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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-KSB

 

(Mark One)

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ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003

 

OR

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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from                              to                             

 

Commission file number: 000-31585

 

DIAMOND DISCOVERIES INTERNATIONAL CORP.

(Name of Small Business Issuer)

 

Delaware

 

06-1579927

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

of Incorporation)

 

 

 

 

 

804 – 750 West Pender St.

 

 

Vancouver, B.C.

 

V6C 2T7

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

 

(604) 683-1368

(Issuer’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act: None

 

Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act: Common Stock

 

Title of Each Class

 

Name of Each Exchange
on Which Registered

 

Common Stock, par value $.001

 

None

 

 

Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 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 ý    No o

 

Check if there is no disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of Regulation S-B is not contained in this form, and no disclosure will be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10- KSB or any amendment to this Form 10-KSB. o

 

Issuer’s revenues for its most recent fiscal year were: $0.

 

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was sold as of April 13, 2004 is $7,400,697.

 

The number of shares outstanding of the Company’s common stock, as of April 14, is 69,227,123.

 

Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format (check one): Yes o    No ý

 

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

 

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY

 

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION

 

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

 

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, PROMOTERS AND CONTROL PERSONS; COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(A) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT

 

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

 

EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

 

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

 

SIGNATURES

 

APPENDIX A

 

 



 

PART I

 

This Annual Report on Form 10-KSB and the information incorporated by reference includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Various statements, estimates, predictions, and projections stated under “Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operations” and “Business,” and elsewhere in this Annual Report are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. These statements appear in a number of places in this Annual Report and include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of Diamond Discoveries International or our officers with respect to, among other things, the ability to successfully implement our acquisition and exploration strategies, including trends affecting our business, financial condition and results of operations. While these forward-looking statements and the related assumptions are made in good faith and reflect our current judgment regarding the direction of the related business, actual results will almost always vary, sometimes materially, from any estimates, predictions, projections, assumptions, or other future performance suggested herein. These statements are based upon a number of assumptions and estimates, which are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond our control and reflect future business decisions which are subject to change. Some of these assumptions inevitably will not materialize, and unanticipated events will occur which will affect our results. Some important factors (but not necessarily all factors) that could affect our revenues, growth strategies, future profitability and operating results, or that otherwise could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by any forward-looking statement, include the following:

 

our ability to successfully implement our acquisition and exploration strategies;

the success or failure of our exploration activities and other opportunities that we may pursue;

changes in the availability of debt or equity capital and increases in borrowing costs or interest rates;

changes in regional and national business and economic conditions, including the rate of inflation;

changes in the laws and government regulations applicable to us; and

increased competition.

 

Stockholders and other users of this Annual Report on Form 10-KSB are urged to carefully consider these factors in connection with the forward-looking statements. We do not intend to publicly release any revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

 

Item 1. Description of Business

 

We were incorporated in the State of Delaware on April 24, 2000. We are a exploration stage company that is engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties. Our initial focus is in the area of the Torngat fields located in the province of Quebec, Canada. Other than contracting with a third party to conduct exploration and gather data on our behalf, we have conducted no operations to date and do not expect to receive any revenues for at least two years. During these two years we plan to concentrate our efforts on exploration and data gathering. During these two years we will be solely dependent on the availability of external financing to fund our operations. Our independent public accountants expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern because such continuance is dependent upon our ability to raise capital. If we are unable to secure adequate financing we will be unable to continue our exploration and data gathering efforts. Because we are an exploration stage company, we do not know if a commercially viable mineral deposit exists on any of our properties. Further exploration will be required before the economic and legal feasibility of developing the properties can be determined.

 

Acquisition Agreement

 

On September 12, 2000, we entered into an Acquisition Agreement with Messrs. Peter Ferderber and Stanley G. Hawkins, and Tandem Resources Ltd., a Canadian mineral exploration company of which Mr. Hawkins is the President. Pursuant to such Agreement, we acquired certain mineral exploration permits covering an area of approximately 469.05 square kilometers in the Torngat fields, which are located on the east coast of Ungava Bay, in the northwestern part of Quebec. The Torngat fields are one of four fields in Quebec that contain diamondiferous kimberlite formations. The Torngat

 

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fields are composed of a central plateau about 400 meters above sea level, and are broken by steep-sided gorges and fjords along the coast. The largest of these features, Alluviaq Fjord, bisects the property covered by the permits. Several dykes in the area are well exposed sub-vertical features in the Alluviaq Fjord, and display horizontal and vertical continuity. These traits result from rock being pushed up from below the surface, into a vertical position against other horizontal rocks. Geologists usually identify these rock formations as strong targets for the presence of diamonds.

 

The consideration paid under the Acquisition Agreement was 1,000,000 shares of our common stock to each of Messrs. Ferderber and Hawkins, and the payment of $Cdn35,000 to Mr. Hawkins and $Cdn25,000 to Mr. Ferderber. We also assigned to Messrs. Ferderber and Hawkins a one per cent (1%) interest in the “Net Smelter Returns” of the property, one half of which is payable over the first $Cdn50 million in revenues from the property. (Net Smelter Returns are determined by the net amount of money received from the sale of ore, or ore concentrates or other products from a property to a smelter or other ore buyer.) Once Messrs. Ferderber and Hawkins have received $Cdn10 million from these Net Smelter Returns, their interest terminates. Tandem Resources Ltd. received an option to purchase 40% of the mineral rights on the properties. This option is conditioned on a number of events occurring, which are:

 

(1) The expenditure by us of $Cdn5 million on exploration of the property;

(2) Tandem paying us $Cdn2 million; and

(3) Tandem and us entering into a joint venture agreement to operate the property, within 60 days of a demonstration by us of the expenditure of $Cdn5 million on exploration of the property.

 

In addition, we will have twenty-one (21) days from the date we notify Tandem that we have made the $Cdn5 million exploration expenditure, to negotiate a financing agreement with Tandem to provide Tandem with the $Cdn2 million required to exercise the option. Should no agreement be reached in such 21-day period, our right to provide this financing shall expire.

 

Based upon an analysis of samples taken from these properties, we believe that the properties for which we have exploration permits contain kimberlite.  Kimberlite is a type of igneous rock that occasionally contains tiny to extremely tiny diamonds, and on very rare occasions contains gem quality diamonds.  Certain samples taken from our properties have contained both macro diamonds and micro diamonds.  Samples from most of the dykes contain diamond fragments as well.

 

Prospecting Geophysics Ltd., a Quebec-based firm of which Mr. Ferderber is President, has provided us with a Progress Report, dated August 29, 2000, which discusses these samples, which they had collected. Prospecting Geophysics Ltd. has been contracted to conduct further surveys and exploration on this property.

 

Mr. Ferderber is the record owner of the property covered by the permits, which he has transferred to us. He had originally executed an agreement, as of June 20, 2000, transferring the right to explore the properties covered by the permits to us. This June 20, 2000 agreement was subsequently incorporated into the Acquisition Agreement discussed above. We have received an opinion of Lavery, de Billy, a firm of barristers and solicitors of Montreal, Canada, dated July 10, 2000, that Mr. Ferderber is the record owners of the permits under the Mining Act (Quebec), and that the permits are in good standing as of June 21, 2000. The opinion further states that at the date of examination, there were no liens, charges or encumbrances registered against any of the permits. The opinion disclaimed any physical verification of the location of the properties covered by the permits, and states that no survey of the area covered by the permits was conducted.

 

The permits expire at dates ranging from October 17, 2004 to March 30, 2005. These permits, once expired, may be renewed for an additional five years at an annual license fee of $Cdn75 per square kilometer.

 

Exploration Program

 

We intend, in conjunction with Messrs. Ferderber and Hawkins (and their affiliated entities) to explore the properties from early-stage exploration through completion of the exploration phase. Prospecting Geophysics Ltd. will perform all exploration activities. We will be paying, pursuant to an agreement with Prospecting Geophysics Ltd., an hourly rate to Mr. Ferderber and his staff for their services, as well as reimbursement for expenses, including equipment, transportation, lodging and meals.

 

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Prospecting Geophysics Ltd. commissions crews of workers who gather samples of rock from the properties, and transport the samples to a facility where they can be tested for properties which tend to indicate the presence of diamonds. We have established camp sites for the workers at the location of the properties, in order to decrease the costs of lodging. In addition, we plan to use commercial supply boats, rather than commissioning private boats, to transport the rock samples. Because the properties are only accessible by air, we plan to rent helicopters as well as fixed wing aircraft known as “beavers” to transport workers and samples to and from the properties.

 

Due to extremely cold temperatures and snow accumulation caused by the inclement weather in the region during the period from, approximately, November to March, there can be no exploration on the properties covered by the permits during these months.

 

Prospecting Geophysics Ltd. also identifies specific exploration targets in kimberlite dykes by examining maps of the area, and by using an airborne magnetometer. From the air, this magnetometer detects magnetic properties in the rock below. The data so gathered can be analyzed and used to focus the gathering process on areas of higher magnetism. Some underground sites can be located using certain geochemistry tests.

 

Thus far we have begun early stage exploration activities, and have gathered samples from one property for analysis. An exploration team of eight men gathered samples and data at this property. The samples are taken from dykes or “pipes” containing kimberlite. These samples were analyzed by Lakefield Research Limited, of Ontario, an independent laboratory, which uses caustic dissolution to extract the diamonds from the samples. This laboratory issued reports dated September 26 and September 27, 2000, on two samples, one of which indicates that out of a 24.65 kilogram sample, two diamonds were found weighing 0.015 carats in the aggregate. The second sample of 30.22 kilograms yielded eight diamonds, with a total weight of 0.001 carats.

 

During the second phase of our exploration stage, we, through Prospecting Geophysics Ltd., plan to find the extent of the kimberlite dykes that were located in phase one, and to gather larger mini-bulk and bulk samples. These next samples are expected to be up to 7,000 pounds. This should enable the Company to test for larger, and potentially more marketable diamonds which may, or may not, exist in the kimberlite dykes. There is, of course, a substantial risk that we will not find such diamonds. Prospecting Geophysics Ltd. will, at the same time, be attempting to locate additional kimberlite dykes and pipes, and sample them as well. The second stage exploration tasks began in April of 2001, after the weather in northwestern Quebec allowed for exploration activities.

 

In 2002, we acquired permits for an additional 50,000 acres adjacent to the property where we already have permits located in the Torngat mountain region of Quebec. We acquired the permits by staking the property and paying the requisite fees to the Quebec Department of Natural Resources. In addition to paying the fees, we must perform a certain amount of assessment work on each claim to keep them in good standing. We have successfully completed all assessment work related to this property. During our exploration for the 2002 season, we continued to take large rock bulk samples from property included in the original 469.05 square kilometers. In addition, we began to focus our efforts on the property included in the newly acquired 50,000 acres. We have been successful in locating four new kimberlite dyke systems that contain 27 new dykes, most of which have been sampled.  Reduced samples from the original field samples were subject to micro-probed analysis and found to contain typical kimberlite minerals, phologopite and olivine and the important indicator minerals chrome diopside, pyrope garnet, picro-ilmenite and chromite. One 110 pound sample containing an olivine xenolith was found to contain a large population of indicator minerals including 243 G9 garnets, 65 chrome diopsides, and 143 spinels. This mineral assemblage is similar to the Arx Dyke which is located on our permit property that contained the nine micro and one macro diamonds. Phase two was suspended due to inclement weather during the winter months of 2002 and resumed in June 2003.

