Star Gold Corp. - Annual Report: 2019 (Form 10-K)

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

For the Fiscal Year Ended April 30, 2019

 

For the Transition Period from _____ to _____

 

Commission File Number 000-52711

 

STAR GOLD CORP.

(Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)

 

NEVADA	27-0348508
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
105 N. 4th Street, Suite 300   Coeur d’Alene, Idaho (Address of principal executive office)	83814 (Postal Code)

 

(208) 664-5066

(Issuer’s telephone number)

 

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issued, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act:

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act:

 

Indicate by check mark whether the issuer (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 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 ☒     No ☐

 

Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post filed). Yes ☒     No ☐

 

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

 

Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “Accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one):

Emerging Growth Company ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐     No ☒

 

The Company had $Nil in operating revenue during the year.

 

The aggregate market value of the Common Stock held by non-affiliates (as affiliates are defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) of the registrant, computed by reference to the average of the high and low sale price on October 31, 2018 was $4,643,690.

 

As of July 17, 2019 there were 77,394,841 shares of registrant’s common stock, $0.01 par value, issued and outstanding.

STAR GOLD CORP.

ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K

FOR THE YEAR ENDED APRIL 30, 2019

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

PART I

 

ITEM 1.- BUSINESS

ITEM 1A. - RISK FACTORS

ITEM 1B. - UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

ITEM 2. - PROPERTIES

ITEM 3. - LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

ITEM 4. – MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

PART II

 

ITEM 9A. - CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

ITEM 9B. - OTHER INFORMATION

 

PART III

 

ITEM 10. - DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

ITEM 11. - EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

ITEM 14. - PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

 

PART IV

 

ITEM 15. – EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This Annual Report on Form 10-K and the exhibits attached hereto contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Such forward-looking statements concern the Company’s anticipated results and developments in the Company’s operations in future periods, planned exploration and development of its properties, plans related to its business and other matters that may occur in the future. These statements relate to analyses and other information that are based on forecasts of future results, estimates of amounts not yet determinable and assumptions of management.

 

Any statement that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always using words or phrases such as “believes”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, “plans”, “estimates”, or “intends”, or stating that certain actions, events or results “may” or “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause actual events or results to differ from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation:

 

Risks related to the Company’s properties being in the exploration stage;

Risks related to the mineral operations being subject to government regulation;

Risks related to the Company’s ability to obtain additional capital to develop the Company’s resources, if any;

Risks related to mineral exploration and development activities;

Risks related to mineral estimates;

Risks related to the Company’s insurance coverage for operating risks;

Risks related to the fluctuation of prices for precious and base metals, such as gold, silver and copper;

Risks related to the competitive industry of mineral exploration;

Risks related to the title and rights in the Company’s mineral properties;

Risks related to the possible dilution of the Company’s common stock from additional financing activities;

Risks related to potential conflicts of interest with the Company’s management;

Risks related to the Company’s shares of common stock;

 

This list is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect the Company’s forward-looking statements. Some of the important risks and uncertainties that could affect forward-looking statements are described further under the sections titled “Risk Factors and Uncertainties”, “Description of Business” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis” of this Annual Report. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Star Gold Corp. disclaims any obligation subsequently to revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events, except as required by law. The Company advises readers to carefully review the reports and documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), particularly the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K.

 

As used in this Annual Report, the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” “Star Gold,” and the “Company”, mean Star Gold Corp., unless otherwise indicated. All dollar amounts in this Annual Report are expressed in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise indicated.

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis is intended to be read in conjunction with the Company’s financial statements and the integral notes (“Notes”) thereto for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2019. The following statements may be forward-looking in nature and actual results may differ materially.

 

 

 

 

 

PART I

 

 

Corporate Background

 

The Company was originally incorporated on December 8, 2006, under the laws of the State of Nevada as Elan Development, Inc. On April 25, 2008, the name of the company was changed to Star Gold Corp. Star Gold Corp. is a pre-development stage company engaged in the acquisition and exploration of precious metal deposit properties and advancing them toward production. The Company is engaged in the business of exploring, evaluating and acquiring mineral prospects with the potential for economic deposits of precious and base metals.

 

Star Gold Corp. currently leases with an option to acquire certain unpatented mining claims located in the State of Nevada which in part make up what we refer to as the “Longstreet Property” (or the “Longstreet Project”). The Longstreet Property in its entirety comprises 125 mineral claims: 75 original optioned claims, of which 70 are unpatented staked claims and five claims leased from local ranchers, pursuant to the “Clifford Lease” as well as 50 claims subsequently staked by Star Gold. The Longstreet Property covers a total area of approximately 2,500 acres (1,012 ha). The Longstreet Project is at an intermediate stage of exploration.

 

The Company has no patents, licenses, franchises or concessions which are considered by the Company to be of importance. The business is not of a seasonal nature. Because minerals are traded in the open market, the Company has little to no control over the competitive conditions in the industry.

 

Overview of Mineral Exploration and Current Operations

 

Star Gold Corp. is an exploration stage mineral company with no producing mines. Mineral exploration is essentially a research activity that does not produce a product. The Company acquires properties which it believes have potential to host economic concentrations of minerals, particularly gold and silver. These acquisitions have and may take the form of unpatented mining claims on federal land, or leasing claims, or private property owned by others. An unpatented mining claim is an interest, that can be acquired, in the mineral rights on open lands of the federally owned public domain. Claims are staked in accordance with the Mining Law of 1872, recorded with the federal government pursuant to laws and regulations established by the Bureau of Land Management. The Company intends to remain in the business of exploring for mining properties that have the potential to produce gold, silver, base metals and other commodities.

 

The Company will perform basic geological work to identify specific drill targets on the properties, and then collect subsurface samples by drilling to confirm the presence of mineralization (the presence of economic minerals in a specific area or geological formation). The Company may enter joint venture agreements with other companies to fund further exploration and/or development work. It is the Company’s plan to focus on assembling a high-quality group of mid-stage mineral (primarily gold and silver) exploration prospects, using the experience and contacts of the management group. By such prospects, the Company means properties that have been previously identified by third parties, (including prior owners and/or exploration companies), as mineral prospects with potential for economic mineralization. Often these properties have been sampled, mapped and sometimes drilled, usually with indefinite results. Accordingly, such acquired projects will have either prior exploration history or will have strong similarity to a recognized geologic ore deposit model. Geographic emphasis will be placed on the western United States.

 

The geologic potential and ore deposit models have been defined and specific drill targets identified the Company’s sole remaining property. The Company’s property evaluation process involves using basic geologic fieldwork to perform an initial evaluation of a property. If the evaluation is positive, the Company seeks to acquire, either by staking unpatented mining claims on open public domain, or by leasing the property from the owner of private property or the owner of unpatented claims. Once acquired, the Company then typically makes a more detailed evaluation of the property. This detailed evaluation involves expenditures for exploration work which may include rock and soil sampling, geologic mapping, geophysics, trenching, drilling or other means to determine if economic mineralization is present on a property.

 

 

 

 

Portions of the Company’s mining properties are owned by third parties and leased to Star Gold as outlined in the following table:

 

Property name			Longstreet
Third parties			Great Basin Resources, Inc. and Clifford
Number of claims			125 (1)
Acres (approx.)			2,500
Agreements/Royalties
	Royalties		3% Net Smelter Royalty (“NSR”)
	Annual lease payments – total due through 2020		$130,000
	Minimum exploration expenditures – total due through 2020		$1,200,000
	Stock options – total due through 2020		50,000
	Annual advance royalty payment		$12,000

 

Compliance with Government Regulations

 

Continuing to acquire and explore mineral properties in the State of Nevada will require the Company to comply with all regulations, rules and directives of governmental authorities and agencies applicable to the exploration of minerals in the State of Nevada and the United States Federal agencies.

 

United States

 

Mining in the State of Nevada is subject to federal, state and local law. Three types of laws are of particular importance to the Company’s U.S. mineral properties: those affecting land ownership and mining rights; those regulating mining operations; and those dealing with the environment.

 

Land Ownership and Mining Rights.

 

On Federal Lands, mining rights are governed by the General Mining Law of 1872 (General Mining Law) as amended, 30 U.S.C. §§ 21-161 (various sections), which allows the location of mining claims on certain Federal Lands upon the discovery of a valuable mineral deposit and proper compliance with claim location requirements. A valid mining claim provides the holder with the right to conduct mining operations for the removal of locatable minerals, subject to compliance with the General Mining Law and Nevada state law governing the staking and registration of mining claims, as well as compliance with various federal, state and local operating and environmental laws, regulations and ordinances. As the owner or lessee of the unpatented mining claims, the Company has the right to conduct mining operations on the lands subject to the prior procurement of required operating permits and approvals, compliance with the terms and conditions of any applicable mining lease, and compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations and ordinances.

 

Mining Operations

 

The exploration of mining properties and development and operation of mines is governed by both federal and state laws.

 

The State of Nevada likewise requires various permits and approvals before mining operations can begin, although the state and federal regulatory agencies usually cooperate to minimize duplication of permitting efforts. Among other things, a detailed reclamation plan must be prepared and approved, with bonding in the amount of projected reclamation costs. The bond is used to ensure that proper reclamation takes place, and the bond will not be released until that time. The Nevada Department of Environmental Protection, which is referred to as the NDEP, is the state agency that administers the reclamation permits, mine permits and related closure plans on the Nevada property. Local jurisdictions (such as Eureka County) may also impose permitting requirements (such as conditional use permits or zoning approvals).

