As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 24, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
Form S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Colorado
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1041
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(State or other jurisdiction of
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(Primary Standard Industrial
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incorporation or organization)
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Classification Code number)
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Identification No.) |
C. General Retana
#706 Col. San Felipe
Chihuahua, Chih. Mexico 31203
52 (614) 426 5505
(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)
George Young, President
Mountain View Center
12303 Airport Way
Suite 200
Broomfield, CO 80021
(303) 327-1587
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Copies to:
Jeffrey C. Thacker, Esq.
DLA Piper LLP (US)
4365 Executive Drive, Suite 1100
San Diego, CA 92121-2133
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the
effective date of this registration statement.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous
basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box. þ
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b)
under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration
statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act,
check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. o
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act,
check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. o
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 the definitions of large accelerated
filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed maximum |
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registered (1) |
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share (2) |
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registration fee |
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Common stock, no par value |
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12,500,000 |
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$0.42 |
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$5,250,000 |
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$375 |
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Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement also covers such additional shares as may hereafter be offered or issued with respect to
the shares registered hereby resulting from stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or
similar capital adjustments.
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Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended based upon the average bid and asked price of the
common stock on December 23, 2009.
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The registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary
to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically
states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with
Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until this Registration Statement shall become
effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The selling securityholders
may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and
neither Mexoro Minerals Ltd. nor the selling securityholders are soliciting offers to buy these
securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED DECEMBER 24, 2009
Mexoro Minerals Ltd.
12,500,000 Shares of Common Stock
This prospectus relates to the resale of up to 12,500,000 shares of common stock, no par
value, of Mexoro Minerals Ltd. (the Common Stock) by the selling stockholders (the selling
stockholders) described herein. The selling stockholders may sell such shares of common stock from
time to time in the principal market on which the shares of common stock are traded at the
prevailing market price or in negotiated transactions.
We will not receive proceeds from the sale of our shares by the selling stockholders. We will
pay the expenses of registering the shares of Common Stock. The selling stockholders and any
brokers executing selling orders on behalf of the selling stockholders may be deemed to be
underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Commissions received
by a broker executing selling orders may be deemed to be underwriting commissions under the
Securities Act.
The securities are being registered to permit the selling stockholders to sell the securities
from time to time in the public market. The selling stockholders may sell the securities through
ordinary brokerage transactions or through any other means described in the section titled Plan of
Distribution. We do not know when or in what amount the selling stockholders may offer the
securities for sale. The selling stockholders may sell any, all or none of the securities offered
by this prospectus.
Our Common Stock is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board (the OTCBB) administered by the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) under the symbol MXOM.OB and on the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol OYA1. The last reported sale price of our Common Stock
on the OTCBB on December 23, 2009, was $0.44 per share.
Investing in our Common Stock involves substantial risks. See Risk Factors beginning on page 6.
We may amend or supplement this prospectus from time to time by filing amendments or
supplements as required. You should read the entire prospectus and any amendments or supplements
carefully before you make your investment decision.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has
approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or
complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is _________, 2009.
MEXORO MINERALS LTD. HAS NOT REGISTERED THE SHARES FOR SALE BY THE SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. BROKERS OR DEALERS EFFECTING TRANSACTIONS IN THE SHARES
SHOULD CONFIRM THAT THE SHARES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATE OR
STATES IN WHICH SALES OF THE SHARES OCCUR AS OF THE TIME OF SUCH SALES, OR THAT THERE IS AN
AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES LAWS OF SUCH STATES.
THIS PROSPECTUS IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL ANY SECURITIES OTHER THAN THE SHARES. THIS PROSPECTUS
IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL SECURITIES IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH SUCH AN OFFER IS UNLAWFUL.
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
You may only rely on the information contained in this prospectus or that we have referred you
to. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. This prospectus does
not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities other than the
common stock offered by this prospectus. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy any common stock in any circumstances in which such offer or
solicitation is unlawful. Neither the delivery of this prospectus nor any sale made in connection
with this prospectus shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that there has been no
change in our affairs since the date of this prospectus or that the information contained by
reference to this prospectus is correct as of any time after its date. In this prospectus,
references to Mexoro, the Company, we, us, and our, refer to Mexoro Minerals Ltd.
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus and the exhibits referenced herein contain forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward looking
statements concern the Companys anticipated results and developments in the Companys operations
in future periods, planned exploration and development of its properties, plans related to its
business and other matters that may occur in the future. These statements relate to analyses and
other information that are based on forecasts of future results, estimates of amounts not yet
determinable and assumptions of management. Any statements that express or involve discussions with
respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or
future events or performance (often, but not always, using words or phrases such as expects or
does not expect, is expected, anticipates or does not anticipate, plans, estimates or
intends, or stating that certain actions, events or results may, could, would, might or
will be taken, occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may be
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause actual events or results to differ
from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation:
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the timing and outcome of our feasibility study on our Cieneguita Project; |
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the costs and results of our initial production activities on our Cieneguita Project; |
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the timing and possible outcome of the sale of our Guazapares Project; |
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the future financial and operating performances of our projects; |
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the estimation of mineral resources and the realization of mineral reserves, if any, on
our existing and any future projects; |
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the timing of exploration, development, and production activities and estimated future
production, if any; |
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estimates related to costs of production, capital, operating and exploration
expenditures; |
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requirements for additional capital and our ability to raise additional capital on a
timely basis and on acceptable terms; |
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government regulation of mining operations, environmental risks, reclamation and
rehabilitation expenses; |
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title disputes or claims against our existing and any future projects; and |
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This list is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect our forward-looking statements.
Some of the important risks and uncertainties that could affect forward-looking statements are
described further under the sections titled Risk Factors, Description of the Business and
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of this
prospectus. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying
assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, believed,
estimated or expected. We caution readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date made. We disclaim any obligation subsequently to revise
any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements
or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
This prospectus summary highlights selected information appearing elsewhere in this
prospectus. Because this is only a summary, it does not contain all the information that may be
important to you. You should carefully read this prospectus in its entirety before investing in our
common stock, especially the risks of investing in our common stock, which we discuss later in
Risk Factors, and our financial statements and related notes beginning on page F-1. Unless the
context requires otherwise, the words Mexoro, we, the Company, us and our refer to Mexoro
Minerals Ltd. and our subsidiary, Sunburst Mining de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
Overview
We are a development stage company focused on mineral exploration and development activities
in Mexico. Through our wholly owned Mexican subsidiary, Sunburst Mining de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.,
or Sunburst de Mexico, we are currently engaged in the exploration and development of three gold
and silver projects, each made up of several mining concessions, located in the Sierra Madre region
of the State of Chihuahua, Mexico. These projects are referred to as the Cieneguita Project, the
Encino Gordo Project and the Sahuayacan Project. We previously had a fourth Project, known as the
Guazapares Project, which we have agreed to sell pursuant to the terms of a definitive agreement,
dated July 10, 2009, to Paramount Gold de Mexico, SA de C.V., the Mexican subsidiary of Paramount
Gold and Silver Corp., for up to $5.3 million. As of the date of this report, we have engaged in
the search for and extraction of mineral deposits but have not engaged in the exploitation of
mineral deposits.
Cieneguita Project
The Cieneguita Project is located in the Baja Tarahumara in Cieneguita Lluvia De Oro, an area
of canyons in the Municipality of Urique, in southwest Chihuahua, Mexico. The concessions on the
Cieneguita Project cover a total area of 822 hectares (approximately 2,031 acres). A new gold
discovery was made by Sunburst de Mexico in early 2008. The initial metallurgical testing on the
mineralized material at the Cieneguita Project show a recovery, on average, of 90% to 92% of the
gold and 85% to 90% of the silver using a flotation process. There are no known reserves on the
Cieneguita Project.
We have a right to purchase the Cieneguita property, and the associated Cieneguita
concessions, for $2 million, of which we have paid $830,000 to date. In February 2009, we entered
into a development agreement with Minera Rio Tinto S.A. de C.V. (MRT), which we amended in
December 2009. Pursuant to the terms of the development agreement, as amended, MRT has agreed to
invest up to $8 million to put the first phase of the Cieneguita Project into production and to
complete a feasibility study. The first phase of production is limited to the mining of the
mineralized material that is available from the surface to a depth of 15 meters (First Phase
Production). In exchange, we assigned MRT an interest to 74% of
the net cash flows from the First Phase
Production and a 54% ownership interest in the Cieneguita Project.
To fund our continued operations, we issued $1.5 million of convertible debentures in March
2009, of which an aggregate of $880,000 was issued to Mario Ayub, a director of Mexoro, and to his
affiliated entity, MRT. Pursuant to the terms of the convertible debentures, the holders
irrevocably converted the debentures into a 10% ownership interest in the Cieneguita Project and a
10% interest in the net cash flow from First Phase Production. In December 2009, Mario Ayub and
MRT agreed to resell an aggregate 4% ownership interest in the Cieneguita Project back to us, along
with 4% of the net cash flow from First Phase Production, in return for $550,000. In a private
transaction not involving the Company, the other holders contributed their remaining 6% ownership
interest in the Cieneguita Project to a newly formed entity, Marje Minerals SA.
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As a result of our amended development agreement and our agreements with the debenture
holders, the ownership interest in the Cieneguita Project and the net cash flows from the First
Phase Production are held by the Company, MRT and Marje Minerals as follows:
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additional costs for the First Phase Production and the feasibility study for the Cieneguita
Project, after MRT invests $8 million, will be shared by the Company, MRT and Marje Minerals on a
pro-rata basis based on their respective ownership percentages of the
Cieneguita project.
Sahuayacan Project
Our Sahuayacan Project is located near the Chihuahua-Sonora State border approximately 275
kilometers east-southeast of the city of Chihuahua and 50 kilometers south-southwest of the town of
Mycoba in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. There are 14 concessions on the Sahuayacan Project,
which total 649 hectares (approximately 1,604 acres). We have agreed to pay $1,137,000 for the
right to the concessions, of which we have paid $382,000 to date. Old mining records indicate that
the concessions on the Sahuayacan Project cover an epithermal quartz vein system. We expect to
continue our mapping and sampling program and to commence drilling on the Sahuayacan Project in
early 2010. There are no known reserves on the Sahuayacan Project.
Encino Gordo Project
Our Encino Gordo Project is located in the Barranca section of Chihuahua State in Mexico, and
according to data publicly published by the Mexican Government, it is at the interphase between the
two main volcanic groups that form the bulk of the Sierra Madre Occidental. We own two concessions
and have an option to acquire two other concessions, subject to a 2.5% net smelter royalty (NSR)
and making the scheduled property payments. We acquired the concessions from MRT, and there are no
remaining amounts owed to MRT on these concessions. We expect to begin mapping and sampling to
indentify target areas and to commence drilling in 2010. In August 2009, we dropped one of our
concessions in the Encino Gordo Project, Encino Gordo 2. We determined that the payments due to the
concession holder were too expensive and it was not in our best interests to keep the concession.
There is no plan, currently, to try and negotiate the payments for Encino Gordo 2. There are no
known reserves on the Encino Gordo Project.
Risks Associated with Our Business
Our business is subject to numerous risks, as discussed more fully in the section entitled
Risk Factors immediately following this prospectus summary. We only commenced our recent
business focus on mineral exploration and development in March 2004, and all of our properties are
in the early stage of development. There are no known reserves on our properties. We have generated
limited revenues from our mineral exploration and development activities, and have incurred
significant loses and expect to continue to incur loses in the future
as we pursue our exploration and development
activities. As a result of recurring losses from operations and a net deficit in both working
capital and stockholders equity, our auditors, in their report dated February 28, 2009, have
expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as going concern.
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Additional Information
We were incorporated in the State of Colorado in 1997 as Sunburst Acquisitions IV, Inc. In
February 2006, we changed our corporate name to Mexoro Minerals Ltd. Between 1997 and 2003, we engaged in two business acquisitions and one business opportunity, none of which generated
a sustainable business. In March 2004, we changed our operations to mineral exploration. Our
principal executive offices are located at #706 Col. San Felipe, Chihuahua, Chihuahua Mexico 31203,
and our telephone number is 52 (614) 426 5505. We can also be contacted by mail at 12303 Airport
Way, Suite 200, Broomfield, Colorado 80021, and by telephone at (303) 327-1587.
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The Offering
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Common stock offered by the selling stockholders
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12,500,000 shares |
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Common Stock outstanding
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54,340,493 shares (1) |
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Use of proceeds
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Proceeds from the
sale of common stock
covered by this
prospectus will be
received by the
selling stockholders.
We will not receive
any proceeds from the
sale of the shares of
common stock covered
by this prospectus.
See Use of Proceeds
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Registration Rights
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On September 21,
2009, we entered into
private placement
subscription
agreements, as
thereafter amended,
with certain U.S.
accredited investors
and certain non-U.S.
investors for the
private placement of
12,500,000
unregistered shares
of common stock
with 100% warrant
coverage at a
purchase price of
$0.20 per unit (the
Private Placement).
The warrants have an exercise price of $0.30 per share, and a two-year term and will not be exercised until twelve months after their date of issuance.
These investors were
granted certain
registration rights
contained in our
private placement
subscription
agreements, as
amended. Under the
private placement
subscription
agreements, a
registration
statement must be
declared effective by
the SEC by June 5,
2010, the seven month
anniversary of the
second closing. If
the registration
statement is not
declared effective on
a timely basis, we
must issue to the
subscribers at no
cost additional
shares of our common
stock equal to ten
percent of the
subscribers
investment on the
seven month
anniversary of the
second closing, and
on every thirty days
thereafter until the
registration
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OTCBB Symbol
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MXOM |
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Frankfurt Stock Exchange Symbol
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OYA1 |
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Risk Factors
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Investing in our
securities involves a
high degree of risk
and purchasers of our
securities may lose
their entire
investment. See Risk
Factors below and
the other information
included elsewhere in
this prospectus for a
discussion of factors
you should carefully
consider before
deciding to invest
our securities. |
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The number of shares of our common stock outstanding is based on the number of shares of
our common stock outstanding as of the date of this prospectus, including the shares held by the
selling stockholders. This number does not include: |
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6,200,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding options issued
under our equity incentive plans prior to this offering, at a weighted average exercise
price of $0.51 per share; |
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1,945,000 shares of our common stock which remain available for issuance under our equity incentive plans; and
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27,087,233 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding warrants at a
weighted average exercise price of $0.50 per share. |
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Summary Financial Information
The following table sets forth summary financial data derived from our financial statements.
This data should be read in conjunction with the financial statements, related notes and other
financial information included in this prospectus. In the opinion of management the unaudited
interim financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the audited financial
statements and include all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary
for a fair presentation of our operating results and financial position for those periods and as of
such dates. The results for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results that
may be expected for a full year.
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Operating Statement Data: |
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Revenues |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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12,947 |
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Total Assets |
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696,465 |
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925,431 |
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597,241 |
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857,671 |
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Total Liabilities |
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4,920,802 |
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5,660,096 |
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2,235,116 |
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Stockholders Deficiency |
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(5,303,693 |
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(3,995,371 |
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(5,062,855 |
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(1,377,445 |
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RISK FACTORS
You should carefully consider the risks described below as well as other information provided
to you in this document, including information in the section of this document entitled Forward
Looking Statements. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones facing us.
Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently believe are
immaterial may also impair our business, financial condition or results of operations. If any of
the following risks actually occur, our business, financial condition or results of operations
could be materially adversely affected, the value of our common stock could decline, and you may
lose all or part of your investment.
Risks Relating to Our Business and Industry
We have a limited operating history; therefore, it is difficult to evaluate our financial
performance and prospects.
We have only completed the initial stages of exploration on our mineral concessions and have
no way to evaluate the likelihood that we will be able to operate and develop a successful
business. We are considered to be a development stage corporation because we are currently engaged
in the search for and extraction of mineral deposits. We will be in the development stage until we
exploit commercially viable mineral deposits on our properties. Our limited operating history makes
it difficult to evaluate our financial performance and prospects. We have earned minimal revenues
from our mineral extraction activities to date, and we have not emerged from being a development
stage to a production stage corporation. Because of our limited financial history, we believe that
period-to-period comparisons of our results of operations will not be meaningful in the short term
and should not be relied upon as indicators of future performance.
Because of our recurring operating losses, stockholders deficit, working capital deficit and
negative cash flows, our auditor has raised substantial doubt about our ability to continue our
business.
We have received a report from our independent auditors on our financial statements for the
fiscal years ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008, in which our auditors have included
explanatory paragraphs indicating that our recurring operating losses, working capital deficiency,
and cumulative losses during our development stage cause substantial doubt about our ability to
continue as a going concern. By issuing this opinion, our auditors have indicated that they are
uncertain as to whether we have the capability to continue our operations.
On September 21, 2009, we entered into private placement subscription agreements, as
thereafter amended, with certain U.S. accredited investors and certain non-U.S. investors for the
private placement of 12,500,000 unregistered shares of the common stock with 100% warrant coverage
at a purchase price of $0.20 per unit. The warrants have an exercise price of $0.30 per share, a
two-year term and will not be exercisable until twelve months after their date of issuance. As of
the filing of this registration statement, the Company has completed the sale of all of the
unregistered shares, and the Company had received aggregate gross proceeds, prior to any expenses,
from the Private Placement of $2,500,000.
On July 8, 2009, we entered into an Agreement for the Assignment of Mining Agreements with
Paramount Gold and Silver Corp., a Delaware corporation (Paramount), and its subsidiary,
Paramount Gold de Mexico S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation (Paramount Gold de Mexico).
Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, we agreed to sell our Guazapares Project to Paramount Gold
de Mexico. The closing of the sale is subject to the satisfaction of various conditions precedent
prior to closing, and the purchase price will be paid in two stages. The first payment of $3.7
million was deposited into an escrow account in conjunction with the execution of the agreement,
and will be released to us at the closing. An additional payment of $1.6 million will be due and
payable to Mexoro if, within thirty six (36) months following the execution of the agreement,
either: (i) Paramount Gold de Mexico is sold by Paramount, either through a stock sale or a sale
of substantially all of its assets; or (ii) the Guazapares project is put into commercial
production.
Notwithstanding the Private Placement, our future is dependent upon our ability to obtain
additional financing and upon future acquisition, exploration and development of profitable
operations from our mineral properties. We plan to continue to seek additional financing in private
and/or public equity offerings to secure funding for our operations. Assuming we receive the $3.7
million of proceeds from the sale of the Guazapares property, we believe we can fund our ongoing
obligations for the next twelve months.
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We have a history of incurring net losses. We expect our net losses to continue as a result of
planned increases in operating expenses, and therefore, may never achieve profitability.
We have a history of operating losses and have incurred significant net losses in each fiscal
quarter since our inception. Prior to completion of our development stage, we anticipate that we
will incur increased operating expenses without realizing significant revenues. For the year ended February
28, 2009, we did not generate revenues and incurred a net loss of $8,036,208 and for the six month
period ending on August 31, 2009, we generated $392,084 in revenues and incurred a net loss of
$1,982,869. We expect to continue to incur net losses and negative cash flows for the foreseeable
future. Our ability to generate and sustain significant revenues or to achieve profitability will
depend upon numerous factors outside of our control, including the precious metals market and the
economy. We have no history upon which to base any assumption as to the likelihood that we will
prove successful, and we may not be able to generate any operating revenues or ever achieve
profitable operations. If we are unsuccessful in addressing these risks, our business, financial
condition or results of operations could be materially adversely affected and the business will
most likely fail.
If we do not obtain financing when needed, our business will fail.
As of November 30, 2009, we had cash on hand in the amount of approximately $299,861,
including the proceeds received to date as a result of the Private Placement.
In order for us to perform any further exploration or extensive testing, we will
need to obtain additional financing. We will require additional financing if the costs of the
exploration of our mineral concessions are greater than anticipated. We also will need
supplementary financing to sustain our business operations if we are not successful in earning
revenues once exploration is complete. If our exploration and development programs are successful
in discovering and extracting ore of commercial tonnage and grade, we will require a significant
amount of additional funds in order to place our mineral concessions into commercial production. We
currently do not have any arrangements for additional financing, and we may not be able to obtain
financing when required. There can be no assurance that such additional financing will be available
to us on acceptable terms, or at all. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about
our ability to continue as a going concern. Our financial statements do not include any adjustment
to reflect the possible future effect on the recoverability and classification of the assets or the
amounts and classification of liabilities that may result should we cease to continue as a going
concern. If we are unable to obtain additional financing when sought, we will be required to
curtail our business plan. Any additional equity financing may involve substantial dilution to our
then existing shareholders. There is a significant risk to investors who purchase shares of our
common stock because there is a risk that we may not be able to generate and/or raise enough
resources to remain operational for an indefinite period of time.
If we are required for any reason to repay our outstanding promissory notes, we would be required
to deplete our working capital, if available, or raise additional funds.
As of November 30, 2009, we have promissory notes outstanding in the amount of $775,299,
including outstanding principal and interest. We do not have a sinking fund available to repay this
debt. These promissory notes are in default and could require the immediate repayment of the
promissory notes. If we are required to repay the promissory notes, we would be required to use our
limited working capital and would also be required to raise additional funds to fully repay the
promissory notes. If we were unable to repay the promissory notes when required, the noteholders
could commence legal action against us. Any such action would require us to curtail or cease
operations.
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Our success is dependent on retaining key personnel and on hiring and retaining additional
personnel.
Our ability to continue to explore and develop our mineral concessions is, in large part,
dependent upon our ability to attract and maintain qualified key personnel. There is competition
for such personnel, and there can be no assurance that we will be able to attract and retain them.
Our development now and in the future will depend on the efforts of key management figures, such as
George Young, our president; Salil Dhaumya, our chief financial officer; and Manuel Flores, our
operations manager. The loss of any of these key people could have a material adverse effect on our
business, financial condition or results of operations. We do not currently maintain key-man life
insurance on any of our key employees.
We may not be able to find qualified geologists and mining engineers on a timely basis or at
all to further expand our business plan. Furthermore, if we are able to find qualified employees,
the cost to hire them may be too great as there may be other opportunities elsewhere at a higher
rate than we are able to pay.
As we undertake exploration and development of our mineral claims, we will be subject to compliance
with government regulations that may increase the anticipated cost of our exploration program.
There are several governmental regulations that materially restrict mineral exploration or
exploitation. We expect to be subject to Mexican federal, state and local laws and regulations
regarding environmental matters, the abstraction of water, and the discharge of mining wastes and
materials and other similar laws and regulations. Amendments to current laws, regulations and
permits governing operations and activities of exploration and development companies, or more
stringent implementation thereof, could have a material adverse impact on us and our operating,
increase our expenditures and costs and require abandonment or delays in developing new mining
properties. Environmental laws and regulations change frequently, and the implementation of new, or
the modification of existing, laws or regulations could harm our business, financial condition or
results of operations. We cannot predict how agencies or courts in Mexico will interpret existing
laws and regulations or the effect that these adoptions and interpretations may have on our
business, financial condition or results of operations. We may be required to make significant
expenditures to comply with governmental laws and regulations.
Any significant mining operations that we undertake in the future will have some environmental
impact, including land and habitat impact, arising from the use of land for mining and related
activities, and certain impact on water resources near the project sites, resulting from water use,
rock disposal and drainage run-off. No assurances can be given that such environmental issues will
not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations in
the future. While we believe we do not currently have any material environmental obligations,
exploration and development activities may give rise in the future to significant liabilities on
our part to the government and third parties and may require us to incur substantial costs of
remediation.
Additionally, we do not maintain insurance against environmental risks. As a result, any
claims against us may result in liabilities we will not be able to afford, resulting in the failure
of our business. Failure to comply with applicable laws, regulations, and permitting requirements
may result in enforcement actions thereunder, including orders issued by regulatory or judicial
authorities causing operations to cease or be curtailed, and may include corrective measures
requiring capital expenditures, installation of additional equipment, or remedial actions. Parties
engaged in exploration and development operations may be required to compensate those suffering
loss or damage by reason of the exploration and development activities and may have civil or
criminal fines or penalties imposed for violations of applicable laws or regulations and, in
particular, environmental laws.
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Because our directors and officers may serve as directors or officers of other companies, they may
have a conflict of interest in making decisions for our business.
Our directors and officers may serve as directors or officers of other companies or have
significant shareholdings in other resource companies and, to the extent that such other companies
may participate in ventures in which we may participate, our directors or officers may have a
conflict of interest in negotiating and concluding terms respecting the extent of such
participation. In the event that such a conflict of interest arises at a meeting of our directors,
we expect that the director who has such a conflict will abstain from voting for or against the
approval of such participation or such terms. Our directors are required to act honestly, in good
faith and in our best interests. In determining whether or not we will participate in a particular
program and the interest therein to be acquired by us, we expect that the directors and officers
will be guided by their fiduciary duties and take into account such matters as they deem relevant,
including considering the degree of risk to which we may be exposed and our financial position at
that time.
Because our officers and directors may allocate their time to other business interests or may be
employed by other companies, they may not be able or willing to devote a sufficient amount of time
to our business operations, which may adversely affect our business, financial condition or results
of operations and cause our business to fail.
It is possible that the demands on our officers and directors, from their existing employment
and from other obligations could increase with the result that they would no longer be able to
devote sufficient time to the management of our operations and business. While George Young, our
president, is a full time employee, Salil Dhaumya, our chief financial officer currently devotes
70% of his time to the Company. This conflict of interest could adversely affect our business,
financial condition or results of operations and cause our business to fail.
We are controlled by our directors and officers, and, as such, you may have no effective voice in
our management.
Our current directors and officers beneficially own approximately 21.63% of our issued and
outstanding shares of common stock. Accordingly, for the foreseeable future, we expect that our
directors and officers will exercise control over all matters requiring shareholder approval,
including the possible election of additional directors and approval of significant corporate
transactions. If you purchase shares of our common stock, you may have no effective voice in our
management.
U.S. investors may experience difficulties in attempting to enforce judgments based upon U.S.
federal securities laws against us and our non-U.S. resident directors.
All of our operations are conducted through a subsidiary corporation organized and located
outside the United States, all of our assets are located outside of the U.S. and certain of our
directors and officers are resident outside of the U.S. As a result, it may be difficult or
impossible for U.S. investors to enforce judgments of U.S. courts for civil liabilities against us
or against any of our individual directors or officers. In addition, U.S. investors should not
assume that courts in the countries in which our subsidiary is incorporated or where the assets of
our subsidiary are located (i) would enforce judgments of U.S. courts obtained in actions against
us or our subsidiary based upon the civil liability provisions of applicable U.S. federal and state
securities laws or (ii) would enforce, in original actions, liabilities against us or our
subsidiary based upon these laws.
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We do not carry title insurance and do not plan to secure any in the future. We are therefore,
vulnerable to loss of title.
We do not maintain insurance against title. Title on mineral properties and mining rights
involves certain inherent risks due to the difficulties of determining the validity of certain
claims as well as the potential for problems arising from the frequently ambiguous conveyance
history characteristic of many mining properties. We cannot give any assurance that title to our
properties and claims will not be challenged or impugned and cannot be certain that we will have or
will acquire valid title to these mining properties and claims. We cannot assume that
counterparties to our title transfer agreements will meet their contractual obligations and
transfer title on a timely basis. Furthermore, there is a risk that the Mexican government may in
the future grant additional titles in excess of our expectations to currently illegal miners or
that disputes may arise as to existing title ownership or planned acquisitions. Furthermore,
although we believe that mechanisms exist to integrate the titles of mineral properties currently
not owned by us, there is a risk that this process could be time consuming and costly. The
possibility also exists that title to existing properties or future prospective properties may be
lost due to an omission in the claim of title. As a result, any claims against us may result in
liabilities we may not be able to afford resulting in the failure of our business.
In the event that we are unable to successfully compete within the mineral exploration and
development business, we may not be able to achieve profitable operations.
The mineral exploration and development business is highly competitive. This industry has a
multitude of competitors and many competitors dominate this industry. Many of our competitors have
greater financial resources than us. As a result, we may experience difficulty competing with other
businesses when conducting mineral exploration and development activities or in the retention of
qualified personnel. No assurances can be given that we will be able to compete effectively.
While we believe we have adequate internal control over financial reporting, we will be required to
evaluate our internal controls under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and any adverse
results from such evaluation could result in a loss of investor confidence in our financial reports
and have an adverse effect on the price of our shares of common stock.
Pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, beginning with our annual report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2011, we will be required to furnish a report by
management on our internal controls over financial reporting. Such report will contain, among other
matters, an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting,
including a statement as to whether or not our internal control over financial reporting is
effective. This assessment must include disclosure of any material weaknesses in our internal
control over financial reporting identified by our management. For our annual report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2011, such report must also contain a statement that our
auditors have issued an attestation report on our managements assessment of such internal
controls. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Auditing Standard No. 5 provides the
professional standards and related performance guidance for auditors to attest to, and report on,
our managements assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting under
Section 404.
Failure to comply with the new rules may make it more difficult for us to obtain certain types
of insurance, including director and officer liability insurance, and we may be forced to accept
reduced policy limits and coverage and/or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or
similar coverage. The impact of these events could also make it more difficult for us to attract
and retain qualified persons to serve on our board of directors, on committees of our board of
directors, or as executive officers.
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There are no known reserves on the Cieneguita concessions and we have made a production decision at
our Cieneguita property without a feasibility study.
We intend to put the Cieneguita Property into production without completing a feasibility
study. A feasibility study would determine if the property has ore reserves and where such
reserves are located; the information for such study would come from a completed drill program. We
have not completed a drill program to determine the exact location of ore reserves, if any. There
is a high degree of risk involved in making a production decision without indicated or measured
mineral resources, without a basis for economic analysis, and without an indication of favorable
metallurgy by appropriate test work. There are no known reserves on the Cieneguita concessions.
The expenditures we may make in the exploration of the mineral concessions on the Cieneguita
property may not result in the discovery and development of commercial quantities of ore.
Because of the speculative nature of exploration and development of mineral concessions and the
unique difficulties and uncertainties inherent in the mineral exploration and development business,
there is substantial risk that no commercially exploitable minerals will be found and developed and
our business will fail.
Exploration for and development of minerals is a speculative venture involving substantial
risk. Any figures presented in this prospectus relating to gold deposits adjacent to our properties
do not indicate that we will be successful in searching for and extracting gold deposits on our
properties. New mineral exploration and development companies encounter difficulties, and there is
a high rate of failure of such enterprises. The expenditures we may make in the exploration of the
mineral concessions may not result in the discovery and development of commercial quantities of
ore. The likelihood of success must be considered in light of the problems, expenses, difficulties,
complications and delays encountered in connection with the exploration and development of the
mineral properties that we plan to undertake. These potential problems include, but are not limited
to, unanticipated problems relating to exploration and development and additional costs and
expenses that may exceed current estimates. In addition, problems such as unusual or unexpected
mineral formations and other geological conditions often result in unsuccessful exploration and
development efforts. In such a case, we would be unable to complete our business plan. The search
for and development of valuable minerals also involves numerous hazards. As a result, we may become
subject to liability for such hazards, including pollution, cave-ins, the use of explosives, waste
disposal, worker safety and other hazards against which we cannot insure or against which we may
elect not to insure. The payment of such liabilities may have a material adverse effect on our
financial position.
The figures for our reserves and resources are estimates based on interpretation and assumptions
and may yield less mineral production under actual conditions than is currently estimated.
Unless otherwise indicated, mineralization figures presented in this prospectus and in our
filings with securities regulatory authorities, press releases and other public statements that may
be made from time to time are based upon estimates made by independent geologists and our internal
geologists. When making determinations about whether to advance any of our projects to development,
we must rely upon such estimated calculations as to the mineral reserves and grades of
mineralization on our properties. Until ore is actually mined and processed, mineral reserves and
grades of mineralization must be considered as estimates only. These estimates are imprecise and
depend upon geological interpretation and statistical inferences drawn from drilling and sampling
analysis, which may prove to be unreliable. We cannot assure you that:
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Any material changes in mineral reserve estimates and grades of mineralization will affect the
economic viability of placing a property into production and a propertys return on capital. In
addition, the grade of ore ultimately mined, if any, may differ from that indicated by our
technical reports and drill results. There can be no assurance that minerals recovered in small
scale tests will be duplicated in large-scale tests under on-site conditions or in production
scale.
The resource estimates contained in this prospectus have been determined and valued based on
assumed future prices, cut-off grades and operating costs that may prove to be inaccurate. Extended
declines in market prices for gold and silver may render portions of our mineralization, reserve
(if any) and resource estimates uneconomic and result in reduced reported mineralization or
adversely affect the commercial viability of our properties. Any material reductions in estimates
of mineralization, or of our ability to extract this mineralization, could have a material adverse
effect on our results of operations or financial condition.
The amount of our working capital could be adversely affected in the event claims are made against
us alleging that certain shares we previously issued pursuant to Form S-8 registration statements
constituted an illegal public offering because the company was a shell company at the time and,
as a result, was not eligible to use Form S-8 for registration of shares under the Securities Act
of 1933.
In August and October of 2005, the Company issued shares of common stock to an officer of the
Company, as compensation for consulting services. The two share issuances were for a combined total
of 30,000 shares and each of the share issuances was made pursuant to a registration statement on
Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Act or Securities Act). Although the Company
believes these shares were properly issued, a claim could be made that issuance of the shares
constituted an illegal public offering because the Company was a shell company at the time. Shell
companies, i.e. companies which have no or nominal operations and either (i) no or nominal assets;
(ii) assets consisting solely of cash and cash equivalents; or (iii) assets consisting of any
amount of cash and cash equivalents and nominal other assets, are not eligible to use Form S-8 for
registration under the Securities Act of 1933. If either of these transactions did violate federal
securities laws, subsequent purchasers of the shares may have claims against us for damages or for
rescission of their purchase transaction and recovery of the full subscription price paid, together
with interest. As of the date of this prospectus, no one has made or threatened any claim against
us alleging violation of the federal securities laws. In the event such claims were successfully
asserted, there is no assurance that we would have sufficient funds available to pay and it is
likely that we would be required to use funds currently designated as working capital for that
purpose. That would substantially reduce the amount of working capital available for other purposes
and, in that event, we could be forced to cease or discontinue certain operations and to liquidate
certain assets to pay our liabilities, including, but not limited to, rescission claims.
Due to numerous factors beyond our control which could affect the marketability of gold and silver,
including their respective market price, we may have difficulty selling any gold or silver if
commercially viable deposits are found to exist.
The availability of markets and the volatility of market prices are beyond our control and
represent a significant risk. Even if commercially viable deposits of gold or silver are found to
exist on our property interests, a ready market may not exist for the sale of the reserves.
Numerous factors beyond our control may affect the marketability of any substances discovered.
These factors include market fluctuations, the proximity and capacity of markets and processing
equipment, government regulations, including regulations relating to prices, taxes, royalties, land
tenure, land use, importing and exporting of minerals and environmental protection. These factors
could inhibit our ability to sell the gold or silver in the event that commercially viable deposits
are found to exist.
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Our due diligence activities with respect to our property interests cannot assure that these
properties will ultimately prove to be commercially viable.
Our due diligence activities have been limited, and to a great extent, we have relied upon
information provided to us by third-party advisors. Accordingly, no assurances can be given that
the properties or mining rights we possess will contain adequate amounts of gold, silver and base
metals for commercialization. Further, even if we recover gold, silver and base metals from such
mining properties, we cannot guarantee that we will make a profit. If we cannot acquire or locate
commercially exploitable precious metal deposits, or if it is not economical to recover the
precious metal deposits, our business and operations will be materially adversely affected. At
present, none of our properties have proven or probable reserves and the proposed programs are an
exploratory search for proven or probable reserves. The mining areas presently being assessed by us
may not contain economically recoverable volumes of minerals or metals. We have relied and may
continue to rely, upon consultants and others for operating expertise.
Non-payment of our obligations under the agreement with Corporativo Minero could result in
Corporativo Minero retaining ownership of the Cieneguita concessions.
MRT entered into an agreement with Corporativo Minero on January 12, 2004 by which it acquired
the right to explore and exploit the Cieneguita Property and purchase it for $2,000,000. This
agreement gave MRT the exclusive right and option, but not the obligation, to purchase, during the
term of the mining concessions of the property, an undivided 100% title to the mining concessions
and the exclusive right to carry out mining activities on any portion of the mining concessions.
Under our agreements with MRT, MRT has assigned this agreement and all of its rights and
obligations to us.
If the Cieneguita Property is put into production, of which there is no assurance, then our
contract calls for any remaining payments to be paid from the sale of gold, up to the total of
$2,000,000. The payments, if the property should go into production, would be as follows: the
remainder of the $2,000,000 payment would be paid out of production from the Cieneguita Property at
a rate of $20 dollars per ounce of gold sold. However, in the event that the price of gold exceeds
$400, then we would be required to pay an additional $0.10 per each ounce for every dollar the spot
price of gold trades over $400. Once $2,000,000 is paid, there is no further obligation to
Corporativo Minero. Non-payment of any portion of the $2,000,000 total payment will constitute a
default. In such case, Corporativo Minero would retain ownership of the concessions, but we will
not incur any additional default penalty.
We may be required to pay up to a 7% Net Smelter Royalty fee on any production from many of our
concessions. If so, our cost of operations will increase, which will decrease any potential
profits we might have.
We entered into an agreement with Corporativo Minero in regard to the mineral concessions on
the Cieneguita Property. Corporativo Minero has the obligation to pay, from the funds they receive
from us, any royalties that may be outstanding on the properties from prior periods. Corporativo
Minero has informed us that various former owners of the property owned royalties of up to a 7% Net
Smelter Return. They have also informed us that the corporations holding those royalties have been
dissolved and that there is no further legal requirement to make these royalty payments. We can
make no assurance that we will not ultimately be responsible to pay all or some of the 7% Net
Smelter Return to these former royalty holders if the property was ever put into production and
Corporativo Minero did not make the payments to the royalty holders. If we have to make these
royalty payments, any profits from production would be reduced.
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If we are unable to obtain all of our required governmental permits, our operations could be
negatively impacted.
Our future operations, including exploration and development activities, required permits from
various governmental authorities. Such operations are and will be governed by laws and regulations
governing prospecting, development, mining, production, exports, taxes, labor standards,
occupational health, waste disposal, toxic substances, land use, environmental protection, mine
safety and other matters. There can be no assurance that we will be able to acquire all required
licenses or permits or to maintain continued operations at economically justifiable costs.
Our financial position and results are subject to fluctuations in foreign currency values.
Any mining operations we undertake outside of the United States will be subject to currency
fluctuations. Fluctuations in the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and any foreign currency
may adversely impact our operations. We do not anticipate that we will enter into any type of
hedging transactions to offset this risk. In addition, with respect to commercial operations in
Mexico or other countries, it is possible that material transactions incurred in local currency,
such as engagement of local contractors for major projects, will be settled at a U.S. dollar value
that is different from the U.S. dollar value of the transaction at the time it was incurred. This
could have the effect of undermining profits from operations in that country.
Our property interests in Mexico are subject to risks from instability in that country.
We have property interests in Mexico which may be affected by risks associated with political
or economic instability in that country. The risks with respect to Mexico or other developing
countries include, but are not limited to: military repression, extreme fluctuations in currency
exchange rates, criminal activity, lack of personal safety or ability to safeguard property, labor
instability or militancy, mineral title irregularities and high rates of inflation.
In addition, changes in mining or investment policies or shifts in political attitude in
Mexico may adversely affect our business. We may be affected in varying degrees by government
regulation with respect to restrictions on production, price controls, export controls, income
taxes, expropriation of property, maintenance of claims, environmental legislation, land use, land
claims of local people, water use and mine safety. The effect of these factors cannot be accurately
predicted but may adversely impact our proposed operations in any foreign jurisdiction.
We are in competition with companies that are larger, more established and better capitalized than
we are.
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We rely on independent analysis to analyze our drilling results and planned exploration
activities.
We rely on independent geologists to analyze our drilling results and to prepare resource
reports on several of our mining concessions. While these geologists rely on international
standards established by various professional associations, there can be no assurance that their
estimates or results will be accurate. Analyzing drilling results and estimating reserves or
targeted drilling sites is not a certainty. Miscalculations and unanticipated drilling results may
cause the geologists to alter their estimates. If this should happen, we would have devoted
resources to areas where resources could have been better allocated.
Risks Relating to Our Common Stock
There are a large number of shares underlying our warrants that may be available for future sale
and the sale of these shares may depress the market price of our common stock.
As of the date of this prospectus, we had 54,340,493 shares of common stock issued and
outstanding and warrants that may be convertible into 27,087,233 shares of common stock. Each
warrant may be exercised to purchase one share of common stock. The sale of these shares may
adversely affect the market price of our common stock.
There is a limited trading market for our common stock and if an active market for our common stock
does not develop, our investors may not be unable to sell their shares.
Our common stock is presently quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers Inc.s
Over the Counter Bulletin Board (the OTC Bulletin Board) and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Quotations and trading volume of our common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board has been sporadic.
There is currently very little active trading in the market for our common stock and an active
public market may not develop or be sustained in the future. Also, we cannot provide our investors
with any assurance that our common stock will continue to be traded on the OTC Bulletin Board or
the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. If our common stock is not quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board or
Frankfurt Stock Exchange or if an active public market for our common stock does not develop, then
investors may not be able to resell the shares of our common stock that they have purchased and may
lose all of their investment.
Shares of our common stock are subject to the penny stock rules of the SEC and the trading market
in our securities is limited, which makes transactions in our stock cumbersome and may reduce the
value of an investment in our stock.
Broker-dealer practices in connection with transactions in penny stocks are regulated by
penny stock rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Penny stocks generally are
equity securities with a price of less than $5.00 (other than securities registered on some
national securities exchanges or quoted on the over-the-counter bulletin board administered by
FINRA). The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not
otherwise exempt from the rules, to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document that provides
information about penny stocks and the nature and level of risks in the penny stock market. The
broker-dealer also must provide the customer with current bid and offer quotations for the penny
stock, the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction, and, if the
broker-dealer is the sole market maker, the broker-dealer must disclose this fact and the
broker-dealers presumed control over the market, and monthly account statements showing the market
value of each penny stock held in the customers account. In addition, broker-dealers who sell
these securities to persons other than established customers and accredited investors must make a
special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and
receive the purchasers written agreement to the transaction. Consequently, these
requirements may have the effect of reducing the level of trading activity, if any, in the
secondary market for a security subject to the penny stock rules, and investors in our common stock
may find it difficult to sell their shares.
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The trading market for our common stock is currently subject to rules adopted by the
Securities and Exchange Commission which regulates broker-dealer practices in connection with
transactions in penny stocks. Penny stocks are generally equity securities with a price of less
than $5.00, except for securities registered on certain national securities exchanges or quoted on
the NASDAQ system, provided that current price and volume information with respect to transactions
in those securities is provided by the exchange or system. The penny stock rules require a
broker-dealer, prior to a transaction in a penny stock not otherwise exempt from those rules, to
make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the
purchaser and to receive the purchasers written acknowledgment of the receipt of a risk disclosure
statement, a written agreement to transactions involving penny stocks, and a signed and dated copy
of a written suitability statement. These disclosure requirements may have the effect of reducing
the trading activity in the secondary market for our stock and making it more difficult for holders
of our stock to sell their shares, as long as the shares are subject to the penny stock rules.
