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PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP
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Chartered
Accountants
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PricewaterhouseCoopers
Place
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250
Howe Street, Suite 700
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Vancouver,
British Columbia
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Canada
V6C 3S7
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Telephone
+1 604 806 7000
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Facsimile
+1 604 806 7806
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December 31, 2009
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December 31, 2008
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| $ | $ | |||||||
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Assets
|
||||||||
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Current
assets
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Cash
and cash equivalents (note 3)
|
32,457,323 | 25,799,735 | ||||||
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Short-term
investments (note 3)
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10,932,101 | 39,174,200 | ||||||
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Marketable
securities
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29,250 | 7,500 | ||||||
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Amounts
receivable
|
19,509 | 132,710 | ||||||
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Prepaid
expenses
|
101,653 | 77,777 | ||||||
| 43,539,836 | 65,191,922 | |||||||
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Bonding
and other deposits (note 4)
|
2,920,835 | 2,578,825 | ||||||
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Mineral
properties (note 5)
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29,733,296 | 31,808,821 | ||||||
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Capital
assets (note 6)
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2,739,121 | 1,954,397 | ||||||
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Equity
investments (note 7)
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2,769,117 | - | ||||||
| 38,162,369 | 36,342,043 | |||||||
| 81,702,205 | 101,533,965 | |||||||
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Liabilities
and shareholders' equity
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Current
liabilities
|
||||||||
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Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
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1,046,963 | 2,265,058 | ||||||
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Future
income tax liability (note 10)
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- | 478,000 | ||||||
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Asset
retirement obligation (note 8)
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503,712 | 513,576 | ||||||
| 1,550,675 | 3,256,634 | |||||||
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Shareholders'
equity (note 9)
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Capital
stock
|
144,053,337 | 144,396,460 | ||||||
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Contributed
surplus
|
13,671,699 | 12,721,559 | ||||||
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Deficit
|
(77,573,506 | ) | (58,840,688 | ) | ||||
| 80,151,530 | 98,277,331 | |||||||
| 81,702,205 | 101,533,965 | |||||||
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(signed) /s/ Jeffery T. Klenda,
Director
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(signed) /s/ Thomas Parker,
Director
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Cumulative
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from
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Year
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Year
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Year
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March 22, 2004
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Ended
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Ended
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Ended
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Through
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December 31,
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December 31,
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December 31,
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December 31,
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2009
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2008
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2007
|
2009
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| $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||
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Expenses
|
||||||||||||||||
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General
and administrative
|
5,430,480 | 6,904,564 | 7,305,315 | 27,353,529 | ||||||||||||
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Exploration
and evaluation
|
4,944,227 | 9,922,798 | 15,654,041 | 44,726,780 | ||||||||||||
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Development
|
6,931,303 | 8,854,536 | - | 15,785,839 | ||||||||||||
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Write-off
of mineral properties
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102,439 | 285,813 | - | 422,084 | ||||||||||||
| (17,408,449 | ) | (25,967,711 | ) | (22,959,356 | ) | (88,288,232 | ) | |||||||||
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Interest
income
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890,915 | 2,494,445 | 2,816,398 | 6,969,354 | ||||||||||||
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Loss
on equity investments (note 7)
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(17,855 | ) | - | - | (17,855 | ) | ||||||||||
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Foreign
exchange gain (loss)
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(3,506,111 | ) | 5,656,319 | (806,420 | ) | 2,062,128 | ||||||||||
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Other
income (loss) (note 5)
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940,237 | (36,638 | ) | - | 903,599 | |||||||||||
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Loss
before income taxes
|
(19,101,263 | ) | (17,853,585 | ) | (20,949,378 | ) | (78,371,006 | ) | ||||||||
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Recovery
of future income taxes (note 10)
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368,445 | - | 429,055 | 797,500 | ||||||||||||
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Net
loss and comprehensive loss for the period
|
(18,732,818 | ) | (17,853,585 | ) | (20,520,323 | ) | (77,573,506 | ) | ||||||||
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Deficit
- Beginning of period
|
(58,840,688 | ) | (40,987,103 | ) | (20,466,780 | ) | - | |||||||||
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Deficit
- End of period
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(77,573,506 | ) | (58,840,688 | ) | (40,987,103 | ) | (77,573,506 | ) | ||||||||
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Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding:
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Basic
and diluted
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93,857,257 | 92,996,339 | 85,564,480 | |||||||||||||
