Zoned Properties, Inc. - Quarter Report: 2009 March (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
[X] Quarterly
Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934
For the
quarterly period ended March
31, 2009
[
] Transition Report pursuant to 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
For the
transition period __________ to __________
Commission
File Number 333-112830
VANGUARD MINERALS
COPORATION
(formerly
Knewtrino, Inc.)
(Exact
name of small Business Issuer as specified in its charter)
NEVADA
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Nil
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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601
UNION STREET
TWO
UNION SQUARE 42ND FLOOR
SEATTLE, WA
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98101
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Issuer’s
telephone number, including area code:
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604-351-1694
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Knewtrino,
Inc.
(Former
name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last
report)
Check
whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or
for such shorter period that the issuer was required to file such reports), and
(2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90
days.
[X]
Yes [ ] No
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller
reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large
Accelerated Filer [ ]
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Accelerated
Filer [ ]
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Non
Accelerated Filer [ ] (Do not check if smaller reporting
company)
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Smaller
Reporting Company [X]
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act. [ ] Yes [ X] No
State the
number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as
of the latest practicable date: 80,549,666 common shares, par value of $0.001
per share, outstanding as of April 30, 2009.
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PART I - FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
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Item
1:
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Financial
Statements
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3
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Item
2:
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Plan
of Operation
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13
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Item
3:
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
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17
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Item
4:
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Controls
and Procedures
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18
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PART II - OTHER
INFORMATION
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Item
1:
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Legal
Proceedings
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20
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Item
2:
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Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
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20
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Item
3:
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Defaults
Upon Senior Securities
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20
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Item
4:
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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20
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Item
5:
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Other
Information
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20
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Item
6:
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Exhibits
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20
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2
The
accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with the instructions to Form 10-Q, and, therefore, do not include all
information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial
position, results of operations, cash flows, and stockholders' equity in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. In the opinion of
management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the
results of operations and financial position have been included and all such
adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. Operating results for the three
months ended March 31, 2009 are not necessarily indicative of the results that
can be expected for the year ending December 31, 2009.
The
following interim unaudited financial statements of Vanguard Minerals
Corporation (the “Company”) for the three-month period ended March 31, 2009 are
included with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q:
(a)
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Interim
balance sheets as of March 31, 2009 and December 31,
2008;
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(b)
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Interim
statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and
2008 and for the period from August 25, 2003 (inception) to March 31, 2009
(cumulative);
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(c)
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Interim
statements of cash flows for the nine months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008
and for the period from August 25, 2003 (inception) to March 31, 2009
(cumulative);
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(d)
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Interim
statements of stockholders’ equity (deficiency) for the period from August
25, 2003 (inception) to March 31, 2009 (cumulative);
and
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(e)
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Notes
to the financial statements.
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3
VANGUARD
MINERALS CORPORATION
(A
Development Stage Company)
INTERIM
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31,
2009
(Stated
in US Dollars)
4
VANGUARD
MINERALS CORPORATION
(formerly
Knewtrino, Inc.)
(A
Development Stage Company)
INTERIM
BALANCE SHEETS
March 31,
2009 and December 31, 2008
(Stated
in US Dollars)
(unaudited)
March
31,
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December
31,
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2009
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2008
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(audited)
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ASSETS
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Current
Assets
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Cash
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$ | 3,227 | $ | 3,707 | ||||
Prepaid
expenses
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- | - | ||||||
Total
current assets
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3,227 | 3,707 | ||||||
Capital assets–
Note 4
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6,977 | 8,824 | ||||||
Total
Assets
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$ | 10,204 | $ | 12,531 | ||||
LIABILITIES
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Current
liabilities
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Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
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$ | 161,573 | $ | 154,250 | ||||
Total
current liabilities
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161,573 | 154,250 | ||||||
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(DEFICIT)
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Capital
stock
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Authorized:
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500,000,000
common shares with par value of $0.001
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Issued:
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80,549,666
common shares (2008: 80,549,666)
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80,549 | 80,549 | ||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
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2,454,263 | 2,454,263 | ||||||
Warrants
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234,360 | 234,360 | ||||||
Share
subscriptions payable
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2,544,400 | 2,544,400 | ||||||
Deficit
accumulated during the Development Stage
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(5,464,941 | ) | (5,455,291 | ) | ||||
Total
stockholders’ equity (deficit)
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(151,369 | ) | (141,719 | ) | ||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)
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$ | 10,204 | $ | 12,531 |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements
5
VANGUARD
MINERALS CORPORATION
(formerly
Knewtrino, Inc.)
