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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

  

  

FORM 10-Q

 

    

[X] QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

  

For the quarterly period ended October 31, 2009

  

[  ] TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT

  

For the transition period from ____________ to____________

  

Commission File No. 001-03896

BULLION MONARCH MINING, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)


Utah

20-1885668

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

incorporation or organization)

  


299 East 950 South

Orem, Utah 84058

 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)


(801) 426-8111

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year,

if changed since last report)


Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes [X] No [  ]


Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  (Check one):


Large accelerated filer [  ]      Accelerated filer [  ]       Non-accelerated filer [  ]      Smaller reporting company [X]


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

Yes [  ] No [X]




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APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY

PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS


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

Yes [X] No [  ]

 

APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS


Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the Registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:  December 3, 2009 – 38,686,210 shares of common stock.


PART I


Item 1.  Financial Statements


The Financial Statements of the Registrant required to be filed with this 10-Q Quarterly Report were prepared by management and commence below, together with related notes. In the opinion of management, the Financial Statements fairly present the financial condition of the Registrant.












Bullion Monarch Mining, Inc.



Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements


October 31, 2009







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BULLION MONARCH MINING, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

October 31, 2009 and April 30, 2009

 

October 31, 2009 (Unaudited)

 

April 30, 2009 (Audited)

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

   Current Assets

 

 

 

 

 

       Cash and Cash Equivalents

$

302,672

 

$

1,135,755

       Royalty Receivables, net

 

466,705

 

 

148,865

       Prepaid expenses

 

15,470

 

 

19,075

       Inventories

 

80,290

 

 

80,290

       Deposits

 

2,000

 

 

1,000

       Employee advances

 

2,800

 

 

3,500

       Income taxes receivable

 

24,867

 

 

-

       Payroll tax receivable

 

2,008

 

 

3,860

              Total Current Assets

 

896,812

 

 

1,392,345

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

2,362,624

 

 

1,717,466

   Other Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

       Mining Properties, at cost

 

273,071

 

 

273,071

       Notes Receivable

 

100,000

 

 

75,000

       Oil shale leases

 

9,669

 

 

9,669

       Interest in mineral rights

 

570,000

 

 

-

       Other investments

 

102,735

 

 

109,040

       Patent, net

 

382,809

 

 

398,435

       Other

 

58,755

 

 

18,000

              Total Other Assets

 

1,497,039

 

 

883,215

                          Total Assets

$

4,756,475

 

$

3,993,026

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

    Current Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

       Accounts Payable

$

86,842

 

$

107,525

       Income taxes payable

 

29,755

 

 

94,290

              Total Current Liabilities

 

116,597

 

 

201,815

       Long-term liability - Deferred tax liability

 

15,615

 

 

19,635

                          Total liabilities

 

132,212

 

 

221,450

 

 

 

 

 

 

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

       Preferred Stock - par value $0.001, 10,000,000 shares authorized

               No shares issued and outstanding

 


-

 

 


-

       Common Stock - par value $0.001, 100,000,000 shares

                authorized, 38,693,710 issued, and 38,686,210 outstanding

                as of October 31, 2009 and 39,373,510 issued and

38,854,210 outstanding as of April 30, 2009

 




38,694

 

 




39,374

       Additional Paid-in Capital

 

3,871,310

 

 

4,047,085

       Less Treasury Stock

 

(5,507)

 

 

(132,722)

       Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

(20,436)

 

 

(8,005)

       Retained Earnings

 

1,129,022

 

 

154,134

              Total Bullion Stockholders’ Equity

 

5,013,083

 

 

4,099,866

       Non-controlling interests

 

(388,820)

 

 

(328,290)

              Total Stockholders’ Equity

 

4,624,263

 

 

3,771,576

              Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

$

4,756,475

 

$

3,993,026

See accompanying notes to financial statements.



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 BULLION MONARCH MINING, INC.AND SUBSIDIARY

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

For the Three and Six Months Ended October 31, 2009 and 2008

(Unaudited)



 

 

For the Three Months Ended Oct. 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

For the Three Months Ended Oct. 31, 2008

(Unaudited)

 

For the Six Months Ended Oct. 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

For the Six

Months Ended Oct. 31, 2008

(Unaudited)

Royalty revenue

 

 $   1,378,135

 

 $     863,440

 

 $ 2,233,651

 

 $ 1,934,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     General and administrative

434,673

 

315,318

 

807,902

 

639,874

     Research & development

 

110,259

 

82,311

 

218,470

 

206,811

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Operating income

 

833,203

 

465,811

 

1,207,279

 

1,087,915

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Other income

 

0

 

2,500

 

0

 

2,500

     Interest income

 

549

 

6,483

 

2,562

 

13,407

     Total other income

 

549

 

8,983

 

2,562

 

15,907

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Net income before income taxes

833,752

 

474,794

 

1,209,841

 

1,103,822

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for income taxes

 

209,014

 

135,493

 

295,484

 

329,897

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

  624,738

 

