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REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR (15d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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GLOSSARY
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GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS
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PART I
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Item 1
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Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisors.
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1
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Item 2
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Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable.
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1
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Item 3
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Key Information.
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1
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A.
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Selected financial data.
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1
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B.
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Capitalization and indebtedness.
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2
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C.
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Reasons for the offer and use of proceeds.
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2
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D.
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Risk factors.
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2
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Item 4
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Information on the Company.
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9
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A.
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History and development of the Company.
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9
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B.
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Business Overview.
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12
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C.
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Organizational structure.
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16
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D.
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Property, plants and equipment.
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Item 4A
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Unresolved Staff Comments
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Item 5
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Operating and Financial Review and Prospects.
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30
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A.
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Operating results.
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B.
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Liquidity and capital resources.
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C.
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Research and development, patents and licenses, etc.
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D.
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Trend information.
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E.
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Off-balance sheet arrangements.
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33
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F.
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Tabular disclosure of contractual obligations.
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Item 6
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Directors, Senior Management and Employees.
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A.
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Directors and Senior Management.
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B.
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Compensation.
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C.
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Board practices.
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D.
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Employees.
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E.
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Share ownership.
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Item 7
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Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions.
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A.
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Major shareholders.
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B.
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Related party transactions.
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C.
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Interests of experts and counsel.
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Item 8
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Financial Information.
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A.
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Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information.
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42
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B.
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Significant Changes.
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Item 9
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The Offer and Listing.
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A.
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Offer and Listing Details.
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B.
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Plan of Distribution.
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C.
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Markets.
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D.
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Selling Shareholders.
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E.
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Dilution.
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F.
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Expenses of the Issuer.
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Item 10
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Additional Information.
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44
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A.
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Share capital.
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44
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B.
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Memorandum and articles of association.
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44
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C.
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Material contracts.
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D.
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Exchange controls.
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E.
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Taxation.
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F.
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Dividends and paying agents.
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G.
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Statement by experts.
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H.
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Documents on display.
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I.
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Subsidiary Information.
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Item 11
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Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
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Item 12
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Description of Securities Other than Equity Securities.
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PART II
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Item 13
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Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies.
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Item 14
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Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds.
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Item 15
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Controls and Procedures.
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Item 16
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[Reserved]
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Item 16A
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Audit Committee Financial Expert.
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Item 16B
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Code of Ethics.
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Item 16C
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Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
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Item 16D
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Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees.
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Item 16E
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Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers.
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Item 16F
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Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.
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Item 16G
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Corporate Governance
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PART III
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Item 17
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Financial Statements.
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Item 18
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Financial Statements.
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Item 19
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Exhibits.
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SIGNATURES
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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APPENDIX
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Item 17. Financial Statements
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(a)
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is an engineer or geoscientist with a least five years experience in mineral exploration, mine development or operation or mineral project assessment, or any combination of these;
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(b)
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has experience relevant to the subject matter of the mineral project and the technical report; and
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(c)
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is a member
in good standing of a professional association (as that term is defined in Canadian National Instrument 43-101).
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Adit
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A horizontal or nearly horizontal passage driven from the surface for the working of a mine.
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Archean
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The earliest eon of geological history or the corresponding system of rocks.
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Area of Interest
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A geographic area surrounding a specific mineral property in which more than one party has an interest and within which new acquisitions must be offered to the other party or which become subject automatically to the terms and conditions of the existing agreement between the parties. Typically, the area of interest is expressed in terms of a radius of a finite number of kilometers from each point on the outside
boundary of the original mineral property.
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Bulk Sample
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Evaluation program of a diamondiferous kimberlite pipe in which a large amount of kimberlite (at least 100 tonnes) is recovered from a pipe.
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Carat
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A unit of weight for diamonds, pearls, and other gems. The metric carat, equal to 0.2 gram or 200 milligram, is standard in the principal diamond-producing countries of the world.
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Caustic Fusion
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An analytical process for diamonds by which rocks are dissolved at temperatures between 450-600C. Diamonds remain undissolved by this process and are recovered from the residue that remains.
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Craton
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A stable relatively immobile area of the earth's crust that forms the nuclear mass of a continent or the central basin in an ocean.
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Diabase
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A fine-grained rock of the composition of gabbro but with an ophitic texture.
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Dyke
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A body of igneous rock, tabular in form, formed through the injection of magma.