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Loss
per common share:
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Basic
and diluted
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(0.20 | ) | (0.19 | ) | (0.24 | ) | ||||||||||
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Cumulative
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from
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Year
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Year
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Year
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March 22, 2004
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Ended
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Ended
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Ended
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Through
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December 31,
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December 31,
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December 31,
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December 31,
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2009
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2008
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2007
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2009
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| $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||
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Cash
provided by (used in)
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Operating
activities
|
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Net
loss for the period
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(18,732,818 | ) | (17,853,585 | ) | (20,520,323 | ) | (77,573,506 | ) | ||||||||
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Items
not affecting cash:
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Stock
based compensation
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950,874 | 4,567,206 | 6,138,922 | 15,713,071 | ||||||||||||
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Amortization
of capital assets
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526,551 | 515,138 | 76,069 | 1,152,615 | ||||||||||||
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Provision
for reclamation
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75,526 | 260,924 | 181,672 | 518,122 | ||||||||||||
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Write-off
of mineral properties
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102,439 | 285,813 | - | 422,084 | ||||||||||||
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Foreign
exchange loss (gain)
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3,506,180 | (5,656,319 | ) | 806,420 | (2,062,059 | ) | ||||||||||
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Gain
on sale of assets
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(1,073,635 | ) | (5,361 | ) | - | (1,078,996 | ) | |||||||||
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Non-cash
exploration costs (credits)
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(907,055 | ) | - | (87,389 | ) | 1,819,225 | ||||||||||
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Other
loss (income)
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(13,250 | ) | 51,998 | (37,000 | ) | 1,748 | ||||||||||
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Future
income taxes
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(368,445 | ) | - | (429,055 | ) | (797,500 | ) | |||||||||
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Change
in non-cash working capital items:
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Amounts
receivable
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107,230 | 760,809 | (795,998 | ) | (8,335 | ) | ||||||||||
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Prepaid
expenses
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(46,734 | ) | 557 | 86,755 | (107,665 | ) | ||||||||||
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Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
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(1,090,163 | ) | 535,491 | 796,375 | 877,952 | |||||||||||
| (16,963,300 | ) | (16,537,329 | ) | (13,783,552 | ) | (61,123,244 | ) | |||||||||
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Investing
activities
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Mineral
property costs
|
(497,761 | ) | (874,762 | ) | (1,400,202 | ) | (10,958,573 | ) | ||||||||
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Purchase
of short-term investments
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(37,206,445 | ) | (64,851,470 | ) | (49,999,021 | ) | (164,886,936 | ) | ||||||||
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Sale
of short-term investments
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64,971,242 | 77,781,918 | - | 155,593,160 | ||||||||||||
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Decrease
(increase) in bonding and other deposits
|
(879,758 | ) | (602,778 | ) | (1,342,425 | ) | (2,991,112 | ) | ||||||||
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Payments
from venture partner
|
146,806 | - | - | 146,806 | ||||||||||||
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Proceeds
from sale of data base and capital assets
|
1,082,956 | 26,344 | - | 1,109,300 | ||||||||||||
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Purchase
of capital assets
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(1,317,221 | ) | (1,586,784 | ) | (784,895 | ) | (3,876,073 | ) | ||||||||
| 26,299,819 | 9,892,468 | (53,526,543 | ) | (25,863,428 | ) | |||||||||||
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Financing
activities
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Issuance
of common shares and warrants for cash
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- | 2,750,000 | 77,744,735 | 122,668,053 | ||||||||||||
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Share
issue costs
|
- | (115,314 | ) | (246,119 | ) | (2,569,025 | ) | |||||||||
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Proceeds
from exercise of warrants and stock options
|
1,393 | 90,000 | 1,334,547 | 18,569,324 | ||||||||||||
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Payment
of New Frontiers obligation
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- | - | (11,955,375 | ) | (17,565,125 | ) | ||||||||||
| 1,393 | 2,724,686 | 66,877,788 | 121,103,227 | |||||||||||||
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Effects
of foreign exchange rate changes on cash
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(2,680,324 | ) | 3,407,153 | (1,982,760 | ) | (1,659,232 | ) | |||||||||
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Net
change in cash and cash equivalents
|
6,657,588 | (513,022 | ) | (2,415,067 | ) | 32,457,323 | ||||||||||
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Beginning
cash and cash equivalents
|
25,799,735 | 26,312,757 | 28,727,824 | - | ||||||||||||
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Ending
cash and cash equivalents
|
32,457,323 | 25,799,735 | 26,312,757 | 32,457,323 | ||||||||||||
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Non-cash
financing and investing activities:
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Common
shares issued for properties
|
452,250 | - | 712,500 | |||||||||||||
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1.
