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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-Q

T           QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended November 30, 2009

£           TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _____ to _____


Commission File Number:         000-50907

DOUGLAS LAKE MINERALS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada

 

98-0430222

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

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

     

Suite 400, 1445 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

 


V6G 2T3

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

     

(604) 669-0323

   

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

   

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.            Yes T    No  £

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (Section 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).   Yes  £    No  £

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "non-accelerated filer," and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer £

Accelerated filer £

Non-accelerated filer £ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company T

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).                Yes £ No T

State the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common equity, as of the latest practicable date. 72,313,281 shares of common stock as of January 13, 2010.

 


DOUGLAS LAKE MINERALS INC.

Quarterly Report On Form 10-Q
For The Quarterly Period Ended
November 30, 2009

INDEX

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

3

 

Item 1.

Financial Statements

3

 

Item 2.

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

23

 

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

36

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

39

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

40

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

40

 

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

40

 

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

40

 

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

40

 

Item 4.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Securities Holders

40

 

Item 5.

Other Information

40

 

Item 6.

Exhibits

41

 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This quarterly report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this quarterly report include, among others, statements regarding our capital needs, business plans and expectations. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties regarding the market price of copper, availability of funds, government regulations, permitting, common share prices, operating costs, capital costs, outcomes of ore reserve development, recoveries and other factors. Forward-looking statements are made, without limitation, in relation to operating plans, property exploration and development, availability of funds, environmental reclamation, operating costs and permit acquisition. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may", "will", "should", "expect", "plan", "intend", "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "predict", "potential" or "continue", the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. Actual events or results may differ materially. In evaluating these statements, you should consider various factors, including the risks outlined in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2009, and, from time to time, in other reports that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). These factors may cause our actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statement. Given these uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.               Financial Statements

The following unaudited interim financial statements of Douglas Lake Minerals Inc.(sometimes referred to as "we", "us" or "our Company") are included in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q:

 

Page

Consolidated Balance Sheets

4

Consolidated Statements of Operations

5

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

6

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

3


Douglas Lake Minerals Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)


November 30,
2009
$

 

May 31,
2009
$

(unaudited)

ASSETS

Current Assets

   Cash

65,156

 

197,030

   Amount receivable (Note 6(t))

125,000

 

-

   Prepaid expenses (Note 3)

43,853

 

15,665

 

Total Current Assets

234,009

212,695

Property and Equipment (Note 4)

45,774

58,249

 

Total Assets

279,783

270,944

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT

Current Liabilities

   Accounts payable

645,092

 

513,379

   Accrued liabilities (Note 7)

262,233

 

273,599

   Due to related parties (Note 5)

597,980

 

487,323

 

Total Liabilities

1,505,305

 

1,274,301

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Notes 1, 6 and 11)

     

Stockholders' Deficit

     

Common Stock
   Authorized: 500,000,000 shares (2009 - 500,000,000), $0.001 par value
   Issued and outstanding: 72,313,282 shares (May 31, 2009 - 66,646,282 shares)

72,314

 

66,646

Additional Paid-in Capital

26,154,556

24,291,241

Common Stock Subscribed (Notes 6, 8 and 11 (a))

2,253,000

2,576,000

Donated Capital

109,000

 

109,000

Deficit Accumulated During the Exploration Stage

(29,814,392)

 

(28,046,244)

 

Total Stockholders' Deficit

(1,225,522)

 

(1,003,357)

 

Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Deficit

279,783

 

270,944

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements)

 

4


Douglas Lake Minerals Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

     

Accumulated
from January 5, 2004 (Date of Inception) to

For the
Three Months Ended

For the
Three Months Ended

For the
Six Months Ended

For the
Six Months Ended

     

November 30,

November 30,

November 30,

November 30,

November 30,

     

2009

2009

2008

2009

2008

     

$

$

$

$

$

Revenue

-

-

-

-

-

 

Expenses

             

   Consulting

   

7,451,669

33,744

1,387,013

1,593,611

1,564,301

   General and administrative

   

898,668

53,712

107,670

76,034

147,725

   Mineral property costs

   

19,441,149

-

216,148

10,097

1,403,614

   Professional

   

1,070,640

74,690

132,391

160,576

178,511

   Travel

   

1,070,066

5,446

191,764

24,527

315,770

   Rent

   

106,146

15,730

6,570

28,303

9,377

 

Total Expenses

   

30,038,338

183,322

2,041,556

1,893,148

3,619,298

 

Net Loss Before Other Expense

   

(30,038,338)

(183,322)

(2,041,556)

(1,893,148)

(3,619,298)

Other Income (Expense)

             

   Mineral property option payments

   

281,017

125,000

-

125,000

-

   Loss on sale of investment securities

   

(57,071)

-

-

-

-

 

Net Loss

   

(29,814,392)

(58,322)

(2,041,556)

(1,768,148)

(3,619,298)

 

Net Loss Per Share - Basic and Diluted

     

-

(0.04)

(0.02)

(0.07)

 

Weighted Average Shares Outstanding

     

72,313,000

57,871,000

70,749,000

50,573,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements)

 

 

5


Douglas Lake Minerals Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

 

Accumulated
from January 5, 2004 (Date of Inception) to November 30,
2009
$

 

For the
Six Months
Ended
November 30,
2009
$

 

For the
Six Months
Ended
November 30,
2008
$

Operating Activities

         

   Net loss for the period

(29,814,392)

 

(1,768,148)

 

(3,619,298)

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

         

      Amortization

30,278

 

12,475

 

3,942

      Donated services and rent

9,000

 

-

 

-

      Impairment of mineral property costs

17,492,074

 

-

 

-

      Loss on sale of investment securities

57,071

 

-

 

-

      Mineral property option payments

(156,017)

 

-

 

-

      Stock-based compensation

5,346,836

 

1,519,382

 

1,196,228

   Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

         

      Amount receivable

(125,000)

 

(125,000)

 

-

      Prepaid deposit

(43,853)

 

(28,188)

 

88,334

      Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

208,368

 

120,348

 

(408,452)

      Due to related parties

835,737

110,657

(94,202)

 

Net Cash Used in Operating Activities

(6,159,898)

 

(158,474)

 

(2,833,448)

 

Investing Activities

         

   Mineral property acquisition costs

(697,677)

 

-

 

-

   Proceeds from mineral property options

600,000

 

-

 

-

   Purchase of property and equipment

(76,052)

 

-

 

(69,654)

 

Net Cash Used In Investing Activities

(173,729)

 

-

 

(69,654)

 

Financing Activities

         

   Proceeds from issuance of common stock

6,733,532

 

40,000

 

3,122,500

   Repayment of loan payable

-

 

-

 

(20,000)

   Share issuance costs

(334,749)

 

(13,400)

 

(27,000)

 

Net Cash Provided By Financing Activities

6,398,783

 

26,600

 

3,075,500

 

Increase in Cash

65,156

 

(131,874)

 

172,398

Cash - Beginning of Period

-

 

197,030

 

53,610

 

Cash - End of Period

65,156

 

65,156

 

226,008

 

Non-cash Investing and Financing Activities

         

   Amount owing pursuant to mineral license acquisition agreements
      included in accrued liabilities

250,000

 

-

 

-

   Common shares subscribed for mineral licenses acquired

2,253,000

 

-

 

-

   Common shares issued for mineral licenses acquired

14,796,750

 

-

 

-

   Shares gifted to the Company to settle accounts payable

100,000

 

-

 

-

   Investment securities received and sold by the President of the
      Company on behalf of the Company

79,603

 

-

 

-

 

Supplemental Disclosures

         

   Interest paid

   

-

 

-

   Income taxes paid

   

-

 

-

 

(The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements)

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Douglas Lake Minerals Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of November 30, 2009
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

1.       Nature of Operations and Continuance of Business

The Company was incorporated in the State of Nevada on January 5, 2004. The Company is an Exploration Stage Company, as defined by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 915, Development Stage Entities. The Company's principal business is the acquisition and exploration of mineral resources located in Tanzania, Africa. The Company has not presently determined whether its properties contain mineral reserves that are economically recoverable. To date, the Company has not incurred any asset retirement obligations.

These consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which implies the Company will continue to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company has never generated revenues since inception and has never paid any dividends and is unlikely to pay dividends or generate earnings in the immediate or foreseeable future. The continuation of the Company as a going concern is dependent upon the continued financial support from its shareholders, the ability of the Company to obtain necessary equity financing to continue operations and to determine the existence, discovery and successful exploitation of economically recoverable reserves in its resource properties, confirmation of the Company's interests in the underlying properties, and the attainment of profitable operations. As at November 30, 2009, the Company has a working capital deficit of $1,271,296 and has accumulated losses of $29,814,392 since inception. These factors raise substantial doubt regarding the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

The Company's plans for the next twelve months are to focus on the exploration of its mineral properties in Tanzania and estimates that cash requirements of approximately $2,600,000 will be required for exploration and administration costs and to fund working capital. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to raise sufficient funds to pay the expected expenses for the next twelve months.

2.       Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

a)     Basis of Presentation

These consolidated financial statements and related notes are presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, and are expressed in U.S. dollars. These consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Beijing Dao Hu Investment Consulting, Ltd., a Chinese company. The Company's fiscal year-end is May 31.

b)     Interim Financial Statements

The interim unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and with the instructions to Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") Form 10-Q. They do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. Therefore, these financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended May 31, 2009, included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on October 14, 2009 with the SEC.

The financial statements included herein are unaudited; however, they contain all normal recurring accruals and adjustments that, in the opinion of management, are necessary to present fairly the Company's financial position at November 30, 2009 and May 31, 2009, and the results of its operations and cash flows for the six months ended November 30, 2009 and 2008. The results of operations for the six months ended November 30, 2009 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for future quarters or the full year.

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Douglas Lake Minerals Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of November 30, 2009
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

2.        Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

c)      Use of Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses in the reporting period. The Company regularly evaluates estimates and assumptions related to the recoverability and useful life of long-lived assets, stock-based compensation, and deferred income tax asset valuation allowances. The Company bases its estimates and assumptions on current facts, historical experience and various other factors that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and the accrual of costs and expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources. The actual results experienced by the Company may differ materially and adversely from the Company's estimates. To the extent there are material differences between the estimates and the actual results, future results of operations will be affected.

d)      Basic and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Share

The Company computes net income (loss) per share in accordance with ASC 260, Earnings per Share which requires presentation of both basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) on the face of the income statement. Basic EPS is computed by dividing net 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 common shares 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.

e)      Comprehensive Loss

ASC 220, Comprehensive Income establishes standards for the reporting and display of comprehensive loss and its components in the consolidated financial statements. As at November 30, 2009 and 2008, the Company had no items that represent a comprehensive loss, and therefore has not included a schedule of comprehensive loss in the consolidated financial statements.

f)      Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid instruments with maturity of three months or less at the time of issuance to be cash equivalents.

g)      Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consists of office equipment and automobiles recorded at cost and amortized on a straight-line basis over a three-year period.

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Douglas Lake Minerals Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of November 30, 2009
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

2.        Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

h)      Mineral Property Costs

The Company has been in the exploration stage since its inception on January 5, 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. The Company assesses the carrying costs for impairment under ASC 360, Property, Plant, and Equipment at each fiscal quarter end. When it has been determined that a mineral property can be economically developed as a result of establishing proven and probable reserves, the costs then incurred to develop such property, are capitalized. Such costs will be amortized using the units-of-production method over the estimated life of the probable reserve. If mineral properties are subsequently abandoned or impaired, any capitalized costs will be charged to operations.

i)      Long-lived Assets

In accordance with ASC 360, Property Plant and Equipment the Company tests long-lived assets or asset groups for recoverability when events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amount may not be recoverable. Circumstances which could trigger a review include, but are not limited to: significant decreases in the market price of the asset; significant adverse changes in the business climate or legal factors; accumulation of costs significantly in excess of the amount originally expected for the acquisition or construction of the asset; current period cash flow or operating losses combined with a history of losses or a forecast of continuing losses associated with the use of the asset; and current expectation that the asset will more likely than not be sold or disposed significantly before the end of its estimated useful life. Recoverability is assessed based on the carrying amount of the asset and its fair value which is generally determined based on the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and the eventual disposal of the asset, as well as specific appraisal in certain instances. An impairment loss is recognized when the carrying amount is not recoverable and exceeds fair value.

j)      Asset Retirement Obligations

The Company accounts for asset retirement obligations in accordance with the provisions of ASC 440 Asset Retirement and Environmental Obligations which requires the Company to record the fair value of an asset retirement obligation as a liability in the period in which it incurs a legal obligation associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets that result from the acquisition, construction, development and/or normal use of the assets. The Company did not have any assets retirement obligations as of November 30, 2009 and May 31, 2009.

k)      Financial Instruments

ASC 825, Financial Instruments requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and the fair value of financial instruments, which include cash, accounts payable, amounts due to related parties, and loans payable were estimated to approximate their carrying values due to the immediate or short-term maturities of these financial instruments. The Company's operations are in Canada, China and Africa, which results in exposure to market risks from changes in foreign currency rates. The financial risk is the risk to the Company's operations that arise from fluctuations in foreign exchange rates and the degree of volatility of these rates. Currently, the Company does not use derivative instruments to reduce its exposure to foreign currency risk.

