|
September
30,
2008
|
December
31,
2007
|
|||||||
|
$
|
$
|
|||||||
|
Assets
|
||||||||
|
Current
assets
|
||||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents (note 8)
|
29,047,501 | 26,312,757 | ||||||
|
Short-term
investments (note 8)
|
36,933,110 | 49,999,021 | ||||||
|
Marketable
securities
|
17,250 | 37,000 | ||||||
|
Amounts
receivable
|
131,346 | 876,374 | ||||||
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
140,728 | 61,488 | ||||||
| 66,269,935 | 77,286,640 | |||||||
|
Bonding and other deposits
(note 3)
|
2,080,763 | 1,508,576 | ||||||
|
Capital assets (note
4)
|
1,743,906 | 903,734 | ||||||
|
Mineral exploration properties
(note 5)
|
31,682,244 | 31,232,372 | ||||||
|
Deferred exploration and
development
expenditures (note
5)
|
35,494,801 | 26,419,453 | ||||||
| 71,001,714 | 60,064,135 | |||||||
| 137,271,649 | 137,350,775 | |||||||
|
Liabilities
and shareholders’ equity
|
||||||||
|
Current
liabilities
|
||||||||
|
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
1,259,995 | 1,432,624 | ||||||
|
Asset retirement obligation
(note 7)
|
280,522 | 181,672 | ||||||
|
Future
income tax liability
|
438,965 | 1,167,000 | ||||||
| 1,979,782 | 2,781,296 | |||||||
|
Shareholders’
equity
|
||||||||
|
Capital
stock (note 6)
|
142,947,995 | 139,447,034 | ||||||
|
Contributed
surplus (note 6)
|
12,398,247 | 8,202,595 | ||||||
|
Deficit
|
(20,054,075 | ) | (13,080,150 | ) | ||||
| 135,292,167 | 134,569,479 | |||||||
| 137,271,649 | 137,350,775 | |||||||
|
Three
months
ended
September
30,
2008
|
Three
months
ended
September
30,
2007
|
Nine
months
ended
September
30,
2008
|
Nine
Months
Ended
September
30,
2007
|
Cumulative
From
March
22,
2004
to
September
30,
2008
|
||||||||||||||||
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Expenses
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
General
and administrative
|
3,331,677 | 2,063,692 | 8,665,153 | 6,045,763 | 24,990,685 | |||||||||||||||
|
General
exploration expense
|
32,692 | 384,797 | 293,932 | 894,224 | 1,848,716 | |||||||||||||||
|
Write-off
of mineral property and deferred exploration expenditures
|
406,339 | - | 406,339 | - | 2,529,087 | |||||||||||||||
| (3,770,708 | ) | (2,448,489 | ) | (9,365,424 | ) | (6,939,987 | ) | (29,368,488 | ) | |||||||||||
|
Interest
income
|
573,608 | 948,494 | 1,963,297 | 1,936,988 | 5,547,291 | |||||||||||||||
|
Foreign
exchange gain (loss)
|
(425,796 | ) | (1,417,542 | ) | 70,349 | (559,354 | ) | (17,731 | ) | |||||||||||
|
Other
income (loss)
|
(18,203 | ) | (10,000 | ) | (26,888 | ) | (10,000 | ) | (26,888 | ) | ||||||||||
| 129,609 | (479,048 | ) | 2,006,758 | 1,367,634 | 5,502,672 | |||||||||||||||
|
Loss
before income taxes
|
(3,641,099 | ) | (2,927,537 | ) | (7,358,666 | ) | (5,572,353 | ) | (23,865,816 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Recovery
of future income taxes
|
384,741 | - | 384,741 | - | 3,811,741 | |||||||||||||||
|
Net
loss and comprehensive loss for the period
|
(3,256,358 | ) | (2,927,537 | ) | (6,973,925 | ) | (5,572,353 | ) | (20,054,075 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Deficit
- Beginning of period
|
(16,797,717 | ) | (8,663,199 | ) | (13,080,150 | ) | (6,018,383 | ) | - | |||||||||||
|
Deficit
- End of period
|
(20,054,075 | ) | (11,590,736 | ) | (20,054,075 | ) | (11,590,736 | ) | (20,054,075 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Loss
per common share
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
and diluted
|
(0.03 | ) | (0.03 | ) | (0.08 | ) | (0.07 | ) | ||||||||||||
|
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
and diluted
|
93,243,607 | 91,903,556 | 92,913,315 | 83,353,208 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Three
months
ended
September
30,
2008
|
Three
months
ended
September
30,
2007
|
Nine
months
ended
September
30,
2008
|
Nine
Months
Ended
September
30,
2007
|
Cumulative
From
March
22,
2004
to
September
30,
2008
|
||||||||||||||||
