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RED METAL RESOURCES, LTD. - Quarter Report: 2010 October (Form 10-Q)

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_______
 
FORM 10-Q
_______
 
x
QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 0R 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended: October 31, 2010

o
TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 0R 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from_______to_______

Commission file number 000-52055
 
RED METAL RESOURCES LTD.
(Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)
 
Nevada
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
20-2138504
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
195 Park Avenue, Thunder Bay Ontario, Canada P7B 1B9
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
 
(807) 345-5380
(Issuer’s telephone number)

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.   x Yes  o No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). The registrant is not yet required to comply with this requirement.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filed,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
 
Large accelerated filer
o
 
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer       
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
x
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).   o Yes  x No

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.  As of December 13, 2010 the number of shares of the registrant’s classes of common stock outstanding was 10,216,301.
 
 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION
1
   
ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
1
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS OCTOBER 31, 2010 (UNAUDITED) AND JANUARY 31, 2010
1
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2010 AND 2009 (UNAUDITED), AND THE PERIOD FROM INCEPTION (JANUARY 10, 2005)
2
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY 10, 2001 (INCEPTION) TO OCTOBER 31, 2010
3
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2010 AND 2009 (UNAUDITED), AND THE PERIOD FROM INCEPTION (JANUARY 31, 2005)
4
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
5
ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
8
ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
19
ITEM 4.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
19
   
PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
19
   
ITEM 1.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
19
ITEM 1A.  RISK FACTORS.
20
ITEM 2.  UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.
20
ITEM 3.  DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.
20
ITEM 4.  (REMOVED AND RESERVED).
20
ITEM 5.  OTHER INFORMATION.
20
ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS.
20

 
 

 

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
Item 1.  Financial Statements.
 
RED METAL RESOURCES, LTD.
(AN EXPLORATION STAGE COMPANY)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 
   
October 31, 2010
(unaudited)
   
January 31, 2010
 
             
ASSETS
 
Current assets
           
             
Cash
  $ 577     $ 7,951  
Prepaids and other receivables
    35,987       17,175  
Total current assets
    36,564       25,126  
                 
Unproved mineral properties
    660,817       643,481  
Total assets
  $ 697,381     $ 668,607  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
Current liabilities
               
                 
Accounts payable
  $ 209,303     $ 129,534  
Accrued liabilities
    59,629       92,485  
Due to related parties
    363,366       99,682  
Notes payable to related party
    62,193       -  
Total liabilities
    694,491       321,701  
                 
Stockholders' equity
               
                 
Common stock, $0.001 par value, authorized 500,000,000,
               
10,216,301 and 9,676,301 issued and outstanding at October 31, 2010
and January 31, 2010
    10,217       9,677  
Additional paid in capital
    2,913,300       2,778,840  
Deficit accumulated during the exploration stage
    (2,853,767 )     (2,384,201 )
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
    (66,860 )     (57,410 )
Total stockholders' equity
    2,890       346,906  
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
  $ 697,381     $ 668,607  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
 
 
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RED METAL RESOURCES LTD.
(AN EXPLORATION STAGE COMPANY)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(UNAUDITED)
 
   
Three months ended
   
Nine months ended
   
From January 10,
 
   
October 31,
   
October 31,
   
2005 (Inception)
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
2010
   
2009
   
to October 31, 2010
 
Revenue
                             
                               
Royalties
  $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 15,658  
                                         
Operating Expenses
                                       
                                         
Administration
    27,812       17,302       66,527       60,283       254,285  
Advertising and promotion
    25,488       -       83,097       26,560       296,372  
Automobile
    5,709       5,643       18,346       16,674       59,941  
Bank charges and interest
    8,182       2,123       24,531       4,887       36,925  
Consulting fees
    38,800       32,654       107,795       78,226       400,405  
Interest on notes payable
    864       15,953       2,193       43,805       72,185  
Mineral exploration costs
    548       117,781       13,519       162,922       739,712  
Office
    3,069       1,066       6,296       3,619       25,518  
Professional development
    -       -       4,008       -       4,008  
Professional fees
    19,661       (2,230 )     72,178       34,713       428,579  
Rent
    3,333       3,014       9,566       9,137       38,275  
Regulatory
    425       1,263       11,865       6,096       45,511  
Travel and entertainment
    18,299       5,182       47,007       16,589       193,218  
Salaries, wages and benefits
    2,161       3,085       3,168       13,988       49,363  
Foreign exchange (gain) loss
    85       (299 )     (530 )     (500 )     (557 )
Write-down of unproved mineral properties
    -       (97,203 )     -       29,685       225,685  
Total operating expenses
    154,436       105,334       469,566       506,684       2,869,425  
                                         
Net loss
  $ (154,436 )   $ (105,334 )   $ (469,566 )   $ (506,684 )   $ (2,853,767 )
                                         
                                         
Net loss per share - basic and diluted
  $ (0.02 )   $ (0.02 )   $ (0.05 )   $ (0.12 )        
                                         
Weighted average number of shares
                                       
outstanding - basic and diluted
    10,216,301       4,870,288       10,099,524       4,396,714          

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
 
 
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RED METAL RESOURCES LTD.
(AN EXPLORATION STAGE COMPANY)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(UNAUDITED)

 
Common Stock Issued
         
Accumulated
       
  
           
Additional
         
Other
       
  
Number of
         
Paid-in
   
Accumulated
   
Comprehensive
       
  
Shares
   
Amount
   
Capital
   
Deficit
   
Loss
   
Total
 
 Balance at January 10,  2005 (Inception)
  -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -     $ -  
  
                                             
 Net loss
  -       -       -       (825 )     -       (825 )
  
                                             
 Balance at January 31, 2005
  -       -       -       (825 )     -       (825 )
  
                                             
 Common stock issued for cash
  5,525,000       5,525       53,725       -       -       59,250  
 Common stock adjustment
  45       -       -       -       -       -  
 Donated services
  -       -       3,000       -       -       3,000  
 Net loss
  -       -       -       (12,363 )     -       (12,363 )
  
