|
March 31, 2010
|
December 31, 2009
|
|||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
|
Assets
|
||||||||
|
Current assets
|
||||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents (note 3)
|
30,518,214 | 32,457,323 | ||||||
|
Short-term investments (note 3)
|
8,025,845 | 10,932,101 | ||||||
|
Marketable securities
|
28,500 | 29,250 | ||||||
|
Amounts receivable
|
15,472 | 19,509 | ||||||
|
Prepaid expenses
|
176,509 | 101,653 | ||||||
|
|
38,764,540 | 43,539,836 | ||||||
|
|
||||||||
|
Bonding and other deposits (note 4)
|
2,819,176 | 2,920,835 | ||||||
|
Mineral properties (note 5)
|
29,925,641 | 29,733,296 | ||||||
|
Capital assets (note 6)
|
2,790,487 | 2,739,121 | ||||||
|
Equity investments (note 7)
|
2,769,117 | 2,769,117 | ||||||
| 38,304,421 | 38,162,369 | |||||||
|
|
||||||||
|
|
77,068,961 | 81,702,205 | ||||||
|
Liabilities and shareholders' equity
|
||||||||
|
Current liabilities
|
||||||||
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
|
925,128 | 1,046,963 | ||||||
|
Asset retirement obligation (note 8)
|
496,349 | 503,712 | ||||||
| 1,421,477 | 1,550,675 | |||||||
|
Shareholders' equity (note 9)
|
||||||||
|
Capital stock
|
144,053,337 | 144,053,337 | ||||||
|
Contributed surplus
|
13,857,921 | 13,671,699 | ||||||
|
Deficit
|
(82,263,774 | ) | (77,573,506 | ) | ||||
| 75,647,484 | 80,151,530 | |||||||
|
|
77,068,961 | 81,702,205 | ||||||
|
Cumulative
|
||||||||||||
|
from
|
||||||||||||
|
Three Months
|
Three Months
|
March 22, 2004
|
||||||||||
|
Ended
|
Ended
|
Through
|
||||||||||
|
March 31,
|
March 31,
|
March 31,
|
||||||||||
|
2010
|
2009
|
2010
|
||||||||||
| $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||
|
Expenses
|
||||||||||||
|
General and administrative
|
1,319,540 | 1,360,188 | 28,673,069 | |||||||||
|
Exploration and evaluation
|
922,259 | 1,236,265 | 45,649,039 | |||||||||
|
Development
|
1,562,393 | 2,376,488 | 17,348,232 | |||||||||
|
Write-off of mineral properties
|
- | 63,561 | 422,084 | |||||||||
| (3,804,192 | ) | (5,036,502 | ) | (92,092,424 | ) | |||||||
|
Interest income
|
105,265 | 400,743 | 7,074,619 | |||||||||
|
Loss on equity investments (note 7)
|
(2,626 | ) | - | (20,481 | ) | |||||||
|
Foreign exchange gain (loss)
|
(987,965 | ) | 634,331 | 1,074,163 | ||||||||
|
Other income (loss)
|
(750 | ) | 6,500 | 902,849 | ||||||||
|
Loss before income taxes
|
(4,690,268 | ) | (3,994,928 | ) | (83,061,274 | ) | ||||||
|
Recovery of future income taxes
|
- | - | 797,500 | |||||||||
|
Net loss and comprehensive loss for the period
|
(4,690,268 | ) | (3,994,928 | ) | (82,263,774 | ) | ||||||
|
Deficit - Beginning of period
|
(77,573,506 | ) | (58,840,688 | ) | - | |||||||
|
Deficit - End of period
|
(82,263,774 | ) | (62,835,616 | ) | (82,263,774 | ) | ||||||
|
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
|
||||||||||||
|
Basic and diluted
|
93,940,568 | 93,684,163 | ||||||||||
|
Loss per common share:
|
||||||||||||
|
Basic and diluted
|
(0.05 | ) | (0.04 | ) | ||||||||
|
Cumulative
|
||||||||||||
|
from
|
||||||||||||
|
Three Months
|
