intlstar_10qsb-033108.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
DC 20549
FORM
10-QSB
(Mark
One)
For the Quarterly Period Ended March
31, 2008
or
o Transition Report Pursuant to Section
13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the Transition period from ______
to ______
Commission
File Number: 000-28861
INTERNATIONAL
STAR, INC.
(Exact
Name of Small Business Issuer as Specified in Its Charter)
Nevada
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86-0876846
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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incorporation
or organization)
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Identification
No.)
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1818 Marshall Street, Shreveport,
LA
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71101
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(318)
464-8687
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Not
Applicable
(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 registrant was required to file such reports),
and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90
days.
x
Yes o No
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act.).
o Yes x No
As of
April 30, 2008, there were 273,762,274 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock
issued and outstanding.
Transitional
Small Business Disclosure Format (check
one): Yes o No x
INTERNATIONAL
STAR, INC.
Form
10-QSB
For
the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2008
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
PART
I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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1
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ITEM
1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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1
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ITEM
2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF
OPERATION
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8
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3. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
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14
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PART
II – OTHER INFORMATION
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16
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ITEM
1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
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16
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ITEM
2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF
PROCEEDS
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16
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3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
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16
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ITEM
4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY
HOLDERS
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16
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ITEM
5. OTHER INFORMATION
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16
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6. EXHIBITS
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16
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PART
I
ITEM
1. FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
The
following unaudited financial statements of International Star, Inc. have been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim
financial information and with the instructions to Form
10-QSB. Accordingly, these financial statements may not include all
of the information and disclosures required by generally accepted accounting
principles for complete financial statements. These financial
statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements
and the notes thereto for the fiscal year ending December 31,
2007. In the opinion of management, these unaudited financial
statements contain all adjustments necessary to fairly present the Company’s
financial position as of March 31, 2008, and its results of operations and its
cash flows for the three month period ended March 31, 2008.
INTERNATIONAL
STAR, INC.
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
(An
Exploration Stage Company)
BALANCE
SHEET
(Unaudited)
March
31, 2008 and December 31, 2007
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ASSETS
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March
31,
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December
31,
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Current
Assets:
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Cash
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$ |
51,025 |
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$ |
96,141 |
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Total Current
Assets
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51,025 |
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96,141 |
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Property
and Equipment (Net of accumulated depreciation)
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11,686 |
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12,535 |
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Total
Assets
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$ |
62,711 |
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$ |
108,676 |
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LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY
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Current
Liabilities:
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Accounts
payable
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$ |
319,721 |
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$ |
296,358 |
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Accrued
expenses
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9,828 |
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2,625 |
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Total Current
Liabilities
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329,549 |
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298,983 |
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Long
Term Note Payable – Related Party
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350,000 |
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225,000 |
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Total
Liabilities
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679,549 |
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523,983 |
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Stockholders’
Deficiency:
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Preferred Stock
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20,000,000 shares
authorized,
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Undesignated par value – none
issued
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-- |
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-- |
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Common Stock
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780,000,000 shares authorized, at
$.001 par value;
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273,362,274 shares issued and
outstanding
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at December 31, 2007, and March
31, 2008, respectively
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273,362 |
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273,362 |
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Capital in excess of par
value
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4,376,659 |
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4,376,659 |
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Deficit accumulated during the
exploration stage
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(5,266,859
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(5,065,328
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Total Stockholders’
Deficiency
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(616,838
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(415,307
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Total
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficiency
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$ |
62,711 |
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$ |
108,676 |
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See
accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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INTERNATIONAL
STAR, INC.
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
(An
Exploration Stage Company)
STATEMENT
OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
March
31, 2008
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Three
Months
Ended
March
31, 2008
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Three
Months
Ended
March
31, 2007
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January
1, 2004
(date
of inception of exploration stage) to
March
31, 2008
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Revenue:
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Total Revenue
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$ |
-- |
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$ |
-- |
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$ |
-- |
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Expenses:
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Mineral exploration
costs
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104,825 |
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2,112 |
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685,564 |
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Professional
fees
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60,722 |
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25,600 |
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534,690 |
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Compensation & management
fees
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9,697 |
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-- |
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1,390,106 |
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Depreciation &
amortization
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849 |
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850 |
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12,122 |
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General &
administrative
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21,560 |
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30,332 |
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422,976 |
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Total Operating
Expenses
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197,653 |
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58,894 |
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3,045,458 |
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Net
(Loss) from Operations
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$ |
(197,653 |
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$ |
(58,894 |
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(3,045,458 |
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Other
Income and Expenses:
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Interest income
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$ |
327 |
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$ |
797 |
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$ |
2,939 |
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Interest
expense
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(4,203
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-- |
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(58,356
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Loss on disposal of
assets
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-- |
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-- |
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(12,629
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Loss on divestiture of
subsidiary
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-- |
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-- |
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(99,472
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Total Other Income
(Expense)
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(3,876
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797 |
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(167,518
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Net
(Loss)
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$ |
(201,530 |
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$ |
(58,097 |
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$ |
(3,212,976 |
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Weighted
Average Shares
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Common Stock
Outstanding
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273,362,274 |
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267,043,853 |
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Net
Loss Per Common Share
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(Basic and Fully
Dilutive)
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$ |
(0.00 |
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$ |
(0.00 |
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See
accompanying notes to financial statements.
