internationalstar_10q-093008.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC  20549

FORM 10-Q
 
(Mark One)
 
x Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
   
  For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 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 registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Nevada
 
86-0876846
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
     
1818 Marshall Street, Shreveport, LA
 
71101
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
     
     
(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)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x  No o

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

As of October 31, 2008, there were 279,262,274 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock issued and outstanding.

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.  (Check one):
 
Large accelerated filer o
Accelerated filer o Non-accelerated filer o Smaller reporting company x
(Do not check if smaller reporting company)
 

 
INTERNATIONAL STAR, INC.
Form 10-Q
For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
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ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIALCONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
 
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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
 
17
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
 
18
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
 
18
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
 
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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
 
19
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
 
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ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
 
19
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
 
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
 
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PART I

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

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-Q.  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 September 30, 2008, and its results of operations and its cash flows for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008.
 
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INTERNATIONAL STAR, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
(An Exploration Stage Company)
BALANCE SHEETS
 
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
(Audited)
 
             
 
 
September 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
ASSETS
           
Current Assets:
           
Cash
  $ 13,467     $ 96,141  
Total Current Assets
    13,467       96,141  
                 
Property and Equipment (Net of accumulated depreciation)
    9,986       12,535  
                 
Total Assets
  $ 23,453     $ 108,676  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY
               
                 
Current Liabilities:
               
Accounts payable
  $ 340,869     $ 296,358  
Accrued expenses
    7,562       2,625  
Total Current Liabilities
    348,431       298,983  
                 
Long Term Note Payable – Related Party
    500,000       225,000  
                 
Total Liabilities
    848,431       523,983  
                 
Stockholders’ Deficiency:
               
Preferred Stock
               
20,000,000 shares authorized,
               
Undesignated par value – none issued
    --       --  
Common Stock
               
780,000,000 shares authorized, at $.001 par value;
         
278,762,274 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2008
    278,762       273,362  
Capital in excess of par value
    4,425,259       4,376,659  
Deficit accumulated during the exploration stage
    (5,528,999 )     (5,065,328 )
Total Stockholders’ Deficiency
    (824,978 )     (415,307 )
                 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficiency
  $ 23,453     $ 108,676  
 
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
 
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INTERNATIONAL STAR, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
(An Exploration Stage Company)
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)

 
   
Three months ended Sep. 30,
   
Nine months ended Sep. 30,
     
January 1, 2004
(date of inception of exploration stage) to September 30,
 
   
2008
   
2007
   
2008
   
2007
   
2008
 
Revenue:
                             
Total Revenue
  $ --     $ --     $ --     $ --     $ --  
                                         
Expenses:
                                       
Mineral exploration costs
    37,866       22,125       230,611       24,237       811,350  
Professional fees
    40,958       43,255       137,624       130,820       611,592  
Compensation & management fees
    10,500       17,000       30,688       36,500       1,411,096  
Depreciation & amortization
    850       850       1,700       2,550       13,822  
General & administrative
    12,222       13,897       48,174       45,182       448,976  
Total Operating Expenses
    (102,397 )     (97,127 )     (448,797 )     (239,289 )     (3,296,836 )
                                         
Net (Loss) from Operations
  $ (102,397 )   $ (97,127 )   $ (448,797 )   $ (239,289 )   $ (3,296,836 )
                                         
Other Income and Expenses:
                                       
Interest income
  $ --     $ 381     $ 327     $ 2,147     $ 2,939  
Interest expense
    (5,342 )     --       (15,200 )             (69,353 )
Loss on disposal of assets
                                    (12,629 )
Loss on divestiture of subsidiary
                                    (99,472 )
Total Other Income (Expense)
    (5,342 )     381       (14,874 )     2,147       (178,515 )
                                         
Net (Loss)
  $ (107,739 )   $ (96,746 )   $ (463,671 )   $ (237,142 )   $ (3,475,351 )
                                         
Weighted Average Shares
                                       
Common Stock Outstanding
    276,595,607       273,631,013       275,162,274       272,674,974          
                                         
Net Loss Per Common Share
                                       
(Basic and Fully Dilutive)
  $ (0.00 )   $ (0.00 )   $ (0.00 )   $ (0.00 )        
 