 

The 2003 exploration program, managed by Prospecting Geophysics Ltd. of Val D'Or, Quebec consisted of geological mapping, rock sampling, stream geochemistry, ground magnetometer surveys and prospecting.  Analytical results are still being received.  The program defined and evaluated four loosely bounded belts containing more than 50 Kimberlite dykes, two kimberlite pipes and several suspected dykes.  Besides the two macro diamonds and 13 micro diamonds previously discovered in the "A" dyke in 2000, and the rubies reported from the D, F and K dykes in 2001, SGS Lakefield Research discovered diamond fragments from kimberlite/aillikite samples taken from the F, E, B, G, Yvon #2, Champagne pipe, Peter Lake, P, U, Bella, at eight locations on the St. Pierre N. dyke and at five locations along the MJR kimberlite dyke in 2003.  Subsequently in 2003, diamond fragments have been verified at Mount Jacques Rousseau.

 

Geologist, Robert Dillman, consultant to Diamond Discoveries, received results from C.F. Mineral Research Limited of microprobe analysis of several picked mineral samples from various dykes.  The January 2004 results indicated forsterite olivines and clinopyroxenes with diamond inclusion compositions, some of which are associated with large diamonds were noted in the Yvon #2, K16 and St. Pierre Southdykes.  The February 2004 results determined the presence of chrome diopside and forsterite olivine (Diamond Indicator Minerals) from seven dykes named: St. Pierre dyke, St. Pierre Extension, A Dyke, C Dyke Champagne, K dyke and K25 dyke.  Five of the dykes have an aillikite composition and the St. Pierre and St. Pierre extension have a kimberlite composition.  Using the C.F. Minerals classification, 100% of the olivine grains analyzed from the St. Pierre, St. Pierre Extension and the K dyke are classified as having diamond inclusion compositions and there is potential for these dykes to host diamonds.

 

With these results in hand, Diamond Discoveries International Corp. is planning an aggressive program of core drilling and bulk sampling of the many targets that are presently defined.  The Company is budgeting $1.3 million for further bulk sampling, core drilling and caustic fusion analysis for 2004.

 

Prior to any decision to develop the properties, a diamond deposit must be assessed to determine the total tonnage of diamond bearing material, the average grade of the rock, the estimated size distribution of the diamonds in the deposit, and the average value, per carat, of the diamonds. Gathering this data usually takes, as noted above, at least two years. At that time, we will decide whether, and, if so, how, to proceed. We may seek either a joint venture partner or a senior partner that will undertake the exploration of the properties. It must be noted that there is a substantial risk that no commercially viable diamond deposit will be found, and if that is the case, we are likely to have difficulty finding any partners to undertake further exploration.

 

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Additionally, on March 27, 2001, the Gem Trade Laboratory of the Gemological Institute of America (“G.I.A.”), an independent laboratory, issued a report in which they analyzed “random samples” of numerous transparent pink crystal fragments that were obtained from the property covered by our permits known as D.D.I #1 (See map at Appendix A on page 38 of this Annual Report) in October 2000, by our agent Prospecting Geophysics Ltd. These samples were taken from property located in the original 469.05 square kilometers in the Torngat mountain region. The conclusion of the report was that the samples that ranged in size from approximately 0.40 to 0.70 MM consisted of natural corundum. Corundum is the hardest mineral after diamond. The samples obtained from the property covered by our permit were transparent pink suggesting that they consist of the “ruby” gem. A ruby is a red variety of the mineral corundum. We expect to continue to collect additional samples of this mineral during the 2004 exploration season.

 

At the present time, we do not hold any interest in a mineral property that is in production. Our viability and potential success lie in our ability to successfully explore, exploit and generate revenue from our properties. There can be no assurance that such revenues will be obtained. The exploration of mineral deposits involves significant risks over a long period of time, which even a combination of careful evaluations, experience and knowledge may not eliminate. It is impossible to ensure that the current or proposed exploration programs on the exploration permits will be profitable or successful. Our inability to locate a viable diamond deposit on our properties could result in a total loss of our business. We believe that the typical cost to locate a diamond deposit can range from $US 5-10 million.

 

Our exploration operations are subject to all of the hazards and risks normally incident to exploration of this type, any of which could result to damage to life or property, environmental damage, and possible legal liability for any or all damages. Our activities may be subject to prolonged disruptions due to weather conditions surrounding the location of properties over which we have permits. Difficulties, such as an unusual or unexpected rock formation encountered by workers but not indicated on a map, or other conditions may be encountered in the gathering of samples and data, and could delay our exploration program. While we may obtain insurance against certain risks in such amounts as we deem adequate, the nature of these risks are such that liabilities could exceed policy limits or be excluded from coverage. We do not currently carry insurance to protect against these risks and there is no assurance that we will obtain such insurance in the future. There are also risks against which we cannot, or may not elect to, insure. The potential costs which could be associated with any liabilities not covered by insurance or in excess of insurance coverage or compliance with applicable laws and regulations may cause substantial delays and require significant capital outlays, adversely affecting our final position, future earnings, and/or competitive position.

 

Government Regulation and Licensing

 

Our operations require licenses and permits from various governmental authorities. We believe that we presently hold all necessary licenses and permits required to carry on with our intended activities under applicable laws and regulations, and we believe that we are complying at the present time in all material respects with the terms of such licenses and permits. However, our licenses and permits are subject to changes in regulations and in various operating circumstances. We may not be able to obtain all necessary licenses and permits required to carry out exploration activities.

 

We are currently subject to the environmental regulations set forth under the Environmental Act (Quebec), the Mining Act (Quebec) and the Forest Act (Quebec). We believe that we are in compliance with all of these acts, and moreover, we believe that the environmental impact of our exploration activities will be minimal. To the extent that we remove large amounts of rock or soil from the properties, we will likely have to remediate any environmental disruption caused by our activities. It is impossible to assess with any certainty the cost of such replacement or remediation activities, or the potential liability that we would face if we were to be found to have violated one, or more, of these Acts.

 

Employees

 

We do not have any full time employees at the present time. We have two part time employees, Mr. John Kowalchuk, and Mr. Edward C. Williams, both of whom are executive officers. We have entered into a prospecting and survey agreement with Prospecting Geophysics Ltd. to act as an on-site project manager; they have four full time employees, and contract with other personnel on an as-needed basis.

 

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Competition

 

The mineral exploration business is competitive in all of its phases. We expect to compete with numerous other exploration companies and individuals, including competitors with greater financial, technical and other resources than us, for the resources required for exploration. The greater resources of other entities will likely position these competitors to conduct exploration within a shorter time frame than we can, giving them a market advantage.

 

Currency Fluctuation

 

We also have exposure to currency fluctuations, since our properties are located in Canada, and thus our transactions are largely in Canadian dollars. Such fluctuations can materially affect our financial position and other results of operations. References to the “dollar” or “$US” in this Registration Statement are to United States Dollars, and “Canadian” or “$Cdn” refers to Canadian dollars. Unless otherwise stated, the translations of $US to $Cdn and vice versa have been made at the average rate for the year indicated. The following table sets forth the high and low exchange rate of the Canadian dollar per US dollar as of the latest praticable date and for each of the last six months:

 

Period

 

High

 

Low

 

April 13, 2004

 

1.3300

 

1.3037

(1)

March 2004

 

1.3570

 

1.3055

 

February, 2004

 

1.3512

 

1.3069

 

January 2004

 

1.3360

 

1.2683

 

December 2003

 

1.3420

 

1.2839

 

November 2003

 

1.3410

 

1.2948

 

October 2003

 

1.3518

 

1.3021

 

 


(1) Represents the low rate on April 6, 2004.

 

Item 2. Description of Property

 

Please refer to Appendix A to this Annual Report at page 34, which contains a map of our permit locations.

 

The Company recently entered into a lease for office space beginning February 1, 2004 and terminating on April 30, 2007. Under the terms of the lease, the Company pays approximately $Cdn 1,033 per month. However, the Company is not obligated to pay rent for the period from February 1, 2004 to April 30, 2004.

 

We do not own real property, nor do we hold any other real property interest other than the lease describe above and the exploration permits which we discuss above under the caption “Description of Business.” As noted above, we have engaged Prospecting Geophysics Ltd. as our on-site project manager for our exploration activities.

 

In compliance with Guide 7 of Industry Guides under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the following information is provided, since we are engaged or to be engaged in significant mining operations:

 

(1)                                  The permits were acquired in the Acquisition Agreement cover 469.05 square kilometers of properties in northwest Quebec, Canada, on the eastern shore of Ungava Bay and by staking an additional 50,000 acres adjacent to such properties and paying the requisite fees to the Quebec Department of Natural Resources. With the exception of the five (5) month period from November to March in which there is inclement weather in the area surrounding the properties, there is nothing preventing access to the properties. However, hazardous weather conditions could prevent us from accessing the properties in other months as well. The properties are only accessible by air via a helicopter or by boat. There are no roads that permit direct access to the properties.

 

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(2)                                  Pursuant to an agreement between us and Peter Ferderber, Peter Ferderber has transferred to us six (6) permits for the properties. The properties covered by the permits are indicated on the map presented in Appendix A by the areas marked D.D.I. Further, pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement, in consideration for the permits, we have issued 1,000,000 shares of our common stock to Mr. Ferderber and have paid him $25,000 Canadian, and at Mr. Ferderber’s request, $35,000 Canadian to Stanley G. Hawkins. We have obtained the opinion of Lavery, de Billy, Barristers and Solicitors of Montreal, Canada dated July 10, 2000, that Mr. Ferderber was the record owner of the permits under the Mining Act of Quebec and that the permits were in good standing as of June 21, 2000.

 

(3)                                  To our knowledge, Messrs. Ferderber and Hawkins staked the 469.05 square kilometer property in the Torngat fields in northwest Quebec, Canada, on the eastern shore of Ungava Bay in 1999, and there were no previous owners, operators, or operations on the property.

 

(4)                                  Although there can be no assurance of successful diamond development, initial progress reports of the property have indicated that there are micro diamonds on the property. A 24.65 kilogram sample taken from the property, has yielded two diamonds weighing 0.015 carats and a 30.22 kilogram sample has yielded eight diamonds weighing 0.001 carats.

 

Geology

 

The Torngat Property, where the properties for which we have mineral permits are located, lies within the Torngat mountain province. The crust in the province is thickened because two continental plates were pushed, more than a billion years ago, one on top of the other. The predominant rock type on the properties are the Tasiuyak Gneiss, a northwest trending belt of gneissic rock. The gneisses are considered to be altered sedimentary rocks.

 

The rocks of the Torngat mountain province strike northwest-southeast within the Torngat property. Cross-cutting the gneisses, there are a number of kimberlite dykes. The individual dykes are dark green and generally coarse grained across most of their width.

 

The properties are in a location over an early Precambrian bedrock segment which is bedrock dating back to the earliest era of geological history, called an “Archon.” An Archon is an immobile segment of the earth’s crust exceeding 1.5 billion years in age. Kimberlite, a form of igneous rock, is widely regarded as the main source for diamonds, and is reported from postulated Archon called the “Baltic Shield.” Only in the past decade have diamond explorers recognized that these Baltic Shield rocks are potentially viable for diamonds.