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Feasibility Study
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As defined by Canadian National Instrument 43-101, means a comprehensive study of a deposit in which all geological, engineering, operating, economic and other relevant factors are considered in sufficient detail that it could reasonably serve as the basis for a final decision by a financial institution to finance the development of the deposit for mineral production.
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Gneiss
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A banded rock formed during high grade regional metamorphism. It includes a number of different rock types having different origins. It commonly has alternating bands of schistose and granulose material.
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Indicator mineral
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Minerals such as garnet, ilmenite, chromite and chrome diopside, which are used in exploration to indicate the presence of kimberlites.
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Jurassic
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The period of the Mesozoic era between the Triassic and the Cretaceous or the corresponding system of rocks marked by the presence of dinosaurs and the first appearance of birds.
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Kimberlite
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A dark-colored intrusive biotite-peridotite igneous rock that can contain diamonds. It contains the diamonds known to occur in the rock matrix where they originally formed (more than 100 km deep in the earth).
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Macrodiamond
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A diamond, two dimensions of which exceed 0.5 millimeters.
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Microdiamond
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Generally refers to diamonds smaller than approximately 0.5mm, which are recovered from acid dissolution of kimberlite rock.
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Mineral Reserve
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Means the economically mineable part of a Measured Mineral Resource or Indicated Mineral Resource demonstrated by at least a Preliminary Feasibility Study. This study must include adequate information on mining, processing, metallurgical, economic and other relevant factors that demonstrate, at the time of reporting, that economic extraction can be justified. A Mineral Reserve includes diluting materials and
allowances for losses that may occur when the material is mined.
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THE TERMS "MINERAL RESERVE," "PROVEN MINERAL RESERVE" AND "PROBABLE MINERAL RESERVE" USED IN THIS REPORT ARE CANADIAN MINING TERMS AS DEFINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 43-101 - STANDARDS OF DISCLOSURE FOR MINERAL PROJECTS WHICH INCORPORATES THE DEFINITIONS AND GUIDELINES SET OUT IN THE CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGY AND PETROLEUM (THE "CIM") DEFINITION STANDARDS FOR MINERAL RESOURCES
AND MINERAL RESERVES (THE “CIM DEFINITION STANDARDS”) AS ADOPTED BY THE CIM COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 11, 2005. IN THE UNITED STATES, A MINERAL RESERVE IS DEFINED AS A PART OF A MINERAL DEPOSIT WHICH COULD BE ECONOMICALLY AND LEGALLY EXTRACTED OR PRODUCED AT THE TIME THE MINERAL RESERVE DETERMINATION IS MADE.
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Under United States standards:
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"Reserve" means that part of a mineral deposit which can be economically and legally extracted or produced at the time of the reserve determination.
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"Economically," as used in the definition of reserve, implies that profitable extraction or production has been established or analytically demonstrated to be viable and justifiable under reasonable investment and market assumptions.
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"Legally," as used in the definition of reserve, does not imply that all permits needed for mining and processing have been obtained or that other legal issues have been completely resolved. However, for a reserve to exist,there should be a reasonable certainty based on applicable laws and regulations that issuance of permits or resolution of legal issues can be accomplished in a timely manner.
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Mineral Reserves are categorized as follows on the basis of the degree of confidence in the estimate of the quantity and grade of the deposit.
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"Proven Mineral Reserve" means, in accordance with CIM Definition Standards, the economically viable part of a Measured Mineral Resource demonstrated by at least a Preliminary Feasibility study. This Study must include adequate information on mining, processing, metallurgical, economic, and other relevant factors that demonstrate at the time of reporting, that economic extraction is justified.
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The definition for "proven mineral reserves" under CIM Definition Standards differs from the standards in the United States, where proven or measured reserves are defined as reserves for which (a) quantity is computed from dimensions revealed in outcrops, trenches, workings or drill holes; grade and/or quality are computed from the results of detailed sampling and (b) the sites for inspection, sampling
and measurement are spaced so closely and the geographic character is so well defined that size, shape, depth and mineral content of reserves are well established.
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"Probable Mineral Reserve" means, in accordance with CIM Definition Standards, the economically mineable part of an Indicated, and in some circumstances a Measured Mineral Resource demonstrated by at least a Preliminary Feasibility Study. This Study must include adequate information on mining, processing, metallurgical, economic and other relevant factors that demonstrate, at the time of reporting, that economic
extraction is justified.
