|
September
30, 2009
|
December
31, 2008
|
|||||||
|
$
|
$
|
|||||||
|
Assets
|
||||||||
|
Current
assets
|
||||||||
|
Cash
and cash equivalents (note 4)
|
48,453,559 | 25,799,735 | ||||||
|
Short-term
investments (note 4)
|
363,135 | 39,174,200 | ||||||
|
Marketable
securities
|
38,250 | 7,500 | ||||||
|
Amounts
receivable
|
57,307 | 132,710 | ||||||
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
233,375 | 77,777 | ||||||
| 49,145,626 | 65,191,922 | |||||||
|
Bonding and other
deposits (note 5)
|
3,022,187 | 2,578,825 | ||||||
|
Mineral properties
(note 6)
|
29,533,955 | 31,808,821 | ||||||
|
Capital assets
(note 7)
|
1,399,540 | 1,631,304 | ||||||
|
Construction in
progress (note 8)
|
1,435,594 | 323,093 | ||||||
|
Investments
(note 9)
|
2,769,117 | - | ||||||
| 38,160,393 | 36,342,043 | |||||||
| 87,306,019 | 101,533,965 | |||||||
|
Liabilities
and shareholders' equity
|
||||||||
|
Current
liabilities
|
||||||||
|
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
1,192,658 | 2,265,058 | ||||||
| 1,192,658 | 2,265,058 | |||||||
|
Future
income tax liability
|
478,000 | 478,000 | ||||||
|
Asset retirement
obligation (note 10)
|
537,620 | 513,576 | ||||||
| 2,208,278 | 3,256,634 | |||||||
|
Shareholders'
equity (note 11)
|
||||||||
|
Capital
stock
|
144,053,337 | 144,396,460 | ||||||
|
Contributed
surplus
|
13,478,113 | 12,721,559 | ||||||
|
Deficit
|
(72,433,709 | ) | (58,840,688 | ) | ||||
| 85,097,741 | 98,277,331 | |||||||
| 87,306,019 | 101,533,965 | |||||||
|
(signed) /s/
Jeffery T. Klenda, Director
|
(signed) /s/
Thomas Parker,
Director |
|
Cumulative
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
from
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Three
Months
|
Three
Months
|
Nine
Months
|
Nine
Months
|
March
22, 2004
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Ended
|
Ended
|
Ended
|
Ended
|
Through
|
||||||||||||||||
|
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
||||||||||||||||
|
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
||||||||||||||||
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
||||||||||||||||
|
(as
restated -
see
Note 3)
|
(as
restated -
see
Note 3)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Expenses
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
General
and administrative
|
1,248,210 | 2,427,921 | 4,008,718 | 6,032,435 | 25,931,767 | |||||||||||||||
|
Exploration
and evaluation
|
2,214,050 | 4,068,091 | 4,724,946 | 7,958,531 | 44,507,499 | |||||||||||||||
|
Development
|
1,878,899 | 2,404,895 | 5,152,967 | 3,743,462 | 14,007,503 | |||||||||||||||
|
Write-off
of mineral properties
|
(4,623 | ) | 285,813 | 102,439 | 285,813 | 422,084 | ||||||||||||||
| (5,336,536 | ) | (9,186,720 | ) | (13,989,070 | ) | (18,020,241 | ) | (84,868,853 | ) | |||||||||||
|
Interest
income
|
130,519 | 573,608 | 749,899 | 1,963,297 | 6,828,338 | |||||||||||||||
|
Loss
from affiliate
|
(13,490 | ) | - | (13,490 | ) | - | (13,490 | ) | ||||||||||||
|
Foreign
exchange gain (loss)
|
(814,255 | ) | (425,801 | ) | (2,112,975 | ) | 70,349 | 3,455,264 | ||||||||||||
|
Other
income (loss)
|
1,085,947 | (18,203 | ) | 975,115 | (26,888 | ) | 938,477 | |||||||||||||
| 388,721 | 129,604 | (401,451 | ) | 2,006,758 | 11,208,589 | |||||||||||||||
|
Loss
before income taxes
|