Three Months
|
March 22, 2004
|
||||||||||
|
Ended
|
Ended
|
Through
|
||||||||||
|
March 31,
|
March 31,
|
March 31,
|
||||||||||
|
2010
|
2009
|
2010
|
||||||||||
| $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||
|
Cash provided by (used in)
|
||||||||||||
|
Operating activities
|
||||||||||||
|
Net loss for the period
|
(4,690,268 | ) | (3,994,928 | ) | (82,263,774 | ) | ||||||
|
Items not affecting cash:
|
||||||||||||
|
Stock based compensation
|
186,222 | 280,489 | 15,899,293 | |||||||||
|
Amortization of capital assets
|
101,030 | 153,129 | 1,253,645 | |||||||||
|
Provision for reclamation
|
7,293 | 76,966 | 525,415 | |||||||||
|
Write-off of mineral properties
|
- | 63,561 | 422,084 | |||||||||
|
Foreign exchange loss (gain)
|
988,296 | (634,331 | ) | (1,073,763 | ) | |||||||
|
Gain on sale of assets
|
- | - | (1,078,996 | ) | ||||||||
|
Non-cash exploration costs (credits)
|
- | - | 1,819,225 | |||||||||
|
Other loss (income)
|
750 | (6,500 | ) | 2,498 | ||||||||
|
Future income taxes
|
- | - | (797,500 | ) | ||||||||
|
Change in non-cash working capital items:
|
||||||||||||
|
Amounts receivable
|
3,716 | 65,688 | (4,619 | ) | ||||||||
|
Prepaid expenses
|
(78,913 | ) | (40,240 | ) | (186,578 | ) | ||||||
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
|
(108,707 | ) | (952,839 | ) | 769,245 | |||||||
| (3,590,581 | ) | (4,989,005 | ) | (64,713,825 | ) | |||||||
|
Investing activities
|
||||||||||||
|
Mineral property costs
|
(181,541 | ) | (91,143 | ) | (11,140,114 | ) | ||||||
|
Purchase of short-term investments
|
(6,468,703 | ) | (436,725 | ) | (171,355,639 | ) | ||||||
|
Sale of short-term investments
|
9,185,029 | 2,733,051 | 164,778,189 | |||||||||
|
Decrease (increase) in bonding and other deposits
|
17,997 | (1,248,153 | ) | (2,973,115 | ) | |||||||
|
Payments from venture partner
|
- | - | 146,806 | |||||||||
|
Proceeds from sale of data base and capital assets
|
- | - | 1,109,300 | |||||||||
|
Purchase of capital assets
|
(152,396 | ) | (128,714 | ) | (4,028,469 | ) | ||||||
| 2,400,386 | 828,316 | (23,463,042 | ) | |||||||||
|
Financing activities
|
||||||||||||
|
Issuance of common shares and warrants for cash
|
- | - | 122,668,053 | |||||||||
|
Share issue costs
|
- | - | (2,569,025 | ) | ||||||||
|
Proceeds from exercise of warrants and stock options
|
- | - | 18,569,324 | |||||||||
|
Payment of New Frontiers obligation
|
- | - | (17,565,125 | ) | ||||||||
| - | - | 121,103,227 | ||||||||||
|
Effects of foreign exchange rate changes on cash
|
(748,914 | ) | 339,709 | (2,408,146 | ) | |||||||
|
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
|
(1,939,109 | ) | (3,820,980 | ) | 30,518,214 | |||||||
|
Beginning cash and cash equivalents
|
32,457,323 | 25,799,735 | - | |||||||||
|
Ending cash and cash equivalents
|
30,518,214 | 21,978,755 | 30,518,214 | |||||||||
|
Non-cash financing and investing activities:
|
||||||||||||
|
Common shares issued for properties
|
- | 409,500 | 1,164,750 | |||||||||
|
1.
|
Nature of operations
|
|
2.
|
Significant accounting policies
|
|
3.
