|
June
30,
2008
|
December
31,
2007
|
|||||||
|
$
|
$
|
|||||||
|
Assets
|
|
|
||||||
|
Current
assets
|
||||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents (note 8)
|
21,725,876 | 26,312,757 | ||||||
|
Short-term
investments (note 8)
|
51,787,722 | 49,999,021 | ||||||
|
Amounts
receivable
|
161,445 | 913,374 | ||||||
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
144,365 | 61,488 | ||||||
| 73,819,408 | 77,286,640 | |||||||
|
Bonding and other deposits
(note 3)
|
1,721,704 | 1,508,576 | ||||||
|
Capital assets (note
4)
|
1,690,457 | 903,734 | ||||||
|
Mineral exploration properties
(note 5)
|
31,581,785 | 31,232,372 | ||||||
|
Deferred exploration and
development expenditures (note 5)
|
29,660,907 | 26,419,453 | ||||||
| 64,654,853 | 60,064,135 | |||||||
| 138,474,261 | 137,350,775 | |||||||
|
Liabilities
and shareholders’ equity
|
||||||||
|
Current
liabilities
|
||||||||
|
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
1,408,578 | 1,432,624 | ||||||
|
Asset retirement obligation
(note 7)
|
273,199 | 181,672 | ||||||
|
Future
income tax liability
|
438,965 | 1,167,000 | ||||||
| 2,120,742 | 2,781,296 | |||||||
|
Shareholders’
equity
|
||||||||
|
Capital
stock (note 6)
|
142,947,995 | 139,447,034 | ||||||
|
Contributed
surplus (note 6)
|
10,203,241 | 8,202,595 | ||||||
|
Deficit
|
(16,797,717 | ) | (13,080,150 | ) | ||||
| 136,353,519 | 134,569,479 | |||||||
| 138,474,261 | 137,350,775 | |||||||
|
Three
months
ended
June
30,
2008
|
Three
months
ended
June
30,
2007
|
Six
months
ended
June
30,
2008
|
Six
Months
Ended
June
30,
2007
|
Cumulative
From
March
22,
2004
to
June
30,
2008
|
|||||||||||||||
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Expenses
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Promotion
|
193,095 | 317,798 | 338,783 | 592,288 | 2,623,173 | ||||||||||||||
|
Regulatory
authority and transfer agent fees
|
17,899 | 42,983 | 100,596 | 59,968 | 316,933 | ||||||||||||||
|
Professional
fees
|
118,176 | 148,196 | 369,975 | 461,259 | 2,406,725 | ||||||||||||||
|
General
and administrative
|
2,321,337 | 1,740,767 | 4,293,888 | 2,837,615 | 15,971,017 | ||||||||||||||
|
General
exploration expense
|
163,060 | 314,524 | 261,240 | 509,427 | 1,816,024 | ||||||||||||||
|
Write-off
of mineral property and deferred
exploration
expenditures
|
- | - | - | - | 2,122,748 | ||||||||||||||
|
Amortization
of capital assets
|
142,047 | 11,374 | 230,234 | 30,941 | 341,160 | ||||||||||||||
| (2,955,614 | ) | (2,575,642 | ) | (5,594,716 | ) | (4,491,498 | ) | (25,597,780 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Interest
income
|
600,409 | 699,684 | 1,389,689 | 988,494 | 4,973,683 | ||||||||||||||
|
Foreign
exchange gain (loss)
|
(156,301 | ) | 719,046 | 496,145 | 858,188 | 408,065 | |||||||||||||
|
Other
income (loss)
|
3,000 | - | (8,685 | ) | - | (8,685 | ) | ||||||||||||
| 447,108 | 1,418,730 | 1,877,149 | 1,846,682 | 5,373,063 | |||||||||||||||
|
Loss
before income taxes
|
(2,508,506 | ) | (1,156,912 | ) | (3,717,567 | ) | (2,644,816 | ) | (20,224,717 | ) | |||||||||
|
Recovery
of future income taxes
|
- | - | - | - | 3,427,000 | ||||||||||||||
|
Net
loss and comprehensive loss for the
period
|
(2,508,506 | ) | (1,156,912 | ) | (3,717,567 | ) | (2,644,816 | ) | (16,797,717 | ) | |||||||||
|
Deficit
- Beginning of period
|
(14,289,211 | ) | (7,506,287 | ) | (13,080,150 | ) | (6,018,383 | ) | - | ||||||||||
|
Deficit
- End of period
|
(16,797,717 | ) | (8,663,199 | ) | (16,797,717 | ) | (8,663,199 | ) | (16,797,717 | ) | |||||||||
|
Loss
per common share
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
and diluted
|
(0.03 | ) | (0.01 | ) | (0.04 | ) | (0.03 | ) | |||||||||||
|
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
and diluted
|
93,222,893 | 84,152,811 | 92,746,354 | 79,007,175 | |||||||||||||||
