Bunker Hill Mining Corp. - Annual Report: 2013 (Form 10-K)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
[ X ] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2013
[] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ___________ to ______________
LIBERTY SILVER CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada | 333-150028 | 32-0196442 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification Number) | |
181 Bay Street, Suite 2330 Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5J 2T3 | |||
(Address of principal executive offices) | |||
Registrants telephone number, including area code: 888-749-4916 |
Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
None
Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:
None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act [] Yes [X ] No
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the [ ]Yes [X ] No
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. [X] Yes [ ] No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). [X] Yes [ ] No.
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrants knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [ ]
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). [ ] Yes [X ] No
State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of the last business day of the registrants most recently completed second fiscal quarter $31,765,918.
As of September 27, 2013, the Company had 83,991,945 shares issued and outstanding.
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PART I
ITEM 1.
BUSINESS
The Corporation
Liberty Silver Corp. (Liberty Silver, the Company, we, us, or the Registrant) was incorporated on February 20, 2007 under the laws of the state of Nevada under the name Lincoln Mining Corp. Pursuant to a Certificate of Amendment dated February 11, 2010, the Company changed its name to Liberty Silver Corp. The Companys registered office is located at 1802 N. Carson Street, Suite 212, Carson City Nevada 89701, and its head office is located at 181 Bay Street, Suite 2330, P.O. Box 848, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5J 2T3, and the telephone number is 888-749-4916.
Current Operations
Overview
We were incorporated for the purpose of engaging in mineral exploration activities, and on May 24, 2007, purchased the Zone Lode mining claim located in Elko County, Nevada, for a purchase price of $10,000. Our objective was to conduct mineral exploration activities on the Zone Lode claim to assess whether it contained economic reserves of copper, gold, silver, molybdenum or zinc. We were not able to determine whether this property contained reserves that were economically recoverable and as a result, ceased to explore this property. The Companys current business operations are focused on exploring and developing the Trinity Silver property located in Pershing County, Nevada (the Trinity Project).
The Company acquired its interest in the Trinity Project through an Exploration Earn-In Agreement (the Earn-In Agreement), discussed below in Item 2 - Properties. On March 29, 2010, the Company entered into the Earn-In Agreement relating to the Trinity Project with AuEx, Inc., a Nevada company providing the Company with a right to earn a 70% undivided interest in rights of AuEx, Inc. in the Trinity Project (the 70% Interest); as discussed below, the 70% Interest is subject to the rights and obligations of AuEx, Inc. and its successors and assigns under a Minerals Lease and Sublease between AuEx, Inc. and Newmont Mining USA Limited. AuEx, Inc. is beneficially owned by another Nevada company AuEx Ventures, Inc. AuEx, Inc. held an exclusive interest in the Trinity Project by way of a Minerals Lease and Sublease with Newmont Mining USA Limited, a Delaware corporation who owns or leases the various unpatented mining claims and portions of private land comprising the Trinity Project; the Minerals Lease and Sublease is discussed below. As part of a restructuring transaction by AuEx Ventures, Inc., another Nevada company Renaissance Gold Inc. (Renaissance) was spun out, and on July 1, 2010 AuEx, Inc. assigned all of its interest in the Trinity Project and the Earn-In Agreement to Renaissance, who currently holds a 100% leasehold interest in the Trinity Project pursuant to the Minerals Lease and Sublease. The Companys rights in the Trinity Project are derived from and based upon the rights of Renaissance through the Minerals Lease and Sublease. The Minerals Lease and Sublease grants to Newmont, a right of first offer on any transfer of AuEx, Inc.s interests in the Trinity Project to any non-affiliate of AuEx, Inc., and also gives Newmont a right to either enter into a joint venture agreement covering the Trinity Project and any other real property interests that AuEx, Inc. holds or acquires within the Trinity Project, or receive a royalty on all mineral production from such properties. Currently the rights to the Trinity Project are held 100% by Renaissance, pursuant to an assignment of such rights from AuEx, Inc. The Company entered into the Earn-In Agreement providing the Company with a right to earn a 70% undivided interest in rights of Renaissance in the Trinity Project.
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The Trinity Project consists of a total of approximately 10,020 acres, including 5,676 acres of fee land and 253 unpatented mining claims. Under the Earn-In Agreement, the Company may earn-in the 70% Interest in the Trinity Project during a 6-year period in consideration of (1) a signing payment of $25,000, which has been made, (2) an expenditure of a cumulative total of $5,000,000 in exploration and development expenses on the Trinity Project by March 29, 2016, including a minimum of $500,000 which must be expended within one year from the effective date of the Agreement, and (3) completion of a bankable feasibility study on the Trinity Project on or before the 7th anniversary date of the Agreement. Item (1) has been completed by the Company, and the Company has satisfied item (2), and will report its compliance as of March 29, 2013, which is the end of the third year from the inception of the Earn-in Agreement.
Our business operations are currently focused on efforts to explore the Trinity Project. The Company has not yet commenced development stage activities, but intends to engage in efforts to develop the Trinity Project in the future. The Company foresees future operations at the Trinity Project consisting of (i) an effort to expand the known mineralized material through drilling, (ii) permitting for operation, if deemed economically viable, (iii) metallurgical studies aimed at enhancing the recovery of the silver and by-product lead and zinc, and (iv) engineering design related to potential construction of a new mine. Exploration of the property will be conducted simultaneously with the mine development in order to locate additional mineralized materials.
Products
The Companys anticipated product will be precious and base metal-bearing concentrates and/or precious metal bullion produced from ores from mineral deposits which it hopes to discover and exploit through exploration and acquisition. The Company anticipates such products will be silver, lead and zinc.
Trinity Project Location
The Trinity Project is located along the west flank of the Trinity Range in Pershing County, Nevada, about 25 miles by road northwest of Lovelock, NV, the county seat. The Trinity Project consists of approximately 10,020 acres, which includes 253 unpatented lode mining claims and portions of nine sections of private land. The specific location of the Trinity Project is discussed in more detail the section entitled Properties herein.
Infrastructure
The Trinity Project is situated in western Nevada, a locale that is host to many metal mines, mining equipment companies, drilling companies, mining and metallurgical consulting expertise, and experienced mining personnel. Its location is accessible by all-weather road through an area of very sparse population. There is no infrastructure on the property. All buildings have been removed, all wells have been properly abandoned, and there is no equipment on site. The mine site has been totally reclaimed to the satisfaction of the State of Nevada. The need for power and water would be defined by a feasibility study and mine plan both of which are premature at this point in time.
Government Regulation and Approval
The following permits will be necessary to put the Trinity Project into production.
| Permit/notification | Agency |
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| - Mine registry | Nevada Division of Minerals |
| - Mine Opening notification | State Inspector of Mines |
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| - Solid Waste Landfill | Nevada Bureau of Waste Management |
| - Hazardous Waste Management Permit | Nevada Bureau of Waste Management |
| - General Storm Water Permit | Nevada Bureau of Pollution Control |
| - Hazardous material Permit | State Fire Marshal |
| - Fire and Life Safety | State Fire Marshal |
| - Explosives Permit | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms |
| - Notification of Commencement of Operations | Mine Safety and Health Administration |
| - Radio License | Federal Communications Commission |
All of the Company's drilling operations to date have been on private land and, as a result, have not been subject to U.S. Bureau of Land Management jurisdiction. On private land in Nevada, the Company's activities are regulated by The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection and the Nevada Bureau of Mining Regulation and Reclamation (NBMRR) and no permit is needed as long as the disturbance created is less than five acres. Our total disturbance to date has been less than four acres, much of which has already been reclaimed, and as a result, we have not yet applied for a NBMRR permit. However, as a matter of courtesy, we have provided written correspondence to NBMRR to advise them of our activities.
Environmental Regulations
Our current exploration activities and any future mining operations (of which we currently have none planned), are subject to extensive laws and regulations governing the protection of the environment, waste disposal, worker safety, mine construction, and protection of endangered and protected species. We have made, and expect to make in the future, significant expenditures to comply with such laws and regulations. Future changes in applicable laws, regulations and permits or changes in their enforcement or regulatory interpretation could have an adverse impact on our financial condition or results of operations. In the event that we make a mineral discovery and decide to proceed to production, the costs and delays associated with compliance with these laws and regulations could stop us from proceeding with a project or the operation or further improvement of a mine or increase the costs of improvement or production.
We anticipate that the following environmental permits will be necessary for our anticipated operations:
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Permit for Reclamation
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Water Pollution Control Permit
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Air Quality Operating Permit
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Industrial Artificial pond permit
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Water Rights
The Company anticipates that, subject to the availability of funds or financing, it will begin soliciting bids for the programs necessary to obtain these permits during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014. The cost, timing, and work schedules are not yet available.
Competition
We compete with other mining and exploration companies in connection with the acquisition of mining claims and leases on silver and other precious metals prospects and in connection with the recruitment and retention of qualified employees. Many of these companies are much larger than we are, have greater financial resources and have been in the mining business much longer than we have. As such, these competitors may be in a better position through size, finances and experience to acquire suitable exploration properties. We may not be able to compete against these companies in acquiring new properties and/or qualified people to work on our current Trinity Project, or any other properties we may acquire in the future.
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Given the size of the world market for precious metals such as silver and gold relative to the number of individual producers and consumers, we believe that no single company has sufficient market influence to significantly affect the price or supply of precious metals such as silver and gold in the world market.
Employees
The Company currently has six full-time employees, R. Geoffrey Browne, the President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Board, Manish Z. Kshatriya, the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, William Tafuri, the Project Manager for the Trinity Project, H. Richard Klatt, the Vice President of Exploration, and two additional employees.
Reports to Security Holders
The Company files reports with the SEC under section 15d of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The reports will be filed electronically. You may read copies of any materials filed with the SEC at the SEC's Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains an Internet site that will contain copies of the reports that are filed electronically. The address for the SEC Internet site is http://www.sec.gov.
ITEM 1A.
RISK FACTORS
Not Applicable.
ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
Not Applicable.
ITEM 2.
PROPERTIES.
Office Space
The Company has a lease agreement for office space at 181 Bay Street, Suite 2330, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5J 2T3. The telephone number is: 647-749-4916. The monthly base rent is CDN $4,007 (approximately US $4,000). The term of the lease is for fifty-four months and terminates on April 28, 2016.
The Company has a lease agreement for a field office at 808 Packer Way, Sparks, NV 89431. The phone number there is: 775-352-9375. The monthly base rent is USD $ 2,477.25 plus Common Area Reimbursement of USD $ 370 and Property Tax of USD $250. The term of the lease is for twenty-four months and terminates on January 31, 2015.
Trinity Project
Trinity Project Location
The Trinity Project is situated approximately 25 road miles north-northwest of Lovelock, Nevada, in Pershing County, Nevada, on the northwest flank of the Trinity Range, in the Trinity mining district. The latitude-longitude coordinates of the mine site are 40o 23 47 N, 118o 36 38 W. The JV area is situated in sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, and 17, Township 29 North, Range 30 East, MDB&M and sections 26-28, 33, 34, and 35, Township 30 North, Range 30 East, MDB&M.
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The Trinity Project includes located public and leased/subleased fee land consisting of the following 253 unpatented mining claims and tracts of fee land:
(1)
248 unpatented lode mining claims consisting of: The Seka 1-6, 8-16, 61-64, 73-76, 95-112 claims, the TS 1-18 claims, and the XXX claims located in secs. 4, 10, 16 and 21 in T29N, R30E. The Elm 1-183 in secs. 2, 4, 10, 16 T29N, R30E and secs. 26 28, 34, and 35 in T30N, R30E. The claims are located on public land open to mineral entry, currently valid, and subject to Bureau of land management regulations. The total area covered is approximately 5,120 acres.
(2)
Hi Ho Silver 3, 5, 9, 10, and 11 unpatented lode mining claims located in sec. 10, T29N, R30E MDB&M covering approx. 100 acres.
(3)
Approximately 4,480 acres of fee land leased by Newmont Mining Corp. from Southern Pacific Land Co., and its successors, and from Santa Fe Pacific Minerals Corporation, and its successors located in sections 3, 5, 11, and 17, Township 29 North, Range 30 East, and sections 27, 33, and 35, Township 30 North, Range 30 East MDB&M.
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Approximately 1,280 acres of fee land owned by Newmont Mining Corp. located in sections 9 and 15, Township 29 North, Range 30 East, MDB&M.
The Companys joint venture area of interest is currently sections 2-5, 8-11, 15-17, and 21 Township 29 North, Range 30 East, MDB&M, and sections, 26-28, 33-35, Township 30 North, Range 30 East, MDB&M. The Companys rights, which apply to all of the above properties include exploration, development, and production of valuable minerals except geothermal, hydrocarbons, and sand/gravel, and also include the authority to apply for all necessary permits, licenses and other approvals from the United States of America, the State of Nevada or any other governmental or other entity having regulatory authority over any part of the Trinity Project.
Each claim filed with the BLM has an associated maintenance fee of $140 per year for each assessment year (which runs from September 1 through August 31). This fee must be paid by midnight on August 31 of each year to maintain the claim's validity for the succeeding assessment year. The fees for the claims comprising the Trinity Project are paid by Renaissance in accordance with the Lease they hold with Newmont. The Company reimburses Renaissance for this expenditure. All of the fees have been paid to the BLM for the 2012-2013 assessment year and all filings are current. The Company has an obligation to reimburse Renaissance for such fees paid to the BLM. We have 253 claims which, based upon current maintenance fees, costs $35,420 per assessment year to maintain.
To protect and verify our claims and interests in the Trinity Project, we have completed examinations of legal title to the property making up the Trinity Project, which we have deemed to be satisfactory. In addition, a Memorandum of Exploration Earn-In Agreement, effective March 29, 2010, has been recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Pershing County, Nevada.
Location and Access
The following maps identify the location and access of the Trinity Project located in Pershing County Nevada:
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Trinity Project Agreements
The Company acquired its interest in the Trinity Project through an Exploration Earn-In Agreement, discussed below. On March 29, 2010, the Company entered into the Earn-In Agreement relating to the Trinity Project with AuEx, Inc., a Nevada company beneficially owned by another Nevada company AuEx Ventures, Inc. AuEx, Inc. held an exclusive interest in the Trinity Project by way of a Minerals Lease and Sublease with Newmont Mining USA Limited, a Delaware corporation who owns or leases the various unpatented mining claims and portions of private land comprising the Trinity Project; the Minerals Lease and Sublease is discussed below. As part of a restructuring transaction by AuEx Ventures, Inc., another Nevada company Renaissance Exploration Inc. (Renaissance) was spun out, and on July 1, 2010, pursuant to a letter agreement by and between AuEx, Inc., Renaissance Exploration, Inc., and Liberty Silver Corp., AuEx, Inc. assigned all of its rights in the Exploration Earn-In Agreement to Renaissance, which currently holds a 100% leasehold interest in the Trinity Project pursuant to the Minerals Lease and Sublease. Pursuant to the letter agreement, all parties consented to the assignment, and as a result, the Companys rights in the Trinity Project under the Earn-In Agreement are enforceable against Renaissance Exploration, Inc., and are derived from and based upon the rights of Renaissance under the Minerals Lease and Sublease; a copy of the Letter Agreement effective July 1, 2010 was filed as Exhibit 10.18 to the Companys S-1 filed on January 24, 2013. Additionally, a Memorandum of Exploration Earn-In effective March 29, 2010, has been recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Pershing County, Nevada.
Lease and Sublease Agreement
Renaissances rights in the Trinity Project are derived through a Minerals Lease and Sublease dated July 29, 2005 (the Lease) by and between Newmont Mining USA Limited, a Delaware corporation (Newmont) and AuEx, Inc., a Nevada corporation.
Consideration
The Lease was granted to Renaissance for the following consideration:
a)
Renaissance agreed to pay Newmont a claim fee reimbursement of $10,955 concurrently with the execution of the Lease (this amount was paid);
b)
Renaissance is required to expend a total of $2,000,000 in ascertaining the existence, location, quantity, quality or commercial value of a deposit of minerals within the Trinity Project on or before the seventh anniversary of the Lease;
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Prior to the commencement of any commercial production, Renaissance shall supply Newmont with a feasibility study with respect to the Trinity Project.
We believe that Renaissance has complied with, and is current in, all of its requirements under the Lease. We monitor its compliance with annual federal and state requirements for maintenance of mining claims in good standing by obtaining and reviewing copies of all its annual filings relating to the claims comprising the Trinity Project. For purposes of monitoring compliance by Renaissance with its the semi-annual reporting obligations under the Lease, we provide semi-annual reports to Renaissance regarding our activities, operations and expenditures on the property to assist Renaissance in meeting its obligations to Newmont. Our CEO has established a regular line of communication with Newmont executives regarding the Trinity Property, and Newmont has identified no non-compliance issues.
Joint Venture / Royalty
The Lease gives Newmont a right to either enter into a joint venture with Renaissance covering the Trinity
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Project and any other real property interests that Renaissance holds or acquires within the Trinity Project, or receive a royalty on all mineral production from such properties.
Joint Venture: The Lease contemplates the following schedule with respect to Newmonts rights to enter into a joint venture with Renaissance:
a)
Before Renaissance spends $5 million and provides a feasibility study, Newmont can elect at any time to enter into a joint venture in which event Newmont would be required to pay all future joint venture expenses up to 250% of the expenditures made by Renaissance as of the date of Newmonts election to enter into the joint venture.
b)
Upon Renaissance spending $5 million, but before the feasibility study, Renaissance shall deliver written notice to Newmont containing a summary of the expenditures made by Renaissance on the Trinity Project. Newmont may thereafter elect to enter into a joint venture by notifying Renaissance in writing of such election within 60 days of Newmonts receipt of Renaissances initial notice. Under the joint venture, Newmont would be required to pay all future joint venture expenses up to 250% of the expenditures made by Renaissance as of the date of Newmonts election to enter into the joint venture.
c)
After Renaissance spending $5 million, but before the feasibility study, at any time after the expiration of the 60 day period identified in section b above, Newmont can elect to enter into a joint venture in which event Newmont would be required to pay Renaissance 50% of the expenditures made in the Trinity Project up to the date of Newmonts election to participate in a joint venture, and all future joint venture expenses up to 200% of such expenditures.