                                             
 Balance at January 31, 2006
  5,525,045       5,525       56,725       (13,188 )     -       49,062  
  
                                             
 Donated services
  -       -       9,000       -       -       9,000  
 Net loss
  -       -       -       (43,885 )     -       (43,885 )
  
                                             
 Balance at January 31, 2007
  5,525,045       5,525       65,725       (57,073 )     -       14,177  
  
                                             
 Donated services
  -       -       2,250       -       -       2,250  
 Return of common stock to treasury
  (1,750,000 )     (1,750 )     1,749       -       -       (1 )
 Common stock issued for cash
  23,810       24       99,976       -       -       100,000  
 Net loss
  -       -       -       (232,499 )     -       (232,499 )
  
                                             
 Balance at January 31, 2008
  3,798,855       3,799       169,700       (289,572 )     -       (116,073 )
  
                                             
 Common stock issued for cash
  357,147       357       1,299,643       -       -       1,300,000  
 Net loss
  -       -       -       (1,383,884 )     -       (1,383,884 )
 Foreign currency exchange loss
  -       -       -       -       (21,594 )     (21,594 )
                                               
 Balance at January 31, 2009
  4,156,002       4,156       1,469,343       (1,673,456 )     (21,594 )     (221,551 )
                                               
 Common stock issued for cash
  1,428,572       1,428       98,572       -       -       100,000  
 Net loss for the nine months ended October 31, 2009
  -       -       -       (506,684 )     -       (506,684 )
 Foreign currency exchange loss
  -       -       -       -       (32,321 )     (32,321 )
                                               
 Balance at October 31, 2009
  5,584,574       5,584       1,567,915       (2,180,140 )     (53,915 )     (660,556 )
                                               
 Common stock issued for cash
  250,000       250       62,250       -       -       62,500  
 Common stock issued for debt
  3,841,727       3,843       1,148,675       -       -       1,152,518  
 Net loss
  -       -       -       (204,061 )     -       (204,061 )
 Foreign currency exchange loss
  -       -       -       -       (3,495 )     (3,495 )
  
                                             
 Balance at January 31, 2010
  9,676,301       9,677       2,778,840       (2,384,201 )     (57,410 )     346,906  
                                               
 Common stock issued for cash
  540,000       540       134,460       -       -       135,000  
 Net loss for the nine months ended October 31, 2010
  -       -       -       (469,566 )     -       (469,566 )
 Foreign currency exchange loss
  -       -       -       -       (9,450 )     (9,450 )
                                               
 Balance at October 31, 2010
  10,216,301     $ 10,217     $ 2,913,300     $ (2,853,767 )   $ (66,860 )   $ 2,890  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
 
 
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RED METAL RESOURCES LTD.
(AN EXPLORATION STAGE COMPANY)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)

   
For the nine months
   
From January 10,
 
   
Ended October 31,
   
2005 (Inception)
 
   
2010
   
2009
   
to October 31, 2010
 
Cash flows used in operating activities:
                 
Net loss
  $ (469,566 )   $ (506,684 )   $ (2,853,767 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
                       
Donated services and rent
    -       -       14,250  
Write-down of unproved mineral properties
    -       168,740       225,685  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                       
Prepaids  and other receivables
    (18,812 )     (3,399 )     (35,987 )
Accounts payable
    79,769       51,185       219,088  
Accrued liabilities
    (32,856 )     (131,771 )     200,868  
Due to related parties
    263,684       196,104       689,422  
Accrued interest on notes payable to related party
    2,193       43,805       72,185  
                         
Net cash used in operating activities
    (175,588 )     (182,020 )     (1,468,256 )
                         
Cash flows used in investing activities:
                       
Acquisition of unproved mineral properties
    (17,336 )     (39,960 )     (1,025,557 )
                         
Net cash used in investing activities
    (17,336 )     (39,960 )     (1,025,557 )
                         
Cash flows provided by financing activities:
                       
Cash received on issuance of notes payable to related party
    60,000       164,500       804,500  
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
    135,000       100,000       1,756,750  
                         
Net cash provided by financing activities
    195,000       264,500       2,561,250  
                         
Effects of foreign currency exchange
    (9,450 )     (32,321 )     (66,860 )
                         
Increase in cash
    (7,374 )     10,199       577  
                         
Cash, beginning
    7,951       26,115       -  
                         
Cash, ending
  $ 577     $ 36,314     $ 577  
                         
Supplemental disclosures:
                       
     Cash paid for:
                       
Income tax
  $ -     $ -     $ -  
Interest
  $ -     $ -     $ -  
                         
Non-cash financing transactions:
                       
Conversion of debt to related parties to shares of common stock
  $ -     $ -     $ (338,026 )
Conversion of notes payable to shares of common stock
  $ -     $ -     $ (744,500 )
Conversion of accrued interest to shares of common stock
  $ -     $ -     $ (69,992 )
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
 
 
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RED METAL RESOURCES LTD.
(AN EXPLORATION STAGE COMPANY)
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
OCTOBER 31, 2010
(UNAUDITED)

NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
 
Red Metal Resources Ltd. (the “Company”) was incorporated on January 10, 2005 under the laws of the state of Nevada as Red Lake Exploration, Inc. and changed its name to Red Metal Resources Ltd. on August 27, 2008. On August 21, 2007, the Company acquired a 99% interest in Minera Polymet Limitada (“Polymet”), a limited liability company formed on August 21, 2007 under the laws of the Republic of Chile. The Company is involved in acquiring and exploring mineral properties in Chile. The Company has not determined whether its properties contain mineral reserves that are economically recoverable.

Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

The unaudited interim financial statements of Red Metal Resources Ltd have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). They do not include all information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. However, except as disclosed herein, there have been no material changes in the information disclosed in the notes to the financial statements for the year ended January 31, 2010 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC. The interim unaudited financial statements should be read in conjunction with those financial statements included in Form 10-K. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for fair presentation, consisting solely of normal recurring adjustments, have been made. Operating results for the nine month period ended October 31, 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending January 31, 2011.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

The Company has reviewed recently issued accounting pronouncements and plans to adopt those that are applicable to it. It does not expect the adoption of these pronouncements to have a material impact on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

NOTE 2 – RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 
Due to Related Parties

The following amounts are due to related parties:
 
   
October 31,
2010
   
January 31,
2010
 
             
Due to a company owned by an officer
  $ 161,888     $ 26,324  
                 
Due to a company controlled by directors
    159,986       48,920  
                 
Due to a company owned by a major shareholder and a relative of the president
    32,657       18,594  
                 
Due to a major shareholder
    8,158       5,719  
                 
Due to a relative of the president
    125       125  
                 
Due to a company owned by a major shareholder and a relative of the president
    552       -  
                 
Total due to related parties (a)
  $ 363,366     $ 99,682  
                 
Note payable to a related party (b)
  $ 52,110     $ -  
Note payable to a director (c)
    10,083       -  
Total notes payable to related parties
  $ 62,193     $ -  
 
 
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(a) Amounts due to related parties are unsecured, are due on demand, and bear no interest.

(b) The principal amount of the note payable to a related party is $50,000, is payable on demand, unsecured and bears interest at 6% per annum.  Interest of $2,110 had accrued as at October 31, 2010.

(c) The principal amount of the note payable to a director is $10,000, is payable on demand, is unsecured and bears interest at 8% per annum.  Interest of $83 had accrued as at October 31, 2010.

See Note 5 – Subsequent Event.

Transactions with Related Parties

During the nine months ended October 31, 2010 and 2009 the Company incurred the following expenses with related parties:
 
 
$119,273 and $96,418, respectively, in consulting and other business expenses with a company owned by the chief financial officer of the Company.
 
 
$104,125 and $89,192 respectively, in administration, advertising and promotion, mineral exploration, travel and other business expenses with a company controlled by two directors.
 
 
$83 and $0, respectively, in interest on note payable issued to a director of the Company.
 
 
$45,748 and $46,470, respectively, in administration, automobile, rental, and other business expenses with a company owned by a major shareholder and a relative of the president.
 
 
$19,324 and $18,608, respectively, in administration expenses with a major shareholder.
 
 
$2,627 and $0, respectively, in reimbursable expenses with a company owned by a major shareholder and a relative of the president.

NOTE 3 – UNPROVED MINERAL PROPERTIES
 
   
October 31,
2010
   
January 31,
2010
 
             
Unproved mineral properties, beginning
  $ 643,481     $ 753,519  
Acquisition
    17,336       58,702  
Unproved mineral properties written down
    -       (168,740 )
Unproved mineral properties, ending
  $ 660,817     $ 643,481  
 
 
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Farellon Property

Farellon Alto Uno al Ocho Mineral Claim

On April 25, 2008, the Company acquired the Farellon Alto Uno al Ocho mining claim located in the Commune of Freirina, Province of Huasco, III Region of Atacama, Chile for $550,000. The claim is subject to a 1.5% royalty on the net sales of minerals extracted from the property to a total of $600,000. The royalty payments are due monthly once exploitation begins, and are subject to minimum payments of $1,000 per month. The Company has no obligation to pay the royalty if it does not commence exploitation.  The Company had spent a total of $551,202 on the acquisition of this claim at October 31, 2010, and $550,253 at January 31, 2010.

Cecil Mineral Claims

On September 17, 2008, the Company acquired the Cecil mining claims for $20,000. The properties are located near the Farellon property in commune of Freirina, Province of Huasco, III Region of Atacama, Chile. At October 31, 2010, the Company had spent a total of $32,803 on the acquisition of these claims and accrued $3,096 in unpaid property taxes. At January 31, 2010, the Company spent $27,676 on the acquisition of these claims and accrued $3,096 in unpaid property taxes.

Mateo Property

Margarita Claim

On November 27, 2008, the Company purchased the Margarita mining claim for $16,072. At October 31, 2010 the Company had spent a total of $17,078 on the acquisition of this claim and accrued $667 in unpaid property taxes. At January 31, 2010, the Company had spent $16,678 on the acquisition of this claim and accrued $667 in unpaid property taxes.

Che Claims

On October 10, 2008, the Company entered into an option to purchase contract with a related company to acquire an option to purchase the Che Uno and Che Dos mining claims. Under the terms of the option, as amended, the Company agreed to pay $444 on December 2, 2008 as consideration for the option agreement and $20,000 by April 10, 2011 to acquire the Che claims. On December 2, 2008, the Company paid the consideration and acquired the option agreement. The claims are subject to a 1% royalty on the net sales of minerals extracted from the property to a total of $100,000. The royalty payments are due monthly once exploitation begins and are not subject to minimum payments. The Company has no obligation to pay the royalty if it does not commence exploitation. At October 31, 2010 the Company had spent a total of $1,313 on the acquisition of these claims and accrued $1,264 in unpaid property taxes. At January 31, 2010, the Company spent $778 on the acquisition of these claims and accrued $1,264 in unpaid property taxes.

Mateo Exploration Claims

At October 31, 2010 the Company had spent a total of $6,833 on the acquisition of these claims and accrued $8,304 in unpaid property taxes and other costs. At January 31, 2010, the Company spent $3,839 on the acquisition of these claims and accrued $8,304 in unpaid property taxes and other costs.

Irene Claims

On September 24, 2010 the Company entered into a purchase agreement with a related company to acquire the Irene claims. Under the terms of the agreement, as amended, the Company must pay 21 million Chilean pesos (approximately $43,000 US) by March 1, 2011 to exercise the option and purchase the Irene claims.  At October 31, 2010, the Company capitalized $838 in acquisition costs for these claims.
 
 
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Other Property Costs

At October 31, 2010 and January 31, 2010, the Company had spent or accrued a total of $5,209 and $4,364, respectively in acquisition costs for other generative claims.

At October 31, 2010 and January 31, 2010, the Company capitalized $32,210 and $26,561, respectively in Chilean value added tax as part of the unproved mineral claims. This VAT is recoverable from future VAT payable.
 