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Cash
provided by (used in)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating
activities
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
loss for the period
|
(3,256,358 | ) | (2,927,537 | ) | (6,973,925 | ) | (5,572,353 | ) | (20,054,075 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Items
not affecting cash:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Stock
based compensation
|
1,540,181 | 1,042,069 | 3,589,067 | 2,743,316 | 10,354,618 | |||||||||||||||
|
Amortization
of capital assets
|
102,851 | 17,066 | 333,085 | 48,007 | 444,011 | |||||||||||||||
|
Write-off
of deferred exploration expenditures
|
406,338 | - | 406,338 | - | 2,529,086 | |||||||||||||||
|
Foreign
exchange loss (gain)
|
(10,000 | ) | - | - | (1,186,840 | ) | (2,297,981 | ) | ||||||||||||
|
Gain
on sale of assets
|
(5,361 | ) | - | (5,361 | ) | - | (5,361 | ) | ||||||||||||
|
Other
loss (income)
|
30,250 | 10,000 | 42,250 | 10,000 | 42,250 | |||||||||||||||
|
Recovery
of future income taxes
|
(384,741 | ) | - | (384,741 | ) | - | (3,811,741 | ) | ||||||||||||
|
Change
in non-cash working capital items:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Amounts
receivable
|
5,099 | (181,141 | ) | 745,028 | (291,449 | ) | (174,153 | ) | ||||||||||||
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
3,637 | 97,657 | (79,240 | ) | (11,008 | ) | (140,728 | ) | ||||||||||||
|
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
784,478 | (658,129 | ) | (236,868 | ) | (216,318 | ) | (2,597 | ) | |||||||||||
| (783,626 | ) | (2,600,015 | ) | (2,564,367 | ) | (4,476,645 | ) | (13,116,671 | ) | |||||||||||
|
Investing
activities
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Mineral
exploration property costs
|
(569,906 | ) | (585,873 | ) | (822,519 | ) | (1,041,474 | ) | (10,408,569 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Deferred
exploration and development expenditures
|
(5,496,273 | ) | (2,442,219 | ) | (7,782,500 | ) | (5,839,491 | ) | (27,238,872 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Purchase
of short- term investments
|
(11,800,175 | ) | (49,999,021 | ) | (63,587,897 | ) | (49,999,021 | ) | (126,416,918 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Sale
of short-term investments
|
26,654,787 | - | 76,643,808 | - | 89,483,808 | |||||||||||||||
|
Decrease (increase)
in bonding and other deposits
|
(359,058 | ) | (383,947 | ) | (572,187 | ) | (778,293 | ) | (2,080,763 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Proceeds
from sale of assets
|
26,344 | - | 26,344 | - | 26,344 | |||||||||||||||
|
Purchase
of capital assets
|
(350,468 | ) | (311,581 | ) | (1,330,624 | ) | (708,822 | ) | (2,302,692 | ) | ||||||||||
| 8,105,251 | (53,722,641 | ) | 2,574,425 | (58,367,101 | ) | (78,937,662 | ) | |||||||||||||
|
Financing
Activities
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Issuance
of common shares and warrants
|
- | - | 2,750,000 | 77,744,735 | 122,668,053 | |||||||||||||||
|
Share
issue costs
|
- | - | (115,314 | ) | (246,119 | ) | (2,569,025 | ) | ||||||||||||
|
Proceeds
from exercise of warrants, compensation options and stock
options
|
- | 342,200 | 90,000 | 1,327,587 | 18,567,931 | |||||||||||||||
|
Payment
of New Frontiers obligation
|
- | - | - | (11,955,375 | ) | (17,565,125 | ) | |||||||||||||
| - | 342,200 | 2,724,686 | 66,870,828 | 121,101,834 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Net
change in cash and cash equivalents
|
7,321,625 | (55,980,456 | ) | 2,734,744 | 4,027,082 | 29,047,501 | ||||||||||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents - Beginning of period
|
21,725,876 | 88,735,362 | 26,312,757 | 28,727,824 | - | |||||||||||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents- End of period
|
29,047,501 | 32,754,906 | 29,047,501 | 32,754,906 | 29,047,501 | |||||||||||||||
|
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 |
|
4.