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At any time within 60 days after Renaissances delivery of feasibility study, Newmont can elect to enter into a joint venture at which time Newmont would be required to pay Renaissance 200% of expenditures made by Renaissance as of the date of Newmonts election to enter into the joint venture. Additionally, Renaissance can elect to have Newmont finance Renaissances share of the joint venture expenses until the Trinity Project is put into commercial production. Following the commencement of commercial production, Newmont shall be entitled to recover such paid expenses with interest at the London Interbank Offering Rate. If Newmont fails to elect to participate in the Joint Venture within 60 days following the delivery of the feasibility study, Newmonts right to participate in a joint venture shall terminate.
Should Newmont elect to participate in a joint venture with Renaissance, pursuant to the Lease and its payment terms, Newmont will serve as the manager of the joint venture and own 51% of the joint venture with an option to acquire an additional 14% for additional payments to Renaissance (for a total participating interest of 65%). Pursuant to the Earn-In Agreement, we are entitled to 70% interest in the Trinity Project subject only to the Newmont interest. Accordingly, if Newmont exercised all of its joint venture options under the Lease, we would own a 35% interest in the Trinity Project.
Royalty: In the event Newmont does not elect to participate in a joint venture, then Newmont shall have the right to receive a royalty on all mineral production from the Trinity Project. Pursuant to the Lease, if Newmont elects to not participate in the joint venture, then Renaissance shall pay to Newmont $1 million and the Lease shall terminate and Newmont shall transfer title to all property comprising the Trinity Project to Renaissance, and thereafter receive a royalty payment of up to 5% of the net smelter returns generated from the properties comprising the Trinity Project.
Buyout Option
The Lease provides Renaissance with a buyout option pursuant to which Renaissance holds the right to purchase Newmonts rights in the Trinity Project through the payment of $1 million to Newmont. In the event Renaissance elects the buyout option, Newmont would transfer title to the Trinity Project to
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Renaissance through quitclaim deed while retaining certain rights in the Trinity Project; such rights may include some form of joint venture or a royalty interest.
Ownership Interest Earn-In Agreement
As noted above, the rights to the Trinity Project are held 100% by Renaissance, pursuant to an assignment of such rights from AuEx, Inc. The Company entered into the Earn-In Agreement providing the Company with a right to earn a 70% undivided interest in rights of Renaissance in the Trinity Project (the 70% Interest), as set out below. The following is intended to be a summary of the material terms of the Earn-In Agreement, and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety, by the full text of the Earn-In Agreement
Consideration
The exclusive right to acquire the 70% Interest in the Trinity Project was granted to the Company for the following consideration:
a)
The Company agreed to pay $25,000 upon execution of the Earn-In Agreement (this amount was paid);
b)
In order to obtain the 70% Interest in the Trinity Project, the Company is required to (i) produce a bankable feasibility study by March 29, 2017 and (ii) to expend a minimum of $5,000,000 in exploration on the Trinity Project as follows: $500,000 in the first year; $1,000,000 in the second year; $1,000,000 in the third year; $1,000,000 in the fourth year; $1,000,000 in the fifth year; and $500,000 in the sixth year.
Any excess expenditure in any year shall be carried forward and applied to the subsequent years expenditure requirement, and the Company may accelerate the expenditures at its discretion. If the Company elects not to meet the minimum expenditure obligation during any year but wishes to maintain the Earn-In Agreement in full force and effect, or if it is subsequently determined that the minimum amount was not expended in any given year, the Company shall pay the amount of any deficiency to Renaissance.
In the event the Company does not meet its minimum expenditure obligation in any year, it is obligated under the terms of the Earn-In Agreement to pay the amount of any deficiency to Renaissance Exploration, Inc. During each of the first three years, the Company has exceeded its minimum expenditure obligation and has not been obligated to pay any amounts to Renaissance. The Company had an excess of approximately $133,000 in expenditures over the minimum requirement in the first year, an excess of approximately $162,000 in expenditures over the minimum requirement in the second year, and an excess of approximately $2,856,430 in the third year. The Company has satisfied its entire $5,000,000 expenditure commitment by the end of the third year, when it had incurred a total of approximately $5,652,397. As a result, the Company will not be obligated to pay any deficiency amounts to Renaissance for any future years.
Work Program
The Company shall be the operator and shall have full control over the content of work programs and annual expenditure amounts during the earn-in period, including having the authority to apply for all necessary permits, licenses and other approvals from the U.S., the State of Nevada or any other governmental or other entity having regulatory authority over any part of the Trinity Project.
Joint Venture
Upon the Company having acquired the 70% Interest in the Trinity Project by satisfying the minimum
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expenditure amounts and producing a bankable feasibility study, the Company and Renaissance shall enter into a formal joint venture agreement, and the Company will be the operator of the joint venture.
At such time as the Company earns the 70% Interest in the Trinity Project, the parties will thereafter participate in expenditures on the Trinity Project in accordance with their respective interests therein, or have their interest diluted in accordance with a straight-line dilution formula, as set forth in the joint venture agreement.
If through dilution the interest of a party is reduced to less than 10%, then that partys participating interest shall automatically be converted to a 3% net smelter returns royalty interest. Should third party claims be acquired with royalties within the area of interest, the 3% royalty described above would be reduced by the amount of such royalty but not below 1%. This reduction does not apply to the royalty described under the heading Royalty upon Termination of Interest below.
Royalty upon Termination of Interest
If the Company elects to terminate its right to earn an interest in the Trinity Project prior to completing a bankable feasibility study by March 29, 2017, but has expended at least $3,000,000, the Company shall be entitled to a 4% net smelter returns royalty capped at twice its expenditure on the Trinity Project.
Termination
The Company may in its sole discretion terminate the Earn-In Agreement at any time by giving not less than 30 days prior written notice to that effect to Renaissance. Upon expiry of the 30-day notice period, the Earn-In Agreement will be of no further force and effect. Upon such termination, the Company shall have no further obligation to incur expenses on or for the benefit of the Trinity Project and shall have no further obligations or liabilities to Renaissance under the Earn-In Agreement or with respect to the Trinity Project (including without limitation liability for lost profits or consequential damages as a result of an election by the Company to terminate the agreement), other than (a) as set forth below, and (b) to reclaim (in accordance with applicable law) any disturbances of the Trinity Project made by the Company.
At any time the Company may, at its option, terminate its interest in some but less than all of the claims comprising the Trinity Project by written notice to Renaissance, provided that if such notice (or notice of termination of the Earn-In Agreement in its entirety) is received by Renaissance after June 30th of any year, the Company shall remain obligated to pay the claim maintenance fees (and make all filings and recordings required in connection therewith) for those claims to which such termination applies for the upcoming assessment year. To the extent the Company terminates its interest in some but less than all of the claims, the Earn-In Agreement shall remain in full force and effect with respect to the remaining claims.
In the event the Company is in default in the observance or performance of any of the Companys covenants, agreements or obligations under the Earn-In Agreement, Renaissance may give written notice of such alleged default specifying the details of same. The Company shall have 30 days following receipt of said notice within which to remedy any such default described therein, or to diligently commence action in good faith to remedy such default. If the Company does not cure or diligently commence to cure such default by the end of the applicable 30-day period, then Renaissance shall have the right to terminate the Earn-In Agreement by providing 30 days advance written notice to the Company.
Confidentiality
All data and information coming into possession of Renaissance or the Company by virtue of the Earn-In Agreement with respect to the business or operations of the other party, or the Trinity Project generally,
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shall be kept confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person not a party thereto without the prior written consent of the other party, except: (a) as required by law, rule, regulation or policy of any stock exchange or securities commission having jurisdiction over a party; (b) as may be required by a party in the prosecution or defense of a lawsuit or other legal or administrative proceedings; (c) as required by a financial institution in connection with a request for financing relating to development or mining activities; or (d) as may be required in connection with a proposed conveyance to a third party of an interest in the Trinity Project or the Earn-In Agreement, provided such third party agrees in writing in a manner enforceable by the other party to abide by all of the applicable confidentiality provisions of the Earn-In Agreement with respect to such data and information.
To the extent either party intends to disclose data or information via press release or other similar format as may be required, the disclosing party shall provide the other party with not less than five business days notice of the text of the proposed disclosure, and the other party shall have the right to comment on the same.
Deed With Reservation of Royalty Hi Ho Silver Claims.
On October 15, 2012, the Company entered into and closed a Purchase Agreement (the Purchase Agreement) with Primus Resources, L.C. and James A. Freeman (collectively Seller) to acquire unpatented mining claims, Nevada BLM Serial No. 799907, 799908, 799909, 799910, and 799911 covering approximately 100 acres of property located adjacent to the former Trinity Silver mine on the Companys Trinity Project (the Hi Ho Properties). The Hi Ho Properties were previously the only acreage not controlled by the Company or its joint venture partner Renaissance Exploration Inc. in the Trinity Project. Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company provided cash consideration of US$250,000 and issued 2,583,333 restricted shares of common stock of the Company to Seller. In addition the Seller was granted a 2% net smelter royalty on future production from the Hi Ho Properties pursuant to the terms of a Deed With Reservation of Royalty Hi Ho Silver Claims.
In conjunction with the entry into the Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the Registration Rights Agreement) with Seller, pursuant to which the Company agreed to file a registration statement on Form S-1 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, within thirty (30) days of the closing, which registers the common stock issued to the Seller pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement the Company was required to pay Seller additional consideration as follows:
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if this registration statement is declared effective by the United States Securities Exchange Commission by March 1, 2013, Liberty Silver will issue an additional 277,778 Liberty Silver common shares to Primus, thereby increasing the total aggregate number of shares issued to 2,861,111 shares; or
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if this registration statement is not declared effective by the United States Securities Exchange Commission by March 1, 2013, Liberty Silver will pay Primus US$200,000. As well, if the five-day weighted average trading price of Liberty Silvers common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange as of March 1, 2013 (the Market Price) exceeds US$0.72 per share, Liberty Silver will issue an additional number of Liberty Silver common shares to Primus equal to (a) 277,778 less (b) US$200,000 divided by the Market Price.
The registration statement was declared effective by the United States Securities Exchange Commission on March 1, 2013 and as a result, the Company issued an additional 277,778 Liberty Silver common shares to Primus, thereby increasing the total aggregate number of shares issued to 2,861,111 shares.
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Trinity Project Technical Report
In the process of compiling and synthesizing information on the Trinity Project, on February 15, 2011, the Company completed an independently verified mineralized materials estimate on the Trinity Project (the Trinity Project Technical Report); the report was publicly released by the Company on March 2, 2011. The Technical Report for the Trinity mine project was prepared in accordance with the Canadian Securities Administrators National Instrument 43-101 (NI 43-101) by Mine Development Associates of Reno, Nevada, and has been reviewed by the Toronto Stock Exchange. The Trinity Project Technical Report may be viewed on the Companys website at www.libertysilvercorp.com, and also on www.SEDAR.com, where it has been filed. Mineralized materials defined in the Trinity Project Technical Report are not recognized by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Mining history
The following disclosure regarding the mining history of the Trinity Project has been derived from information contained in the Trinity Project Technical Report.
The Trinity Project lies in the Trinity mining district, which had limited production of silver, lead, zinc, and gold from 1864 through 1942, primarily from the east side of the Trinity Range. In the vicinity of the Trinity project, which is located on the west side of the range, there was historic prospecting with unrecorded but presumed minor silver production.
Minor exploration activity took place in the vicinity of the Trinity project in the 1950s, and in the 1960s Phelps Dodge Corporation completed trenching, IP surveying, and limited drilling in the area.
U. S. Borax and Chemical Corp. (Borax) became interested in what is now the Trinity project in 1982 on the basis of reconnaissance geochemical sampling that indicated the presence of anomalous lead and silver in the Willow Canyon area. By 1984, Borax had acquired a property position and had entered into a joint venture with Southern Pacific Land Company (later Santa Fe Pacific Mining, Inc. (SFPM) and still later Newmont Mining Corp. (Newmont)), in which Borax was the operator. From 1982 to 1986, Borax and its joint-venture partner explored the property and developed the Trinity mine. Borax operated the open pit heap-leaching mine, through a mining contractor, on behalf of the joint venture from September 3, 1987 to August 29, 1988, with leaching continuing into 1989. During this period, the mine produced about five and a half million ounces of silver from about 1.1 million tons of oxidized ore grading approximately six and a half ounces of silver per ton. Borax drilled and conducted extensive metallurgical testing on the sulfide mineralization, but metal prices at the time were too low to support mining of this material.
In 1984-1985, 1987-1989, and 1990, SFPM conducted exploration and drilling on their property in the vicinity of the joint-venture lands. In 1991, SFPM acquired sole interest in the joint-venture lands, including Boraxs claims, and conducted further exploration through 1992. SFPMs 1990-1992 exploration work concentrated on down-dip and lateral extensions of mineralization underlying the oxide pit and the sulfide mineralization, as well as extensions of mineralization outside the immediate mine area.
There was no exploration on the Trinity property from 1993 to 2005. In August 2005, Renaissance leased the property from Newmont, who had acquired SFPMs Nevada holdings. Under an earn-in agreement with Piedmont Mining Company, Renaissance explored the property from September 2005 through July 2009, including limited drilling in 2006 and 2007 that encountered high-grade silver values below and adjacent to the open pit.
Liberty Silver entered into an earn-in agreement with Renaissance in March, 2010. To date, Liberty Silver
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has conducted extensive data compilation and has completed geophysical surveys consisting of a magnetotelluric survey, a gravity survey, and an induced polarization survey over portions of the project. The company has also drilled approximately 20,000 ft of reverse circulation rotary drilling consisting of 20 holes 18 of which were drilled in the vicinity of the Trinity mine. The database of technical data for the property, developed since 1982, includes the results of soil and rock surveys, geophysical surveys, geologic mapping, lithology logging and multi-element analyses for about 400 drill holes, and metallurgical work, as well as data derived from the previous production of heap-leach silver. The Magnetotelluric Survey was initiated in June of 2010 and completed in August of 2010. The Gravity survey was initiated in February of 2012 completed in March of 2012. The Induced Polarization Survey was initiated in April of 2012 completed in May of 2012. The drill program was started in January of 2012 and completed in April of 2012.
Work Completed by Company & Plan of Operation
As of the date of this Form 10-K , the Company has completed the following items: (a) a magnetotelluric geophysical survey has been completed; (b) the drill hole database has been digitized; (c) a mineralized material estimate for the original deposit identified in the Earn-In Agreement; in addition, environmental and permitting work has begun, and all of the past geologic data has been compiled.
Past exploration activities consisted of a magnetotelluric survey that was completed in August of 2010, a gravity survey that was completed in March of 2012, an induced polarization survey that was completed in May of 2012 and a drill program that was started in January of 2012 and completed in April of 2012, consisting of 20 reverse circulation holes comprising 22,565 ft of drill hole. The Magnetotelluric Survey was initiated in June of 2010 and completed in August of 2010. The Gravity survey was initiated in February of 2012 completed in March of 2012. The Induced Polarization Survey was initiated in April of 2012 completed in May of 2012. The drill program was started in January of 2012 and completed in April of 2012.
We estimate that during our fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, we incurred approximately $554,145 in exploration expenses, and that during our fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, we incurred approximately $1,667,497 in exploration expenses, and that during our fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, we incurred approximately $3,234,201 in exploration expenses. These amounts include both direct exploration costs as well as various indirect costs related to exploration and the costs of acquiring mineral properties, which under the terms of the Earn-In Agreement, are included in the calculations for purposes of determining whether we have met our minimum annual expenditure commitment.
It is anticipated that additional exploration work will be needed during 2014, although specific plans for this additional work have not yet been finalized. It is currently anticipated that the additional exploration work to be completed will include additional drilling to upgrade our level of confidence in the mineralization and to expand the mineralized area, as well as drilling to collect metallurgical samples. The estimated budget for this additional drilling is approximately $1,500,000. Metallurgical testing, which is budgeted to cost approximately $300,000, is expected to be undertaken for the purpose of defining the estimated silver recovery of the mineralized rock. Engineering design work, budgeted at approximately $500,000, is expected to be undertaken for the purpose of studying the feasibility of developing a mine, and as soon as design work is completed, permitting will need to start. The budget for permitting work is expected to be approximately $100,000. No further geophysical work is currently planned.
Geology and Mineralization of Trinity Project
The following disclosure regarding the Geology and Mineralization of the Trinity Project has been derived from information contained in the Trinity Project Technical Report.
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The Trinity Project lies on the western flank of the Trinity Range, one of the generally north-trending ranges formed during Tertiary extension of the Basin and Range Province.
Within the Trinity Range, the basement rocks are comprised of the Middle Triassic to Early Jurassic near-shore deltaic deposits of the Auld Lang Syne Group, which are represented by phyllite, argillite, quartzite, and dirty limestone at the Trinity Project. The best-represented pre-Cenozoic deformation in this portion of the Trinity Range is the Jurassic and Cretaceous Nevadan Orogeny, which resulted in low-grade regional metamorphism, variably directed folding, and thrust faulting. A Cretaceous intrusive episode culminated the Nevadan Orogeny and is exemplified by a Cretaceous granodiorite stock just northeast of the Trinity project.