(4,947,815 | ) | (9,057,116 | ) | (14,390,521 | ) | (16,013,483 | ) | (73,660,264 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Recovery
of future income taxes (note 11)
|
797,500 | - | 797,500 | - | 1,226,555 | |||||||||||||||
|
Net
loss and comprehensive loss for the period
|
(4,150,315 | ) | (9,057,116 | ) | (13,593,021 | ) | (16,013,483 | ) | (72,433,709 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Deficit
- Beginning of period
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
As
previously reported
|
(68,283,394 | ) | (16,797,717 | ) | (58,840,688 | ) | (13,080,150 | ) | - | |||||||||||
|
Change
in policy for accounting for exploration and development costs (note
3)
|
- | (31,145,753 | ) | - | (27,906,953 | ) | - | |||||||||||||
|
As
restated
|
(68,283,394 | ) | (47,943,470 | ) | (58,840,688 | ) | (40,987,103 | ) | - | |||||||||||
|
Deficit
- End of period
|
(72,433,709 | ) | (57,000,586 | ) | (72,433,709 | ) | (57,000,586 | ) | (72,433,709 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
and diluted
|
93,907,324 | 92,243,607 | 93,829,182 | 92,913,315 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Loss
per common share:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Basic
and diluted
|
(0.04 | ) | (0.09 | ) | (0.14 | ) | (0.17 | ) | ||||||||||||
|
Cumulative
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
from
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Three
Months
|
Three
Months
|
Nine
Months
|
Nine
Months
|
March
22, 2004
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Ended
|
Ended
|
Ended
|
Ended
|
Through
|
||||||||||||||||
|
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
||||||||||||||||
|
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
||||||||||||||||
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
||||||||||||||||
|
(as
restated -
see
Note 3)
|
(as
restated -
see
Note 3)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Cash
provided by (used in)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Operating
activities
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net
loss for the period
|
(4,150,315 | ) | (9,057,116 | ) | (13,593,021 | ) | (16,013,483 | ) | (72,433,709 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Items
not affecting cash:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Stock
based compensation
|
282,314 | 2,195,006 | 757,288 | 4,243,892 | 15,519,485 | |||||||||||||||
|
Amortization
of capital assets
|
125,820 | 121,261 | 414,874 | 351,495 | 1,040,938 | |||||||||||||||
|
Provision
for reclamation
|
14,430 | 91,528 | 91,396 | 86,553 | 533,992 | |||||||||||||||
|
Write-off
of mineral properties
|
(4,623 | ) | 321,601 | 102,439 | 321,601 | 422,084 | ||||||||||||||
|
Foreign
exchange loss (gain)
|
814,255 | 425,801 | 2,112,975 | (70,349 | ) | (3,455,264 | ) | |||||||||||||
|
Gain
on sale of assets
|
3,432 | (5,361 | ) | 3,432 | (5,361 | ) | (1,929 | ) | ||||||||||||
|
Non-cash
exploration costs (credits)
|
- | - | - | - | 2,726,280 | |||||||||||||||
|
Other
loss (income)
|
(5,250 | ) | 30,250 | (22,250 | ) | 42,250 | (7,252 | ) | ||||||||||||
|
Future
income taxes
|
(797,500 | ) | - | (797,500 | ) | - | (1,226,555 | ) | ||||||||||||
|
Change
in non-cash working capital items:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Amounts
receivable
|
10,109 | 7,372 | 69,956 | 747,562 | (45,609 | ) | ||||||||||||||