(A
Development Stage Company)
INTERIM
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the
three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008
(Stated
in US Dollars)
(unaudited)
August
25, 2003
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(Date
of Incor-
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Three
months
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Three
months
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Portion)
to
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Ended
March 31
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Ended
March 31
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to
March 31,
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2009
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2008
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2009
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Operating
expenses
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General
and administrative- Note 5
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$ | 59 | $ | 34,814 | $ | 380,543 | ||||||
Depreciation
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1,847 | 1,847 | 17,814 | |||||||||
Mineral
property costs
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- | - | 3,849,535 | |||||||||
Product
development
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- | - | 270,086 | |||||||||
Rent
and utilities
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- | 6,416 | 63,888 | |||||||||
Salaries
and compensation – Note 5
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10,774 | 23,715 | 185,526 | |||||||||
Total
operating expenses
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12,680 | (66,792 | ) | 4,767,392 | ||||||||
Income
(loss) from operations
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(12,680 | ) | (66,792 | ) | (4,767,392 | ) | ||||||
Foreign
exchange gain (loss)
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3,030 | - | 3,073 | |||||||||
Loss
on disposal of capital asset
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- | - | (1,310 | ) | ||||||||
Fair
value of discount on private placement
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- | - | (653,112 | ) | ||||||||
Impairment
of Instant Wirefree Technology
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- | - | (46,200 | ) | ||||||||
Net
loss before income tax provision
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( 9,650 | ) | ( 66,792 | ) | (5,464,941 | ) | ||||||
Provision
for income tax
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- | - | - | |||||||||
Net
loss
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$ | ( 9,650 | ) | $ | ( 66,792 | ) | $ | ( 5,464,941 | ) | |||
Basic
loss per share
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$ | (0.00 | ) | $ | (0.00 | ) | ||||||
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding
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80,549,666 | 80,549,666 | ||||||||||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements
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VANGUARD
MINERALS CORPORATION
(formerly
Knewtrino, Inc.)
(A
Development Stage Company)
INTERIM
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the
three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008
(Stated
in US Dollars)
(unaudited)
August
25, 2003
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Three
months
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Three
months
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(Date
of Incor-
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ended
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ended
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Portion)
to
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March
31,
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March
31,
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March
31,
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2009
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2008
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2009
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Operating
Activities
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Net
loss for the period
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$ | ( 9,650 | ) | $ | ( 66,792 | ) | $ | ( 5,464,941 | ) | |||
Adjustment
for non-cash items:
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Depreciation
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1,847 | 1,847 | 17,814 | |||||||||
Capital
stock issued for mineral property costs
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- | - | 2,352,500 | |||||||||
Fair
value discount on private placement
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- | - | 653,112 | |||||||||
Impairment
of Instant Wire technology
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- | - | 46,200 | |||||||||
Loss
on disposal of capital asset
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- | - | 1,310 | |||||||||
Change
in non-cash working capital balances related to operations
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Prepaid
expenses
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- | (2,400 | ) | - | ||||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
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7,323 | 556 | 161,573 | |||||||||
Net
cash used in operations
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( 480 | ) | (66,789 | ) | (2,232,432 | ) | ||||||
Investing
Activities
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Acquisition
of capital assets
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- | - | (27,128 | ) | ||||||||
Proceeds
on disposal of capital assets
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- | - | 1,027 | |||||||||
Instant
Wirefree technology
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- | - | (27,500 | ) | ||||||||
- | - | (53,601 | ) | |||||||||
Financing
Activities
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Capital
stock issued
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- | 70,000 | 851,600 | |||||||||
Share
subscriptions payable
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- | - | 1,224,400 | |||||||||
Promissory
notes
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- | - | 213,260 | |||||||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
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- | 70,000 | 2,289,260 | |||||||||
Increase
(decrease) in cash during the period
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(480 | ) | 3,211 | 3,227 | ||||||||
Cash,
beginning of period
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3,707 | 11,877 | - | |||||||||
Cash,
end of period
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$ | 3,227 | $ | 15,088 | $ | 3,227 | ||||||
Supplemental
disclosure of cash flow information:
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Cash
paid for:
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Interest
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$ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||
Income
taxes
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$ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||
Non-cash
transactions
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Shares
issued on acquisition of Instant Wirefree, Inc.
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$ | - | $ | - | $ | 18,700 | ||||||
Shares
issued to settle debt
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$ | - | $ | - | $ | 213,260 | ||||||
Share
subscriptions payable on acquistion of mineral property
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$ | - | $ | - | $ | 2,320,000 |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements
7
VANGUARD
MINERALS CORPORATION
(formerly
Knewtrino, Inc.)
