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NextSource Materials Inc. - Annual Report: 2013 (Form 10-K)

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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

o TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number:  000-51151
 

 
ENERGIZER RESOURCES INC.
(Name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)
 
Minnesota
 
20-0803515
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

520 – 141 Adelaide Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 3L5
(Address of principal executive offices)

(416) 364-4911
(Issuer’s telephone number)
_______________________

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 

 
Securities Registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
None

Securities Registered Under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:
Common Stock, $0.001
 


Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o  No x

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act 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. Yes x  No o
 
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).  Yes o  No x

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10K or any amendment to this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. x
 
 

 
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 definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” 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 checkmark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o  No x

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 such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter was $26,128,520.

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), as of September 23, 2013, was 192,554,321.

Documents Incorporated By Reference:  None



 
 

 
Energizer Resources Inc.
 
PART I        
ITEM 1.
Business
    4  
ITEM 1A.
Risk Factors
    20  
ITEM 1B.
Unresolved Staff Comments
    26  
ITEM 2.
Properties
    26  
ITEM 3.
Legal Proceedings
    26  
ITEM 4.
Mine Safety Disclosures
    26  
           
PART II        
ITEM 5.
Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
    27  
ITEM 6.
Selected Financial Data
    29  
ITEM 7.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and of Results Operations
    29  
ITEM 7.A
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
    33  
ITEM 8.
Financial Statements
    33  
ITEM 9.
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
    33  
ITEM 9A.
Controls and Procedures
    33  
ITEM 9B.
Other Information
    34  
           
PART III        
ITEM 10.
Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance
    35  
ITEM 11.
Executive Compensation
    38  
ITEM 12.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
    44  
ITEM 13.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
    46  
ITEM 14.
Principal Accounting Fees and Services
    49  
           
PART IV        
ITEM 15.
Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules
    50  
           
 
Signatures
    51  
           
CERTIFICATIONS        
Exhibit 31 – Management certification     76-77  
Exhibit 32 – Sarbanes-Oxley Act     78-79  
 
 
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 ("PSLRA") regarding management’s plans and objectives for future operations including plans and objectives relating to our planned marketing efforts and future economic performance. The forward-looking statements and associated risks set forth in this Annual Report include or relate to, among other things, (a) our growth strategies, (b) anticipated trends in the mining industry, (c) our ability to obtain and retain sufficient capital for future operations, and (d) our anticipated needs for working capital. These statements may be found under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Description of Business,”.  Actual events or results may differ materially from those discussed in forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including, without limitation, the risks outlined under “Risk Factors”. In light of these risks and uncertainties, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements contained in this report will in fact occur.

The forward-looking statements herein are based on current expectations that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements are based on assumptions described herein. The assumptions are based on judgments with respect to, among other things, future economic, competitive and market conditions, and future business decisions, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and many of which are beyond our control. Accordingly, although we believe that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements are reasonable, any such assumption could prove to be inaccurate and therefore there can be no assurance that the results contemplated in forward-looking statements will be realized. In addition, as disclosed in “Risk Factors”, there are a number of other risks inherent in our business and operations, which could cause our operating results to vary markedly, and adversely from prior results or the results contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Management decisions, including budgeting, are subjective in many respects and periodic revisions must be made to reflect actual conditions and business developments, the impact of which may cause us to alter marketing, capital investment and other expenditures, which may also materially adversely affect our results of operations. In light of significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking information included in the report statement, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation by us or any other person that our objectives or plans will be achieved.

Any statement in this report that is not a statement of an historical fact constitutes a “forward-looking statement”. Further, when we use the words “may”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “plan”, “believe”, “seek”, “estimate”, “internal”, and similar words, we intend to identify statements and expressions that may be forward- looking statements. We believe it is important to communicate certain of our expectations to our investors. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause our future results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Many factors are beyond our ability to control or predict. You are accordingly cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. Important factors that may cause our actual results to differ from such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the risks outlined under “Risk Factors” herein. The reader is cautioned that our Company does not have a policy of updating or revising forward-looking statements and thus the reader should not assume that silence by management of our Company over time means that actual events are bearing out as estimated in such forward-looking statements.

All references to “dollars”, “$” or “US$” are to United States dollars and all references to “CAD$” are to Canadian dollars. United States dollar equivalents of Canadian dollar figures are based on the noon exchange rate as reported by the Bank of Canada on the applicable date.  All references to “common shares” refer to the common shares in our capital stock.
 
 
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PART I
 
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
As used in this report, “we”, “us”, “our”, “Energizer Resources”, “Energizer”, “Company” or “our Company” refers to Energizer Resources Inc. and all of its subsidiaries. The term NSR stands for Net Smelter Royalty.

ITEM 1.    BUSINESS

BACKGROUND – COMPANY OVERVIEW
Energizer Resources Inc. (the "Company") was incorporated in the State of Nevada, United States of America on March 1, 2004 and reincorporated in the State of Minnesota on May 14, 2008.  The Company's fiscal year end is June 30.  The Company is an Exploration Stage Company, as defined by ASC Topic - 915, "Development Stage Entities".  The Company's principal business is the acquisition and exploration of mineral resources.

During fiscal 2008, the Company incorporated Energizer Resources (Mauritius) Ltd., a Mauritius subsidiary and Energizer Resources Madagascar Sarl, a Madagascar subsidiary.  During fiscal 2009, the Company incorporated THB Venture Ltd., a Mauritius subsidiary to hold the interest in Energizer Resources Minerals Sarl, a Madagascar subsidiary, which holds the Green Giant Property in Madagascar.  During fiscal 2012, the Company incorporated Madagascar-ERG Joint Venture (Mauritius) Ltd., a Mauritius subsidiary and ERG (Madagascar) Sarl, a Madagascar subsidiary.  ERG (Madagascar) Sarl is 100% owned by Madagascar-ERG Joint Venture (Mauritius) Ltd. which is owned 75% by Energizer Resources (Mauritius) Ltd.  ERG (Madagascar) Sarl holds the Malagasy Joint Venture Ground.

We have not had any bankruptcy, receivership or similar proceeding since incorporation. Except as described below, there have been no material reclassifications, mergers, consolidations or purchases or sales of any significant amount of assets not in the ordinary course of business since the date of incorporation.

Summary of Our Business
We are an exploration stage company engaged in the search for graphite, vanadium, gold, uranium and other minerals. We have an interest in properties located in the African country of Madagascar and Canada in the Province of Québec.  None of the properties in which we hold an interest have known mineral reserves of any kind at this time.  As such, the work programs planned by us are exploratory in nature.
 
Our executive offices are currently located at 520–141 Adelaide Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 3L5. Our telephone number is (416) 364-4911.  We maintain a website at www.energizerresources.com (which website is expressly not incorporated by reference into this filing).  These offices are leased on a month-to-month basis, and our monthly rental payments are currently CAD$10,000 per month.
 
UNTIL WE CAN VALIDATE OTHERWISE, THE PROPERTIES OUTLINED BELOW HAVE NO KNOWN MINERAL RESERVES OF ANY KIND AND WE ARE PLANNING PROGRAMS THAT ARE EXPLORATORY IN NATURE. 
 
Further details regarding our properties, although not incorporated by reference, including the comprehensive geological report prepared in compliance with Canada’s National Instrument 43-101 on our Green Giant Property (formerly the “Three Horses Property” in Madagascar) and our Sagar property in Northern Quebec can be found on our Company’s website: www.energizerresources.com (which website is expressly not incorporated by reference into this filing) or in our Company’s Canadian regulatory filings on www.sedar.com (which website and content is expressly not incorporated by reference into this filing).
 
Cautionary Note
Due to the nature of our business, we anticipate incurring operating losses for the foreseeable future. We base this expectation, in part, on the fact that very few mineral properties in the exploration stage ultimately develop into producing profitable mines. Our future financial results are also uncertain due to a number of factors, some of which are outside our control. These factors include, but are not limited to:
 
·
our ability to raise additional capital as required;
·  
the market price for graphite, vanadium, gold, uranium and for any other minerals which we may find;
·  
ongoing joint ventures;
·  
the results of our proposed exploration programs on our mineral properties;
·  
environmental regulations that may adversely impact cost and operations; and
·  
our ability to find joint venture partners, as needed, for the development of our property interests.
 
 
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If we are successful in completing an equity financing, as necessary, existing shareholders will experience dilution of their interest in our Company.  In the event we are not successful in raising additional financing, we anticipate that we will not be able to proceed with our business plan.  In such a case, we may decide to discontinue our current business plan and seek other business opportunities in the resource sector.  During this period, should it ever arise, we will need to maintain our periodic filings with the appropriate regulatory authorities and, as such, will incur legal and accounting costs.  In the event no other such opportunities are available and we cannot raise additional capital to sustain operations, we may be forced to discontinue our business altogether.  We do not have any specific alternative business opportunities in mind and have not planned for any such contingency.

Due to our lack of operating history and present inability to generate revenues, our auditors have stated their opinion that there currently exists doubt as to our ability to continue as a going concern.

Properties

Madagascar Properties
Green Giant Property, Madagascar
On August 22, 2007, we acquired a 75% interest in approximately 225 sq. kilometres of mineral research permits in the District of Toliara, Madagascar from Madagascar Minerals and Resources Sarl. This interest is held by a limited liability company that was formed under the laws of Madagascar.  On July 9, 2009, we acquired the remaining 25% interest in the property and now hold a 100% interest in the property, subject to a 2% NSR held by third parties what we can buy back for a total of $1,500,000.

Joint Venture Ground, Madagascar
On December 14, 2011, as reported in our Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 15, 2011, we entered into a Definitive Joint Venture Agreement (“JVA”) with Malagasy Minerals Limited (“Malagasy”) (Australian Stock Exchange: MGY (“MGY”)) to acquire a 75% interest to explore and develop a defined group of industrial minerals.  Our Company controls the exploration operations for the industrial minerals on this ground.

Canadian Properties
Sagar Property – Romanet Horst, Labrador Trough, Québec, Canada
On May 2, 2006, we signed a letter of intent for an option to acquire a 75% interest in 219 claims located in northern Quebec, Canada.  The vendor had the right and option to sell the remaining 25% interest in the property and exercised that right on February 28, 2007.  Therefore we now own a 100% interest in this property, subject to a 2% NSR. As there has been a change in government in the province of Quebec, in particular a political party that advocates separation of Canada and Quebec, we are uncertain if any legislation will be introduced that will impact our business plan for this property.

Further details on exploration programs carried out on all our Company’s properties can be found below.

Competitive Conditions in our Industry
The mineral exploration and mining industry is competitive in all phases of exploration, development and production. We compete with a number of other entities and individuals in the search for, and acquisition of, attractive mineral properties.  As a result of this competition, the majority of which is with companies with greater financial resources than us, we may not in the future be able to acquire attractive properties on terms our management considers acceptable.  Furthermore, we compete with other resource companies, many of whom have greater financial resources and/or more advanced properties that are better able to attract equity investments and other capital.  Factors beyond our control may affect the marketability of minerals mined or discovered by us.

Employees
As of September 23, 2013, we had 9 total employees, 7 full-time and 2 part-time employees.  In addition to our full time employees, we engage consultants to serve several important managerial and non-managerial functions for us.
 
 
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MADAGASCAR PROPERTIES
 
 
Green Giant Property Description and Location
The Green Giant Property is comprised of 6 mineral permits. The properties are located in the District of Toliara and are referenced as TN 12,306,P(R); TN 12,814, P(R); TN 12,887 P(R); TN 12,888 P(R); TN 13,020 P(R); TN 13,021 P(R) as issued by the Bureau de Cadastre Minier de Madagascar (“BCMM”) pursuant to the Mining Code 1999 (as amended) and its implementing decrees. The total land position is 225 sq. kilometres.  This property can be accessed by both air and road.
 
 
 
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Joint Venture Property Description and Location
The “Joint Venture Property” is comprised of a portion of or all of 39 mineral permits. The properties are located in the District of Toliara and are referenced as TN 3,432,P(R); TN 5,394, P(R); TN 13,064 P(R); TN 13,811 P(R); TN 14,619 P(R); TN 14,620 P(R); TN 14,622 P(R); TN 14,623 P(R); TN 16,747 P(R); TN 16,753 P(R); TN 19,003 P(R); TN 19,851 P(R); TN 19,932 P(R); TN 19,934 P(R); TN 19,935 P(R); TN 21,059 P(R); TN 21,060 P(R); TN 21,061 P(R); TN 21,062 P(R); TN 21,063 P(R); TN 21,064 P(R); TN 24,864 P(R); TN 25,605 P(R); TN 25,606 P(R); TN 28,340 P(R); TN 28,346 P(R); TN 28,347 P(R); TN 28,348 P(R); TN 28,349 P(R); TN 28,352 P(R); TN 28,353 P(R); TN 29,020 P(R); TN 31,734 P(R); TN 31,735 P(R); TN 38,323 P(R); TN 38,324 P(R); TN 38,325 P(R); TN 38,392 P(R); and TN 38,469 P(R) as issued by the Bureau de Cadastre Minier de Madagascar (“BCMM”) pursuant to the Mining Code 1999 (as amended) and its implementing decrees. The total land position is 827.7 sq. kilometres. This property can be accessed by both air and road.
 
 
Agreements
Green Giant Property
On August 22, 2007, we entered into a joint venture agreement with MMR, a company incorporated under the laws of Madagascar.  The joint venture was operated through a Madagascar limited liability company in which our Company held 75% undivided interest and MMR held the remaining 25% undivided interest.

The consideration paid to MMR to acquire the 75% stake in the joint venture consisted of cash consideration totaling $765,000 and 1,250,000 of our common shares and 500,000 now expired common share purchase warrants.

On July 9, 2009, we entered into an agreement to acquire the remaining 25% interest of the Green Giant Property for $100,000.  Upon our acquisition of the remaining 25%, the joint venture was terminated.  MMR retains a 2% NSR.  We can acquire the NSR on this 25% interest portion at a price of $500,000 in cash or common shares for the first 1% and at a price of $1,000,000 in cash or common shares for the second 1% at our option.
 
 
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Joint Venture Ground, Madagascar, Africa
On December 14, 2011, we  entered into a Definitive Joint Venture Agreement (“JVA”) with Malagasy to acquire a 75% interest to explore and develop a defined group of industrial minerals (as noted below).  Malagasy retains a 25% interest in the exploration and development of the define group of industrial minerals.  The new land position covers an area totalling 2,119 research permits and 827.7 square kilometres.  This land portfolio is mainly adjacent to the south and east of the Company’s Green Giant Property.  Under the terms of the JVA, we paid Malagasy $2,261,690 and issued 7,500,000 of our common  shares.  Malagasy has a free carried interest until we deliver a Bankable Feasibility Study (“BFS”). Upon the delivery of a BFS, Malagasy will be required to contribute its 25% interest in the development and mining operations.  Should either party’s interest subsequently fall below a 10% interest, their position will be diluted to a 2% NSR.

The industrial minerals within the agreements are as follows:   Vanadium, Lithium, Aggregates, Alunite, Barite, Bentonite, Vermiculite, Carbonatites, Corundum, Dimensional stone (excluding labradorite), Feldspar (excluding labradorite), Fluorspar, Granite, Graphite, Gypsum, Kaolin, Kyanite, Limestone/Dolomite, Marble, Mica, Olivine, Perlite, Phosphate, Potash –Potassium minerals, Pumice Quartz, Staurolite, Zeolites.

DRA Agreement Signed for Ability to Develop and Build Mine
During January 2012, we signed a formal agreement with South Africa's DRA Mineral Projects (“DRA”), a world-leading process engineering and mining project development management firm, for the development of our projects in Madagascar.  Specific focus will be on the development of vanadium and graphite minerals.  This partnership provides us with the ability to both build and manage a mining operation.   It also provides DRA the option to purchase up to 5% of our Company through private placement at current market conditions.

Madagascar Historical Exploration Programs
The Green Giant Property displays extensive gossans outcroppings at surface.  An examination of part of this property revealed several large areas covered with gossanous boulders, which are believed to overlie massive sulphide mineralization.  Phases of the exploration projects were managed by our company’s President and COO, Craig Scherba, P. Geol., who at the time was one of our outside consultant geologists.  We conducted a first phase of exploration from September to November 2007 that included the following activities:
·   Stream Sediment sampling of all stream on the property area
·   Detailed Geological mapping over selected startigraphic horizons
·   Reconnaissance geological mapping over the entire property
·   Soil sampling over selected target areas and prospecting over selected target areas
·   Limited trenching over selected targets
·   Construction of a cinder block base camp
·   Construction of a one kilometre long surfaced airstrip
·   Repair and surfacing of the access road from base camp to the airstrip
·   Airborne geophysical surveying

During March 2008-June 2008, a full field exploration program following up on the airborne geophysical survey and results of the 2007 exploration program was implemented.  This exploration consisted of the following:
·   Infill stream sediment sampling
·   Detailed Geological mapping over selected stratigraphic horizons
·   Prospecting over selected target areas
·   Grid emplacement over selected target areas
·   Ground-based magnetometer and frequency domain EM surveys
·   Soil sampling over selected target areas

After reviewing the analytical data from the March 2008- June 2008 program, additional exploration was conducted from July 2008 to September 2008 to prepare for a drill program.  This exploration consisted of the following:
·   Infill stream sediment sampling
·   Detailed geological mapping over selected stratigraphic horizons
·   Prospecting over selected target areas with the aid of a mobile XRF analyzer
 
 
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Based on compiled analytical results obtained from the various exploration programs, a drill program was initiated on the property from September 2008-November 2008. This exploration program consisted of the following:
·   Prospecting over selected target areas with the aid of a mobile XRF analyzer
·   Ground-based scintillometer surveying over selected target areas
·   Diamond drilling of 31 holes over 4,073 metres
Based on early indications for vanadium on the property, another exploration program was initiated on the Green Giant Property during the spring of 2009.  The program (completed between April 2009-July 2009) consisted of an extensive X-Ray Fluorescence analysis (XRF) soil sampling program coupled with mechanical trenching and scintillometer surveys over possible areas of vanadium enrichment and new areas, defined by the soil XRF survey.

We initiated a vanadium drill program during September 2009-December 2009 consisting of the following:
·   XRF soil sample analyses (8,490 samples) on lines 200 metres apart covering 18 kilometre strike length
·   Scintillometer surveying (112 line kilometres) on lines 200 metres apart over an 18 kilometre strike length
·   Trenching (140 trenches for 17,105 metres)
·   Diamond drilling of 54 diamond drill holes over 8,931 metres

The exploration programs to date resulted in the delineation of two vanadium pentoxide (V­2O5) deposits (named the Jaky and Manga), characterized by two separate categories:  oxide and primary.

Based on the results of the September 2009-December 2009 program, we conducted an additional exploration program on the property from April 2010-July 2010. This program consisted of the following activities:
·   Diamond drilling of 46 diamond drill holes over 8,952 metres
·   Prospecting over selected target areas with the aid of a mobile XRF analyzer (20 grab samples)
·   Geologic mapping over the Manga and Mainty deposits at 1:5000 scale
·   ERT ground geophysical survey (5.64 km)
·   MAG ground geophysical survey (169.53 km)
·   Gradient Array EM ground geophysical survey (128.82 km)

In 2011, the identification of graphite in the Manga, Jaky and Mainty zones led our geologists to conduct a reconnaissance exploration program (Phase I program) on the properties in September, 2011.  The goal of this exploration program was to delineate new graphitic trends, and compare them to those associated with vanadium mineralization. This program consisted of the following activities:
·   Diamond drilling of 10 holes over 1,157.5 metres
·   Trenching (16 trenches for 1,912 metres)
·   Prospecting over selected target areas

An additional reconnaissance exploration program was conducted from November 2011-December, 2011 (Phase II program). The purpose of this program was to ascertain the industrial mineral potential on the Joint Venture Ground, and further drill testing of graphitic trends on the Green Giant Property. This program consisted of the following:
·   Diamond drilling of 20 holes over 2,842 metres
·   Prospecting over selected target areas
·   EM31 ground geophysical survey over selected target areas (160.5 km)

The discovery of graphite mineralization from the 2011 exploration programs resulted in the initiation of a resource delineation drill program from May 2012-August 2012. This program consisted of the following:
·   Trenching (18 trenches for 2,100 metres)
·   Diamond drilling of 41 diamond drill holes over 8,459 metres

The resource delineation drill program identified that graphite mineralization could be divided into a high grade zone (6 to 10% carbon) that produces small to large graphite flakes, and a low grade zone (4 to 6% carbon) that produces large to jumbo graphite flakes. A bulk sampling program was undertaken in May 2013 with the purpose of collecting two separate samples, in order to test the nature of the low-grade and high-grade deposits to see if they have different requirements. The two bulk samples were submitted for metallurgical test work, which is deemed to be representative of the future plant feed, and hence could be used for a Bankable Feasibility Study going forward. In order to be representative, an external geological consultant determined a sample size of 100 tonnes each was deemed sufficient. It is currently anticipated that this test work will likely be completed by the end of December 2013.
 
 
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Madagascar Infrastructure
·   Road Access
Access to the Company’s Molo Graphite Deposit from Toliara, starts with a 70 km paved road to the village of Andranovory.  From Andranovory, secondary all-season roads continue to Betioky, a distance of 93 km.  From Betioky, the Molo Graphite Deposit can be reached from Ambatry to Fotadrevo, a distance of 105 km, for an overall total of 268 km, or from Betioky to Ejeda then onwards to Fotadrevo, a distance of 161 km, for an overall total of 324 km. The second route from Ejeda to Fotadrevo is used by heavy transport trucks and by all vehicles during portions of the rainy season, as the other route can become impassable. At the height of the rainy season, both routes to Fotadrevo may become impassable. From Fotadrevo, the Molo Graphite Deposit may be reached by a fairly well maintained dirt track.  The map below shows the road access to the Molo Graphite Deposit from the town of Toliara.
 
Map of Road Structure from Toliara to Fotadrevo

Air Access
With the upgrading of an existing airstrip at Fotadrevo to an all-weather airstrip during the 2008 exploration program, our Madagascar properties are accessible year-round by private aircraft out of Antananarivo, except under special circumstance caused by continuous or multiple days of heavy rain. Flying times to Fotadrevo are approximately 2.5 hours from Antananarivo and 45 minutes from Toliara.
 
 
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Photo of the Landing Strip at Fotadrevo

Antananarivo is currently serviced by Air France (Paris), South African Airways (Johannesburg), and Air Mauritius (Mauritius).  Air Madagascar also provides service to Paris, Johannesburg, Mauritius, Nairobi, and Réunion Island. Domestically, Air Madagascar has regularly scheduled jet and propjet flights throughout the country, including daily flights between Antananarivo and Toliara.

The village of Fotadrevo, where our Company has its base camp, is located to the west of the Molo Graphite Deposit.  The village has been a labour source during our Company’s exploration programs, and will likely provide a portion of the workforce during future exploration and development. A few basic goods are commercially available in the village, however, the main centre for support of exploration and development are the cities of Toliara and Antananarivo. Two 40 kVA diesel-powered generators provide power to the camp facility.

A cellular telephone tower is located in Fotadrevo, which provides phone and internet coverage. No potable water is currently available within the project area. A well 123 millimetre in diameter has been drilled to a depth of 42 metres within the camp compound, which provides non-potable water for the camp.

Graphite Market and Pricing
Market Overview
According to Industrial Minerals magazine, the natural graphite market is 1,015,100 tonnes of which roughly 55% is flake and 45% is low grade amorphous (or 582,800 flake, 428,300 amorphous, 4,000 vein).  Graphite is produced globally, however China currently accounts for most of the graphite production with a market share of 77%.  Two tables listing the current major production countries of flake and amorphous graphite are below (Source: Natural Graphite Report 2012, Industrial Minerals, www.indmin.com):
 
Country
Flake output
China
380,000
Brazil
96,000
India
35,000
North Korea
30,000
Canada
21,000
Norway
8,000
Zimbabwe
5,000
Madagascar
4,000
Russia
2,000
Ukraine
1,500
Germany
300
Total
582,800
 
 
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Country
Amorphous output
China
400,000
Austria
16,000
Mexico
12,000
Turkey
300
Total
428,300
 
China produces 77% of the world’s graphite, however most of its production is low grade amorphous. The graphite industry in China is undergoing fundamental reforms. China is protecting its domestic supply and has imposed a combined 37% export duty and value added tax.  Furthermore, China is consolidating and closing a large number of mines, between 180-200, to preserve graphite resources and address environmental concerns.
 