Tertiary volcanic and sedimentary rocks and Quaternary sediments are abundant in the Trinity project area. There is a thin Tertiary rhyolite sequence along the central north-south axis of the property that includes the mineralized material area. These volcanic rocks overlie the Mesozoic phyllite and argillite, exposed to the east, but are separated by an argillite breccia that is closely associated with faulting. The rhyolite includes interbedded rhyolitic flows, welded tuffs, air-fall tuffs, epiclastic tuffs, and lacustrine deposits. Several rhyolite domes, dikes, and sills have also been identified on the property, some of which may be related to mineralization. Early Tertiary north- to northwest-trending faults are present in the Trinity project area, as are younger north- to northeast-trending normal faults. Late Tertiary and/or Quaternary bench and channel gravel deposits and Quaternary alluvium and outwash unconformably overly the rhyolites and cover the western part of the property.
Rhyolite porphyry, aphanitic rhyolite, and volcaniclastic rocks are the principal host rocks for mineralization in the Trinity mine area. Silicification and quartz-adularia-sericite alteration are associated with the mineralization. Tertiary rhyolitic tuffs and flows were extensively altered and form a halo extending 1.6 miles beyond the main mineralized area. This alteration affected the Auld Lang Syne Group only locally along faults and breccia zones.
Mineralization at the Trinity Project is controlled by a northeast-trending zone of normal faults. Silver, lead, and zinc mineralization occurs in fractures and bedding planes in Tertiary rhyolite in the hanging-wall block of the fault zone. Although mineralization continues downward into the underlying Triassic rocks, it is more tightly constrained to fractures that host higher-grade vein mineralization. The original Trinity silver deposit can generally be divided into two parts: a sulfide zone below the current pit and to the northeast, and an overlying oxide zone. Boraxs mining in the late 1980s focused on a portion of the oxide zone.
Mineralization occurs as oxidized and unoxidized sulfides in veinlets, as fracture-controlled mineralization, and as disseminations within the host rocks, including breccia matrix. Sulfide mineralization consists mainly of pyrite, sphalerite, galena, marcasite, and minor arsenopyrite with various silver minerals, including tetrahedrite-freibergite, pyrargyrite, minor argentite, and rare native silver, with traces of gold, pyrrhotite, stannite, and chalcopyrite. Low-grade lead and zinc have the potential to add value as byproducts.
Index of Geologic Terms
TERM | DEFINITION |
Adularia | A variety of transparent or translucent orthoclase. |
Air-fall tuffs | Ash exploded out of a volcano, which falls through the air and settles in beds, called tuffs when consolidated. |
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Alluvium | Loose, unconsolidated (not cemented together into a solid rock) soil or sediments |
Aphanitic | Igneous rock in which the grain or crystalline structure is too fine to be seen by the unaided eye |
Argillite | A fine-grained sedimentary rock composed predominantly of indurated muds and oozes. |
Argillization | The replacement or alteration of feldspars to form clay minerals. |
Arsenopyrite | The most prevalent mineral containing the element arsenic. |
Breccia | A rock composed of broken fragments of minerals or rock cemented together by a fine-grained matrix, which can be either similar to or different from the composition of the fragments. |
Cenozoic | The current and most recent geological era and covers the period from 65.5 million years ago to the present |
Chalcopyrite | A major ore mineral containing copper, iron, and sulfur. |
Cretaceous | A geologic period from 145 to 65 million years ago. |
Deltaic | Pertaining to, or like a delta. |
Dikes | A type of sheet intrusion referring to any geologic body that cuts discordantly across rock structures. |
Domes | A roughly circular mound-shaped protrusion resulting from the slow extrusion of viscous lava from a volcano. |
Epiclastic | Formed at the surface of the earth by consolidation of fragments of preexisting rocks. |
Freibergite | A complex sulfosalt mineral of silver, copper, iron, antimony, arsenic, and sulfur. |
Galena | The natural mineral form of lead sulfide. |
Grandiorite | A visibly crystalline plutonic rock composed chiefly of sodic plagioclase, alkali feldspar, quartz, and subordinate dark-colored minerals. |
Hydrothermal | Relating to or produced by hot water, especially water heated underground by the Earth's internal heat. |
Jurassic | The geologic period that extends from about 200 to 145 million years ago. |
Lacustrine | Of or relating to lakes. |
Metal Sulfides | A group of minerals containing both metals and sulfur. |
Mesozoic | A geologic era that extends from 251 to 65 million years ago |
Mineral | A mineral is a naturally occurring solid chemical substance having characteristic chemical composition, highly ordered atomic structure, and specific |
Mineralization | The act or process of mineralizing. |
Miocene | A geological epoch that extends from about 23.8 to 5.3 million years ago. |
Nevadan Orogeny | A major mountain building event that took place along the western edge of ancient North America between the mid to late Jurassic. |
Ore | Mineralized material that can be mined and processed at a positive cash flow. |
Orthoclase | A variety of feldspar, essentially potassium aluminum silicate, which forms igneous rock. |
Oxidized | A process whereby the sulfur in a mineral has been removed and replaced by oxygen. |
Phyllite, | A type of foliated metamorphic rock primarily composed of quartz, muscovite mica, and chlorite |
Pliocene | The geologic epoch that extends from about 5.3 million to 1.8 million years ago. |
Porphyry | A variety of igneous rock consisting of large-grained crystals suspended in a fine grained matrix |
Pyrargyrite | A sulfosalt mineral consisting of silver, arsenic, and sulfur. |
Pyrite | A very common sulfide mineral consisting of iron and sulfur found in a wide variety of geological occurrences. Commonly known as Fools Gold |
Pyrrhotite | An unusual iron sulfide mineral with a variable iron content. |
Quartzite | A hard metamorphic rock which was originally sandstone |
Rhyolite | A fine-grained volcanic rock, similar to granite in composition |
Sercitization | A hydrothermal or metamorphic process involving the introduction of, alteration to, or replacement by white, fine-grained potassium mica. |
Silicification | A hydrothermal or metamorphic process involving the introduction of, alteration to, or replacement by silica. |
Sills | A tabular sheet intrusion that has intruded between older layers of sedimentary rock, beds of volcanic lava or tuff. |
Sphalerite | A mineral containing zinc and sulfur. |
Stannite | A mineral containing copper, iron, tin, and sulfur. |
Sulfides | Sulfide minerals are a class of minerals containing sulfur with sulfide (S2−) as the major anion. |
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Tetrahedrite | A sulfosalt mineral containing copper, antimony, and sulfur. |
Triassic | A geologic period that extends from about 251 to 200 million years ago. |
Volcanic | A rock formed from magma erupted from a volcano. |
Volcaniclastic | Volcanic material which been transported and reworked through mechanical action, such as by wind or water. |
Welded tuffs | Rock composed of compacted volcanic ejected materials. |
Subsequent Event
On September 16, 2013, the Company announced that it had become aware that the Company and its Chief Executive Officer have been named as defendants in a proposed class action lawsuit filed against Robert Genovese, certain individuals alleged to have collaborated with Mr. Genovese, and an offshore investment firm allegedly controlled by Mr. Genovese. The action contains various claims alleging violations of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and rules thereunder relating to anomalous trading activity and fluctuations in the Companys share price from August through October 2012. The plaintiff purports to bring suit on behalf of all who purchased or otherwise acquired the Companys common shares from April 1, 2008, through and including October 5, 2012.
The complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
The Companys registered agent in the State of Nevada was served with the complaint on September 18, 2013. As of the date of filing of this Form 10-K, the Companys Chief Executive Officer had not been served with the complaint.
The Company and its Chief Executive Officer intend to fully investigate the complaint and will undertake a vigorous defense.
ITEM 3.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
On September 16, 2013, the Company announced that it had become aware that the Company and its Chief Executive Officer have been named as defendants in a proposed class action lawsuit filed against Robert Genovese, certain individuals alleged to have collaborated with Mr. Genovese, and an offshore investment firm allegedly controlled by Mr. Genovese. The action contains various claims alleging violations of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and rules thereunder relating to anomalous trading activity and fluctuations in the Companys share price from August through October 2012. The plaintiff purports to bring suit on behalf of all who purchased or otherwise acquired the Companys common shares from April 1, 2008, through and including October 5, 2012.
The complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
The Companys registered agent in the State of Nevada was served with the complaint on September 18, 2013. As of the date of filing of this Form 10-K, the Companys Chief Executive Officer had not been served with the complaint.
The Company and its Chief Executive Officer intend to fully investigate the complaint and will undertake a vigorous defense.
Neither the Company nor its property is the subject of any other pending legal proceedings, and no other
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such proceeding is known to be contemplated by any governmental authority. The Company is not aware of any other legal proceedings in which any director, officer or affiliate of the Company, any owner of record or beneficially of more than 5% of any class of our voting securities, or any associate of any such director, officer, affiliate or security holder of the Company, is a party adverse to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or has a material interest adverse to the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
ITEM 4.
MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.
The recently enacted Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Act) requires the operators of mines to include in each periodic report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission certain specified disclosures regarding the Companys history of mine safety. The Company is currently in the exploration phase and does not operate mines at any of its properties, and as such is not subject to disclosure requirements regarding mine safety that were imposed by the Act.
PART II
ITEM 5.
MARKET FOR REGISTRANTS COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.
Our common stock is quoted on the on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the Symbol LSL and on occasion trades by appointment on the Grey Market under the Symbol "LBSV". Prior to October 15, 2012, the Companys shares traded on the OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB).
On October 5, 2012, Liberty Silver was named in an Order of Suspension of Trading (the "Order") from the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Pursuant to the Order, trading in the Company's securities was suspended from October 5, 2012 through October 18, 2012. Furthermore, effective October 11, 2012, the Company had its stock quotation under the symbol "LBSV" removed from the OTC Bulletin Board (the "OTCBB") as it became ineligible for quotation on OTCBB due to quoting inactivity under Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 15c2-11. The Company continues to review the requirements necessary to permit its stock to resume trading on the OTCBB, and in due course, will determine the most appropriate course of action. There is no assurance as to when or whether the Companys stock will resume trading on the OTCBB.
On October 12, 2012, the Ontario Securities Commission issued a cease trade order providing that trading in the securities of Liberty Silver Corp. (excepting issuances from treasury) shall cease until 11:59 pm EST on October 18, 2012 (the OSC Order). The OSC Order was effective for the same time frame as the Order of Suspension of Trading imposed by the SEC. Trading in the Companys shares on the TSX in Canada resumed on October 22, 2012.
The quotations set forth below reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, markdown or commission and may not represent actual transactions.
The high and low closing prices of our common stock on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the OTC Bulletin Board or the Grey Market for the periods indicated below are as follows:
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PERIOD |
| HIGH BID |
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April 1, 2013 through June 30, 2013 | $ | 0.36 |
| $ | 0.11 |
| $ | 0.36 |
| $ | 0.09 |
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January 1, 2013 through March 31, 2013 | $ | 0.73 |
| $ | 0.18 |
| $ | 0.70 |
| $ | 0.15 |
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October 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012 | $ | 1.58 |
| $ | 0.39 |
| $ | 1.55 |
| $ | 0.15 |
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July 1, 2012 through September 30, 2012 | $ | 1.49 |
| $ | 0.60 |
| $ | 1.54 |
| $ | 0.60 |
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April 1, 2012 through June 30, 2012 | $ | 0.95 |
| $ | 0.41 |
| $ | 0.85 |
| $ | 0.47 |
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January 1, 2012 through March 31, 2012 | $ | 1.04 |
| $ | 0.75 |
| $ | 1.03 |
| $ | 0.60 |
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October 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011(1) | $ | 1.09 |
| $ | 0.72 |
| $ | 1.11 |
| $ | 0.50 |
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July 1, 2011 through September 30, 2011 |
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| $ | 0.80 |
| $ | 0.47 |
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(1)
Common stock commenced trading on the TSX on December 22, 2011.
As of September 27, 2013, there were 83,991,945 shares of common stock issued and outstanding held by approximately 22 registered stockholders of record of the Company's common stock.
There have been no cash dividends declared or paid on the shares of common stock, and management does not anticipate payment of dividends in the foreseeable future.
ITEM 6.
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 7.
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATION.
SPECIAL NOTE OF CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
CERTAIN STATEMENTS IN THIS REPORT, INCLUDING STATEMENTS IN THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION, ARE WHAT ARE KNOWN AS "FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS", WHICH ARE BASICALLY STATEMENTS ABOUT THE FUTURE. FOR THAT REASON, THESE STATEMENTS INVOLVE RISK AND UNCERTAINTY SINCE NO ONE CAN ACCURATELY PREDICT THE FUTURE. WORDS SUCH AS "PLANS," "INTENDS," "WILL," "HOPES," "SEEKS," "ANTICIPATES," "EXPECTS "AND THE LIKE OFTEN IDENTIFY SUCH FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS, BUT ARE NOT THE ONLY INDICATION THAT A STATEMENT IS A FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENT. SUCH FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS INCLUDE STATEMENTS CONCERNING OUR PLANS AND OBJECTIVES WITH RESPECT TO THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OPERATIONS OF THE COMPANY, AND STATEMENTS WHICH EXPRESS OR IMPLY THAT SUCH PRESENT AND FUTURE OPERATIONS WILL OR MAY PRODUCE REVENUES, INCOME OR PROFITS. NUMEROUS FACTORS AND FUTURE EVENTS COULD CAUSE THE COMPANY TO CHANGE SUCH PLANS AND OBJECTIVES OR FAIL TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT SUCH PLANS OR ACHIEVE SUCH OBJECTIVES, OR CAUSE SUCH PRESENT AND FUTURE OPERATIONS TO FAIL TO PRODUCE REVENUES, INCOME OR PROFITS. THEREFORE, THE READER IS ADVISED THAT THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN LIGHT OF THE DISCUSSION OF RISKS AND OTHER FACTORS CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT ON FORM 10-K AND IN THE COMPANY'S OTHER FILINGS WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. NO STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN THE
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FOLLOWING DISCUSSION SHOULD BE CONSTRUED AS A GUARANTEE OR ASSURANCE OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE OR FUTURE RESULTS.
Background and Overview
The Company was incorporated for the purpose of engaging in mineral exploration activities. On March 29, 2010, the Company entered into an Exploration Earn-In Agreement relating to the Trinity Project located in Pershing County, Nevada and now intends to engage in efforts to develop the Trinity Project. The plan of operation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013 is to conduct mineral exploration activities and production planning at the Trinity Silver property. Operations at the Trinity Project will consist of (i) an effort to expand the known resource through drilling, (ii) permitting for operation, if deemed economically viable, (iii) metallurgical studies aimed at enhancing the recovery of the silver and by-product lead and zinc, and (iv) engineering design related to potential construction of a new mine. Exploration of the property will be conducted simultaneously with the mine development in order to locate additional resources.
Results of Operations
The following discussion and analysis provides information that we believe is relevant to an assessment and understanding of our results of operation and financial condition for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013 as compared to the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012. Unless otherwise stated, all figures herein are expressed in U.S. dollars, which is the Companys functional currency.
Comparison of the fiscal years ended June 30, 2013 and 2012
Revenue
During the fiscal years ended June 30, 2013 and June 30, 2012, the Company generated no revenue.
Expenses
During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013, the Company reported total operating expenses of $3,302,560 as compared to $3,938,641 during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012, a decrease of $636,081 or approximately 16%. The decrease in operating expenses is primarily due to decreases in exploration expense, consulting expense, and operation and administration expense. The decrease in these expenses was partially offset by the increase in legal and accounting expense.
Exploration expense decreased by $779,108 during the 2013 fiscal year compared to the 2012 fiscal year. During the fiscal year 2012 the Company was engaged in an extensive exploration program, as compared to the fiscal year 2013, when the Company did not incur field exploration expenditures, but instead incurred expenses related to the analysis of data compiled during the previous years exploration program.
Consulting expense decreased by $412,387 during the 2013 fiscal year as a result of the Company not engaging as many external consultants as it had in the 2012 fiscal year.
Operation and administration expense decreased by $181,739 during fiscal 2013 compared to the 2012 fiscal year. During the fiscal 2013, the net decrease in operation and administration expenses is primarily
due to decreases in: marketing and promotional expenses, investor relations expense, costs related to being a public company, the expense related to financing costs associated with the valuation of warrants, and the expense related to the issuance of shares due to contractual obligations. The decrease in these expenses was
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partially offset by: an increase in salary expense, corporate development expense, printing expense, insurance expense, and rent expense.
Legal and accounting expense increased by $737,153 during the 2013 fiscal year, as compared to the 2012 fiscal year. During the fiscal year 2013, the Company incurred increased legal fees in connection with the Cease Trade Orders, of the Companys shares, imposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Ontario Securities Commission, as well as, incurring additional fees for legal and accounting with the preparation and filing of a registration statement filed on Form S-1.
Net Loss and Comprehensive Loss
The Company had a net loss and comprehensive loss of $3,279,604 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013, as compared to a net loss and comprehensive loss of $3,945,920 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012, a change of $666,316 or approximately 17%. The decrease in net loss and comprehensive loss was due to a net decrease in operating expenses of $636,081 as outlined above, and further decreased by the net total other income or gain during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013, as compared to a net expense or loss for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012, which was primarily comprised of foreign exchange transactions.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company does not have sufficient working capital needed to meet its current fiscal obligations. In order to continue to meet its fiscal obligations in the current fiscal year and beyond the next twelve months, management is considering various financing alternatives including, but not limited to, merger and acquisition activity, raising capital through the equity markets and debt financing.