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INTERNATIONAL
STAR, INC.
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
(An
Exploration Stage Company)
STATEMENT
OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
March
31, 2008
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Three
Months
Ended
March
31, 2008
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Three
Months
Ended
March
31, 2007
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January
1, 2004
(date
of inception of
exploration
stage) to
March
31, 2008
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Cash
flows from operating activities:
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Net (loss)
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$ |
(201,530 |
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$ |
(58,097 |
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$ |
(3,212,976 |
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Adjustments to reconcile net
loss to cash used in operating activities:
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Depreciation &
amortization
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849 |
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850 |
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12,122 |
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Loss on disposal of
assets
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-- |
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-- |
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12,629 |
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Loss on divestiture of
subsidiary
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-- |
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-- |
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99,472 |
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Common stock issued for
services
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-- |
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-- |
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207,500 |
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Changes to operating assets and
liabilities:
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(Increase) decrease in accounts
receivable and prepaids
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-- |
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-- |
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79,795 |
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(Increase) decrease in
inventories
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-- |
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-- |
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63,812 |
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(Increase) decrease in other
assets
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-- |
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-- |
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95,474 |
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(Decrease) increase in accounts
payables and accrued expenses
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30,565 |
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(4,120
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280,980 |
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Net cash used in operating
activities
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(170,116
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(61,367
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(2,361,192
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Cash
flows from investing activities:
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Purchase of fixed
assets
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-- |
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-- |
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(29,355
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Net cash provided by investing
activities
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-- |
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-- |
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(29,355
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Cash
flows from financing activities:
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Proceeds from
deposit
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-- |
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-- |
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-- |
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Repayments of long term
borrowings
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-- |
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-- |
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(25,000
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Proceeds from long term
borrowings
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125,000 |
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-- |
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375,000 |
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Proceeds from sale of common
stock
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-- |
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160,000 |
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1,727,426 |
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Net cash provided by financing
activities
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125,000 |
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160,000 |
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2,077,426 |
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Net
increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
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(45,116
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98,633 |
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(313,121
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Cash
and cash equivalents, beginning of period
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96,141 |
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3,260 |
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364,146 |
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Cash
and cash equivalents, end of period
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$ |
51,025 |
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$ |
101,893 |
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$ |
51,025 |
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See
accompanying notes to financial statements.
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INTERNATIONAL
STAR, INC.
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
MARCH
31, 2008
A. BASIS
OF PRESENTATION
The
interim financial statements of International Star, Inc. and subsidiaries (the
“Company”) for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, are not
audited. The financial statements are prepared in accordance with the
requirements for unaudited interim periods, and consequently do not include all
disclosures required to be in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.
In the
opinion of management, the accompanying consolidated financial statements
contain all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring accruals, necessary
for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position as of March 31,
2008, and the results of its operations and cash flows for the three months
ended March 31, 2008.
The
results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2008, are not
necessarily indicative of the results for a full year period.
B. SIGNIFICANT
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
1. Principles
of Consolidation and Accounting Methods
These
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of International Star,
Inc., and Qwik Track, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary) for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2007. Qwik Track, Inc. has no assets and has not had any
operations during the previous three years.
2. Use of
Estimates
The
preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
3. Dividend
Policy
The
Company did not declare or pay any dividends during the quarters ended March 31,
2008 and 2007. There are no legal, contractual or other restrictions,
which limit the Company’s ability to pay dividends. Payment of future
dividends, if any, on the Company’s common stock, will be dependent upon the
amounts of its future after-tax earnings, if any, and will be subject to the
discretion of its Board of Directors. The Company’s Board of
Directors is not legally obligated to declare dividends, even if the Company is
profitable. The Company has never paid any dividends on its common
stock and has no plans to do so in the near future. Instead, the
Company plans to retain any earnings to finance the development of its business
and for general corporate purposes.
