intlstar_10q-033109.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
DC 20549
FORM
10-Q
(Mark
One)
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Quarterly Report Pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 |
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For the Quarterly Period Ended
March 31, 2009 |
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or
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o
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Transition Report Pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 |
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For the Transition period from
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INTERNATIONAL
STAR, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
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86-0876846
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(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation or
organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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)
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. x Yes o No
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,”
“accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated
filer o |
Accelerated
filer o
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Non-accelerated
filer o
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Smaller reporting
company x
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(Do not check if
smaller reporting company) |
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
o Yes x No
As of
April 30, 2009, there were 281,512,274 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock
issued and outstanding.
INTERNATIONAL
STAR, INC.
Form
10-Q
For
the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2009
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
PART
I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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1
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ITEM
1.
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FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS |
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1
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ITEM
2.
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MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIALCONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS |
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8
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ITEM
3.
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QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKETRISK |
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18
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ITEM
4.
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CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES |
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18
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PART
II – OTHER INFORMATION
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19
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ITEM
1.
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LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS |
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19
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ITEM
1A.
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RISK
FACTORS |
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19
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ITEM
2.
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UNREGISTERED
SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS |
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20
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ITEM
3.
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DEFAULTS
UPON SENIOR SECURITIES |
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21
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ITEM
4.
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SUBMISSION
OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS |
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21
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ITEM
5.
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OTHER
INFORMATION |
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21
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ITEM
6.
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EXHIBITS |
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21
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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-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,
2008. 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, 2009, and its results of operations and its
cash flows for the three-month period ended March 31, 2009.
INTERNATIONAL
STAR, INC.
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
(An
Exploration Stage Company)
BALANCE
SHEETS
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(Unaudited)
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(Audited)
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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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$ |
57,404 |
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$ |
8,889 |
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Prepaid
expenses
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6,507 |
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11,388 |
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Total Current
Assets
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13,467 |
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20,277 |
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Property
and Equipment (Net of accumulated depreciation)
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663 |
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9,136 |
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Total
Assets
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$ |
64,574 |
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$ |
29,413 |
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LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY
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Current
Liabilities:
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Accounts
payable
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$ |
339,818 |
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$ |
366,847 |
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Accrued
expenses
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29,389 |
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22,590 |
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Note payable – Related
party
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200,000 |
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30,000 |
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Shareholder
deposits
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750 |
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7,500 |
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Total Current
Liabilities
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569,957 |
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426,937 |
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Long
Term Note Payable – Related Party
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500,000 |
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500,000 |
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Total
Liabilities
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1,069,957 |
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926,937 |
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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
$.001 par value;
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281,512,274 and 279,262,274
shares issued and outstanding
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at March 31, 2009 and December
31, 2008, respectively
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281,512 |
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279,262 |
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Capital in excess of par
value
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4,430,884 |
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4,429,759 |
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Deficit accumulated during the
exploration stage
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(5,717,779
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(5,606,546
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Total Stockholders’
Deficiency
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(1,005,383
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(897,525
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Total
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficiency
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$ |
64,574 |
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$ |
29,413 |
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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)
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Three
Months Ended March 31,
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January
1,
2004
(date of inception of exploration
stage)
to
March
31,
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2009
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2008
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2009
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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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39,929 |
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104,825 |
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878,567 |
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Professional
fees
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19,604 |
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60,722 |
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659,812 |
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Compensation & management
fees
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19,817 |
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9,697 |
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1,431,552 |
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Depreciation &
amortization
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71 |
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849 |
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14,744 |
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General &
administrative
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15,773 |
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21,560 |
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474,620 |
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Total Operating
Expenses
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95,193 |
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197,653 |
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3,459,295 |
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Net
(Loss) from Operations
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$ |
(95,193 |
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$ |
(197,653 |
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$ |
(3,459,295 |
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Other
Income and Expenses
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Interest income
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-- |
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327 |
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2,939 |
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Interest
expense
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(8,088
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(4,203
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(87,490
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Other expense
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(50
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-- |
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(50
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Loss on disposal of
assets
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(7,902
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-- |
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(20,531
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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
Expenses
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(16,040
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(3,876
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(204,604
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Net
(Loss)
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$ |
(111,233 |
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$ |
(201,530 |
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$ |
(3,663,899 |
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Weighted
Average Shares
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Common Stock
Outstanding
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280,762,274 |
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273,362,274 |
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Net
Loss Per Common Share
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(Basic and
dilutive)
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$ |
(0.00 |
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$ |
(0.00 |
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See
the accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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INTERNATIONAL
STAR, INC.