 

The Property is Without Known Reserves and our Proposed Program is Exploratory in Nature.    Exploration for diamonds on the properties began because the formation and layout of the rocks on the properties indicated that some of the rocks had been pushed up through the earth’s crust. This is initially identified by geologists from the age and shape of the rocks. When these different or unexpected rock formations appear, geologist then consider the area surrounding these rocks as strong targets for exploration for diamonds. This is because, geologists believe, as the rocks are pushing up through the earth’s surface from great depths, the rocks travel through diamond fields located below the earth’s surface and therefore rocks containing diamonds are forced to the surface.

 

Rocks containing these characteristics were identified on the properties covered by our mineral permits. Once these rocks were identified, we then conducted a magnetometer survey. The magnetometer is a small electronic device used by geologists to survey the land for areas of high magnetism. This can be used in the air or on the ground. This test is conducted because, when the rocks are being pushed through the earth’s surface (as described above), in addition to bringing rocks containing diamonds, iron from below the Earth’s surface is also forced to the surface. The magnetometer reads the surface of the Earth for any magnetism created by the iron upon the belief that if a particular property contains a high concentration of iron that was forced up from below the earth’s surface; the property may also contain diamonds that have been similarly forced up to the surface.

 

An airborne magnetometer survey was conducted over the properties for which we have mineral permits, and six (6) magnetic dykes were discovered. This indicated to us that these properties were potentially a source for diamonds. In addition, samples of rock taken from the properties have yielded small diamonds.

 

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We have hired Prospecting Geophysics Ltd. to conduct these exploration procedures. Mr. Peter Ferderber is the President of Prospecting Geophysics Ltd. Mr. Ferderber has over forty years of experience in mining exploration. Prospecting Geophysics Ltd. plans to conduct the exploration of the property which is expected to last for the next two years. The first phase involved identifying areas on the property from which to take samples and gathering small samples from the properties for analysis. This analysis to date has demonstrated the presence of 10 micro diamonds in two samples taken. The second phase involves determining the extent of any kimberlite dykes that were located in phase one and to gather mini-bulk and bulk samples. This will enable us to determine if there are larger and more marketable diamonds on the properties. We began phase two exploration in April 2001 and assuming adequate funding and reasonable weather conditions, this phase is expected to take four (4) years to complete.  Operations are generally suspended from October to April because of inclement weather. The following is a breakdown of the estimated budget for particular aspects of our exploration activities:

 

Prospecting and geological mapping

 

$

190,000

 

Helicopter support

 

225,000

 

Lodging and food

 

110,000

 

Airplane support

 

100,000

 

Mobilization and Demobilization

 

60,000

 

Fuel for helicopter, airplane and camps

 

40,000

 

Fuel transport by boat

 

8,000

 

Pick-up truck rental

 

15,000

 

Drill program

 

250,000

 

Testing samples for Diamonds

 

150,000

 

Property Taxes (Quebec Dept. of Natural Resources)

 

60,000

 

Supervision

 

60,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

1,268,000

 

 

(5)                                  In the Quebec sector of the Torngat belt, roughly fifteen dykes have been mapped. These dykes occupy fractures oriented at an approximately right angle to the country rocks, suggesting tensions opened up by later scale folding. Two of these dykes on an adjacent property have been sampled, confirming the presence of diamonds. However, to date, no proven reserves have been established and there can be no assurance that any such reserves will ever exist.

 

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

 

There are no legal proceedings pending or threatened against us.

 

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

During the fourth quarter of calendar year 2003, no matters were submitted to a vote of the security holders of the Company.

 

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PART II.

 

Item 5. Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters.

 

As of July 18, 2002 prices for the Common Stock were quoted on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board operated by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. under the symbol DMDD. The following table sets forth the high and low closing bid prices of the Company’s Common Stock for the periods indicated as reported by the NASD. These quotations reflect inter-dealer prices without retail markup, markdown or commissions and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.

 

 

 

High

 

Low

 

Fiscal Year 2002

 

 

 

 

 

Third Quarter

 

1.500

 

0.250

 

Fourth quarter

 

0.600

 

0.160

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fiscal Year 2003

 

 

 

 

 

First Quarter

 

0.370

 

0.110

 

Second Quarter

 

0.330

 

0.090

 

Third Quarter

 

0.180

 

0.080

 

Fourth Quarter

 

0.210

 

0.090

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fiscal Year 2004

 

 

 

 

 

First Quarter

 

0.190

 

0.090

 

 

Of the 69,227,123 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding as of April 13, 2004, 22,172,123 shares of our common stock are currently considered “restricted securities” and in the future, may be sold only in compliance with Rule 144 or in an exempt transaction under the Act unless registered under the Act.

 

As of April 13, 2004 the number of holders of record of our common stock was approximately 72.

 

We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future because we intend to retain our earnings to finance the expansion of our business. Thereafter, the declaration of dividends will be determined by the Board of Directors in light of conditions then existing, including, without limitation, our financial condition, capital requirements and business condition. We are prohibited from paying cash dividends on the common stock until any issued and outstanding preferred stock is converted into common stock. However, there were no shares of preferred stock outstanding as of December 31, 2003.

 

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

 

On May 1, 2000, the Company sold 4,850,000 shares of its common stock for $.001 per share to the following persons in the amount indicated opposite each person’s name:

 

TVP Capital Corp.

 

3,475,000

 

Tom Franzone

 

275,000

 

Vasilik Kalantzakos

 

100,000

 

Tunku Mudzaffar Bin Tunku Mustapha

 

250,000

 

Romeo Dibatista Sr.

 

250,000

 

JJAB, LLC

 

500,000

 

 

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These shares were sold pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Act and were not issued in connection with any public offering. Teodosio V. Pangia is the sole shareholder of TVP Capital Corp. Tom Franzone was our Secretary and principal accounting officer. We issued 150,000 shares of common stock to Bondy & Schloss LLP, as payment for legal services valued at $3,750. Bondy & Schloss LLP was legal counsel to the Company.

 

On May 20, 2000, pursuant to a private offering, we issued 10,000,000 shares of our common stock to Mr. Louis Lilling for $250,000. Mr. Lilling paid $25,000 of the purchase price of these shares in cash and the remainder in the form of a promissory note payable by November 20, 2000. These shares were issued pursuant to Rule 504 of Regulation D of the Securities Act and were not issued in connection with any public offering. There were no underwriting commissions in connection with the private offering. The promissory note was extended for six months until May 20, 2001. Mr. Lilling has paid the full amount of the outstanding principal and interest on the promissory note.

 

Pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement dated September 12, 2000, we issued 1,000,000 shares of our common stock to each of Messrs. Ferderber and Hawkins in consideration for the acquisition of the exploration permits referred to in “Description of Business,” above. These shares were issued pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Act and were not issued in connection with any public offering.

 

On February 14, 2002, our Registration Statement on Form SB-2, as amended, (File No. 333-71962) was declared effective by the SEC. We registered 1,835,000 shares of common stock, par value $.001 per share, solely on behalf of selling shareholders and thus we did not receive any proceeds from the sale of common stock offered through the Registration Statement. Until such time as our shares are traded on a market or securities exchange, the selling shareholders for whom shares were registered on the Registration Statement must offer or sell our common stock at a price of $.90 per share. Once traded on a market or securities exchange the offering price of our common stock will be determined by market factors. The offering will conclude when all of the 1,835,000 shares of common stock have been sold, the shares no longer need to be registered to be sold or we decide to terminate the registration of the shares.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2002, the Company received total cash consideration of $734,959 as a result of the sale of 1,633,242 units of common stock and warrants to purchase common stock at $.45 per unit through private placements intended to be exempt from registration under the Act. Each unit consisted of one share of common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of common stock exercisable at $.75 per share for a two year period from the date of purchase. All of the warrants remained outstanding as of December 31, 2002. The Company had also received subscriptions through the private placements for the purchase of 51,758 units at $.45 per unit or a total of $23,291 as of December 31, 2002. The notes receivable from the subscribers are non-interest bearing and due six months from the respective dates of sale.

 

In 2003, the Company issued 2.675,000 shares of its common stock in exchange for services performed by various consultants.

 

In May 2003, the Company issued 1,500,000 shares of its common stock in payment of accounts payable to Prospecting Geophysics, Ltd. of $148,423, which approximated the fair value of the shares.

 

From July 2003 to September 2003, the Company issued 1,810,123 shares of its common stock in payment of 8% demand notes payable of $126,708, which approximated the fair value of the shares.

 

In August 2003, in connection with a private placement of its common stock, the Company issued 2,000,000 shares of its common stock for $150,000.

 

In September 2003, the Company issued 5,000,000 shares of its common stock in payment of advances to shareholders of $525,000, which approximated the fair value of the shares.

 

In October 2003, the Company issued 2,500,000 shares of its common stock in payment of advances from shareholders of $250,000, which approximated the fair value of the shares.  In addition, in connection with a private placement of its common stock, the Company issued 4,000,000 shares of its common stock for $300,000, $281,250 of which represents a subscription receivable at December 31, 2003.  Also, the Company issued 540,000 shares of its common stock in payment for accounts payable of $54,000, which approximated the fair value of the shares.

 

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In December 2003, the Company issued 960,000 shares of its common stock in payment for accounts payable of $96,000, which approximated the fair value of the shares.

 

The sale and issuance of the aforementioned shares were exempt transactions under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 as a transaction by an issuer not involving a public offering.  At the time of sale, the persons who acquired these securities were all full, informed and advised about matters concerning us, including our business, financial affairs and other matters.  The shareholders acquired the securities for their own account or their designees.

 

Item 6. Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation

 

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-KSB. The following discussion regarding us and our business and operations contains forward-looking statements. Such statements consist of any statement other than a recitation of historical fact, and can be identified by the use of such forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate” or “continue” or the negative thereof or other variations thereon, or comparable terminology. The reader is cautioned that all forward-looking statements are necessarily speculative, and there are certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those referred to in such forward-looking statements.

 

Operations to Date

 

We were incorporated in the State of Delaware in April of 2000, and do not have any significant operating history or financial results. We have begun our early stage exploration activities, including gathering samples from one of the properties for analysis, building an infrastructure and filing Registration statements on Forms 10-SB and SB-2 as well as periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Going Concern

 

In connection with their audit report on our financial statements as of December 31, 2003, Rodefer & Moss, our independent public accountants, expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern because such continuance is dependent upon our ability to raise capital.

 

We have explored, and continue to explore, all avenues possible to raise the funds required. We have no revenue-producing activity. We cannot continue our exploration efforts until we have raised sufficient capital. We also need capital to fund overhead and administrative costs. For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 and the period from April 24, 2000 (date of inception) to December 31, 2003 we incurred $690,490, $511,752 and $2,629,003 in exploration costs and $2,233,602, $365,986 and $2,907,633 in general and administrative expenses, respectively. General and administrative expenses consisted primarily of professional fees related to our corporate filings and consulting and other expenses incurred in operating our business. We incurred a net loss of approximately $3,222,057 or $(.10) per share based on 32,371,250 weighted average shares outstanding for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 compared to a loss of approximately $878,000 or $(.05) per share based on 18,001,044 weighted average shares outstanding for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002. We did not conduct any operations of a commercial nature during the period from April 24, 2000 to December 31, 2003.

