposal of property, plant
and equipment
|
7,189
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
Impairment
of mineral properties
|
1,100,722
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
Stock-based
compensation
|
549,360
|
549,360
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
Write-down
of marketable securities
|
374,526
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
Write-down
of investments
|
272,964
|
27,564
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
$
|
2,201,232
|
$
|
579,362
|
$
|
2,974
|
$
|
3,047
|
b) |
Changes
in non-cash working capital items:
|
Cumulative
Amounts
from
October
7, 1994
To
November 30,
|
Years
Ended November 30,
|
||||||||||||
2004
|
2004
|
2003
|
2002
|
||||||||||
(Increase)
decrease in receivables
|
$
|
(16,978
|
)
|
$
|
(13,985
|
)
|
$
|
4,176
|
$
|
8,817
|
|||
(Increase)
decrease in prepaid
expenses
|
(181,246
|
)
|
(175,171
|
)
|
4,939
|
(4,784
|
)
|
||||||
Decrease
in due from related Parties
|
—
|
5,350
|
(5,350
|
)
|
—
|
||||||||
(Increase)
decrease in due to related
parties
|
25,525
|
25,525
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
Increase
(decrease) in accounts
payable and accrued
liabilities
|
155,532
|
27,750
|
19,657
|
(1,935
|
)
|
||||||||
Decrease
in due to affiliated Company
Increase
(decrease)
|
—
|
(2,594
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||
$
|
(17,167
|
)
|
$
|
(133,125
|
)
|
$
|
23,422
|
$
|
2,098
|
13. |
CONTINGENCIES
AND COMMITMENTS
|
a)
|
The
Company has entered into a month to month office lease arrangement
with no
annual lease commitments.
|
b)
|
On
September 17, 2004, the Company entered into a contract with the
President
of the Company, at a rate of $108,000 per annum, subject to a six
month
review by the Board. The President is entitled to 200,000 stock
options
with an option price of $0.70 expiring September 29, 2006 whereby
50,000
will vest after six months, and the balance will vest over the
ensuing six
month period. At the six month anniversary review, either the Board
or the
President can elect to terminate the contract with a payment of
one year’s
salary as severance.
|
c)
|
On
September 24, 2004, the Company entered into an agreement with
Corporate
Development Associates, a private US investor relations company,
to
perform marketing and promotion services. Included in prepaid expenses
is
a deposit of US$125,000 (CDN$160,975) for these services. Depending
on the
scope of services provided, additional payments may be
due.
|
d)
|
All
phases of the Company’s operations are subject to environmental
regulations. Environmental legislation, in the countries in which
the
Company performs exploration work, is evolving in a manner which
will
require stricter standards and enforcement, increased fines and
penalties
for non-compliance, more stringent environmental assessments of
proposed
projects and heightened degree of responsibilities for companies
and their
officers, directors and employees. Presently, compliance with such
laws is
not a significant factor in the Company’s operations, and there is no
assurance that future changes in environmental regulations, if
any, will
not adversely affect the Company’s
operations.
|
e)
|
As
at November 30, 2004, the Company has the following mineral property
commitments over the next two
years:
|
Peru
|
U.S.
|
|||||||||
Non-Cash
|
Cash
|
Cash
|
||||||||
2005
|
||||||||||
Number
of common shares to issue
|
200,000
|
—
|
||||||||
Annual
maintenance fees and dues
|
US
|
$
|
—
|
US
|
$
|
3,071
|
||||
Exploration
|
—
|
200,000
|
—
|
|||||||
2006
|
||||||||||
Annual
maintenance fees and dues
|
—
|
3,071
|
||||||||
Exploration
|
500,000
|
—
|
||||||||
200,000
|
US
|
$
|
700,000
|
US
|
$
|
6,142
|
14. |
SUBSEQUENT
EVENTS
|
a)
|
On
December 7, 2004 the Company announced that it had entered into
a letter
of intent with Minera San Jorge S.A. de C.V. (“MSJ”), a Mexican
corporation, for an exclusive due diligence period and right of
first
refusal to acquire a 60% interest in two exploration projects,
one in the
State of Jalisco, Mexico, and the other in Columbia. Under the
letter of
intent, the Company can acquire:
|
i) |
a
60% interest in the Mexican project for a payment to MSJ of US$350,000;
and
|
ii) |
a
60% interest in the Columbian project (referred to as the Sur de
Bolivar
Projects) for a payment to MSJ of US$250,000 (disclaimed February
28,
2005. See below).
|
On
February 28, 2005, the Company announced that it had elected to
not pursue
a property position through MSJ in Columbia. The Company also announced
that the secured payment of US$150,000 to guarantee exclusive due
diligence and right of first refusal on the projects would remain
in
escrow, pending a property acquisition decision in
Mexico.
|
b)
|
On
February 7, 2005, 20,000 options were exercised and paid for by
a former
director at $0.25 per share for total proceeds of
$5,000.
|
c)
|
On
February 28, 2005, the Company announced the signing of a letter
agreement
with Brett Resources Inc. (“Brett”) for the right to acquire a 60%
interest in a 47km2
exploration license in eastern El Salvador covering the surface
exposure
of a potential low sulfidation epithermal gold-silver vein system.