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
(An
Exploration Stage Company)
STATEMENT
OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
March
31, 2009
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Three
Months Ended March 31,
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January
1,
2004
(date of inception of exploration
stage)
to
March
31,
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2009
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2008
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2009
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Cash
flows from operating activities:
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Net (loss)
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$ |
(111,233 |
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$ |
(201,530 |
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$ |
(3,663,899 |
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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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71 |
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849 |
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14,744 |
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Loss on disposal of
assets
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8,402 |
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-- |
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21,031 |
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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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211,500 |
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Changes in operating assets and
liabilities:
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Accounts receivable and
prepaids
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4,881 |
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-- |
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73,288 |
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Inventories
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-- |
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-- |
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63,812 |
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Other assets
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-- |
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-- |
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95,474 |
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Accounts payables and accrued
interest
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(20,230
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) |
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30,565 |
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320,640 |
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Shareholder
deposits
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(6,750
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) |
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-- |
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|
750 |
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Net cash used in operating
activities
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(124,859
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) |
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(170,116
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) |
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(2,763,188
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) |
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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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170,000 |
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125,000 |
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|
725,000 |
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Proceeds from sale of common
stock
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3,375 |
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-- |
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1,785,801 |
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Net cash provided by financing
activities
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173,375 |
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|
125,000 |
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2,485,801 |
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Net
increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
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48,516 |
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(45,116
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) |
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(306,742
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) |
Cash
and cash equivalents, beginning of period
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|
8,889 |
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|
96,141 |
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|
364,146 |
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Cash
and cash equivalents, end of period
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$ |
57,404 |
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$ |
51,025 |
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$ |
57,404 |
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See
the accompanying notes to the financial statements.
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INTERNATIONAL
STAR, INC.
AND
SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March
31, 2009
A. BASIS
OF PRESENTATION
The
interim financial statements of International Star, Inc. and subsidiaries (the
“Company”) for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, 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,
2009, and the results of its operations and cash flows for the three months
ended March 31, 2009.
The
results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2009, 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, 2008. 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,
2009 and 2008. 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
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 March 31, 2009, 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, prepaid expenses, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, shareholder
deposits and notes 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.
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 March 31, 2009, the Company issued 2,250,000 shares of
common stock upon the exercise of common stock warrants for
$3,375. The proceeds from these sales, which were received by the
Company during the fourth quarter of 2008, were previously classified as
shareholder deposits. The Company refunded to shareholders an
additional $3,375 in overpayments by the shareholders in connection with the
exercise of the warrants. There were 500,000 outstanding stock
warrants and no outstanding stock options at March 31, 2009.
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, 2009, 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.
The
Company entered into another loan agreement with Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral
Homes, Crematorium and Cemeteries, Inc.on December 1, 2008. Under
terms of the agreement, the Company has an available credit line balance of
$200,000 with interest accruing at 10% per annum. At March 31, 2009,
the Company had borrowed $200,000 under the terms of this loan
agreement.
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
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.
Our
determination as to whether any of the mineral properties we now hold, or which
we may acquire in the future, contain commercially mineable deposits, and
whether such properties should be brought into production, will depend upon the
availability of financing, the results of our exploration program and
independent feasibility analysis and the recommendation of engineers and
geologists. We cannot be certain that any of our properties contain
commercially mineable mineral deposits, and no assurance can be given that we
will ever generate a positive cash flow from production operations on such
properties.