Current Demand
Graphite has many wide-ranging uses from refractories to anodes in batteries (Source: Natural Graphite Report 2012, Industrial Minerals, www.indmin.com)
 
Refractories, foundry and crucibles
    39 %
Metallurgy
    28 %
Parts and components
    10 %
Batteries
    9 %
Lubricants
    9 %
Other
    5 %
 
Future Demand
Batteries alone is the fastest growing market for graphite with growth between 15-25% a year (Source: Industrial Minerals, 2012) and future demand for graphite is expected through the uptake of lithium-ion batteries (Li-ion). There is 11 times more graphite in a Li-ion battery than there is lithium and demand for graphite in Li-ion batteries, specifically from the growth of the electric vehicle market, is expected to be significant. Other future demand drivers include pebble bed nuclear reactors, fuel cells, large-scale energy storage and graphene.

Graphite Pricing
Graphite pricing is a function of flake size and purity where larger flake and higher purity command premium pricing in the market. The three major categories for flake graphite are large, medium, and small (amorphous).

Graphite is not freely traded on an open market. This means determining its price is somewhat of an opaque market as prices are determined through contracts between buyers and sellers. Nevertheless, Industrial Minerals performs regular customer surveys tracking pricing trends and, from their analysis, overall graphite prices have substantially increased since 2007 due to increased demand and constrained supply.  Recently however, graphite prices have decreased from their peak due to the slowdown in the global economy particularly in Europe and Asia. Despite this recent decline, future prices are predicted to remain strong as can be outlined in the graph below:
 
 
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Source: Natural Graphite Report 2012, Industrial Minerals, www.indmin.com

Vanadium Market and Pricing
Source of this entire section: United States Geological Survey.  Data in metric tons of vanadium content unless otherwise noted

Domestic Production and Use
Seven U.S. firms comprise most of the domestic vanadium industry produced ferrovanadium, vanadium pentoxide, vanadium metal and vanadium-bearing chemicals or specialty alloys by processing materials such as petroleum residues, spent catalysts, utility ash and vanadium-bearing pig iron slag. Metallurgical use, primarily as an alloying agent for iron and steel, accounted for about 93% of the U.S. vanadium consumption in 2011. Of the other uses for vanadium, the major non-metallurgical use was in catalysts for the production of maleic anhydride and sulfuric acid.
 
 
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Salient Statistics—United States
 
2008
   
2009
   
2010
   
2011
   
2012est
 
Production, mine, mill
    520       230       1,060       590       270  
Imports for consumption:
                                       
Ferrovanadium
    2,800       353       1,340       2,220       3,400  
Vanadium pentoxide, anhydride
    3,700       1,120       4,000       2,810       1,570  
Oxides and hydroxides, other
    144       25       167       886       1,210  
Aluminum-vanadium master alloys (gross weight)
    618       282       951       278       180  
Ash and residues
    1,040       791       521       1,420       1,500  
Sulfates
    2       16       48       42       40  
Vanadates
    187       214       158       303       320  
Vanadium metal, including waste and scrap
    5       22       10       44       110  
Exports:
                                       
Ferrovanadium
    452       672       611       314       530  
Vanadium pentoxide, anhydride
    249       401       140       89       40  
Oxides and hydroxides, other
    1,040       506       1,100       254       190  
Aluminum-vanadium master alloys (gross weight) 1,390
    447       1,190       920       1,400          
Vanadium metal, including waste and scrap
    57       23       21       102       10  
Consumption:
                                       
Apparent
    5,820       1,040       5,190       6,963       6,400  
Reported
    5,170       4,690       5,030       5,120       5,200  
Stocks, consumer, yearend
    335       295       248       2185       2220  
* Price, average, dollars per pound V2O5
  $ 12.92     $ 5.43     $ 6.46     $ 6.76     $ 6.52  
Imports + exports + adjustments for government
and industry stock changes as a percentage of
apparent consumption
    91 %     78 %     81 %     92 %     96 %
  
* Vanadium is not freely traded on an open market. This means determining prices for vanadium is somewhat of an opaque market as prices are determined through contracts between buyers and sellers.

Events, Trends, and Issues
U.S. apparent consumption of vanadium in 2012 decreased by 9% from its 2011 level; however, it was still almost six times higher than its level in 2009. Apparent consumption of vanadium declined dramatically in 2009 from that of 2008 owing to the global economic recession in 2009. Among the major uses for vanadium, production of carbon, full-alloy, and high-strength low-alloy steels accounted for 16%, 45%, and 33% of domestic consumption, respectively. U.S. imports for consumption of vanadium in 2012 increased 4% from those of the previous year. U.S. exports increased 29% from those of the previous year.

In the fourth quarter of 2011, vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) prices continued to decrease to a year-to-date low of $6.22 per pound of V2O5 in December 2011. In January 2012, prices continued to decrease to a year-to-date low of $5.83 per pound of V2O5 until February when prices began to slowly increase again. In August 2012, V2O5 prices averaged $6.60 per pound of V2O5, slightly more than average V2O5 prices in August 2011. In the fourth quarter of 2011, U.S. ferrovanadium (FeV) prices continued to slowly decrease to a year-to-date low of $13.19 per pound FeV (contained vanadium) in December 2011. In January 2012, prices continued to decrease until February 2012 when prices began to slowly increase. In August 2012, FeV prices averaged $15.60 per pound of FeV.

World Mine Production and Reserves
Production data for the United States were revised based on new company information.
 
    Mine production    
Reserves(thousand
 
   
2011
   
2012est
    metric tons)  
China
    23,000       23,000       5,100  
South Africa
    22,000       22,000       3,500  
Russia
    15,200       16,000       5,000  
United States
    1,590       1,270       45  
Other countries
    1,600       1,600      
not applicable
 
World total (approximate)
    63,390       63,870       14,000  
 
 
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World Resources the Substitutes
World resources of vanadium exceed 63 million tons. Vanadium occurs in deposits of phosphate rock, titaniferous magnetite, and uraniferous sandstone and siltstone, in which it constitutes less than 2% of the host rock. Significant amounts are also present in bauxite and carboniferous materials, such as coal, crude oil, oil shale, and tar sands. Because vanadium is usually recovered as a byproduct or co-product, demonstrated world resources of the element are not fully indicative of available supplies. While domestic resources and secondary recovery are adequate to supply a large portion of domestic needs, a substantial part of U.S. demand is currently met by foreign material.

Steels containing various combinations of other alloying elements can be substituted for steels containing vanadium. Certain metals, such as manganese, molybdenum, niobium (columbium), titanium, and tungsten, are to some degree interchangeable with vanadium as alloying elements in steel. Platinum and nickel can replace vanadium compounds as catalysts in some chemical processes. There is currently no acceptable substitute for vanadium in aerospace titanium alloys.

Permitting in Madagascar
Companies in Madagascar first apply for an exploration mining permit with the Bureau de Cadastre Minier de Madagascar (“BCMM”), a government agency falling under the authority of the Minister of Mines.  Permits are granted under usual circumstances are generally issued within a month.  The 2013 fees per square within a mining permit range from 89,800 Ariary to 359,000 Ariary (between $42 and $165 using a current exchange rate of 2,175 Madagascar Ariary = $1 USD).  The number of squares varies widely by claim number.  For the 2013 year, the Company paid approximately $350,000 to the BCMM to renew all of its claims in Madagascar.  This fee covered both the 100% owned Green Giant Property (6 claims) and the 75% owned Joint Venture Property (39 claims).  Each year the Company is required to pay a similar amount in order to maintain the claims in good standing.

The next step in the permitting process, which our Company has initiated, is to apply for an exploitation permit. Our Company has engaged a third party environmental study company in Madagascar to assist us with this process.  In order to get an exploitation permit, an investment plan, exploitation work plan budget and specific ground mapping is submitted to the BCMM. This step is completed in conjunction with a submission of an environmental impact study for the BCMM.  This environmental impact study includes, among other things, completion of a water study and a social impact study.

QA/QC Protocols
At all times during sample collection, storage, and shipment to the laboratory facility, the samples are in the control of our Company or parties that we have contracted to act as our agents.

When sufficient sample material (grab, trench or core) has been collected, the samples are flown or sent by truck to our storage location in Antananarivo, Madagascar.  At all times samples are accompanied by an employee, consultant or agent of our Company. From there, samples are shipped to labs either in South Africa or Canada for ICP-MS analysis.

All analytical results are e-mailed directly by the lab to the Company’s project manager on site in Madagascar and to our Company’s geological and executive staff.  Results are also posted on a secure website and downloaded by our Company’s personnel using a secure username and password. All of the labs that carried out the sampling and analytical work are independent of our Company.

In order to carry out QA/QC protocols on the assays, blanks, standards and duplicates were inserted into the sample streams. This was done once in every 30 samples, representing an insertion rate of 3.33% of the total.

Since the 2009 Madagascar drill program, our Company has rigorously implemented a blank protocol. For the Molo Graphite Deposit a fine-grained quartz sand sourced from a hardware store in Antananarivo was used as the blank material for the sampling campaign. A total of 208 blank samples were used in this program. A detection limit of 0.05% Carbon was used for the purpose of this exercise. To verify the reliability of the blank samples, the detection limit and the blank + 2, and 3 times the detection limit were plotted against the date. The plot shows that there are a lot of blank samples that have concentrations that exceed the blank + 3 times detection limit threshold. This, coupled with the large spread of data points, would lead to the assumption that samples may have been contaminated during their preparation for analysis.
 
 
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Blanks plot – Log %C versus the date of the analysis.

Since certified reference materials (“CRMs”) are essentially non-existent for graphite, our Company commissioned a third party lab in Canada to create a CRM from the remaining Molo Graphite Deposit drill core pulps from the 2011 program. As certified the third party lab standard (STD 1 C) a recommended value of 9.11 % Carbon.

To check the reliability of the standard, a plot of the recommended CRM value versus date was created. The upper and lower limits of one, two and three times the standard deviations of the recommended value are also included in the plot. All the results except for two fall within the acceptable limit of two times the standard deviation. It is however worth noting that there seems to be a negative bias towards lower concentrations in the first batch of samples that were submitted. As the campaign progressed the bias leant towards the positive side. This issue appears to have been sorted out towards the latter parts of the campaign as the data becomes less spread, and is closer to the recommended value.
 
Graph showing carbon concentration as analyzed in STD 1C.

For the Molo Graphite Deposit, 205 field duplicates were prepared. To check how close these were to the original samples, a plot of the original samples with a zero, five, and ten per cent difference of the original samples was created. The majority of the samples were within the 10% difference limit. The plot also shows a good correlation between the original value and the duplicate, as is evident from the regression line with an R2 value of 0.96.
 
 
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Original  (“Orig”) versus Duplicate (“Dupe”) plots.

Next Steps
The Company is updating metallurgical test work from the May 2013 samples that were collected. A thorough review of the results of this information will determine whether additional resource expansion drilling is necessary. Further infill drilling may be required to upgrade any resource estimate that falls inside the pit design shell or to improve the geological confidence in the model and to upgrade the mineral resources.
 
Future Programs
The economic potential of the property rests upon the ability to extract graphite and/or vanadium using reasonable, potentially economic parameters. Initial metallurgical results indicate that an economic processing method is available to extract graphite. This will be determined within an updated Preliminary Economic Assessment anticipated for release in early 2014. The results of this study will dictate how our management proceeds with project development.
 
 
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SAGAR PROPERTY
 
Property Description and Location
The Sagar Property comprises 383 blocks of claims in the Province of Québec, Canada.  The approximate centre of exploration activity is circa 56°22’ N latitude and circa 68° 00’ W longitude.  Details on the individual claims are available on-line at the Government of Québec’s Ministère des Resources Naturelles et de la Faune GESTIM website at https://gestim.mines.gouv.qc.ca.  This property can be accessed by air.

These claims comprise approximately 6,580 hectares.  In this region of the Province of Québec, “map staking” predetermines claim outlines. This can be done via a claim staking system with the Ministère des Ressources Naturelles (“MNRF”).  Previously, the map-staking grid, producing some of the small parcels, superimposes upon staked claims. There are no carried environmental liabilities on the property. Each claim costs CAD $112 and is active for a one year period.  Each following year our Company is required to spend a certain dollar amount to keep the claim in good standing or pay CAD $112 per annum in lieu of performing any work. All surface work requires provincial government permits, including camp construction permits. Our Company is current with these permits.

To be able to conduct an exploration project, our Company needs to obtain permits pertaining to water, forest management and waste disposal for any camp location set-up. These permits are obtained from various Quebec government ministries. This entire process takes approximately than one month to complete. With obtaining the required permits our Company is required to pay approximately CAD $200 per claim per annum.
 
When our Company is exploring, our power comes from a generator.  Management currently believes that water is ample as the property has a lake and several streams.  There are no bonding requirements relating to permits issued out of Quebec at the exploration stage.

Agreement
On May 2, 2006, we signed a letter of intent with Virginia Mines Inc. ("Virginia") for an option to acquire a 75% interest in 200 claims located in northern Québec, Canada. Virginia had the right and option to sell the remaining 25% interest in the property. This agreement was subject to a 2% NSR. Virginia had previously acquired a 100% interest in the property, subject to a 1% NSR on certain claims, and a 0.5% NSR on other claims. Virginia has the right to buy back half of the 1% NSR for $200,000 and half of the 0.5% NSR for $100,000. In order to exercise its option, we issued Virginia 2,000,000 of our common shares, 2,000,000 now expired common share purchase warrants and incurred exploration expenditures greater than $2,000,000 on the property before September 1, 2008. Further, on February 28, 2007 Virginia exercised its option to sell its remaining 25% interest on the property to us for 1,000,000 common shares valued at $1,219,000 and 1,000,000 now expired common share purchase warrants. As a result of these agreements, we now own a 100% interest in this property, subject to the noted NSR’s. We are currently up to date with all obligations required to maintain the property in good standing.
 
 
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FERDERBER
Property Description and Location
We  acquired a 100% undivided right, title and interest in and to 19 mining claims (0036315, 0036316, 0036317, 0036318, 0036319, 0036320, 0036321, 0036322, 0036323, 0036324, 0036325, 0036326, 0036327, 0030649, 0030650, 0030640, 0030638, 0030612, 0030613) held by Peter Ferderber, covering an area of approximately 64 hectares located in the Central Labrador Trough Region of Québec, 13 of which are contiguous to our Sagar Property.  This property can be accessed by air.   In consideration of our receiving a 100% interest in these claims, subject to any NSR royalties, we paid Mr. Ferderber CAD$6,000, and issued 150,000 of our common shares and 75,000 now expired common share purchase warrants.  Mr. Ferderber retained a 1% NSR on this property and agreed that we shall have a first right of refusal to purchase the 1% NSR should Mr. Ferderber elect to sell the royalty. We are currently up to date with all obligations required to maintain the property in good standing.

Sagar and Ferderber Property Geological Highlights
The geological setting of the property is the northwest trending Romanet Horst within the Labrador Trough.  The significant mineral potential of this geological setting is well demonstrated, we believe, by the abundance and diversity of uranium-gold showings, which range from veins to breccia’s to shear zones. There is also locally significant sedimentary-hosted copper mineralization.  Our management contends that the most significant mineralization found to date is the 500 x 200 metre Mistamisk boulder field which contains 150 boulders that range up to 640 g/t gold and 4.11% uranium, with 70 tested boulders averaging 64.9g/t gold and 1.3% uranium.  The boulders discovered within the Mistamisk boulder field range in length from 0.30 to 2.0 metres.  Previous work has not determined the bedrock source of this boulder field.

Copper mineralization has been defined in several spots, the most significant being the Dehli-Pacific showing, which has reported 4.2% copper over 7.6 metres within a drill hole that intersected a shear zone along a sediment-gabbro contact.

Potential Future Programs
In light of empirical observations collected during the course of 2007 exploration activities, other targets have been identified which could prove to be volumetrically more significant than the source of the Mistamisk Boulder Field.  In order of priority, management believes future exploration on the Sagar Property should focus on the discovery of:
·  
Gold and uranium mineralization at redox boundaries along major faults. This work should focus on the intersection between the Romanet fault and the reducing lithologies of the Dunphy and Lace Lake formations.
·  
Unconformity associated polymetallic uranium-style mineralization at the Archean basement contact.  The ‘Kilo’ soil anomaly should be targeted for this exploration due to the anomalous soil, RC, and DDH geochemistry, as well as the numerous coincident geophysical anomalies.
·  
Iron-Oxide Copper Gold (IOCG) mineralization.  This work should focus on the east-west structure bisecting the Romanet Horst.  In particular, the area to the southwest of the Lac Plisse showing should be drill tested as it has coincident gravity and magnetic highs, and has an anomalous IOCG-related geochemical signature for RC, soil, and water geochemical data. Additionally, the DDH geochemistry and alteration mineralogy observed from holes in the ‘Alpha’ soil target area should be re-examined in the context of IOCG mineralization.
·  
Source mineralization for the Mistamisk Boulder Field. The anomalous Alpha, Delta, and Kilo soil targets, as well as A, B, and E RC targets identified during the course of the 2007 exploration program should be examined to ascertain the source mineralization for the Mistamisk Boulder Field.

Other Expenses
Management anticipates spending approximately $350,000 - $450,000 in ongoing general office and administration expenses and professional fees per quarter for the next twelve months.  Expenses will vary in direct proportion with the level of activity relating to future acquisitions and exploration programs.
 
 
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ITEM 1A. - RISK FACTORS
Our business is subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the risks and uncertainties described below. If any of the risks described below, or elsewhere in this report on Form 10-K, or our Company’s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), were to occur, our financial condition and results of operations could suffer and the trading price of our common stock could decline. Additionally, if other risks not presently known to us, or that we do not currently believe to be significant, occur or become significant, our financial condition and results of operations could suffer and the trading price of our common stock could decline.
 
You should carefully review the risk factors together with all other information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and in prior reports pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Our risk factors, including but not limited to the risk factors listed below, are as follows:

SHOULD ONE OR MORE OF THE FOREGOING RISKS OR UNCERTAINTIES MATERIALIZE, OR SHOULD THE UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS OF OUR BUSINESS PROVE INCORRECT, ACTUAL RESULTS MAY DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THOSE ANTICIPATED, BELIEVED, ESTIMATED, EXPECTED, INTENDED OR PLANNED.

The report of our independent registered public accounting firm contains explanatory language that substantial doubt exists about our ability to continue as a going concern.
The independent auditor’s report on our financial statements contains explanatory language that substantial doubt exists about our ability to continue as a going concern.  Due to our lack of operating history and present inability to generate revenues, we have sustained operating losses since our inception.  Since our inception, up to June 30, 2013, we had accumulated net losses of $75,073,641.  If we are unable to obtain sufficient financing in the near term as required or achieve profitability, then we would, in all likelihood, experience severe liquidity problems and may have to curtail our operations.  If we curtail our operations, we may be placed into bankruptcy or undergo liquidation, the result of which will adversely affect the value of our common shares.

We may not have access to sufficient capital to pursue our business and therefore would be unable to achieve our planned future growth.
We intend to pursue a strategy that includes development of our Company’s business plan.  Currently we have limited capital, which is insufficient to pursue our plans for development and growth.  Our ability to implement our Company’s plans will depend primarily on our ability to obtain additional private or public equity or debt financing.  Such financing may not be available, or we may be unable to locate and secure additional capital on terms and conditions that are acceptable to us.  Financing exploration plans through equity financing will have a dilutive effect on our common shares.  Our failure to obtain additional capital will have a material adverse effect on our business.

Our primary exploration efforts are in the African country of Madagascar, where democratic elections are planned for 2013.
Any adverse developments to the political situation in Madagascar could have a material effect on our Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition. Democratic elections in Madagascar are planned for 2013 but whether the elections calendar jointly established between the UN and the Elections Commissions can be maintained is uncertain. To date, our Company has not experienced and disruptions or been placed under any constraints in our exploration efforts due to the political situation in Madagascar. Depending on future actions taken by the transitional government, or any future government, our Company’s business operations could be impacted.
 
A roadmap, designed by the Southern African Development Community, was signed by the various political factions on September 17, 2011, a government of national unity was formed during November 2011 and the transition parliament was re-structured to include opposition members. An independent elections commission was established in April 2012. The African Union has endorsed this roadmap. This roadmap provides a path for democratic elections. At the date of this report, presidential elections were scheduled for October 25, 2013, while parliamentary elections and second-round presidential elections were set for December 20, 2013, as announced by the elections commission and the United Nations. The consequences of the outcome of these elections (or the further failure to hold them) may adversely affect our business plan and operations.
 
We are actively monitoring the political climate in Madagascar and continue to hold meetings with representatives of the government and the Ministry of Mines. The transformation or amendment of exploration and research mining permits within the country continues to be suspended. Our Company has continued to pay taxes and administrative fees in Madagascar with respect to all the mining permits we hold. These payments have been acknowledged and accepted by the Madagascar government.
 
 
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Our common shares have been subject to penny stock regulation in the United States of America.
Our common shares have been subject to the provisions of Section 15(g) and Rule 15g-9 of the (US) Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), commonly referred to as the “penny stock” rule.  Section 15(g) sets forth certain requirements for transactions in penny stocks and Rule 15g-9(d)(1) incorporates the definition of penny stock as that used in Rule 3a51-1 of the Exchange Act.  The Commission generally defines penny stock to be any equity security that has a market price less than US$5.00 per share, subject to certain exceptions.  Rule 3a51-1 provides that any equity security is considered to be penny stock unless that security is: registered and traded on a national securities exchange meeting specified criteria set by the Commission; issued by a registered investment company; excluded from the definition on the basis of price (at least US$5.00 per share) or the registrant’s net tangible assets; or exempted from the definition by the Commission. If our common shares are deemed to be “penny stock”, trading in common shares will be subject to additional sales practice requirements on broker/dealers who sell penny stock to persons other than established customers and accredited investors.

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) sales practice requirements may limit a shareholder’s ability to buy and sell our common shares.
In addition to the “penny stock” rules described above, FINRA has adopted rules that require that in recommending an investment to a client, a broker-dealer must have reasonable grounds for believing that the investment is suitable for that client.  Prior to recommending speculative low priced securities to their non-institutional clients, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the client’s financial status, tax status, investment objectives and other information.  Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA believes that there is a high probability that speculative low priced securities will not be suitable for at least some clients.  FINRA requirements make it more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their clients buy our common shares, which may limit your ability to buy and sell our stock and have an adverse effect on the market for our shares.

As a public company we are subject to complex legal and accounting requirements that will require us to incur significant expenses and will expose us to risk of non-compliance.
As a public company, we are subject to numerous legal and accounting requirements in both Canada and the United States of America that do not apply to private companies. The cost of compliance with many of these requirements is material, not only in absolute terms but, more importantly, in relation to the overall scope of the operations of a small company. Our relative inexperience with these requirements may increase the cost of compliance and may also increase the risk that we will fail to comply. Failure to comply with these requirements can have numerous adverse consequences including, but not limited to, our inability to file required periodic reports on a timely basis, loss of market confidence, delisting of our securities and/or governmental or private actions against us. We cannot assure you that we will be able to comply with all of these requirements or that the cost of such compliance will not prove to be a substantial competitive disadvantage vis-à-vis privately held and larger public competitors.
 
Compliance with changing regulation of corporate governance and public disclosure will result in additional expenses and pose challenges for our management.
Changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and SEC regulations, have created uncertainty for public companies and significantly increased the costs and risks associated with accessing the U.S. public markets. Our management team needs to devote significant time and financial resources to comply with both existing and evolving standards for public companies, which will lead to increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention from revenue generating activities to compliance activities.
 