(A
Development Stage Company)
INTERIM
STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(Stated in US
Dollars)
(unaudited)
Deficit
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Accumulated
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Additional
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During
the
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Common
Stock
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Paid-in
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Development
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Shares
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Par Value
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Capital
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Subscriptions
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Stage
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Total
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Common
stock issued for cash @ inception – at $0.001
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2,700,000 | $ | 2,700 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 2,700 | |||||||||||||
Common
stock issued for mineral property costs- at $0.05 – December
2003
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650,000 | 650 | 31,850 | - | 32,500 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss for the period
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- | - | - | (127,977 | ) | (127,977 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2003
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3,350,000 | $ | 3,350 | $ | 31,850 | $ | (127,977 | ) | $ | ( 92,777 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net
loss for the period
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- | - | - | (84,812 | ) | (84,812 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2004
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3,350,000 | $ | 3,350 | $ | 31,850 | $ | (212,789 | ) | $ | ( 177,589 | ) | |||||||||||||
Common
stock issued for cash pursuant to a public offering at $.05 – September
2005
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6,000,000 | 6,000 | 294,000 | 300,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss for the period
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- | - | - | (85,922 | ) | (85,922 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2005
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9,350,000 | $ | 9,350 | $ | 325,850 | $ | (298,711 | ) | $ | 36,489 | ||||||||||||||
Common
stock issued for shares of Instant Wirefree, Inc. at $. 001 – May
2006
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18,700,000 | 18,700 | - | - | 18,700 | |||||||||||||||||||
Common
stock issued for debt at $.004 – May 2006
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47,550,000 | 47,550 | 165,710 | - | 213,260 | |||||||||||||||||||
Common
stock issued for cash pursuant to a private placement at $ 1.00 per share
–July 2006
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420,000 | 420 | 419,850 | - | 420,000 | |||||||||||||||||||
Fair
value discount on private placement
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- | 653,112 | - | 653,112 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss for the period
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- | - | - | - | (1,009,539 | ) | ( 1,009,539 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2006
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76,020,000 | $ | 76,020 | $ | 1,564,252 | $ | - | $ | (1,308,250 | ) | $ | 332,022 | ||||||||||||
Common
stock issued for cash pursuant to a private placement at $ 1.00 per share
– November 2007
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196,333 | 196 | 58,704 | - | 58,900 | |||||||||||||||||||
Subscriptions
payable, issued for mineral property at $.50 – November
2007
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1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss for the period
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- | - | - | - | (1,390,119 | ) | (1,390,119 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2007
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76,216,333 | $ | 76,216 | $ | 1,622,956 | $ | 1,000,000 | $ | (2,698,369 | ) | $ | 803 | ||||||||||||
Common
stock issued for cash pursuant to a private placement at $ .03 per share
–January 2008
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2,333,333 | 2,333 | 67,667 | 70,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Common
stock issued for share subscriptions receivable – March
2008
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2,000,000 | 2,000 | 998,000 | (1,000,000 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Subscriptions
payable, issued for mineral property at $.58 – April 2008
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2,320,000 | 2,320,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Subscriptions
proceeds received- April 2008
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224,400 | 224,400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss for the period
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- | - | - | (2,756,922 | ) | (2,756,922 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2008
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80,549,666 | $ | 80,549 | $ | 2,454,263 | $ | 2,544,400 | $ | (5,455,291 | ) | $ | (141,719 | ) | |||||||||||
Net
loss for the period
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- | - | - | ( 9,650 | ) | ( 9,650 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Balance,
March 31, 2009
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80,549,666 | $ | 80,549 | $ | 2,454,263 | $ | 2,544,400 | $ | (5,464,941 | ) | $ | (151,369 | ) |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements
8
VANGUARD
MINERALS CORPORATION
(formerly
Knewtrino, Inc.)
(A
Development Stage Company)
NOTES TO
THE INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March 31,
2009
(Stated
in US Dollars)
Note
1 Interim
Reporting
The
accompanying unaudited interim financial statements have been prepared by
Vanguard Minerals Corporation ( the “Company”) pursuant to the rules and
regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission. Certain information and disclosures normally included in
annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or
omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. In the opinion of
management, all adjustments and disclosures necessary for a fair presentation of
these financial statements have been included. These interim financial
statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements
of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008
The
results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2009 are
not indicative of the results that may be expected for the full
year.