|
Cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments
|
|
As at
|
As at
|
|||||||
|
March 31
|
December 31,
|
|||||||
|
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
|
Cash on deposit at banks
|
234,374 | 308,918 | ||||||
|
Guaranteed investment certificates
|
- | 287,500 | ||||||
|
Money market funds
|
25,442,640 | 25,564,505 | ||||||
|
Certificates of deposit
|
4,841,200 | 6,296,400 | ||||||
| 30,518,214 | 32,457,323 | |||||||
|
4.
|
Bonding and other deposits
|
|
5.
|
Mineral properties
|
|
USA
|
Canada
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||
|
Lost Creek/
|
Other US
|
Canadian
|
||||||||||||||
|
Lost Soldier
|
Properties
|
Properties
|
||||||||||||||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||
|
Balance, December 31, 2009
|
24,324,656 | 4,884,973 | 523,667 | 29,733,296 | ||||||||||||
|
Acquisition costs
|
- | 60,496 | - | 60,496 | ||||||||||||
|
Staking and claim costs
|
- | 131,849 | - | 131,849 | ||||||||||||
|
Balance, March 31, 2010
|
24,324,656 | 5,077,318 | 523,667 | 29,925,641 | ||||||||||||
|
6.
|
Capital assets
|
|
March 31, 2010
|
December 31, 2009
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Accumulated
|
Net Book
|
Accumulated
|
Net Book
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Cost
|
Amortization
|
Value
|
Cost
|
Amortization
|
Value
|
|||||||||||||||||||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Light vehicles
|
661,743 | 370,366 | 291,377 | 661,743 | 345,993 | 315,750 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Heavy mobile equipment
|
473,335 | 230,735 | 242,600 | 473,336 | 209,197 | 264,139 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Machinery and equipment
|
806,972 | 430,359 | 376,613 | 791,252 | 398,435 | 392,817 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Furniture and fixtures
|
224,173 | 85,689 | 138,484 | 221,867 | 78,561 | 143,306 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Computer equipment
|
202,117 | 101,444 | 100,673 | 202,117 | 93,504 | 108,613 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Software
|
170,527 | 110,565 | 59,962 | 170,528 | 102,438 | 68,090 | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Pre-construction costs
|
1,580,778 | - | 1,580,778 | 1,446,406 | - | 1,446,406 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4,119,645 | 1,329,158 | 2,790,487 | 3,967,249 | 1,228,128 | 2,739,121 | |||||||||||||||||||
|
7.
|
Equity investments
|
|
8.
|
Asset retirement obligation
|
|
9.
|
Shareholders’ equity and capital stock
|
|
Capital Stock
|
Contributed
|
Accumulated
|
Shareholders’
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Surplus
|
Deficit
|
Equity
|
||||||||||||||||
| # | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||
|
Balance, December 31, 2009
|
93,940,568 | 144,053,337 | 13,671,699 | (77,573,506 | ) | 80,151,530 | ||||||||||||||
|
Non-cash stock compensation
|
- | - | 186,222 | - | 186,222 | |||||||||||||||
|
Net loss and comprehensive loss
|
- | - | - | (4,690,268 | ) | (4,690,268 | ) | |||||||||||||
|
Balance, March 31, 2010
|