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The definition for "probable mineral reserves" under CIM Definition Standards differs from the standards in the United States, where probable reserves are defined as reserves for which quantity and grade and/or quality are computed from information similar to that of proven reserves (under United States standards), but the sites for inspection, sampling, and measurement are further apart or are otherwise less
adequately spaced. The degree of assurance, although lower than that for proven reserves, is high enough to assume continuity between points of observation.
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Mineral Resource
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Under CIM Definition Standards, a Mineral Resource is a concentration or occurrence of diamonds, natural solid inorganic material, or natural solid fossilized organic material including base and precious metals, coal, and industrial minerals in or on the Earth’s crust in such form and quantity and of such a grade or quality that it has reasonable prospects for economic extractions. The location,
quantity, grade, geological characteristics and continuity of a Mineral Resource are known, estimated or interpreted from specific geological evidence and knowledge.
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THE TERMS "MINERAL RESOURCE", "MEASURED MINERAL RESOURCE", "INDICATED MINERAL RESOURCE", "INFERRED MINERAL RESOURCE" USED IN THIS REPORT ARE CANADIAN MINING TERMS AS DEFINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 43-101 - STANDARDS OF DISCLOSURE FOR MINERAL PROJECTS UNDER THE GUIDELINES SET OUT IN THE CIM DEFINITION STANDARDS. THE COMPANY ADVISES U.S. INVESTORS THAT WHILE SUCH TERMS ARE RECOGNIZED AND PERMITTED
UNDER CANADIAN REGULATIONS, THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THEM. THESE ARE NOT DEFINED TERMS UNDER THE UNITED STATES STANDARDS AND MAY NOT GENERALLY BE USED IN DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION BY U.S. COMPANIES. AS SUCH, INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT CONCERNING DESCRIPTIONS OF MINERALIZATION AND RESOURCES MAY NOT BE COMPARABLE TO INFORMATION MADE PUBLIC BY U.S. COMPANIES SUBJECT TO THE REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.
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"Inferred Mineral Resource" means, under CIM Definition Standards, that part of a Mineral Resource for which quantity and grade or quality can be estimated on the basis of geological evidence and limited sampling and reasonably assumed, but not verified, geological and grade continuity. The estimate is based on limited information and sampling gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as
outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes. U.S. INVESTORS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO ASSUME THAT ANY PART OR ALL OF AN INFERRED RESOURCE EXISTS, OR IS ECONOMICALLY OR LEGALLY MINEABLE.
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"Indicated Mineral Resource" means, under CIM Definition Standards, that part of a Mineral Resource for which quantity, grade or quality, densities, shape and physical characteristics, can be estimated with a level of confidence sufficient to allow the appropriate application of technical and economic parameters, to support mine planning and evaluation of the economic viability of the deposit. The estimate
is based on detailed and reliable exploration and testing information gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes that are spaced closely enough for geological and grade continuity to be reasonably assumed. U.S. INVESTORS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO ASSUME THAT ANY PART OR ALL OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THIS CATEGORY WILL EVER BE CONVERTED INTO RESERVES.
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"Measured Mineral Resource" means, under CIM Definition standards that part of a Mineral Resource for which quantity, grade or quality, densities, shape and physical characteristics are so well established that they can be estimated with confidence sufficient to allow the appropriate application of technical and economic parameters, to support production planning and evaluation of the economic viability of
the deposit. The estimate is based on detailed and reliable exploration, sampling and testing information gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drillholes that are spaced closely enough to confirm both geological and grade continuity. U.S. INVESTORS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO ASSUME THAT ANY PART OR ALL OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THIS CATEGORY WILL EVER BE CONVERTED INTO RESERVES.
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Operator
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The party in a joint venture which carries out the operations of the joint venture subject at all times to the direction and control of the management committee.
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Ordovician
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The period between the Cambrian and the Silurian or the corresponding system of rocks.
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Overburden
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A general term for any material covering or obscuring rocks from view.
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Paleozoic
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An era of geological history that extends from the beginning of the Cambrian to the close of the Permian and is marked by the culmination of nearly all classes of invertebrates except the insects and in the later epochs by the appearance of terrestrial plants, amphibians, and reptiles.
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Pipe
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A kimberlite deposit that is usually, but not necessarily, carrot-shaped.