See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
 
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INTERNATIONAL STAR, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
(An Exploration Stage Company)
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
 
September 30, 2008
 
   
Three months ended Sep. 30,
   
Nine months ended Sep. 30,
   
January 1, 2004
(date of inception of exploration stage) to September 30,
 
   
2008
   
2007
   
2008
   
2007
   
2008
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
                             
Net (loss)
  $ (107,739 )   $ (96,746 )   $ (463,671 )   $ (237,142 )   $ (3,475,351 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash used in operating activities:
                                       
Depreciation & amortization
    850       850       2,550       2,550       13,822  
Loss on disposal of assets
    --       --       --       --       12,629  
Loss on divestiture of subsidiary
    --       --       --       --       99,472  
Common stock issued for services
    --       --       4,000       --       211,500  
Changes to operating assets and liabilities:
                                       
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable and prepaids
    --       --       --       --       79,795  
(Increase) decrease in inventories
    --       --       --       --       63,812  
(Increase) decrease in other assets
    --       --       --       --       95,474  
(Decrease) increase in accounts payables and accrued expenses
    33,811       18,073       49,447       26,660       300,097  
Net cash used in operating activities
    (73,079 )     (77,823 )     (407,764 )     (207,932 )     (2,598,750 )
                                         
Cash flows from investing activities:
                                       
Purchase of fixed assets
    --       --       --       --       (29,355 )
Net cash provided by investing activities
    --       --       --       --       (29,355 )
                                         
Cash flows from financing activities:
                                       
Proceeds from deposit
    --       --       --       --       --  
Repayments of long term borrowings
    --       --       --       --       (25,000 )
Proceeds from long term borrowings
    --       --       275,000       --       525,000  
Proceeds from sale of common stock
    50,000       --       50,000       210,000       1,777,426  
Net cash provided by financing activities
    50,000       --       325,000       210,000       2,277,426  
                                         
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    (23,079 )     (77,823 )     (82,674 )     2,068       (350,679 )
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
    36,546       83,151       96,141       3,260       364,146  
                                         
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
  $ 13,467     $ 5,328     $ 13,467     $ 5,328     $ 13,467  

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.
 
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INTERNATIONAL STAR, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 2008

A.  BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The interim financial statements of International Star, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 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 September 30, 2008, and the results of its operations and cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2008.

The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 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 September 30, 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.
 
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          5.  Basic and Dilutive Net Income (Loss) Per Share

Basic net income (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 September 30, 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 accounting 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.
 
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          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 three months ended September 30, 2008, the Company issued 5,000,000 shares of common stock and warrants for $50,000.  During the interim period ended September 30, 2007, the Company issued 15,937,721 shares of common stock for $210,000 cash and a $20,000 deposit that the Company had received prior to December 31, 2006.  The Company entered into an employment agreement effective April 1, 2008 whereby the Company would issue two separate option agreements to the Company president.  The first option agreement would have allowed the Company president to purchase up to 5,000,000 shares of the Company common stock at $.01 per share and the second option agreement would have allowed the Company president to purchase up to 5,000,000 shares of the Company common stock at $.03 per share.  The vesting of the option agreements were to be based upon performance incentives to be determined by the Board of Directors.  The employment agreement was amended on August 13, 2008, to allow the Company to issue stock options for an aggregate of 10,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company on such dates and according to such terms as designated by the Board of Directors of the Company.

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 September 30, 2008, the Company had borrowed $500,000 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.
 
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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

GENERAL

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 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 and base metals mineral properties.  Since 1998, we have examined various mineral properties prospective for precious and base metals and minerals and have acquired interests in those we believe may contain precious and base metals and minerals.  Our properties are located in Arizona.  Although we have confirmed the existence of mineralization in some of our properties, 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 mineral extraction on our 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.
 
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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 have aligned 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 September 30, 2008, our directors and executive officers beneficially owned common stock which would equal in the aggregate approximately 22.26% 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 has developed a long-term strategy for generating revenues from our mineral properties, with a short-term focus on obtaining additional equity or debt funding until such operating revenues can be generated.  We are in the process of attempting to raise additional capital to fund our current operating costs and to continue work on establishing the existence of mineral reserves within our properties to enable us to seek feasible revenue generating opportunities.