NOTE 4 – COMMON STOCK

On March 23, 2010, the Company engaged in a private offering of units pursuant to which it issued 200,000 units at $0.25 per unit for cash of $50,000. Each unit consisted of one common share and one share purchase warrant.  Each share purchase warrant is exercisable at $0.30 for two years. A fair value of $0 has been assigned to the warrants.

On March 29, 2010, the Company engaged in a private offering of units pursuant to which it issued 200,000 units at $0.25 per unit for cash of $50,000. Each unit consisted of one common share and one share purchase warrant.  Each share purchase warrant is exercisable at $0.30 for two years. A fair value of $0 has been assigned to the warrants.

On April 14, 2010, the Company engaged in a private offering of units pursuant to which it issued 40,000 units at $0.25 per unit for cash of $10,000. Each unit consisted of one common share and one share purchase warrant.  Each share purchase warrant is exercisable at $0.30 for two years. A fair value of $0 has been assigned to the warrants.

On April 20, 2010, the Company engaged in a private offering of units pursuant to which it issued 100,000 units at $0.25 per unit for cash of $25,000. Each unit consists of one common share and one share purchase warrant.  Each share purchase warrant is exercisable at $0.30 for two years. A fair value of $0 has been assigned to the warrants.
 
NOTE 5 – SUBSEQUENT EVENT

On November 30, 2010, the Company issued the note payable to a director for CDN$10,000. The note is payable on demand, is unsecured and bears interest at 8% per annum. 
 
Item 2.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
 
Forward-Looking Statements

This quarterly report on form 10-Q filed by Red Metal Resources Ltd. contains forward-looking statements. These are statements regarding financial and operating performance and results and other statements that are not historical facts. The words “expect,” “project,” “estimate,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “forecast,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Certain important risks could cause results to differ materially from those anticipated by some of the forward-looking statements. Some, but not all, of these risks include, among other things:

 
general economic conditions, because they may affect our ability to raise money
 
our ability to raise enough money to continue our operations
 
changes in regulatory requirements that adversely affect our business
 
changes in the prices for minerals that adversely affect our business
 
political changes in Chile, which could affect our interests there
 
other uncertainties, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control

We caution you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect our management’s view only as of the date of this report. We are not obligated to update these statements or publicly release the results of any revisions to them to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this report or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. You should refer to, and carefully review, the information in future documents we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 
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General
 
You should read this discussion and analysis in conjunction with our interim unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in this Form 10-Q and the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2010. The inclusion of supplementary analytical and related information may require us to make estimates and assumptions to enable us to fairly present, in all material respects, our analysis of trends and expectations with respect to our results of operations and financial position taken as a whole. Actual results may vary from the estimates and assumptions we make.
 
Overview
 
Red Metal is a mineral exploration company engaged in locating, and eventually developing, mineral resources in Chile. Our business strategy is to identify, acquire and explore prospective mineral claims with a view to either developing them ourselves or, more likely, finding a joint venture partner with the mining experience and financial means to undertake the development. All of our claims are in the Candelaria IOCG belt in the Chilean Coastal Cordillera.
 
We have had only marginal revenue-generating operations and are dependent upon the equity markets for our working capital. The collapse of the equity markets late in 2008, and the economic uncertainty and market instability that followed, affected our ability to raise equity capital.  Market prices of copper and gold overall are presently moving in a positive direction and we are more optimistic that we can raise equity capital under these market conditions.
 
In response to the economic environment of 2008 and the fact that we have only nominal revenues, in 2009 we terminated our duty to file reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission to save the legal and  auditing costs. We resumed filing reports by filing a registration statement on Form 10 on April 14, 2010, which has increased our legal and auditing costs for the nine months ended October 31, 2010.

Consistent with our historical practices, we continue to monitor our costs in Chile by reviewing our mineral claims to determine whether they possess the geological indicators to economically justify the capital to maintain or explore them. We own nothing in Chile except our claims and have no long term commitments except the obligation to pay royalties if we exploit our properties. All of our support there—vehicles, office and equipment, and administrative personnel—is supplied under short-term contracts. 
 
We conducted a drilling program on our Farellon property in September of 2009. We have analyzed the results and believe that further drilling of the property is warranted. Micon International Limited, from whom we commissioned a Canadian National Instrument 43-101 technical report summarizing the drilling results, has recommended that we conduct a two-phase drilling program. The first phase would consist of 1,200 meters of diamond drilling to define the structural controls on the mineralization, which may have been misinterpreted in the past due to the limited geological information available from the historic RC drilling, and assist in defining the depth and nature of the sulphide mineralization. The estimated cost of this phase is $220,000.
 
If the first phase is successful, we propose to conduct a larger exploration program consisting of 10,000 meters of RC drilling, 5,000 meters of diamond drilling, geophysical surveys and geological mapping to ascertain the extent of the structural controls and the potential size of the mineralization. The estimated cost of this phase is $1.9 million.
 
The cost and timing of both phases are subject to the availability of qualified mining personnel, such as consulting geologists and geo-technicians, and drillers and drilling equipment. When we first started exploring in Chile in late 2007 and early 2008, geologists, geo-technicians, drillers and drilling rigs were in short supply, those that were available were often unreliable and very expensive, and we had to work to their schedules rather than to ours. This changed following the market collapse in 2008, but the increasing prices of copper and gold—the price of copper increased steadily from a low of $1.26 per pound in December 2008 to a high of $4.03 per pound in November, 2010; and the price of gold has increased from a low of $750 per ounce in December 2008 to a high of $1,420 per ounce in November 2010—have caused mining companies to ramp up their operations, reducing the availability of personnel and equipment.

 
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Although Chile has a well-trained and qualified mining workforce from which to draw and few early-stage companies such as Red Metal are competing for the available resources, if we are unable to find the personnel and equipment that we need when we need them at the prices that we have estimated today, we might have to revise or postpone our plans.
 
