GOLDRICH MINING CO - Quarter Report: 2011 June (Form 10-Q)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
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| QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2011 | ||
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| TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from to
Commission file number: 001-06412
GOLDRICH MINING COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
ALASKA |
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(State of other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
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2607 Southeast Blvd, Ste. B211 |
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Spokane, Washington |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
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(509) 535-7367
(Registrants Telephone Number, including Area Code)
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the issuer (1) 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 o 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). o Yes o No
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 (Check one):
Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer o Non-accelerated filer o Smaller Reporting Company x
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) o Yes x No
Number of shares of issuer’s common stock outstanding at August 12, 2011: 90,466,855
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition or Plan of Operation
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use Of Proceeds
Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities
Item 4. (Removed and Reserved)
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PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
Goldrich Mining Company |
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Consolidated Balance Sheets | (Unaudited) |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents | $ 1,600,281 | $ 342,871 |
Prepaid expenses | 125,576 | 116,580 |
Other current assets | 70,841 | 90,162 |
Total current assets | 1,796,698 | 549,613 |
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Property, plant, equipment, and mining claims: |
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Equipment, net of accumulated depreciation | 2,045,310 | 2,303,667 |
Mining properties and claims | 579,996 | 583,172 |
Total property, plant, equipment and mining claims | 2,625,306 | 2,886,839 |
Total assets | $ 4,422,004 | $ 3,436,452 |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY (DEFICIT) |
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Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ 467,348 | $ 195,924 |
Related party payable | 306,523 | 380,801 |
Deferred compensation | - | 171,290 |
Dividend payable on preferred stock | 22,083 | - |
Current portion of equipment notes payable | 229,229 | 220,915 |
Current portion of notes payable in gold, net of discounts | 293,326 | 260,079 |
Current portion of notes payable in gold, net of discounts, related parties | 123,378 | 109,871 |
Total current liabilities | 1,441,887 | 1,338,880 |
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Long-term liabilities: |
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Equipment notes payable | 314,704 | 431,438 |
Notes payable in gold, net of discounts | 102,740 | 734,496 |
Notes payable in gold, net of discounts, related parties | 102,740 | 847,511 |
Accrued remediation costs | 309,200 | 304,118 |
Total long-term liabilities | 829,384 | 2,317,563 |
Total liabilities | 2,271,271 | 3,656,443 |
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Commitments and contingencies (Note 7) |
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Stockholders' equity (deficit): |
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Preferred stock; no par value, 9,000,000 |
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shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding | - | - |
Convertible preferred stock series A; 5% cumulative dividends, |
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no par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized; 175,000 and 425,000 shares issued and outstanding, respectively, $350,000 and $850,000 liquidation preferences, respectively | 175,000 | 425,000 |
Common stock; $.10 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized; 76,655,995 and 52,936,397 issued and outstanding, respectively | 7,665,599 | 5,293,640 |
Additional paid-in capital | 12,823,206 | 9,673,743 |
Deficit accumulated during the exploration stage | (18,513,072) | (15,612,374) |
Total stockholders equity (deficit) | 2,150,733 | (219,991) |
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficit) | $ 4,422,004 | $ 3,436,452 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Goldrich Mining Company |
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Consolidated Statements of Operations |
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(unaudited) |
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Income earned during the exploration stage: |
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Gold sales and other | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ - | $ 2,542,079 | |
Cost of gold sales | - | - | - | - | (1,858,843) | |
Gross profit on gold sales | - | - | - | - | 683,236 | |
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Operating expenses: |
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Mine preparation costs | - | 719,496 | - | 719,496 | 1,034,573 | |
Exploration expense | 423,967 | 251,824 | 559,869 | 359,494 | 5,981,711 | |
Management fees and salaries | 106,806 | 211,341 | 155,461 | 329,775 | 3,093,811 | |
Professional services | 8,782 | 68,934 | 63,573 | 116,184 | 1,845,637 | |
Other general and admin expense | (17,209) | 57,622 | 96,391 | 102,780 | 2,028,987 | |
Office supplies and other expense | 4,015 | 3,238 | 10,316 | 6,613 | 379,653 | |
Directors' fees | 3,600 | 3,100 | 18,800 | 5,600 | 763,175 | |
Mineral property maintenance | 8,911 | 7,555 | 17,323 | 16,011 | 156,941 | |
Depreciation | 137,366 | 122,792 | 275,032 | 194,550 | 1,381,279 | |
Reclamation and miscellaneous | 5,285 | 282 | 6,097 | 844 | 127,424 | |
Loss on partnership venture | - | - | - | - | 53,402 | |
Equipment repairs | - | - | - | - | 25,170 | |
Loss (gain) on disposal of mining properties and equipment | - | - | (1,991) | - | 195,290 | |
Total operating expenses | 681,523 | 1,446,184 | 1,200,871 | 1,851,347 | 17,067,053 | |
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Other (income) expense: |
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Gain on legal judgment | - | (144,000) | - | (144,000) | (127,387) | |
Royalties, net | - | - | - | - | (398,752) | |
Lease and rental | - | - | - | - | (99,330) | |
Interest income | (1,082) | (92) | (1,216) | (467) | (285,165) | |
Interest expense and finance costs | 32,968 | 224,393 | 82,227 | 295,240 | 1,343,662 | |
Loss on settlement of debt | - | - | 1,623,489 | - | 1,623,489 | |
Loss (gain) on foreign currency translation | (163) | 309 | (4,673) | (245) | 72,738 | |
Total other (income) expense | 31,723 | 80,610 | 1,699,827 | 150,528 | 2,129,255 | |
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Net loss | 713,246 | 1,526,794 | 2,900,698 | 2,001,875 | $ 18,513,072 | |
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Preferred dividends | 2,212 | 5,372 | 12,670 | 10,163 |
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Net loss available to common stockholders | $ 715,458 | $ 1,532,166 | $ 2,913,368 | $ 2,012,038 |
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Net loss per common share basic and diluted | $ 0.01 | $ 0.03 | $ 0.04 | $ 0.04 |
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Weighted average common |
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shares outstanding-basic and diluted | 70,480,400 | 46,920,364 | 66,197,203 | 44,850,126 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Goldrich Mining Company |