Note
2 Nature and Continuance of
Operations
The
Company was incorporated in the State of Nevada, United States of America on
August 25, 2003. The Company’s fiscal year end is December
31.
The
Company has no operations and in accordance with SFAS #7 is considered to be in
the development stage. The Company entered into a mineral license
option agreement to explore and mine two properties in Mongolia. On
April 19, 2006, the Company terminated the option agreements it previously
held.
On May 2,
2006, the Company changed its name to Knewtrino, Inc.
On May
24, 2006, the Company entered into an agreement to acquire certain technology
owned by Instant Wirefree, Inc. by acquiring 100% of the common shares of
Instant Wirefree, Inc. in exchange for cash in the amount of $ 27, 500 and
18,700,000 common shares of the Company. During the year, the Company
changed its business focus and as a result will no longer be developing the
Instant Wirefree technology. As a result, the Company has recognized an
impairment of $ 46,200 in the value of the technology asset.
On August
10, 2007, the Company changed its name to Vanguard Minerals
Corporation.
The
financial statements have been prepared using generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America applicable for a going concern which
assumes that the Company will realize its assets and discharge its liabilities
in the ordinary course of business. At December 31, 2008, the Company
has not yet attained profitable operations and has accumulated losses of
$5,455,291 since its commencement. Its ability to continue as a going
concern is dependent upon the ability of the Company to generate profitable
operations and/or obtain the necessary financing to meet its obligations and pay
its liabilities arising from normal business operations when they come
due.
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The
Company has obtained financing from share subscriptions and by loans from its
shareholders; however, there is no guarantee that additional funds from its
shareholders will be received in the future. The Company may also
solicit loans from other non-affiliated individuals; however, there is no
assurance that such loans can be negotiated or that such financing will be
available on terms favourable to the Company. The Company may also
obtain additional financing by the sale of its common stock; however, the
Company is not publicly listed nor is its stock currently quoted or traded but
there currently are plans for the sale of common stock. There can be
no assurance that such additional funding will be available on acceptable terms,
if at all.
Note
3 Significant Accounting
Policies
The
financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America. Because a precise determination of many assets and
liabilities is dependent upon future events, the preparation of financial
statements for a period necessarily involves the use of estimates which have
been made using careful judgment. Actual results may vary from these
estimates.
The
financial statements have, in management's opinion, been properly prepared
within reasonable limits of materiality and within the framework of the
significant accounting policies summarized below:
(a) Development
Stage Company
The
Company complies with Financial Accounting Standard Board Statement No. 7 and
The Securities and Exchange Commission Act Guide 7 for its characterization of
the Company as development stage.
(b)
Capital
Assets
Capital
assets are recorded at cost and are being depreciated on a straight line basis
at the following annual rates:
Computer
equipment
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3
years
|
Furniture
and fixtures
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5
years
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Leasehold
improvements
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3
years
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(c)
Mineral Properties
Costs of
license acquisition, exploration, carrying and retaining unproven mineral lease
properties are expensed as incurred.
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Note
3 Significant Accounting
Policies – (cont’d)
(d) Environmental
Costs
Environmental
expenditures that relate to current operations are expensed or capitalized as
appropriate. Expenditures that relate to an existing condition caused
by past operations and which do not contribute to current or future revenue
generation, are expensed. Liabilities are recorded when environmental
assessments and/or remedial efforts are probable, and the cost can be reasonably
estimated. Generally, the timing of these accruals coincide with the
earlier of completion of a feasibility study or the Company's commitments to
plan of action based on the then known facts.
(e) Income
Taxes
The
Company uses the asset and liability method of accounting for incomes taxes
pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“FAS”), No 109 "
Accounting for Income Taxes". Under the assets and liability method
of FAS 109, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future
tax consequences attributable to temporary differences between the financial
statements carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their
respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are
measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the
years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or
settled.
(f) Basic
Loss per Share
The
Company reports basic loss per share in accordance with the FAS No. 128,
"Earnings per Share". Basic loss per share is computed using the
weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period.
(g) Foreign
Currency Translation
The
Company’s functional currency is United States ( “U.S”) as substantially all of
the Company’s operations use this denomination. The Company uses the
United States dollar as its reporting currency for consistency with registrants
of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and in accordance with the
Statement of Financial Accounting (“FAS”) No. 52.
(h)
Transactions
undertaken in currencies other than the functional currency of the entity are
translated using the exchange rate in effect as of the transaction
date. Any exchange gains and losses would be included in Other Income
(Expenses) on the Statement of Operations.
(i)
Advertising
The
Company follows the policy of charging the costs of advertising to expense as
incurred. The Company incurred advertising costs of $0 and $0 during
the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 respectively.