4. Mineral
Properties and Equipment
The
Company has expensed the costs of acquiring and exploring its properties during
the periods in which they were incurred, and will continue to do so until it is
able to determine that commercially recoverable ore reserves are present on the
properties. If it determines that such reserves exist, it will
capitalize further costs.
5. Basic and
Dilutive Net Income (Loss) Per Share
Basic net
incomes (loss) per share amounts are computed based on the weighted average
number of shares actively outstanding in accordance with SFAS No. 128 “Earnings
Per Share.” Diluted net income (loss) per share amounts are computed
using the weighted average number of common shares and common equivalent shares
outstanding as if shares had been issued on the exercise of any common share
rights unless the exercise becomes anti-dilutive and then only the basic per
share amounts are shown in the report. At March 31, 2008, the Company
had no common equivalent shares of stock outstanding.
6. Comprehensive
Income
The
Company adopted SFAS No. 130, “Reporting Comprehensive Income”, which requires
inclusion of foreign currency translation adjustments, reported separately in
its Statement of Stockholders’ Equity, in other comprehensive
income. Such amounts are immaterial and have not been reported
separately. The Company had no other forms of comprehensive income
since inception.
7. Stock
Based Compensation
The
Company has elected to follow the provisions of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 123(R) – fair value reporting and related
interpretations in accounting for its stock based compensation and stock option
plans. Under this accounting standard, share-based awards are fair
valued and the related stock compensation expense, when applicable, is reported
in the current financial statements.
8. Income
Taxes
The
Company has adopted SFAS No. 109 “Accounting for Income Taxes”. The
Company accounts for income taxes under an asset and liability approach that
requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected
future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in the Company’s
financial statements or tax returns. In estimating future tax
consequences, all expected future events, other than enactment of changes in the
tax laws or rates, are considered.
Due to
the uncertainty regarding the Company’s future profitability, the future tax
benefits of its net operating losses have been fully offset by a valuation
allowance.
9. Fair
Value of Financial Instruments
The
respective carrying value of certain on-balance-sheet financial instruments
approximated their fair values. These financial instruments include
cash, tax credit recoverable, reclamation bond, accounts payable and accrued
liabilities, amount due to a director and loan payable.
10. Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
The
Company does not expect that the adoption of other recent account pronouncements
will have a material effect on its financial statements.
11. Revenue
Recognition
Revenue
will be recognized on the sale and delivery of a product or the completion of a
service provided.
12. Statement of
Cash Flows
For the
purposes of the statement of cash flows, the Company considers all highly liquid
investments with a maturity of nine months or less to be cash
equivalents.
13. Financial
and Concentration Risk
The
Company does not have any concentration or related financial credit
risk.
C. DIVESTITURE
OF PITA KING BAKERIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Effective
January 1, 2004, the original shareholders of Pita King Bakeries International,
Inc. and the management of International Star, Inc. (the Company) mutually
agreed to dissolve their business relationship. Under terms of this
dissolution, the original shareholders of Pita King Bakeries International, Inc.
returned 4,000,000 shares of common stock to the Company and the Company agreed
to forgive a $35,000 loan made to Pita King Bakeries International,
Inc. The original shareholders of Pita King Bakeries International,
Inc. were allowed to retain 139,500 shares of the Company’s common stock which
they had received as part of the original purchase of Pita King Bakeries
International, Inc. by the Company. The Company has recognized a loss
of $99,472 on the divestiture of Pita King Bakeries International,
Inc.
D. COMMON
STOCK
During
the interim period ended March 31, 2008, the Company did not issue any shares of
common stock. During the interim period ended March 31, 2007, the
Company issued 14,025,642 shares of common stock for $160,000 cash and a $20,000
deposit that the Company had received prior to December 31,
2006. There were no outstanding stock warrants or stock options at
March 31, 2008.
E. LONG
TERM NOTE PAYABLE – RELATED PARTY
The
Company entered into a loan agreement with Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral
Homes, Crematorium and Cemeteries, Inc. on December 3, 2007. This
Company is controlled through ownership by a shareholder/director of
International Star, Inc. Under terms of the agreement, the Company
has an available credit line balance of $500,000 with interest accruing at 6%
per annum. The interest is due and payable on a quarterly basis
(every three months). The loan is collateralized by a security
interest to the above mentioned lender in the amount of 51% interest in the
mineral rights of all mining claims owned by or having an interest in now or in
the future in the Detrital Wash and Wikieup properties located in Mohave County,
Arizona, along with any future claims acquired by the Company. At
March 31, 2008, the Company had borrowed $350,000 under the terms of this loan
agreement. The principal amount borrowed, together with accrued
interest, is due and payable on December 3, 2010.