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Preliminary Feasibility
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Under the CIM Definition Standards, means a comprehensive study of the viability of a mineral project that has advanced to a stage where the mining method, in the case of underground mining, or the pit configuration, in the case of an open pit, has been established, and which, if an effective method of mineral processing has been determined, includes a financial analysis based on reasonable assumptions of
technical, engineering, operating, economic factors and the evaluation of other relevant factors which are sufficient for a Qualified Person acting reasonably, to determine if all or part of the Mineral Resource may be classified as a Mineral Reserve.
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Proterozoic
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The eon of geologic time or the corresponding system of rocks that includes the interval between the Archean and Phanerozoic eons, perhaps exceeds in length all of subsequent geological time, and is marked by rocks that contain fossils indicating the first appearance of eukaryotic organisms (as algae).
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Reverse Circulation Drill
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A rotary percussion drill in which the drilling mud and cuttings return to the surface through the drill pipe.
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Sill
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Tabular intrusion which is sandwiched between layers in the host rock.
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Stringers
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The narrow veins or veinlets, often parallel to each other, and often found in a shear zone.
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Tertiary
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The Tertiary period or system of rocks.
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Till Sample
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A sample of soil taken as part of a regional exploration program and examined for indicator minerals.
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Xenolith
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A foreign inclusion in an igneous rock.
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risks and uncertainties relating to the interpretation of drill results, the geology, grade and continuity of mineral deposits;
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results of initial feasibility, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies, and the possibility that future exploration, development or mining results will not be consistent with the Company's expectations;
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mining exploration risks, including risks related to accidents, equipment breakdowns or other unanticipated difficulties with or interruptions in production;
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the potential for delays in exploration activities or the completion of feasibility studies;
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•
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risks related to the inherent uncertainty of exploration and cost estimates and the potential for unexpected costs and expenses;
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risks related to commodity price fluctuations;
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the uncertainty of profitability based upon the Company's history of losses;
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risks related to failure of the Company and/or its joint venture partner to obtain adequate financing on a timely basis and on acceptable terms;
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risks related to environmental regulation, permitting and liability;
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political and regulatory risks associated with mining and exploration; and
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other risks and uncertainties related to the Company's prospects, properties and business strategy.
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To Convert From Metric
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To Imperial
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Multiply by
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Hectares
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Acres
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2.471
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Metres
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Feet (ft.)
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3.281
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Kilometres (km.)
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Miles
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0.621
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Tonnes
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Tons (2000 pounds)
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1.102
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Grams/tonne
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Ounces (troy/ton)
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0.029
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A.
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Selected financial data.
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For the year ending (except as noted)
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All in CDN$1,000's except Earnings (loss) per Share and Number of Common Shares
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December 31, 2009
(9 months) |
March 31, 2009
(12 months) |
March 31, 2008
(12 months) |
March 31, 2007
(12 months) |
March 31, 2006
(12 months) |
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Operating Revenue
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nil
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nil
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nil
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nil
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nil
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Interest Revenue
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12 | 37 | 62 | 24 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
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Working Capital
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8,315 | 206 | 1,567 | 180 | 808 | |||||||||||||||
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Net (Loss) Earnings -
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Under Canadian GAAP:
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(1,458 | ) | (1,538 | ) | 166 | (1,961 | ) | (2,200 | ) | |||||||||||