 

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Douglas Lake Minerals Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of November 30, 2009
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

2.        Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

l)      Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method in accordance with ASC 740, Income Taxes. The asset and liability method provides that deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities, and for operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the currently enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. The Company records a valuation allowance to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that is believed more likely than not to be realized.

m)      Foreign Currency Translation

The functional and reporting currency of the Company is the United States dollar. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated to United States dollars in accordance with ASC 740 Foreign Currency Translation Matters, using the exchange rate prevailing at the balance sheet date. Gains and losses arising on translation or settlement of foreign currency denominated transactions or balances are included in the determination of income. The Company has not, to the date of these consolidated financial statements, entered into derivative instruments to offset the impact of foreign currency fluctuations.

To the extent that the Company incurs transactions that are not denominated in its functional currency, they are undertaken in Canadian dollars, Chinese Yuan Renminbi ("RMB"), and Tanzanian Schilling. The Company has not, to the date of these financials statements, entered into derivative instruments to offset the impact of foreign currency fluctuations.

n)      Stock-based Compensation

The Company records stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation - Stock Based Compensation, which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense based on estimated fair values for all share-based awards made to employees and directors, including stock options.

ASC 718 requires companies to estimate the fair value of share-based awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model as its method of determining fair value. This model is affected by the Company's stock price as well as assumptions regarding a number of subjective variables. These subjective variables include, but are not limited to the Company's expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards, and actual and projected employee stock option exercise behaviours. The value of the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as an expense in the statement of operations over the requisite service period.

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.

 

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Douglas Lake Minerals Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of November 30, 2009
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

2.        Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

o)      Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2009, FASB issued ASC 855, Subsequent Events, which establishes general standards of for the evaluation, recognition and disclosure of events and transactions that occur after the balance sheet date. Although there is new terminology, the standard is based on the same principles as those that currently exist in the auditing standards. The standard, which includes a new required disclosure of the date through which an entity has evaluated subsequent events, is effective for interim or annual periods ending after June 15, 2009. The adoption of ASC 855 did not have a material effect on the Company's financial statements. Refer to Note 11.

In June 2009, the FASB issued guidance now codified as ASC 105, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles as the single source of authoritative accounting principles recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities in the preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP, aside from those issued by the SEC. ASC 105 does not change current U.S. GAAP, but is intended to simplify user access to all authoritative U.S. GAAP by providing all authoritative literature related to a particular topic in one place. The adoption of ASC 105 did not have a material impact on the Company's financial statements, but did eliminate all references to pre-codification standards

The Company has implemented all new accounting pronouncements that are in effect and that may impact its financial statements and does not believe that there are any other new accounting pronouncements that have been issued that might have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations.

p)      Reclassification

Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior period's financial statements to conform to the current period's presentation.

3.        Prepaid Expenses

The components of prepaid expenses are as follows:

 

November 30,
2009
$

May 31,
2009
$

General and administrative

27,095

9,273

Rent

2,323

3,098

Travel and exploration expenses

14,435

3,294

 

Total prepaid expenses

43,853

15,665

 

4.        Property and Equipment

       

November 30,

May 31,

       

2009

2009

     

Accumulated

Net Book

Net Book

   

Cost

Amortization

Value

Value

   

$

$

$

$

Automobiles

 

54,000

20,250

33,750

42,750

Office equipment

 

22,051

10,027

12,024

15,499

 

76,051

30,277

45,774

58,249

 

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Douglas Lake Minerals Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of November 30, 2009
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

5.        Related Party Transactions

During the six months ended November 30, 2009, the Company incurred $63,000 (2008 - $189,264) of consulting fees included in general and administrative expenses, and reimbursed $35,000 (2008 - $287.697) of expenses incurred on behalf of the Company, by various directors and officers. As at November 30, 2009, the Company was indebted to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company for $597,980 (May 31, 2009 - $487,323). The amounts due are non-interest bearing, unsecured and due on demand.

6.        Mineral Properties

Tanzania, Africa

a)      On August 4, 2005, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the "KBT Agreement") with KBT Discovery Group Tanzania Ltd. ("KBT") to acquire three Prospecting Licenses, which cover an area of approximately 621 square kilometres in Tanzania, for an aggregate purchase price of $75,000 and 2,800,000 restricted shares of common stock. On November 10, 2005, the Company entered into an Amendment Agreement in which the number of shares to be issued was increased to 5,600,000 restricted shares of common stock. On October 16, 2006, the Company entered into an Amendment Agreement in which the aggregate purchase price was increased to $225,000. By the end of the fiscal year ended May 31, 2006, the Company had completed its due diligence and closed the agreement. At the first closing, Prospecting Licence No. 2810/2004, known as "Tabora", was transferred to the Company's name and the Company issued 5,600,000 restricted shares of common stock to KBT (See (d) below). The Prospecting Licence No. 3117/2005, known as "Morogoro", and Prospecting Licence No. 3118/2005, known as "KM 7", were in the name of Atlas Africa Limited ("Atlas"), a Tanzanian company. KBT had entered into an agreement with Atlas which gave KBT the right to prospect minerals under the Morogoro and KM 7 Prospecting Licenses and an option to enter into a joint venture with Atlas to prospect and mine minerals under the Morogoro and KM 7 Prospecting Licenses. KBT caused Atlas to terminate the joint venture agreements and transferred the Morogoro and KM 7 Prospecting Licenses to the Company's name and the Company paid KBT $75,000. On July 19, 2006, the Company entered into a Letter of Amendment, whereby the Company paid $50,000 directly to Atlas. During the year ended May 31, 2007, the Company paid the $50,000 to Atlas and recognized an impairment loss of $50,000 as there are no proven or probable reserves on any of the Tanzania properties. The prospecting licenses expire three years after their initial issuance. The Company can apply to reacquire 50% of the area covered by the original prospecting license. As at November 30, 2009, the Company has applied to reacquire Morogoro license.

b)      On August 4, 2005, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the "HG Agreement") with Hydro-Geos Consulting Group Tanzania Limited ("HG") to acquire Prospecting License No. 2683/2004 known as "Ashanti South East", which covers an area of approximately 210 square kilometres in Tanzania, for an aggregate purchase price of 2,600,000 restricted shares of common stock. On November 10, 2005, the Company entered into an Amendment Agreement in which the number of shares to be issued was increased to 5,200,000 restricted shares of common stock. By the end of the fiscal year ended May 31, 2006, the Company had completed its due diligence and closed the agreement. At closing, Prospecting License Ashanti South East was transferred to the Company's name and the Company issued 5,200,000 restricted shares of common stock to HG (See (d) below). The prospecting licenses expire three years after their initial issuance. The prospecting licenses expire three years after their initial issuance. The Company can apply to reacquire 50% of the area covered by the original prospecting license. The Company has let the licenses lapse.

 

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Douglas Lake Minerals Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of November 30, 2009
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

6.        Mineral Properties (continued)

Tanzania, Africa (continued)

c)      On August 4, 2005, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the "Megadeposit Agreement") with Megadeposit Explorers Limited ("Megadeposit") to acquire Prospecting Licence Renewal No. 2957/2005 known as "Negero", which covers an area of approximately 207 square kilometres in Tanzania, for an aggregate purchase price of 2,600,000 restricted shares of common stock. On November 10, 2005, the Company entered into an Amendment Agreement in which the number of shares to be issued was increased to 5,200,000 restricted shares of common stock. By the end of the fiscal year ended May 31, 2006, the Company had completed its due diligence and closed the agreement. At closing, Prospecting License Green Hills South East was transferred to the Company's name and the Company issued 5,200,000 restricted shares of common stock to Megadeposit (See (d) below). This Prospecting License expired on December 21, 2006, and Megadeposit will apply for a prospecting license ("Reacquired PLs") covering the same area previously covered by Prospecting Licence No. 2957/2005. Pursuant to an agreement to transfer mineral rights dated June 20, 2007 between Megadeposit and Douglas Lake, Megadeposit will transfer the Reacquired PLs to the Company for no consideration. The Company has let the licenses lapse. Refer to Note 6(s).

d)      On April 26, 2006, the Company issued a total of 16,000,000 restricted shares of common stock at a fair value of $5,620,000 upon completion of due diligence related to the three agreements described in (a), (b), and (c) above.

e)      On April 27, 2006, the Company entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement with Canaco Resources Inc. ("Canaco"), a Canadian public company. Under the terms of the agreement, Canaco paid $350,000 (received during fiscal 2007) to the Company, and will provide technical management and fund the initial assessment of each of the prospects in Tanzania, in order to earn up to a 70% undivided interest in the prospects. The $350,000 payment can be allocated at Canaco's discretion to cash payments owing under subsequent option agreements. On November 1, 2007, Canaco allocated $75,000 of the payment as the cash consideration owed under the option agreement described in Note 6(f)(i). In connection with this agreement, the Company is required to issue 200,000 restricted shares of common stock. The Company determined the fair value of the 200,000 shares to be $88,000. The 200,000 shares have not been issued as at November 30, 2009, and $88,000 is included in common stock subscribed.

 

 

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Douglas Lake Minerals Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of November 30, 2009
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

6.        Mineral Properties (continued)

Tanzania, Africa (continued)

f)      On October 5, 2006 the Company entered into an option agreement with Canaco whereby the Company granted Canaco the right to earn up to a 70% interest in Prospecting License 3117/2005 in Tanzania known as "Morogoro" held by the Company (see Note 6(a)). Under the option agreement Canaco has agreed to:

i)      make cash payments to the Company of $250,000, of which $50,000 (received) is payable upon the approval of the Board of Directors of both companies and the TSX Venture Exchange, the stock exchange that Canaco's shares are listed on (such date is referred to as the "Effective Date"). An additional $75,000 (paid) is payable on the first anniversary of the Effective Date (refer to Note 6(e)) and an additional $125,000 is payable on the second anniversary of the Effective Date;

ii)     issue up to 800,000 of its common shares to the Company, of which 100,000 shares are issuable on the Effective Date (received), an additional 200,000 shares are issuable on the first anniversary of the Effective Date (received); and an additional 500,000 shares are issuable on the second anniversary of the Effective Date; and

iii)    commit to spend up to $2,000,000 in exploration expenses on the subject property prior to the third anniversary of the Effective Date (up to $250,000 in exploration expense prior to the first anniversary of the Effective Date, up to $750,000 in cumulative exploration expense prior to the second anniversary of the Effective Date, and up to $2,000,000 in cumulative exploration expense prior to the third anniversary of the Effective Date).