 

Environmental Law

 

The development, operation, closure, and reclamation of mining projects in the United States requires numerous notifications, permits, authorizations, and public agency decisions. Compliance with environmental and related laws and regulations requires us to obtain permits issued by regulatory agencies, and to file various reports and keep records of the Company’s operations. Certain of these permits require periodic renewal or review of their conditions and may be subject to a public review process during which opposition to the Company’s proposed operations may be encountered. The Company is currently operating under various permits for activities connected to mineral exploration, reclamation, and environmental considerations. Unless and until a mineral resource is proved, it is unlikely Star Gold Corp. operations will move beyond the exploration stage. If in the future the Company decides to proceed beyond exploration, there will be numerous notifications, permit applications, and other decisions to be addressed at that time.

 

 

Competition

 

Star Gold Corp. competes with other mineral resource exploration and development companies for financing and for the acquisition of new mineral properties and for equipment and labor related to exploration and development of mineral properties. Many of the mineral resource exploration and development companies with whom the Company competes have greater financial and technical resources. Accordingly, competitors may be able to spend greater amounts on acquisitions of mineral properties of merit, on exploration of their mineral properties and on development of their mineral properties. In addition, they may be able to afford greater geological expertise in the targeting and exploration of mineral properties. This competition could result in competitors having mineral properties of greater quality and interest to prospective investors who may finance additional exploration and development. This competition could adversely impact Star Gold Corp.’s ability to finance further exploration and to achieve the financing necessary for the Company to develop its mineral properties.

 

The Company provides no assurance it will be able to compete in any of its business areas effectively with current or future competitors or that the competitive pressures faced by the Company will not have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition and operating results.

 

Office and Other Facilities

 

Star Gold Corp. currently maintains its administrative offices at 105 N. 4th Street, Suite 300, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814. The telephone number is (208) 664-5066. Star Gold Corp. does not currently own title to any real property.

 

Employees

 

The Company has no employees as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Star Gold Corp. conducts business largely through independent contractor agreements with consultants.

 

Research and Development Expenditures

 

The Company has not incurred any research expenditures since incorporation.

 

Reports to Security Holders

 

The Registrant does not issue annual or quarterly reports to security holders other than the annual Form 10-K and quarterly Forms 10-Q as electronically filed with the SEC. Electronically filed reports may be accessed at www.sec.gov

 

 

The following factors, among others, could cause the actual operating results to differ materially from those indicated or suggested by forward-looking statements made in this Form 10-K or presented elsewhere from time to time.

 

Estimates of mineralized material are forward-looking statements inherently subject to error. Although resource estimates require a high degree of assurance in the underlying data when the estimates are made, unforeseen events and uncontrollable factors can have significant adverse or positive impacts on the estimates. Actual results may inherently differ from estimates. The unforeseen and uncontrollable factors include but are not limited to: geologic uncertainties including inherent sample variability, metal price fluctuations, variations in mining and processing parameters, and adverse changes in environmental or mining laws and regulations. The timing and effects of variances from estimated values cannot be accurately predicted.

 

Failure to successfully address the risks and uncertainties described below would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations, and the trading price of the Company’s common stock may decline and investors may lose all or part of their investment. Star Gold Corp. cannot assure readers that the Company will successfully address these risks or other unknown risks that may affect its business.

 

 

Risks Related to the Company

 

The Company has a limited operating history on which to base an evaluation of the business and prospects

 

The Company has not derived any revenue from exploration of its properties. The Company’s operating history has been limited to the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties. Such history does not provide a meaningful basis for an evaluation of its prospects for success if future determinations are made that mineral reserves exist and to commence construction and operation of a mine. Other than through conventional and typical exploration methods and procedures, the Company has no additional means to evaluate the likelihood of whether its mineral property contains any mineral reserve or, if they do, that it will be operated successfully. The Company anticipates that it will continue to incur operating costs without realizing any operating revenues during the period it explores existing and any future acquired properties.

 

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2019, the Company had a net loss of $335,704 in connection with the maintenance and exploration of its mineral properties and the operation of the exploration business. The Company therefore expects to continue to incur significant losses into the foreseeable future. The Company recognizes that if it is unable to generate significant revenues from mining operations and dispositions of its properties, the Company will not be able to earn profits or continue operations. At this early stage of operations, the Company expects to face the risks, uncertainties, expenses and difficulties frequently encountered by companies at the development stage of their business. The Company cannot ensure it will be successful in addressing these risks and uncertainties and the failure to do so could have a materially adverse effect on its financial condition. There is no history upon which to base any assumption as to the likelihood that the Company will prove successful and the Company can provide investors no assurance that we will generate any operating revenue or ever achieve profitable operations.

 

Investors’ interests in the Company will be diluted and investors may suffer dilution in their net book value per share if the Company issues additional employee/director/consultant options or if the Company sells additional shares to finance its operation.

 

The Company has not generated any operational revenues from the exploration of any properties. In order to further expand the Company’s business and meet its objectives, including but not limited to, obtaining funds to further explore the Company’s existing properties or to finance any acquisition activity, growth and/or additional exploration programs, should those opportunities present themselves, and depending on the outcome of its exploration programs, additional capital funding may need to be obtained through the sale and issuance of additional equity, debt or derivative securities. The Company may also, in the future, grant to some or all of its directors, officers, insiders and key employees/consultants, options or other rights to acquire common or preferred shares in the Company as non-cash incentives. The issuance of any additional equity securities could cause then-existing stockholders to experience dilution of their ownership interests.

 

Should the Company issue additional shares to finance its business activities, investors’ interests in the Company may be diluted and investors may suffer dilution in their net book value per share depending on the price at which such securities are sold. As of the date of the filing of this report there are outstanding 30,654,249 common share purchase warrants exercisable into 30,654,249 shares of common stock, and 6,645,000 options granted that are exercisable into 6,645,000 shares of common stock. If these are exercised or converted, these would represent approximately 32.5% of the Company’s then issued and outstanding shares. If all the warrants and options are exercised and the underlying shares issued, such issuance would cause a reduction in the proportionate ownership and voting power of all other stockholders. The dilution may result in a decline in the market price of the Company’s shares.

 

Conflicts of interest

 

Certain of the Company’s officers and directors may be or become associated with other businesses, including natural resource companies that acquire interests in properties. Such associations may give rise to conflicts of interests from time to time. The Company’s directors are required by law to act honestly and in good faith with a view to the Company’s best interests and to disclose any interest, which they may have in any of the Company’s projects or opportunities. In general, if a conflict of interest arises at a meeting of the board of directors, any director in a conflict will disclose his interest and abstain from voting on such matter or, if he does vote, his vote will not be counted.

 

Dependence on Key Management Personnel

 

The Company’s ability to continue exploration and development activities and to develop a competitive edge in the marketplace depends, in large part, on its ability to attract and maintain qualified key management personnel. Competition for such personnel is intense, and there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to attract and retain such personnel. The Company’s development now, and in the future, will depend on the effort of key executives such as Lindsay Gorrill, Kelly Stopher, and David Segelov. The loss of any of these key people could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business. In addition, the Company has expanded the provisions of its stock option plan so the Company can provide incentive for the key personnel.

 

 

Failure to obtain additional financing

 

Unless and until the Company can generate revenues from operations, the Company’s main potential continuing source of funds will be additional debt and/or equity financings which may not be sufficient to sustain operations. There is no guarantee that the Company, if needed, will be able to raise additional funds through debt and/or equity financing or that any such financing will be able to be obtained on terms beneficial to the Company. If Star Gold Corp. is unsuccessful in raising additional funds, the Company will not be able to develop its properties and may be unable to continue as a going concern.

 

Company Directors and Officers own 26,681,482 shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock (34.5%) which may cause corporate decisions influenced by the Directors and Officers to appear to be inconsistent with the interests of other stockholders.

 

Company directors and/or officers as a group control a combined 34.5% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock. Accordingly, while none of the current directors and/or officers (individually or collectively) can control, as shareholders, who is elected to the board of directors, since these individuals are not simply passive investors but are also active members of Company management, their interests as directors and/or officers and shareholders may, at times, be adverse to those interests of merely passive investors. Where those conflicts exist, stockholders will be dependent upon management exercising their fiduciary duties as members of the Board of Directors and/or as an officer. Also, due to their stock ownership position, members of the Company’s management team will have: (i) the ability to substantially influence the outcome of many (if not most) corporate actions requiring stockholder approval, including amendments to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation; and (ii) the ability to substantially influence corporate combinations or similar transactions that might benefit minority stockholders which may not be supported by management to the detriment of smaller and/or passive investors.

 

There is substantial risk that no commercially viable mineral deposits will be found due to speculative nature of mineral exploration,

 

Exploration for commercially viable mineral deposits is a speculative venture involving substantial risk. Star Gold cannot provide investors with assurance that any of its mining claim contains commercially viable mineral deposits. The exploration program that the Company will conduct on its claim may not result in the discovery of commercially viable mineral deposits. 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, the Company may be unable to complete its business plan and investors could lose their entire investment.

 

Due to the inherent dangers involved in mineral exploration, there is a risk that the Company may incur liability or damages as it conducts its business.

 

The search for minerals involves numerous hazards. As a result, Star Gold Corp. may become subject to liability for such hazards, including pollution, cave-ins and other hazards against which the Company cannot insure or against which we may elect not to insure. Star Gold Corp. currently has no such insurance nor does the Company expect to acquire such insurance for the foreseeable future. If a hazard were to occur, the costs of rectifying the hazard may exceed the Company’s asset value and cause management to liquidate all the Company’s assets resulting in the loss of a stockholder’s entire investment.

 

Exploration efforts may be adversely affected by metals price volatility causing the Company to cease exploration efforts.