 339,301

 

 914,357

 

 773,925

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plus: Net Loss Attributable to Non-controlling interests

 

30,685

 

20,325

 

60,531

 

50,445

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income Attributable to Bullion Stockholders

 

655,423

 

359,626

 

974,888

 

824,370

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Change in unrealized gain (loss) on marketable

         securities

 

(17,608)

 

(13,505)

 

(12,431)

 

(26,110)

Net comprehensive income

 

 $      637,815

 

 $      346,121

 

 $ 962,457

 

 $  798,260

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income per share - basic and diluted

 $            0.02

 

 $             .01

 

 $          0.02

 

$        0.02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding

38,686,210

 

40,305,326

 

38,694,811

 

40,355,457

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




See accompanying notes to financial statements.






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BULLION MONARCH MINING, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

For the Six Months Ended October 31, 2009 and 2008


 

For the Six Months Ended Oct. 31, 2009

(Unaudited)

 

For the Six Months Ended Oct. 31, 2008

(Unaudited)

Cash Flows From Operating Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

     Net Income

$

914,357

 

$

773,925

     Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

            Depreciation

 

28,645

 

 

12,579

            Amortization

 

15,626

 

 

16,627

            Deferred income taxes

 

3,361

 

 

-

           (Increase) decrease in royalties receivable

 

(317,840)

 

 

(102,047)

           (Increase) decrease in income tax receivable

 

(24,867)

 

 

-

            (Increase) decrease in payroll tax receivable

 

1,852

 

 

-

            (Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses

 

3,605

 

 

(16,193)

            (Increase) decrease in deposits

 

(1,000)

 

 

-

            (Increase) decrease in employee advances

 

700

 

 

1,500

            Increase (decrease) in taxes payable

 

(64,535)

 

 

60,168

            Increase (decrease) in accounts payable

 

(20,682)

 

 

15,610

            Increase (decrease) in accrued liabilities

 

-

 

 

95,940

                     Net Cash From Operating Activities

 

539,222

 

 

858,109

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flows From Investing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

       Purchase of Property, Plant & Equipment

 

(673,803)

 

 

(485,114)

       Issuance of notes receivable

 

(25,000)

 

 

-

       Purchase of interest in mineral rights

 

(570,000)

 

 

-

       Purchase of other investments

 

(13,507)

 

 

-

       Purchase of other assets

 

(40,755)

 

 

5,000

                     Net Cash used in Investing Activities

 

(1,323,065)

 

 

(480,114)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flows From Financing Activities

 

 

 

 

 

       Purchase of Treasury Stock

 

(49,240)

 

 

(124,716)

                     Net cash used in financing activities

 

(49,240)

 

 

(124,716)

 

 

 

 

 

 

                     Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash

 

(833,083)

 

 

253,279

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash at Beginning of Period

 

1,135,755

 

 

1,356,679

Cash at End of Period

$

302,672

 

$

1,609,958

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information:

 

 

 

 

 

     Cash paid during the period for interest

$

-

 

$

-

     Cash paid during the period for taxes

 

380,049

 

 

2,434


Non-cash investing and financing activities:

During the quarter ended July 31, 2009, the Company retired 511,800 shares of treasury stock, reducing the par value of

Common Stock by $512 and Additional Paid-In Capital by $126,703.

During the quarter ended October 31, 2009, the Company retired 168,000 shares of treasury stock, reducing the par value of Common Stock by $168 and Additional Paid-In Capital by $49,072.

During the quarter ended October 31, 2009, the Company converted $570,000 of the Dourave note receivable into an interest in mineral rights.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.



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Bullion Monarch Mining, Inc. and Subsidiary

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements



Note 1.

Organization


Bullion Monarch Mining, Inc. (Bullion) was organized under the laws of the State of Utah on November 16, 2004.  Bullion was organized to engage in any lawful activity.  On March 31, 2005, the Third District Court in the State of Utah approved a plan by which Bullion common shares would be issued for the shares of Bullion Monarch Company, Inc. (Old Bullion), a previously dissolved corporation.  Bullion obtained the rights and obligations of Old Bullion.


EnShale, Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of the Company, is a Wyoming Corporation and was organized under the laws of that state on July 11, 2005, as International Energy Resource Development, Inc.  The name of that company was later changed to “EnShale, Inc.” (“EnShale”).   The accounts of Bullion and EnShale have been consolidated and all intercompany transactions have been eliminated.  Bullion and EnShale are collectively referred to as “the Company” in these consolidated financial statements.


The Company derives its revenues from exploring, acquiring and developing mining properties in the Western United States and South America.  The Company currently has interests in properties in Utah, Oregon, and Nevada and has entered into a joint venture to expand into Brazil.  The Company currently has two mines producing royalties in the Carlin Trend, Nevada USA.


Note 2.

Basis of Presentation


The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for unaudited interim financial information.  Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.  Operating results for the three-month and six-month periods ended October 31, 2009, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending April 30, 2010.  For further information, refer to the audited financial statements for the year ended April 30, 2009, and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Form 10-K/A Annual Report for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2009.