F. GOING
CONCERN
The
Company will need additional working capital for its future planned activity and
to service its debt, which raises substantial doubt about its ability to
continue as a going concern. Continuation of the Company as a going
concern is dependent upon obtaining sufficient working capital to be successful
in that effort. The management of the Company has developed a
strategy, which it believes will accomplish this objective, through additional
loans, and equity funding, which will enable the Company to operate for the
coming year.
ITEM
6. MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION
GENERAL
Cautionary
Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements
This
Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation includes a number of
forward-looking statements that reflect our management’s current views with
respect to future events and financial performance. Those statements
include statements regarding our intent, belief or current expectations, and
those of members of our management team, as well as the assumptions on which
such statements are based. Prospective investors are cautioned that
any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and
involve risk and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially
from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. Readers
are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by us
throughout this Quarterly Report, as well as in our other reports filed by us
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Important
factors currently known to management could cause actual results to differ
materially from those in forward-looking statements. We undertake no
obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed
assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes in future
operating results over time. We believe that our assumptions are
based upon reasonable data derived from and known about our business and
operations. No assurances are made that actual results of operations
or the results of any future activities will not differ materially from our
assumptions.
Since our
trading shares are classified as “penny stocks”, we are not entitled to rely
upon the “safe harbor” provisions adopted by the SEC under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) with respect to forward-looking
statements. Nevertheless, investors are urged to give serious
consideration to those factors which we have identified as outside of our
control, and the consequences to us and our investors if our anticipated results
do not come to pass as expected as a result of material deviations which may
occur from the assumptions we have relied upon in making forward-looking
statements.
Our
Business
We were
organized under the laws of the State of Nevada on October 28, 1993, as Mattress
Showrooms, Inc. In 1997, we changed our corporate name to
International Star, Inc. and became engaged in the business of construction,
sale and operation of state of the art waste management systems, specializing in
turnkey systems for management of hospital, industrial, petroleum, chemical and
municipal solid waste collection systems. Despite our efforts, we
were unable to develop this business beyond the start-up
stage. Following our unsuccessful venture in waste management, we
refocused our business efforts on mineral exploration in
1998. Currently, we are primarily engaged in the acquisition and
exploration of precious metals mineral properties. Since 1998, we
have examined various mineral properties prospective for precious metals and
minerals and have acquired interests in those we believe may contain precious
metals and minerals. Our properties are located in
Arizona. We have not established that any of our properties contain
reserves. A reserve is that part of a mineral deposit which could be
economically and legally extracted or produced at the time of the reserve
determination. Further exploration will be needed before a final
determination can be made whether any property is economically and legally
feasible. Therefore, at present we have no reserves and no income
from mineral production.
The
business of mineral exploration is inherently speculative and involves a number
of general risks which could materially adversely affect our results of
operation and financial condition, including among others, the rarity of
commercial mineral deposits, environmental and other laws and regulations,
physical dangers to personnel associated with exploration activity, and
political events.
There is
generally no way to recover any of the funds expended on exploration unless the
company establishes the existence of mineable reserves and then exploits those
reserves by either commencing mining operations, selling or leasing its interest
in the property, or entering into a joint venture with a larger resource company
that can develop the property to the production stage. Unless we can
establish and exploit reserves before our funds are exhausted, we will have to
discontinue operations, which could make our stock valueless.
Reserves,
by definition, contain mineral deposits in a quantity and in a form from which
the target minerals may be economically and legally extracted or produced. We
have not established that such reserves exist on our properties, and unless and
until we do so, we will not have any income from our mineral
operations.
Our
directors and executive officers lack significant experience or technical
training in exploring for precious metal deposits and developing
mines. Accordingly, our management may not be fully aware of many of
the specific requirements related to working within this
industry. Their decisions and choices may not take into account
standard engineering or managerial approaches that mineral exploration companies
commonly use. Consequently, our operations, earnings, and ultimate
financial success could suffer irreparable harm due to our management’s lack of
experience in the mining industry. We are currently in the process of
aligning our Company with reputable, knowledgeable experts in the mining
industry to overcome this lack of experience and expertise.
Any
changes in government policy may result in changes to laws affecting ownership
of assets, land tenure, mining policies, taxation, environmental regulations,
labor relations, or other factors relating to our exploration activities. Such
changes could cause us to incur significant unforeseen expenses of compliance or
even require us to suspend our activities altogether.