Because we are quoted on the OTCQX instead of a national securities exchange in the United States, our U.S. investors may have more difficulty selling their stock or experience negative volatility on the market price of our stock in the United States.
In the United States, our common shares are quoted on the OTCQX. The OTCQX is marketed as an electronic exchange for high growth and early stage U.S. companies and a prospective final step toward a NASDAQ or NYSE listing” (although no assurances can be provided that such change of market shall occur). Trades are settled and cleared in the U.S. similar to any NASDAQ or NYSE stock and trade reports are disseminated through Yahoo, Bloomberg, Reuters, and most other financial data providers. The OTCQX can be significantly illiquid, in part because it does not have a national quotation system by which potential investors can follow the market price of shares except through information received and generated by a limited number of broker-dealers that make markets in particular stocks. There is a greater chance of volatility for securities that trade on the OTCQX as compared to a national securities exchange in the United States, such as the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Stock Market or the NYSE Amex. This volatility may be caused by a variety of factors, including the lack of readily available price quotations, the absence of consistent administrative supervision of bid and ask quotations, lower trading volume, and market conditions. U.S. investors in our common shares may experience high fluctuations in the market price and volume of the trading market for our securities. These fluctuations, when they occur, have a negative effect on the market price for our common shares. Accordingly, our U.S. shareholders may not be able to realize a fair price from their shares when they determine to sell them or may have to hold them for a substantial period of time until the market for our common shares improves.
 
 
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In addition to being quoted on the OTCQX, our common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”), Canada’s national stock exchange, under the symbol EGZ and on the Frankfurt Exchange under the symbol YE5.

The price at which you purchase our common shares may not be indicative of the price that will prevail in the trading market. You may be unable to sell your common shares at or above your purchase price, which may result in substantial losses to you. The market price for our common shares is particularly volatile given our status as a relatively unknown company with a small and thinly traded public float, limited operating history and lack of profits which could lead to wide fluctuations in our share price.
The market for our common shares is characterized by significant price volatility when compared to seasoned issuers, and we expect that our share price will continue to be more volatile than a seasoned issuer.  The volatility in our share price is attributable to a number of factors.  First our common shares, at times, are thinly traded.  As a consequence of this lack of liquidity, the trading of relatively small quantities of shares by our shareholders may disproportionately influence the price of those shares in either direction.  The price for our shares could, for example, decline precipitously in the event that a large number of our common shares are sold on the market without commensurate demand, as compared to a seasoned issuer which could better absorb those sales without adverse impact on its share price.  Second, we are a speculative or “risky” investment due to our limited operating history, lack of profits to date and uncertainty of future market acceptance for our potential products. As a consequence, more risk-adverse investors may, under the fear of losing all or most of their investment in the event of negative news or lack of progress, be more inclined to sell their shares on the market more quickly and at greater discounts than would be the case with the stock of a seasoned issuer.  Many of these factors are beyond our control and may decrease the market price of our common shares, regardless of our  performance.  We cannot make any predictions as to what the prevailing market price for our common shares will be at any time or as to what effect that the sale of shares or the availability of common shares for sale at any time will have on the prevailing market price.

Shareholders should be aware that, according to SEC Release No. 34-29093, the market for penny stocks has suffered in recent years from patterns of fraud and abuse.  Such patterns include control of the market for the security by one or a few broker-dealers that are often related to the promoter or issuer;  manipulation of prices through prearranged matching of purchases and sales and false and misleading press releases; boiler room practices involving high-pressure sales tactics and unrealistic price projections by inexperienced sales persons; excessive and undisclosed bid-ask differential and markups by selling broker-dealers; and the wholesale dumping of the same securities by promoters and broker-dealers after prices have been manipulated to a desired level, along with the resulting inevitable collapse of those prices and with consequent investor losses.  Our management is aware of the abuses that have occurred historically in the penny stock market.  Although we do not expect to be in a position to dictate the behavior of the market or of broker-dealers who participate in the market, management will strive within the confines of practical limitations to prevent the described patterns from being established with respect to our securities.  The occurrence of these patterns or practices could increase the volatility of our share price.

Volatility in our common share price may subject us to securities litigation, thereby diverting our resources that may have a material effect on our profitability and results of operations.
The market for our common shares is characterized by significant price volatility when compared to seasoned issuers, and we expect that our share price will continue to be more volatile than a seasoned issuer for the indefinite future.  In the past, plaintiffs have often initiated securities class action litigation against a company following periods of volatility in the market price of its securities.  We may in the future be the target of similar litigation.  This type of litigation could result in substantial costs and could divert management’s attention and resources.

Failure to achieve and maintain effective internal controls in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) could have a material adverse effect on our business and our operating results.
If we fail to comply with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act regarding internal control over financial reporting or to remedy any material weaknesses in our internal controls that we may identify, such failure could result in material misstatements in our financial statements, cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information and have a negative effect on the trading price of our common shares.
 
 
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Pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and current SEC regulations, we are required to prepare assessments regarding internal controls over financial reporting.  In connection with our on-going assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, we may discover “material weaknesses” in our internal controls as defined in standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or the PCAOB.  A material weakness is a significant deficiency, or combination of significant deficiencies, that results in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected.  The PCAOB defines “significant deficiency” as a deficiency that results in more than a remote likelihood that a misstatement of the financial statements that is more than inconsequential will not be prevented or detected.

In the event that a material weakness is identified, as it has been for this report, subject to expansion of the size of our Company and our finance department, we will employ qualified personnel and adopt and implement policies and procedures to address any material weaknesses that we identify.  However, the process of designing and implementing effective internal controls is a continuous effort that requires us to anticipate and react to changes in our business and the economic and regulatory environments and to expend significant resources to maintain a system of internal controls that is adequate to satisfy our reporting obligations as a public company.  We cannot assure you that the measures we will take will remediate any material weaknesses that we may identify or that we will implement and maintain adequate controls over our financial process and reporting in the future.

Any failure to complete our assessment of our internal control over financial reporting, to remediate any material weaknesses that we may identify or to implement new controls, or difficulties encountered in their implementation, could harm our operating results, cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations or result in material misstatements in our financial statements.  Any such failure could adversely affect the results of the management evaluations of our internal controls.  Inadequate internal controls could also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our common shares.

Should we lose the services of our key executives, our financial condition and proposed expansion may be negatively impacted.
We depend on the continued contributions of our executive officers to work effectively as a team, to execute our business strategy and to manage our business.  The loss of key personnel, or their failure to work effectively, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.  Specifically, we rely on Richard E. Schler, our Chief Executive Officer, Craig Scherba, our President and Chief Operating Officer and Peter D. Liabotis, our Chief Financial Officer.  We do not maintain key man life insurance.  Should we lose any or all of their services and we are unable to replace their services with equally competent and experienced personnel, our operational goals and strategies may be adversely affected, which will negatively affect our potential revenues.

Minnesota law and our articles of incorporation protect our directors from certain types of lawsuits, which could make it difficult for us to recover damages from them in the event of a lawsuit.
Minnesota law provides that our directors will not be liable to our Company or to our stockholders for monetary damages for all but certain types of conduct as directors.  Our articles of incorporation require us to indemnify our directors and officers against all damages incurred in connection with our business to the fullest extent provided or allowed by law.  The exculpation provisions may have the effect of preventing stockholders from recovering damages against our directors caused by their negligence, poor judgment or other circumstances.  The indemnification provisions may require our Company to use its assets to defend our directors and officers against claims, including claims arising out of their negligence, poor judgment, or other circumstances.

We have not identified any mineral reserves or resources and due to the speculative nature of mineral property exploration, there is substantial risk that no commercially exploitable minerals will be found and our business will fail.
Exploration for minerals is a speculative venture involving substantial risk.  We cannot provide investors with any assurance that our claims and properties contain commercially exploitable reserves.  The exploration work that we intend to conduct on our claims or properties may not result in the discovery of commercial quantities of graphite, vanadium, gold, uranium, or other minerals.  Problems such as unusual and unexpected rock formations and other conditions are involved in mineral exploration and often result in unsuccessful exploration efforts.  In such a case, we would be unable to complete our business plan.
 
 
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We are a mineral exploration company with a limited operating history and expect to incur operating losses for the foreseeable future.
We are a mineral exploration company. We have not earned any revenues and we have not been profitable. Prior to completing exploration on our claims, we may incur increased operating expenses without realizing any revenues. There are numerous difficulties normally encountered by mineral exploration companies, and these companies experience a high rate of failure. The likelihood of success must be considered in light of the problems, expenses, difficulties, complications and delays encountered in connection with the exploration of the mineral properties that we plan to undertake. These potential problems include, but are not limited to, unanticipated problems relating to exploration and additional costs and expenses that may exceed current estimates. We have no history upon which to base any assumption as to the likelihood that our business will prove successful, and we can provide no assurance to investors that we will generate any operating revenues or ever achieve profitable operations.

Because of the speculative nature of mineral property exploration, there is substantial risk that no commercially exploitable minerals will be found and our business will fail.
Exploration for minerals is a speculative venture involving substantial risk. We cannot provide investors with any assurance that our claims and properties contain commercially exploitable reserves. The exploration work that we intend to conduct on our claims or properties may not result in the discovery of commercial quantities of graphite, vanadium, gold, uranium or other minerals. Uncertainties and unexpected occurrences are virtually given in mineral exploration and often result in unsuccessful exploration efforts. In such a case, we would be unable to complete our business plan.

Because of the inherent dangers involved in mineral exploration, there is a risk that we may incur liability or damages as we conduct our business.
The search for valuable minerals involves numerous hazards.  As a result, we may become subject to liability for such hazards, including pollution, cave-ins and other hazards against which we cannot, or may elect not, to insure against.  We currently have no such insurance, but our management intends to periodically review the availability of commercially reasonable insurance coverage.  If a hazard were to occur, the costs of rectifying the hazard may exceed our asset value and cause us to liquidate all our assets.

If we confirm commercial concentrations of graphite, vanadium, gold, uranium or other minerals on our claims and interests, we can provide no assurance that we will be able to successfully bring those claims or interests into commercial production.
If our exploration programs are successful in confirming deposits of commercial tonnage and grade, we will require significant additional funds in order to place the claims and interests into commercial production. This may occur for a number of reasons, including because of regulatory or permitting difficulties, because we are unable to obtain any adequate funds or because we cannot obtain such funds on terms that we consider economically feasible.

Because access to our properties may be restricted by inclement weather or proper infrastructure, our exploration programs are likely to experience delays.
Access to most of the properties underlying our claims and interests is restricted due to their remote locations and because of weather conditions.  Some of our properties are only accessible by air.  As a result, any attempts to visit, test, or explore the property are generally limited to those periods when weather permits such activities.  These limitations can result in significant delays in exploration efforts, as well as mining and production efforts in the event that commercial amounts of minerals are found.  This could cause our business to fail.

As we undertake exploration of our claims and interests, we will be subject to the compliance of government regulation that may increase the anticipated time and cost of our exploration program.
There are several governmental regulations that materially restrict the exploration of minerals.  We will be subject to the mining laws and regulations in force in the jurisdictions where our claims are located, and these laws and regulations may change over time.  In order to comply with these regulations, we may be required to obtain work permits, post bonds, complete environmental assessments and perform remediation work for any physical disturbance to land.  While our planned budget for exploration programs includes a contingency for regulatory compliance, there is a risk that new regulations could increase our costs of doing business and prevent us from carrying out our exploration program, or that our budgeted amounts are inadequate.

Our operations are subject to strict environmental regulations, which result in added costs of operations and operational delays.
Our operations are subject to environmental regulations, which could result in additional costs and operational delays. All phases of our operations are subject to environmental regulation. Environmental legislation is evolving in some countries and jurisdictions in a manner that may require stricter standards, and enforcement, increased fines and penalties for non-compliance, more stringent environmental assessments of proposed projects, and a heightened degree of responsibility for companies and their officers, directors, and employees. There is no assurance that any future changes in environmental regulation will not negatively affect our projects.
 
 
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We have no insurance for environmental problems.
Insurance against environmental risks, including potential liability for pollution or other hazards as a result of the disposal of waste products occurring from exploration and production, has not been available generally in the mining industry.  We have no insurance coverage for most environmental risks.  In the event of a problem, the payment of environmental liabilities and costs would reduce the funds available to us for future operations.  If we are unable to full pay for the cost of remedying an environmental problem, we might be required to enter into an interim compliance measure pending completion of the required remedy.

We do not intend to pay dividends.
We do not anticipate paying cash dividends on our common shares in the foreseeable future.  We may not have sufficient funds to legally pay dividends.  Even if funds are legally available to pay dividends, we may nevertheless decide, in our sole discretion, not to pay dividends.  The declaration, payment and amount of any future dividends will be made at the discretion of our board of directors, and will depend upon, among other things, the results of our operations, cash flows and financial condition, operating and capital requirements, and other factors our board of directors may consider relevant.  There is no assurance that we will pay any dividends in the future, and, if dividends are paid, there is no assurance with respect to the amount of any such dividend.

Due to external market factors in the mining business, we may not be able to market any minerals that may be found.
The mining industry, in general, is intensely competitive.  Even if commercial quantities of minerals are discovered, we can provide no assurance to investors that a ready market will exist for the sale of these minerals.  Numerous factors beyond our control may affect the marketability of any substances discovered.  These factors include market fluctuations, the sale price of the minerals, the proximity and capacity of markets and processing equipment, and government regulations, including regulations relating to prices, taxes, royalties, land tenure, land use, mineral importing and exporting and environmental protection.  The effect of these factors cannot be accurately predicted, but any combination of these factors may result in our not receiving an adequate return on invested capital.

Our performance may be subject to fluctuations in market prices of any minerals that we find.
The profitability of a mineral exploration project could be significantly affected by changes in the market price of the relevant minerals.  Market prices of graphite have increased over the past several months due to possible new applications.  The price of vanadium has increased due to the markets in China as well as the expanded uses including large-scale power storage application.  The price of gold has fallen slightly after recently reaching record highs.  Demand for gold can also be influenced by economic conditions, attractiveness as an investment vehicle and the relative strength of the U.S. dollar and local investment currencies.  The market price of uranium has increased due in large measure to projections as to the number of new nuclear energy plants that will be constructed in China, the United States and other jurisdictions.  A number of other factors affect the market prices for other minerals. The aggregate effect of the factors affecting the prices of various minerals is impossible to predict with accuracy.  Fluctuations in mineral prices may adversely affect the value of any mineral discoveries made on the properties with which we are involved, which may in turn affect the market price and liquidity of our common shares and our ability to pursue and implement our business plan.  In addition, the price of both graphite and vanadium can fluctuate significantly on a month-to-month and year-to-year basis.

Because from time to time we hold a significant portion of our cash reserves in Canadian dollars, we may experience losses due to foreign exchange translations.
From time to time we hold a significant portion of our cash reserves in Canadian dollars.  Due to foreign exchange rate fluctuations, the value of these Canadian dollar reserves can result in translation gains or losses in U.S. dollar terms.  If there was a significant decline in the Canadian dollar versus the U.S. dollar, our converted Canadian dollar cash balances presented in U.S. dollars on our balance sheet would significantly decline.  If the US dollar significantly declines relative to the Canadian dollar our quoted US dollar cash position would significantly decline as it would be more expensive in US dollar terms to pay Canadian dollar expenses.  We have not entered into derivative instruments to offset the impact of foreign exchange fluctuations.
 
 
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We are exposed to general economic conditions, which could have a material adverse impact on our business, operating results and financial condition.
Recently there have been adverse conditions and uncertainty in the global economy as the result of unstable global financial and credit markets, inflation, and recession. These unfavorable economic conditions and the weakness of the credit market may continue to have, an impact on our Company’s business and our Company’s financial condition. The current global macroeconomic environment may affect our Company’s ability to access the capital markets may be severely restricted at a time when our Company wishes or needs to access such markets, which could have a materially adverse impact on our Company’s flexibility to react to changing economic and business conditions or carry on our operations.
 
Until we can full validate, the properties described herein have no known mineral reserves of any kind.
Further details regarding our Company’s properties, although not incorporated by reference, including the comprehensive geological report prepared in compliance with Canada’s National Instrument 43-101 on the Sagar Property in Northern Québec, on the Green Giant Property in Madagascar and on the Joint Venture Ground (Molo Graphite Deposit) in Madagascar, have been filed within our Company’s filings on Sedar at http://www.sedar.com (which website is expressly not incorporated by reference into this filing).

Climate change and related regulatory responses may impact our business.
Climate change as a result of emissions of greenhouse gases is a current topic of discussion and may generate government regulatory responses in the near future.  It is impracticable to predict with any certainty the impact of climate change on our business or the regulatory responses to it, although we recognize that they could be significant.  However, it is too soon for us to predict with any certainty the ultimate impact, either directionally or quantitatively, of climate change and related regulatory responses.
 
To the extent that climate change increases the risk of natural disasters or other disruptive events in the areas in which we operate, we could be harmed. While we maintain rudimentary business recovery plans that are intended to allow us to recover from natural disasters or other events that can be disruptive to our business, our plans may not fully protect us from all such disasters or events.

The current financial environment may impact our business and financial condition that we cannot predict.
The continued instability in the global financial system and related limitation on availability of credit may continue to have an impact on our business and our financial condition, and we may continue to face challenges if conditions in the financial markets do not improve. Our ability to access the capital markets has been restricted as a result of the economic downturn and related financial market conditions and may be restricted in the future when we would like, or need, to raise capital. The difficult financial environment may also limit the number of prospects for potential joint venture, asset monetization or other capital raising transactions that we may pursue in the future or reduce the values we are able to realize in those transactions, making these transactions uneconomic or difficult to consummate.
 
ITEM 1B. – UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
Not applicable.

ITEM 2. – PROPERTY
The Company’s executive offices are currently located at 520–141 Adelaide Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 3L5. These offices are leased on a month-to-month basis, and the Company’s current monthly rental payments are approximately CAD$10,000.
 
ITEM 3. – LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We are currently not involved in any litigation that we believe could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.  There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the executive officers of our Company or any of our subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting our Company, our common stock, any of our subsidiaries or of our companies or our subsidiaries' officers or directors in their capacities as such, in which an adverse decision could have a material adverse effect.
 
ITEM 4. – MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
 
 
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PART II

ITEM 5. – MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market Information
As of September 18, 2013, there were 192,554,321 common shares issued and outstanding and 66,609,695 common shares underlying outstanding options and warrants to purchase, or securities convertible into, our common shares. Our common shares are quoted on the OTCQX under the symbol “ENZR”, the TSX under the symbol “EGZ” and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol “YE5”. On September 18, 2013 the last reported sale price for our common shares on the OTCQX and TSX was US$0. 15 and CAD$0.15 per share, respectively. The table below sets forth the high and low closing sale prices of our common shares for the fiscal quarters indicated as reported on the OTCQX and TSX. Over-the-counter market quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, markdown or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.

 
OTCBB / OTCQX (US$)
TSX / TSX-V (CDN$)
Period
High
Low
High
Low
Fiscal year ended June 30, 2014
First quarter ended September 30, 2013
(through September 18, 2013)
$0.28
$0.10
$0.23
$0.11
 
Fiscal year ended June 30, 2013
First quarter ended September 30, 2012
$0.41
$0.27
$0.39
$0.27
Second quarter ended December 31, 2012
$0.37
$0.29
$0.37
$0.29
Third quarter ended March 31, 2013
$0.34
$0.17
$0.34
$0.18
Fourth quarter ended June 30, 2013
$0.22
$0.12
$0.23
$0.11
 
Fiscal year ended June 30, 2013
First quarter ended September 30, 2011
$0.36
$0.18
$0.34
$0.17
Second quarter ended December 31, 2011
$0.26
$0.15
$0.23
$0.15
Third quarter ended March 31, 2012
$0.44
$0.17
$0.43
$0.165
Fourth quarter ended June 30, 2013
$0.48
$0.22
$0.48
$0.22
 
Fiscal year ended June 30, 2011
First quarter ended September 30, 2010
$0.33
$0.18
$0.34
$0.185
Second quarter ended December 31, 2010
$0.50
$0.195
$0.51
$0.20
Third quarter ended March 31, 2011
$0.585
$0.39
$0.63
$0.38
Fourth quarter ended June 30, 2011
$0.45
$0.30
$0.42
$0.285
 
Fiscal year ended June 30, 2010
First quarter ended September 30, 2009
$0.68
$0.14
N/A
N/A
Second quarter ended December 31, 2009
$0.64
$0.39
N/A
N/A
Third quarter ended March 31, 2010
$0.48
$0.29
N/A
N/A
Fourth quarter ended June 30, 2010
$0.45
$0.20
$0.49
$0.22
 
Our common shares commenced trading on the TSX-V on May 5, 2010. Our common shares ceased trading on the TSX-V and commenced trading on the TSX on June 16, 2011.  Our common shares commenced trading on the OTCQX on August 28, 2013.  Prior to that our common shares traded on the OTCBB.

Holders
As of September 23, 2013, there were approximately 2,500 holders of record of common shares.

Dividends
We have never declared any cash dividends with respect to our common shares. Future payment of dividends is within the discretion of our board of directors, and will depend upon, among other things, the results of our operations, cash flows and financial condition, operating and capital requirements, and other factors our board of directors may consider relevant. Although there are no material restrictions limiting, or that are likely to limit, our ability to pay dividends on our common shares, we presently intend to retain future earnings, if any, for use in our business and have no present intention to pay cash dividends on our common shares.
 
 
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Equity Compensation Plan Information
The following table sets forth information as of June 30, 2013 for (i) all compensation plans previously approved by the Company's security holders and (ii) all compensation plans not previously approved by the Company's security holders. Options reported below were issued under the Company's Amended 2006 Stock Option Plan.
 
Plan Category
Number of securities to
be issued upon exercise
of outstanding options,
and warrants
Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding options
and warrants
Number of securities remaining available for future under equity compensation plans (excluding
securities reflected in column (a)
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
--
--
--
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
7,630,000
$0.15
5,080,000

Recent Issuances of Unregistered Securities
From July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2013, the Company issued the following unregistered securities:
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On December 16, 2011 our Company issued 7,500,000 of our common shares valued at $1,350,000 as consideration for the Joint Venture Agreement with Malagasy Minerals Ltd.
·  
On March 4, 2012, $69,000 was received through the exercise of 460,000 stock options at $0.15 per share.
·  
On March 25, 2012, the Company closed a private placement with DRA whereby the Company raised a total of $635,000 by issuing 2,540,000 of our common shares at $0.25 per share.
·  
During July 2012, $105,000 was received through the exercise of 700,000 stock options at $0.15 per share.
·  
On July 13, 2012, we issued 1,695,000 stock options to directors, officers and consultants of the Company.
·  
During November 2012, we closed a brokered and non-brokered private placement raising a total of $2,032,500.  We issued 5,807,142 shares of common stock at $0.35 per share and 2,903,571 common share purchase warrants at an exercise price of $0.50, expiring 24 months from the date of issue.  We paid fees of $119,010 and issued 340,028 compensation common share purchase warrants.  Each compensation common share purchase warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share at $0.35 and one half of one common share purchase warrant at an exercise price of $0.50.
·  
On February 27, 2013, we issued 5,900,000 stock options to directors, officers and consultants of the Company.
·  
During March 2013, we closed a private placement raising CAD$2,358,000 (USD$2,307,035).  We issued 12,350,000 shares of common stock at prices between $0.18 and $0.20 per share. We paid a fee of $86,000 (USD$84,176) and issued 270,000 compensation common share purchase warrants.  Each compensation common share purchase warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share at CAD$0.20.
 
The offer and sale of all shares of our common shares and warrants listed above were affected in reliance on the exemptions for sales of securities not involving a public offering, as set forth in Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act. The Investor acknowledged the following: Subscriber is not a United States Person, nor is the Subscriber acquiring the shares of our common stock and warrants directly or indirectly for the account or benefit of a United States Person. None of the funds used by the Subscriber to purchase the shares of our common stock and warrants have been obtained from United States Persons. For purposes of this Agreement, "United States Person" within the meaning of U.S. tax laws, means a citizen or resident of the United States, any former U.S. citizen subject to Section 877 of the Internal Revenue Code, any corporation, or partnership organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state, jurisdiction, territory or possession thereof and any estate or trust the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income tax irrespective of its source, and within the meaning of U.S. securities laws, as defined in Rule 902(o) of Regulation S, means: (i) any natural person resident in the United States; (ii) any partnership or corporation organized or incorporated under the laws of the United States; (iii) any estate of which any executor or administrator is a U.S. person; (iv) any trust of which any trustee is a U.S. person; (v) any agency or branch of a foreign entity located in the United States; (vi) any non-discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or trust) held by a dealer or other fiduciary for the benefit or account of a U.S. person; (vii) any discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or trust) held by a dealer or other fiduciary organized, incorporated, or (if an individual) resident in the United States; and (viii) any partnership or corporation if organized under the laws of any foreign jurisdiction, and formed by a U.S. person principally for the purpose of investing in securities not registered under the Securities Act, unless it is organized or incorporated, and owned, by accredited investors (as defined in Rule 501(a)) who are not natural persons, estates or trusts. Further, we anticipate that additional funding will be in the form of equity financing from the sale of our common stock. However, we cannot provide investors with any assurance that we will be able to raise sufficient funding for additional phases of exploration. We currently believe that debt financing will not be an alternative for funding additional phases of exploration. We do not have any arrangements in place for any future equity financing.
 