On November 10, 2011, the Company entered into a Subscription Agreement (the Subscription Agreement) with Look Back Investments, Inc. (Investor), pursuant to which an investor acquired Subscription Receipts (Subscription Receipts) for U.S. $0.50 per Subscription Receipt for gross proceeds of U.S. $3,250,000; the gross proceeds of U.S. $3,250,000 (the Escrow Proceeds) were held in escrow pursuant to the terms of the Subscription Receipt. Each Subscription Receipt entitled the investor to receive one unit (a "Unit") from the Company without payment of any additional consideration upon conditional approval by the Toronto Stock Exchange for the listing of the common shares of the Company. Each Unit consists of one share of common stock of the Company and one common stock purchase warrant (a Warrant); each Warrant is exercisable at a price of US $0.65 per share at any time until 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on December 31, 2013. On December 19, 2011, each Subscription Receipt was automatically converted for no additional consideration, into one Unit of the Company as a result of the Companys receipt of notice that its common stock was accepted for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbol, LSL, effective as of December 22, 2011. On December 19, 2011, the Escrow Proceeds were delivered to the Company from the escrow agent. As a result of the foregoing private placement transaction, the Company currently has the necessary working capital needed to meet its current budget.
Additionally, on December 19, 2011, the Company completed a private placement offering, pursuant to which the Company raised a total of US $1,313,750 through the sale of 2,627,500 Units at a purchase price of US $0.50 per Unit; there were no underwriting discounts or commissions paid. Each Unit consisted of one share of common stock of the Company and one common stock purchase warrant (a Warrant). Each whole Warrant entitles the holder to acquire one share of common stock at a price of US $0.65 for a period of two years following the date of the closing of the financing.
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Effective September 28, 2012, the Company issued 100,000 common shares upon the exercise of 100,000 whole warrants for gross proceeds of CDN$ 75,000.
Effective October 3, 2012, the Company issued 300,000 common shares upon the exercise of 300,000 whole warrants for gross proceeds of CDN$ 225,000.
Effective November 27, 2012, the Company issued 20,000 common shares upon the exercise of 20,000 whole warrants for the gross proceeds of US$ 13,000.
As at June 30, 2013, there were 9,607,500 warrants outstanding, which may be exercised at various exercise prices, for gross proceeds of $6,000,019.
Current Assets and Total Assets
As of June 30, 2013, the Companys audited balance sheet reflects that the Company had: i) total current assets of $140,890, as compared to total current assets of $1,796,779 at June 30, 2012, a decrease of $1,655,889, or approximately 92%; and ii) total assets of $2,702,011, as compared to total assets of $1,956,416 at June 30, 2012, an increase of $745,595 or approximately 38%. The decrease in current assets was primarily due to cash used in operating activities. The increase in total assets was primarily due to the acquisition of mining interests, for which $250,000, plus direct costs associated with the acquisition, was paid in cash, and the balance was paid for by the issuance of shares of the Company, which were valued at $2,060,000.
Total Current Liabilities and Liabilities
As of June 30, 2013, the Companys audited balance sheet reflects that the Company had total current liabilities and total liabilities of $1,275,987, as compared to total current liabilities and total liabilities of $167,948 at June 30, 2012, an increase of $1,108,039 or approximately 660%. The increase in liabilities was due to: an increase in accounts payable, which was comprised of legal fees in connection with the Companys Cease Trade Orders issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Ontario Securities Commission, and ongoing operational invoices; and, an increase in accrued liabilities, which was comprised of ongoing operational accruals, including management salaries, which have not been paid. The Company has issued a claim to its insurance underwriters for coverage under the Companys directors and officers insurance policy to offset certain legal fees incurred in connection with the Cease Trade Orders, which if successful, will offset a portion of the current accounts payable balance. The insurance underwriters had originally rejected the Companys claim, however, after Management disputed the underwriters position, the underwriters have agreed to coverage and are currently reviewing the Companys legal fee obligations and the extent of coverage of those fees that will be provided.
Cash Flow
During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013 cash was primarily used to fund operations. The Company reported a net increase in cash used in operating activities during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013 as compared to June 30, 2012. See below for additional discussion and analysis of cash flow.
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Net Change in Cash | (1,670,989) |
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During the year ended June 30, 2013, net cash used in operating activities was $1,620,991, compared to net cash used in operating activities of $3,045,094 during the year ended June 30, 2012. The decrease in net cash used in operating activities of $1,424,103 is primarily due to net changes in working capital items, which led to an increase in cash of $1,092,939 during the current fiscal year versus net changes in working capital items, which led to a decrease in cash of $351,943 during the comparative fiscal year. Further, the net loss and comprehensive loss during the current fiscal year reduced by $666,316, when compared to the previous fiscal year. The decrease in cash used in operating activities resulting from net working capital changes and the reduction in net loss and comprehensive loss was partially offset by a reduction in non-cash items of $687,095 during the current fiscal year versus the comparative fiscal year.
During the year ended June 30, 2013, net cash used in investing activities was $348,430 to acquire mining interests, as compared to $66,340 used in investing activities during the comparative fiscal year when the Company used $34,732 to acquire furniture and office equipment and $31,608 to acquire additional mining claims.
During the year ended June 30, 2013, net cash from financing activities was $298,432, compared to net cash from financing activities of $4,789,625 during the fiscal year 2012. During the year ended June 30, 2013, the Company issued 100,000 common shares upon the exercise of 100,000 whole warrants at an exercise price of CDN $0.75 per common share, for gross proceeds of CDN $75,000 and 300,000 common shares upon the exercise of 300,000 whole warrants at an exercise price of CDN $0.75 per common share, for the gross proceeds of $225,000. The warrants were originally issued pursuant to a private placement offering of 200,000 Units on July 27, 2011 and 1,000,000 Units on August 4, 2011. The Units were comprised of one common share and one half of one common share purchase warrant. The total CDN $300,000 proceeds were reported as US $305,296. During the current fiscal year end, the Company also issued 20,000 common shares upon the exercise of 20,000 warrants at an exercise price of US $0.65 per common share, for gross proceeds of US $13,000. The warrants were originally issued pursuant to a private placement offering of 2,627,500 Units on December 19, 2011. During the year ended June 30, 2012, the Company issued a combined 1,200,000 Units, consisting of one common share and one half of one common share purchase warrant, at CDN $0.55 per Unit, for gross proceeds of CDN $660,000. The CDN$ proceeds were reported as USD $688,639. Additionally, during the comparative fiscal year, the Company issued 8,607,500 Units, consisting of one common share and one common share purchase warrant, at US $0.50 per Unit, for gross proceeds of $4,303,750. To arrive at net cash from financing activities, the gross proceeds were offset by direct costs of issuance of $19,864 during the current fiscal year and $202,763 during the comparative fiscal year.
Subsequent Events
On September 16, 2013, the Company announced that it had become aware that the Company and its Chief
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Executive Officer have been named as defendants in a proposed class action lawsuit filed against Robert Genovese, certain individuals alleged to have collaborated with Mr. Genovese, and an offshore investment firm allegedly controlled by Mr. Genovese. The action contains various claims alleging violations of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and rules thereunder relating to anomalous trading activity and fluctuations in the Companys share price from August through October 2012. The plaintiff purports to bring suit on behalf of all who purchased or otherwise acquired the Companys common shares from April 1, 2008, through and including October 5, 2012.
The complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
The Companys registered agent in the State of Nevada was served with the complaint on September 18, 2013. As of the date of filing of this Form 10-K, the Companys Chief Executive Officer had not been served with the complaint.
The Company and its Chief Executive Officer intend to fully investigate the complaint and will undertake a vigorous defense.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
The Company has no off-balance sheet arrangements and has not entered into any transaction involving unconsolidated limited purpose entities.
ITEM 7A.
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 8.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.
The financial statements of the Company required by Article 8 of Regulation S-X are attached to this report
LIBERTY SILVER CORP.
AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2013 and 2012
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Morrill & Associates, LLC
Certified Public Accountants
1448 North 2000 West, Suite 3
Clinton, Utah 84015
801-820-6233 Phone; 801-820-6628 Fax
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
Liberty Silver Corp. (An Exploration Stage Company)
Toronto, Ontario
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Liberty Silver Corp. (an exploration stage company) as of June 30, 2013 and 2012 and the related statements of operations, stockholders equity (deficit) and cash flows for the years ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 and from inception on February 20, 2007 through June 30, 2013. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Companys internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Liberty Silver Corp. (an exploration stage company) as of June 30, 2013 and 2012 and the results of its operations and cash flows for the years ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 and from inception on February 20, 2007 through June 30, 2013 in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company has suffered recurring losses and has no significant operations which raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Managements plans in regard to these matters are described in Note 8. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
/s/ Morrill & Associates
Morrill & Associates
Clinton, Utah 84015
September 26, 2013
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| Deposit | 10,710 | 10,906 | ||
| Other | 28,472 | 34,335 | ||
| Prepaid | 77,783 | 56,624 | ||
Total current assets | 140,890 | 1,796,779 | |||
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| Accumulated depreciation | (11,160) | (4,214) | ||
| Mining interests | 2,537,549 | 129,119 | ||
Total property and equipment | 2,561,121 | 159,637 | |||
Total assets | 2,702,011 | 1,956,416 | |||
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| Accounts payable | 867,952 | 96,323 | ||
| Accrued liabilities | 408,035 | 71,625 | ||
Total current liabilities | 1,275,987 | 167,948 | |||
Total liabilities | 1,275,987 | 167,948 | |||
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| 83,991,945 and 80,710,834 common shares issued and outstanding, respectively | 83,992 | 80,711 | ||
| Additional paid-in-capital | 10,383,098 | 7,469,219 | ||
| Deficit accumulated during the exploration stage | (9,041,066) | (5,761,462) | ||
Total shareholders equity | 1,426,024 | 1,788,468 | |||
Total liabilities and shareholders equity | 2,702,011 | 1,956,416 | |||
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| Shares issued at $0.01 per share | 20,000,000 | 20,000 | (10,000) | - | 10,000 |
| Shares issued at $0.05 per share | 8,400,000 | 8,400 | 12,600 | - | 21,000 |
| Net loss for the year ending June 30, 2007 | - | - | - | (1,128) | (1,128) |
Balance, June 30, 2007 | 108,400,000 | 108,400 | (73,400) | (1,128) | 33,872 | |
| Net loss for the year ending June 30, 2008 | - | - | - | (22,248) | (22,248) |
Balance, June 30, 2008 | 108,400,000 | 108,400 | (73,400) | (23,376) | 11,624 | |
| Net loss for the year ending June 30, 2009 | - | - | - | (31,522) | (31,522) |
Balance, June 30, 2009 | 108,400,000 | 108,400 | (73,400) | (54,898) | (19,898) | |
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| Share cancellation | (40,000,000) | (40,000) | 40,000 | - | - |
| Net loss for the year ending June 30, 2010 | - | - | - | (296,391) | (296,391) |
Balance, June 30, 2010 | 69,733,334 | 69,734 | 965,266 | (351,289) | 683,711 | |
| Valuation of stock options | - | - | 286,750 | - | 286,750 |
| Valuation of stock warrants | - | - | 40,000 | - | 40,000 |
| Net loss for the year ending June 30, 2011 | - | - | - | (1,464,253) | (1,464,253) |
Balance, June 30, 2011 | 69,733,334 | 69,734 | 1,292,016 | (1,815,542) | (453,792) | |
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| Valuation of stock warrants | - | - | 82,824 | - | 82,824 |
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| Shares issued at $0.57 per share (1) | 1,000,000 | 1,000 | 571,148 | - | 572,148 |
| Shares issued at $0.50 per share | 6,500,000 | 6,500 | 3,243,500 | - | 3,250,000 |
| Shares issued at $0.50 per share | 2,107,500 | 2,107 | 1,051,642 | - | 1,053,749 |
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| Shares issued at $0.50 per share (3) | 300,000 | 300 | 149,700 | - | 150,000 |
| Shares issued at $0.50 per share (4) | 220,000 | 220 | 109,780 | - | 110,000 |
| Issue costs | - | - | (202,763) | - | (202,763) |
| Net loss for the year ending June 30, 2012 | - | - | - | (3,945,920) | (3,945,920) |
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Balance, June 30, 2012 | 80,710,834 | 80,711 | 7,469,219 | (5,761,462) | 1,788,468 | ||||||
| Valuation of stock options | - | - | 558,728 | - | 558,728 | |||||
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| Shares issued at $0.75 per share (5) | 300,000 | 300 | 228,706 | - | 229,006 | |||||
| Shares issued at $0.65 per share (6) | 20,000 | 20 | 12,980 | - | 13,000 | |||||
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| Shares issued at $0.72 per share (7) | 277,778 | 278 | 199,722 | - | 200,000 | |||||
| Net loss for the year ending June 30, 2013 | - | - | - | (3,279,604) | (3,279,604) | |||||
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| Cash paid for mining interests | (348,430) | (31,608) | (477,549) | |
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| Proceeds from issuance of common stock | 318,296 | 4,992,388 | 6,345,684 | |
| Issue costs | (19,864) | (202,763) | (222,627) | |
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Liberty Silver Corp.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to Audited Financial Statements
For the Fiscal Year End June 30, 2013 and 2012
Note 1 Nature and Continuance of Operations
Liberty Silver Corp. was incorporated under the laws of the state of Nevada, U.S.A on February 20, 2007 under the name Lincoln Mining Corp. Pursuant to a Certificate of Amendment dated February 11, 2010, the Company changed its name to Liberty Silver Corp. The Companys registered office is located at 1802 N. Carson Street, Suite 212, Carson City Nevada 89701, and its head office is located at 181 Bay Street, Suite 2330, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5J 2T3, and its telephone number is 888-749-4916. As of the date of this Form 10-K, the Company has no subsidiaries.
The Company was incorporated for the purpose of engaging in mineral exploration activities. On March 29, 2010, the Company entered into an Exploration Earn-In Agreement relating to the Trinity Project located in Pershing County, Nevada. The Company is currently engaged in the exploration of the Trinity Project, and has not yet commenced any substantial development stage activities, however, the Company intends to engage in efforts to develop the Trinity Project in the future. The plan of operation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014 is to conduct additional mineral exploration activities at the Trinity Silver property. Operations at the Trinity Project will consist of (i) an effort to expand the known mineralized material through drilling, (ii) permitting for operation, if deemed economically viable, (iii) metallurgical studies aimed at enhancing the recovery of the silver and by-product lead and zinc, (iv) engineering design related to potential construction of a new mine, and (v) complete feasibility studies relating to possible re-opening of the historic mine. Exploration of the property will be conducted simultaneously with the mine development in order to locate additional mineralized materials.
Note 2 - Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of significant account policies used in the preparation of these financial statements.
a. Basis of presentation
The financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America applicable to exploration stage enterprises. The financial statements are expressed in U.S. dollars, the functional currency. The Companys fiscal year end is June 30.
b. Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents may include highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.
c. Mineral rights, property and acquisition costs
The Company has been in the exploration stage since its formation on February 20, 2007 and has not yet realized any revenues from its planned operations. It is primarily engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mining properties.
The Company capitalizes acquisition and option costs of mineral rights as tangible assets. Upon commencement of commercial production, the mineral rights will be amortized using the unit-of-production method over the life of the mineral rights. If the Company does not continue with exploration after the completion of the feasibility study, the mineral rights will be expensed at that time.
The costs of acquiring mining properties are capitalized upon acquisition. Mine development costs incurred to develop and expand the capacity of mines, or to develop mine areas in advance of production are also capitalized once proven and probable reserves exist and the property is a commercially mineable property. Costs incurred to maintain current exploration or to maintain assets on a standby basis are charged to operations. Costs of abandoned projects are
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charged to operations upon abandonment. The Company evaluates the carrying value of capitalized mining costs and related property and equipment costs, to determine if these costs are in excess of their recoverable amount whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable. Evaluation of the carrying value of capitalized costs and any related property and equipment costs are based upon expected future cash flows and/or estimated salvage value in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 360-10-35-15, Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.
d. Property and equipment
Property and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is provided principally on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which are generally 3 to 39 years. The cost of repairs and maintenance is charged to expense as incurred. Expenditures for property betterments and renewals are capitalized. Upon sale or other disposition of a depreciable asset, cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any gain or loss is reflected in other income (expense).
The Company periodically evaluates whether events and circumstances have occurred that may warrant revision of the estimated useful lives of property and equipment or whether the remaining balance of property and equipment should be evaluated for possible impairment. If events and circumstances warrant evaluation, the Company uses an estimate of the related undiscounted cash flows over the remaining life of the property and equipment in measuring their recoverability. The Company currently owns furniture and office equipment as its depreciable assets.
e. Impairment of long-lived assets
The Company reviews and evaluates long-lived assets for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate the related carrying amounts may not be recoverable. The assets are subject to impairment consideration under ASC 360-10-35-17, Measurement of an Impairment Loss, if events or circumstances indicate that their carrying amount might not be recoverable. As of June 30, 2013, exploration progress is on schedule with the Companys exploration and evaluation plan and no events or circumstances have happened to indicate that the related carrying values of the properties may not be recoverable. When the Company determines that an impairment analysis should be done, the analysis will be performed using the rules of FASB ASC 930-360-35, Asset Impairment, and 360-10-15-3 through 15-5, Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.
Various factors could impact the Companys ability to achieve forecasted production schedules. Additionally, commodity prices, capital expenditure requirements and reclamation costs could differ from the assumptions the Company may use in cash flow models used to assess impairment. The ability to achieve the estimated quantities of recoverable minerals from exploration stage mineral interests involves further risks in addition to those factors applicable to mineral interests where proven and probable reserves have been identified, due to the lower level of confidence that the identified mineralized material can ultimately be mined economically.