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Nature
of operations
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2.
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Significant
accounting policies
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·
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Cash
and cash equivalents are classified as “held for trading” and are measured
at fair value at the end of each period with any resulting gains and
losses recognized in operations.
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·
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Short
term investments are classified as “held-to-maturity” and carried at cost
plus accrued interest using the effective interest rate method, with
interest income and exchange gains and losses included in
operations.
|
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|
·
|
Marketable
securities are classified as “held for trading” and are measured at fair
value at the end of each period with any resulting gains and losses
recognized in operations.
|
|
|
·
|
Amounts
receivable, bonding and other deposits are classified as “Loans and
receivables” and are recorded at amortized cost. Interest
income is recorded using the effective interest rate method and is
included in income for the period.
|
|
|
·
|
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities are classified as “Other financial
liabilities” and are measured at amortized
cost.
|
|
3.
|
Cash
and cash equivalents and short-term
investments
|
|
As
at
|
As
at
|
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|
December 31,
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December 31,
|
|||||||
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
|
Cash
on deposit at banks
|
308,918 | 392,170 | ||||||
|
Guaranteed
investment certificates
|
287,500 | 9,087,500 | ||||||
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Money
market funds
|
25,564,505 | 1,031,882 | ||||||
|
Certificates
of deposit
|
6,296,400 | 15,288,183 | ||||||
| 32,457,323 | 25,799,735 | |||||||
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4.
|
Bonding
and other deposits
|
|
5.
|
Mineral
properties
|
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Canada
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USA
|
Total
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Canadian
|
Lost
Creek/
|
Other
US
|
||||||||||||||
|
Properties
|
Lost
Soldier
|
Properties
|
||||||||||||||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||
|
Balance,
January 1, 2007
|
535,570 | 24,235,967 | 6,460,835 | 31,232,372 | ||||||||||||
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Acquisition
costs
|
- | 3,593 | (11,341 | ) | (7,748 | ) | ||||||||||
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Staking,
claim and other costs
|
81,590 | 77,156 | 711,264 | 870,010 | ||||||||||||
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Property
write-offs
|
- | - | (285,813 | ) | (285,813 | ) | ||||||||||
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Balance,
December 31, 2008
|
617,160 | 24,316,716 | 6,874,945 | 31,808,821 | ||||||||||||
|
Acquisition
costs
|
- | - | 402,134 | 402,134 | ||||||||||||
|
Staking
and claim costs
|
(29,932 | ) | 7,940 | 419,322 | 397,330 | |||||||||||
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Property
write-offs
|
(63,561 | ) | - | (38,936 | ) | (102,497 | ) | |||||||||
|
Assets
sold
|
- | - | (3,375 | ) | (3,375 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Property
reclassified as investment (note 7)
|
- | - | (2,769,117 | ) | (2,769,117 | ) | ||||||||||
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Balance,
December 31, 2009
|
523,667 | 24,324,656 | 4,884,973 | 29,733,296 | ||||||||||||
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6.