|
Capital
assets
|
|
September
30, 2008
|
December
31, 2007
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost | Accumulated Amortization | Net Book Value | Cost | Accumulated Amortization | Net Book Value | |||||||||||||||||||
|
$
|
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Light
vehicles
|
639,743 | 170,207 | 469,536 | 301,057 | 86,011 | 215,046 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Heavy
mobile equipment
|
414,720 | 72,504 | 342,216 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Machinery
and equipment
|
766,617 | 171,452 | 595,165 | 456,247 | 54,532 | 401,715 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Furniture
and fixtures
|
186,325 | 39,799 | 146,526 | 124,217 | 21,456 | 102,761 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Computer
equipment
|
178,443 | 55,675 | 122,768 | 135,865 | 28,988 | 106,877 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Software
|
113,566 | 45,871 | 67,695 | 95,870 | 18,535 | 77,335 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2,299,414 | 555,508 | 1,743,906 | 1,113,256 | 209,522 | 903,734 | |||||||||||||||||||
|
5.
|
Mineral
exploration properties and deferred exploration and development
expenditures
|
|
|
Canada
|
USA
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
properties:
|
Thelon
$
|
Hornby Bay
$
|
Bugs
$
|
Lost
Creek/
Lost
Soldier
$
|
Other US
Properties
$
|
$
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
December
31, 2007
|
251,634 | 8,711 | 275,225 | 24,235,967 | 6,460,835 | 31,232,372 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Acquisition
costs
|
- | - | - | - | (12,475 | ) | (12,475 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
|
Staking
and claim costs
|
3,573 | - | 77,371 | 35,965 | 549,767 | 666,676 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Labor
costs
|
- | - | - | 1,375 | 61,938 | 63,313 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Outside
service costs
|
323 | - | 323 | - | 4,298 | 4,944 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Other
costs
|
- | - | - | - | 49,015 | 49,015 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Write-off
|
- | - | - | - | (321,601 | ) | (321,601 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
September
30, 2008
|
255,530 | 8,711 | 352,919 | 24,273,307 | 6,791,777 | 31,682,244 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Canada
|
USA
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Deferred
exploration and
development
expenditures:
|
Thelon
$
|
Hornby Bay
$
|
Bugs
$
|
Lost
Creek/
Lost
Soldier
$
|
Other US
Properties
$
|
$
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
December
31, 2007
|
3,915,199 | 433,708 | 672,912 | 16,868,580 | 4,529,054 | 26,419,453 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Environmental
& reclamation costs
|
- | - | - | 90,154 | 20,709 | 110,863 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Permitting
costs
|
(200 | ) | - | 2,160 | 540,789 | 20,741 | 563,490 | |||||||||||||||||
|
Access
costs
|
- | - | 469,253 | 2,224 | 1,764 | 473,241 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Geological
costs
|
- | - | 2,240 | 9,039 | 6,030 | 17,309 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Geophysical
costs
|
- | - | 85,665 | 292,180 | 274,421 | 652,266 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Drilling
costs
|
- | - | 750,000 | 2,531,954 | 184,595 | 3,466,549 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Geochemical
costs
|
- | - | - | 1,441 | 9,717 | 11,158 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Evaluation
costs
|