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, 2008, as further explained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2008. 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, 2008, 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 continue to consider and pursue available and feasible
options to raise additional capital to fund our 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.
During
the fourth quarter of 2008, we obtained funding from a related party to satisfy
our current obligations and to continue exploration work on our Detrital Wash
Property through the first quarter of 2009. See “– GENERAL –
Financing.” We will need to raise additional equity or debt financing
to fund our operating costs and our planned mineral exploration work and to
service our current debt obligations for the remainder of 2009, unless and until
we are able to generate substantial revenues from our mineral
properties. We do not anticipate generating any revenue from our
mineral properties during the second quarter of 2009. Therefore, 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 second
quarter of 2009. 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 consist of 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 $14 local filing fee for
each newly filed claim and $125 per claim per year for each existing
claim.
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 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.
As of
this Report, we have learned that a third party has staked new placer and lode
claims over a portion of our existing lode claims in our Detrital Wash property
(described below). We are presently investigating the matter and
considering potentially available options to assert our rights with respect to
these properties. We believe our lode claims are properly filed and
recorded and that we have valid legal title to these claims over any subsequent
claim holders.
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. As of this Report, we have
obtained legal title to 75 of these claims. 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.
These
lode claims cover areas of bedrock mineralization indicated by historical data
obtained by the Company and confirmed by geochemical assays of mineral samples
performed for the Company in 2008 by a licensed independent lab and evaluated
according to National Instrument (NI) 43-101 standards, as well as other areas
where we have obtained evidence of mineralization occuring in the
bedrock. 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.
We did
not pay any maintenance fees to the BLM for our lode claims in the Detrital Wash
Property in 2008. During the first quarter of 2009, we paid $13,950
in filing fees for 75 of our current lode claims in the Detrital Wash
Property.
Operations
During
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. We did not add any new lode claims during the first quarter of
2009.
Our
current geology and mining engineer consultants developed a program during 2008
of testing geological samples from our Detrital Wash Property for mineralization
and mapping the existing geology. Assay results from the initial
phase of this program support historical records obtained by the Company in 2008
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 developed a plan for additional phases of our
exploration program to further assess under industry standards the mineral
potential of our properties. In March 2009, we submitted over 200
additional mineral samples for assays of copper, molybdenum, silver and
gold. As of this Report, we are presently evaluating the results of
these assays. Further implementation of this phase is dependent on
our obtaining additional funding. Pending favorable results from
these most recent assays, we intend to pursue additional funding through joint
venture opportunities or from other equity investors. See “– GENERAL – Plan of
Operation.” We cannot guarantee that the results of these assays will
be favorable or that we will be able to obtain the necessary funds to conduct
our 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 2008,
we paid an aggregate of $5,250 in annual 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 2009. 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 conducted mapping and sampling activities
as part of this plan, including two phases of assaying collected geological
samples. We are presently evaluating the results of the second phase
of assays performed during the first quarter of 2009. We believe the
assay results obtained thus far 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 considering potential options to obtain funding to continue
exploration work on our properties and to fund our future operating and
compliance costs. As of this Report, we have not yet obtained the
necessary level of funds to further implement our exploration program on our
Detrital Wash Property or to fund our operating and compliance costs beyond the
second quarter of 2009. 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
March 31, 2009, our total assets are $64,574, consisting of $57,404 in cash,
$6,507 in prepaid expenses and $663 in property and equipment, net of
depreciation. Our total assets at December 31, 2008, were $29,413,
consisting of $8,889 in cash, $11,388 in prepaid expenses and $9,136 in property
and equipment, net of depreciation. The $36,161 increase in our total
assets during the three months ended March 31, 2009, is primarily due to an
increase in our cash resulting from proceeds borrowed during the interim period
from a line of credit obtained by the Company in December 2008. The
increase in cash was offset partially by a decrease in prepaid expenses related
to assays performed on mineral samples from our properties and a reduction in
our property and equipment after we sold and disposed of a trailer and
all-terrain vehicles no longer in use by the Company.