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows |
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Cash flows from operating activities: |
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Net loss | $ (2,900,698) | $ (2,001,875) | $ (18,513,072) | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash |
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used in operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization | 278,310 | 194,550 | 1,385,050 | ||
Loss on disposal of mining property | - | - | 196,276 | ||
Loss (gain) on sale of equipment | (1,991) | - | 2,397 | ||
Stock based compensation | 23,554 | 82,886 | 1,614,110 | ||
Compensation paid with equipment | 1,803 | - | 1,803 | ||
Common stock issued for interest | - | - | 196,110 | ||
Amortization of discount on notes payable in gold | 36,417 | 140,074 | 532,873 | ||
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gold for value of warrant | 13,495 | 23,989 | 217,162 | ||
Amortization of discount on convertible |
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debenture for beneficial conversion feature | - | - | 150,000 | ||
Amortization of deferred financing costs | - | - | 130,000 | ||
Gold delivered to satisfy notes payable | - | - | (273,974) | ||
Gold delivered in exchange for equipment | - | - | (10,966) | ||
Loss on settlement of debt | 1,623,489 | - | 1,623,489 | ||
Accretion of ARO liability | 5,082 | - | 60,082 | ||
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Change in: |
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Prepaid expenses | (8,995) | (338,074) | (125,574) | ||
Other current assets | 19,321 | (12,300) | (70,841) | ||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 281,424 | 535,708 | 477,348 | ||
Related party payable | (44,940) | 242,399 | 335,861 | ||
Deferred compensation | (171,290) | - | - | ||
Accrued commission payable | - | - | 277,523 | ||
Convertible success award, Walters LITS | - | - | 88,750 | ||
Net cash used - operating activities | (845,019) | (1,132,643) | (11,705,594) | ||
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Cash flows from investing activities: |
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Receipts attributable to unrecovered |
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promotional, exploratory, and development costs | - | - | 626,942 | ||
Proceeds from the sale of equipment | - | - | 64,624 | ||
Purchases of equipment, and unrecovered |
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promotional and exploratory costs | (26,589) | (597,053) | (2,233,165) | ||
Additions to mining properties and claims - direct |
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costs for claim staking and acquisition | - | - | (505,090) | ||
Net cash used - investing activities | (26,589) | (597,053) | (2,046,689) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Goldrich Mining Company |
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Continued |
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Unaudited |
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Cash flows from financing activities: |
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Proceeds from related party debt | $ - | $ - | $ 100,000 | |
Payments on related party debt | - | - | (100,000) | |
Proceeds from issuing convertible debenture, net | - | - | 900,000 | |
Proceeds from issuance of common stock in connection |
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with exercise of options and warrants | 255,666 | - | 3,071,498 | |
Proceeds from issuance of common stock and warrants, |
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net of offering costs | 1,981,772 | 1,090,800 | 9,826,258 | |
Proceeds from notes payable in gold | - | 625,037 | 1,785,037 | |
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock | - | - | 475,000 | |
Payments on capital leases and notes payable | (108,420) | (106,313) | (697,055) | |
Acquisitions of treasury stock | - | - | (8,174) | |
Net cash provided - financing activities | 2,129,018 | 1,609,524 | 15,352,564 | |
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 1,257,410 | (120,172) | 1,600,281 | |
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Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | 342,871 | 302,014 | - | |
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ 1,600,281 | $ 181,842 | $ 1,600,281 | |
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Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information: |
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Non-cash investing and financing activities: |
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Mining claims purchased - common stock | $ - | $ - | $ 43,000 | |
Additions to property, plant and equipment |
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acquired through capital lease and notes payable | $ - | $ 933,534 | $ 1,240,988 | |
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paid in gold | $ - | $ - | $ 10,966 | |
Accounts payable satisfied with equipment | $ 10,000 |
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Related party liability converted to common stock | $ - | $ - | $ 301,086 | |
Issuance of warrants for deferred financing |
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costs of convertible debenture | $ - | $ - | $ 30,000 | |
Issuance of common stock upon conversion of |
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convertible debenture | $ - | $ - | $ 1,000,000 | |
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preferred shares | $ 250,000 | $ 25,000 | $ 300,000 | |
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notes payable in gold | $ 3,032,513 | $ - | $ 3,082,513 | |
Issuance of common stock for finders fees | $ 14,350 | $ - | $ 14,350 | |
Warrants issued with notes payable in gold | $ - | $ 67,004 | $ 109,228 | |
Notes payable satisfied with gold | $ - | $ - | $ 273,974 | |
Capital lease satisfied with equipment notes payable | $ - | $ - | $ 335,190 | |
Dividend payable on preferred stock | $ 22,083 | $ - | $ 22,083 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Goldrich Mining Company
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
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BASIS OF PRESENTATION:
The unaudited financial statements have been prepared by the Company in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information, as well as the instructions to Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. In the opinion of the Companys management, all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation of the interim financial statements have been included. Operating results for the six-month period ended June 30, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2011.
For further information refer to the financial statements and footnotes thereto in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.
Net Loss Per Share
Basic EPS is computed as net income available to common shareholders after dividends to preferred shareholders, divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur from common shares issuable through stock options, warrants, and other convertible debt and securities. The dilutive effect of vested convertible and exercisable securities would be:
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Convertible preferred stock | 1,050,000 | 2,550,000 |
Stock options | 3,090,000 | 3,065,000 |
Warrants | 16,103,674 | 2,275,513 |
Convertible notes payable in gold | 0 | 1,185,184 |
Total possible dilution | 20,243,674 | 9,075,697 |
For the six-month periods ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, the effect of the Companys outstanding options and common stock equivalents would have been anti-dilutive.
Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications have been made to conform prior periods presentation to the current presentation. These reclassifications have no effect on the results of operations or stockholders equity (deficit).