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
(57,438 | ) | 5,385 | (172,605 | ) | (76,707 | ) | (233,536 | ) | |||||||||||
|
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
542,642 | 23,207 | (972,822 | ) | (76,955 | ) | 995,293 | |||||||||||||
| (3,222,124 | ) | (5,841,066 | ) | (12,005,838 | ) | (10,449,502 | ) | (56,165,782 | ) | |||||||||||
|
Investing
activities
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Mineral
property costs
|
8,826 | (605,696 | ) | (156,372 | ) | (858,309 | ) | (10,617,184 | ) | |||||||||||
|
Construction
in progress
|
(707,958 | ) | - | (1,112,501 | ) | - | (1,435,594 | ) | ||||||||||||
|
Purchase
of short-term investments
|
(300,753 | ) | (11,719,656 | ) | (26,412,446 | ) | (63,507,378 | ) | (154,092,937 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Sale
of short-term investments
|
25,854,963 | 26,654,787 | 64,816,227 | 76,643,808 | 155,438,145 | |||||||||||||||
|
Decrease
(increase) in bonding and other deposits
|
352,706 | (310,711 | ) | (878,982 | ) | (480,848 | ) | (2,990,336 | ) | |||||||||||
|
Proceeds
from sale of capital assets
|
- | 26,344 | - | 26,344 | 26,344 | |||||||||||||||
|
Purchase
of capital assets
|
(61,443 | ) | (366,468 | ) | (183,110 | ) | (1,330,624 | ) | (2,418,869 | ) | ||||||||||
| 25,146,341 | 13,678,600 | 36,072,816 | 10,492,993 | (16,090,431 | ) | |||||||||||||||
|
Financing
activities
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Issuance
of common shares and warrants for cash
|
- | - | - | 2,750,000 | 122,668,053 | |||||||||||||||
|
Share
issue costs
|
- | - | - | (115,314 | ) | (2,569,025 | ) | |||||||||||||
|
Proceeds
from exercise of warrants, compensation
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
options
and stock options
|
1,392 | - | 1,392 | 90,000 | 18,569,323 | |||||||||||||||
|
Payment
of New Frontiers obligation
|
- | - | - | - | (17,565,125 | ) | ||||||||||||||
| 1,392 | - | 1,392 | 2,724,686 | 121,103,226 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Effects
of foreign exchange rate changes on cash
|
(677,174 | ) | (515,909 | ) | (1,414,546 | ) | (33,433 | ) | (393,454 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Net
change in cash and cash equivalents
|
21,248,435 | 7,321,625 | 22,653,824 | 2,734,744 | 48,453,559 | |||||||||||||||
|
Beginning
cash and cash equivalents
|
27,205,124 | 21,725,876 | 25,799,735 | 26,312,757 | - | |||||||||||||||
|
Ending
cash and cash equivalents
|
48,453,559 | 29,047,501 | 48,453,559 | 29,047,501 | 48,453,559 | |||||||||||||||
|
Non-cash
financing and investing activities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Common
shares issued for properties
|
42,750 | - | 452,250 | - | ||||||||||||||||
|
1.
|
Nature
of operations
|
|
2.
|
Significant
accounting policies
|
|
3.
|
Exploration
accounting policy change
|
|
4.
|
Cash
and cash equivalents and short-term
investments
|
|
|
As
at
|
As
at
|
|||||
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
||||||
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||
|
$
|
$
|
||||||
|
Cash
on deposit at banks
|
620,586 | 392,170 | |||||
|
Guaranteed
investment certificates
|
2,787,500 | 9,087,500 | |||||
|
Money
market funds
|
25,495,673 | 1,031,882 | |||||
|
Certificates
of deposit
|
19,549,800 | 15,288,183 | |||||
| 48,453,559 | 25,799,735 | ||||||
|
5.
|
Bonding
and other deposits
|
|
6.