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


Certain amounts for the three and six months ended October 31, 2008, and at April 30, 2009, have been revised.  The Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 810-10-45-16, which requires the noncontrolling interests to be classified as a separate component of net income and stockholders’ equity.  FASB ASC 810-10-45-16 is effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning May 1, 2009.




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Bullion Monarch Mining, Inc. and Subsidiary

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements



Note 3.

Significant Accounting Policies


Exploration and Development Costs


In general, exploration and development costs are expensed as incurred.  When the Company has determined that a mineral property can be economically developed as a result of establishing proven and probable reserves, the costs incurred to acquire and develop such property are capitalized.  Costs incurred to maintain current production or to maintain assets on a standby basis are charged to operations.  Costs of abandoned projects are charged to operations upon abandonment.  The Company evaluates, at least quarterly, the carrying value of capitalized mining costs and related property, plant and equipment costs, if any, to determine if these costs are in excess of their net realizable value and if a permanent impairment needs to be recorded. The periodic evaluation of carrying value of capitalized costs and any related property, plant and equipment costs are based upon expected future cash flows and/or estimated salvage value in accordance with FASB ASC 360-10-35.


Note 4.

Common Stock


On January 24, 2008, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a stock buyback program to repurchase the Company’s common stock, with no minimum purchase required.  The buyback will be funded from free cash flow available to us from our royalties and will be carried out through December 31, 2009.


During three months ended October 31, 2009, the Company retired 168,000 shares of treasury stock with a value of $49,240.  As of October 31, 2009, the number of shares in treasury totaled 7,500.


Note 5.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted


SFAS 168 The FASB Accounting Standards Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (June 2009)

FAS 168, which has been codified into Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 105, will become the source of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under authority of federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. On the effective date of this Statement, the Codification will supersede all then-existing non-SEC accounting and reporting standards.  All other nongrandfathered non-SEC accounting literature not included in the Codification will become nonauthoritative.  This statement is effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.  The adoption of this guidance did not have an impact on the Company’s financial statements but will alter the references to accounting literature within the financial statements.


SFAS 166 Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets – an amendment of SFAS 140 (June 2009)

SFAS 166, which has been codified into ASC Topic 860, is intended to improve the relevance, representational faithfulness, and comparability of the information that a reporting entity provides in its financial statements about a transfer of financial assets: the effects of a transfer on its financial position, financial performance, and cash flows: and a transferor’s continuing involvement, if any, in transferred financial assets. This statement must be applied as of the beginning of each reporting entity’s first annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009. The Company does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have an impact on the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.




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Bullion Monarch Mining, Inc. and Subsidiary

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 5.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted (Continued)


SFAS 167 Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46(R) (June 2009)

SFAS 167, which has been codified into ASC Topic 810,  is intended to (1) address the effects on certain provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 46 (revised December 2003), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, as a result of the elimination of the qualifying special-purpose entity concept in SFAS 166, and (2) constituent concerns about the application of certain key provisions of Interpretation 46(R), including those in which the accounting and disclosures under the Interpretation do not always provide timely and useful information about an enterprise’s involvement in a variable interest entity. This statement must be applied as of the beginning of each reporting entity’s first annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009. The Company does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have an impact on the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.


Note 6.

Fair Value Measurements


The Company adopted FASB ASC 820 on May 1, 2008.  This statement defines fair value, establishes a framework to measure fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements.  FASB ASC 820 defines fair value as the price that could be received upon the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.  FASB ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy used to prioritize the quality and reliability of the information used to determine fair values.  Categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.  The fair value hierarchy is defined into the following three categories:

 

Level 1:  Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2:  Observable market based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data.

Level 3:  Unobservable inputs that are not corroborated by market data.

 

The following table provides our financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value measured on a recurring basis as of October 31, 2009: 

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements Using

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Fair

 

Quoted Prices in

 

Significant Other

 

Significant

 

 

 

Value at

 

Active Markets

 

Observable Inputs

 

Unobservable Inputs

 

Description

 

October 31, 2009

 

(Level 1)

 

(Level 2)

 

(Level 3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marketable securities

 

$46,228

 

$46,228

 

 

 

 

 

Equity investments

 

$56,507

 

 

 

 

 

$56,507

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


During the quarter ended October 31, 2009, there were no significant measurements of assets or liabilities at fair value (as defined in FASB ASC 805-20-20) on a nonrecurring basis subsequent to their initial recognition except for the marketable securities listed in the table above.  



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Bullion Monarch Mining, Inc. and Subsidiary

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements


Note 7.