 

Ultimately, we must achieve profitable operations if we are to be a viable entity. Although we believe that there is a reasonable basis to believe that we will successfully raise the needed funds to continue exploration, we cannot assure you that we will be able to raise sufficient capital to continue exploration, or that if such funds are raised, that exploration will result in a finding of commercially exploitable reserves, or that if exploitable reserves exist on our properties, that extraction activities can be conducted at a profit.

 

Cash Flow and Capital Resources

 

Through December 31, 2003 we have relied on advances of approximately $885,000 from our principal stockholders, trade payables of approximately $1,667,000 (including $1,619,241 owed to Prospecting Geophysics Ltd.), and proceeds of approximately $1,406,000 from the sale of common stock to support our limited operations. As of December 31, 2003, we had approximately $700 of cash.

 

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We plan to seek additional equity or debt financing of up to $1,500,000 which we plan to use for the next phase of our exploration program to be conducted through December 31, 2004, as well as working capital purposes. We currently have limited sources of capital, including the public and private placement of equity securities and the possibility of issuance of debt securities to our stockholders. With virtually no assets, the availability of funds from traditional sources of debt will be limited, and will almost certainly involve pledges of assets or guarantees by officers, directors and stockholders. Stockholders have advanced funds to us in the past, but we cannot assure you that they will be a source of funds in the future. If we do not get sufficient financing, we may not be able to continue as a going concern and we may have to curtail or terminate our operations and liquidate our business (see Note 1 to financial statements).

 

Plan of Operation

 

Our business plan for the next year will consist of further exploration on the properties over which we hold the mineral exploration permits as well as preliminary marketing efforts. We intend to continue retaining Prospecting Geophysics Ltd. to analyze the results of phase one of our exploration program, and during phase two, to find the extent of the kimberlite dykes that were located in phase one and gather larger mini-bulk and bulk samples. These next samples are expected to be up to 7,000 lbs. Prospecting Geophysics, Ltd. will attempt to locate additional kimberlite dykes and pipes and sample them as well. They will attempt to conduct further geochemistry tests to locate underground dykes which are not visible at the surface and magnetic surveys to trace them. Additionally, during phase two, we intend to continue to collect and analyze the transparent pink crystal fragments found on the properties covered by our permits that consists of natural corundum and which we believe contain rubies. This phase was suspended during the winter months due to inclement weather. This phase is expected to resume in May 2004.

 

After consulting with Prospecting Geophysics Ltd., we estimate that it will require approximately $1,300,000 to conduct our exploration program through December 31, 2004. This amount will be used to pay for prospecting and geological mapping, helicopter and airplane support, lodging and food for workers, pick-up truck rentals, house rental in George River, assays, property taxes to the Quebec Department of Natural Resources and supervision, including a salary payable to Mr. Peter Ferderber of $500 per day, plus out of pocket expenses, for days he attends the site. We plan to raise a minimum of $1,500,000 through one or more private offerings pursuant to Rule 506 or Regulation D of through an offshore offering pursuant to Regulation S; however, nothing in this annual report shall constitute an offer of any securities for sale. Such shares when sold will not have been registered under the Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. If we are unable to raise this amount, we will most likely cease all activity related to our exploration program, or at the very least, proceed on a reduced scale. We have to date relied on a small number of investors to provide us with financing for the commencement of our exploration program, including TVP Capital Corp., a principal stockholder. Amounts owed to these individuals are payable upon demand.

 

We do not expect to make any direct expenditure to purchase any equipment as all equipment necessary will be provided by Prospecting Geophysics Ltd. pursuant to the Prospecting and Survey Agreement dated November 14, 2000. However, we will reimburse Prospecting Geophysics, Ltd. for all of it’s out of pocket expenses including equipment rental.

 

We now employ two individuals on a part time basis, both of whom are executive officers. We do not expect any significant changes in the number of employees within the next twelve months.

 

Risk Factors

 

Operations—New Entity/Startup Entity

 

We have no history running our mineral exploration business.

 

We are engaged in the exploration stage of our business. We have not engaged in any substantive business operations to date. More particularly, we have not engaged in any mining operations. We have only engaged in exploratory activities, feasibility studies and the establishment of initial exploration plans. Thus, we have no way to evaluate the likelihood that we will be able to operate our business successfully. You should consider our business future based on the risks associated with our early stage, and lack of experience.

 

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We expect to face many of the typical challenges of a startup business.

 

A startup business like ours faces a number of challenges. For example, engaging the services of qualified support personnel and related consultants and other experts is very important in the mineral exploration business, and there is keen competition for the services of these experts, consultants, and support personnel. Equally important in the mineral exploration business is establishing initial exploration plans for mining prospects, and analyzing relevant information efficiently. Establishing and maintaining budgets and appropriate financial controls is also very important to a startup business. We expect to incur substantial operating losses for the foreseeable future, as well. The failure to address one or more of these activities, or curb operating losses, may impair our ability to carry out our business plan.

 

Operations—Mineral Exploration Activities

 

Mineral exploration has many inherent risks of operations which may prevent ultimate success.

 

Mineral exploration has significant risks. Mineral exploration companies (like us) are dependent on locating mineral reserves on the properties over which it has mineral permits, and are also dependent on the skillful management of minerals, when and if found or located on these properties. These minerals, when found in deposits and mineralizations, can vary substantially in a prospect, rendering what was initially believed to be a profitable deposit into one of little or no value. Unforeseen changes in regulations, the value of minerals, environmental regulations, mining technology, site conditions, and/or labor conditions can all have a negative impact on our operations, and each may impair our ability to carry out our business plan.

 

Our business future is dependent on finding mineral deposits with sufficient mineralization and grade.

 

Our business model depends on locating prospects with a sufficient amount of mineralization to justify surface and drilling sampling. No assurance can be given that our specific exploration target areas will be valuable in locating mineralizations. Even if initial mineralization reports are positive, subsequent activities may determine that deposits are not commercially viable. Thus, at any stage in the exploration process, we may determine that there is no business reason to continue and, at that time, our resources may not enable us to continue exploratory operations and will cause us to terminate our business.

 

We have no known mineral reserves, and if we cannot find any, we will have to cease operations.

 

We have no mineral reserves. If we do not find a mineral reserve containing diamonds, or if we cannot develop any diamond-bearing mineral reserve, either because we do not have the money to effect such a development, or because it will not be economically feasible to do it, we will have to cease operations, and you may lose your entire investment.

 

We are relying on geological reports to locate potential mineral deposits, which may be inaccurate.

 

We rely on geological reports to determine which of the properties, for which we have mineral permits, to explore. There is no sure method of verifying the care and manner used to prepare these reports without further verification on our part, or on our agents’ part. Verification of reports is expected to be costly, and may take a considerable period of time. Verification could result in our rejecting a potential mineral prospect; however, we will have borne the expense of this verification with no likelihood of recovering the amounts expended. Decisions made without adequately checking the mining prospects could result in significant unrecoverable expenses. Mineral deposits initially thought to be valuable may, in fact, turn out to be of little value. Therefore, it is possible that investment funds will have been used, with no value having been achieved from the operations based on the reports.

 

Regulatory compliance in the mineral exploration business is complex, and the failure to meet all of the various requirements could result in fines, or other limitations on the proposed business.

 

Our mineral exploration activities will be subject to regulation by numerous governmental authorities. We are subject to environmental regulations under the Environmental Act (Quebec), the Mining Act (Quebec), and the Forest Act

 

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(Quebec). The failure to comply fully with these or any other governmental regulations will adversely affect our ability to explore for economic mineralization, and our subsequent business stages. The failure to comply with any regulations or licenses may result in fines or other penalties. We expect compliance with these regulations to be substantial. Therefore, compliance with (or, conversely, the failure to so comply with) applicable regulations will affect our ability to succeed in our business plans and to generate revenues and profits.

 

Mineral exploration is a hazardous business, which entails risks for liability and/or damages.

 

The search for valuable minerals involves numerous hazards. As a result, we may become subject to liability for such hazards, including pollution, cave-ins and other hazards against which we cannot insure against, or against which we may not elect to insure. We do not currently carry any insurance to protect against the potential liability of such hazards. The payment of any liabilities attributed to us may have a material adverse effect on our financial position and may cause us to cease operations.

 

We face intense competition, and our competitors may have greater resources that we do and be better able to locate and explore mineral resources in a quicker and more cost efficient manner than we can.

 

It is our belief that there are a significant number of companies with greater resources than those available to us, to locate and explore mineral resources. These companies may be able to reach production stages sooner than we can, and obtain a share of the market for mineral products before we can.

 

Because our management has only limited experience in mineral exploration, we have a higher risk of failure.

 

Our management has only limited experience in mineral exploration. As a result of this limited experience, there is a higher risk of our being unable to complete our business plan in the exploration of our mineral property.

 

Capital Issues

 

We do not currently have sufficient capital to engage in exploration activities.

 

The cost of our planned exploration activities is approximately $1,300,000. As of the date of this filing, we do not have sufficient capital to engage in exploration activities, and no sources for financing. The extent to which we will be able to implement our exploration for minerals will be determined by our ability to engage in offerings of equity securities and/or debt securities. Without additional capital, we will have to either curtail our business plan, or abandon it altogether.

 

We do not have any identified sources of additional capital, the absence of which may prevent us from continuing our operations.

 

We do not, presently, have any arrangements with any investment banking firms or institutional lenders. Because we will need additional capital, we will have to expend significant effort to raise operating funds. These efforts may not be successful. If not, we will have to either curtail our business plan, or abandon it altogether.

 

Corporate Governance Risks

 

Our officers and directors will devote approximately one-third of their time to our operations.

 

Our officers and directors have other interests. Because of these other interests, each will be devoting only one-third of their time to our operations, which could have a negative impact on the efficiency of our operations.

 

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Our directors and officers will have substantial ability to control our business direction.

 

Because our directors and officers own, directly and indirectly, 51.18% of our common stock, they are in a position to control, or, at the least, influence the election of our directors. Therefore, they are able to influence our business operation.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

Our financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates. We base our estimates on historical experience and on other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Accordingly, actual results could differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. This section summarizes the critical accounting policies and the related judgments involved in their application.

 

Valuation of Deferred Tax Assets

 

We regularly evaluate our ability to recover the reported amount of our deferred income taxes considering several factors, including our estimate of the likelihood that we will generate sufficient taxable income in future years in which temporary differences reverse. Due to the uncertainties related to, among other things, the extent and time of future taxable income and the potential changes in the ownership of the Company, which could subject our net operating loss carryforwards to substantial annual limitations, we offset our net deferred tax assets by an equivalent valuation allowance as of December 31, 2003.

 

Valuation of Long-Lived Assets

 

We assess the recoverability of long-lived assets, such as mining claims, whenever we determine that events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amount may not be recoverable. Our assessment is primarily based upon our estimate of future cash flows associated with these assets. If at some point in the future, we estimate that the undiscounted cash flows is less than the carrying value of the assets, this determination could result in non-cash charges to income that could materially affect our financial position or results of operations for that period.

 

 

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Item 7. Financial Statements

 

DIAMOND DISCOVERIES INTERNATIONAL CORP.
(An Exploration Stage Company)

 

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Report of Independent Public Accountants

 

 

 

Balance Sheet December 31, 2003

 

 

 

Statements of Operations Years Ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 and Period from April 24, 2000 (Date of Inception) to December 31, 2003

 

 

 

Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficiency Years Ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 and Period from April 24, 2000 (Date of Inception) to December 31, 2003

 

 

 

Statements of Cash Flows Years Ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 and Period from April 24, 2000 (Date of Inception) to December 31, 2003

 

 

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

 

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
Diamond Discoveries International Corp.

