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

FORM 10-Q

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

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2015

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

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number 000-55441

WHITE MOUNTAIN TITANIUM CORPORATION
(Name of small business issuer in its charter)

NEVADA 87-0577390
(State of incorporation or organization) (IRS Identification No.)

Augusto Leguia 100, Oficina 1401
Las Condes, Santiago
Chile
(Address of principal executive offices)

(56) 22 657-1800
(Issuer’s telephone number)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed under 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 [X]      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 (§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 [X]      No [   ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “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 [X]

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

96,114,442 shares of the issuer’s common stock, $.001 par value, were issued and outstanding at November 16, 2015.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION 3
   
       Item 1. Financial Statements 3
   
       Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 16
   
       Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 20
   
       Item 4. Controls and Procedures 20
   
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION 21
   
       Item 1A. Risk Factors 21
   
       Item 6. Exhibits 21
   
SIGNATURES 22

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

WHITE MOUNTAIN TITANIUM CORPORATION
Condensed Consolidated Interim Balance Sheets
(Expressed in US dollars)

As at   September 30, 2015     December 31, 2014  
    (unaudited)     (audited)  
Assets            
Current            
Cash $  1,221,080   $ 949,806  
Prepaid expenses   238,380     89,631  
Receivables   4,657     25,468  
Total Current Assets   1,464,117     1,064,905  
Property and Equipment (Note 4)   218,146     278,015  
Mineral Properties (Note 5)   651,950     651,950  
             
Total Assets $  2,334,213   $ 1,994,870  
       
Liabilities            
             
             
Current            
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $  227,425   $ 317,515  
             
Total Liabilities   227,425     317,515  
             
Stockholders’ Equity            
             
Preferred Stock and Paid-in Capital in Excess of $0.001 Par Value (note 6)        
             100,000,000 shares authorized 
             Nil (2014 – Nil) shares issued and outstanding
  -     -  
Common Stock and Paid-in Capital in Excess of $0.001 Par Value (note 6)        
             500,000,000 shares authorized 
             96,114,442 (2014 – 85,905,392) shares issued and outstanding
  61,052,604     57,211,235  
             
Accumulated Deficit   (58,945,816 )   (55,533,880 )
             
Total Stockholders’ Equity   2,106,788     1,677,355  
             
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity $  2,334,213   $ 1,994,870  

See notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

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WHITE MOUNTAIN TITANIUM CORPORATION
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Operations
(Unaudited - Expressed in US dollars)

    Three months ended September 30,     Nine months ended September 30,  
    2015     2014     2015     2014  
Expenses                        
                         
   Advertising and promotion $  30,291   $  2,293   $  275,637   $  15,777  
   Amortization   19,497     92,171     60,894     277,180  
   Bank charges and interest   3,664     6,149     13,238     13,859  
   Consulting fees   227,679     240,206     466,815     551,823  
   Consulting fees – directors                        
   and officers   201,500     267,250     794,127     674,616  
   Exploration (Note 5)   108,539     884,455     786,604     1,849,002  
   Filing fees   2,557     3,826     20,509     14,022  
   Insurance   7,857     8,995     28,765     28,189  
   Investor relations   680     11,391     33,073     31,554  
   Licenses and taxes, net   231     540     2,408     (37,381 )
   Management fees   9,074     97,228     133,519     309,684  
   Office   14,969     24,675     47,465     67,603  
   Professional fees   79,703     110,574     272,856     251,056  
   Rent   52,932     61,728     163,282     140,241  
   Research and development   -     -     -     8,197  
   Staff salaries and benefits   22,676     21,448     58,522     45,277  
   Telephone   7,434     8,644     20,052     25,700  
   Transfer agent fees   1,340     413     4,587     4,076  
   Travel and vehicle   65,852     78,362     188,383     204,204  
               
Loss Before Other Items   (856,475 )   (1,920,348 )   (3,370,736 )   (4,474,679 )
                         
   Foreign Exchange   35,185     (8,243 )   (41,267 )   (35,663 )
   Interest Income   68     45     67     85  
                         
   Net Loss and Comprehensive Loss for Period   (821,222 )   (1,928,546 )   (3,411,936 )   (4,510,257 )
                         
   Basic and Diluted Loss Per Common Share (Note 7) $  (0.01 ) $  (0.05 ) $  (0.04 ) $  (0.06 )
Weighted Average Number of Shares of Common Stock Outstanding   94,508,653     82,359,196     90,451,637     78,282,865  

See notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

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WHITE MOUNTAIN TITANIUM CORPORATION
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Interim Stockholders’ Equity
(Unaudited - Expressed in US dollars)

                      Total  
          Common Stock           Stockholders’  
    Shares of     and Paid-In Capital     Accumulated     Equity  
    Common Stock     In Excess of Par Value     Deficit        
Balance, December 31, 2014   85,905,392   $  57,211,235   $  (55,533,880 ) $  1,677,355  
Stock-based compensation (Note 6(c))   1,159,050     451,369     -     451,369  
Shares issued for service (Note 6(a))   300,000     135,000     -     135,000  
Private placements net of issuance cost (Note 6(a))   8,750,000     3,255,000     -     3,255,000  
Net loss for the period   -     -     (3,411,936 )   (3,411,936 )
Balance, September 30, 2015   96,114,442   $  61,052,604   $  (58,945,816 ) $  2,106,788  

See notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

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WHITE MOUNTAIN TITANIUM CORPORATION
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited - Expressed in US dollars)

    Nine months ended September,  
    2015     2014  
Operating Activities            
   Net loss for period $  (3,411,936 ) $  (4,510,257 )
   Items not involving cash            
         Amortization   60,894     277,180  
         Stock-based compensation   451,369     123,684  
         Common stock issued for services   135,000     306,600  
   Changes in non-cash working capital            
         Prepaid expenses   (148,749 )   (63,406 )
         Receivables   20,811     (7,554 )
         Due to a related party   -     40,405  
         Accounts payable and accrued liabilities   (90,090 )   2,335  
Cash Used in Operating Activities   (2,982,701 )   (3,831,013 )
             
Investing Activities            
   Additions to property and equipment   (1,025 )   (91,598 )
Cash Used in Investing Activities   (1,025 )   (91,598 )
             
Financing Activities            
   Issuance of common stock for cash   3,255,000     4,185,000  
Cash Provided by Financing Activities   3,255,000     4,185,000  
             
Inflow (outflow) of Cash   271,274     262,389  
Cash, Beginning of Period   949,806     2,056,996  
Cash, End of Period $  1,221,080   $  2,319,385  
             
Supplemental Cash Flow Information            
   Income tax paid $  -   $  -  
   Interest paid $  -   $  -  

See notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

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WHITE MOUNTAIN TITANIUM CORPORATION
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
Nine months ended September 30, 2015
(Unaudited - Expressed in US dollars)

1.

NATURE OF BUSINESS, BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND GOING CONCERN

   

White Mountain Titanium Corporation, through its subsidiaries, (collectively, the “Company”) is in the business of exploring for titanium deposits or reserves on its Cerro Blanco mining concessions. The Company is an exploration stage company and its principal business is to advance exploration and development activities on the Cerro Blanco rutile (titanium dioxide) Property (“Cerro Blanco”) located in Region III of northern Chile.

   

The accompanying condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared by the Company without audit. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows at September 30, 2015 and for the period then ended have been made. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with United States (“US”) accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s December 31, 2014, Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 30, 2015. The organization and business of the Company, accounting policies followed by the Company, other than the recently adopted accounting pronouncements discussed below and other information are contained in the notes to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014 filed as part of the Company’s December 31, 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The results of operations for the period ended September 30, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year.

   

These condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared by management on the basis of US GAAP applicable to a going concern, which assumes the Company will continue to operate for the foreseeable future and will be able to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of operations. The Company has an accumulated deficit of $58,945,816 at September 30, 2015 (December 31, 2014 - $55,533,880), has not yet commenced revenue-producing operations, and has significant expenditure requirements to continue to advance its exploration and development activities on the Cerro Blanco property. Management intends to raise additional capital through stock issuance to finance operations. However, there is no assurance that management will be successful in its future financing activities.

   
2.

RECENTLY ADOPTED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT

   

The following accounting pronouncement was adopted by the Company:

   

Effective January 1, 2015, the Company adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued update No. 2014-10 Development Stage Entities. The amendments in this update remove the definition of a development stage entity from Topic 915, thereby removing the distinction between development stage entities and other reporting entities from US GAAP. In addition, the amendments eliminate the requirements for development stage entities to (1) present inception-to-date information on the statements of income, cash flows, and shareholder's equity, (2) label the financial statements as those of a development stage entity, (3) disclose a description of the development stage activities in which the entity is engaged, and (4) disclose in the first year in which the entity is no longer a development stage entity that in prior years it had been in the development stage. The amendments also clarify that the guidance in Topic 275, Risks and Uncertainties, is applicable to entities that have not commenced planned principal operations. The amendments also remove paragraph 810-10-15-16, which states that a development stage entity does not meet the condition in paragraph 810-10-15-14(a) to be a variable interest entity (VIE) if (1) the entity can demonstrate that the equity invested in the legal entity is sufficient to permit it to finance the activities it is currently engaged in and (2) the entity’s governing documents and contractual arrangements allow additional equity investments. As a result of the amendment, the Company no longer labels the financial statements as those of an exploration stage entity and no longer presents inception-to-date information on its statements of operations, cash flows, and stockholders’ equity.

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WHITE MOUNTAIN TITANIUM CORPORATION
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
Nine months ended September 30, 2015
(Unaudited - Expressed in US dollars)

3.

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISKS


  (a)

The Company has classified its financial instruments as follows:

Cash – as held-for-trading
Receivables – as refundable deposits and receivables
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities – as other financial liabilities

The carrying amounts of the Company’s financial instruments approximate their respective fair values due to the short maturities of these instruments. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

 

Level 1 - quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

Level 2 - inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (i.e., as prices) or indirectly (i.e., derived from prices); and

 

Level 3 - inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).


  (b)

Credit risk

     
 

Credit risk is the risk that a counterparty to a financial instrument will fail to discharge its contractual obligations.

     
 

The Company mitigates credit risk by maintaining its cash with high credit quality US, Canadian, Chilean and Chinese financial institutions.