As of the date of this Quarterly Report, we have not been fully successful in raising the necessary additional equity or debt financing to fund our short-term operating costs or our planned mineral exploration work.  If we do not obtain substantial additional financing, we may not have sufficient capital to continue operating as a public company or at all beyond the fourth quarter of 2008.  We cannot assure that we will be able to obtain the necessary funding or, even if such financing is obtained, that we will be able to establish the existence of mineral reserves or generate revenues from our properties sufficient to sustain our continued operations or at all.

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 to the BLM of $170 per claim plus a $10 filing fee for each newly filed claim and $125 per claim per year for each existing claim.
 
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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.

Detrital Wash, Mohave County, Arizona Property

Property and Location

Our Detrital Wash property (the “Detrital Wash Property”) consists of approximately 24 square miles 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.

As of September 1, 2008, the Detrital Wash Property is comprised solely of lode mining claims.  Prior to September 1, 2008, our Detrital Wash Property consisted of approximately 21,000 acres of land consisting primarily of placer mining claims we had obtained in part through a mineral lease with James R. Ardoin in 1998 and in part through a 2004 exploration rights agreement with a group of individuals including several former directors and officers of the Company.  Based on assessments by our current geologist and mining engineer consultants that these claims do not contain placer mineral deposits, we determined that the value of these placer claims was not sufficient to justify the costs to continue maintaining these claims.  Therefore, we terminated our lease agreement with Mr. Ardoin on August 29, 2008, pursuant to the terms of the agreement.  Additionally, following the termination of the lease agreement and because our obligations under the 2004 exploration rights agreement had been fully performed, we allowed all of our placer claims in the Detrital Wash Property to expire as of August 31, 2008.

Our Detrital Wash Property presently consists of 434 lode claims located in the Black Mountains and along the western front of the White Hills in the Detrital Wash area in northwestern Arizona.  Based on the presence of gold and silver producing mines in the Black Mountains and the White Hills, we believe deposits of precious metals may exist within 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.
 
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These lode claims have been converted from our previous placer claims based on evidence of the existence of mineralization in the bedrock.  The lode claims cover areas of bedrock mineralization indicated by historical data obtained by the Company and confirmed by recent assays performed for the Company by a licensed independent lab and evaluated according to National Instrument (NI) 43-101 standards.  These areas include portions of the Black Mountains as well as 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.  We have not paid any maintenance fees for the Detrital Wash Property in 2008.  As of the date of this Quarterly Report, the maintenance fees for our current lode claims in the Detrital Wash Property are due in increments of $31,500 in December 2008, $31,500 in January 2009, and $32,760 in February 2009.

Operations

During the period ended September 30, 2008, we increased our lode claim holdings in the Detrital Wash area by adding new lode claims and converting placer claims to lode claims where mineralization occurs in the bedrock.  Based on our conclusion that our placer claims in the area did not contain placer deposits, we released all of our placer claim holdings in the Detrital Wash area upon their expiration as of August 31, 2008.

Our consultants have developed a program of testing geological samples from our Detrital Wash Property for mineralization and mapping the existing geology and have implemented an initial phase of this program.  The initial assay results of this program support historical records obtained by the Company of significant copper and molybdenum mineralization in both the Black Mountains and Northern White Hills areas of the Detrital region.  Based on these results, our consultants have developed a plan for the next phase of our exploration program to further assess under industry standards the mineral potential of our properties.  We are currently attempting to obtain funding to continue this exploration work.  Additionally, if sufficient funding is obtained, we plan to extend this sampling and geology mapping program to new claims added to our inventory as well as surrounding areas of interest we believe may contain valuable mineralization.  See “– GENERAL – Plan of Operation.”  We cannot guarantee that we will be able to obtain the necessary funds to conduct these planned exploration activities.  See “– GENERAL – Going Concern.”

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 annual maintenance fees to the BLM for the Wikieup Property.  In August 2008, we paid an aggregate of $5,250 in annual maintenance fees to the BLM to renew the Wikieup Property claims for the coming year.
 
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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.