 

The Company has no earnings from operations. However, the success of any exploration effort is derived from the price of metals which are affected by numerous factors including: 1) expectations for inflation; 2) investor speculative activities: 3) relative exchange rate of the U.S. dollar to other currencies; 4) global and regional demand and production; 5) global and regional political and economic conditions; and 6) production costs in major producing regions. These factors are beyond the Company’s control and are impossible for the Company to accurately predict.

 

There is no guarantee that current favorable prices for metals and other commodities will be sustained. If the market prices for these commodities fall the Company may suspend or cease exploration efforts.

 

Governmental regulation and environmental risks

 

The Company’s business is subject to extensive federal, state and local laws and regulations governing mining exploration, development, production, labor standards, occupational health, waste disposal, use of toxic substances, environmental regulations, mine safety and other matters. New legislation and regulations may be adopted at any time that results in additional operating expense, capital expenditures or restrictions and delays in the exploration, mining, production or development of its properties

 

 

 

Internal control, fraud detection and financial reporting

 

Should the Company fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls, it may not be able to detect fraud or report financial results accurately, which could harm the business and could subject the Company to regulatory scrutiny.

 

Pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Section 404”), the Company is required to perform an evaluation of the effectiveness of its internal controls over financial reporting. The Company is not required to have an independent registered public accounting firm test and evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of such internal controls and publicly attest to such evaluation. Continuing compliance with the requirements of Section 404 is expected to be expensive and time-consuming. Failure to implement required new or improved controls, or difficulties encountered in their implementation, could harm the Company’s operating results or cause the Company to fail to meet its reporting obligations.

 

Risks Associated with the Company’s Common Stock

 

Star Gold Corp. stock is a penny stock; stockholders will be more limited in their ability to sell their stock.

 

The shares of Star Gold Corp. common stock constitute “penny stocks” under the Exchange Act. The shares will remain classified as a penny stock for the foreseeable future. The classification as a penny stock makes it more difficult for a broker/dealer to sell the stock into a secondary market, which makes it more difficult for a purchaser to liquidate his or her investment. Any broker/dealer engaged by the purchaser for the purpose of selling his or her shares will be subject to rules 15g-1 through 15g-10 of the Exchange Act. Rather than having to comply with these rules, some broker-dealers will refuse to attempt to sell a penny stock.

 

The “penny stock” rules adopted by the SEC under the Exchange Act subjects the sale of the shares of the Company’s common stock to certain regulations which impose sales practice requirements on broker/dealers. For example, brokers/dealers selling such securities must, prior to effecting the transaction, provide their customers with a document that discloses the risks of investing in such securities.

 

Legal remedies, which may be available to an investor in “penny stocks,” are as follows:

 

 

 

 

If the person purchasing the securities is someone other than an accredited investor or an established customer of the broker/dealer, the broker/dealer must also approve the potential customer’s account by obtaining information concerning the customer’s financial situation, investment experience and investment objectives. The broker/dealer must also decide whether the transaction is suitable for the customer and whether the customer has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial matters to be reasonably expected to be capable of evaluating the risk of transactions in such securities. Accordingly, the SEC’s rules may limit the number of potential purchasers of the shares of Star Gold Corp. common stock.

 

The Company’s stock price has been volatile and stockholder investment in the Company’s common stock could suffer a decline in value.

 

The Company’s common stock is quoted via the OTC Markets. The market price of the Company’s common stock may fluctuate significantly in response to a number of factors, some of which are beyond the Company’s control. These factors include price fluctuations of precious metals, government regulations, disputes regarding mining claims, broad stock market fluctuations and economic conditions in the United States.

 

 

Although the Company’s common stock is currently quoted via the OTC Markets, there are no assurances any public market for the Company’s common stock will continue. There are also no assurances as to the depth or liquidity of any such market or the prices at which holders may be able to sell the shares. An investment in these shares may be totally illiquid and investors may not be able to liquidate their investment readily or at all when they need or desire to sell.

 

The Company does not intend to pay any dividends on shares of common stock in the near future.

 

The Company does not currently anticipate declaring and paying dividends to its stockholders in the near future, and any future decision as to the payment of dividends will be at the discretion of the board of directors and will depend upon the Company’s earnings, financial position, capital requirements, plans for expansion and such other factors as the board of directors deems relevant. It is the Company’s intention to apply net earnings, if any, in the foreseeable future to finance the growth and development of the business.

 

 

None

 

 

The Company headquarters are located at 105 N. 4th Street, Suite 300, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, 83814. The Company believes this office space and facilities are sufficient to meet the Company’s present needs, and do not anticipate any difficulty securing alternative or additional space, as needed, on terms acceptable to the Company.

 

The Company currently does not own any real property. The Company owns a vehicle for business use in Nevada and other personal property used in the conduct of the Company’s business at its headquarters and at its various holdings in Nevada.

 

The Company is an exploration stage company with no proven or measured mineral reserves. There is no assurance that a commercially viable mineral deposit exists at the Longstreet Property. Further exploration will be required before any final determination as to the economic or legal feasibility may be made as to the Company’s property.

 

THE LONGSTREET PROPERTY

 

In January of 2010 Star Gold signed an agreement (the “Longstreet Agreement”) to lease with an option to acquire from MinQuest, Inc. (“MinQuest”), 60 unpatented mining claims totaling approximately 490 hectares. The Company completed its first phase of drilling in 2011. On July 9, 2010, the Company and MinQuest entered into an amended agreement to add an additional 10 claims and expanded the total to 70 unpatented claims. In addition, Star Gold agreed to reimburse MinQuest for 5 claims leased from a third party, Roy Clifford. The Longstreet Property comprises 125 mineral claims (75 original optioned claims, of which 70 are unpatented staked claims and five claims acquired from local ranchers (Roy Clifford et al)), as well as 50 claims subsequently staked by Star Gold, covering a total area of approximately 2,500 acres (1,012 ha) (Figure 6-1). The claims are located within Sections 9-17, 20, and 21 of T6N, R47E, MDB&M (Mount Diablo Base Line & Meridian), Nye County. The entire 125 claims (the 5 claims covered by the Clifford Lease are not subject to the Longstreet Agreement) comprise the Longstreet Property.

 

On July 25, 2017, MinQuest assigned, conveyed and transferred to Great Basin Resources, Inc. (“Great Basin”) all of the rights, title and interest of Minquest in and to the Longstreet Property and the Longstreet Agreement.

 

Of the 50 claims staked by Star Gold, 38 are adjacent to the eastern boundary of the property and were staked with the objective of providing a site for potential leach pads planned for future development of the Main Zone (the “Leach Pad Claims”). The remaining 12 claims staked by Star Gold lie along a corridor leading from the main Longstreet property to the Leach Pad Claims.

 

 

A list of claims, ownership and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) serial numbers is shown below:

 

Claim Name	Registered Owner	NMC Number	Area (Acres)	Date Located	Good Until Date
Original Longstreet Property Claims
Longstreet 1A	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	799562	20	22-Jan-1999	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 2A	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	799563	20	22-Jan-1999	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 3A	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	799564	20	22-Jan-1999	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 6A	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	799565	20	22-Jan-1999	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 7A	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	799566	20	22-Jan-1999	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 8A	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	799567	20	22-Jan-1999	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 9A	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	799568	20	22-Jan-1999	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 16A	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	799569	20	22-Jan-1999	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 13	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	799570	20	22-Jan-1999	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 32	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	799571	20	22-Jan-1999	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 34	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	799572	20	22-Jan-1999	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 4A	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	836168	20	2-Feb-2002	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 5A	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	836169	20	2-Feb-2002	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 8	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	836170	20	2-Feb-2002	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 10	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	836171	20	2-Feb-2002	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 10A	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	836172	20	2-Feb-2002	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 28	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	836173	20	2-Feb-2002	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 30	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	836174	20	2-Feb-2002	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 36	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	836175	20	2-Feb-2002	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 37	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	836176	20	2-Feb-2002	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 39	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	836177	20	2-Feb-2002	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 41	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	836178	20	2-Feb-2002	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 43	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	836179	20	2-Feb-2002	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 45	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	836180	20	2-Feb-2002	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 47	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	836181	20	2-Feb-2002	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 49	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	836182	20	2-Feb-2002	September 1, 2019

 

Claim Name

Registered Owner

NMC Number

Area (Acres)

Date Located

Good Until Date

Longstreet 101	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	836183	20	2-Feb-2002	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 102	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	836184	20	2-Feb-2002	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 103	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	836185	20	2-Feb-2002	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 104	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	836186	20	2-Feb-2002	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 105	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	836187	20	2-Feb-2002	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 106	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	836188	20	2-Feb-2002	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 107	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	836189	20	2-Feb-2002	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 108	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	836190	20	2-Feb-2002	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 12	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	843867	20	25-Feb-2003	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 14	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	843868	20	25-Feb-2003	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 16	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	843869	20	25-Feb-2003	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 18	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	843870	20	25-Feb-2003	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 20	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	843871	20	25-Feb-2003	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 26	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	843872	20	25-Feb-2003	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 42	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	843873	20	25-Feb-2003	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 44	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	843874	20	25-Feb-2003	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 46	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	843875	20	25-Feb-2003	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 48	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	843876	20	25-Feb-2003	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 50	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	843877	20	25-Feb-2003	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 40	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	851568	20	25-Feb-2003	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 118	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	851569	20	29-Sep-2003	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 119	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	851570	20	29-Sep-2003	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 120	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	851571	20	29-Sep-2003	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 121	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	851572	20	29-Sep-2003	September 1, 2019

 

 