At October 31, 2010, we had a working capital deficit of $657,927 and $577 cash. To complete our exploration programs, we must raise a significant amount of capital to advance our mineral projects. We also must raise funds to cover our estimated expenditures for legal, audit and other professional fees, administration, consulting, advertising and promotion, office and vehicle rental that we will incur over the next 12 months.  We cannot predict whether the equity markets will stabilize or whether we will be able to raise the capital necessary to carry on operating or to execute our proposed exploration programs. If we are unable to raise the capital that we need to meet our operating needs, we might have to alter our business plan and revise or postpone our exploration and development plans.
 
Results of operations
 
summary of financial condition
 
Table 1 summarizes and compares our financial condition at the nine months ended October 31, 2010 and the year ended January 31, 2010.

Table 1: Comparison of financial condition
 
October 31, 2010
January 31, 2010
Working capital deficit
$(657,927)
$(296,575)
Current assets
$36,564
$25,126
Unproved mineral properties
$660,817
$643,481
Total liabilities
$694,491
$321,701
Common stock and additional paid in capital
$2,923,517
$2,788,517
Deficit
$(2,853,767)
$(2,384,201)

comparison of prior quarterly results
 
Tables 2.1 and 2.2 present selected financial information for each of the past eight quarters.
 
Table 2.1: Summary of quarterly results (January 31, 2010–October 31, 2010)
 
January 31,
2010
April 30,
2010
July 31,
2010
October 31,
2010
Revenue
Net loss
$(204,061)
($196,851)
($118,279)
($154,436)
Basic and diluted loss per share
$(0.03)
($0.02)
($0.01)
($0.02)

Table 2.2: Summary of quarterly results (January 31, 2009 – October 31, 2009)
 
January 31,
2009
April 30,
2009
July 31,
2009
October 31,
2009
Revenue
$1,397
Net loss
$(371,841)
($290,188)
$(111,162)
$(105,334)
Basic and diluted loss per share
$(0.09)
($0.07)
$(0.03)
$(0.02)
 
 
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All of the revenue we received during the quarter ended January 31, 2009 was the result of a 5% royalty from Minera Farellon, which had the right to mine our Santa Rosa claims.  On October 27, 2008, Minera Farellon stopped mining the Santa Rosa claims, which ended our royalty revenue. In November 2008, we terminated our option agreement to purchase the Santa Rosa. Due to the exploration rather than production nature of our business, we do not expect to have operating revenue within the next year. 
 
During the quarter ended January 31, 2009 we continued acquiring mineral claims, which increased our administration, advertising, mineral exploration, and professional overheads. Due to the downturn in the economy, we substantially decreased our operations during the quarters ended April 30, 2009 and July 31, 2009. Excluding the written down unproved mineral claims, our net losses for these quarters were $179,425 and $95,037, respectively. During the quarter ended October 31, 2009 we conducted a drilling program on one of our properties, which increased our mineral exploration costs. Excluding the recovery of written down unproved mineral property costs, our net loss for the third quarter of fiscal 2010 was $202,537. During the quarter ended January 31, 2010, we filed a registration statement on Form 10 to resume our reporting obligations, which resulted in a substantial increase in our professional fees. During the quarter ended April 30, 2010, we filed an amendment to our Form 10 and increased our investor-related activities, which increased our travel and entertainment costs, investor relations costs and professional fees. During the quarter ended July 31, 2010, we maintained our investor-related activities on a moderate level and decreased our travel costs and professional fees, which resulted in a decrease in our net loss for the quarter. During the quarter ended October 31, 2010, we increased our efforts to secure financing, which resulted in increases in advertising and travel and entertainment costs.

Selected Financial Results

Three and nine months ended October 31, 2010 and 2009
 
Our operating results for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2010 and 2009 and the changes in our operating results between those periods are summarized in Table 3.

Table 3: Changes in operating results
    Three months
ended October 31,
   
Changes between the periods ended
October 31,
    Nine months
ended October 31,
   
Changes between the periods ended
October 31,
 
    2010     2009     2010 and 2009     2010     2009     2010 and 2009  
Operating Expenses
                                   
Administration
  $ 27,812     $ 17,302     $ 10,510     $ 66,527     $ 60,283     $ 6,244  
Advertising and promotion
    25,488             25,488       83,097       26,560       56,537  
Automobile
    5,709       5,643       66       18,346       16,674       1,672  
Bank charges and interest
    8,182       2,123       6,059       24,531       4,887       19,644  
Consulting fees
    38,800       32,654       6,146       107,795       78,226       29,569  
Interest on notes payable
    864       15,953       (15,089 )     2,193       43,805       (41,612 )
Mineral exploration costs
    548       117,781       (117,233 )     13,519       162,922       (149,403 )
Office
    3,069       1,066       2,003       6,296       3,619       2,677  
Professional development
                      4,008             4,008  
Professional fees
    19,661       (2,230 )     21,891       72,178       34,713       37,465  
Rent
    3,333       3,014       319       9,566       9,137       429  
Regulatory
    425       1,263       (838 )     11,865       6,096       5,769  
Travel and entertainment
    18,299       5,182       13,117       47,007       16,589       30,418  
Salaries, wages and benefits
    2,161       3,085       (924 )     3,168       13,988       (10,820 )
Foreign exchange loss (gain)
    85       (299 )     384       (530 )     (500 )     (30 )
Written down unproved mineral properties
          (97,203 )     97,203             29,685       (29,685 )
Net loss
  $ 154,436     $ 105,334     $ 49,102     $ 469,566     $ 506,684     $ (37,118 )
 
 
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Operating expenses. Our operating expenses increased by $49,102, or 47%, from $105,334 for the three months ended October 31, 2009 to $154,436 for the three months ended October 31, 2010. 

On a year-to-date basis, our operating expenses decreased by $37,118, or 7%, from $506,684 for the nine months ended October 31, 2009 to $469,566 for the nine months ended October 31, 2010.

The most significant year-to-date changes were:

 
During the nine months ended October 31, 2009, we wrote down $29,685 in mineral property acquisition costs after we wrote down several generative claims. During the nine months ended October 31, 2010, we did not write down any of our properties.
 