(j)
Revenue
recognition
The
Company recognizes revenue when products are fully delivered or services have
been provided and collection is reasonably assured.
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Note
4 Capital
Assets
Accumulated
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Cost
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Amortization
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Net
Book Value
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2009
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2008
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Computer
equipment
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$ | 16,043 | $ | 12,221 | $ | 3,822 | $ | 5,158 | ||||||||
Furniture
and fixtures
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6,568 | 3,594 | 2,974 | 3,303 | ||||||||||||
Leasehold
improvements
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2,180 | 1,999 | 181 | 363 | ||||||||||||
$ | 24,791 | $ | 17,814 | $ | 6,977 | $ | 8,824 |
Note
5 Related Party
Transactions
The
Company was charged the following expenses by shareholders and directors of the
Company:
August
25,
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2003
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(Date
of
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Incorporation)
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Three
months ended
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to
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March
31,
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March
31,
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2009
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2008
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2009
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Consulting
fees
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$ | - | $ | - | $ | 34,305 | ||||||
Interest
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- | - | 7,500 | |||||||||
Office
and miscellaneous
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- | - | 1,000 | |||||||||
Salaries
and compensation
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10,774 | 13,340 | 166,072 | |||||||||
Mineral
property costs
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- | - | 2,000 | |||||||||
$ | 10,774 | $ | 13,340 | $ | 210,877 |
These
charges were measured by the exchange amount, which is the amount agreed upon by
the transacting parties.
Included
in accounts payable and accrued liabilities is $ 18,151 (December 31, 2008:
$7,377) owed to a director of the Company with respect to unpaid salaries and
compensation.
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Item
2.
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MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
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Cautionary
Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
The
information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including
statements regarding our markets, capital needs, business plans and
expectations. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties
regarding the ability to continue mining exploration on a timely basis, that we
will attract customers, that there will be no material adverse competitive or
regulatory change in conditions in our business, that our President will remain
employed as such, that our forecasts accurately anticipate market demand, and
that there will be no material adverse change in our operations or business or
in governmental regulations affecting our business, availability of funds,
common share prices, operating costs, capital costs, and other factors.
Forward-looking statements are made, without limitation, in relation to
marketing plans, operating plans, availability of funds, and ongoing capital and
operating costs. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of
historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. In some cases,
you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may",
"will", "should", "expect", "plan", "intend", "anticipate", "believe",
"estimate", "predict", "potential" or "continue", the negative of such terms or
other comparable terminology. Actual events or results may differ materially. In
evaluating these statements, you should consider various factors, including the
risks outlined below, and, from time to time, in other reports we file with the
SEC. These factors may cause our actual results to differ materially from any
forward-looking statement. We disclaim any obligation to publicly update these
statements, or disclose any difference between its actual results and those
reflected in these statements. The information constitutes forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Given these uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on such forward-looking statements.
Overview
Vanguard
Minerals Corporation, formerly Knewtrino, Inc., (the “Company”) was originally
incorporated as Mongolian Explorations Ltd. on August 25, 2003, under the laws
of the State of Nevada. We were originally founded to conduct mineral
explorations in Mongolia. Although we did exploratory feasibility work on
mineral lease development, we abandoned our mineral exploration efforts in
April, 2006 due to the deteriorating political and security situation in
Mongolia and specifically due to intense protests over North American mining
concessions in that country which jeopardize the safety of our consultants as
well as undermining our confidence that we will ever be able to see a return on
our continued investments to develop the properties. Since that time, we had
appointed an interim chief executive officer, Jenifer Osterwalder, who saw us
through our transition out of the mineral exploration business and now are under
the leadership of a new chief executive officer, Vladimir Fedyunin, and we were
in the process of developing a business around cell phone enabled wireless
applications. Toward that end, we acquired the intellectual property of wireless
technology start-up Instant Wirefree, Inc., a Nevada
corporation. Unfortunately, we were not able to make the transition
to the ultra-competitive field of cell phone wireless
applications. In June, 2007, we made the decision to abandon this
line of business and to no longer pursue commercialization of any product in the
wireless space. Instead, we have returned to our original, core focus
of mining, where the company has its roots, however, we wish to find a more
politically stable and less dangerous environment to mine in than
Mongolia. In September, 2007, we changed our name to Vanguard
Minerals Corporation to reflect our renewed commitment to our traditional core
business of mineral exploration. In November 2007, the Company
entered into an agreement with Coastal Uranium Holdings Ltd. to acquire its
right and option to acquire an undivided 50% right, title and interest in
certain mineral claims in the Athabasca region. The option was
acquired through payment of $ 57,585 in cash as well as 2,000,000 common shares
of the Company. On April 6, 2008, we entered into another agreement
with Coastal Uranium Holdings Ltd., whereby we acquired a 50% undivided right,
title and interest to the mineral claim numbered S-110476 in the Athabasca
region of Canada in exchange for $250,000 CAD ($248,508 USD) and 4,000,000
common shares of Vanguard Minerals corporation. In addition, we have
agreed to take on the financial responsibility of Coastal to fund development of
the mineral property that is the subject of claim S-110476.