|
Three
months
ended
June
30,
2008
|
Three
months
ended
June
30,
2007
|
Six
months
ended
June
30,
2008
|
Six
Months
Ended
June
30,
2007
|
Cumulative
From
March
22,
2004
to
June
30,
2008
|
|||||||||||||||
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Cash
provided by (used in)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating
activities
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
loss for the period
|
(2,508,506 | ) | (1,156,912 | ) | (3,717,567 | ) | (2,644,816 | ) | (16,797,717 | ) | |||||||||
|
Items
not affecting cash:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Stock
based compensation
|
1,195,742 | 1,106,171 | 2,048,886 | 1,701,247 | 8,814,437 | ||||||||||||||
|
Amortization
of capital assets
|
142,047 | 11,374 | 230,234 | 30,941 | 341,160 | ||||||||||||||
|
Write-off
of deferred exploration
expenditures
|
- | - | - | - | 2,122,748 | ||||||||||||||
|
Foreign
exchange loss (gain)
|
(6,597 | ) | (1,048,111 | ) | 10,000 | (1,186,840 | ) | (2,287,981 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Other
loss (income)
|
(3,000 | ) | - | 12,000 | - | 12,000 | |||||||||||||
|
Recovery
of future income taxes
|
- | - | - | - | (3,427,000 | ) | |||||||||||||
|
Change
in non-cash working capital items:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Amounts
receivable
|
61,940 | (76,794 | ) | 739,929 | (110,308 | ) | (179,252 | ) | |||||||||||
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
(64,054 | ) | (73,131 | ) | (82,877 | ) | (108,665 | ) | (144,365 | ) | |||||||||
|
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
(181,830 | ) | (249,530 | ) | (1,021,346 | ) | (226,533 | ) | (787,075 | ) | |||||||||
| (1,364,258 | ) | (1,486,933 | ) | (1,780,741 | ) | (2,544,974 | ) | (12,333,045 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Investing
activities
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Mineral
exploration property costs
|
(109,724 | ) | (366,893 | ) | (252,613 | ) | (455,600 | ) | (9,838,663 | ) | |||||||||
|
Deferred
exploration and development
expenditures
|
(1,593,156 | ) | (1,624,852 | ) | (2,286,227 | ) | (2,728,929 | ) | (21,742,599 | ) | |||||||||
|
Purchase
of short- term investments
|
(51,787,722 | ) | - | (51,787,722 | ) | - | (114,616,743 | ) | |||||||||||
|
Sale
of short-term investments
|
- | - | 49,989,021 | - | 62,829,021 | ||||||||||||||
|
Decrease (increase)
in bonding and other
deposits
|
(223,961 | ) | (49,082 | ) | (213,129 | ) | (394,346 | ) | (1,721,705 | ) | |||||||||
|
Purchase
of capital assets
|
(672,220 | ) | (275,651 | ) | (980,156 | ) | (397,241 | ) | (1,952,224 | ) | |||||||||
| (54,386,783 | ) | (2,316,478 | ) | (5,530,826 | ) | (3,976,116 | ) | (87,042,913 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Financing
Activities
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Issuance
of common shares and warrants
|
- | 77,744,735 | 2,750,000 | 77,744,735 | 122,668,053 | ||||||||||||||
|
Share
issue costs
|
(5,314 | ) | (246,119 | ) | (115,314 | ) | (246,119 | ) | (2,569,025 | ) | |||||||||
|
Proceeds
from exercise of warrants,
compensation
options and stock options
|
43,750 | 370,456 | 90,000 | 985,387 | 18,567,931 | ||||||||||||||
|
Payment
of New Frontiers obligation
|
- | (11,955,375 | ) | - | (11,955,375 | ) | (17,565,125 | ) | |||||||||||
| 38,436 | 65,913,697 | 2,724,686 | 66,528,628 | 121,101,834 | |||||||||||||||
|
Net
change in cash and cash equivalents
|
(55,712,605 | ) | 62,110,286 | (4,586,881 | ) | 60,007,538 | 21,725,876 | ||||||||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents - Beginning of
period
|
77,438,481 | 26,625,076 | 26,312,757 | 28,727,824 | - | ||||||||||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents- End of period
|
21,725,876 | 88,735,362 | 21,725,876 | 88,735,362 | 21,725,876 | ||||||||||||||
|
1.
