|
March
31,
2009
|
December
31,
2008
|
|||||||
|
$
|
$
|
|||||||
|
Assets
|
||||||||
|
Current
assets
|
||||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents (note 3)
|
21,978,755 | 25,799,735 | ||||||
|
Short-term
investments (note 3)
|
37,156,808 | 39,174,200 | ||||||
|
Marketable
securities
|
22,500 | 7,500 | ||||||
|
Amounts
receivable
|
68,532 | 132,710 | ||||||
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
119,485 | 77,777 | ||||||
| 59,346,080 | 65,191,922 | |||||||
|
Bonding and other deposits
(note 4)
|
3,891,753 | 2,578,825 | ||||||
|
Mineral properties (note
5)
|
32,237,403 | 31,808,821 | ||||||
|
Capital assets (note
6)
|
1,549,070 | 1,631,304 | ||||||
|
Construction in progress
(note 7)
|
380,912 | 323,093 | ||||||
| 38,059,138 | 36,342,043 | |||||||
| 97,405,218 | 101,533,965 | |||||||
|
Liabilities
and shareholders’ equity
|
||||||||
|
Current
liabilities
|
||||||||
|
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
1,352,519 | 2,265,058 | ||||||
|
Future
income tax liability
|
478,000 | 478,000 | ||||||
|
Asset retirement obligation
(note 8)
|
602,307 | 513,576 | ||||||
| 2,432,826 | 3,256,634 | |||||||
|
Shareholders’ equity
(note 9)
|
||||||||
|
Capital
stock
|
144,805,960 | 144,396,460 | ||||||
|
Contributed
surplus
|
13,002,048 | 12,721,559 | ||||||
|
Deficit
|
(62,835,616 | ) | (58,840,688 | ) | ||||
| 94,972,392 | 98,277,331 | |||||||
| 97,405,218 | 101,533,965 | |||||||
|
(signed) /s/
Jeffery T.
Klenda |
Director(signed) /s/
Thomas Parker Director
|
|
Three
Months
ended
March
31,
2009
|
Three
Months
ended
March
31,
2008
|
Cumulative
From
March
22,
2004
to
March
31,
2009
|
||||||||||
|
$
|
$ | $ | ||||||||||
|
(as
restated –
see
Note 2
|
) | |||||||||||
|
Expenses
|
||||||||||||
|
General
and administrative
|
1,360,188 | 1,836,285 | 23,283,237 | |||||||||
|
Exploration
and evaluation
|
1,236,265 | 1,494,930 | 41,018,818 | |||||||||
|
Development
expense
|
2,376,488 | - | 11,231,024 | |||||||||
|
Write-off
of mineral properties
|
63,561 | - | 383,206 | |||||||||
| (5,036,502 | ) | (3,331,215 | ) | (75,916,285 | ) | |||||||
|
Interest
income
|
400,743 | 789,280 | 6,479,182 | |||||||||
|
Foreign
exchange gain
|
634,331 | 652,446 | 6,202,570 | |||||||||
|
Other
income (loss)
|
6,500 | (11,685 | ) | (30,138 | ) | |||||||
| 1,041,574 | 1,430,041 | 12,651,614 | ||||||||||
|
Loss
before income taxes
|
(3,994,928 | ) | (1,901,174 | ) | (63,264,671 | ) | ||||||
|
Recovery
of future income taxes
|
- | - | 429,055 | |||||||||
|
Net
loss and comprehensive loss for the period
|
(3,994,928 | ) | (1,901,174 | ) | (62,835,616 | ) | ||||||
|
Deficit
- Beginning of period
|
||||||||||||
|
As
previously reported
|
(58,840,688 | ) | (13,080,150 | ) | - | |||||||
|
Change
in policy for accounting for exploration and development costs (note
2)
|
- | (27,906,953 | ) | - | ||||||||
|
As
restated
|
(58,840,688 | ) | (40,987,103 | ) | - | |||||||
|
Deficit
- End of period
|
(62,835,616 | ) | (42,888,277 | ) | (62,835,616 | ) | ||||||
|
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding,
|
||||||||||||
|
basic
and diluted
|