     
  (c)

Liquidity risk

     
 

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will encounter difficulty in satisfying financial obligations as they become due. The Company manages its liquidity risk by forecasting cash flows required for operations and anticipated investing and financing activities. The Company’s cash at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 totaled $1,221,080 and $949,806, respectively. At September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company had accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $227,425, and $317,515, respectively, all of which fall due in the next fiscal quarter.

     
  (d)

Market risk

     
 

Market risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate due to changes in market prices. Market risk comprises three types of risk: interest rate risk, foreign currency risk and other price risk.

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WHITE MOUNTAIN TITANIUM CORPORATION
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
Nine months ended September 30, 2015
(Unaudited - Expressed in US dollars)

3.

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISKS (Continued)


  (d)

Market risk (Continued)

       
  (i)

Interest rate risk

       
 

Interest rate risk consists of two components:


  (a)

To the extent that payments made or received on the Company’s monetary assets and liabilities are affected by changes in the prevailing market interest rates, the Company is exposed to interest rate cash flow risk.

     
  (b)

To the extent that changes in prevailing market interest rates differ from the interest rate in the Company’s monetary assets and liabilities, the Company is exposed to interest rate price risk.


 

The Company’s cash consists of cash held in bank accounts. Due to the short term nature of these financial instruments, fluctuations in market interest rates do not have a significant impact on estimated fair values on cash flows associated with interest income as of September 30, 2015.

     
  (ii)

Foreign currency risk

     
 

The Company is exposed to foreign currency risk to the extent expenditures incurred or funds received and balances maintained by the Company are denominated in currencies other than the US dollar (primarily Canadian dollars (“CAD”), Chilean pesos (“CLP”) and Chinese yuan (“RMB”)). As at September 30, 2015, the Company has net monetary assets of $27,814 (December 31, 2014 - net monetary liabilities of $19,536) denominated in CAD, net monetary liabilities of $33,661 (December 31, 2014 - $155,120) denominated in CLP, net monetary assets of $18,216 (December 31, 2014 - $44,938) denominated in Hong Kong dollars (“HKD”), and net monetary assets of $78,024 (December 31, 2014 - $122,760) denominated in RMB.

     
 

As at September 30, 2015, the Company’s sensitivity analysis suggests that a change in the absolute rate of exchange in CAD, RMB and HKD by 10% will not have a material effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations, and a change in the absolute rate of exchange in CLP by 6% will also not have a material impact.

     
 

The Company has not entered into any foreign currency contracts to mitigate this risk.

     
  (iii)

Other price risk

     
 

Other price risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate due to changes in market prices, other than those arising from interest rate risk or foreign currency risk. The Company is not exposed to other price risk.

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WHITE MOUNTAIN TITANIUM CORPORATION
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
Nine months ended September 30, 2015
(Unaudited - Expressed in US dollars)

4.

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT


      September 30, 2015  
            Accumulated        
      Cost     Amortization     Net  
  Land held for future development $  83,958   $  -   $  83,958  
  Vehicles   129,439     119,453     9,986  
  Office furniture and fixtures   175,048     81,644     93,404  
  Office equipment   33,574     18,331     15,243  
  Computer equipment   7,553     7,553     -  
  Computer software   68,995     68,995     -  
  Field equipment   154,089     138,534     15,555  
                     
    $  652,656   $  434,510   $  218,146  

      December 31, 2014  
            Accumulated        
      Cost     Amortization     Net  
  Land held for future development $  83,958   $  -   $  83,958  
  Vehicles   129,439     106,221     23,218  
  Office furniture and fixtures   175,048     57,173     117,875  
  Office equipment   32,609     14,283     18,326  
  Computer equipment   7,553     7,553     -  
  Computer software   68,995     68,995     -  
  Field equipment   154,029     119,391     34,638  
                     
    $  651,631   $  373,616   $  278,015  

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WHITE MOUNTAIN TITANIUM CORPORATION
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
Nine months ended September 30, 2015
(Unaudited - Expressed in US dollars)

5.

MINERAL PROPERTIES

   

Cerro Blanco

   

On September 5, 2003, the Company, through its wholly-owned Chilean subsidiary, SCM White Mountain Titanium Chile (“White Mountain Chile”), entered into a purchase agreement with Compañía Contractual Mineral Ojos del Salado (“Ojos del Salado”), a wholly-owned Chilean subsidiary of Phelps Dodge Corporation, to acquire a 100% interest in nine exploration mining concessions, collectively known as Cerro Blanco. Cerro Blanco is located in Region III of northern Chile, approximately 24 miles, west of the city of Vallenar. Consideration for the purchase, including legal fees, was $651,950.

   

The purchase agreement covering Cerro Blanco was originally entered into between Ojos del Salado and Dorado Mineral Resources NL (“Dorado”) on March 17, 2000. Under that agreement, Dorado purchased the mining exploration concessions from Ojos del Salado for $1,000,000, of which $350,000 was paid. A first mortgage and prohibitions against entering into other contracts regarding mining concessions without the prior written consent of Ojos del Salado had also been established in favor of Ojos del Salado. On September 5, 2003, White Mountain Chile assumed Dorado’s obligations under the purchase agreement, including the mortgage and prohibitions, with payment terms as described above.