Our total
liabilities as of March 31, 2009, are $1,069,957, an increase of $143,020 over
total liabilities at December 31, 2008, of $926,937. This increase is
attributable largely to our borrowing an additional $170,000 under a line of
credit to fund our exploration activities and general operating and compliance
costs during the period, offset in part by a $27,029 decrease in our accounts
payable resulting from our use of the funds obtained to pay outstanding
consultant and legal fees and other operating expenses. See “– GENERAL – Financing”
for a discussion of our line of credit.
Three Months Ended March 31,
2009, Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2008
Net Loss. Our net
loss for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, was $111,233, compared to a net loss
of $201,530 during the quarter ended March 31, 2008, a decrease of
44.81%. The significant decrease in our net loss for the first
quarter of 2009 over the first quarter of 2008 was due primarily to
substantially lower mineral exploration costs and professional fees during the
first three months of 2009 as compared to the same period in 2008, along with
reductions in our depreciation and amortization expense and general and
administrative expenses. These decreases were partially offset by a
significant increase in our compensation and management fees during the first
quarter of 2009 over the first quarter of 2008.
Mineral Exploration Costs
Expense. Mineral exploration costs expense for the three-month
period ended March 31, 2009, was $39,929, compared to $104,825 for the
three-month period ended March 31, 2008, a decrease of $64,896, or
61.91%. This significant decrease resulted from the costs associated
with the development and implementation of our current exploration
program for our Detrital Wash mining claims during the first quarter of 2008 and
the comparative reduction in exploration activity during the first quarter of
2009, which was mostly limited to assaying of previously collected mineral
samples from our Detrital Wash Property, paying filing fees for a portion of our
mining claims, and general maintenance of our existing claims.
Professional Fees
Expense. Professional fees expense for the first quarter of
2009 decreased significantly over the same period in 2008 by $41,118, or 67.72%,
to $19,604, compared to $60,722 during the first quarter of 2008. The
two-thirds decrease resulted from reduced consultant fees related to the
decrease in our exploration activity, the mutual termination of our consulting
agreement with our financial consultant during the summer of 2008 due to his
acceptance of employment with one of our major shareholders, and smaller legal
expenses during the first quarter of 2009 as compared to the first quarter of
2008.
Compensation and Management Fees
Expense. Our compensation and management fees expense during
the first quarter of 2009 increased by $10,120, or 104.36%, from $9,697 during
the first quarter of 2008 to $19,817 during the first quarter of
2009. This two-fold increase was due primarily to our payment in
January 2009 of accrued compensation to our president from the fourth quarter of
2008, and in part to the renegotiation of our employment agreement with our
president on April 1, 2008. Under the April 1, 2008 agreement, our
president receives a salary of $3,500 per month. Prior to April 1,
2008, our president received a salary of $2,700 per month along with 100,000
shares of common stock per month.
Depreciation and Amortization
Expense. Depreciation and amortization expense decreased over
90% from $849 during the first quarter of 2008 to $71 during the first quarter
of 2009. This decrease resulted from our sale and disposal of a
trailer and all-terrain vehicles no longer in use by the Company.
General and Administrative Costs
Expense. Our general and administrative costs decreased by
$5,787, or 26.84%, to $15,773 during the quarter ended March 31, 2009, compared
to $21,560 during the quarter ended March 31, 2008. The decrease in
general and administrative expense is attributable primarily to the reduction in
exploration activity on our Detrital Wash Property during the first quarter of
2009 as compared the same period in 2008, when we were developing and
implementing the initial stages of our current exploration program.