The
terms of the letter agreement require both parties to enter into
a formal
binding agreement. The agreement is subject to approval by the
TSX Venture
Exchange and the board of directors. The Company can earn a 60%
interest
in the property by issuing 100,000 shares, and, over a five year
period,
paying US$200,000 to Brett and incurring US$2,000,000 on exploration.
The
amounts are spread out in an escalating fashion over the five year
period.
On signing the formal agreement, the Company will pay Brett US$20,000
and
issue 50,000 common shares. The Company plans to complete a drill
program
as part of the first year’s US$200,000 work
commitment.
|
d) |
All
share subscriptions receivable of $30,375 were received subsequent
to year
end.
|
15. |
SEGMENTED
INFORMATION
|
The
Company operates in a single industry segment, mineral acquisition,
exploration and development. As the Company expenses its acquisition,
exploration, and development costs, no assets outside of Canada
are shown
on the balance sheet. Thus, no capital asset geographic segment
disclosure
is made here. However, significant losses due to mineral property
expenses
are incurred outside of Canada. Consequently, the following segmented
information is provided:
|
2004
|
2003
|
2002
|
||||||||
Net
loss for the year- Canada
|
$
|
(1,126,060
|
)
|
$
|
(235,416
|
)
|
$
|
(257,421
|
)
|
|
Net
loss for the year- Peru
|
(484,847
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
Net
loss for the year- US
|
(19,415
|
)
|
(27,783
|
)
|
(57,664
|
)
|
||||
Consolidated
net loss
|
$
|
(1,630,322
|
)
|
$
|
(263,199
|
)
|
$
|
(315,085
|
)
|
16. |
COMPARATIVE
FIGURES
|
Certain
comparative figures have been reclassified to conform to the financial
statement presentation adopted in the current
year.
|
17.
|
UNITED
STATES GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES (cont’d...)
|
These
consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with
generally accepted accounting principles in Canada. Except as set
out
below, these consolidated financial statements also comply, in
all
material respects, with accounting principles generally accepted
in the
United States and the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange
Commission.
|
The
United States Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued Accounting
Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees
(“APB25”). This statement uses the intrinsic value based method whereby
compensation cost is recorded for the excess, if any, of the quoted
market
price over the exercise price, at the date the stock options are
granted.
As at November 31, 2003, no compensation cost would have been recorded
for
any period under this method.
|
Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, “Accounting for Stock Based
Compensation” (“SFAS 123”), issued in October 1995, requires the use of
the fair value based method of accounting for stock options. Under
this
method, compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on
the fair
value of the options granted and is recognized over the exercise
period.
SFAS 123 allows the Company to continue to measure the compensation
cost
of employees and directors in accordance with APB 25.
|
Prior
to 2004, Canadian generally accepted accounting principles did
not require
the reporting of any stock based compensation expense in the Company’s
consolidated financial statements.
|
The
Company uses the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model to determine
the fair
value of incentive stock options at the grant date. As at November
30,
2004, cumulative compensation expense totaling $882,671 (2003 -
$350,111;
2002 - $342,311) has been incurred. Cumulative compensation expense
does
not include the value of options granted and subsequently forfeited
or
exercised. In determining the fair value of the incentive stock
options,
the following assumptions, on a weighted average basis, were
used:
|
|
2004
|
2003
|
2002
|
Risk
free interest rate
|
3.19%
|
1.50%
|
1.72%
|
Expected
life
|
2
years
|
2
years
|
5
years
|
Expected
volatility
|
164%
|
102%
|
102%
|
Expected
dividends
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
Outstanding
Options
|
Exercisable
Options
|
|||||
Range
of
Exercise
Prices
|
Number
|
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
(Years)
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
Number
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
|
$0.25
|
20,000
|
4.25
|
$0.25
|
20,000
|
$0.25
|
|
$0.70
|
900,000
|
1.75
|
$0.70
|
750,000
|
$0.70
|
17.
|
UNITED
STATES GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES (cont’d...)