During the nine months ended October 31, 2009, we contracted the services of a full-time geologist and prepared an NI 43-101 report on our Farellon property, which resulted in mineral exploration expenditures of $162,922 as opposed to $13,519 during the same period of 2010 as we conducted only minimal exploration activities.
 
Our advertising and promotion and travel and entertainment expenses increased by $56,537 and $30,418, respectively, as a result of increased investor relations activities.
 
Our bank charges and interest costs increased by $19,644, to $24,531 during the nine months ended October 31, 2010 compared to $4,887 for the nine months ended October 31, 2009, reflecting interest accrued on some outstanding vendor and related party invoices.
 
On April 14, 2010, we resumed filing reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which resulted in an increase of our professional and regulatory fees by $37,465 and $5,769, respectively.
 
During the nine months ended October 31, 2010 we accrued $2,193 in interest on the promissory notes outstanding at October 31, 2010. During the nine months ended October 31, 2009 we accrued $43,805 in interest on promissory notes outstanding at October 31, 2009.

Liquidity
 
going concern
 
The unaudited consolidated financial statements included in this form 10-Q have been prepared on a going concern basis, which implies that we will continue to realize our assets and discharge our liabilities in the normal course of business. We have not generated any significant revenues from mineral sales since inception, have never paid any dividends and are unlikely to pay dividends or generate significant earnings in the immediate or foreseeable future. Our continuation as a going concern depends upon the continued financial support of our shareholders, our ability to obtain necessary equity or debt financing to continue operations, and the attainment of profitable operations. Our ability to achieve and maintain profitability and positive cash flow depends upon our ability to locate profitable mineral claims, generate revenue from mineral production and control our production costs. Based upon our current plans, we expect to incur operating losses in future periods, which we plan to mitigate by controlling our operating costs.  We plan to obtain sufficient working capital through additional debt or equity financing and private loans, although there is no guarantee that we will be successful in our efforts to raise working capital.  At October 31, 2010, we had a working capital deficit of $657,927 and accumulated losses of $2,853,767 since inception. These factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. We cannot assure you that we will be able to generate significant revenues in the future. Our consolidated financial statements do not give effect to any adjustments that would be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern and therefore be required to realize our assets and discharge our liabilities in other than the normal course of business and at amounts different from those reflected in our financial statements.

internal and external sources of liquidity
 
To date we have funded our operations by selling our securities and borrowing funds, and, to a lesser extent, from mining royalties.

 
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Sources and uses of cash
 
Nine months ended October 31, 2010 and 2009
 
Table 4: Summary of sources and uses of cash
   
October 31,
 
   
2010
 
2009
Net cash provided by financing activities
  $ 195,000     $ 264,500  
Net cash used in operating activities
    (175,588 )     (182,020 )
Net cash used in investing activities
    (17,336 )     (39,960 )
Effect of foreign currency exchange
    (9,450 )     (32,321 )
Net increase (decrease) in cash
  $ (7,374 )   $ 10,199  

Net cash provided by financing activities. During the nine months ended October 31, 2010, we issued 540,000 shares of our common stock to three subscribers for $135,000, borrowed $50,000 from a company owned by the father of a director, and $10,000 from our director. During the nine months ended October 31, 2009, we borrowed $139,500 from the father of a director.
 
Net cash used in operating activities. During the nine months ended October 31, 2010, we used net cash of $175,588 in operating activities. We used $469,566 to cover operating costs, decreased our accrued liabilities by $32,856, and increased prepaid expenses by, $18,812. These uses of cash were offset by net increases in accounts payable of $79,769, consisting mainly of legal and audit fees incurred in preparing and filing our Form 10 and the amendments to it; accounts payable to related parties of $263,684 for administration, consulting, advertising and promotion, mineral exploration, and  travel expenses; and accrued interest on our notes payable to a related party of $2,193.
  
During the nine months ended October 31, 2009, we used net cash of $182,020 in operating activities. We used $506,684 to cover our operating costs for the period and decreased our accrued liabilities by $131,771 and increased prepaid expenses and accounts receivable by $3,399. We increased our accounts payable by $51,185, mainly associated with the reclassification of accrued mineral property costs; amounts due to related parties by $196,104; and interest accrued on our notes payable by $43,805. We wrote down our unproved mineral properties and wrote off acquisition costs for the unproved mineral properties that we decided not to maintain for a total of $168,740.
 
Net cash used in investing activities. During the nine months ended October 31, 2010, we spent $17,336 on property taxes associated with our mineral claims, and capitalized Chilean value-added tax as part of the unproved mineral claims. This VAT is recoverable from future VAT payable.
 
During the nine months ended October 31, 2009, we spent $39,960 acquiring mineral claims and options to acquire mineral claims.
 
Since inception through October 31, 2010, we have invested $1,025,557 acquiring our mineral claims.

Unproved mineral properties

We have two principal properties—the Farellon and Mateo—consisting of both mining claims and exploration claims that we have assembled since the beginning of 2007 as described in Table 5. These properties are accessible by road from Vallenar as illustrated in Figure 1.
 
 
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Table 5: Principal properties
     
Hectares
 
Property
Percentage, type of claim
 
Per claim
   
Total
 
Farellon
             
    Farellon 1 – 8 claim
100%, mensura
    66        
    Farellon 2 and 3 claims
100%, pedimentoa
            500  
    Cecil 1 – 49 claims
100%, mensura
    230          
    Cecil 1 – 40 and Burghley 1 – 60 claims
100%, manifestacion
    500       730  
                1,230  
Mateo
                 
    Margarita claim
100%, mensura
    56          
    Che 1 & 2 claims
Option for 100%, mensura
    76          
    Irene & Irene II claims
Purchase agreement for 100%, mensura
    60          
    Mateo claims
100%, pedimentob
            2,200  
                3,430  
a These pedimentos are staked over the Farellon mensura to claim the mineral interests around it and include the 66 hectares covered by the mensura.
b This pedimento is staked over the Margarita, Che, and Irene mensuras to claim the mineral interests between them and includes the 192 hectares covered by the mensuras.
 

m
Figure 1: Location and access to principal properties
 
Capital resources
 
Our ability to acquire and explore our Chilean claims is subject to our ability to obtain the necessary funding. To assist us with our funding efforts, we have retained the services of the following consultants:

 
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On December 1, 2009 we retained the services of an independent investor relations specialist to handle our corporate communications. We agreed to pay him $5,000 Cdn (approximately $5,000 US) monthly on a month-to-month contract that can be cancelled any time with 30 days’ written notice.