Claim Name	Registered Owner	NMC Number	Area (Acres)	Date Located	Good Until Date
Longstreet 122	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	851573	20	29-Sep-2003	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 123	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	851574	20	29-Sep-2003	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 124	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	851575	20	29-Sep-2003	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 109	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	855021	20	25-Feb-2003	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 110	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	855022	20	25-Feb-2003	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 111	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	855023	20	25-Feb-2003	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 112	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	855024	20	25-Feb-2003	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 113	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	855025	20	25-Feb-2003	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 114	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	855026	20	25-Feb-2003	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 115	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	855027	20	25-Feb-2003	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 56	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1025831	20	9-Jul-2010	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 57	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1025832	20	9-Jul-2010	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 58	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1025833	20	9-Jul-2010	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 59	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1025834	20	9-Jul-2010	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 60	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1025835	20	9-Jul-2010	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 61	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1025836	20	9-Jul-2010	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 62	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1025837	20	9-Jul-2010	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 63	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1025838	20	9-Jul-2010	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 64	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1025839	20	9-Jul-2010	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 65	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1025840	20	9-Jul-2010	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 11	Roy Clifford et al	164002	20	14-Jun-1980	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 12	Roy Clifford et al	164003	20	14-Jun-1980	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 14	Roy Clifford et al	164005	20	14-Jun-1980	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 15	Roy Clifford et al	164006	20	14-Jun-1980	September 1, 2019
Morning Star	Roy Clifford et al	96719	20	1-Jul-1957	September 1, 2019
Subtotal Original	75		1,500
Leach Pad Claims
Longstreet 200	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073640	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 201	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073641	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 202	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073642	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019

 

Claim Name

Registered Owner

NMC Number

Area (Acres)

Date Located

Good Until Date

Longstreet 203	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073643	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 204	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073644	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 205	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073645	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 206	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073646	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 207	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073647	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 208	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073648	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 209	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073649	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 210	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073650	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 211	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073651	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 212	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073652	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 213	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073653	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 214	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073654	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 215	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073655	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 216	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073656	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 217	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073657	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 218	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073658	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 219	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073659	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 220	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073660	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 210	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073661	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 220	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073662	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 223	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073663	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 224	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073664	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019

 

 

Claim Name	Registered Owner	NMC Number	Area (Acres)	Date Located	Good Until Date
Longstreet 225	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073665	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 226	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073666	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 227	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073667	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 228	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073668	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 229	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073669	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 230	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073670	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 231	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073671	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 232	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073672	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 233	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073673	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 234	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073674	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 235	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073675	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 236	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073676	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 237	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1073677	20	22-Jun-2012	September 1, 2019
Subtotal Leach Pad	38		760
Corridor Claims
Longstreet 66	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1080730	20	5-Sept-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 238	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1080731	20	5-Sept-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 239	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1080732	20	5-Sept-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 240	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1080733	20	5-Sept-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 241	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1080734	20	5-Sept-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 242	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1080735	20	5-Sept-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 243	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1080736	20	5-Sept-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 244	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1080737	20	5-Sept-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 245	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1080738	20	5-Sept-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 246	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1080739	20	5-Sept-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 247	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1080740	20	5-Sept-2012	September 1, 2019
Longstreet 248	Great Basin Resources, Inc.	1080741	20	5-Sept-2012	September 1, 2019
Subtotal Corridor	12		240
Total	125		2,500

 

 

 

Star Gold must make annual claim filing fees ($155.00 per claim in 2018) with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and Nevada/Nye County claim filing fees of $12.00 per claim plus $10.00 for filing with the Nye County office at Tonopah, NV. The fiscal year ended April 30, 2019 annual claim payments totaled $23,824.

 

The terms of the amended Longstreet Agreement required an initial cash payment of $20,000, the issuance of 25,000 stock options based on “fair market price” to MinQuest on or about January 16, 2016. The amended Longstreet Agreement also requires cash payments totaling $230,000 over five years and 160,000 stock options based on “fair market price” over the same seven-year period. The Company has agreed to work commitments of $1,650,000 over five years. Following the fifth anniversary of the amended agreement and if commitments have been met Star Gold shall receive a quitclaim deed for a 100% interest in the properties covered by the Longstreet Agreement, as amended, in consideration of an ongoing 3% NSR to MinQuest; due to the assignment of the Longstreet Agreement to Great Basin, Inc., in the future all required issuances of stock options and payment of sums owed pursuant to the Longstreet Agreement, will be issued and paid to Great Basin. The Longstreet Agreement does not cover the 5 claims subject to the Clifford Lease.

 

The Longstreet project is located 48 kilometers southeast of the Round Mountain Mine in Nevada. Longstreet is a Round Mountain style volcanic-hosted gold deposit. The first vein mapping program ever done at Longstreet was completed in October 2002. This work disclosed that gold-bearing veins at Main, as well as 6 other targets in the project area are steeply dipping. Most of the previous drilling was vertical. This indicates high potential to increase continuity, tonnage and grade of the resource. Surface geochemical sampling of veins from all the currently defined targets found gold values up to 18.1 g/t. As at Round Mountain the property contains strong potential for both open pit heap-leachable and high-grade millable ore. No party reading this report should conclude the Longstreet property has economic mineralization due to Longstreet’s proximity to Round Mountain. Comparison to this and other historic or producing mines is strictly informational relative to location and similar geologic characteristics.

 

History: The Longstreet Property was discovered in the early 1900’s but had limited development work until 1929. A 1929 report and maps show development of the “Golden Lion Mine” on two levels spaced 75 meters apart vertically. The report indicates development of 300,000 tons of “vein material” averaging 0.20 oz/ton (6.8 g/t) gold and 8 oz/ton (274 g/t) silver. A mill was constructed, the remnants of which are still on the property. However, the small stopes underground indicate very little mining was done and the operation was abandoned.

 

The property lay idle until 1980 when Keradamex Inc. and E & B Exploration formed a joint venture to explore the property. The venture conducted soil and rock chip geochemical surveys, limited underground sampling and drilled seven angle core holes (one was abandoned) into the Main mine workings area. This drilling revealed the presence of fracture related gold mineralization up to 36 meters thick extending into the hanging wall of the vein structure. In 1982 Minerva Exploration optioned the property and initiated an underground sampling program. In 1983 a joint venture was formed with Geomex Canada Resources Ltd. and Derry, Michener, and Booth were commissioned to assess the property and conducted underground sampling, bulk sampling and metallurgical testing.

 

Historic Drilling Summary
Date	Company		Number of Holes		Total Footage
1980	Keradamex		7		NA
1982-1983	Minerva		-		UG Sampling, no drilling
1984-1997	Naneco		Approx. 500		NA, RC and air track
1987	Cyprus		7		3,000
2002-2005	R.E.M.		30		11,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In 1982 Minerva Exploration optioned the property and initiated an underground sampling program. In 1983 a joint venture was formed with Geomex Canada Resources Ltd. Derry, Michener, and Booth were commissioned to assess the property and conducted underground sampling, bulk sampling and metallurgical testing.

 

In early 1984 Naneco Resources Ltd., an Alberta company, acquired all of the assets of Minerva and an additional 10 percent interest in the property from Geomex. As operator, Naneco immediately initiated drilling. In 1985, with over 200 RC holes drilled the venture announced encouraging results with anomalous grades of gold and silver throughout its drilling samples.

 

During the next few years Naneco increased its interest from 53 percent to 100 percent, conducted additional metallurgy, economic evaluation and drilling. At least 492 RC holes were drilled, most within the Main resource area. Unable to raise money because of falling gold prices and strapped with high land payments to the claim owners, Naneco relinquished the property in 1998. MinQuest acquired it shortly thereafter. The Cyprus target, which was evaluated by Cyprus Minerals Company in 1987 was acquired by MinQuest in early 2002.

 

The property was optioned to Rare Earth Metals Corp. (REM) in May of 2002. REM later changed its name to Harvest Gold. Mapping and geochemical sampling of the 7 targets shown on the attached map was completed in October 2002. From 2003 through 2005 REM drilled 30 holes into Main totaling 3,350 meters. The drill holes were angled toward the intersection of the two primary sheeted vein sets. Results showed a 20% improvement in average grade over vertical drilling.

 

Following the split of REM into Harvest Gold and VMS Ventures, Inc. Harvest performed no further work at Longstreet after late 2005. The property was finally returned to MinQuest in August 2009. By agreement with Minquest, on January 15, 2010 Star Gold Corp. received an option to acquire the portions of the property covered by the option.

 

Star Gold began drilling in the fall of 2011. A 16-hole program at Main showed new intercepts at depth in the central portion of the deposit. Intercept thicknesses of +0.01 oz./ton gold equivalent values are 65 to 120 feet. Of the 16 holes drilled 8 have +100 feet thicknesses of +0.01 oz./ton gold equivalent and 4 have +200 feet thicknesses of +0.01 oz./ton gold equivalent. Drill hole LS-1101 has 305 feet of +0.01 oz./ton gold equivalent. Gold equivalent values were derived from the following formula: AuEq oz./ton = Au oz./ton + (Ag oz./ton)/60. Drilling results are shown in the table below.

 

Drill samples were sent through a rotating, wet sample splitter attached to the drill to reduce the sample volume and maintain a representative sample. Drill helpers, under the supervision of the project geologist, collected and bagged an ‘A’ and ‘B’ sample on 5-foot intervals. Procedurally, an ‘A’ sample is collected and held by the project geologist for security purposes until it can be delivered to an assay facility. The ‘B’ sample then remains on site as a duplicate or backup sample if needed at a later date. A blank and two known ‘standard’ pulps are then submitted randomly spaced with each drill hole. Once assays are available, they are examined for unexpected high or low values. If unexpected high or low values are encountered, the ‘B’ splits may be collected and submitted, or the lab may be requested to re-assay the pulp or reject in question. The ‘check’ samples and ‘standard’ are examined to insure they agree with the original or know within accepted limits, usually +/- 10%.