   

La Martina

   

As a result of regional exploration carried out in January 2013, a new rutile prospect named La Martina has been discovered and staked in the Atacama, or Region III, geographic region of northern Chile. La Martina, which is located approximately 45 kilometers southwest of the city of Vallenar and 17 kilometres southwest of the Cerro Blanco project, consists of nine registered exploration concessions. Concession fees and other costs incurred in staking the property have been expensed.

   

Ownership in mineral properties involves certain inherent risks due to the difficulties of determining the validity of certain claims, as well as the potential for problems arising from the frequent, ambiguous conveyance history characteristic of mineral properties. The Company has investigated ownership of its mineral properties, and to the best of its knowledge, ownership of its interests is in good standing. At present, the Company has determined that it has no material asset retirement obligations.

   

Exploration expenditures incurred by the Company during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:


      2015     2014  
               
  Assaying $  -   $  63,775  
  Concession fees   76,612     100,501  
  Environmental   241,356     733,725  
  Equipment rental   9,409     34,637  
  Geological consulting fees   35,790     443,310  
  Site costs   402,889     456,952  
  Transportation   20,548     16,102  
               
  Exploration expenditures for period $  786,604   $  1,849,002  

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WHITE MOUNTAIN TITANIUM CORPORATION
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
Nine months ended September 30, 2015
(Unaudited - Expressed in US dollars)

6.

CAPITAL STOCK

     
(a)

Common stock

     

During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the Company closed the sale of 8,750,000 second tranche units (the “Second Tranche Units”). The sale of the units was pursuant to a Binding Memorandum of Understanding (the “MOU”) the Company entered into with Grand Agriculture Investment Limited (the “Investor”) dated December 3, 2013, amended September 11, 2014, whereby the Investor agreed to purchase a total of 20,000,000 Second Tranche Units. The sale price for the 8,750,000 Second Tranche Units was $0.40 per unit for gross proceeds of $3,500,000. Each Second Tranche Unit consists of one share of common stock and 90% of one warrant to purchase one share of common stock at $0.55 exercisable immediately upon issuance through December 31, 2017 (the “Second Tranche Warrants”). The Company paid $245,000 in finder’s commissions. In addition, pursuant to the MOU, the Company issued bonus warrants to an investors to purchase 6,000,000 shares of common stock to conclude a total sale of 20,000,000 Second Tranche Units. Each whole warrant is exercisable at $0.55 per share until December 31, 2017 (note 6(d)).

     

In March and June 2015, the Company issued 300,000 shares of common stock to a marketing and consulting service provider as non-cash compensation in exchange for services. Those shares were measured at a fair value of $0.45 per common share.

     
(b)

Stock options

     

The Company has a stock option plan, adopted in 2005, and a stock option/stock issuance plan, adopted in 2010, which has been replaced by a stock incentive plan adopted in June 2015 (individually, the “2005 Plan” and the “2015 Plan”, respectively, and, collectively, the “Plans”). Under the Plans, the Company is authorized to grant options to executive officers and directors, employees and consultants of the Company. The 2005 Plan was originally authorized to grant 3,140,000 shares; and the 2015 Plan was originally authorized to issue 4,641,040 shares, which amount is increased at the end of each year to represent 10% of the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on the last trading day in December of the immediately preceding calendar year less 3,949,500 shares. The terms of any stock options granted under the 2005 Plan may not exceed five years and the exercise price of any stock option granted may not be discounted below the maximum discount permitted under the policies of the Toronto Stock Exchange. The terms of any stock options granted under the 2015 Plan may not exceed ten years and the exercise price of any stock option plan is fixed by the plan administrator.

     

The Company originally also adopted a management compensation pool for the benefit of officers, directors and employees of the Company. The pool will consist of 1% of the outstanding shares at the end of each year. The shares granted under the compensation pool program are issued under the 2015 Plan.

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WHITE MOUNTAIN TITANIUM CORPORATION
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
Nine months ended September 30, 2015
(Unaudited - Expressed in US dollars)

6.

CAPITAL STOCK (Continued)

     
(b)

Stock options (continued)

     

The following table represents service-based stock option activity during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and the year ended December 31, 2014:


      September 30, 2015     December 31, 2014  
            Weighted           Weighted  
            Average           Average  
      Number of     Exercise     Number of     Exercise  
      Shares     Price     Shares     Price  
  Outstanding - beginning of period   1,225,000   $  0.55     150,000   $  1.30  
  Granted   300,000     0.45     1,075,000     0.45  
  Expired   (150,000 )   1.30     -     -  
                           
  Outstanding – end of period   1,375,000   $  0.45     1,225,000   $  0.55  
                           
  Exercisable – end of period   1,375,000   $  0.45     1,225,000   $  0.55  

As at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the following stock options were outstanding:

        Exercise     September 30,     December 31,  
  Expiry Date     Price     2015     2014  
                       
  February 15, 2015   $  1.30     -     150,000  
  October 2, 2017   $  0.45     375,000     375,000  
  December 31, 2017   $  0.45     1,000,000     700,000  
                       
              1,375,000     1,225,000  

The shares under option at September 30, 2015 had an intrinsic value of $nil (December 31, 2014 - $nil) and a weighted average remaining contractual life of 2.19 (December 31, 2014 - 3) years.

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WHITE MOUNTAIN TITANIUM CORPORATION
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
Nine months ended September 30, 2015
(Unaudited - Expressed in US dollars)

6.