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Results
of Operations
Until
April 19, 2006, we have been involved primarily in organizational activities
related to our original business of mining in Mongolia, including the
acquisition of the option to acquire the Altan as well as the Ovorkhangai
property mineral licenses, obtaining a geological report on our mineral licenses
and initiating the first phase of exploration. After April 19, 2006, when we
abandoned these efforts due to the political situation in Mongolia, we acquired
wireless technology from Instant Wirefree, Inc., a Nevada
corporation. We attempted to commercialize technology for the
wireless space but abandoned that effort in June, 2007. We are
currently in the process of returning to our core business of mining. Toward
that end, we changed our name in September 2007 and we acquired interests in
mineral claims in the Athabasca region of Canada in November 2007 and April
2008. We have incurred an accumulated net loss of
$5,464,941 for the period from inception to March 31, 2009. We have had no
revenues from operations since our inception.
We do not
plan to buy or sell any plant or significant equipment during the next twelve
months. We are currently in the process of developing and exploring our mineral
properties in the Athabasca region of Canada. We do not yet have any products or
services available for sale and our mining operations are still at a preliminary
stage. Although we have engaged the services of geological consultants and
haveconducted very limited exploration activities on the property, we are
currently pausing our exploration activities until funding is
forthcoming.
Financial
Condition and Liquidity
Our
financial statements contained herein have been prepared on a going concern
basis, which assumes that we will be able to realize our assets and discharge
our obligations in the normal course of business. We incurred an accumulated net
loss of $5,464,941 for the period from inception to March 31, 2009.
Our
financial statements included in this report have been prepared without any
adjustments that would be necessary if we become unable to continue as a going
concern and are therefore required to realize upon our assets and discharge our
liabilities in other than the normal course of business.
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Cash and Working
Capital
The
Company's cash balance as of March 31, 2009 was $3,227, as compared to the cash
balance of $3,707 as of December 31, 2008.
Period Ending March 31,
2009
Operating
expenses for the three month period ended March 31, 2009 totalled
$12,680 and from inception to the period ended March 31, 2009 totalled
$4,767,392. The company experienced a net loss of $9,650 and $5,464,941 for the
three month period ended March 31, 2009 and from inception to period
ended March 31, 2009, respectively, against no revenue from operations. The
major expenses during this three month period were for legal and accounting
fees.
The
earnings per share (fully diluted -- weighted average) was a net loss of $0.00
for the three month period ended March 31, 2009.
For the
three month period ended March 31, 2009, net cash used in operating activities,
consisting mostly of loss from operations was $480. For the period from
inception to March 31, 2009, net cash used in operating activities, consisting
mostly of loss from operations was $2,232,432.
For the
period from inception to March 31, 2009, net cash resulting from financing
activities was in the amount of $2,289,260.
Our
capital resources have been limited. We currently do not, and have not yet
determined when we will, generate revenue for our mining and mineral exploration
activities, and to date have relied on the sale of equity and related party
loans for cash required for our exploration activities. The company has no
external sources of liquidity in the form of credit lines from banks. No
investment banking agreements are in place and there is no guarantee that the
company will be able to raise capital in the future should that become
necessary.
Future
Financings
We
anticipate that if we pursue any additional financing, the financing would be an
equity financing achieved through the sale of our common stock. We do not have
any arrangement in place for any debt or equity financing. If we are successful
in completing an equity financing, existing shareholders will experience
dilution of their interest in our company. If we do not secure additional
financing in the future we may consider bringing in a joint venture partner to
provide the required funding. We have not, however, undertaken any efforts to
locate a joint venture partner. In addition, we cannot provide investors with
any assurance that we will be able to locate a joint venture partner to exploit
our mineral resources.
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Off Balance Sheet
Arrangements
We have
no significant off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely
to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in
financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity,
capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to
stockholders.