|
Nature
of operations
|
|
2.
|
Significant
accounting policies
|
|
|
·
|
Section
3862, Financial Instruments – Disclosures, and Section 3863, Financial
Instruments – Presentation. These new disclosure standards
increase the Company’s disclosure regarding the nature and risk associated
with financial instruments and how those risks are managed (see Note
8). The new presentation standard carries forward the former
presentation requirements.
|
|
|
·
|
Section
1535, Capital Disclosures. This new standard requires the
Company to disclose its objectives, policies and processes for managing
its capital structure (see Note
10).
|
|
|
·
|
Section
1400, General Standards on Financial Statement
Presentation. This standard requires management to assess at
each balance sheet date and, if necessary, disclose any uncertainty
surrounding the ability of the Company to continue as a going
concern. The adoption of this standard had no impact on the
Company’s disclosures in these interim financial
statements.
|
|
3.
|
Bonding
and other deposits
|
|
June
30, 2008
|
December
31, 2007
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Cost
$
|
Accumulated
Amortization
$
|
Net
Book
Value
$
|
Cost
$
|
Accumulated
Amortization
$
|
Net
Book
Value
$
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Computers
|
165,094 | 47,695 | 117,399 | 135,865 | 28,988 | 106,877 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Software
|
112,635 | 38,756 | 73,879 | 95,870 | 18,535 | 77,335 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Office
furniture
|
159,465 | 33,759 | 125,706 | 124,217 | 21,456 | 102,761 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Field
vehicles
|
598,379 | 143,166 | 455,213 | 301,057 | 86,011 | 215,046 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Field
equipment
|
1,094,641 | 176,381 | 918,260 | 456,247 | 54,532 | 401,715 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2,130,214 | 439,757 | 1,690,457 | 1,113,256 | 209,522 | 903,734 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
5.
|
Mineral
exploration properties and deferred exploration and development
expenditures
|
|
Canada
|
USA
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Thelon
$
|
Hornby
Bay
$
|
Bugs
$
|
Lost
Creek/
Lost
Soldier
$
|
Other
US
Properties
$
|
$ | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Mineral
exploration
properties:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
December
31, 2007
|
251,634 | 8,711 | 275,225 | 24,235,967 | 6,460,835 | 31,232,372 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Acquisition
costs
|
- | - | - | - | 34,450 | 34,450 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Staking
and claim costs
|
3,573 | - | 77,372 | - | 191,411 | 272,356 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Labor
costs
|
- | - | - | 1,378 | 37,144 | 38,522 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Outside
service costs
|
323 | - | 323 | - | 1,598 | 2,244 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Other
costs
|
- | - | - | - | 1,841 | 1,841 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
June
30, 2008
|
255,530 | 8,711 | 352,920 | 24,237,345 | 6,727,279 | 31,581,785 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Deferred
exploration and
development
expenditures:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
December
31, 2007
|
3,915,199 | 433,708 | 672,912 | 16,868,580 | 4,529,054 | 26,419,453 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Environmental
&
reclamation
costs
|
- | - | - | 84,245 | 18,721 | 102,966 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Permitting
costs
|
(200 | ) | - | 2,160 | 477,837 | 7,292 | 487,089 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Access
costs
|
- | - | - | 2,210 | 1,752 | 3,962 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Geological
costs
|
- | - | 2,240 | 3,761 | (3,502 | ) | 2,499 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Geophysical
costs
|
- | - | - | 141,362 | 213,582 | 354,944 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Drilling
costs
|
- | - | 100,000 | 933,931 | 29,003 | 1,062,934 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Geochemical
costs
|
- | - | - | 1,432 | 2,777 | 4,209 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Evaluation
costs
|
- | - | - | 71,091 | - | 71,091 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Development
costs
|
- | - | - | 42,351 | - | 42,351 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Labor
costs
|
382 | - | 1,742 | 400,737 | 176,752 | 579,613 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Material
& supply costs
|
- | - | 65,287 | 95,758 | 1,578 | 162,623 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Outside
service costs
|
39,687 | - | 39,884 | 204,569 | 18,222 | 302,362 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Other
costs
|
- | - | 18,966 | 35,871 | 9,974 | 64,811 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
June
30, 2008
|
3,955,068 | 433,708 | 903,191 | 19,363,735 | 5,005,205 | 29,660,907 | |||||||||||||||||
|
6.