- | - | - | 71,078 | - | 71,078 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Development
costs
|
- | - | - | 299,603 | 2,034 | 301,637 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Labor
costs
|
86,072 | - | 104,879 | 1,393,077 | 478,284 | 2,062,312 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Material
& supply costs
|
- | - | 145,714 | 320,837 | 32,837 | 499,388 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Outside
service costs
|
61,506 | - | 207,803 | 365,703 | 87,595 | 722,607 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Other
costs
|
19,420 | - | 47,422 | 116,070 | 25,276 | 208,188 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Write-off
|
- | - | - | (84,738 | ) | (84,738 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
|
Balance
September
30, 2008
|
4,081,997 | 433,708 | 2,488,048 | 22,902,729 | 5,588,319 | 35,494,801 |
|
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,
September 30, 2008
|
93,243,607 | 142,947,995 | ||||||
|
Number
|
Weighted-average
exercise
price
$
|
|||||||
|
Outstanding,
December 31, 2007
|
8,010,700 | 2.89 | ||||||
|
Granted
|
1,075,000 | 1.66 | ||||||
|
Exercised
|
(72,000 | ) | 1.25 | |||||
|
Forfeit
|
(2,761,200 | ) | 4.60 | |||||
|
Outstanding,
September 30, 2008
|
6,252,500 | 1.95 | ||||||
|
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
|
2,440,800
|
2.1
|
2,440,800
|
2.1
|
November,
17, 2010
|
||
|
1.65
|
1,025,000
|
4.6
|
328,000
|
4.6
|
May
8, 2013
|
||
|
1.72
|
25,000
|
4.9
|
2,500
|
4.9
|
August
6, 2013
|
||
|
2.01
|
75,000
|
2.5
|
75,000
|
2.5
|
March
25, 2011
|
||
|
2.11
|
25,000
|
4.5
|
8,000
|
4.5
|
March
19, 2013
|
||
|
2.35
|
1,450,200
|
2.6
|
1,450,000
|
2.6
|
April
21, 2011
|
||
|
2.75
|
399,200
|
3.0
|
399,200
|
3.0
|
September
26, 2011
|
||
|
2.98
|
50,000
|
4.0
|
27,000
|
4.0
|
October
5, 2012
|
||
|
3.00
|
437,500
|
3.9
|
332,500
|
3.9
|
August
9, 2012
|
||
|
3.16
|
50,000
|
4.0
|
50,000
|
4.0
|
September
17, 2012
|
||
|
3.67
|
200,000
|
3.8
|
152,000
|
3.8
|
July
15, 2012
|
||
|
4.07
|
30,000
|
4.1
|
16,200
|
4.1
|
November
7, 2012
|
||
|
4.75
|
45,000
|
3.6
|
34,200
|
3.6
|
May
15, 2012
|
||
|
6,252,500
|
2.9
|
5,315,400
|
2.7
|
|
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
|
4,243,892
|
|
|
Exercise
of stock options
|
(48,240)
|
|
|
Balance,
September 30, 2008
|
12,398,247
|
|
7.
|
Asset
retirement obligation
|
|
8.
|
Financial
instruments
|
|
|
·
|
Cash
and cash equivalents are classified as “held for
trading”
|
|
|
·
|
Short
tem investments are classified as “held-to-maturity” and carried at cost
plus accrued interest with interest income and exchange gains and losses
included in operations;
|
|
|
·
|
Amounts
receivable, bonding and other deposits are classified as “Loans and
receivables” and are recorded at
cost.
|
|
|
·
|
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities are classified as “Other financial
liabilities” and are measured at
cost
|
|
9.
|
Segmented
information
|
|
September
30, 2008
|
||||||||||||
|
Canada
|
United
States
|
Total
|
||||||||||
| $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||
|
Bonding
and other deposits
|
- | 2,080,763 | 2,080,763 | |||||||||
|
Capital
assets
|
8,391 | 1,735,515 | 1,743,906 | |||||||||
|
Mineral
exploration properties
|
617,161 | 31,065,083 | 31,682,244 | |||||||||
|
Deferred
exploration expenditures
|
7,003,753 | 28,491,048 | 35,494,801 | |||||||||
|
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 | |||||||||
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10.
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Capital
structure
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