Because our common stock is quoted and traded on the OTC Bulletin Board and the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange, short selling could increase the volatility of our stock price.
Short selling occurs when a person sells shares of stock which the person does not yet own and
promises to buy stock in the future to cover the sale. The general objective of the person selling
the shares short is to make a profit by buying the shares later, at a lower price, to cover the
sale. Significant amounts of short selling, or the perception that a significant amount of short
sales could occur, could depress the market price of our common stock. In contrast, purchases to
cover a short position may have the effect of preventing or retarding a decline in the market price
of our common stock, and together with the imposition of the penalty bid, may stabilize, maintain
or otherwise affect the market price of our common stock. As a result, the price of our common
stock may be higher than the price that otherwise might exist in the open market. If these
activities are commenced, they may be discontinued at any time. These transactions may be effected
on over-the-counter bulletin board or any other available markets or exchanges. Such short selling
if it were to occur could impact the value of our stock in an extreme and volatile manner to the
detriment of our shareholders.
Because we do not expect to pay dividends for the foreseeable future, investors seeking cash
dividends should not purchase shares of our common stock.
We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on shares of our common stock. We currently
intend to retain future earnings, if any, to finance the expansion of our business. As a result, we
do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Our payment of any future
dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors after taking into account various
factors, including but not limited to our financial condition, operating results, cash needs,
growth plans and the terms of any credit agreements that we may be a party to at the time.
Accordingly, investors must rely on sales of their own common stock after price appreciation, which
may never occur, as the only way to realize their investment. Investors seeking cash dividends
should not purchase our common stock.
Because our stock price can be volatile, investors may not be able to recover any of their
investment.
Stock prices in general, and stock prices of mineral exploration companies in particular, have
experienced extreme volatility that often has been unrelated to the operating performance or any
specifics of the company. Factors that may influence the market price of our common stock include:
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our ability or inability to acquire mining properties or interests in such properties in
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our ability or inability to generate revenues; |
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increased competition within Mexico and elsewhere; |
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government regulations, including mineral exploration regulations that affect our
operations; |
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predictions and trends in the gold mining exploration industry; |
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volatility of the gold and silver market prices; |
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sales of common stock by insiders; and |
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announcements of significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or
capital commitments by us or our competitors. |
Our stock price may also be impacted by factors that are unrelated or disproportionate to our
operating performance. These market fluctuation, as well as general economic, political and market
conditions, such as, but not limited to, armed hostilities or acts of terrorism, recessions, acts
of God, interest rates or international currency fluctuations, may adversely affect the market
price of our common stock.
Offers or availability for sale of a substantial number of shares of our common stock may cause the
price of our common stock to decline.
If our stockholders sell substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market,
including shares being offered for sale pursuant to this prospectus or upon the expiration of any
statutory holding period, under Rule 144, or upon expiration of lock-up periods applicable to
outstanding shares, or issued upon the exercise of outstanding options or warrants, it could create
a circumstance commonly referred to as an overhang and in anticipation of which the market price
of our common stock could fall. The existence of an overhang, whether or not sales have occurred or
are occurring, also could make more difficult our ability to raise additional financing through the
sale of equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time and price that we deem
reasonable or appropriate. Recent revisions to Rule 144 may result in shares of our common stock
that we may issue in the future becoming eligible for resale into the public market without
registration in as little as six months after their issuance.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
All shares of our common stock offered by this prospectus are being registered for the account
of the selling stockholder. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of these shares.
MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY
Our common stock is approved for quotation on the OTC Bulletin Board under the trading symbol
MXOM.OB and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol OYA1. The OTC Bulletin Board is a
regulated quotation service that displays real-time quotes, last-sale prices and volume information
in over-the-counter equity securities. The OTC Bulletin Board securities are traded by a community
of market makers that enter quotes and trade reports. This market is extremely limited and any
prices quoted may not be a reliable indication of the value of our common stock.
On December 23, 2009 the last reported sales price of our common stock as reported by the OTC
Bulletin Board was $0.44 per share. The quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail
mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not reflect actual transactions. The high and low sales
prices of our common stock, as reported by OTC Bulletin Board for each quarter during fiscal years
2010, 2009 and 2008, are reported below:
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Low |
Fiscal Year Ending February 28, 2010 |
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First Quarter |
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$ |
0.40 |
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0.26 |
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Second Quarter |
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0.40 |
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$ |
0.25 |
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Low |
Fiscal Year Ending February 28, 2009 |
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First Quarter |
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$ |
0.76 |
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$ |
0.33 |
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Second Quarter |
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$ |
0.60 |
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0.31 |
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Third Quarter |
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$ |
0.50 |
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0.12 |
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Fourth Quarter |
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$ |
0.20 |
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0.11 |
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High |
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Low |
Fiscal Year Ending February 29, 2008 |
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First Quarter |
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$ |
1.50 |
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$ |
1.00 |
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Second Quarter |
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$ |
1.50 |
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$ |
0.72 |
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Third Quarter |
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$ |
1.85 |
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$ |
0.96 |
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Fourth Quarter |
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$ |
1.08 |
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$ |
0.73 |
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As of November 30, 2009, there were approximately 239 stockholders of record of the Companys
common stock. We believe that the number of beneficial owners is greater than the number of record
holders because a large portion of our common stock is held of record through brokerage firms in
street name.
DIVIDEND POLICY
There have been no cash dividends declared or paid on the shares of common stock, and
management does not anticipate payment of dividends in the foreseeable future.
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SELLING STOCKHOLDER
The table below sets forth information concerning the resale of the shares of common stock by
the selling stockholders. We will not receive any proceeds from the resale of the common stock by
the selling stockholders.
The selling stockholders may sell some, all or none of their shares. We do not know how long
the selling stockholders will hold the shares offered hereunder before selling them. We currently
have no agreements, arrangements or understandings with the selling stockholders regarding the sale
of any of the shares by them other than the registration rights agreement referenced above. Under
the private placement subscription agreements, a registration statement must be declared effective
by the SEC by the seven month anniversary of the second closing under the Private Placement. If the
registration statement is not declared effective on a timely basis, we must issue to the selling
stockholders at no cost additional shares of our common stock equal to ten percent of the
subscribers investment on the seven month anniversary of the second closing, and on every thirty
days thereafter until the registration statement is declared effective.
The shares offered by this prospectus may be offered from time to time by the selling
stockholders. As used in this prospectus, the term selling stockholder includes each of the
selling stockholders listed below, and any donee, pledgee, transferee or other successor in
interest selling shares received after the date of this prospectus from a selling stockholder as a
gift, pledge, or other non-sale related transfer. The selling stockholders may have sold or
transferred, in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, some
or all of their shares since the date on which the information in the table is presented.
Information about the selling stockholders may change over time.
For the purposes of the following table, the number of shares of our common stock beneficially
owned has been determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the Exchange Act), and such information is not necessarily indicative of beneficial
ownership for any other purpose. Under Rule 13d-3, beneficial ownership includes any shares as to
which a selling stockholder has sole or shared voting power or investment power and also any shares
which that selling stockholder has the right to acquire within 60 days of the date of this
prospectus through the exercise of any stock option, restricted stock unit, warrant or other
rights.
The following table also sets forth the name of each person who is offering the resale of
shares of common stock by this prospectus, the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned
by each person, the number of shares of common stock that may be sold in this offering and the
number of shares of common stock each person will own after the offering, assuming they sell all of
the shares offered.
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Shares Beneficially |
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Owned Before This |
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Offering (1) |
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Shares to be |
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Ownership After This Offering (3) |
Name |
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Shares |
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Offered (2) |
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Shares |
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Percentage |
Andean Invest Limited (4) (10) |
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1,620,000 |
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1,550,000 |
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70,000 |
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* |
Christopher Anderson |
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125,000 |
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125,000 |
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0 |
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* |
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Wan Hung Jung |
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100,000 |
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100,000 |
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0 |
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* |
Alexander Becker |
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500,000 |
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500,000 |
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0 |
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* |
Joachim Brunner |
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50,000 |
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50,000 |
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0 |
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* |
Randy Buchamer |
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110,000 |
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100,000 |
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10,000 |
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* |
Cat Brokerage AG (5) |
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100,000 |
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100,000 |
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0 |
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* |
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Derrick Petroleum Ltd. (6) |
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100,000 |
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100,000 |
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0 |
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* |
Dynastar Investment Limited (7) |
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250,000 |
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250,000 |
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0 |
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* |
Andrea Egger |
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100,000 |
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100,000 |
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0 |
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* |
Brian Fagan |
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50,000 |
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50,000 |
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0 |
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* |
Daniel Freidi |
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50,000 |
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50,000 |
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0 |
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* |
Scott Foster Gibson (8) |
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100,000 |
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100,000 |
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0 |
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* |
Shaun Gibson (8) |
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100,000 |
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100,000 |
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0 |
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* |
Robin Goncalves (9) |
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100,000 |
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100,000 |
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0 |
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* |
Victor A. Goncalves (9) |
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100,000 |
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100,000 |
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0 |
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* |
Richard Brent Granholm |
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100,000 |
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100,000 |
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0 |
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* |
Roger Hardaker |
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100,000 |
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100,000 |
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0 |
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* |
Barry Maedel (10) |
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100,000 |
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100,000 |
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0 |
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* |
Robin Maedel (10) |
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50,000 |
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50,000 |
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0 |
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* |
Sarah Maedel (10) |
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50,000 |
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50,000 |
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0 |
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* |
John Martin |
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100,000 |
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100,000 |
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0 |
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* |
Mike McKnight |
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911,000 |
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250,000 |
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661,000 |
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1.22 |
% |
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Medig Placements (11) |
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150,000 |
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150,000 |
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0 |
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* |
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Navaheel Consortium LLC (12) |
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2,500,000 |
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2,500,000 |
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0 |
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* |
William Brent Peters |
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130,000 |
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100,000 |
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30,000 |
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* |
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Providence Securities Ltd. (13) |
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125,000 |
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125,000 |
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0 |
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* |
Sabrina Natalie Reid |
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10,000 |
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10,000 |
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0 |
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* |
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Christian Russenberger |
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300,000 |
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300,000 |
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0 |
|
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* |
Catherine Severs |
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20,000 |
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20,000 |
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0 |
|
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* |
Robert Simpson |
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50,000 |
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50,000 |
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0 |
|
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* |
Stanley W. J. Steed |
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208,000 |
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100,000 |
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108,000 |
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|
|
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* |
Carolyn Townsend |
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200,000 |
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200,000 |
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0 |
|
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* |
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VP Bank (Schweiz) AG (14) |
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1,700,000 |
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1,700,000 |
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0 |
|
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* |
Woodstone Capital Ltd. (15) |
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200,000 |
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200,000 |
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Conrad Weiss |
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1,060,000 |
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1,000,000 |
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60,000 |
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* |
Yingchun Ye |
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50,000 |
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50,000 |
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0 |
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* |
George Young (16) |
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95,000 |
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95,000 |
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0 |
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* |
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* |
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Indicates less than one percent ownership. |
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The number and percentage of shares beneficially owned is determined in accordance with Rule
13d-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), and the information
is not necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership for any other purpose. Under such rule,
beneficial ownership includes any shares as to which the selling stockholders have sole or shared
voting power or investment power and also any shares, which the selling stockholders have the right
to acquire within 60 days. |
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Reflects shares of common stock issued in the Private Placement. |
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(3) |
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Assumes all shares offered hereby are sold by the selling stockholders. |
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Neil H. Maedel is the manager of Andean Invest Limited (Andean) and may be deemed to have
voting and investment control over the securities held by Andean. Mr. Maedel disclaims beneficial
ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interests therein. |
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Mr. Alfons Niedhardt is the manager of CAT Brokerage AG and may be deemed to have voting and
investment control over the securities held by Cat Brokerage. Mr. Niedhardt disclaims beneficial
ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interests therein. |
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(6) |
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Michael Salomon is President of Derrick Petroleum Ltd. (Derrick) and may be deemed to have
voting and investment control over the securities held by Derrick. Mr. Salomon disclaims
beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interests therein. |
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Kurt Handschin is a director of Dynastar Investments Limited (Dynastar) and may be deemed to
have voting and investment control over the securities held by Dynastar. Mr. Handschin disclaims
beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interests therein. |
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Scott Foster Gibson is the brother of Shaun Gibson. Each has represented to us that they
purchased the securities sold in the Private Placement in the ordinary course of business and at
the time of purchase had no agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person
regarding distribution of the securities. |
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Robin Goncalves is the daughter-in-law of Victor A. Goncalves. Each has represented to us
that they purchased the securities sold in the Private Placement in the ordinary course of business
and at the time of purchase had no agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any
person regarding distribution of the securities. |
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Barry Maedel is the brother of Neil Madel, a selling stockholder. Robin Maedel and Sarah
Maedel are the daughters of Neil Maedel. Each of Barry Maedel, Robin Maedel and Sarah Maedel has
represented to us that they purchased the securities sold in the Private Placement in the ordinary
course of business and at the time of purchase had no agreement or understanding, directly or
indirectly, with any person regarding distribution of the securities. |
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Max Sonderegger is the manager of Medig Placements (Medig) and may be deemed to have voting
and investment control over the securities held by Medig. Mr. Sonderegger disclaims beneficial
ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interests therein. |
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John P. Clair is a member of our board of directors. Mr. Clair and Troy A. Werline are
managers of Nevaheel Consortium LLC (Nevaheel) and may be deemed to have voting and investment
control over the securities held by Nevaheel. Both Mr. Clair and Mr. Werline disclaim beneficial
ownership of these securities except to the extent of their pecuniary interests therein. |
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Terry Walker may be deemed to have voting and investment control over the securities held by
Providence Securities Ltd. |
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(14) |
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Daniel Lacher and Andre Roth are the vice presidents of VP Bank (Switzerland) Ltd. and may be
deemed to have voting and investment control over the securities held by VP Bank (Switzerland) Ltd.
Messrs. Lacher and Roth disclaim beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of
their pecuniary interests therein. |
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Michael Marosits is the manager of Woodstone Capital and may be deemed to have voting and
investment control over the securities held by Woodstone Capital. Mr. Marosits disclaims
beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interests therein. |
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Mr. Young is a member of our board of directors and is our president and chief operating
officer. |
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The selling stockholders and any of their pledgees, assignees and successors-in-interest may,
from time to time, sell any or all of the shares of common stock on any stock exchange, market or
trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at
fixed or negotiated prices. The selling stockholders may use any one or more of the following
methods when selling shares:
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ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits
purchasers; |
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block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but
may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the
transaction; |
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purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its
account; |
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an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange; |
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privately negotiated transactions; |
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settlement of short sales entered into after the effective date of the registration
statement of which this prospectus is a part; |
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broker-dealers may agree with the selling stockholder to sell a specified number of
such shares at a stipulated price per share; |
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a combination of any such methods of sale; |
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through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether
through an options exchange or otherwise; or |
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any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law. |
The selling stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the Securities Act, if
available, rather than under this prospectus.
Broker dealers engaged by the selling stockholders may arrange for other brokers dealers to
participate in sales. Broker dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the selling
stockholders (or, if any broker dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the
purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated, but, except as set forth in a supplement to this
Prospectus, in the case of an agency transaction not in excess of a customary brokerage commission
in compliance with NASD Rule 2440; and in the case of a principal transaction a markup or markdown
in compliance with NASD IM-2440.
In connection with the sale of our common stock or interests therein, the selling stockholders
may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may
in turn engage in short sales of the common stock in the course of hedging the positions they
assume. The selling stockholders may also sell shares of our common stock short and deliver these
securities to close out its short positions, or loan or pledge the common stock to broker-dealers
that in turn may sell these securities. The selling stockholders may also enter into option or
other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or
more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial
institution of shares offered by this prospectus, which shares such broker-dealer or other
financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or
amended to reflect such transaction).
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The selling stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the
shares may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection
with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any
profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions
or discounts under the Securities Act. In no event shall any broker-dealer receive fees,
commissions and markups which, in the aggregate, would exceed customary fees and commissions.
The selling stockholders may from time to time pledge or grant a security interest in some or
all of the shares of common stock owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their
secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the shares of common stock
from time to time under this prospectus after we have filed an amendment to this prospectus under
Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act of 1933 amending the list of
selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling
stockholders under this prospectus.
The selling stockholders also may transfer the shares of common stock in other circumstances,
in which case the transferees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling
beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus and may sell the shares of common stock from time
to time under this prospectus after we have filed an amendment to this prospectus under Rule
424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act of 1933 amending the list of selling
stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling
stockholders under this prospectus.
The Company will pay certain fees and expenses incurred by the Company incident to the
registration of the shares, but the Company will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the
common stock by the selling stockholders.
Because selling stockholders may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the
Securities Act, they will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.
In addition, any securities covered by this prospectus which qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144
under the Securities Act may be sold under Rule 144 rather than under this prospectus. Each selling
stockholder has advised us that they have not entered into any written or oral agreements,
understandings or arrangements with any underwriter or broker-dealer regarding the sale of the
resale shares. There is no underwriter or coordinating broker acting in connection with the
proposed sale of the resale shares by the selling stockholders.
The resale shares will be sold only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers if
required under applicable state securities laws. In addition, in certain states, the resale shares
may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or
an exemption from the registration or qualification requirement is available and is complied with.
Under applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act, any person engaged in the
distribution of the resale shares may not simultaneously engage in market making activities with
respect to the common stock for the applicable restricted period, as defined in Regulation M, prior
to the commencement of the distribution. We have advised each selling stockholder that it may not
use shares registered under this registration statement to cover short sales of common stock made
prior to the date on which this registration statement shall have been declared effective by the
Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, the selling stockholders will be subject to
applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, including
Regulation M, which may limit the timing of purchases and sales of shares of the common stock by
the selling stockholders or any other person. We
will make copies of this prospectus available to the selling stockholders and have informed
them of the need to deliver a copy of this prospectus to each purchaser at or prior to the time of
the sale.
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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Common Stock
We are authorized to issue up to 200,000,000 shares of common stock, no par value. As of the
date of this prospectus, there were 54,340,493 shares of common stock outstanding. Each holder of
our common stock is entitled to one vote for each share held of record on each matter submitted to
a vote of stockholders, including the election of directors. Stockholders do not have any right to
cumulate votes in the election of directors.
Subject to preferences that may be granted to the holders of preferred stock, each holder of
our common stock is entitled to share ratably in distributions to stockholders and to receive
ratably such dividends as may be declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available
therefor. In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of our common
stock will be entitled to receive, after payment of all of our debts and liabilities and of all
sums to which holders of any preferred stock may be entitled, the distribution of any of our
remaining assets. Holders of our common stock have no conversion, exchange, sinking fund,
redemption or appraisal rights (other than such as may be determined by our board of directors in
its sole discretion) and have no preemptive rights to subscribe for any of our securities.
All of the outstanding shares of our common stock are, and the shares of common stock issued
upon the conversion of any securities convertible into our common stock will be, fully paid and
non-assessable. The shares of common stock issued upon the exercise of the warrants, when issued
and paid for, will also be, fully paid and non-assessable.
Securities Exchange Listing
Our common stock is listed on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol MXOM and
on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol OYA1.
Transfer Agent
We have appointed Corporate Stock Transfer, 3200 Cherry Creek Drive South, Ste. 430, Denver,
CO 80209 with a telephone number of (303) 282-4800, as transfer agent for our shares of common
stock.
Preferred Stock
We are authorized to issue 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, no par value. Our board of
directors is authorized to classify or reclassify any unissued portion of our authorized shares of
preferred stock to provide for the issuance of shares of other classes or series, including
preferred stock in one or more series. We may issue preferred stock from time to time in one or
more class or series, with the exact terms of each class or series established by our board of
directors. Our board of directors may issue preferred stock with voting and other rights that could
adversely affect the voting power of the holders of our common stock without seeking stockholder
approval. Additionally, the issuance of preferred stock may have the effect of decreasing the
market price of the common stock and may adversely affect the voting power of holders of common
stock and reduce the likelihood that common stockholders will receive dividend payments and
payments upon liquidation. The issuance of preferred stock may delay, deter or prevent a change in
control.
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Warrants
As of the date of this prospectus, we had outstanding warrants to purchase 27,087,233 shares
of our common stock at exercise prices ranging from $0.30 to $2.00. The 12,500,000 warrants issued
in the Private Placement have an exercise price of $0.30 per share, a two-year term and will not be
exercisable until twelve months after their date of issuance.
Registration Rights
The holders of 12,500,000 shares of our common stock which were issued pursuant to the Private
Placement and the holders of 12,500,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of
warrants which were issued pursuant to the Private Placement are entitled to rights with respect to
the registration of their shares under the Securities Act. These registration rights are contained
in our private placement subscription agreements, as amended. Under the private placement
subscription agreements, a registration statement must be declared effective by the SEC by June 5,
2010, the seven month anniversary of the second closing. If the registration statement is not
declared effective on a timely basis, the Company must issue to the subscribers at no cost
additional shares of our common stock equal to ten percent of the subscribers investment on the
seven month anniversary of the second closing, and on every thirty days thereafter until the
registration statement is declared effective.
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INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Legal Matters
The validity of the issuance of securities offered by this prospectus will be passed upon for
us by DLA Piper LLP (US), San Diego, California.
Experts
Our consolidated financial statements as of February 29, 2009 and February 28, 2008, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders equity (deficit) and comprehensive
loss and cash flows for the years then ended have been incorporated by reference herein and in the
registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part in reliance upon the report of Meyler
& Company LLC, independent registered public accounting firm, incorporated by reference herein, and
upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
Background
We are a development stage company focused on mineral exploration and development activities
in Mexico. Through our wholly owned Mexican subsidiary, Sunburst Mining de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.,
or Sunburst de Mexico, we are currently engaged in the exploration and development of three gold
and silver projects, each made up of several mining concessions, located in the Sierra Madre region
of the State of Chihuahua, Mexico. The term mining concession refers to an area of land for
which the owner of the concession has the right to explore for and develop mineral deposits. The
rights to and ownership of the minerals in the concessions were granted, in our case, originally by
the Mexican Government to the former concession owner(s) and then to us from those owners. In
Canada and the United States, the term is commonly referred to as mineral rights or mining
claims. These projects are referred to as the Cieneguita Project, the Encino Gordo Project and
the Sahuayacan Project. We previously had a fourth project, known as the Guazapares Project, which
we agreed to sell pursuant to the terms of a definitive agreement, dated July 10, 2009, to Paramount Gold de
Mexico, SA de C.V., the Mexican subsidiary of Paramount Gold and Silver Corp., for a total
consideration of up to $5.3 million. As of the date of this report, we have engaged in the search
for and extraction of mineral deposits but have not engaged in the exploitation of mineral
deposits.
Market Overview
The Sierra Madre gold belt in the Chihuahua region of Mexico is currently attracting
significant mineral exploration, development and mining activities. Propelled by advances in
mining technology and a resurgence of the global gold markets, a number of intermediate and major
companies have returned to or commenced mining activities in this region.
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Our Strategy
We are currently focused on mineral exploration and development activities in the Sierra Madre
region of Chihuahua, Mexico. We have mineral concession rights at three projects in this region:
Cieneguita, Encino Gordo and Sahuayacan, all of which are located near pre-existing operations of
large mining corporations and have available mining and transportation infrastructures. Our
strategy is to advance each of these projects to the drilling stage as aggressively as prudent
financing will allow to determine the presence of gold, silver or other precious mineral reserves.
If we are successful in doing so, we believe we can attract the attention of the existing mining
companies already operating in the area or new mining companies to either enter into development
agreements with us or to acquire the projects from us outright.
Our goal is to establish a pipeline of two new drill-stage or near-to-drill stage projects per
year. Our proposed exploration and development program consists of four main components:
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Create a pipeline of quality properties providing a steady stream of new prospects
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Identify and acquire at low cost (whenever possible) early to mid-stage properties
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Focus on small to medium-sized gold and/or silver deposits (minimum deposits
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Target initially the Sierra Madre Occidental and Central Mexico regions, and
potentially extend further south into Mexico and other countries if conditions and the
projects potential warrant such development. |
The proposed exploration and development program is being undertaken by our exploration and
development team using in-house knowledge along with the support and guidance of consultants with
expertise in the region. We believe our existing management team and key advisors have the
necessary exploration and mining expertise to locate, evaluate and bring mining properties to
production.
Cieneguita Project
Summary
The Cieneguita Project is located in the Baja Tarahumara in Cieneguita Lluvia De Oro, an area
of canyons in the Municipality of Urique, in southwest Chihuahua, Mexico. The Cieneguita Project is
currently owned by Corporativo Minero. The concessions on the Cieneguita Project cover a total area
of 822 hectares (approximately 2,031 acres). A new gold discovery was made by Sunburst de Mexico
in early 2008. The initial metallurgical testing on the mineralized material at the Cieneguita
Project show a recovery, on average, of 90% to 92% of the gold and 85% to 90% of the silver using a
flotation process. There are no known reserves on the Cieneguita Project.
MRT assigned to Sunburst de Mexico, with the permission of Corporativo Minero, all of its
rights and obligations to the Cieneguita Project, including the exclusive option to acquire the
Cieneguita property for $2 million. We are required to make yearly payments on May 6th of each
year in the amount of $120,000 until the outstanding balance owed on the $2 million is paid in full
to keep the option in good
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standing. To date, we have paid $830,000 to Corporativo Minero. Once
the full $2 million payment has been made, we will own the Cieneguita property. In the alternative,
if the Cieneguita property is put into production, of which there is no guarantee, we must pay
Corporativo Minero $20 per ounce of gold produced, if any, from the Cieneguita Project up to the
total $2 million due. In the event that the price of gold is above $400 per ounce, the payments
payable from production will be increased by $0.10 for each dollar increment the spot price of gold
trades over $400 per ounce. The total payment of $2 million does not change with fluctuations in
the price of gold. Non-payment of any portion of the $2 million total payment will constitute a
default, in which case we will lose our rights to the Cineguita property and the associated
concessions, but we will not incur any additional default penalty. Once we pay $2 million there is
no further obligation to Corporativo Minero. Corporativo Minero has the obligation to pay, from the
funds they receive from us, any royalties that may be outstanding on the properties from prior
periods. Corporativo Minero has informed us that there were royalties of up to 7% NSR owned by
various former owners of the Cieneguita property. They have informed us that the corporations
holding those royalties have been dissolved and that there is no further legal requirement to make
these royalty payments. We can make no assurance that these former owners will not contend that we
are ultimately responsible to pay all or some of the 7% NSR to these former royalty holders if the
Project was ever put into production and Corporativo Minero did not make the payments to the
royalty holders. MRT no longer has any ownership interest or payment obligations with respect to
the Cieneguita property. There is no affiliation between Corporativo Minero and Mexoro or its
officers, directors or affiliates.
In
February 2009, we entered into a development agreement with MRT, which we amended in
December 2009. Pursuant to the terms of the development agreement, as amended, MRT has agreed to
invest up to $8 million to put the first phase of the Cieneguita
Project into production and to complete a feasibility study. The first
phase of production is limited to the mining of the mineralized
material that is available from the surface to a depth of 15 meters
(First Phase Production). In
exchange, we assigned MRT an interest to 74% of the net cash flows from First Phase Production and a
54% ownership interest in the Cieneguita Project.
To fund our continued operations, we issued $1.5 million of convertible debentures in March
2009, of which an aggregate of $880,000 was issued to Mario Ayub, a director of Mexoro, and to his
affiliated entity, MRT. Pursuant to the terms of the convertible debentures, the holders
irrevocably converted the debentures into a 10% ownership interest in the Cieneguita Project and a
10% interest in the net cash flows from First Phase Production. In December 2009, Mario Ayub and
MRT agreed to resell an aggregate 4% ownership interest in the Cieneguita Project back to us, along
with 4% of the net cash flows from First Phase Production, in return for $550,000. In a private
transaction not involving the Company, the other holders contributed their remaining 6% ownership
interest in the Cieneguita Project to a newly formed entity, Marje Minerals SA.
As a result of our amended development agreement and our agreements with the debenture
holders, the ownership interest in the Cieneguita Project and the net cash flows from the First
Phase Production are held by the Company, MRT and Marje Minerals as follows:
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Production |
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Production |
MRT |
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74 |
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54 |
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Marje Minerals |
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Mexoro |
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Any
additional costs for the First Phase Production and the feasibility study for the Cieneguita
Project, after MRT invests $8 million, will be shared by the Company, MRT and Marje Minerals on a
pro-rata basis based on their respective ownership percentages in the
Cieneguita Project.
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The
major terms of the development agreement, as amended, with MRT and Marje Minerals are as follows:
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MRT purchased $1 million of secured convertible debentures at 8% interest (payable
in stock or cash). The proceeds from this investment were used for continued
exploration and development of the Cieneguita Project and general working capital. On
November 5, 2009, MRT exercised its conversion rights on the debenture and MRT was
issued 3,333,333 common shares and a warrant to purchase 1,666,667 shares of common
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MRT agreed to provide the necessary working capital to begin and maintain mining
operations, estimated to be $3 million, to put the first phase
of the Cieneguita Project into production.
In exchange for these funds, we assigned MRT an interest to 74% of the net cash flow
from First Phase Production. The agreement limits the mining during First Phase
Production to the mineralized material that is available from the surface to a depth of
15 meters. |
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MRT committed to spend up to $4 million to take the Cieneguita Project through the
feasibility stage. In doing so, we assigned MRT a 54% interest in our rights to the
Cieneguita Project. After the expenditure of the $4 million, all costs will be shared
on a pro rata ownership basis (i.e. 54% to MRT, 40% to the Company and 6% to Marje
Minerals). If any party cannot pay its portion of the costs after the $4 million has
been spent, then
their ownership position in the Cieneguita Project will be reduced by 1% for every
$100,000 invested by the other owners. Our ownership interest in the Cienguita
Project, however, cannot be reduced below 25%. In addition, we have the right to
cover Marje Minerals pro rata portion of costs if they cannot pay their portion of
the costs. In return, we will receive 1% of Marje Minerals ownership position in
the Cieneguita Project for every $100,000 we invest on their behalf. |
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The MRT agreement was contingent on our repaying a debenture to Paramount Gold and
Silver Corp. In March 2009, we repaid $1 million, or approximately two thirds of the
debt, and Paramount released a security interest it had on the Cieneguita Project. In
October 2009, we repaid the remaining amount of the debt, and Paramount released its
security interests on the Sahuayacan, Guazapares and Encino Gordo properties. |
Property Location
Cieneguita is located in the Baja Tarahumara in Cieneguita Lluvia De Oro, an area of canyons
in the Municipality of Urique, in southwest Chihuahua State, Mexico. The property is located
within one half mile of the small village of Cieneguita Lluvia de Oro. Access to the property is
by an all weather dirt road. There is available electrical power for the property provided by the
Mexican public utility. We also have four diesel generators at the production site as back up and
supplemental electrical power.
Claim Status and Licensing
The concessions of this project cover a total area of 822 Hectares (approximately 2,031
acres).
In April 2006, we applied to the Mexican government for a change of use of land permit for 30
hectares of the La Maravilla concession. The La Maravilla concession is the concession that
contains the mineralized rock that is the interest of our exploration. We are currently extracting
mineralized material from the La Maravilla concession as well as our ongoing exploration program.
The purpose of the change of use permit was to allow us, if necessary, to extract the rock from
this concession for the purposes of
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processing the rock to extract the precious metals that it may
contain. Because the permitting process takes a period of time, we made the application in advance
of any known reserves being discovered on the property. We cannot
assure you that we will have
sufficient ore reserves, if any, to continue extraction. This permit required negotiations with
the government and municipality concerning such things as the removal of timber, building and
maintaining roads, and reclamation. The government agency responsible for this permit met with
representatives of the Company and toured our property in May 2006 as part of the permit process.
The application fee for this permit was approximately $800, but there was an additional negotiated
fee charged for the permit in the approximate amount of $67,000 (720,000 Mexican Pesos). In
January 2007, the government agency issued the change of use permit, and we subsequently made the
required payment of approximately $67,000 (720,000 Mexican Pesos).
In July 2006, we submitted an environmental impact study and a risk analysis study to the
Mexican government for a permit to build a heap leach mining operation on the Aurifero concession
of our Cieneguita property. The purpose of this permit is to allow us to construct an ore
processing facility through heap leach mining methods. We do not have any ore reserves on our
Cieneguita property and applied for permits in advance of any conclusive results. In January
2007, the necessary permits to allow for the building and operation of a heap leach operation were
granted to the Company. Currently, the permit has been updated to
allow us to build a crushing
and floatation mining operation. The permit is valid until 2016 as long as we continue to provide
yearly reports to SEMERNANT (the governing Mexican environmental agency responsible for
permitting).
The Cieneguita
Property is currently owned by Corporativo Minero, and our
wholly-owned subsidiary, Sunburst de Mexico, has
the option of purchasing the concessions under the payment plan discussed below. The following
table is a summary of the concessions on the Cieneguita Property:
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Aurifero |
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Aurifero Norte |
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60.00 |
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La Maravilla |
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190479 |
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48.00 |
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Aquilon Uno |
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222.00 |
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The Cieneguita concessions are all under an option to purchase for $2,000,000 of which
$830,000 has been paid to date. We are required to make yearly payments on May 6th of each
year in the amount of $120,000 until the outstanding balance owed on the $2 million is paid in
full. Once the full $2 million payment has been made, we will own the Cieneguita property. In
the alternative, if the Cieneguita property is put into production, of which there is no
guarantee, we must pay Corporativo Minero $20 per ounce of gold produced, if any, from the
Cieneguita Project up to the total $2 million due. In the event that the price of gold is
above $400 per ounce, the payments payable from production will be increased by $0.10 for each
dollar increment the spot price of gold trades over $400 per ounce. The total payment of $2
million does not change with fluctuations in the price of gold. Non-payment of any portion of
the $2 million total payment will constitute a default, in which case we will lose our rights
to the Cineguita property and the associated concessions, but we will not incur any additional
default penalty. Once we pay $2 million there is no further obligation to Corporativo Minero.
Corporativo Minero has the obligation to pay, from the funds they receive from us, any
royalties that may be outstanding on the properties from prior periods. Corporativo Minero has
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of up to 7% NSR owned by various former owners of the
Cieneguita property. They have informed us that the corporations holding those royalties have
been dissolved and that there is no further legal requirement to make these royalty payments.
We can make no assurance that these former owners will not contend that we are ultimately
responsible to pay all or some of the 7% NSR to these former royalty holders if the Project
was ever put into production and Corporativo Minero did not make the payments to the royalty
holders. MRT no longer has any ownership interest or payment obligations with respect to the
Cieneguita property. There is no affiliation between Corporativo Minero and Mexoro or its
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History
The Cieneguita mines were in limited production in the 1990s. Over a four-year period, the
Cieneguita Gold Mine was operated by Mineral Glamis La Cieneguita S. De R.L. De C.V. (Glamis), a
subsidiary of the Canadian company Glamis Gold Ltd. (Glamis Gold). According to Glamis records,
Glamis mined and processed ore on the property in 1995. Glamis stopped production in the
mid-1990s. At that time, Corporativo Minero, the operator of the mine for Glamis, acquired the
property. MRT entered into an agreement with Corporativo Minero on January 12, 2004 pursuant to
which MRT acquired all of the mineral rights from Corporativo Minero to explore and exploit the
Cieneguita concessions and to purchase them for $2,000,000. Under our agreements with MRT, MRT has
assigned this agreement to us. As of the date of this prospectus, $830,000 of the $2,000,000 has
been paid to Corporativo Minero. We are obligated to make yearly payments on these concessions to
Corporativo Minero until the $2,000,000 has been paid. As production on this property is starting
in December 2009, we currently believe that the remaining payments will be made from net cash flow
to Corportivo Minero as per the
royalty formula defined in our agreements with them, however there is no assurance that
production will commence or yield positive net cash flow.
Geology
Our exploration work shows that the geology in the mineralization in the zone of sulfides
includes pyrite, galena, sphalerite, tennantite and tetrahedrite, pirargirite and traces of
chalcopyrite and pyrhotite. These minerals mainly occur as uniform disseminations and as
micro-veins. The previous exploration drilling by Cominco and Glamis Gold delineated a zone of
altered volcanics, represented by silica, sericite and argillite that are believed to be 1,000
meters long (strike length) and up to 200 meters wide. Within this zone, the oxidation has been
shallow and reaches a maximum depth of 20 meters.
Glamis Gold performed a test pilot heap leach operation on the property in the mid 1990s.
The exploration on the property is still in its early stages and significant work needs to be
completed before any type of ore reserve calculations, if any, could be made. Our operations are
currently exploratory. We have done some initial sampling on the La Maravilla concessions as
described below.
A total of 51 diamond drill holes (6,700 meters) drilled by Cominco (now Teck Cominco Ltd.)
defined an auriferous zone approximately 1,000 meters long by 200 wide. On such a zone, two
mineralized structures were drilled during their exploration program in 1981 and 1982. Later, two
drilling programs were performed by Glamis: 135 holes were drilled during 1994 and 62 holes were
drilled during 1997. Both programs confirmed the delineation of the two mineralized ore bodies. We
have had access to these reports from Cominco and Glamis. The initial exploration conducted by our
company will focus on further delineating the oxide mixed mineralized structures and the sulphide
structures.
We used the original data from Cominco and Glamis to delineate the mineralized zone and to
plan our present trenching and sampling programs. In April 2006, we completed a sampling of the
property that included more than 500 meters of deep trenches from which we took comprehensive
channel sampling. The trenches comprised 8 trenches approximately 200 meters long and 2 to 10
meters deep spaced equally along the 1,000 meters strike length of the property. From the walls of
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trenches, we took approximately 550 rock samples. One half of these samples have been sent
to ALS Chemexs laboratory in Chihuahua for assaying. The sampling protocol followed the best
mining practices. The purpose of the sampling was to further define the ore grade and potential of
the property. We received the results of the sampling program and it suggests gold grades in the
mineralized material that our head geologist, in conjunction with management, believes warrants
putting the property into production even though we have not conducted any feasibility study on
this property. At that time, management believed that the cost of a feasibility study is too
expensive to undertake relative to the estimated size of the mineralization. At that time we also
determined, based on the results of the sampling, that continued exploration on the property was
warranted to further delineate the mineralization to be used in the heap leach open pit mining
operation. We conducted further exploration on the property and began the process of putting the
mine into production. We have not determined if there are any known reserves on this property to
date.
The other half of the sample was used to complete column tests to determine the leachability
of the precious metals from the rock. Subseqeunt drilling, indicated that the mineralized material
was much larger than originally anticipated and that the heap leaching process was not the best
method for extracting the precious metals from the bulk of the mineralized material. We are
currently stripping off the top oxide layer and stock piling that material for future processing
(if ever) by the heap leach method. Instead, we have built a floatation circuit to process the
mineralized sulphide material.
The
Cieneguita property is without known reserves.
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Infrastructure
The town site near the former mine has the following services: electrical power from the
public utility, cellular phone, radio communication (CB), a health center and a school. Because
the property was previously in production, it has existing infrastructure such as power, water,
railroad transportation (within 20 kilometers), and all weather road
access year round. We have an existing source of well water for our milling process we are initiating. This water is pumped to the
mill site from a source approximately 2.4 miles away. There are all weather roads to the area that
was previously mined allowing easy access for production and exploration. Also, the haul roads to
the milling area have been significantly upgraded and are in good condition. It is our
intention to use the existing heap leach pad area to build the mill site and tailings site to
reduce our costs to re-open the mine. Because some of the infrastructure exists, such as roads and
pads, we believe that the investment needed to put this mine into production would be smaller than
the investment which would be needed for a mine that was never in production. Because other
operating mines exist in the area, infrastructure, such as roads, already exists. The roads are
public, and we do not have to pay a fee to use them. There is no other equipment or facilities
available to us on the property. Further study needs to be done on the feasibility of using the
existing infrastructure of the old mine.
Current Exploration
Cieneguita is a new gold-silver and polymetallic discovery made in 2008 by our exploration
team. The main activities in the Cieneguita project are set forth below:
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100 diamond drillholes completed for a total of 20,215 meters of drilling. |
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Broad mineralized intercepts including 111.5 meters with 1.24 g/t Au, 99.6 g/t Ag,
0.45% Pb and 0.73% Zn (C-21) and 94 meters with 1.21 g/t Au, 79.8 g/t Ag, 0.78% Pb and
1.2% Zn (CI-30). |
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Mineralization at Cieneguita has been traced over 900 meters along strike and still
remains open to the southwest and to depth. |
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Exploration ongoing; infill drilling program has been designed to expand the size of
the mineralized material. |
We have conducted a series of exploration programs at Cieneguita since March 2007. Our
exploration work to date includes 100 diamond core drillholes totaling 20,215 meters of drilling.
The drilling exploration program commenced in December 2007 with one drill rig and a second rig was
added in July 2008. Due to our financial constraints, one of the drill rigs was removed in October
2008 and drilling continued with one rig until December 19, 2008.
Mexoro has received analysis results for only 58 holes (CI-01 to CI-54, CI-67, CI-69, CI-71
and CI-74). A complete listing of the drill logs is published at our website, www.mexoro.com. The
assay results from the remaining 42 holes are still pending. No assurance may be given, though,
that these new holes will have the same values as previously analyzed holes. Two different styles
of mineralization have been identified: precious (gold-silver) and base (lead-zinc-silver) metal
mineralization, with higher gold-silver grades starting on surface and lead-zinc-silver
mineralization intercepted at depth and to the west of the Cieneguita deposit. We interpret the
Cieneguita deposit as a diatreme breccia body where disseminated oxide and sulphide mineralization
is mainly hosted by quartz-sericite altered diatreme breccias and lapilli tuffs.
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The mineralized body is shaped like a funnel which has been flattened laterally, measuring
over 900 meters by 300 meters as defined by the drill results. An independent third party has
completed a cross section-based geological model for Mexoro and has calculated inferred mineralized
material of 15.249 million tons with 2.62 g/t Au equivalent based on assays that were composited
using the sum of the dollar values for Au, Ag, Pb and Zn in each drill interval. Three-year
trailing average prices used were: gold = $727.22 per ounce, silver = $13.66 per ounce, lead =
$1.00 per pound, zinc = $1.36 per pound. A cutoff of $30 was applied and weighted averages
calculated for each above-cutoff interval. These intervals were projected between drill holes and
between sections to produce resource blocks, which were then compiled using weighted averages to
produce a total tonnage and grade with a dollar value per ton.
Mineralization intersected in CI-34 (46 meters with 4.68 grams per ton gold, 87.67 grams per
ton silver, 0.24% lead and 0.22% zinc) and CI-29 (51 meters with 0.5 grams per ton gold, 55.03
grams per ton silver, 0.34% lead and 0.46% zinc), both collared in the western portion of
Cieneguita suggests that mineralization still remains open to west, southwest and to depth in the
western part of the Cieneguita deposit. No assurance may be given, though, that additional
mineralized material will be found in these areas.
This figure is showing the geological units and distribution of the 100 drillholes.
Because of the favorable mapping, sampling and drilling results in Cieneguita, we initiated a
brownfield exploration program aimed at locating additional mineralization within our properties.