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Under U.S. GAAP:
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(4,763 | ) | (1,715 | ) | 152 | (2,050 | ) | (1,948 | ) | |||||||||||
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Basic and diluted (loss) earnings per share -
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Under Canadian GAAP:
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(0.02 | ) | (0.03 | ) | - | (0.04 | ) | (0.04 | ) | |||||||||||
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Under U.S. GAAP:
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(0.08 | ) | (0.03 | ) | - | (0.04 | ) | (0.04 | ) | |||||||||||
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Total Assets -
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Under Canadian GAAP:
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83,747 | 65,560 | 66,764 | 41,616 | 34,874 | |||||||||||||||
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Under U.S. GAAP
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44,262 | 34,351 | 35,733 | 10,925 | 4,971 | |||||||||||||||
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Total Current Liabilities
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1,949 | 192 | 213 | 419 | 181 | |||||||||||||||
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Share Capital
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Under Canadian GAAP:
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97,313 | 85,871 | 85,582 | 66,579 | 58,253 | |||||||||||||||
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Under U.S. GAAP:
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97,313 | 85,871 | 85,515 | 66,559 | 58,233 | |||||||||||||||
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Net Assets -
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Under Canadian GAAP:
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71,516 | 59,681 | 60,642 | 41,197 | 34,693 | |||||||||||||||
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Under U.S. GAAP
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32,032 | 28,473 | 29,611 | 10,506 | 4,790 | |||||||||||||||
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Number of Common Shares issued
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66,631,746 | 59,932,381 | 59,870,881 | 55,670,715 | 53,075,847 | |||||||||||||||
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Dec-09
(nine months) |
Mar-09
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Mar-08
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Mar-07
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Mar-06
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US$0.9034
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US$0.8878
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US$0.9688
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US$0.8784
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US$0.8379
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Month
|
High (US$)
|
Low (US$)
|
||||||
|
March 2009
|
$ | 0.8202 | $ | 0.7653 | ||||
|
April 2009
|
$ | 0.8421 | $ | 0.7870 | ||||
|
May 2009
|
$ | 0.9176 | $ | 0.8365 | ||||
|
June 2009
|
$ | 0.9269 | $ | 0.8591 | ||||
|
July 2009
|
$ | 0.9291 | $ | 0.8529 | ||||
|
August 2009
|
$ | 0.0937 | $ | 0.0899 | ||||
|
September 2009
|
$ | 0.9442 | $ | 0.9007 | ||||
|
October 2009
|
$ | 0.9755 | $ | 0.9123 | ||||
|
November 2009
|
$ | 0.9590 | $ | 0.9234 | ||||
|
December 2009
|
$ | 0.9647 | $ | 0.9304 | ||||
|
January 2010
|
$ | 0.9647 | $ | 0.9304 | ||||
|
February 2010
|
$ | 0.9642 | $ | 0.9283 | ||||
|
|
B.
|
|
|
|
C.
|
Reasons for the offer and use of proceeds.
|
|
|
D.
|
Risk factors.
|
|
|
•
|
$1.458 million loss for the nine months ended December 31, 2009.
|
|
|
•
|
$1.538 million net loss for the year ended March 31, 2009; and,
|
|
|
•
|
$0.166 million net earnings for the year ended March 31, 2008.
|
|
|
A.
|
History and development of the company.
|
|
Name of Subsidiary
|
Date of Incorporation
|
Juridiction of Incorporation
|
|
Baltic Minerals BV
|
January 26, 1996
|
The Netherlands
|
|
Baltic Minerals Finland OY
|
May 18, 1994
|
Finland
|
|
Camphor Ventures Inc.
|
May 9, 1986 (as Sierra Madre Resources Inc.)
|
British Columbia, Canada
|
|
|
B.
|
Business overview.
|
|
|
C.
|
Organizational structure.
|
|
|
D.
|
Property, plants and equipment.
|
|
|
1.
|
The Participants’ continuing interests in the Gahcho Kué Project will be Mountain Province 49% and De Beers Canada 51%, with Mountain Province’s interest no longer subject to the dilution provisions in the 2002 Agreement except for normal dilution provisions which are applicable to both Participants;
|
|
|
2.
|
Each Participant will market their own proportionate share of diamond production in accordance with their participating interest;
|
|
|
3.
|
Each Participant will contribute their proportionate share to the future project development costs;
|
|
|
4.
|
Material strategic and operating decisions will be made by consensus of the Participants as long as each Participant has a participating interest of 40% or more;
|
|
|
5.
|
The Participants have agreed that the sunk historic costs to the period ending on December 31, 2008 will be reduced and limited to $120 million;
|
|
|
6.
|
Mountain Province will repay De Beers Canada $59 million (representing 49% of an agreed sum of $120 million) in settlement of the Company’s share of the agreed historic sunk costs on the following schedule:
|
|
|
•
|
$200,000 on execution of the 2009 Agreement (Mountain Province’s contribution to the 2009 Joint Venture expenses to date of execution of the 2009 Agreement);
|
|
|
•
|
Up to $5.1 million in respect of De Beers Canada’s share of the costs of a feasibility study to be commissioned as soon as possible;
|
|
|
•
|
$10 million upon the earlier of the completion of a feasibility study with a 15% IRR and/or a decision to build;
|
|
|
•
|
$10 million following the issuance of the construction and operating permits;
|
|
|
•
|
$10 million following the commencement of commercial production; and
|
|
|
•
|
The balance within 18 months following commencement of commercial production;
|
|
|
•
|
1999, 2004, 2007 - independent consultants made site visits to review quality assurance/quality control (“QA/QC”)
|
|
|
•
|
1999 - external consultant audit of the 1999 evaluation program
|
|
|
•
|
2000
-
geology (petrological) peer review
|
|
|
•
|
2004 - geotechnical and hydrogeology consultants QA/QC site visit, internal and external Mineral Resource evaluation data base audits, geology (petrological) peer review, Gemcom
®
three-dimensional (“3D”) model peer review
|
|
|
•
|
2007 - internal and external petrological peer reviews; external verification of macro-diamond resource evaluation data set
|
|
|
•
|
2008 - external review of 2003 Technical Report resource estimation and density (rock density) models.