Financial Condition and Results of Operations

We have incurred substantial net losses since our inception as an exploration stage company.  Our ability to generate revenue is dependent on our ability to establish the existence of mineral reserves on our properties.  We have not generated any revenue during any period since the date of our inception, and unless and until we establish that such reserves exist, we will not have any revenue from our mineral operations.  Our current management has engaged consultants who have developed an exploration plan involving various methods of geochemical and geophysical testing, in compliance with industry standards, to determine whether mineral reserves exist on our properties.  We have implemented an initial mapping and sampling phase of this plan that included assaying of collected geological samples.  We believe the assay results from this initial phase justify implementation of further phases of this exploration plan.  See “– GENERAL – Plan of Operation.”  However, further implementation of this plan is dependent our obtaining additional debt or equity financing.  We are currently attempting to obtain funding to continue this exploration work and to fund our future operating and compliance costs.  As of the date of this Quarterly Report, we have not yet obtained the necessary level of funds to further implement our exploration program or to fund our operating and compliance costs beyond the fourth quarter of 2008.  We cannot guarantee that we will obtain such financing on terms that will be favorable to us or at all, or, even if such financing is obtained, that we will determine that mineral reserves exist or that we will be able to commercially exploit any reserves found on our properties.  See “– GENERAL – Going Concern.”

As of September 30, 2008, our total assets are $23,453, consisting of $13,467 in cash and $9,986 in property and equipment, net of depreciation.  Our total assets at December 31, 2007, were $108,676, consisting of $96,141 in cash and $12,535 in property and equipment, net of depreciation.  The $85,223 decrease in our total assets during the nine months ended September 30, 2008, is primarily due to a reduction in our cash resulting from our operating and compliance expenses during the interim period.  These expenses have been largely comprised of costs associated with the development and implementation of our current mineral exploration program for our Detrital Wash claims and our general operating and compliance costs.

Our total liabilities as of September 30, 2008, are $848,431, an increase of $324,448 over total liabilities at December 31, 2007, of $523,983.  This increase is attributable to our borrowing an additional $275,000 under a line of credit to fund our exploration activities and general operating and compliance costs during the period, along with a $44,511 increase in our accounts payable for operating and compliance expenses.  See “– GENERAL – Financing” for a discussion of our line of credit.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008, Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007

Our net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, was $463,671, compared to a net loss of $237,142 during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2007, an increase of 195.52%.  The substantial increase in our net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, over the same period for 2007 was due primarily to costs associated with the development and implementation of our current mineral exploration program for our Detrital Wash mining claims.  Mineral exploration costs expense for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008, which included expenses related to geological sampling and mapping activities and assays performed on the samples taken from our properties, was $230,611, compared to $24,237 for the same period of 2007.

Professional fees expense increased by $6,804, or 5.20%, from $130,820 during the first nine months of 2007, to $137,624 during the first nine months of 2008.  We also incurred a $2,992, or 6.62%, increase in general and administrative costs to $48,174 during the nine months ended September 30, 2008, compared to $45,182 during the nine months ended September 30, 2007.  The increases in professional fees expense and general and administrative expense are attributable primarily to the development and implementation of our current exploration program and regulatory compliance costs.  During the first nine months of 2008, our compensation and management fees expense decreased by $5,812, or 15.92%, from $36,500 during the first nine months of 2007, to $30,688 during the first nine months of 2008.  Depreciation and amortization expense during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008, decreased $850, or 33.33%, from $2,550 during the nine months ended September 30, 2007, to $1,700 during the nine months ended September 30, 2008.
 
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During the first nine months of 2008, we incurred interest expense of $15,200 as a result of interest accruing on our line of credit obtained from Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Homes, Crematorium and Cemeteries, Inc. in December 2007.  See “– GENERAL – Financing.”  We had no interest expense during the same period in 2007.  Our interest income during the first nine months of 2008 was $327, compared to interest income of $2,147 during the first nine months of 2007.

Three Months Ended September 30, 2008, Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2007

Our net loss for the quarter ended September 30, 2008, was $107,739, compared to a net loss of $96,746 during the quarter ended September 30, 2007, an increase of 11.36%.  The increase in our net loss for the third quarter of 2008 over the third quarter of 2007 was due primarily to increased expenses associated with our mineral exploration activities on our Detrital Wash mining claims, offset in part by decreases in professional fees, compensation and management fees, and general and administrative expenses.  Mineral exploration costs expense for the three-month period ended September 30, 2008, which consisted primarily of expenses related to adding new lode claims and converting our previous placer claims to lode claims in the Detrital Wash Property, was $37,866, compared to $22,125 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2007.