Material changes to any of these factors or assumptions discussed above could result in future impairment charges to operations.
f. Fair Value of Financial instruments
The Company adopted FASB ASC 820-10-50, Fair Value Measurements. This guidance defines fair value, establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures of fair value measurement and enhances disclosure requirements for fair value measures. The three levels are defined as follows:
| · | Level 1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets. |
| · | Level 2 inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument. |
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| · | Level 3 inputs to valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair measurement. |
The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheet for the cash and cash equivalents, and current liabilities each qualify as financial instruments and are a reasonable estimate of fair value because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization and their current market rate of interest.
g. Environmental expenditures
The operations of the Company have been, and may in the future, be affected from time to time, in varying degrees, by changes in environmental regulations, including those for future reclamation and site restoration costs. Both the likelihood of new regulations and their overall effect upon the Company vary greatly and are not predictable. The Companys policy is to meet or, if possible, surpass standards set by relevant legislation, by application of technically proven and economically feasible measures.
Environmental expenditures that relate to ongoing environmental and reclamation programs are charged against earnings as incurred or capitalized and amortized depending on their future economic benefits. Estimated future reclamation and site restoration costs, when the ultimate liability is reasonably determinable, are charged against earnings over the estimated remaining life of the related business operation, net of expected recoveries. No costs have been, or may never be recognized by the Company for environmental expenditures.
h. Income taxes
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued FASB ASC 740-10, which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise's financial statements. This standard requires a company to determine whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination based upon the technical merits of the position. If the more-likely-than-not threshold is met, a company must measure the tax position to determine the amount to recognize in the financial statements. As a result of the implementation of this standard, the Company performed a review of its material tax positions in accordance with recognition and measurement standards established by FASB ASC 740-10.
Deferred taxes are provided on a liability method whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and operating loss and tax credit carry forwards and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax basis. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.
i. Basic and diluted net loss per share
The Company computes net loss per share of common stock in accordance with ASC 260, Earnings per Share (ASC 260). Under the provisions of ASC 260, basic net income (loss) per share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares and, if dilutive, potential common shares outstanding during the period. Potential common shares consist of the incremental common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options and warrants and the conversion of convertible promissory notes. Stock options of 6,950,000 as of June 30, 2013 and warrants in the amount of 9,607,500 as of June 30, 2013 were considered in the calculation but not included due to anti-dilution. The dilutive effect of these instruments is reflected in diluted earnings per share by application of the treasury stock method.
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The Companys calculation of basic and diluted loss per share is as follows:
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| For the Years Ended | ||||
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| June 30, 2013 |
| June 30, 2012 | ||
Basic Earnings per share: |
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| ||
| Income (Loss) (numerator) | $ | (3,279,604) | $ | (3,945,920) | |
| Shares (denominator) |
| 82,945,754 |
| 75,705,683 | |
|
| Per Share Amount | $ | (0.04) | $ | (0.05) |
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| For the Years Ended | ||||
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| June 30, 2013 |
| June 30, 2012 | ||
Fully Diluted Earnings per share: |
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| ||
| Income (Loss) (numerator) | $ | (3,279,604) | $ | (3,945,920) | |
| Shares (denominator) |
| 82,945,754 |
| 75,705,683 | |
|
| Per Share Amount | $ | (0.04) | $ | (0.05) |
j. Stock-Based compensation
In December 2004, FASB issued FASB ASC 718, which establishes standards for the accounting for transactions in which an entity exchanges its equity instruments for goods or services. It also addresses transactions in which an entity incurs liabilities in exchange for goods or services that are based on the fair value of the entitys equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of those equity instruments. FASB ASC 718 focuses primarily on accounting for transactions in which an entity obtains employee services in share-based payment transactions. FASB ASC 718 requires that the compensation cost relating to share-based payment transactions be recognized in the financial statements. That cost will be measured based on the fair value of the equity or liability instruments issued.
k. Use of estimates and assumptions
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. In these financial statements, assets, liabilities and earnings involve extensive reliance on managements estimates. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Companys periodic filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) include, where applicable, disclosures of estimates, assumptions, uncertainties, and market that could affect the financial statements and future operations of the Company.
l. Concentrations of credit risk
The Companys financial instruments that are exposed to concentrations of credit risk primarily consist of its cash and related party payables. The Company places its cash and cash equivalents with financial institutions of high credit worthiness. At times, its cash equivalents with a particular financial institution may exceed any applicable government insurance limits. The Companys management also routinely assesses the financial strength and credit worthiness of any parties to which it extends funds and as such, it believes that any associated credit risk exposures are limited.
m. Risks and uncertainties
The Company operates in the mineralized material exploration industry that is subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including financial, operational, and other risks associated with operating a mineralized material exploration business, including the potential risk of business failure.
n. Foreign currency transactions
The Company from time to time will receive invoices from service providers that are presenting their invoices using the Canadian dollar. The Company will use its US dollars to settle the Canadian dollar liabilities and any differences resulting from the exchange transaction are reported as gain or loss on foreign exchange. The gain or loss reported by the Company in the financial statements represents transaction gain or loss.
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Note 3 New Technical Pronouncements
The Company has reviewed accounting pronouncements issued during the past two years and has assessed the adoption of any that are applicable to the Company. Management has determined that none had a material impact on the financial position, results of operations, or cash flows for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2013 and 2012.
Note 4 - Mineral Property
Pursuant to a mineral property purchase agreement dated May 24, 2007, the Company acquired a 100% undivided right, title and interest in a mineral claim, located in Section 8 of T35N, R36E Mount Diablo Base Meridian in Elko County, within the state of Nevada for a cash payment of $10,000. The Company must annually renew the lease on the land with the state for $1,800 and has not renewed the lease as of fiscal year end, June 30, 2010. The lease has expired.
Since the Company had not established the commercial feasibility of the mineral claim, the acquisition costs had been capitalized. The Company has not depleted the mineral claims as no proven reserves have been found. The Company was not able to keep the mineral claim in good standing due to lack of funding. The Company allowed the mineral claim to lapse at the end of June 2009. At June 30, 2009, the Company determined that there was little, or no, possibility of the Company generating revenues related to the mining interests. This, coupled with the lapse of the mineral claims lease, was determined to be an impairment of the asset. As such, the Companys management determined to fully impair the mining interests, which was a charged to the Companys statements of operations in the amount of $11,800.
On March 29, 2010, the Company entered into an Exploration Earn-In Agreement (the Agreement) with AuEx Ventures, Inc., a Nevada corporation. The Agreement relates to the Trinity Silver property (the Property) located in Pershing County, Nevada, which consists of a total of approximately 10,020 acres, including 5,700 acres of fee land and 240 unpatented mining claims.
Under the Agreement, the Company may earn-in a 70% undivided interest in the Property during a 6-year period in consideration of (1) a signing payment of $25,000, which has been made and has been capitalized, (2) an expenditure of a cumulative total of $5,000,000 in exploration and development expenses on the Property by March 29, 2016, and (3) completion of a bankable feasibility study on the Property on or before the 7th anniversary date of the Agreement. Item (1) has been completed by the Company, and the Company has satisfied item (2), and has reported its compliance as of March 29, 2013, which was the end of the third year from the inception of the Earn-in Agreement.
On October 15, 2012, the Company entered into and closed a Purchase Agreement (the Purchase Agreement) with Primus Resources, L.C. and James A. Freeman (collectively Seller) to acquire unpatented mining claims, Nevada BLM Serial No. 799907, 799908, 799909, 799910, and 799911 covering approximately 100 acres of property located adjacent to the former Trinity Silver mine on the Companys Trinity Project (the Hi Ho Properties). The Hi Ho Properties were previously the only acreage not controlled by the Company or its joint venture partner Renaissance Exploration Inc. in the Trinity Project. Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company provided cash consideration of US$250,000 and issued 2,583,333 restricted shares of common stock of the Company to Seller. In addition the Seller was granted a 2% net smelter royalty on future production from the Hi Ho Properties pursuant to the terms of a Deed With Reservation of Royalty Hi Ho Silver Claims.
In conjunction with the entry into the Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the Registration Rights Agreement) with Seller, pursuant to which the Company agreed to file a registration statement on Form S-1 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, within thirty (30) days of the closing, which registers the common stock issued to the Seller pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement the Company was obliged to pay Seller additional consideration as follows:
·
if this registration statement was declared effective by the United States Securities Exchange Commission by March 1, 2013, Liberty Silver would issue an additional 277,778 Liberty Silver common shares to Primus, thereby increasing the total aggregate number of shares issued to 2,861,111 shares; or
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·
if this registration statement was not declared effective by the United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) by March 1, 2013, Liberty Silver would pay Primus US$200,000. As well, if the five-day weighted average trading price of Liberty Silvers common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange as of March 1, 2013 (the Market Price) exceeded US$0.72 per share, Liberty Silver would have issued an additional number of Liberty Silver common shares to Primus equal to (a) 277,778 less (b) US$200,000 divided by the Market Price.
On March 1, 2013, the SEC declared the Companys registration statement, filed on Form S-1, effective and as such, the Company issued an additional 277,778 Liberty Silver common shares to Primus, pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
The Trinity Project consists of a total of approximately 10,020 acres, including 5,676 acres of fee land and 253 unpatented mining claims.
The Company has completed some financing transactions, and continues to pursue additional financing opportunities in order to obtain the capital needed to fulfill its obligations under the terms of the Earn-In Agreement. There has been no mining of resources to date.
Note 5 - Capital Stock and Warrants
Authorized
The total authorized capital is 300,000,000 common shares with a par value of $0.001 per common share.
Issued and outstanding
On July 27, 2011, the Company issued 200,000 units (Units) for cash at CDN $0.55 (US $0.58) per Unit. Each Unit consisted of one common share and one half of one common share purchase warrant (each whole such warrant, a Warrant). Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to acquire one common share of the Company (a Warrant Share) at a price of CDN$0.75 until the date which is 60 months following the closing date of the private placement offering (the Warrant Term), provided, however, that the Company may accelerate the Warrant Term under certain conditions. For the purpose of determining the allocation of gross proceeds between the shares and warrants which comprise the Units, in accordance with FASB ASC 815-40, the Company allocated US $105,591 of the gross proceeds to the 200,000 common shares and US $10,409 to the 100,000 whole warrants, which together comprised the 200,000 Units, for total gross proceeds of US $116,000. The pro-rata allocation basis was determined using the proportion of the fair market value of the underlying common shares of the Company and the proportion of fair value of the warrants, which was calculated using the Black-Scholes valuation model.
On August 4, 2011, the Company issued 1,000,000 units (Units) for cash at CDN $0.55 (US $0.57) per Unit. Each Unit consisted of one common share and one half of one common share purchase warrant (each whole such warrant, a Warrant). Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to acquire one common share of the Company (a Warrant Share) at a price of CDN$0.75 until the date which is 60 months following the closing date of the private placement offering (the Warrant Term), provided, however, that the Company may accelerate the Warrant Term under certain conditions. For the purpose of determining the allocation of gross proceeds between the shares and warrants which comprise the Units, in accordance with FASB ASC 815-40, the Company allocated US $517,883 of the gross proceeds to the 1,000,000 common shares and US $52,117 to the 500,000 whole warrants, which together comprised the 1,000,000 Units, for total gross proceeds of US $570,000. The pro-rata allocation basis was determined using the proportion of the fair market value of the underlying common shares of the Company and the proportion of fair value of the warrants, which was calculated using the Black-Scholes valuation model.
On November 10, 2011, Liberty Silver issued 6,500,000 subscription receipts to an investor (the Subscription Receipts) pursuant to a private placement at a price of US$ 0.50 per Subscription Receipt for gross proceeds of US $3,250,000; there were no underwriting discounts or commissions paid. On December 19, 2011, each Subscription Receipt was automatically converted for no additional consideration, into one unit of the Company (a Unit) as a result of the Companys receipt of notice that its common stock was accepted for trading on the Toronto Stock
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Exchange under the trading symbol, LSL, effective as of December 22, 2011. Each Unit is comprised of one common share and one common share purchase one warrant (Warrant). Each Warrant is exercisable at a price of US $0.65 per share at any time until 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on December 31, 2013. For the purpose of determining the allocation of gross proceeds between the shares and warrants which comprise the Units, in accordance with FASB ASC 815-40, the Company allocated $2,375,007 of the gross proceeds to the 6,500,000 common shares and $874,993 to the 6,500,000 warrants, which together comprised the 6,500,000 Units, for total gross proceeds of $3,250,000. The pro-rata allocation basis was determined using the proportion of the fair market value of the underlying common shares of the Company and the proportion of fair value of the warrants, which was calculated using the Black-Scholes valuation model. In conjunction with the issuance of Subscription Receipts, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the Registration Rights Agreement) with the investor, pursuant to which the Company agreed, following the conditional approval by the Toronto Stock Exchange, to file a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission which registers the common stock and common stock underlying the Warrants acquired by the investor for resale. If the registration statement did not become effective on or before six months from the date of conditional approval by the Toronto Stock Exchange for the listing of the common stock of the Company, the investor would receive an additional common share for each ten (10) common shares. On May 31, 2012, the Company issued 650,000 common shares in satisfaction of this contractual obligation, the value for which of $416,000 was determined by the closing market price of $0.64 per share on the date of issuance.
On December 19, 2011, Liberty Silver completed a private placement offering, pursuant to which the Company raised a total of US $1,313,750 through the: sale of 2,107,500 units (Units) at a purchase price of US $0.50 per Unit; the issuance of 300,000 Units at an issuance price of US $0.50 per Unit for the settlement of related party notes; and, the issuance of 220,000 Units at an issuance price of US $0.50 per Unit in exchange for services. There were no underwriting discounts or commissions paid. Each Unit consists of one common share and one common share purchase warrant (a Warrant). Each Warrant entitles the holder to acquire one common share at a price of US $0.65 for a period of two years following the date of the closing of the financing. For the purpose of determining the allocation of total capital raised between the shares and warrants which comprise the Units, in accordance with FASB ASC 815-40, the Company allocated $960,051 of the capital raised to the total 2,627,500 common shares and $353,699 to the total 2,627,500 warrants, which together comprised the total 2,627,500 Units, for total capital raised of $1,313,750. The pro-rata allocation basis was determined using the proportion of the fair market value of the underlying common shares of the Company and the proportion of fair value of the warrants, which was calculated using the Black-Scholes valuation model. The Units were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act) in reliance upon the exemptions from registration contained in Section 4(2) and Regulation D thereunder, and Regulation S of the Securities Act.
On September 28, 2012, the Company issued 100,000 common shares upon the exercise of 100,000 whole warrants at an exercise price of CDN $0.75 per common share, for gross proceeds of CDN $75,000. The warrants were originally issued pursuant to a private placement offering of 200,000 Units on July 27, 2011. The Units were comprised of one common share and one half of one common share purchase warrant.
On October 3, 2012, the Company issued 300,000 common shares upon the exercise of 300,000 whole warrants at an exercise price of CDN $0.75 per common share, for gross proceeds of CDN $225,000. The warrants were originally issued pursuant to a private placement offering of 1,000,000 Units on August 4, 2011. The Units were comprised of one common share and one half of one common share purchase warrant.
On October 15, 2012, in connection with the acquisition of the Hi Ho Properties as described in Note 3 Mineral property, the Company issued 2,583,333 common shares. The common shares were valued at $0.72 per share for a total value of $1,860,000 for the shares.
On November 27, 2012, the Company issued 20,000 common shares upon the exercise of 20,000 whole warrants at an exercise price of $0.65 per common share, for gross proceeds of US $13,000. The warrants were originally issued pursuant to a private placement offering of 2,627,500 Units on December 19, 2011. The Units were comprised of one common share and one common share purchase warrant.
On March 1, 2013, in connection with the acquisition of the Hi Ho Properties as described in Note 3 Mineral property, the Company issued an additional 277,778 common shares pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
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For the above share issuances, the shares were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 in reliance upon the exemptions from registration contained in Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933. No underwriters were used, nor were any brokerage commissions paid in connection with the above share issuances.
As of June 30, 2013, the Company had 83,991,945 shares of the common stock issued and outstanding.
Stock warrants
On July 27, 2011, the Company issued 200,000 units (Units) for cash at CDN $0.55 (US $0.58) per Unit. Each Unit consisted of one common share and one half of one common share purchase warrant (each whole such warrant, a Warrant). Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to acquire one common share of the Company (a Warrant Share) at a price of CDN$0.75 until the date which is 60 months following the closing date of the private placement offering (the Warrant Term), provided, however, that the Company may accelerate the Warrant Term under certain conditions. For the purpose of determining the allocation of gross proceeds between the shares and warrants which comprise the Units, in accordance with FASB ASC 815-40, the Company allocated US $105,591 of the gross proceeds to the 200,000 common shares and US $10,409 to the 100,000 whole warrants, which together comprised the 200,000 Units, for total gross proceeds of US $116,000. The pro-rata allocation basis was determined using the proportion of the fair market value of the underlying common shares of the Company and the proportion of fair value of the warrants, which was calculated using the Black-Scholes valuation model.
On August 4, 2011, the Company issued 1,000,000 units (Units) for cash at CDN $0.55 (US $0.57) per Unit. Each Unit consisted of one common share and one half of one common share purchase warrant (each whole such warrant, a Warrant). Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to acquire one common share of the Company (a Warrant Share) at a price of CDN$0.75 until the date which is 60 months following the closing date of the private placement offering (the Warrant Term), provided, however, that the Company may accelerate the Warrant Term under certain conditions. For the purpose of determining the allocation of gross proceeds between the shares and warrants which comprise the Units, in accordance with FASB ASC 815-40, the Company allocated US $517,883 of the gross proceeds to the 1,000,000 common shares and US $52,117 to the 500,000 whole warrants, which together comprised the 1,000,000 Units, for total gross proceeds of US $570,000. The pro-rata allocation basis was determined using the proportion of the fair market value of the underlying common shares of the Company and the proportion of fair value of the warrants, which was calculated using the Black-Scholes valuation model.