Issuer Repurchases of Equity Securities
None
 
 
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ITEM 6. – SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
As a “smaller reporting company”, we are not required to provide the information required by this Item. Refer to the financial statements included within this report.
 
ITEM 7. – MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF  OPERATION
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) should be read in conjunction with the financial statements included herein.  Further, this MD&A should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Financial Statements and Notes to Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the years ended June 30, 2013 and June 30, 2012, as well as the “Business” and “Risk Factors” sections within this Annual Report on Form 10-K.  The Company's financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis may contain various “forward looking statements” within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, regarding future events or the future financial performance of the Company that involve risks and uncertainties. Certain statements included in this Form 10-K, including, without limitation, statements related to anticipated cash flow sources and uses, and words including but not limited to “anticipates”, “believes”, “plans”, “expects”, “future” and similar statements or expressions, identify forward looking statements. Any forward-looking statements herein are subject to certain risks and uncertainties in the Company’s business and any changes in current accounting rules, all of which may be beyond the control of the Company. The Company has adopted the most conservative recognition of revenue based on the most astringent guidelines of the SEC. Management will elect additional changes to revenue recognition to comply with the most conservative SEC recognition on a forward going accrual basis as the model is replicated with other similar markets (i.e. SBDC). The Company’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including those set forth therein. Undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

Based on the nature of our business, we anticipate incurring operating losses in the foreseeable future. We base this expectation, in part, on the fact that very few mineral properties in the exploration stage ultimately develop into producing and profitable mines. Our future financial results are also uncertain due to a number of factors, some of which are outside our control. These factors include, but are not limited to: (1) our ability to raise additional funding; - the market price for graphite, vanadium, gold and uranium; (2) the results of our exploration programs and metallurgy analysis on our mineral properties; (3) the political instability in Madagascar; and (4) our ability to find joint venture and/or off-take partners for the development of our property interests.

Any future equity financing will cause existing shareholders to experience dilution of their interest in our Company. In the event we are not successful in raising additional financing, we anticipate that we will not be able to proceed with our business plan. In such a case, we may decide to discontinue our current business plan and seek other business opportunities in the resource sector. Any business opportunity would require our management to perform diligence on possible acquisition of additional resource properties. Such due diligence would likely include purchase investigation costs such as professional fees by consulting geologists, preparation of geological reports on the properties, conducting title searches and travel costs for site visits. It is anticipated that such costs will not be sufficient to acquire any resource property and additional funds will be required to close any possible acquisition.

During this period, we will need to maintain our periodic filings with the appropriate regulatory authorities and will incur legal and accounting costs. In the event no other such opportunities are available and we cannot raise additional capital to sustain operations, we may be forced to discontinue business. We do not have any specific alternative business opportunities in mind and have not planned for any such contingency.

Due to our lack of operating history and present inability to generate revenues, our auditors have stated their opinion that there currently exists substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
 
 
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Estimated Geological Budget
From the date of this report, and subject to availability of capital, our plan is to incur approximately $5,000,000 - $8,000,000 on exploration, anticipated but not guaranteed to be commenced on or before our Company’s fiscal year end of June 30, 2014, on our Madagascar properties and projected to be completed, subject to the availability of capital and any other unforeseen delays, by June 30, 2014. The following is a summary of the amounts budgeted to be incurred (presuming all $8,000,000 is required):
 
Bankable Feasibility Study (“BFS”) and metallurgy testing
  $ 3,500,000  
Infill drilling if required for the BFS.
  $ 2,000,000  
Building of a pilot plans
  $ 2,000,000  
Environmental impact study
  $ 500,000  
Total
  $ 8,000,000  
 
The above amounts may be updated based on actual costs and the timing may be delayed based on several factors, including the availability of capital to fund the budget. The source of funds required to complete the budgeted items disclosed above will come from private placements in the capital markets.

Although no assurances can be provided, the pilot plant is now projected to be built starting in November 2013.  The BFS process is currently ongoing and will continue through the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014.  Infill drilling has been budgeted and will tentatively commence in January-February 2014, if it is a necessary part of the BFS.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
We have had no operating revenues from inception on March 1, 2004 through to the year ended June 30, 2013. Our activities have been financed from the proceeds of securities subscriptions.  From inception, on March 1, 2004, through June 30, 2013, we raised net aggregate proceeds of $42,175,238 from private offerings of our securities and $1,075,500 through the exercise of common share purchase warrants and common stock purchase options.  For the year ended June 30, 2013, a total of $4,181,133 (June 30, 2012: $719,000) was raised through private offerings and the exercise of common stock purchase options.  $4,076,133 (June 30, 2012: $635,000) of this amount was raised through two private placements and $105,000 (June 30, 2012: $84,000) raised through the exercise of warrants and common stock purchase options.

For the period from inception, March 1, 2004, through June 30, 2013, we incurred a loss before income taxes of $75,073,641.  Expenses included $38,287,073 in mineral property and exploration costs and impairment losses on mineral properties.  These costs include acquisition costs relating to the Madagascar properties, Sagar properties and other abandoned properties.  We also incurred $7,163,819 in professional fees since inception including senior management, certain geological accounting, and legal consulting costs; general and administrative expenses of $7,875,094; stock based compensation valued at $24,175,544; net foreign exchange translation gains totaling $1,000,890; donated services and expenses of $18,750 and total other income (including interest) of $1,532,398.

The following are explanations for the material fluctuations during the year ended June 30, 2013 when compared to the year ended June 30, 2012:
·  
Amounts spent on mineral properties totalled $3,720,735 (June 30, 2012: $8,309,874), a decrease of $4,589,139.  During the year ended June 30, 2012, we spent $3,770,129 (recorded within the statement of operations under impairment losses) to acquire the Joint Venture Property from Malagasy.  During fiscal 2013, we focused our efforts on metallurgy testing and analysis as opposed to drilling.  During fiscal 2012, we drilled 11,301 metres over two drill programs and completed trenching for 2,110 metres,  the costs of which exceeded $2,500,000. Following our accounting policies of expensing acquisition costs and exploration expenses on mineral properties as incurred, this amount increased the net loss for the year.
·  
Professional fees totalled $1,663,965, down $137,694 from the year ended June 30, 2012 (a total of $1,801,659).  The decrease is due to both the nature of exploration and geological work performed during fiscal 2013 relative to fiscal 2012 ( i.e. less labour intensive consultants’ time surrounding the drill program and analysis of the subsequent drill results and the reduction in legal expenses incurred).  Fiscal 2012 had higher legal costs surrounding the acquisition of the Joint Venture Property from Malagasy.
·  
General and administration relates to fees associated with running the Toronto office and the Madagascar operations on the property.  These costs decreased by $139,028 between periods (June 30, 2013: $1,348,641, June 30, 2012: $1,487,669). Significant costs within the fiscal 2012 amount include travel expenses for trips to the exploration site in Madagascar for the drill and trenching programs, trips to the capitals of Madagascar and Mauritius to meet government officials, including the Prime Minister and the Minister of Mines, trips to Europe for graphite conferences and meeting with investors and interested parties, and to Australia to negotiate and finalize the Malagasy Joint Venture Property agreement.  During fiscal 2013, travel to Madagascar decreased.
·  
Investment income increased by $143,059 from $164,933 for the year ended June 30, 2012 to $307,992 for the year ended June 30, 2013. Returns on our  passive investments were the reason for this increase.
 
 
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Liquidity, Capital Resources and Foreign Currencies
As at June 30, 2013, we had cash on hand of $825,100.  Our working capital was $378,489.  Subsequent to June 30, 2013 and as of the date of the report, we raised CAD$837,500 and USD$1,230,000 by issuing 16,950,001 of the Company’s common shares. In connection with the closing, the Company paid compensation consisting of a cash fee of CAD$57,750 and USD$18,000 and issued 552,000 broker common stock purchase warrants.  We hold a significant portion of cash reserves in Canadian dollars.  Due to foreign exchange rate fluctuations, the value of these Canadian dollar reserves can result in translation gains or losses in US dollar terms.  If there was to be a significant decline in the Canadian dollar against the US dollar, the US dollar value of that Canadian dollar cash position presented on our balance sheet would also significantly decline.  If the US dollar significantly declines relative to the Canadian dollar, our quoted US dollar cash position would also significantly decline.  Such foreign exchange declines could cause us to experience losses.  In addition to paying expenses in Canadian dollars, we also pay expenses in South African Rand, Madagascar Ariary and Australian Dollars.  Therefore, we are subject to risks relating to movements in those currencies.
 
There are no assurances that we will be able to achieve further sales of common shares or any other form of additional financing.  If we are unable to achieve the financing necessary to continue the plan of operations, then we will not be able to continue our exploration and our venture will fail.

Capital Financing
·  
From inception through June 30, 2004, we raised $59,750 through the issuance of 9,585,000 common shares.
·  
For the year ended June 30, 2005, we did not raise any capital from new financings.
·  
For the year ended June 30, 2006, we raised $795,250 through the issuance of 2,750,000 common shares and 2,265,000 common share purchase warrants.
·  
For the year ended June 30, 2007, we raised $17,300,000 through the issuance of 34,600,000 common shares and 29,000,250 common share purchase warrants.
·  
For the year ended June 30, 2008, we did not raise any capital from new financings.
·  
For the year ended June 30, 2009, we raised $680,000 through the issuance of 6,800,000 common shares and 3,400,000 common share purchase warrants.
·  
For the year ended June 30, 2010, we raised $6,500,000 through the issuance of 21,666,667 common shares and 21,666,667 common share purchase warrants.
·  
For the year ended June 30, 2011, we raised net proceeds of $13,178,708 through the issuance of 30,936,654 common shares and 15,468,328 common share purchase warrants and $886,501 (by issuing 4,549,500 common shares)  through the exercise of common share purchase warrants.
·  
For the year ended June 30, 2012, we raised proceeds of $635,000 (by issuing 2,540,000 common shares)  through the issuance of common shares and $84,000 (by issuing 510,000 common shares) through the exercise of common stock purchase options.
·  
For the year ended June 30, 2013, we raised net proceeds of $4,076,133 through the issuance of 18,157,142 common shares and 3,513,599 common share purchase warrants and $105,000, by issuing 700,000 common shares, through the exercise of common stock purchase options.

We will likely require additional funding during fiscal 2014, which will likely be in the form of equity financing from the sale of our common shares.  However, we cannot provide investors with any assurance that we will be able to raise sufficient funding from the sale of common shares for additional phases of exploration.

Issuances of Securities
We have funded our business to date from sales of our securities.  During the year ended June 30, 2013 and since July 1, 2011, we have  issued the following unregistered securities:
·  
On December 16, 2011, we issued 7,500,000 shares of common stock at $0.18 per share valued at $1,350,000 as consideration for the Joint Venture Agreement with Malagasy Minerals Ltd.
·  
On March 4, 2012, $69,000 was raised through the exercise of 460,000 common stock purchase options at $0.15 per common share.
·  
On March 25, 2012, we closed a private placement with DRA Minerals Inc. (“DRA”) whereby we raised a total of $635,000 by issuing 2,540,000 shares of common stock at $0.25 per common share. This results in DRA having a current equity position in our company. Under the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding signed during early 2012, DRA has the right to acquire up to a 5% equity position in our company through private placement. Future private placements will be done at market conditions.
 
 
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·  
During July 2012, $105,000 was raised through the exercise of 700,000 stock options at $0.15.
·  
On July 13, 2012, we issued 1,695,000 stock options to directors, officers and consultants of our company.
·  
During November 2012, we closed a brokered and non-brokered private placement raising a total of $2,032,500.  We issued 5,807,142 common stock at $0.35 per share and 2,903,571 common share purchase warrants at an exercise price of $0.50, expiring 24 months from the date of issue.  We paid fees of $119,010 and issued 340,028 compensation common share purchase warrants.  Each compensation common share purchase warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share at $0.35 and one half of one common share purchase warrant at an exercise price of $0.50.
·  
On February 27 2012, we issued 5,900,000 stock options to directors, officers and consultants of our company.
·  
During March 2013, we closed a private placement raising CAD$2,358,000 (USD$2,307,035).  We issued 12,350,000 common stock at prices between CAD$0.18 and CAD$0.20 per share. We paid a fee of CAD$86,000 (USD$84,176) and issued 270,000 compensation warrants.  Each compensation warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share at CAD$0.20.
 
Off-balance sheet arrangements
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements including arrangements that would affect the liquidity, capital resources, market risk support and credit risk support or other benefits.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Principals of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation
Our Company’s consolidated financial statements are expressed in US dollars and presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("U.S. GAAP"). Our consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Energizer Resources Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Energizer Resources (Mauritius) Ltd., THB Ventures Ltd., Energizer Resources Madagascar Sarl, and Energizer Resources Minerals Sarl.  In addition, these consolidated financial statements include the Company's 75% interest in Madagascar-ERG Joint Venture (Mauritius) Ltd. and its 100% owned subsidiary ERG (Madagascar) Sarl.   All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated on consolidation.

Mineral Property Costs
Our Company has been in the exploration stage since its inception on March 1, 2004, and has not yet realized any revenues from its mineral operations.  The company follows the accounting policy of expensing all mineral property expenses as incurred. When it has been determined that a mineral property can be economically developed as a result of establishing reserves, the costs then incurred to develop such property will be capitalized.  Such costs will be amortized using the units of production method over the estimated life of the reserve. If properties are abandoned or the carrying value is determined to be in excess of possible future recoverable amounts the Company will write off the appropriate amount.

Financial Instruments
The fair value of cash and cash equivalents, amounts receivable, marketable securities, and accounts payable and accrued liabilities were estimated to approximate their carrying values due to their short term nature.  The Company's exploration operations are primarily in Madagascar but also in Canada, which result in exposure to market risks from changes in foreign currency rates.  Financial risk is the risk to the Company's operations that arise from fluctuations in foreign exchange rates and the degree of volatility of these rates.

Foreign Currency Translation
The Company's functional and reporting currency is United States Dollars.  Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated in accordance with ASC Topic-830, "Foreign Currency Translation", using the exchange rate prevailing at the balance sheet date.  Gains and losses arising on settlement of foreign currency denominated transactions or balances are included in the consolidated statement of operations.

Stock Based Compensation
The Company has a stock option plan.  All stock-based awards granted, including those granted to directors not acting in their capacity as directors, are accounted for using the fair value based method (the Black-Scholes model for valuing stock options).  The fair value of common stock purchase options granted is recognized as an expense within the income statement and a corresponding increase in shareholder equity.  Any consideration paid by eligible participants on the exercise of common stock purchase options is credited to capital stock.  The additional paid in capital amount associated with common stock purchase options is transferred to capital stock upon exercise.
 
 
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Use of Estimates
The consolidated financial statements include estimates, which, by their nature, are uncertain.  The preparation of consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period.  On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its judgments and estimates in relation to assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses. Management uses historical experience and other factors as the basis for its judgments and estimates.  Actual results may differ from those estimates.   The impacts of estimates are pervasive throughout these consolidated financial statements, and may require accounting adjustments based on future occurrences.  Revisions to accounting estimates are recognized in the period in which the estimate is revised and the revision affects current and future periods.
 
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
The following are recent accounting pronouncements, which may have an impact on the Company's future financial statements.  FASB has issued the following pronouncements.  The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASC Topic - 210, ASC Topic - 740 and ASC Topic - 220.
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"Balance Sheet (ASC Topic - 210): Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities": ("ASU 2011-11") was issued during December 2011. FASB issued guidance on how to determine whether it is appropriate to offset or net certain assets and liabilities on the balance sheet and the additional disclosure that this entails. The guidance is effective annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013.
·
"Comprehensive Income (ASC Topic - 220): Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income": ("ASU 2013-02") was issued during February 2013. FASB issued has guidance, which requires an entity to disclose in a single location the effects of reclassification out of accumulated other comprehensive income ("AOCI"). The guidance is effective prospectively for reporting periods beginning after December 31, 2013.
·
"Income Taxes (ASC Topic - 740): Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit when a Net Operating Loss Carry-forward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carry-forward Exists" ("ASU 2013-11) was issued during July 2013. FASB issued guidance on how to present an unrecognized tax benefit. The guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2013.

ITEM 7.A. – QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We do not hold any derivative instruments and do not engage in any hedging activities. Most of our activity is the development and mining of our mineral properties in Madagascar and Canada.
 
ITEM 8. – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
The financial statements required by this Item, the accompanying notes thereto and the reports of independent accountants are included, as part of this Form 10-K immediately following the signature page.
 
ITEM 9. – CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
On May 13, 2013, the Company received notice that, effective June 1, 2013, MSCM LLP (“MSCM”) the Company’s independent registered public accountants, merged with MNP LLP (“MNP”). Most of the professional staff of MSCM continued with MNP either as employees or partners will continue their practice with MNP. On May 31, 2013, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the appointment of MNP as MSCM’s successor to continue as the Company’s independent registered public accountant for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013.

ITEM 9A. – CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Our management team, under the supervision and with the participation of our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act), as of the last day of the fiscal period covered by this report, June 30, 2013. The term disclosure controls and procedures means our controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our principal executive and principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on this evaluation and the deficiencies noted in our management’s report on internal controls and procedures over financial reporting, our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer concluded that, given the size of our Company and its finance department, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of June 30, 2013.
 
 
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Management’s report on internal control over financial reporting
Our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, are responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f). Management is required to base its assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting on a suitable, recognized control framework, such as the framework developed by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO). The COSO framework, published in Internal Control-Integrated Framework, is known as the COSO Report. Our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, have chosen the COSO framework on which to base its assessment.  Based on this evaluation, we have concluded that, as of June 30, 2013, internal controls and procedures were not effective to detect the inappropriate application of US GAAP rules as described below.

The matters involving internal controls and procedures that the Company’s management considered to be material weaknesses under the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board were: (1) inadequate segregation of duties consistent with control objectives; (2) lack of a majority of independent directors on the Company’s board of directors, resulting in ineffective oversight in the establishment and monitoring of required internal controls and procedures; (3) insufficient written policies and procedures for accounting and financial reporting with respect to the requirements and application of US GAAP and SEC disclosure requirements; and (4) ineffective controls over period end financial disclosure and reporting processes.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives. Furthermore, smaller reporting companies, like ours, face additional limitations. Smaller reporting companies employ fewer individuals and find it difficult to properly segregate duties. Often, only a few individuals control every aspect of the Company's operation and are in a position to override any system of internal control. Additionally, smaller reporting companies tend to utilize general accounting software packages that lack a rigorous set of software controls.
 
This annual report does not include an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm over management’s assessment regarding internal control over financial controls.  Management’s report was not subject to attestation by our registered public accounting firm pursuant to an exemption for smaller reporting companies under Section 989G of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

It should be noted that any system of controls, however well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable and not absolute assurance that the objectives of the system are met. In addition, the design of any control system is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of certain events.  However, as noted, when the size of our Company and its finance department is materially increased, the deficiencies can be addressed.  Once increased, we intend to create a new finance and accounting position that will allow for proper segregation of duties consistent with control objectives, and will increase our personnel resources and technical accounting expertise within the accounting function; and we will prepare and implement appropriate written policies and checklists which set forth procedures for accounting and financial reporting with respect to the requirements and application of US generally accepted accounting principles and SEC disclosure requirements. Because of these and other inherent limitations of control systems, there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions, regardless of how remote or when the size of our Company and our finance department will materially increase to address these issues.
 
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013, no changes were made to our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 9B. – OTHER INFORMATION
None noted.
 
 
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PART III
 
ITEM 10. – DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS  AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
 
The following table sets forth the name, age, and position of each executive officer and director the Company as at September 23, 2013.

Name
Age
Position
V. Peter Harder
61
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Director
Richard E. Schler
60
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Craig Scherba
41
President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
John Sanderson
78
Vice Chairman and Director
Peter D. Liabotis
43
Chief Financial Officer
J.A. Kirk McKinnon*
70
Director
Quentin Yarie
48
Director
Johann de Bruin
43
Director
Albert A. Thiess, Jr.
66
Director
*Mr. McKinnon resigned as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors on September 12, 2013.

Directors of the Company hold their offices until the next annual meeting of the Company’s shareholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation, removal of office or death. Executive officers of the Company are elected by the board of directors to serve until their successors are elected and qualified. There are no family relationships between any director or executive officer of the Company.

V. Peter Harder, LL.D, M.A., B.A. (Hons) (Manotick, Canada):  Mr. Harder was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors during September 2013 and has served as a director of our Company since July 2009. He is a Senior Policy Advisor to Denton Canada (“Dentons”), a Canadian national law firm and international affiliation.  Prior to joining Dentons, Mr. Harder was a long-serving Deputy Minister in the Government of Canada. First appointed a Deputy Minister in 1991, he served as the most senior public servant in a number of federal departments including Treasury Board, Solicitor General, Citizenship and Immigration, Industry and Foreign Affairs and International Trade. At Foreign Affairs, Mr. Harder assumed the responsibilities of the Personal Representative of the Prime Minister to three G8 Summits (Sea Island, Gleneagles and St. Petersburg).  Mr. Harder is also a director of Power Financial Corporation (TSX: PWF), IGM Financial Corporation (TSX: IGM), Telesat Canada, Northland Power Inc. (TSX: NPI), Timberwest Forest Company and Magna International Inc. (TSX: MG, NYSE: MGA).  In 2008, Mr. Harder was elected the President of the Canada China Business Council (CCBC).

Richard E. Schler, MBA (Toronto, Canada):  Mr. Schler was appointed Chief Executive Officer during September  2013 and previously has held senior positions with the Company, including the roles of Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer since April 2006.  Mr. Schler has been a director since April 2006. Mr. Schler also currently serves as a director, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd., and Honey Badger Exploration Inc. as well as Executive Vice President of Red Pine Exploration Inc, all of which are resource exploration companies trading on the TSX - Venture Exchange headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Before joining these companies, Mr. Schler held various senior management positions with noted corporations. He has over 25 years of experience in the manufacturing sector. Mr. Schler is experienced in financial management and business operations and has been successful in raising funds in the capital markets.

Craig Scherba, P.Geol. (Oakville, Canada):  Mr. Scherba was appointed as our President and Chief Operating Officer during September 2012 and a director during January 2010.  Mr. Scherba served as Vice President, Exploration of the Company from January 2010 to September 2012. Mr. Scherba also serves as Vice President, Exploration of MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd which is a resource exploration company trading on the TSX - Venture Exchange headquartered in Toronto, Canada..  In addition, Mr. Scherba was professional geologist with Taiga Consultants Ltd. (“Taiga”), a mining exploration consulting company from March 2003 to December 2009.  He was a managing partner of Taiga between January 2006 and December 2009.  Mr. Scherba has been a professional geologist (P. Geol.) since 2000, and his expertise includes supervising large Canadian and international exploration.  Mr. Scherba was an integral member of the exploration team that developed Nevsun Resources’ high grade gold, copper and zinc Bisha project in Eritrea. While at Taiga, Mr. Scherba served as the Company's Country and Exploration Manager in Madagascar during its initial exploration stage.
 
 
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John Sanderson Q.C. (Vancouver, Canada):  Mr. Sanderson has been the Company’s Vice Chairman of the Board since October 2009 and a director of our Company since January 2009. Mr. Sanderson was Chairman of the Board of the Company from January 2009 to September 2009. Mr. Sanderson is a mediator, arbitrator, consultant and lawyer called to the bar in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. Mr. Sanderson’s qualifications to serve as a director include his many years of legal and mediation experience in various industries.  He has acted as mediator, facilitator and arbitrator in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and the Northwest Territories, in numerous commercial transactions, including insurance claims, corporate contractual disputes, construction matters and disputes, environmental disputes, inter-governmental disputes, employment matters, and in relation to aboriginal claims.  He is a member of mediation and arbitration panels with the British Columbia Arbitration and Mediation Institute, the British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre & Mediate BC.