93,684,163 | 92,269,816 | ||||||||||
|
Loss
per common share, basic and diluted
|
(0.04 | ) | (0.02 | ) | ||||||||
|
Three
Months
ended
March
31,
2009
|
Three
Months
ended
March
31,
2008
|
Cumulative
From
March
22,
2004
to
March
31,
2009
|
||||||||||
| $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||
|
(as
restated –
see
Note 2
|
) | |||||||||||
|
Cash
provided by (used in)
|
||||||||||||
|
Operating
activities
|
||||||||||||
|
Net
loss for the period
|
(3,994,928 | ) | (1,901,174 | ) | (62,835,616 | ) | ||||||
|
Items
not affecting cash:
|
||||||||||||
|
Stock
based compensation
|
280,489 | 853,144 | 15,042,686 | |||||||||
|
Amortization
of capital assets
|
153,129 | 88,187 | 779,193 | |||||||||
|
Provision
for reclamation
|
88,731 | - | 602,307 | |||||||||
|
Write-off
of mineral properties
|
63,561 | - | 383,206 | |||||||||
|
Foreign
exchange gain
|
- | 16,597 | (2,297,981 | ) | ||||||||
|
Gain
on sale of assets
|
- | - | (5,361 | ) | ||||||||
|
Non-cash
exploration costs (credits)
|
- | - | 2,726,280 | |||||||||
|
Other
loss (income)
|
(6,500 | ) | 15,000 | 8,498 | ||||||||
|
Future
income taxes
|
- | - | (429,055 | ) | ||||||||
|
Change
in non-cash working capital items:
|
||||||||||||
|
Amounts
receivable
|
64,178 | 677,989 | (68,532 | ) | ||||||||
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
(41,708 | ) | (18,823 | ) | (119,485 | ) | ||||||
|
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
(912,539 | ) | (839,517 | ) | 1,352,519 | |||||||
| (4,305,587 | ) | (1,108,597 | ) | (44,861,341 | ) | |||||||
|
Investing
activities
|
||||||||||||
|
Mineral
properties
|
(91,143 | ) | (143,070 | ) | (10,551,955 | ) | ||||||
|
Construction
in progress
|
(57,819 | ) | - | (380,912 | ) | |||||||
|
Purchase
of short- term investments
|
(481,808 | ) | - | (217,437,819 | ) | |||||||
|
Sale
of short-term investments
|
2,499,200 | 49,989,021 | 180,281,011 | |||||||||
|
Increase
in bonding and other deposits
|
(1,312,928 | ) | 10,832 | (3,891,753 | ) | |||||||
|
Proceeds
from sale of assets
|
- | - | 26,344 | |||||||||
|
Purchase
of capital assets
|
(70,895 | ) | (308,712 | ) | (2,306,654 | ) | ||||||
| 484,607 | 49,548,071 | (54,261,738 | ) | |||||||||
|
Financing
Activities
|
||||||||||||
|
Issuance
of common shares and warrants
|
- | 2,750,000 | 122,668,053 | |||||||||
|
Share
issue costs
|
- | (110,000 | ) | (2,569,025 | ) | |||||||
|
Proceeds
from exercise of warrants, compensation options and stock
options
|
- | 46,250 | 18,567,931 | |||||||||
|
Payment
of New Frontiers obligation
|
- | - | (17,565,125 | ) | ||||||||
| - | 2,686,250 | 121,101,834 | ||||||||||
|
Net
change in cash and cash equivalents
|
(3,820,980 | ) | 51,125,724 | 21,978,755 | ||||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents - Beginning of period
|
25,799,735 | 26,312,757 | - | |||||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents- End of period
|
21,978,755 | 77,438,481 | 21,978,755 | |||||||||
|
Non-cash
financing and investing activities:
Common
shares issued for properties
|
409,500
|
|||||||||||
|
1.
|
Nature
of operations
|
|
2.
|
Significant
accounting policies
|
|
3.