On November 10, 2011, Liberty Silver issued 6,500,000 subscription receipts to an investor (the Subscription Receipts) pursuant to a private placement at a price of US$ 0.50 per Subscription Receipt for gross proceeds of US $3,250,000; there were no underwriting discounts or commissions paid. On December 19, 2011, each Subscription Receipt was automatically converted for no additional consideration, into one unit of the Company (a Unit) as a result of the Companys receipt of notice that its common stock was accepted for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbol, LSL, effective as of December 22, 2011. Each Unit is comprised of one common share and one common share purchase one warrant (Warrant). Each Warrant is exercisable at a price of US $0.65 per share at any time until 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on December 31, 2013. For the purpose of determining the allocation of gross proceeds between the shares and warrants which comprise the Units, in accordance with FASB ASC 815-40, the Company allocated $2,375,007 of the gross proceeds to the 6,500,000 common shares and $874,993 to the 6,500,000 warrants, which together comprised the 6,500,000 Units, for total gross proceeds of $3,250,000. The pro-rata allocation basis was determined using the proportion of the fair market value of the underlying common shares of the Company and the proportion of fair value of the warrants, which was calculated using the Black-Scholes valuation model. In conjunction with the issuance of Subscription Receipts, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the Registration Rights Agreement) with the investor, pursuant to which the Company has agreed, following the conditional approval by the Toronto Stock Exchange, to file a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission which registers the common stock and common stock underlying the Warrants acquired by the Investor for resale. If the registration statement does not become effective on or before six months from the date of conditional approval by the Toronto Stock Exchange for the listing of the common stock of the Company, Investor shall receive an additional common share and Warrant for, respectively, each ten (10) common shares.
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On December 19, 2011, Liberty Silver completed a private placement offering, pursuant to which the Company raised a total of US $1,313,750 through the: sale of 2,107,500 units (Units) at a purchase price of US $0.50 per Unit; the issuance of 300,000 Units at an issuance price of US $0.50 per Unit for the settlement of related party notes; and, the issuance of 220,000 Units at an issuance price of US $0.50 per Unit in exchange for services. There were no underwriting discounts or commissions paid.. Each Unit consists of one common share and one common share purchase warrant (a Warrant). Each Warrant entitles the holder to acquire one common share at a price of US $0.65 for a period of two years following the date of the closing of the financing. For the purpose of determining the allocation of total capital raised between the shares and warrants which comprise the Units, in accordance with FASB ASC 815-40, the Company allocated $960,051 of the capital raised to the total 2,627,500 common shares and $353,699 to the total 2,627,500 warrants, which together comprised the total 2,627,500 Units, for total capital raised of $1,313,750. The pro-rata allocation basis was determined using the proportion of the fair market value of the underlying common shares of the Company and the proportion of fair value of the warrants, which was calculated using the Black-Scholes valuation model. The Units were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act) in reliance upon the exemptions from registration contained in Section 4(2) and Regulation D thereunder, and Regulation S of the Securities Act.
On September 28, 2012, the Company issued 100,000 common shares upon the exercise of 100,000 whole warrants at an exercise price of CDN $0.75 per common share, for gross proceeds of CDN $75,000. The warrants were originally issued pursuant to a private placement offering of 200,000 Units on July 27, 2011. The Units were comprised of one common share and one half of one common share purchase warrant.
On October 3, 2012, the Company issued 300,000 common shares upon the exercise of 300,000 whole warrants at an exercise price of CDN $0.75 per common share, for gross proceeds of CDN $225,000. The warrants were originally issued pursuant to a private placement offering of 1,000,000 Units on August 4, 2011. The Units were comprised of one common share and one half of one common share purchase warrant.
On November 27, 2012, the Company issued 20,000 common shares upon the exercise of 20,000 whole warrants at an exercise price of $0.65 per common share, for gross proceeds of US $13,000. The warrants were originally issued pursuant to a private placement offering of 2,627,500 Units on December 19, 2011. The Units were comprised of one common share and one common share purchase warrant.
The fair value of warrants was established at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes valuation model with the following underlying assumptions:
1)
Risk free interest rate:
2013:
0.24% - 1.51%
2012:
0.24% - 1.51%
2)
Dividend yield:
2013 & 2012:
0%
3)
Volatility:
2013:
102.90% - 113.77%
2012:
102.90% - 113.77%
4)
Weighted average remaining life:
2013:
1.08 years
2012:
1.63 years
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The following table summarizes information about warrants as of June 30, 2013:
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| Number of Shares |
| Weighted Average Exercise Price |
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Outstanding, July 1, 2009 |
| - | $ | - |
Warrants granted |
| 1,333,334 |
| 1.25 |
Warrants expired |
| - |
| - |
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Outstanding, June 30, 2010 |
| 1,333,334 | $ | 1.25 |
Exercisable, June 30, 2010 |
| 1,333,334 | $ | 1.25 |
Outstanding, July 1, 2010 |
| 1,333,334 |
| 1.25 |
Warrants granted |
| 300,000 |
| 0.55 |
Warrants exercised |
| - |
| - |
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Outstanding, June 30, 2011 |
| 1,633,334 | $ | 1.12 |
Exercisable, June 30, 2011 |
| 1,633,334 | $ | 1.12 |
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Outstanding, July 1, 2011 |
| 1,633,334 |
| 1.12 |
Warrants granted |
| 9,727,500 |
| 0.66 |
Warrants exercised |
| - |
| - |
Warrants expired |
| 1,333,334 |
| 1.25 |
Outstanding, June 30, 2012 |
| 10,027,500 | $ | 0.65 |
Exercisable, June 30, 2012 |
| 10,027,500 | $ | 0.65 |
Outstanding, July 1, 2012 |
| 10,027,500 |
| 0.66 |
Warrants granted |
| - |
| - |
Warrants exercised |
| 420,000 |
| 0.72 |
Warrants expired |
| - |
| - |
Outstanding, June 30, 2013 |
| 9,607,500 | $ | 0.65 |
Exercisable, June 30, 2013 |
| 9,607,500 | $ | 0.65 |
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The following table summarizes information about stock warrants granted to employees, advisors, investors and board members at June 30, 2013:
Warrants Outstanding |
| Warrants Exercisable |
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| Range of Exercise Prices |
| Number Outstanding |
| Weighted Average Exercise Price |
| Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years) |
| Number of Warrants |
| Weighted Average Exercise Price |
| |
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$ | 0.55 |
| 300,000 | $ | 0.55 |
| .75 |
| 300,000 | $ | 0.55 |
| |
$ | 0.75 | (1) | 200,000 | $ | 0.75 | (1) | 3.10 |
| 600,000 | $ | 0.75 | (1) | |
$ | 0.65 |
| 9,107,500 | $ | 0.65 |
| .47 |
| 9,127,500 | $ | 0.65 |
| |
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(1)
Figure expressed in $CDN
As of June 30, 2013, the aggregate weighted-average intrinsic value of the warrants outstanding and exercisable was $0. The weighted-average grant-date fair value of warrants outstanding as of June 30, 2013 was $0.65.
Stock options
In October 2010, the Company granted to R. Geoffrey Browne, Chief Executive Officer, 3,000,000 stock options to purchase the Companys common stock at $0.75 per share for a 5 year term, all of which are vested. In addition, the Company granted the directors, Paul Haggis, Timothy Unwin, John Barrington, and George Kent, each 300,000 stock options, for a total of 1,200,000, to purchase the Companys common stock at $0.75 per share for a 5 year term, all of which are vested.
In December 2010, the Company granted director W. Thomas Hodgson 300,000 stock options to purchase the Companys common stock at $0.75 per share for a 5 year term, all of which are vested.
In April 2011, the Company granted consultant Kevin OConnor 100,000 stock options to purchase the Companys common stock at $0.75 per share for a 5 year term, all of which are vested.
In April 2011, the Company granted director and employee John Barrington 500,000 stock options to purchase the Companys common stock at $0.75 per share for a 5 year term, all of which have vested.
In April 2011, the Company granted director and officer William Tafuri 800,000 stock options to purchase the Companys common stock at $0.75 per share for a 5 year term. Pursuant to the terms of the option agreement, entered into between Mr. Tafuri and the Company, a total of 266,664 options vested immediately upon the grant of the options; the remaining 533,336 options vest over a two year period, and have now all vested.
In April 2011, the Company granted employee H. Rickard Klatt 600,000 stock options to purchase the Companys common stock at $0.75 per share for a 5 year term. Pursuant to the terms of the option agreement, entered into between Mr. Klatt and the Company, a total of 200,000 options vested immediately upon the grant of the options; the remaining 400,000 options vest over a two year period, and have now all vested.
In January 2012, the Company granted non-qualified stock options of 450,000 shares at an exercise price of $1.00 per share for a 5 year term to Manish Z. Kshatriya, Chief financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Pursuant to the terms of the option agreement, entered into between Mr. Kshatriya and the Company, a total of 150,000 options vest six months from the grant date, 150,000 options will vest 18 months following the grant date, and the remaining 150,000 options vest 30 months following the grant date of the options.
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The amount of stock option compensation expense for the year ending June 30, 2013 was $558,728. The expense was calculated using the Black-Scholes pricing model.
The fair value of stock options was established at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes valuation model with the following underlying assumptions:
1)
Risk free interest rate:
2013:
0.79% - 2.09%
2012:
0.79% - 2.09%
2)
Dividend yield:
2013 & 2012:
0%
3)
Volatility:
2013:
95.11% - 164.27%
2012:
95.11% - 164.27%
4)
Weighted average remaining life:
2013:
2.59 years
2012:
3.59 years
The following table summarizes information about options as of June 30, 2013:
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| Number of Shares |
| Weighted Average Exercise Price |
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Outstanding, July 1, 2010 |
| - | $ | - |
Options granted |
| 6,500,000 |
| .75 |
Options expired |
| - |
| - |
Options cancelled |
| - |
| - |
Outstanding, June 30, 2011 |
| 6,500,000 | $ | - |
Exercisable, June 30, 2011 |
| 6,500,000 | $ | - |
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Outstanding, July 1, 2011 |
| 6,500,000 | $ | .75 |
Options granted |
| 450,000 |
| 1.00 |
Options expired |
| - |
| - |
Options cancelled |
| - |
| - |
Outstanding, June 30, 2012 |
| 6,950,000 | $ | 0.88 |
Exercisable, June 30, 2012 |
| 6,500,000 | $ | 0.75 |
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| Number of Shares |
| Weighted Average Exercise Price |
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Outstanding, July 1, 2012 |
| 6,950,000 | $ | .88 |
Options granted |
| - |
| - |
Options expired |
| - |
| - |
Options cancelled |
| - |
| - |
Outstanding, June 30, 2013 |
| 6,950,000 | $ | - |
Exercisable, June 30, 2013 |
| 6,650,000 | $ | - |
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The following table summarizes information about stock warrants granted to employees, advisors, investors and board members at June 30, 2013:
Stock Options Outstanding |
| Stock Options Exercisable | |||||||||
| Range of Exercise Prices |
| Number Outstanding |
| Weighted Average Exercise Price |
| Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years) |
| Number of Options |
| Weighted Average Exercise Price |
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$ | 0.75 |
| 6,500,000 | $ | 0.75 |
| 2.48 |
| 6,500,000 | $ | 0.75 |
$ | 1.00 |
| 450,000 | $ | 1.00 |
| 4.38 |
| 450,000 | $ | 1.00 |
As of June 30, 2013, the aggregate intrinsic value of the stock options outstanding and exercisable was $0. The weighted-average grant-date fair value of stock options granted for the year ended June 30, 2013 was $0.88.
Note 6 Commitments and Contingencies
Effective November 1, 2011, the Company entered into a sub-lease agreement for the lease of premises in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, for a term of 54 months. The Company has its head office at these premises, which is approximately 1,400 square feet. The annual base rent commitment for the Toronto head office space is CAD $48,084.
Effective February 8, 2012, the Company entered into a lease agreement for the lease of premises in Sparks, Nevada, USA, for a term of 12 months, and terminating on January 31, 2013. The lease agreement was amended such that the term was extended for a further 24 months, and terminating on January 31, 2015. The Company has its field office at these premises, which is approximately 5,500 square feet. The annual base rent commitment for the Sparks field office space is USD $29,727 for the period from February 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014, and USD $30,624 for the period from February 1, 2014 to January 31, 2015.
As at June 30, 2013, the Company had a commitment, for the above noted leases, of USD $177,390 remaining.
The following table outlines the remaining lease commitment at the end of the next five fiscal years based on the leases that are currently entered into by the Company:
Year | Total Lease Commitment |
2013 | $177,390 |
2014 | $101,610 |
2015 | $38,066 |
2016 and thereafter | $0 |
On September 16, 2013, the Company announced that it had become aware that the Company and its Chief Executive Officer have been named as defendants in a proposed class action lawsuit filed against Robert Genovese, certain individuals alleged to have collaborated with Mr. Genovese, and an offshore investment firm allegedly controlled by Mr. Genovese. The action contains various claims alleging violations of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and rules thereunder relating to anomalous trading activity and fluctuations in the Companys share price from August through October 2012. The plaintiff purports to bring suit on behalf of all who purchased or otherwise acquired the Companys common shares from April 1, 2008, through and including October 5, 2012.
The complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
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The Companys registered agent in the State of Nevada was served with the complaint on September 18, 2013. As of the date of filing of this Form 10-K, the Companys Chief Executive Officer had not been served with the complaint.
The Company and its Chief Executive Officer intend to fully investigate the complaint and will undertake a vigorous defense.
Additionally, in the normal course of operations, certain other contingencies may arise relating to legal actions undertaken against the Company. In the opinion of management, the outcome of such potential legal actions will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's results of operations, liquidity, or its financial position.
Note 7 - Income Taxes
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued FASB ASC 740-10, which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise's financial statements. This standard requires a company to determine whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination based upon the technical merits of the position. If the more-likely-than-not threshold is met, a company must measure the tax position to determine the amount to recognize in the financial statements. As a result of the implementation of this standard, the Company performed a review of its material tax positions in accordance with recognition and measurement standards established by FASB ASC 740-10.
Deferred taxes are provided on a liability method whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and operating loss and tax credit carry forwards and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax basis. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.
As of June 30, 2013, the Company had no accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions. The income tax provision differs from the amount of income tax determined by applying the U.S. federal and state income tax rates of 34% to pretax income from continuing operations for the years ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 due to the following:
Deferred tax assets and the valuation account are as follows:
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| 2012 |
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| Net operating loss carry forward | $ | 3,073,962 | $ | 1,958,897 |
| Valuation allowance |
| (3,073,962) |
| (1,958,897) |
| Total | $ | - | $ | - |
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The components of income tax expense are as follows:
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| June 30, | ||
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| 2013 |
| 2012 |
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| Current Federal tax | $ | - | $ | - |
| Current State tax |
| - |
| - |
| Change in NOL benefit |
| 1,115,065 |
| 1,341,613 |
| Change in valuation allowance |
| (1,115,065) |
| (1,341,613) |
| Total | $ | - | $ | - |
The potential income tax benefit of these losses has been offset by a full valuation allowance.
As of June 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company has an unused net operating loss carry-forward balance of $9,041,066 and $5,761,462 that is available to offset future taxable income. This unused net operating loss carry-forward balance begins to expire in 2030.
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:
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| 2013 |
| 2012 |
Beginning balance | $ | - | $ | - |
Additions based on tax positions related to current year |
| - |
| - |
Additions for tax positions of prior years |
| - |
| - |
Reductions for tax positions of prior years |
| - |
| - |
Reductions in benefit due to income tax expense |
| - |
| - |
Ending balance | $ | - | $ | - |
At June 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company had no unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate.
The Company did not have any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly increase or decrease within the next 12 months.
As of June 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company had no accrued interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions.
The tax years that remain subject to examination by major taxing jurisdictions are those for the years ended June 30, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 and 2009.
Note 8 Going Concern
These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Company has incurred losses since inception resulting in an accumulated deficit of $9,041,066 and further losses are anticipated in the development of its business. The Company does not have sufficient working capital needed to meet its current fiscal obligations. In order to continue to meet its fiscal obligations in the current fiscal year and beyond the next twelve months, the Company must seek additional financing. This raises substantial doubt about the Companys ability to continue as a going concern. Its ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon the ability of the Company to generate profitable
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operations in the future and/or to obtain the necessary financing to meet its obligations and repay its liabilities arising from normal business operations when they come due.
Management has plans to pursue various financing alternatives including, but not limited to, merger and acquisition activity, raising capital through the capital markets and debt financing. These financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded assets, or the amounts of and classification of liabilities that might be necessary in the event the Company cannot continue in existence.
The ability of the Company to emerge from the exploration stage is dependent upon, among other things, obtaining additional financing to continue operations, explore and develop the mineral properties and the discovery, development, and sale of reserves.
These factors, among others raise substantial doubt about the Companys ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Note 9 Subsequent events
On September 16, 2013, the Company announced that it had become aware that the Company and its Chief Executive Officer have been named as defendants in a proposed class action lawsuit, as described in Note 6 Commitments and contingencies.
Liberty Silver Corp has evaluated subsequent events for the period ended June 30, 2013 through the date the financial statements were issued, and concluded, aside from the foregoing, that there were no other events or transactions occurring during this period that required recognition or disclosure in its financial statements.
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ITEM 9.
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
As disclosed on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 4, 2011, the Company changed its accountants. The Company has had no disagreements with its accountants, which would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 304 of Regulation S-K.
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Securities and Exchange Commission defines the term disclosure controls and procedures to mean a company's controls and other procedures of an issuer that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commissions rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is accumulated and communicated to the issuers management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company maintains such a system of controls and procedures in an effort to ensure that all information which it is required to disclose in the reports it files under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified under the SEC's rules and forms and that information required to be disclosed is accumulated and communicated to principal executive and principal financial officers to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.