Peter D. Liabotis, CPA, CA (Oakville, Canada):  Mr. Liabotis was appointed as our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“SVP & CFO”) during September 2012 and prior to that served Vice President – Finance of our Company from October 2009 to August 2012. Mr. Liabotis is currently the SVP & CFO of Red Pine Exploration Inc. and Vice President - Finance of MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd., and Honey Badger Exploration Inc., all of which are resource exploration companies trading on the TSX - Venture Exchange.  From August 2008 to September 2009 Mr. Liabotis worked as controller for EFG Wealth Management (Canada).  From July 1998 through July 2008, Mr. Liabotis was the SVP & CFO of Olympia Capital, a Bermuda corporation leading the sale of this business to a French Bank.  Prior to July 1998, Mr. Liabotis worked for two years at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Bermuda and two years with KPMG in Canada  Mr. Liabotis is a member of the Board of Directors of Honey Badger Exploration, Inc. Mr. Liabotis is a Chartered Professional Accountant (through the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario), received his Bachelor of Commerce, Honours from the University of Windsor and received his Bachelor of Arts from the Western University (in Ontario, Canada).

J.A. Kirk McKinnon (Brampton, Canada):  Mr. McKinnon served as Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from October 2009 until he resigned on September 12, 2013.  He has been a director since April 2006. Mr. McKinnon also served as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer from April 2006 to September 30, 2009. He brings over 25 years of senior management experience to the Company.  Until September 12, 2013, Mr. McKinnon served as CEO and President of MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd., Red Pine Exploration Inc. and Honey Badger Exploration Inc. Prior to that, Mr. McKinnon held senior management positions with several high profile Canadian corporations, including Nestle Canada. Mr. McKinnon is well versed in business management and he has been very successful in raising funds in the capital markets.

Quentin Yarie, P.Geol. (Toronto, Canada):  Mr. Yarie has served as a director of our Company since 2008. Mr. Yarie is an experienced geophysicist and a successful entrepreneur with over 20 years’ experience in mining and environmental/engineering.  Mr. Yarie has project management and business development experience as he has held positions of increasing responsibility with a number of Canadian-based geophysical service providers. Since January 2010, Mr. Yarie has been Senior Vice President Exploration for MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd, Red Pine Exploration Inc. and Honey Badger Exploration Inc all listed on the TSX-Venture Exchange headquartered in Toronto, Canada.  From October 2007 to December 2009, Mr. Yarie was a business development officer with Geotech Ltd, a geo-physical airborne survey company. From September 2004 to October 2007, Mr. Yarie was a senior representative of sales and business development for Aeroquest Limited. From 1992-2001, he was a partner of a specialized environmental and engineering consulting group where he managed a number of large projects including the ESA of the Sydney Tar Ponds, the closure of the Canadian Forces Bases in Germany and the Maritime and Northeast Pipeline project.

Johann de Bruin, Pr. Eng (Pretoria, South Africa): Mr. de Bruin, Pr. Eng, was appointed a Director during February 2012.  Mr. de Bruin is a Director of DRA with a 15-year track record of bringing numerous greenfield mining projects throughout Africa to feasibility.  He currently leads the initiative of business development in Africa for DRA and has acted as the primary liaison between DRA and the Company over the past four years.  Mr. de Bruin brings considerable insight and skill into evolving the infrastructure components associated with new projects in developing countries.

Albert A. Thiess, Jr. (Bluffton, United States of America):  Mr. Thiess was appointed a Director during May 2012.  Mr. Thiess brings over 35 years of accounting, finance and management experience to the Company.  Mr. Thiess served as an audit partner in Coopers & Lybrand, LLP and with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP following the merger of those firms in 1998.  He served clients in the automotive, banking, retail and manufacturing industries, as well as serving as the Managing Partner of the Detroit, Michigan and Los Angeles, California offices.  He also was elected to the Governing Council of Coopers & Lybrand.  Following the merger with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Mr. Thiess managed various global functions for the newly merged firm.
 
 
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Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
To the best of the Company’s knowledge, during the past ten years, none of the following occurred with respect to a director or executive officer of the Company: (1) any bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business of which such person was a general partner or executive officer either at the time of the bankruptcy or within two years prior to that time; (2) any conviction in a criminal proceeding or being subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses); (3) being subject to any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of any competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities or banking activities; (4) being found by a court of competent jurisdiction (in a civil action), the Securities and Exchange Commission or the commodities futures trading commission to have violated a Federal or state securities or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended or vacated; (5) being subject of, or a party to, any federal or state judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, relating to an alleged violation of any federal or state securities or commodities law or regulation or any law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies or prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity; or (6) being subject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization, any registered entity of the Commodity Exchange Act, or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member.

Audit Committee and Audit Committee Financial Expert
The Company has an audit committee comprised of John Sanderson, Peter Harder and Albert A. Thiess, Jr., all of whom are financially literate.  Each are independent directors as they do not have involvement in the day-to-day operations of the Company. The audit committee is a key component of the Company’s commitment to maintaining a higher standard of corporate responsibility.

The audit committee assists our board of directors in its oversight of the company’s accounting and financial reporting processes and the audits of the company’s financial statements, including (i) the quality and integrity of the company’s financial statements, (ii) the company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, (iii) the independent auditors’ qualifications and independence and (iv) the performance of the company’s internal audit functions and independent auditors, as well as other matters which may come before it as directed by the board of directors. Further, the audit committee, to the extent it deems necessary or appropriate, among its several other responsibilities, shall:
·  
be responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention, termination and oversight of the work of any independent auditor engaged for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or performing other audit, review or attest services for the Company;
·  
discuss the annual audited financial statements and the quarterly unaudited financial statements with management and, if necessary the independent auditor prior to their filing with the SEC in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q;
·  
review with the company’s financial management on a periodic basis (a) issues regarding accounting principles and financial statement presentations, including any significant changes in the company’s selection or application of accounting principles, and (b) the effect of any regulatory and accounting initiatives, as well as off-balance sheet structures, on the financial statements of the company;
·  
monitor the Company’s policies for compliance with federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations and the Company’s policies on corporate conduct;
·  
maintain open, continuing and direct communication between the board of directors, the committee and both the company’s independent auditors and its internal auditors; and
·  
monitor our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, with the authority to initiate any special investigations of conflicts of interest, and compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires the Company’s directors and executive officers, and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of a registered class of the Company’s equity securities, to file reports of beneficial ownership and changes in beneficial ownership of the Company’s securities with the SEC on Form 3 (Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership), Form 4 (Statement of Changes of Beneficial Ownership of Securities) and Form 5 (Annual Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities).  Directors, executive officers and beneficial owners of more than 10% of the Company’s Common Stock are required by SEC regulations to furnish the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms that they filed.
 
 
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Except as otherwise set forth herein, based solely on review of the copies of such forms furnished to the Company, or written representations that no reports were required, the Company believes that for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013, beneficial owners and executives complied with Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to them.

Code of Ethics
The Company has adopted a code of business conduct and ethics that applies to its directors, officers, and employees, including its principal executive officers, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller or persons performing similar functions. The Financial Code of Business Conduct was filed as Exhibit 14.1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-QSB for June 30, 2004 as filed on May 19, 2004.
 
ITEM 11. – EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
 
Summary Compensation
The table below sets forth certain summary information concerning the compensation paid or accrued during each of our last three completed fiscal years to our principal executive officer and four other most highly compensated executive officers who received compensation over $100,000 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013 (collectively, the “Named Executive Officers” or “NEO”):
 
Name and
Principal Position
Fiscal
Year
Salary
($)
Bonus
($)
Stock Awards
($)
NOTE 6
Option
Awards
($)
Non Equity Inventive Plan Compensation
($)
Change in
Pension Value
and Non
Qualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings ($)
All Other Compens-ation
($)
NOTE 1
Total
($)
NOTE 1
J.A. Kirk
2013
268,360 (5)
0
0
0
0
0
380,118 (1)
648,478 (1)
McKinnon, CEO
2012
248,207 (4)
0
0
0
0
0
739,062 (1)
987,269 (1)
and Director*
2011
261,810 (3)
0
0
0
0
0
0
261,810
                   
Richard E. Schler,
2013
197,008 (5)
0
0
0
0
0
280,428 (1)
477,438 (1)
Executive Vice-
2012
201,407 (4)
0
0
0
0
0
557,033 (1)
758,440 (1)
President and Director **
2011
189,490 (3)
0
0
0
0
0
0
189,490
                   
Craig Scherba
2013
130,000 (5)
0
0
0
0
0
134,700 (1)
264,700 (1)
President, COO and
2012
105,214 (4)
0
0
0
0
0
260,035 (1)
365,249 (1)
Director
2011
71,048 (3)
0
0
0
0
0
0
71,048
                   
Brent Nykoliation,
2013
190,009 (5)
0
0
0
0
0
125,720 (1)
315,729 (1)
Senior Vice
2012
162,085 (4)
0
0
0
0
0
275,345 (1)
437,430 (1)
President
2011
99,488 (3)
0
0
0
0
0
0
99,488
                   
Peter D. Liabotis,
2013
171,500 (5)
0
0
0
0
0
98,780 (1)
270,280 (1)
SVP & Chief
2012
168,764 (4)
0
0
0
0
0
247,975 (1)
416,739 (1)
Financial Officer
2011
67,309 (3)
0
0
0
0
0
0
67,309
*
Mr. McKinnon resigned as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors on September 12, 2013.
**
Mr. Schler was appointed Chief Executive Officer on September 19, 2013.

(1)
The values in the “All Other Compensation” above do not represent a cash payment of any kind. Rather these values represent the calculated Black-Scholes theoretical value of granted options. It is important to note that these granted options may or may not ever be exercised. Whether granted options are exercised or not will be based primarily, but not singularly, on the Company’s future stock price and whether the granted options become “in-the-money”. If these granted options are unexercised and expire, the cash value or benefit to the above noted individuals is $nil.
(2) 
Shares valued at $0.17 per share based on quoted market price issued to these individuals and/or to companies controlled by them.
(3) 
Consulting fees paid and accrued for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011.
(4)
Salary and/or consulting fees paid and accrued for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012.
(5)
Salary and/or consulting fees paid and accrued for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013.
(6)
The amounts, if any, in the “Stock Awards” column of the “Summary Compensation” table have been calculated based upon the aggregate grant date fair value computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 and there are no awards subject to performance conditions.
 
 
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Employment Agreements
The Company does not have an employment agreement or consulting agreement with Messrs. McKinnon, Schler, Scherba, Liabotis or Nykoliation. Each receives consulting fees and/or monthly salaries. Mr. McKinnon resigned as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors on September 12, 2013. Mr. Schler was appointed Chief Executive Officer on September 19, 2013. Mr. McKinnon received approximately CAD$15,000 per month. Messrs. Scherba, Schler, Liabotis and Nykoliation receive approximately CAD$12,000 per month, although the compensation varies from month to month depending on various factors.
 
Outstanding Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights Grants
Outstanding stock options granted to Named Executive Officers (“NEO’s”) and Directors as at June 30, 2013 are as follows:
 
Option Awards
 
 
 
 
Name
No. of Securities Underlying Unexercised
Options Exercisable (#)
No. of Securities Underlying
Unexercised Options
Unexercisable (#)
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Unearned Options (#)
Option Exercise
Price ($)
Option
Expiration Date
J.A. Kirk McKinnon, NEO
225,000
1,150,000
675,000
575,000
650,000
1,420,000
975,000
800,000
0
0
0.352
0.395
0.30
0.20
0.21
0.28
0.29
0.21
Sept 2, 2013
May 11, 2016
July 1, 2016
Oct 24, 2016
Dec 1, 2016
March 7, 2017
July 13, 2016
February 27, 2018
Richard E. Schler, NEO
 
875,000
200,000
1,100,000
600,000
225,000
200,000
1,340,000
675,000
650,000
0
0
0.15
0.352
0.395
0.30
0.20
0.21
0.28
0.29
0.21
July 11, 2012
Sept 2, 2013
May 11, 2016
July 1, 2016
Oct 24, 2016
Dec 1, 2016
March 7, 2017
July 13, 2016
February 27, 2018
Craig Scherba, NEO
250,000
350,000
200,000
200,000
400,000
750,000
0
0
0.395
0.30
0.20
0.21
0.28
0.21
May 11, 2016
July 1, 2016
Oct 24, 2016
Dec 1, 2016
March 7, 2017
February 27, 2018
Brent Nykoliation, NEO
 
400,000
450,000
200,000
200,000
350,000
700,000
0
0
0.395
0.30
0.20
0.21
0.28
0.21
May 11, 2016
July 1, 2016
Oct 24, 2016
Dec 1, 2016
March 7, 2017
February 27, 2018
Peter D. Liabotis, NEO
250,000
350,000
200,000
200,000
350,000
550,000
0
0
0.395
0.30
0.20
0.21
0.28
0.21
May 11, 2016
July 1, 2016
Oct 24, 2016
Dec 1, 2016
March 7, 2017
February 27, 2018
The Company has no stock appreciation rights.
 
Outstanding Stock Awards at Year End
The outstanding equity awards as at June 30, 2013 are as follows:
 
Stock awards
Name
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 ($)
J.A. Kirk McKinnon, NEO
0
0
0
0
Richard E. Schler, NEO
0
0
0
0
Craig Scherba, NEO
0
0
0
0
Brent Nykoliation, NEO
0
0
0
0
Peter D. Liabotis, NEO
0
0
0
0
 
 
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Options Exercises and Stocks Vested
Options exercised and stocks vested as at June 30, 2013 are as follows:
Name
Option awards
Stock awards
Number of Shares
Acquired on Exercise (#)
Value Realized
on Exercise ($)
Number of Shares
Acquired on Vesting (#)
Value Realized
on Investing ($)
J.A. Kirk McKinnon, NEO
0
0
0
0
Richard E. Schler, NEO
0
0
0
0
Craig Scherba, NEO
0
0
0
0
Brent Nykoliation, NEO
0
0
0
0
Peter D. Liabotis, NEO
0
0
0
0

Grants of Plan-Based  Awards
Grants of plan-based awards are as follows:
   
Estimated future payouts under
non-equity incentive plan awards
Estimated future payouts under
equity incentive plan awards
All other stock awards: Number of shares
of stock
All other option awards: Number of securities underlying Exercise or base price of option
Grant date fair value of stock
and
Name
Grant
date
Threshold
($)
Target
($)
Maximum
($)
Threshold
(#)
Target
(#)
Maximum
(#)
or units
(#)
options
(#)
awards
($/Sh)
option awards
J.A. Kirk McKinnon, NEO
n/a
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Richard E. Schler, NEO
n/a
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Craig Scherba, NEO
n/a
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Brent Nykoliation, NEO
n/a
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Peter D. Liabotis, NEO
n/a
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Reference – Grant Date - n/a = not applicable.
 
Non Qualified Deferred Compensation
As at June 30, 2013, the Company had no formalized deferred compensation plan.
Name
Executive contributions
in last FY ($)
Registrant contributions
in last FY ($)
Aggregate earnings
in last FY ($)
Aggregate withdrawals/ distributions ($)
Aggregate balance at
last FYE ($)
J.A. Kirk McKinnon, NEO
0
0
0
0
0
Richard E. Schler, NEO
0
0
0
0
0
Craig Scherba, NEO
0
0
0
0
0
Brent Nykoliation, NEO
0
0
0
0
0
Peter D. Liabotis, NEO
0
0
0
0
0

Golden Parachute Compensation
As at June 30, 2013, the Company had no arrangements in place relating to the termination of employees.
Name
Cash
($)
Equity
($)
Pension/NQDC
($)
Perquisites/benefits
($)
Tax reimbursement
($)
Other
($)
Total
($)
J.A. Kirk McKinnon, NEO
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Richard E. Schler, NEO
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Craig Scherba, NEO
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Brent Nykoliation, NEO
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Peter D. Liabotis, NEO
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
 
 
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Long-Term Incentive Plan Awards Table
There are no Long-Term Incentive Plans in place at this time.

Aggregated Option Exercises and Fiscal Year-End Option Values
On March 9, 2006, the Company filed a Form S-8 registration statement for its Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”) allowing for the direct award of shares or granting of stock options to acquire up to a total of 2,000,000 common shares. On December 18, 2006, February 16, 2007, July 11, 2007, September 29, 2009, May 3, 2011, March 1, 2012 and February 27, 2013, the Plan was amended to increase the stock option pool by a total of 30,500,000 additional common shares.  The following table summarizes the continuity of the Company’s stock options:
 
Number of Shares
Weighted average exercise price ($)
Outstanding June 30, 2011
14,130,000
0.29
Granted
15,845,000
0.27
Exercised
(510,000)
0.16
Expired
(2,475,000)
0.15
Cancelled
(3,300,000)
0.31
Outstanding, June 30, 2012
23,690,000
0.29
Granted
7,595,000
0.23
Exercised
(700,000)
0.15
Expired
(1,695,000)
0.15
Cancelled
(1,750,000)
0.32
Outstanding, June 30, 2013
27,140,000
0.28
 
Additional information regarding options outstanding as at June 30, 2013 is as follows:
 
Outstanding
Exercisable
Exercise
Price
Number of
shares
Weighted average
life in years
Weighted average
exercise price
Number of
shares
Weighted average
exercise price
0.352
750,000
0.18
0.352
750,000
0.352
0.395
4,850,000
0.86
0.395
4,850,000
0.395
0.30
3,750,000
3.01
0.30
3,750,000
0.30
0.29
1,695,000
3.04
0.29
1,695,000
0.29
0.20
1,850,000
3.32
0.20
1,850,000
0.20
0.21
2,240,000
3.42
0.21
2,240,000
0.21
0.28
5,925,000
3.69
0.28
5,925,000
0.28
0.23
180,000
3.90
0.23
180,000
0.23
0.21
5,900,000
4.67
0.21
5,900,000
0.21
 
The following are changes in the number of stock options outstanding subsequent to the Company’s June 30, 2013 year end, and as of the date of this report:
·  
On July 9, 2013, 1,255,000 stock options were issued at an exercise price of $0.11 for a term of 5 years.
·  
On July 31, 2013, 150,000 stock options were cancelled.
·  
On September 2, 2013, 750,000 stock options were cancelled.
·  
On September 18, 2013, 750,000 stock options were issued at an exercise price of $0.15 for a term of 5 years.
As a result of these transactions, 28,245,000 stock options were outstanding as of the date of this report.

Compensation of Directors
Directors who provide services to the Company in other capacities has been previously reported under “Summary Compensation”.  The following table summarizes compensation paid to or earned by our directors who are not Named Executive Officers for their service as directors of our company during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013.
Name
Fees
Earned or
Paid in
Cash ($)
Stock
Awards
($)
Option
Awards (1)
($)
Non-Equity
Incentive Plan Compensation
($)
Change in Pension Value and Nonqualified
Deferred Compensation Earnings ($)
All other
Compensation
($)
Total (1)
($)
John Sanderson, Director
0
0
17,960 (1)
0
0
0
17,960 (1)
Quentin Yarie, Director
39,000
0
53,880 (1)
0
0
0
92,880 (1)
V. Peter Harder, Director
0
0
49,390 (1)
0
0
0
49,390 (1)
Johann de Bruin, Director
0
0
17,960 (1)
0
0
0
17,960 (1)
Albert A. Thiess, Jr, Director
0
0
17,960 (1)
0
0
0
17,960  (1)
(1)
The values in the “Option Awards” and included within the “Total” columns above do not represent a cash payment of any kind. Rather these values represent the calculated Black-Scholes theoretical value of granted options. It is important to note that these granted options may or may not ever be exercised. Whether granted options are exercised or not will be based primarily, but not singularly, on the Company’s future stock price and whether the granted options become “in-the-money”. If these granted options are unexercised and expire, the cash value or benefit to the above noted individuals is $nil.
 
 
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Pension Benefits
As of June 30, 2013, the Company had no pension or retirement plans.
Name
Plan name
Number of years
credited service (#)
Present value of
accumulated benefit ($)
Payments during last
fiscal year ($)
J.A. Kirk McKinnon, NEO
not applicable
0
0
0
Richard E. Schler, NEO
not applicable
0
0
0
Craig Scherba, NEO
not applicable
0
0
0
Brent Nykoliation, NEO
 not applicable
0
0
0
Peter D. Liabotis, NEO
not applicable
0
0
0

Equity Compensation Plan Information
The following table sets forth information as of June 30, 2013 for all compensation plans not directly approved by the Company's security holders but issued pursuant to the shareholder approved Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan. Options reported below were issued under the Company's Plan.
 
Option Awards as of June 30, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
Name
No. of Shares of Common Stock  Underlying Unexercised
Common Stock Purchase Options Exercisable (#)
Date of Grant
Additional Consideration
to be Received Upon
Exercise or Material Conditions required
to Exercise
 
Option Exercise
Price ($)
 
Value Realized
if Exercised
($) *
 
Option
Expiration Date
J.A. Kirk McKinnon, NEO
225,000
1,150,000
675,000
575,000
650,000
1,420,000
975,000
800,000
September 2, 2009
May 11, 2010
July 1, 2011
October 24, 2011
December 1, 2011
March 7, 2012
July 13, 2012
February 27, 2013
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
0.352
0.395
0.30
0.20
0.21
0.28
0.29
0.21
Expired
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sept 2, 2013
May 11, 2014
July 1, 2016
Oct 24, 2016
Dec 1, 2016
March 7, 2017
July 13, 2017
Feb 27, 2018
 
Richard E. Schler, NEO
 
200,000
1,100,000
600,000
225,000
200,000
1,340,000
675,000
650,000
September 2, 2009
May 11, 2010
July 1, 2011
October 24, 2011
December 1, 2011
March 7, 2012
July 13, 2012
February 27, 2013
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
0.352
0.395
0.30
0.20
0.21
0.28
0.29
0.21
Expired
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sept 2, 2013
May 11, 2014
July 1, 2016
Oct 24, 2016
Dec 1, 2016
March 7, 2017
July 13, 2017
Feb 27, 2018
Craig Scherba, NEO
250,000
350,000
200,000
200,000
400,000
750,000
 May 11, 2010
July 1, 2011
October 24, 2011
December 1, 2011
March 7, 2012
February 28, 2013
 None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
0.395
0.30
0.20
0.21
0.28
0.21
0
0
0
0
0
0
May 11, 2014
July 1, 2016
Oct 24, 2016
Dec 1, 2016
March 7, 2017
Feb 27, 2018
Brent Nykoliation, NEO
 
75,000
400,000
450,000
200,000
200,000
350,000
700,000
September 2, 2009
May 11, 2010
July 1, 2011
October 24, 2011
December 1, 2011
March 7, 2012
February 27, 2013
 None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
0.352
0.395
0.30
0.20
0.21
0.28
0.21
Expired
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sept 2, 2013
May 11, 2014
July 1, 2016
Oct 24, 2016
Dec 1, 2016
March 7, 2017
Feb 27, 2018
Peter D. Liabotis, NEO
250,000
350,000
200,000
200,000
350,000
550,000
 May 11, 2010
July 1, 2011
October 24, 2011
December 1, 2011
March 7, 2012
February 27, 2013
 None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
0.395
0.30
0.20
0.21
0.28
0.21
0
0
0
0
0
0
May 11, 2014
July 1, 2016
Oct 24, 2016
Dec 1, 2016
March 7, 2017
Feb 27, 2018
Quentin Yarie, Director
50,000
250,000
300,000
50,000
150,000
300,000
300,000
September 2, 2009
May 11, 2010
July 1, 2011
October 24, 2011
December 1, 2011
March 7, 2012
February 28, 2013
 None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
0.352
0.395
0.30
0.20
0.21
0.28
0.21
Expired
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sept 2, 2013
May 11, 2014
July 1, 2016
Oct 24, 2016
Dec 1, 2016
March 7, 2017
Feb 27, 2018
V. Peter Harder, Director
250,000
225,000
25,000
75,000
100,000
275,000
 May 11, 2010
July 1, 2011
October 24, 2011
December 1, 2011
March 7, 2012
February 28, 2013
 None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
0.395
0.30
0.20
0.21
0.28
0.21
0
0
0
0
0
0
May 11, 2014
July 1, 2016
Oct 24, 2016
Dec 1, 2016
March 7, 2017
Feb 27, 2018
John Sanderson, Director
50,000
200,000
125,000
50,000
50,000
100,000
100,000
 September 2, 2009
May 11, 2010
July 1, 2011
October 24, 2011
December 1, 2011
March 7, 2012
February 27, 2013
 None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
0.352
0.395
0.30
0.20
0.21
0.28
0.21
Expired
0
0
0
0
0
0
Sept 2, 2013
May 11, 2014
July 1, 2016
Oct 24, 2016
Dec 1, 2016
March 7, 2017
Feb 27, 2018
Johann de Bruin, Director
200,000
100,000
March 7, 2012
February 27, 2013
None.
None.
0.28
0.21
0
0
March 7, 2017
Feb 27, 2018
Albert A. Thiess, Jr., Director
180,000
100,000
 May 23, 2012
February 27, 2013
None.
None.
0.23
0.21
0
0
May 23, 2017
Feb 27, 2018
*Based on a closing price of US$0.12 on Friday June 28, 2013 and presuming all options are exercised.
 