The exploration process around the main mineralization zone at Cieneguita has identified two new
areas of mineralization 500 meters to south of the current known mineralization. These two areas,
known as Piedras Blancas and Piedra Amarilla, are exhibiting the same size, characteristics, and
intensity of alteration-mineralization on surface as encountered at Cieneguita. No assurance,
though, may be given that any positive exploration results will come from these similarities.
This brownfield exploration program for the Piedras Blancas area has now been completed. As a
result of this mapping and sampling program, we have designed a drilling exploration program
consisting initially of 3,000 meters of drilling to test three different targets. The drilling
program is anticipated to start in the first quarter of 2010.
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A figure exhibiting main geological and mineralization features on the Piedras Blancas and
Piedra Amarilla areas is shown below.
There are no known reserves on the Cieneguita property.
Planned Exploration
The recent exploration activities in Cieneguita have shown that additional exploration is
warranted. We have made the following determinations to date:
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Infill drilling displays continuity of mineralization and overall grades. |
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Mineralization extends 900 meters along strike, is up to 300 meters wide and is open
to the Southwest and open to depth. |
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Figure is showing main mineralization zones on the Cieneguita project. Areas in red are exhibiting
mineralization areas where grades is >1.5 g/t Au
The known mineralized material on the Cieneguita property combined with the assay results from
drilling and the new areas found 500 meters away from Cieneguita are providing the possibility to
increase the size of the mineralized material. No assurance may be given, though, that the size of
the mineralized zone will increase. Considering the latest results and findings the proposed work
program for Cieneguita will include:
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Completing the infill drilling program by doing an additional 10,000 meters of
drilling to expand inferred resources; |
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Continue conducting metallurgical tests; |
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Complete feasibility study and; |
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Commencing exploration drilling program at the Piedras Blancas project. |
The proposed exploration budget for the Cieneguita project for the remainder of 2009 will be
conducted by our joint venture partner, Minera Rio Tinto. They will be responsible for spending
$5,000,000 over the next 36 months to take the property through to feasibility. The feasibility
work will also include exploration on the two new areas to the south of the Cieneguita property.
There are no known reserves on the Cieneguita property.
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Sahuayacan Project
Summary
Our Sahuayacan Project is located near the Chihuahua-Sonora State border approximately 275
kilometers east-southeast of the city of Chihuahua and 50 kilometers south-southwest of the town of
Mycoba in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. There are 14 concessions on the Sahuayacan Project,
which total 649 hectares (approximately 1,604 acres). Old mining records indicate that the
concessions on the Sahuayacan Project cover an epithermal quartz vein system. We expect to
continue our mapping and sampling program and to commence drilling on the Sahuayacan Project in
2010. There are no known reserves on the Sahuayacan Project.
In May 2006, we entered into an exploration contract Jose Maria Rascon, Sabino Amador Rascon
Polanco and Rene Muro Lugo, the holders of Segundo Santo Nino concession on the Sahuayacan Project.
These individuals each hold a 33.3% interest in the Segundo Santo Nino concession. We have agreed
to pay these individuals a total of $255,000 for this concession, $105,000 of which has been paid
to date. To date, we are current in our payments. There is no affiliation between the holders of
Segundo Santo Nino concession and us or our officers, directors or affiliates.
In June 2006, we entered a 5 year exploration agreement with Minera Emilio, the owner of 13
concessions on the Sahuayacan Project. Under the exploration agreement, Minera Emilio granted us
the exclusive right to conduct exploration on the Sahuayacan Project. We agreed to pay Minera
Emilio $282,000 in the following manner: (i) $30,000 at the execution of the Agreement (which has
been paid); (ii) $2,500 per month for 12 months beginning in August 2006 (which have been paid);
(iii) $3,500 per
month for 12 months beginning in August 2007 (which have been paid); and (iv) $5,000 monthly
for 36 months beginning in August 2008 (these payments are in good standing). Non-payment of any
of the payments owed would constitute a default under the exploration agreement. To date, we have
not been given notice of any default. In the event we were given notice and default was not cured
in a timely manner, we would lose the right to explore on the Sahuayacan Project and would lose the
option to purchase the mineral concessions. There is no affiliation between Minera Emilio and us
or our officers, directors or affiliates.
We also have an option to purchase the 13 concessions on the Sahuayacan Project held by Minera
Emilio. The option expires on June 22, 2011. We must provide Minera Emilio 30 days written notice
to exercise the option. The purchase price is $300,000 or the equivalent of $500,000 in restricted
shares of common stock of Mexoro based upon the market value of such shares during the 30 days
preceding our notice of intent to exercise the option. We must complete a feasibility survey
within three years from the date we exercise the option. In addition, we must pay Minera Emilio
royalties on any mineral ore that is sold from the concession. The royalty rate varies based on
the price of gold on the London Metal Exchange. If the price of gold is less than or equal to $600
per ounce, the royalty due is 3% of net revenue. If the price exceeds $600 per ounce, the royalty
due is 4% of net revenue. Net revenue is calculated by subtracting smelting expenses, added value
taxes and all other taxes on production sales from revenue.
In January 2008, we entered into an exploration and option agreement with Maria Luisa Wong
Madrigal to purchase the La Maravilla concessions, consisting of two separate concessions, on the
Sahuayacan Project. We must pay Maria Luisa Wong Madrigal $600,000 in the following manner: (i)
$33,000 in January 2008 (paid); (ii) $33,000 in July 2008 (paid); (iii) $34,000 in January 25, 2009
(paid in September 2009); and (iv) the remaining $500,000 is payable upon the earlier of our
exercise of the option to purchase the concession or on January 25, 2011. There is no affiliation
between Maria Luisa Wong Madrigal and us or our officers, directors or affiliates.
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Location
The Sahauyacan property is located near the Chihuahua-Sonora state border approximately 275
kilometers east-southeast of the city of Chihuahua and 50 kilometers south-southwest of the town of
Mycoba in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. The property is accessible by all weather dirt road
running through the center of the property.
Claim Status
The Company has recently optioned 14 mineral concessions totaling 649 hectares, which old
mining records indicate cover an epithermal quartz vein system. The concessions are owned by
Minera Emilio and optioned by Sunburst de Mexico. The following table is a summary of the
concessions on the Sahauyacan Property:
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Royalties and |
Concession Name |
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Title # |
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Surface (Ha) |
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Term of Validity |
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Payments |
Veronica Segunda |
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171083 |
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8.0000 |
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9/8/1982 8/8/2032 |
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(1 |
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Esperanza Segunda |
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171000 |
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4.0000 |
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5/8/1982 4/8/2032 |
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(1 |
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Maria Luisa |
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170673 |
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9.6000 |
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11/6/1982 10/6/2032 |
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(1 |
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Carmela |
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176856 |
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4.0000 |
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12/17/1985 12/16/2035 |
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(1 |
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Silvia |
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217673 |
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212.7549 |
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6/8/2002 5/8/2052 |
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(1 |
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La Chonca |
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218432 |
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228.1808 |
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5/11/2002 4/11/2052 |
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(1 |
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La Cumbre |
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216091 |
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67.0314 |
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9/4/2002 8/4/2052 |
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(1 |
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La Cumbre II |
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220349 |
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5.2498 |
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7/18/2003 7/17/2053 |
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(1 |
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La Cumbre II Fracc. A |
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220350 |
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1.1925 |
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7/18/2003 7/17/2053 |
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(1 |
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Santo Nino 3 |
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220150 |
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19.9500 |
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6/17/2003 6/16/2053 |
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(1 |
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Fortunato 2 |
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214274 |
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7.1686 |
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6/9/2001 5/9/2051 |
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(1 |
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Segunda Santa Theresa |
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219233 |
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12.0000 |
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2/20/2003 2/19/2053 |
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(1 |
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Santo Nino |
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191810 |
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4.0000 |
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12/9/1991 12/18/2041 |
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(1 |
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Segundo Santo Nino |
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191086 |
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65.8730 |
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4/29/1991 4/28/2041 |
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La Estrella |
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169365 |
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9.0000 |
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12/11/1981 11/11/2031 |
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(3 |
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Sultana Menor |
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169362 |
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4.0000 |
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12/11/1981 11/11/2031 |
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(1) |
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These concessions are owned by Minera Emilio. The Company has agreed to pay Minera
Emilio a total of $282,000 for these concessions. Of this, $177,000 has been paid as of November
30, 2009, and the Company must pay $5,000 per month until the balance is paid. |
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This concession is owned by Grupo Rascon. The Company has agreed to pay a total of $255,000
for this concession. Of this, $135,000 has been paid as of November 30, 2009. |
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These concessions are by Mario Luisa Wong Ruiz. The Company has agreed to pay a total of
$600,000 for these concessions. Of this, $100,000 has been paid as of November 30, 2009. |
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History
The main vein in the area, the Santo Nino Vein, was the focus of a small scale underground
gold mining operation in the late 1800s and early 1900s, with at least 3 main underground mine
access drifts supplying feed to a centrally located mill, which is still present. The mine was
closed at the time of the Mexican revolution. The Santo Nino vein system has not been evaluated
using modern techniques or explored by drilling.
Geology
Our initial exploration work on the property, as part of due diligence before acquiring the
property, indicates that the geology exposed in the project area reveals a complex geologic
history. We believe that the basement in the area is composed of dark gray-green massive,
fractured and folded phyllitic metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks in contact with Lower to
Middle Cretaceous banded shale and fine grained arenite. Our exploration suggests that these
phyllitic rocks are in contact with a Tertiary volcaniclastic sequence that occurs as intercalated
fine to coarse grained tuffaceous sediments, volcanic breccias and flows which range in composition
from andesite to rhyolite. Our exploration suggests that the entire sequence has been locally
crosscut by at least 2 intrusive units of diorite to rhyolite composition possibly represent
synvolcanic hypabyssal intrusions. The Tertiary volcanic sequence is the main host to the
gold/silver quartz vein system present in the project area.
Surface mapping and drilling results are suggesting that the high gold values tend to cluster
at certain areas along the Santo Niño and the Santa Teresa vein structures with intervening areas
of low gold grades. A more disseminated structure seems to be present at the La Cumbre area. We
believe that the cluster of high gold values indicate the development of mineralized shoots within
the extensive Sahuayacan system as evidenced by the intercepts from the SDH-1 in the Santo Niño
vein and the SDH-12 along the Santa Teresa vein.
We believe that all evidence suggests that the mineralization is controlled by a circular
feature that may represent a caldera margin running from the Santa Teresa target up to north to the
La Cumbre target. This evidence opens up the potential to further extend the mineralization found
at Santa Teresa and La Cumbre targets further north though no assurance may given that any
mineralization will be found.
The figure below shows the different geological elements encountered in the Sahuayacan system
and also exhibits the relationship between the Santo Niño, La Cumbre and Santa Teresa target areas.
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Mineral Deposit
A surface geological mapping and sampling crew evaluated the property from September 2006
through December 2006. Mapping on the property was completed at a scale of 1:5,000 with individual
veins being mapped at a scale of 1:1,000. To date, a total of 309 samples have been taken from
taken the property, including 101 rock chip and channel samples, 41 stream sediment samples and 158
soil samples. The underground workings are being evaluated for safe entry and will be mapped and
sampled if deemed safe. The Sahauyacan Property is without known reserves. Our proposed exploration
program is exploratory in nature.
Santo Nino Vein:
Our initial mapping indicates the Santo Nino vein consists of milky quartz and crackle breccia
accompanied by iron oxides and veinletts of crustiform, banded and chalcedonic quartz which is
suggestive of an epithermal origin. Our sampling of the rocks shows that mineralization presently
recognized within the vein consists of chalcopyrite, malachite, azurite, pyrite and abundant iron
oxides with manganese oxides. The predominant alteration adjacent to the vein is moderate to strong
argillic alteration with local quartz and sericite which forms a halo to the vein which is locally
up to 50 meters wide. Further from the vein this moderate to strong argillic zone is transitional
to a zone of weak argillic alteration accompanied by supergene oxidation, and propylitic
alteration. This weak argillic alteration zone is more than 200 meters wide. Our initial
exploration has shown that the vein is locally offset along at least one left lateral fault (in the
Mina Cobriza area).
Our initial exploration shows that a second quartz vein parallel to and west of the Santo Nino
vein has been mapped (Santo Nino Segundo vein). The northern termination of the Santo Nino vein
appears to represent a fault offset (left lateral fault) possibly offsetting the mineralizing
system 200 meters to the west. Here the wide weak argillic alteration zone (hangingwall to the vein
system) is present and continues to the north-northwest for more than 500 meters to Sahuayacancito.
El Cumbre:
The El Cumbre area covers the local hill top located approximately 500 meters east of the
Santo Nino vein. Teck-Cominco, a large Canadian mining company, drilled at least 3 holes in this
area in the mid 1990s. Drill results have not been obtained from this work.
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Our initial work in the area shows that the stratigraphy in the El Cumbre area consists of
Tertiary volcanics composed of porphyritic andesitic flows intercalated with fine to coarse
volcaniclastic sediments overlain by rhyolite tuffs and flows. Tectonic breccias and stockwork
zones are accompanied by veins and veinletts of chalcedonic quartz with iron oxides (hematite),
manganese and very fine pyrite. Four brecciated structures have been identified to date in our
preliminary exploration. Alteration consists of pervasive silicification with weak to moderate
massive chalcedonic quartz in the matrix of the breccias, accompanied by a weak argillic alteration
of the wall rock. Numerous old surface trenches are present in this area and will be the subject of
future sampling and mapping.
Infrastructure
The Sahauyacan Property is accessible year round by all weather road. There is no local
electricity or water currently available. We will need to supply our own diesel generated
electrical power.
Current Exploration
Mexoro has completed a diamond drilling program of 13 holes comprising 2,027 meters. Three of
the 13 holes were directed to test the Santo Niño vein, two drillholes were collared on the La
Cumbre target and two more were drilled on the south of the property to test the Santa Teresa
target. Of the 13 drillholes, only three have intersected economically attractive mineralization.
The mineralized intercepts are as follows:
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Width of |
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Intersection in |
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Depth in Meters |
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Meters |
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Grade |
Drillhole
SDH-01 collared on
the Santo Niño vein
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from 65.00 to 72.50
meters
from 96.50 to 104.5
meters
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7.50 meters
8.0 meters
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2.56 g/t Au
2.98 g/t Au |
Drillhole SDH-05
collared on La
Cumbre target
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from 0 to 4.5 meters
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4.5 meters
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1.77 g/t Au |
Drillhole SDH-12
drilled to test the
Santa Teresa vein
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from 74.50 to 82.00
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7.5 meters
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56.01 g/t Au and
283.22 g/t Ag |
A second phase drilling program is anticipated to be aimed to define the potential volume and
grade of the mineralized system at Sahuayacan, primarily focusing on the Santa Teresa and La Cumbre
targets which may represent a mineralization system developed along a caldera margin. Additional
targets have been identified along the circular feature that seems to control the emplacement of
alteration and mineralization zones on the Sahuayacan project.
There are no known reserves on the Sahuayacan property.
Planned Exploration
The next exploration stage will include mapping and sampling along the circular feature trying
to define additional mineralization areas and drilling targets. The proposed exploration program
will include:
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Mapping and sampling at 1:1,000 scale along the La Cumbre-Santa Teresa trend
(mapping-sampling process Completed) |
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Obtaining ASTER image analysis to identify additional alteration-mineralization
areas along the semi-circular feature within the entire concession; |
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Identifying drilling targets on the La Cumbre and Santa Teresa areas; and (Drilling
targets selected, as shown in images below) |
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Commencing a 4,000 to 6,000 meters exploration drilling program aimed to define the
potential of the project. |
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Drilling Target: La Cumbre. The figure is showing completed mapping and selected drilling targets
at La Cumbre (blue dots)
Drilling Target: Santa Teresa. The figure is showing completed mapping and selected drilling
targets at La Cumbre (blue dots)
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The total exploration budget for Sahuayacan from November 2009 through December 2010 is
$1,258,919. The breakdown of the budget is as follows:
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Geochemistry |
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140,250 |
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Geophysics |
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0 |
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Safety |
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2,000 |
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Land Costs |
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0 |
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Contractors |
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$ |
1,007,800 |
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Travel and Vehicles |
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$ |
34,620 |
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Field Support |
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5,700 |
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Communications |
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4,200 |
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1,198,970 |
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59,949 |
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Total |
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1,258,919 |
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There are no known reserves on the Sahuayacan properties.
Encino Gordo Project
Summary
Our Encino Gordo Project is located in the Barranca section of Chihuahua State in Mexico, and
according to data publicly published by the Mexican Government, it is at the interphase between the
two main volcanic groups that form the bulk of the Sierra Madre Occidental. We own two concessions
and have an option to acquire two other concessions from MRT, subject to a 2.5% NSR and making the
scheduled project payments. We expect to begin mapping and sampling to indentify target areas and
to commence drilling in 2010. In August 2009, we dropped one of our concessions in the Encino
Gordo Project, Encino Gordo 2. We determined that the payments due to the concession holder were
too expensive and it was not in our best interests to keep the concession. There is no plan,
currently, to try and negotiate the payments for this Project. There are no known reserves on the
Encino Gordo Project.
Location
The Encino Gordo project is located in the Barranca section of Chihuahua State in Mexico, and
according to data publicly published by the Mexican Government, is at the interphase between the
two main volcanic groups that form the bulk of the Sierra Madre Occidental. The Encino Gordo
Property is 3.2 miles west of the Guazapares Property. The location is 220 kilometers to the
southwest of Chihuahua City. The property is accessible by an all weather dirt road along the
southwest side of the property. There is no local electrical power or water available at this
time, though major mining infrastructure is located within 3 miles of the concessions.
Claim Status
Sunburst de Mexico owns two concessions (Title #225277 and #292013) and has the option to
acquire 100% of the two other properties listed below, subject to a 2.5% net smelter royalty.
The concessions not owned by Sunburst de Mexico are owned by MRT. The following table is a
summary of the concessions on the Encino Gordo property:
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Term of Validity |
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Royalties and Payments |
Encino Gordo
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225277
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450
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8/12/2005 to 8/11/2055
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None (1) |
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Encino Gordo
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292013
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382
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8/12/2005 to 8/11/2055
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None (1) |
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El Camuchin
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220149
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|
100
|
|
6/17/2003 to 6/16/2053
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|
Net Smelter Return of 2.5% (2) |
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La Paloma
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|
220148
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|
100
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|
6/17/2003 to 6/16/2053
|
|
Net Smelter Return of 2.5% (2) |
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|
|
(1) |
|
Concessions are 100% owned by Sunburst de Mexico with no further payments to be made. |
|
(2) |
|
Sunburst has the first right of refusal to acquire these two concessions from Minera Rio Tinto
in the event Minera Rio Tinto receives an offer to purchase any portion of these mining concessions
from a third party. Sunburst will have 30 days to exercise its first right of refusal. |
History
The Encino Gordo Property, covering 1,042 hectares (approximately 2,575 acres), is situated
near an old mining district with a lengthy production history, according to records in the public
domain. Old mining records indicate that mining operations were commenced 3 kilometers east of
this site in the 17th century. Most of the production from those mines came from high-grade vein
deposits mined by crude underground methods. To the east of Encino Gordo, the main Guazapares
breccia veins were discovered in about 1830. The major period of production was from 1870 to 1900
when there were four silver pan amalgamation mills in operation. Although those deposits contain
both gold and silver, the early mills could not recover the gold as it is very fine and occurs
along cleavage planes in the pyrite. The mills of the time could only process the oxidized portions
of the veins, and the unoxidized, sulfide-bearing material was usually left in the mines as
pillars. The principal mine owner of the properties east of Encino Gordo died in 1890, after which
the mines of Guazapares slowly sank into disrepair and closed by 1900. In 1905, a US company
consolidated most of the properties to the east of Encino Gordo and reopened some of the mine
workings. That company ran into financial difficulties during 1907 and work halted. Ramon
Valenzuela then acquired the properties to the east of Encino Gordo and operated a five stamp mill
until 1912. Noranda Exploration, Inc. briefly optioned concessions in the area in the early
1990s. Kennecott optioned the core concessions east of Encino Gordo in 1993-94 and drilled a few
holes in one of the concessions to the east of Encino Gordo. The Encino Gordo property has never
been in production. In August 2009, we dropped one of our concessions in the Encino Gordo Project,
Encino Gordo 2.
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Geological Setting and Deposit Types
The geology at Encino Gordo project area is dominated by flows and tuff of andesitic to
dacitic composition intruded by small plugs of porphyritic intrusions varying in composition from
diorite to quartz-diorite. Small and localized areas exhibiting dacite porphyries are also common.
The volcanic sequence which may be part of the Lower Volcanic Series (LVS) of the Sierra Madre
Occidental Volcanic Complex (SMOVC) host most of the mineralization in the Encino Gordo area and in
the whole Moris district host to Palmarejo deposit and the Guazapares gold hydrothermal system. The
alteration and mineralization at the Encino Gordo project is mainly characterized by two different
styles:
La Junta area Most of the alteration and mineralization in this area is associated with andesitic
rocks intruded by composite stock (diorite and quartz-diorite) and dacite porphyries. The
alteration at La Junta is characterized by propylitic alteration (chlorite-calcite-pyrite)
exhibiting small and localized areas with incipient K-silicate alteration, where K-feldspar is
mainly replacing groundmass in the intrusion phases.
Mineralization is occurring at La Junta in different styles, including: stockwork,
fault-veins, sheeted veins, dissemination and breccias. However, main mineralization consists of an
approximately 500 meter wide stockwork fault-vein zone developed in a dilatant jog flower
structure. In this mineralized area, multiple cross-cutting vein types are present including:
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Quartz + chalcopyrite veins |
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Quartz + pyrite + chalcopyrite veins |
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Chlorite + calcite veins |
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Figure is illustrating coincident Cu and Au geochemical anomalies in La Junta area which are
spatially associated to a potassic alteration core resembling the classical geochemical-alteration
signature of the porphyry systems.
Supergene alteration is represented by an argillic alteration pervasive event developed by the
oxidation and alteration of the primary sulfide zone observed at La Junta area. Limonites developed
within this supergene event are dominated by goethite (± hematite jarosite).
The alteration assemblages, the style of mineralization, the content and type of sulfide
mineralization suggest that La Junta area might be a mesothermal to near-mesothermal system,
resembling a porphyry-style alteration-mineralization.
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Potential exists in this area to find a porphyry-style system and a similar gold
mineralization, though, no assurance may be given that any mineralization whatsoever will be found.
The proposed exploration program for the upcoming year will be focused on trying to asses the
potential of the identified targets, including:
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The porphyry-style mineralization in La Junta area |
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Anomaly N and La Elyka areas |
Mineral Deposits
Blackstone Resources Inc. hired Reliance Geological Services of Vancouver Canada in 1996 to
evaluate the results of a geological and geochemical exploration program on the Encino Gordo zone.
The subsequent work revealed results that were judged worthy of a second phase of exploration. Our
surface sampling has indicated the presence of mineralized structures, including gold and silver
anomalies on the property. Several gold-copper anomalous areas were also identified. The property
is at the very early stages of exploration, though, and much more work is needed before any
decisions can be made as to the viability of the property.
Structure Empalme
The Empalme vein outcrops northwest of the Elyca structure, inside the Encino Gordo Property
and has been mapped for approximately 150 meters. Workings on the breccia-vein consist of 2 old
shafts now filled with water. The host rocks consist of a sequence of volcaniclastic sediments
overlain by tuffaceous dacites with moderate silicification and supergene argillic alteration.
Cienega Vein
Our exploration shows that the Cienega vein outcrops at one location along a stream bed within
the Encino Gordo Property. It consists of brecciated quartz and contains 2-3% disseminated pyrite
hosted by brown volcaniclastics.
Arroyo Los Laureles Vein
The vein outcrops in the southeast limit of the San Miguel claim in Arryo Los Laurels. The
host rocks consist of intensely fractured volcaniclastic arenites, tuffs and dacites.
The Encino Gordo Property is without known reserves. Our proposed exploration programs are
exploratory in nature.
Infrastructure
The Encino Gordo Property is accessible year round by all weather road. There is no local
electricity or water currently available. We will need to supply our own diesel generated
electrical power.
Current Exploration
During fiscal 2007, the Company carried out a detailed and property scale mapping and sampling
program outlining numerous gold, silver and gold-copper coincident geochemical anomalies. Phase 1
of the exploration program was undertaken in an effort to define the style and characteristics of
the mineralization areas indicated by the geochemical anomalies. Within this stage several gold and
sulphide mineralization areas including pyrite and chalcopyrite have been identified within an over
500 meters stockwork area and fault-veins structure.
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All information and field evidence gathered during the mapping and sampling process suggest
the presence of porphyry style alteration and mineralization characterized by the presence of
concentric alteration patterns (potassic alteration grading outward to quartz-sericite and
propylitic alteration), coincident Cu, Au and Mo geochemical anomalies and a multiple-event of
veining. No assurance can be given, though, that we will find such a deposit, if at all.
Phase II of the exploration program aimed to detail and characterize all identified alteration
and mineralization areas and define and prioritize drilling sites is underway and is expected to be
completed by the second quarter of 2009. In addition, a stream sediment sampling program is being
undertaken to fully evaluate all the concessions.
There are no known reserves on the Encino Gordo property.
Planned Exploration Activities
The total exploration budget for Encino Gordo from November 2009 through December 2010 is
$118,545. The exploration expenditures are as follows:
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|
|
|
|
Geochemistry |
|
$ |
0 |
|
Geophysics |
|
$ |
84,000 |
|
Safety |
|
$ |
0 |
|
Land Costs |
|
$ |
0 |
|
Contractors |
|
$ |
0 |
|
Travel and Vehicles |
|
$ |
17,100 |
|
Field Support |
|
$ |
6,650 |
|
Communications |
|
$ |
3,150 |
|
Subtotal |
|
$ |
112,900 |
|
Contingency(5%) |
|
$ |
5,645 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
118,545 |
|
|
|
|
|
There are no known reserves on the Encino Gordo properties.
Guazapares Project
On May 17, 2009 we entered into a letter of agreement and on June 29, 2009 we signed the
definitive agreement to sell our Guazapares concessions located in south western Chihuahua, Mexico
to Paramount Gold de Mexico, SA de C.V., the Mexican subsidiary of Paramount Gold and Silver Corp.,
or Paramount, for a total consideration of up to $5.3 million. A definitive agreement was signed
on July 10, 2009 and closed on October 10, 2009. Payment of the funds from escrow, though, are
subject to the satisfaction of various conditions. The material conditions of the agreement have
been met and the payment for the sale of the properties is expected to occur when the agreements
governing the concessions have been officially re-registered in Paramounts name with the Mexican
mining authorities. A 5.7%
commission was paid on the closing of the sale. Our Guazapares Project comprised of 12 concessions
close to Paramounts San Miguel discovery. The purchase price is to be paid in two stages. The
first payment of $3.7 million was deposited into escrow at closing, and will be released from
escrow when the transfer of the 12 claims to Paramount is finalized. An additional payment of $1.6
million is due if, within 36 months following execution of the letter of agreement (July 10, 2009),
either (i) Paramount Gold de Mexico SA de C.V. is sold by Paramount, either through a stock sale or
a sale of substantially all of its assets, or (ii) Paramounts San Miguel project is put into
commercial production. Also, the final repayment of the outstanding debenture in the amount of
$221,047.57 with Paramount has been made to Paramount from the funds that were delivered to the
escrow account.
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Recent Financing Activities
On September 21, 2009, we entered into private placement subscription agreements, as
thereafter amended, with certain U.S. accredited investors and certain non-U.S. investors for the
private placement of 12,500,000 unregistered shares of the common stock with 100% warrant coverage
at a purchase price of $0.20 per unit. The warrants have an exercise price of $0.30 per share, a
two-year term and will not be exercisable until 12 months after their date of issuance. As of the
filing of this registration statement, the Company has completed the sale of all of the
unregistered shares, and the Company had received aggregate gross proceeds, prior to any expenses,
from the Private Placement of $2,500,000.
Principal Products
Our principal product is the exploration for and development of precious minerals. Because our
properties are in the developed stage, there is no guarantee that any ore body will be found or
extracted.
Mario Ayub, one of the Companys directors, is a past president of the National Miners
Association of Mexico and of the Chihuahua Miners Association, and through his network, he has been
able to obtain information on potential mining properties. A potential mining property is
identified first by a visit to the property by a geologist. If the property has potential based
upon the geologists findings, another visit is made to gather more information by taking surface
samples and mapping the property. Also, geophysical work (in this case mineral exploration
techniques using electromagnetic instruments to measure the conductivity of the rocks underground)
may be performed before entering into the negotiation process for a particular property.
Legal Proceedings
Other than as disclosed herein, neither we nor our properties are the subject of any pending
legal proceedings and no such proceeding is known to be contemplated by any governmental authority.
We are not aware of any legal proceedings in which any director, officer or affiliate of our
company, any owner of record or beneficially of more than 5% of any class of our voting securities,
or any associate of any such director, officer, affiliate or security holder of our company, is a
party adverse to our company or any of its subsidiaries or has a material interest adverse to our
company or any of its subsidiaries.
Competition
We compete with other mining and exploration companies in connection with the acquisition of
mining claims and leases on gold and other precious metals prospects and in connection with the
recruitment and retention of qualified employees. Many of these companies are much larger than we
are, have greater financial resources and have been in the mining business much longer than we
have. As such, these competitors may be in a better position through size, finances and experience
to acquire suitable exploration properties. We may not be able to compete against these companies
in acquiring new properties and/or qualified people to work on any of our properties.
There is significant competition for the limited number of gold and silver acquisition
opportunities available and, as a result, we may be unable to continue to acquire attractive gold
and silver mining properties on terms we consider acceptable.
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Given the size of the world market for gold and silver relative to individual producers and
consumers of gold and silver, we believe that no single company has sufficient market influence to
significantly affect the price or supply of gold and silver in the world market.
Governmental Regulations
Our business is subject to various levels of government controls and regulations, which are
supplemented and revised from time to time. Any mineral exploration activities conducted by the
Company require permits from governmental authorities. The various levels of government controls
and regulations address, among other things, the environmental impact of mining and mineral
processing operations and establish requirements for the decommissioning of mining properties after
operations have ceased. With respect to the regulation of mining and processing, legislation and
regulations in various jurisdictions establish performance standards, air and water quality
emission standards and other design or operational requirements for various components of
operations, including health and safety standards. Legislation and regulations also establish
requirements for decommissioning, reclamation and rehabilitation of mining properties following the
cessation of operations, and may require that some former mining properties be managed for long
periods of time. In addition, in certain jurisdictions, we may be subject to foreign investment
controls and regulations governing our ability to remit earnings abroad.
The Companys operations and properties are subject to a variety of governmental regulations
including, among others, regulations promulgated by SEMARNAT, Mexicos environmental protection
agency; the Mexican Mining Law; and the regulations of the Comisión National del Aqua with respect
to water rights. Mexican regulators have broad authority to shut down and/or levy fines against
facilities that do not comply with regulations or standards. If we put any of our properties into
production, operations may also be affected in varying degrees by government regulations with
respect to restrictions on production, price controls, export controls, income taxes, expropriation
of property, environmental legislation and mine safety.
The need to comply with applicable laws, regulations and permits will increase the cost of
operation and may delay exploration. All permits required for the conduct of mining operations,
including the construction of mining facilities, may not be obtainable, which would have an adverse
effect on any mining project we might undertake. Additionally, failure to comply with applicable
laws, regulations and permitting requirements may result in enforcement actions, including orders
issued by regulatory or judicial authorities causing exploration to cease or be curtailed. Parties
engaged in mining operations may be required to compensate those suffering loss or damage by reason
of the mining activities and may have civil or criminal fines or penalties imposed for violations
of applicable laws or regulations.
Amendments to current governmental laws and regulations affecting mining companies, or the
more stringent application thereof, could adversely affect the Companys operations. The extent of
any future changes to governmental laws and regulations cannot be predicted or quantified.
Generally, new laws and regulations result in increased compliance costs, including costs for
obtaining permits, delays or fines resulting from loss of permits or failure to comply with the new
requirements.
To keep our mineral concessions in good standing with the Government of Mexico, we must pay
yearly property taxes. These taxes are based on a tariff per hectare and per the number of years
(maturity) of each concession. The taxes are paid twice a year. We paid MXN $186,394
(approximately $13,049) in January 2009 and MXN $203,896 (approximately $15,379) in July 2009. We
are in compliance with all of our tax payments to the government.
We believe that we are in compliance with all material current government controls and
regulations at each of our properties.
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Compliance with Environmental Laws
Our current exploration activities and any future mining operations (of which we currently
have none planned) are subject to extensive laws and regulations governing the protection of the
environment, waste disposal, worker safety, mine construction, and protection of endangered and
protected species. We have made, and expect to make in the future, significant expenditures to
comply with such laws and regulations. Future changes in applicable laws, regulations and permits
or changes in their enforcement or regulatory interpretation could have an adverse impact on our
financial condition or results of operations. In the event that we make a mineral discovery and
decide to proceed to production, the costs and delays associated with compliance with these laws
and regulations could stop us from proceeding with a project or the operation or further
improvement of a mine or increase the costs of improvement or production.
In Mexico, we are required to submit, for government approval, a reclamation plan for each of
our mining sites that establishes our obligation to reclaim property after minerals have been mined
from the site. In some jurisdictions, bonds or other forms of financial assurances are required as
security for these reclamation activities. We may incur significant costs in connection with these
restoration activities. The unknown nature of possible future additional regulatory requirements
and the potential for additional reclamation activities create uncertainties related to future
reclamation costs.
Employees
We currently have 13 persons working for Sunburst de Mexico in Mexico including 3 geologists,
1 field staff and 4 administrative personnel. Except for our general manager, Manuel Flores, and
two geologists, all of these persons are provided to Sunburst de Mexico under third party contract,
either directly or via a personnel service agency. On September 21, 2009, we hired George Young as
our chief operating officer, Salil Dhaumya as our chief financial officer and Manuel Flores as our
operations manager. On November 16, 2009, Mr. Young was appointed president upon the resignation of
Francisco Quiroz. We do expect to hire 8 additional geologists in addition to drilling contractors
to conduct exploration or development over the next 12 months. Other than these employees and our
geologists, all of the employees we hire are contracted from third parties specializing in
providing employees for Mexican companies. In using third party contractors, we minimize our
exposure to Mexican employment law, and all liabilities are undertaken by the third party
contractors providing the services. We pay a flat rate to the third parties for their services. In
the event that our exploration projects are successful and warrant putting any of our properties
into production, all such operations would be contracted out to third parties. Also, we rely on
members of our management to handle all matters related to business development and business
operations.
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY
We currently maintain an office at C. General Retana #706, Col. San Felipe, Chihuahua,
Chihuahua, Mexico, CP 31203. We previously leased this office under the terms of a two-year lease
that expired by its terms in September 2008. The Company is still operating under the terms of this
lease on a month-to-month basis, with a monthly rent of $900.
As described above, we have property rights in the Cieneguita, Encino Gordo, and Sahuayacan
Projects.
All of the properties discussed below are located in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico. The
following map illustrates the locations of Chihuahua and of the properties:
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Location of Cieneguita, Encino Gordo and Sahuayacan Projects in Chihuahua, Mexico
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MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read
in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes and other financial
information included elsewhere in this prospectus. The discussion contains forward-looking
statements based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties, such as our plans,
expectations and intentions. Our actual results may differ significantly from managements
expectations. This discussion should not be construed to imply that the results discussed herein
will necessarily continue into the future, or that any conclusion reached herein will necessarily
be indicative of actual operating results in the future. Such discussion represents only the best
present assessment of our management.
Overview
We
are a development stage company and have generated only limited
revenues from our
Cieneguita project and have not yet generated or realized any revenue
from our other two exploration
projects. As of August 31, 2009, we had $8,146 in our bank account.
On September 21, 2009, we entered into private placement subscription agreements, as
thereafter amended, with certain U.S. accredited investors and certain non-U.S. investors for the
private placement of 12,500,000 unregistered shares of the common stock with 100% warrant coverage
at a purchase price of $0.20 per unit. The warrants have an exercise price of $0.30 per share, a
two-year term and will not be exercisable until twelve months after their date of issuance. As of
the filing of this registration statement, the Company has completed the sale of all of the
unregistered shares, and the Company had received aggregate gross proceeds, prior to any expenses,
from the Private Placement of $2,500,000.
In August 2009, we dropped one of our properties in the Encino Gordo concessions, Encino Gordo
2. Management determined that the property payments due to the concession holder were too expensive
and we did not make the option payment at this time. There is currently no plan to try and
negotiate the payments for this property.
On May 17, 2009, we entered into a letter of agreement and on June 29, 2009, we signed the
definitive agreement to sell our Guazapares project located in south western Chihuahua, Mexico to
Paramount Gold de Mexico, SA de C.V., the Mexican subsidiary of Paramount Gold and Silver Corp.
(Paramount) for a total consideration of up to
$5.3 million. The first payment of $3.7 million will be released
from escrow when the transfer to paramount is finalized. An
additional payment of $1.6 million is due if, by July 10, 2012, either
(i) Paramount sells its Mexican subsidiary or (ii) Guazapares is put into
production.
In
February 2009, we entered into a development agreement with MRT, which we amended in
December 2009. Pursuant to the terms of the development agreement, as amended, MRT has agreed to
invest up to $8 million to initiate the first phase of production
and to complete a feasibility study. The first phase of production is
limited to the mining of the mineralised material that is available
from the surface to a depth of 15 meters (First Phase
Production). In
exchange, we assigned MRT an interest to 74% of the net cash flows from First Phase Production and a
54% ownership interest in the Cieneguita Project.
To fund our continued operations, we issued $1.5 million of convertible debentures in March
2009, of which an aggregate of $880,000 was issued to Mario Ayub, a director of Mexoro, and to his
affiliated entity, MRT. Pursuant to the terms of the convertible debentures, the holders
irrevocably converted the debentures into a 10% ownership interest in the Cieneguita Project and a
10% interest in the net cash flow from First Phase Production. In December 2009, Mario Ayub and
MRT agreed to resell an aggregate 4% ownership interest in the Cieneguita Project back to us, along
with 4% of the net cash flow from First Phase Production, in return for $550,000. In a private
transaction not involving the Company, the other holders contributed their remaining 6% ownership
interest in the Cieneguita Project to a newly formed entity, Marje Minerals SA.
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As a result of our amended development agreement and our agreements with the debenture
holders, the ownership interest in the Cieneguita Project and the net cash flows from the First
Phase Production are held by the Company, MRT and Marje Minerals as follows:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Cash Flow Interest |
|
Net Cash Flow Interest |
|
|
|
|
|
|
From First Phase |
|
Following First Phase |
Holder |
|
Ownership Percentage |
|
Production |
|
Production |
MRT |
|
|
54 |
% |
|
|
74 |
% |
|
|
54 |
% |
Marje Minerals |
|
|
6 |
% |
|
|
6 |
% |
|
|
6 |
% |
Mexoro |
|
|
40 |
% |
|
|
20 |
% |
|
|
40 |
% |
Any
additional costs for the First Phase Production and the feasibility study for the Cieneguita
Project, after MRT invests $8 million, will be shared by the Company, MRT and Marje Minerals on a
pro-rata basis based on their respective ownership percentages in the
Cieneguita Project.
The major terms of the development agreement with MRT and Marje Minerals are as follows:
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|
|
MRT purchased $1 million of secured convertible debentures at 8% interest (payable
in stock or cash). The proceeds from this investment were used for continued
exploration and development of the Cieneguita Project and general working capital. On
November 5, 2009, MRT exercised its conversion rights on the debenture and MRT was
issued 3,333,333 common shares and a warrant to purchase 1,666,667 shares of common
stock at an exercise price of $0.50 per share. |
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|
|
MRT agreed to provide the necessary working capital to begin and maintain mining
operations, estimated to be $3 million, to put the first phase
of the Cieneguita Project into production.
In exchange for these funds, we assigned MRT an interest to 74% of the net cash flow
from First Phase Production. The agreement limits the mining during First Phase
Production to the mineralized material that is available from the surface to a depth of
15 meters. |
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|
|
MRT committed to spend up to $4 million to take the Cieneguita Project through the
feasibility stage. In doing so, we assigned MRT a 54% interest in our rights to the
Cieneguita Project. After the expenditure of the $4 million, all costs will be shared
on a pro rata ownership basis (i.e. 54% to MRT, 40% to the Company and 6% to Marje
Minerals). If any party cannot pay its portion of the costs after the $4 million has
been spent, then their ownership position in the Cieneguita Project will be reduced by
1% for every $100,000 invested by the other owners. Our ownership interest in the
Cienguita Project, however, cannot be reduced below 25%. In addition, we have the right
to cover Marje Minerals pro rata portion of costs if they cannot pay their portion of
the costs. In return, we will receive 1% of Marje Minerals ownership position in the
Cieneguita Project for every $100,000 we invest on their behalf. |
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|
|
The MRT agreement was contingent on our repaying a debenture to Paramount Gold and
Silver Corp. In March 2009, we repaid $1 million, or approximately two thirds of the
debt, and Paramount released a security interest it had on the Cieneguita Project. In
October 2009, we repaid the remaining amount of the debt, and Paramount released its
security interests on the Sahuayacan, Guazapares and Encino Gordo properties. |
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On May 5, 2008, we signed a letter of intent (the Paramount LOI) to enter into a strategic
alliance with Paramount to combine mining and exploration expertise, along with efficient use of
personnel, drill rigs and current mining concessions to improve efficiencies and potentially reduce
costs for both companies. On August 6, 2008, the strategic alliance between Mexoro and Paramount
was terminated, including Paramounts right of first refusal on financings. On October 8, 2009, we
paid the remaining outstanding balance of $221,047.37 to under the outstanding debentures. Upon
receipt of this payment from the Company, Paramount released its security interests in the
Companys assets, including its security interests in the Companys Sahuayacan, Guazapares and
Encino Gordo properties.
Our continued existence and plans for future growth depend on our ability to obtain the
additional capital necessary to operate either through the generation of revenue or the issuance of
additional debt or equity. While we believe that we have raised sufficient funds in our recent
offerings to allow us to continue in business until December 2010, we may not be able to continue
in business beyond that date unless we obtain additional capital. If the sale of the Guazapares
property is completed, the resulting $3,700,000 payment will also allow us to operate for the next
12 months. No assurance may be given, though, that this sale will close in a timely fashion or at
all.
As of August 31, 2009, the joint venture with MRT had generated net cash flows of
approximately $1,568,336 of which $392,084 is attributable to us under the joint venture agreement.
We are expecting additional ongoing cash flows from the commencement of operations at the
Cieneguita property, starting in February 2010. The amount of net cash flows to be received on
Mexoros 20% share from operations cannot be determined at this time. In fact, there is significant
risk to us for this type of extracting of mineralized material because we have no known reserves on
Cieneguita until an independent feasibility study is completed. We can not provide any assurance
that the extraction and processing of mineralized material from the Cieneguita property will result
in any cash flows for us.