Significant
Contingencies
Our
financial statements have been prepared assuming we will continue as a going
concern. Our independent auditors have made reference to the substantial doubt
about our ability to continue as a going concern in their report of independent
registered public accounting firm on our audited financial statements for the
year ended December 31, 2008. Our continuation is dependent upon the ability of
the Company to generate profitable operations in the future and/or to obtain the
necessary financing to meet its obligations and pay its liabilities arising from
normal business operations when they come due. The outcome of these matters
cannot be predicted with any certainty at this time and raise substantial doubt
that the Company will be able to continue as a going concern.
Plan of
Operation
We are
uncertain of what our plan of operation over the next 12 months will be. We
intend to return to our roots in the mining exploration field, but to seek a
more politically stable environment than the one in Mongolia. We believe
that an appealing mining environment exists in the Athabasca region of
Canada. As a consequence, we have acquired mineral operations consisting
of an interest in mining property in the Athabasca region of
Canada. We are actively seeking additional mining opportunities. In
November, 2007, we acquired a 50% interest in mineral rights in the Athabasca
region of Canada from Coastal Uranium Holdings Ltd related to two
claims. In April, 2008, we acquired a 50% interest in a third claim
in the same region.
We do not
intend to conduct any exploration activities on our properties in 2009 due to
lack of funding. If we received funding, which is not certain, we
would then intend to conduct over the next 12 months helicopter-supported
property-scale boulder sampling and prospecting, close-spaced ground geophysics
and drilling on our mining properties. With these two projects, consisting of 3
mineral claims, in close proximity to each other, we believe such operations can
be conducted in a cost-efficient manner. We are now ready to commence
ground geophysics and drilling. Management is currently in
negotiation with geophysical and drill contractors in preparation for this
exploration. Management is also reviewing other opportunities to acquire
additional property in the region, both unexplored properties and properties
with varying amounts of previous exploration.
Vanguard
Minerals Corporation’s short-term prospects are challenging considering our lack
of financial resources to fully develop our mineral properties, however, once
data is available on the extent and location of uranium deposits on our mineral
properties and if management secures additional financing, our prospects would
improve considerably. Once we have secured additional financing to
continue to exploit our mineral properties, revenue from the sale of mineral
products from our properties may still remain several years
away.
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Cash
requirements
Presently,
without additional cash, we will not be able to exploit our mineral properties,
however we have commenced seeking additional financing we have sufficient cash
to allow us to continue our current exploration plan until we have secured such
financing. We have limited working capital. Our continued operation is therefore
dependent upon our ability to secure additional cash through financing within
the next 90 to 120 days. We presently have no arrangements or understandings
with any investors or potential investors with respect to an investment in
Vanguard Minerals Corporation, although within 60 days we intend to actively
engage in such negotiations toward such an understanding and expect to reach
such an understanding within the very near future. We have not decided at what
price or under what terms we will raise such additional funds, although such a
decision is likely to be made within the next several weeks. While we will be
actively seeking financing, no assurance can be given that we will be successful
in finding such financing under acceptable terms and conditions.
Research
and development
We would
like to spend several hundred thousand dollars over the next 12 months on
exploration and extraction related to our mineral properties. We
would spend significantly more money that this developing those mineral
properties at the moment that our full scale extraction operation were to
commence. However, currently we do not have enough cash to make any
such expenditures.
Plant and
equipment
We
currently have an office in Seattle, Washington which we lease from
month-to-month. We anticipate expanding our office within the next
6-12 months, although our employees when not on the mineral property, will tend
to work and connect virtually, working on the property and then at their
respective residences.
Employees
We have
one part-time employee currently, president and chief executive officer,
Vladimir Fedyunin. We have several consultants engaged in our mineral
exploration activities. We intend to hire additional exploration and
geological consultants over the next 120-180 days, if we received
funding.
The
Company’s executive offices are currently located in Seattle, Washington. The
company’s telephone number is (604) 351-1694.
ITEM
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Foreign
Currency and Credit Risk. The Company has no significant
off-balance-sheet concentrations of credit risk such as foreign exchange
contracts, options contracts or other foreign hedging arrangements. The
Company’s reporting currency is the US Dollar. We do undertake
drilling, mining exploration and other expenses related to our Canadian mining
properties which must be paid in Canadian dollars and are subject to cost
variations based in currency rate fluctuations.
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments. The carrying value of the Company's
financial instruments, including prepaid expenses, related party receivables,
accounts payable and accrued liabilities at March 31, 2009 and 2008 approximates
their fair values due to the short-term nature of these financial
instruments.
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ITEM
4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
(a)
Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures.