 
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Option Awards as of June 30, 2013
 
 
 
 
Name
No. of Shares of Common Stock Underlying Unexercised
Common Stock Purchase Options Exercisable (#)
Date of Grant
Additional Consideration to be Received Upon Exercise or Material Conditions required to Exercise
 
Option Exercise
Price ($)
 
Option
Expiration Date
Named Executive Officers which includes all current executive officers, as a group on June 30, 2013 (5 persons) - J.A. Kirk McKinnon*; Richard E. Schler**; Craig Scherba; Brent Nykoliation; Peter D. Liabotis
500,000
3,150,000
2,425,000
1,400,000
1,450,000
3,860,000
1,650,000
3,450,000
September 2, 2009
May 11, 2010
July 1, 2011
October 24, 2011
December 1, 2011
March 7, 2012
July 13, 2012
February 27, 2013
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
0.352
0.395
0.30
0.20
0.21
0.28
0.29
0.21
Sept 2, 2013
May 11, 2014
July 1, 2016
Oct 24, 2016
Dec 1, 2016
March 7, 2017
July 13, 2017
Feb 27, 2018
Total NEO’s on June 30, 2013, as a group (5 persons)
 
17,885,000 (including 500,000 options that expired unexercised on Sept 2, 2013)
 
All current Directors who are not NEO’s or executive officers as a group on June 30, 2013 (5 persons)  - Quentin Yarie; V. Peter Harder;  John Sanderson; Johann de Bruin; Albert A. Thiess, Jr.
100,000
700,000
650,000
125,000
275,000
700,000
180,000
875,000
September 2, 2009
May 11, 2010
July 1, 2011
October 24, 2011
December 1, 2011
March 7, 2012
May 23, 2012
February 27, 2013
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
0.352
0.395
0.30
0.20
0.21
0.28
0.23
0.21
Sept 2, 2013
May 11, 2014
July 1, 2016
Oct 24, 2016
Dec 1, 2016
March 7, 2017
May 23, 2017
Feb 27, 2018
Total all current Directors who are not NEO’s or executive officers as a group on June 30, 2013(5 persons)
 
3,605,000
 
     
All Directors (8 persons)
 
525,000
3,200,000
2,275,000
1,125,000
1,325,000
3,860,000
180,000
1,650,000
4,325,000
September 2, 2009
May 11, 2010
July 1, 2011
October 24, 2011
December 1, 2011
March 7, 2012
May 23, 2012
July 13, 2012
February 27, 2013
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
0.352
0.395
0.30
0.20
0.21
0.28
0.23
0.29
0.21
Sept 2, 2013
May 11, 2014
July 1, 2016
Oct 24, 2016
Dec 1, 2016
March 7, 2017
May 23, 2017
July 13, 2016
Feb 27, 2018
Total All nominees for Directors (8 persons)
17,215,000 (including 525,000 that expired unexercised on Sept 2, 2013)
 
All employees (excluding all Named Executive Officers as they also serve as executive officers and Directors) as a group on June 30, 2013
75,000
425,000
225,000
185,000
335,000
600,000
650,000
September 2, 2009
May 11, 2010
July 1, 2011
October 24, 2011
December 1, 2011
March 7, 2012
February 27, 2013
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
0.352
0.395
0.30
0.20
0.21
0.28
0.21
Sept 2, 2013
May 11, 2014
July 1, 2016
Oct 24, 2016
Dec 1, 2016
March 7, 2017
Feb 27, 2018
Total employees (excluding all NEO’s as they serve as executive officers) as a group on June 30, 2013
 
2,475,000 (less 75,000 that expired unexercised on Sept 2, 2013)
Outstanding Options as of June 30, 2013 (all parties)
750,000
4,850,000
3,750,000
1,850,000
2,240,000
5,925,000
180,000
1,695,000
5,900,000
September 2, 2009
May 11, 2010
July 1, 2011
October 24, 2011
December 1, 2011
March 7, 2012
May 23, 2012
July 13, 2013
February 27, 2013
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
0.352
0.395
0.30
0.20
0.21
0.28
0.23
0.29
0.21
Sept 2, 2013
May 11, 2014
July 1, 2016
Oct 24, 2016
Dec 1, 2016
March 7, 2017
May 23, 2017
July 13, 2016
Feb 27, 2018
Total Options as of June 30, 2013 (all parties)
27,140,000 (less 750,000 that expired unexercised on Sept 2, 2013)
*       Mr. McKinnon resigned as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors on September 12, 2013.
**     Mr. Schler was appointed Chief Executive Officer on September 19, 2013.
 
 
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In addition, please note the following:
·  
There are no associates of any such directors, executive officers, or nominees to that have or are to receive options or any other person who received or is to receive 5 percent of such options, warrants or rights
·  
All of the stock options in the above noted table are convertible into common stock.
·  
The exercise price of all of the stock options noted above were based on the closing price the date before the granting of the stock option.
·  
There are no cashless or other provisions aside from the right for the holder of the stock option to exercise.
·  
All NEO’s provide the Company services on an ongoing basis.
·  
Messrs Yarie, Harder, Sanderson, de Bruin and Thiess provide director services on an ongoing basis.
 
ITEM 12. – SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFITICAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
The following table sets forth certain information regarding beneficial ownership of our common shares as of September 18 , 2013, by: (i) each person who is known by the Company to own beneficially more than 5% of our common shares; (ii) each director of the Company; (iii) each of the Named Executive Officers; and (iv) all directors and executive officers of the Company as a group.
 
The number and percentage of shares beneficially owned is determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, and the information is not necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership for any other purpose.  The Company believes that each individual or entity named has sole investment and voting power with respect to the securities indicated as beneficially owned by them, subject to community property laws, where applicable, except where otherwise noted.  The “Number of Common Shares Beneficially Owned” in calculated based on total shares held plus warrants held (plus stock options entitled to exercise).  The aggregate of these items, which totals 224,144,920, will be used as the denominator for the percentage calculation below.
 
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
Number of Common Shares
Beneficially Owned
Percentage of Outstanding Common
Shares Beneficially Owned(1)
J.A. Kirk McKinnon, Chairman, CEO & Director
46 Ferndale Crescent
Brampton, Ontario, Canada (2) (13)*
10,502,000
4.69%
Richard E. Schler, Executive Vice President & Director
80 Greybeaver Trail
Toronto, Ontario, Canada (3) (13)**
9,090,000
4.06%
John Sanderson, Vice-Chairman & Director
1721 – 27th Street
West Vancouver, BC, Canada (4) (10) (13)
 
 
900,000
 
 
0.40%
Quentin Yarie, Director
196 McAllister Road
North York, Ontario (5) (13)
1,775,000
0.80%
V. Peter Harder, Director
5538 Pattapiece Crescent
Manotick, Ontario, Canada (6) (10) (13)
1,325,000
0.59%
Craig Scherba, President & Director
1480 Willowdown Road,
Oakville, Ontario, Canada (7) (13)
2,330,000
1.04%
Johann de Bruin, Director
1283 Dunwoodie Ave
Pretoria, South Africa (8) (13)
300,000
0.13%
Albert A. Thiess, Jr., Director
8 Lawson’s Pond Court
Bluffton, SC, USA (9) (10) (13)
405,000
0.18%
Peter D. Liabotis, SVP and CFO
2261 Rockingham Drive,
Oakville, Ontario, Canada (11) (13)
2,181,000
0.97%
Brent Nykoliation, SVP
161 Fallingbrook Road
Toronto, Ontario, Canada (12) (13)
3,150,000
1.41%
All directors and executive officers as a group
(10 persons) (12)
31,958,000
14.27%
*       Mr. McKinnon resigned as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors on September 12, 2013.
**     Mr. Schler was appointed Chief Executive Officer on September 19, 2013.
 
 
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Sources – www.sedi.ca, U.S. regulatory filings, internal schedules and the Company’s registered shareholder list.
(1)
Denominator used for calculation is 224,144,920.  Based on total issued and outstanding common shares of 192,554,321 plus warrants outstanding of 4,095,599 plus common stock purchase common stock purchase options outstanding of 27,495,000 as of September 9, 2013.
(2)
Total include items held by “Badger Resources Inc.”, a related company plus certain family members holdings.  Includes 4,087,000 common shares and 6,415,000 common stock purchase options exercisable between $0.11 and $0.395 per share with expiry dates between May 14, 2014 and July 9, 2018.
(3)
Total include items held by “Sarmat Resources Inc.”, a related company, plus certain family members. holdings  Includes 4,130,000 common shares and 4,960,000 common stock purchase options exercisable between $0.11 and $0.395 per share with expiry dates between May 14, 2014 and July 9, 2018.
(4)
Total includes 250,000 common shares and 650,000 common stock purchase options exercisable between $0.11 and $0.395 per share with expiry dates between May 14, 2014 and July 9, 2018.
(5)
Total includes 325,000 common shares and 1,450,000 common stock purchase options exercisable between $0.11 and $0.395 per share with expiry dates between May 14, 2014 and July 9, 2018.
(6)
Total includes 350,000 common shares and 975,000 common stock purchase options exercisable between $0.11 and $0.395 per share with expiry dates between May 14, 2014 and July 9, 2018.
(7)
Total includes 2,330,000 common stock purchase options exercisable between $0.11 and $0.395 per share with expiry dates between May 14, 2014 and July 9, 2018.
(8)
Total includes 300,000 common stock purchase options exercisable between $0.21 and $0.28 per share with expiry dates between March 7, 2017 and February 28, 2018.
(9)
Total includes 100,000 common shares and 305,000 common stock purchase options exercisable between $0.11 and $0.23 per share with expiry dates between May 23, 2017 and July 9, 2018.
(10)
Members of the Audit Committee.
(11)
Total includes 131,000 common shares and 2,050,000 common stock purchase options exercisable between $0.11 and $0.395 per share with expiry dates between May 14, 2014 and July 9, 2018.
(12)
Total includes 675,000 common shares and 2,475,000 common stock purchase options exercisable between $0.11 and $0.395 per share with expiry dates between May 14, 2014 and July 9, 2018.
(13)
Parties whose shareholdings are a part of the total of “All directors and executive officers as a group (10 persons)”.
 
Changes in Control
We are not aware of any arrangements that may result in a change in control of the Company.
 
 
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Description of Capital Structure

General
Our authorized capital stock consists of 450,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $ 0.001.

Common Stock
The shares of our common stock presently outstanding, and any shares of our common stock issues upon exercise of common stock purchase options and/or warrants, will be fully paid and non-assessable. Each holder of common stock is entitled to one vote for each share owned on all matters voted upon by shareholders, and a majority vote is required for all actions to be taken by shareholders. In the event we liquidate, dissolve or wind-up our operations, the holders of the common stock are entitled to share equally and ratably in our assets, if any, remaining after the payment of all our debts and liabilities and the liquidation preference of any shares of preferred stock that may then be outstanding. The common stock has no preemptive rights, no cumulative voting rights, and no redemption, sinking fund, or conversion provisions. Holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends, if and when declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available for such purpose, subject to the dividend and liquidation rights of any preferred stock that may then be outstanding.

Voting Rights 
Each holder of Common Stock is entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders.

Dividends 
Subject to preferences that may be applicable to any then-outstanding securities with greater rights, if any, and any other restrictions, holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive ratably those dividends, if any, as may be declared from time to time by the Company’s board of directors out of legally available funds. The Company and its predecessors have not declared any dividends in the past and does not presently contemplate that there will be any future payment of any dividends on Common Stock.

ITEM 13. - CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
Except as noted under the section entitled “Executive Compensation” and below, none of the following parties, has any material interest, direct or indirect, in any transaction with us or in any presently proposed transaction with us that has or will materially affect us: (1) any of our directors or officers;  (2) any person proposed as a nominee for election as a director; (3) any person who beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, shares carrying more than 10% of the voting rights attached to our outstanding shares of common stock; (4) any of our promoters;  and (5) any relative or spouse of any of the foregoing persons who has the same house as such person.

Parties are related if one party has the ability, directly or indirectly, to control the other party or exercise significant influence over the other party in making operating and financial decisions. Parties are also related if they are subject to common control or common significant influence. Related parties may be individuals or corporate entities. A transaction is considered to be a related party transaction when there is a transfer of resources or obligations between related parties. Related party transactions that are in the normal course of business and have commercial substance are measured at the exchange amount. The following directors were independent under the independence standards of both the Toronto Stock Exchange and the NYSE Amex during the past fiscal year: Albert A. Thiess, Jr., Peter Harder and John Sanderson.
 
Given the size of the Company, the only formal committee in place is an audit committee. The following independent directors serve on the audit committee: John Sanderson, Peter Harder and Albert A. Thiess, Jr.
 
 
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The following are the related party transactions of our Company for the year ended June 30, 2013:
 
a)
The Company incurred a total of $119,495 (June 30, 2012: $74,550) in office administration and rent expense from a public company related by common management, Red Pine Exploration Inc (“RPX”).  The following is each NEO’s holdings in RPX (Source: www.sedi.ca as of September 9, 2013).
 
 
Name
 
Title at Energizer
 
Title at Red Pine
Shares Held
in RPX
% Ownership
of RPX
Kirk McKinnon*
Director, CEO & Chairman*
Director, Former CEO & Chairman
7,587,500
4.8%
Craig Scherba
Director, President & COO
Chief Geologist
210,000
0.1%
Richard Schler**
Director, Executive VP**
Director, Executive VP
5,991,000
3.8%
Peter Liabotis
CFO
CFO
1,000,000
0.6%
Brent Nykoliation
Senior VP
Director
1,290,952
0.8%
Total
   
16,079,452
10.1%
*        Mr. McKinnon resigned as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors on September 12, 2013.
**      Mr. Schler was appointed Chief Executive Officer on September 19, 2013.
 
b)
5,275,000 (June 30, 2012: 9,600,000) stock options were issued to related parties during the period with exercise prices between $0.21 and $0.29 (June 30, 2012: $0.20 to $0.30).  These stock options valued at $1,051,175 (June 30, 2012: $2,181,213) were issued to directors and officers of the Company. The following stock options were received during the year by each related party:
 
Date of Grant
13-Jul-12
27-Feb-13
 
Expiry Date
13-Jul-16
27-Feb-18
 
Exercise Price
$0.29
$0.21
TOTAL
Kirk McKinnon
975,000
800,000
1,775,000
Richard Schler
675,000
650,000
1,325,000
Craig Scherba
-
750,000
750,000
Quentin Yarie
-
300,000
300,000
Peter Harder
-
275,000
275,000
John Sanderson
-
100,000
100,000
Johann de Bruin
-
100,000
100,000
Albert Thiess
-
100,000
100,000
Brent Nykoliation
-
700,000
700,000
Peter Liabotis
-
550,000
550,000
TOTAL
1,650,000
4,325,000
5,975,000
 
c)
The Company incurred $956,877 (June 30, 2012: $717,886) in administrative, management and consulting fees to directors and officers.  Kirk McKinnon received $268,360, Richard Schler received $197,008, Craig Scherba received $130,000 and Brent Nykoliation received $190,009 and Peter Liabotis received $171,500.
d)
The Company incurred $928,982 (June 30, 2012: $1,137,725) in charges from a mining and engineering firm, DRA,  in which one of the Company's directors, Johann de Bruin, Pr. Eng, serves as a senior officer and a director for.
 
 
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The following are the related party balances for the year ended June 30, 2013:
a)
Related party balances of $42,908 (June 30, 2012: $34,319) in prepaid expenses.
b)
The Company has recorded a short term loan to a related party company, Red Pine Exploration Inc, a company related by common management, (see Item 10 for management involved in Red Pine Exploration Inc.), listed on the TSX-V totaling $136,999 (June 30, 2012: $258,416).  This loan is interest bearing at a rate of 3% and is expected to be paid back within the next 12 months. $300,000 was loaned during January 2012 and represents the highest outstanding balance.  $171,667, all principal, has been paid back on the loan since inception through June 30, 2013.  As of August 31, 2013, $124,716 remains outstanding.  $191,667 has been paid since the loan’s inception, all of it principal.  Accrued interest due totals $9,716 as at August 31, 2013.
 
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
 
We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Our SEC filings are available to the public over the Internet at the website at http://www.sec.gov. The public may also read and copy any document we file with the SEC at its Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549, on official business days during the hours of 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. We maintain a website at http://www.energizerresources.com, (which website is expressly not incorporated by reference into this filing). Information contained on our website is not part of this report on Form 10-K.


DISCLOSURE OF COMMISSION POSITION ON INDEMNIFICATION FOR SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES
Minnesota corporation law provides that:
·  
a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, except an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful;
·  
a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including amounts paid in settlement and attorneys' fees actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation. Indemnification may not be made for any claim, issue or matter as to which such a person has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of all appeals therefrom, to be liable to the corporation or for amounts paid in settlement to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper; and
·  
to the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation shall indemnify him against expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense.
 
 
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Our articles of incorporation require us to indemnify our directors and officers against all damages incurred in connection with our business to the fullest extent provided or allowed by law.

Our bylaws provide that we will advance all expenses incurred to any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suite or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or was our director or officer, or is or was serving at our request as a director or executive officer of another company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, prior to the final disposition of the proceeding, promptly following request. This advancement of expenses is to be made upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay said amounts should it be ultimately determined that the person was not entitled to be indemnified under our bylaws or otherwise.

Our bylaws also provide that no advance shall be made by us to any officer in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, if a determination is reasonably and promptly made: (a) by the board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the proceeding; or (b) if such quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that the facts known to the decision-making party at the time such determination is made demonstrate clearly and convincingly that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to our best interests.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers or controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the Commission this indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
 
ITEM 14.  - PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
Year ended June 30, 2013 and June 30, 2012
Audit Fees: The aggregate fees, including expenses, billed by the Company’s principal accountant in connection with the audit of our financial statements for the most recent fiscal year and for the review of our financial information included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K; and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013 was $68,160 CAD (June 30, 2012: $83,500 CAD).

Audit Related Fees:  The aggregate fees, including expenses, billed by the Company’s principal accountant for services reasonably related to the audit for the year ended June 30, 2013 were $5,000 CAD (June 30, 2012: $16,500 CAD).

All Other Fees: The aggregate fees, including expenses, billed for all other services rendered to the Company by its principal accountant during year ended June 30, 2013 was $Nil CAD (June 30, 2012: $ Nil CAD).

Auditor Independence and Auditor’s Time on Task
Our Board of Directors considers that the work done for us in the year ended June 30, 2013 by our company’s auditors, MNP LLP (the surviving firm of our auditors, formerly MSCM LLP Chartered Accountants) is compatible with maintaining MNP LLP.  All of the work expended by MNP LLP on our June 30, 2013 audit was attributed to work performed MNP LLP’s full-time, permanent employees.
 
 
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ITEM 15. – EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
 
Exhibit Number & Description
3.1
Articles of Incorporation of Uranium Star Corp. (now known as Energizer Resources Inc.) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on May 20, 2008)
3.2
Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Uranium Star Corp. changing its name to Energizer Resources Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 16, 2010)
3.3
Amended and Restated By-Laws of Energizer Resources Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on July 16, 2010)
4.1
Amended and Restated 2006 Stock Option Plan of Energizer Resources, Inc. (as of February 2009) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant's Form S-8 registration statement as filed with the SEC on February 19, 2010)
4.2
Form of broker Subscription Agreement for Units (Canadian and Offshore Subscribers) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on March 19, 2010)
4.3
Form of standard Subscription Agreement for Units (Canadian and Offshore Subscribers) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on March 19, 2010)
4.4
Form of Warrant to Purchase common shares (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on March 19, 2010)
4.5
Form of Class A broker warrant to Purchase common shares (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on March 19, 2010)
4.6
Form of Class B broker warrant to Purchase common shares (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on March 19, 2010)
4.7
Agency Agreement, dated March 15, 2010, between Energizer Resources, Clarus Securities Inc. and Byron Securities Limited (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to the registrant’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 19, 2010)
4.8
Form of Warrant relating to private placement completed during November 2012.
4.9
Agency Agreement relating to private placement completed during November 2012.
10.1
Property Agreement effective May 14, 2004 between Thornton J. Donaldson and Thornton J. Donaldson, Trustee for Yukon Resources Corp. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the registrant's Form SB-2 registration statement as filed with the SEC on September 14, 2004)
10.2
Letter of Intent dated March 10, 2006 with Apofas Ltd. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the registrant's current report on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC on March 13, 2006)
10.3
Letter agreement effective May 12, 2006 between Yukon Resources Corp. and Virginia Mines Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the registrant's current report on Form 8-K filed as with the SEC on May 9, 2006)
10.4
Joint Venture Agreement dated August 22, 2007 between Uranium Star Corp. & Madagascar Minerals and Resources Sarl (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the registrant's current report on Form 8-K as filed with SEC on September 11, 2007)
10.5
Share Purchase Agreement between Madagascar Minerals and Resources sarl and THB Venture Limited (a subsidiary of Energizer Resources Inc.) dated July 9, 2009 (filed herein)
10.6
Joint Venture Agreement between Malagasy Minerals Limited and Energizer Resources Inc. dated December 14, 2011 (filed herein)
21
Subsidiaries of the Registrant (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to the registrant’s annual report on Form 10-K as filed on September 21, 2009)
31.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. (filed herein)
31.2
Certification of Principal Financial & Accounting Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. (filed herein)
32.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  (filed herein)
32.2
Certification of Chief Accounting Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  (filed herein)
99.1
Canadian National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report Update for Green Giant Property, Fotadrevo, Province of Toliara, Madagascar (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the registrant's report on Form 8-K filed with SEC on July 9, 2010)
 
 
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
ENERGIZER RESOURCES INC.
Dated: September 23, 2013
 
     
By: /s/ Richard E. Schler  
  Name: Richard E. Schler  
 
Title: Chief Executive Officer and Director
 
 
Dated: September 23, 2013
 
By: /s/ Peter D. Liabotis  
 
Name: Peter D. Liabotis, CPA, CA
 
 
Title: Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
Signatures
 
Title
 
Date
         
/s/ Richard E. Schler
 
Chief Executive Officer, Director
 
September 23, 2013
Richard Schler
       
         
/s/ Craig Scherba
 
President & Chief Operating Officer, Director
 
September 23, 2013
Richard Schler
       
 
/s/ V. Peter Harder
 
Chairman of the Board, Director
 
September 23, 2013
V. Peter Harder
       
         
/s/ John Sanderson
 
Vice-Chairman, Director
 
September 23, 2013
John Sanderson
       
         
/s/ Quentin Yarie
 
Director
 
September 23, 2013
Quentin Yarie
       
         
/s/ J.A. Kirk McKinnon
 
Director
 
September 23, 2013
J.A. Kirk McKinnon
       
         
/s/ Johann de Bruin
 
Director
 
September 23, 2013
Johann de Bruin
       
         
/s/ Albert A. Thiess, Jr.
 
Director
 
September 23, 2013
Albert A. Thiess, Jr.
       