 

We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of DIAMOND DISCOVERIES INTERNATIONAL CORP. (An Exploration Stage Company) as of December 31, 2003, and the related statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ deficiency and cash flows for the year then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Diamond Discoveries International Corp. as of December 31, 2003, and the results of its operations and cash flows for the year then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As further discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company had not generated any revenues from its operations and it had working capital and stockholders’ deficiencies as of December 31, 2003. Such matters raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans concerning these matters are also described in Note 1. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.

 

 

/s/ Rodefer Moss & Co, PLLC

 

Knoxville, Tennessee

April 14, 2004

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

 

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
Diamond Discoveries International Corp.

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ deficiency and cash flows of DIAMOND DISCOVERIES INTERNATIONAL CORP. (An Exploration Stage Company) for the year ended December 31, 2002 and the period from April 24, 2000 (date of inception) to December 31, 2002 (not presented herein). These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the results of operations and cash flows of DIAMOND DISCOVERIES INTERNATIONAL CORP. (An Exploration Stage Company) for the year ended December 31, 2002 and the period from April 24, 2000 (date of inception) to December 31, 2002 (not presented herein), in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As further discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company had not generated any revenues from its operations. In addition, the Company had working capital and stockholders’ deficiencies as of December 31, 2002. Such matters raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans concerning these matters are also described in Note 1. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.

 

 

/s/ J. H. Cohn LLP

 

Roseland, New Jersey

April 11, 2003

 

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DIAMOND DISCOVERIES INTERNATIONAL CORP.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
BALANCE SHEET
DECEMBER 31, 2003

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

Current assets—cash

 

$

738

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

8% Demand notes payable

 

$

5,164

 

Accounts payable:

 

 

 

Prospecting Geophysics Ltd.

 

1,619,241

 

Other

 

47,628

 

Advances from stockholders

 

110,198

 

Accrued taxes and other expenses

 

154,374

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

1,936,605

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ deficiency:

 

 

 

Preferred stock, par value $.001 per share; 20,000,000 shares authorized; none issued

 

 

Common stock, par value $.001 per share; 80,000,000 shares authorized; 53,760,123 shares issued and outstanding

 

53,760

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

5,777,671

 

Deficit accumulated during the exploration stage

 

(5,834,601

)

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

 

(360,900

)

Unearned compensation

 

(1,267,256

)

Subscriptions receivable for 4,051,758 shares

 

(304,541

)

 

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ deficiency

 

(1,935,867

)

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

738

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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DIAMOND DISCOVERIES INTERNATIONAL CORP.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2003 AND 2002 AND PERIOD FROM
APRIL 24, 2000 (DATE OF INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2003

 

 

 

2003

 

2002

 

April 24,
2000 to
December 31,
2003

 

Revenues

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exploration costs—charges by Prospecting Geophysics Ltd., net of reimbursements

 

690,490

 

511,752

 

2,629,003

 

General and administrative expenses

 

2,233,602

 

365,986

 

2,907,633

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

 

2,924,092

 

877,738

 

5,536,636

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating loss

 

(2,924,092

)

(877,738

)

(5,536,636

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

(297,965

)

 

 

(297,965

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(3,222,057

)

$

(877,738

)

$

(5,834,601

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic net loss per common share

 

$

(.10

)

$

(.05

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic weighted average common shares outstanding

 

32,371,250

 

18,001,044

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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DIAMOND DISCOVERIES INTERNATIONAL CORP.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2003 AND 2002 AND PERIOD FROM APRIL 24, 2000
(DATE OF INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deficit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

during the

 

other

 

Subscriptions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock

 

Common stock

 

Paid-in

 

exploration

 

comprehensive

 

receivable

 

Unearned

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

Amount

 

Shares

 

Amount

 

capital

 

stage

 

income

 

Shares

 

Amount

 

compensation

 

Total

 

Issuance of shares to founders effective as of April 24, 2000

 

 

$

 

4,850,000

 

$

4,850

 

$

 

$

 

 

 

$

 

$

 

$

4,850

 

Issuance of shares as payment for legal services

 

 

 

150,000

 

150

 

3,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,750

 

Issuance of shares in connection with acquisition of mineral permits

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

2,000

 

48,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

50,000

 

Subscription for purchase of 10,000,000 shares

 

 

 

10,000,000

 

10,000

 

240,000

 

 

 

10,000,000

 

(250,000

)

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,000,000

)

25,000

 

 

25,000

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

(713,616

)

 

 

 

 

(713,616

)

Balance, December 31, 2000

 

 

 

17,000,000

 

17,000

 

291,600

 

(713,616

)

 

 

9,000,000

 

(225,000

)

 

(630,016

)

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(9,000,000

)

225,000

 

 

225,000

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,021,190

)

 

 

 

 

(1,021,190

)

Balance, December 31, 2001

 

 

 

17,000,000

 

17,000

 

291,600

 

(1,734,806

)

 

 

 

 

(1,426,206

)

Proceeds from private placements of units of common stock and warrants

 

 

 

1,685,000

 

1,685

 

756,565

 

 

 

51,758

 

(23,291

)

 

734,959

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

(877,738

)

 

 

 

 

(877,738

)

Balance, December 31, 2002

 

 

 

18,685,000

 

18,685

 

1,048,165

 

(2,612,544

)

 

51,758

 

(23,291

)

 

(1,568,985

)

Issuance of shares as payment for accounts payable

 

 

 

3,000,000

 

3,000

 

295,423

 

 

 

 

 

 

298,423

 

Issuance of shares as payment for services

 

 

 

6,715,000

 

6,715

 

1,368,235

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,374,950

 

Issuance of stock options

 

 

 

 

 

1,437,000

 

 

 

 

 

(1,437,000

)

 

Issuance of shares as payment for advances from stockholders

 

 

 

7,500,000

 

7,500

 

767,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

775,000

 

Issuance of shares as payment for notes payable

 

 

 

1,810,123

 

1,810

 

124,898

 

 

 

 

 

 

126,708

 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

 

 

 

6,000,000

 

6,000

 

444,000

 

 

 

4,000,000

 

(281,250

)

 

168,750

 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock in connection with exercise of stock options

 

 

 

10,050,000

 

10,050

 

292,450

 

 

 

 

 

 

302,500

 

Amortization of unearned compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

169,744

 

169,744

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,222,057

)

 

 

 

 

(3,222,057

)

Foreign currency translation adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(360,900

)

 

 

 

(360,900

)

Total comprehensive loss ($3,582,957)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2003

 

 

$

 

53,760,123

 

$

53,760

 

$

5,777,671

 

$

(5,834,601

)

$

(360,900

)

4,051,758

 

$

(304,541

)

$

(1,267,256

)

$

(1,935,867

)

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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DIAMOND DISCOVERIES INTERNATIONAL CORP.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2003 AND 2002 AND PERIOD FROM
APRIL 24, 2000 (DATE OF INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2003

 

 

 

2003

 

2002

 

April 24,
2000 to
December 31,
2003

 

Operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(3,222,057

)

$

(877,738

)

$

(5,834,601

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs of services paid through issuance of common stock

 

1,544,694

 

 

1,548,444

 

Cost of mineral permits paid through the issuance of common stock

 

 

 

50,000

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

618,123

 

128,059

 

1,604,392

 

Accrued expenses

 

154,374

 

 

154,374

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash used in operating activities

 

(904,866

)

(749,679

)

(2,477,391

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advances from stockholders, net

 

299,142

 

17,719

 

885,198

 

Proceeds from issuance of notes payable

 

186,872

 

 

186,872

 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock and warrants

 

416,250

 

734,959

 

1,406,059

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

902,264

 

752,678

 

2,478,129

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

 

(2,602

)

2,999

 

738

 

Cash, beginning of period

 

3,340

 

341

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash, end of period

 

$

738

 

$

3,340

 

$

738

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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DIAMOND DISCOVERIES INTERNATIONAL CORP.
(An Exploration Stage Company)

 

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 1—Business and basis of presentation:

 

 Diamond Discoveries International Corp. (the “Company”) was incorporated in the State of Delaware on April 24, 2000. The Company is engaged in activities related to the exploration for mineral resources in Canada. It conducts exploration and related activities through contracts with third parties.

 

As further explained in Note 3, the Company acquired its mineral permits for property in the “Torngat Fields” located in the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Company intends to develop the permits from early stage exploration through completion of the exploration phase. Prior to any further exploration decisions, a mineral deposit must be appropriately assessed. Gathering this data usually takes several years. Once the appropriate data has been gathered, management will determine whether and how to proceed. The Company has discovered tiny diamonds in samples taken from the property and has contracted with Prospecting Geophysics Ltd. (“PGL”) to conduct surveys and exploration at the property to begin to enable it to determine whether it can extract and produce diamonds from this kimberlite (see Note 3).

 

Other than contracting with PGL to conduct exploration and gather data on its behalf, the Company had not conducted any operations or generated any revenues as of December 31, 2003. Accordingly, it is considered an “exploration stage company” for accounting purposes.

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. However, in addition to not generating any revenues, the Company had a working capital and a stockholders’ deficiency of approximately $1,936,000 as of December 31, 2003. Management believes that the Company will not generate any revenues during the twelve month period subsequent to December 31, 2003 in which it will be gathering and evaluating data related to the permits for the Torngat Fields. Although the Company received total consideration of $734,959 as a result of the completion of private placements of 1,685,000 units of common stock and warrants to purchase common stock during the year ended December 31, 2002 and in 2003, the Company received $902,264  from proceeds of shareholder advances, the issuance of notes payable and the sales of common stock (see Note 5), management believes that the Company will still need total additional financing of approximately $1,300,000 to continue to operate as planned during the twelve month period subsequent to December 31, 2003. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

Management plans to obtain such financing through private offerings of debt and equity securities. However management cannot assure that the Company will be able to obtain any or all of the additional financing it will need to continue to operate through at least December 31, 2004 or that, ultimately, it will be able to generate any profitable commercial mining operations. If the Company is unable to obtain the required financing, it may have to curtail or terminate its operations and liquidate its remaining assets and liabilities.

 

The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability and classifications of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue its operations as a going concern.

 

Note 2—Summary of significant accounting policies:

 

Use of estimates:

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts and disclosures. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Mining costs:

 

Exploration and evaluation costs are expensed as incurred. Management’s decision to develop or mine a property will be based on an assessment of the viability of the property and the availability of financing. The Company will capitalize

 

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mining exploration and other related costs attributable to reserves in the event that a definitive feasibility study establishes proven and probable reserves. Capitalized mining costs will be expensed using the unit of production method and will also be subject to an impairment assessment.

 

Concentrations of credit risk:

 

The Company maintains its cash in bank deposit accounts, the balances of which, at times, may exceed Federal insurance limits. Exposure to credit risk is reduced by placing such deposits with major financial institutions and monitoring their credit ratings.

 

Impairment of long-lived assets:

 

Impairment losses on long-lived assets, such as mining claims, are recognized when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by such assets are less than their carrying value and, accordingly, all or a portion of such carrying value may not be recoverable. Impairment losses are then measured by comparing the fair value of assets to their carrying amounts.