|
Mineral
properties
|
|
Canada
|
USA
|
Total
|
||||||||||
|
Canadian
|
Lost
Creek/
|
Other
US
|
||||||||||
|
Properties
|
Lost
Soldier
|
Properties
|
||||||||||
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
|||||||||
|
Balance,
December 31, 2008
|
617,160 | 24,316,716 | 6,874,945 | 31,808,821 | ||||||||
|
Acquisiton
costs
|
- | - | 399,564 | 399,564 | ||||||||
|
Staking
and claim costs
|
(30,021 | ) | 4,922 | 9,665 | (15,434 | ) | ||||||
|
Labor
costs
|
90 | 2,905 | 155,893 | 158,888 | ||||||||
|
Material
and supply costs
|
- | 1,065 | 1,065 | |||||||||
|
Outside
service costs
|
- | - | 55,717 | 55,717 | ||||||||
|
Other
costs
|
- | - | 322 | 322 | ||||||||
|
Basis
of property write-offs
|
(63,561 | ) | - | (38,878 | ) | (102,439 | ) | |||||
|
Basis
of assets sold
|
(3,432 | ) | (3,432 | ) | ||||||||
|
Property
reclassified as investment (note 9)
|
(2,769,117 | ) | (2,769,117 | ) | ||||||||
|
Balance,
September 30, 2009
|
523,668 | 24,324,543 | 4,685,744 | 29,533,955 | ||||||||
|
7.
|
Capital
assets
|
|
September 30, 2009
|
December 31, 2008
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Accumulated
|
Net
Book
|
Accumulated
|
Net
Book
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Cost
|
Amortization
|
Value
|
Cost
|
Amortization
|
Value
|
||||||||||||||
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
||||||||||||||
|
Light
vehicles
|
661,743 | 319,274 | 342,469 | 656,184 | 215,238 | 440,946 | |||||||||||||
|
Heavy
mobile equipment
|
473,335 | 185,586 | 287,749 | 424,559 | 103,903 | 320,656 | |||||||||||||
|
Machinery
and equipment
|
782,376 | 363,993 | 418,383 | 780,085 | 232,390 | 547,695 | |||||||||||||
|
Furniture
and fixtures
|
221,867 | 70,989 | 150,878 | 189,987 | 48,829 | 141,158 | |||||||||||||
|
Computer
equipment
|
220,197 | 97,720 | 122,477 | 178,633 | 66,672 | 111,961 | |||||||||||||
|
Software
|
171,059 | 93,475 | 77,584 | 125,411 | 56,523 | 68,888 | |||||||||||||
| 2,530,577 | 1,131,037 | 1,399,540 | 2,354,859 | 723,555 | 1,631,304 | ||||||||||||||
|
8.
|
Construction
in progress
|
|
USA
|
||||||||||||
|
Plant
Design
|
Plant
Equipment
|
Outside
Services
|
Lost
Creek
|
|||||||||
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
|||||||||
|
Balance,
December 31, 2008
|
323,093 | 0 | 0 | 323,093 | ||||||||
|
Additions
during year
|
112,678 | 997,070 | 2,753 | 1,112,501 | ||||||||
|
Balance,
September 30, 2009
|
435,771 | 997,070 | 2,753 | 1,435,594 | ||||||||
|
9.
|
Investments
|
|
10.
|
Asset
retirement obligation
|
|
11.
|
Income
taxes
|
|
12.
|
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
|
695,000 | 452,250 | 452,250 | |||||||||||||
|
Exercise
of stock options
|
1,961 | 2,127 | (734 | ) | 1,393 | |||||||||||
|
Income
tax portion of flowthrough stock sale
|
(797,500 | ) | (797,500 | ) | ||||||||||||
|
Non-cash
stock compensation
|
- | - | 757,288 | - | 757,288 | |||||||||||
|
Net
loss and comprehensive loss
|
- | - | - | (13,593,021 | ) | (13,593,021 | ) | |||||||||
|
Balance,
September 30, 2009
|
93,940,568 | 144,053,337 | 13,478,113 | (72,433,709 | ) | 85,097,741 | ||||||||||
|
Weighted-
|
||||||||