CAPITAL STOCK (Continued)

     
(c)

Stock-based compensation

     

In May 2015, the Company issued 859,050 shares of common stock out of the Company’s 2014 compensation pool to directors, officers, and employees based on 2014 performance. In addition, the Company issued 300,000 shares of common stock to a former executive director for the completion of an Environmental Impact Statement(“EIS”) and participation of the Company’s 2014 compensation pool. The stock-based compensation includes stock options granted in March 2015 and amortization of common stock shares issuable upon the market performance of the Company’s stock. The remaining unamortized balance of $138,082 (December 31, 2014 - $204,232) will be amortized through December 2015 and July 2019.

     
(d)

Warrants

     

During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the Company issued warrants to purchase 13,875,000 shares of common stock including bonus warrants issued to an investor to purchase 6,000,000 shares of common stock, as part of a private placement offering (Note 6 (a)). Each whole warrant is exercisable at $0.55 per share until December 31, 2017.

     

Details of stock purchase warrant activity for the period ended September 30, 2015 and the year ended December 31, 2014 are as follows:


      September 30, 2015     December 31, 2014  
            Weighted           Weighted  
            Average           Average  
      Number     Exercise     Number     Exercise  
      of Warrants     Price     of Warrants     Price  
                           
  Outstanding - beginning of period   21,487,585   $  0.55     12,762,585   $  0.69  
  Issued   13,875,000     0.55     10,725,000     0.55  
  Cancelled   -     -     (2,000,000 )   (1.50 )
                           
  Outstanding - end of period   35,362,585   $  0.55     21,487,585   $  0.55  

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WHITE MOUNTAIN TITANIUM CORPORATION
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
Nine months ended September 30, 2015
(Unaudited - Expressed in US dollars)

6.

CAPITAL STOCK (Continued)


  (d)

Warrants (Continued)

As at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the following warrants were outstanding:

            September 30,     December 31,  
  Expiry Date   Exercise Price     2015     2014  
                     
  December 31, 2015 $  0.65     1,770,328     1,770,328  
  December 31, 2015 $  0.65     910,534     910,534  
  December 31, 2015 $  0.65     2,367,437     2,367,437  
  December 31, 2016 $  0.45     5,714,286     5,714,286  
  December 31, 2017 $  0.65     600,000     600,000  
  December 31, 2017 $  0.55     4,500,000     4,500,000  
  December 31, 2017 $  0.55     5,625,000     5,625,000  
  December 31, 2017 $  0.55     13,875,000     -  
            35,362,585     21,487,585  

7.

LOSS PER SHARE

   

Potentially dilutive securities not included in diluted weighted average shares outstanding include shares underlying 1,375,000 in outstanding options and 35,362,585 in outstanding warrants.

   
8.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

   

Management has evaluated subsequent events through November 16, 2015, which represents the date the condensed consolidated financial statements were issued. The following subsequent events have occurred:


 

On October 13, 2015, the Company requested and was approved to terminate its obligation to issue reports on SEDAR in compliance with the British Columbia Securities Commission regulations.

 

On November 9, 2015, the Board of Directors resolved to accept resignation of Brian Flower as a sole director of White Mountain Titanium Corporation (Canada) and appoint Eric Gan as an interim sole director. The Board also resolved to dissolve the Canadian subsidiary.

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

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations analyze the major elements of our balance sheets and statements of operations. This section should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, and our unaudited interim consolidated condensed financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and accompanying notes to these financial statements (“financial statements”).

Forward Looking Statements

The statements contained in this report that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that represent management’s beliefs and assumptions based on currently available information. Forward-looking statements include the information concerning our possible or assumed future results of operations, business strategies, need for financing, competitive position, potential growth opportunities, potential operating performance improvements, ability to retain and recruit personnel, the effects of competition and the effects of future legislation or regulations. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as the words “believes,” “intends,” “may,” “should,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “could,” “plans,” or comparable terminology or by discussions of strategy or trends. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot give any assurances that these expectations will prove to be correct. Such statements by their nature involve risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect expected results, and actual future results could differ materially from those described in such forward-looking statements.

Among the factors that could cause actual future results to differ materially are the risks and uncertainties discussed in this report. While it is not possible to identify all factors, we continue to face many risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, continued access to financing, the cyclicality of the titanium dioxide industry, global economic and political conditions, global productive capacity, customer inventory levels, changes in product pricing, changes in product costing, changes in foreign currency exchange rates, competitive technology positions, maintenance of the Company’s EIS approval, and operating interruptions (including, but not limited to, labor disputes, leaks, fires, explosions, unscheduled downtime, transportation interruptions, war and terrorist activities). Mining operations are subject to a variety of existing laws and regulations relating to exploration and development, permitting procedures, safety precautions, property reclamation, employee health and safety, air and water quality standards, pollution and other environmental protection controls, all of which are subject to change and are becoming more stringent and costly to comply with. Should one or more of these risks materialize (or the consequences of such a development worsen), or should the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from those expected. We disclaim any intention or obligation to update publicly or revise such statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

There may also be other risks and uncertainties that we are unable to predict at this time or that we do not now expect to have a material adverse impact on our business.