Canaco has failed to make the required payments and has abandoned their option on this property.

g)      On November 17, 2006, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Atlas to acquire Prospecting License No. 3920/2006, which covers an area of approximately 46 square kilometres in Tanzania. The Licenses were transferred to the Company's name on signing the agreement for an aggregate purchase price of $200,000 (paid) and 4,500,000 restricted shares of common stock. The Company determined the fair value of the shares to be $3,172,500. As at May 31, 2007, the Company issued 1,500,000 shares at the fair value of $1,057,500 and at November 30, 2009, the remaining 3,000,000 shares at the fair value of $2,115,000 is included in common stock subscribed. Refer to Note 6(q).

h)      On November 17, 2006, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with HG to acquire six Prospecting Licenses, which cover an area of approximately 2,388.79 square kilometres in Tanzania. Prospecting License No.'s 3868/2006, 3671/2005, 3398/2005, 3105/2005, 3211/2005, and 2961/2004 were transferred to the Company's name on signing the agreement for an aggregate purchase price of $600,000 ("Cash Payment") and issuance of 4,000,000 restricted shares of common stock (issued) at a fair value of $2,820,000. The Cash Payment is to be made as follows: $150,000 (paid) on signing of the agreement and $150,000 payments at the end of each ninety day period thereafter until the consideration is paid in full. As at November 30, 2009, $250,000 is included in accrued liabilities. The Company has let Prospecting License No.'s 3671/2005, 3398/2005, 3105/2005, 3211/2005, and 2961/2004 lapse.

i)      On November 19, 2006, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Megadeposit to acquire five Prospecting Licenses, which cover an area of approximately 1,401 square kilometres in Tanzania. Prospecting License Renewal No.'s 3436/2005 and 2874/2004, and Prospecting License No.'s 3107/2005, 3916/2006, and 2956/2004 were transferred to the Company's name on signing the agreement and the Company issued 4,000,000 restricted shares of common stock at a fair value of $2,820,000. The Company has let these licenses lapse.

 

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Douglas Lake Minerals Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of November 30, 2009
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

6.        Mineral Properties (continued)

Tanzania, Africa (continued)

j)      On November 20, 2006, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Sumayi Investment International Limited ("Sumayi") to acquire 75% ownership of four Gemstone Licenses, which cover an area of approximately 3.88 square kilometres in Tanzania. Gemstone Mining License No.'s 201/2005, 198/2005, 199/2005 and 202/2005 were transferred to the Company's name on signing the agreement for an aggregate purchase price of $100,000 payable one year from signing. During the year ended May 31, 2008, the Company terminated the agreement and returned the Mining Licenses.

k) On November 21, 2006, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Haperk Traders Limited ("Haperk") to acquire Prospecting License Renewal No. 2987/2005 and Prospecting License No. 3267/2005, which cover an area of approximately 658 square kilometres in Tanzania. The Licenses were transferred to the Company's name on signing the agreement for an aggregate purchase price of $62,500 (paid) and issuance of 1,000,000 restricted shares of common stock at a fair value of $735,000. This Prospecting License expired on January 17, 2007, and Haperk will apply for a prospecting license ("Reacquired PLs") covering the same area previously covered by Prospecting Licence No. 2987/2005. Pursuant to an agreement to transfer mineral rights dated June 20, 2007 between Haperk and Douglas Lake, Haperk will transfer the Reacquired PLs to the Company for no consideration. The Company has let these licenses lapse. Refer to Note 6(r).

l)      On November 21, 2006, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Sika Holdings Limited ("Sika") to acquire Prospecting License No. 2544/2004 which covers an area of approximately 5 square kilometres in Tanzania. The Licenses were transferred to the Company's name on signing the agreement for an aggregate purchase price of $60,000 (paid) and issuance of 750,000 restricted shares of common stock (issued) at a fair value of $551,250. The Company has let the license lapse.

m)      On November 21, 2006, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with KBT to acquire two Prospecting Licenses, which cover an area of approximately 1,119 square kilometres in Tanzania. Prospecting License No.'s 3899/2006, and 3900/2006 were transferred to the Company's name on signing the agreement and the Company issued 200,000 restricted shares of common stock at a fair value of $147,000. The Company has let these licenses lapse.

n)      On November 22, 2006, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Robert Nicolas to acquire Prospecting License No. 3907/2006, which covers an area of approximately 34 square kilometres in Tanzania. The Licenses were transferred to the Company's name on signing the agreement for an aggregate purchase price of $15,000 (paid) and the issuance of 100,000 restricted shares of common stock (issued) at a fair value of $73,000. The Company has let the license lapse.

o)      On November 22, 2006, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Atupele A. Mwanjala and Naniel Kerrosi to acquire Prospecting License No. 2797/2004 which covers an area of approximately 28.8 square kilometres in Tanzania. The Licenses were transferred to the Company's name on signing the agreement for an aggregate purchase price of $20,000 (paid) and issuance of 100,000 restricted shares of common stock (issued) at a fair value of $73,000. The Company has let the license lapse.

 

 

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Douglas Lake Minerals Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of November 30, 2009
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

6.        Mineral Properties (continued)

Tanzania, Africa (continued)

p)      On November 29, 2006, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Ziko Farms Limited ("Ziko") to acquire four Prospecting Licenses, which cover an area of approximately 284.26 square kilometres in Tanzania. Prospecting License No.'s 2637/2004, 2638/2004, 2639/2004, and 3826/2005 were transferred to the Company's name on signing the agreement for an aggregate purchase price of $90,174 (paid) and 900,000 restricted shares of common stock. The Company determined the fair value of the shares to be $634,500. On June 21, 2007 the Company issued 900,000 shares of common stock pursuant to the asset purchase agreement. The Company has let these licenses lapse.

q)      On March 2, 2007, the Company entered into an option agreement with Canaco whereby the Company granted Canaco the right to earn up to a 75% interest in Prospecting License 3920/2006 in Tanzania known as "Shinyanga or Magembe" held by the Company (see Note 6(g)). Under the option agreement Canaco has agreed to:

i)      make cash payments to the Company of $200,000, of which $100,000 (received) is payable upon the approval of the Board of Directors of both companies and the TSX Venture Exchange,(such date is referred to as the "Effective Date"). An additional $100,000 is payable on the first anniversary of the Effective Date (received);

ii)     issue up to 750,000 of its common shares to the Company, of which 250,000 shares are issuable on the second anniversary of the Effective Date, an additional 500,000 shares are issuable on the third anniversary of the Effective Date; and

iii)    commit to spend up to $2,500,000 in exploration expenses on the subject property prior to the fourth anniversary of the Effective Date ($250,000 in cumulative exploration expense prior to the first anniversary of the Effective Date, up to $500,000 in cumulative exploration expense prior to the second anniversary of the Effective Date, and up to $750,000 in cumulative exploration expense prior to the third anniversary of the Effective Date, and up to $1,000,000 in cumulative exploration expense prior to the fourth anniversary of the Effective Date).

If the Company fails to reacquire the Prospecting Licenses by March 31, 2008 the Company will not receive the additional cash payments. The Company failed to reacquire Prospecting License 2987/2005 (Refer to Note 6(r)). Pursuant to the agreement the $100,000 option payment received was applied to the Magembe property.

 

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Douglas Lake Minerals Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of November 30, 2009
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

6.        Mineral Properties (continued)

Tanzania, Africa (continued)

r)      On June 29, 2007, the Company entered into an option agreement with Canaco whereby the Company granted Canaco the right to earn up to a 70% interest in Prospecting License 2987/2005 in Tanzania known as "Kwadijava" in the process of being acquired by the Company (see Note 6(k)). Under the option agreement Canaco has agreed to:

i)      make cash payments to the Company of $250,000, of which $50,000 (less the amount owing by the Company to Canaco in the amount of $17,953) is payable upon the execution of the agreement (received). An additional $75,000 is payable on the first anniversary of the Effective Date (as such term is defined in the agreement, that being the date on which the Company has reacquired the Prospecting License and has obtained all applicable regulatory approvals), and $125,000 is payable on the second anniversary of the Effective Date;

ii)     issue up to 800,000 of its common shares to the Company, of which 100,000 shares are issuable on the Effective Date, 200,000 shares are issuable on the first anniversary of the Effective Date, an additional 500,000 shares are issuable on the second anniversary of the Effective Date; and

iii)    commit to spend up to $2,000,000 in exploration expenses on the subject property prior to the third anniversary of the Effective Date ($250,000 in cumulative exploration expense prior to the first anniversary of the Effective Date, up to $500,000 in cumulative exploration expense prior to the second anniversary of the Effective Date, up to $1,250,000 in cumulative exploration expense prior to the third anniversary of the Effective Date, and up to 2,000,000 in cumulative exploration expense prior to the third anniversary of the Effective Date).

If the Company fails to reacquire the Prospecting License by March 31, 2008 the Company will be deemed to have waived Canaco's obligation to pay the Company $100,000 pursuant to the option agreement relating to the Magembe property. The Company failed to reacquire Prospecting License 2987/2005. Pursuant to the agreement the option payment received by the Company is applied against the option payment described in Note 6(q).

s)      On June 29, 2007, the Company entered into an option agreement with Canaco whereby the Company granted Canaco the right to earn up to a 70% interest in Prospecting License 2957/2005 in Tanzania known as "Negero" in the process of being acquired by the Company (see Note 6(c)). Under the option agreement Canaco has agreed to:

i)      make cash payments to the Company of $250,000, of which $50,000 (received) is payable upon the execution of the agreement. An additional $75,000 is payable on the first anniversary of the Effective Date (as such term is defined in the agreement, that being the date on which the Company has reacquired the Prospecting License and has obtained all applicable regulatory approvals), and $125,000 is payable on the second anniversary of the Effective Date;

ii)     issue up to 800,000 of its common shares to the Company, of which 100,000 shares are issuable on the Effective Date, 200,000 shares are issuable on the first anniversary of the Effective Date, an additional 500,000 shares are issuable on the second anniversary of the Effective Date; and

 

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Douglas Lake Minerals Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of November 30, 2009
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

6.        Mineral Properties (continued)

Tanzania, Africa (continued)

iii)    commit to spend up to $2,000,000 in exploration expenses on the subject property prior to the third anniversary of the Effective Date ($250,000 in cumulative exploration expense prior to the first anniversary of the Effective Date, up to $500,000 in cumulative exploration expense prior to the second anniversary of the Effective Date, up to $1,250,000 in cumulative exploration expense prior to the third anniversary of the Effective Date, and up to 2,000,000 in cumulative exploration expense prior to the third anniversary of the Effective Date).

If the Company fails to reacquire the Prospecting License by March 31, 2008 the Company will be deemed to have waived Canaco's obligation to pay the Company $100,000 pursuant to the option agreement relating to the Magembe property. The Company did not reacquire the license. (See Note 6(c)).

t)      On June 27, 2008, the Company entered into a Joint Venture Agreement that grants the Company the right to explore for minerals on properties in Liwale and Nachigwea Districts of Tanzania in consideration for the payment of $1,000,000 (paid) upon signing the agreement and $540,000 over five years beginning July 15, 2008. The $540,000 is payable in stages on a quarterly basis of which $80,000 must be paid in the first year, and $460,000 over the next five years. The holder of the property licenses retains a net smelter royalty return of 3%.

On June 5, 2009, the Company entered into a new joint venture which reduced the area covered by the original agreement, to approximately 380 square kilometres. Pursuant to the new joint venture agreement, the Company was required to pay $40,000 upon the signing of the new agreement. In addition, the joint venture partner is still entitled to receive a perpetual net smelter royalty return of 3% from any product realized from the property underlying the prospecting licenses. By entering into the new joint venture agreement, the Company is no longer required to pay the balance of the $460,000 previously due under the prior joint venture agreement. The new joint venture agreement covers prospecting licenses No. 5673/2009, No. 5669/2009, No. 5664/2009, and No. 5662/2009, all of which were renewed on June 12, 2009 for a period of three years. At November 30, 2009, $40,000 is included in accounts payable.

On November 7, 2009, the Company entered into a purchase agreement with Ruby Creek Resources Inc.(RCR). Pursuant to the agreement, RCR has the right to acquire a 70% interest in 125 square kilometres of the Company's interest in the 380 square kilometres covered by the 4 prospecting licenses above in consideration for $3,000,000 payable as follows:

a)      $100,000 within 5 business days of signing the agreement.

b)      $150,000 within 15 business days of signing the agreement.

c)      $100,000 upon satisfactory completion of Ruby Creek's due diligence.

d)      $400,000 upon closing and receipt the first mining license.

e)      $750,000 payable within 12 months of closing.

f)      $750,000 payable within 24 months of closing, and

g)      $750,000 payable within 36 months of closing. This payment may be made in common shares of RCR. The shares will be valued at the 10 day average trading price of RCR's common stock prior to the payment date.

Ruby Creek can increase its ownership from 70% to 75% by paying an additional $1,000,000 within 12 months of closing. Pursuant to the agreement the Company received $175,000 subsequent to the period end. The deposits of $100,000 and $150,000 shall be 50% refundable should Ruby Creek elect not to continue after completion of the due diligence. As at November 30, 2009, the Company has recorded $125,000 in amount receivable.