Interest in Mineral Rights


As of September 8, 2009, Bullion had contributed $570,000, in the form of a note receivable, to a subsidiary of Dourave Mining and Exploration Inc. (Dourave).  The contributed monies are to be used in the Bom Jardim and Bom Jesus mining properties, which were held in the subsidiary of Dourave.   On September 28, 2009, Bullion agreed to a Letter of Intent that outlines the terms of participation in a joint venture to develop the Bom Jardim and Bom Jesus mining properties.  As a result of the Letter of Intent, Bullion cancelled the note receivable in exchange for an interest in mineral rights. Once the joint venture agreement has been finalized and executed, the Dourave subsidiary will contribute the Bom Jardim and Bom Jesus mining properties to the joint venture.  At that time the Company anticipates converting its $570,000 interest in mineral rights into an equity contribution into the joint venture, which will give Bullion a 33.33% interest in the joint venture.  Bullion will account for this investment under the equity method.  In addition, as part of the Letter of Intent,  Bullion will contribute an additional  $80,000 monthly for the next 22 months, ending August 2011, as additional capital contributions to the joint venture.


Note 8.

Note Receivable


The Company issued a $100,000 note receivable to Paul Schiebe on October 5, 2009. The terms of the note are a 4% annual interest rate, compounding monthly according to exact days in the month, beginning November 1, 2009. The due date on the note is November 1, 2011. No payments are required until the note is due, at which time the note will be paid in full.


Note 9.

Subsequent Events


The Company has adopted  ASC 855-10, which requires an entity to evaluate subsequent events through the date that the financial statements are issued or are available to be issued and disclose in the notes the date through which the entity has evaluated subsequent events and whether the financial statements were issued or were available to be issued on the disclosed date. ASC 855-10 defines two types of subsequent events, as follows: the first type consists of events or transactions that provide additional evidence about conditions that existed at the date of the balance sheet (that is, recognized subsequent events), and the second type consists of events or transactions that provide additional evidence about conditions that did not exist at the date of the balance sheet but arose after that date (that is, nonrecognized subsequent events).

 

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through December 11, 2009, the date the financial statements are available to be issued, and has concluded that no recognized or nonrecognized subsequent events have occurred since the quarter ended October 31, 2009.




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Item 2.  Management’s Discussions and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.


Forward-looking Statements


Statements made in this Quarterly Report which are not purely historical are forward-looking statements with respect to the goals, plan objectives, intentions, expectations, financial condition, results of operations, future performance and our business, including, without limitation, (i) our ability to raise capital, and (ii) statements preceded by, followed by or that include the words “may,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “expects,” “projects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “plans,” “intends,” “targets” or similar expressions.


Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, and important factors (many of which are beyond our control) that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements, including the following, general economic or industry conditions, nationally and/or in the communities in which we may conduct business, changes in the interest rate environment, legislation or regulatory requirements, conditions of the securities markets, our ability to raise capital, changes in accounting principles, policies or guidelines, financial or political instability, acts of war or terrorism, other economic, competitive, governmental, regulatory and technical factors affecting our current or potential business and related matters.


Accordingly, results actually achieved may differ materially from expected results in these statements.  Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made.  We do not undertake, and specifically disclaim, any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of such statements.


Business Development


Introduction


Bullion Monarch Mining, Inc. (“Bullion” or the “Company” or “we”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Utah on November 16, 2004 (sometimes called “New Bullion”), and is a successor of Bullion Monarch Company, which was incorporated under the laws of the State of Utah on May 13, 1948 (sometimes called “Old Bullion”).  All references herein include a discussion of all predecessors or successors described under the heading “Corporate History” of this Item below.  


We are a natural resource company. which derives virtually 100% of its income from retained royalties.  We are primarily engaged in acquiring, exploring, leasing, joint venturing and selling mining properties with the goal of retaining royalties in successful projects.  Our income is currently generated from a 1% gross smelter returns royalty.on Newmont’s Leeville mine.  In addition to our precious metals projects, we are developing a process through our 80% owned subsidiary, EnShale, Inc. (“EnShale”), to mine and extract oil from oil shale on a commercially economical basis.  Substantially all of our present and intended operations are located in the Western United States and Brazil.


We continue to actively pursue our long-held corporate strategy of generating royalty income through exploring and acquiring land positions in close proximity to major mining operations and/or properties with known mineral deposits for sale to third parties or development with joint venture partners; with a focus on near-production projects.  Through our subsidiary EnShale, we are seeking to acquire additional oil shale properties; and we are continuing to develop our technology believed to be capable of commercially extracting oil from oil shale.  


In 1999, Old Bullion was administratively dissolved by the State of Utah for failing to file its annual reports with the Department of Commerce for the State of Utah.  It subsequently organized New Bullion, and completed a court approved reorganization, effective March 31, 2005, whereby shareholders of the dissolved Old Bullion exchanged rights in that company for shares in the newly organized New Bullion equal to the shares previously owned in Old Bullion, following a fairness hearing (the “Fairness Hearing”) conducted by the Utah Division of Securities on September 27, 2006.  The reorganization was essentially a recapitalization of the Old Bullion that was accounted for as a “reverse” reorganization, and the historical financial statements of the Company are those of the former operating Old Bullion.  