 

ALS Chemex of Reno, Nevada did all sample preparation, including crushing, grinding and preparation of the assay pulps. The samples were never left unattended or unsecured by project geologist, drilling or laboratory staff nor are they handled by officers, directors or associates of Star Gold.

 

Sample preparation involves crushing the entire sample to -10 mesh, splitting, then pulverizing 1,000 grams to 75% passing 75-micron mesh. These pulps are then transferred within the ALS Chemex facility for assay. Both gold and silver assays are done by fire assay with an AA finish. The standard Star Gold-Longstreet submittal to ALS Chemex requests a 30-gram charge for gold fire assay. Assays which exceed 10 g/ton are automatically subjected to a gravimetric finish. Select sample intervals, usually those near intervals assaying significant gold, are chosen by the project geologist for re-assay also.

 

The Longstreet Project is affiliated with a paleo-hot springs system in a caldera associated volcanic setting very similar to the Round Mountain mine. Round Mountain is an open pit, heap-leach mine that has produced over 10 million ounces of gold over a 30-year period with the average grade currently being mined of 0.018 oz./ton gold. Cut-off grades for Round Mountain and several other oxide ore heap leach operations in Nevada range from 0.003 to 0.005 oz./ton gold. Star Gold hopes to develop an open pit, bulk minable, heap leachable gold/silver mine at Longstreet.

 

No party reading this report should conclude the Longstreet property has economic mineralization due to Longstreet’s proximity to any historic or producing mines and any information regarding any such historic or producing mines is strictly informational relative to location and similar geologic characteristics.

 

 

 

Regional Geology and Mineralization: The Longstreet Property is located in the Nevada portion of the Basin and Range Province. This geological province is characterized by repeated episodes of compressional deformation in Paleozoic and Mesozoic time followed by extensional deformation and extensive magmatism and volcanism in Cenozoic time. Gold deposits are most often described as being associated with ‘mineralization trends’ that reflect deep crustal structures and magmatism, such as the ‘Walker Lane’ and the ‘Carlin Trend’. The Longstreet Project is in the Monitor Range, adjacent to the northwest trending Walker Lane volcanic-hosted gold trend that includes such world-class deposits as the Comstock and Goldfields mining camps

 

2013 Drill Results Longstreet (≥ 5 feet @ ≥ 0.01 oz./ton gold equivalent) 08/26/13
Hole No.	From	To	Interval	True	Gold	Silver	True	Gold	Silver	Au Equiv.
	(feet)	(feet)	(feet)	Width	(oz./ton)	(oz./ton)	Width (m)	(g/t)	(g/t)	(oz./ton)
LS-1301	45	50	5.0	5.0	0.008	0.274	1.5	0.263	9.4	0.012
	150	160	10.0	10.0	0.016	0.058	3.0	0.535	2.0	0.017
	190	215	25.0	25.0	0.009	0.141	7.6	0.300	4.8	0.011
LS-1302	0	40	40.0	36.0	0.015	0.894	11.0	0.516	30.6	0.030
	70	165	95.0	85.5	0.009	0.482	26.1	0.307	16.5	0.017
	205	270	65.0	58.5	0.012	0.444	17.8	0.396	15.2	0.019
LS-1303	85	110	25.0	25.0	0.003	0.935	7.6	0.098	32.0	0.018
	145	150	5.0	5.0	0.009	0.105	1.5	0.292	3.6	0.010
	165	170	5.0	5.0	0.007	0.201	1.5	0.238	6.9	0.010
	185	230	45.0	45.0	0.006	0.374	13.7	0.191	12.8	0.012
	255	300	45.0	45.0	0.004	0.326	13.7	0.148	11.2	0.010
LS-1304	35	50	15.0	15.0	0.004	0.388	4.6	0.130	13.3	0.010
	60	85	25.0	25.0	0.008	0.384	7.6	0.258	13.1	0.014
	130	155	25.0	25.0	0.065	0.467	7.6	2.218	16.0	0.073
LS-1305	15	30	15.0	15.0	0.007	0.184	4.6	0.226	6.3	0.010
	45	145	100.0	100.0	0.009	0.306	30.5	0.305	10.5	0.014
	210	220	10.0	10.0	0.006	0.291	3.0	0.220	10.0	0.011
LS-1306	45	50	5.0	5.0	0.004	0.523	1.5	0.120	17.9	0.012
	205	295	90.0	90.0	0.003	0.521	27.4	0.095	17.9	0.011
LS-1307	120	145	25.0	25	0.007	0.783	7.6	0.236	26.8	0.020
LS-1308	85	90	5.0	5	0.009	0.146	1.5	0.314	5.0	0.012
	180	190	10.0	10.0	0.003	0.444	3.0	0.101	15.2	0.010
	280	340	60.0	60.0	0.003	0.833	18.3	0.104	28.5	0.017
LS-1309	0	10	10.0	10.0	0.015	0.304	3.0	0.509	10.4	0.020
	40	265	225.0	225.0	0.022	0.678	68.6	0.750	23.2	0.033
	330	340	10.0	10.0	0.005	0.492	3.0	0.169	16.9	0.013
LS-1310	0	20	20.0	20	0.010	0.349	6.1	0.342	12.0	0.016
LS-1311	0	30	30.0	30	0.004	0.471	9.1	0.140	16.1	0.012
	50	115	65.0	65	0.010	0.798	19.8	0.351	27.3	0.024
	350	360	10.0	10	0.002	0.581	3.0	0.070	19.9	0.012
LS-1312	45	60	15.0	15.0	0.010	0.091	4.6	0.343	3.1	0.012
	120	125	5.0	5.0	0.005	0.321	1.5	0.172	11.0	0.010
	150	255	105.0	105.0	0.012	1.056	32.0	0.423	36.2	0.030
	290	380	90.0	90.0	0.006	0.494	27.4	0.191	16.9	0.014
LS-1313	0	15	15.0	15.0	0.009	0.288	4.6	0.308	9.9	0.014
	50	105	55.0	55.0	0.019	0.735	16.8	0.641	25.2	0.031
	120	130	10.0	10.0	0.004	0.720	3.0	0.138	24.7	0.016
	160	200	40.0	40.0	0.038	0.810	12.2	1.300	27.7	0.051
	245	250	5.0	5.0	0.013	0.277	1.5	0.439	9.5	0.017
LS-1314	0	65	65.0	65.0	0.017	0.787	19.8	0.572	27.0	0.030
	245	340	95.0	95.0	0.004	1.424	29.0	0.134	48.8	0.028
	355	380	25.0	25.0	0.003	0.423	7.6	0.102	14.5	0.010
LS-1315	0	15	15.0	15.0	0.005	0.318	4.6	0.176	10.9	0.010
	50	55	5.0	5.0	0.012	0.520	1.5	0.406	17.8	0.021
	95	100	5.0	5.0	0.003	0.742	1.5	0.093	25.4	0.015
	145	150	5.0	5.0	0.002	1.323	1.5	0.056	45.3	0.024
	205	210	5.0	5.0	0.003	0.689	1.5	0.092	23.6	0.014

 

 

LS-1316	0	30	30.0	30	0.014	0.215	9.1	0.482	7.4	0.018
	175	185	10.0	10	0.010	0.254	3.0	0.334	8.7	0.014
	220	225	5.0	5	0.012	0.239	1.5	0.408	8.2	0.016
	240	280	40.0	40	0.019	0.596	12.2	0.651	20.4	0.029
LS-1317	50	55	5.0	5	0.004	0.493	1.5	0.153	16.9	0.013
	95	100	5.0	5	0.003	0.432	1.5	0.096	14.8	0.010
LS-1318	0	15	15.0	15	0.009	0.450	4.6	0.323	15.4	0.017
	25	75	50.0	50	0.005	0.281	15.2	0.186	9.6	0.010
LS-1319	0	20	20.0	20	0.015	0.190	6.1	0.503	6.5	0.018
	175	205	30.0	30	0.032	10.340	9.1	1.087	354.1	0.204
including	180	185	5.0	5	0.166	54.312	1.5	5.690	1860.0	1.071
LS-1320				Hole abandoned at 100 feet. No +0.01 Au Equiv. results
Note: Au Equiv. calculation uses Au/Ag ratio of 60/1

 

The Monitor Range is a westward-tilted fault block that has been elevated by normal faults along its eastern front and is typical of the uplifted mountains of the Basin and Range Province. The ranges are topographic highs rising above alluvium-filled valleys generated by Tertiary extensional tectonics. Central Nevada was an area of intense Oligocene – Miocene ash-flow volcanism that created numerous calderas and their outflow products. At least 13 calderas that range in age between 32 and 22 Ma have been mapped or interpreted in the area extending from the Shoshone Mountains eastward to the Monitor Range. The southern Monitor Range consists Mainly of Tertiary age volcanic and hypabyssal rocks related to the eruption of the Big Ten Peak volcano and a nearby unnamed 29 Ma caldera (Kleinhampl and Ziony, 1985) intruding and overlying Paleozoic sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.

 

The Paleozoic rocks are thrust-faulted marine sedimentary rocks comprised of quartzite, argillite and limestone of Cambrian, Ordovician and Silurian age. Minor amounts of Permian marine sediments are also present in the Georges Canyon area.

 

In the southern Monitor Range Tertiary age volcanic rocks comprise more than 90% of the exposed bedrock. These rocks are more than 1 km thick and are predominantly flat lying. Early Oligocene to early Miocene rhyolitic to dacitic ash-flow tuffs, with rhyolitic welded tuff are the thickest and most extensive units. Most of the Tertiary intrusions in the region are rhyolitic, but several small dacitic to andesitic dikes are present in the Georges Canyon area.