Our
directors and executive officers own a significant amount of our voting capital
common stock, and accordingly, exert considerable influence over
us. As of March 31, 2008, our directors and executive officers
beneficially owned common stock which would equal in the aggregate approximately
22.55% of the voting power of our outstanding common stock. As a
result, these stockholders are potentially able to significantly influence the
decision on all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election
of directors and the approval of significant corporate
transactions. This concentration of ownership could also delay or
prevent a change in control that may be favored by other
stockholders.
Going
Concern
We have
incurred substantial operating and net losses, as well as negative operating
cash flow, since our inception. Accordingly, we continued to have significant
stockholder deficits and working capital deficits during the year ended December
31, 2007, as further explained in our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year
ended December 31, 2007. In recognition of these trends, our
independent registered accountants included cautionary statements in their
report on our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2007, that
expressed “substantial doubt” regarding our ability to continue as a going
concern. Specifically, our independent accountants have opined that
the continuation of our Company as a going concern is dependent upon obtaining
sufficient working capital to be successful in that effort.
Our
ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on obtaining additional
working capital. Our management intends to develop a long-term
strategy to accomplish this objective through additional equity funding and
long-term financing. However, we cannot assure that we will be able
to obtain such additional equity or debt financing.
Our
Properties
We
currently hold interests in two properties that we believe show potential for
mineral development. Both properties are unpatented mining claims
located on federal public land managed by the United States Department of
Interior, Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”). We are obligated to pay
a maintenance fee of $125 per claim per year to the BLM.
Unpatented
mining claims are “located” or “staked” by individuals or companies on
particular parcels of federal public land upon which the individual or company
asserts the right to extract and develop a mineral deposit. Mining
claims may be one of two types: lode and placer. Lode claims are
claims on land where mineral deposits have been discovered encased in or
surrounded by hard rock, such as veins, fissures, lodes and disseminated ore
bodies. Placer claims are claims upon land containing deposits of
loose, unconsolidated material, such as gravel beds, or containing certain
consolidated sedimentary deposits lying at the surface. Federal law
limits each lode claim to no more than 1,500 feet along the length of the
deposit and no more than 300 feet to either side of the center line of the
deposit. A placer claim may be up to 20 acres for a single individual
or corporation, and up to as many as 160 acres for an association of at least
eight owners.
If the
statutes and regulations for the location and maintenance of a mining claim are
complied with, the locator obtains a valid possessory right to the contained
minerals. Failure to pay maintenance fees may render the mining claim
void or voidable. We believe we have valid claims, but, because
mining claims are self-initiated and self-maintained, it is impossible to
ascertain their validity solely from public real estate records. If
the government challenges the validity of an unpatented mining claim, we would
have the burden of proving the present economic feasibility of mining minerals
located on the claims.
Property
title uncertainties exist in the mining industry. We believe that we
have good title to our properties; however, defects in such title could have a
material adverse effect on us. We have investigated our rights to
explore, exploit and develop our various properties in manners consistent with
industry practice, and except as described below, to the best of our knowledge,
those rights are in good standing. However, we cannot assure that the
title to our properties will not be challenged or impugned by third parties or
governmental agencies or that third parties have not staked claims, or will not
in the future stake claims, on lands for which we believe we have good title to
existing claims. In addition, we cannot assure that the properties in
which we have an interest are not subject to prior unregistered
agreements. Any such undetected defects could cause us to lose our
rights to the property or to incur substantial expense in defending our
rights.
We have
reason to believe that a third party may have staked lode claims on several of
our existing placer claims in our Detrital Wash property (as described
below). We are currently in the process of ascertaining our rights
with respect to these properties.
Detrital Wash, Mohave
County, Arizona Property
Property
and Location
Our
Detrital Wash property (the “Detrital Wash Property”) consists of approximately
21,000 acres of land located approximately 56 miles from Las Vegas, Nevada, and
22 miles south of the Hoover Dam on U.S. Highway 93, Mohave County,
Arizona. The property is easily accessed by partially paved entry off
Highway 93 and has availability to electricity and water.
The
Detrital Wash Property is comprised of both placer and lode mining
claims. In March 1998, we entered into a mineral lease with James R.
Ardoin for eight placer claims located one mile east of mile marker 22 on
Highway 93, lying in Section 36, Township 28 North, Range 21 West, Mohave
County, Arizona. The lease does not require any minimum payments, and
charges a royalty of 2% of net smelter returns (“NSR”). The term of
the lease is for 20 years with an option to renew for an additional, successive
20-year term.