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts and disclosures. Significant estimates used in preparing these financial statements include those assumed in estimating the recoverability of the cost of mining claims, accrued remediation costs, beneficial conversion features of convertible debt, fair value of warrants, and deferred tax assets and related valuation allowances. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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Goldrich Mining Company
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
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BASIS OF PRESENTATION, CONTINUED:
Fair Value Measures
Our financial instruments consist principally of cash, equipment notes payable and notes payable in gold. These instruments do not require recurring re-measurement at fair value.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
For the purposes of the balance sheet and statement of cash flows, the Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be a cash equivalent.
Revenue Recognition
Revenue is recognized, net of treatment and refining charges, from a sale when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the price is determinable, the product has been delivered, the title has been transferred to the customer and collection of the sales price is reasonably assured.
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GOING CONCERN
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared under the assumption that the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company is an exploration stage company and has incurred losses since its inception and does not have sufficient cash at June 30, 2011 to fund normal operations and meet debt obligations for the next 12 months. The Company raised $255,666 net cash proceeds from the exercise of warrants and $1,981,772 net cash from the issuance of common stock during the six months ended June 30, 2011, but still required additional cash to execute its exploration plans and meet its debt obligations in the next twelve months. Subsequent to the end of the quarter, the Company raised approximately $2.9 million additional cash from a private placement sufficient to fund operations and to satisfy notes payable in gold which will mature in the next twelve months. (See Note 8 Subsequent Events). With this closing, the Company has sufficient cash to fund normal operations and meet debt obligations for the next 12 months, but nonetheless believes that the going concern condition cannot be removed with confidence until the Company has entered into a business climate where funding of operations through continuing operations is more assured.
The Company currently has no historical recurring source of revenue and its ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on the Companys ability to raise capital to fund its future exploration and working capital requirements or its ability to profitably execute its mining plan. The Companys plans for the long-term return to and continuation as a going concern include financing the Companys future operations through sales of its common stock and/or debt and the eventual profitable exploitation of its mining properties. Additionally, the current capital markets and general economic conditions in the United States are significant obstacles to raising the required funds. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Companys ability to continue as a going concern.
The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. If the going concern basis was not appropriate for these financial statements, adjustments would be necessary in the carrying value of assets and liabilities, the reported expenses and the balance sheet classifications used.
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Goldrich Mining Company
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Pursuant to the terms of his contract, the Companys former Chief Operating Officer had previously elected to accrue fees owed to him until such time as the Company has sufficient cash reserves to pay them. During the three-month period ended June 30, 2011, the Company accrued no additional fees and paid $6,443 during the quarter to reduce the accrued amounts at the close of the quarter to $271,796, which was paid in full subsequent to the close of the quarter. The Companys President and Chief Executive Officer had previously elected to defer his salary. The Company had accrued a total of $171,290 deferred compensation and expenses, all of which was paid during the quarter.
Additionally, an amount of $82,512 had previously been accrued for fees and expenses due to the Companys Chief Financial Officer, $77,512 of which was paid during the quarter ended June 30, 2011. A total of $51,775 has been accrued for directors and related party consultants, of which $3,600 was accrued during the quarter ended June 30, 2011.
Total interest expense recognized for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 for notes payable in gold with related parties, including the amortization of discounts on those notes, was $9,701 and $41,841, respectively, and for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 was $27,483 and $69,223, respectively.
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NOTES PAYABLE IN GOLD
At June 30, 2011, the Company had total outstanding notes payable in gold of $660,714, less unamortized discounts of $38,530 for a net liability of $622,184, with 406.178 ounces of fine gold deliverable at November 30, 2011, and 219.894 ounces of alluvial gold deliverable at November 1, 2012. The Company mined sufficient gold in 2010 to meet its 2010 gold deliveries but chose to sell the gold to fund operations. The Company did not make the required 2010 payments on these notes by delivering the contracted gold to the holders of the notes payable in gold, which represented default on those agreements. In January and February 2011, the Company alleviated the default conditions arising from the non-delivery of the gold in 2010 by agreements with note holders to convert defaulted notes to shares of common stock, or to extend terms of gold deliveries to November 1, 2012. The Company is not required to purchase gold to satisfy the gold deliveries under these notes, and therefore accounts for the liability at the fair value of the contracted ounces of gold to be delivered, as established at the inception of the notes, net of discounts, which are amortized over the life of the notes.
Conversion of Notes Payable in Gold Contracts
On January 31, 2011 and February 1, 2011, the Company entered into a series of conversion agreements (the Conversion Agreements) in respect of certain Fine Gold and Alluvial Gold Forward Sales Contracts (the Converted Forward Sales Contracts), accounted for as notes payable in gold previously entered into by the Company. Under the Conversion Agreements, the Company converted 769.59 ounces of alluvial gold and 628.23 ounces of fine gold due under the Converted Forward Sales Contracts into 10,931,982 common shares of the Company. Prior to the conversion of gold into common shares under the Converted Forward Sales Contracts, the Company owed 422.43 ounces of fine gold deliverable in October 2010, 989.49 ounces of alluvial gold deliverable in November 2010 and 611.98 ounces of fine gold deliverable in October 2011, and was in default of the Converted Forward Sales Contracts that required delivery of gold in October and November 2010. As a result of the conversion into common stock, notes payable in gold with a net liability of $1,376,528 were classified as long term debt at December 31, 2010.
Accordingly, by issuing common shares pursuant to the Conversion Agreements, the Company has performed its obligations under the Converted Forward Sales Contracts and is no longer in default and has been released from any liability for default under the Converted Forward Sales Contracts that required delivery of gold in November 2010.
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Goldrich Mining Company
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
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NOTES PAYABLE IN GOLD, CONTINUED
The conversion of notes payable in gold represents a settlement of that debt in the quarter ended March 31, 2011. Notes payable in gold totaling $1,434,125, less unamortized discounts of $54,438 for a net liability of $1,379,687 were converted to 10,931,982 common shares of the Company. At the time of conversion on January 31, 2011 and February 1, 2011, the common shares had a fair value $0.28 per share, or $3,060,955, as measured by the closing price of the Companys stock on the FINRA OTCBB exchange on each of those dates. After giving effect to relief of $29,337 in accrued interest payable to holders under the terms of conditions of default, and $28,442 unamortized discounts related to warrants associated with the converted contracts, the conversion of the notes payable in gold resulted in a loss of $1,623,489 during the first quarter of 2011, or $0.03 per basic share of outstanding common stock.