Professional fees expense decreased by $2,297, or 5.31%, from $43,255 during the third quarter of 2007, to $40,958 during the third quarter of 2008.  Compensation and management fees expense decreased by $6,500, or 38.24%, from $17,000 during the third quarter of 2007, to $10,500 during the third quarter of 2008.  The decrease in compensation and management fees expense is primarily related to the resignation of a former officer during the third quarter of 2007.  We also experienced a $1,675, or 12.05%, decrease in general and administrative costs to $12,222 during the three months ended September 30, 2008, compared to $13,897 during the three months ended September 30, 2007.  The decreases in professional fees expense and general and administrative expense during the period ended September 30, 2008, over the same period in 2007 are due to ordinary fluctuations in operating and compliance expenses from year to year and quarter to quarter.  There was no material change in depreciation and amortization expense during the three-month period ended September 30, 2008, as compared to the same period in 2007.

During the third quarter of 2008, we incurred interest expense of $5,342 as a result of interest accruing on our line of credit obtained from Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Homes, Crematorium and Cemeteries, Inc. in December 2007.  See “– GENERAL – Financing.”  We had no interest expense during the same period in 2007.  We did not have any interest income during the third quarter of 2008, compared to $381 interest income during the third quarter of 2007.

Plan of Operation

During the fourth quarter of 2008, we intend to focus on obtaining financing necessary to continue our efforts to assess the commercial viability of mineral extraction from potential deposits on these properties and the establishment of precious and base metal reserves and, should funding be available, to add additional claims that may hold commercial mining value for further exploration of both the Detrital Wash Property and the Wikieup Property.

With respect to our Detrital Wash Property, during the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we have added new lode claims and converted placer claims to lode claims where mineralization occurs in the bedrock.  Based on assessments by our consultant geologists and mining engineer of the lack of placer deposits on these properties, we determined that our placer claims did not have sufficient value to justify the cost of maintaining the claims, and therefore, we released all of our placer claim holdings in the Detrital Wash area upon their expiration as of August 31, 2008.  See “ – Our Properties.”  During the first nine months of 2008, we implemented an initial phase of a program developed by our consultants 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, pending the availability of sufficient funding.
 
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During the second quarter of 2008, we obtained historical records created in connection with substantial exploration conducted in the Northern Black Mountains, where a portion of our Detrital mining claims are located, by various mining companies from the 1960’s through the 1980’s.  Work completed by these companies included soil sampling, stream sampling, rock sampling and drilling, bouguer gravity surveys, and resistivity and IP surveys.

The historical soil, sediment and rock sampling data obtained by the Company indicated copper and molybdenum mineralization on the property in the form of projected and drilled areas of chalcocite mineralization.  Our geologist and engineering consultants have developed an exploration program designed to re-evaluate this historical data under NI 43-101 industry standards.  We have implemented and obtained results from an initial phase of this program, and our consultants have developed plans to implement the next phase of the program.

As part of the initial phase of our current exploration program, 252 assays were performed by Mountain States R&D International, Inc., an Arizona registered and licensed lab, on samples taken from our Detrital Wash claims.  Results of these assays support the historical data indicating significant copper (Cu) and molybdenum (Mo) mineralization in both the Black Mountains and Northern White Hills areas of the Detrital region.

The assays report that copper values of the rock samples collected range from 25 ppm to 6.10% Cu.  There were thirteen samples above 1.0% Cu, seventeen samples with values between 0.10% Cu and 0.99% Cu, and one soil sample at 0.081% Cu.  The remainder of the rock and soil samples ranged from 25 ppm Cu to 599 ppm Cu.  The molybdenum values from rock and soil samples range from nine samples below detection limit of 1 ppm Mo to 906 ppm Mo.  Anomalous silver, lead and arsenic are also present in samples from the property.

Due to budget constraints, we did not assay the samples for gold mineralization.  However, our existing claim block consists of several former gold mines, and the historical data we have obtained indicates mineralization of gold in the area.  Subject to available funding, we intend to test for gold mineralization in future assays of samples taken from this area.  We cannot provide assurance, however, that mineralization of gold will be confirmed by future assays or that any mineralization determined by the recent or future assays will be sufficient to establish the existence of precious or base mineral reserves on our properties.