|
Weighted
|
|||||||
Average
|
|||||||
Number
|
Exercise
|
||||||
of
Shares
|
Price
|
||||||
Outstanding
and exercisable at November 30, 2001
|
50,500
|
$
|
7.40
|
||||
Granted
|
126,250
|
0.68
|
|||||
Exercised
|
(18,750
|
)
|
0.68
|
||||
Forfeited
|
(50,500
|
)
|
7.40
|
||||
Outstanding
and exercisable at November 30, 2002
|
107,500
|
0.68
|
|||||
Granted
|
50,000
|
0.96
|
|||||
Exercised
|
(56,250
|
)
|
0.68
|
||||
Exercised
|
(6,250
|
)
|
0.96
|
||||
Outstanding
and exercisable at November 30, 2003
|
95,000
|
0.80
|
|||||
Forfeited
|
(16,250
|
)
|
0.68
|
||||
Repricing
of all options- February 24, 2004
|
78,750
|
0.25
|
|||||
Granted
|
120,000
|
0.25
|
|||||
Granted
|
900,000
|
0.70
|
|||||
Exercised
|
(178,750
|
)
|
0.25
|
||||
Outstanding
and exercisable at November 30, 2004
|
920,000
|
$
|
0.69
|
The
Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with Statement
of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes”
(“SFAS No. 109”). SFAS No. 109 requires a company to recognize deferred
tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences
of
events that have been recognized in a company’s financial statements.
Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined
based on temporary differences between the tax rates in effect
in the
years when the temporary differences are expected to
reverse.
|
The
Company’s policy of expensing acquisition, exploration and development
costs except in the case where an outright property interest has
been
acquired has resulted in an accounting treatment for these costs
which the
Company considers to be, in substance, congruent with US generally
accepted accounting principles.
|
17.
|
UNITED
STATES GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES (cont’d...)
|
Under
Canadian generally accepted accounting principles, marketable securities
are recorded at the lower of cost or quoted market value. Long-term
investments are recorded at cost and only written down when there
is
evidence of a decline in value below carried value that is other
than
temporary. Holding gains are never
recognized.
|
Under
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 115, “Accounting for
Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities” (“SFAS No. 115”),
unrealized holding gains and losses for trading securities are
included in
statements of operations. Temporary unrealized holding gains and
losses
for available-for-sale securities are excluded from statements
of
operations and reported as a net amount in a separate component
of
shareholders’ equity until
realized.
|
Comprehensive
Income
|
SFAS
No. 130, “Reporting Comprehensive Income”, addresses standards for the
reporting and display of comprehensive income and its
components.
|
Comprehensive
income includes net income and other comprehensive income. Other
comprehensive income represents revenues, expenses, gains and losses
that
are excluded from net income under United States generally accepted
accounting principles.
|
For
the years ended November 30, 2004, 2003 and 2002, there were no
other
items of comprehensive income.
|
SFAS
No. 128 “Earnings Per Share” simplifies the computation of (loss) per
share by replacing the presentation of primary earnings per share
with a
presentation of basic earnings (loss) per share, as defined. The
statement
requires dual presentation of basic and diluted earnings (loss)
per share
by entities with complex capital structures. Basic earnings (loss)
per
share includes no dilution and is computed by dividing income available
to
common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares outstanding
for the period. Diluted earnings per share reflect the potential
dilution
of securities that could share in the earnings of an entity similar
to
fully diluted earnings per share.
|
17.
|
UNITED
STATES GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES (cont’d...)
|
Cumulative
amount
from
October
7, 1994 to November
30,
|
Years
Ended November 30,
|
||||||||||||
2004
|
2004
|
2003
|
2002
|
||||||||||
Loss
for the period in accordance
with Canadian generally
accepted accounting
principles, as reported
|
$
|
(6,549,330
|
)
|
$
|
(1,630,322
|
)
|
$
|
(263,199
|
)
|
$
|
(315,085
|
)
|
|
Less:
Compensation
expense -
stock options
|
(350,111
|
)
|
—
|
(7,800
|
)
|
(73,100
|
)
|
||||||
Loss
for the period in accordance with United States generally accepted
accounting principles
|
$
|
(6,899,441
|
)
|
$
|
(1,630,322
|
)
|
$
|
(270,999
|
)
|
$
|
(388,185
|
)
|
17. |
UNITED
STATES GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES (cont’d...)