Interest
Income. We did not have any interest income during the
three-month period ended March 31, 2009, compared to $327 during the same period
in 2008.
Interest
Expense. During the first quarter of 2009, we incurred
interest expense of $8,088 as a result of interest accruing on our two lines of
credit obtained from Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Homes, Crematorium and
Cemeteries, Inc. in December 2007 and December 2008,
respectively. See “– GENERAL – Financing”
and Footnote E in the Notes to the Financial Statements. Our interest
expense for the first quarter of 2008, which was attributable to the December
2007 line of credit, was $4,203.
Plan
of Operation
During
the second quarter of 2009, we intend to seek and pursue available capital
raising opportunities, through joint venture or additional equity investment, to
fund further exploration work in the Detrital Wash Property toward the
establishment of precious and base metal reserves and assessment of the
commercial viability of mineral extraction from potential deposits on these
properties. Our future planned exploration activity and any potential
mineral extraction is dependent on our obtaining sufficient capital resources to
continue such work. We believe the results we have obtained thus far
from our exploration program indicating mineralization in our Detrital Wash
Property may enable us to seek potential joint venture opportunities or
investment by a larger resource mining company or investor to provide such
additional capital and to assist us in further exploration work and any
potential mineral extraction. If we are unsuccessful in our efforts
to attract and consummate a joint venture, we intend to pursue funding from
other equity investors. However, we will continue to consider all
available financing options, including debt financing as well as any
opportunities that may arise to sell or lease our interest in our properties
that we believe would be favorable to our shareholders.
We do not
presently have plans to conduct significant further exploration work or to stake
additional claims on our Detrital Wash Property during the second quarter of
2009, unless and until sufficient funding is available. However,
subject to available funding, we may move forward with further phases of our
exploration program, as described below, or add additional lode claims to our
Detrital Wash Property for further exploration where we believe the land may
hold commercial mining value. See “PROPERTIES – Detrital
Wash, Mohave County, Arizona Property.”
We do not
presently plan to conduct development activities on the Wikieup Property during
2009. However, should adequate financial resources become available,
we may aggressively pursue a program to identify any mineralization occurring on
the Wikieup Property. See “PROPERTIES – Wikieup,
Arizona Property.”
In 2008,
we engaged as consultants an additional geologist and a registered professional
mining engineer, both of whom are “qualified persons” under NI 43-101, along
with our existing consultant geologist, to develop and conduct a program for our
Detrital Wash Property of testing geological samples for the existence of
minerals and mapping the existing geology. Our consultants have
utilized initial results of this program obtained in 2008, which indicated the
presence of copper, molybdenum and silver mineralization, to further design the
exploration program to evaluate the mineral potential of our Detrital Wash
Property and the viability of extracting any mineral reserves
discovered.
During
the first quarter of 2009, as described below, we implemented a second phase of
testing of geological samples collected during 2008. Our geologist is
presently evaluating the results of these recent assays in accordance with NI
43-101 standards. Based on this evaluation, we will determine the
best course to obtain funding and to further implement our exploration
program. We do not presently intend to conduct any significant
additional sampling and mapping in the Detrital Wash Property; however, should
any new claims be added to our inventory based on anticipated mineralization and
available funding, we may extend this sampling and mapping program to any such
new areas of interest.
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.
During
the second quarter of 2008, we obtained historical records created by various
mining companies from the 1960’s through the 1980’s in connection with
substantial exploration conducted in the Northern Black Mountains, where a
portion of our Detrital mining claims are located. Work completed by
these companies included soil sampling, stream sampling, rock sampling and
drilling, bouguer gravity surveys, and resistivity and IP (induced polarization)
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. As part of our current exploration program, our
geologist and engineering consultants have reproduced and verified under NI
43-101 industry standards the accuracy of much this historical
data.