Based on these initial assay results, we have worked with our geologist and engineering consultants on planning and implementation of our next phase of geological testing to determine the mineral potential of these properties and the viability of extracting any mineral reserves discovered.  This phase will include assaying over 200 additional samples, which were collected during our initial sampling phase, for the existence of copper, molybdenum, silver and gold mineralization.  This next phase will also involve conducting geophysical probing and scanning of areas where mineralization is shown to exist by our recent assay results.  If these activities further indicate the potential existence of significant mineralization on our properties, we intend to conduct subsequent testing to determine whether such mineralization is of sufficient quantity to establish mineral reserves.  If our subsequent exploration activities indicate the existence of mineral reserves on our properties, management intends to pursue a means to exploit those reserves by either commencing mining operations, selling or leasing our interest in the property, or entering into a joint venture with a larger resource company to develop the property to the production stage.

Implementation and completion of our planned second phase of our exploration program and our additional exploration activities are dependent on our obtaining funding through additional debt or equity financing.  We have recently obtained an initial portion of the funding through an equity securities offering.  See “– GENERAL – Financing,” “– LIQUIDITY – External Sources of Liquidity” and “UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.”  The funds raised to date have been used or allocated to cover general operating and compliance costs during the third and fourth quarters of 2008 and for payment of annual maintenance fees to the BLM for our lode mining claims in our Wikieup Property.  Additional financing is necessary to pay maintenance fees for the Detrital Wash Property and to begin implementation of the next phase of our exploration activities.  Until funding is obtained, we are unable to continue our exploration program.  See “– GENERAL – Going Concern.”

We continue to pursue means to secure additional capital through debt or equity financing to fund our future operations.  We cannot guarantee that we will obtain such financing on terms that will be favorable to us or at all.  We also cannot assure, even if such financing is obtained, that we will determine that mineral reserves exist on our properties or that we will be able to commercially exploit any such reserves.  Our ability to establish and exploit any reserves of precious or base minerals found on our properties will depend, in part, on factors beyond our control, including technological capabilities in the mining industry, current economic conditions and the current market price of any minerals discovered.
 
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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 “– GENERAL – 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 fund our current and future operations and to both continue and 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, 2008, 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.  As of September 30, 2008, we have made total interest payments of $9,263 toward this line of credit.

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 (“KLIC”), one of our major shareholders.  Ms. Shehee serves as Chairman of the Board of KLIC and until July 1, 2008, served as its President and Chief Executive Officer.  KLIC also employs as its Corporate Secretary Ms. Jacqulyn Wine.  Ms. Wine is our Secretary, Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer and one of our directors.

We have used the line of credit to fund our operating and compliance costs during the first three quarters of 2008.  As of September 30, 2008, we have used the full balance available under the line of credit.  Because we presently do not have sufficient revenues to fund our operating and compliance costs or to fund our repayment of the line of credit, we are in the process of attempting to raise other funds through debt and equity financings.  During the quarter ended September 30, 2008, we raised $50,000 through the sale of our restricted common stock and common stock warrants, and we are presently seeking additional funds through similar equity or debt financing.  See “UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.”  We can provide no assurance that we will be able to raise the funds necessary 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.
 
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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.  Other than the $50,000 raised through the sale of our restricted common stock and common stock warrants during the third quarter of 2008, we did not secure any additional funding through the issuance of our common stock during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008.

Historically, 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 September 30, 2008.  During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008, our directors did not advance any funds to the Company.

LIQUIDITY

Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
   
Nine months ended Sep. 30,
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
Net cash used in operating activities
  $ (407,674 )   $ (207,932 )
Net cash provided by investing activities
           
Net cash provided by financing activities
    325,000       210,000  

General

Overall, we had negative cash flows of $82,674 for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, resulting from $407,674 used in our operating activities and $325,000 provided by our financing activities.  No cash was provided by investing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2008.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, we had positive cash flows of $2,068.  The decrease in cash flows for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008, over the same period in 2007 reflects a $226,529 increase in our net loss for the interim period in 2008 over the interim period in 2007, primarily as a result of costs associated with the development and implementation of the initial phase of our current mineral exploration program and the addition of lode claims to our Detrital Wash Property, offset in part by proceeds from our line of credit and sales of our common stock and stock warrants.