 

Income taxes:

 

The Company accounts for income taxes pursuant to the asset and liability method which requires deferred income tax assets and liabilities to be computed annually for temporary differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in taxable or deductible amounts in the future based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. The income tax provision or credit is the tax payable or refundable for the period plus or minus the change during the period in deferred tax assets and liabilities.

 

Net earnings (loss) per share:

 

The Company presents “basic” earnings (loss) per share and, if applicable, “diluted” earnings per share pursuant to the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128, “Earnings per Share”. Basic earnings (loss) per share is calculated by dividing net income or loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during each period. The calculation of diluted earnings per share is similar to that of basic earnings per share, except that the denominator is increased to include the number of additional common shares that would have been outstanding if all potentially dilutive common shares, such as those issuable upon the exercise of stock options and warrants, were issued during the period.

 

Since the Company had a net loss for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002, the assumed effects of the exercise of the warrants to purchase 1,685,000 shares of common stock that were issued during 2002 and the application of the treasury stock method would have been anti-dilutive.  Therefore, there is no diluted per share amounts in the 2003 and 2002 statements of operations.

 

Foreign currency translation and transactions:

 

The functional currency of the Company’s operations is Canadian dollars.  The assets and liabilities arising from these operations are translated at current exchange rates and related revenues and expenses at average exchange rates in effect during the year.  Resulting translation adjustments, if material, are recorded in the statement of changes in stockholders' deficiency while foreign currency transaction gains and losses are included in operations.

 

The Company recorded a loss of $3,222,057 and $5,834,601 during the year ended December 31, 2003 and the period from April 24, 2000 (Date of Inception) to December 31, 2003, respectively.  During the year ended December 31, 2003, the Company

 

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recorded a net foreign currency translation adjustment of $360,900 in its interest in the Torngat Mountains operations reflecting a strengthening of the Canadian dollar against the U. S. dollar which is included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).  Translation adjustments for prior periods have been immaterial.

 

Comprehensive loss

 

Comprehensive loss consists of net loss for the period, unrealized hedging transactions and foreign currency translation adjustments.

 

Recent accounting pronouncements:

 

The Financial Accounting Standards Board had issued certain accounting pronouncements as of December 31, 2003 that will become effective in subsequent periods; however, management of the Company does not believe that any of those pronouncements would have significantly affected the Company’s financial accounting measurements or disclosures had they been in effect during the period from April 24, 2000 to December 31, 2003, and it does not believe that any of those pronouncements will have any significant impact on the Company’s financial statements at the time they become effective.

 

Note 3—Permits:

 

Pursuant to an agreement consummated on September 12, 2000, the Company acquired certain permits in the Torngat Fields from Peter Ferderber and S. G. Hawkins, who are key consultants and advisors to the Company, for total consideration of $90,540, of which $40,540 ($60,000 Canadian) represents the amount paid in cash and $50,000 represents the fair value of a total of 2,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock issued to Messrs. Ferderber and Hawkins. The exchange of shares for the permits was a non-cash transaction that is not reflected in the accompanying statement of cash flows for the period from April 24, 2000 to December 31, 2003.

 

In connection with the acquisition of these permits, the Company assigned to the sellers a 1% interest in the “net smelter returns” of the property, one-half of which is payable over the first $50,000,000 (Canadian) of revenues produced from the property. Such interest would terminate once the sellers receive a total of $10,000,000 (Canadian) based on such interest. Net smelter returns are determined by the net amount received from the sale to a smelter or other buyer of ore, ore concentrates or other products produced from the property.

 

Mr. Hawkins owns Tandem Resources, Ltd. (“Tandem”). As part of the agreement for the purchase of the permits, the Company granted Tandem an option to purchase a 40% interest in a joint venture that would be formed between the Company and Tandem to conduct operations related to the properties covered by the permits at such time as the Company has incurred expenditures related to such operations totaling $5,000,000 (Canadian). The exercise price for the option will be $2,000,000 (Canadian). Mr. Ferderber also is the president of PGL (see Note 1).

 

In 2002, the Company acquired additional permits for 50,000 acres of adjacent property in the Torngat Fields by staking the property and paying the requisite fees to the Quebec Department of Natural Resources.

 

Note 4—Advances from stockholders:

 

Advances from stockholders of $110,198 at December 31, 2003 were non-interest bearing and due on demand.

 

Although management does not believe that there is a practical method that can be used to specifically determine the fair value of the advances from stockholders because of the relationship of the Company and its stockholders, it believes that the advances will be repaid on a short-term basis and, accordingly, the carrying value of the advances approximated fair value as of December 31, 2003.

 

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Note 5—Stockholders’ equity:

 

Preferred stock

 

As of December 31, 2003, the Company was authorized to issue up to 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $.001 per share. The preferred stock may be issued in one or more series with dividend rates, conversion rights, voting rights and other terms and preferences to be determined by the Company’s Board of Directors, subject to certain limitations set forth in the Company’s Articles of Incorporation. No shares of preferred stock had been issued by the Company as of December 31, 2003.

 

Common stock

 

During the period from April 24, 2000 to December 31, 2000, the Company issued 150,000 shares of common stock as payment for legal services. Accordingly, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying statement of operations, and common stock and additional paid-in capital in the accompanying statements of stockholders’ deficiency, for the period from April 24, 2000 to December 31, 2003 was increased to reflect the estimated fair value of the shares of $3,750.

 

On May 20, 2000, the Company completed the sale of 10,000,000 shares of common stock for $250,000, or $.025 per share, through a private placement intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”). Initially, the buyer paid $25,000 in cash and $225,000 through the issuance of a 10% promissory note. The exchange of shares for a note receivable was a noncash transaction that is not reflected in the accompanying statement of cash flows for the period from April 24, 2000 to December 31, 2003. The 10% promissory note was paid on various dates through May 20, 2001.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2002, the Company received total cash consideration of $734,959 as a result of the sale of 1,633,242 units of common stock and warrants to purchase common stock at $.45 per unit through private placements intended to be exempt from registration under the Act. Each unit consisted of one share of common stock and one warrant to purchase one share of common stock exercisable at $.75 per share for a two year period from the date of purchase. The Company had also received subscriptions through the private placements for the purchase of 51,758 units at $.45 per unit or a total of $23,291 as of December 31, 2002. The notes receivable from the subscribers are noninterest bearing and were due six months from the respective dates of sale, but remained outstanding at December 31, 2003. All the warrants remained outstanding as of December 31, 2003.

 

In 2003, the Company issued 6,715,000 shares of its common stock in exchange for services performed by various consultants and recorded a charge to general and administrative expenses of $1,374,950, or $0.20 per share, for the fair value of the shares.

 

In May 2003, the Company issued 1,500,000 shares of its common stock in payment of accounts payable to Prospecting Geophysics, Ltd. of $148,423, or $0.10 per share, which approximated the fair value of the shares.

 

From July 2003 to September 2003, the Company issued 1,810,123 shares of its common stock in payment of 8% demand notes payable of $126,708, or $0.07 per share, which approximated the fair value of the shares.

 

In August 2003, in connection with a private placement of its common stock, the Company issued 2,000,000 shares of its common stock for $150,000, or $0.08 per share.  In addition, the Company issued 6,500,000 shares of its common stock for $65,000, or $0.01 per share, in connection with the exercise of stock options.

 

In September 2003, the Company issued 5,000,000 shares of its common stock in payment of advances from stockholders of $525,000, or $0.11 per share, which approximated the fair value of the shares.

 

In October 2003, the Company issued 2,500,000 shares of its common stock in payment of advances from stockholders of $250,000, or $0.10 per share, which approximated the fair value of the shares.  In addition, in connection with a private

 

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placement of its common stock, the Company issued 4,000,000 shares of its common stock for $300,000, or $0.08 per share, $281,250 of which represents a subscription receivable at December 31, 2003.  Also, the Company issued 540,000 shares of its common stock in payment for accounts payable of $54,000, or $0.10 per share, which approximated the fair value of the shares. Further, the Company issued 2,350,000 shares of its common stock for $225,500, or $0.10 per share, in connection with the exercise of stock options.

 

In November 2003, the Company issued 1,200,000 shares of its common stock for $12,000, or $0.01 per share, in connection with the exercise of stock options.

 

In December 2003, the Company issued 960,000 shares of its common stock in payment for accounts payable of $96,000, or $0.10 per share, which approximated the fair value of the shares.

 

The issuances of common stock for services and in payment of accounts payable, 8% demand notes payable and advances to stockholders were non-cash transactions and, accordingly, they are not reflected in the accompanying statements of cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2003 and the period from April 24, 2000 (Date of Inception) to December 31, 2003.

 

Stock Option Plan

 

On May 30, 2003, the Company adopted the Diamond Discoveries International Corp. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).  Under the Plan, 15,000,000 shares of common stock are reserved for issuance.  The purpose of the Plan is to provide incentives for officers, directors, consultants and key employees to promote the success of the Company, and to enhance the Company’s ability to attract and retain the services of such persons.  Options granted under the Plan may be either: (i) options intended to qualify as “incentive stock options” under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or (ii) non-qualified stock options.  Stock options may be granted under the Plan to all employees and consultants of the Company, or employees of any present or future subsidiary or parent of the Company.  The Plan is administered by the Board of Directors.  The Compensation Committee is empowered to interpret the Plan and to prescribe, amend and rescind the rules and regulations pertaining to the Plan.  Options granted under the Plan generally vest over three years.  No option is transferable by the optionee other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and each option is exercisable, during the lifetime of the optionee, only by the optionee.  The Compensation Committee may not receive options.

 

Any incentive stock option that is granted under the Plan may not be granted at a price less than the fair market value of the Company’s Common Stock on the date of grant (or less than 110% of the fair market value in the case of holders of 10% or more of the total combined voting power through all classes of stock of the Company or a subsidiary or parent of the Company.)  Non-qualified stock options may be granted at the exercise price established by the Compensation Committee, which may be less than the fair market value of the Company’s Common Stock on the date of grant.

 

Each option granted under the Plan is exercisable for a period not to exceed ten years from the date of grant (or five years in the case of an incentive option granted to a  holder of more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or a subsidiary or parent of the Company) and shall lapse upon expiration of such period, or earlier upon termination of the recipient’s employment with the Company, or as determined by the Compensation Committee.

 

In 2003, the Company issued options to acquire 13,875,000 shares of its common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $.04 per share to consultants and other non-employees.  The options had an aggregate fair market value of $1,437,000 at the respective dates of issuance as determined based on the Black-Scholes options-pricing model. Accordingly, the Company initially increased unearned compensation and additional paid-in capital by $1,437,000 to record the fair value of the options, of which $169,744 was amortized to compensation expense in the year ended December 31, 2003.

 

The following assumptions were used to price the options, all of whose exercise price was less than market at the date of grant: Risk free rate of return, 3%; expected life, 3 years; expected volatility, 200.25%; expected dividends, zero.