 

Mineral deposits in this part of the Basin and Range Province are varied and widespread and some of them have (had) substantial metal production. The producing Round Mountain gold deposit is about 25 miles northwest, and the past-producing Manhattan Mining Camp (gold/silver) is about 20 miles west-northwest of the Longstreet Property.

 

The Round Mountain Mine is a giant among epithermal precious metal deposits hosted by volcanic rocks, and the mineralization is a classic example of low sulphidation epithermal gold mineralization (White and Hedenquist, 1995). Gold deposits were discovered at Round Mountain in 1906 (Shawe, 1982) and by 1959 about 410 thousand ounces (troy ounces) of gold had been produced from placer and narrow vein lode deposits. Current production by open-pit mining methods commenced in 1977. Kinross (2010) reported an annual production for 2010 at 184,554 ounces of AuEq, with over 66 million tons of proven and probable reserves.

 

The oxidized ore is described as a closely spaced set of steeply dipping veins and veinlets following northwest-trending faults and associated joints over broad areas. Significant gold mineralization is not found in northeast-trending faults and fractures. The vein/veinlet system contains quartz, adularia, limonite (oxidized from pyrite), manganese oxide and associated native free gold. Flat veins are similar to the steep veins in character and mineral content, but with more brecciation of the wall rocks. Gold contents also appear to be higher in the flat veins. The adularia in the ore related veins is dated at 25.9 to 26.6 Ma, which is indistinguishable from the age of the enclosing ‘Tuffs of Round Mountain’ welded ash flow tuffs. These tuffs were erupted from the Round Mountain caldera and were deposited within the caldera (Henry, Castor and Elson, 1996).

 

No party reading this report should conclude the Longstreet Property has economic mineralization due to Longstreet’s proximity to any historic or producing mines and any information regarding any such historic or producing mines is strictly informational relative to location and similar geologic characteristics.

 

Hydrothermal alteration associated with the bulk mineable ore is evidenced by silicification and the replacement of magmatic feldspar by hydrothermal feldspar engendered by a potassium-rich hydrothermal fluid (Sander, 1988).

 

 

 

The Manhattan gold / silver camp is located approximately 20 miles west-northwest of the Longstreet Project and is an example of Tertiary epithermal mineralization superimposed on Paleozoic sedimentary rocks. Gold / silver deposits were discovered at Manhattan in 1905 (Shawe, 1982) and by 1959 about 10,500 kg of gold and 4,400 kg of silver had been produced from placer and lode deposits. The lode deposits in the Manhattan district are of a variety of types, although they occur together in a coherent belt about 1 km wide, which follows the south side of the Manhattan caldera for about 10 km. The most productive deposits formed in strongly faulted argillite and quartzite of the Cambrian age Gold Hill Formation. The generally north-trending zones of mineralized fractures are stockworks containing quartz, adularia, pyrite (oxidized to limonite) and native gold similar to the sheeted zones at Round Mountain. The silver production recorded for this camp is related to electrum and various silver-bearing sulphosalts.

 

The Clipper Mine located approximately 5 miles southwest of the Longstreet Mine near Murphy Camp was discovered in 1903 and was worked intermittently until 1943. The mine was initially developed during World War I and included a 175-foot shaft and a 370-foot adit. Recorded production is about $12,000 (in 1951dollars) from mineralization having a gold to silver ratio of 1:1 and assaying from $34-124 per ton (1951 dollars). Host rocks are welded rhyolite ash-flow tuffs similar to the Longstreet mine. The Little Joe Claim located 6 miles south-southwest of the Longstreet Mine was developed by a 75-foot inclined shaft. Gold-bearing veins in ‘rhyolitic tuff’ were mined but production details are lacking.

 

At an un-named mine, located 1.5 miles west of the mouth of Georges Canyon irregular gold / silver quartz veins and veinlets containing minor pyrite were exploited from a 25-foot inclined shaft. The vein system occurs in possible Paleozoic light gray chert and silicified argillite along a fault. No production details are available.

 

Mineralization on the Last Chance claims located 11 miles west-northwest of the Longstreet Project and southwest of Big Ten Peak was discovered in the 1920s. Mineralization consists of argentiferous galena, minor sphalerite and pyrite occurring in irregular pipes and chimneys generally at the intersection of cross faults within a northwest-trending shear zone in pre-Tertiary rocks. This property was developed by a 30 m two compartment shaft and a 61 m adit. Production in the late 1920s is recorded as 13.6 tons containing an average of 720 g/t Ag, 21% Pb and 2% Zn. A further 18.1 tons produced in 1938 contained 240-275 g/t Ag and 8% Pb.

 

Metallurgy: 2013 Metallurgical Test Program

 

The 2013 metallurgical test work program was conducted by McLelland Laboratories under the direction of a QP metallurgical engineer contracted by Star Gold. The program included bottle roll tests, column tests and comminution tests and mineralogical examination.

 

Section Sample Assays

 

A total of 65 underground adit samples weighing 816 pounds (370kg) and three surface samples weighing 904 pounds (410kg) were collected for metallurgical testing. Each of these samples were crushed to 100% -2 inches (50mm) and assayed for gold and silver in duplicate. Assay results are listed in Table 8.2. Samples were combined to generate surface and underground composites, as well as a blended master composite. Triplicate direct assays were conducted on each composite. Standard deviations between triplicate head assays were high, particularly for the surface master composite. The agreement between the triplicate splits was not good, however the average of the triplicate assays is close to what was expected, based on the section assays. It was noted that the quality control samples all checked out as well, which indicates that the assays are good and the gold occurrence in the potentially economic mineralization is just a little “spotty”.

 

.1 Gold Head Assays and Head Grade Comparisons

Longstreet Composites
	SMC, g/mt			UMC, g/mt			BMC, g/mt
Determination	Au	Ag		Au	Ag		Au	Ag
Direct Assay, Init.	0.21	17		0.70	67		0.57	40
Direct Assay, Dup.	0.67	34		0.82	63		0.66	41
Direct Assay, Trip.	0.37	21		1.09	53		0.77	50
Average	0.42	24		0.87	61		0.67	44
Std. Deviation	0.23	9		0.20	7		0.10	6

 

A total of twenty pieces of rock from both underground and surface were selected for comminution testing. The remainder of the samples were separately stage crushed to 100% -2-inches (-50mm). Each of the underground and surface samples were then blended to form a master composite representing both the underground and surface samples. The blended sample was then split to generate a third master composite. Samples were collected for bottle roll tests. All composites were then further crushed to 80% -3/4 inch (19mm), blended, then split into 75kg lots for column testing. Selection sample assay results and detailed blending procedures are provided in the Appendix to this report.

 

 

Bottle Roll Testing

 

A bottle roll test was conducted on each of the three composites at an 80% -10 Mesh (1.7mm) feed size to determine lime requirements for column leach testing. Gold and silver recoveries were similar for all three composites. Gold recoveries ranged from 80.6% to 81.9% and silver recoveries ranged from 17.5% to 20.0%.

 

Additional bottle roll tests, at a cyanide concentration of 1.0g NaCN/L were conducted on the blended master composite at feed sizes of 100% -2 inches (50mm), 80% -3/4 inches (19mm) and 80% -1/4 inch (6.3mm) to determine sensitivity to feed size. The blended master composite showed a moderate sensitivity to feed size with respect to gold and silver recovery. Recovery was 18.4% higher for gold, and 13.9% higher for silver, at a feed size of 80% -1/16 inches (1.7mm) than at a feed size of 100% -2 inches (50mm).

 

Silver recovery, for each bottle roll test conducted, was low. In order to investigate the cause of the low silver recovery, three additional bottle roll tests were conducted on the blended master composite to determine response to increased cyanide concentration (5.0g NaCN/L) at typical heap leach (80% -3/4 inches, 80% -1/4 inches) and milled (80% -200 Mesh (75µm)) feed sizes.

 

Results showed that increasing the cyanide concentration did not significantly increase silver recovery at heap leach feed sizes, however, silver recovery increased substantially when feed was finely ground. Silver recovery was 60.6% from the bottle roll test conducted on 80% -200 mesh material. Gold recovery was also moderately higher when fine grinding was employed. Mineralogical analysis of head and tail samples of the blended master composite confirm that the primary reason for low silver recovery is due to the very fine-grained nature of the silver sulfide, which when exposed, is readily leachable. The silver leach rate at 200 mesh was extremely fast. Silver recovery was complete within the first two hours, which suggests that the silver mineralization is very fast leaching once liberated. In contrast, silver-bearing jarosites tend to be refractory and are usually unaffected by leaching regardless of the grind size.

 

Summary results from bottle roll testing are given in Table 8.3. Detailed bottle roll test data including leach rate figures, are provided in the attached spreadsheet.

 

2 Bottle Roll Test Results, 2013

Both gold and silver recoveries are slightly improved with increased crush size, the increase in recovery is more pronounced in the silver as compared to gold when a fine grind is applied. Figure 8.3 illustrates this. It is important to keep in mind that in order to reduce the particle size to 80 % passing 75 microns a conventional comminution circuit employing crushing and grinding would be required.

 

 

 

Column Leach Testing

 

Column leach test were conducted on each of the master composites, utilizing a feed size of 80% -3/4 inch (19 mm) in order to determine gold and silver recoveries, recovery rates and reagent requirements under simulated heap leach conditions. Lime additions were based on bottle roll tests. Test columns were sized at 15 cm diameter by 3 meters high using PVC piping with material stacked in the leaching columns in a manner in which to minimize particle segregation and compaction. Leaching was conducted by applying a cyanide solution of 1.0g NACN/L over the charge at a feed rate of 12 Lph/m2 of column cross sectional area. After leaching, freshwater rinsing was conducted to remove residual cyanide and to recover dissolved gold and silver values.