Cash Used in Our Operating Activities

For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008, net cash used in our operating activities of $407,674, an increase of $199,742 from the same period in 2007, was due primarily to expenses associated with our increased mineral exploration activities, and to a lesser degree, expenses for professional services and general and administrative expenses.

Cash Provided by Our Financing Activities

Net cash provided by our financing activities of $325,000 during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008, was comprised of cash provided by proceeds from a line of credit we obtained in December 2007, along with $50,000 provided by the sale of our common stock and common stock warrants in August and September 2008.  See “UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.”  This reflects an increase of $115,000 as compared to net cash provided by financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2007.  Net cash provided by financing activities during the first nine months of 2007 resulted from proceeds from the sale of our common stock.
 
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Internal Sources of Liquidity

For the nine-month period ended September 30, 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.  Unless and until funds from our operations are sufficient to meet our operating requirements, we will continue to need to seek other sources of financing to maintain liquidity.

External Sources of Liquidity

Because we have been unable to generate funds from operations sufficient to fund our daily operations, we must rely on external sources of liquidity.  We continue to pursue available financing options to secure funds to continue and, where possible, grow our business operations.  Our management will review any financing options at its 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.  During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2008, we used the line of credit to fund our operating and compliance costs.  As of September 30, 2008, we have used the full balance available under the line of credit.  Because we presently do not have sufficient revenues to fund our operating and compliance costs or to fund our repayment of the line of credit, we are in the process of attempting to raise other funds through debt and equity financings.

During the three-month period ended September 30, 2008, we raised $50,000 through the sale of our restricted common stock and common stock warrants.  See “– GENERAL – Financing” and “UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.”  We are presently seeking additional funds through similar equity or debt financing.  We can provide no assurance that we will be able to raise the necessary funds on terms favorable to us or at all.  See “– GENERAL – Going Concern.”

Inflation

Management believes that inflation has not had a material effect on our results of operations, and does not expect that it will in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2008, except that increases in oil and gas, food and other commodity prices could materially and adversely impact the economy generally.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.

ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Not applicable.

ITEM 4.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES 

(a)  Disclosure Controls and Procedures.

Our management evaluated, with the participation of our President and our 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-Q, September 30, 2008.  Based on this evaluation, our President and our 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.
 
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(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 temporary 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 smaller reporting companies, 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 September 30, 2008, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to affect, the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.

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 September 30, 2008, we know of no current or threatened legal proceedings involving us or our properties reportable under this Item 1.
 
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ITEM 1A.  RISK FACTORS

Not applicable.

ITEM 2.  UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

On August 26, 2008, we sold 3,500,000 shares of our common stock and warrants to purchase an additional 1,750,000 shares of our common stock to an existing shareholder of the Company at a price of $0.01 per unit for an aggregate of $35,000.  The warrants are exercisable upon issuance for a term of three years from date of issuance at an exercise price of 50% of the closing price of our common stock on the day immediately preceding the date of exercise.  We believe the issuance of these securities was exempt from registration under Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

On September 30, 2008, we sold 1,500,000 shares of our common stock and warrants to purchase an additional 750,000 shares of our common stock to three existing shareholders of the Company at a price of $0.01 per unit for an aggregate of $15,000.  The warrants are exercisable upon issuance for a term of three years from date of issuance at an exercise price of 50% of the closing price of our common stock on the day immediately preceding the date of exercise.  We believe the issuance of these securities was exempt from registration under Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

We did not make any other sales of unregistered equity securities during the three-month period ended September 30, 2008.

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

Exhibit No.
Description
31.1*
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
31.2*
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
32.1*
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
32.2*
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
_________________________________
 
* Filed herewith
 
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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.
 
 
  INTERNATIONAL STAR, INC.  
       
Date: November 14, 2008
By:
/s/ Sterling M. Redfern  
    Sterling M. Redfern   
    President and Director  
       

     
       
Date: November 14, 2008
By:
/s/ Jacqulyn B. Wine  
    Jacqulyn B. Wine  
    Secretary, Treasurer/Chief  
    Financial Officer and Director  
 
 
 
 
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