|
Capital
assets
|
|
December 31,
2009
|
December 31,
2008
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Accumulated
|
Net
Book
|
Accumulated
|
Net
Book
|
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Cost
|
Amortization
|
Value
|
Cost
|
Amortization
|
Value
|
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| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
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Light
vehicles
|
661,743 | 345,993 | 315,750 | 656,184 | 215,238 | 440,946 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Heavy
mobile equipment
|
473,336 | 209,197 | 264,139 | 424,559 | 103,903 | 320,656 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Machinery
and equipment
|
791,252 | 398,435 | 392,817 | 780,085 | 232,390 | 547,695 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Furniture
and fixtures
|
221,867 | 78,561 | 143,306 | 189,987 | 48,829 | 141,158 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Computer
equipment
|
202,117 | 93,504 | 108,613 | 178,633 | 66,672 | 111,961 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Software
|
170,528 | 102,438 | 68,090 | 125,411 | 56,523 | 68,888 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Pre-construction
costs
|
1,446,406 | - | 1,446,406 | 323,093 | - | 323,093 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3,967,249 | 1,228,128 | 2,739,121 | 2,677,952 | 723,555 | 1,954,397 | |||||||||||||||||||
|
7.
|
Equity
investments
|
|
8.
|
Asset
retirement obligation
|
|
9.
|
Shareholders’
equity and capital stock
|
|
Capital
Stock
|
Contributed
|
Accumulated
|
Shareholders’
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Surplus
|
Deficit
|
Equity
|
||||||||||||||||
| # | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||
|
Balance,
January 1, 2007
|
73,475,052 | 61,412,906 | 2,678,341 | (20,466,780 | ) | 43,624,467 | ||||||||||||||
|
Common
shares issued for cash, net of issue costs
|
17,431,000 | 77,503,307 | - | - | 77,503,307 | |||||||||||||||
|
Exercise
of warrants
|
156,209 | 229,154 | (72,341 | ) | - | 156,813 | ||||||||||||||
|
Exercise
of compensation options
|
110,346 | 212,139 | - | - | 212,139 | |||||||||||||||
|
Exercise
of stock options
|
774,000 | 1,553,528 | (542,327 | ) | - | 1,011,201 | ||||||||||||||
|
Non-cash
stock compensation
|
- | - | 6,138,922 | - | 6,138,922 | |||||||||||||||
|
Common
shares issued for properties
|
225,000 | 712,500 | - | - | 712,500 | |||||||||||||||
|
Net
loss and comprehensive loss
|
- | - | - | (20,520,323 | ) | (20,520,323 | ) | |||||||||||||
|
Balance,
December 31, 2007
|
92,171,607 | 141,623,534 | 8,202,595 | (40,987,103 | ) | 108,839,026 | ||||||||||||||
|
Common
shares issued for cash, net of issue costs
|
1,000,000 | 2,634,686 | - | - | 2,634,686 | |||||||||||||||
|
Exercise
of stock options
|
72,000 | 138,240 | (48,240 | ) | - | 90,000 | ||||||||||||||
|
Non-cash
stock compensation
|
- | - | 4,567,204 | - | 4,567,204 | |||||||||||||||