 

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Douglas Lake Minerals Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of November 30, 2009
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

7.        Accrued Liabilities

The components of accrued liabilities are as follows:

 

November 30,
2009
$

May 31,
2009
$

Mineral property expenditures

250,000

250,000

Professional fees

12,233

23,599

Total accrued liabilities

262,233

273,599

8.        Common Stock

a)      On August 26, 2009, the Company completed a non-brokered private placement pursuant to which the Company issued 75,000 units at $0.20 per unit for proceeds of $15,000. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and one half share purchase warrant.  Each whole warrant entitles the holder to acquire an additional share of common stock at an exercise price of $0.30 per share for a period of one year from closing.

b)      On June 23, 2009, the Company completed a non-brokered private placement pursuant to which the Company issued 1,392,000 units at $0.25 per unit for proceeds of $348,000. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and one half share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to acquire an additional share of common stock at an exercise price of $0.40 per share for a period of one year from closing. At May 31, 2009, $323,000 of proceeds was included in common stock subscribed. The Company incurred $13,400 of share issuance costs in connection with this private placement.

c)      On July 2, 2009 the Company issued 4,200,000 shares of common stock upon the cashless exercise of 4,200,000 stock options.

9.        Stock Options

The Company adopted a Stock Option Plan dated April 27, 2007, (the "2007 Stock Option Plan"), under which the Company is authorized to grant stock options to acquire up to a total of 10,000,000 shares of common stock. At November 30, 2009, the Company had no shares of common stock available to be issued under the 2007 Stock Option Plan.

The Company adopted an additional Stock Option Plan dated October 20, 2008 (the "2008 Stock Option Plan"), under which the Company is authorized to grant stock options to acquire up to a total of 10,000,000 shares of common stock. At November 30, 2009, the Company had 4,100,000 shares of common stock available to be issued under the 2008 Stock Option Plan.

During the six month period ended November 30, 2009, the Company granted stock options to acquire 4,200,000 common shares at a price of $0.15 per share exercisable for 5 years and 300,000 shares at a price of $0.30 for five years. During the six months ended November 30, 2009, the Company recorded stock-based compensation of $1,519,382 (2008 - $Nil) as general and administrative expense.

During the six month period ended November 30, 2008, the Company granted stock options to acquire 2,910,000 common shares at a price of $0.30 per share exercisable for 5 years. During the six month period ended November 30, 2008, the Company recorded stock-based compensation of $1,196,228 as general and administrative expense.

 

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Douglas Lake Minerals Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of November 30, 2009
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

9.        Stock Options (continued)

The fair value for stock options granted was estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model and the weighted average fair value of stock options granted during the six months ended November 30, 2009 was $0.34 per share (2008 - $0.41). The weighted average assumptions used are as follows:

 

Six months Ended

 

November 30,
2009

November 30,
2008

Expected dividend yield

0%

0%

Risk-free interest rate

2.71%

2.59%

Expected volatility

177%

167%

Expected option life (in years)

5.00

5.00

The total intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the six months ended November 30, 2009, was $966,000 (2008 - $362,800).

The following table summarizes the continuity of the Company's stock options:

 

Number of Options

Weighted Average Exercise Price
$

Weighted Average Remaining Contractual
Term (years)

Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
$

Outstanding, May 31, 2009

2,823,333

0.30

   

Granted

4,500,000

0.16

   

Exercised

(4,200,000)

0.30

   
 

Outstanding, November 30, 2009

3,123,333

0.30

3.94

-

Exercisable, November 30, 2009

3,123,333

0.30

3.94

-

 

At November 30, 2009, the Company had no unvested stock options and no unrecognized compensation costs.

The stock options outstanding are exercisable for cash at $0.30 per share, or on a cashless exercise basis using a prorated formula whereby the number of shares issuable is equal to (a) the average closing price for the five days prior to exercise date ("ACP") in excess of the $0.30 exercise price, divided by (b) the exercise price multiplied by (c) the number of options exercised. During the six month period ended November 30, 2009, 4,200,000 cashless stock options were exercised (2008 - 640,000).

10.      Share Purchase Warrants

The following table summarizes the continuity of the Company's share purchase warrants:

 

Number of
Warrants

Weighted Average Exercise Price
$

Balance, May 31, 2009

3,700,200

 

0.37

   Issued

733,500

 

0.39

   Expired

(2,500,000)

 

0.34

Balance, November 30, 2009

1,933,700

 

0.42

 

 

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Douglas Lake Minerals Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of November 30, 2009
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

11.      Commitments

a)      On January 9, 2006, the Company entered into a consulting agreement for a term of three months for consideration of $75,000 cash (paid in fiscal 2006 by a director on behalf of the Company) and 150,000 shares of common stock (100,000 shares transferred to the consultant by related parties during fiscal 2006). As at May 31, 2008, 50,000 shares of common stock are owed to the consultant. As at November 30, 2009, the fair value of $50,000 for these shares owed is included in common stock subscribed.

b)      On January 1, 2009, the Company entered into an agreement to rent office space for $1,393 (Cdn$1,470) per month for a period of twelve months. The Company can terminate the agreement with sixty days notice.

c)      In August 2008, the Company entered into a two year lease agreement for the provision of office space. Under the lease agreement, the Company is obligated to make the following annual payments:

Fiscal Period

 

2010

$13,900 (RMB 90,000)

During the six month period ended November 30, 2009, the Company incurred rent expense of $13,160 (RMB 90,000) pursuant to the agreement.

d)      On September 24, 2008, the Company agreed to pay the CEO $10,000 per month for three years.

12.      Fair Value Measurements

ASC 820 requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy based on the level of independent, objective evidence surrounding the inputs used to measure fair value. A financial instrument's categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. ASC 820 prioritizes the inputs into three levels that may be used to measure fair value:

Level 1

Level 1 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2

Level 2 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets with insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (less active markets); or model-derived valuations in which significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data.

Level 3

Level 3 applies to assets or liabilities for which there are unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

Pursuant to ASC 820, the fair value of our cash equivalents is determined based on "Level 1" inputs, which consist of quoted prices in active markets for identical assets.

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis were presented on the Company's balance sheet as of November 30, 2009 as follows:

 

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Douglas Lake Minerals Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of November 30, 2009
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(unaudited)

12.      Fair Value Measurements (continued)

 

Fair Value Measurements Using

 

Quoted Prices in

Significant

Active Markets

Other

Significant

For Identical

Observable

Unobservable

Instruments

Inputs

Inputs

Balance as of

(Level 1)

(Level 2)

(Level 3)

November 30, 2009

$

$

$

$

Assets:

       

Cash

65,156

-

-

65,156

Total assets measured at fair value

65,156

-

-

65,156

 

The Company believes that the recorded values of all of our other financial instruments approximate their current fair values because of their nature and respective maturity dates or durations.

13.      Subsequent Events

Effective this quarter, the Company implemented ASC 855 Subsequent Events (ASC 855). This standard establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued. The adoption of ASC 855 did not impact the Company's financial position or results of operations. The Company evaluated all events or transactions that occurred after November 30, 2009 up through January 12, 2010, the date the Company issued these unaudited financial statements. During this period, the Company did not have any material recognizable subsequent events.

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Item 2.                Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion of our financial condition, changes in financial condition and results of operations for the six months ended November 30, 2009 and 2008 should be read in conjunction with our unaudited interim financial statements and related notes for the six months ended November 30, 2009 and 2008. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements.

Overview of our Business

We were incorporated on January 5, 2004 under the laws of the State of Nevada. We are an exploration stage company engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties. We currently own or have interests in several mineral claims located in Tanzania, Africa, through prospecting licences issued by the government of Tanzania. However, the property on which we are focusing our efforts at this time is the Mkuvia Alluvial Gold Project, as described below.

None of our mineral claims contain any substantiated mineral deposits or reserves of minerals. Minimal exploration has been carried out on these claims. Accordingly, additional exploration of these mineral claims is required before any determination as to whether any commercially viable mineral deposit may exist on our mineral claims. Our plan of operations is to carry out preliminary exploration work on our mineral claims in order to ascertain whether our mineral claims warrant advanced exploration to determine whether they possess commercially exploitable deposits of minerals. We will not be able to determine whether or not any of our mineral claims contain a commercially exploitable mineral deposit, or reserve, until appropriate exploratory work is done and an economic evaluation based on that work concludes economic viability.

We are considered an exploration or exploratory stage company because we are involved in the examination and investigation of land that we believe may contain valuable minerals, for the purpose of discovering the presence of ore, if any, and its extent. Because we are an exploration stage company, there is no assurance that a commercially viable mineral deposit exists on the property underlying our mineral claim interests, and a great deal of further exploration will be required before a final evaluation as to the economic and legal feasibility for our future exploration is determined. We have no known reserves of any type of mineral. To date, we have not discovered an economically viable mineral deposit on the property, and there is no assurance that we will discover one.

Our Mineral Claims

Mkuvia Alluvial Gold Project

Our primary property of interest is the Mkuvia Alluvial Gold Project. On June 27, 2008 but effective on August 4, 2008 when ratified by our Board of Directors, we entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with Mkuvia Maita ("Mr. Maita"), the registered holder of certain prospecting licenses over certain areas covering approximately 430 square kilometers located in the Liwale and Nachigwea Districts of Tanzania. Pursuant to this agreement, we had the right to enter, sample, drill and otherwise explore for minerals on the property underlying the prospecting licenses as granted by the Government of Tanzania under the Mining Act of 1998, subject to a perpetual net smelter royalty return of 3% payable to Mr. Maita.

Effective on July 14, 2009, our Board of Directors ratified, confirmed and approved our entering into of a new Joint Venture Agreement (the "New Mkuvia Agreement") with Mr. Maita. The New Mkuvia Agreement covers a slightly smaller area than the original agreement, covering an area of approximately 380 square kilometers located in the Liwale and Nachigwea Districts of Tanzania, and more particularly described as follows:

  • Prospecting License No. 5673/2009;
  • Prospecting License No. 5669/2009;
  • Prospecting License No. 5664/2009; and
  • Prospecting License No. 5662/2009

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The New Mkuvia Agreement, which is dated for reference June 5, 2009, supersedes and replaces the prior joint venture agreement as entered into by and between the Company and Mr. Maita (the "Prior Agreement") regarding prior prospecting licenses held by Mr. Maita over substantially the same area, known as the "Mkuvia Project", which is the focus of our current exploration and development efforts.

Pursuant to the terms of the New Mkuvia Agreement we shall continue to have the right to enter, sample, drill and otherwise explore for minerals on the property underlying the New Prospecting Licenses as granted by the Government of Tanzania under the Mining Act of 1998 and any other rights covered by the prospecting licenses listed above.

In consideration for the entry into of the New Mkuvia Agreement, we were required to pay Mr. Maita US$40,000 upon signing of the New Mkuvia Agreement. In addition, and upon commencement of any production on the property underlying the prospecting licenses, Mr. Maita is still entitled to receive a perpetual net smelter royalty return of 3% from any product realized from the property underlying the prospecting licenses under the New Mkuvia Agreement. By entering into the New Mkuvia Agreement, the Company is no longer required to pay Mr. Maita the balance of approximately US$460,000 in aggregate yearly cash payments previously due under the Prior Agreement in consideration, in part, of the Company reducing the current unexplored property area underlying the prospecting licenses under the New Mkuvia Agreement by approximately 50 square kilometers.

The prospecting licenses were renewed on June 12, 2009 for the period of three years.

The property has several overlying primary mining licenses ("PMLs") that have mineral rights that lie within the boundaries of the Mkuvia property. Generally, PMLs represent limited mining rights which allow the small scale exploration of minerals by local miners and must predate the establishment of a prospecting license. PMLs are retained exclusively for Tanzanian citizens. The maximum size of the demarcated area for a PML for all minerals other than building materials is 10 hectares. The PML is granted for a period of five years, renewable once upon request. When a PML expires, the mineral rights succeed to the underlying prospecting license and cannot be renewed or re-staked thereafter, so long as the prospecting license remains valid. Specifically, the PMLs on the Mkuvia property consist of approximately 115 licenses owned by Mr. Maita, and have been provided for in the New Mkuvia Agreement. Upon a successful mining permit application and receipt, the PMLs will be collapsed and superseded by the prospecting license rights.