 

 

 

Shares

 

Weighed Average
Exercise Price

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options outstanding beginning of year

 

 

NA

 

Options canceled

 

 

NA

 

Options exercised

 

10,050,000

 

$

0.02

 

Options granted

 

13,875,000

 

$

0.04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options outstanding end year

 

3,825,000

 

$

0.11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options exercisable end of year

 

3,825,000

 

$

0.11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options price range, end of year

 

$

0.10 to $0.11

 

 

 

Options price range for exercised shares

 

$

0.01 to $0.11

 

 

 

Options available for grant at end of year

 

1,125,000

 

 

 

Weighted average fair value of options granted during the year

 

$

0.10

 

 

 

Weighted average exercise price of options granted during the year

 

$

0.04

 

 

 

 

 

Note 6—Income taxes:

 

As of December 31, 2003, the Company had net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $6,196,000 available to reduce future Federal taxable income which will expire at various dates through 2022. The Company had no other material temporary differences as of that date. Due to the uncertainties related to, among other things, the changes in the ownership of

 

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the Company, which could subject those loss carryforwards to substantial annual limitations, and the extent and timing of its future taxable income, if any, the Company offset the deferred tax assets of approximately $2,478,000 attributable to the potential benefits from the utilization of those net operating loss carryforwards by an equivalent valuation allowance as of December 31, 2003.

 

The Company had also offset the potential benefits from net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $1,045,000 and $694,000 by equivalent valuation allowances as of December 31, 2002 and 2001. As a result of the increases in the valuation allowance of $1,433,000 for the year ended December 31, 2003, $351,000 for the year ended December 31, 2002 and $2,478,000 for the period from April 24, 2000 to December 31, 2003, the Company did not recognize any credits for income taxes in the accompanying statements of operations to offset its pre-tax losses in any of those periods.

 

Note 7—Guarantee:

 

On March 14, 2003, the Company became a guarantor of a promissory note issued by one of its stockholders with an outstanding balance of approximately $101,200 that was originally scheduled to mature on July 31, 2003. The maturity date of the promissory note and the guaranty have been extended to April 30, 2004.

 

Note 8—Subsequent events:

 

On January 2004, the Company entered into agreements with various consultants for a period of one month beginning in January 2004. The consultants shall provide services pertaining to the development and implementation of a sale and marketing plan, to office and administrative functions and to provide advice to directors and officers of the Company. The Company has agreed to compensate the consultants by issuing them a total of 15,467,000 shares of its common stock which had an approximate aggregate fair value of $1,546,700 at the respective dates of issuance.

 

*        *        *

 

Item 8. Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

 

On November 17, 2003, our Board of Directors dismissed J. H. Cohn, LLP (“Cohn”) as our independent accountants. Cohn was notified of this change on November 17, 2003. Cohn served as our independent accountants from April 24, 2000 through November 17, 2003.  Cohn’s report on the Company’s financial statements for each of the two fiscal years ended December 31, 2001 and 2002 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, nor was any such report qualified or modified as to audit scope or accounting principles.  However, the reports of Cohn for these fiscal years included an emphasis paragraph related to the uncertainty as to our ability to continue as a going concern.

 

For each of the Company’s fiscal years ended December 31, 2001 and 2002 and the interim period through November 17, 2003, there were no disagreements with Cohn on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Cohn, would have caused Cohn to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its report on the Company’s financial statements for such years.  The Board of Directors of the Company engaged Rodefer Moss & Co PLLC as the Company’s independent accountants on November 17, 2003, to replace Cohn.

 

Item 8 A. Controls and Procedures

 

Our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer (the “Certifying Officers”) are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures for our Company. Such officers have concluded (based upon their evaluations of these controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report) that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in this report is accumulated and communicated to management, including our principal executive officers as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

There was no change in our internal controls over financial reporting during the year ended December 31, 2003 that has materially affected, or that is reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

 

Our management, including the Certifying Officers, does not expect that our disclosure controls or our internal controls will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. In addition, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people or by management override of the control. The design of any systems of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Over time, control may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of these inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

 

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PART III

 

Item 9. Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons; Compliance With Section 16(A) Of The Exchange Act

 

The following Table sets forth certain information regarding the executive officers and directors of the Company as of April 13, 2004.  All officers and directors are elected for a term of one year and until their successors are elected.

 

Name

 

Age

 

Company Position

Thomas J. Kennedy

 

54

 

Chairman/Director

John Kowalchuk

 

57

 

President/CEO/ Director

Edward C. Williams

 

43

 

Secretary/Director/CFO

Peter Ferderber

 

76

 

Consultant

 

THOMAS J. KENNEDY

 

Mr. Kennedy has been Chairman and a Director of the Company since in March 2004. Mr. Kennedy has been actively engaged as a Lawyer, Management Consultant and Financial Consultant from 1991 to present.  During this same time, he has been a Director/Officer of numerous publicly traded companies. From September 1982 until January 1991, Mr. Kennedy was a Vice Chairman of The Worker’s Compensation Appeal Board of British Columbia, responsible for hearing appeal cases and in addition provided administrative management to certain Vancouver based venture companies.  Mr. Kennedy was engaged as Legal Counsel with the Federal Department of Justice, from 1975 to 1981. (Vancouver Regional Office, B.C.)  From 1974 until 1975, Mr. Kennedy was an articling student with Meredith & Company in Vancouver, B.C. 

 

JOHN KOWALCHUK

 

Mr. Kowalchuk has been President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Company since in March 2004. Mr. Kowalchuk has more than 33 years of mineral exploration experience with both senior and junior mining companies working in Canada, US, Mexico and Chile. He was District Geologist for Placer Dome for over 6 years and was instrumental in the discovery of several world-class mineral deposits in Canada including the Howard’s Pass deposit on the Yukon/NWT border and the Kerr Copper Gold Deposit at Eskay Creek, BC.  Mr. Kowalchuk has also served as officer and director for several junior mining companies, including Admiral Bay and presently with Island Mountain Gold Mining and Castillian Resources Corp.

 

EDWARD C. WILLIAMS

 

Mr. Williams has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Williams Financial Group, Inc., a financial and business consulting firm from December 1996 to present.  In addition, from May 1999 to December 1999, he was a director of iCommerce Group, Inc. and was Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary. From September 1997 to February 1999, Mr. Williams was the Chief Financial Officer of Caribbean Cigar Company. He also served as Interim President from June 1998 to July 1998. He was a Director from November 1997 to February 1999. Mr. Williams was Vice President - Finance of DenAmerica Corp. from April 1996 to July 1996, and he was Chief Financial Officer of American Family Restaurants, Inc. from February 1993 to March 1996, when American Family Restaurants, Inc. merged with DenWest Restaurant Corp. Both of such corporations operated restaurants. From 1987 until January 1993, Mr. Williams was employed by KPMG, most recently as a senior manager.

 

PETER FERDERBER

 

Mr. Ferderber is not an employee of ours but has been included here because we will rely heavily on his services and expertise. He is a consultant to the Company. He has been involved in mining exploration for over forty years. He has been the President of Prospecting Geophysics Ltd., a mining geophysics company located in Quebec, Canada, since 1955 and was awarded the “Prospector of the Year,” the Prospectors and Developers Association award for Canada and the Province of Quebec in 1979.

 

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Conflicts of Interest

 

Our management has other financial and business interests to which a significant amount of time is devoted which may pose conflicts of interest with regard to allocation of their time and efforts. Teodosio Pangia, our former president, director and CEO is also the sole principal of Epwort Trading, Ltd. and holder of 10.83% of our common stock and beneficially owns and/or controls, either directly or indirectly, seven companies, Altea Investments, Ltd., Gata Investments, Ltd., Baychester Investments, Ltd., TVP Capital Corp., Bekeman Investments, Ltd., Aester Investment Holdings Limited and S D Investments, Ltd., which in the aggregate hold 8,365,000 shares or 12.09% of our shares of common stock. There can be no assurance that management will resolve all conflicts of interest in favor of Diamond Discoveries. Failure of management to conduct Diamond Discoveries’ business in its best interest may result in liability of the management to Diamond Discoveries.

 

                Committees

 

                The entire Board of Directors performs the functions of the audit committee and compensation committee.  The Company does not have an audit committee financial expert serving on the audit committee.  The Company intends to add such persons to the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee at such time as the Company has adequate funds to compensate such persons for their services.

 

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

 

Section 16(a) of the Security Exchange Act of 1934 requires directors, executive officers and 10% or greater shareholders of the Company to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission initial reports of ownership (Form 3) and reports of changes in ownership of equity securities of the Company (Form 4 and Form 5) and to provide copies of all such Forms as filed to the Company. Based solely on our review of the copies of these forms received by us or representations from certain reporting persons, we believe that SEC beneficial ownership reporting requirements for fiscal 2003, were met with the following exceptions:

 

Teodosio V. Pangia failed to timely file Form 3 and a Form 4 to report transactions in March 2003 and Thomas Franzone failed to timely file Form 3 and Forms 4 to report transactions in January, February and March 2004.  Due to the complexity of the reporting rules, we expect to institute procedures to assist our officers and directors with these obligations.

 

Code of Ethics

 

We have a code of ethics (the “Code”) that applies to members of our Board of Directors, our officers including our president (being our principal executive officer), and our chief financial officer (being our principal financial and accounting officer).  The Code sets forth written standards that are designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote: honest and ethical conduct, full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that we file with, or submit to, the Securities and Exchange Commission and in other public communications made by us; compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules and regulations; prompt internal reporting of violations of the Code to an appropriate person or persons identified in the Code; and accountability for adherence to the Code.

 

A copy of the Code is attached to this Form 10-KSB as an exhibit.

 

Item 10. Executive Compensation

 

The table below shows the annual, long-term and other compensation for services in all capacities to the Company and its subsidiaries paid during the year ended December 31, 2003, to the Chief Executive Officer and the other four most highly compensated executive officers of the Company during the year ended December 31, 2003 (our “named executive officers”):

 

SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

 

 

 

 

 

Annual Compensation

 

Long Term Compensation

 

 

 

Name and Position

 

Year

 

Salary ($)

 

Bonus ($)

 

Other Annual Compen-sation ($)

 

Restricted Stock Awards ($)

 

Securities Under-lying Options/ SARS (#)

 

All Other Compen-sation ($)

 

Teodosio V. Pangia

 

2003

 

$

50,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Option/SAR Grants in Last Fiscal Year

 

The table below shows the number of options to purchase shares of our common stock that were granted to each of our named executive officers during fiscal 2003:

 

Name

 

Number of Securities Underlying Options/SARs Granted (#)

 

Percent of Total Options/SARs Granted to Employees in Fiscal Year

 

Exercise or Base Price ($/share)

 

Expiration Date

 

Teodosio V. Pangia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregated Option/SAR Exercises in Last Fiscal Year and Fiscal Year-End Option/SAR Values

 

The table below shows the number of stock options held at the end of or exercised during fiscal 2003 for each of our named executive officers:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options/SARs at Fiscal Year-End (#)

 

Value of Unexercised In-The-Money Options/SARs at Fiscal Year-End ($) (1)

 

Name

 

Shares Acquired on Exercise (#)

 

Value Realized

 

Exercisable

 

Unexercisable

 

Exercisable

 

Unexercisable

 

Teodosio V. Pangia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


(1)           Based on $0.14 per share, the closing price of our common stock as quoted on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board on April 13, 2003.

 

Long Term Incentive Plans - Awards in Last Fiscal Year

 

None.

 

Compensation of Directors

 

                Standard Arrangements.

 

At present, the Company does not pay its directors for attending meetings of the Board of Directors, although the Company may adopt a director compensation policy in the future. The Company has no standard arrangement pursuant to which directors of the Company are compensated for any services provided as a director or for committee participation or special assignments.

 

                Other Arrangements.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2003, and except as disclosed elsewhere in this report, no director of the Company received any form of compensation from the Company.