Under the
supervision and with the participation of our
management, including our principal executive officer and principal
financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of our
disclosure controls and procedures, as such
term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the Exchange Act). As a
result of this evaluation, we identified
material weaknesses in
our internal control
over financial reporting as of December 31,
2008. Accordingly, we concluded that our
disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December
31, 2008.
As
required by SEC Rule 15d-15(b), our
Chief Executive Officer carried out an
evaluation under the supervision and with
the participation of our management, of the effectiveness of the
design and operation of our disclosure controls and
procedures pursuant to Exchange Act
Rule 15d-14 as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based
on the foregoing evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer
has concluded that
our disclosure controls and procedures are
not
effective in timely alerting them
to material information required to
be included in our periodic SEC filings and to ensure that
information required to be disclosed in our periodic SEC filings is
accumulated and communicated to our management, including
our Chief Executive Officer, to allow
timely decisions
regarding required disclosure as a result of
the deficiency in our internal control over financial
reporting discussed below.
The
material weakness identified in our amended
annual report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2008
was related to a lack of an accounting staff
resulting in a lack of segregation of duties and accounting technical
expertise necessary for an effective system of internal control.
(b)
Changes in internal control over financial reporting.
There
were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred
during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that have
materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal
control over financial reporting.
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ITEM
4T. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Management's
Quarterly Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting.
Management's conducted
an
assessment of the effectiveness of
the registrant's internal control over
financial reporting is as of the period ended March 31, 2009. Based
on the evaluation, management concluded that there is a material weakness in our
internal control over financial reporting. The material weakness
relates to the monitoring and review of work performed by
contracted accounting personnel in the preparation of
audit and financial statements, footnotes and financial data provided
to Vanguard’s registered public accounting firm in connection with
the annual audit. Our lack of an accounting staff results in a lack of
segregation of duties and accounting technical expertise necessary for
an effective system
of internal control.
A material weakness is a control deficiency, or combination of control
deficiencies, in
ICFR such that there is
a reasonable possibility that a
material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements
will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis
by employees in the normal course of their
assigned functions.
Notwithstanding this material weakness, we believe that the consolidated
financial statements included in this report
fairly present, in all material respects, our
consolidated financial position and results of operations
as of and for the period ended March 31, 2009.
Remediation of
Material Weakness
As
discussed in Management's Annual Report on
Internal Control over Financial
Reporting, as of
December 31, 2008, there
were material weaknesses in our
internal control over financial reporting. We
are in the process of analyzing our processes for all business units and
the establishment of formal policies
and procedures with necessary segregation of
duties, which will establish
mitigating controls to compensate for the risk due to lack
of segregation of
duties. In addition, we
are evaluating the necessary steps
to improve our controls over financial reporting and we
are in the initial planning phase of
upgrading, where possible, certain of our information technology systems
impacting financial reporting.
Through
these steps, we believe we are addressing the deficiencies that affected our
internal control over financial reporting as of December
31, 2008 and March 31,
2009. However, the effectiveness of
any system of internal controls is subject to
inherent limitations and there can be no assurance that our internal
control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all
errors. Because the remedial actions require hiring of
additional personnel, upgrading certain of our
information technology systems, and relying extensively on manual review and
approval, the successful operation of
these controls for at least several
quarters may be
required before management may be able to
conclude that the material weakness has been remediated.
The
aggregate costs of remediation are estimated to be $50,000 or more on an annual
basis to hire the requisite accounting staff.
Changes
in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.
There was
no change in
our internal control over financial reporting that
occurred during the period ended March 31, 2009, that has materially affected,
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal
control over financial reporting.
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PART
II - OTHER INFORMATION
We are
not party to any legal proceedings.
Item
1A. RISK FACTORS.
There are
no material changes in the risk factors previously disclosed in our 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2008.
None.
None.
None.
None.
Exhibits
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Document
Description
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3.1
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Articles
of Incorporation, incorporated by reference from our Prospectus on Form
SB-2 filed February 13, 2004. File Number 333-112830.
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3.2
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Bylaws,
incorporated by reference from our Prospectus on Form SB-2 filed February
13, 2004. File Number 333-112830.
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10.1
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Assignment
Agreement between Registrant and Coastal Uranium Holdings Ltd. dated April
6, 2008.
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31.1
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed as an Exhibit to this Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q.
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32.1
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed as an Exhibit to this Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.
Vanguard
Minerals Corporation
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DATE:
May 15, 2009
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/s/ Vladimir
Fedyunin
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Vladimir
Fedyunin
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President,
CEO, Director, Principal
Financial
and Accounting Officer
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