|
Capital
stock
|
|
Common
Shares
#
|
Amount
$
|
||||||
|
Balance,
December 31, 2007
|
92,171,607 | 139,447,034 | |||||
|
Common
shares issued for cash, net of issue costs
|
1,000,000 | 2,634,686 | |||||
|
Tax
effect on issue costs
|
- | 728,035 | |||||
|
Exercise
of stock options
|
72,000 | 138,240 | |||||
|
Balance,
June 30, 2008
|
93,243,607 | 142,947,995 | |||||
|
Number
|
Weighted-average
exercise
price
$
|
||||||
|
Outstanding,
December 31, 2007
|
8,010,700 | 2.89 | |||||
|
Forfeit
|
(18,100 | ) | 4.75 | ||||
|
Exercised
|
(72,000 | ) | 1.25 | ||||
|
Granted
|
1,050,000 | 1.66 | |||||
|
Outstanding,
June 30, 2008
|
8,970,600 | 2.76 | |||||
|
Options
outstanding
|
Options
exercisable
|
|
Exercise
price
$
|
Number
of
options
|
Weighted-
average
remaining
contractual
life
(years)
|
Number
of
options
|
Weighted-
average
remaining
contractual
life
(years)
|
Expiry
|
||
|
1.25
|
2,560,800
|
2.4
|
2,560,800
|
2.4
|
November,
17, 2010
|
||
|
1.65
|
1,025,000
|
4.9
|
102,500
|
4.9
|
May
8, 2013
|
||
|
2.01
|
75,000
|
2.7
|
75,000
|
2.7
|
March
25, 2011
|
||
|
2.11
|
25,000
|
4.7
|
2,500
|
4.7
|
March
19, 2013
|
||
|
2.35
|
1,500,000
|
2.8
|
1,500,000
|
2.8
|
April
21, 2011
|
||
|
2.75
|
424,200
|
3.2
|
424,200
|
3.2
|
September
26, 2011
|
||
|
2.98
|
50,000
|
4.3
|
16,000
|
4.3
|
October
5, 2012
|
||
|
3.00
|
437,500
|
4.1
|
236,250
|
4.1
|
August
9, 2012
|
||
|
3.16
|
50,000
|
4.2
|
50,000
|
4.2
|
September
17, 2012
|
||
|
3.67
|
200,000
|
4.0
|
108,000
|
4.0
|
July
15, 2012
|
||
|
4.07
|
30,000
|
4.4
|
9,600
|
4.4
|
November
7, 2012
|
||
|
4.75
|
1,993,100
|
3.9
|
1,071,900
|
3.9
|
May
15, 2012
|
||
|
5.03
|
600,000
|
3.6
|
200,000
|
3.6
|
February
15, 2012
|
||
|
|
|||||||
|
8,970,600
|
3.4
|
6,356,750
|
3.0
|
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
|
Expected
volatility
|
65 | % | 67 | % | ||||
|
Expected
option life (years)
|
4.1 | 4.0 | ||||||
|
Risk-free
interest rate
|
3.1 | % | 4.3 | % | ||||
|
Expected
dividend yield
|
0 | % | 0 | % | ||||
|
$
|
||
|
Balance,
December 31, 2007
|
8,202,595
|
|
|
Stock
option charges
|
2,048,886
|
|
|
Exercise
of stock options
|
(48,240)
|
|
|
Balance,
June 30, 2008
|
10,203,241
|
|
7.
|
Asset
retirement obligation
|
|
8.
|
Financial
instruments
|
|
9.
|
Segmented
information
|
|
June
30, 2008
|
|||||||||||
|
Canada
$
|
United
States
$
|
Total
$
|
|||||||||
|
Bonding
and other deposits
|
- | 1,721,704 | 1,721,704 | ||||||||
|
Capital
assets
|
8,973 | 1,681,484 | 1,690,457 | ||||||||
|
Mineral
exploration properties
|
617,161 | 30,964,624 | 31,581,785 | ||||||||
|
Deferred
exploration expenditures
|
5,291,967 | 24,368,940 | 29,660,907 | ||||||||
|
December
31, 2007
|
|||||||||||
|
Canada
$
|
United
States
$
|
Total
$
|
|||||||||
|
Bonding
and other deposits
|
- | 1,508,576 | 1,508,576 | ||||||||
|
Capital
assets
|
10,288 | 893,446 | 903,734 | ||||||||
|
Mineral
exploration properties
|
535,570 | 30,696,802 | 31,232,372 | ||||||||
|
Deferred
exploration expenditures
|
5,021,819 | 21,397,634 | 26,419,453 | ||||||||
|
10.
|
Capital
structure
|