The Securities and Exchange Commission has advised us that it does not believe we are a “Section 12g-3 successor issuer” under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), of Old Bullion because shareholders of the dissolved Old Bullion exchanged rights in Old Bullion resulting from its dissolution rather than shares of Old Bullion for shares in the Company under the court approved reorganization and subsequent Fairness Hearing.  We have been asked by the



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Securities and Exchange Commission to file a Form 10 Registration Statement on the Company.  We are continuing to discuss this and other issues related to the reorganization between Old Bullion and the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The discussions include the method of accounting for the reorganization of Bullion.  Management is considering adopting quasi-reorganization accounting  for the reorganization of Bullion, which would require taking the accumulated deficit and deferred tax balances (at the effective date of the reorganization) to zero as an offset against additional paid-in capital.  We are also discussing timing issues that will allow the Company’s common stock to continue to trade on the OTCBB until all Securities and Exchange Commission comments on any Form 10 Registration Statement filed by us have been satisfied and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) has approved shares of common stock of New Bullion for trading on the OTCBB, without interruption.  The accounting changes being discussed with the Securities and Exchange Commission will have no impact on our current business plans or our day-to-day business operations.  We do not believe the accounting issues being discussed with the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the reorganization will have any material effect on our consolidated financial statements included herein or as will be included in any Form 10 Registration Statement filed by us. We believe FINRA will approve quotations of our common stock on the OTCBB in the ordinary course of its review process. We base this belief upon the fact that FINRA has already approved quotations for our common stock based upon the filings with the SEC of Old Bullion, essentially upon all of the information contained herein and in previous filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  A Form 15 will be filed for Old Bullion as part of the process of our filing of the Form 10 Registration Statement. We intend to file an 8-K Current Report that will fully describe this transition and its effects once discussions with the Securities and Exchange Commission on these matters are concluded.  We have requested that the filing of the Form 15 on Old Bullion be delayed until the effective date of the Form 10 Registration Statement that is planned to be filed and until all comments of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereon have been satisfied. We have made this request with the understanding that we will continue to file all reports required to be filed as a “Section 12g-3 successor issuer” for Old Bullion. We have also preliminarily discussed the continuous trading issues with FINRA in this respect, which will be subject to Securities and Exchange Commission assent.


Corporate History


The following is a summary of the general business development history of Old Bullion and New Bullion. since their inception:


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Old Bullion was incorporated in the State of Utah on May 13, 1948, under the name “Bullion Monarch Mining Company.”


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Changed its name to “Bullion Monarch Uranium Company” on September 20, 1954.


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Changed its name to “Bullion Monarch Company” on November 28, 1966.


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Acquired by merger MM&S, effective March 3, 1969.


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Old Bullion administratively dissolved by the State of Utah on August 1, 1999.


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Old Bullion’s Board of Directors organized Bullion Monarch Mining, Inc. (New Bullion) under the laws of the State of Utah on November 16, 2004.


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Third Judicial Court in and for Salt Lake County, Utah, approved a reorganization between the dissolved Old Bullion and the newly organized New Bullion, subject to a Fairness Hearing to be conducted by the Utah Division of Securities, on March 31, 2005.


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The Utah Division of Securities conducted a Fairness Hearing on the reorganization and approved the reorganization between Old Bullion and New Bullion on September 27, 2006.


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The Utah Division of Securities issued a Permit Authorizing Issuance of Securities No. 001-6729-21 on September 27, 2006, to allow the newly organized New Bullion to issue its securities in exchange for the rights of the shareholders in the dissolved Old Bullion.




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The last five bulleted items were the result of the dissolution of Old Bullion for its failure to file an annual report in the State of Utah on a timely basis.  Under the Utah Revised Business Corporations Act, Utah Code Ann. § 16-10a-1, et. seq. (2004), corporations are given two years within which to reinstate after an administrative dissolution.  Old Bullion was not aware that it had failed to file its annual reports as required or that it had been dissolved and because of this lack of awareness, it failed to reinstate its corporate existence within the required time and thereafter had no right to administratively reinstate.  The entire process of the last four bulleted items was required because without this procedure or the filing of a registration statement with the SEC and the Utah Division of Securities by the newly formed New Bullion covering the exchange of its shares of common stock for rights of former shareholders of Old Bullion, the issuance of the shares of New Bullion would have violated the registration provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and similar applicable provisions of the Utah Uniform Securities Act, Utah Code Section 61-1-1, et. seq.  This reorganization was the only viable method to reinstate and reclassify Old Bullion substantially as it existed prior to its dissolution.  The reorganization placed the former shareholders of the dissolved Old Bullion in the same positions they were in prior to dissolution, provided, however, that each Old Bullion’s shareholders shares issued in New Bullion and any rights in Old Bullion were subject to cancellation if any such shareholder fails to exchange previously owned stock certificates in Old Bullion for the New Bullion shares within five years of the date of the Fairness Hearing or by September 27, 2011.  The total number of shares of common stock subject to this cancellation provision at April 30, 2008, and 2009, was 6,270,411 shares at fiscal year end April 30, 2008, and 6,115,954 shares at fiscal year end April 30, 2009. This process was approved by the Third Judicial District Court in and for Salt Lake County, State of Utah on March 31, 2005, and by the Utah Division of Securities, which issued a Securities Division Permit Authorizing Issuance of Securities, dated September 27, 2006.  For additional information on the reorganization between Old Bullion and New Bullion, see our 10-K Annual Report for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2006, for documentation regarding the reorganization and these actions, which was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