Amendment of Notes Payable in Gold Contracts
On February 4, 2011, the Company entered into amendments (the First Amendment) in respect to certain Alluvial Gold Forward Sales Contracts (the Amended Forward Sales Contracts), accounted for as notes payable in gold previously entered into by the Company which were not converted as described in the foregoing summary. Under the terms of the First Amendment, the Company agreed to amend the delivery date of the required quantity of gold from November 1, 2010 to November 1, 2012. In consideration for the amended delivery date, the Company agreed to continue paying interest on the value of the gold that was due November 1, 2010 until the required quantity of gold is delivered or all amounts due under the Amended Forward Sales Contracts are otherwise paid and to increase the interest rate by four percent to a rate equal to the lesser of prime plus eight percent (8%) per annum or twelve percent (12%) compounded annually. Interest has been accrued on the carrying value of the liability as determined using the fair value of the contracted ounces of gold to be delivered, as established at the inception of the notes, net of discounts.
Prior to entering into the First Amendment, the Company was in default of its delivery obligations under the Amended Forward Sales Contracts. Accordingly by entering into the First Amendment to the Amended Forward Sales Contracts, the Company is no longer in default and has been released from any liability for default under the Amended Forward Sales Contracts. The interest accrued or paid under the amended interest rates would equate to approximately $22,800 per year. These amended notes give rise to the deliveries of alluvial gold noted in the foregoing paragraphs.
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EQUIPMENT NOTES PAYABLE
The principal amounts of the equipment notes due over coming years are as follows:
Year | Principal Due June 30, |
2012 | $ 229,229 |
2013 | 231,080 |
2014 | 83,624 |
2015 | - |
2016 and thereafter | - |
Total | $ 543,933 |
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Goldrich Mining Company
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
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STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY (DEFICIT)
On February 2, 2011, a holder of 250,000 shares Series A Convertible Preferred exercised his conversion right to 1,500,000 shares of common stock. This resulted in no proceeds to the Company, and after conversion, there are 175,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred outstanding which are convertible into 1,050,000 shares of common stock.
On January 31, 2011 and February 1, 2011, the Company issued a total of 10,931,982 common shares for conversion of certain notes payable in gold. See Note 4 Notes Payable in Gold.
On December 20, 2010, the Board of Directors approved a temporary reduction in exercise price for the Series E and Series F warrants to the lesser of $0.20 per share of common stock or 30% discount of market price of the Companys stock. The reduction was effective through January 31, 2011, later amended to February 18, 2011. No warrants were exercised during 2010 under these terms, and in the quarter ended March 31, 2011, a total of 35,000 Series E Warrants and 1,393,332 Series F Warrants were exercised, resulting in net cash proceeds to the Company of $255,666.
On May 31, 2011, the Company closed a private placement of its common stock and warrants to purchase shares of its common stock. The private placement consisted of 9,859,284 units at a price of $0.21 per unit and resulted in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $1,981,772. Each unit consists of one share of the Companys common stock, one half of a Series H warrant and one half of a Series I warrant. Each full Series H warrant and Series I warrant is exercisable to purchase one additional common share of the Company at $0.30 and $0.40, respectively, for a period of five years following the date of issue. Of the total issuance, officers and directors of the Company purchased 695,000 units, contributing $145,850 of the total proceeds of the private placement. Such units were purchased on the same terms and conditions as the purchase of units by other investors in the private placement.
The terms of the private placement include a call option for the Company. In the event that the common shares trade at a weighted volume average price of greater than $0.50 or $0.60, respectively for the H warrants and I warrants, for a period of 20 consecutive trading days at any time following the issuance of the respective warrants, the Company may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the expiration date of the respective warrants by giving written notice to the holders thereof within 10 business days of the occurrence thereof, and in such case, the warrants will expire on the 20th business day after the date on which such notice is given by the Company. The Company granted resale registration rights to such investors.
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Goldrich Mining Company
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
6.
STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY (DEFICIT), CONTINUED
The following is a summary of warrants for June 30, 2011:
| Shares | Exercise Price ($) | Expiration Date |
Class E Warrants: (Issued for Notes payable in gold) |
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Outstanding and exercisable at January 1, 2010 | 145,000 | 0.65 |
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Warrants issued in 2010 | 312,518 | 0.65 | Feb through Jun 2012 |
Outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2010 | 457,518 |
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Warrants exercised February 18, 2011 | (35,000) | 0.20 |
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Outstanding and exercisable at June 30, 2011 | 422,518 |
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Class F Warrants: (Issued for Private Placement) |
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Warrants issued in 2010 | 2,052,995 | 0.55 | Mar through Aug 2012 |
Outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2010 | 2,052,995 |
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Warrants exercised February 18, 2011 | (1,393,332) | 0.20 |
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Outstanding and exercisable at June 30, 2011 | 659,663 |
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Class F-2 Warrants: (Issued for Commissions) |
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Warrants issued in 2010 | 599,772 | 0.20 | Dec 3, 2012 |
Outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2010 | 599,772 |
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Outstanding and exercisable at June 30, 2011 | 599,772 |
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Class G Warrants: (Issued for Private Placement) |
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Warrants issued in 2010 | 4,169,850 | 0.36 | Dec 3 through 16, 2012 |
Outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2010 | 4,169,850 |
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Outstanding and exercisable at June 30, 2011 | 4,169,850 |
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Class H Warrants: (Issued for Private Placement) |
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Warrants issued May 31, 2011 (1) | 5,125,936 | 0.30 | May 31, 2016 |
Outstanding and exercisable at June 30, 2011 | 5,125,936 |
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Class I Warrants: (Issued for Private Placement) |
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Warrants issued May 31, 2011 (2) | 5,125,935 | 0.40 | May 31, 2016 |
Outstanding and exercisable at June 30, 2011 | 5,125,935 |
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Weighted average exercise of warrants outstanding and weighted average exercise price at June 30, 2011 | 16,103,674 | 0.39 |
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(1)
Includes 196,297 warrants issued for commissions and finders fees
(2)
Includes 196,296 warrants issued for commissions and finders fees
Stock-Based Compensation:
On October 19, 2009, the Company issued 750,000 options in connection with the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer, 250,000 of which vested immediately, with 250,000 vesting on October 19, 2010 and the final 250,000 vesting on October 19, 2011. The fair value of options was determined using a Black Scholes model, resulting in a total fair value of $285,000 for these options. This value will be recognized ratably over the vesting period. For the six-month periods ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, the Company recognized share-based compensation for key employees of $23,554 and $82,886, respectively.