In July
2004, we entered into an exploration rights agreement with the holders, some of
whom were then directors or officers of the Company, of 131 placer association
claims covering approximately 20,000 acres adjacent to and surrounding our
original eight claims. The agreement granted us exploration rights on
the claims, and first right of refusal to enter into a mineral lease agreement
in exchange for a 0.25% NSR payable to the claimholders should the Company bring
the property into production. The agreement required us to expend a
minimum of $125,000 on exploration during the three-year period following the
execution of the exploration agreement and to maintain the claims in good
standing by paying the required maintenance fees to the BLM. We are
currently exploring options to obtain clear title to these claims.
These
20,000-plus acres of placer claims cover the Detrital Wash drainage as well as
areas of the surrounding Black Mountains and White Hills in northwestern
Arizona. The Detrital Wash area is composed of alluvial materials
eroded and deposited from the surrounding mountains as well as from upstream to
the south and west. Based on the presence of gold and silver
producing mines in the Black Mountains and the White Hills, we believe placer
deposits of precious metals may exist on the Detrital Wash
Property. We cannot assure that we will discover such deposits or
that, if such deposits are discovered, we will be able to commercially produce
such mineral deposits.
Our
Detrital Wash Property also consists of 200 lode claims located along the
western front of the White Hills. These lode claims have been
converted from our existing placer claims based on the existence of
mineralization in the bedrock. The lode claims cover known and
anticipated northerly extensions of veins found in the White Hills and
mineralized structures to the south.
In 2007,
we paid an aggregate of $16,875 in maintenance fees to the BLM for the Detrital
Wash Property.
Operations
We are
aggressively pursuing a program to increase our land holdings in the Detrital
Wash area by adding new lode claims and converting placer claims to lode claims
where mineralization occurs in the bedrock. In addition, we currently
have engaged consultants who are conducting a program of testing geological
samples from the property for mineralization and mapping the existing
geology. We plan to extend this sampling and geology mapping program
to any new claims added to our inventory as well as surrounding areas of
interest we believe may contain valuable mineralization. We intend to
utilize the initial results of this program to evaluate our Detrital Wash
Property and further design an exploration program to best determine its mineral
potential.
Wikieup, Arizona
Property
Property
and Location
Our
Wikieup property (the “Wikieup Property”) consists of 42 lode claims located
approximately three miles west of U.S. Highway 93 in Section 36, Township 16N,
Range 14W in the Hualapai Mountain Range at Wikieup, Arizona. These
claims comprise approximately 840 acres of mountainous terrain. The
property is easily accessible by paved and dirt roads west of Wikieup, Arizona,
from U.S. Highway 93 and has nearby access to electricity and
water.
The
Hualapai Mountain Range consists of pre-cambrian gneiss and schist that has
locally been intruded by quartz monzonite and granitic rocks of probable
Laramide age. Laramide age intrusives are traditionally one of the
primary host rocks for Arizona porphyry copper deposits. Notable ore
deposits and mines nearby are the Oatman Mining District to the northwest and
the Bagdad open pit copper mine to the southeast of this area.
We
purchased the Wikieup claims from Gold Standard Mines, Inc. in March 2001 in
exchange for which we issued 1,000,000 shares of our restricted common stock
having an aggregate value of $400,000 as of the date of the
acquisition. We received from Gold Standard Mines a notarized
quitclaim deed granting us all rights, interest and title to 51 lode mining
claims. The deed was subsequently recorded at the United States
Bureau of Land Management office in Phoenix, Arizona, and at Mohave County in
Kingman, Arizona.
In 2007,
we paid an aggregate of $5,250 in maintenance fees to the BLM for the Wikieup
Property.
Operations
Due to
our limited financial resources, we do not currently have plans to engage in
development activities on the Wikieup Property during 2008. However,
should adequate financing become available, management may implement an
aggressive campaign to identify through accepted geological processes any
mineralization occurring on our Wikeiup claims.
Plan
of Operation
Over the
next twelve months, we intend to focus on obtaining financing necessary to add
additional claims that may hold commercial mining value for further exploration
of both the Detrital Wash Property and the Wikieup Property, and to assess the
commercial viability of mineral extraction from deposits on these properties and
the establishment of precious and base metal reserves.
With
respect to our Detrital Wash Property, we are aggressively seeking to add new
lode claims and convert placer claims to lode claims where mineralization occurs
in the bedrock. We have currently engaged consultants who are
conducting a program of testing geological samples for the existence of minerals
and mapping the existing geology. We intend to extend this sampling
and geology program to any new claims added to our inventory and to surrounding
areas of interest anticipated to contain valuable mineralization. We
plan to utilize the initial results of this program to evaluate our Detrital
Wash Property and further design an exploration program to best determine its
mineral potential. See “– Our
Properties.”