For the 12-month period from December 2009 through November 2010, we need to raise
additional capital to maintain operations. We will need a minimum of $252,000 for property payments
and an additional $1,853,000 for general and administrative costs. This does not include any
capital needed to pay our accounts payables and to execute our exploration programs as detailed
below. As of November 30, 2009, the following table shows our contractual property payments that
are due until November 2010:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name |
|
Date |
|
Payment Type |
|
USD |
Sahuayacan Property |
|
December 2009 to November 2010 |
|
Property payments |
|
$ |
65,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Segundo Santo Nino (Sahuayacan) |
|
May 2010 |
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Property payments |
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120,000 |
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La Estrella y la Sultana Menor |
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December 2009 and June 2010 |
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67,000 |
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Additionally, if our exploration during that time period is successful, we may need to
raise additional capital to fund those exploration programs. At this time, we cannot assess with
any accuracy our total capital needs to fund an expanded exploration program beyond our basic
program. If the payments from the sale of the Guazapares properties to Paramount are not made, we
do not have any additional sources of additional capital to fund our operations beyond December
2010. We also believe that, other than the initial bulk sample test done by MRT, we cannot
determine if the joint venture with MRT will generate any revenues that would allow us to continue
operations. If we are unable to raise additional capital through debt or equity beyond December
2010, it is most likely that we would need to cease operations and forfeit our properties as we
would be unable to make the necessary property payments.
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Plan of Operation
Summary
Our business plan is to proceed with the exploration and development of our Mexican mineral
properties to determine whether they contain commercially exploitable reserves of gold, silver or
other metals. On May 17, 2009, we entered into a letter of agreement and on June 29, 2009, we
signed the definitive agreement to sell our Guazapares project located in south western Chihuahua,
Mexico to Paramount Gold de Mexico, SA de C.V., the Mexican subsidiary of Paramount for a total
consideration of up to $5.3 million USD. A definitive agreement was signed on July 10, 2009 and
closed October 10, 2009. The payment of the funds from escrow is subject to the satisfaction of
various conditions. The material conditions of the agreement have been met and the payment for the
sale of the properties is expected to occur in January 2010 as the agreements governing the
concessions have been officially re-registered in the name of Paramount Gold de Mexico, SA de C.V.
with the Mexican mining authorities. A 5.7% commission was paid on the closing of the sale.
Mexoros Guazapares project comprises 12 claims close to Paramounts San Miguel discovery. The
purchase price is to be paid in two stages. The first payment of $3.7 million was deposited into
escrow at closing, and will be released from escrow to Mexoro when the transfer of the 12 claims to
Paramount is finalized. An additional payment of $1.6 million is due to Mexoro if, within 36 months
following execution of the letter of agreement (July 10, 2009), either (i) Paramount Gold de Mexico
SA de C.V. is sold by Paramount, either through a stock sale or a sale of substantially all of its
assets, or (ii) Paramounts San Miguel project is put into commercial production.
On February 12, 2009 we entered into a development agreement with MRT to provide us with
immediate funding to initiate production at our Cieneguita property, to complete a feasibility
study and to continue the exploration of its properties. The development agreement was amended in
December 2009 and calls for project funding of up to $8,000,000 to be spent on First Phase
Production and to complete a feasibility study. To date MRT has contributed $1,000,000 in working
capital and has spent additional funds on initiating production plans for the Cieneguita project
through the building of a floatation circuit mill. MRT has shipped approximately 5,000 ton bulk
sample to its mill in Sinaloa Mexico for processing to verify the metallurgical process need to
process the mineralized material from the Cieneguita property.
In the event that our exploration and development program finds exploration targets that
warrant additional exploration work, including exploration by drilling, we will not have enough
cash available to fund an expanded exploration program. If we decide to expand our exploration and
development program, we would need to raise additional capital to meet these needs. Other than the
sale of the Guazapares properties to Paramount, for we have not yet received payment, and the
proceeds received from the shares issued in the Private Placement, we currently do not have any
sources of additional capital available to us and we may not have any in the future. The failure to
raise additional capital would severely curtail our ability to conduct any additional exploration
work that might be warranted because of the results of our current exploration program.
Our original strategy was to put the Cieneguita property into production as a heap leach
operation, and as such we purchased approximately $250,000 worth of new and used mining equipment
to be used for heap leach production. We contemplated putting the Cieneguita property into
production during 2008 but the positive exploration results from our drilling programs changed
those plans. The mineralized material that has been defined by the drilling appears to suggest that
the mineralized material is far larger than originally contemplated and of a different material
that is not suitable for heap leaching. As such, we entered into the joint venture agreement with
MRT to put the Cieneguita into production using a simple crushing and floatation circuit process
and not a heap leach operation as originally planned.
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the joint venture with MRT, we intend to put the Cieneguita project into First Phase Production in
January 2010. We are using a simple crushing and floatation circuit process in stead of the heap
leach process as originally contemplated. We still plan to use the equipment as part of the new
mining process designed in the joint venture agreement. When all mineral extraction has been
completed, then it is managements plan to try and sell the equipment that we have purchased. At
this time, we have no estimates on what the equipment will be worth in the secondary market. If we
are unable to sell it, we may lose all of our capital investment. No assurances can be given that
we will be able to sell the equipment at a price to recover our original investment, or at all.
In the event that we do discover a mineral deposit on one of our properties, of which there is
no guarantee, we would need to expend substantial amounts of capital to put any of our properties
into production, if so warranted. The amount of such expenditures is indeterminable at this time as
our exploration and development program has not advanced far enough to provide us with results to
determine this information.
Such expenditures depend upon the size of the mineralized body, the grade of the mineralized
body and the type of mining that is required to extract any minerals that may be found. Regardless,
we do not have enough capital available to us to make any such expenditure that would be required
to put any mineral property into production, and we therefore would have to raise the additional
capital or, if possible, enter into a joint venture for the production phase. If we were to form a
joint venture, we cannot assess what our final position in the project would be. We do not have any
sources of capital available to us at this time to fund such a project if one should be discovered.
On September 21, 2009, we hired George Young as our chief operating officer, Salil Dhaumya as
our chief financial officer and Manuel Flores as our operations manager. On November 16, 2009, Mr.
Young was appointed president upon the resignation of Francisco Quiroz. We expect to hire an
additional 8 geologists in addition to the drilling contractors to conduct exploration or
development over the next 12 months. Other than these employees and our geologists, all of the
employees we hire are contracted from third parties specializing in providing employees for Mexican
companies. In using third party contractors, we minimize our exposure to Mexican employment law,
and all liabilities are undertaken by the third party contractors providing the services. We pay a
flat rate to the third parties for their services.
In the event that we should find a mineable reserve, it is managements intention to contract
the mining and milling of any mineralized reserves out to third parties. We do not have any known
reserves at this time.
Exploration Projects Current Status
To date the Sierra Madre gold exploration program has been focused on advancing current
exploration projects to the next exploration stage. During most of 2008, exploration activities
were concentrated in four projects: Sahuayacan, Encino Gordo, Guazapares and Cieneguita. However,
exploration activities during the six months ended August 31, 2009 were focused exclusively on the
Cieneguita project. As well, we sold our Guazapares concessions to Paramount Gold and Silver Corp.
To date most of the data gathered during our field campaigns and drilling programs is completely
compiled and is being evaluated. The next exploration stages for all three remaining projects have
been already planned.
Over the next twelve months, we intend to explore our three projects to determine whether
there are economically attractive concentrations of gold and gold-silver mineralization. We intend
to hire 8 additional employees but do not plan to make any purchase of equipment over the next
twelve months. At this time, though, the exploration program is only planned for the next 12
months, which we will undertake when the necessary capital has been raised to complete these
programs. We do not have any sources of capital indentified at this time and no assurance can be
given that we will be able to complete the proposed exploration program.
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Critical Accounting Estimates
The preparation of the Companys financial statements requires management to make various
judgments with respect to estimates and assumptions. On an ongoing basis, management regularly
reevaluates its estimates and assumptions; however actual amounts could differ from those based on
such estimates and assumptions.
The Company has made certain accounting estimates that have a material bearing on the
financial statements. The most significant estimates are:
Income Tax Valuation Allowance
The Company has a potential $7,859,422 deferred income tax asset, which has been fully allowed
for in the consolidated financial statements, based on the difference in timing of certain
deductions for income tax and accounting purposes. The ability of the Company to ultimately derive
a benefit from the deferred tax asset depends on the existence of sufficient taxable income of the
appropriate character within the carry forward period available under the tax law.
Stock based compensation
All transactions in which goods or services are the consideration received for the issuance of
equity instruments are accounted for based on the fair value of the consideration received or the
fair value of the equity instrument issued, whichever is more reliably measurable. Equity
instruments issued to employees and the cost of the services received as consideration are measured
and recognized based on the fair value of the equity instruments issued. Stock options and warrants
are valued at their fair value utilizing the Black-Scholes option-pricing model.
Convertible debentures
Convertible debentures issued with attached warrants are recorded based upon the relative fair
values of the debentures and the warrants. The fair value of the warrants is determined utilizing
the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The resulting debt discount is amortized to Interest
Expense over the life of the debentures. Any resulting beneficial conversion features on these
debentures are amortized to the earliest conversion date
Results of Operations
In this discussion of Mexoros results of operations and financial condition, amounts, other
than per-share amounts, have been rounded to the nearest thousand dollars.
Year ended February 28, 2009 compared to the year ended February 29, 2008.
References in the discussion below to 2009 are to our current fiscal year ended February 28,
2009, while references to 2008 are to our fiscal year ended February 29, 2008.
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Revenues
We did not earn revenues during 2009 or 2008 because we did not have commercial production of
any of our properties. We do not anticipate earning revenues until such time as we have entered
into commercial production of our mineral properties, if ever. We are presently in the development
stage of our business. We can provide no assurance that we will discover commercially exploitable
levels of mineral resources on our properties or, if such resources are discovered, that we will
enter into commercial production of our mineral properties. Interest income is recorded under Other
Income in the Statement of Operations in the financial statements.
Operating Costs
We did not incur any operating costs during the years ended 2009 and 2008 due to the fact that
we did not achieve production from exploration activities during either year.
Expenses
Our operating expenses decreased to $7,049,069 for the year ended February 28, 2009 compared
to $8,040,328 for the year ended February 29, 2008, representing a decrease of $991,259.
In 2009, we incurred lower general and administrative expenses and write off of property
costs, offset by mineral exploration expenses, which resulted in decrease of expenses.
In the general and administrative expense category, the decrease in 2009 is attributable to
$339,000 spent on investor relation activities compared with $816,000 in 2008 to raise additional
funds for exploration activities and higher advertising and promotion costs of $16,000 in 2009
compared to $159,000 in 2008.
Our exploration expenses increased to $4,132,048 in 2009 compared with $2,680,680 in 2008 as a
result of the increased activity of the Company as it advanced its business plan.
In 2009, we expensed $726,000 for stock-based compensation expense compared to $2,454,000 in
2008 primarily due to lower market price of the Companys shares.
For the year ended February 28, 2009, we incurred $239,000 in mineral property costs as
payments for our Mexican properties. At February 28, 2009, we tested the carrying amounts of all
our Mexican properties for recoverability. Based on our tests, we concluded that the sum of
undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of all such
properties was nil as the properties have no known reserves. Accordingly, a mineral property
impairment loss of $239,000 has been recognized for the year ended February 28, 2009. Impairment of
mineral property costs in 2009 decreased to $239,000 compared to $580,000 for 2008. If we are able
to raise additional funds to continue with our business plan, we anticipate that exploration
expenditures will increase in fiscal 2010 as a result of exploration activities on our Mexican
mineral properties.
Our interest expense increased to $791,000 for 2009 compared to $58,000 for 2008. The higher
interest expense in 2009 pertains to convertible debentures issued by the Company in May and June
of 2008. The Company recorded a beneficial conversion feature of $313,000 as interest expense and
$303,000 as relative fair value of the warrants in relation to the convertible debt. The Company
did not incur interest expense related to convertible debt in 2008.
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Net Loss
Our net loss decreased to $8,036,208 for 2009 compared to $8,096,604 for 2008, representing a
decrease of $60,396. This change in our loss was primarily attributable to higher investor
relations expenses and exploration expenses in 2009. The non-cash component of stock-based
compensation costs was $726,000 compared to $2,454,000 for 2008.
We anticipate that we will continue to incur losses until such time that we can identify
mineral deposits and achieve significant revenues from sale of gold recovered from our Mexican
mineral properties, if ever. There is no assurance that we will commence the development stage of
our operations at any our Mexican mineral properties or achieve revenues.
Three and six months ended August 31, 2009 compared to the three and six months ended August 31,
2008.
In this discussion of the Companys results of operations and financial condition, amounts,
other than per-share amounts, have been rounded to the nearest thousand dollars.
Revenues
The Company earned its 25% proportionate revenue from the joint venture with MRT from the
commercial pilot test during the six months ended August 31, 2009. Other than the commercial pilot
test, which generated $392,000 in net cash flows, we did not have commercial production of any of
our properties in 2009. We do not anticipate earning revenues until such time as we have entered
into commercial production of our mineral properties, if ever. We are presently in the development
stage of our business. We can provide no assurance that we will discover commercially exploitable
levels of mineral resources on our properties or, if such resources are discovered, that we will
enter into commercial production of our mineral properties.
Operating Costs
We did not incur any operating costs during the three and six months ended August 31, 2009 or
2008 due to the fact that we did not achieve production from exploration activities during either
year.
Expenses
Our expenses decreased to $930,000 and $1,836,000 for the three and six months ended August
31, 2009, compared to $2,118,000 and $4,026,000 for the three and six months ended August 31, 2008,
respectively. The decrease is primarily attributable to lower exploration costs which was due to
lack of funding, and curtailment of exploration on Cieneguita because of the joint venture
agreement with MRT, where MRT has agreed to spend up to $5,000,000 to take Cieneguita to a
feasibility stage.
General and administrative expenses increased slightly to $719,000 and $1,409,000 in the three
and six months ended August 31, 2009 compared to $656,000 and $1,271,000 in the three and six
months ended August 31, 2008, respectively. The increase during the current three and six month
period is attributable to higher legal fees offset by lower travel costs. Included in the general
and administrative expenses, is the non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $143,000 and
$327,000 in 2009 compared to $151,000 and $340,000 in 2008 for the three and six months,
respectively. The amount for the six month period in 2009 had $299,000 of stock-based compensation
expense relating to options granted to officers, directors and consultants and $nil of stock-based
compensation relating to warrants. The amount for the corresponding period in 2008 relates to stock
options granted to management and key personnel and compensation relating to warrants for $332,000
and $8,000, respectively.
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Accounting and legal fees increased to $239,000 in the six months ended August 31, 2009
compared to $222,000 in the six months ended August 31, 2008. The increase was primarily
attributable to higher legal costs relating to issuance, payment and restructuring of convertible
debentures.
Mineral exploration in the three and six months ended August 31, 2009 decreased to $153,000
and $324,000 compared to $1,462,000 and $2,755,000 for the three and six months ended August 31,
2008, respectively as the Company reduced its exploration activity as described above.
Net Loss
Our net loss decreased to $817,000 and $1,983,000 for the three and six months ended August
31, 2009 compared to $2,235,000 and $4,238,000 for the three and six months ended August 31, 2008,
respectively.
Other than the lower operating loss as described above, this change in our loss was
attributable to higher interest expense recognized in 2009 relating to beneficial conversion
feature offset by gain on settlement of repayment of convertible debentures.
We anticipate that we will continue to incur a loss until such time as we can commence the
development stage of our operations and achieve significant revenues from sales of gold recovered
from our Mexican mineral properties, if ever. There is no assurance that we will commence the
development stage of our operations at any of our Mexican mineral properties or achieve revenues.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Since inception, we have undergone two unsuccessful business combinations, which have caused
us to incur significant liabilities and have resulted in the accumulation of a substantial deficit
during the exploration stage.
As of August 31, 2009, we had total assets of $696,000, total liabilities of $6,000,000 and a
deficit of $43,847,000 accumulated during the exploration/development stage.
Cash and Working Capital
We had cash and cash equivalents of $8,000 as of August 31, 2009, compared to cash of $39,000
at February 28, 2009 and $1,000 at August 31, 2008. We had working capital deficiency of $4,701,000
as of August 31, 2009, compared to a working capital deficiency of $4,657,000 as of February 28,
2009 and $4,421,000 as of August 31, 2008.
During the first six months of 2009, we reduced the activities for our exploration program
considerably but have continued to incur corporate administrative expenses but were unable to raise
sufficient funds to pay many of our suppliers. Our accounts payable and accrued liabilities
decreased from $2,680,000 from the fiscal year ended February 28, 2009 to $2,176,000 in the first
six months of 2009. Of the $2,176,000 accounts payable and accrued liabilities as of August 31,
2009, $752,000 relates to exploration expenses.
We will require additional financing during the current fiscal year according to our planned
exploration activities. We plan to spend approximately
$252,000 for property payments and an additional $1,853,000 for general and administrative costs from December 2009 through November 2010.
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We will need to raise additional working capital to maintain basic operations. We plan to
raise those funds through the sale of equity or debt. Other than our definitive agreements signed
with MRT and Paramount, at this time we do not have any other sources to raise additional capital
for the Company and no assurance may be given that we will be able to find sources to raise
additional capital. Failure to raise any additional capital would most likely require us to cease
operations and abandon all of our exploration properties.
On September 21, 2009, we entered into private placement subscription agreements, as
thereafter amended, with certain U.S. accredited investors and certain non-U.S. investors for the
private placement of 12,500,000 unregistered shares of the common stock with 100% warrant coverage
at a purchase price of $0.20 per unit. The warrants have an exercise price of $0.30 per share, a
two-year term and will not be exercisable until twelve months after their date of issuance. To
date, the Company had received aggregate gross proceeds, prior to any expenses, from the Private
Placement of $1,881,000 based upon an aggregate share issuance of 9,405,000 units with 100% warrant
coverage.
On July 8, 2009, we entered into an Agreement for the Assignment of Mining Agreements with
Paramount Gold and Silver Corp., a Delaware corporation (Paramount), and its subsidiary,
Paramount Gold de Mexico S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation (Paramount Gold de Mexico).
Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, we agreed to sell our Guazapares Project to Paramount Gold
de Mexico. The closing of the sale is subject to the satisfaction of various conditions precedent
prior to closing, and the purchase price will be paid in two stages. The first payment of $3.7
million was deposited into an escrow account in conjunction with the execution of the agreement,
and will be released to us at the closing. An additional payment of $1.6 million will be due and
payable to Mexoro if, within thirty six (36) months following the execution of the agreement,
either: (i) Paramount Gold de Mexico is sold by Paramount, either through a stock sale or a sale
of substantially all of its assets; or (ii) the Guazapares project is put into commercial
production.
The amount of working capital could be adversely affected further in the event claims are made
against us alleging that certain shares we previously issued pursuant to Form S-8 registration
statements constituted an illegal public offering because the company was a shell company at the
time and, as a result, was not eligible to use Form S-8 for registration of shares under the
Securities Act of 1933. In August and October of 2005, the Company issued shares of common stock to
an officer of the Company, as compensation for consulting services. The two share issuances were
for a combined total of 30,000 shares and each of the share issuances was made pursuant to a
registration statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933. Although the Company believes
these shares were properly issued, a claim could be made that issuance of the shares constituted an
illegal public offering because the Company was a shell company at the time. Shell companies,
i.e. companies which have no or nominal operations and either (i) no or nominal assets; (ii) assets
consisting solely of cash and cash equivalents; or (iii) assets consisting of any amount of cash
and cash equivalents and nominal other assets, are not eligible to use Form S-8 for registration
under the Securities Act of 1933. If either of these transactions did violate federal securities
laws, subsequent purchasers of the shares may have claims against us for damages or for rescission
of their purchase transaction and recovery of the full subscription price paid, together with
interest. As of the date of this prospectus, no one has made or threatened any claim against us
alleging violation of the federal securities laws. In the event such claims were successfully
asserted, there is no assurance that we would have sufficient funds available to pay and it is
likely that we would be required to use funds currently designated as working capital for that
purpose. That would substantially reduce the amount of working capital available for other purposes
and, in that event, we could be forced to cease or discontinue certain operations and to liquidate
certain assets to pay our liabilities, including, but not limited to, rescission claims.
Year ended February 28, 2009 compared to the year ended February 29, 2008.
Cash Used in Operating Activities
Cash used in operating activities decreased to $3,702,000 for the fiscal year ended February
28, 2009 compared to $3,837,000 for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2008. The cash was used for
general and administrative costs and for the exploration programs on the properties.
Cash Used in Investing Activities
Cash used in investing activities decreased to $13,000 for the fiscal year ended February 28,
2009 compared to $172,000 for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2008 for the purchase of
equipment.
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Financing Activities
Cash provided by financing activities decreased to $3,780,000 for the fiscal year ended
February 28, 2009 compared to $4,028,000 for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2008. Most of the
cash provided by financing activities in 2009 was provided by issuance of convertible debentures
and promissory notes. Cash provided by financing activities was used to fund our operating and
investing activities.
We anticipate continuing to rely on equity sales of our common stock or issuance of debt in
order to continue to fund our business operations. Issuances of additional shares will result in
dilution to our existing shareholders.
During the quarter ended August 31, 2008, Paramount provided Mexoro $1,370,000 in the form of
secured convertible debentures bearing interest at a rate of 8% per annum for a term of one year.
Paramount had the option to convert the debt into units.
Subsequent to the year ended February 28, 2009, in March, 2009, the Company entered into an
agreement with Paramount restructuring its payment terms on the three outstanding secured
convertible debentures held by Paramount. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company paid
Paramount $1,000,000 to cancel two debentures held by them, one issued on May 9, 2008 for $500,000
and another issued on July 11, 2009 for $500,000. The Company also amended a debenture issued to
them on June 18, 2009 in the face amount of $370,000. The amount of that debenture was increased to
$521,047.37 which, among other things, includes interest accrued on all three debentures to March
31, 2009. The Company was obligated to make a payment on March 31, 2009 on this debenture in the
amount of $393,547.37 and the balance of $127,500 was to be re-paid on April 30, 2009. This
remaining amount of $127,500 is interest free as long as the debenture remains in good standing.
Subsequently, the Company has paid the remaining outstanding balance owed under the debenture.
In
February 2009, we entered into a development agreement with MRT, which we amended in
December 2009. Pursuant to the terms of the development agreement, as amended, MRT has agreed to
invest up to $8 million in First Phase Production and to complete a feasibility study. In
exchange, we assigned MRT an interest to 74% of the net cash flows from First Phase Production and a
54% ownership interest in the Cieneguita Project.
To fund our continued operations, we issued $1.5 million of convertible debentures in March
2009, of which an aggregate of $880,000 was issued to Mario Ayub, a director of Mexoro, and to his
affiliated entity, MRT. Pursuant to the terms of the convertible debentures, the holders
irrevocably converted the debentures into a 10% ownership interest in the Cieneguita Project and a
10% interest in the net cash flows from First Phase Production. In December 2009, Mario Ayub and
MRT agreed to resell an aggregate 4% ownership interest in the Cieneguita Project back to us, along
with 4% of the net cash flows from First Phase Production, in return for $550,000. In a private
transaction not involving the Company, the other holders contributed their remaining 6% ownership
interest in the Cieneguita Project to a newly formed entity, Marje Minerals SA.
As a result of our amended development agreement and our agreements with the debenture
holders, the ownership interest in the Cieneguita Project and the net cash flows from the First
Phase Production are held by the Company, MRT and Marje Minerals as follows:
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additional costs for the First Phase Production and the feasibility study for the Cieneguita
Project, after MRT invests $8 million, will be shared by the Company, MRT and Marje Minerals on a
pro-rata basis based on their respective ownership percentages in the
Cieneguita Project.
The major terms of the development agreement with MRT and Marje Minerals are as follows:
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MRT committed to spend up to $4 million to take the Cieneguita Project through the
feasibility stage. In doing so, we assigned MRT a 54% interest in our rights to the
Cieneguita Project. After the expenditure of the $4 million, all costs will be shared
on a pro rata ownership basis (i.e. 54% to MRT, 40% to the Company and 6% to Marje
Minerals). If any party to the development agreement cannot pay its portion of the
costs after the $4 million has been spent, then their ownership position in the
Cieneguita Project will be reduced by 1% for every $100,000 invested by the other
owners. Our ownership interest in the Cienguita Project, however, cannot be reduced
below 25%. In addition, we have the right to cover Marje Minerals pro rata portion of
costs if they cannot pay their portion of the costs. In return, we will receive 1% of
Marje Minerals ownership position in the Cieneguita Project for every $100,000 we
invest on their behalf. |
Subsequent to the year ended February 28, 2009, in March 2009, the Company entered into a
securities purchase agreement with OHAG Holdings, Ltd. (OHAG). Pursuant to the securities
purchase agreement, OHAG paid the Company $250,000 in exchange for a secured convertible debenture
of $250,000 and 250,000 shares of common stock. The secured convertible debenture had a term of one
year and interest accrued at a rate of 15%. The debenture was secured by 2,250,000 restricted
shares of the Company. In June 2009, MRT purchased the secured convertible debenture from OHAG.
In September 2009, the Company defaulted on its payment obligations under the secured convertible
debenture, and MRT acquired the 2,250,000 restricted shares of the Company in lieu of repayment of
the secured convertible debenture. MRT subsequently sold these shares to third parties.
Subsequent to the year ended February 28, 2009, in May 2009, the Company entered into a letter
of agreement to sell its Guazapares project located in southwestern Chihuahua, Mexico to Paramount
Gold de Mexico, SA de C.V., the Mexican subsidiary of Paramount for a total consideration of up to
$5.3 million USD. A definitive agreement was signed on July 10, 2009 but closing is subject to the
satisfaction of various conditions. The material conditions of the agreement have been met and the
payment for the sale of the properties is expected to occur when the agreements governing the
concessions have been officially re-registered in the name of Paramount Gold de Mexico, SA de C.V.
with the Mexican mining authorities. The registration was sent to the Mexican authorities on July
17, 2009 and it is expected to take between 60 and 90 days for the registration process to be
completed. No assurance may be given though,
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that the contracts will be registered on a timely basis or at all. A 5.7% commission was paid
on the closing of the sale. Mexoros Guazapares project comprises 12 claims close to Paramounts
San Miguel discovery. The purchase price is to be paid in two stages. The first payment of $3.7
million will be deposited into escrow at closing, and will be released from escrow to Mexoro when
the transfer of the 12 claims to Paramount is finalized. An additional payment of $1.6 million is
due to Mexoro if, within 36 months following execution of the letter of agreement (July 10, 2009),
either (i) Paramount Gold de Mexico SA de C.V. is sold by Paramount, either through a stock sale or
a sale of substantially all of its assets, or (ii) Paramounts San Miguel project is put into
commercial production.
Three and six months ended August 31, 2009 compared to the three and six months ended August 31,
2008.
Cash Used in Operating Activities
Cash used in operating activities decreased to $1,368,000 for the six months ended August 31,
2009 compared to $2,245,000 for the six months ended August 31, 2008. The cash used in operating
activities was primarily for exploration costs and general and administrative expenses.
Cash Used in Investing Activities
The Company received cash of $29,000 on the disposal of equipment and used cash of $23,000 for
purchase of equipment for the six months ended August 31, 2009 compared to cash used of $13,000 for
purchase of equipment for the six months ended August 31, 2008. There are no additional capital
expenditures for the current fiscal year anticipated at this time.
Financing Activities
Cash provided by financing activities decreased to $1,331,000 for the six months ended August
31, 2009 compared to $2,242,000 for the six months ended August 31, 2008. Most of the cash provided
by financing activities was from issuing of convertible debentures and notes payables. Cash
provided by financing activities was used to fund our operating and investing activities.
We anticipate the sale of the Guazapares properties to close in our third quarter providing us
with sufficient working capital for the next 12 months. But, we also anticipate continuing to rely
on equity sales of our common stock or issuance of debt in order to continue to fund our business
operations. Issuances of additional shares will result in dilution to our existing shareholders.
During the six months ended August 31, 2009, the Company issued a total of $1,895,000
convertible debentures to Paramount, MRT and other investors:
The convertible debentures of $221,047 to Paramount with principal and accrued interest at 8%
per year are convertible into 442,094 units at a price of $0.75 per unit at the discretion of
Paramount. Each unit shall be comprised of one common share plus one-half common share purchase
warrant. One full warrant is exercisable immediately at a price of $0.50 for four years. The
Company paid off these convertible debentures in October 2009.
The convertible debentures of $237,510 to MRT with principal and accrued interest at 8% per
year are convertible into 455,850 units at a price of $0.60 per unit at the discretion of MRT. Each
unit shall be comprised of two common share plus one common share purchase warrant. One full
warrant is exercisable immediately at a price of $0.50 for three years.
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The convertible debentures of $1,500,000 to MRT and other investors with principal and accrued
interest at 15% per year were convertible into 7,500,000 units at a price of $0.20 per unit at the
discretion of the investors. MRT and other investors have irrevocably elected to convert the
debentures into real interest in the Companys Cieneguita project.
Going Concern
Our financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes the
realization of assets and settlement of liabilities in the normal course of business. Our ability
to continue as a going concern depends upon our ability to generate profitable operations in the
future and/or to obtain the necessary financing to meet our obligations and repay our liabilities
arising from normal business operations when they become due. The outcome of these matters cannot
be predicted with any certainty at this time and raise substantial doubt that we will be able to
continue as a going concern. Our financial statements do not include any adjustments to the amount
and classification of assets and liabilities that may be necessary should we be unable to continue
as a going concern.
The Company has a history of operating losses and will need to raise additional capital to
fund its planned operations. As of August 31, 2009, the Company had working capital deficiency of
$4,701,000 (August 31, 2008 working capital deficiency of $4,421,000) and an accumulated deficit
during the exploration stage of $43,847,000 (August 31, 2008 $38,066,000). These conditions raise
substantial doubt about the Companys ability to continue as a going concern.
There is no assurance that our operations will be profitable. The Company has conducted
private placements of convertible debt and common stock, which have generated funds to satisfy all
of the initial cash requirements of its planned Mexican extraction of its mineralized material and
exploration ventures. Our continued existence and plans for future growth depend on our ability to
obtain the additional capital necessary to operate either through the generation of revenue or the
issuance of additional debt or equity.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We currently do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements which have or are reasonably
likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial
condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital
resources that is material to our investors.
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DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The directors and executive officers currently serving the Company are as follows:
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Mario Ayub
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John Clair
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Director since September 2009 |
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Salil Dhaumya
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Chief Financial Officer since September 2009 |
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Francisco Barry Quiroz
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Director since February 2008 |
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George Young
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Director since September 2009 |
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President since November 2009 |
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Chief Operating Officer since September 2009 |
The directors named above will serve until the next annual meeting of the Companys
stockholders. Thereafter, directors will be elected for one-year terms at the annual stockholders
meeting. Officers will hold their positions at the pleasure of the board of directors, absent any
employment agreement, of which none currently exists or is contemplated. There is no arrangement,
plan or understanding between any of the directors or officers of the Company and any other person
pursuant to which any director or officer was or is to be selected as a director or officer, and
there is no arrangement, plan or understanding as to whether non-management shareholders will
exercise their voting rights to continue to elect the current directors to the Companys board.
There are also no arrangements, agreements or understandings between non-management shareholders
and management under which non-management shareholders may directly or indirectly participate in or
influence the management of the Companys affairs. Officers are elected by the board of directors
and serve until their successors are appointed by the board of directors. Biographical resumes of
each officer and director are as follows:
Mario Ayub
Mr. Ayub has served as a director of the Company since October 2009. He currently serves as
President of MRT Investments Ltd. since March 2004 and has served as the President of Minera Rio
Tinto S.A. de C.V., a Mexican company, since 1994. Minera Rio Tinto S.A. de C.V. has a joint
venture agreement with us to develop and mine our Cieneguita project in Mexico. He is a former
President of the Chihuahua Mining Association and of the National Miners Association of Mexico. He
graduated in 1976 from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City with a degree in chemical
engineering, and he has completed post-graduate studies in metallurgy at Comision de Fomento Minero
and South Dakota University. Mr. Ayub has put seven mines into production over the past fifteen
years. Mr. Ayub has previously served as a director of the Company from May 2004 to November 2008.
John Clair
Mr. Clair has served as a director of the Company since September 2009. He has been the
President of Decerto Group, a private investment firm, since February 2009. From September 2004 to
February 2009, Mr. Clair was employed as an investment advisor by Goldman Sachs, & Co. a reporting
issuer trading on the New York Stock Exchange. From July 2002 to September 2004 he was a senior
consulting associate with Cambridge Associates LLC. Mr. Clair received his BA in Mathematics and
Economics in May 2002 from Hamilton College in New York State.
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Salil Dhaumya
Mr. Dhaumya has served as the chief financial officer of the Company in September 2009. Mr.
Dhaumya has currently served as the corporate controller for IBC Advanced Alloys Corp., a Canadian
reporting issuer listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, since August 2008. Prior to that time, he
served as corporate controller for New Legend Group Ltd., a TSX Venture Exchange-listed capital
pool company, from June 2007 to February 2009. Mr. Dhaumya served as our Chief Financial Officer
from October 2007 to November 2007. From August 2006 to June 2007, Mr. Dhaumya served as a
management consultant at MCSI, providing corporate financial consulting services to Canadian and
U.S. listed small reporting companies. From August 2005 to May 2006, Mr. Dhaumya also worked as a
business analyst with Heli-One, a division of CHC Helicopters, (a reporting issuer trading on the
New York Stock Exchange) a company providing helicopter support to the CHC Global Operations and
third parties. He has also served as controller of Aquilini Group (also known as Golden Eagle
Group), a business conglomerate from March 2002 to July 2005. Mr. Dhaumya graduated with honors in
cost accounting at Punjab University in Chandigarh, India in 1986 and is a certified management
accountant, a designation obtained in British Columbia, Canada in 2004. It is expected Mr. Dhaumya
will spend approximately 70% of his time working for our Company as Chief Financial Officer.
Francisco Barry Quiroz
Mr. Quiroz has served as a director of the Company since February 20, 2008. He previously
served as president of the Company from November 2008 to November 2009 and as vice president of
exploration from March 2007 to November 2008. Prior to joining Mexoro Minerals, Mr. Quiroz worked
for BHP Billiton for 17 years. In his last position with BHP he was program leader for BHP-Billiton
managing all aspects of exploration business in China and prior to that he was the senior project
geologist for BHP-Billiton in Australia. He has worked as an exploration geologist, project
geologist, project manager and program leader on a variety of projects and mining properties in
Mexico, United States, Canada, Central and South America, Australia, China, Mongolia and
Kazakhstan. For over 20 years, Mr. Quiroz has overseen the design, management and execution of
numerous mineral exploration programs with expertise in planning, contract negotiations, staff
training, construction supervision and data interpretation.
Mr. Quirozs expertise includes the structuring and implementation of successful exploration
strategies, project reviews, mineral acquisitions and management of local and expatriate
exploration teams on a wide variety of cultures. Mr. Quiroz obtained a Masters in Science in the
field of Economic Geology from the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, USA and a Bachelors of
Science in Geology from the Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico.
George Young
Mr. Young has served as president of the Company since November 16, 2009 and chief operating
officer and a director of the Company since September 2009. He is the chief executive officer and
director of Fellows Energy Ltd., an early stage oil and gas company, since January 2004. Fellows
Energy is a US reporting issuer trading on the over-the-counter bulletin board. Mr. Young
previously served as Vice President and director of International Royalty Corporation from
February 2005 to February 2008. International Royalty Corporation, a Canadian reporting issuer
which trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), is a company which acquires and creates natural
resource royalties. Prior to that time, from January 2003 to January 2005, he served as President
and director of MAG Silver Corp., a Canadian reporting issuer that trades on the TSX and the
American Stock Exchange. MAG Silver is a silver exploration and emerging development company in
Mexico. From October 2002 to July 2008, Mr. Young was a director of Palladon Ventures Ltd., a
junior exploration and development company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, which trades on the TSX
Venture Exchange in Canada. Mr. Young holds a Bachelor of Sciences degree from the University of
Utah and a Juris Doctor from the University of Utah College of Law.
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Director Independence
We believe that John Clair is an independent director, as that term is defined by applicable
listing standards of The Nasdaq Stock Market and SEC rules, including the rules relating to the
independence standards of an audit committee and the non-employee director definition of Rule 16b-3
promulgated under the Exchange Act. There are no family relationships among any of our directors or
executive officers.
Board Committees
Our board of directors (the Board) currently performs the functions and duties generally
performed by separately constituted audit, compensation and nominating and corporate governance
committees. We intend to recruit additional directors to serve on our Board, and at such time, the
Board will form separate Board committees. We intend that a majority of our directors will be
independent directors, and that our Board and Board committees will meet the corporate governance
requirements imposed by a national securities exchange, although we are not required to comply with
such requirements until we seek listing on a securities exchange. Additionally, the Board will
direct each committee to adopt a charter to govern its duties and actions.
Audit Review. Our Board is responsible for assuring the integrity of our financial control,
audit and reporting functions and reviews with our management and our independent auditors the
effectiveness of our financial controls and accounting and reporting practices and procedures. In
addition, our Board reviews the qualifications of our independent auditors, is responsible for
their appointment, compensation, retention and oversight and reviews the scope, fees and results of
activities related to audit and non-audit services.
Executive Compensation. Our Board reviews and sets our general compensation policies and
executive compensation, including officer salary levels, incentive compensation programs and
share-based compensation. Our Board also has the exclusive authority to administer our stock option
plan. George Young, our president, has abstained from any Board discussions with respect to his
compensation.
Nominating and Corporate Governance. Our Board is responsible for identifying and selecting
potential candidates for our Board. Our Board reviews the credentials of proposed members of the
Board, either in connection with filling vacancies or the election of directors at each annual
meeting of stockholders. The Board will consider qualified nominees recommended by stockholders.
The Board intends to periodically assess how well it is performing, and make recommendations
regarding corporate governance matters and practices. Nominees for director are selected on the
basis of their depth and breadth of experience, integrity, ability to make independent analytical
inquiries, understanding our business environment and willingness to devote adequate time to their
board duties.
Stockholder Nominees. Our Board will consider written proposals from stockholders for nominees
for director. Any such nominations should be submitted to the Board c/o the secretary of the
Company and should include the following information: (i) with respect to each nominee, (a) the
name, age, business address and residence address of the nominee, (b) the principal occupation or
employment of the nominee, (c) the class and number of shares of the Company that are beneficially
owned by the nominee, (d) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the
stockholder submitting the nomination and the nominee pursuant to which the nomination is to be
made by the stockholder, and (e)
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any other information relating to the nominee that is required to
be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for the election of directors, or is otherwise required,
in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (including such
persons written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a
director if elected); and (ii) with respect to the stockholder submitting the nomination, (a) the
name and address of the stockholder, as they appear on our books, (b) the class and number of
shares of the Company that are beneficially owned by the stockholder and (c) any material interest
of the stockholder in the nomination. Such information should be submitted in the time frame
described under our proxy statement.
Process for Identifying and Evaluating Nominees. Our Board believes that we are well served by
our current directors. In the ordinary course, absent special circumstances or a material change in
the criteria for Board membership, the Board will renominate incumbent directors who continue to be
qualified for Board service and are willing to continue as directors. If an incumbent director is
not standing for re-election, or if a vacancy on the Board occurs between annual stockholder
meetings, the Board will seek out potential candidates for Board appointment who meet the criteria
for selection as nominees and have the specific qualities or skills being sought. Director
candidates will be selected based on input from members of the Board, our senior management and, if
the Board deems appropriate, a third-party search firm. The Board will evaluate each candidates
qualifications and contact relevant references. Based on this input, the Board will evaluate which
of the prospective candidates is qualified to serve as a director.
Communications with Directors. Stockholders who wish to communicate with our Board may do so
by writing to our corporate secretary at our principal executive offices located at #706 Col. San
Felipe, Chihuahua, Chihuahua Mexico 31203.
Code of Ethics
Our Board of Directors adopted a code of business conduct and ethics policy, the Code of
Ethics. The Code of Ethics allows us to focus our Board and each Director and officer on areas of
ethical risk, provide guidance to Directors to help them recognize and deal with ethical issues,
provide mechanisms to report unethical conduct and help foster a culture of honesty and
accountability. A copy of our Code of Ethics may be obtained by writing to our corporate secretary
of the Company at #706 Col. San Felipe, Chihuahua, Chihuahua Mexico 31203.
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EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
Compensation Discussion and Analysis
Goals of Compensation Program
The primary goals of our Compensation Program with respect to the compensation of our
executive officers are: (i) to attract and retain talented and dedicated executives; (ii) to tie
annual and long-term cash and stock incentives to the achievement of specified company and
individual performance criteria; and (iii) to align executives compensation incentives to
achievements that we believe will lead to stockholder value creation. To achieve these goals, our
Board maintains compensation plans that tie a substantial portion of executives overall
compensation to the achievement of key operational, clinical and financial goals. Our Board also
evaluates the performance of each individual executive officer against specific individual
performance criteria. Our Board believes that the compensation for our executive officers is
comparable with executives in other companies of similar size and stage of development operating in
our industry, while taking into account our relative performance and our own strategic goals.
Elements of Compensation
We currently have a relatively simple compensation structure that is comprised of: (i) base
salary; (ii) annual cash and equity incentive awards; and (iii) stock options.
Base Salary
Base salaries for our executive officers are established based on the scope of their
responsibilities, taking into account competitive market compensation paid by other companies for
similar positions. Generally, we target salaries for our executive officers near the median of the
range of salaries for executives in similar positions with similar responsibilities at comparable
companies. Base salaries are reviewed annually, and adjusted from time to time to realign salaries
with market levels after taking into account individual responsibilities, performance and
experience as well as the companys financial position.
Stock Options
Our stock option plan authorizes us to grant options to purchase shares of common stock to our
employees, directors and consultants. Our Board is the administrator of this stock plan. Stock
option grants are made to employees after the commencement of employment and may also be made
following a significant change in job responsibilities or to meet other special retention or
performance objectives. Our Board reviews and recommends initial stock option awards for executive
officers based upon a review of competitive compensation data. In appropriate circumstances, our
Board considers the recommendations of our president when determining the amount of an initial
option grant or the amount of an annual incentive option grant for executive officers. Stock
options granted by us have an exercise price equal to the fair market value of our common stock on
the day of grant, typically vest quarterly upon continued employment over approximately a two-year
period, and generally expire ten years after the date of grant. Incentive stock options also
include certain other terms necessary to assure compliance with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.
Summary Compensation Table
The following table sets forth executive compensation for our named executive officers for
fiscal years ended February, 2009, 2008 and 2007.
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Ended |
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Bonus |
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($) |
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Awards ($) |
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Compensation ($) |
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($) |
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Barry Quiroz |
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2009 |
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146,323 |
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222,500 |
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101,890 |
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470,713 |
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President, CFO |
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2008 |
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120,000 |
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140,875 |
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260,875 |
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Director |
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2007 |
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On September 21, 2009, we hired George Young as our chief operating officer and Salil Dhaumya
as our chief financial officer. On November 16, 2009, Mr. Young was appointed president upon
the resignation of Mr. Quiroz. Mr. Quiroz resigned as chief financial officer on September
21, 2009 and president on November 16, 2009. |
Narrative Disclosure to Summary Compensation Table
Employment Agreements
The Company has entered into an employment agreement with Barry Quiroz of calle Las Matrinas
6510, colonia Haciendas del Valle C.P. 31217, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico, dated March 1, 2007.