|
Net
loss and comprehensive loss
|
- | - | - | (17,853,585 | ) | (17,853,585 | ) | |||||||||||||
|
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 | |||||||||||||||
|
Tax
effect of renunciation of flow-through shares
|
- | (797,500 | ) | - | - | (797,500 | ) | |||||||||||||
|
Non-cash
stock compensation
|
- | - | 950,874 | - | 950,874 | |||||||||||||||
|
Net
loss and comprehensive loss
|
- | - | - | (18,732,818 | ) | (18,732,818 | ) | |||||||||||||
|
Balance,
December 31, 2009
|
93,940,568 | 144,053,337 | 13,671,699 | (77,573,506 | ) | 80,151,530 | ||||||||||||||
|
Weighted-
|
||||||||
|
average
|
||||||||
|
Options
|
exercise
price
|
|||||||
| # | $ | |||||||
|
Outstanding,
January 1, 2007
|
5,406,000 | 1.69 | ||||||
|
Granted
|
3,667,500 | 4.44 | ||||||
|
Exercised
|
(774,000 | ) | 1.31 | |||||
|
Forfeit
|
(288,800 | ) | 2.88 | |||||
|
Outstanding,
December 31, 2007
|
8,010,700 | 2.89 | ||||||
|
Granted
|
1,075,000 | 1.66 | ||||||
|
Exercised
|
(72,000 | ) | 1.25 | |||||
|
Forfeit
|
(295,000 | ) | 2.50 | |||||
|
Voluntarily
returned
|
(2,490,000 | ) | 4.85 | |||||
|
Outstanding,
December 31, 2008
|
6,228,700 | 1.46 | ||||||
|
Granted
|
2,204,264 | 0.80 | ||||||
|
Exercised
|
(1,961 | ) | 0.71 | |||||
|
Forfeit
|
(58,351 | ) | 2.07 | |||||
|
Expired
|
(11,200 | ) | 1.65 | |||||
|
Outstanding,
December 31, 2009
|
8,361,452 | 1.28 | ||||||
|
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 | 0.9 | 2,440,800 | 0.9 |
November 17,
2010
|
|||||
| 2.01 | 75,000 | 1.2 | 75,000 | 1.2 |
March 25,
2011
|
|||||
| 2.35 | 1,450,000 | 1.3 | 1,450,000 | 1.3 |
April 21,
2011
|
|||||
| 2.75 | 379,200 | 1.7 | 379,200 | 1.7 |
September 26,
2011
|
|||||
| 4.75 | 45,000 | 2.4 | 45,000 | 2.4 |
May 15,
2012
|
|||||
| 3.67 | 200,000 | 2.5 | 200,000 | 2.5 |
July 15,
2012
|
|||||
| 3.00 | 437,500 | 2.6 | 437,500 | 2.6 |
August 9,
2012
|
|||||
| 3.16 | 50,000 | 2.7 | 50,000 | 2.7 |
September 17,
2012
|
|||||
| 2.98 | 50,000 | 2.8 | 50,000 | 2.8 |
October 5,
2012
|
|||||
| 4.07 | 30,000 | 2.9 | 30,000 | 2.9 |
November 7,
2012
|
|||||
| 2.11 | 25,000 | 3.2 | 25,000 | 3.2 |
March 19,
2013
|
|||||
| 1.65 | 978,800 | 3.4 | 978,800 | 3.4 |
May 8,
2013
|
|||||
| 1.72 | 25,000 | 3.6 | 19,000 | 3.6 |
August 6,
2013
|
|||||
| 0.71 | 983,507 | 4.1 | 534,162 | 4.1 |
February 9,
2014
|
|||||
| 0.64 | 75,000 | 4.2 | 40,500 | 4.2 |
March 11,
2014
|
|||||
| 0.90 | 1,116,645 | 4.7 | 112,881 | 4.7 |
September 2,
2014
|
|||||
| 1.65 | 8,361,452 | 2.4 | 6,867,843 | 1.9 |
|
2009
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||||||
|
Expected
option life (years)
|
2.85 - 3.01 | 4.0 | 4.0 | |||||||||
|
Expected
volatility
|
82 - 83 | % | 65 | % | 63% - 67 | % | ||||||
|
Risk-free
interest rate
|
1.4 - 1.9 | % | 3.0% - 3.4 | % | 3.9% - 4.6 | % | ||||||
|
Forfeiture
rate
|
4.4 - 4.6 | % | - | - | ||||||||
|
Expected
dividend rate
|
0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | ||||||
|
10.