93,940,568 | 144,053,337 | 13,857,921 | (82,263,774 | ) | 75,647,484 | ||||||||||||||
|
Weighted-
|
||||||||
|
average
|
||||||||
|
Options
|
exercise price
|
|||||||
| # | $ | |||||||
|
Outstanding, December 31, 2009
|
8,361,452 | 1.65 | ||||||
|
Granted
|
798,537 | 0.81 | ||||||
|
Exercised
|
- | - | ||||||
|
Forfeit
|
(2,525 | ) | 0.84 | |||||
|
Expired
|
(121,825 | ) | 1.84 | |||||
|
Outstanding, March 31, 2010
|
9,035,639 | 1.57 | ||||||
|
Weighted-
|
Weighted-
|
|||||||||||||||
|
average
|
average
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Exercise
|
remaining
|
remaining
|
||||||||||||||
|
price
|
Number
|
contractual
|
Number
|
contractual
|
||||||||||||
|
$
|
of options
|
life (years)
|
of options
|
life (years)
|
Expiry
|
|||||||||||
|
1.25
|
2,400,800 | 0.6 | 2,400,800 | 0.6 |
November 17, 2010
|
|||||||||||
|
2.01
|
75,000 | 1.0 | 75,000 | 1.0 |
March 25, 2011
|
|||||||||||
|
2.35
|
1,450,000 | 1.1 | 1,450,000 | 1.1 |
April 21, 2011
|
|||||||||||
|
2.75
|
379,200 | 1.5 | 379,200 | 1.5 |
September 26, 2011
|
|||||||||||
|
4.75
|
30,000 | 2.1 | 30,000 | 2.1 |
May 15, 2012
|
|||||||||||
|
3.67
|
200,000 | 2.3 | 200,000 | 2.3 |
July 15, 2012
|
|||||||||||
|
3.00
|
437,500 | 2.4 | 437,500 | 2.4 |
August 9, 2012
|
|||||||||||
|
3.16
|
50,000 | 2.5 | 50,000 | 2.5 |
September 17, 2012
|
|||||||||||
|
2.98
|
50,000 | 2.5 | 50,000 | 2.5 |
October 5, 2012
|
|||||||||||
|
4.07
|
30,000 | 2.6 | 30,000 | 2.6 |
November 7, 2012
|
|||||||||||
|
2.11
|
25,000 | 3.0 | 25,000 | 3.0 |
March 19, 2013
|
|||||||||||
|
1.65
|
920,000 | 3.1 | 920,000 | 3.1 |
May 8, 2013
|
|||||||||||
|
1.72
|
25,000 | 3.4 | 25,000 | 3.4 |
August 6, 2013
|
|||||||||||
|
0.71
|
975,977 | 3.9 | 741,983 | 3.9 |
February 9, 2014
|
|||||||||||
|
0.64
|
75,000 | 3.9 | 40,500 | 3.9 |
March 11, 2014
|
|||||||||||
|
0.90
|
1,113,625 | 4.4 | 356,489 | 4.4 |
September 2, 2014
|
|||||||||||
|
0.85
|
50,000 | 4.8 | 5,000 | 4.8 |
February 1, 2015
|
|||||||||||
|
0.81
|
748,537 | 4.9 | 74,856 | 4.9 |
March 5, 2015
|
|||||||||||
|
1.57
|
9,035,639 | 2.4 | 7,291,328 | 1.9 | ||||||||||||
|
2010
|
2009
|
|
|
Expected option life (years)
|
3.12 - 3.14
|
2.9
|
|
Expected volatility
|
81-82%
|
83%
|
|
Risk-free interest rate
|
1.7-1.9%
|
1.4%
|
|
Forfeiture rate
|
4.3%
|
4.6%
|
|
Expected dividend rate
|
0%
|
0%
|
|
10.
|
Segmented information
|
|
March 31, 2010
|
||||||||||||
|
United States
|
Canada
|
Total
|
||||||||||
| $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||
|
Bonding and other deposits
|
2,819,176 | - | 2,819,176 | |||||||||
|
Mineral properties
|
29,401,974 | 523,667 | 29,925,641 | |||||||||
|
Capital assets
|
2,788,466 | 2,021 | 2,790,487 | |||||||||
|
Investments
|
2,769,117 | - | 2,769,117 | |||||||||
|
December 31, 2009
|
||||||||||||
|
United States
|
Canada
|
Total
|
||||||||||
| $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||
|
Bonding and other deposits
|
2,920,835 | - | 2,920,835 | |||||||||
|
Mineral properties
|
29,209,629 | 523,667 | 29,733,296 | |||||||||
|
Capital assets
|
2,736,940 | 2,181 | 2,739,121 | |||||||||
|
Investments
|
2,769,117 | - | 2,769,117 | |||||||||
|
11.
|
Commitments
|