We obtained a Technical and Recourse Report on the Mkuvia Alluvial Gold Project, dated July 24, 2009, as prepared by Laurence Stephenson, P. Eng., and Ross McMaster, MAusIMM. This report was prepared in accordance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 Standards for Disclosure of Mineral Projects and its Companion Policy ("NI 43-101"). Much of the information regarding the Mkuvia Alluvial Gold Project as provided below is based on information provided in the 43-101 Report.

Effective on November 7, 2009, we entered into a purchase agreement (the "Ruby Creek Agreement") with Ruby Creek Resources, Inc. ("Ruby Creek"), pursuant to which Ruby Creek has the right to purchase a portion of our rights in and to our Mkuvia Alluvial Gold Project.

Under the terms of the Ruby Creek Agreement, Ruby Creek will earn a 70 percent interest in 125 square kilometres of our 380 square kilometre Mkuvia property by making payments to us totalling $3,000,000 within three years of the closing transaction, which is expected to occur shortly after completion of the 90-day due diligence period that Ruby Creek has under the Ruby Creek Agreement.

The Ruby Creek Agreement also provides that within 12 months of the closing transaction, Ruby Creek has the option to increase its interest from 70 percent to 75 percent of the 125 square kilometres by making an additional $1,000,000 payment.

In all cases, the original owner of the underlying prospecting licenses, Mr. Mkuvia Maita, retains a three percent net smelter royalty as per the pre-existing joint venture agreement between Mr. Maita and our company.

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Location and Access

The 380 square kilometres Mkuvia Project is located in the Nachingwea District, Lindi Region of the United Republic of Tanzania, and approximately 140 kilometres west of Nachingwea town. Lindi Region is one of the three regions forming Southern Zone of United Republic of Tanzania, the other regions being Mtwara and Ruvuma. The Mtwara and Ruvuma regions BORDER=0 northern Mozambique and eastern Malawi. A central point in the mining license is located at 361600 mE, 8856946 mN, UTM Zone 37 Southern Hemisphere (WGS 84)

The Lindi Region is one of the 20 Regions in Tanzania Mainland. The Region lies between South latitude 08o30' and 10o30' and East longitude 37o30' and 39o30'. It is bordered by four other regions, the Coastal and Morogoro regions to the North, the Ruvuma region to the West, the Mtwara region to the South and the Indian Ocean to the East.

The main road from Dar es Salaam to the southern regions passes through the Coastal, Lindi, Mtwara and Ruvuma regions. The road connects to northern Mozambique and eastern Malawi via the Mtwara and Ruvuma regions. Recently funding from external donors and the central government have significantly improved the road from Dar Es Salaam to the Lindi and Mtwara regions from gravel to tarmac level, covering a total distance of about 700 kilometres, including the construction of 1 kilometre long bridge across the Rufiji River.

The Lindi Region is served by 4 airstrips, in Lindi, Nachingwea, Liwale and Kilwa Masoko. These gravel strips are capable of supporting small to medium size planes only. There is no commercial air service to the region.

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LOCATION MAP: MKUVIA PROPERTY IN TANZANIA

 

The Mkuvia Property is accessible by dirt gravel road from Nachingwea town via Mbondo, Kilimarondo and Kiegeyi villages. However, during intense rain, access to the property from Kiegeyi village can only be achieved by using 4 x 4 trucks. Operations for the exploration of the Mkuvia Property would be based out of the town of Nachingwea located 140 kilometres east of the property and about 600 kilometres southwest of Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania. Nachingwea town, which is one of the districts within Lindi Region, has an airstrip facility on which up to medium size aircrafts can safely be utilized.

Access to the property is via main Tanzanian highways to the village of Kiegeyi and then by field road to the Company's main field camp. Field roads exist throughout the property.

Although the electrical power grid is reaching most areas of Tanzania it does not extend to the area of the Mkuvia property and will not likely be available in the near future. Since Tanzania has a vibrant mining community, a large pool of experienced mining personnel and equipment is available, some of it locally.

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There are no waste treatment plants in the immediate area.

Topography and Climate

The topography of the area ranges between 480 to 760 metres and is relatively moderately rugged to the central, west and the southwest, and flat to the eastern part. Many of the rivers and streams which are flowing to the south, north and east directions are seasonally dry. The main Mbwemkuru River flows all year round and water availability for all aspects of the exploration and development program will not be a problem. The area is dense vegetated with thick bushes along the rivers and streams valleys.

There are four main climatic zones that can affect the whole of Tanzania: the coastal area where conditions are tropical; the central plateau, which is hot and dry; the semi-temperate highland areas; and the high, moist lake regions. There are two rainy seasons in the north, from November to January and from March through May. In the Lindi Region, annual rainfall ranges from 600mm in low lands to 1200mm in the highland plateau. Most parts of the coastal, central and north eastern highlands are currently experiencing extreme drought conditions after a prolonged period of below average annual rainfall in consecutive seasons. Plans to develop water resources could not only facilitate operations but might provide a local resource that will attract government approval and funding.

The mean annual temperatures vary with altitude from the valley bottom to the mountain top. The average annual temperature varies between 18 degrees C on the mountains to 30 degrees C in river valleys. In most parts of the region, the average temperatures are almost uniform at 25 degrees C. In general the hot season runs from July to September.

History

Gold mineralization in the area was first discovered at the time of the government's Geological Survey of Tanzania, a country-wide geochemical survey program conducted in the 1990s. The property is part of a previously described gold district, the Kitowero Prospect, in which a State Mining Corporation reported mineral concentrates in the current rivers, including the Mbwemkuru River. The authors of the 43-101 Report have advised that they have not been able to verify this information, and no historical estimates or details is available on the source of this information.

Small scale artisanal mining activities commenced in 2002 by local miners, with the aim of exploring and mining gemstone along the main Mbwemkuru River and its tributaries. However, gold was recovered from the concentrates and hence the area turned from gemstone to alluvial gold mining. The current production from artisanal mining work by local miners, as reported by them averages between 1.5 to 2 kilograms of gold per month, recovered from loose sands and gravels. The authors of the 43-101 Report have not been able to verify this information.

Geological Setting

Tanzania has a geological environment representing all the known chronostratigraphical units of the world ranging from Archaean, Proterozoic, Phanerozoic to Quarternary ages. These geological formations host a variety of minerals such as gold, base metals, diverse types of gemstones (including tanzanite, diamonds, emerald, sapphires, colored quartz, ruby, beryl, tourmaline, garnet), various industrial minerals, building materials, phosphate, coal, salt, kaolin, tin, water and hydrocarbons.

Regional Geology. Much of the central and northern part of the country is underlain by the Tanzania Archaean Craton. The central part of the country is composed of the high grade metamorphic terrain (the Dodoman Supergroup dominated by rafts of amphibolite to granulite facies metamorphic rocks in migmatitic granite terrain), whereas the northern part is covered by the Greenstone Belt (the Nyazian - Kavirondian Supergroup comprising sequences of mafic to felsic volcanics, chert/banded iron formation and clastic sediments). The Tanzania Archaean Craton is well known as a host for world-class gold deposits similar to other Archaean Cratons around the world. The Craton is also intruded by a number of diamondiferous kimberlite pipes.

The Tanzania Archaean Craton is engulfed to southeast and southwest by Palaeaproterozoic Usagaran and Ubendian mobile belts respectively, with high grade crystalline metamorphic rocks with a number of postorogenic gabbroic and granitic intrusives hosting base metals, shear zone hosted gold, various types of gemstones and industrial minerals. The eastern part of the Usagaran Belt is mobilized by the Neoproterozoic Pan African Orogeny forming the Mozambique Belt with lithological, structural and metallurgical characteristics similar to that of the Usagaran - Ubendian Belt.

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The Palaeoproterozoic Ubendian mobile belt is bound to the west by the mildly metamorphosed Mesoproterozoic Fold Belt (the Kibaran -Bukoban - Karagwe-Ankolean Supergroup). The supercrustal rocks of this Belt (mainly meta - argillites, phyllites, low-grade sericite schists and quartzites) are intruded by post orogenic granites which have alteration haloes containing veins with tin and tungsten mineralization. The Belt is also characterized by post - orogenic basic intrusives hosting platinum group metals (PGMs).

The Uha - Malagarasi Neoproterozoic to early Palaeozoic age is an intracratonic formation consisting of sedimentary - volcanic depositional sequences of sandstones, quartzites, shales, red beds, dolomitic limestones, cherts and amygdaloidal lavas with indications of strata-bound copper deposits and various industrial minerals.

Phanerozoic formations in Tanzania include the following:

(i)     The Karoo Supergroup of Late carboniferous to Jurassic age made up of continental sedimentary rocks famous for hosting good-quality coal resources occurring in several isolated coalfields located in south west of Tanzania.

(ii)    Marin Formations that are dominated by shelf-facies clay bound sands, marls and some isolated coral reefs good for production of portland cement, lime and construction aggregates. The marls and sands are respectively, good source and reservoir rocks of hydrocarbons. At Mandawa there are salt domes made up of gypsums and other evaporates salts that can be used for various industrial purposes.

(iii)   Neogene to Quarternary continental formations in isolated basins and river channels composed of clays (red soils, ochre, kaolin, bentonites, meerschaum, bauxite), limestone, evaporates (gypsum, nitrates and halides) and sands; volcanic rocks ranging in composition from lavas (basalts, andesites, and phonolites) good for aggregates, apatite and niobium bearing carbonatites (good for fertilizers), tuffs, ash and pumice (good for production of pozzolana cement) and dimension stones; volcanic fumarolic exhalative deposits (mainly sulphur and fluorites).

Property Geology. The Mkuvia Project is situated at the eastern margin of the Selous Basin where Karoo and young sedimentary rock are in fault contact with low to high-grade metamorphosed rocks of Neoproterozoic age belonging to the Mozambique Belt. The Proterozoic basement rocks are bounded by Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic basins to the east, north and west. The dominant rocks are biotite schist and gneiss, granitic gneiss, garnetiferous amphibolites, quartzite, pegmatite dyke and mafic sills which are unconformably overlain by palaeo-placer sand and pebble beds and recent superficial deposits. The regional structural trends that control the deposition appear to be trending at northwest and northeast.

The geology of the property is dominated by thick (up to 10 m) of transported cover consisting of palaeo-placer sand, gravel and pebble beds derived from Karoo to the west and younger sedimentary rocks. The sand horizon is massive, graded from fine to coarse grained, characterized by orange-yellow sands, well exposed at Old Matandani Prospect, and white-grey sands which cover the large part of the property. The basal conglomerate pebbles (auriferous pebbles and cobbles beds) are well rounded, well sorted, dominantly made of quartzite, quartz rocks, and other basement rocks.

The thickness of palaeo-placer sand-pebble beds and the overlaying black clays material increase toward the eastern part of Mbwemkuru River as observed at Mkilikage Prospect. This would be expected if the source of the deltaic or beach placer material is from the west. At Mkilikage Prospect, a thick layer of medium to coarse grained sandy bed (~ 2.5 m thick) resulted from modern river deposition is overlaying palaeo-placer sand-pebble beds. This sandy bed is characterized by well developed cross bedding sedimentary structures with minimal gold content until the lower reaches.

The red-brown sands are massive with no obvious bedding. They comprise subangular quartz grains with a matrix of hematite clay. They range from <1 m up to 3 m thickness, and generally appear to be thicker upslope, particularly at the western extremity of the property, well exposed at Old Matandani workings. They have been reworked in the current river bed, with removal of the clay, to produce white friable sands that extend for up to 300 m, but generally less, upslope. These are clearly gold-bearing as they have been extensively mined by artisanals, but panning suggests that they are low grade.

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The sands overlie a polymictic conglomerate sequence that comprises several clay-rich, horizontally bedded units interlayered with sandy beds. The clasts range from pebbles through cobbles to boulders, the latter being only sporadically developed, but suggesting that there may be distinct channels in the conglomerate sequence upslope from the present river. Artisanal activity and panning indicate that the conglomerates have higher gold grades than the overlying sands. This feature would be anticipated in a delta or beach placer forming river fan.