In April 2010 we also entered into an agreement with a broker-dealer who has agreed to assist us with equity or debt financing on a best efforts basis.  There is no guarantee that financing can be obtained and we currently have no financing commitments.
 
Contingencies and commitments
 
We had no contingencies at October 31, 2010.  

We have the following long-term contractual obligations and commitments:

 
Farellon royalty. We are committed to paying the vendor a royalty equal to 1.5% on the net sales of minerals extracted from the Farellon claims up to a total of $600,000. The royalty payments are due monthly once exploitation begins and are subject to minimum payments of $1,000 per month. We have no obligation to pay the royalty if we do not commence exploitation. As of the date of this report we have not commenced exploitation.
 
Che option. Under the terms of our option agreement with Minera Farellon, we must pay $20,000 by April 10, 2011 to exercise the option and purchase the Che claims. If we exercise our option, then we must pay a royalty equal to 1% of the net sales of minerals extracted from the claims to a maximum of $100,000 to the former owner. The royalty payments are due monthly once exploitation begins, and are not subject to minimum payments.
 
Irene option .Under the terms of our option agreement with Minera Farellon, we must pay 21 million Chilean pesos (approximately $43,000 US) by March 1, 2011 to exercise the option and purchase the Irene claims.

Equity financing
 
To generate working capital, between February 1, 2010 and December 8, 2010 we issued 540,000 shares of our common stock and warrants for the purchase of 540,000 shares to raise $135,000 under Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933. See Table 6 below.

Table 6: Sales of unregistered securities
 
Shares
 
Warrants
Date of issue
Number
Price
Proceeds
 
Number
Price
Expiry
March 23, 2010
200,000
$0.25
$  50,000
 
200,000
$0.30
March 23, 2012
March 29, 2010
200,000
$0.25
50,000
 
200,000
$0.30
March 29, 2012
April 14, 2010
40,000
$0.25
10,000
 
40,000
$0.30
April 14, 2012
April 20, 2010
100,000
$0.25
25,000
 
100,000
$0.30
April 20, 2012
 
540,000
 
$135,000
 
540,000
   

Based on our operating plan, we anticipate incurring operating losses in the foreseeable future and will require additional equity capital to support our operations and develop our business plan.  If we succeed in completing future equity financing, the issuance of additional shares will result in dilution to our existing shareholders.

Debt financing
 
On February 22, 2010, we borrowed $50,000 and issued a demand promissory note payable to the lender for the principal sum together with interest at 6% per annum.  See Notes payable to related parties below.

 
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On September 24, 2010, we borrowed $10,000 and issued a demand promissory note payable to the lender for the principal sum together with interest at 8% per annum. See Notes payable to related parties below.

On November 30, 2010, we borrowed CDN $10,000 (equivalent of $9,743) and issued a demand promissory note payable to the lender for the principal sum together with interest at 8% per annum.  See Notes payable to related parties below.
 
Challenges and risks
 
Although we have raised approximately $205,000 since February 1, 2010, our cash position is inadequate to satisfy our working capital needs for the next twelve months.  Over the next twelve months we will need to raise capital to cover our operating costs, fulfill the obligations due under our property agreements, and pay exploration or development costs on our properties.
 
With the exception of legal and accounting fees, which we expect to increase since we have resumed the obligation to file reports with the SEC, we expect our general and administrative expenses to remain about the same. These costs include exploring and developing our mineral properties and sourcing additional mineral properties and exploration claims.  We are reviewing other mineral claims and could decide to buy or stake more mineral claims or to acquire options to buy more claims, which would require that we raise more capital.

We do not anticipate generating any revenue over the next twelve months. We plan to fund our operations through any combination of equity or debt financing from the sale of our securities, private loans, joint ventures or through the sale of a part interest in our mineral properties. Other than the letter agreement dated April 22, 2010 relating to the private placement of our securities, we do not have any financing arranged. We cannot assure you that we can raise significant funds through this offering. Although we have succeeded in raising funds as we have needed them, we cannot assure you that we will be able to raise sufficient funds in order to cover our general and administrative expenses and acquire and develop properties. Many factors affect the willingness of potential investors to invest in risky ventures such as ours, but we believe that the recession in the United States is currently the biggest factor impacting the capital markets. We believe that the recession has resulted in a decline in the number of investors who could be interested in providing funding to us and we are unsure how long the recession will continue.  We may consider entering into a joint venture partnership with a more senior resource company to provide the funding that we need to complete a mineral exploration program in Chile. If we enter into a joint venture arrangement, we would likely have to assign a percentage of our interest in our mineral claims to our joint venture partner in exchange for the funding.

Investments in and expenditures on mineral interests
 
Realization of our investments in mineral properties depends upon our maintaining legal ownership, producing from the properties or gainfully disposing of them.
 
Title to mineral claims involves risks inherent in the difficulties of determining the validity of claims as well as the potential for problems arising from the ambiguous conveyancing history characteristic of many mineral claims. Our contracts and deeds have been notarized, recorded in the registry of mines, and published in the mining bulletin. We regularly review the mining bulletin and other records to discover whether any of our titles are jeopardized. To the best of our knowledge, we have taken the steps necessary to ensure that we have good title to our mineral claims.
 
Foreign exchange
 
We are subject to foreign exchange risk for transactions denominated in foreign currencies.  Foreign currency risk arises from the fluctuation of foreign exchange rates and the degree of volatility of these rates relative to the United States dollar.  We do not believe that we have any material risk due to foreign currency exchange.