 

Employment Contracts and Termination of Employment, and Change-in-Control Arrangements.

 

We have not entered into employment agreements with any of our officers or directors.

 

Mr. Kowalchuk and Mr. Williams, our executive officers, have not yet received any annual salary compensation for their

 

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services. However, the executive officers will likely receive an annual salary or other compensation in the future. 

 

To date, we have accrued, but not paid, $8,000 and $16,000 of compensation to Mr. Kowalchuk and Mr. Williams, respectively.

 

Item 11. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

 

The following table sets forth the name and address of each officer and director of the Company and each person who owns beneficially more than five percent of the Common Stock of the Company, and the number of shares owned by each such person and by all officers and directors as a group as of April 14, 2004:

 

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1)

 

Amount and Nature of Ownership

 

Approximate
% of Class(2)

 

Thomas J. Kennedy
Chairman and Director

 

1,000,000

(3)

1.43

%

John Kowalchuk
President, CEO and Director

 

375,000

(4)

*

 

Edward C. Williams
Secretary, CFO and Director

 

375,000

(5)

*

 

Directors and Officers as a Group(3)(4)(5)

 

2,750,000

 

2.48

%

Teodosio V. Pangia

 

15,865,000

(6)

22.92

%

Epwort Trading Ltd.(7)

 

7,500,000

 

10.83

%

 


* Less than 1%

(1)          Unless otherwise indicated, the beneficial owner’s address is the same as the Company’s principal office.

(2)          Percentages calculated on the basis of the amount of outstanding shares plus, for each person, any shares that person has the right to acquire within 60 days pursuant to options or other rights.

(3)          Includes 500,000 shares of common stock that are issuable under a stock option.

(4)          Includes 375,000 shares of common stock that are issuable under a stock option.

(5)          Includes 375,000 shares of common stock that are issuable under a stock option.

(6)          Includes an aggregate of 8,365,000 shares held TVP Capital Corp., Altea Investments, Ltd., Gata Investments, Ltd., Bekeman Investments, Ltd., SD Investments, Ltd., Baychester Investments Ltd., and Aester Investments Holdings Limited, companies beneficially owned and/or controlled (directly or indirectly) by Mr. Pangia, and 7,500,000 shares held by Epwort Trading, Ltd. See footnote (7) below.

(7)          Teodosio V. Pangia is the sole officer, director and shareholder of Epwort Trading, Ltd.

 

Equity Compensation Plan Information:

 

 

 

Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights



Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights



Number of securities available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column
(a))

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

 

(b)

 

(c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity compensation plans approved by security holders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders

 

15,000,000

 

$

.04

 

1,125,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

15,000,000

 

$

.04

 

1,125,000

 

 

 

On May 30, 2003, the Company adopted the Diamond Discoveries International Corp. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).  Under the Plan, 15,000,000 shares of common stock are reserved for issuance.  The purpose of the Plan is to provide incentives for officers, directors, consultants and key employees to promote the success of the Company, and to enhance the Company’s ability to attract and retain the services of such persons.  The Plan orivudes for the grant of incentive stock options and nonqualified stock options (“Options”) and restricted stock awards (“Restricted Stock Awards”) and Stock Appreciation Rights, Performance Shares, Dividend Equivalent Payments, and Other Stock Based Awards (“Options,”“Restricted Stock Awards,” and “Stock Appreciation Rights,” are collectively referred to herein as “Awards”). Options granted under the Plan may be either: (i) options intended to qualify as “incentive stock options” under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or (ii) non-qualified stock options.  Stock options may be granted under the Plan for all employees and consultants of the Company, or employees of any present or future subsidiary or parent of the Company.  The Plan is administered by the Board of Directors.  The Compensation Committee is empowered to interpret the Plan and to prescribe, amend and rescind the rules and regulations pertaining to the Plan.  Options granted under the Plan generally vest over three years.  The Compensation Committee may not receive options.

 

Any incentive stock option that is granted under the Plan may not be granted at a price less than the fair market value of the Company’s Common Stock on the date of grant (or less than 110% of the fair market value in the case of holders of 10% or more of the total combined voting power through all classes of stock of the Company or a subsidiary or parent of the Company.)  Non-qualified stock options may be granted at the exercise price established by the Compensation Committee, which may be less than the fair market value of the Company’s Common Stock on the date of grant, but in no event shall such exercise price be less than 55% of such fair market value.

 

Each option granted under the Plan is exercisable for a period not to exceed ten years from the date of grant (or five years in the case of an incentive stock option granted to a holder of more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or a subsidiary or parent of the Company) and shall lapse upon expiration of such period, or earlier upon termination of the recipient’s employment with the Company, or as determined by the Compensation Committee.

 

Awards are generally non-transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order.

 

The Company’s Board of Directors may at any time, and from time to time, amend, terminate, or suspend one or more of the Plan in any manner it deems appropriate, provided that such amendment, termination or suspension cannot adversely affect rights or obligations with respect to shares or options previously granted, unless the Award recipient consents to such changes in writing. The Board of Directors may not, without shareholder approval: make any amendment which would materially modify the participation eligibility requirements for the 2004 Plan, to the extent they require approval in order to satisfy the Internal Revenue Code requirements; make other modifications requiring stockholder approval to satisfy the Internal Revenue Code requirements, increase the total number of shares of common stock which may be issued pursuant to the 2004 Plan, except in the case of a reclassification of the Company’s capital stock or a consolidation or merger of the Company.

 

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Item 12. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.

 

Teodosio Pangia, our former president, director and CEO, is the sole principal of Epwort Trading Ltd., which owns 7,500,000 shares or 10.83% of our shares of common stock and beneficially owns and/or controls, either directly or indirectly, seven companies, TVP Capital Corp., Altea Investments, Ltd., Gata Investments, Ltd., Baychester Investments, Ltd., Bekeman Investments, Ltd., Aester Investments Holdings Limited and S D Investments, Ltd., which in the aggregate hold 8,365,000 shares or 12.09% of our shares of common stock.

 

We entered into an Acquisition Agreement dated September 12, 2000 with Mr. Ferderber, Mr. Hawkins and Tandem Resources Ltd. The Acquisition Agreement provides for us to purchase certain mineral exploration permits from Messrs. Ferderber and Hawkins. Such permits cover 469.05 square kilometers in the Torngat fields in northwest Quebec, Canada, on the eastern shore of Ungava Bay. As consideration for the acquisition of these permits, we have issued 1,000,000 shares of our common stock to each of Messrs. Ferderber and Hawkins and have paid $35,000 Canadian to Mr. Hawkins and $25,000 Canadian to Mr. Ferderber.

 

In addition, the Acquisition Agreement further provides for an option to Tandem Resources Ltd., to purchase 40% of the properties covered by the permits conditioned on (i) the Company expending $5,000,000 Canadian on exploration of the properties; (ii) Tandem paying us $2,000,000 Canadian and (iii) Tandem entering into a joint venture agreement with us to operate the properties within 60 days of our demonstrating expenditure of $5,000,000 Canadian on exploration of the properties. In addition, we will have twenty-one (21) days from the date we notify Tandem that we have expended $5,000,000 Canadian on exploration of the properties, to negotiate a financing agreement with Tandem to provide Tandem with the $2,000,000 Canadian required to exercise the option. Should no agreement be reached in the twenty-one (21) day period, our right to provide this financing shall expire. Also, upon the closing of the acquisition, we assigned to Messrs. Ferderber and Hawkins a one (1%) percent interest in the Net Smelter Returns of the properties, half of which is payable over the first $50,000,000 Canadian in revenues from the properties. This interest in the Net Smelter Returns terminates once Ferderber and Hawkins have received, in the aggregate, $10,000,000 Canadian.

 

In connection with the Acquisition Agreement, Mr. Ferderber has executed an agreement with us as of June 20, 2000 which transfers mineral rights over all of the properties to us.

 

We entered into a Prospecting and Survey Agreement with Prospecting Geophysics Ltd. dated November 20, 2000, whereby Prospecting Geophysics Ltd. will act as the project manager for the Company’s mineral exploration operations. Peter Ferderber is the President of Prospecting Geophysics Ltd. Under the agreement, we are to pay for Mr. Ferderber’s services at a rate of $500 per day, on days that he personally attends the properties, in addition to reimbursing all expenses incurred by Prospecting Geophysics on behalf of the Company. Mr. Ferderber anticipates attending the properties approximately five to seven days every month. Prospecting Geophysics is required under the agreement to conduct prospecting and surveying activities on our behalf. The agreement has a term of eighteen (18) months with automatic renewal unless either party gives 30 days’ notice of its intent to terminate. During the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001 and the periods from April 24, 2000 (date of inception) to December 31, 2003, we incurred exploration costs by Prospecting Geophysics Ltd. of $690,490, $511,752 and $2,629,003, respectively. In addition, the Company owed Prospecting Geophysics Ltd. $1,619,241 at December 31, 2003.

 

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Item 13. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.

 

There were no Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant during the fourth quarter of the calendar year ended December 31, 2003.

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description of Document

3.1

 

Articles of Incorporation as filed on April 24, 2000(1)

3.2

 

Bylaws of Diamond Discoveries International Corp.(1)

10.1

 

Acquisition Agreement dated September 12, 2000 between the Company and Peter Ferderber, Stanley Hawkins and Tandem Resources Ltd.(2)

10.2

 

Prospecting and Survey Agreement between Prospecting Geophysics Ltd and the Company dated August 14, 2000.(1)

10.3

 

Transfer of Mining Rights between Peter Ferderber and the Company dated June 20, 2000.(1)

10.4

 

Option Agreement between Diamond Discoveries International Corp. and Tandem Resources Ltd. dated September 12, 2000.(2)

10.5

 

Revised Prospecting and Survey Agreement between Prospecting Geophysics Ltd. and the Company dated November 20, 2000.(2)

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Code of Ethics for the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

31.1

 

Certification by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2

 

Certification by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1

 

Certification by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2

 

Certification by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.

99.1

 

Title opinion of Lavery, de Billy on the Mining Exploration Permits.(1)

 


(1) Previously filed on September 21, 2000 as part of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 10-SB, File No. 0-31585.

(2) Previously filed on December 1, 2000 as part of the Company’s Amended Registration Statement on Form 10-SB, File No. 0-31585.

 

Item 14.  Principal Accountant Fees and Services

During 2003 and 2002, the Company incurred the following fees for professional services rendered by the principal accountant:

 

 

2003

 

2002

 

Fees for audit services

 

$

27,182

 

$

20,238

 

Fees for audit-related services

 

$

3,486

 

$

0

 

Tax fees

 

$

0

 

$

1,100

 

All other fees

 

$

0

 

$

0

 

 

The Audit Committee pre-approves all audit and non-audit services to be performed by the Company’s independent auditors.

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

DIAMOND DISCOVERIES INTERNATIONAL CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John Kowalchuk

 

 

 

John Kowalchuk,
CEO

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: April 14, 2004

 

In accordance with the Exchange Act, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

 

By:

/s/ Thomas J. Kennedy

 

 

 

Thomas J. Kennedy,
Chairman and Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: April 14, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John Kowalchuk

 

 

 

John Kowalchuk,
President, CEO and Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: April 14, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Edward C. Williams

 

 

 

Edward C. Williams,
Secretary, Treasure, Director and Principal Accounting
Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: April 14, 2004

 

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APPENDIX A

 

 

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