Mr. Quiroz was hired as the Companys president for an initial term of three years, until February
28, 2010, unless terminated earlier, with an annual salary of $132,000 and $24,000 of living out
allowance paid by Sunburst Mining. Mr. Quiroz resigned as president on November 16, 2009.
On September 21, 2009, the Company has entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Young.
Mr. Young will serve as chief operating officer and will receive a monthly salary of $10,000. On
September 21, 2009, the Company also granted Mr. Young options to purchase 1,000,000 shares of our
common stock pursuant to our 2009 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan and form of Nonqualified Stock
Option Agreement. The options vest in four equal installments, with the first installment vesting
on the six month anniversary of the grant date and the remaining installments vesting every six
months thereafter. The options have an exercise price of $0.36 per share. Mr. Young was appointed
president on November 16, 2009.
On September 21, 2009, the Company appointed Salil Dhaumya as chief financial officer and
secretary. Mr. Dhaumya will serve as the Companys principal financial and accounting officer. The
Company entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Dhaumya pursuant to which Mr. Dhaumya will
receive a monthly salary of $7,000.
Except with respect to the employment agreements set forth above and an employment agreement
with our operations manager, Manuel Flores, the Company has no written employment agreements with
its officers. Compensation was determined after discussion about expected time commitments,
remuneration paid by comparable organizations and the flexibility provided to the Company by not
having extended terms and other terms typical of employment agreements. We have no plans or
packages providing for compensation of officers after resignation or retirement.
Grants of Plan-Based Awards
The following table sets forth information regarding grants of stock and option awards made to
our named executive officers during the fiscal year ended February 28, 2009.
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Barry Quiroz |
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03/01/2007 |
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150,000 |
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1.04 |
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140,875 |
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04/29/2008 |
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200,000 |
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$ |
0.52 |
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$ |
60,881 |
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10/27/2008 |
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100,000 |
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11/25/2008 |
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500,000 |
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02/10/2009 |
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250,000 |
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0.18 |
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41,009 |
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02/23/2009 |
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400,000 |
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On September 21, 2009, we hired George Young as our chief operating officer and Salil Dhaumya
as our chief financial officer. On November 16, 2009, Mr. Young was appointed president upon
the resignation of Mr. Quiroz. Mr. Quiroz resigned as chief financial officer on September
21, 2009 and president on November 16, 2009. |
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End
The following table sets forth information regarding outstanding equity awards held by our
named executive officers as of February 28, 2009.
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Option |
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Barry Quiroz |
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100,000 |
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50,000 |
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1.04 |
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4/16/2017 |
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66,667 |
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133,333 |
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0.52 |
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41,667 |
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208,333 |
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0.18 |
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2/10/2019 |
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On September 21, 2009, we hired George Young as our chief operating officer and Salil Dhaumya
as our chief financial officer. On November 16, 2009, Mr. Young was appointed president upon
the resignation of Mr. Quiroz. Mr. Quiroz resigned as chief financial officer on September
21, 2009 and president on November 16, 2009. |
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Mr. Quiroz received 150,000 options under the 2007 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan. These
options vest every six months over a two and a half year period. The remaining 50,000 options
vest as: 25,000 options vest on March 16, 2009 and 25,000 options vest on September 16, 2009. |
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(3) |
|
Mr. Quiroz received 250,000 options under the 2008 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan. These
options vest every six months over a two and a half year period. The remaining 133,333 options
vest as: 33,333 options vest on April 29, 2009, 33,333 options vest on October 29, 2009,
33,333 options vest on April 29, 2010 and 33,333 options vest on October 29, 2010. |
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(4) |
|
Mr. Quiroz received 250,000 options under the 2008 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan. These
options vest every six months over a two and a half year period. The remaining 208,333 options
vest as: 41,667 options vest on August 10, 2009, 41,667 options vest on February 10, 2009,
41,667 options vest on August 10, 2010, 41,667 options vest on February 10, 2011 and 41,667
options vest on August 10, 2011. |
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Options Granted During the Last Fiscal Year
On April 29, 2008, the board of directors approved the granting of stock options according to
the 2008 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan (2008 Option Plan) whereby the board is authorized to
grant to employees and other related persons stock options to purchase an aggregate of up to
6,000,000 shares of the Companys common stock. All of the options were granted and vest, pursuant
to the terms of the 2008 Option Plan in six equal installments, with the first installment vesting
at the date of grant, the second installment vesting October 29, 2008, the third installment
vesting April 29, 2009, the fourth installment vesting October 29, 2009, the fifth installment
vesting April 29, 2010 and the last installment vesting October 29, 2010.
On February 10, 2009, the board of directors approved the granting of stock options according
to the 2008 Option Plan. All of the options were granted and vest, pursuant to the terms of the
2008 Option Plan in six equal installments, with the first installment vesting at the date of
grant, the second installment vesting August 10, 2009, the third installment vesting February 10,
2010, the fourth installment vesting August 10, 2010, the fifth installment vesting February 10,
2011 and the last installment vesting August 10, 2011.
As of February 28, 2009, the Company granted 2,805,000 options under the 2008 Option Plan.
Aggregate Option Exercises in Last Fiscal Year
None of the named executive officers exercised options during the year ended February 28,
2009.
Director Compensation
We do not currently compensate our directors for their services as directors. Directors are
reimbursed for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred while attending board or committee
meetings. The following table shows compensation information for the individuals who served as our
non-employee directors during the year ended February 28, 2009:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fees |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earned |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-equity |
|
Nonqualified |
|
|
|
|
|
|
or Paid |
|
Stock |
|
Option |
|
Incentive Plan |
|
Deferred |
|
All Other |
|
|
|
|
in Cash |
|
Awards |
|
Awards |
|
Compensation |
|
Compensation |
|
Compensation |
|
Total |
Name(1) |
|
($) |
|
($) |
|
($) |
|
($) |
|
Earnings ($) |
|
($) |
|
($) |
|
Steven A.
Sanders(2) |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
32,807 |
(2) |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
32,807 |
|
|
Manuel
Flores(3) |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
32,807 |
(3) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
32,807 |
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
On September 21, 2009, John Clair and George Young were appointed as directors to the Company
and Steven Sanders and Manuel Flores resigned as directors. On October 7, 2009, Mario Ayub was
appointed as a director to the Company. For his service as a director, Mr. Ayub will receive
an annual directors fee of $60,000. Barry Quiroz, our former president, also serves as a
director. |
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(2) |
|
Mr. Sanders received 200,000 options under the 2008 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan. The total
outstanding options granted to Mr. Sanders as of February 28, 2009 were 350,000 of which,
266,667 were yet to be vested. Mr. Sanders resigned from our board of directors on September
21, 2009. |
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(3) |
|
Mr. Flores received 200,000 options under the 2008 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan. The total
outstanding options granted to Mr. Flores as of February 28, 2009 were 550,000 of which,
312,500 were yet to be vested. Mr. Flores resigned from our board of directors on September
21, 2009. |
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EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
The following summarizes our equity compensation plans as of February 28, 2009.
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Weighted |
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|
|
|
Number of |
|
average |
|
Number of securities |
|
|
securities to be |
|
exercise |
|
remaining available for |
|
|
issued upon |
|
price of |
|
future issuances under |
|
|
exercise of |
|
outstanding |
|
equity compensation |
|
|
outstanding |
|
options, |
|
plans (excluding |
|
|
options, |
|
warrants and |
|
securities reflected in |
|
|
warrants and |
|
rights |
|
column (a)) |
|
|
rights (a) |
|
(b) |
|
(c) |
|
Equity compensation plans approved by
security holders |
|
|
11,937,890 |
|
|
$ |
0.84 |
|
|
|
1,165,000 |
|
|
Equity compensation
plans not approved
by security holders |
|
|
-0 |
- |
|
$ |
0.00 |
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|
|
-0 |
- |
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|
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Total |
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|
11,937,890 |
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|
$ |
0.84 |
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|
|
1,165,000 |
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STOCK OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND
RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.
The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common
stock as of the date of this prospectus. The information in this table provides the ownership
information for each person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our common
stock; each of our directors; each of our executive officers; and our executive officers and
directors as a group.
Beneficial ownership has been determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
SEC and includes voting or investment power with respect to the shares. Unless otherwise indicated,
the persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to the
number of shares indicated as beneficially owned by them. Common stock beneficially owned and
percentage ownership is based on 54,340,493 shares outstanding on the date of this prospectus:
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Amount and Nature of Beneficial |
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Percent of |
Name and Address |
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Owner(1) |
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Class |
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Mario Ayub
Eugenio Ramirez Calderon #1404
Col San Felipe
C.P. 31203 Chihuahua, Chih
Mexico |
|
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7,434,333 |
(2) |
|
|
13.13 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
John Clair
1 Penn Plaza, Suite 6157
New York, NY 10119 |
|
|
2,500,000 |
(3) |
|
|
4.60 |
% |
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|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
Salil Dhaumya
880 - 609 Granville Street,
PO Box 10321 Pacific Centre
Vancouver, BC V7Y 1G5
Canada |
|
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208,833 |
(4) |
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Barry Quiroz
Calle Las Matrinas 6510
Colonia Haciendas del Valle
CP31217
Chihuahua, Mexico |
|
|
2,366,667 |
(5) |
|
|
4.33 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
George Young
Mountain View Center
12303 Airport Way
Suite 200
Broomfield, CO 80021 |
|
|
95,000 |
|
|
|
|
* |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All officers and directors as
a group (5 in number) |
|
|
12,371,335 |
|
|
|
21.63 |
% |
|
|
|
* |
|
represents less than 1% |
|
(1) |
|
Beneficial ownership of shares is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and
generally includes any shares over which a person exercises sole or shared voting or
investment power, or of which a person has the right to acquire ownership within 60 days of
the date of this prospectus. Except as otherwise noted, each person or entity has sole voting
and investment power with respect to the shares shown. Unless otherwise noted, none of the
shares shown as beneficially owned on this table are subject to pledge. |
|
(2) |
|
Includes 1,952,000 shares held by MRT which is controlled by Mr. Ayub. Also includes 616,667
shares of common stock subject to options currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days
of the date of this prospectus and 1,666,667 shares of common stock subject to warrants
currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of the date of this prospectus. |
|
(3) |
|
Shares of common stock are held through Nevaheel Consortium LLC, which is controlled by Mr.
Clair. |
|
(4) |
|
Includes 208,833 shares of common stock subject to options currently exercisable or
exercisable within 60 days of the date of this prospectus. |
|
(5) |
|
Includes 366,667 shares of common stock subject to options currently exercisable or
exercisable within 60 days of the date of this prospectus. |
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RELATED PERSON TRANSACTIONS
Beginning in November 2008, MRT purchased an aggregate of $1 million of secured convertible
debentures at 8% interest (payable in stock or cash). The proceeds from this investment were used
for continued exploration and development of the Cieneguita Project and general working capital.
On November 5, 2009, MRT exercised their conversion rights on the debenture and MRT was issued
3,333,333 common shares and a warrant to purchase 1,666,667 shares of common stock at an exercise
price of $0.50 per share.
In
February 2009, we entered into a development agreement with MRT, which we amended in
December 2009. Pursuant to the terms of the development agreement, as amended, MRT has agreed to
invest up to $8 million in First Phase Production and to complete a feasibility study. In
exchange, we assigned MRT an interest to 74% of the net cash flows from First Phase Production and a
54% ownership interest in the Cieneguita Project.
To fund our continued operations, we issued $1.5 million of convertible debentures in March
2009, of which an aggregate of $880,000 was issued to Mario Ayub, a director of Mexoro, and to his
affiliated entity, MRT. Pursuant to the terms of the convertible debentures, the holders
irrevocably converted the debentures into a 10% ownership interest in the Cieneguita Project and a
10% interest in the net cash flows from First Phase Production. In December 2009, Mario Ayub and
MRT agreed to resell an aggregate 4% ownership interest in the Cieneguita Project back to us, along
with 4% of the net cash flows from First Phase Production, in return for $550,000. In a private
transaction not involving the Company, the other holders contributed their remaining 6% ownership
interest in the Cieneguita Project to a newly formed entity, Marje Minerals SA.
As a result of our amended development agreement and our agreements with the debenture
holders, the ownership interest in the Cieneguita Project and the net cash flows from the First
Phase Production are held by the Company, MRT and Marje Minerals as follows:
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|
|
Net Cash Flow Interest |
|
Net Cash Flow Interest |
|
|
|
|
|
|
From First Phase |
|
Following First Phase |
Holder |
|
Ownership Percentage |
|
Production |
|
Production |
MRT |
|
|
54 |
% |
|
|
74 |
% |
|
|
54 |
% |
Marje Minerals |
|
|
6 |
% |
|
|
6 |
% |
|
|
6 |
% |
Mexoro |
|
|
40 |
% |
|
|
20 |
% |
|
|
40 |
% |
Any
additional costs for the First Phase Production and the feasibility study for the Cieneguita
Project, after MRT invests $8 million, will be shared by the Company, MRT and Marje Minerals on a
pro-rata basis based on their respective ownership percentages in the
Cieneguita Project.
The major terms of the development agreement with respect to MRT are as follows:
|
|
|
MRT purchased $1 million of secured convertible debentures at 8% interest (payable in
stock or cash). The proceeds from this investment were used for continued exploration
and development of the Cieneguita Project and general working capital. On November 5,
2009, MRT exercised its conversion rights on the debenture and MRT was issued 3,333,333
common shares and a warrant to purchase 1,666,667 shares of common stock at an exercise
price of $0.50 per share. |
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|
|
|
MRT agreed to provide the necessary working capital to begin and maintain mining
operations, estimated to be $3 million, to put the Cieneguita
Project into the first phase of production.
In exchange for these funds, we assigned MRT an interest to 74% of the net cash flow
from First Phase Production. |
|
|
|
|
MRT committed to spend up to $4 million to take the Cieneguita Project through the
feasibility stage. In doing so, we assigned MRT a 54% interest in our rights to the
Cieneguita Project. After the expenditure of the $4 million, all
costs will be shared on a pro rata ownership basis (i.e. 54% to MRT). The ownership interests in the Cieneguita
Project are subject to adjustment based on each party to the development agreement
meeting its pro rata portion of required expenses as set forth in the development
agreement. See Description of BusinessCieneguita Project for additional information. |
In March 2009, we entered into a securities purchase agreement with OHAG Holdings, Ltd.
(OHAG). Pursuant to the securities purchase agreement, OHAG paid us $250,000 in exchange for a
secured convertible debenture of $250,000 and 250,000 shares of common stock. The secured
convertible debenture had a term of one year and interest accrued at a rate of 15%. The debenture
was secured by 2,250,000 of our restricted shares. In June 2009, MRT purchased the secured
convertible debenture from OHAG. In September 2009, we defaulted on our payment obligations
under the secured convertible debenture, and MRT acquired the 2,250,000 of our restricted shares in
lieu of repayment of the secured convertible debenture. MRT subsequently sold these shares to
third parties.
On September 21, 2009, we entered into a consulting agreement with MRT, an entity affiliated
with Mario Ayub, a member of our board of directors, pursuant to which we have agreed to pay MRT
$5,000 per month for consulting services. We have also granted a warrant to MRT to purchase 300,000
shares of our Companys common stock, with an exercise price equal to $0.36 per share. The warrant
shares vest in four equal installments, with the first installment vesting on the six month
anniversary of the date of the consulting agreement, and the remaining installments vesting every
six months thereafter, contingent upon MRT continuing to provide consulting services to the Company
on such dates.
In December 2009, we entered into a Cancellation of Debt and Release Agreement with Mario Ayub
and MRT, pursuant to which we paid Mario Ayub and MRT an aggregate of $84,368 and we agreed to pay
Mr. Ayub an additional $120,000 in twelve equal monthly installments beginning on the later of (i)
January 15, 2010, or (ii) the closing of the sale of our Guazapares Project. In connection with
the Cancellation of Debt and Release Agreement, we also entered into a Securities Purchase
Agreement with Mr. Ayub pursuant to which we issued to Mr. Ayub 386,666 shares of our common stock
and 193,333 warrants to purchase shares of our common stock. The warrants have an exercise price
of $0.50 per share, a two-year term and will not be exercisable until twelve months after their
date of issuance. In consideration for the payments and the issuance of securities, Mr. Ayub and
MRT have agreed to discharge all of our outstanding debt owed to them and to release us from all
any and all claims relating to the outstanding debt. As of the date of the Cancellation of Debt
and Release Agreement, we owed Mr. Ayub and MRT an aggregate of $320,267.24
On September 21, 2009, we entered into a consulting agreement with Decerto Group, an entity
affiliated with John Clair, pursuant to which we have agreed to pay Decerto Group $5,000 per month
for consulting services. The Company has also granted a warrant to Decerto Group to purchase
1,000,000 shares of the Companys common stock, with an exercise price equal to $0.36 per share.
The warrant shares vest in two equal installments, with the first installment vesting on the six
month anniversary of the date of the consulting agreement, and the second installment vesting on
the one year anniversary of the date of the consulting agreement, contingent upon the Decerto Group
continuing to provide consulting services to the Company on such dates.
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On September 21, 2009, we entered into private placement subscription agreements, as
thereafter amended, with certain U.S. accredited investors and certain non-U.S. investors for the
private placement of 12,500,000 unregistered shares of the common stock with 100% warrant coverage
at a purchase price of $0.20 per unit. The warrants have an exercise price of $0.30 per share, a
two-year term and will not be exercisable until twelve months after their date of issuance.
Nevaheel Consortium LLC, a limited liability company affiliated with John Clair, purchased
2,500,000 unregistered shares of common stock with 100% warrant coverage in the Private Placement,
and George Young, our president and director, purchased 95,000 unregistered shares of common stock
with 100% warrant coverage in the Private Placement.
Indemnification of Officers and Directors
Our articles of incorporation, as amended, provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by
Colorado law, our directors or officers shall not be personally liable to us or our shareholders
for damages for breach of such directors or officers fiduciary duty. The effect of this provision
of our articles of incorporation, as amended, is to eliminate our rights and our shareholders
rights (through shareholders derivative suits on behalf of our company) to recover damages against
a director or officer for breach of the fiduciary duty of care as a director or officer (including
breaches resulting from negligent or grossly negligent behavior), except under certain situations
defined by statute. We believe that the indemnification provisions in our articles of
incorporation, as amended, are necessary to attract and retain qualified persons as directors and
officers.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
Exclusion of Liability
Pursuant to the Colorado Corporation Code, the Companys articles of incorporation exclude
personal liability for its directors for monetary damages based upon any violation of their
fiduciary duties as directors, except as to liability for any breach of the duty of loyalty, acts
or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law, acts in violation of Section 7-5-114 of the Colorado Corporation Code, or any transaction from
which a director receives an improper personal benefit. This exclusion of liability does not limit
any right which a director may have to be indemnified and does not affect any directors liability
under federal or applicable state securities laws.
Conflicts of Interest
Salil Dhaumya, our chief financial officer, will only devote a portion of his time to the
affairs of the Company. In addition, other officers of the Company may have business interests
outside that of the Company. There will be occasions when the time requirements of the Companys
business conflict with the demands of the officers other business and investment activities. Such
conflicts may require that the Company attempt to employ additional personnel. There is no
assurance that the services of such persons will be available or that they can be obtained upon
terms favorable to the Company.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We have filed a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, relating to the shares of common stock being offered by this prospectus, and reference is
made to such registration statement. This prospectus constitutes the prospectus of Mexoro Minerals
Ltd., filed as part of the registration statement, and it does not contain all information in the
registration statement, as certain portions have been omitted in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
We are subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act which requires us to file
reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such
reports, proxy statements and other information may be inspected at public reference facilities of
the SEC at Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street N.W., Washington D.C. 20549. Copies of such material
can be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the SEC at 100 F Street, NE, Room 1580,
Washington, D.C. 20549 at prescribed rates. The public could obtain information on the operation of
the public reference room by calling the Securities and Exchange Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330.
Because we file documents electronically with the SEC, you may also obtain this information by
visiting the SECs Internet website at http://www.sec.gov.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements
F-1
MEYLER & COMPANY, LLC
ONE ARIN PARK
1715 HIGHWAY 35
MIDDLETOWN, NJ 07748
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors and
Stockholders of Mexoro Minerals Ltd.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Mexoro Minerals Ltd. (a Development
Stage Company) as of February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008, and the related consolidated
statements of stockholders deficiency, operations and comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows
for the two year period ended February 28, 2009 and for period from March 1, 2004 (Development
Stage) to February 28, 2009. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the
Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements
based on our audits. The related consolidated statements of stockholders deficiency, operations
and comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows from April 27, 1997 (Development Stage) to February
29, 2004 and March 1, 2004 (Development Stage) to February 28, 2007 were audited by other auditors
whose report dated May 31, 2007 expressed an unqualified opinion, with an explanatory paragraph
discussing the Companys ability to continue as a going-concern. Our opinion on the consolidated
stockholders deficiency, consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss),
and consolidated cash flows from April 27, 1997 (Development Stage) to February 29, 2004 and March
1, 2004 (Development Stage) to February 28, 2007, is based solely on the reports of other auditors.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States). 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 consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of Mexoro Minerals Ltd. as of February 28, 2009 and
February 29, 2008, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the two-year period
ended February 28, 2009 and the period from March 1, 2004 (Development Stage) to February 28, 2009,
in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company
will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements,
the Company has a history of operating losses, a working capital deficiency of $4,657,260 at
February 28, 2009 and a cumulative loss during the development stage of $41,864,219. These
conditions raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Managements
plans regarding those matters also are described in Note 3. The consolidated financial statements
do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Meyler & Company, LLC
June 11, 2009
F-2
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
August 31, 2009 |
|
February 28, 2009 |
|
February 29, 2008 |
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
8,146 |
|
|
$ |
38,704 |
|
|
$ |
12,947 |
|
Accounts receivable |
|
|
393,150 |
|
|
|
248,589 |
|
|
|
278,847 |
|
Prepaid expenses |
|
|
30,326 |
|
|
|
34,048 |
|
|
|
104,936 |
|
|
|
|
|
431,622 |
|
|
|
321,341 |
|
|
|
396,730 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equipment (note 4) |
|
|
264,843 |
|
|
|
275,900 |
|
|
|
460,941 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets |
|
$ |
696,465 |
|
|
$ |
597,241 |
|
|
$ |
857,671 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
$ |
2,175,588 |
|
|
$ |
2,679,512 |
|
|
$ |
655,677 |
|
Current portion of loans payable (note 9) |
|
|
60,248 |
|
|
|
63,232 |
|
|
|
71,256 |
|
Promissory notes (note 7) |
|
|
1,150,377 |
|
|
|
968,543 |
|
|
|
1,480,702 |
|
Current portion of convertible debentures (note 8) |
|
|
1,746,211 |
|
|
|
1,267,314 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,132,424 |
|
|
|
4,978,601 |
|
|
|
2,207,635 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loans payable (note 9) |
|
|
740 |
|
|
|
7,608 |
|
|
|
27,481 |
|
Convertible debentures (note 8) |
|
|
866,994 |
|
|
|
673,887 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
|
|
6,000,158 |
|
|
|
5,660,096 |
|
|
|
2,235,116 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders deficiency |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Authorized: 20,000,000 shares without par value
(note 10) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issued: nil |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Authorized: 200,000,000 shares without par value |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issued: 38,420,493 (note 11) |
|
|
27,050,401 |
|
|
|
25,556,901 |
|
|
|
22,978,654 |
|
Additional paid-in capital |
|
|
13,122,872 |
|
|
|
12,676,908 |
|
|
|
11,155,687 |
|
Stock subscriptions |
|
|
170,000 |
|
|
|
121,258 |
|
|
|
330,000 |
|
Accumulated deficit from prior operations |
|
|
(2,003,427 |
) |
|
|
(2,003,427 |
) |
|
|
(2,003,427 |
) |
Accumulated deficit during the development stage |
|
|
(43,847,088 |
) |
|
|
(41,864,219 |
) |
|
|
(33,828,011 |
) |
Other comprehensive income (loss) |
|
|
203,549 |
|
|
|
449,724 |
|
|
|
(10,348 |
) |
|
Total stockholders deficiency |
|
|
(5,303,693 |
) |
|
|
(5,062,855 |
) |
|
|
(1,377,445 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and stockholders deficiency |
|
$ |
696,465 |
|
|
$ |
597,241 |
|
|
$ |
857,671 |
|
|
Going-concern (note 3)
Commitments (notes 6 and 17)
Subsequent events (note 19)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F-3
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders Deficiency
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
Period from March 1, 2004 (Development Stage) to February 28, 2009 (audited) and for the six months ended August 31, 2009 (unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deficit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deficit |
|
accumulated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
accumulated |
|
during the |
|
Other |
|
Total |
|
|
Number of |
|
|
|
|
|
Additional |
|
Stock |
|
from prior |
|
development |
|
comprehensive |
|
stockholders |
|
|
shares |
|
Amount |
|
paid-in capital |
|
subscriptions |
|
operations |
|
stage |
|
income (loss) |
|
deficiency |
|
Balance from prior operations, March 1, 2004 |
|
|
709,168 |
|
|
$ |
1,701,843 |
|
|
$ |
194,391 |
|
|
$ |
67,025 |
|
|
$ |
(2,003,427 |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
8,929 |
|
|
$ |
(31,239 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock issued in share exchange |
|
|
860,000 |
|
|
|
10,965,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,965,000 |
|
Options issued as finders fees |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,523,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,523,000 |
|
Common stock issued for cash |
|
|
113,222 |
|
|
|
269,134 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(67,025 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
202,109 |
|
Options exercised |
|
|
50,000 |
|
|
|
35,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35,000 |
|
Options issued |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
86,955 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
86,955 |
|
Warrants exercised |
|
|
5,512 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beneficial conversion feature |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
Foreign exchange translation adjustment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,050 |
) |
|
|
(3,050 |
) |
Net loss for the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(13,912,488 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(13,912,488 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, February 28, 2005 |
|
|
1,737,902 |
|
|
$ |
12,970,977 |
|
|
$ |
2,304,346 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
(2,003,427 |
) |
|
$ |
(13,912,488 |
) |
|
$ |
5,879 |
|
|
$ |
(634,713 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock issued for consulting services |
|
|
30,000 |
|
|
|
90,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
90,000 |
|
Options exercised |
|
|
32,000 |
|
|
|
43,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
43,000 |
|
Common stock issued on conversion of debenture |
|
|
2,000,000 |
|
|
|
300,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
300,000 |
|
Common stock issued in property acquisition |
|
|
2,000,000 |
|
|
|
2,100,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,100,000 |
|
Common stock issued for cash |
|
|
7,000,000 |
|
|
|
70,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
70,000 |
|
Options issued |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
248,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
248,000 |
|
Warrants issued |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
487,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
487,250 |
|
Beneficial conversion feature |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
952,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
952,000 |
|
Stock subscriptions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
170,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
170,000 |
|
Foreign exchange translation adjustment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,828 |
) |
|
|
(4,828 |
) |
Net loss for the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,425,885 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,425,885 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, February 28, 2006 |
|
|
12,799,902 |
|
|
$ |
15,573,977 |
|
|
$ |
3,991,596 |
|
|
$ |
170,000 |
|
|
$ |
(2,003,427 |
) |
|
$ |
(18,338,373 |
) |
|
$ |
1,051 |
|
|
$ |
(605,176 |
) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F-4
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders Deficiency (continued)
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
Period from March 1, 2004 (Development Stage) to February 28, 2009 (audited) and for the six months ended August 31, 2009 (unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deficit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deficit |
|
accumulated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional |
|
|
|
|
|
accumulated |
|
during the |
|
Other |
|
Total |
|
|
Number of |
|
|
|
|
|
paid-in |
|
Stock |
|
from prior |
|
development |
|
comprehensive |
|
stockholders |
|
|
shares |
|
Amount |
|
capital |
|
subscriptions |
|
operations |
|
stage |
|
income (loss) |
|
deficiency |
|
Balance, February 28, 2006 |
|
|
12,799,902 |
|
|
$ |
15,573,977 |
|
|
$ |
3,991,596 |
|
|
$ |
170,000 |
|
|
$ |
(2,003,427 |
) |
|
$ |
(18,338,373 |
) |
|
$ |
1,051 |
|
|
$ |
(605,176 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock issued on conversion of debenture |
|
|
5,835,000 |
|
|
|
2,917,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,917,500 |
|
Common stock issued on settlement of promissory notes |
|
|
1,651,200 |
|
|
|
412,800 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
412,800 |
|
Common stock issued for cash |
|
|
750,000 |
|
|
|
375,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(170,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
205,000 |
|
Warrants exercised |
|
|
50,000 |
|
|
|
50,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
50,000 |
|
Shares returned to treasury |
|
|
(50,000 |
) |
|
|
(25,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(25,000 |
) |
Options issued |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
496,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
496,000 |
|
Warrants issued |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,949,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,949,000 |
|
Beneficial conversion feature |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,265,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,265,500 |
|
Foreign exchange translation adjustment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,098 |
) |
|
|
(3,098 |
) |
Net loss for year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7,393,034 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7,393,034 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, February 28, 2007 |
|
|
21,036,102 |
|
|
$ |
19,304,277 |
|
|
$ |
8,702,096 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
(2,003,427 |
) |
|
$ |
(25,731,407 |
) |
|
$ |
(2,047 |
) |
|
$ |
269,492 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warrants exercised |
|
|
4,344,400 |
|
|
|
3,674,377 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,674,377 |
|
Options issued |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
974,841 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
974,841 |
|
Fair value of warrants expensed |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,478,750 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,478,750 |
|
Stock subscriptions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
330,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
330,000 |
|
Foreign exchange translation adjustment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(8,301 |
) |
|
|
(8,301 |
) |
Net loss for the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(8,096,604 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(8,096,604 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, February 29, 2008 |
|
|
25,380,502 |
|
|
$ |
22,978,654 |
|
|
$ |
11,155,687 |
|
|
$ |
330,000 |
|
|
$ |
(2,003,427 |
) |
|
$ |
(33,828,011 |
) |
|
$ |
(10,348 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,377,445 |
) |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F-5
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders Deficiency (continued)
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
Period from March 1, 2004 (Development Stage) to February 28, 2009 (audited) and for the six months ended August 31, 2009 (unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deficit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deficit |
|
accumulated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
accumulated |
|
during the |
|
Other |
|
Total |
|
|
Number of |
|
|
|
|
|
Additional |
|
Stock |
|
from prior |
|
development |
|
comprehensive |
|
stockholders |
|
|
shares |
|
Amount |
|
paid-in capital |
|
subscriptions |
|
operations |
|
stage |
|
income (loss) |
|
deficiency |
|
Balance, February 29, 2008 |
|
|
25,380,502 |
|
|
$ |
22,978,654 |
|
|
$ |
11,155,687 |
|
|
$ |
330,000 |
|
|
$ |
(2,003,427 |
) |
|
$ |
(33,828,011 |
) |
|
$ |
(10,348 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,377,445 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notes converted into shares |
|
|
2,936,028 |
|
|
|
1,470,522 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,470,522 |
|
Options issued |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
603,801 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
603,801 |
|
Warrants issued |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
122,260 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
122,260 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value of warrants embedded in convertible debentures |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
480,800 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
480,800 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Value of beneficial conversion feature of convertible
debentures |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
312,399 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
312,399 |
|
Stock subscriptions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
121,258 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
121,258 |
|
Shares issued for subscriptions |
|
|
330,000 |
|
|
|
330,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(330,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable settled with shares |
|
|
206,000 |
|
|
|
103,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
103,000 |
|
Shares issued for services |
|
|
672,000 |
|
|
|
262,090 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
262,090 |
|
Shares issued to management as bonuses |
|
|
1,050,000 |
|
|
|
232,750 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
232,750 |
|
Cash received for options issued |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,961 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,961 |
|
Shares issued on private placement |
|
|
444,772 |
|
|
|
179,885 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
179,885 |
|
Foreign exchange translation adjustment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
460,072 |
|
|
|
460,072 |
|
Net loss for the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(8,036,208 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(8,036,208 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, February 28, 2009 |
|
|
31,019,302 |
|
|
$ |
25,556,901 |
|
|
$ |
12,676,908 |
|
|
$ |
121,258 |
|
|
$ |
(2,003,427 |
) |
|
$ |
(41,864,219 |
) |
|
$ |
449,724 |
|
|
$ |
(5,062,855 |
) |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F-6
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders Deficiency (continued)
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
Period from March 1, 2004 (Development Stage) to February 28, 2009 (audited) and for the six months ended August 31, 2009 (unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deficit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deficit |
|
accumulated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
accumulated |
|
during the |
|
Other |
|
Total |
|
|
Number of |
|
|
|
|
|
Additional |
|
Stock |
|
from prior |
|
development |
|
comprehensive |
|
stockholders |
|
|
shares |
|
Amount |
|
paid-in capital |
|
subscriptions |
|
operations |
|
stage |
|
income (loss) |
|
deficiency |
|
Balance, February 28, 2009 |
|
|
31,019,302 |
|
|
$ |
25,556,901 |
|
|
$ |
12,676,908 |
|
|
$ |
121,258 |
|
|
$ |
(2,003,427 |
) |
|
$ |
(41,864,219 |
) |
|
$ |
449,724 |
|
|
$ |
(5,062,855 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options issued |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
298,722 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
298,722 |
|
Warrants issued |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value of warrants embedded in convertible debentures |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
165,042 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
165,042 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Value of beneficial conversion feature of convertible
debentures |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
98,700 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
98,700 |
|
Stock subscriptions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
48,742 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
48,742 |
|
Accounts payable settled with shares |
|
|
2,908,334 |
|
|
|
872,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
872,500 |
|
Shares issued for services |
|
|
2,292,857 |
|
|
|
13,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,500 |
|
Shares issued to management as bonuses |
|
|
250,000 |
|
|
|
82,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
82,500 |
|
Shares issued for financing costs |
|
|
450,000 |
|
|
|
145,000 |
|
|
|
(145,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares issued on private placement |
|
|
500,000 |
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
Shares issued as management bonus |
|
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
|
280,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
280,000 |
|
Foreign exchange translation adjustment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(246,175 |
) |
|
|
(246,175 |
) |
Net loss for the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,982,869 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,982,869 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, August 31, 2009 (Unaudited) |
|
|
38,420,493 |
|
|
$ |
27,050,401 |
|
|
$ |
13,122,872 |
|
|
$ |
170,000 |
|
|
$ |
(2,003,427 |
) |
|
$ |
(43,847,088 |
) |
|
$ |
203,549 |
|
|
$ |
(5,303,693 |
) |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F-7
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Period from |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inception of |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Development |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stage |
|
|
|
Six Month Ended |
|
|
Year Ended |
|
|
(March 1, 2004) |
|
|
|
August 31, |
|
|
August 31, |
|
|
February 28, |
|
|
February 29, |
|
|
to |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
August 31, 2009) |
|
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
Net sales |
|
$ |
392,084 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
392,084 |
|
Cost of goods sold |
|
|
165,733 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
165,733 |
|
|
Gross Margin |
|
|
226,351 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
226,351 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General and administrative |
|
|
1,409,327 |
|
|
|
1,270,923 |
|
|
|
2,677,728 |
|
|
|
4,779,648 |
|
|
|
14,143,546 |
|
Mineral exploration (note 6) |
|
|
323,952 |
|
|
|
2,754,885 |
|
|
|
4,132,048 |
|
|
|
2,680,680 |
|
|
|
8,226,178 |
|
Impairment of mineral property costs |
|
|
103,156 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
239,293 |
|
|
|
580,000 |
|
|
|
16,487,871 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating loss |
|
|
(1,610,084 |
) |
|
|
(4,025,808 |
) |
|
|
(7,049,069 |
) |
|
|
(8,040,328 |
) |
|
|
(38,631,244 |
) |
Other income (expenses) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign exchange gain (loss) |
|
|
44,573 |
|
|
|
29,115 |
|
|
|
(194,107 |
) |
|
|
1,357 |
|
|
|
(148,177 |
) |
Interest expense |
|
|
(251,493 |
) |
|
|
(236,978 |
) |
|
|
(791,452 |
) |
|
|
(57,633 |
) |
|
|
(5,040,666 |
) |
Other income |
|
|
10,091 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,091 |
|
Loss on sale of assets |
|
|
(1,170 |
) |
|
|
(4,408 |
) |
|
|
(1,580 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,750 |
) |
Loss on settlement of debt (note 8) |
|
|
(174,786 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(34,342 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
|
(1,982,869 |
) |
|
|
(4,238,079 |
) |
|
|
(8,036,208 |
) |
|
|
(8,096,604 |
) |
|
|
(43,847,088 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive income (loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign exchange translation adjustment |
|
|
(246,175 |
) |
|
|
(24,020 |
) |
|
|
460,072 |
|
|
|
(8,301 |
) |
|
|
203,549 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total comprehensive loss |
|
$ |
(2,229,044 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,262,099 |
) |
|
$ |
(7,576,136 |
) |
|
$ |
(8,104,905 |
) |
|
$ |
(43,643,539 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total loss per share - basic and diluted |
|
$ |
(0.06 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.16 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.29 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.35 |
) |
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of shares of
common stock - basic and diluted |
|
|
35,280,263 |
|
|
|
26,440,237 |
|
|
|
28,164,972 |
|
|
|
23,204,827 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F-8
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Period From |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inception of |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Development Stage |
|
|
|
Six Months Ended |
|
|
Year Ended |
|
|
(March 1, 2004) |
|
|
|
August 31, |
|
|
August 31, |
|
|
February 28, |
|
|
February 29, |
|
|
to August 31, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
2009 |
|
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
Cash flows from operating activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
|
(1,982,869 |
) |
|
|
(4,238,079 |
) |
|
$ |
(8,036,208 |
) |
|
$ |
(8,096,604 |
) |
|
$ |
(43,847,088 |
) |
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) to net cash
flows: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Write-off of note receivable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
57,500 |
|
Impairment of mineral property costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
580,000 |
|
|
|
13,645,000 |
|
Shares issued for consulting services |
|
|
13,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
262,090 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
365,590 |
|
Issuance of shares for interest costs |
|
|
82,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
82,500 |
|
Amortization |
|
|
40,788 |
|
|
|
44,121 |
|
|
|
78,685 |
|
|
|
79,310 |
|
|
|
223,712 |
|
Discount on convertible debenture |
|
|
15,608 |
|
|
|
93,400 |
|
|
|
308,358 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
498,966 |
|
Non-cash component of loss on settlement of debt |
|
|
174,786 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7,473 |
) |
Stock-based compensation |
|
|
607,222 |
|
|
|
341,723 |
|
|
|
726,061 |
|
|
|
2,453,591 |
|
|
|
8,577,079 |
|
Beneficial conversion feature |
|
|
98,700 |
|
|
|
64,133 |
|
|
|
312,399 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,128,599 |
|
Net change in operating assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prepaid expense |
|
|
7,943 |
|
|
|
50,048 |
|
|
|
58,789 |
|
|
|
72,143 |
|
|
|
(28,503 |
) |
Accounts receivable |
|
|
(109,184 |
) |
|
|
(130,430 |
) |
|
|
(64,602 |
) |
|
|
(103,654 |
) |
|
|
(435,131 |
) |
Customer deposits |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(44,809 |
) |
Notes payable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
109,337 |
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
|
(316,725 |
) |
|
|
1,530,072 |
|
|
|
2,652,699 |
|
|
|
1,178,145 |
|
|
|
3,762,330 |
|
|
Cash used in operating activities |
|
|
(1,367,731 |
) |
|
|
(2,245,012 |
) |
|
|
(3,701,729 |
) |
|
|
(3,837,069 |
) |
|
|
(12,912,391 |
) |
|
Investing activity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sale of equipment |
|
|
29,437 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,879 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
33,316 |
|
Purchase of property and equipment |
|
|
(23,219 |
) |
|
|
(13,171 |
) |
|
|
(16,689 |
) |
|
|
(172,036 |
) |
|
|
(588,208 |
) |
|
Cash used in investing activity |
|
|
6,218 |
|
|
|
(13,171 |
) |
|
|
(12,810 |
) |
|
|
(172,036 |
) |
|
|
(554,892 |
) |
|
F-9
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Continued)
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Period From |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inception of |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Development Stage |
|
|
|
Six Months Ended |
|
|
Year Ended |
|
|
(March 1, 2004) |
|
|
|
August 31, |
|
|
August 31, |
|
|
February 28, |
|
|
February 29, |
|
|
to August 31, |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
2009 |
|
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Unaudited) |
|
Financing activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from loans payable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
43,363 |
|
|
|
107,106 |
|
|
|
225,817 |
|
Proceeds from notes payable |
|
|
800,808 |
|
|
|
935,156 |
|
|
|
1,419,663 |
|
|
|
1,081,202 |
|
|
|
3,864,473 |
|
Proceeds from convertible debentures |
|
|
1,573,510 |
|
|
|
1,370,000 |
|
|
|
2,096,490 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,362,500 |
|
Proceeds from exercise of options |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
78,000 |
|
Proceeds from exercise of warrants |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,094,377 |
|
|
|
3,144,377 |
|
Repayment of loans payable |
|
|
(13,263 |
) |
|
|
(39,561 |
) |
|
|
(57,581 |
) |
|
|
(73,374 |
) |
|
|
(157,303 |
) |
Repayment of notes payable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(33,950 |
) |
|
|
(23,270 |
) |
|
|
(181,500 |
) |
|
|
(383,270 |
) |
Repayment of convertible debentures |
|
|
(1,300,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,830,000 |
) |
Stock subscriptions |
|
|
170,000 |
|
|
|
4,943 |
|
|
|
121,258 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
461,258 |
|
Issuance of common stock |
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
4,942 |
|
|
|
179,885 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
756,994 |
|
|
Cash provided by financing activities |
|
|
1,331,055 |
|
|
|
2,241,530 |
|
|
|
3,779,808 |
|
|
|
4,027,811 |
|
|
|
13,522,846 |
|
|
Outflow of cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
(30,458 |
) |
|
|
(16,653 |
) |
|
|
65,269 |
|
|
|
18,706 |
|
|
|
55,563 |
|
Effect of foreign currency translation on cash |
|
|
(100 |
) |
|
|
5,058 |
|
|
|
(39,512 |
) |
|
|
(18,907 |
) |
|
|
(69,494 |
) |
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning |
|
|
38,704 |
|
|
|
12,947 |
|
|
|
12,947 |
|
|
|
13,148 |
|
|
|
22,077 |
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents, ending |
|
|
8,146 |
|
|
|
1,352 |
|
|
$ |
38,704 |
|
|
$ |
12,947 |
|
|
$ |
8,146 |
|
|
Supplemental cash flow information note 16
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F-10
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
|
|
Mexoro Minerals Ltd. (formerly Sunburst Acquisitions IV, Inc.) (Mexoro or the Company) was
incorporated in the state of Colorado on August 27, 1997 and on February 15, 2006 its name was
changed to Mexoro Minerals Ltd. The Company was formed to seek out and acquire business
opportunities. Between 1997 and 2003, the Company was engaged in two business acquisitions and
one business opportunity, none of which generated a significant profit or created sustainable
business. All were sold or discontinued. Currently, the main focus of the Companys operations
is in Mexico. |
|
|
|
The Company had previously been pursuing various business opportunities and, effective March 1,
2004, the Company changed its operations to mineral exploration. |
|
|
|
On May 25, 2004, the Company completed a Share Exchange Agreement with Sierra Minerals and
Mining, Inc. (Sierra Minerals), a Nevada corporation, which caused Sierra Minerals to become a
wholly-owned subsidiary. Sierra Minerals held certain rights to properties in Mexico that the
Company now owns or has an option to acquire. Through Sierra Minerals, the Company entered into
a joint venture agreement with Minera Rio Tinto S.A. de C.V. (MRT), a company duly
incorporated pursuant to the laws of Mexico, which is controlled by an officer of the Company.