|
Income
taxes
|
|
Year
|
Year
|
Year
|
||||||||||
|
ended
|
ended
|
ended
|
||||||||||
|
December 31,
|
December 31,
|
December 31,
|
||||||||||
|
2009
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||||||
| $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||
|
Future
income tax assets
|
||||||||||||
|
Deferred
tax assets
|
12,406,000 | 18,104,000 | 8,494,000 | |||||||||
|
Net
operating loss carry forwards
|
12,521,000 | 2,389,000 | 3,403,000 | |||||||||
|
Less: valuation
allowance
|
(24,927,000 | ) | (20,493,000 | ) | (11,897,000 | ) | ||||||
| - | - | - | ||||||||||
|
Future
income tax liabilities
|
||||||||||||
|
Asset
basis differences
|
- | (478,000 | ) | (478,000 | ) | |||||||
|
Net
deferred tax asset (future income tax liability)
|
- | (478,000 | ) | (478,000 | ) | |||||||
|
Income
tax loss carry forwards
|
||||||||||||
|
Canadian
Federal (expiring 2009 - 2029)
|
12,871,000 | |||||||||||
|
United
States Federal (expiring 2015 - 2029)
|
26,643,000 | |||||||||||
|
Year
|
Year
|
Year
|
||||||||||
|
ended
|
ended
|
ended
|
||||||||||
|
December 31,
|
December 31,
|
December 31,
|
||||||||||
|
2009
|
2008
|
2007
|
||||||||||
| $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||
|
Loss
before income taxes
|
(19,101,263 | ) | (17,853,585 | ) | (20,949,378 | ) | ||||||
|
Statutory
rate
|
33.0 | % | 33.5 | % | 36.0 | % | ||||||
|
Expected
recovery of income tax
|
(6,303,349 | ) | (5,980,951 | ) | (7,541,776 | ) | ||||||
|
Effect
of foreign tax rate differences
|
(604,323 | ) | (731,366 | ) | (400,099 | ) | ||||||
|
Non-deductable
amounts
|
1,222,519 | 1,530,012 | 1,367,320 | |||||||||
|
Effect
of changes in future tax rates
|
766,407 | (43,662 | ) | 390,200 | ||||||||
|
Effect
of change in foreign exchange rates
|
2,672,559 | (3,370,258 | ) | 1,620,332 | ||||||||
|
ISL
change in basis
|
429,055 | - | (430,119 | ) | ||||||||
|
Effect
of renouncement of flow through shares
|
(797,500 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
|
Effect
of non-deductible exploration expenditures
|
280,040 | |||||||||||
|
Change
in valuation allowance
|
1,966,147 | 8,596,225 | 4,565,087 | |||||||||
|
Recovery
of future income taxes
|
(368,445 | ) | - | (429,055 | ) | |||||||
|
11.
|
Financial
instruments
|
|
12.
|
Segmented
information
|
|
December 31,
2009
|
||||||||||||
|
Canada
|
United States
|
Total
|
||||||||||
| $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||
|
Bonding
and other deposits
|
- | 2,920,835 | 2,920,835 | |||||||||
|
Mineral
properties
|
523,667 | 29,209,629 | 29,733,296 | |||||||||
|
Capital
assets
|
2,181 | 2,736,940 | 2,739,121 | |||||||||
|
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 | 1,946,550 | 1,954,397 | |||||||||
|
13.
|
Commitments
|
|
Lease Commitments:
|
|||||
|
Year
ended December 31,
|
Amount
|
||||
| $ | |||||
|
2010
|
288,082 | ||||
|
2011
|
156,607 | ||||
|
2012
|
96,409 | ||||
|
2013
|
- | ||||
|
2014
and thereafter
|
- | ||||
| 541,098 | |||||
|
US$
|
Cdn$
|
|||||||
|
Purchase
orders issued
|
1,643,191 | 1,724,365 | ||||||
|
Less
payments made
|
(861,370 | ) | (903,922 | ) | ||||
|
Balance
of purchase order commitments
|
781,821 | 820,443 | ||||||
|
14.
|
Capital
structure
|
|
15.