 

Detail column leach tests data, including screen analysis of the feed and tails and drain down rates can be found in the Appendix, identified as McLelland Report No. 3829 titled Heap Leach Cyanidation Testing Longstreet Project, dated April 6, 2014.

 

All three composites were leached for 190 days. Gold and silver extractions for the surface master composite (SMC) reached 88.9 % and 20.0 %, respectively. Gold and silver extraction for the underground master composites (UMC) was 84.6 % for gold and 15.4 % for silver. The master blend composite (MBC) achieved gold and silver recoveries of 86.3 and 16.7 respectively. Summary results from column leach testing are provided in Table 8.4. Detailed results, including leach rate figures are provided in the Appendix.

 

3 Summary Metallurgical Test Results

 

Summary Metallurgical Results, Column Percolation Leach Tests, Longstreet Mine Composites, 80%-19mm Feed Size
Sample I.D.	Test No.	Leach/rinse Time, days	mt/mt ore	g Au/mt ore Extracted	Average Head	g Ag/mt ore Extracted	Average Head	NaCN consumed kg/mt ore	Lime added kg/mt ore
SMC	P-1	153	4.8	0.32	0.38	5	24	1.45	1.7
UMC	P-2	158	5.3	0.59	0.85	7	60	1.90	2.7
BMC	P-3	158	5.2	0.63	0.68	8	45	1.78	2.0

 

Recovery results by size fraction for all three master composites indicates that finer crushing would not substantially improve gold recovery. Gold recovery was similar throughout the various size fractions with only a slightly elevated recovery in the finest size fraction (-75 microns). Silver recovery on the other hand would benefit from a finer particle size and would require fine grinding in order to maximize recovery.

 

 

 

Overall metallurgical results indicate that the Longstreet master composites are readily amenable to simulated heap leach treatment at 80 % -19 mm feed size. Gold recoveries for all three composites were similar and ranged from 84.6 % to 88.9 % in 190 days of leaching and rinsing. Silver recoveries were similar for all three samples, with recoveries ranging from 15.4 % to 20.0%.

 

It is important to note that although the column tests were conducted over a period of 190 days, gold extraction was essentially completed in the first 30 days of leaching. Silver leach rates, on the other hand, were very slow and it is not expected that they would improve beyond the 190-day cycle.

 

Cyanide consumption rates were high and ranged from 1.56 to 1.93 kg NaCN/t of ore. This was due in part to the long leach times. Cyanide consumption rates in a commercial operation are typically much lower.

 

Figures 8.4, 8.5 and 8.6 diagrammatically illustrate the leach rates and results for gold and silver.

 

Figure 8.4 Surface Master composite leach kinetics

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 8.5 Underground master composite leach kinetics

 

Figure 8.6 Master blend composite leach kinetics

 

Property Geology: Geologic mapping by MinQuest since 2002 indicates that the majority of the Longstreet Project is underlain by moderately to poorly welded rhyolite ash-flow tuff (‘Tat’) containing conspicuous exotic lithic fragments and pumice (Figures 5, 7, 8 and 9). The ash-flow tuff unit is buff to gray, and contains <10% quartz phenocrysts, 15% feldspar phenocrysts, 5-15% pumice and 5-20% other exotic fragments in an aphanitic groundmass (Liedtke, 1984). Hydrothermal alteration is prevalent and consists of argillic (bleaching and clay mineral development), silicic (pervasive silica flooding, or extremely high veinlet density) and potassic (adularia in quartz veinlets). Limonite and geothite development are considered to be weathering phenomena. These felsic ash-flow tuffs of Oligocene age are similar in age and character to the ‘tuffs of Round Mountain’, which host the Round Mountain Mine.

 

 

The Tat tuff unit (see Figures 7, 8 and 9) displays horizontal bedding and may be in the order of 3,000 feet thick. The ash-flow tuff is intruded by rhyolite porphyry dykes (‘Trp’) exhibiting various orientations and may represent feeder conduits to now-eroded rhyolitic lithologies higher in the stratigraphy.

 

A thin discontinuous unit of volcaniclastic and siliceous sediments (‘Ts’), including sinter is deposited upon the ash-flow tuff unit. The unit is white, yellowish and light gray, bedded in part and probably represents a hiatus in volcanism. Siliceous alteration resulting in the development of sheeted quartz vein systems affects the Tat, Ts and Trp rock units.

 

Overlying the Tat tuff and the Ts sediments is a black to brown strongly welded ash-flow tuff (‘Trt’) that forms bluffs and caps ridges. This unit has a distinctive thin (about 10 feet) vitrophyre zone near its base. This unit is estimated to be 300 to 450 feet thick and possibly a correlative of the Saulsbury Wash Formation (21.6 +/- 0.6 Ma).

 

The tectonic fabric on the Longstreet Project includes two Main directions of faulting/fracturing that have an influence on the mineralization. An east-trending steeply north-dipping system of fractures and faults has been noted at five of the seven gold / silver zones on the Property (see Figure 6). Quartz –adularia – limonite veins / veinlets and ‘rusty fractures’ following this trend contain gold mineralization. The other important gold / silver-bearing fault/fracture direction is 300-330° with steep north dips and is characterized by sheeted quartz veins / veinlets and ‘rusty fractures. The vein / veinlets also contain adularia and iron oxide minerals derived from the oxidation of sulfide minerals. This mineralized trend occurs at all seven of the gold / silver zones known on the Longstreet Project. Major displacement is not a feature of these structures.

 

The Longstreet project is an example of gold / silver mineralization related to east-trending structures. An east-tending fault dipping 40-55° is associated with the highest-grade gold / silver mineralization known to date. The bulk of the gold / silver mineralization in the Longstreet Mine is contained in steeply dipping multiple vein sets in the hanging wall of the fault.

 

Liedtke (1984) indicates that similar fault directions are known 4,600 feet south and 2,800 feet north of the Longstreet Project, which may host similar high-grade gold / silver mineralization.

 

Targets: A short description of the 7 currently identified drilling targets at Longstreet follows:

 

Main- The target consists of intersecting high-angle NW and E-W sheeted vein systems. Completion of an angle drilling program to the southwest perpendicular to the intersection of the two vein sets will continue to produce improved continuity and higher tonnage and grade. Un-drilled extensions of this mineralization are indicated to the southeast and west.

 

NE Main: Approximately 450m N-NE of the Main resource there is a poorly exposed, un-drilled target that looks identical to Main. Sampling of surface veins at NE Main reveal anomalous gold values.

 

Opal Ridge: This is an erosional remnant of a sinter apron that once covered a much larger area. Extensions of the Main resource are down-dropped approximately 60m with an apparent displacement to the north of less than 10m. E-W and NW high level opal-rich veins are exposed in the lower portion of the apron with anomalous gold values. Although there may be a higher stripping ratio here, more of the deposit may be preserved.

 

North: This is a sheeted vein system with identical vein attitudes to Main. Values up to 18.1 ppm Au indicate a strong system, although vein density appears to be less than at Main. The western end of the target has the strongest exposed mineralization.

 

Cyprus Ridge Zone: Quartz veins up to 5 m thick occur in this 1.1 km long northwest trending sheeted vein system. Cyprus Minerals Company completed a 920 m drill program in 1987. All of the Cyprus holes were vertical or high angle and none tested the large primary vein set. No high-grade gold was intersected in their drilling. MinQuest mapped the intricate vein system in 2002 and collected 41 surface samples that contained anomalous to highly anomalous (several times background to hundreds of times background) veins. Due to the abundance of low temperature silica, MinQuest concluded that the gold values are leakage anomalies from a deeper boiling zone. The boiling zone is a high priority drill target.

 

Red Knob Zone: Mineralization outcrops as northwest trending sheeted quartz-adularia veins over an area 150m wide by 300m long. Surface sampling found anomalous gold values. In addition, a boulder field on the north side of the target contains quartz-adularia veins up to 1m in thickness in an area of no outcrop. Drill intercepts from two holes testing a small portion of the target revealed anomalous gold values.

 

Spire: This is an E-W vertical to steeply north dipping sheeted vein system. Intersecting NW trending veins are present but are much less abundant than at Main. Surface sampling at Spire had detected anomalous gold values.

 

 

Star Gold’s geologists believe sampling and drilling results to date warrant optimism of one or more economic, near surface, bulk-mineable, heap leach-recoverable gold-silver deposits at the Longstreet Project targets described above. In addition, sampling at surface near the Cyprus target suggests the presence of higher-grade veins, which may be suitable to underground mining methods. Situated on a high ridge-top, it could be easily mined from a canyon elevation adit.

 

Environmental, plan of operation and reclamation: To the Company’s knowledge, there is no known surface disturbance or groundwater contamination from previous mining activities. Remediation activities are performed immediately after completion of exploratory drilling. With respect to historical mining activities, there is no indication of reclamation at this time and, therefore, the Company has no plans to remediate. The Longstreet Property is within Forest Service lands and Star Gold has applied for and received a Plan of Operation from the Forest Service allowing exploration drilling. A surface disturbance bond of $21,600 has been paid and is held by the Forest Service until reclamation is completed. There are no other significant environmental requirements.

 

 

Star Gold Corp. is not a party to any material legal proceedings and, to management’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated.

 

 

Star Gold Corp. considers health, safety and environmental stewardship to be a core value for the Company.

 

Pursuant to Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, issuers that are operators, or that have a subsidiary that is an operator, of a coal or other mine in the United States are required to disclose in their periodic reports filed with the SEC information regarding specified health and safety violations, orders and citations, related assessments and legal actions, and mining-related fatalities with respect to mining operations and properties in the United States that are subject to regulation by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (the “Mine Act”). During the year ended April 30, 2019, the Company’s exploration properties were not subject to regulation by the MSHA under the Mine Act.