|
Cash
and cash equivalents and short-term
investments
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
As
at
March
31,
2009
|
As
at
December
31,
2008
|
||||||
|
$
|
$ | |||||||
|
Cash
on deposit at banks
|
306,653 | 392,170 | ||||||
|
Guaranteed
investment certificates
|
8,037,500 | 9,087,500 | ||||||
|
Money
market
|
7,383,350 | 1,031,882 | ||||||
|
Certificates
of deposit
|
6,251,252 | 15,288,183 | ||||||
| 21,978,755 | 25,799,735 | |||||||
|
4.
|
Bonding
and other deposits
|
|
5.
|
Mineral
properties
|
|
Canada
|
USA
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||
|
Canadian
Properties
$
|
Lost
Creek/
Lost
Soldier
$
|
Other
US
Properties
$
|
$ | |||||||||||||
|
Balance
December
31, 2008
|
617,160 | 24,316,716 | 6,874,945 | 31,808,821 | ||||||||||||
|
Acquisition
costs
|
- | - | 475,051 | 475,051 | ||||||||||||
|
Staking
and claim costs
|
(30,021 | ) | 893 | 8,835 | (20,293 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Labor
costs
|
- | 2,770 | 32,907 | 35,677 | ||||||||||||
|
Outside
service costs
|
- | - | 1,629 | 1,629 | ||||||||||||
|
Other
costs
|
- | - | 79 | 79 | ||||||||||||
|
Write-off
|
(63,561 | ) | - | - | (63,561 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Balance
March
31, 2009
|
523,578 | 24,320,379 | 7,393,446 | 32,237,403 | ||||||||||||
|
6.
|
Capital
assets
|
|
March
31, 2009
|
December
31, 2008
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Capital
assets:
|
Cost
$
|
Accumulated
Amortization
$
|
Net
Book Value
$
|
Cost
$
|
Accumulated
Amortization
$
|
Net
Book Value
$
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Light
vehicles
|
661,743 | 254,751 | 406,992 | 656,184 | 215,238 | 440,946 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Heavy
mobile equipment
|
424,559 | 133,975 | 290,584 | 424,559 | 103,903 | 320,656 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Machinery
and equipment
|
780,085 | 282,438 | 497,647 | 780,085 | 232,390 | 547,695 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Furniture
and fixtures
|
191,530 | 57,204 | 134,326 | 189,987 | 48,829 | 141,158 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Computer
equipment
|
209,483 | 77,797 | 131,686 | 178,633 | 66,672 | 111,961 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Software
|
158,354 | 70,519 | 87,835 | 125,411 | 56,523 | 68,888 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2,425,754 | 876,684 | 1,549,070 | 2,354,859 | 723,555 | 1,631,304 | |||||||||||||||||||
|
7.
|
Construction
in progress
|
|
USA
|
Total
|
|||||||||||
|
Construction
in progress:
|
Lost
Creek
|
|||||||||||
|
$
|
$
|
|||||||||||
|
Balance
December
31, 2008
|
323,093 | 323,093 | ||||||||||
|
Plant
design costs
|
57,819 | 57,819 | ||||||||||
|
Balance
March
31, 2009
|
380,912 | 380,912 | ||||||||||
|
8.
|
Asset
retirement obligation
|
|
9.