         
/s/ Peter D. Liabotis
 
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
 
September 23, 2013
Peter D. Liabotis
       
 
 
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ENERGIZER RESOURCES INC.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
 
Consolidated Financial Statements
 
For the years ended June 30, 2013 and 2012
 
(Expressed in US Dollars)
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
To the Board or Directors and
Shareholders of Energizer Resources Inc.
 
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Energizer Resources Inc. as of June 30, 2013, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year then ended and accumulated for the period from March 1, 2004 (Date of Inception) to June 30, 2013. Energizer Resources Inc.’s management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audit. The financial statements as of June 30, 2012 and for the cumulative period from March 1, 2004 (Date of Inception) through June 30, 2012 were audited by other auditors who expressed an opinion without reservation on those statements in their audit report dated September 17, 2012. Our opinion, in so far as it relates to the period from March 1, 2004 (Date of Inception) through June 30, 2013, is based solely on the report of other auditors.
 
We conducted our audit 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. Energizer Resources Inc. 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 Energizer Resources Inc.’s 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 consolidated 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 audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Energizer Resources Inc. as of June 30, 2013, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended and accumulated for the period from March 1, 2004 (Date of Inception) to June 30, 2013 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1, the Company has experienced negative cash flows from operations since inception and has accumulated a significant deficit which raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans regarding these matters are also described in Note 1. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
 
 
 
 
Chartered Professional Accountants
 
Licensed Public Accountants
 
Toronto, Canada
September 23, 2013
 
 
 
 
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
To the Board of Directors and
Stockholders of Energizer Resources Inc.
 
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Energizer Resources Inc. as of June 30, 2012, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for the year then ended and accumulated for the period from March 1, 2004 (Date of Inception) to June 30, 2012. Energizer Resources Inc.’s management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audit.
 
We conducted our audit 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 company’s 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 Energizer Resources Inc. as of June 30, 2012, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended and accumulated for the period from March 1, 2004 (Date of Inception) to June 30, 2012 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
 
 
Signed: MSCM LLP
 
 
Chartered Accountants
Licensed Public Accountants
 
Toronto, Ontario
September 17, 2012
 
701 Evans Avenue, 8th Floor, Toronto ON M9C 1A3, Canada T (416) 626-6000 F (416) 626-8650 MSCM.CA
 
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Energizer Resources Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Expressed in US Dollars) 

                                                                                                 
    June 30, 2013     June 30, 2012  
Assets            
Current Assets:            
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 825,100 $       3,479,484  
Amounts receivable and prepaid expenses (note 5)     209,520       437,876  
Loan to related party (note 5)     136,999       258,416  
Marketable securities (note 6)     10,000       20,542  
                 
Total current assets     1,181,619       4,196,318  
Equipment (note 4)     38,817       50,624  
                 
Total assets   $ 1,220,436     $ 4,246,942  
 
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
 
Liabilities
           
Current Liabilities:            
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities   $ 803,130     $ 1,646,686  
                 
Total liabilities     803,130       1,646,686  
                                                                                                      
Stockholders' Equity
Common stock, 450,000,000 shares authorized, $0.001 par value,            
175,604,320 issued and outstanding (June 30, 2012 -
           
156,747,178) (note 8)
    175,604       156,747  
Additional paid-in capital (note 8)
    75,357,442       69,724,488  
Accumulated comprehensive loss
    (62,849 )     (52,336 )
Donated capital
    20,750       20,750  
Accumulated deficit during exploration stage
    (75,073,641 )     (67,249,393 )
                 
Total stockholders' equity
    417,306       2,600,256  
                 
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
  $ 1,220,436     $ 4,246,942  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
 
Going concern (note 1)
Mineral Properties (note 7)
Commitments (note 13)
Subsequent Events (note 14)
 
 
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Energizer Resources Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
(Expressed in US Dollars)

 
   
March 1, 2004
             
   
(date of inception) to
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
June 30, 2013
   
June 30, 2013
   
June 30, 2012
 
                   
Revenues
  $ -     $ -     $ -  
                         
Expenses
                       
Mineral exploration expense (note 7)
    26,928,436       3,720,735       4,539,745  
Stock-based compensation (notes 5, 8 and 9)
    24,175,544       1,470,678       3,667,303  
Impairment loss on mineral properties (note 7)
    11,358,637       -       3,770,129  
General and administrative (note 5)
    7,875,094       1,348,641       1,487,669  
Professional and consulting fees (note 5)
    7,163,819       1,663,965       1,801,659  
Depreciation (note 4)
    86,649       21,616       9,781  
Donated services and expenses
    18,750       -       -  
Foreign currency translation (gain)/loss
    (1,000,890 )     (93,395 )     64,200  
                         
Total expenses
    76,606,039       8,132,240       15,340,486  
                         
Net loss from operations
    (76,606,039 )     (8,132,240 )     (15,340,486 )
                         
Other Income
                       
Investment income
    1,228,545       307,992       164,933  
Other income
    303,853       -       -  
                         
Net Loss
    (75,073,641 )     (7,824,248 )     (15,175,553 )
Unrealized loss from investments in
                       
marketable securities
    (68,693 )     (10,513 )     (19,904 )
                         
Comprehensive loss
  $ (75,142,334 )   $ (7,834,761 )   $ (15,195,457 )
                         
Loss per share - basic and diluted (note 12)
          $ (0.05 )   $ (0.10 )
                         
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic and diluted
      164,458,880       151,107,724  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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Energizer Resources Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Expressed in US Dollars)

 
   
March 1, 2004
             
   
(date of inception) to
   
Year Ended
      Year Ended  
   
June 30, 2013
   
June 30, 2013,
   
June 30, 2012
 
                   
Operating Activities
                 
Net loss
  $ (75,073,641 )   $ (7,824,248 )   $ (15,175,553 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
                 
Depreciation
    86,649       21,616       9,781  
Donated services and expenses
    20,750       -       -  
Non-cash proceeds received
    (74,000 )     -       -  
Dual currency deposits
    71,680       -       90,136  
Impairment loss on mineral properties
    11,358,637       -       3,770,129  
Stock-based compensation
    24,175,544       1,470,678       3,667,303  
Issuance of shares and warrants for services rendered
    168,100       -       -  
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
                       
Amounts receivable and prepaid expenses
    (209,520 )     228,356       (302,484 )
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    803,956       (843,556 )     956,829  
Tax credits recoverable
    (245,186 )     -       12,073  
Non-cash portion of marketable securities
    366       29       -  
Net cash used in operating activities
    (38,916,665 )     (6,947,125 )     (6,971,786 )
                         
Financing Activities
                       
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net
    42,175,238       4,076,133       635,000  
Exercise of warrants and stock options
    1,075,500       105,000       84,000  
Government grants received
    245,186       -       -  
                         
Net cash provided by financing activities
    43,495,924       4,181,133       719,000  
                         
Investing Activities
                       
Mineral property acquisition costs
    (3,419,973 )     -       (2,420,129 )
Purchase of property and equipment
    (125,465 )     (9,809 )     (53,738 )
Investment in dual currency deposits
    (32,938,800 )     -       (24,938,800 )
Redemption of dual currency deposits
    32,867,078       -       32,867,078  
Loan to related party
    (136,999 )     121,417       (258,416 )
                         
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
    (3,754,159 )     111,608       5,195,995  
                         
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    825,100       (2,654,384 )     (1,056,791 )
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period
    -       3,479,484       4,536,275  
                         
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period
  $ 825,100     $ 825,100     $ 3,479,484  
                         
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
                       
Issuance of common stock for mineral properties
  $ 5,190,500     $ -     $ 1,350,000  
Issuance of common stock and warrants for services
  $ 5,811,125     $ -     $ -  
Supplemental Disclosures:
                       
Interest received
  $ 817,422     $ -     $ 61,822  
Income taxes paid
  $ -     $ -     $ -  
Taxes received
  $ 9,441     $ 9,441     $ -  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 
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Energizer Resources Inc.
 (An Exploration Stage Company)
Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity
For the Period from March 1, 2004 (Date of Inception) to June 30, 2013
(Expressed in US Dollars)


                                       
Deficit
       
                                       
Accumulated
       
               
Additional
   
Accumulated
   
Common
         
During the
       
               
Paid-In
   
Comprehensive
   
Stock
   
Donated
   
Exploration
       
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Capital
   
Income (loss)
   
Subscribed
   
Capital
   
Stage
   
Total
 
      #     $     $     $     $     $     $     $  
                                                                 
Balance - March 1, 2004 (Date of Incorporation)
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Issuance of common shares for cash-at $0.01/share
    7,500,000       7,500       17,500       -       -       -       -       25,000  
Issuance of common shares for cash-at $0.05/share
    2,085,000       2,085       32,665       -       -       -       -       34,750  
Issuance of common stock for mineral property
    7,500,000       7,500       (5,800 )     -       -       -       -       1,700  
Donated services and expenses
    -       -       -       -       -       5,000       -       5,000  
Net loss for period
    -       -       -       -       -       -       (9,991 )     (9,991 )
                                                                 
Balance - June 30, 2004
    17,085,000       17,085       44,365       -       -       5,000       (9,991 )     56,459  
                                                                 
Donated services and expenses
    -       -       -       -       -       9,000       -       9,000  
Net loss for the year
    -       -       -       -       -       -       (38,500 )     (38,500 )
                                                                 
Balance - June 30, 2005
    17,085,000       17,085       44,365       -       -       14,000       (48,491 )     26,959  
                                                                 
Issuance of common shares for cash-at $0.20/share
    2,265,000       2,265       448,235       -       -       -       -       450,500  
Issuance of shares to exercise stock options
    255,000       255       114,495       -       -       -       -       114,750  
Issuance of common shares for mineral properties:
                                                               
-at $0.101/share
    300,000       300       30,000       -       -       -       -       30,300  
-at $0.85/share
    2,000,000       2,000       1,698,000       -       -       -       -       1,700,000  
Issuance of common shares for services-at $0.60/share
    5,550,000       5,550       3,324,450       -       -       -       -       3,330,000  
Common stock subscribed
    -       -       -       -       255,000       -       -       255,000  
Fair value of warrants issued
    -       -       1,925,117       -       -       -       -       1,925,117  
Stock-based compensation
    -       -       2,228,626       -       -       -       -       2,228,626  
Donated services and expenses
    -       -       -       -       -       6,750       -       6,750  
Net loss for the year
    -       -       -       -       -       -       (9,595,317 )     (9,595,317 )
                                                                 
Balance - June 30, 2006
    27,455,000       27,455       9,813,288       -       255,000       20,750       (9,643,808 )     472,685  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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Energizer Resources Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity - continued
For the Period from March 1, 2004 (Date of Inception) to June 30, 2013
(Expressed in US Dollars)

 
                                       
Deficit
       
                                       
Accumulated
       
               
Additional
   
Accumulated
   
Common
         
During the
       
               
Paid-In
   
Comprehensive
   
Stock
   
Donated
   
Exploration
       
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Capital
   
Income (loss)
   
Subscribed
   
Capital
   
Stage
   
Total
 
      #     $     $     $     $     $     $     $  
Continued from prior page:
                                                               
                                                                 
Issuance of common shares for mineral properties
                                                               
-at $0.82/share
    500,000       500       409,500       -       -       -       -       410,000  
Cancellation of common stock subscribed
    -       -       -       -       (25,000 )     -       -       (25,000 )
Stock-based compensation
    -       -       5,193,315       -       -       -       -       5,193,315  
Issuance of common shares for mineral properties
                                                               
-at $0.69/share
    150,000       150       103,350       -       -       -       -       103,500  
Issuance of common shares for mineral properties
                                                               
-at $1.22/share
    1,000,000       1,000       1,219,000       -       -       -       -       1,220,000  
Fair value of warrants issued
    -       -       2,941,961       -       -       -       -       2,941,961  
Issuance of common shares for services-at $0.41/share
    1,450,000       1,450       596,675       -       -       -       -       598,125  
Issuance of shares to exercise stock options
    343,119       343       507,157       -       -       -       -       507,500  
Private placement common shares subscribed
    460,000       460       229,540       -       (230,000 )     -       -       -  
Issuance of common shares for cash-at $0.50/share
    34,600,000       34,600       17,265,400       -       -       -       -       17,300,000  
Commission
    891,850       891       807,824       -       -       -       -       808,715  
Cost of issue
    -       -       (3,843,798 )     -       -       -       -       (3,843,798 )
Net loss for the year
    -       -       -       -       -       -       (14,390,122 )     (14,390,122 )
                                                                 
Balance - June 30, 2007
    66,849,969       66,849       35,243,212       -       -       20,750       (24,033,930 )     11,296,881  
                                                                 
Issuance of shares to exercise of warrants
    561,388       561       207,152       -       -       -       -       207,713  
Issuance of common shares for mineral properties
                                                               
-at $0.30/share
    1,250,000       1,250       373,750       -       -       -       -       375,000  
Fair value of warrants issued
    -       -       60,560       -       -       -       -       60,560  
Issuance of common shares for services-at $0.20/share
    2,975,000       2,975       592,025       -       -       -       -       595,000  
Stock-based compensation
    -       -       1,827,270       -       -       -       -       1,827,270  
Accumulated comprehensive loss
    -       -       -       (22,952 )     -       -       -       (22,952 )
Net loss for the year
    -       -       -       -       -       -       (9,202,295 )     (9,202,295 )
                                                                 
Balance - June 30, 2008
    71,636,357       71,635       38,303,969       (22,952 )     -       20,750       (33,236,225 )     5,137,177  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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Energizer Resources Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity - continued
For the Period from March 1, 2004 (Date of Inception) to June 30, 2013
(Expressed in US Dollars)

 
     
Shares
     
Amount
     
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
     
Accumulated
Comprehensive
Income (loss)
     
Common
Stock
Subscribed
     
Donated
Capital
     
Deficit
Accumulated
During the
Exploration
Stage
    Total  
      #       $       $       $       $       $       $     $  
Continued from prior page:
                                                             
                                                               
Balance - June 30, 2008
    71,636,357       71,635       38,303,969       (22,952 )     -       20,750       (33,236,225 )     5,137,177  
Issuance of common shares for services-at $0.10/share
    2,500,000       2,500       247,500       -       -       -       -       250,000  
Issuance of common shares for services-at $0.08/share
    1,600,000       1,600       126,400       -       -       -       -       128,000  
Issuance of common shares for services-at $0.10/share
    6,800,000       6,800       673,200       -       -       -       -       680,000  
Commission
    408,000       408       (408 )     -       -       -       -       -  
Stock-based compensation
    750,000       750       131,174       -       -       -       -       131,924  
Incremental value of stock options on repricing
    -       -       128,328       -       -       -       -       128,328  
Accumulated comprehensive loss
    -       -       -       (26,134 )     -       -       -       (26,134 )
Net loss for the year
    -       -       -       -       -       -       (3,255,471 )     (3,255,471 )
                                                                 
Balance - June 30, 2009
    83,694,357       83,693       39,610,163       (49,086 )     -       20,750       (36,491,696 )     3,173,824  
                                                                 
Issuance of common shares for services-at $0.17/share
    2,250,000       2,250       380,250       -       -       -       -       382,500  
Stock-based compensation
    -       -       2,813,517       -       -       -       -       2,813,517  
Issuance of common shares for services-at $0.68/share
    500,000       500       339,500       -       -       -       -       340,000  
Fair value of warrants issued
    -       -       113,125       -       -       -       -       113,125  
Cost of issue
    -       -       (469,085 )     -       -       -       -       (469,085 )
Private placement common share subscribed
    21,666,667       21,667       6,478,333       -       -       -       -       6,500,000  
Commission
    400,000       400       (400 )     -       -       -       -       -  
Issuance of shares to exercise stock options
    2,000,000       2,000       298,000       -       -       -       -       300,000  
Accumulated comprehensive gain
    -       -       -       4,810       -       -       -       4,810  
Net loss for the year
    -       -       -       -       -       -       (10,708,589 )     (10,708,589 )
                                                                 
Balance - June 30, 2010
    110,511,024       110,510       49,563,403       (44,276 )     -       20,750       (47,200,285 )     2,450,102  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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Energizer Resources Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity - continued
For the Period from March 1, 2004 (Date of Inception) to June 30, 2013
(Expressed in US Dollars)


                                       
Deficit
       
                                       
Accumulated
       
               
Additional
   
Accumulated
   
Common
         
During the
       
               
Paid-In
   
Comprehensive
   
Stock
   
Donated
   
Exploration
       
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Capital
   
Income (loss)
   
Subscribed
   
Capital
   
Stage
   
Total
 
    #     $     $     $     $     $     $     $  
Continued from prior page:
                                                               
                                                                 
Private placement common shares subscribed
    30,936,654       30,936       13,890,559       -       -       -       -       13,921,495  
Fair value of warrants issued
    -       -       78,100       -       -       -       -       78,100  
Cost of issue
    -       -       (742,787 )     -       -       -       -       (742,787 )
Issuance of common shares for services-at $0.45/share
    200,000       200       89,800       -       -       -       -       90,000  
Issuance of shares to exercise warrants
    4,549,500       4,551       881,950       -       -       -       -       886,501  
Stock-based compensation
    -       -       237,710       -       -       -       -       237,710  
Accumulated comprehensive gain
    -       -       -       11,844       -       -       -       11,844  
Net loss for the year
    -       -       -       -       -       -       (4,873,555 )     (4,873,555 )
                                                                 
Balance - June 30, 2011
    146,197,178       146,197       63,998,735       (32,432 )     -       20,750       (52,073,840 )     12,059,410  
                                                                 
Private placement common shares subscribed
    2,540,000       2,540       632,460       -       -       -       -       635,000  
Issuance of common stock for mineral property
    7,500,000       7,500       1,342,500       -       -       -       -       1,350,000  
Exercise of stock options
    510,000       510       83,490       -       -       -       -       84,000  
Stock-based compensation
    -       -       3,667,303       -       -       -       -       3,667,303  
Accumulated comprehensive gain
    -       -       -       (19,904 )     -       -       -       (19,904 )
Net loss for the year
    -       -       -       -       -       -       (15,175,553 )     (15,175,553 )
                                                                 
Balance - June 30, 2012
    156,747,178       156,747       69,724,488       (52,336 )     -       20,750       (67,249,393 )     2,600,256  
                                                                 
Private placement common shares subscribed
    18,157,142       18,157       4,321,378       -       -       -       -       4,339,535  
Cost of issue
    -       -       (263,402 )     -       -       -       -       (263,402 )
Exercise of stock options
    700,000       700       104,300       -       -       -       -       105,000  
Stock-based compensation
    -       -       1,470,678       -       -       -       -       1,470,678  
Accumulated comprehensive loss
    -       -       -       (10,513 )     -       -       -       (10,513 )
Net loss for the year
    -       -       -       -       -       -       (7,824,248 )     (7,824,248 )
                                                                 
Balance - June 30, 2013
    175,604,320       175,604       75,357,442       (62,849 )     -       20,750       (75,073,641 )     417,306  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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Energizer Resources Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2013 and 2012
(Expressed in US Dollars)

 
1.
Exploration Stage Company and Going Concern

Energizer Resources Inc. (the "Company") was incorporated in the State of Nevada, United States of America on March 1, 2004 and reincorporated in the State of Minnesota on May 14, 2008.  The Company's fiscal year end is June 30.  The Company is an Exploration Stage Company, as defined by ASC Topic - 915, "Development Stage Entities".  The Company's principal business is the acquisition and exploration of mineral resources.  During fiscal 2008, the Company incorporated Energizer Resources (Mauritius) Ltd., a Mauritius subsidiary and Energizer Resources Madagascar Sarl, a Madagascar subsidiary.  During fiscal 2009, the Company incorporated THB Venture Ltd., a Mauritius subsidiary to hold the interest in Energizer Resources Minerals Sarl, a Madagascar subsidiary, which holds the Green Giant Property in Madagascar (see note 7).  During fiscal 2012, the Company incorporated Madagascar-ERG Joint Venture (Mauritius) Ltd., a Mauritius subsidiary and ERG (Madagascar) Sarl, a Madagascar subsidiary.  ERG (Madagascar) Sarl is 100% owned by Madagascar-ERG Joint Venture (Mauritius) Ltd., which is owned 75% by Energizer Resources (Mauritius) Ltd.  ERG (Madagascar) Sarl holds the Malagasy Joint Venture Ground  (see note 7).  The Company has not yet fully determined whether its properties contain mineral reserves that are economically recoverable.
 
These consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes that the Company will continue to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business.  The Company has yet to generate revenue from mining operations or pay dividends and is unlikely to do so in the immediate or foreseeable future.  The continuation of the Company as a going concern is dependent upon the continued financial support from its shareholders, the ability of the Company to obtain necessary equity or debt financing to continue operations, and the attainment of profitable operations.  As of June 30, 2013, the Company has accumulated losses of $75,073,641.  As such, there is substantial doubt regarding the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.  These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

2. 
Significant Accounting Policies

Principals of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation
These consolidated financial statements are presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("U.S. GAAP"), and are expressed in United States dollars.   These consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Energizer Resources Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Energizer Resources (Mauritius) Ltd., THB Ventures Ltd., Energizer Resources Madagascar Sarl, and Energizer Resources Minerals Sarl.  In addition, these consolidated financial statements include the Company's 75% interest in Madagascar-ERG Joint Venture (Mauritius) Ltd. and its 100% owned subsidiary ERG (Madagascar) Sarl.   All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated on consolidation.

Use of Estimates
The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of these consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period.  On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its judgments and estimates in relation to assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses. Management uses past experience and other factors as the basis for its judgments and estimates.  Actual results may differ from those estimates.   The impacts of estimates are pervasive throughout these consolidated financial statements, and may require accounting adjustments based on future occurrences.  Revisions to accounting estimates are recognized in the period in which the estimate is revised and the revision affects current and future periods.  Areas where significant estimates and assumptions are used include: the Black-Scholes valuation of warrants and stock options issued and the valuation recorded for future income taxes.
 
 
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Energizer Resources Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2013 and 2012
(Expressed in US Dollars)

 
2.            Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include money market investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and have an original maturity of less than or equal to 90 days.

Marketable Securities
The Company classifies and accounts for debt and equity securities in accordance with ASC Topic - 320, "Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities". The Company has classified all of its marketable securities as available-for-sale, thus securities are recorded at fair market value and any associated unrealized gain or loss, net of tax, are included as a separate component of stockholders’ equity, titled accumulated comprehensive loss.
 
Equipment
Equipment is recorded at cost, less accumulated depreciation, and consists of exploration equipment.  Depreciation is computed on a straight-line basis over 3 years.
 
Mineral Property Costs
Mineral property exploration costs are expensed as incurred.

The Company has been in the exploration stage since its inception on March 1, 2004, and has not yet realized any revenues from its mineral operations. When it has been determined that a mineral property can be economically developed as a result of establishing probable and proven reserves, the costs then incurred to develop such property will be capitalized.  Such costs will be amortized using the units of production method over the estimated life of the probable reserve. If properties are abandoned or the carrying value is determined to be in excess of possible future recoverable amounts the Company will write off the appropriate amount.

Comprehensive Income (Loss)
ASC Topic - 220, "Reporting Comprehensive Income", establishes standards for the reporting and display of comprehensive income, its components and accumulated balances.  As at June 30, 2013, the Company's only component of other comprehensive income is unrealized losses on marketable securities.

Basic and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Share
The Company computes net earnings (loss) per share in accordance with ASC Topic - 260, "Earnings per Share".  ASC Topic - 260 requires presentation of basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) on the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss.  Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income (loss) available to common shareholders (numerator) by the weighted average number of shares outstanding (denominator) during the year.  Diluted EPS gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the year using the treasury stock method and the "if converted" method for convertible instruments.  In computing Diluted EPS, the average stock price for the year is used in determining the number of shares assumed to be purchased from the exercise of stock options or warrants.  Diluted EPS excludes all dilutive potential shares if their effect is anti-dilutive.  Diluted EPS and the weighted average number of common shares exclude all dilutive potential shares since their effect is anti-dilutive.

Foreign Currency Translation
The Company's functional and reporting currency is United States Dollars.  Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated in accordance with ASC Topic - 830, "Foreign Currency Translation", using the exchange rate prevailing at the balance sheet date.  Gains and losses arising on settlement of foreign currency denominated transactions or balances are included in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.
 