 

 

PART II

 

 

General

 

Star Gold Corp. authorized capital stock consists of 300,000,000 shares of common stock, with a par value of $0.001 per share, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, with a par value of $0.001 per share. As of July 25, 2019, there were 77,394,841 shares of Star Gold Corp. common stock issued and outstanding. The Company has not issued any shares of preferred stock.

 

Market Information

 

The Company’s shares are quoted via the OTC:QB under the symbol “SRGZ.”

 

At July 17, 2019, the price per share quoted on the OTCQB was $0.03.

 

Transfer Agent:

 

The independent stock transfer agent for Star Gold Corp. is Corporate Stock Transfer located at 3200 Cherry Creek Drive South, Suite 430, Denver, CO 80209.

 

Dividends

 

The Company has not declared any dividends on its common stock since inception. There are no dividend restrictions that limit the Company’s ability to pay dividends on common stock in its Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws. The Corporation’s governing statute, Chapter 78 – “Private Corporations” of the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “NRS”), does provide limitations on our ability to declare dividends. Section 78.288 of Chapter 78 of the NRS prohibits us from declaring dividends where, after giving effect to the distribution of the dividend:

 

 

 

 

Securities Authorized for Issuance under Stock Option Plan

 

On May 25, 2011, the Board of Directors approved a Stock Option Plan. The Stock Option Plan is administered by the Board of Directors and provides for the grant of stock options to eligible individuals including directors, executive officers and advisors that that have furnished bona fide services to the Company not related to the sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction.

 

The Stock Option Plan has a maximum percentage of 10% of the Company’s outstanding shares that are eligible for the plan pool whereby the number of shares under the Stock Option Plan increase automatically with increases in the total number of outstanding common shares. This “Evergreen” provision permits the reloading of shares that make up the available pool for the Stock Option Plan, once the options granted have been exercised. The number of shares available for issuance under the Stock Option Plan automatically increases as the total number of shares outstanding increase, including those shares issued upon exercise of options granted under the Stock Option Plan, which become re-available for grant subsequent to exercise of option grants. The number of shares subject to the Stock Option Plan and any outstanding awards under the Stock Option Plan will be adjusted appropriately by the Board of Directors if the Company’s common stock is affected through a reorganization, merger, consolidation, recapitalization, restructuring, reclassification, dividend (other than quarterly cash dividends) or other distribution, stock split, spin-off or sale of substantially all the Company’s assets.

 

The Stock Option Plan also has terms and limitations including without limitation that the exercise price for stock options granted under the Stock Option Plan must equal the stock’s fair market value, based on the closing price per share of common stock, at the time the stock option is granted.

 

On April 30, 2018, the Board of Directors authorized the grant of 1,400,000 options to purchase shares of common stock of the Company to various directors, officers and consultants. The options have an exercise price of $0.065 based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant and vest immediately. The expiration date of the options is April 30, 2023. The fair value of the options was $90,923 and has been recognized as stock-based compensation for the year ended April 30, 2018.

 

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

 

On October 12, 2016, the Company issued 14,000,000 shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase an additional 14,000,000 shares of its common stock to 24 investors pursuant to a private placement of its securities (the “2016 Offering”). The 2016 Offering consisted of the sale of “units” of the Company’s securities at the per unit price of $0.05. Warrants issued pursuant to the 2016 Offering entitled the holders thereof to purchase shares of common stock for the price of $0.15 per share. The term of each warrant is for five years commencing with its issuance date. The Company closed the 2016 Offering having raised a total of $700,000 ($18,000 in fiscal year ended April 30, 2016 and $682,000 in nine months ended January 31, 2017).

 

On October 17, 2017, the Company issued 21,597,698 shares of its common stock to 34 investors pursuant to a private placement of its securities (the “2017 Offering”). The 2017 Offering consisted of the sale of “units” of the Company’s securities at the per unit price of $0.10. Each unit consisted of two shares of common stock and one warrants to purchase an additional share of common stock. The Company raised a total of $1,079,884. On October 31, 2017, the Company issued 10,798,849 Warrants pursuant to the 2017 Offering entitled the holders thereof to purchase shares of common stock for the price of $0.15 per share. The term of each warrant is for three years commencing with its issuance date.

 

All unregistered sales of equity securities during the period covered by this Annual Report were previously disclosed in the Company’s current reports on Form 8-K and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.

 

During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2019, neither the Company nor any “affiliated purchaser” (as defined in Rule 10b-18(a)(3) under the Exchange Act) purchased any shares of our common stock, the only class of the Company’s equity securities registered pursuant to section 12 of the Exchange Act at the date of this filing.

 

 

Statement of Operations Information:

 

	For the years ended
	April 30, 2019	April 30, 2018
Revenues	$-	$-
Total operating expenses	337,184	427,267
Loss from operations	(337,184)	(427,267)
Other income (expense)	1,480	118
NET LOSS	$(335,704)	$(427,149)
Weighted average shares of common stock (basic and diluted)	76,923,842	66,375,222
Income (loss) per share (basic and diluted)	$(0.00)	$(0.01)

 

Balance Sheet Information:

 

	April 30, 2019	April 30, 2018
Working capital	$443,915	$759,151
Total assets	954,425	1,306,919
Accumulated deficit	10,702,743	10,367,039
Stockholders’ equity	935,179	1,211,008

 

 

PLAN OF OPERATION

 

The Company maintains a corporate office in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. This is the primary administrative office for the Company and is utilized by Board Chairman Lindsay Gorrill and Chief Financial Officer Kelly Stopher.

 

During the year ended April 30, 2019, the Company completed the following:

 

Wildlife and Biological Baseline Study (WBS)

Cultural and Archeology Study

Plan of Operation submitted to US Forestry Service.

 

For the upcoming fiscal year ending April 30, 2020, the Company plans to commence the following activities as it prepares the EIS on the Longstreet Project:

 

Hydrology Study (in progress – dependent on Plan of Operations being approved)

Geochemical analysis – design of program for submission to State of Nevada (in progress)

Plan of Operations Development (Mine Plan, Civil Engineering Designs)

 

Assuming the results of the above-referenced studies are favorable, the Company intends to proceed to the preparation of an EIS and plan of operation for the Longstreet project (the “Longstreet Plan”). The eventual objective of the EIS and Longstreet Plan is the issuance, by each governing agency, of the necessary mine permits to authorize the construction of, and ongoing operations at, an open pit/heap leach mine at the Longstreet Property.

 

The Company anticipates the aforementioned tasks to be completed in late 2019, with the EIS prepared in 2020.

 

Approval of the Longstreet Plan is subject to governmental agency review and may require additional remediation activities.

 

Management believes it can source additional capital in the investment markets in the coming months and years. The Company may also consider other sources of funding, including potential mergers, joint ventures and/or farm-out a portion of its exploration properties.

 

 

Future liquidity and capital requirements depend on many factors including timing, cost and progress of the Company’s exploration efforts. The Company will consider additional public offerings, private placement, mergers or debt instruments.

 

Additional financing will be required in the future to complete all necessary steps to apply for a final permit. Although the Company believes it will be able to source additional financing there are no guarantees any needed financing will be available at the time needed or on acceptable terms, if at all. If the Company is unable to raise additional financing when necessary, it may have to delay exploration efforts or property acquisitions or be forced to cease operations. Collaborative arrangements may require the Company to relinquish rights to certain of its mining claims.

 

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

	For the years ended April 30,
	2019	2018	$ Change	% Change
Mineral exploration expense	$21,297	$28,369	$(7,072)	(24.9%)
Pre-development expense	119,975	105,945	14,030	13.2%
Legal and professional fees	73,267	70,788	2,479	3.5%
Management and administrative	120,980	221,818	(100,838)	(45.5%)
Depreciation	1,665	347	1,318	N/A
Other expense (income)	(1,480)	(118)	(1,362)	1,154.2%
NET LOSS	$335,704	$427,149	$(91,445)	(21.4%)

The Company earned no operating revenue in 2019 or 2018 and does not anticipate earning any operating revenues in the near future. Star Gold Corp. is an exploration stage company and presently is seeking other natural resources related business opportunities.

 

The Company will continue to focus its capital and resources toward exploration and permitting activities at its Longstreet Property.

 

Total net loss for 2019 of $335,704 decreased by $91,445 from 2018 total net loss of $427,149.

 

Mineral exploration expense

	For the years ended April 30,
	2019	2018	$ Change	% Change
Drilling and field work	$(2,527)	$3,851	$(6,378)	(165.6%)
Technical consultants	-	800	(800)	(100.0%)
Claims	23,824	23,718	106	0.4%
Total mineral exploration expense	$21,297	$28,369	$(7,072)	(24.9%)

Mineral exploration expense for the year end April 30, 2019 was $21,297, a decrease of $7,072 from 2018 exploration and consultants’ expense of $28,369. The Company’s emphasis has shifted from exploratory drilling to activities related to pre-development expense including environmental and anthropological studies associated with building a Plan of Operations and obtaining a permit for construct a mine at the Longstreet site.

 

Pre-development expense

	For the years ended April 30,
	2019	2018	$ Change	% Change
Flora and fauna contractor	$8,837	$18,925	$(10,088)	(53.3%)
Cultural resources and anthropological	6,392	7,869	(1,477)	(18.8%)
Environmental and permitting services	-	4,093	(4,093)	(100.0%)
Environmental impact and plan of operations	44,096	10,634	33,436	314.7%
Project management	45,650	36,250	9,400	25.9%
Water rights costs	15,000	12,124	2,876	23.7%
Aerial mapping	-	16,050	(16,050)	(100.0%)
Total pre-development expense	$119,975	$105,945	$14,030	13.2%