As of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of disclosure controls and procedures. Based on this evaluation, the chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving the objectives of alerting them on a timely basis to material information required to be included in periodic SEC reports and of ensuring that such information is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified. The Companys chief executive officer and chief financial officer also concluded that disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report to provide reasonable assurance of the achievement of these objectives.
Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
The management of the Company is responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and related financial information appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The financial statements and notes have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The management of the Company also is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. A company's internal control over financial reporting is defined as a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Companys internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting
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principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the issuer are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that the Company's disclosure controls and internal controls will prevent all error and all fraud. Because of its inherent limitations, a system of internal control over financial reporting can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met and may not prevent or detect misstatements. Further, over time, control may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
With the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the Companys management evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2013 based upon the framework in Internal Control Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on that evaluation, management has concluded that, as of June 30, 2013, the Company's internal control over financial reporting was effective.
This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company's registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management's report is not subject to attestation by the Company's registered public accounting firm.
There was no change in the Company's internal control over financial reporting during the last fiscal quarter, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION.
None.
PART III
ITEM 10.
DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.
Directors and Executive Officers
The following table sets forth the directors, executive officers, promoters and control persons, their ages, and all offices and positions held within the Company as of June 30, 2013. Directors are elected for a period of one year and thereafter serve until their successor is duly elected by the stockholders and qualified. Officers and other employees serve at the will of the board of directors.
Name | Age | Present Position With the Company | Since |
R. Geoffrey Browne | 59 | Chief Executive Officer, Director | October 2010 |
Manish Z. Kshatriya | 40 | Chief Financial Officer, Executive VP | January 2012 |
William Tafuri | 72 | Project Manager | October 2010 |
Timothy Unwin | 70 | Chairman, Director | October 2010 |
Thomas Hodgson | 60 | Director | December 2010 |
H. Richard Klatt | 77 | Vice President of Exploration | October 2010 |
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Biographical Information
R. Geoffrey Geoff Browne. Mr. Browne currently serves as our Chief Executive Officer, President and a Director of the Company. Mr. Browne has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry in Canada, the U.S. and London, England. In addition to his work with the Company, since July 1996 Mr. Browne has served as the Managing Partner of MWI & Partners, a private equity firm located in Ontario, Canada. As the managing partner of MWI & Partners, Mr. Browne is responsible for making investments for the company. Prior to founding MWI & Partners, Inc., from September 1976 to June 1996 Mr. Browne was a senior executive with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and CIBC Wood Gundy Inc. The last position he held at CIBC was Chief of Staff for CIBC World Markets. Mr. Browne is active on numerous other corporate and not-for-profit Boards, and is one of three independent members of the Investment Review Committee of UBS Global Asset Management (Canada) Co. Mr. Browne is holds a B.A. in economics from the University of Western Ontario. Mr. Brownes over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry in Canada, the U.S. and London, England, including his time spent as Chief of Staff for CIBC World Markets led the board to conclude that Mr. Browne should serve as a director of the Company.
Manish Z. Kshatriya. Mr. Kshatriya has over 15 years of progressive experience in corporate finance, accounting, taxation and auditing obtained in public accounting practice and industry. From January 2006 until October 2011, Mr. Kshatriya worked for Augen Capital Corp., a Toronto based, Canadian listed mining merchant bank where he served as both the Director of Finance, and most recently the Chief Financial Officer. As the Director of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Kshatriya was responsible for the management and oversight of all financial matters for Augen Capital Corp. Mr. Kshatriya is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. He is also a Certified Public Accountant in the United States and a member of the Colorado State Board of Accountancy.
William J. Tafuri. Mr. Tafuri currently serves as Project Manager of the Trinity Project. Mr. Tafuri has a Ph.D. in geology and over 40 years of diverse mining and exploration experience in precious and base metals. Mr. Tafuri has worked for a number of major international mining companies and has held management positions in both domestic and foreign locations for Getty Mining Co., Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corp., and Kinross Gold Corp. He has extensive consulting experience, both domestic and foreign. He has extensive exploration and mine development experience in the USA, Central Asia, Russia, and Chile. As March of 2010 Mr. Tafuri was responsible for managing the operations of the Company. From January 2007 to December 2009, Mr. Tafuri was the President of Yellowcake Mining Company, which was located in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, and was in the business of mining. As of January 2007, Mr. Tafuri was responsible for the acquisition and exploration of uranium properties in Wyoming and Colorado. From June 2004 to November 2006 Mr. Tafuri was the Vice President of Centrasia Mining Company, which was located in Vancouver, B.C., Canada and was in the business of mining. As of June 2004, Mr. Tafuri was responsible for the acquisition and exploration of mining properties in Central Asia. Mr. Tafuri received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in geology at the University of Nevada-Reno and his Ph.D. in geology at the University of Utah.
Timothy Unwin. Mr. Unwin currently serves as a Director and Chairman of the Board of the Company. In addition to his work for the Company, Mr. Unwin is also the Chairman of the board of Evoke Neurosciences Inc., a private U.S based company specializing in neurological testing and reporting, and from January 2008 to the present, Mr. Unwin has been a partner emeritus at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP in Toronto. Additionally, from February 2009 to March 2013, Mr. Unwin served as a director and member of the Audit Committee of C.A. Bancorp Inc. From March 2004 until his retirement as an active partner in December 2008, Mr. Unwin worked as the managing partner of the New York Office of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP. As the managing partner, Mr. Unwin oversaw the management of the law firm and worked
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as a corporate and securities lawyer. Prior to working as the managing partner of the New York Office of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Mr. Unwin was also the office managing partner at Blakes office in London, England. Mr. Unwin is a graduate of the directors education program at the Institute of Corporate Directors at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto and is an institute certified director (ICD.D). Mr. Unwins experience as managing partner at the New York Office of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, where he oversaw the management of the law firm and worked as a corporate and securities lawyer led the board to conclude that Mr. Unwin should serve as a director of the Company.
W. Thomas Hodgson. In addition to serving as a director of the Company, Mr. Hodgson is also Executive Chairman of Lithium Americas Corp., a TSX-listed mineral exploration company, and Senior Partner and Chairman of Greenbrook Capital Partners Inc., a financial advisory firm, and until May 2011, acted as a consultant and advisor to the Chairman Magna International Inc., one of the worlds largest automotive companies, having a particular specialization in sourcing venture investment opportunities for the company. Mr. Hodgson has over twenty years experience in capital markets research, corporate advisory matters and consulting. He is currently a director of Lithium Americas Corp., has been a board member of MI Developments Inc., and was Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Magna Entertainment Corp. from March 2005 to March 2006. From November 2002 to March 2005, Mr. Hodgson was President of Strategic Analysis Corporation. Prior to that, Mr. Hodgson held senior positions with Canadian financial institutions and U.K. companies, including Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Canada Permanent Trust Co. Central Guaranty Trust, where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer, Marathon Asset Management Inc., where he served as President, and GlobalNetFinancial.com, where he served as Chief Operating Officer and then as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Hodgson holds an MBA from Queens University, Kingston, Ontario. Mr. Hodgsons experience as a senior corporate executive with the various companies listed above led the board to conclude that Mr. Hodgson should serve as a director of the Company.
H. Richard Dick Klatt. Mr. Klatt currently serves as vice president of exploration for the Company. Mr. Klatt has over 40 years of diverse mining and exploration experience in precious and base metals. He has worked for a number of major mining companies. From 2007 through 2009 he served as contract exploration manager of Yellowcake Mining, Inc., Las Vegas Nevada, during which time he organized and oversaw exploration drilling for uranium in the Uravan mineral belt, Colorado. From 2006 through 2007 he worked as a consulting minerals exploration geologist during which time he: (i) completed an economic geology review of the La Sal uranium district for Superior Uranium, Moab, Utah; (ii) completed extensive lithology-logging for base and precious metals for a drill program at the south rim of the Bingham copper mine, Utah, for Grand Central Silver Mines, Carrollton, Texas; (iii) directed a 2,100 feet diamond drilling program for gold and cobalt in the Belt-Percell basin, eastern Idaho, for Salmon River Resources, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; (iv) completed a 6,000 feet diamond drilling program for zinc in western Utah for Franconia Minerals Corp., Spokane, Washington; and (v) Directed a 6,000 m rotary drilling program for uranium in western Colorado for U.S. Energy, Riverton, Wyoming. From 2004 through 2005, he worked as a consulting minerals exploration geologist for Kennecott Exploration Company located in Salt Lake City, Utah. During this time he also oversaw initial development drilling for vein-hosted base metals in the Zacatecas district, Zacatecas, Mexico, for Capstone Gold, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Mr. Klatt received his B.S. degree in geology at the University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois.
Family Relationships
There are no family relationships between any of the current directors or officers of the Company.
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Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
To the best of its knowledge, the Companys directors and executive officers were not involved in any legal proceedings during the last ten years as described in Item 401(f) of Regulation S-K.
Directorships
None of the Companys executive officers or directors is a director of any company with a class of equity securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) or subject to the requirements of the Exchange Act or any company registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Code of Ethics
Our board of directors has adopted a code of ethics that will apply to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer or controller and to persons performing similar functions. The code of ethics is designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote honest and ethical conduct, full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure, compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, prompt internal reporting of violations of the code and accountability for adherence to the code. We will provide a copy of our code of ethics, without charge, to any person upon receipt of written request for such delivered to our corporate headquarters. All such requests should be sent care of Liberty Silver Corp, Attn: Corporate Secretary, 181 Bay Street, Suite 2330, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5J 2T3. The Companys Code of Business Conduct and Ethics has also posted on our website at, www.libertysilvercorp.com.
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ITEM 11.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.
Summary Compensation Table
The following table sets forth, for the years indicated, all compensation paid, distributed or accrued for services, including salary and bonus amounts, rendered in all capacities by the Companys principal executive officer , chief financial officer and all other executive officers; the information contained below represents compensation paid, distributed or accrued to the Companys officers for their work related to the Company.
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| Salary | Bonus | Award(s) | Award(s) |
| Compensation | Earnings | Compensation | Total |
Principal Position | Year | ($) | ($) | ($) | ($) |
| (#) | ($) | ($) | ($) |
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R. Geoffrey Browne | 2013 | 200,004 | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | 200,004 |
CEO | 2012 | 200,004 | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | 200,004 |
| 2011 | 166,673 | -- | -- | 1,468,451 | (2) | -- |
| -- | 1,635,124 |
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William Tafuri | 2013 | 120,000 | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | 120,000 |
Project Manager (4) | 2012 | 120,000 | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | 120,000 |
| 2011 | 120,000 | -- | -- | 292,251 | (2) | -- | -- | -- | 412,251 |
| 2010 | 30,000 | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | 30,000 |
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Manish Z. Kshatriya | 2013 | 130,000 | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | 130,000 |
CFO | 2012 | 60,357 | -- | -- | 296,133 | (2) | -- | -- | -- | 356,490 |
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H. Richard Klatt (1) | 2013 | 96,000 | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | 96,000 |
| 2012 | 96,000 | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | 96,000 |
| 2011 | 93,600 | -- | -- | 219,188 | (2) | -- | -- | -- | 312,788 |
| 2010 | 20,000 | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | 20,000 |
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John Pulos | 2012 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | -- |
CFO (3) | 2011 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2010 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | -- |
(1) Richard Klatt serves as the vice president of exploration of the Company.
(2) Option awards reflect the aggregate grant date fair value computed using the Black-Scholes model; for a discussion please refer to Note 6 in the Notes to the Financial Statements herein.
(3) John Pulos resigned as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company on January 16, 2012.
(4) William Tafuri resigned as President and Chief Operating Officer effective November 28, 2012, and undertook the role of Project Manager for the Company.
Grant of Plan Based Awards
During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013, there were no equity awards granted to the Companys executive officers.
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Outstanding Stock Options Awards At Fiscal Year End
The following table provides a summary of equity awards outstanding at June 30, 2013, for each of the named executive officers.
| Option Awards ________________________________________________________ | Stock Awards _________________________________________ | |||||||
Name | Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Exercisable | Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Unexercisable | Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Unearned Options (#) | Option Exercise Price ($) | Option Expiration Date | Number of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested (#) | Market Value of Shares or Units of Stock That Have Not Vested ($) | Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested (#) | Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested ($) |
Geoffrey Browne | 3,000,000 | -- | -- | .75 | October 18, 2015 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
William Tafuri | 800,000 | -- | -- | .75 | April 19, 2016 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Dick Klatt | 600,000 | -- | -- | .75 | April 19, 2016 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Manish Kshatriya | 150,00 | 300,00 | -- | 1.00 | July 16, 2019 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
There were no options or other derivative securities exercised in fiscal 2013 by the named executive officers. In addition, there were no shares acquired by the named executive officers upon the vesting of restricted stock.
Long-Term Incentive Plans
We do not have any long-term incentive plans, pension plans, or similar compensatory plans for our directors or executive officers.
Change of Control Agreements
As at the end of the 2013 fiscal year, the Company is not party to any change of control agreements with any of its directors or executive officers.
Employment Agreement; Employment Arrangement
R. Geoffrey Browne currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Company. Pursuant to an agreement dated October 18, 2010, (the Agreement) Mr. Browne is paid an annual salary of $200,000, as well as an annual discretionary performance bonus for his services rendered as the Chief Executive Officer; the amount of the performance bonus is at the discretion of the Companys Board of Directors. In conjunction with the entry into the Agreement, the Company granted Mr. Browne stock options to acquire up to 3,000,000 shares of restricted common stock of the Company at a price of $.75 per share.
Manish Z. Kshatriya currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Pursuant to an
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arrangement with the Company, in consideration of his services to the Company, Mr. Kshatriyas is paid $2,500 per week. Additionally, in January of 2012 he was granted stock options to purchase up to a total of 450,000 shares the Companys common stock at an exercise price of $1.00 per share. The options are subject to the following vesting schedule: (i) 150,000 options vest six months after January 16, 2012; (ii) 150,000 options vest one and a half years after January 16, 2012; and (iii) 150,000 options vest two and one half years after January 16, 2012.
William Tafuri currently serves as Project Manager for the Company. Pursuant to an arrangement with the Company, in consideration of Mr. Tafuris services to the Company, Mr. Tafuri is paid $120,000 annually. Additionally, in April 2011, Mr. Tafuri was granted stock options to purchase 800,000 shares of the Companys common stock at $0.75 per share for a 5-year term. Pursuant to the terms of the option agreement, entered into between Mr. Tafuri and the Company, a total of 266,664 options vested immediately upon the grant of the options; the remaining 533,336 options vest over a two-year period, and have now all vested.
H. Richard Klatt currently serves as the Vice President of Exploration of the Company. Pursuant to an arrangement with the Company, in consideration of Mr. Klatts services to the Company, Mr. Klatt is paid $96,000 annually. Additionally, in April 2011, Mr. Klatt was granted stock options to purchase 600,000 shares of the Companys common stock at $0.75 per share for a 5-year term. Pursuant to the terms of the option agreement, entered into between Mr. Klatt and the Company, a total of 200,000 options vested immediately upon the grant of the options; the remaining 400,000 options vest over a two-year period, and have now all vested.
Equity Compensation Plan Information
On April 19, 2011, subject to shareholder approval, which was obtained at the Companys annual and special meeting of shareholders held on December 21, 2012, the Board of Directors of Liberty Silver Corp. approved the adoption of the Liberty Silver Corp. Incentive Share Plan (the Plan) under which common shares of the Companys common stock have been reserved for purposes of possible future issuance of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, and stock grants to employees, directors and certain key individuals. Under the Plan, the maximum number of common shares reserved for issuance shall not exceed 10% of the common shares of the Company outstanding from time to time. The purpose of the Plan shall be to advance the interests of the Company by encouraging equity participation in the Company through the acquisition of common shares of the Company. In order to maintain flexibility in the award of stock benefits, the Plan constitutes a single plan, but is composed of two parts. The first part is the Share Option Plan which provides grants of both incentive stock options under Section 422A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and nonqualified stock options. The second part is the Share Bonus Plan which provides grants of shares of Company common stock. The following is intended to be a summary of some of the material terms of the Plan, and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety, by the full text of the Plan.
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The Plan
The Plan is a rolling plan, under which the maximum number of Shares reserved for issuance under the Share Option Plan, together with the Share Bonus Plan, shall not exceed 10% of the Shares outstanding (on a non-diluted basis) at any given time. The purpose of the Plan is to advance the interests of the Corporation by (i) providing certain employees, senior officers, directors, or consultants of the Corporation (collectively, the Optionees) with additional performance incentives; (ii) encouraging Share ownership by the Optionees; (iii) increasing the proprietary interest of the Optionees in the success of the Corporation; (iv) encouraging the Optionees to remain with the Corporation; and (v) attracting new employees, officers, directors and consultants to the Corporation.
Share Option Plan
The following information is intended to be a brief description and summary of the material features of the Share Option Plan:
(a)
The aggregate maximum number of Shares available for issuance from treasury under the Share Option Plan, together with the Share Bonus Plan, at any given time is 10% of the outstanding Shares as at the date of grant of an option under the Plan, subject to adjustment or increase of such number pursuant to the terms of the Plan. Any Shares subject to an option which has been granted under the Share Option Plan and which has been surrendered, terminated, or expired without being exercised, in whole or in part, will again be available under the Plan.
(b)
The exercise price of an option shall be determined by the Board at the time each option is granted, provided that such price shall not be less than the closing price of the Shares on the principal stock exchange(s) upon which the Shares are listed and posted for trading on the trading day immediately preceding the day of the grant of the option.