Most of the Neoproterozoic basement rocks are exposed on the NE-SW trending ridge located in the central-eastern portion of the property with few outcrops observed in the south part, exposed on the river banks and beds. The basement geology consists of granite-gneisses, biotite gneiss, schists and quartzo-feldspathic gneiss and quartzite, which have been intruded by pegmatite veins and mafic dykes and quartz veins.

The quartzite has a bedded sugary texture. The biotite gneiss is fine grained, well bedded with biotite, feldspar and quartz. Quartz-feldspar gneiss additionally contains minor biotite and was also observed to contain some large augen like feldspar crystals. Pegmatite was generally seen to have graphic texture with very coarse grained feldspar and smaller quartz crystals, and with only biotite or chlorite as an accessory mineral. The granite-gneiss characterized by granoblastic texture and weakly developed foliation fabrics.

Mineralization

Thus far, the known gold mineralization in Mkuvia Property occurs as placer deposits comprising of a significant, but unquantified accumulation of gold in alluvium hosted by: 1) reworked palaeo-placer by the Mbwemkuru River and its tributaries, and 2) an over 10 m thick zone of palaeo-placer sand and pebble beds non-conformably overlying biotite schist, gneiss, quartzite, garnet-amphibolite and granitoids. The latter comprises a poorly sorted palaeo-beach placer plateau extending over 29 km along a NW-SE direction and ~5 km wide along a NE-SW direction. In addition there are extensive troughs with similar continental alluvium further west in the Karroo Basin. It is however notable that at the highest point on the property, pebble conglomerates were noted on the surface that have been worked sporadically by the artisanal miners (due to lack of water resources) suggesting that gold is present. This is consistent with the proposition that the mineralization is associated with a wide spread beach placer environment.

Gold-bearing alluvium along the Mbwemkuru River occurs within a 0.35 to 2.0 m thick zone between the bedrock and sandy-gravelly material related to present drainage active channels and terraces. This zone contains an estimated 1.0 grams per cubic metre that the small-scale miners are currently reportedly recovering.

Gold is very fine-grained in general, suggesting a distal source, although some coarser-grained flakes are present. The gold is associated with the black sands that comprise fine-grained ilmenite and pink garnet and minor magnetite. These may be represented by distinct ferruginous layers in the conglomerate sequence. The minerals in the black sand are consistent with the beach placer model.

Artisanal miners have been active since 2002 exploiting these deposits using simple sluice techniques and hence dependant on water for treatment. Placer type gold occurs as very fine flat pieces implying reworking or a distal source. Other elements (such as Pt, Pd, Ag, U and Th) in the placer are of passing interest only. Pt and Pd do not appear to be a consistent constituent.

The area was loosely defined by the surface inspection of the beach placer type gravel formations in place. The wide spread area remains to definitively be surveyed to confirm that the boundaries indicated are correctly delineated. This delineation should be treated as speculative and will need further exploration work to define.

Exploration Activities

The Mkuvia Property is without known reserves and our activities to date have been exploratory in nature.

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An estimated total of US$2.1 million has been spent on Mkuvia Property during the period from April to December 2008 for various exploration activities, which include casual labour salaries, transport, field costs, office and administration and hardware. Reconnaissance exploration work on the project to date has consisted of pitting and sampling, geological mapping and bedrock sampling, and stream and sediments sampling, as described below.

Pitting and Sampling. Pitting work commenced in June 2008 and continued throughout to March 2009. The initial pit sampling program on the Mkuvia property was undertaken at the Matandani Main workings, along the Mbwemkuru River. A total of 161 pits consisting of 498 samples were completed from 10 sections during the period from June to December 2008. These pits were deepened and sampled trying to reach bedrock (12-15 m estimate, bedrock was not encountered) where possible. Analysis of the gold content in the pit samples continued through to May 2009.

Lines were run north south across the area on a line spacing of 500 m and with a pit being dug to the bedrock refusal at 50 m intervals along the line. The sampling was done volumetrically from the surface, where a 100 litre sample was collected from each cubic meter of material recovered. The pit sampling was done based on the geological control. Each individual horizon (sand, gravel, pebble) was sampled separately, maintaining a 100 litre sample size.

The pit samples were then treated using a Knelson Concentrator on site in September 2008.

The compilation of all heavy mineral and gold results was completed by TMEx staff in laboratory conditions at Arusha, Tanzania, which included separating and weighing the gold recovered from each sample where measurable gold was observed. Each sample was taken from a designated and mapped stratigraphy as a measured volume of loose material (e.g.: sands, gravel) and usually were 100 litres in field estimated volume. Sample treatment was by a 7.5 inch Knelson concentrator to produce a heavy mineral concentrate. After further hand panning in the TMEx laboratory reduced the concentrate, it was dried and the gold was finally separated from all other minerals, described and weighed to give a result in g/Lcm. (A loose cubic metre (Lcm) is defined as the expansion of the in situ measurement of material that once excavated increases by a 20-30% factor that will be determined exactly in further test work.) TMEx is a company controlled by Mr. McMaster took charge of the concentrate from the Knelson concentrator and proceeded to calculate the weight of gold.

All pits were geologically mapped, level surveyed and generated cross sections. Of significance is that where the test pits were able to penetrate below the pebble conglomerate the encountered clay rich units were significantly devoid of gold colour counts and assay analysis.

The pit sampling has successfully identified the sand and pebble conglomerates as auriferous in the area of the Matandani Main workings, along the Mbwemkuru River.

Geological Mapping and Bedrock Sampling. Geological mapping work is ongoing in the Mkuvia Project. The mapping is conducted at scale of 1:20,000. However, most of the Mkuvia Property lies under superficial covers, with outcrops being exposed on the NE-SW trending Mbwemkuru ridge located in the central - eastern portion of the property and along rivers and streams beds flowing in the southern portion. The dominant basement lithologies encountered during the mapping, stream sampling and pitting activities are biotite-hornblende gneiss, which developed strong foliation fabrics and compositional banding and weakly foliated to massive quartzo-feldspathic gneiss referred as granite-gneiss, with granular igneous texture being preserved. The granite-gneiss is characterized by granoblastic texture and weak foliation fabrics. Quartz-magnetite subcrops and rubbles are exposed on the northern part along Mbwemkuru ridge. The rock is characterized by alternating narrow bands/layers of quartz and magnetite. The basement rocks have been intruded by the late pegmatite dykes and veins and quartz veins.

The superficial covers which dominated the western part of the project consist of palaeo-sands, gravels, pebbles and cobbles deposition, with recent river deposition and clayey material. The pebbles and cobbles are well rounded, made up of mainly quartzite and quartz vein.

Calcrete formations have been observed, mostly formed in the swamps.

Bedrock sampling work is taking place concurrently with the geological mapping. Thus far, a total of 60 bedrock samples were collected for gold and base metals assaying and references. The samples for assaying were sent to SGS Laboratory, Mwanza for analysis. Many of the bedrock samples were collected from the central-eastern portion of the property where basement rocks are well exposed along Mbwemkuru Hill and river beds.

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Stream and Sediments Sampling. Reconnaissance stream sediments sampling work commenced in September 2008 in all prioritized rivers and streams within the Mkuvia Property. The objective of the program was to quickly define the pattern and limit of the placer gold mineralization within the property. The program was undertaken in the eastern and northeast part of the property. The stream samples were taken from at least one meter deep pits dug to the base of the selected part of the stream where gravels and heavy minerals are concentrated. A total of 73 stream sediments samples were collected during the period from September to December 2008.

From September 2008, sample treatment was by a 7.5 inch Knelson Concentrator to produce a heavy mineral concentrate. This concentrate was dried and examined under a binocular microscope to identify heavy minerals of interest and gold. The gold was recovered, described, and gold grain counts were recorded to guide exploration in the reconnaissance stream samples.

A preliminary review heavy mineral stream sampling, field observations and interpretation of available aerial photography has resulted in the identification of substantial additional areas of recent palaeo-alluvial deposits in the Mkuvia project area. The initial reconnaissance heavy mineral sampling has highlighted several drainages and gravel ridges that warrant exploration and further evaluation.

Of the 256 stream samples, over a hundred had gold colours of more then 10 with 16 having over 100. With reference to the work done in the pits, and since the samples taken from the stream sediments were done with the same volumetric procedure, the high colour counts suggest that other zones with grade potential could be identified on the property.

Results and Recommendations

The authors of the 43-101 report concluded that the Mkuvia Property is a significant property of exploration merit and have recommended a two-phase exploration program, as described below, which the Company intends to implement, subject to sufficient funding.

Phase I has a budget of $2.58 million and will lead directly to the implementation of Phase II. Phase II is contingent on positive results that show the presence of gold in measurable quantities throughout the units identified and tested in Phase I. A decision will be made at the completion of Phase I as to whether to proceed to Phase II.

Phase II is recommended to expand on the results of Phase I with a full test mining program which will include development and resource definition and consisting of further Auger or a reverse circulation drilling program, a further local test mining pit sampling along sections of newly selected areas, and full scale test placer operation. Phase II has a budget of $7.42 million.

A break-down of the budgets for each of Phase I and Phase II are as follows:

PHASE I

 

Action

Budgeted Cost

1.

Quaternary Surface geological mapping and drill site selection

$25,000

2.

Additional Pit Sampling on Cross section

$150,000

3.

Drilling 3000 metres @ $125/metre (15 to 20 metres /hole)

$375,000

4.

Assaying (Pan cons, soil, etc.)

$30,000

5.

Permitting and bonding

$20,000

6.

Support, logistical and operational, travel & supplies

$250,000

7.

Drill Site preparation

$100,000

8.

Test Pit Equipment and Operation

$1,000,000

9.

Supervision, report writing & contingency (20%)

$430,000

Total:

$2,580,000

 

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PHASE II

 

Action

Budgeted Cost

1.

Drilling 6000 metres @ $125/ metre (15 to 20 metres /hole

$750,000

2.

Quaternary Surface geological mapping and drill site selection

$40,000

3.

Test Pit Operation

$250,000

4.

Large Scale Test Pit Equipment and Operation

$2,500,000

5.

Support logistical and operational, travel & supplies

$2,500,000

6.

Supervision, report writing & contingency (25%)

$1,380,000

Total:

$7,420,000

Mineral exploration and development involves a high degree of risk and few properties, which are explored, are ultimately developed into producing mines. There is no assurance that our mineral exploration activities will result in any discoveries of commercial bodies of ore. Our long-term profitability is directly related to the cost and success of our exploration programs, which may be affected by a number of factors beyond our control.

We will require additional financing in order to pursue the exploration of the Mkuvia Project to determine whether a economic mineral deposit exists on the property. Our ability to pursue the exploration program outlined above is contingent on our ability to raise additional financing in order to proceed with such exploration. There is no assurance that we will be able to obtain any additional financing to fund our exploration activities.

Other Property Interests

All of our properties are in the exploration stage. As indicated above, our primary focus at this time is with respect to the Mkuvia Alluvial Gold Project. The Company has allowed its interests in various other properties to lapse during its most recent fiscal year, including the following:

  • Prospecting License No. 2683/2004 known as "Ashanti South East;
  • Prospecting License Renewal No. 2957/2005 known as "Negero",
  • Prospecting License No. 2810/2004, known as "Tabora";
  • Prospecting License No. 3118/2005, known as "KM 7";
  • Prospecting License No. 2987/2005 in Tanzania known as "Kwadijava"; and
  • several other unnamed prospecting licenses.

Thus, as of the date of this report, the only other mineral property interests that the Company has retained, other than the Mkuvia Project as described in detail above, are the Morogoro and Magembe properties, as discussed below.