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Goldrich Mining Company
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
7.
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
The Company has a royalty commitment on claims purchased from the Anderson family. The Company is obligated to pay 2% of gold it mines from these claims to the Anderson Partnership. For the 2010 mining season the Company accrued and paid the Andersons 4.55 troy ounces of gold in 2010. The Company may, at its election, purchase the royalty from the Anderson Partnership no later than June 23, 2013 for a payment of $250,000. If the Company elects to purchase the royalty once notice has been given, payment is due within 30 days.
8.
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On July 29, 2011 the Company closed a private placement of shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase shares of its common stock. The private placement resulted in net proceeds of $2.9 million. The proceeds of the private placement are anticipated to be used to complete the financing for the Companys 2011 hard-rock drilling gold exploration program at its Chandalar property in Alaska, completely satisfy the Companys notes payable in gold of approximately $960,000, repay a related party account payable of approximately $263,000 and fund general operating expenses.
The Company closed on a sale of approximately 13.8 million units at a price of $0.21 per unit, each unit consists of one share of the Companys common stock, one half of a Series J warrant and one half of a Series I warrant. Each full Series J warrant is exercisable for a period of five years following the date of issue to purchase one additional share of common stock of the Company at the greater of $0.30 or the closing market price of the Companys stock on the closing date of the private placement, as quoted on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board (the OTCBB). Each full Series I warrant is exercisable for a period of five years following the date of issue to purchase one additional common share of the Company at $0.40. The Company issued approximately 7.3 million warrants of each Class, after issuing approximately 412,000 warrants of each class for commissions and finders fees.
The terms of the private placement include a call option for the Company. In the event that the shares of common stock trade at a weighted volume average price of greater than $0.50 or $0.60, respectively, for the J warrants and I warrants, for a period of 20 consecutive trading days at any time following the issuance of the respective warrants, the Company may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the expiration date of the respective warrants by giving written notice to the holders thereof within 10 business days of the occurrence thereof, and in such case, the warrants will expire on the 20th business day after the date on which such notice is given by the Company. The Company intends to grant resale registration rights to such investors as allowable by rules of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition or Plan of Operation
This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Except for historical information, the matters set forth herein, which are forward-looking statements, involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, unexpected changes in business and economic conditions; significant increases or decreases in gold prices; changes in interest and currency exchange rates; unanticipated grade changes; metallurgy, processing, access, availability of materials, equipment, supplies and water; results of current and future exploration and production activities; local and community impacts and issues; timing of receipt and maintenance of government approvals; accidents and labor disputes; environmental costs and risks; competitive factors, including competition for property acquisitions; and availability of external financing at reasonable rates or at all, and those set forth under the heading Risk Factors in our Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 21, 2011. Forward- looking statements can be identified by terminology such as may, will, should, expects, intends, plans, anticipates, believes, estimates, predicts, potential, continues or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Forward-looking statements are made based on managements beliefs, estimates, and opinions on the date the statements are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements if these beliefs, estimates, and opinions should change, except as required by law.
This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes. The discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations are based upon the unaudited consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of any contingent liabilities at the financial statement date and reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. On an on-going basis the Company reviews its estimates and assumptions. The estimates were based on historical experience and other assumptions that the Company believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results are likely to differ from those estimates under different assumptions or conditions, but the Company does not believe such differences will materially affect our consolidated financial position or results of operations. Critical accounting policies, the policies the Company believes are most important to the presentation of its consolidated financial statements and require the most difficult, subjective and complex judgments, are outlined below in Critical Accounting Policies, and have not changed significantly.
Chandalar, Alaska
The Chandalar gold property is currently our only mineral property. It is an exploration stage property. We were attracted to the Chandalar district because of its similarities to productive mining districts, its past positive exploration results, and the opportunity to control multiple attractive gold quartz-vein prospects and adjacent unexplored target areas for large sediment hosted disseminated gold deposits. The gold potential of the Chandalar district is enhanced by similarities to important North American mesothermal gold deposits, a common attribute being a tendency for the mineralization to continue for up to a mile or more at depth, barring structural offset. We believe that our dominant land control eliminates the risk of a potential competitor finding ore deposits located within adjacent claims. Summarily, the scale, number and frequency of the Chandalar district gold-bearing exposures and geochemical anomalies compare favorably to similar attributes of productive mining districts.
Going forward, our primary focus is development of our hard-rock (lode) exploration targets at Chandalar. Subject to sufficient financing, we plan an aggressive diamond-core drilling program on the hard-rock exploration targets which are believed to be the sources of the alluvial gold. The plan calls for about 40 to 45 drill holes totaling about 20,000 feet, of which approximately 15,000 feet are planned to be drilled in 2011. Drill hole depths would range from 300 to 750 feet, and the holes would be spread along a five-mile-long mineralized trend that our geological work has identified. The drilling targets are embodied in concepts developed from the technical data that point up the discovery potential for huge, low grade orogenic gold
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deposits. The Chandalar mineralization can best be classified as orogenic owing to the finely disseminated nature of the gold, close association with sulfides and deposition within an original bedded organic rich (carbon) sedimentary host (Mikado phyllite). The phyllite is highly deformed as a result of tectonic processes. The original sedimentary rocks have been successively altered by multiple phases of metamorphic and hydrothermal alteration which has remobilized gold within the original carbonaceous sediments and into axial fold structures, faults and quartz veins above and peripheral to them.