|
|
|
•
|
audits of drill collar locations and lengths
|
|
|
•
|
down-hole survey data
|
|
|
•
|
geological logs
|
|
|
•
|
bulk density data
|
|
|
•
|
macro-diamond data.
|
|
Resource
|
Classification
|
Volume
|
Tonnes
|
Carats
|
Grade
|
|
(Mm
3
)
|
(Mt)
|
(Mct)
|
(cpht)
|
||
|
5034
|
Indicated
|
5.1
|
12.7
|
23.9
|
188
|
|
Inferred
|
0.3
|
0.8
|
1.2
|
150
|
|
|
Hearne
|
Indicated
|
2.3
|
5.3
|
11.9
|
223
|
|
Inferred
|
0.7
|
1.6
|
2.9
|
180
|
|
|
Tuzo
|
Indicated
|
5.1
|
12.2
|
14.8
|
121
|
|
Inferred
|
1.5
|
3.5
|
6.2
|
175
|
|
|
Summary
|
Indicated
|
12.4
|
30.2
|
50.5
|
167
|
|
Inferred
|
2.5
|
6.0
|
10.3
|
173
|
|
Kimberlite
|
Carats
|
US$/carat
|
US Dollars
|
|
5034
|
3,133.02
|
122
|
381,080
|
|
Tuzo
|
2,155.70
|
252
|
542,431
|
|
Hearne
|
2,906.45
|
62
|
179,032
|
|
Total
|
8,195.17
|
135
|
1,102,543
|
|
Kimberlite
|
Model Price
($/carat)
|
Minimum Price ($/carat)
|
High Price
($/carat)
|
|
5034 NE Lobe
|
120
|
108
|
145
|
|
5034 Centre
|
112
|
102
|
133
|
|
5034 West
|
124
|
112
|
149
|
|
Tuzo Other
|
88
|
80
|
107
|
|
Tuzo TK TK1
|
102
|
91
|
126
|
|
Tuzo TK
|
70
|
64
|
83
|
|
Hearne
|
73
|
67
|
86
|
|
|
1.
|
Each Participant will contribute their proportionate share to the future project development costs;
|
|
|
2.
|
The Participants have agreed that the sunk historic costs to the period ending on December 31, 2008 will be reduced and limited to $120 million;
|
|
|
3.
|
Mountain Province will repay De Beers Canada $59 million (representing 49% of an agreed sum of $120 million) in settlement of the Company’s share of the agreed historic sunk costs on the following schedule:
|
|
Period of Time
|
Amount
(1)
|
|
Agreed historic sunk costs to December 31, 2008
|
$ 120,000,000
|
|
Agreed expenses January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009
|
1,654,383
|
|
Costs for Feasibility Study from August 2009 to December 2009 (of approved budget of $10,000,000)
|
2,531,056
|
|
Total Costs to December 31, 2009
|
$ 124,185,439
|
|
Approved Budget January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010
|
$ 13,674,016
|
|
|
A.
|
Operating results.
|
|
|
B.
|
Liquidity and capital resources.
|
|
|
C.
|
Research and development, patents and licenses, etc.
|
|
|
D.
|
Trend information.
|
|
|
E.
|
Off-balance sheet arrangements.
|
|
|
F.
|
Tabular disclosure of contractual obligations.
|
|
|
A.
|
Directors and senior management.
|
|
Name
|
Position with Company
|
Date of First Appointment
|
Age
|
|
Jonathan Comerford
|
Chairman and Director
(2)(3)
|
Chairman of the Company since May 11, 2006 and Director since September 21, 2001
|
37
|
|
Patrick Evans
|
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
|
President and Director of the Company since November 15, 2005.