In the
initial phase of this exploration program conducted in 2008, 252 assays were
performed by Mountain States R&D International, Inc., an Arizona registered
and licensed lab (“Mountain States”), 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
parts per million (ppm) to 6.10% Cu (10,000 ppm equals one
percent). A value of 20 ppm (or 0.002%) or higher is generally
considered to be of potential value for exploration purposes. 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 these samples.
Due to
budget constraints, the assays performed in 2008 did not test 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. In March 2009, we submitted over
200 additional samples collected during our initial sampling phase and several
new samples to Skyline Assayers & Laboratories in Tucson, Arizona, an
Arizona registered and licensed lab (“Skyline”), to be assayed for copper,
molybdenum, and silver as well as gold mineralization. Along with
these 200 new samples, we also submitted the original 252 samples to Skyline to
be assayed for gold.
As of the
date of this filing, we are waiting to receive our geologist’s evaluation under
NI 43-101 standards of the results from these assays. We cannot
provide assurance that mineralization of gold will be confirmed or that any
mineralization determined by these or future assays will be sufficient to
establish the existence of precious or base mineral reserves on our
properties.
Subject
to available funding, further phases of our exploration program will involve
conducting geophysical probing and scanning of areas where mineralization is
shown to exist by our geochemical assay results. The geophysical
exploration methods may include core drilling and IP and resistivity surveys as
well as a VTEM (versatile time-domain electromagnetic) airborne
survey. If we are able to obtain the necessary financing to
substantially begin our geophysical exploration work, we anticipate such
activities could commence as early as mid-to-late 2009. If these
activities further indicate the potential existence of significant
mineralization on our properties, we intend to conduct subsequent testing, as
necessary, to determine whether such mineralization is of sufficient quantity to
establish mineral reserves.
If we are
able to establish the existence of mineral reserves on our properties,
management intends to pursue a means to exploit those
reserves. Depending on the Company’s then available capital
resources, management may consider commencing mining operations, selling or
leasing our interest in the property, or pursuing a joint venture with a larger
resource company to develop the property to the production stage.
We cannot
guarantee that the results of the assays submitted to Skyline will be
sufficiently favorable to support our efforts to raise additional capital or
that we will obtain such capital on terms that will be favorable to us or at all
to allow us to continue our exploration program. 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. Until such funding is obtained, we are unable to
continue our exploration program. See “– GENERAL – Going
Concern.”
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 1, 2008, we obtained a short-term line of credit of up to $200,000 from
Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Homes, Crematorium and Cemeteries, Inc.
(“KRFH”). Funds advanced to us under the line of credit carry simple
interest at the rate of 10% per annum beginning on the date of each
advance. All unpaid principal and accrued interest on funds advanced
under the line of credit is due on March 31, 2009 (the “Maturity
Date”). No payments on this line of credit are required until the
Maturity Date. However, for any principal amounts due from us that
are not paid within five days after the Maturity Date, the simple interest rate
will increase to 18% per annum effective as of the Maturity Date. We
have the right to prepay any amounts owing under the line of credit at any time
without penalty. We also have the right to pay the amounts due, at
our election, in the form of cash payment, issuance of shares of our common
stock, or any combination thereof. In the event we default, KRFH may
institute legal action against us. In such event, KRFH would be
entitled to its collection costs, including attorney fees and courts
costs. The line of credit is unsecured.
As of
March 31, 2009, we have borrowed the full $200,000 available under this line of
credit. We have not made any payments of principal or interest toward
this line of credit as of March 31, 2009.
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.
During
first quarter of 2009, we recognized $3,375 in capital from the sale of shares
of our restricted common stock upon exercise of stock warrants issued during
2008. These funds were received by the Company in October 2008, but
the funds were classified for accounting purposes as shareholder deposits until
the stock certificates representing these shares were issued to the shareholders
in January 2009. We believe these issuances were exempt from
registration under Rule 506 of Regulation D under Section 4(2) of the Securities
Act. See
“UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.” In
addition, we refunded to these shareholders overpayments totaling $3,375 in
connection with the above-described exercises of the stock
warrants. We did not secure any additional funding through the
issuance of our common stock during the first quarter of 2009.