The Company maintains an extensive file of the prospecting and exploration of the Chandalar Mining district, cataloging documents dated as early as 1904. Most previous work was by mining companies and individuals who were focused on mining the gold placers and quartz veins but who conducted little organized geologically based exploration. Even less attention was given beyond existing vein exposures. There is no reliable accounting of the exploration expenditures over the entire hundred-year period; however, since we (new management) acquired the Company in 2003, $2.468 million of qualifying assessment work has been accomplished (excludes infrastructure, capital equipment, transport cost, and office support). Two drill programs account for a significant portion of the exploration expenditures: a 7,763-foot, reverse circulation, 39-hole reconnaissance-level lode exploration drill program in 2006 and a 15,304-foot, 107-hole reverse circulation placer evaluation drill program in 2007. We also accomplished local mapping of about 40 identified prospect areas; collection and geochemical analyses of approximately 1,400 soil, 1,400 rock, 70 stream sediment and 11 water samples, and preparation of anomaly maps; a trenching program of 45 trenches aggregating of 5,937 feet was of which 4,954 feet exposed bedrock and collection of about 550 trench-wall channel samples; ground magnetometer survey grids of 15 prospect areas, survey lines totaling 28 miles. We have collected and assayed a total of 3,431 surface samples at Chandalar. In addition, approximately 4,500 drill samples have been analyzed.
The Chandalar district has a history of prior production, but there has been no significant recurrent production over the years. Our 2007 exploration work discovered and partially drilled out a large placer gold deposit in the Little Squaw Creek drainage. In 2009, we opened the Little Squaw Creek Gold Mine as a test project. Favorable results lead to the expansion of the mine in 2010. So far, start-up production of the Little Squaw Creek Gold Mine amounts to 2,022 ounces of fine gold. This deposit is geologically characterized as an aggradational placer gold deposit. It is unusual in the sense that it is the only such known alluvial, or placer, gold deposit in Alaska, although many exist in Siberia. Our discovery contrasts to others in Alaska that are commonly known as bedrock placer gold deposits. Aggradational alluvial gold deposits contain gold particles disseminated through thick sections of unconsolidated stream gravels in contrast to bedrock placer deposits where thin but rich gold-bearing gravel pay streaks rest directly on bedrock surfaces. Aggradational placer gold deposits are generally more uniform and thus more conducive to bulk mining techniques incorporating economies of scale. This contrasts with bedrock placer gold deposits where gold distribution tends to be erratic and highly variable. The plan view of our discovery is somewhat funnel-shaped, and as such has been divided into two distinct geomorphological zones: a Gulch, or narrower channel portion, and a Fan, or broad alluvial apron portion.
During the summer of 2009, we permitted and successfully completed a test mining operation on the upper end of the Gulch portion of the Little Squaw Creek alluvial gold deposit. We mined about 40,000 bank cubic yards of glacial overburden and processed through our wash plant about 9,875 bank cubic yards of gold bearing paleo-stream alluvium, yielding approximately 594 ounces of placer gold which was then converted into about 500 ounces of fine gold. During the following winter of 2009/2010, we raised additional funds to ramp-up the Little Squaw Creek Gold Mine into production. That involved substantial infrastructure upgrades, including building a new 30 man mining camp located about two miles from the exploration camp that had been in use since 2004.
The 2010 seasonal mining operation involved stripping an estimated 130,000 bank cubic yards of waste material and the mining and processing through our wash plant of about 31,680 bank cubic yards of gold bearing gravels, yielding about 1,522 ounces of fine gold, making it one of the largest of the approximately 250 placer gold mines in Alaska.
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At this time, we have been successful in securing funds through a private placement sufficient to finance the 2011 seasonal, normally mid-May through mid-September, exploration program which consists of a core drilling program to build on reverse circulation drilling, trenching, sampling and geo-chemical analysis performed in prior years. We are also looking for a contractor or other qualified company to continue the placer mining operation at the Little Squaw Creek Gold Mine in 2012 and future years. Operating alternatives include, but are not limited to, joint ventures, contract mining with an in-kind or a net profits sharing agreement, or leasing specific claims to a competent operator while retaining a gold production royalty.
For a complete description of our Chandalar, Alaska project please see our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.
Map 1 Location of the Chandalar, Alaska Mining District
Location, Access & Geography of Chandalar
The Chandalar mining district lies north of the Arctic Circle at latitude 67°30'. The district is about 190 air miles north of Fairbanks, Alaska and 48 air miles east-northeast of Coldfoot (see Map 1). The center of the district is approximately 70 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Access to our Chandalar mining camp at Squaw Lake is either by aircraft from Fairbanks, or during the winter season via a 100-mile-long ice road from Coldfoot through the community of Chandalar Lake to Squaw Lake.
For a complete description of the access & geography of Chandalar please see our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.
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Map 2 Chandalar Mining Claim Block
Chandalar Mining Claims
We have a block of contiguous mining claims at Chandalar that cover a net area of about 17,560 acres (~27.5 square miles) (see Map 2), and which are maintained by us specifically for the exploration and exploitation of aggradational placer and lode gold deposits. The mining claims cover most of the known gold bearing zones within an area approximately five miles by eight miles.
For a complete description of the Chandalar mining claims please see our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.
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Chandalar Geology and Mineralization
A complete technical description of the Chandalar mining district, its geology and mineralization is included in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. In map 3 above, we present graphical representation of both hard rock prospects and alluvial fans on which we are focusing varying degrees of exploration effort, as determined by exploration activities already completed in prior years.
For a complete description of prior years exploration activities, and the interpretations of exploration and drilling activities please see our Form 10-K for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and previous years.