In August 2005, the Company cancelled the joint venture agreement in order to directly pursue
the mineral exploration opportunities through a wholly-owned Mexican subsidiary, Sunburst Mining
de Mexico S.A. de C.V. (Sunburst de Mexico). On August 25, 2005, Sunburst de Mexico, Mexoro
and MRT entered into agreements providing Sunburst de Mexico the right to explore and exploit
certain properties in Mexico. In December 2005, the Company and Sunburst de Mexico entered into
a new agreement with MRT (the New Agreement) (note 5). On January 20, 2006, Sierra Minerals
was dissolved. |
|
|
|
On May 5, 2008, the Company signed a letter of intent (LOI) to enter into a strategic alliance
with Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. (Paramount). The agreement called for Paramount to invest
a minimum of $4 million and a maximum of $6 million into the Company, at a fixed price of $0.50
per unit by June 23, 2008. On June 18, 2008, the Company and Paramount agreed to extend the date
from June 23, 2008 to July 21, 2008. The Company and Paramount then agreed to extend the date to
August 5, 2008. On August 6, 2008 Mexoro terminated the LOI with Paramount as Paramount did not
meet the terms of the agreement. |
|
|
|
During the six months ended August 31, 2008, Paramount provided Mexoro $1,370,000 in the form of
secured convertible debentures bearing interest at a rate of 8% per annum for a term of one
year. Paramount has the option to convert the debt into units (note 7). |
|
|
|
On February 12, 2009, the Company entered into a definitive agreement for development of
Cieneguita project with Minera Rio Tinto, a private Mexican corporation whose president was a
former president of our Company. The definitive agreement covers project financing of up to USD
$9,000,000 (note 5). Accordingly, as of February 12, 2009 the Company is considered to be A
Development stage company. |
F-11
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
2. |
|
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
|
(a) |
|
Principles of consolidation |
|
|
|
|
The accompanying financial statements include the accounts and activities of Mexoro
and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sunburst de Mexico. All inter company balances and
transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. |
|
|
(b) |
|
Use of estimates |
|
|
|
|
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the
disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting
period. Significant areas of estimate include the impairment of assets and rates for
amortization, accrued liabilities, future income tax balances and the inputs used in
calculating stock-based compensation. Actual results could differ from those
estimates and would impact future results of operations and cash flows. |
|
|
(c) |
|
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements as of August 31,
2009, and for the six months ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 have been prepared in
accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (US GAAP) for
interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of
Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes
required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete consolidated
financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of
normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been
included. Operating results for the six months ended August 31, 2009 are not
necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending February
28, 2010. For further
information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto
included in the Companys annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 28,
2009. |
|
|
(d) |
|
Financial instruments |
|
(i) |
|
Fair value |
|
|
|
|
The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable,
accounts payable and accrued liabilities and promissory notes approximate
their fair values because of the short-term maturity of these financial
instruments. The carrying value of convertible debentures approximates their
fair value because these instruments earn interest at the market rate. |
F-12
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
|
(i) |
|
Interest rate risk |
|
|
|
|
The Company is not exposed to significant interest rate risk due to the
short-term maturity of its monetary current assets and current liabilities.
The convertible debentures are not exposed to interest rate risk because the
interest rate is fixed to maturity. |
|
|
(ii) |
|
Credit risk |
|
|
|
|
The Companys financial assets that are exposed to credit risk consist
primarily of cash that is placed with major financial institutions. |
|
|
(iii) |
|
Translation risk |
|
|
|
|
The Company translates the results of non-U.S. operations into U.S. currency
using rates approximating the average exchange rate for the year. The
exchange rate may vary from time to time. This risk is considered moderate,
as the Companys mining project expenses are recorded in Mexican pesos and
converted to U.S. currency. |
|
(e) |
|
Equipment |
|
|
|
|
Equipment is recorded at cost less accumulated amortization. Amortization is
provided on the following basis: |
|
|
|
|
|
Software |
|
2 years straight-line |
Machinery |
|
10% declining-balance |
Vehicles |
|
25% declining-balance |
Computer equipment |
|
30% declining-balance |
Office equipment |
|
30% declining-balance |
(f) |
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
|
The Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments purchased with an original
maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. |
F-13
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
2. |
|
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued) |
|
(g) |
|
Mineral property costs |
|
|
|
|
The Company has been in the exploration stage since March 1, 2004, and has not yet
realized any revenues from its planned operations. It is primarily engaged in the
acquisition and exploration of mining properties. Mineral property exploration costs
are expensed as incurred. Mineral property acquisition costs are initially
capitalized when incurred using the guidance in EITF 04-02, Whether Mineral Rights
Are Tangible or Intangible Assets. The Company assesses the carrying costs for
impairment under SFAS No. 144, Accounting for Impairment or Disposal of Long Lived
Assets at each fiscal quarter end. When it has been determined that a mineral
property can be economically developed as a result of establishing proven and
probable reserves, the costs then incurred to develop such property, are
capitalized. Such costs will be amortized using the units-of-production method over
the estimated life of the probable reserve. If mineral properties are subsequently
abandoned or impaired, any capitalized costs will be charged to operations. |
|
|
(h) |
|
Basic and diluted income (loss) per share |
|
|
|
|
The Company computes income (loss) per share in accordance with SFAS No. 128,
Earnings per Share, which requires presentation of both basic and diluted earnings
per share (EPS) on the face of the statement of operations. Basic EPS is computed
by dividing income (loss) available to common shareholders (numerator) by the
weighted average number of shares outstanding (denominator) during the period.
Diluted EPS gives effect to all dilutive potential shares of common stock
outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method and convertible
preferred stock using the if-converted method. In computing diluted EPS, the average
stock price for the period is used in determining the number of shares assumed to be
purchased from the exercise of stock options or warrants. Diluted EPS excludes all
dilutive potential shares if their effect is anti-dilutive. All previously stated
share and per share balances have been restated to give retroactive effect to the
1:50 reverse stock split that occurred on February 15, 2006. Dilutive loss per share
has not been presented because the effects of all common share equivalents were
anti-dilutive. |
|
|
(i) |
|
Impairment or disposal of long-lived assets |
|
|
|
|
In August 2001, the FASB issued Statement No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or
Disposal of Long-Lived Assets (FAS 144). FAS 144 clarifies the accounting for the
impairment of long-lived assets and for long-lived assets to be disposed of,
including the disposal of business segments and major lines of business. The Company
has implemented FAS 144. Long-lived assets are reviewed when facts and circumstances
indicate that the carrying value of the asset may not be recoverable. When
necessary, impaired assets are written down to estimate fair value based on the best
information available. Estimated |
F-14
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
2. |
|
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued) |
|
(i) |
|
Impairment or disposal of long-lived assets (continued) |
|
|
|
|
flows. Considerable management judgment is necessary to estimate discounted future
cash flows. Accordingly, actual results could vary significantly from such
estimates. |
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Consideration of other comprehensive income items |
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SFAS No. 130 Reporting Comprehensive Income requires companies to present
comprehensive income (consisting primarily of net loss plus other direct equity
changes and credits) and its components as part of the basic financial statements. |
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Stock-based compensation |
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Effective March 1, 2004, the Company adopted the fair value based method of
accounting for stock-based employee compensation in accordance with the provisions
of SFAS No. 123 Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, using the prospective
transition method. Accordingly the Company recognized the fair value of stock-based
employee compensation for all awards made after March 1, 2004. The Company is in
accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force No. 96-18 Accounting for Equity
Instruments That are Issued to Other than Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction
with Selling, Goods or Services (EITF 96-18), with respect to options and
warrants issued to non-employees. |
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Effective March 1, 2005, the Company adopted the fair value recognition provisions
of SFAS No. 123R Share Based Payments (SFAS No. 123R), using the modified
prospective transition method. Under that transition method, compensation cost is
recognized for all share-based payments granted prior to, but not yet vested as of
March 1, 2005, based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with the
original provisions of SFAS No. 123, and compensation cost for all share-based
payments granted subsequent to March 1, 2004, based on the grant-date fair value
estimated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 123R. Results for prior periods
have not been restated. As of March 1, 2004, there were no unvested options; and
therefore, there was no effect on the Companys reported loss from operations, cash
flows or loss per share as a result of adopting SFAS No. 123R. |
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All transactions in which goods or services are the consideration received for the
issuance of equity instruments are accounted for based on the fair value of the
consideration
received or the fair value of the equity instrument issued, whichever is more
reliably measurable. Equity instruments issued to employees and the cost of the
services received as consideration are measured and recognized based on the fair
value of the equity instruments issued (see note 12 & 13). |
F-15
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
2. |
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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued) |
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(l) |
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Income taxes |
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The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with SFAS No. 109 Accounting
for Income Taxes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized with respect
to the tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement
carrying values and tax basis of existing assets and liabilities. Deferred tax
assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to
taxable income in the years in which these temporary differences are expected to be
recovered or settled. Further, the effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of
changes in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the
enactment. A valuation allowance against deferred tax assets is recorded. If based
on available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred
tax assets will not be realized. |
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Foreign currency translation |
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Mexoro and its subsidiary Sunburst de Mexico maintain accounting records in their
functional currencies, U.S. dollars and Mexican pesos, respectively. Mexoro and
Sunburst de Mexico translate foreign currency transactions into the respective
functional currencies in the following manners: at the transaction date, each asset,
liability, revenue and expense is translated into the functional currency by the use
of the exchange rate in effect at that date; at the period end, foreign currency
monetary assets and liabilities are re-evaluated into the functional currency by
using the exchange rate in effect at the balance sheet date. The resulting foreign
exchange gains and losses are included in operations. |
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In preparing consolidated financial statements, the Company translates the assets
and liabilities of its subsidiary into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect
at the balance sheet date. Revenue and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at
the average exchange rate for the applicable period. Any gain or loss from such
translations is included in stockholders equity as a component of other
comprehensive income. |
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Asset retirement obligations |
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The company accounts for asset retirement obligations (ARO) in accordance with
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Statement No. 143, Accounting for Asset
Retirement Obligations (FAS 143). This accounting standard applies to the fair value
of a liability for an ARO that is recorded when there is a legal obligation
associated with the retirement of a tangible long-lived asset and the liability can
be reasonably estimated. Obligations associated with the retirement of these assets
require recognition in certain circumstances: (1) the present value of a liability
and offsetting asset for an ARO, (2) the subsequent accretion of that liability and
depreciation of the asset, and (3) the periodic review of the ARO liability
estimates and discount rates. In 2005, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 47,
Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations An Interpretation of FASB
Statement No. 143 (FIN 47), which was effective for the company on December 31, |
F-16
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
2. |
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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued) |
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2005. FIN 47 clarifies that the phrase conditional asset retirement obligation, as
used in FAS 143, refers to a legal obligation to perform asset retirement activity
for which the timing and/or method of settlement are conditional on a future event
that may or may not be within the control of the company. The obligation to perform
the asset retirement activity is unconditional even though uncertainty exists about
the timing and/or method of settlement. Uncertainty about the timing and/or method
of settlement of a conditional ARO should be factored into the measurement of the
liability when sufficient information exists. FAS 143 acknowledges that in some
cases, sufficient information may not be available to reasonably estimate the fair
value of an ARO. FIN 47 also clarifies when an entity would have sufficient
information to reasonably estimate the fair value of an ARO. |
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The Company is in an early stage of mineral exploration and has no known reserves as
of August 31, 2009. Accordingly, the Company cannot reasonably estimate the fair
value of those obligations because of their indeterminate settlement dates. |
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Recent accounting pronouncements |
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(i) |
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In September 2006, FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value
Measurements. SFAS No. 157 provides guidance for using fair value to measure
assets and liabilities. It clarifies that for items that are not actively
traded, such as certain kinds of derivatives, fair value should reflect the
price in a transaction with a market participant, including adjustment for
risk, not just the companys mark-to-model value. SFAS No. 157 also requires
expanded disclosure of the effect on earnings for items measured using
unobservable data. Fair value refers to the price that would be received to
sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between
market participants in the market in which the reporting entity transacts. SFAS
No. 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning
after November 15, 2007. On February 12, 2008, the FASB issued FSP FAS 157-2,
Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157, which delays the effective date of
SFAS No. 157 for all nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except
those that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial
statements on at least an annual basis, to fiscal years beginning after
November 15, 2008, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The adoption
of SFAS No. 157 did not have a material impact on the Companys consolidated
financial condition or results of operations. |
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On February 15, 2007, the FASB issued SFAS Statement No. 159, The
Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. This
Statement permits companies and not-for-profit organizations to make a one-time
election to carry eligible types of financial assets and liabilities at fair
value, even if fair value measurement is not required under U.S.GAAP. SFAS 159
is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The adoption
of SFAS No. 159 |
F-17
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
2. |
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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued) |
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(o) |
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Recent accounting pronouncements (continued) |
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did not have a significant impact on the Companys consolidated financial
statements. |
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In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (R), Business
Combinations. SFAS No. 141 (R) requires an acquirer to measure the identifiable
assets acquired, the liabilities assumed and any noncontrolling interest
acquired at their fair values on the acquisition date, with goodwill being the
excess value over the net identifiable assets acquired. SFAS No. 141 (R) is
effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2008. Early adoption is prohibited. The adoption of SFAS No. 141
(R) did not have a material impact on the Companys consolidated financial
condition or results of operations. |
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In December 2007, the FASB issued Statement No. 160, Noncontrolling
Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements an amendment of ARB No. 51
(SFAS No. 160). SFAS No. 160 amends ARB 51 to establish accounting and
reporting standards for the noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary and for the
deconsolidation of a subsidiary. It clarifies that a noncontrolling interest in
a subsidiary, which is sometimes referred to as minority interest, is an
ownership interest in the consolidated entity that should be reported as equity
in the consolidated financial statements. Among other requirements, this
statement requires consolidated net income to be reported at amounts that
include the amounts attributable to both the parent and the noncontrolling
interest. It also requires disclosure, on the face of the consolidated income
statement, of the amounts of consolidated net income attributable to the parent
and to the noncontrolling interest. SFAS No. 160 is effective for financial
statements issued for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal
years, beginning after December 15, 2008. The adoption of SFAS No. 160 did not
have a material impact on the Companys consolidated financial condition or
results of operations. |
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In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, Disclosure About
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, an amendment to Financial
Accounting Standards Board Financial Accounting Standard No. 133. SFAS No. 161
requires among other things, enhanced disclosure about the volume and nature of
derivative and hedging activities and a tabular summary showing the fair value
of derivative instruments included in the statement of financial position and
statement of operations. SFAS No. 161 also requires expanded disclosure of
contingencies included in derivative instruments related to credit risk. SFAS
No. 161 is effective for fiscal 2009. The adoption of SFAS No. 161 did not have
a material impact on the Companys consolidated financial condition or results
of operations. |
F-18
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
2. |
|
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued) |
|
(o) |
|
Recent accounting pronouncements (continued) |
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(v) |
|
In March 2008, the FASB issued FSP No. APB 14-1, Accounting for
Convertible Debt Instruments That May Be Settled in Cash Upon Conversion
(Including Partial Cash Settlements) (previously FSP APB 14-a), which will
change the accounting treatment for convertible securities which the issuer may
settle fully or partially in cash. Under the final FSP, cash settled
convertible securities will be separated into their debt and equity components.
The value assigned to the debt component will be the estimated fair value, as
of the issuance date, of a similar debt instrument without the conversion
feature, and the difference between the proceeds for the convertible debt and
the amount reflected as a debt liability will be recorded as additional paid-in
capital. As a result, the debt will be recorded at a discount reflecting its
below market coupon interest rate. The debt will subsequently be accreted to
its par value over its expected life, with the rate of interest that reflects
the market rate at issuance being reflected on the income statement. This
change in methodology will affect the calculations of net income and earnings
per share for many issuers of cash settled convertible securities. The FSP is
effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2008, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The adoption
of FSP No. APB 14-1 did not have a material effect on the Companys
consolidated financial statements. |
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(vi) |
|
In June 2008, the FASB issued FSP EITF 03-6-1, Determining Whether
Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payment Transactions Are Participating
Securities, which applies to the calculation of earnings per share (EPS)
under Statement 128 for share-based payment awards with rights to dividends or
dividend equivalents. Under the final FSP EITF 03-6-1, Unvested share-based
payment awards that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend
equivalents (whether paid or unpaid) are participating securities and shall be
included in the computation of EPS pursuant to the two-class method. The FSP
EITF 03-6-1 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years
beginning after December 15, 2008, and interim periods within those fiscal
years. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of EITF
03-6-1 on its consolidated financial statements. |
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(vii) |
|
SFAS No. 165, Subsequent Events (SFAS 165), establishes general
standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the
balance sheet date, but before financial statements are issued or are available
to be issued. SFAS 165
establishes (1) the period after the balance sheet date during which
management of a reporting entity should evaluate events or transactions that
may occur for potential recognition or disclosure in the financial
statements; (2) the circumstances under which an entity should recognize
events or transactions occurring after the balance sheet date in its
financial statements; and (3) the disclosures that an entity should make
about events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date. |
F-19
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
2. |
|
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued) |
|
(o) |
|
Recent accounting pronouncements (continued) |
|
|
|
SFAS 165 is effective for interim or annual financial periods ending after
June 15, 2009. The adoption of this standard did not have a material effect
on the Companys condensed consolidated financial statements. |
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(viii) |
|
On June 15, 2008, the FASB ratified Emerging Issues Task Force
Issue No. 08-4 (EITF 08-4). EITF 08-4 addressed conforming changes made to
EITF Issue 98-5 which resulted from the implantation of EITF Issue 00-27 and
SFAS No. 150. EITF Issued 98-5 addresses the accounting for beneficial
conversion features. Previously, beneficial conversion features were amortized
to the securities earliest conversion date. Under EITF 08-4, beneficial
conversion features are amortized to the stated redemption date, if one exists,
rather than the earliest termination date. For beneficial conversion features
without a stated redemption date, the beneficial conversion features continue
to be amortized to the earliest conversion date. EITF 08-4 is effective for
fiscal years ending after December 15, 2008 with early application permitted.
The effects of implementing EITF 08-4 are to be presented retrospectively with
the cumulative-effect of the change being reported in retained earnings at the
beginning of the first year presented. The Company adopted EITF 08-4 during the
year ended February 28, 2009. As a result of adoption of EITF 08-4, the Company
was amortizing its beneficial conversion features of $416,200 to the stated
redemption dates of the debentures. As a result, $312,399 of the beneficial
conversion features was recognized as interest expense in the consolidated
statement of operations for the year ended February 28, 2009 and the remaining
$103,801 was recognized in the quarter ended May 31, 2009. Prior to adoption of
EITF 08-04, the entire $416,200 beneficial conversion feature would have been
recognized in the year ended February 28, 2009. |
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(ix) |
|
In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP SFAS No. 141(R)-1, Accounting for
Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed in a Business Combination That Arise
from Contingencies. FSP SFAS No. 141(R)-1 will amend the provisions related to
the initial recognition and measurement, subsequent measurement and disclosure
of assets and liabilities arising from contingencies in a business combination
under SFAS No. 141(R), Business Combinations. The FSP will carry forward the
requirements in SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations, for acquired
contingencies, thereby requiring that such contingencies be recognized at fair
value on the acquisition date if fair value can be reasonably estimated during
the
allocation period. Otherwise, entities would typically account for the
acquired contingencies in accordance with SFAS No. 5, Accounting for
Contingencies. The FSP will have the same effective date as SFAS No.
141(R), and will therefore be effective for the Companys business
combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after March 1, 2009.
Adoption of this FSP did not have a material impact |
F-20
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
2. |
|
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued) |
|
(o) |
|
Recent accounting pronouncements (continued) |
|
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on the Companys consolidated financial position, results of operations and
cash flows. |
|
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(x) |
|
In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP SFAS No. 157-4, Determining Fair
Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have
Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly. FSP
SFAS No. 157-4 provides guidelines for making fair value measurements more
consistent with the principles presented in SFAS No. 157, Fair Value
Measurements. The FSP relates to determining fair values when there is no
active market or where the price inputs being used represent distressed sales.
It reaffirms what SFAS No. 157 states is the objective of fair value
measurementto reflect how much an asset would be sold for in an orderly
transaction (as opposed to a distressed or forced transaction) at the date of
the financial statements under current market conditions. Specifically, it
reaffirms the need to use judgment to ascertain if a formerly active market has
become inactive and in determining fair values when markets have become
inactive. This SFAS is effective for the Companys interim reporting period
ending on August 31, 2009. Adoption of this FSP did not have a material impact
on the Companys consolidated financial position, results of operations and
cash flows. |
|
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(xi) |
|
In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP SFAS No. 107-1 and APB 28-1,
Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments. FSP SFAS No.
107-1 and APB 28-1 enhances consistency in financial reporting by increasing
the frequency of fair value disclosures. The FSP relates to fair value
disclosures for any financial instruments that are not currently reflected on a
companys balance sheet at fair value. Prior to the effective date of this
FSP, fair values for these assets and liabilities have only been disclosed once
a year. The FSP will now require these disclosures on a quarterly basis,
providing qualitative and quantitative information about fair value estimates
for all those financial instruments not measured on the balance sheet at fair
value. The disclosure requirement under this FSP is effective for the Companys
interim reporting period ending on August 31, 2009. Adoption of this FSP did
not have a material impact on the Companys consolidated financial position,
results of operations and cash flows. |
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(xii) |
|
In June 2009, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 166, Accounting for
Transfers of Financial Assets, an amendment of FASB Statement No. 140 (SFAS
166). SFAS 166, among other things, eliminates the concept of a qualifying
special-purpose entity, changes the requirements for derecognizing financial
assets, and requires additional disclosures about transfers of financial
assets. SFAS 166 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after
November 15, 2009. |
F-21
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
2. |
|
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued) |
|
(o) |
|
Recent accounting pronouncements (continued) |
|
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The Company does not expect the adoption of this standard to have a material
effect on its consolidated financial statements. |
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(xiii) |
|
In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 167, Amendments to FASB
Interpretation No. 46(R). SFAS No. 167 changes how a company determines when an
entity that is insufficiently capitalized or is not controlled through voting
(or similar rights) should be consolidated. The determination of whether a
company is required to consolidate an entity is based on, among other things,
an entitys purpose and design and a companys ability to direct the activities
of the entity that most significantly impact the entitys economic performance.
This SFAS is effective for the Companys fiscal year beginning on March 1,
2010. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the implementation of
SFAS No. 167 on its consolidated financial position, results of operations and
cash flows. |
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(xiv) |
|
In June 2009, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 168, the FASB
Accounting Standards Codification (Codification) and the Hierarchy of
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), a replacement of FASB
Statement No. 162 (SFAS 168). SFAS 168 establishes the Codification as the
single source of authoritative GAAP in the United States, other than rules and
interpretive releases issued by the SEC. The Codification is a reorganization
of current GAAP into a topical format that eliminates the current GAAP
hierarchy and establishes instead two levels of guidance authoritative and
non-authoritative. All non-grandfathered, non-SEC accounting literature that is
not included in the Codification will become non-authoritative. The FASBs
primary goal in developing the Codification is to simplify user access to all
authoritative GAAP by providing all the authoritative literature related to a
particular accounting topic in one place. The Codification will be effective
for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. As the
Codification is not intended to change or alter existing GAAP, it is not
anticipated to materially impact the Companys consolidated financial
statements. |
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|
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on a going-concern basis. The Company
has a history of operating losses and will need to raise additional capital to fund its planned
operations. As at August 31, 2009 and February 28, 2009, the Company had a working capital
deficiency of $4,700,802 and $4,657,260 (February 29, 2008 - $1,810,905 working capital
deficiency), respectively and a cumulative loss during the development stage of $43,847,088 and
$41,600,787 (2008 - $33,828,011), respectively. These conditions raise substantial doubt about
the Companys ability to continue as a going concern. |
F-22
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
3. |
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GOING CONCERN (continued) |
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The Company intends to reduce its cumulative loss through the attainment of profitable
operations, from its investment in a Mexican mining venture (note 5). In addition, the Company
has conducted private placements of convertible debt (note 8) and common stock (note 11), which
have generated a portion of the initial cash requirements of its planned Mexican mining ventures
(note 6). |
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In November 2008, the Company signed a letter of intent with Minera Rio Tinto (MRT) to provide
funding of up to $9,000,000 to the Company to initiate production at its Cieneguita property,
complete a feasibility study as well to continue the exploration of its properties (note 6). |
F-23
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
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February 28, |
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February 29, |
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August 31, 2009 |
|
2009 |
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2008 |
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Accumulated |
|
Net Book |
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Net Book |
|
Net Book |
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Cost |
|
Depreciation |
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Value |
|
Value |
|
Value |
Software |
|
$ |
23,501 |
|
|
$ |
17,187 |
|
|
$ |
6,314 |
|
|
$ |
5,730 |
|
|
$ |
7,739 |
|
Machinery |
|
|
271,657 |
|
|
|
66,335 |
|
|
|
205,322 |
|
|
|
193,097 |
|
|
|
305,221 |
|
Vehicles |
|
|
99,801 |
|
|
|
65,151 |
|
|
|
34,650 |
|
|
|
56,456 |
|
|
|
109,173 |
|
Computers |
|
|
27,033 |
|
|
|
19,999 |
|
|
|
7,034 |
|
|
|
9,751 |
|
|
|
21,798 |
|
Office equipment |
|
|
15,920 |
|
|
|
4,397 |
|
|
|
11,523 |
|
|
|
10,866 |
|
|
|
17,010 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
437,912 |
|
|
$ |
173,069 |
|
|
$ |
264,843 |
|
|
$ |
275,900 |
|
|
$ |
460,941 |
|
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5. |
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JOINT VENTURE WITH MRT |
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On February 12, 2009, the Company entered into a joint venture through a definitive agreement
for development of Cieneguita project with MRT. The purpose of the joint venture is to put
Cieneguita property into production. As per the agreement, MRT is to provide the necessary
working capital to begin and maintain mining operations estimated to be $3,000,000. MRT will
spend 100% of the funds in exchange for a 75% interest in the net cash flow from production.
The agreement limits the mining of the mineralized material that is available from the surface
to a depth of 15 meters or approximately 10% of the mineralized material found to date. The
Company incurs no obligations to the joint ventures creditors as the operations and working
capital requirements are controlled by MRT. Accordingly, the Companys share of income and
expenses are reflected in these financial statements under the proportionate consolidation
method. |
F-24
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
|
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The Company incurred exploration expenses as follows in the six months ended August 31, 2009: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Encino |
|
New |
|
|
|
|
Sahuayacan |
|
Guazapares |
|
Cieneguita |
|
Gordo |
|
Projects |
|
Total |
|
|
|
Drilling and
sampling |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
68,015 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
68,015 |
|
Geological,
geochemical,
geophysics |
|
|
|
|
|
|
31,684 |
|
|
|
32,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,009 |
|
|
|
65,093 |
|
Land use permits |
|
|
6,206 |
|
|
|
4,716 |
|
|
|
29,185 |
|
|
|
1,873 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
41,980 |
|
Automotive |
|
|
|
|
|
|
443 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
443 |
|
Travel |
|
|
4,952 |
|
|
|
216 |
|
|
|
7,569 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,737 |
|
Consulting |
|
|
21,403 |
|
|
|
6,722 |
|
|
|
72,795 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
100,920 |
|
Equipment |
|
|
707 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,114 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,821 |
|
General |
|
|
8,610 |
|
|
|
7,498 |
|
|
|
15,773 |
|
|
|
62 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31,943 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
41,878 |
|
|
$ |
51,279 |
|
|
$ |
227,851 |
|
|
$ |
1,935 |
|
|
$ |
1,009 |
|
|
$ |
323,952 |
|
|
|
|
The Company incurred exploration expenses as follows in the six months ended August 31, 2008: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cieneguita |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Encino |
|
New |
|
|
|
|
Operations |
|
Sahuayacan |
|
Guazapares |
|
Cieneguita |
|
Gordo |
|
Projects |
|
Total |
|
|
|
Drilling and
sampling |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
373,472 |
|
|
$ |
1,195,880 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
1,569,352 |
|
Geological,
geochemical,
geophysics |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
88,038 |
|
|
|
245,912 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
40,978 |
|
|
|
374,928 |
|
Land use permits |
|
|
53 |
|
|
|
74,954 |
|
|
|
48,049 |
|
|
|
124,246 |
|
|
|
(1,646 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
245,656 |
|
Automotive |
|
|
260 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,425 |
|
|
|
6,905 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,590 |
|
Travel |
|
|
694 |
|
|
|
321 |
|
|
|
29,319 |
|
|
|
18,126 |
|
|
|
213 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
48,673 |
|
Consulting |
|
|
12,989 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
119,302 |
|
|
|
88,358 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
220,649 |
|
Equipment |
|
|
109 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21,116 |
|
|
|
18,138 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
39,363 |
|
General |
|
|
8,764 |
|
|
|
5,151 |
|
|
|
83,866 |
|
|
|
147,451 |
|
|
|
442 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
245,674 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
22,869 |
|
|
$ |
80,426 |
|
|
$ |
766,587 |
|
|
$ |
1,845,016 |
|
|
$ |
(991 |
) |
|
$ |
40,978 |
|
|
$ |
2,754,885 |
|
|
F-25
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
6. |
|
MINERAL PROPERTIES (Continued) |
|
|
|
The Company incurred exploration expenses as follows in the year ended February 28, 2009: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cieneguita |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Encino |
|
New |
|
|
|
|
Operations |
|
Sahuayacan |
|
Guazapares |
|
Cieneguita |
|
Gordo |
|
Projects |
|
Total |
|
|
|
Drilling and
sampling |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
347,438 |
|
|
$ |
2,351,518 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
2,698,956 |
|
Geological,
geochemical,
geophysics |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
135,994 |
|
|
|
403,573 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
43,793 |
|
|
|
583,360 |
|
Land use permits |
|
|
47 |
|
|
|
23,070 |
|
|
|
11,746 |
|
|
|
14,053 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
48,916 |
|
Automotive |
|
|
231 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,044 |
|
|
|
7,633 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,908 |
|
Travel |
|
|
616 |
|
|
|
285 |
|
|
|
31,696 |
|
|
|
40,972 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
73,569 |
|
Consulting |
|
|
11,542 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
140,107 |
|
|
|
189,456 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
341,105 |
|
Equipment |
|
|
98 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21,009 |
|
|
|
23,702 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
44,809 |
|
General |
|
|
7,788 |
|
|
|
7,307 |
|
|
|
81,747 |
|
|
|
233,529 |
|
|
|
54 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
330,425 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
20,322 |
|
|
$ |
30,662 |
|
|
$ |
772,781 |
|
|
$ |
3,264,436 |
|
|
$ |
54 |
|
|
$ |
43,793 |
|
|
$ |
4,132,048 |
|
|
|
|
The Company incurred exploration expenses as follows in the year ended February 29, 2008: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cieneguita |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Encino |
|
New |
|
|
|
|
Operations |
|
Sahuayacan |
|
Guazapares |
|
Cieneguita |
|
Gordo |
|
Projects |
|
Total |
|
|
|
Drilling and
sampling |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
360,575 |
|
|
$ |
377,571 |
|
|
$ |
255,218 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
993,364 |
|
Geological,
geochemical,
geophysics |
|
|
27,679 |
|
|
|
59,122 |
|
|
|
100,318 |
|
|
|
36,799 |
|
|
|
95,306 |
|
|
|
776 |
|
|
|
320,000 |
|
Land use permits |
|
|
|
|
|
|
112,267 |
|
|
|
114,356 |
|
|
|
143,503 |
|
|
|
52,677 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
422,803 |
|
Automotive |
|
|
19,691 |
|
|
|
65 |
|
|
|
1,155 |
|
|
|
1,469 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22,380 |
|
Travel |
|
|
11,110 |
|
|
|
16,240 |
|
|
|
34,878 |
|
|
|
19,859 |
|
|
|
7,214 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
89,301 |
|
Consulting |
|
|
143,835 |
|
|
|
38,371 |
|
|
|
137,016 |
|
|
|
79,653 |
|
|
|
20,748 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
419,623 |
|
Equipment |
|
|
97,306 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22,620 |
|
|
|
10,039 |
|
|
|
2,603 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
132,568 |
|
General |
|
|
102,238 |
|
|
|
3,054 |
|
|
|
109,715 |
|
|
|
59,149 |
|
|
|
6,485 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
280,641 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
401,859 |
|
|
$ |
589,694 |
|
|
$ |
897,629 |
|
|
$ |
605,689 |
|
|
$ |
185,033 |
|
|
$ |
776 |
|
|
$ |
2,680,680 |
|
|
|
|
Since May 2004, the Company has held interests in gold exploration properties in Mexico. |
F-26
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and
for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
6. |
|
MINERAL PROPERTIES (Continued) |
|
|
|
In August 2005, the Company formed its wholly owned subsidiary, Sunburst de Mexico, which
allowed the Company to take title to the properties into the name of Sunburst de Mexico. On
August 25, 2005 the Company entered into property agreements with MRT, which provided Sunburst
de Mexico options to purchase the mineral concessions of the Cieneguita and Guazapares
properties and the right of refusal on three Encino Gordo properties. The Company also entered
into an exploration and sale agreement, in October 2006, with Minera Emilio for mineral
concessions of the Sahuayacan Property. |
|
|
|
In August 2005 the parties also entered into an operators agreement, that gave MRT the sole and
exclusive right and authority to manage the Cieneguita property, and a share option agreement
which granted MRT the exclusive option to acquire up to 100% of all outstanding shares of
Sunburst de Mexico if the Company did not comply with the terms of the property agreements. The
operating agreement and share option agreement have subsequently been cancelled. |
|
|
|
In November 2008, the Company signed a letter of intent and on February 12, 2009, a definitive
agreement with MRT to initiate production at its Cieneguita property, complete a feasibility
study and to continue the exploration of its properties. Under the agreement, MRT and Mexoros
wholly owned subsidiary Sunburst Mining de Mexico will form a new Mexican joint venture company
for the purpose of putting Cieneguita property into production. |
|
|
|
The material provisions of the Companys property agreements are as follows: |
|
|
|
Cieneguita |
|
|
|
MRT assigned to Sunburst de Mexico, with the permission of the Cieneguita owner, Corporativo
Minero, S.A. de C.V. (Corporativo Minero), all of MRTs rights and obligations acquired under
a previous agreement, the Cieneguita option agreement, including the exclusive option to acquire
the Cieneguita property for a price of $2,000,000. As the Cieneguita property was not in
production by May 6, 2006, Sunburst de Mexico was required to pay $120,000 to Corporativo Minero
to extend the contract. Corporativo Minero agreed to reduce the obligation to $60,000, of which
$10,000 was paid in April 2006 and the balance paid on May 6, 2006. The Company made this
payment to Corporativo Minero and the contract was extended. |
|
|
|
The Company has the obligation to pay a further $120,000 per year for the next 13 years and the
balance of the payments in the 14th year, until the total amount of $2,000,000 is
paid. The Company renegotiated the payment due May 6, 2007, to $60,000 payable on November 6,
2007, which was paid, and the balance of $60,000 was paid on December 20, 2007. |
F-27
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
6. |
|
MINERAL PROPERTIES (Continued) |
|
|
|
In the alternative, if the Cieneguita property is put into production, of which there is no
guarantee, the Company must pay the Cieneguita owners $20 per ounce of gold produced, if any,
from the Cieneguita property to the total $2,000,000 due. In the event that the price of gold is
above $400 per ounce, the property payments payable to the Cieneguita owners from production
will be increased by $0.10 for each dollar increment over $400 per ounce. The total payment of
$2,000,000 does not change with fluctuations in the price of gold. Non-payment of any portion of
the $2,000,000 total payment will constitute a default. In such case, the Cieneguita owners will
retain ownership of the concessions, but the Company will not incur any additional default
penalty. MRT retained no interest in the Cieneguita property. |
|
|
|
On February 12, 2009 the Company entered into a definitive agreement for development of
Cieneguita project with Minera Rio Tinto (MRT), a private Mexican corporation whose president
was a former president of our Company. The definitive agreement covers project financing of up
to USD $9,000,000. The major points of the agreement are as follows: |
|
(i) |
|
MRT and/or its investors will subscribe for up to USD$1 million of a
secured convertible debenture at 8% interest (payable in stock or cash). The
debenture is convertible into units at $0.60 per unit. Each unit comprises 2
common shares and 1 warrant. Each warrant is exercisable at $0.50 per share for
a period of 3
years. The placement will be used for continued exploration of our
properties and general working capital. |
|
|
(ii) |
|
MRT is to provide the necessary working capital to begin and maintain
mining operations estimated to be $3,000,000 used for the purpose of putting
the Cieneguita property into production. MRT will spend 100% of the money to
earn 75% of the net cash flow from production. The agreement will limit the
mining to the mineralized material that is available from surface to a depth of
15 meters or approximately 10% of the mineralized material found to date. |
|
|
(iii) |
|
MRT will spend up to USD $5 million to take the Cieneguita property
through the feasibility stage. In doing so, MRT will earn a 60% interest in
Mexoros rights to the property. After the expenditure of the $5 million all
costs will be shared on a ratio of 60% to MRT and 40% to Mexoro Minerals. If
the Company elects not to pay its portion of costs after the $5 million has
been spent, the Companys position shall revert to a 25% carried interest on
the property. |
F-28
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
6. |
|
MINERAL PROPERTIES (Continued) |
|
|
|
Guazapares |
|
|
|
MRT assigned to Sunburst de Mexico, with the consent of the Guazapares property owner Compañía
Minera, S.A. de C.V. (Compañía Minera), MRTs rights and obligations concerning the Guazapares
property, including the exclusive option, for a term of four years, to purchase eight of the
Guazapares property concessions upon payment of $910,000. The total payments for the Company to
acquire and retain 100% ownership of all eight concessions are as follows: November 30, 2005 -
$100,000 (this payment date was extended see below), October 31, 2006 - $60,000 (this payment
date was extended to February 28, 2007, and then to
August 31, 2007- see below), August 2, 2007 - $140,000 (see
below), August 2, 2008 - $110,000 and August 2, 2009 - $500,000. |
|
|
|
On September 19, 2007, Sunburst de Mexico, Mexoro and MRT entered into an agreement to defer any
and all property payments regarding Guazapares that were due by December 31, 2007 owing to MRT,
until such time as Sunburst de Mexico and Mexoro have sufficient funds to make the payments, in
the opinion of the disinterested directors of Mexoro. |
|
|
|
Mexoro agreed to issue 250,000 shares to MRT and/or its assignees in consideration for the
deferral of any and all Guazapares Property payments that were outstanding and those arising on
or before December 31, 2007. |
|
|
|
In return, Sunburst de Mexico granted MRT a 2.5% NSR and the right to extract from the
Guazapares concessions up to 5,000 tons per month of rock material; which right will terminate
on exercise of the option to purchase the concessions. Otherwise, MRT retained no interest in
the Guazapares Property. |
|
|
|
In June 2009, the Company signed a definitive agreement to sell its Guazapares project located
in south western Chihuahua, Mexico to Paramount Gold de Mexico, SA de C.V., the Mexican
subsidiary of Paramount. The sale is subject to satisfaction of various conditions precedent
prior to closing. Payment for the properties is expected once the title of the claims have been
re-registered in Paramounts name with the Mining Bureau in Mexico. |
|
|
|
As per the agreement, the due dates for all payments for the ownership of Guazapares have been
deferred with the property owners for a period of 37 months from the closing date. Sunburst is
required to make monthly payment of $6,000 plus $900 in taxes for 36 months commencing on July
20, 2009 and ending on June 10, 2012 for deferment from the escrow fund. |
|
|
|
San Francisco (Guazapares) |
|
|
|
MRT assigned to Sunburst de Mexico, for a term of 60 months, commencing from June 25, 2004 (the
Option Period), with the consent of the San Francisco concessions owner Minera Rachasa, S.A.
de C.V. (Minera Rachasa), MRTs rights and obligations acquired under the San Francisco option
agreement, including the option to purchase the San Francisco concessions for a price of
$250,000 on June 25, 2009. |
F-29
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
6. |
|
MINERAL PROPERTIES (Continued) |
|
|
|
To maintain the option, Sunburst de Mexico assumed the obligation to pay to the San Francisco
owner cumulative annual payments. The payments are: $20,000 on June 25, 2006 (paid); $30,000 on
June 25, 2007 (paid); and $40,000 on June 25, 2008 (paid). |
|
|
|
If the option is exercised prior to the expiration of the Option Period by payment of the
purchase price of $250,000; the obligation to pay the annual payments will be terminated. MRT
and the San Francisco owner reserved a combined 2.5% NSR. MRT reserved no other rights on the
San Francisco concessions. |
|
|
|
In June 2009, Paramount made the $250,000 payment to Minera Rachasa and acquired the San
Francisco concessions as part of the definitive agreement to acquire the Guazapares project. |
|
|
|
San Antonio (Guazapares) |
|
|
|
MRT assigned to Sunburst de Mexico, with the consent of the San Antonio concessions owner
(Rafael Fernando Astorga Hernández), MRTs rights and obligations acquired under the San Antonio
option agreement, including the option to purchase the San Antonio concessions for a price of
$500,000, commencing on January 15, 2004 (the signing date of the San Antonio option agreement)
and due on January 15, 2010. |
|
|
|
To maintain the option, Sunburst de Mexico assumed the obligation to pay to the San Antonio
owner cumulative annual payments. The remaining payments are: $50,000 on January 15, 2008 (this
payment was deferred to January 31, 2008 and paid) and $50,000 on January 15, 2009 (the Company
is in default and renegotiating the payment terms). |
|
|
|
If the option is exercised prior to the expiration of the option period by payment of the
purchase price, the obligation to pay the annual payments will be terminated. The San Antonio
owner reserved the right to extract from the San Antonio concessions up to 50 tons per day of
rock material; this right will terminate on the date of the exercise of the option. MRT and the
San Antonio owner reserved a combined 2.5% NSR to be paid to them. MRT reserved no other rights
on the San Antonio concessions. |
|
|
|
Encino Gordo |
|
|
|
On December 8, 2005, the Company and Sunburst de Mexico entered into the New Agreement with MRT
to exercise their option under the August 18, 2005 sale and purchase of mining concessions
agreement to obtain two mining concessions in the Encino Gordo region. The New Agreement also
provided the Company the option to obtain three additional concessions in the Encino Gordo
region. |
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The following are additional material terms of the New Agreement: |
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(a) |
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The share option agreement with MRT was cancelled; |
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MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
6. |
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MINERAL PROPERTIES (Continued) |
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(b) |
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The Company granted MRT the option to buy all of the outstanding shares of
Sunburst de Mexico for $100 if the Company failed to transfer $1,500,000 to Sunburst de
Mexico by April 30, 2006. On April 6, 2006, MRT agreed to waive its option to purchase
the shares of Sunburst de Mexico and also waived the Companys obligation to transfer
$1,500,000 to Sunburst de Mexico; |
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(c) |
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The property agreements were modified to change the net smelter rate to a
maximum of 2.5% for all properties covered by the agreements. The property agreements
contained net smelter rates ranging from 0.5% to 7%; |
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(d) |
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The Company agreed to issue 2,000,000 shares of the Companys common stock to
MRT within four months of the date of the signing of the New Agreement. These shares
were issued to MRT and its assignee at the market value of $1.05 per share on February
23, 2006 and $2,100,000 was charged to operations for the year ended February 28, 2006.