Overview

We are a mineral exploration company engaged in the search for mineral deposits or reserves which could be economically and legally extracted or recovered. We hold mining concessions covering two rutile properties located in the Atacama region (Region III) of northern Chile, namely Cerro Blanco and the La Martina.

We were incorporated in the State of Nevada on April 24, 1998. We have seven wholly owned subsidiaries: SCM White Mountain Titanium, a Chilean stock company which holds our Chilean mining concessions for our Cerro Blanco project and conducts our principal exploration operations on that property; White Mountain Metals SpA, a Chilean stock company which held the sublicense for the Chinuka process and is presently inactive; White Mountain Titanium Corporation, a Canadian stock company which is inactive; White Mountain Minerals SpA, which holds our Chilean mining concessions for our La Martina project and conducts our principal exploration operations on that property; White Mountain Energy Ltda., an inactive Chilean company; White Mountain Titanium (Hong Kong), a Hong Kong corporation; and Cerro Blanco Titanium Corporation Limited (Shenzhen), a Chinese corporation from which our Chinese operations are managed.

Our principal business is to explore for and develop natural rutile deposits on our mining concessions. Our principal objectives are to advance the Cerro Blanco project towards a final engineering feasibility, to secure off-take agreements for the planned rutile concentrate output, and to secure funding or other arrangements to place the project into production, if warranted. It would be the intention to sell the rutile concentrate to titanium metal and pigment producers. Further, if warranted, we intend to construct and operate a desalination plant covered under the approval of our Environmental Impact Statement for future production of water for the Cerro Blanco project and interim sales to third party users. In addition, we plan to research into the recovery of feldspar from materials sourced from these mining concessions. We also plan to expand our exploration activities on the La Martina concessions which we discovered in 2013. On September 15, 2015, we received notice from La Serena Technologies Limited that the sublicense for the Chinuka titanium electro-refining process technology was terminated for failure to provide a total of $5,000,000 towards the development of the technology prior to September 15, 2015.

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Our common stock is currently traded on the over-the-counter market and is quoted on the OTCQB Markets (OTCQB: WMTM). Upon meeting listing requirements, it is our intention to graduate to a more senior exchange in due course.

We have produced no revenues, have experienced losses since inception, have no revenue producing operations, and currently rely upon the sale of our securities to fund our exploration activities on our mining properties.

Cerro Blanco

We are progressing in various stages of development on our Cerro Blanco project, which is our principal project. We have identified nine natural rutile prospects designated as the Las Carolinas, La Cantera, Eli, Chascones, Hororio’s Creek, Hippo Ear, Quartz Creek, Algodon and Bono prospects. The last five of these have only recently been located. We presently hold 44 registered mining exploration concessions and 36 exploration concessions over an area of approximately 17,041 hectares.

La Martina

La Martina consists of nine registered exploration concessions, covering an area of 1,288 hectares, comparable in size to the area covering the current nine known prospects at Cerro Blanco. Alteration and mineralization at La Martina is believed to be similar to that observed on the Cerro Blanco property.

Off-Take Agreements

We currently have two definitive off-take agreements in place:

  • During 2011, we entered into our first off-take agreement with a major international pigment producer where that producer will purchase 25,000 tonnes per annum of our standard grade, natural rutile concentrate at US$1,200 per tonne FOB port. Although deliveries did not commence by September, 2014, the contract remains in place, but the buyer may terminate the agreement at any time. The term of the agreement may be extended by mutual agreement.

  • On September 27, 2012, we entered into a second off-take agreement with a major international pigment producer for the supply of natural rutile concentrate from the Cerro Blanco project. Under the agreement, the pigment producer has agreed to purchase 10,000 tonnes per annum of our standard grade rutile concentrate at $1,250 per tonne FOB port. The three-year term, which commences upon the production of 5,000 tons of product from the Cerro Blanco project, may be extended by mutual agreement. The buyer may terminate the agreement at any time.

These two contracts are still in force at September 30, 2015.

Major Developments

Since December 31, 2014, we had the following major developments:

  • We received environmental approval from the Chilean Environmental Authority for our Cerro Blanco project. The EIS report was filed with the Government in February 2013, and the definitive Environmental Impact Statement (the “EIS”) for the project was approved, signed and delivered to us on May 20, 2015. This approval marks a major milestone for the development of the project and allows the project to advance to Bankable Feasibility Study (the “BFS”) and subsequent production. The EIS approval is a necessary precursor for future permitting requirements at Cerro Blanco.

  • In June 2014, the FASB issued update No. 2014-10 Development Stage Entities. The amendments in this update remove the definition of a development stage entity from Topic 915, thereby removing the distinction between development stage entities and other reporting entities from U.S. GAAP. In addition, the amendments eliminate the requirements for development stage entities to (1) present inception-to-date information on the statements of income, cash flows, and shareholder's equity, (2) label the financial statements as those of a development stage entity, (3) disclose a description of the development stage activities in which the entity is engaged, and (4) disclose in the first year in which the entity is no longer a development stage entity that in prior years it had been in the development stage. The amendments also clarify that the guidance in Topic 275, Risks and Uncertainties, is applicable to entities that have not commenced planned principal operations. The amendments also remove paragraph 810-10-15-16, which states that a development stage entity does not meet the condition in paragraph 810-10-15-14(a) to be a variable interest entity (VIE) if (1) the entity can demonstrate that the equity invested in the legal entity is sufficient to permit it to finance the activities it is currently engaged in and (2) the entity’s governing documents and contractual arrangements allow additional equity investments. These amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2014, and interim periods therein. For the current nine month period ended September 30, 2015, we adopted this new standard.