|
The
impact of the above differences between Canadian and United States
generally accepted accounting principles on the consolidated statements
of
deficit, as reported, is as
follows:
|
Years
Ended November 30,
|
||||||||||
2004
|
2003
|
2002
|
||||||||
Deficit
in accordance with Canadian generally
accepted accounting principles,
as reported
|
$
|
(6,549,330
|
)
|
$
|
(4,919,008
|
)
|
$
|
(4,655,809
|
)
|
|
Cumulative
compensation expense -
stock options
|
(350,111
|
)
|
(350,111
|
)
|
(342,311
|
)
|
||||
Deficit
in accordance with United States
generally accepted accounting
principles
|
$
|
(6,899,441
|
)
|
$
|
(5,269,119
|
)
|
$
|
(4,998,120
|
)
|
|
The
impact of the above differences between Canadian and United States
generally accepted accounting principles on the loss
per share, as reported, is as
follows:
|
Years
Ended November 30,
|
||||||||||
2004
|
2003
|
2002
|
||||||||
Net
loss for the period under United States
generally accepted accounting
principles
|
$
|
(1,630,322
|
)
|
$
|
(270,999
|
)
|
$
|
(388,185
|
)
|
|
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding
under United States generally accepted accounting principles
(adjusted for 2004 roll-back)
|
6,732,969
|
1,908,609
|
1,428,195
|
|||||||
Basic
loss per share
|
$
|
(0.24
|
)
|
$
|
(0.14
|
)
|
$
|
(0.27
|
)
|
Diluted
EPS has not been disclosed as the effect of the exercise of the
Company’s
outstanding options and warrants would be
anti-dilutive.
|
17.
|
UNITED
STATES GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES (cont’d...)
|
The
impact of the above differences between Canadian and United States
generally accepted accounting principles on the statements of
shareholders’ equity, as reported, is as
follows:
|
|
Deficit
|
||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Capital
Stock
|
Additional
|
during
the
|
|||||||||||||||||
Number
|
Subscriptions
|
Paid-In
|
Exploration
|
||||||||||||||||
of
shares
|
Amount
|
receivable
|
Capital
|
Stage
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||
Shareholders’
equity as reported November 30,
2002
|
1,771,434
|
$
|
4,820,016
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
(4,655,809
|
)
|
$
|
164,207
|
|||||||
Cumulative
compensation expense - stock options
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
342,311
|
(342,311
|
)
|
—
|
||||||||||||
Shareholders’
equity in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting
principles at November 30, 2002
|
1,771,434
|
4,820,016
|
—
|
342,311
|
(4,998,120
|
)
|
164,207
|
||||||||||||
Shareholders’
equity as reported November 30, 2003
|
2,149,559
|
4,995,516
|
—
|
—
|
(4,919,008
|
)
|
76,508
|
||||||||||||
Cumulative
compensation expense - stock options
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
350,111
|
(350,111
|
)
|
—
|
||||||||||||
Shareholders’
equity in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting
principles at November 30, 2003
|
2,149,559
|
4,995,516
|
—
|
350,111
|
(5,269,119
|
)
|
76,508
|
||||||||||||
Shareholders’
equity as reported November 30, 2004
|
10,551,142
|
8,991,903
|
(30,375
|
)
|
532,560
|
(6,549,330
|
)
|
2,944,758
|
|||||||||||
Cumulative
compensation expense - stock options
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
350,111
|
(350,111
|
)
|
—
|
||||||||||||
Shareholders’
equity in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting
principles at November 30, 2004
|
10,551,142
|
$
|
8,991,903
|
$
|
(30,375
|
)
|
$
|
882,671
|
$
|
(6,899,441
|
)
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$
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2,944,758
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Page
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1.1
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Certificates
of Name Change dated July 18, 1996 and October 17, 1996.
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*
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1.2
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Certificate
of Incorporation dated October 7, 1994.
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*
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1.3
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Articles
(Bylaws) of the Corporation
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*
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1.4
|
Amendments
to Articles of the Corporation, dated July 18, 1996 and October
16,
1996
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*
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1.5
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Certificate
of Name Change and Amendment to Articles of the Corporation dated
August
22, 2001
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*
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1.6
|
Certificate
of Amendment and Name Change of the Corporation dated December
12, 2003
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*
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2.1
|
Option
Agreements between the Corporation and Management, Employees
and
Director.
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*
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4.1
|
Mining
Lease and Option Agreement between St. George Metals, Inc. and
Triband
Resource US Inc. dated June 29,1998
|
*
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4.2
|
Letter
of Engagement dated February 18, 1997 between the Corporation
and Timothy
J. Percival.
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*
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4.3
|
Option
Assignment Agreement between Minera Koripampa del Peru S.A. and
Wealth
Minerals dated July 6, 2004
|
*
|
4.4
|
Property
Agreement, MacKenzie Property
|
**
|
4.5
|
Employment
Agreement, Gary Freeman
|
**
|
4.6
|
Employment
Agreement, Rosalie Moore
|
**
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5.1
|
Stock
Option Plan
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**
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11.1
|
CEO
Code of Ethics
|
*
|
11.2
|
CFO
Code of Ethics
|
*
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11.3
|
Directors
and Officers Codes of Ethics
|
*
|
12.1
12.2
13.1
13.2
|
CEO
302 Certification
CFO
302 Certification
CEO
906 Certification
CFO
906 Certification
|