2011 Exploration Activities
We are currently engaged in a core drilling, sampling and analysis program at Chandalar as planned from earlier exploration activities as described above. We have approximately 15 people in camp, consisting of geologists, drillers, samplers, core loggers, and equipment operators. Our principal exploration target is the identified hard-rock stratabound gold target. Our 2011 summer field season includes a diamond-core drilling program consisting of approximately 25 to 30 drill holes to explore this structure. The drilling tests a zone of schist, or sequence of schist beds, that our geologists have identified as fertile for discovery of a stratabound type of gold deposit. Our targeted drilling area is approximately 1800 feet wide and over five miles long, where it ends under the Little Squaw Creek alluvial gold deposit. We believe that the erosion of this schist is the source of the alluvial gold in Little Squaw Creek and all of the other creeks in the Chandalar district. We are using an independent contractor for the diamond-core drilling and independent certified laboratories for sampling and analyses. The estimated cost for the entire program is approximately $1.5 to $2.0 million.
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Financial Condition and Liquidity
The Company is an exploration stage company and has incurred losses since its inception. The audit opinion and notes that accompany our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2010, disclose a going concern qualification to our ability to continue in business. The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared under the assumption that the Company will continue as a going concern. Such assumption contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company raised $255,666 net cash proceeds from the exercise of warrants and $1,981,772 net cash from the issuance of common stock during the six months ended June 30, 2011, but still required additional cash to execute its exploration plans and meet its debt obligations due within the following twelve months. Subsequent to the end of the quarter, the Company raised approximately $2.9 million additional cash from a private placement sufficient to fund operations and to purchase gold to satisfy notes payable in gold which will mature in the next twelve months. Management believes that the Company now does have sufficient cash to fund normal operations and meet debt obligations for the next twelve months, but nonetheless believes that the going concern condition cannot be removed with confidence until the Company has entered into a business climate where funding of operations through continuing operations is more assured.
The Company currently has no historical recurring source of revenue and its ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on the Companys continuing ability to raise capital to fund its future exploration and working capital requirements or its ability to profitably execute a mining plan. The Companys plans for the long-term return to and continuation as a going concern include financing the Companys future operations through sales of its common stock and/or debt and the eventual profitable exploitation of its mining property. Additionally, the current capital markets and general economic conditions in the United States are significant obstacles to raising the capital funds. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Companys ability to continue as a going concern.
Gold prices are at record highs, with continuing upward trends, but the current capital markets and general economic conditions in the United States may be obstacles to raising the required financing. We believe we will be able to secure sufficient financing in the future for long-term operations and exploration activities of the Company but we cannot give assurance we will be successful in attracting financing on terms acceptable to us, if at all. To increase its access to financial markets, Goldrich intends to seek a listing of its shares on a recognized stock exchange in Canada in addition to its listing on the FINRA OTCBB in the United States.
The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. If the going concern basis was not appropriate for these financial statements, adjustments would be necessary in the carrying value of assets and liabilities, the reported expenses and the balance sheet classifications used.
On June 30, 2011, we had total liabilities of $2,271,271 and total assets of $4,422,004. This compares to total liabilities of $3,656,443 and total assets of $3,436,452 on December 31, 2010. The increase in assets is largely due to $255,666 cash generated by exercise of Class E and Class F warrants in the first quarter and $1,981,772 cash generated in the private placement that closed on May 31, 2011.
As of June 30, 2011, the Companys liabilities consist of $309,200 for environmental remediation and asset retirement obligations, $622,184 in notes payable in gold contracts, $543,933 in equipment notes payable, $467,348 of trade payables and accrued liabilities, $306,523 due to related parties and $22,083 for dividends payable. Of these liabilities, $1,441,887 is due within 12 months, including $229,229 in the current portion of equipment notes payable and $416,704 representing the current portion of notes payable in gold. The decrease in total liabilities compared to December 31, 2010 is largely due to the conversion of several notes payable in gold contracts to common shares, which increased stockholders equity by approximately $3.1 million during the first quarter of 2011. Other changes were due to an increase in accounts payable as we ramped up purchasing activities for the summer exploration drilling season late in the quarter. Other changes in liabilities were due to scheduled payments on equipment notes payable and an increase in dividends payable to recognize dividends due on converted preferred stock.
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On June 30, 2011 we had working capital of $354,811 and stockholders equity of $2,150,733 compared to negative working capital $789,267 and negative stockholders equity of $219,991 as of December 31, 2010. This strengthening of the balance sheet was largely due to the conversion of Notes payable in gold to common stock, the cash exercise of warrants and cash generated in the private placement, the aggregated effect of which increased cash, decreased short-term liabilities and increased equity.
During the six months ended June 30, 2011, we used cash from operating activities of $845,019 compared to $1,132,643 for the same period of 2010. Exploration expenses increased by 55% and mine preparation expenses were nil in the first six months of 2011 as we refocused our efforts on an exploration drilling program in the second quarter of 2011 and we did not repeat the alluvial mining activities undertaken in 2010. Additionally, management fees and salaries were reduced by 59% and professional services decreased by 43% as our focus was fixed once again on exploration activities.
During the first six months of 2011, we paid $108,420 in principal on equipment notes and purchased minor assets for $26,375, whereas in the first six months of 2010, we invested $597,053 in equipment and took on $933,534 in capital lease and equipment notes payable financing. In the six months ended June 30, 2011, we raised $255,666 net cash proceeds from the exercise of warrants and $1,981,772 net cash proceeds from a private placement, compared to cash raised in the first six months of 2010 of $1,090,800 from issuance of common shares and warrants and $625,037 proceeds from entering into notes payable in gold.
Private Placement Offerings
See Part II, Item 2 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds for details of private placements of the Companys securities made during the six months ended June 30, 2011.
Subsequent Events
On July 29, 2011 the Company closed a private placement of shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase shares of its common stock. The private placement resulted in net proceeds of $2.9 million. The proceeds of the private placement are anticipated to be used to complete the financing for the Companys 2011 hard-rock drilling gold exploration program at its Chandalar property in Alaska, completely satisfy the Companys notes payable in gold of approximately $960,000, repay a related party account payable of approximately $263,000 and fund general operating expenses.