This issuance fulfilled the Companys payment obligations under the previous property
agreements; |
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(e) |
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The Company agreed to issue 1,000,000 additional shares of the Companys
common stock to MRT if and when the Cieneguita Property is put into production and
reaches 85% of production capacity over a 90-day period, as defined in the New
Agreement; and, |
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(f) |
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The operators agreement with MRT was cancelled. |
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Sunburst de Mexico purchased two of the Encino Gordo concessions from MRT for a price of 1,000
pesos (approximately US$100), and MRT assigned to Sunburst de Mexico a first right of refusal to
acquire three additional Encino Gordo concessions. The total payments to acquire 100% of these
three additional concessions are as follows: $10,000 on June 30, 2006 (paid); $25,000 on
December 31, 2006 (paid), $50,000 on December 31, 2007 ($20,000 of this payment was made on
January 3, 2008 and the balance was paid on February 29, 2008), $75,000 on December 31, 2008
(the Company was in default). In August 2009, the Company decided to surrender the Encino Gordo
2 mining concession and absolved itself of any further obligations relating to this concession. |
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Sahuayacan |
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On June 21, 2006, Sunburst de Mexico entered into an exploration and sale option agreement of
mining concessions with Minera Emilio, S.A. de C.V. (Minera Emilio) for mineral concessions of
the Sahuayacan Property. Minera Emilio granted the Company the exclusive right to conduct
exploration on the Sahuayacan property and the Company must pay $282,000 in the following
manner: $20,000 on date of signing agreement (paid); $10,000 due December 1, 2006 (paid); $2,500
per month effective from August 21, 2006 to July 21, 2007, for a total of $30,000 (paid); $3,500
per month effective from August 21, 2007 to July 21, 2008 for a total of $42,000 (paid); and
$5,000 per month effective August 21, 2008 to July 21, 2011 (all until August 2009 have been
made) for a total of $180,000 until the balance of the total $282,000 is paid (36 months). |
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MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
6. |
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MINERAL PROPERTIES (Continued) |
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Segundo Santo Nino (Sahuayacan) |
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On May 15, 2006, Sunburst de Mexico entered into an exploration contract with Jose Maria Rascon
and Sabino Amador Rascon Polanco and, on November 20, 2007, Sunburst de Mexico entered into an
exploration contract with Rene Muro Lugo (all three representatives constitute the
Concessionaires) for the Segundo Santo Nino concession on the Sahuayacan property. Each
concession representative owns 33.3% of the total Segundo Santo Nino title. The Company must pay
the Concessionaires a total of $255,000 for this concession. As of August 31, 2009, the Company
paid $105,000 of the payments required until May 15, 2009, The remaining payments are due on
November 15, 2009 ($30,000) and May 15, 2010 ($120,000). |
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La Maravilla (Sahuayacan) |
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On January 25, 2008, Sunburst de Mexico entered into an exploration and option agreement with
Maria Luisa Wong Madrigal for mineral concessions under the La Maravilla project on the
Sahuayacan property. The Company must pay Maria Luisa Wong Madrigal $600,000 to acquire 100% of
this concession as follows: $33,000 January 25, 2008 (paid); $33,000 July 25, 2008 (paid);
$34,000 January 25, 2009 (this payment was made in September 2009); $500,000 at the option
to purchase the concession or 36 months January 25, 2011. |
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As at August 31, 2009 and February 28, 2009, the Company had $1,150,377 and $968,543 (February
29, 2008 - $1,480,702), respectively of promissory notes outstanding, comprising of the
following: |
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During the twelve months ended February 28, 2009, the Company converted accounts payable of
$465,994 (Swiss Franc (CHF) 565,000 into promissory notes. The notes consist of one warrant
for each CHF 5.00 of notes issued, exercisable at $1.00 each (note 13). The interest rate on the
notes is 7.5% p.a. payable semi-annually. The principal and interest on the notes became due and
payable on April 30, 2008. The principal and interest due as of August 31, 2009 and February 28,
2009 amounts to $528,371 & $506,505, respectively. The Company has not repaid the promissory
notes as of August 31, 2009 and is in default. The interest rate payable during the default
period is 12%. |
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As at August 31, 2009 and February 28, 2009, $622,006 and $462,038, respectively, of promissory
notes are due to related parties and close associates that bear no interest and have no terms of
repayment (see note 14). |
8. |
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CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES |
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On May 5, 2008, the Company signed a LOI to enter into a strategic alliance with Paramount. The
agreement called for Paramount to invest a minimum of $4 million and maximum of $6 million into
the Company, fixed at a price of $0.50 per unit by June 23, 2008. The investment timeline was
extended until July 21, 2008, and then to August 5, 2008. On August 6, 2008 Mexoro terminated
the LOI with Paramount as Paramount did not meet the terms of the agreement. |
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MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
8. |
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CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES (Continued) |
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The Company issued secured convertible debentures to Paramount as follows: |
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On May 9, 2008, the Company issued $500,000 in convertible debentures to Paramount, with a
maturity date of one year, accruing interest at 8% per year payable in arrears and convertible
at the option of the holder. |
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On June 10, 2008, the Company issued $70,000 in convertible debentures to Paramount, with a
maturity date of one year, accruing interest at 8% per year payable in arrears and convertible
at the option of the holder. |
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On June 25, 2008, the Company issued $300,000 in convertible debentures to Paramount, with a
maturity date of one year, accruing interest at 8% per year payable in arrears and convertible
at the option of the holder. |
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On July 11, 2008, the Company issued $500,000 in convertible debentures to Paramount, with a
maturity date of one year, accruing interest at 8% per year payable in arrears and convertible
at the option of the holder. |
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As at February 28, 2009, there were $1,370,000 convertible debentures outstanding towards
Paramount. |
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Paramount had the option to convert all or a portion of the principal amount of the debenture
into units consisting of one share of our common stock and half a warrant to purchase one share
of our common stock. Subject to certain adjustments upon the occurrence of various capital
reorganizations and other events, the units were convertible at $0.50 per unit for a total of up
to 2,740,000 shares of common stock and up to 1,370,000 warrants at $0.75 to purchase shares of
common stock (the Warrants). The Warrants would have had a term of four years if Paramount had
converted the debenture or the portion of the debenture covering those warrants. |
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The value assigned to the beneficial conversion feature of the convertible debentures issued to
Paramount was $416,200. The fair value of the Warrants attached to the convertible debentures as
discussed above was estimated to be $423,000. The fair value was estimated at the date of the
grants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average
assumptions: |
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2008 |
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Expected volatility |
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71.48-110.72 |
% |
Weighted-average volatility |
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71.48-110.72 |
% |
Expected dividend rate |
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Expected life of warrants in years |
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4 |
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Risk-free rate |
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2.30-3.41% |
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MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
8. |
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CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES (Continued) |
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The weighted average fair value of the warrants was $0.30 per warrant, while the weighted
average stock price on the dates granted was $0.50. Stock-based compensation for these warrants
of $423,000 is being amortized over the one year term of the convertible debentures starting on
May 9, 2008. |
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On January 14, 2009 the Company received notice of acceleration of three outstanding secured
convertible debentures held by Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. The notice of acceleration
relates to the secured convertible debenture granted by the Company to Paramount in the
principal amount of $500,000 dated May 9, 2008; the secured convertible debenture granted by the
Company to Paramount in the principal amount of $370,000 dated June 18, 2008; and the secured
convertible debenture granted by the Company to Paramount in the principal amount of $500,000
dated July 11, 2008 as amended by an acknowledgment dated September 10, 2008 (collectively the
Debentures). The Debentures are secured by a security agreement from the Company in favor of
Paramount dated May 9, 2008 as amended by an addendum dated June 18, 2008 and a security
agreement from Sunburst de Mexico, in favor of Paramount dated June 18, 2008 (collectively, the
Security Agreements). |
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The notice of acceleration asserts that the Debentures are in default because the Company has
failed to cure the defaults noted in a notice of default dated December 23, 2008 within the cure
period set out in the notice of default, namely: |
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1. The failure to include the conversion shares issuable upon conversion of the Debentures,
Warrant shares issuable upon exercise of the conversion warrants and any other securities due to
Paramount pursuant to the Debentures in a registration statement within 60 days of the issue
date of each Debenture contrary to section 4.3 (h) of each of the Debentures; and |
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2. The failure to pay the entirety of the interest owed by the Company to Paramount in full on
or before December 31, 2008. |
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The notice of acceleration is intended to serve as written notice to the Company that the entire
unpaid principal balance of the Debentures, in the amount of $1,370,000, together with all
accrued but unpaid interest thereon and all of Paramounts legal fees in connection with such
defaults, is immediately due and payable in full. |
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On March 19, 2009, the Company entered into an agreement with Paramount restructuring its
payment terms on the three outstanding secured convertible debentures held by Paramount. Under
the terms of the agreement, the Company paid Paramount $1,000,000 to cancel two debentures held
by them, one issued on May 9, 2008 for $500,000 and another issued on July 11, 2008 for
$500,000. |
F-34
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
8. |
|
CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES (Continued) |
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The Company also amended a debenture issued to them on June 18, 2008 in the face amount of
$370,000. The amount of that debenture was increased to $521,047, which, among other things,
includes interest accrued on all three debentures to March 31, 2009. The Company was obligated
to make a payment on March 31, 2009 on this debenture in the amount of $393,547 and the balance
of $127,500 was to be re-paid on April 30, 2009. This remaining amount of $127,500 was interest
free as long as the debenture remained in good standing. On March 31, 2009, the Company paid
back $300,000. As per the agreement, the remaining amount of $221,047 accrued interest at 8% per
year payable monthly, in arrears on the 10th day of each month. On July 8, 2009, the Company
entered into a definitive agreement with Paramount to sell the Guazapares project. As part of
the agreement, Paramount waived off the interest charges due on the convertible debenture. |
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As part of a restructuring fee, the Company issued to Paramount 150,000 shares of common stock.
As part of the agreement, Paramount has released its security interest on the Companys
Cieneguita properties. The other security as described in the original security agreement issued
with the original debentures remains in place until the amended debenture has been repaid in
full. |
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In March of 2009, the Company approved the issuance of $1,500,000 of Convertible Debenture to
four investors, of which $1,300,000 was received in cash and used to liquidate the debentures
issued to Paramount (former debenture holders) during the period of May 2008 to July 2008. The
Company recognized a loss of $174,786 on the liquidation of the debentures with Paramount.
Additionally, the Company converted $100,000 of accounts payable into the convertible debenture
and is scheduled to receive $100,000 in cash for the remaining debenture in October, 2009. The
debenture is due in one year from the date of issuance and accrues interest at 15% per annum, to
be paid quarterly in either cash or stock of the Company valued at a 20% discount of the 20 day
trading average prior to the date of payment. The holders have several options to convert the
debentures. The Company was subsequently notified that all of the holders of the Convertible
Debentures agreed to irrevocably convert the debentures into a 10% ownership interest in the
Companys Cieneguita mining project. The Company has valued the Cieneguita project at
approximately $15,000,000. The 10% ownership interest in the Cieneguita project thus
approximates the value of the debentures to be converted. |
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As consideration for the debentures, the Company granted a security interest in its Cieneguita
properties to these debenture holders. |
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MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
8. |
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CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES (Continued) |
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The value assigned to the beneficial conversion feature of the convertible debentures issued to
Paramount ($221,047) was $nil. The fair value of the Warrants attached to the convertible
debentures as discussed above was estimated to be $48,500. The fair value of the warrants was
estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model using the following
weighted average assumptions: |
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2009 |
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Expected volatility |
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110.36% |
Weighted-average volatility |
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110.36% |
Expected dividend rate |
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Expected life of warrants in years |
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3-4 |
Risk-free rate |
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1.21-1.45% |
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The weighted average fair value of the warrants was $0.75 per warrant, while the weighted
average stock price on the dates granted was $0.35. Stock-based compensation for these warrants
of $48,500 is being amortized over the one year term of the convertible debentures starting on
March 19, 2009. |
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During the six months ended August 31, 2009, the Company issued $273,510 in convertible
debenture to MRT. Under the convertible debenture agreement, the Company also issued one warrant
for each $0.60 of convertible debentures issued (note 6). The warrants can be exercised at any
time at a price of $0.50 for 3 years. |
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The value assigned to the beneficial conversion feature of the convertible debentures issued to
MRT was $71,866. The fair value of the Warrants attached to the convertible debentures as
discussed above was estimated to be $51,800. The fair value was estimated at the date of the
grants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average
assumptions: |
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2009 |
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Expected volatility |
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108.54-110.36% |
Weighted-average volatility |
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108.54-110.36% |
Expected dividend rate |
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Weighted-average expected life of warrants in years |
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3 |
Risk-free rate |
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1.36-1.45% |
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The weighted average fair value of the warrants was $0.19 per warrant, while the weighted
average stock price on the dates granted was $0.32. Stock-based compensation for these warrants
of $51,800 is being amortized till December 31, 2010. |
F-36
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
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As at August 31, 2009 and February 28, 2009 there were loans payable in the amount of $60,988 &
$70,840, respectively, of which $60,248 & $63,232 is current and $740 & $7,608 is long-term,
respectively. The remainder of the loans are repayable in monthly installments of $1,776 &
$3,045, respectively, including interest ranging from 5.3% to 15.6% per annum and are partially
secured by specified automotive equipment. |
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The Company is authorized to issue 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock. The Companys board of
directors is authorized to divide the preferred stock into series, and with respect to each
series, to determine the preferences and rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions
thereof, including the dividend rights, conversion rights, voting rights, redemption rights and
terms, liquidation preferences, sinking fund provisions, and the number of shares constituting
the series and the designations of such series. The board of directors could, without
stockholder approval, issue preferred stock with voting and other rights that could adversely
affect the voting rights of the holders of common stock, which issuance could have certain
anti-takeover effects. |
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In July 2009, the Company received subscription proceeds of $100,000 and issued 500,000 shares
of common stock in a private placement. The subscribers to the subscription proceeds have agreed
to purchase one unit for each $0.20 of subscription proceeds. Each unit consists of one share of
Companys common stock and one warrant each exercisable at $0.30, which expire in four years. |
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In June 2009, the Company converted $622,500 of debt into subscription proceeds and issued
2,075,000 common shares. The subscribers to the subscription proceeds have agreed to purchase
one unit for each $0.60 of debt. Each unit consists of two shares of Companys common stock and
one warrant each exercisable at $0.50, which expires on December 31, 2010. |
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In June 2009, the Company issued 1,000,000 shares of common stock to an officer of the Company
as bonus. |
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In May 2009, the Company converted $250,000 of debt into subscription proceeds and issued
833,334 common shares. The subscribers to the subscription proceeds have agreed to purchase one
unit for each $0.60 of debt. Each unit consists of two shares of Companys common stock and one
warrant each exercisable at $0.50, which expires on December 31, 2010. |
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In May 2009, the Company issued 42,837 shares for $13,500 of investors relations services as
per the agreement. |
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MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
11. |
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COMMON STOCK (Continued) |
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In April 2009, the Company issued 2,250,000 shares under an escrow agreement as security against
convertible debentures issued. |
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In March and April 2009, the Company issued 700,000 shares pursuant to amended convertible
debenture agreement and financing arrangements. |
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In February 2009, the Company issued 400,000 shares of common stock to an officer of the Company
as bonus for the 500,000 ounce gold discovery. |
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In November 2008, the Company issued 50,000 shares of common stock to an officer of the Company
as bonus for the 500,000 ounce gold discovery. |
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In November 2008, the Company issued 500,000 shares of common stock to the president of the
Company as a signing bonus. |
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In October, 2008, the Company converted subscription proceeds of $4,943 into 9,886 shares of
common stock. The subscribers to the subscription proceeds have agreed to purchase one unit for
each $1.00 of subscription proceeds. Each unit consists of two shares of Companys common stock
and one warrant each exercisable at $0.75, which expire in four years. |
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In October 2008, the Company issued 100,000 shares of common stock to an officer of the Company
as bonus for the 500,000 ounce gold discovery. |
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In October 2008, the Company converted $151,866 of debt into 415,000 shares of common stock. |
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In September 2008, the Company converted $835,514 of debt into subscription proceeds and issued
1,671,028 common shares. The subscribers to the subscription proceeds have agreed to purchase
one unit for each $1.00 of debt. Each unit consists of two shares of Companys common stock and
one warrant each exercisable at $0.75, which expire in four years. |
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In September, 2008, the Company received subscription proceeds of $170,000 and issued 425,000
shares of common stock in a private placement. The subscribers to the subscription proceeds have
agreed to purchase one unit for each $1.00 of subscription proceeds. Each unit consists of two
shares of Companys common stock and one warrant each exercisable at $0.75, which expire in four
years. |
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In September 2008, the Company converted $42,800 of debt into 107,000 shares of common. |
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In August 2008, the Company converted $142,508 (MXN 1,449,989) (note 6) of promissory notes into
subscription proceeds and issued 280,000 common shares. The subscribers to the subscription
proceeds have agreed to purchase one unit for each $1.00 of debt. Each unit consists of two
shares of the Companys common stock and one warrant each exercisable at $0.75, which expire in
four years. |
F-38
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
11. |
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COMMON STOCK (Continued) |
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In July 2008, the Company converted $67,424 of debt into 150,000 shares of common. |
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In June 2008, the Company converted $60,000 of debt into subscription proceeds and issued
120,000 common shares. The subscribers to the subscription proceeds have agreed to purchase one
unit for each $1.00 of debt. Each unit consists of two shares of Companys common stock and one
warrant each exercisable at $0.75, which expire in four years. |
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In June, 2008, the Company issued 9,885 shares of common stock in a private placement. |
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In May 2008, the Company converted $535,500 of debt into subscription proceeds and issued
1,071,000 common shares. The subscribers to the subscription proceeds have agreed to purchase
one unit for each $1.00 of debt. Each unit consists of two shares of Companys common stock and
one warrant each exercisable at $0.75, which expire in four years. |
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On April 25, 2008, stock subscriptions of $330,000 were converted into 330,000 shares of common
stock. |
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In the year ended February 29, 2008, the Company issued 1,174,000 shares of common stock on the
exercise of 1,174,400 warrants where each warrant was exercisable into shares of common stock at
the price of $1.00 per share. The warrants were to expire on April 30, 2008. |
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In the second and third quarters of the year ended February 29, 2008, the Company issued
1,000,000 shares of common stock on the exercise of 1,000,000 warrants where each warrant was
exercisable into shares of common stock at the price of $0.75 per share. The warrants were to
expire on December 31, 2007. |
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In the first two quarters of the year ended February 29, 2008, the Company issued 1,000,000
shares of common stock on the exercise of 1,000,000 warrants where each warrant was exercisable
into shares of common stock at the price of $0.50 per share. The warrants were to expire on June
30, 2007. |
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On November 7, 2007, the Company issued 670,000 shares of common stock on the exercise of
670,000 warrants where each warrant was exercisable into shares of common stock at the price of
$1.00 per share. The warrants were to expire on December 31, 2007. |
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On September 20, 2007, the Company issued 250,000 shares of common stock pursuant to an
agreement in consideration of deferral of any and all Guazapares Property payments currently
outstanding and those arising on or before December 31, 2007. The shares were valued at $1.16
per share, based on the closing quoted market price on September 18, 2007. |
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On September 20, 2007, the Company issued 250,000 shares of common stock pursuant to the Encino
Gordo contract. The shares were valued at $1.16 each, based on the closing quoted market price
on September 18, 2007. |
F-39
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
12. |
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STOCK COMPENSATION PROGRAM |
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On February 10, 2009 the board of directors approved the granting of stock options according to
the 2009 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan (the 2009 Option Plan). The 2009 Option Plan has the
purpose (a) to ensure the retention of the services of existing executive personnel, key
employees, and directors of the Company or its affiliates; (b) to attract and retain competent
new executive personnel, key employees, consultants and directors; (c) to provide incentive to
all such personnel, employees, consultants and directors to devote their utmost effort and skill
to the advancement and betterment of the Company, by permitting them to participate in the
ownership of the Company and thereby in the success and increased value of the Company; and (d)
allowing vendors, service providers, consultants, business associates, strategic partners, and
others, with or that the board of directors anticipates will have an important business
relationship with the Company or its affiliates, the opportunity to participate in the ownership
of the Company and thereby to have an interest in the success and increased value of the
Company. |
|
|
|
The 2009 Option Plan constitutes a single omnibus plan, but is composed of two parts. The
first part is the nonqualified stock option plan (NQSO Plan) which provides grants of
nonqualified stock options (NQSOs). The second part is the restricted shares plan (Restricted
Shares Plan) which provides grants of restricted shares of Company common stock (Restricted
Shares). The maximum number of shares of common stock that may be purchased under the plan is
6,000,000. |
|
|
|
Pursuant to a consulting agreement between the Company and GM Capital Partners Inc. (GM
Capital), signed January 31, 2006, the Company granted 5,000,000 warrants (see note 11). The
agreement provided for the provisions of financial public relations services from December 1,
2005 to November 30, 2007. The fair value of the 5,000,000 warrants totaled $3,898,000 and was
determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model using weighted averages: 2.38 year
expected life of the warrants, a volatility factor of 152%, a risk-free rate of 5% and an
assumed dividend rate of 0% The weighted average fair value of the warrant was $0.78 per
warrant, while the weighted average stock price on the dates granted was $1.00. The fair value
was amortized over the 24-month term of the contract and the Company recorded $487,250 as
stock-based compensation expense and an offsetting credit to additional paid-in capital every
quarter until November 30, 2007. |
|
|
|
In the six months ended August 31, 2009, the Company awarded 150,000 options to purchase common
shares (2008 - 1,450,000) and recorded stock-based compensation expense for the vesting options
of $298,722 (2008 - $327,470). The following weighted average assumptions were used for the
Black-Scholes option-pricing model to value stock options granted in 2009 & 2008: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009 |
|
2008 |
|
Expected volatility |
|
110.36% |
|
62% - 72% |
Weighted-average volatility |
|
110.36% |
|
72.15% |
Expected dividend rate |
|
|
|
|
Expected life of options in years |
|
10 |
|
2 - 10 |
Risk-free rate |
|
2.95% |
|
2.82% - 3.86% |
F-40
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
12. |
|
STOCK COMPENSATION PROGRAM (Continued) |
|
|
There were no capitalized stock-based compensation costs at August 31, 2009 or August 31, 2008. |
|
|
|
In the year ended February 28, 2009, the Company awarded 2,805,000 options to purchase common
shares (2008 - 1,915,000)
and recorded stock-based compensation expense of $603,801 (2008 -
$939,741). The weighted average fair value of each option granted for the year ended February
28, 2009 was $0.33. The following weighted average assumptions were used for the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model used to value stock options granted in 2009 and 2008: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009 |
|
2008 |
|
Expected volatility |
|
72.15% - 103.55% |
|
66.82% - 73.37% |
Weighted-average volatility |
|
89.39% |
|
71.32% |
Expected dividend rate |
|
|
|
|
Expected life of options in years |
|
10 years |
|
3 10 years |
Risk-free rate |
|
2.90% - 3.86% |
|
4.04% - 4.91% |
|
|
There were no capitalized stock-based compensation costs at February 28, 2009 or February 29,
2008. |
|
|
|
The summary of option activity under the 2008 Option Plan as of August 31, 2009, and changes
during the period then ended, is presented below: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted- |
|
|
|
|
Weighted |
|
|
|
|
|
Average |
|
|
|
|
Average |
|
|
|
|
|
Remaining |
|
Aggregate |
|
|
Exercise |
|
Number of |
|
Contractual |
|
Intrinsic |
Options |
|
Price |
|
Shares |
|
Term |
|
Value |
|
Balance at February 29, 2008 |
|
$ |
0.87 |
|
|
|
2,375,000 |
|
|
|
7.93 |
|
|
$ |
222,500 |
|
Options granted |
|
|
0.33 |
|
|
|
2,805,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options exercised |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options cancelled/forfeited |
|
$ |
0.91 |
|
|
|
(345,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at February 28, 2009 |
|
$ |
0.56 |
|
|
|
4,835,000 |
|
|
|
8.48 |
|
|
$ |
51,517 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options granted |
|
|
0.16 |
|
|
|
150,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options exercised |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options cancelled/forfeited |
|
$ |
0.65 |
|
|
|
(285,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at August 31, 2009 |
|
$ |
0.55 |
|
|
|
4,700,000 |
|
|
|
8.17 |
|
|
$ |
121,950 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable at August 31, 2009 |
|
$ |
0.76 |
|
|
|
2,853,335 |
|
|
|
7.68 |
|
|
$ |
40,650 |
|
|
F- 41
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
12. |
|
STOCK COMPENSATION PROGRAM (Continued) |
|
|
The weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted during the six months ended August
31, 2009 and August 31, 2008 was $0.29 and $0.49, respectively. |
|
|
|
The weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted during the twelve months ended
February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 was $0.23 and $0.71, respectively. |
|
|
|
A summary of the status of the Companys nonvested options as of August 31, 2009, and changes
during the six months ended August 31, 2009, is presented below: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
average |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grant-Date |
|
Non-vested options |
|
Shares |
|
|
Fair Value |
|
|
Nonvested at February 29, 2008 |
|
|
1,065,000 |
|
|
$ |
0.76 |
|
Granted |
|
|
2,805,000 |
|
|
|
0.23 |
|
Vested |
|
|
(1,210,001 |
) |
|
|
0.50 |
|
Cancelled/forfeited |
|
|
(157,500 |
) |
|
|
0.77 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nonvested at February 28, 2009 |
|
|
2,502,499 |
|
|
$ |
0.28 |
|
Granted |
|
|
150,000 |
|
|
|
0.29 |
|
Vested |
|
|
(700,834 |
) |
|
|
0.55 |
|
Cancelled/forfeited |
|
|
(105,000 |
) |
|
|
0.40 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nonvested at August 31, 2009 |
|
|
1,846,665 |
|
|
$ |
0.28 |
|
|
|
|
As of August 31, 2009, there was an estimated $384,134 of total unrecognized compensation cost
related to nonvested share-based compensation arrangements granted under the 2007 and 2008
nonqualified stock option plans. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average
period of approximately 1.40 years. |
|
|
As at August 31, 2009 & February 28, 2009, the Company had a total of 7,327,233 & 7,102,890
(February 29, 2008 - 4,486,100) warrants outstanding to purchase common stock. Each warrant
entitles the holder to purchase one share of the Companys common stock. The Company has
reserved 7,327,233 shares of common stock in the event that these warrants are exercised. |
F-42
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
|
|
During the year ended February 28, 2009, the Company engaged Vastani company for providing
advisory services and agreed to issue 1,000,000 warrants, 250,000 for an execution price of
$0.65 vesting on signing, 250,000 for an execution price of $1.30 vesting after 90 days, 250,000
for an execution price of $2.00 vesting after 120 days and 250,000 for an execution price of
$2.75 vesting after 180 days. The warrants expire on June 30, 2012. The fair value of the
750,000 warrants of $130,000 has been amortized during the year ended February 28, 2009 and was
determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model using weighted averages: 3.5 to 4 years
expected life of the warrants, a volatility factor of 103.99% to 138.78%, a risk-free rate of
2.46% to 3.33% and an assumed dividend rate of 0%. The weighted average fair value of the
warrants was $0.17 per warrant, while the weighted average stock price on the dates granted was
$0.32. The remaining 250,000 warrants are to be amortized in the next fiscal year. |
|
|
|
During six months ended August 31, 2009 and the twelve months ended February 28, 2009, the
Company received $nil from warrants exercised. |
|
|
|
During the year ended February 29, 2008, the Company issued 113,000 warrants under a Promissory
Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, where one warrant is issued for each CHF5.00 of promissory
notes issued (note 6). The warrants can be exercised at any time beginning on April 1, 2008 and
prior to January 31, 2010. The fair value of the 113,000 warrants totaled $64,000 and was
determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model using weighted averages: 1.83 years
expected life of the warrants, a volatility factor of 68%, a risk-free rate of 3.66% and an
assumed dividend rate of 0%. The weighted average fair value of the warrant was $0.57 per
warrant, while the weighted average stock price on the date granted was $1.26. Stock-based
compensation for these warrants of $64,000 was amortized over the six month term of the
promissory notes starting on October 17, 2007. |
|
|
|
The outstanding warrants include 1,000,000 Series D Warrants exercisable at $1.25 per share and
1,000,000 Series E Warrants exercisable at $1.50 per share; of which all are exercisable at the
option of the holder, have no redemption features, and are settled on a physical basis. All the
warrants were fully vested upon issuance. The Series E Warrants will become exercisable only
when the Series D Warrants have been fully exercised. Unless terminated earlier as a result of
failure to vest, the Series D and Series E Warrants will each expire on December 31, 2009. |
|
|
|
The Company had issued 2,917,500 warrants exercisable at $1.00 each pursuant to the issuance of
convertible debentures. These warrants expired on April 30, 2008. |
|
|
|
The Company had issued 375,000 warrants exercisable at $1.00 each pursuant to the issuance of a
private placement unit offering. These warrants expired on April 30, 2008. |
F-43
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
|
|
The following table summarizes the continuity of the Companys share purchase warrants: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted |
|
|
Number of |
|
average exercise |
|
|
Warrants |
|
price |
Balance, February 28, 2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issued |
|
|
5,652,000 |
|
|
$ |
1.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, February 28, 2006 |
|
|
5,652,000 |
|
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issued |
|
|
2,640,500 |
|
|
|
1.00 |
|
Cancelled |
|
|
(25,000 |
) |
|
|
1.00 |
|
Exercised |
|
|
(50,000 |
) |
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, February 28, 2007 |
|
|
8,217,500 |
|
|
$ |
1.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issued |
|
|
113,000 |
|
|
|
1.00 |
|
Cancelled |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised |
|
|
(3,844,400 |
) |
|
|
0.80 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- |
Balance, February 29, 2008 |
|
|
4,486,100 |
|
|
$ |
1.17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issued |
|
|
4,989,890 |
|
|
|
0.89 |
|
Cancelled/expired |
|
|
(2,043,100 |
) |
|
|
1.00 |
|
Exercised |
|
|
(330,000 |
) |
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, February 28, 2009 |
|
|
7,102,890 |
|
|
$ |
1.03 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issued |
|
|
2,320,833 |
|
|
|
0.43 |
|
Cancelled |
|
|
(2,096,490 |
) |
|
|
0.66 |
|
Exercised |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance, August 31, 2009 |
|
|
7,327,233 |
|
|
$ |
0.95 |
|
|
F-44
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
|
|
As at August 31, 2009, the following share purchase warrants were outstanding: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of |
|
|
|
|
Warrants |
|
Exercise Price |
|
Expiry Date |
|
166,666
|
|
$ |
0.30 |
|
|
May 8, 2012 |
500,000
|
|
$ |
0.30 |
|
|
July 23, 2011 |
200,000
|
|
$ |
0.40 |
|
|
March 24, 2012 |
100,000
|
|
$ |
0.43 |
|
|
September 8, 2010 |
1,454,167
|
|
$ |
0.50 |
|
|
December 31, 2010 |
250,000
|
|
$ |
0.65 |
|
|
June 30, 2012 |
1,793,400
|
|
$ |
0.75 |
|
|
April 2012 to August, 2013 |
113,000
|
|
$ |
1.00 |
|
|
January 31, 2010 |
1,000,000
|
|
$ |
1.25 |
|
|
December 31, 2009 |
250,000
|
|
$ |
1.30 |
|
|
June 30, 2012 |
1,000,000
|
|
$ |
1.50 |
|
|
December 31, 2009 |
250,000
|
|
$ |
2.00 |
|
|
June 30, 2012 |
250,000
|
|
$ |
2.75 |
|
|
June 30, 2012 |
|
7,327,233 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As at February 28, 2009, the following share purchase warrants were outstanding: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of |
|
|
|
|
Warrants |
|
Exercise Price |
|
Expiry Date |
|
100,000
|
|
$ |
0.43 |
|
|
September 8, 2010 |
726,490
|
|
$ |
0.50 |
|
|
February 29, 2012 |
250,000
|
|
$ |
0.65 |
|
|
June 30, 2012 |
3,163,400
|
|
$ |
0.75 |
|
|
April 2012 to August, 2013 |
113,000
|
|
$ |
1.00 |
|
|
January 31, 2010 |
1,000,000
|
|
$ |
1.25 |
|
|
December 31, 2009 |
250,000
|
|
$ |
1.30 |
|
|
June 30, 2012 |
1,000,000
|
|
$ |
1.50 |
|
|
December 31, 2009 |
250,000
|
|
$ |
2.00 |
|
|
June 30, 2012 |
250,000
|
|
$ |
2.75 |
|
|
June 30, 2012 |
|
7,102,890 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-45
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
14. |
|
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS |
|
|
For the six months ended August 31, 2009 and 2008, and year ended February 28, 2009 and 2008 the
Company paid or accrued management fees of $79,566, $104,440, $146,323 and $258,701,
respectively, to certain officers and directors and to companies controlled by directors. For
the six months ended August 31, 2009 and 2008, and year ended February 28, 2009 and 2008 the
Company also paid or accrued $1,987, $7,449, $9,233 and $90,066, respectively, to certain
officers and directors and to companies controlled by directors for travel, office and other
related expenses. |
|
|
|
For the year ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008, the Company also paid consulting
fees of $nil and $55,890, respectively, to a company owned by a former officer and director. |
|
|
|
As at August 31, 2009 and 2008, February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008, accounts payable
included $16,000, $84,000, $10,000 and $48,000, respectively, owing to an officer and director
of the Company and $144,481, $nil, $79,180 and $71,426, respectively, owing to a company
controlled by a director. In addition, promissory notes of $nil, $706,791, $462,037 and
$1,014,708, respectively, were owed to directors and companies controlled by directors (note 7). |
|
|
|
All related party transactions are in the normal course of business at the exchange amount
agreed to by each party. |
|
|
Deferred income taxes reflect the tax effect of temporary differences between the carrying
amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for tax
purposes. The components of the net deferred income tax assets are as follows: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009 |
|
2008 |
|
Deferred income tax assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equipment |
|
$ |
33,500 |
|
|
$ |
33,500 |
|
Net operating loss and credit carry forwards |
|
|
7,825,922 |
|
|
|
4,271,900 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross deferred tax assets |
|
|
7,859,422 |
|
|
|
4,305,400 |
|
Valuation allowance |
|
|
(7,859,422 |
) |
|
|
(4,305,400 |
) |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
As at February 28, 2009, the Companys net operating loss carry-forwards for income tax purposes
were approximately $19,812,462 (2008 - $11,586,174). If not utilized, they will start to expire
in 2017. |
F-46
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
16. SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six |
|
Six |
|
Period From |
|
|
Months |
|
Months |
|
Inception of |
|
|
Ended |
|
Ended |
|
Development Stage |
|
|
August 31, |
|
August 31, |
|
(March 1, 2004) to |
|
|
2009 |
|
2008 |
|
August 31, 2009 |
|
Interest paid |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
13,053 |
|
|
$ |
280,053 |
|
Common stock issued on conversion of
debt |
|
|
872,500 |
|
|
|
103,000 |
|
|
|
4,193,000 |
|
Common stock issued on settlement of
notes payable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,883,322 |
|
Common stock issued for interest costs |
|
|
82,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
82,500 |
|
Common stock issued for financing costs |
|
|
145,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
145,000 |
|
Common stock issued for mineral
property costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
580,000 |
|
Common stock issued for bonuses |
|
|
280,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
512,750 |
|
Shares issued for services |
|
$ |
13,500 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
365,590 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year |
|
Year |
|
|
Ended |
|
Ended |
|
|
February |
|
February |
|
|
28, 2009 |
|
29, 2008 |
|
Interest paid |
|
$ |
84,765 |
|
|
$ |
33,131 |
|
Common stock issued on conversion of debt |
|
|
103,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock issued on settlement of notes payable |
|
|
1,470,522 |
|
|
|
|
|
Shares issued for mineral property costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
580,000 |
|
Shares issued as bonuses |
|
|
232,750 |
|
|
|
|
|
Shares issued for services |
|
$ |
262,090 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
F-47
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
|
|
On July 1, 2008, the Company entered into a consultancy agreement with Vastani Company
(Vastani) for a period of 12 months, whereby Vastani will act as an advisor to the Company.
The Company has agreed to pay a monthly retainer of 20,000 in restricted shares and 1,000,000
warrants to purchase shares of the Companys common stock. The warrants include 250,000 warrants
at a price of $0.65 per share vested on signing, 250,000 warrants at an execution price of $1.30
per share vesting after 90 days, 250,000 warrants at a price of $2.00 per share vesting after
120 days and 250,000 warrants at a price of $2.75 per share vesting after 180 days. The warrants
expire on June 30, 2012. |
|
|
|
On February 10, 2009, the Company entered into a consultancy agreement with Consulting for
Strategic Growth 1, Ltd. for investor relation services. The Company shall pay $3,000 per month
in cash and $4,500 in shares of the Companys common stock for the consultants services. The
term of the agreement shall end on August 10, 2009. |
|
|
|
On March 3, 2009, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Dusford Overseas
Investments, Ltd., a British Virgin Islands company (Dusford). One of the Companys former
non-executive directors, Steven Sanders, is a principal of Dusford. Under the agreement, Dusford
will provide the Company with a variety of services including financial public relations,
strategic planning, acquisition consulting and assistance in securing equity or debt financing.
The agreement has an initial term of 12 months beginning on the effective date of March 3, 2009,
but the Company has the right to terminate the Agreement early with 30 days notice. |
|
|
|
Under the terms of the Agreement, the Company paid Dusford a signing fee of 200,000 restricted
shares and is paying a monthly fee of $10,000 (payable in shares or cash). The Company will
issue Dusford a warrant which entitles Dusford to purchase one million shares of the Companys
common stock at $0.40 per share for three years. The warrant vests and becomes issuable at the
close of any financings introduced by Dusford in increments of 100,000 shares for every $100,000
raised. |
|
|
|
In June 2009, the Company cancelled its consulting agreements with Vastani Company, Consulting
for Strategic Growth 1, Ltd. and Dusford Overseas Investments, Ltd. |
|
|
On November 15, 2008, Mario Ayub resigned from his position as President and as a Director of
the Company. Mr. Ayubs resignation was not due to a disagreement with the Company. |
|
|
|
On November 15, 2008, the Companys Directors appointed Manuel Flores to the Board of Directors.
Mr. Flores was granted a stock option of 150,000 shares at a strike price of $0.30 per share
vesting over an 18 month period. Mr. Flores also receives a consulting fee of $1,000 per month
from the Company. No employment or service contract is in place to cover this payment. |
F-48
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
18. |
|
CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT (Continued) |
|
|
On November 15, 2008, the Companys Directors appointed Barry Quiroz as President of the Company
to fill the vacancy created by Mario Ayubs resignation. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
Private Placement Subscription Agreements |
|
|
|
|
On September 21, 2009, the Company entered into private placement subscription
agreements with certain U.S. accredited investors and certain Canadian and Non-U.S.
investors for the private placement of up to a total of 9,000,000 unregistered
shares of the Companys common stock with 100% warrant coverage at a purchase price
of $0.20 per unit. The warrants have an exercise price of $0.30 per share, a
two-year term and will not be exercisable until twelve months after their date of
issuance. On September 21, 2009, $500,000 of proceeds were released to the Company
from escrow. Subject to the payment of certain fees and expenses, the remaining
subscription proceeds will be held in escrow and released to the Company upon the
filing of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission
covering the resale of the shares and warrants shares issued in the private
placement (the Final Closing). If the Company fails to file the registration
statement by November 30, 2009, the remaining funds held in escrow will be returned
to the investors. The Company cannot provide any assurance that the Final Closing
will occur, or the aggregate amount of proceeds that will be invested. |
|
|
|
|
In connection with the Companys private placement to Canadian and non-U.S.
investors, the Company has agreed to pay Andean Invest Limited, the Companys
exclusive placement agent, $150,000 at the Final Closing. The placement agent fee
does not apply to the private placement to the U.S. investors. |
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|
(b) |
|
Departure and Election of Directors and Officers |
|
|
|
|
On September 21, 2009, Manuel Flores and Steven A. Sanders resigned from the
Companys board of directors (the Board). The resignations did not involve any
disagreement on any matter relating to the Companys operations, policies or
practices. Effective upon his resignation, Mr. Flores entered into an employment
agreement with the Company pursuant to which Mr. Flores will serve as an operations
manager of the Company and will receive a monthly salary of $5,000. In addition, the
Company accelerated the vesting of 241,667 shares of the Companys common stock
underlying Mr. Sanders outstanding options and extended the exercise date of all of
his 350,000 options until the end of the ten year option term. |
|
|
|
|
Upon the resignations of Mr. Flores and Mr. Sanders, the Company increased the size
of its Board to four members and appointed George Young, John Clair and Mario Ayub
to the Board. The appointments were a condition to the private placement transaction
described above. George Young and John Clair were appointed to the Board effective
immediately upon the resignations of Mr. Flores and Mr. Sanders, and Mario Ayub will
be appointed to the Board effective October 7, 2009. |
F-49
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
19. |
|
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Continued) |
|
|
|
In addition, the Company has entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Young.