The reorganization transaction was essentially a recapitalization of the prior Old Bullion, pursuant to the Third District Court’s approval of the reorganization and the Utah Division of Securities’ approval of the reorganization at a Fairness Hearing.  The recapitalization is what makes the transaction like a reverse merger, and therefore, the historical financial statements are those of the former operating company, Old Bullion, which was dissolved.


In an attempt to locate shareholders who have not exchanged their shares in Old Bullion for shares in New Bullion, our transfer agent conducts the following procedures to find lost shareholders: It photocopies each returned envelope and date stamps it twice; researches each shareholder in its database; modifies the shareholder on its list to reflect the returned mailing and the reason for the return; check where the incorrect address originated, and if available, contacts the person who provided the address for a possible new address; send copies of returned envelopes to the Company so that we may conduct a search of our records; check the value of all shares held by the shareholder, and if the total value is under $25, moves the shareholder’s name forward to the six-month review category to reprice all shares again at that time, and if after the second value check the shares are still under $25 in value, places the shareholder back in its Lost Shareholder Book; and if the value is more than $25, places the shareholder  in Lost Shareholder Book for review at three months from the date of receiving the envelope back, and after three months and no more than six months, initiates an Internet search and repeats this process again six months after the first search if no response is received from the shareholder. The Internet search consists of a search in “Yahoo People” and “Whitepages.com” print pages showing possible new addresses.  Our transfer agent then sends a form letter to each applicable address found, and keeps all searches, regardless of whether they are successful.  We have also published notices in various areas where there is a concentration of shareholders’ addresses; and we intend to continue this process at least annually through September 27, 2011.


Plan of Operation


Management believes there are adequate funds to continue current operations for the next six to eight years, if we seek outside funding to develop our EnShale technology and related mining operations rather than funding it internally.  Revenues from Newmont USA Limited’s (a subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corporation [“Newmont”]) Leeville/East Ore mine are anticipated to be between $3.5M and $4.5M per year; however, these revenues may fluctuate, based upon the price of gold, and the price of gold could cause changes in the mining operations of Newmont on the Leeville/East Ore mine that could result in increases or decreases in these royalties


Our management reached an agreement  with Gold Mountain Exploration and Development Company (“Gold Mountain”) respecting its Sumpter Oregon property (now known as the “Gold Mountain” property), to increase our 1% ownership by funding its legal fees to ensure Gold Mountain’s legal interest in this gold property. Recently, an out of court settlement was



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reached, whereby Gold Mountain’s 50% property interest was established, and we anticipate receiving an additional 9% interest in Gold Mountain.  This will increase our ownership interest to a total of 10% of Gold Mountain.  During fiscal year 2010, we plan to attempt to acquire a larger interest in Gold Mountain or the Gold Mountain property.


We have been contacted by Kennecott Copper, Freeport McMoran and others interested in our Ophir lead, silver and copper property located in Ophir, Utah.  Our Ophir property is situated near Rio Tinto’s Kennecott copper mine and is surrounded by Kennecott mining claims. The Ophir district is a historically rich silver producer. We have also has had inquiries into the possibility of further exploration and drilling of the hard rock potential of our North Pipeline gold property, and are weighing those potential opportunities against undertaking our own exploration program for this property during fiscal 2010 or 2011.


Nevada Rae Gold, Inc. (“Nevada Rae Gold”) commenced production on our North Pipeline property in late 2007; however, Nevada Rae Gold has been slowed by complications in their operation for processing the placer resource on the property.  At last report, they continue to work on correcting their processing deficiencies.  Nevada Rae Gold continues to make lease payments to us.


We are in the final stages of completing our agreement with Dourave Mining and Exploration, Inc. (“Dourave Canada”) for the exploration and development of the Bom Jesus and Bom Jardim properties in the Tapajos region of Brazil, based upon our initial Letter of Intent dated May 10, 2009.  Geological reports recently provided by Dourave Canada to us have strengthened our management’s belief that these properties merit further exploration.


EnShale has completed the construction of a pre-production plant to process oil shale in Uintah County, Utah. Utah Fabrication of Tooele, Utah, fabricated the plant and is working with the company to make necessary on-site refinements prior to putting the plant into operation.   We plan to process 5,000 tons of oil shale and are interested in testing numerous aspects like oil quality, heat balances, emissions and process optimization.