Morogoro

On August 4, 2005, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the "KBT Agreement") with KBT Discovery Group Tanzania Ltd. ("KBT") to acquire three prospecting licenses, which cover an area of approximately 621 square kilometers in Tanzania, for an aggregate purchase price of $75,000 and 2,800,000 restricted shares of common stock. On November 10, 2005, we entered into an amendment agreement to the KBT Agreement pursuant to which the number of shares to be issued was increased to 5,600,000 restricted shares of common stock. On October 16, 2006, we entered into an Amendment Agreement in which the aggregate purchase price was increased to $225,000. By the end of the fiscal year ended May 31, 2006, we had completed due diligence and closed the agreement. At the first closing, Prospecting License No. 2810/2004, known as "Tabora", was transferred to us and we issued 5,600,000 restricted shares of common stock to KBT. Prospecting License No. 3117/2005, known as "Morogoro", and Prospecting License No. 3118/2005, known as "KM 7", were in the name of Atlas Africa Limited ("Atlas"), a Tanzanian company. KBT had entered into an agreement with Atlas which gave KBT the right to prospect minerals under the Morogoro and KM 7 Prospecting Licenses and an option to enter into a joint venture with Atlas to prospect and mine minerals under the Morogoro and KM 7 Prospecting Licenses. KBT caused Atlas to terminate this joint venture agreement and transferred the Morogoro and KM 7 Prospecting Licenses to us and we paid KBT $75,000. On July 19, 2006, we entered into a Letter of Amendment, pursuant to which we agreed to pay $50,000 directly to Atlas. During the year ended May 31, 2007, we paid the $50,000 to Atlas and recognized an impairment loss of $50,000 as there are no proven or probable reserves on any of the Tanzania properties. The prospecting licenses expire three years after the initial issuance. We can apply to reacquire 50% of the area covered by the original prospecting licenses. As at November 30, 2009, the Company has applied to reacquire the licenses. As noted above, however, the Company has allowed its interests in Tabora and KM 7 to lapse, but the Company has retained its interest in Morogoro.

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On October 5, 2006, we entered into an option agreement (the "Option Agreement") with Canaco pursuant to which we granted Canaco the right to earn up to a 70% interest in Prospecting License 3117/2005 in Tanzania known as "Morogoro" held by us. Under the Option Agreement Canaco has agreed to:

(a)     make cash payments to us of $250,000, of which $50,000 (received) is payable upon the approval of the Option Agreement by the board of directors of both companies and the TSX Venture Exchange (the stock exchange upon which Canaco's shares are listed; and such date being referred to as the "Effective Date"). An additional $75,000 (paid) is payable on the first anniversary of the Effective Date and an additional $125,000 is payable on the second anniversary of the Effective Date;

(b)     issue up to 800,000 of its common shares to us, of which 100,000 shares are issuable on the Effective Date (received), an additional 200,000 shares are issuable on the first anniversary of the Effective Date (received); and an additional 500,000 shares are issuable on the second anniversary of the Effective Date; and

(c)     spend up to $2,000,000 in exploration expenses on the subject property prior to the third anniversary of the Effective Date in the following manner: up to $250,000 in exploration expense prior to the first anniversary of the Effective Date, up to $750,000 in cumulative exploration expense prior to the second anniversary of the Effective Date and up to $2,000,000 in cumulative exploration expense prior to the third anniversary of the Effective Date.

Canaco has failed to make their required payments and has abandoned their option on this property.

Magembe

On November 17, 2006, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement with Atlas to acquire Prospecting License No. 3920/2006, known as "Shinyanga" or "Magembe", which covers an area of approximately 46 square kilometres in Tanzania. The license was transferred to us on signing the agreement for an aggregate purchase price of $200,000 (paid) and 4,500,000 restricted shares of common stock. We determined the fair market value of the 4,500,000 shares to be $3,172,500. As at May 31, 2007, the Company had issued 1,500,000 shares, and as at November 30, 2009, the remaining 3,000,000 shares that are issuable under the agreement had not been issued.

On March 2, 2007, we entered into an option agreement with Canaco, whereby we granted Canaco the right to earn up to a 75% interest in Prospecting License 3920/2006 in Tanzania known as "Shinyanga" or "Magembe" held by the Company. Under the option agreement Canaco has agreed to:

(a)     make cash payments to us of $200,000, of which $100,000 (received) is payable upon the approval of the board of directors of both companies and the TSX Venture Exchange, the stock exchange that Canaco's shares are listed on (such date is referred to as the "Effective Date"). An additional $100,000 is payable on the first anniversary of the Effective Date (received);

(b)     issue up to 750,000 of its common shares to us, of which 250,000 shares are issuable on the second anniversary of the Effective Date, an additional 500,000 shares are issuable on the third anniversary of the Effective Date; and

(c)     commit to spend up to $2,500,000 in exploration expenses on the subject property prior to the fourth anniversary of the Effective Date ($250,000 in cumulative exploration expense prior to the first anniversary of the Effective Date, up to $500,000 in cumulative exploration expense prior to the second anniversary of the Effective Date, and up to $750,000 in cumulative exploration expense prior to the third anniversary of the Effective Date, and up to $1,000,000 in cumulative exploration expense prior to the fourth anniversary of the Effective Date).

Canaco has failed to make their required payments and has abandoned their option on this property.

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Compliance with Government Regulation

We are subject to local laws and regulation governing the exploration, development, mining, production, importing and exporting of minerals; taxes; labor standards; occupational health; waste disposal; protection of the environment; mine safety; toxic substances; and other matters. We require licenses and permits to conduct exploration and mining operations. Amendments to current laws and regulations governing operations and activities of mining companies or more stringent implementation thereof could have a material adverse impact on our Company. Applicable laws and regulations will require us to make certain capital and operating expenditures to initiate new operations. Under certain circumstances, we may be required to close an operation once it is started until a particular problem is remedied or to undertake other remedial actions. This would have a material adverse effect on our results and financial condition.

The Company's mineral interests in Tanzania are held under prospecting licenses granted pursuant to the Mining Act, 1998 (Tanzania) for an initial period of three years and a prospecting license reconnaissance issued for initial periods of two years, and are renewable in two successive periods of two years only. We must pay annual rental fees for our prospecting licenses at a rate of $20 per square kilometer. There is also an initial one-time "preparation fee" of $200 per license. Upon renewal, we pay a fee of $200 per license. Renewals of our prospecting licenses can take many months and even years to process by the regulatory authority in Tanzania.

All prospecting licenses in Tanzania require the holder to employ and train local residents, typically amounting to $5,000 per year, and make exploration expenditures, as set out in the Mining Act, 1998 (Tanzania). At each renewal, at least 50% of our licensed area must be relinquished. If we wish to keep the relinquished one-half portion, we must file a new application for the relinquished portion.

The geographical area covered by a prospecting license ("PL") may contain one or more previously granted primary mining licenses (a "PML"). A PLM is a mining license granted only to a Tanzanian citizen consisting of an area of not to exceed 10 hectares. Once a PL is granted, no additional PMLs can be granted within the geographical area covered by the PL. The PL is subject to the rights of previously granted and existing PMLs. The holder of a PL will have to work around the geographical area of the PML unless the PL holder acquires the PML and any rights to the land covered by the PML.

We must hold a mining license to carry on mining activities, which are granted only to the holder of a prospecting license covering a particular area. A mining license is granted for a period of 25 years or the life of the mine. It is renewable for a period not exceeding 15 years. We do not hold any mining licenses, only prospecting licenses. Prospecting and mining license holders must submit regular reports in accordance with mining regulations. Upon commercial production, the government of Tanzania imposes a royalty on the gross value of all production at the rate of 3% of all gold produced. The applicable regulatory body in Tanzania is the Ministry of Energy and Minerals.

In July 1999, environmental management and protection regulations under the Mining Act, 1998 (Tanzania) came into force. An environmental impact statement and an environmental management plan must accompany special mining license, mining license and gemstone mining license applications for mineral rights. In addition to the establishment of environmental regulations, the Tanzanian government has improved management procedures for effective monitoring and enforcement of these regulations by strengthening the institutional capacity, especially in the field offices. The government has provided rules for the creation of reclamation funds to reinstate land to alternative uses after mining and it has developed guidelines for mining in restricted areas, such as forest reserves, national parks, near sources of water and other designated areas. These regulations have not had any material effect on our operations to date.

Competition

We operate in a highly competitive industry, competing with other mining and exploration companies, and institutional and individual investors, which are actively seeking minerals exploration properties throughout the world together with the equipment, labour and materials required to exploit such properties. Many of our competitors have financial resources, staff and facilities substantially greater than ours. The principal area of competition is encountered in the financial ability to cost effectively acquire prime minerals exploration prospects and then exploit such prospects. Competition for the acquisition of minerals exploration properties is intense, with many properties available in a competitive bidding process in which we may lack technological information or expertise available to other bidders. Therefore, we may not be successful in acquiring, exploring and developing profitable properties in the face of this competition. No assurance can be given that a sufficient number of suitable minerals exploration properties will be available for acquisition, exploration and development.

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Employees

We have no significant employees other than our officers and directors. We plan to retain independent geologists and consultants on a contract basis to conduct the work programs on our mineral properties in order to carry out our plan of operations.

Research and Development Expenditures

We have not incurred any research or development expenditures since our incorporation.

Subsidiaries

We currently have one wholly-owned subsidiary, Beijing Dao Hu Investment Consulting, Ltd., a Chinese company. We use this subsidiary primarily to facilitate and pay the direct costs associated with due diligence being conducted by our current Chinese investors and potential project joint venture partners.

Patents and Trademarks

We do not own, either legally or beneficially, any patent or trademark.

Plan of Operations

Our plan of operations for the next twelve months is to focus on the exploration of our mineral properties in Tanzania, particularly with respect to the Mkuvia Alluvial Gold Project. We anticipate that we will require approximately $2,600,000 for our plan of operations over the next twelve months, as follows:

(a)          approximately $1,600,000 for a portion of Phase I of our exploration program as described in Item 1 - "Business" above.

(b)          approximately $1,000,000 for management, consulting, administration and operating expenses.

At November 30, 2009, we had cash of $65,156 and a working capital deficit of $1,271,296. We will require additional funds to pursue our plan of operations as set forth above. Accordingly, we will be required to obtain additional financing in order to pay our planned expenses during the next 12 months. We are continuing to seek to raise funds through private placement offerings of our shares of common stock. However, there can be no assurance that we will complete any such private placement offerings or that the funds raised will be sufficient for us to pay our expenses for and beyond the next twelve months.

During the twelve month period following the date of this report, we anticipate that we will not generate any revenue. Accordingly, we will be required to obtain additional financing in order to pursue our plan of operations for and beyond the next twelve months. We believe that debt financing will not be an alternative for funding additional phases of exploration as we do not have tangible assets to secure any debt financing. We anticipate that additional funding will be in the form of equity financing from the sale of our common stock. We cannot provide investors with any assurance that we will be able to raise sufficient funding from the sale of our common stock to fund our exploration program going forward. In the absence of such financing, we will not be able to continue exploration of our mineral claims and our business plan will fail. Even if we are successful in obtaining equity financing to fund our exploration program, there is no assurance that we will obtain the funding necessary to pursue any advanced exploration of our mineral claims. If we do not continue to obtain additional financing, we will be forced to abandon our mineral claims and our plan of operations.

We have entered into a SA Agreement with Canaco in respect of our mineral claims as described above. In addition, we entered into a joint venture agreement with Mr. Maita with respect to certain mineral claims. We may consider entering into additional joint venture arrangements to provide the required funding to develop the mineral claims. We have not undertaken any efforts to locate other joint venture partners for the mineral claims. Even if we determined to pursue another joint venture partner, there is no assurance that any third party would enter into a joint venture agreement with us in order to fund the exploration of our mineral claims. If we entered into another joint venture arrangement, we would likely have to assign a significant percentage of our interest in our mineral claims to the joint venture partner.

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Results of Operations

The following table sets out our loss for the periods indicated:

 

Accumulated
from January 5, 2004
(Date of Inception) to

For the Three
Month Period
Ended

For the Three
Month Period
Ended

For the Six
Month Period
Ended

For the Six
Month Period
Ended

 

November 30,

November 30,

November 30,

November 30,

November 30,

 

2009

2009

2008

2009

2008

 

$

$

$

$

$

Revenue

-

-

-

 

Expenses

         

Consulting

7,451,669

33,744

1,387,013

1,593,611

1,564,301

General and administrative

898,668

53,712

107,670

76,034

147,725

Mineral property costs

19,441,149

-

216,148

10,097

1,403,614

Professional

1,070,640

74,690

132,391

160,576

178,511

Travel

1,070,066

5,446

191,764

24,527

315,770

Rent

106,146

15,730

6,570

28,303

9,377

 

Total Expenses

30,038,338

183,322

2,041,556

1,893,148

3,619,298

 

Net Loss Before Other Expense

(30,038,338)

(183,322)

(2,041,556)

(1,893,148)

(3,619,298)

Other Income (Expense)

         

Mineral property option payments

281,017

125,000

-

125,000

-

Loss on sale of investment securities

(57,071)

-

-

-

-

 

Net Loss for the Period

(29,814,392)

(58,322)

(2,041,556)

(1,768,148)

(3,619,298)

 

Revenues

We had no operating revenues since our inception (January 5, 2004) to November 30, 2009. We anticipate that we will not generate any revenues for so long as we are an exploration stage company.