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  • In April 2015, we entered into an agreement with Shenzhen New JunAn Investment Management, Ltd. (the “New JunAn”), a Shenzhen, China based financial advisory firm for services including merger and acquisition, private equity placements, financial advisory and investor relations. Besides compensation of cash commissions of between 3% and 5% and warrants representing 25% of the units sold in the offering payable upon successful completion of a financing, New JunAn was also paid an upfront fee of $245,000, which is refundable for non-performance by New JunAn if, within ten months of the agreement, they fail to provide us an effective plan and adequate investor relation services to effect listing of our common stock on a senior US stock exchange, or if, within a reasonable time, they fail to raise a minimum of USD10 million for us.

    We are currently renegotiating the terms of the agreement.

  • In August 2015 we completed the sale of 8,750,000 Second Tranche Units (the “Second Tranche Units”) under the Binding Memorandum of Understanding with Grand Agriculture Investment Limited (the “MOU”). The sale price for the 8,750,000 Second Tranche Units was $0.40 per unit for gross proceeds of $3,500,000. Each Second Tranche Unit consisted of one share of Common Stock and 90% of one warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock at $0.55 per share exercisable immediately upon issuance through December 31, 2017. Pursuant to the MOU, we issued bonus warrants to an investor to purchase 6,000,000 shares of common stock at the conclusion of a total sale of 20,000,000 Second Tranche Units.

  • On August 19, 2015, we entered into a non-binding and non-exclusive letter of intent (the “LOI”) with Nexo Capital Partners, LLC (“Nexo”) to fund, construct and manage a desalination plant which forms part of our Cerro Blanco mining project in Chile. Nexo is a US private equity firm which specializes in the business development of new technologies through strategic project acquisition and technology-implementation opportunities. Nexo proposes to use the services of an innovative US water technology company based out of Boston, MA.

    The LOI anticipates that the desalination plant, together with inflow and outflow seawater piping, would be constructed with no cash contribution by the Company. We would contribute the land, right of ways and environmental permit to construct the project and Nexo would provide the funding. It is further anticipated that prior to construction of the Cerro Blanco mining project, any water produced from the desalination plant would be sold to third parties in the Huasco Valley region and that excess water, if any, from the amount ultimately required by the mine would continue to be sold to third parties after construction of the mine.

    The parties intend to create either a contractual, joint venture, or other suitable relationship by which they could fund, construct, and operate the plant and market the water produced from the facility. Subject to negotiation and mutual agreement, specific terms of the relationship and the duties and obligations of the parties would be set forth in a definitive agreement.

    The LOI was set to expire on October 31, 2015 but the expiration date was extended to November 30, 2015. Nexo has agreed to advance and pay up to one-half of the legal costs of White Mountain in connection with the preparation of the definitive agreement. The parties are continuing negotiations, but no definitive agreement has been reached or entered into by the parties.

  • On October 12, 2015, we entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (the “MOU”) with Sinosteel Equipment & Engineering Co., Ltd. (“Sinosteel MECC”), a publicly listed company with majority of shares controlled by a major Chinese state-owned metallurgy and resources group, Sinosteel Corporation Limited. The broad terms of the MOU stipulate that Sinosteel MECC is willing to cooperate with the Company in the development of the Cerro Blanco project, including an ancillary desalination plant. This cooperation includes engineering, procurement, and construction of the rutile concentrator plant, rutile products off-take and helping us get financial support from certain financial service firms, as well as major Chinese banks. Direct equity investment by Sinosteel MECC in the Cerro Blanco project, and/or the desalination project, would also be considered, subject to the completion of a final BFS and approval by relevant authorities that oversee Sinosteel MECC. Our engineering staff are working with Sinosteel MECC to support the financial and technical appraisal of the Cerro Blanco project and the desalination plant by Sinosteel MECC and their advisors.

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  • In October 2015, we requested and received approval from Canadian regulator to terminate our obligation to file reports on SEDAR.

  • In November 2015, the Board of Directors passed a resolution to dissolve our Canadian subsidiary, which was no longer active.

Results of Operations

We recorded a net loss of $821,222 and $3,411,936 for the three months and the nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively, ($0.01 and $0.04 per weighted average common share outstanding) compared to a net loss of $1,928,546 and $4,510,257 ($0.05 and $0.06 per share) for the comparative interim periods in 2014.

Compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2014, our total operation expenses for the current nine month period decreased approximately 25% by $1,103,943 with changes in the following items:

  • Exploration expense decreased approximately 58% from $1,849,002 to $786,604 reflecting the completion of the EIS project.

  • Directors/Officers Consulting Fees increased by 18% from $674,616 to $794,127, offset by a decrease of 57% in Management Fees from $309,684 to $133,519. The decrease in Management Fees was caused by classification of expense. Directors/Officers Fees combined decreased by 6% from $984,300 to $927,646 primarily because of higher one-time stock based compensation adjustment during the same period in 2014.