During the completion of EnShale’s demonstration plant, we will be evaluating various opportunities, such as joint ventures or the raising of the funds necessary to construct the expected full production plant and underground mining operations in the Vernal, Utah, area. The funding may take the form of equity, debt or a combination thereof.  It will, as is normal for such a financing process, require a proper due diligence period followed by a contractual negotiation period – all common to the financial industry for such a secondary public and private offering.


Our management believes that the world market for development of natural resources remains strong and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future.  Management looks forward to planned future growth and profitability in this area.


We do not expect to sell or dispose of any of our assets during the next 12 months.


Results of Operations


Three Months Ended October 31, 2009, compared to the Three Months Ended October 31, 2008


Royalty revenues increased for the three months ended October 31, 2009, as compared to October 31, 2008.  We recognized $1,378,135 in revenues for the three months ended October 31, 2009, compared to $863,440 during the three months ended October 31, 2008.  Our largest revenue source is produced from our 1% royalty on Newmont’s Leeville/East Ore mine.  According to Newmont, the property has reached full production.  Newmont had an unexpected shutdown in the first quarter and has since resumed full capacity operations. Variations in the quantities of ore processed from quarter to quarter are common in the industry.  Management expects that the royalty payments will continue based on the full capacity production that Newmont reached in 2007.


General and administrative expenses for the three months ended October 31, 2009, were $434,673 compared to $315,318 for the three months ended October 31, 2008, with the increase being primarily for professional fees of attorneys and accountants and public relations expenses.  We also had research and development expenses in the three months ended October 31, 2009, of $110,259 compared to $82,311 in the same period of 2008; the increase in research and development expenses was a direct result of the setup and operation of our oil shale research and development plant in Vernal, Utah.


These revenues resulted in an operating income of $833,203 for the quarter ended October 31, 2009, compared to operating income of $465,811 for the quarter ended October 31, 2008.  In the quarter ended October 31, 2009, we had interest income of



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$549, compared to the quarter ended October 31, 2008, in which we had interest income of $6,483.  During the quarter ended October 31, 2009, we had provision for income taxes of $209,014, with $135,493 for a provision for income taxes in the quarter ended October 31, 2008.  We had a net income in the quarter ended October 31, 2009, of $624,738, compared to net income for the quarter ended October 31, 2008, of $339,301.  We had a net comprehensive income in the quarter ended October 31, 2009, of $637,815, because of an addition of a net loss attributable to non-controlling interest of $30,685 and a change in unrealized loss on marketable securities of $17,608, compared to net comprehensive income of $346,121 for the quarter ended October 31, 2008., in which we had an addition of a net loss attributable to non-controlling interest of $20,325 and an unrealized loss of $13,505 on marketable securities.


Six Months Ended October 31, 2009, compared to the Six Months Ended October 31, 2008


Royalty revenues increased for the six months ended October 31, 2009, as compared to October 31, 2008.  We recognized $2,233,651 in revenues for the six months ended October 31, 2009, compared to $1,934,600 during the six months ended October 31, 2008.  Our largest revenue source is produced from our 1% royalty on Newmont’s Leeville/East Ore mine.  According to Newmont, the property has reached full production.  Newmont had an unexpected shutdown in the first quarter and has since resumed full capacity operations. Variations in the quantities of ore processed from quarter to quarter are common in the industry.  Management expects that the royalty payments will continue based on the full capacity production that Newmont reached in 2007.


General and administrative expenses for the six months ended October 31, 2009, were $807,902 compared to $639,874 for the six months ended October 31, 2008, with the increase being primarily for professional fees of attorneys and accountants and public relations expenses.  We also had research and development expenses in the six months ended October 31, 2009, of $218,470 compared to $206,811 in the same period of 2008; the increase in research and development expenses was a direct result of the setup and operation of our oil shale research and development plant in Vernal, Utah.


These revenues resulted in an operating income of $1,207,279 for the six months ended October 31, 2009, compared to operating income of $1,087,915 for the six months ended October 31, 2008.  In the six months ended October 31, 2009, we had interest income of $2,562, compared to the six months ended October 31, 2008, in which we had interest income of $13,407.  During the six months ended October 31, 2009, we had provision for income taxes of $295,484, with $329,897 for a provision for income taxes in the six months ended October 31, 2008.  We had a net income in the six months ended October 31, 2009, of $914,357, compared to net income for the six months ended October 31, 2008, of $773,925.  We had a net comprehensive income in the six months ended October 31, 2009, of $962,457, because of an addition of a net loss attributable to non-controlling interest of $60,531 and a change in unrealized loss on marketable securities of $12,431, compared to net comprehensive income of $798,260 for the six months ended October 31, 2008., in which we had an addition of a net loss attributable to non-controlling interest of $50,445 and an unrealized loss of $26,110 on marketable securities.


Liquidity


We had cash and cash equivalents of $302,672 as of October 31, 2009, and total current assets of $896,812; total current liabilities of $116,597; and a total stockholders’ equity of $4,624,263.