Expenses

Our expenses in the six months ended November 30, 2009 decreased to $1,893,148 from $3,619,298 in the six months ended November 30, 2008, primarily as a result of decreased mineral property costs and travel costs.

Net Loss

Our net loss for the six months ended November, 2009 was $1,768,148, compared to $3,619,298 for the six months ended November 30, 2008.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We had cash of $65,156 and a working capital deficit of $1,271,296 at November 30, 2009.

We estimate that our total expenditures over the next twelve months will be approximately $2,600,000, as outlined above under the heading "Plan of Operations".

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Net Cash Used in Operating Activities

Net cash used in operating activities was $158,474 during the six months ended November 30, 2009, as compared to $2,833,448 during the six months ended November 30, 2008. Net cash used in operating activities from our inception on January 5, 2004 to November 30, 2009 was $6,159,898.

Cash from Financing Activities

During the six months ended November 30, 2009, we received $26,600 net cash from financing activities from the sale of our common stock. During the six months ended November 30, 2008, we received $3,075,500 net cash from financing activities from the sale of our common stock. We have funded our business to date primarily from sales of our common stock. From our inception on January 5, 2004 to November 30, 2009, we raised a net total of approximately $6,398,783 from private offerings of our securities.

There are no assurances that we will be able to achieve further sales of our common stock or any other form of additional financing. If we are unable to achieve the financing necessary to continue our plan of operations, then we will not be able to continue our exploration of the property underlying our mineral claim interest and our venture will fail.

Going Concern

We have not attained profitable operations and are dependent upon obtaining financing to pursue any extensive exploration activities. For these reasons our auditors stated in their report on our audited financial statements for the year ended May 31, 2009 that they have substantial doubt we will be able to continue as a going concern.

Future Financings

We anticipate continuing to rely on equity sales of our common shares in order to continue to fund our business operations. Issuances of additional shares will result in dilution to our existing shareholders. There is no assurance that we will achieve any additional sales of our equity securities or arrange for debt or other financing to fund our planned exploration activities.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no significant off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to stockholders.

Critical Accounting Policies

Our financial statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods.

We regularly evaluate the accounting policies and estimates that we use to prepare our financial statements. In general, management's estimates are based on historical experience, on information from third party professionals, and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the facts and circumstances. Actual results could differ from those estimates made by management.

We believe the following critical accounting policies require us to make significant judgments and estimates in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.

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Mineral Property Costs

The Company has been in the exploration stage since its inception on January 5, 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. The Company assesses the carrying costs for impairment under ASC 360, Property, Plant, and Equipment at each fiscal quarter end. When it has been determined that a mineral property can be economically developed as a result of establishing proven and probable reserves, the costs then incurred to develop such property, are capitalized. Such costs will be amortized using the units-of-production method over the estimated life of the probable reserve. If mineral properties are subsequently abandoned or impaired, any capitalized costs will be charged to operations.

Long-lived Assets

In accordance with ASC 360, Property Plant and Equipment the Company tests long-lived assets or asset groups for recoverability when events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amount may not be recoverable. Circumstances which could trigger a review include, but are not limited to: significant decreases in the market price of the asset; significant adverse changes in the business climate or legal factors; accumulation of costs significantly in excess of the amount originally expected for the acquisition or construction of the asset; current period cash flow or operating losses combined with a history of losses or a forecast of continuing losses associated with the use of the asset; and current expectation that the asset will more likely than not be sold or disposed significantly before the end of its estimated useful life. Recoverability is assessed based on the carrying amount of the asset and its fair value which is generally determined based on the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and the eventual disposal of the asset, as well as specific appraisal in certain instances. An impairment loss is recognized when the carrying amount is not recoverable and exceeds fair value.

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method in accordance with ASC 740, Income Taxes. The asset and liability method provides that deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities, and for operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the currently enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. The Company records a valuation allowance to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that is believed more likely than not to be realized.

Stock-based Compensation

The Company records stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation - Stock Based Compensation, which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense based on estimated fair values for all share-based awards made to employees and directors, including stock options.

ASC 718 requires companies to estimate the fair value of share-based awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model as its method of determining fair value. This model is affected by the Company's stock price as well as assumptions regarding a number of subjective variables. These subjective variables include, but are not limited to the Company's expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards, and actual and projected employee stock option exercise behaviours. The value of the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as an expense in the statement of operations over the requisite service period.

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.

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2009, FASB issued ASC 855, Subsequent Events, which establishes general standards of for the evaluation, recognition and disclosure of events and transactions that occur after the balance sheet date. Although there is new terminology, the standard is based on the same principles as those that currently exist in the auditing standards. The standard, which includes a new required disclosure of the date through which an entity has evaluated subsequent events, is effective for interim or annual periods ending after June 15, 2009. The adoption of ASC 855 did not have a material effect on the Company's financial statements. Refer to Note 11.

In June 2009, the FASB issued guidance now codified as ASC 105, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles as the single source of authoritative accounting principles recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities in the preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP, aside from those issued by the SEC. ASC 105 does not change current U.S. GAAP, but is intended to simplify user access to all authoritative U.S. GAAP by providing all authoritative literature related to a particular topic in one place. The adoption of ASC 105 did not have a material impact on the Company's financial statements, but did eliminate all references to pre-codification standards

The Company has implemented all new accounting pronouncements that are in effect and that may impact its financial statements and does not believe that there are any other new accounting pronouncements that have been issued that might have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations.

The Company does not expect the adoption of any other recently issued accounting pronouncements to have a material effect on the Company's financial statements.

Item 3.                Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Not required because we are a smaller reporting company.

Item 4.                Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Harpreet Singh Sangha, our principal executive officer and Herminder Rai, our principal financial officer, have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) were not effective as of the end of the period covered by this report, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by paragraph (b) of Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15, due to the deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting as described below.

As disclosed in the Company's annual report for our fiscal year ended May 31, 2009, management determined that, during the year ended May 31, 2009, our internal controls and procedures were not effective due to material weaknesses. Management identified the following material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting as of our fiscal year ended May 31, 2009:

  1. The Company does not have a separate Audit Committee - the entire Board of Directors acts as the Company's Audit Committee. As of May 31, 2009 there was a lack of a majority of independent directors on the Company's the Board of Directors, and the Company had not identified an "expert", one who is knowledgeable about reporting and financial statement requirements.
  2. There was lack of oversight by the Company's audit committee and board of directors in timely review and approval of the certain financial expenses incurred by the Company.
  3. Certain entity level controls establishing a "tone at the top" were considered material weaknesses. The Company has an audit committee (the entire Board of Directors) however it is not independent.  There is no policy on fraud and no code of ethics at this time. A whistleblower policy is not necessary given the small size of the organization.
  4. The Company has limited segregation of duties which is not consistent with good internal control procedures.
  5. The Company does not have a written internal control procedurals manual which outlines the duties and reporting requirements of the Directors and any staff to be hired in the future. This lack of a written internal control procedurals manual does not constitute effective internals controls over financial reporting.

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As disclosed in the Company's annual report for our year ended May 31, 2009, management believes that the material weaknesses set forth above did not have a material affect on the Company's financial results for the year ended May 31, 2009. However, management believes that the lack of a functioning audit committee and lack of a majority of independent directors on the Company's board of directors, resulting in ineffective oversight in the establishment and monitoring of required internal controls and procedures, can impact the Company's financial statements for the future years. As a result material errors could occur.

The Company and its management will endeavor to correct the above noted weaknesses in internal control once it has adequate funds to do so. We intend to establish an audit committee, appoint sufficient independent members thereto and identify an "expert" for the committee to advise other members as to correct accounting and reporting procedures. In addition, we intend to establish a written policy manual outlining the duties of each of the officers and staff of the Company to facilitate better internal control procedures.

Management will continue to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the Company's internal controls and procedures and its internal controls over financial reporting on an ongoing basis and are committed to taking further action and implementing additional enhancements or improvements, as necessary and as funds allow.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There were no changes to our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the six months ended November 30, 2009 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.                Legal Proceedings

We currently are not a party to any material legal proceedings and, to our knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated.

Item 1A.              Risk Factors

Not required because we are a smaller reporting company.

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

None.

Item 3.                Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

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

No matters were submitted during the first quarter of our fiscal year to a vote of security holders, through the solicitation of proxies or otherwise.

Item 5.                Other Information

None.

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Item 6.                Exhibits

Exhibit Number

Description of Exhibit

3.1(1)

Articles of Incorporation

3.2(2)

Amended Bylaws, as amended on September 5, 2006

3.3(12)

Certificate of Change

10.1(3)

Asset Purchase Agreement with KBT Discovery Group Tanzania Ltd.

10.2(3)

Asset Purchase Agreement with Hydro-Geos Consulting Group Tanzania Ltd.

10.3(3)

Asset Purchase Agreement with Megadeposit Explorers Ltd.

10.4(4)

Amendment No. 1 to Asset Purchase Agreement with KBT Discovery Group Tanzania Ltd.

10.5(4)

Amendment No. 1 to Asset Purchase Agreement with Hydro-Geos Consulting Group Tanzania Ltd.

10.6(4)

Amendment No. 1 to Asset Purchase Agreement with Megadeposit Explorers Ltd.

10.7(5)

Amendment No. 2 to Asset Purchase Agreement with KBT Discovery Group Tanzania Ltd.

10.8(5)

Amendment No. 2 to Asset Purchase Agreement with Hydro-Geos Consulting Group Tanzania Ltd.

10.9(5)

Amendment No. 2 to Asset Purchase Agreement with Megadeposit Explorers Ltd.

10.10(6)

Strategic Alliance Agreement between the Company and Canaco

10.11(7)

Option Agreement between the Company and Canaco

10.12(8)

Amendment Not. 1 to Strategic Alliance Agreement between the Company and Canaco

10.13(8)

Kwadijava Option Agreement

10.14(8)

Negero Option Agreement

10.15(9)

Joint Venture Agreement with Mkuvia Maita

10.16(10)

2007 Stock Incentive Plan

10.17(14)

2007 Stock Incentive Plan

10.18(11)

Consulting Agreement with Harpreet Sangha

10.19(11)

Consulting Agreement with Rovingi

10.20(13)

Joint Venture Agreement with Mkuvia Maita dated June 5, 2009

10.21(15)

Agreement with Ruby Creek Resources, Inc. dated November 7, 2009

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14.1(11)

Code of Ethics

31.1

Certifications of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.2

Certifications of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.1

Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

(1)   Incorporated by reference to Form SB-2 Registration Statement filed on July 22, 2004.
(2)   Incorporated by reference to Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for year ended May 31, 2006.
(3)   Incorporated by reference to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 4, 2005.
(4)   Incorporated by reference to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 21, 2005.
(5)   Incorporated by reference to Quarterly Report on Form 10-SB for quarterly period ended November 30, 2005.
(6)   Incorporated by reference to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 4, 2006.
(7)   Incorporated by reference to Quarterly Report on Form 10-SB for quarterly period ended August 31, 2006.
(8)   Incorporated by reference to Quarterly Report on Form 10-SB for quarterly period ended August 31, 2007.
(9)   Incorporated by reference to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 6, 2008.
(10) Incorporated by reference to Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for year ended May 31, 2007.
(11) Incorporated by reference to Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for year ended May 31, 2005.
(12) Incorporated by reference to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 27, 2009
(13) Incorporated by reference to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 16, 2009
(14) Incorporated by reference to Registration Statement Form S-8 filed on December 30, 2008.
(15) Incorporated by reference to Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 13, 2009.

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

DOUGLAS LAKE MINERALS INC.

By:       "Harpreet Singh Sangha"
             
Harpreet Singh Sangha
             Chief Executive Officer, President and a director
             Date: January 14, 2010

 

By:       "Herminder Rai"
             
Herminder Rai
             Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
             Date: January 14, 2010