|
Shareholders’
equity and capital stock
|
|
Capital
Stock
|
Contributed
|
Accumulated
|
Shareholders’
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Shares
#
|
Amount
$
|
Surplus
$
|
Deficit
$
|
|
Equity
$
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Balance
December
31, 2008
|
93,243,607 | 144,396,460 | 12,721,559 | (58,840,688 | ) | 98,277,331 | ||||||||||||||
|
Common
shares issued for properties
|
650,000 | 409,500 | - | - | 409,500 | |||||||||||||||
|
Non-cash
stock compensation
|
- | - | 280,489 | - | 280,489 | |||||||||||||||
|
Net
loss and comprehensive loss
|
- | - | - | (3,994,928 | ) | (3,994,928 | ) | |||||||||||||
|
Balance
March
31, 2009
|
93,893,607 | 144,805,960 | 13,002,048 | (62,835,616 | ) | 94,972,392 | ||||||||||||||
|
Number
|
Weighted-average
exercise
price
$
|
|||||||
|
Outstanding
December
31, 2008
|
6,228,700 | 1.95 | ||||||
|
Granted
|
1,075,473 | 0.66 | ||||||
|
Exercised
|
- | - | ||||||
|
Forfeited
|
(3,400 | ) | 1.65 | |||||
|
Expired
|
(11,200 | ) | 1.65 | |||||
|
Outstanding
March
31, 2009
|
7,289,573 | 1.76 | ||||||
|
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
|
2,440,800 | 1.6 | 2,440,800 | 1.6 |
November,
17, 2010
|
||||||||||||
|
2.01
|
75,000 | 2.0 | 75,000 | 2.0 |
March
25, 2011
|
||||||||||||
|
2.35
|
1,450,000 | 2.1 | 1,450,000 | 2.1 |
April
21, 2011
|
||||||||||||
|
2.75
|
399,200 | 2.5 | 399,200 | 2.5 |
September
26, 2011
|
||||||||||||
|
4.75
|
45,000 | 3.1 | 45,000 | 3.1 |
May
15, 2012
|
||||||||||||
|
3.67
|
200,000 | 3.3 | 200,000 | 3.3 |
July
15, 2012
|
||||||||||||
|
3.00
|
437,500 | 3.4 | 437,500 | 3.4 |
August
9, 2012
|
||||||||||||
|
3.16
|
50,000 | 3.5 | 50,000 | 3.5 |
September
17, 2012
|
||||||||||||
|
2.98
|
50,000 | 3.5 | 38,000 | 3.5 |
October
5, 2012
|
||||||||||||
|
4.07
|
30,000 | 3.6 | 22,800 | 3.6 |
November
7, 2012
|
||||||||||||
|
2.11
|
25,000 | 4.0 | 13,500 | 4.0 |
March
19, 2013
|
||||||||||||
|
1.65
|
986,600 | 4.1 | 533,500 | 4.1 |
May
8, 2013
|
||||||||||||
|
1.72
|
25,000 | 4.4 | 8,000 | 4.4 |
August
6, 2013
|
||||||||||||
|
0.71
|
1,000,473 | 4.9 | 100,048 | 4.9 |
February
9, 2014
|
||||||||||||
|
0.64
|
75,000 | 4.9 | 7,500 | 4.9 |
March
11, 2014
|
||||||||||||
|
1.76
|
7,289,573 | 2.8 | 5,820,848 | 2.3 | |||||||||||||
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
|
Expected
option life (years)
|
2.9 | 4.0 | ||||||
|
Expected
volatility
|
83 | % | 65 | % | ||||
|
Risk-free
interest rate
|
1.4 | % | 3.0% - 3.4 | % | ||||
|
Pre-vest
forfeiture rate
|
4.6 | % | - | |||||
|
Expected
dividend rate
|
nil
|
nil
|
||||||
|
10.
|
Segmented
information
|
|
March
31, 2009
|
||||||||||||
|
Canada
$
|
United
States
$
|
Total
$
|
||||||||||
|
Bonding
and other deposits
|
- | 3,891,753 | 3,891,753 | |||||||||
|
Mineral
properties
|
523,579 | 31,713,824 | 32,237,403 | |||||||||
|
Capital
assets
|
7,341 | 1,541,729 | 1,549,070 | |||||||||
|
Construction
in progress
|
- | 380,912 | 380,912 | |||||||||
|
December
31, 2008
|
||||||||||||
|
Canada
$
|
United
States
$
|
Total
$
|
||||||||||
|
Bonding
and other deposits
|
- | 2,578,825 | 2,578,825 | |||||||||
|
Mineral
properties
|
617,160 | 31,191,661 | 31,808,821 | |||||||||
|
Capital
assets
|
7,847 | 1,623,457 | 1,631,304 | |||||||||
|
Construction
in progress
|
- | 323,093 | 323,093 | |||||||||