Our liabilities decreased in the quarter ended October 31, 2009, from the fiscal year ended April 30, 2009, from $221,450 to $132,212.  The reasons for this decrease in the quarter ended October 31, 2009, were primarily due to a decrease in accounts payable of $20,683 and a decrease in income taxes payable of $64,535.


Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.


Not required of smaller reporting companies.


Item 4T.  Controls and Procedures.


Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures


Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report.  Based on that evaluation,



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our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report were effective such that the information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.  A controls system cannot provide absolute assurance, however, that the objectives of the controls system are met, and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been detected.


Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting


There have been no changes in internal control over financial reporting.


PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

  

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.


March 4, 2009, the United States District Court, District of Nevada, denied Newmont USA Limited’s (a subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corporation [“Newmont”]) Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings by which Newmont claimed that a 1993 Nevada court proceeding and judgment invalidated or adjudicated our royalty interest in any of the properties covered by our 1979 agreement, including the Area of Interest, that is the subject of our legal action against Newmont.  It is not clear whether Newmont will attempt to appeal this decision.  Otherwise, our litigation of our claims will continue.  For additional information, see our 8-K Current Report dated March 4, 2009, and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2009.  Our legal action against Newmont is now in the discovery phase.  The legal action is being litigated on a contingency basis with the law firm of Robison, Belaustagui, Sharp and Low representing us.


Additionally, we announced that in accordance with our attorneys recommendations, we had agreed to separate the claims in our lawsuit against Newmont and Barrick Gold Corporation concerning unpaid royalties arising from the Carlin Trend. The discovery and litigation against Newmont will continue to proceed first, followed closely by prosecution of our claims against Barrick.


Item 1A.  Risk Factors.


Not required of smaller reporting companies; however, for information on risk factors regarding us and our operations, see our 10-K Annual Report for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2009, in Part I, Item IA.


Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

  

None; not applicable.

  

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

  

None; not applicable.

  

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

  

None; not applicable.

  

Item 5. Other Information.


New Director


On November 19, 2009, we announced the appointment of John DeMara to our Board of Directors.  Mr. DeMara will serve as an outside director on the Board and will also be appointed a member of our audit committee.


Mr. DeMara holds a Master’s of Accounting from Brigham Young University and has over 12 years of corporate accounting experience with Deloitte & Touche, LLP Tax Consulting and Advisory Services in San Francisco. In addition to being a CPA,



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Mr. DeMara is a member of the Society of Petroleum Accountants and has experience serving the energy development industry.


Item 6. Exhibits.


Exhibit No.                          Identification of Exhibit


Exhibit No.

Title of Document

Where filed

2.1

Amended Stipulation for Judgment and Order and Judgment on Amended Stipulation

      Exhibit A-Reorganization and Exchange Offer Agreement

Annual Report on Form 10KSB for the year ended 4/30/2006

2.2

Notice of Action to be Taken Without a Meeting of the Former Shareholders of Bullion Monarch Company and Information Statement Exchange Offer

Annual Report on Form 10KSB for the year ended 4/30/2006

2.3

State of Utah, Department of Commerce, Securities Division Permit Authorizing Issuance of Securities

Annual Report on Form 10KSB for the year ended 4/30/2006

2.4

Letter from the State of Utah, Department of Commerce, Division of Securities

Annual Report on Form 10KSB for the year ended 4/30/2006

3.1

Articles of Incorporation

Annual Report on Form 10KSB for year ended 4/30/2009

3.2

By-Laws, as amended

Annual Report on Form 10KSB for year ended 4/30/2009

10.1

Full Settlement and Release Agreement

Annual Report on Form 10KSB for year ended 4/30/2006

10.2

Agreement between Bullion Monarch Company, Polar Resources Co, Universal Gas (Montana), Inc., Universal Explorations, Ltd., Lambert Management Ltd, and Eltel Holdings Ltd.

Annual Report on Form 10KSB for year ended 4/30/2009

10.3

License Agreement for use of Patent No. US 6,709,573 B2

Annual Report on Form 10KSB for year ended 4/30/2009

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Code of Ethics

Annual Report on Form 10KSB for year ended 4/30/2009

21

Subsidiaries

Annual Report on Form 10KSB for year ended 4/30/2009

31.1

302 Certification of R. Don Morris*

 

31.2

302 Certification of Phillip Manning*

 

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906 Certification*

 

99.1

Nevada Litigation Stipulated Findings of Fact, Judgment and Decree

Annual Report on Form 10KSB for the year ended 4/30/2006

99.2

10-KSB Annual Report for the year ended April 30, 1996

Annual Report on Form 10KSB for the year ended 4/30/1996

*  Filed herewith.




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SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized

  

BULLION MONARCH MINING, INC.


Date:

December 11, 2009

 

By:

/s/R. Don Morris

 

 

 

 

R. Don Morris

 

 

 

 

President and Director

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

December 11, 2009

 

By:

/s/Philip Manning

 

 

 

 

Philip Manning

 

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer




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