 
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Energizer Resources Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2013 and 2012
(Expressed in US Dollars)

 
2.            Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Stock-Based Compensation
The Company has a stock option plan as described in note 9.  All stock-based awards granted, including those granted to directors not acting in their capacity as directors, are accounted for using the fair value based method.  The fair value of stock options granted is recognized as an expense within the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss and a corresponding increase in additional paid in capital.  Any consideration paid by eligible participants on the exercise of stock options is credited to common stock.  The additional paid in capital amount associated with stock options is transferred to common stock upon exercise.

Income Taxes
The Company has adopted Topic - 740 "Accounting for Income Taxes" and therefore is required to compute tax asset benefits for net operating losses carried forward.  Potential benefits of net operating losses have not been recognized in these consolidated financial statements as the Company cannot be assured it is more likely than not it will utilize the net operating losses carried forward in future years.

Management does not believe unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change within one year of the balance sheet date.  Interest and penalties related to income tax matters are recognized in income tax expense.  As of June 30, 2013, there was no accrued interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions.

Flow-through shares
The Company has financed a portion of its exploration activities through the issuance of flow-through shares. Flow-through shares are a Canadian tax incentive. Under the terms of the flow-through share agreements, the tax attributes of the related exploration expenditures are renounced by the Company to subscribers who purchase flow-through shares. Proceeds from the issuance of flow-through shares are allocated between the offering of shares and the sale of tax benefits. An allocation is made based on the difference between the quoted price of the existing shares and the amount that the investor paid for the shares. A liability is recognized for this difference. The liability is reduced and a reduction of the premium liability is recorded as other income as eligible expenditures are incurred and when it becomes the Company's intention to file the appropriate renunciation forms with Canadian tax authorities.

Long Lived Assets
In accordance with the ASC Topic - 360, "Accounting for Impairment or Disposal of Long Lived Assets", the carrying value of intangible assets and other long-lived assets is reviewed on a regular basis for the existence of facts or circumstances that may suggest impairment. The Company recognizes impairment when the sum of the expected undiscounted future cash flows is less than the carrying amount of the asset. Impairment losses, if any, are measured as the excess of the carrying amount of the asset over its estimated fair value.
 
Asset Retirement Obligations
The operations of the Company are subject to regulations governing the environment, including future site restoration for mineral properties. The Company will recognize the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation in the period in which it is incurred and when a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made. If a reasonable estimate of fair value cannot be made in the period the asset retirement is incurred, the liability is recognized when a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made. The Company has determined that there are no asset retirement obligations or any other environmental obligations currently existing with respect to its mineral properties and therefore no liability has been recognized.

Government Grants
The Company makes periodic applications for financial assistance under available government incentive programs and tax credits related to the mineral property expenditures.  The Company recognizes government assistance on an accrual basis when all requirements to earn the assistance have been completed and receipt is reasonably assured.  Government grants are recognized on the balance sheet and accrued as a reduction of mineral exploration expenses.  Government grants relating to mineral expenditures are reflected as a reduction to mineral properties expense on the statement of operations and comprehensive income.
 
 
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Energizer Resources Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2013 and 2012
(Expressed in US Dollars)

 
2.           Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Financial Instruments
The fair value of cash and cash equivalents, amounts receivable, marketable securities, loan to related party and accounts payable and accrued liabilities were estimated to approximate their carrying values due to the immediate or short-term maturity of these financial instruments.  The Company's exploration operations are in Madagascar and Canada, which result in exposure to market risks from changes in foreign currency rates.  Financial risk is the risk to the Company's operations that arise from fluctuations in foreign exchange rates and the degree of volatility of these rates.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments Hierarchy
ASC Topic - 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value.  The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3).  Cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities that the Company held were in Level 1 within the fair value hierarchy.  The three levels are as follows:

Level 1 - Quoted prices are available in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reporting date.   Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.  Level 1 includes marketable securities such as listed equities and U.S. government treasury securities.

Level 2 - Pricing inputs are other than quoted prices in active markets included in Level 1, which are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reporting date. Level 2 includes those financial instruments that are valued using industry-standard models or other valuation methodologies. These models consider various assumptions, including quoted forward prices for commodities, time value, volatility factors, current market and contractual prices for the underlying instruments as well as other relevant economic measures. Substantially all of these assumptions are observable in the marketplace throughout the term of the instrument, can be derived from observable data or are supported by observable levels at which transactions are executed in the marketplace. Instruments in this category included dual currency deposits, over the counter forwards, options and repurchase agreements.

Level 3 - Pricing inputs include significant inputs that are generally less observable from objective sources.  These inputs may be used with internally developed methodologies that result in management's best estimate of fair value from the perspective of a market participant. Level 3 instruments include those that may be more structured or otherwise tailored to customers' needs.  At each balance sheet date, the Company performs an analysis of all instruments subject to ASC Topic - 820 and includes in Level 3 all of those whose fair value is based on significant unobservable inputs.

Subsequent Events
The Company adopted ASC Topic - 855, "Subsequent Events", which establishes standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued.
 
 
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Energizer Resources Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2013 and 2012
(Expressed in US Dollars)

 
3.            Recent Accounting Pronouncements Affecting The Company

The following are recent FASB accounting pronouncements, which may have an impact on the Company's future consolidated financial statements.
-
"Balance Sheet (ASC Topic - 210): Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities": ("ASU 2011-11") was issued during December 2011. FASB issued guidance on how to determine whether it is appropriate to offset or net certain assets and liabilities on the balance sheet and the additional disclosure that this entails.   The guidance is effective annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013.
-
"Comprehensive Income (ASC Topic - 220): Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income": ("ASU 2013-02") was issued during February 2013.  FASB issued guidance which requires an entity to disclose in a single location the effects of reclassification out of accumulated other comprehensive income ("AOCI").  The guidance is effective prospectively for reporting periods beginning after December 31, 2013.
-
"Income Taxes (ASC Topic - 740): Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit when a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists" ("ASU 2013-11) was issued during July 2013.  FASB issued guidance on how to present an unrecognized tax benefit.  The guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2013.

The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASC Topic - 210, ASC Topic - 740 and ASC Topic - 220.
 
4.            Equipment
 
    Cost    
Accumulated
Depreciation
   
June 30, 2013
Net Book Value
   
June 30, 2012
Net Book Value
 
                         
Exploration equipment   $ 63,547     $ 24,730     $ 38,817     $ 50,624  
 
For the year ended June 30, 2013, depreciation expense totaled $21,616 (June 30, 2012: $9,781).

 
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Energizer Resources Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2013 and 2012
(Expressed in US Dollars)

 
5.           Related Party Transactions and Balances

Parties are related if one party has the ability, directly or indirectly, to control the other party or exercise significant influence over the other party in making operating and financial decisions. Parties are also related if they are subject to common control or common significant influence. Related parties may be individuals or corporate entities. A transaction is considered to be a related party transaction when there is a transfer of resources or obligations between related parties. Related party transactions that are in the normal course of business and have commercial substance are measured at the exchange amount.

The following are the related party transactions for the year ended June 30, 2013:
 
a)
The Company incurred a total of $119,495 (June 30, 2012: $74,550) office administration and rent expense from a public company related by common management, Red Pine Exploration Inc (TSX.V: “RPX”).
 
b)
5,975,000 (June 30, 2012: 9,600,000) stock options were issued to related parties during the period with exercise prices between $0.21 and $0.29 (June 30, 2012: between $0.20 and $0.30). These stock options valued at $1,178,813 (June 30, 2012: $2,181,213) were issued to directors and officers of the Company.
 
c)
The Company incurred $995,877 (June 30, 2013: $717,886) in administrative, management and consulting fees to directors and officers.
 
d)
The Company incurred $995,877 (June 30, 2013: $1,137,725) in charges from a mining and engineering firm for which one of the Company's directors serves as a senior officer and a director.
 
The following are the related party balances as at for the year ended June 30, 2013:
 
a)
Related party balances of $42,908 (June 30, 2012: $34,319) in prepaid expenses.
 
b)
The Company has advanced a short-term loan to RPX totaling $136,999 (June 30, 2012: $258,416). This loan is interest bearing at a rate of 3% and is expected to be paid back in full within the next 12 months. $300,000 was originally loaned during January 2012 and represents the highest outstanding balance. $171,667 has been paid back on the loan since inception up to June 30, 2013, all of it principal. Accrued interest due totals $8,666 as at June 30, 2013.
 
6.           Marketable Securities

Marketable securities consist of available-for-sale securities over which the Company does not have significant influence or control. These investments included $10,000 (June 30, 2012: $20,542) invested in two TSX-Venture entities.
 
 
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Energizer Resources Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2013 and 2012
(Expressed in US Dollars)

 
7.           Mineral Properties
 
Malagasy Joint Venture Ground, Southern Madagascar, Africa
On December 14, 2011, the Company entered into a Definitive Joint Venture Agreement ("JVA") with Malagasy Minerals Limited ("Malagasy"), a public company on the Australian Stock Exchange, to acquire a 75% interest to explore and develop a group of industrial minerals (including graphite, vanadium and approximately 25 other minerals). Malagasy retains a 25% interest. The land position covers 2,119 permits and 827.7 square kilometres and is mostly adjacent to the south and east of the Company's 100% owned Green Giant Property. The Company paid $2,261,690 and issued 7,500,000 common shares valued at $1,350,000. Malagasy has a carried interest until the Company delivers a Bankable Feasibility Study ("BFS"). Upon the delivery of a BFS, Malagasy is required to contribute its 25% interest in the development and mining operations. Should either party's interest fall below 10%, through not contributing their portion of costs post-BFS, their position will be diluted to a 2% Net Smelter Return ("NSR"). As it has not yet determined whether the property has probable or proven reserves, the Company recognized an impairment loss during fiscal 2012 totaling $3,770,129. This amount represents the cash paid, the value of common shares issued, and legal and other professional fees paid relating to the properties acquisition.
 
Green Giant Property, Southern Madagascar, Africa
During 2007, the Company paid $765,000, issued 2,500,0000 common shares and 1,000,000 now expired common share purchase warrants to enter into a joint venture agreement for the Green Giant Property with Madagascar Minerals and Resources Sarl ("MMR"). The Company owned a 75% interest and MMR owned a 25% interest.
 
On July 9, 2009, the Company acquired the remaining 25% interest for $100,000 and terminated the joint venture. MMR retains a 2% NSR. The NSR can be purchased, at the Company's option, for $500,000 in cash or common shares for the first 1% and at a price of $1,000,000 in cash or common shares for the second 1%.
 
Sagar Property - Romanet Horst, Labrador Trough, Quebec, Canada
During 2006, the Company purchased from Virginia Mines Inc. ("Virginia") a 100% interest in 361 claims located in northern Quebec, Canada. Virginia retains a 2% NSR on this property with other unrelated vendors holding a 1% NSR on certain claims, and a 0.5% NSR on other claims. For the other vendor's NSR, the Company has the right to buy back half of the 1% NSR for $200,000 and half of the 0.5% NSR for $100,000.
 
8.          Common Stock and Additional Paid-in Capital
 
a)
On July 1, 2011, the Company issued 5,175,000 stock options to directors, officers and consultants at an exercise price of $0.30. The stock options were valued at $1,364,648 using the Black-Scholes pricing model with the following assumptions: risk free interest rate - 1.95%; expected volatility - 137%; dividend yield - NIL; and expected life - 5 years. These stock options vested on the grant date.
 
b)
On October 24, 2011, the Company issued 1,850,000 stock options to directors, officers and consultants at an exercise price of $0.20. The stock options were valued at $321,530 using the Black-Scholes pricing model with the following assumptions: risk free interest rate - 1.60%; expected volatility - 133%; dividend yield - NIL; and expected life - 5 years. These stock options vested on the grant date.
 
c)
On December 16, 2011, the Company issued 2,365,000 stock options to directors, officers and consultants of the Company at an exercise price of $0.21. The stock options were valued at $431,613 using the Black Scholes pricing model with the following assumptions: risk free interest rate - 1.60%; expected volatility - 133%; dividend yield - NIL; and expected life - 5 years. These stock options vested on the grant date.
 
 
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Energizer Resources Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2013 and 2012
(Expressed in US Dollars)

8.          Common Stock and Additional Paid-in Capital - continued
 
d)
On December 16, 2011, the Company issued 7,500,000 shares of common stock at $0.18 per share valued at $1,350,000 as consideration for the JVA with Malagasy Minerals Ltd (note 7).
 
e)
On March 4, 2012, the Company issued 460,000 shares of common stock for consideration of $69,000. The shares were issued pursuant to the exercise of stock options.
 
f)
On March 7, 2012, the Company issued 6,275,000 stock options to directors, officers and consultants at an exercise price of $0.28. The stock options were valued at $1,513,530 using the Black-Scholes pricing model with the following assumptions: risk free interest rate - 1.00%; expected volatility - 131%; dividend yield - NIL; and expected life - 5 years. These stock options vested on the grant date.
 
g)
On March 25, 2012, the Company closed a private placement with DRA Minerals Inc., a process development and mine engineering company, raising $635,000 by issuing 2,540,000 common stock at $0.25 per share.
 
h)
On April 9, 2012, the Company issued 50,000 shares of common stock for consideration of $15,000. The shares were issued pursuant to the exercise of stock options.
 
i)
On May 23, 2012, the Company issued 180,000 stock options to directors, officers and consultants at an exercise price of $0.23. The stock options were valued at $35,982 using the Black-Scholes pricing model with the following assumptions: risk free interest rate - 1.00%; expected volatility - 134%; dividend yield - NIL; and expected life - 5 years. These stock options vested on the grant date.
 
j)
During July 2012, the Company issued 700,000 shares of common stock for consideration of $105,000. The shares were issued pursuant to the exercise of stock options.
 
k)
On July 13, 2012, the Company issued 1,695,000 stock options to directors, officers and consultants of the Company at an exercise price of $0.29. The stock options were valued at $411,038 using the Black-Scholes pricing model with the following assumptions: risk free interest rate - 1.25%; expected volatility - 138%; dividend yield - NIL; and expected life - 4 years. These stock options vested on the grant date.
 
l)
During November 2012, the Company closed a brokered and non-brokered private placement raising a total of $2,032,500. The Company issued 5,807,142 common stock at $0.35 per share and 2,903,571 common share purchase warrants at an exercise of $0.50 and an expiry date 24 months from the date of issue. In addition, the Company paid a fee of $119,010 and issued 340,028 compensation warrants. Each compensation warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share at $0.35 and one half of one common share purchase warrant at an exercise price of $0.50.
 
m)
On February 27, 2013, the Company issued 5,900,000 stock options to directors, officers and consultants at an exercise price of $0.21. The stock options were valued at $1,059,640 using the Black-Scholes pricing model with the following assumptions: risk free interest rate - 1.40%; expected volatility - 129%; dividend yield - NIL; and expected life - 5 years. These stock options vested on the grant date.
 
n)
During March 2013, the Company closed a private placement raising a total of CAD$2,358,000 (USD$2,307,035). The Company issued 12,350,000 common stock at prices between $0.18 and $0.20 per share. In addition, the Company paid a fee of CAD$86,000 (USD$84,176) and issued 270,000 compensation warrants. Each compensation warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share at CAD$0.20.
 
 
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Energizer Resources Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2013 and 2012
(Expressed in US Dollars)

 
9.            Stock Options

On March 9, 2006, the Company filed a Form S-8 registration statement in connection with its newly adopted 2006 Stock Option Plan (the "2006 Plan") allowing for the direct award of shares or granting of stock options to acquire up to a total of 2,000,000 common shares. On December 18, 2006, February 16, 2007, July 11, 2007, September 29, 2009, May 3, 2011, March 1, 2012, and February 27, 2013, the 2006 Plan was amended to increase the stock option pool by a total of 30,500,000 additional common shares.

The following is a continuity schedule of the Company's stock options, all of which vest on the grant date:
 
   
Number of
Stock Options
   
Weighted-Average
Exercise Price ($)
 
             
Outstanding and exercisable, June 30, 2011
    14,130,000       0.29  
Issued
    15,845,000       0.27  
Exercised
    (510,000 )     0.16  
Expired
    (2,475,000 )     0.15  
Cancelled
    (3,300,000 )     0.31  
                 
Outstanding and exercisable, June 30, 2012
    23,690,000       0.29  
Issued
    7,595,000       0.23  
Exercised
    (700,000 )     0.15  
Expired
    (1,695,000 )     0.15  
Cancelled
    (1,750,000 )     0.32  
                 
Outstanding and exercisable, June 30, 2013
    27,140,000       0.28  

The following is a summary stock options outstanding as of June 30, 2013:

Exercise
Price($)
   
Number of
Stock Options
   
Expiry
Date
 
               
  0.35     750,000    
September 2, 2013
 
  0.40     4,850,000    
May 11, 2014
 
  0.30     3,750,000    
July 1, 2016
 
  0.29     1,695,000    
July 13, 2016
 
  0.20     1,850,000    
October 24, 2016
 
  0.21     2,240,000    
December 1, 2016
 
  0.28     5,925,000    
March 7, 2017
 
  0.23     180,000    
May 23, 2017
 
  0.21     5,900,000    
February 27, 2018
 
                 
        27,140,000        

 
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Energizer Resources Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2013 and 2012
(Expressed in US Dollars)

 
10.           Warrants

The following is a continuity schedule of the Company's common share purchase warrants:
 
   
Number
   
Exercise
 
   
of Warrants
   
Price ($)
 
                 
Outstanding and exercisable, June 30, 2011
    44,565,695       0.55  
Expired
    (946,000 )     0.37  
                 
Outstanding and exercisable, June 30, 2012
    43,619,695       0.55  
Issued
    3,513,599       0.46  
Expired
    (43,619,695 )     0.55  
                 
Outstanding and exercisable, June 30, 2013
    3,513,599       0.46  

The following is a summary common share purchase warrants outstanding as of June 30, 2013:
 
Exercise
Price ($)
   
Number of
Warrants
   
Expiry
Date
 
  0.19 *   270,000    
March 22, 2014
 
  0.50     2,903,571    
November 6-15, 2014
 
  0.35     340,028    
November 15, 2014
 
                 
        3,513,599        
 
* The exercise price of the 270,000 March 22, 2014 common share purchase warrants noted is $0.20 Canadian Dollars.  The US Dollar equivalent of these common share purchase warrants as of the date of these consolidated financial statements was $0.19.
 
 
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Energizer Resources Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2013 and 2012
(Expressed in US Dollars)

 
11.           Income Taxes

A reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax provision at the statutory rate of 35% to the actual provision for income taxes is as follows:

   
June 30, 2013
   
June 30, 2012
 
                 
Net loss
  $ (7,824,248 )   $ (15,175,553 )
Expected income tax recovery
  $ (2,738,490 )   $ (5,311,444 )
Tax rate changes and other adjustments
    492,230       (44,739 )
Impairment loss on mineral properties
    -       1,319,545  
Stock-based compensation
    514,740       1,283,556  
Change in tax benefits not recognized
    1,731,520       2,753,082  
                 
Income tax recovery reflected in the Statements of Operations
               
and Comprehensive Loss
  $ -     $ -  

Future Income Tax Assets
The Company’s future income tax assets and liabilities as at June 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows:

     
June 30, 2013
     
June 30, 2012
 
                 
Non-capital losses - United States
  $ 6,558,780     $ 4,965,165  
Non-capital losses - Madagascar
    1,060,730       518,505  
Exploration expenditures
    5,293,960       5,710,400  
Other deductible temporary differences
    12,110       -  
                 
      12,925,580       11,194,070  
Less: valuation allowance     (12,925,580)       (11,194,07)  
                 
Net future income tax assets   $ -     $ -  
 
 
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Energizer Resources Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
June 30, 2013 and 2012
(Expressed in US Dollars)

 
11.           Income Taxes - continued
 
The Canadian non-capital loss carry forwards expire as noted below. Madagascar losses expire between 2013 and 2018. Other deductible temporary differences and deductible temporary differences related to exploration expenditures carry forward indefinitely. Future tax assets have not been recognized in respect of these items because it is not probable that future taxable profit will be available against which the Company can utilize the benefits therefrom. At June 30, 2013, the Company had Canadian non-capital income tax losses of $18,739,400 available to offset future taxable income. These losses expire as follows:
           
2025
  $ 4,130  
2026
    29,460  
2027
    283,870  
2028
    909,180  
2029
    341,250  
2030
    3,435,600  
2031
    3,998,670  
2032
    5,264,870  
2033
    4,472,370  
    $ 18,739,400  

12.           Loss Per Share
 
Basic and diluted loss per share is computed using the weighted average number of common stock outstanding.  Diluted loss per share and the weighted average number of shares of common stock exclude all potentially dilutive shares since their effect is anti-dilutive.  As at June 30, 2013, there were a total of 30,653,599 (June 30, 2012: 67,309,695) potentially dilutive stock options and common share purchase warrants outstanding.
 
13.           Commitments
 
As the Company raised CAD$2,358,000 during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013 on a Canadian flow-through basis, it is required to spend and renounce CAD$2,358,000 on Canadian Exploration Expenditures before December 31, 2014.
 
14.           Subsequent Events
 
Closing of Private Placement
On July 26, 2013 and August 1, 2013, the Company raised CAD$837,500 and $1,230,000 by issuing 16,950,001 common shares. In connection with the closing, the Company paid compensation consisting of a cash fee of CAD$57,750 and $18,000, respectively and issued 552,000 compensating options.  402,000 of the compensating options entitle the holder to acquire one common share for each option held at an exercise price of CAD$0.125 and an expiry date of July 26, 2014 and 150,000 of the compensating options entitle the holder to acquire one common share for each option held at an exercise price of $0.12 and an expiry date of August 1, 2014.

Stock Option Issuance
On July 9, 2013, the Company issued 1,255,000 stock options to directors and officers of the Company at an exercise of $0.11 and an expiry date of July 9, 2018.  Further, on September 18, 2013, the Company issued 750,000 stock options to directors and officers of the Company at an exercise price of $0.15 and an expiry date of September 18, 2018.

Warrant Extension
During September 2013, the Company extended the term and modified the exercise price of 2,903,571 common share purchase warrants.  These common share purchase warrants will now have an exercise price of $0.23 and an expiry date of November 15, 2015.

 
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Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
We hereby consent to the inclusion in Energizer Resources Inc.’s (the “Company”) Annual Report on Form 10-K of our audit report dated September 23, 2013, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended June 30, 2013.
 
Signed:  “MNP LLP”
 
MNP LLP
Chartered Professional Accountants
Licensed Public Accountants
Toronto, Canada
 
September 23, 2013
 
 
 
 
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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the inclusion in Energizer Resources Inc.’s (the “Company”) Annual Report on Form 10-K of our report dated September 17, 2012, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended June 30, 2012.
 
Signed:  “MSCM LLP”
MSCM LLP
 
Toronto, Ontario
September 23, 2013
 
 
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EXHIBIT 31.1
 
Certification of CEO pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
I, Richard Schler, certify that:
 
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Energizer Resources Inc.;
 
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4. The Registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:
 
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, 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;
 
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Issuer’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the Issuer’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2013 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Issuer’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
5. The Registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditor and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
 
(a) All deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
 
Dated: September 26, 2013
By:
/s/ Richard E. Schler  
    Richard Schler  
   
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT 31.2

Certification of CFO pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
I, Peter D. Liabotis, certify that:
 
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Energizer Resources Inc.;
 
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4. The Registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:
 
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, 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;
 
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Issuer’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the Issuer’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2013 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Issuer’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
5. The Registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditor and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
 
(a) All deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
 
Dated: September 26, 2013
By:
/s/ Peter D. Liabotis  
    Peter D. Liabotis  
    Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)  
 
 
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EXHIBIT 32.1
 
CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
(18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350)
 
 
In connection with the annual report of Energizer Resources Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-K for the period ending June 30, 2013, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Richard Schler, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)           The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2)           The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.
 
 
Dated: September 26, 2013
By:
/s/ Richard E. Schler  
    Richard Schler  
    Chief Executive Officer  
 
 
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EXHIBIT 32.2
 
CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
(18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350)
 
 
In connection with the annual report of Energizer Resources Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-K for the period ending June 30, 2013, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Peter D. Liabotis, Chief Financial Officer, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
 
(1)           The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
 
(2)           The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.
 
 
Dated: September 26, 2013
By:
/s/ Peter D. Liabotis  
    Peter D. Liabotis  
    Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)  
 
 
 
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