 
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Trends, events or uncertainties that may impact results of operations or liquidity
 
The current economic uncertainty and market instability may make it harder for us to raise capital as and when we need it and have made it difficult for us to assess the impact of this on our operations or liquidity and to determine if the prices we will receive on the sale of minerals, assuming we begin production in the future, will exceed the cost of mineral exploitation.  If we are unable to raise cash, we may be required to cease our operations. Other than as discussed in this report, we know of no other trends, events or uncertainties that have or are reasonably likely to have a material impact on our short-term or long-term liquidity.

Off-balance sheet arrangements
 
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements and no non-consolidated, special-purpose entities.

Related-party transactions

Table 7 describes amounts that were due to related parties at the fiscal year ended January 31, 2010 and the period ended October 31, 2010.

Table 7: Due to related parties
 
October 31, 2010
January 31, 2010
Due to Da Costa Management Corp.
$161,888
$26,324
Due to Fladgate Exploration Consulting Corporation
$159,986
$48,920
Due to Minera Farellon Limitada
$32,657
$18,594
Due to Kevin Mitchell
$8,158
$5,719

During the nine months ended October 31, 2010 and October 31, 2009 we recorded the expenses described below with related parties:
 
 
$119,273 and $96,418, respectively, in consulting and other business expenses for services provided by Da Costa Management Corp., a company owned by our CFO and treasurer
 
$104,125 and $89,192, respectively, in administration, advertising and promotion, mineral exploration, travel and other business expenses for services provided by or paid on our behalf by Fladgate Exploration Consulting Corporation, a company controlled by our directors
 
$45,748 and $46,470, respectively, in administration, automobile, rental, and other business expenses for services provided by Minera Farellon Limitada, a company owned by Kevin Mitchell, a major shareholder, and Richard Jeffs, the father of our president
 
$19,324 and $18,608, respectively, in administration expenses for services provided by Kevin Mitchell
 
Notes payable to related parties
 
Table 8 describes the promissory notes and accrued interest payable to a company owned by Richard Jeffs, the father of our president, and to Caitlin Jeffs, our president, at October 31, 2010, and January 31, 2010.

Table 8: Note payable to related parties
 
October 31,
2010
January 31,
2010
Note payable on demand, unsecured, bearing interest at 6% per annum, compounded monthly
$50,000
Note payable on demand, unsecured, bearing interest at 8% per annum, compounded monthly
10,000
Accrued interest
2,193
 
$62,193

Subsequent to the quarter ended October 31, 2010, we issued a CDN $10,000 note payable to Caitlin Jeffs. This note is payable on demand, is unsecured, and bears interest at 8% per annum, compounded monthly.

 
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Critical accounting estimates
 
An appreciation of our critical accounting judgments is necessary to understand our financial results.  These policies may require that we make difficult and subjective judgments regarding uncertainties, and as a result, such estimates may significantly impact our financial results. The precision of these estimates and the likelihood of future changes depend on a number of underlying variables and a range of possible outcomes. Other than our accounting for the fair value of our unproved mineral properties, accruals for accounting, auditing, legal expenses and mineral property costs, our critical accounting policies do not involve the choice between alternative methods of accounting. We have applied our critical accounting judgments consistently.
 
Reclassifications
 
Certain prior-period amounts in the accompanying consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current period’s presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on the consolidated results of operations or financial position for any period presented.
 
Unproved mineral property costs

We have been in the exploration stage since our inception on January 10, 2005 and have not yet generated significant revenue from our operations. We are primarily engaged in acquiring and exploring mining claims. We expense our mineral exploration costs as we incur them. When we determine that a mineral claim can be economically developed as a result of establishing proven and probable reserves, we capitalize the costs then incurred to develop the claim and will amortize them using the units-of-production method over the estimated life of the probable reserve. If mineral claims are subsequently abandoned or impaired, we will charge capitalized costs to operations.
 
Financial instruments
 
Our financial instruments include cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, accrued professional fees and accrued mineral property costs. The fair value of these financial instruments approximates their carrying values due to their short maturities.

Recently Adopted Accounting Guidance
 
We have reviewed recently issued accounting pronouncements and plan to adopt those that apply to us. We do not expect the adoption of these pronouncements to have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows. 
 
Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.
 
As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide this disclosure.
 
Item 4.  Controls and Procedures.
 
(a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Caitlin Jeffs, our chief executive officer and president, and John da Costa, our chief financial officer, have evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as the term is defined in Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of the period covered by this report (the “evaluation date”).  Based on their evaluation, they have concluded that, as of the evaluation date, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective 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 Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.

 
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(b) Changes in internal control over financial reporting

During the period covered by this report, there were no changes to our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
 
PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
 
 
Item 1.  Legal Proceedings.
 
We are not a party to any pending legal proceedings and, to the best of our knowledge, none of our properties or assets is the subject of any pending legal proceedings.
 
Item 1A.  Risk Factors.
 
As a smaller reporting company we are not required to provide this information.
 
Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
 
None.
 
Item 3.  Defaults upon Senior Securities.
 
None.
 
Item 4.  (Removed and Reserved).
 
Item 5.  Other Information.
 
None
 
Item 6.  Exhibits.

The following table sets out the exhibits either filed herewith or incorporated by reference.

Exhibit
Description
3.1.1
Articles of Incorporation1
3.1.2
Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation2
3.2
By-laws1
31.1
Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) (4)2
31.2
Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) (4)2
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Certification pursuant to Section 1350 of Title 18 of the United States Code2
1 Incorporated by reference from the registrant’s report on Form SB-2 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 22, 2006 as file number 333-134-363
2Filed herewith

 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements 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.
 
December 13, 2010
 
  RED METAL RESOURCES LTD.  
       
 
By:
/s/ Caitlin Jeffs  
   
Caitlin Jeffs, Chief Executive Officer and President
 
       
  By:
/s/ John Da Costa
 
    John DaCosta, Chief Financial Officer  
 
 
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