Mr. Young will serve as Chief Operating Officer and will receive a monthly salary of
$10,000. On September 21, 2009, the Company also granted Mr. Young options to
purchase 1,000,000 shares of the Companys common stock pursuant to its 2009
Nonqualified Stock Option Plan and form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement. The
options vest in four equal instalments, with the first instalment vesting on the six
month anniversary of the grant date and the remaining instalments vesting every six
months thereafter. The options have an exercise price of $0.36 per share. |
|
|
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|
On September 21, 2009, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Decerto
Group, an entity affiliated with John Clair, pursuant to which we have agreed to pay
Decerto Group $5,000 per month for consulting services. The Company has also granted
a warrant to Decerto Group to purchase 1,000,000 shares of the Companys common
stock, with an exercise price equal to $0.36 per share. The warrant shares vest in
two equal instalments, with the first instalment vesting on the six month
anniversary of the date of the consulting agreement, and the second instalment
vesting on the one year anniversary of the date of the consulting agreement,
contingent upon the Decerto Group continuing to provide consulting services to the
Company on such dates. |
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|
|
|
On September 21, 2009, the Company also entered into a consulting agreement with
MRT, an entity affiliated with Mario Ayub, pursuant to which the Company has agreed
to pay MRT $5,000 per month for consulting services. Mario Ayub currently serves as
the President of MRT. The Company has also granted a warrant to MRT to purchase
300,000 shares of the Companys common stock, with an exercise price equal to $0.36
per share. The warrant shares vest in four equal instalments, with the first
instalment vesting on the six month anniversary of the date of the consulting
agreement, and the remaining instalments vesting every six months thereafter,
contingent upon MRT Investments Ltd. continuing to provide consulting services to
the Company on such dates. In addition, for his service as a director, Mr. Ayub will
receive an annual directors fee of $60,000. |
|
|
|
|
On September 21, 2009, the Company appointed Salil Dhaumya as Chief Financial
Officer and Secretary. Mr. Dhaumya will serve as the Companys principal financial
and accounting officer. Previously, Barry Quiroz had been serving as the principal
financial and accounting officer. The Company entered into an employment agreement
with Mr. Dhaumya pursuant to which Mr. Dhaumya will receive a monthly salary of
$7,000. |
|
|
|
|
On November 16, 2009, Mr. Quiroz resigned as president of the Company. The Company
has appointed Mr. Young to serve as president and principal executive officer. |
F-50
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
19. |
|
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Continued) |
|
(c) |
|
Payment of convertible debenture |
|
|
|
|
On October 8, 2009, the Company paid the remaining outstanding balance of
$221,047.37 to Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. (Paramount) under the First Amended
and Restated Secured Convertible Debenture, dated March 17, 2009, issued by the
Company to Paramount (the Debenture). Upon receipt of this payment from the
Company, Paramount is obligated to release its security interests in the Companys
assets, including its security interests in the Companys Sahuayacan, Guazapares and
Encino Gordo properties. |
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|
|
|
(e) Entry into a material agreement |
|
|
|
|
On November 5, 2009, the Company entered into an amendment to each of the private
placement agreements, dated September 21, 2009 (collectively, the Private Placement
Agreements), by and among the Company and certain U.S. accredited investors and
certain Canadian and non-U.S. investors (collectively, the Amendments). The
Amendments increase the maximum units that may be sold in the private placement to
12,500,000 unregistered shares of the Companys common stock (the Units) and
increase the aggregate purchase price of the Units to $2,500,000. Each Unit shall
continue to be offered with 100% warrant coverage at a purchase price of $0.20 per
share. The warrants have an exercise price of $0.30 per share, a two-year term and
will not be exercisable until 12 months after their date of issuance (the
Warrants). |
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|
|
On November 5, 2009, the Company completed the second closing which involved the
sale of 4,748,353 Units, each Unit consisting of one share of common stock and one
common stock warrant at a purchase price of $0.20 per Unit pursuant to the terms of
the Private Placement Agreements as amended by the Amendments. As of November 5,
2009, the Company had received aggregate gross proceeds, prior to any expenses, from
the first and second closings of $1,881,000 based upon an aggregate share issuance
of 9,405,000 Units with 100% warrant coverage. The Company paid $150,000 to Andean
Invest Limited, the Companys exclusive placement agent for the placement to
Canadian and non-US investors. The Company intends to use the proceeds of the
private placement for working capital and general corporate purposes. |
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|
|
|
The Amendments also provide that within two days of the second closing, subject to
the payment of certain fees and expenses, all of the remaining funds held in escrow
less $350,000 will be disbursed to the Company. The Company may complete one or more
additional closings after the second closing, with the last closing to take place no
later than November 30, 2009 (the Final Closing). In addition, the Amendments
provide that if the Company does not file a registration statement with the
Securities and Exchange Commission covering the resale of the Units and Warrants
shares issued in the private placement prior to December 31, 2009, the escrow agent
will return the $350,000 held in
the escrow account to each of the subscribers participating in the offering on a pro
rata basis. |
F-51
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
19. |
|
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Continued) |
|
|
|
The Units and Warrants were issued in a private placement to (i) U.S. accredited
investors as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the Securities Act), in reliance on the exemptions from registration
afforded by Section 4(2) of the Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated
thereunder, and in reliance on similar exemptions under applicable state laws; and
(ii) Canadian and non-U.S. investors under Regulation S of the Act. The Shares and
Warrants have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or
sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act. |
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|
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|
(d) Debenture conversion |
|
|
|
|
On November 5th, 2009, Minera Rio Tinto elected to convert its $1,000,000 debentures
into units of $0.60 each. Each unit consists of two common shares at $0.30 each and
one stock purchase warrant. Each warrant is convertible into one common share at a
price of $0.50. The warrants expire on May 31, 2013. |
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|
(e) Entry into material agreements |
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|
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|
On December 23, 2009, we entered into an Acknowledgement and Agreement with MRT,
Mario Ayub, one of our directors and a principal of MRT, the participants in our
March 2009 debenture financing and Marje Minerals SA, an entity formed by certain of
the participants in our March 2009 debenture financing. As we previously announced,
the participants in our March 2009 debenture financing irrevocably converted their
$1.5 million in outstanding debentures into a 10% ownership interest in our
Cieneguita property, along with a 10% interest in the net cash flows from the mining
production that is available from the surface of the Cieneguita property to a depth
of fifteen meters (the First Phase Production). The Acknowledgement and Agreement
confirms the prior ownership of the debentures, the irrevocable conversion of the
debentures and the ownership interest in the Cieneguita property held by the
debenture financing participants. |
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|
|
Under the Acknowledgement and Agreement, MRT and
Mr. Ayub agreed to sell Mexoro an
aggregate 4% ownership interest in the Cieneguita property and a 4% ownership
interest in the net cash flows from the First Phase Production for $550,000. In a
transaction unrelated to the Company, the participants in the debenture financing
formed a new entity, Marje Minerals SA, and contributed their remaining 6% ownership
interest in the
Cieneguita property and their remaining 6% ownership interest in the net cash flows
from the First Phase Production to this entity. |
F-52
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
|
|
|
In addition, on December 23, 2009, we entered into Amendment No. 1 to the
Development Agreement with MRT (the Amendment). The Company previously entered
into a development agreement with MRT in February 2009 (the Development
Agreement), in which MRT agreed to invest up to $9 million to complete a
feasibility study for and to commence First Phase Production at the Cieneguita
property for a 60% ownership interest in the Cieneguita property and a 75% ownership
interest in the net cash flows from the First Phase Production. In the Amendment,
the Company agreed to reduce MRTs total investment commitment by $1 million. In exchange,
MRT transferred to the Company a 6% ownership interest in the Cieneguita property and a 1%
ownership interest in the net cash flows from the First Phase Production. |
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|
|
|
As a result of the Acknowledgement and Agreement and the Amendment, the ownership
interest in the Cieneguita Project and the net cash flows from the First Phase
Production are held by Mexoro, MRT and Marje Minerals as follows: |
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Cash Flow Interest |
|
Net Cash Flow Interest |
|
|
|
|
|
|
From First Phase |
|
Following First Phase |
Holder |
|
Ownership Percentage |
|
Production |
|
Production |
MRT |
|
|
54 |
% |
|
|
74 |
% |
|
|
54 |
% |
Marje Minerals |
|
|
6 |
% |
|
|
6 |
% |
|
|
6 |
% |
Mexoro |
|
|
40 |
% |
|
|
20 |
% |
|
|
40 |
% |
|
|
|
The First Phase Production at the Cieneguita Project commenced in December 2009.
Any additional costs for the First Phase Production and the feasibility study for
the Cieneguita Project, after MRT completes its required investment, will be shared
by the Company, MRT and Marje Minerals on a pro-rata basis based on their respective
ownership percentages. If any party does not pay its portion of the costs, then
their ownership position in the Cieneguita property will be reduced by 1% for every
$100,000 invested by the other owners. Our ownership interest in the Cienguita
property, however, cannot be reduced below 25%. In addition, we have the right to
cover Marje Minerals pro rata portion of costs if they fail to pay their portion of
the costs. In return, Mexoro will receive 1% of Marje Minerals ownership position in
the Cieneguita Project for every $100,000 Mexoro invests on their behalf. |
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|
|
|
On December 23, 2009, the Company also entered into a Cancellation of Debt and Release
Agreement with Mr. Ayub and MRT relating to amounts these parties had previously
loaned to Mexoro. Under the Cancellation of Debt and Release Agreement, Mexoro agreed to
pay Mr. Ayub and MRT an aggregate of $84,368 and Mexoro agreed to pay Mr. Ayub an
additional $120,000 in twelve equal monthly installments beginning on the later of
(i) January 15, 2010, or (ii) the closing of the sale of our Guazapares property.
In connection with the Cancellation of Debt and Release Agreement, Mexoro also entered
into a securities purchase agreement with Mr. Ayub pursuant to which the Company issued to
Mr. Ayub 386,666 shares of the Companys common stock and a warrant to
purchase 193,333 shares of the Companys common stock. The warrant has an exercise price of $0.50 per share, a two-year term
and will not be exercisable until twelve months after the date of issuance. In
consideration for the payments and the issuance of securities, Mr. Ayub and MRT have
agreed to discharge the Company from all outstanding debt owed to them and to release the Company from
all any and all claims relating to the outstanding debt.
|
F-53
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
(A Development Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For The Years Ended February 28, 2009 and February 29, 2008 (Information as of August 31, 2009
and for the Six Months Ended August 31, 2009 and 2008 is Unaudited)
|
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|
(f) Options |
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|
|
On December 23, 2009, the Company granted Salil Dhaumya,
the chief financial officer, options
to purchase 500,000 shares of the Companys common stock pursuant to the Companys 2009 Nonqualified
Stock Option Plan and pursuant to the Companys form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement.
The options vest in eight equal installments, with the first installment vesting on
November 1, 2009, and the remaining installments vesting every three months
thereafter. The options have a ten year term and an exercise price of $0.44 per
share. |
|
|
|
|
On September 21, 2009, the Company granted George Young, the president, options to purchase
1,000,000 shares of the Companys common stock pursuant to our 2009 Nonqualified Stock Option
Plan. The options were previously due to vest in four equal installments, with the
first installment vesting on the six month anniversary of the grant date (the
Initial Vesting Date) and the remaining installments vesting every six months
thereafter. On December 23, 2009, the board of directors amended the vesting terms
of the options such that the options now vest in eight equal installments beginning
on the Initial Vesting Date and the remaining installments vesting every three
months thereafter. The options have an exercise price of $0.36 per share. |
F-54
ANNEX A: GLOSSARY OF CERTAIN MINING TERMS
ASSAY A chemical test performed on a sample of ores or minerals to determine the amount of
valuable metals contained.
AURIFEROUS ZONE An area of gold bearing rock.
BRECCIA A rock in which angular fragments are surrounded by a mass of fine-grained
minerals.
BROWNFIELD EXPLORATION While loosely defined, the general meaning of brownfields exploration
is that which is conducted within geological terranes within close proximity to known ore
deposits.
DEVELOPMENT DRILLING Drilling to establish accurate estimates of mineral reserves.
DILUTION (mining) Rock that is, by necessity, removed along with the mineralized ore in the
mining process, subsequently lowering the grade of the ore.
DIATREME A diatreme is a breccia-filled volcanic pipe that was formed by a gaseous
explosion.
EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT A mineral deposit consisting of veins and replacement bodies, usually in
volcanic or sedimentary rocks, containing precious metals, or, more rarely, base metals.
EXPLORATION Work involved in searching for ore, usually by sampling rocks, drilling or
driving a drift.
HEAP LEACHING A process involving the percolation of a cyanide solution through crushed ore
heaped on an impervious pad or base to dissolve minerals or metals out of the ore.
HIGH GRADE Rich ore. As a verb, it refers to selective mining of the best ore in a deposit.
HYDROTHERMAL An adjective applied to heated or hot magmatic emanations rich in water, to
the processes in which they are concerned, and to the rocks, ore deposits, alteration products and
springs produced by them.
INDICATED MINERAL RESOURCE An Indicated Mineral Resource is that part of a mineral
resource for which quantity, grade or quality, densities, shape and physical characteristics can be
estimated with a level of confidence sufficient to allow the appropriate application of technical
and economic parameters, to support mine planning and evaluation of the economic viability of the
deposit. The estimate is based on detailed and reliable exploration and testing information
gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings
and drill holes that are spaced closely enough for geological and grade continuity to be reasonably
assumed.
INFERRED MINERAL RESOURCE An Inferred Mineral Resource is that part of a mineral resource
for which quantity and grade or quality can be estimated on the basis of geological evidence and
limited sampling and reasonably assumed, but not verified, geological and grade continuity. The
estimate is based on limited information and sampling gathered through appropriate techniques from
locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes.
A-1
MINERAL A naturally occurring homogeneous substance having definite physical properties and
chemical composition and, if formed under favorable conditions, a definite crystal form.
MINERAL RESERVE A mineral reserve is the economically mineable part of a measured or
indicated mineral resource demonstrated by at least a preliminary feasibility study. This study
must include adequate information on mining, processing, metallurgical, economic and other relevant
factors that demonstrate, at the time of reporting, that economic extraction can be justified. A
mineral reserve includes diluting materials and allowances for losses that may occur when the
material is mined.
MINERAL RESOURCE A mineral resource is a concentration or occurrence of diamonds, natural
solid inorganic material, or natural solid fossilized organic material including base and precious
metals, coal, and industrial minerals in or on the earths crust in such form and quantity and of
such a grade or quality that it has reasonable prospects for economic extraction. The location,
quantity, grade, geological characteristics and continuity of a mineral resource are known,
estimated or interpreted from specific geological evidence and knowledge.
MINERALIZATION The act or process of mineralizing.
MINERALIZED MATERIAL OR DEPOSIT A mineralized body which has been delineated by appropriate
drilling and/or underground sampling to support a sufficient tonnage and average grade of metal(s).
Under SEC standards, such a deposit does not qualify as a reserve until a comprehensive evaluation,
based upon unit cost, grade, recoveries, and other factors, concludes economic feasibility.
MINING CONCESSION A term used to describe an area of land for which the owner of the
concession has the right to explore for and develop mineral deposits. The rights to and ownership
of the minerals in the concession are granted, in our case, by the Mexican Government to the former
owners who then either transferred or optioned them to us. In Canada and the United States, the
term is commonly referred to as a Mineral Right or Mining Claim.
NET SMELTER RETURN (NSR) A share of the net revenues generated from the sale of metal
produced by a mine.
ORE Mineralized material that can be mined and processed at a positive cash flow.
OREBODY A natural concentration of valuable material that can be extracted and sold at a
profit.
PRELIMINARY FEASIBILITY STUDY A preliminary feasibility study is a comprehensive study of
the viability of a mineral project that has advanced to a stage where the mining method, in the
case of underground mining, or the pit configuration, in the case of an open pit, has been
established and an effective method of mineral processing has been determined, and includes a
financial analysis based on reasonable assumptions of technical, engineering, legal, operating,
economic, social, and environmental factors and the evaluation of other relevant factors which are
sufficient for a qualified person, acting reasonably, to determine if all or part of the mineral
resource may be classified as a mineral reserve.
QUALIFIED PERSON An individual who is an engineer or geoscientist with at least five years
of experience in mineral exploration, mine development or operation or mineral project assessment,
or any combination of these; has experience relevant to the subject matter of the mineral project
and the technical report; and is a member or licensee in good standing of a professional
association.
RECLAMATION The restoration of a site after mining or exploration activity is completed.
A-2
ROYALTY An amount of money paid at regular intervals by the lessee or operator of an
exploration or mining property to the owner of the ground. The royalty, generally, is based on a
certain amount per ton or a percentage of the total production or profits. Also, the fee paid for
the right to use a patented process.
STRIKE LENGTH The actual or estimated length, generally measured in meters, of a
mineralized structure.
SUPERGENE In ore deposit geology, supergene processes or enrichment occur relatively near
the surface. Supergene processes include the predominance of meteoric water circulation with
concomitant oxidation and chemical weathering. The descending meteoric waters oxidize the primary
(hypogene) sulfide ore minerals and redistribute the metallic ore elements. Supergeneenrichment
occurs at the base of the oxidized portion of an ore deposit.
VEIN A mineralized zone having a more or less regular development in length, width and
depth, which clearly separates it from neighboring rock.
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No dealer, salesperson or any other person is authorized to give any information or make
any representations in connection with this offering other than those contained in this prospectus
and, if given or made, the information or representations must not be relied upon as having been
authorized by us. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an
offer to buy any security other than the securities offered by this prospectus, or an offer to sell
or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities by anyone in any jurisdiction in which the
offer or solicitation is not authorized or is unlawful.
MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
12,500,000 Shares of Common Stock
PROSPECTUS
, 2009
PART II INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS
ITEM 13 OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
The following table sets forth the fees and expenses incurred or expected to be incurred by
Mexoro Minerals Ltd. in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being
registered hereby, other than underwriting discounts and commissions. All of the amounts shown are
estimated except the SEC registration fee. Estimated fees and expenses can only reflect information
that is known at the time of filing this registration statement and are subject to future
contingencies, including additional expenses for future offerings.
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Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee |
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$ |
375 |
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Transfer agents and trustees fees and expenses |
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15,000 |
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Printing and engraving expenses |
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40,000 |
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Legal fees and expenses |
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150,000 |
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Accounting fees and expenses |
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20,000 |
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Miscellaneous expenses |
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24,625 |
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Total |
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$ |
250,000 |
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ITEM 14 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Our articles of incorporation, as amended, provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by
Colorado law, our directors or officers shall not be personally liable to us or our shareholders
for damages for breach of such directors or officers fiduciary duty. The effect of this provision
of our articles of incorporation, as amended, is to eliminate our rights and our shareholders
rights (through shareholders derivative suits on behalf of our company) to recover damages against
a director or officer for breach of the fiduciary duty of care as a director or officer (including
breaches resulting from negligent or grossly negligent behavior), except under certain situations
defined by statute. We believe that the indemnification provisions in our Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, are necessary to attract and retain qualified persons as directors and
officers.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Act
or Securities Act) may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to
the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC, such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
ITEM 15 RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES
During the three-year period preceding the date of the filing of this registration statement,
we have issued securities in the transactions described below without registration under the
Securities Act. These securities were offered and sold by us in reliance upon exemptions from the
registration statement requirements provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act or Regulation D
under the Securities Act as transactions by an issuer not involving a public offering.
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# of |
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Warrants |
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Price per |
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Name |
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# of Shares |
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Issued ** |
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Dated |
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Share |
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Amount US$ |
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Notes |
Minera Rio Tinto* (b)
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500,000 |
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09/18/2007
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$ |
1.16 |
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Stock issued per property
payments deferral agreement
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(21 |
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Severn Consulting LLC (c)
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435,000 |
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217,500 |
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4/28/2008
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$ |
0.50 |
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Stock issued for debt
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(1) |
(20) |
Liberty Management LLC (c)
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54,000 |
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27,000 |
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4/28/2008
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$ |
0.50 |
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Stock issued for debt
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(2) |
(20) |
Hetfield International (e)
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330,000 |
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165,000 |
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4/30/2008
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$ |
0.50 |
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Stock issued for debt
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(4) |
(20) |
Court Global (d)
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220,000 |
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110,000 |
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05/07/2008
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$ |
0.50 |
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Stock issued for debt
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(5) |
(20) |
Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. (f)
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500,000 |
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05/09/2008
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Warrants issued
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(6) |
(21) |
Manuel Flores
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32,000 |
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16,000 |
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5/15/2008
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$ |
0.50 |
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Stock issued for debt
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(7) |
(21) |
74305 Alberta Ltd.
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9,886 |
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4,942 |
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06/06/2008
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$ |
0.50 |
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$ |
4,942 |
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(9) |
(21) |
Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. (f)
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70,000 |
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06/10/2008
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Warrants issued
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(6) |
(21) |
Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. (f)
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300,000 |
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06/25/2008
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Warrants issued
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(6) |
(21) |
Capital Financial Media (a)
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120,000 |
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60,000 |
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06/26/2008
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$ |
0.50 |
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Warrants issued
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(10) |
(20) |
Vastani Company (g)
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150,000 |
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200,000 |
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07/07/2008
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$ |
0.45 |
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Stock issued for services
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(3) |
(21) |
Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. (f)
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500,000 |
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07/11/2008
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Warrants issued
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(6) |
(21) |
North Mining Investment Corp. (b) *
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280,000 |
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140,000 |
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08/13/2008
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$ |
0.50 |
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Stock issued for debt
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(8) |
(21) |
Consuelo Munoz Terrazas
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375,000 |
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187,500 |
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09/17/2008
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$ |
0.40 |
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$ |
150,000 |
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(21 |
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Alvaro Madero Munoz
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25,000 |
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12,500 |
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09/17/2008
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$ |
0.40 |
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$ |
10,000 |
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(21 |
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Cecilia Madero Munoz
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25,000 |
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12,500 |
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09/17/2008
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$ |
0.40 |
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$ |
10,000 |
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(21 |
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Genesis Gold (h)
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671,028 |
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335,514 |
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09/25/2008
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$ |
0.50 |
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Stock issued for debt
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(20 |
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North Mining Investment Corp.
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1,000,000 |
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500,000 |
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09/25/2008
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$ |
0.50 |
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Stock issued for debt
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(21 |
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Haywood Securities
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107,000 |
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09/26/2008
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$ |
0.40 |
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Stock issued for services
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(20 |
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74305 Alberta Ltd.
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9,886 |
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4,943 |
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10/15/2008
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$ |
0.50 |
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$ |
4,943 |
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(21 |
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Francisco Quiroz*
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100,000 |
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10/27/2008
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$ |
0.20 |
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Management bonus
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(21 |
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Vastani Company (g)
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415,000 |
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200,000 |
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10/27/2008
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$ |
0.37 |
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Stock issued for services
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(21 |
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Francisco Quiroz*
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500,000 |
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11/25/2008
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$ |
0.21 |
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Management bonus
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(21 |
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Juan Miranda*
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50,000 |
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11/25/2008
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$ |
0.21 |
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Employee bonus
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(21 |
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Francisco Quiroz*
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400,000 |
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02/23/2009
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$ |
0.25 |
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Management bonus
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(21 |
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Dusford Overseas International Ltd. (i)
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200,000 |
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200,000 |
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03/23/2009
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$ |
0.35 |
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Stock issued for
fund raising activity
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(21 |
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Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. (f)
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150,000 |
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03/23/2009
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$ |
0.35 |
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Stock issued for interest cost
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(20 |
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OHAG
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2,250,000 |
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04/02/2009
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Shares issued as
security against debt
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(21 |
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# of |
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Warrants |
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Price per |
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Name |
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# of Shares |
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Issued ** |
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Dated |
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Share |
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Amount US$ |
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Notes |
OHAG
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250,000 |
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04/02/2009
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$ |
0.30 |
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Shares issued for financing fee
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(21 |
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Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. (f)
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75,000 |
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04/02/2009
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$ |
0.30 |
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Stock issued for interest cost
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(11) |
(20) |
Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. (f)
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25,000 |
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04/24/2009
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$ |
0.30 |
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Stock issued for interest cost
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(12) |
(20) |
OHAG
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166,666 |
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05/09/2009
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Warrants issued
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(21 |
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Terra Exploracion Y Mineria S.A. DE C.V.
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833,334 |
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416,667 |
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05/13/2009
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$ |
0.30 |
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$ |
250,000 |
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(13) |
(21) |
Consulting for Strategic Growth 1 Ltd.
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42,857 |
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05/18/2009
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$ |
0.315 |
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Stock issued for services
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(14) |
(20) |
Terra Exploracion Y Mineria S.A. DE C.V.
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2,000,000 |
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1,000,000 |
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06/18/2009
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$ |
0.30 |
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$ |
600,000 |
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(15) |
(21) |
Francisco Quiroz*
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1,000,000 |
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06/25/2009
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$ |
0.28 |
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Management bonus
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(16) |
(21) |
S2 Management (j)
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75,000 |
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37,500 |
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06/26/2009
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$ |
0.30 |
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Debt converted
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(17) |
(21) |
Michael McKnight
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250,000 |
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250,000 |
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07/23/2009
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$ |
0.20 |
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$ |
50,000 |
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(18) |
(21) |
Nevaheel Consortium LLC *
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250,000 |
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250,000 |
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07/23/2009
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$ |
0.20 |
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$ |
50,000 |
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(19) |
(20) |
John Martin
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100,000 |
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100,000 |
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09/08/2009
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$ |
0.20 |
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$ |
20,000 |
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(21 |
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Andean Invest
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5,000,000 |
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09/19/2009
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Warrants issued
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(21 |
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Woodstone Capital Inc.
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100,000 |
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100,000 |
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09/25/2009
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$ |
0.20 |
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$ |
20,000 |
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(21 |
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Woodstone Capital Inc.
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100,000 |
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100,000 |
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10/16/2009
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$ |
0.20 |
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$ |
20,000 |
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(21 |
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Vastani Company (g)
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200,000 |
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11/01/2008
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Warrants issued
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(21 |
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Affiliate of the Company. Shares issued to these parties are not being registered in this
offering. |
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Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of common stock. |
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Brian Sodi is a control person of the purchaser. |
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(b) |
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Mario Ayub, a member of our board of directors, is a control person of the purchaser. |
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(c) |
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Patrick Kephart is a control person of the purchaser. |
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(d) |
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Marc Angst is a control person of the purchaser. |
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(e) |
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Hans Mechnig is a control person of the purchaser. |
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(f) |
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Christopher Crupi is a control person of the purchaser. |
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Jan Malkus is a control person of the purchaser. |
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(h) |
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Robert Knight is a control person of the purchaser. |
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Steven Sanders, a former member of our board of directors, is a control person of the
purchaser. |
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Simon Anderson is a control person of the purchaser. |
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On April 28, 2008 the Company issued 217,500 units (consisting of two common shares of the
Company and one Series A warrant, exercisable at $0.75 to purchase one share) to Severn
Consulting LLC in exchange for debt owed of $217,500 in promissory notes. The warrants have a
term of four years. |
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On April 28, 2008 the Company issued 27,000 units (consisting of two common shares of the
Company and one Series A warrant, exercisable at $0.75 to purchase one share) to Liberty
Management in exchange for debt owed of $27,000 for investor relations activities. The
warrants have a term of four years. |
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On July 7, 2008 the Company issued 150,000 shares to Vastani Company in exchange for
marketing services of $67,424 (Euro 43,942). |
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On April 30, 2008 the Company issued 165,000 units (consisting of two common shares of the
Company and one Series A warrant, exercisable at $0.75 to purchase one share) to Hetfield
International in exchange for debt owed of $165,000 in promissory notes. The warrants have a
term of four years. |
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On May 7, 2008 the Company issued 110,000 units (consisting of two common shares of the
Company and one Series A warrant, exercisable at $0.75 to purchase one share) to Court Global
in exchange for debt owed of $110,000 in promissory notes. The warrants have a term of four
years. |
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On May 9, 2008, June 10, 2008, June 25, 2008 & July 11, 2008, the Company sold convertible
debentures in the amount of $500,000, $70,000, $300,000 and $500,000, respectively to
Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. The convertible debentures are convertible into units at the
option of the holder (consisting of two common shares of the Company and one Series A warrant,
exercisable at $0.75 to purchase one share). The convertible debentures accrue interest of 8%
payable monthly and are due and payable in 12 months from the date of issue. |
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On May 15, 2008 the Company issued 16,000 units (consisting of two common shares of the
Company and one Series A warrant, exercisable at $0.75 to purchase one share) to Manuel Flores
in exchange for debt owed of $16,000 for consulting services. The warrants have a term of four
years. |
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On August 13, 2008 the Company issued 140,000 units (consisting of two common shares of the
Company and one Series A warrant, exercisable at $0.75 to purchase one share) to North Mining
Investment Corporation in exchange for debt owed of $142,508 (MXN 1,449,989) in promissory
notes. The warrants have a term of four years. |
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On June 6, 2008 the Company issued 4,942 units (consisting of two common shares of the
Company and one Series A warrant, exercisable at $0.75 to purchase one share) to 74305 Alberta
Ltd. for cash of $4,942. The warrants have a term of four years. |
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On June 26, 2008 the Company issued 60,000 units (consisting of two common shares of the
Company and one Series A warrant, exercisable at $0.75 to purchase one share) to Capital
Financial Media in exchange for debt owed of $60,000 for investor relation services received.
The warrants have a term of four years. |
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On April 2, 2009, the Company issued 75,000 shares to Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. in
consideration of interest costs for the convertible debentures. |
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On April 24, 2009, the Company issued 25,000 shares to Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. in
consideration of interest costs for the convertible debentures. |
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On May 13, 2009, the Company issued 416,667 units (consisting of two common shares of the
Company and one warrant, exercisable at $0.50 to purchase one share) to Terra Exploracion Y
Mineria S.A. DE C.V. for subscription proceeds of $250,000. The warrants will expire on
December 31, 2010. |
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On May 18, 2009, the Company issued 42,857 shares to Consulting for Strategic Growth 1 Ltd.
in exchange of investor relation services of $13,500. |
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On June 18, 2009, the Company issued 2,000,000 shares and 1,000,000 warrants to Terra
Exploracion Y Mineria S.A. DE C.V. in exchange of debt of $600,000. |
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(16) |
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On June 25, 2009, the Company issued 1,000,000 shares to Francisco Quiroz, our former
president, as a management bonus valued at $280,000. |
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(17) |
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On June 26, 2009, the Company issued 75,000 shares and 37,500 warrants to S2 Management in
exchange of debt of $22,500. |
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(18) |
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On July 23, 2009, the Company issued 250,000 shares and 250,000 warrants to Michael McKnight
for subscription proceeds of $50,000. |
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(19) |
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On July 23, 2009, the Company issued 250,000 shares and 250,000 warrants to Nevaheel
Consortium LLC for subscription proceeds of $50,000. |
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(20) |
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This sale of unregistered securities was made under an exemption from registration under Rule
506 of Regulation D, promulgated under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. The
individual or entity to which shares were issued is an accredited investor as that term is
defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D. Further, all investors to which shares were issued under
this exemption has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that he is
capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment |
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(21) |
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These issuances were made in private placement transactions and were made to non-U.S. persons
(as defined under Rule 902 section (k)(2)(i) of Regulation S), pursuant to an offshore
transaction, and no directed selling efforts were made in the United States by us, a
distributor, any respective
affiliates, or any person acting on behalf of any of the foregoing. The investors were not
inside the United States at the time the offer was made to them nor at the time the buy
order was placed. These investors are not (1) residents of the U.S., (2) partnerships or
corporations organized or incorporated under the laws of the U.S., (3) the estate of which
any executor or administrator is a U.S. person, (4) a trust of which any trustee is a U.S.
person, (5) an agency or branch of a foreign entity located in the U.S., (6) a
non-discretionary account held for the benefit of a U.S. person, or (7) a corporation formed
by a U.S. person for the purpose of investing in unregistered securities. The investors were
purchasing for their own accounts and acknowledged that the securities were not registered
under the Securities Act and cannot be sold unless they are registered or unless an
exemption from registration is available. The sales were made without any advertising or
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No advertising or general solicitation was employed in offering the securities. The offerings
and sales were made to a limited number of persons, all of whom were accredited investors, business
associates of our company or executive officers of our company, and transfer was restricted by our
company in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933. In addition to
representations by the above-referenced persons, we have made independent determinations that all
of the above-referenced persons were accredited or sophisticated investors, and that they were
capable of analyzing the merits and risks of their investment, and that they understood the
speculative nature of their investment. Furthermore, all of the above-referenced persons were
provided with access to our Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
Except as expressly set forth above, the individuals and entities to whom we issued securities
as indicated in this section of the registration statement are unaffiliated with us.
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ITEM 16 EXHIBITS
A list of exhibits filed herewith is contained in the exhibit index that immediately precedes
such exhibits and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 17 UNDERTAKINGS
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:
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For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the
information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration
statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the
registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b) (1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall
be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared
effective. |
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For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant has
caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Broomfield, Colorado on December 24, 2009.
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MEXORO MINERALS LTD.
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/s/ George Young
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George Young |
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President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints each of George Young and Salil Dhaumya, as his or her attorney-in-fact, each with full
power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
Registration Statement on Form S-1 and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that the said attorney-in-fact, or her substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ George Young
George Young
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President, Chief Operating
Officer and Director
(principal executive officer)
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December 24, 2009 |
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/s/ Salil Dhaumya
Salil Dhaumya
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Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial and
accounting officer)
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December 24, 2009 |
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/s/ Mario Ayub
Mario Ayub
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Director
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December 24, 2009 |
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/s/ John Clair
John Clair
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Director
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December 24, 2009 |
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/s/ Francisco Quiroz
Francisco Quiroz
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Director
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December 24, 2009 |
II-7
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit |
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Description |
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3.1
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Articles of Incorporation, as amended on December 10, 2001 and February 13, 2006
(Herein incorporated by reference from the Registration Statement on Form SB-2
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2006). |
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3.2
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Bylaws of the Corporation (Herein incorporated by reference from the Registration
Statement on Form SB-2/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 25, 2006). |
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4.1
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Registration Agreement dated April 20, 2004, by and among Sunburst Acquisitions
IV, Inc., a Colorado company, and each of the purchasers in a private placement of
shares of Sunburst (Herein incorporated by reference from the Registration
Statement on Form SB-2/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 25, 2006). |
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4.2
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Stock option plan approved by the shareholders of Mexoro Minerals, Ltd. on
February 13, 2006. (Herein incorporated by reference from the Registration
Statement on Form SB-2 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April
7, 2006).# |
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4.3
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2008 Equity Compensation Plan
(Herein incorporated by reference from the Companys current
report on Form 8-K/A dated April 7, 2008, and filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2008). |
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4.4
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2009 Nonqualified Stock Option
Plan.* |
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5.1
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Opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US).* |
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10.1
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Agreement made and entered in the City of Chihuahua, State of Chihuahua as of the
18th day of August, 2005 among Compania Minera De Namiquipa, S. A. de C.V. a
company duly incorporated and validly existing pursuant to the laws of the United
Mexican States, and Minera Rio Tinto, S. A. de C.V. a company duly incorporated
and validly existing pursuant to the laws of the United Mexican States, and Mario
Humberto Ayub Touche having a domicile at San Antonio No. 2036 Chihuahua,
Chihuahua and Sunburst Mining De Mexico, S. A. de C.V., a company duly
incorporated and validly existing pursuant to the laws of the United Mexican
States (herein incorporated by reference from the Registration Statement on Form
SB-2/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 18, 2006). |
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10.2
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Agreement made and entered at the City of Chihuahua, State of Chihuahua on this
the 18th day of August of the year 2005, among Minera Rio Tinto, S. A. de C.V. a
company duly incorporated and validly existing pursuant to the laws of the United
Mexican States, and Sunburst Mining de Mexico, S. A. de C.V. a company duly
incorporated and validly existing pursuant to the laws of the United Mexican
States (Encino Gordo) (Herein incorporated by reference from the Registration
Statement on Form SB-2/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 25, 2006). |
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10.3
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The New Agreement entered into on December 8, 2005 among the Company, Sunburst de
Mexico, and MRT (herein incorporated by reference from the Companys current
report on Form 8-K for report date December 8, 2005 and filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on December 14, 2005). |
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10.4
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Amendment to the New Agreement, dated April 6, 2006 by and among Mexoro Minerals,
Ltd., Sunburst Mining de Mexico S.A. de C.V., and Minera Rio Tinto, S.A. de C.V.
(Herein incorporated by reference from the Registration Statement on Form SB-2/A
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 25, 2006). |
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10.5
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Addendum To Purchase Contract Of Mining Rights To Lump Sum Entered Into On May 6,
2004 by Corporativo Minero, S.A. De C.V. And Sunburst Mining De Mexico, S.A. De
C.V., dated March 24, 2006 (Herein incorporated by reference from the Registration
Statement on Form SB-2/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 25, 2006). |
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10.6
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Original Agreement between MRT and Corportivo Minero dated 2004 concerning the
Cieneguita property (herein incorporated by reference from the Registration
Statement on Form SB-2/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 18, 2006). |
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10.7
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Exploration And Sale Option Agreement Of Mining Concessions Entered By And Between
Minera Emilio, S.A. De C.V. And Sunburst Mining De Mexico, S.A. De C.V. (Herein
incorporated by reference from the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on October 30, 2006). |
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10.8
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Agreement to Defer Cieneguita Property Payments, entered into on May 4, 2007 by
Corporativo Minero S.A. de C.V. and Sunburst de Mexico S.A. de C.V. (herein
incorporated by reference to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on January 14, 2008). |
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10.9
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Exploration Agreement and Purchase Option between Mr. Tomasa Lopez Amado of
Rascon, Mr. Leopoldo Rascon Lopez, and Mr. Sabino Amador Rascon Polanco and
Sunburst de Mexico S.A. de C.V. dated May 15, 2006 concerning a 66% interest in
the Segundo Santo Nino concession on the Sahuayacan Property, translated from
Spanish. |
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10.10
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Exploration Agreement and Purchase Option between Mr. Rene Muro Lugo (acting in
capacity as executor and successor or Mr. Jose Muro Delgado) and Sunburst de
Mexico S.A. de C.V dated May 15, 2006 concerning a 33% interest in the Segundo
Santo Nino concession on the Sahuayacan Property, translated from Spanish. |
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10.11
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Entry into a material definitive agreement for development of Cieneguita project
with Minera Rio Tinto (herein incorporated by reference from our current report on
Form 8-K dated February 17, 2009 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on February 18, 2009). |
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10.12
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Agreement for the Assignment of Mining Agreements dated July 8, 2009, by and
between Mexoro Minerals, Ltd., its subsidiary, Sunburst Mining de México S.A. de
C.V, Paramount Gold and Silver Corp., a Delaware corporation, and its
subsidiary, Paramount Gold de Mexico S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation (herein
incorporated by reference from the Companys current report on Form 8-K dated July
8, 2009 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2009). |
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10.13
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Form of Private Placement Subscription Agreement, dated September 21, 2009, by and
between the Company and the U.S. investors named therein (herein incorporated by
reference from the Companys current report on Form 8-K dated September 21, 2009,
and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 25, 2009). |
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10.14
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Form of Private Placement Subscription Agreement, dated September 21, 2009, by and
between the Company and the Canadian and Non-U.S. investors named therein (herein
incorporated by reference from the Companys current report on Form 8-K dated
September 21, 2009, and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 25, 2009). |
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10.15
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Form of Warrant, by and between the Company and the U.S. subscribers (herein
incorporated by reference from the Companys current report on Form 8-K dated
September 21, 2009, and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 25, 2009). |
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10.16
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Form of Warrant, by and between the Company and the Canadian and Non-U.S.
subscribers (herein incorporated by reference from the Companys current report on
Form 8-K dated September 21, 2009, and filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 25, 2009). |
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10.17
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Form of Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement (herein incorporated by
reference from the Companys current report on Form 8-K dated September 21, 2009,
and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 25, 2009).# |
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10.18
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Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (herein incorporated by reference from
the Companys current report on Form 8-K dated September 21, 2009, and filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 25, 2009).# |
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10.19
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Form of Warrant, by and between the Company and Decerto Group (herein incorporated
by reference from the Companys current report on Form 8-K dated September 21,
2009, and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 25,
2009). |
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10.20
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Form of Warrant, by and between the Company and MRT Investments Ltd. (herein
incorporated by reference from the Companys current report on Form 8-K dated
September 21, 2009, and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 25, 2009). |
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10.21
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Employment Agreement, dated September 21, 2009, by and between the Company and
Manuel Flores (herein incorporated by reference from the Companys current report
on Form 8-K dated September 21, 2009, and filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 25, 2009).# |
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10.22
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Employment Agreement, dated September 21, 2009, by and between the Company and
George Young (herein incorporated by reference from the Companys current report
on Form 8-K dated September 21, 2009, and filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 25, 2009).# |
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10.23
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Consulting Agreement, dated September 21, 2009, by and between the Company and
Decerto Group (herein incorporated by reference from the Companys current report
on Form 8-K dated September 21, 2009, and filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 25, 2009). |
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10.24
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Consulting Agreement, dated September 21, 2009, by and between the Company and MRT
Investments Ltd. (herein incorporated by reference from the Companys current
report on Form 8-K dated September 21, 2009, and filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on September 25, 2009). |
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10.25
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Employment Agreement, dated September 21, 2009, by and between the Company and
Salil Dhaumya (herein incorporated by reference from the Companys current report
on Form 8-K dated September 21, 2009, and filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 25, 2009).# |
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10.26
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Form of Amendment No. 1 to the Private Placement Subscription Agreement, dated
November 5, 2009, by and between the Company and the U.S. investors named therein
(herein incorporated by reference from the Companys current report on Form 8-K
dated November 5, 2009, and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
November 12, 2009). |
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10.27
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Form of Amendment No. 1 to the Private Placement Subscription Agreement, dated
November 5, 2009, by and between the Company and the Canadian and Non-U.S.
investors named therein (herein incorporated by reference from the Companys
current report on Form 8-K dated November 5, 2009, and filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on November 12, 2009). |
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10.28
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Securities Purchase Agreement, dated December 23, 2009 by and between the Company
and Mr. Ayub (herein incorporated by reference from the Companys current report
on Form 8-K dated December 23, 2009, and filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on December 23, 2009). |
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10.29
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Form of Warrant, by and between the Company and Mr. Ayub (herein incorporated by
reference from the Companys current report on Form 8-K dated December 23, 2009,
and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2009). |
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10.30
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Acknowledgment and Agreement, by and among the Company, Sunburst Mining De Mexico,
S.A. De C.V., Minera Rio Tinto S.A. and Marje Minerals S.A. (herein incorporated
by reference from our current report on Form 8-K dated December 23, 2009 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2009). |
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10.31
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Amendment No. 1 to the material definitive agreement for development of Cieneguita
project with Minera Rio Tinto and Marje Minerals (herein incorporated by reference
from our current report on Form 8-K dated December 23, 2009 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23 2009). |
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10.32
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Cancellation of Debt and Release Agreement, dated December 23, 2009, by and among
the Company, and Minera Rio Tinto S.A. and Mr. Ayub (herein incorporated by
reference from the Companys current report on Form 8-K dated December 23, 2009,
and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2009). |
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16.1
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Responsive letter of Comiskey & Co. (incorporated by reference from Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 16, 2004). |
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16.2
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Responsive letter of Pannell Kerr Forster (registered with the PCAOB as Smythe
Ratcliffe) (incorporated by reference from Current Report on Form 8-K dated
December 6, 2007 and filed December 12, 2007). |
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21.1
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Subsidiaries of the Registrant (Herein incorporated by reference from the
Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on April 7, 2006). |
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23.1
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Consent of Meyler & Company, LLC.* |
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23.2
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Consent of Smythe Ratcliffe.* |
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23.3
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Consent of Comisky & Company.* |
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23.4
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Consent of DLA Piper LLP (US) (included in Exhibit 5.1). |
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24.1
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Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to the registration statement). * |
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Filed herewith |
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Indicates management contract or compensatory plan |