  • Advertising and promotion expense increased approximately 1,647% from $15,777 to $275,637 as we engaged a marketing firm to increase potential investors’ awareness of the Company. A large portion of the expense was paid by issuing common stock.

  • Amortization expense decreased approximately 78% from $277,180 to $60,894 due to the fact that there was no intangible assets to amortize after we wrote off the Chinuka Process due to an impairment loss.

Due to the cash constraints, there was no spending on research and development during the nine months ended September 30, 2015.

Loss before other items for the current nine-month period was $3,370,736, as compared to $4,474,679 for the comparative period in 2014.

Foreign exchange loss was $41,267 for the current period, as compared to $35,663 for the comparative period, due to the volatility of U.S. dollar compared to the Chilean Peso during the comparable period.

Liquidity and Cash Flows

As of September 30, 2015, we had working capital of $1,236,692 (December 31, 2014: $747,390), including $1,221,080 (December 31, 2014: $949,806) of cash.

Cash used in operating activities was $2,982,701 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, compared to $3,831,013 for the comparable prior year period. Cash used in investing activities was $1,025 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 (2014: $91,598).

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We raised $3,255,000 from financing activities during the current nine-month period, compared to $4,185,000 for the same period in 2014.

We anticipate that we will need to raise additional funds of from $5 million to $10 million in the next twelve months to meet our operation requirements and to complete the BFS and commence studies for a desalination plant project. However, there are a number of risk factors which will influence our ability to raise sufficient funds, including the state of the capital markets generally, and the market price of our common stock. With the exception of funds on deposit, we have no other sources of committed funds, except for outstanding warrants for which there are no commitments to exercise. The most likely source of new funds would be an equity placement of common shares or some form of strategic alliance. We believe that a failure to raise funds in a timely manner would likely delay the achievement of some of our project milestones, and would delay any decision regarding the viability of operations while likely increasing future costs.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2015 the FASB issued update No. 2015-02 – Consolidation (Topic 810) Amendments to the Consolidated Analysis.

The amendments in this Update affect reporting entities that are required to evaluate whether they should consolidate certain legal entities. All legal entities are subject to reevaluation under the revised consolidation model. Specifically, the amendments:

  1.

Modify the evaluation of whether limited partnerships and similar legal entities are variable interest entities (VIEs) or voting interest entities

     
  2.

Eliminate the presumption that a general partner should consolidate a limited partnership

     
  3.

Affect the consolidation analysis of reporting entities that are involved with VIEs, particularly those that have fee arrangements and related party relationships

     
  4.

Provide a scope exception from consolidation guidance for reporting entities with interests in legal entities that are required to comply with or operate in accordance with requirements that are similar to those in Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 for registered money market funds.

The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years, and for interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015.

In August 2014, the FASB issued Update No. 2014-15—Presentation of Financial Statements— Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40): Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern. The amendments in the Update provide guidance on management’s responsibility to disclose conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern. The update requires management also to discuss plans to mitigate the conditions or events and if the plans will alleviate the substantial doubt by considering the probability of implementation of the plans and mitigation effect of the plans. The new requirements are effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016. Early adoption is permitted.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

As a smaller reporting company, we have elected not to provide the disclosure required by this item.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13(a)-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report were effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act (i) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and (ii) is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

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Changes in internal control over financial reporting

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act, during our most recent fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2015, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Industry and Capital Market Factors Negatively Impact to our Ability to Raise Additional Funds to Advance our Projects.

As an exploration stage company, we finance our operation using funds received from private equity offerings. Without additional capital raised, we will no longer be able to advance our Cerro Blanco project to Bankable Feasibility Study (the “BFS”) and subsequent production or continue to operate our business. Our current funds can only support our operation into early 2016; however, our ability to raise capital is challenged by the overall mining sector conditions. According to market commentators, weakening commodity price and sluggish outlook for demand growth have turned investors away from the mining sector. In such a challenging environment, we may not be able to raise enough funds to support our operations or we may have to accept capital at less than favorable terms.

Our Environmental Approval from the Chilean Government is Revocable and, if revoked, our Business Would be Adversely Affected.

Our ability to place our Cerro Blanco project into production is contingent upon environmental approvals received from the Chilean government. Although we received environmental approval from the Chile Environment Authority in May 2015, the approval is revocable. If we fail to meet our responsibilities, including social resettlement obligations and other environmental commitments, as stipulated in the approved EIS, or the Chilean government believes we have no intention to advance the project to final production, the EIS could be revoked and our business could fail.

Other Risk Factors

See “Item 1A – Risk Factors” as disclosed in Form 10-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2015 for broader discussion on risk factors.

Item 6. Exhibits

SEC Ref. No. Title of Document
31.1 Rule 13a-14(a) Certification by Principal Executive Officer
31.2 Rule 13a-14(a) Certification by Principal Financial Officer
32.1 Section 1350 Certification of Principal Executive Officer
32.2 Section 1350 Certification of Principal Financial Officer
101.INS XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

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SIGNATURES

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

White Mountain Titanium Corporation

Date: November 16, 2015 By /s/ Kin Wong
    Kin Wong, Chief Executive Officer
    (Principal Executive Officer)
     
Date: November 16, 2015 By /s/ Eric Gan
    Eric Gan, Chief Financial Officer
    (Principal Financial Officer)

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