|
average
|
||||||||
|
Options
|
exercise
price
|
|||||||
|
#
|
$
|
|||||||
|
Outstanding,
December 31, 2008
|
6,228,700 | 1.46 | ||||||
|
Granted
|
2,204,264 | 0.80 | ||||||
|
Exercised
|
(1,961 | ) | 0.71 | |||||
|
Forfeit
|
(36,900 | ) | 2.07 | |||||
|
Expired
|
(11,200 | ) | 1.65 | |||||
|
Outstanding,
September 30, 2009
|
8,382,903 | 1.28 | ||||||
|
Options outstanding
|
Options exercisable
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Weighted-
|
|
Weighted-
|
|
|||||||||||||
|
average
|
average
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Exercise
|
|
remaining
|
|
remaining
|
|
|||||||||||
|
price
|
Number
|
contractual
|
Number
|
contractual
|
|
|||||||||||
|
$
|
of
options
|
life
(years)
|
of
options
|
life
(years)
|
Expiry
|
|||||||||||
| 1.25 | 2,440,800 | 1.1 | 2,440,800 | 1.1 |
November
17, 2010
|
|||||||||||
| 2.01 | 75,000 | 1.5 | 75,000 | 1.5 |
March
25, 2011
|
|||||||||||
| 2.35 | 1,450,000 | 1.6 | 1,450,000 | 1.6 |
April
21, 2011
|
|||||||||||
| 2.75 | 379,200 | 2.0 | 379,200 | 2.0 |
September
26, 2011
|
|||||||||||
| 4.75 | 45,000 | 2.6 | 45,000 | 2.6 |
May
15, 2012
|
|||||||||||
| 3.67 | 200,000 | 2.8 | 200,000 | 2.8 |
July
15, 2012
|
|||||||||||
| 3.00 | 437,500 | 2.9 | 437,500 | 2.9 |
August
9, 2012
|
|||||||||||
| 3.16 | 50,000 | 3.0 | 50,000 | 3.0 |
September
17, 2012
|
|||||||||||
| 2.98 | 50,000 | 3.0 | 50,000 | 3.0 |
October
5, 2012
|
|||||||||||
| 4.07 | 30,000 | 3.1 | 30,000 | 3.1 |
November
7, 2012
|
|||||||||||
| 2.11 | 25,000 | 3.5 | 25,000 | 3.5 |
March
19, 2013
|
|||||||||||
| 1.65 | 980,000 | 3.6 | 748,400 | 3.6 |
May
8, 2013
|
|||||||||||
| 1.72 | 25,000 | 3.9 | 19,000 | 3.9 |
August
6, 2013
|
|||||||||||
| 0.71 | 991,612 | 4.4 | 318,192 | 4.4 |
February
9, 2014
|
|||||||||||
| 0.64 | 75,000 | 4.4 | 24,000 | 4.4 |
March
11, 2014
|
|||||||||||
| 0.90 | 1,128,791 | 4.9 | 112,881 | 4.9 |
September
2, 2014
|
|||||||||||
| 1.65 | 8,382,903 | 2.5 | 6,404,973 | 2.2 | ||||||||||||
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
|
Expected
option life (years)
|
2.85 - 3.01 | 4.0 | ||||||
|
Expected
volatility
|
82 - 83 | % | 65 | % | ||||
|
Risk-free
interest rate
|
1.4 - 1.9 | % | 3.0% - 3.4 | % | ||||
|
Forfeiture
rate
|
4.4 - 4.6 | % | - | |||||
|
Expected
dividend rate
|
0 | % | 0 | % | ||||
|
13.
|
Segmented
information
|
|
September
30, 2009
|
||||||||||||
|
Canada
|
United
States
|
Total
|
||||||||||
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
||||||||||
|
Bonding
and other deposits
|
- | 3,022,187 | 3,022,187 | |||||||||
|
Mineral
properties
|
523,666 | 29,010,289 | 29,533,955 | |||||||||
|
Capital
assets
|
3,088 | 1,396,452 | 1,399,540 | |||||||||
|
Construction
in progress
|
- | 1,435,594 | 1,435,594 | |||||||||
|
Investments
|
- | 2,769,117 | 2,769,117 | |||||||||
|
December
31, 2008
|
||||||||||||
|
Canada
|
United
States
|
Total
|
||||||||||
|
$
|
$
|
$
|
||||||||||
|
Bonding
and other deposits
|
- | 2,578,825 | 2,578,825 | |||||||||
|
Mineral
exploration 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 | |||||||||
|
Investments
|
- | - | - | |||||||||
|
14.
|
Commitments
|