As of the
date of this Quarterly Report, we do not plan to conduct development activities
on the Wikieup Property during 2008. However, should adequate
financial resources become available, we may aggressively pursue a program to
identify any mineralization occurring on the Wikieup Property. See “– Our
Properties.”
Due to
our limited financial resources, we do not anticipate any purchase or sale of
property, plant, or other significant equipment, and we do not expect any
significant changes in the number of our employees. However,
employees, consultants and expertise will be added to the Company as management
deems necessary and when financing permits.
Financing
We do not
have any revenues and continue to be dependent on debt and equity financing to
meet our immediate cash needs. We continue to pursue means to expand
our exploration activities, either by seeking additional capital through loans
or private placements of our securities, or by entering into joint venture or
similar arrangements with one or more other, more substantial
companies.
On
December 3, 2007, we obtained a $500,000 revolving line of credit from
Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Homes, Crematorium and Cemeteries, Inc.
(“KRFH”). The line of credit carries simple interest at the rate of
6% per annum. All unpaid principal and accrued interest is due on
December 2, 2010 (the “Maturity Date”). Until the Maturity Date, we
are only required to pay interest, with the first such payment due in arrears on
June 3, 2007, and then with additional payments every 90 days
thereafter. At any time, KRFH can demand immediate repayment of the
outstanding balance on the line of credit with ten days notice. Any
payments due from us that are not paid within ten days of the due date are
subject to late fee of 5%. We have the right to prepay any amounts
due KRFH at any time without penalty.
We plan
to use the line of credit to fund our operating and compliance
costs. In the event we are unable to achieve sufficient revenues for
the repayment of the line of credit, we will need to raise such funds through
debt and equity financings. We can provide no assurance that we will
be able to raise the funds necessary for the repayment of the line of credit on
terms favorable to us or at all. If we raise capital by selling our
equity stock, the proportionate ownership of existing shareholders will be
diluted.
The line
of credit is secured by a 51% interest in our Detrital Wash Property and Wikieup
Property and in any future claims acquired by us, as well as all proceeds and
products from such properties (collectively, the “Collateral”). In
the event we default, KRFH may institute legal action against us and foreclose
against the Collateral. In such event, KRFH would be entitled to its
collection costs, including attorney fees and courts costs.
Our
Chairman of the Board, Ms. Virginia Shehee, may be deemed the beneficial owner
of over 50% of the outstanding shares of KRFH due to the voting power she has
obtained pursuant to a voting agreement. Due to the voting power she
has obtained pursuant to a similar voting agreement, Ms. Shehee may also be
deemed the beneficial owner of over 50% of the outstanding shares of Kilpatrick
Life Insurance Company, one of our major shareholders. The Kilpatrick
Life Insurance Company employs Ms. Shehee as its President and Chief Executive
Officer and Ms. Jacqulyn Wine as its Assistant
Secretary/Treasurer. Ms. Wine is our Acting Secretary, Acting
Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer and one of our directors.
During
our fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, we secured additional funding through
the private placement of our restricted common stock shares at prices ranging
from $0.012 to $0.035 per share. In the aggregate, we sold 15,668,982
restricted common stock shares during our fiscal year 2007 for a net purchase
price of $210,000. We believe the issuances were exempt from
registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. During the
three month period ended March 31, 2008, we did not secure any additional
funding through the issuance of our common stock.
In
addition, certain of our directors have from time to time advanced funds to our
Company for the payment of operating expenses. These advances have
been repaid in cash and through the issuance of restricted shares of our common
stock. There were no amounts owing to the Company’s directors at
December 31, 2007 or 2006, or at March 31, 2008. During the three
month period ended March 31, 2008, our directors did not advance any funds to
the Company.
LIQUIDITY
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
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For
the Three Month Period Ended
March
31,
2008
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For
the Three Month Period Ended
March
31,
2007
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Net
cash used in operating activities
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$ |
(170,116 |
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$ |
(61,367 |
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Net
cash provided by investing activities
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— |
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— |
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Net
cash provided by financing activities
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125,000 |
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160,000 |
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General
Overall,
we had negative cash flows of $45,116 for the three months ended March 31, 2008,
resulting from $170,116 used in our operating activities and $125,000 provided
by our financing activities. No cash was provided by our investing
activities during the three months ended March 31, 2008.
Cash
Used in Our Operating Activities
For the
three month period ended March 31, 2008, net cash used in our operating
activities of $170,116 was due primarily to expenses associated with our mineral
exploration activities, expenses for professional services and general and
administrative expenses.