|
Differences
between Canadian and United States generally accepted accounting
principles
|
|
Consolidated
balance sheets
|
As
at
|
As
at
|
||||||
|
December 31,
|
December 31,
|
|||||||
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
|
Total
assets
|
||||||||
|
Total
assets under Canadian GAAP
|
81,702,205 | 101,533,965 | ||||||
|
Adjustments
made under US GAAP:
|
||||||||
|
Adjustment
for New Frontiers settlement (a)
|
2,016,156 | 2,016,156 | ||||||
|
Total
assets under US GAAP
|
83,718,361 | 103,550,121 | ||||||
|
Total
liabilities and shareholders' equity
|
||||||||
|
Total
liabilities under Canadian GAAP
|
1,550,675 | 3,256,634 | ||||||
|
Adjustments
made under US GAAP:
|
||||||||
|
Deferred
tax adjustment ( c)
|
- | (478,000 | ) | |||||
|
Flow-through
share premium liability (b)
|
- | 830,000 | ||||||
|
Total
liabilities under US GAAP
|
1,550,675 | 3,608,634 | ||||||
|
Total
shareholders’ equity under Canadian GAAP
|
80,151,530 | 98,277,331 | ||||||
|
Adjustments
made under US GAAP:
|
||||||||
|
Prior
year income adjustments
|
||||||||
|
Gain
on settlement of New Frontiers obligation (a)
|
2,016,156 | 2,016,156 | ||||||
|
Deferred
tax adjustment ( c)
|
- | 478,000 | ||||||
|
Flow-through
share premium liability (b)
|
- | (830,000 | ) | |||||
|
Total
shareholders’ equity under US GAAP
|
82,167,686 | 99,941,487 | ||||||
|
Total
liabilities and shareholders' equity under US GAAP
|
83,718,361 | 103,550,121 | ||||||
|
Consolidated
statements of operations and
comprehensive
loss
|
Year
ended
December 31,
2009
|
Year
ended
December 31,
2008
|
Year
ended
December 31,
2007
|
Cumulative
from
March 22, 2004
Through
December 31,
2009
|
||||||||||||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||
|
Net
loss
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Net
loss under Canadian GAAP
|
(18,732,818 | ) | (17,853,585 | ) | (20,520,323 | ) | (77,573,506 | ) | ||||||||
|
Adjustments
made under US GAAP:
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Gain
on settlement of New Frontiers obligation (a)
|
- | - | 2,016,156 | 2,016,156 | ||||||||||||
|
Deferred
tax adjustment ( c)
|
(478,000 | ) | - | (429,500 | ) | - | ||||||||||
|
Income
tax adjustment on renouncement of flow through shares (b)
|
32,500 | - | - | (1,093,040 | ) | |||||||||||
|
Net
loss under US GAAP, being comprehensive loss
|
(19,178,318 | ) | (17,853,585 | ) | (18,933,667 | ) | (76,650,390 | ) | ||||||||
|
Basic
and diluted loss per share under US GAAP
|
(0.20 | ) | (0.19 | ) | (0.22 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Cumulative
|
||||||||||||||||
|
from
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Year
|
Year
|
Year
|
March 22, 2004
|
|||||||||||||
|
ended
|
ended
|
ended
|
Through
|
|||||||||||||
|
December 31,
|
December 31,
|
December 31,
|
December 31,
|
|||||||||||||
|
Consolidated
statements of cash flow
|
2009
|
2008
|
2007
|
2009
|
||||||||||||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||
|
Operating
activities
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Cash
flows used in operating activities under Canadian & US
GAAP
|
(16,963,300 | ) | (16,537,329 | ) | (13,783,552 | ) | (61,123,244 | ) | ||||||||
|
Investing
activities
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Cash
flows provided by (used in ) investing activities under Canadian
GAAP
|
26,299,819 | 9,892,468 | (53,526,543 | ) | (25,863,428 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Adjustments
made under US GAAP:
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Flow-through
cash categorized as restricted cash (b)
|
848,607 | (848,607 | ) | 2,653,315 | - | |||||||||||
|
Cash
flows used in investing activities under US GAAP
|
27,148,426 | 9,043,861 | (50,873,228 | ) | (25,863,428 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Financing
activities
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Cash
flows used in operating activities under Canadian & US
GAAP
|
1,393 | 2,724,686 | 66,877,788 | 121,103,227 | ||||||||||||
|
Ending
cash and cash equivalents under US GAAP
|
32,457,323 | 24,951,128 | 26,312,757 | 32,457,323 | ||||||||||||