We used
the proceeds from the sales of our equity securities and the amount borrowed
from the short-term line of credit obtained in December 2008 to fund our
operating and compliance costs during the first quarter of 2009. We
plan to use the remaining portion of the line of credit to fund our operating
and compliance costs during the second quarter of 2009. We do not
have any revenues and continue to be dependent on debt and equity financing to
meet our immediate cash needs, and we do not anticipate achieving any revenues
through the second quarter of 2009. Because it is unlikely we will
achieve sufficient revenues for the repayment of the short-term line of credit,
we will be required to issue shares of our common stock to KRFH unless we can
raise the necessary funds through further debt or equity
financings. We will also must raise additional funds through debt or
equity financings to continue our operations beyond the second quarter of
2009. We can provide no assurance that we will be able to raise the
funds necessary for the repayment of the line of credit and for our continued
operations on terms favorable to us or at all.
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
March 31, 2009, and during the period ended March 31, 2009, our directors did
not advance any funds to the Company.
LIQUIDITY
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
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Three
months ended Mar. 31,
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2009
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2008
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Net
cash used in operating activities
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$
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(124,859
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)
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$
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(170,116
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)
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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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173,375
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125,000
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General
Overall,
we had positive cash flows of $57,404 for the three months ended March 31, 2009,
resulting from $124,859 used in our operating activities and $173,375 provided
by our financing activities. No cash was provided by investing
activities during the three months ended March 31, 2009. For the
three months ended March 31, 2008, we had negative cash flows of
$45,116. The increase in cash flows for the three-month period ended
March 31, 2009, over the same period in 2008 reflects a $45,257 decrease in cash
used for operating activities and a $48,375 increase in cash provided by
financing activities during the interim period in 2009 compared to the
respective amounts during the same period in 2008.
Cash
Used in Our Operating Activities
For the
three-month period ended March 31, 2009, net cash used in our operating
activities was $124,859, a decrease of $45,257 from the same period in
2008. This decrease was due largely to the $90,297 decrease in our
net loss for the interim period in 2009 over the interim period in 2008, which
resulted primarily from the smaller amounts expended for our decreased mineral
exploration activity on our Detrital Wash Property and the reduction in
professional fees expense from the first quarter of 2008 to the first quarter of
2009. The effect of the smaller net loss for the interim period in
2009 on our cash flows from operating activities was offset partially by other
variables, most notably a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses
during the first quarter of 2009 versus an increase in accounts payable and
accrued expenses during the first quarter of 2008. The decrease in
accounts payable and accrued expenses was due to our use of proceeds from our
December 2008 line of credit to pay certain outstanding operating
expenses.
Cash
Provided by Our Financing Activities
Net cash
provided by our financing activities of $173,375 during the three-month period
ended March 31, 2009, was comprised of $170,000 cash provided by proceeds from a
short-term line of credit we obtained in December 2008, along with $3,375
recognized in connection with the sale of our common stock upon exercise common
stock warrants. See “– GENERAL – Financing”
and “UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF
PROCEEDS.” This reflects an increase of $48,375 as compared to net
cash provided by financing activities during the three months ended March 31,
2008. Net cash provided by financing activities during the first
three months of 2008 resulted from borrowed under a line of credit obtained by
the Company in December 2007.
Internal
Sources of Liquidity
For the
three-month period ended March 31, 2009, 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 consider and pursue potential 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 1, 2008, we obtained a $200,000 short-term line of credit from
KRFH. During December 2008, we borrowed $30,000 under this line of
credit. We borrowed the remaining $170,000 under this line of credit
during the first quarter of 2009 to fund our operating and compliance costs for
the quarter. See “– GENERAL –
Financing.” We intend to use the remaining amount of these funds to
fund some or all of our operating and compliance costs for the second quarter of
2009.