Cash
Provided by Our Financing Activities
Net cash
provided by our financing activities of $125,000 during the three month period
ended March 31, 2008, was comprised of cash provided by proceeds from a line of
credit we obtained in December 2007.
Internal
Sources of Liquidity
For the
three month period ended March 31, 2008, the funds generated from our operations
were insufficient to fund our daily operations. We can provide no
assurance that funds from our operations will meet the requirements of our daily
operations in the future. In the event that funds from our operations
are insufficient to meet our operating requirements, we will need to seek other
sources of financing to maintain liquidity.
External
Sources of Liquidity
We
continue to pursue all potential financing options as we look to secure
additional funds to both stabilize and grow our business
operations. Our management will review any financing options at their
disposal, and will judge each potential source of funds on its individual
merits.
On
December 3, 2007, we obtained a $500,000 revolving line of credit from
Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Homes, Crematorium and Cemeteries, Inc.
(“KRFH”). We plan to use the line of credit to fund our operating and
compliance costs. In the event we are unable to achieve sufficient
revenues for the repayment of the line of credit, we will need to raise such
funds through debt and equity financings. We can provide no assurance
that we will be able to raise the funds necessary for the repayment of the line
of credit on terms favorable to us or at all. See “– GENERAL – Financing”
for additional discussion of the Company’s line of credit and other
financing.
Inflation
Management
believes that inflation has not had a material effect on our results of
operations, and does not expect that it will in fiscal year 2008, except that
rising oil and gas prices may materially and adversely impact the economy
generally.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
We do not
have any off-balance sheet arrangements.
ITEM
3. CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES
(a) Disclosure
Controls and Procedures.
Our
management evaluated, with the participation of our President and our Acting
Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls
and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on
Form 10-QSB, March 31, 2008. Based on this evaluation, our President
and our Acting Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)
under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report were
effective in timely alerting management to material information relating to us
and required to be included in our periodic filings with the SEC.
Disclosure
controls and procedures are controls and procedures that are designed to ensure
that information required to be disclosed in our periodic reports under the
Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time
periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls
and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to
ensure that information required to be disclosed in our periodic reports that we
file under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management,
including our principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons
performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding
required disclosure.
(b) Internal
Control over Financial Reporting
Management’s Annual Report
on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our
management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal
control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f). Internal control over financial reporting is
a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles. Internal control over financial reporting includes those
policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in
reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and
dispositions of our assets; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions
are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and that our
receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations
of our management and directors; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding
prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition
of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial
statements.
Because
of its inherent limitations, our controls and procedures may not prevent or
detect misstatements. A control system, no matter how well conceived
and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the
objectives of the controls system are met. Because of the inherent
limitations in all controls systems, no evaluation of controls can provide
absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have
been detected.
Our
management has assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial
reporting based on the criteria in Internal Control — Integrated
Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission. Based on our evaluation under the criteria in
Internal Control — Integrated
Framework, we concluded that our internal control over financial
reporting was effective as of December 31, 2007.
Under the
rules of the SEC, the effectiveness of our internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2007, was not required to be attested to by an
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The attestation
requirement currently does not become applicable to small business issuers, such
as the Company, until fiscal year 2008.
Changes in Internal Control
Over Financial Reporting
There was
no change in our internal controls that occurred during the three month period
ended March 31, 2008, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
affect, the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.
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PART
II
OTHER
INFORMATION
ITEM
1. LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
From time
to time we are involved in legal proceedings relating to claims arising out of
operations in the normal course of business, as well as claims arising from our
status as an issuer of securities and/or a publicly reporting
company. At March 31, 2008, we know of no current or threatened legal
proceedings involving us or our properties reportable under this Item
1.
ITEM
2. SALES
OF UNREGISTERED EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
None.
ITEM
3. DEFAULTS
UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
None.
ITEM
4. SUBMISSION
OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
None.
ITEM
5. OTHER
INFORMATION
None.
ITEM
6. EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Index
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31.1*
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as
adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
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31.2*
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Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as
adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
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32.1*
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
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32.2*
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Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
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* Filed
herewith
SIGNATURES
In
accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this
report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.
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INTERNATIONAL
STAR, INC.
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Date:
May 15, 2008
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By:
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/s/ Sterling M.
Redfern
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Sterling
M. Redfern |
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President
and Director |
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Date: May
15, 2008
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By:
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/s/ Jacqulyn B.
Wine
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Jacqulyn
B. Wine |
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Acting
Secretary, Acting Treasurer/Chief |
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Financial
Officer and Director |
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