(c)
Options granted to persons conducting Investor Relations Activities (as defined in the Plan) for the Corporation must vest in stages over twelve months with no more than ¼ of the options vesting in any three-month period.
(d)
In the event an Optionee ceases to be eligible for the grant of options under the Share Option Plan, options previously granted to such person will cease to be exercisable within a period of 12 months following the date such person ceases to be eligible under the Plan.
(e)
In the event that a take-over bid or issuer bid is made for all or any of the issued and outstanding Shares, then the Board may, by resolution, permit all options outstanding to become immediately exercisable in order to permit Shares issuable under such options to be tendered to such bid.
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Share Bonus Plan
The following information is intended to be a brief description and summary of the material features of the Share Bonus Plan:
(a)
Participants in the Share Bonus Plan shall be directors, officers, employees, or consultants of the Corporation who, by the nature of their positions are, in the opinion of the Board and upon the recommendation of the President of the Corporation, in a position to contribute to the success of the Corporation.
(b)
The determination regarding the amount of bonus Shares issued pursuant to the Share Bonus Plan will take into consideration the Optionees present and potential contribution to the success of the Corporation and shall be determined from time to time by the Board. However, in no event shall the number of bonus Shares pursuant to the Share Bonus Plan, together with the Share Option Plan, exceed 10% of the issued and outstanding Shares in the aggregate.
General Features of the Plan
In addition to the above summaries of the Share Option Plan and the Share Bonus Plan, the following is intended to be a brief description and summary of some of the general features of the Plan:
(a)
The aggregate number of Shares reserved pursuant to the Plan for issuance to insiders of the Corporation within any twelve-month period, under all security based compensation arrangements of the Corporation, shall not exceed 10% of the total number of Shares then outstanding.
(b)
The aggregate number of Share reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan to any one person in any twelve month period shall not exceed 5% of the total number of Shares outstanding from time to time, unless disinterested shareholder approval is obtained pursuant to the policies of the Corporations principal stock exchange(s) upon which the Shares are listed and posted for trading or any stock exchange or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the securities of the Corporation. No more than 2% of the outstanding Shares may be granted to any one Consultant (as defined in the Plan) in any twelve-month period, or to persons conducting Investor Relations Activities (as defined in the Plan) in any twelve-month period.
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Director Compensation
The general policy of the Board is that compensation for independent directors should be equity-based compensation. Additionally, the Company reimburses directors for reasonable expenses incurred during the course of their performance. There are no long-term incentive or medical reimbursement plans. The Company does not pay directors, who are part of management, for Board service in addition to their regular employee compensation. The Board, through its compensation committee, determines the amount of director compensation. The following table provides a summary of compensation paid to directors during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013.
Director |
| Fees |
| Stock | Option |
| Non-Equity | Nonqualified | All Other |
|
Earned | Awards | Awards |
| Incentive Plan | Deferred | Compensation |
| |||
or Paid | ($) | ($) (1) |
| Compensation | Compensation | ($) |
| |||
in Cash |
|
|
| ($) | Earnings |
|
| |||
($) |
|
|
|
|
|
| Total ($) | |||
Geoff Browne (3) |
| -- |
| -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | -- |
William Tafuri (3) |
| -- |
| -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | -- |
John Pulos (3) (4) |
| -- |
| -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | -- |
John Barrington (5) |
| 120,000 (2) |
| --- | --- |
| --- | --- | --- | 120,000 |
George Kent (4) |
| -- |
| --- | --- |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
Timothy Unwin |
| -- |
| --- | --- |
| --- | --- | -- | --- |
Paul Haggis (5) |
| -- |
| --- | --- |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
W. Thomas Hodgson |
| -- |
| --- | --- |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
(1) | Option awards reflect the aggregate grant date fair value computed using the Black-Scholes model; for a discussion please refer to Note 6 in the Notes to the Financial Statements herein. |
(2) | This figure represents fees paid or accrued to John Barrington for consulting services rendered to the Company, not in his capacity as a director. |
(3) | Refer to the summary compensation table in Item 11 executive compensation. |
(4) | Effective May 15, 2013, Mr. Pulos and Mr. Kent resigned as directors of the Company. |
(5) | Effective December 21, 2012, Mr. Barrington and Mr. Haggis ceased to be directors of the Company as they did not stand for re-election at the Companys annual and special meeting of shareholders. |
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ITEM 12.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
Equity Compensation Plan
The following table gives information about the Companys Equity Compensation Plan as of June 30, 2013:
|
| Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants |
| Weighted average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants |
| Number of securities remaining available for future issuances under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column) |
Plan category |
|
|
|
|
| (a) |
|
| (a) |
| (b) |
| (c) |
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders |
| - |
| - |
| - |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders |
| 6,950,000 |
| $0.88 |
| 1,121,083 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| 6,950,000 |
| $0.88 |
| 1,121,083 |
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Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners
The following table sets forth as of June 30, 2013, the name and the number of shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share, held of record or beneficially by each person who held of record, or was known by us to own beneficially, more than 5% of the issued and outstanding shares of our common stock, and the name and shareholdings of each director and significant employee, and of all executive officers and directors and significant employees as a group. The beneficial ownership amount includes the underlying shares of unexercised warrants and options, as described in the footnotes to the table.
Title and Class | Name and Address | Amount and Nature | Percent of class |
Common | R. Geoffrey Browne (1) 181 Bay Street, Suite 2330 Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5J 2T3 | 6,150,000 (2) | 7.02% |
Common | Manish Z. Kshatriya (1) 181 Bay Street, Suite 2330 Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5J 2T3 | 150,000 (3) | 0.18% |
Common | William Tafuri (1) 808 Packer St. Reno, Nevada 89431 | 3,020,000 (4) | 3.56% |
Common | John Pulos 2711 N. Sepulveda Blvd. #323 Manhattan Beach, California 90266 | 10,000,000 | 11.91% |
Common | Timothy Unwin (1) 181 Bay Street, Suite 2330 Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5J 2T3 | 1,450,000 (5) | 1.72% |
Common | W. Thomas Hodgson (1) 181 Bay Street, Suite 2330 Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5J 2T3 | 1,600,000 (6) | 1.89% |
Common | H. Richard Klatt (1) 808 Packer St. Reno, Nevada, 89431 | 1,600,000 (7) | 1.89% |
Common Common | Look Back Investments Inc. (8) Calle Eusebio A. Morales Suite a-A #5 El Cangrejo, Panama City, Panama Robert Genovese Calle Eusebio A. Morales Suite a-A #5 El Cangrejo, Panama City, Panama | 13,650,000 (8) 15,109,853 (9) | 15.08% 16.70% |
Common | All Directors, Executive Officers, or Significant Employee as a Group (6 in number) | 13,970,000 | 15.50% |
(1) Director, Officer or Significant Employee of Company
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(2) Included in this number, are (i) 2,550,000 shares owned directly by Mr. Browne, and (ii) 600,000 warrant shares and (iii) 3,000,000 option shares. Mr. Browne may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the warrant shares and the option shares because he holds the right to acquire these shares within 60 days through the exercise of the options and warrants.
(3) Included in this number are 150,000 option shares because Mr. Kshatriya may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the option shares because he holds the right to acquire these shares within 60 days through the exercise of the options.
(4) Included in this number, are (i) 2,110,000 shares owned directly by Mr. Tafuri, and (ii) 110,000 warrant shares and (iii) 800,000 option shares. Mr. Tafuri may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the warrant shares and option shares because he holds the right to acquire these shares within 60 days through the exercise of the options and warrants.
(5) Included in this number, are (i) 1,050,000 shares owned directly by Mr. Unwin, and (ii) 100,000 warrant shares and (iii) 300,000 option shares. Mr. Unwin may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of these shares because he holds the right to acquire the warrant shares and option shares within 60 days through the exercise of the options and warrants.
(6) Included in this number, are (i) 500,000 shares owned directly and (ii) 600,000 owned indirectly by Mr. Hodgson, (ii) 200,000 warrant shares, and (iv) 300,000 option shares. Mr. Hodgson may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the warrant shares and option shares because he holds the right to acquire these shares within 60 days through the exercise of the options and warrants. Of the 200,000 total warrant shares that Mr. Hodgson may be deemed to beneficially own, 50,000 of such warrant shares are owned by Greenbrook Capital Partners Inc. Greenbrook Capital Partners Inc. a private Ontario, Canada company based in Toronto, Ontario. W. Thomas Hodgson, officer of Greenbrook Capital Partners Inc., makes decisions as to the voting and disposition of securities owned by Greenbrook Capital Partners Inc. The 600,000 shares owned indirectly by Mr. Hodgson are owned by Greenbrook Capital Partners Inc.
(7) Included in this number, are (i) 1,000,000 shares owned directly by Mr. Klatt, and (ii) 600,000 option shares. Mr. Klatt may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the option shares because he holds the right to acquire these shares within 60 days through the exercise of the options.
(8) This number includes 7,150,000 shares registered in the name of Look Back Investments, Inc., and 6,500,000 shares issuable upon exercise of warrants owned by Look Back Investments Inc. Look Back Investments Inc. is a private Panamanian company based in Panama. Robert Genovese, officer of Look Back Investments Inc., makes decisions as to the voting and disposition of the securities.
(9) This number includes 7,150,000 shares registered in the name of Look Back Investments, Inc., 6,500,000 shares issuable to Look Back Investments, Inc., upon exercise of warrants registered in the name of Look Back Investments, Inc., 444,652 shares registered in the name of Outlook Investments, Inc., and 1,015,201 shares registered in the name of BG Capital Group, Ltd. Mr. Genovese makes investment decisions for Look Back Investments, Inc., Outlook Investments, Inc., and BG Capital Group, Ltd., and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of shares registered in the name of these entities.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
Effective April 1, 2011, the Company borrowed a total of $150,000 pursuant to the terms and conditions of promissory notes (individually referred to as a Note and collectively referred to as the Notes) entered into with six individuals who were serving as directors of the Company, including John Barrington, R. Geoffrey Browne, Paul Haggis, Tom Hodgson, George Kent and Timothy Unwin. Each Note was for $25,000 and is required to be repaid by the Company on the earlier of one year, or when the Company raises a minimum of $2,000,000 through equity investments. The Notes are interest free for the first six months following the date of the Note and then bear interest at a rate of 8% per annum thereafter. In conjunction with the entry into the Notes, in lieu of the holders charging the Company interest on the outstanding principal of the Notes for the initial six months, the Company issued each holder a warrant entitling the holder to purchase up to a total of 50,000 shares of the Companys common stock at price of $0.55 per share for a period of three (3) years following the date of the Note. The Notes were repaid through the issuance of shares of common stock in the Company on December 19, 2011.
On November 10, 2011, the Company issued 6,500,000 subscription receipts (the Subscription Receipts)
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to Look Back Investments Inc. (Investor), a company controlled by, or under the direction of, Mr. R. Genovese, pursuant to a private placement at a price of US$ 0.50 per Subscription Receipt for gross proceeds of US $3,250,000; there were no underwriting discounts or commissions paid. On December 19, 2011, each Subscription Receipt was automatically converted for no additional consideration, into one unit of the Company (a Unit) as a result of the Companys receipt of notice that its common stock was accepted for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbol, LSL, effective as of December 22, 2011. Each Unit is comprised of one common share and one common share purchase one warrant (Warrant). Each Warrant is exercisable at a price of US $0.65 per share at any time until 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on December 31, 2013.
In conjunction with the issuance of Subscription Receipts, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the Registration Rights Agreement) with the Investor, pursuant to which the Company agreed, following the conditional approval by the Toronto Stock Exchange, to file a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission which registers the common stock and common stock underlying the Warrants acquired by the investor for resale. If the registration statement did not become effective on or before six months from the date of conditional approval by the Toronto Stock Exchange for the listing of the common stock of the Company, the Investor would receive an additional common share for each ten (10) common shares. The Company chose not to file a registration statement and as a result, on May 31, 2012, the Company issued 650,000 common shares in satisfaction of this contractual obligation, the value for which of $416,000 was determined by the closing market price of $0.64 per share on the date of issuance.
Aside from the foregoing, there were no material transactions, or series of similar transactions, during the Companys last fiscal year, or any currently proposed transactions, or series of similar transactions, to which the Company was or is to be a party, in which the amount involved exceeded the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the average of the small business issuers total assets at year-end for the last three completed fiscal years and in which any director, executive officer or any security holder who is known to us to own of record or beneficially more than five percent of any class of our common stock, or any member of the immediate family of any of the foregoing persons, had an interest.
Director Independence
The Companys common stock is currently traded on the Grey Market, and as such, is not subject to the rules of any national securities exchange which requires that a majority of a listed companys directors and specified committees of its board of directors meet independence standards prescribed by such rules. For the purpose of preparing the disclosures in this registration statement with respect to director independence, the Company has used the definition of independent director within the meaning of National Instrument 52-110 Audit Committees adopted by the Canadian Securities Administration and as set forth in the Marketplace Rules of the NASDAQ, which defines an independent director generally as being a person, other than an executive officer or employee of the company or any other individual having a relationship which, in the opinion of the companys board of directors, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director.
Consistent with these standards, the Companys board of directors has determined that W. Thomas Hodgson, Timothy Unwin are independent, and Paul Haggis, and George Kent were independent during their tenure as directors of the Company. To fill the vacated board seat of Mr. Haggis and Mr. Kent, the Company intends to appoint a third independent director prior to the annual and special meeting of shareholders, or nominate a third independent director at the annual and special meeting.
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ITEM 14.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
Audit Fees
(1)
Morrill & Associates served as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm for the years ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, and is expected to serve in that capacity for the current year. Principal accounting fees for professional services rendered for the Company by Morrill & Associates for the year ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, are summarized as follows:
|
| 2013 |
| 2012 | ||
Audit | $ | 27,385 |
| $ | 38,000 | |
Audit related | $ | 0 |
| $ | 0 | |
Tax | $ | 0 |
| $ | 0 | |
All other | $ | 0 |
| $ | 0 | |
Total | $ | 27,385 |
| $ | 38,000 |
Audit Related Fees
(2)
Morrill & Associates did not bill the Company any amounts for assurance and related services that were related to its audit or review of the Companys financial statements during the fiscal years ended 2013 and 2012.
Tax Fees
(3)
The aggregate fees billed by Morrill & Associates for tax compliance, advice and planning were $0.00 for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2013 and 2012.
All Other Fees
(4)
Morrill & Associates did not bill the Company for any products and services other than the foregoing during the fiscal years ended 2013 and 2012.
Audit Committees Pre-approval Policies and Procedures
(5)
At the Companys regularly scheduled and special meetings, the audit committee considers and pre-approves any audit and non-audit services to be performed by the Companys independent registered public accounting firm. The audit committee has the authority to grant pre-approvals of non-audit services.
PART IV
ITEM 15.
EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.
(a)(1)(2) Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedule.
The financial statements and financial statement schedules identified in Item 8 are filed as part of this annual report.
(a)(3) Exhibits.
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The exhibits required by this item are set forth on the Exhibit Index below.
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10.7 | Stock Option Agreement dated October 26, 2010 by and between Liberty Silver Corp. and George Kent (included as exhibit to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 27, 2010). |
10.8 | Stock Option Agreement dated December 6, 2010 by and between Liberty Silver Corp. and W. Thomas Hodgson (included as exhibit to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 6, 2010). |
10.9 | Liberty Silver Corp. Incentive Share Plan (included as exhibit to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 3, 2011). |
10.10 | Liberty Silver Corp. Incentive Stock Option Agreement dated April 19, 2011 between Liberty Silver Corp. and William Tafuri (included as exhibit to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2011). |
10.11 | Liberty Silver Corp. Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement dated April 19, 2011 between Liberty Silver Corp. and John Barrington (included as exhibit to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2011). |
10.12 | Subscription Agreement dated November 10, 2011 (included as exhibit to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 2011). |
10.13 | Subscription Receipt and Escrow Agreement dated November 10, 2011 (included as exhibit to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 2011). |
10.14 | Registration Rights Agreement dated November 10, 2011 (included as exhibit to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 2011). |
10.15 | Purchase Agreement Hi Ho Silver Mining Claims dated October 15, 2012 (included as exhibit to Form S-1/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 24, 2013). |
10.16 | Registration Rights Agreement dated October 15, 2012 (included as exhibit to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 16, 2012). |
10.17 | Memorandum of Exploration Earn-In Agreement, effective March 29, 2010(included as exhibit to Form S-1/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 24, 2013) |
10.18 | Letter Agreement re Assignment of Exploration Earn-In Agreement, effective July 1, 2010(included as exhibit to Form S-1/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 24, 2013) |
31.1 | Certifications pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.* |
31.2 | Certifications pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.* |
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32.1 | Certifications pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.* |
32.2 | Certifications pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.* |
101 | SCH XBRL Schema Document * |
101 | INS XBRL Instance Document * |
101 | CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document* |
101 | LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document * |
101 | PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document * |
101 | DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document* |
* Filed Herewith
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
By: /s/ Manish Z. Kshatriya
Manish Z. Kshatriya, Chief Financial Officer, Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer
Date: | September 27, 2013 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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Date: | September 27, 2013 | By: | /s/ R. Geoffrey Browne |
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| Name: | R. Geoffrey Browne |
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| Title: | Chief Executive Officer, Principal Executive Officer, Director |
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Date: | September 27, 2013 | By: | /s/ Manish Z. Kshatriya |
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| Name: | Manish Z. Kshatriya |
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| Title: | Chief Financial Officer, Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer |
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Date: | September 27, 2013 | By: | /s/ W. Thomas Hodgson |
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| Name: | W. Thomas Hodgson |
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| Title: | Director |
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Date: | September 27, 2013 | By: | /s/ Timothy Unwin |
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| Name: | Timothy Unwin |
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| Title: | Director |
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