During
the three months ended March 31, 2009, we recognized $3,375 in capital from the
sale of our restricted common stock upon exercise of common stock warrants in
October 2008, which was previously classified in our financial statements as
shareholder deposits until the stock certificates were issued to the
shareholders in January 2009. See “– GENERAL – Financing” and
UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.”
Because
we presently do not have sufficient revenues to fund our operating and
compliance costs or to fund our repayment of our debt obligations, we will need
to raise other funds in 2009 through debt and equity financings. 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 in the first quarter of 2009, and does not expect that it will in the
second quarter of 2009, except that a return of higher fuel and energy prices
similar to summer 2008 price levels could materially and adversely impact the
Company by increasing costs for our exploration program.
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, March 31, 2009. 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.
(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 there are material weaknesses in our
internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, with respect
to the lack of segregation of duties pertaining to our financial record keeping
responsibilities and our lack of an audit committee, both of which are due to
the small size of our Company.
Because
we do not have any employees other than our President and our Secretary and
Treasurer, our ability to segregate financial record keeping and monitoring
responsibilities is limited. This could potentially allow financial
inaccuracies or unauthorized transactions to go
undetected. Additionally, due to the small size of our board of
directors and our current lack of independent directors, we do not have, and
historically have not had, an audit committee. Historically, the
board of directors as a whole has performed the functions of an audit committee,
such as monitoring record keeping and financial reporting of the Company’s
transactions, approving transactions not made in the ordinary course of business
and related party transactions, and evaluating and approving the hiring of the
Company’s auditor. Because our management makes up a significant
portion, currently a majority, of our board of directors, management can
significantly influence or control the board’s decisions with respect to matters
considered by the board.
Notwithstanding
these inherent internal control weaknesses due to our small size, management
believes that the Company’s limited resources and general lack of extensive or
complex business transactions partially mitigates the risk posed by these
weaknesses. Management also believes that the Company’s records as of
December 31, 2008, fairly and accurately reflect the Company’s transactions and
dispositions of assets as necessary to permit the preparation of financial
statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and
that our receipts and expenditures have been made only with proper
authorization.
Our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, does not
include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm
regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s
report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered public
accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the SEC that permit the Company
to provide only management’s report in this Annual Report.
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, 2009, 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 March 31, 2009, we know of no current or threatened legal
proceedings involving us or our properties reportable under this Item
1.
ITEM
1A. RISK FACTORS
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. Risks and uncertainties that are currently unknown
to management may also adversely affect our business and
operation. The following is a discussion of the most significant
risks and uncertainties that may affect our business, financial condition and
future results.
Exploration
for mineral deposits is highly speculative.
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.
We
have no reserves, no mining operations and no mineral related
income.
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 and base metal deposits and in developing
mines.
Our
directors and executive officers lack significant experience or technical
training in exploring for precious and base metal deposits and in 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.
Future
changes in regulatory or political policy could adversely affect our
exploration.
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 common stock
and can exert considerable influence over us.
Our
directors and executive officers own, directly or indirectly, a significant
amount of our voting capital common stock, and accordingly, can exert
considerable influence over us. As of April 30, 2009, our directors
and executive officers beneficially owned common stock which would equal in the
aggregate approximately 21.93% 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.
ITEM
2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF
EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
During
the first quarter of 2009, we recognized $3,375 in capital from the proceeds of
the sale of a total of 2,250,000 shares of our common stock on October 14, 2008,
to three existing shareholders upon exercise of stock warrants. This
amount was previously classified in our financial statements as shareholder
deposits until the stock certificates representing these 2,250,000 shares were
issued to the shareholders in January 2009. These sales were
disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2008. 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 March 31,
2009.
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.
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Description
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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, 2009
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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, 2009 |
By: |
/s/
JACQULYN B. WINE |
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Jacqulyn
B. Wine |
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Secretary,
Treasurer/Chief |
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Financial
Officer and Director
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