The Company closed on a sale of 13.8 million units at a price of $0.21 per unit, each unit consists of one share of the Companys common stock, one half of a Series J warrant and one half of a Series I warrant. Each full Series J warrant is exercisable for a period of five years following the date of issue to purchase one additional share of common stock of the Company at the greater of $0.30 or the closing market price of the Companys stock on the closing date of the private placement, as quoted on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board (the OTCBB). Each full Series I warrant is exercisable for a period of five years following the date of issue to purchase one additional common share of the Company at $0.40.
The terms of the private placement include a call option for the Company. In the event that the shares of common stock trade at a weighted volume average price of greater than $0.50 or $0.60, respectively for the J warrants and I warrants, for a period of 20 consecutive trading days at any time following the issuance of the respective warrants, the Company may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the expiration date of the respective warrants by giving written notice to the holders thereof within 10 business days of the occurrence thereof, and in such case, the warrants will expire on the 20th business day after the date on which such notice is given by the Company. The Company intends to grant resale registration rights to such investors as allowable by rules of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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On July 8, 2011, the Company announced it has begun a diamond-core drilling program at its Chandalar gold property in Alaska. The drilling program, which began during the first week of July, would test multiple targets with 25 to 30 angle holes averaging 500 feet, with some up to 750 feet. This drilling program is described in detail in 2011 Exploration Activities above.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements.
Critical Accounting Policies
We have identified our critical accounting policies, the application of which may materially affect the financial statements, either because of the significance of the financials statement item to which they relate, or because they require managements judgment in making estimates and assumptions in measuring, at a specific point in time, events which will be settled in the future. The critical accounting policies, judgments and estimates which management believes have the most significant effect on the financial statements are set forth below:
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Estimates of the recoverability of the carrying value of our mining and mineral property assets. We use publicly available pricing or valuation estimates of comparable property and equipment to assess the carrying value of our mining and mineral property assets. However, if future results vary materially from the assumptions and estimates used by us, we may be required to recognize an impairment in the assets carrying value.
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Expenses and disclosures associated with accounting for stock-based compensation. We used the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair market value of stock options issued under our stock-based compensation plan, which determines the recognition of associated compensation expense. This valuation model requires the use of judgment in applying assumptions of risk-free interest rate, stock price volatility and the expected life of the options. While we believe we have applied appropriate judgment in the assumptions and estimates, variations in judgment in applying assumptions and estimates used in this valuation could have a material effect upon the reported operating results.
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Estimates of our environmental liabilities. Our potential obligations in environmental remediations, asset retirement obligations or reclamation activities are considered critical due to the assumptions and estimates inherent in accruals of such liabilities, including uncertainties relating to specific reclamation and remediation methods and costs, the application and changing of environmental laws, regulations and interpretations by regulatory authorities.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Not applicable.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
At the end of the period covered by this report, an evaluation was carried out under the supervision of, and with the participation of, the Companys management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Companys disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a 15(e) and Rule 15d 15(e) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Companys disclosure controls and procedures were adequately designed and effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in its reports that
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it files or submits to the SEC under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in applicable rules and forms.
Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have also determined that the disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that material information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the Companys Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow for accurate required disclosure to be made on a timely basis.
Changes in internal controls over financial reporting
During the period covered by this report, there have been no changes in the Companys internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Companys internal control over financial reporting.
PART II OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
Except as discussed below, there have been no material developments or rulings during the period ended June 30, 2011.
The Company continues to pursue resolution in the ongoing appeals by Mr. Delmer Ackels of rulings made in 2008 and 2009 in favor of the Company concerning certain mining claims owned by us at our Chandalar property. Refer to our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 for a complete description of legal proceedings.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
There have been no changes to our risk factors as reported in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use Of Proceeds
Private Placement:
On May 31, 2011, the Company closed a private placement of its common stock and warrants to purchase shares of its common stock. The private placement consisted of 9,859,284 units at a price of $0.21 per unit and resulted in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $1,981,772. Each unit consists of one share of the Companys common stock, one half of a Series H warrant and one half of a Series I warrant. Each full Series H warrant and Series I warrant is exercisable to purchase one additional common share of the Company at $0.30 and $0.40, respectively, for a period of five years following the date of issue. Of the total issuance, officers and directors of the Company purchased 695,000 units, contributing $145,850 of the total proceeds of the private placement. Such units were purchased on the same terms and conditions as the purchase of units by other investors in the private placement.
The terms of the private placement include a call option for the Company. In the event that the common shares trade at a weighted volume average price of greater than $0.50 or $0.60, respectively for the H warrants and I warrants, for a period of 20 consecutive trading days at any time following the issuance of the respective warrants, the Company may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the expiration date of the respective warrants by giving written notice to the holders thereof within 10 business days of the occurrence thereof, and in such case,
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the warrants will expire on the 20th business day after the date on which such notice is given by the Company. The Company granted resale registration rights to such investors.
The proceeds from this private placement were used to partially fund the 2011 field exploration program and to pay general and administrative expenses.
The shares were issued to accredited investors (as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D) in private placement transactions pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. (Removed and Reserved)
Item 5. Other Information
Mine Safety Disclosure
We consider health, safety and environmental stewardship to be a core value for the Corporation.
Our U.S. exploration properties are subject to regulation by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (the Mine Act). Pursuant to Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (The Dodd-Frank Act), issuers that are operators, or that have a subsidiary that is an operator, of a coal or other mine in the United States are required to disclose in their periodic reports filed with the SEC information regarding specified health and safety violations, orders and citations, related assessments and legal actions, and mining-related fatalities. During our fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2011, we had no such specified health and safety violations, orders or citations, related assessments or legal actions, mining-related fatalities, or similar events in relation to our United States operations requiring disclosure pursuant to Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Act.
Item 6. Exhibits
Exhibit 31.1
Exhibit 31.2
Exhibit 32.1
Exhibit 32.2
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SIGNATURES
In accordance with Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: August 15, 2011
GOLDRICH MINING COMPANY
By /s/ William Schara
William Schara, Chief Executive Officer and President
In accordance with Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: August 15, 2011
GOLDRICH MINING COMPANY
By /s/ Ted R. Sharp
Ted R. Sharp, Chief Financial Officer
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