|
54
|
|
Jennifer Dawson
|
Chief Financial Officer
|
Chief Financial Officer since May 11, 2006
|
49
|
|
D. Harry W. Dobson
|
Director
(1)
|
Director since November 1, 1997
|
61
|
|
Elizabeth J. Kirkwood
|
Director
(1)
|
Director since September 21, 2001
|
60
|
|
Peeyush Varshney
|
Director
(2)
|
Director since April 13, 2007
|
43
|
|
Carl Verley
|
Director
(1)(3)
|
Director of Old MPV since December 2, 1986 and Director of the Company since November 1, 1997
|
59
|
|
David E. Whittle
|
Director
(2)(3)
|
Director since November 1, 1997
|
45
|
|
|
Ms. Elizabeth J. Kirkwood has been an entrepreneur and independent business woman since February 1989 with a focus on the creation, financing and management of junior resource companies. She has been a director of the Company since September, 2001 and was past Chairman of the Board of the Company from January 2003 until April 2006. She was also Chief Financial Officer of the Company from September
2003 until May 2006, and Corporate Secretary from November 2003 until May 2006. She is resident in Ontario, Canada, and a member of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. Ms. Kirkwood was the President and CEO of First Nickel Inc. (November 2003 to June 2006). She has been a past director of Everbright Capital Corpration (June 2005 - July 20009), Canadian Shield Resources Inc. (June 2005-June 2007), Intrepid Minerals Corporation (April 1999 - July 2006), Investor Links.com (March 1993-May
2001), Canada's Choice Spring Water (July 1996-August 1999), Stroud Resources Ltd. (August, 2000 - March 2002), and a past director and officer of O.S.E Corp. (formerly Oil Springs Energy Corp. (July, 1993- June 2005), Hucamp Mines Limited (May 2001-May 2002), and First Strike Diamonds Inc. (October 1995 - March 2004).
|
|
|
Peeyush Varshney, LL.B.
|
|
|
B.
|
Compensation.
|
|
|
•
|
Patrick Evans, President and Chief Executive Officer, earned other annual compensation of $314,471 in the most recent fiscal year (nine months to December 31, 2009) including $309,471 pursuant to a Consulting Agreement (as amended) for his services as President and CEO, as well as a director’s fee of $5,000 for the nine months ended December 31, 2009. He has 600,635 stock options as follows:
|
|
Grant date
|
Number
|
Vesting
|
Exercise Price
|
Term
|
|
November 1, 2005
|
100,000
|
50,000 on acceptance of the Consulting Agreement
50,000 on the first anniversary of the acceptance of the Consulting Agreement
(Fully vested)
|
$2.63
|
5 years
|
|
January 30, 2006
|
100,000
|
50,000 vested immediately
50,000 vested January 31, 2007
|
$4.50
|
5 years
|
|
November 24, 2008
|
100,635
|
Immediately
|
$1.26
|
5 years
|
|
August 24, 2009
|
300,000
|
Immediately (upon approval of the amended stock option plan by stockholders at the September 10, 2009 Annual General Meeting)
|
$1.72
|
5 years
|
|
|
•
|
Jennifer Dawson, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary, was paid $162,013 pursuant to a Consulting Agreement for her services as CFO and Corporate Secretary for the nine months ended December 31, 2009. She was granted 90,000 options on November 24, 2008, each with a term of 5 years, an exercise price of $1.26, and all of which vested immediately.
|
|
Name
|
Securities,
|
Aggregate Value
|
Unexercised Options at
|
Value of Unexercised In-the-
|
|
Acquired on
|
Realized ($)
(1)
|
Financial Year-End
|
Money Options at Financial
|
|
|
Exercise
|
Exercisable /
|
Year-End Exercisable /
|
||
|
(#)
|
Unexercisable (#)
|
Unexercisable ($)
(2)
|
||
|
|
|
|
||
|
Patrick Evans
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
600,635/0
|
$274,654/0
|
|
Jennifer Dawson
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
90,000/0
|
$92,700/0
|
|
|
C.
|
Board practices.
|
|
|
a.
|
identify and monitor the management of the principal risks that could impact the financial reporting of the Company;
|
|
|
b.
|
monitor the integrity of the Company's financial reporting process and system of internal controls regarding financial reporting and accounting compliance;
|
|
|
c.
|
make recommendations regarding the selection of the Company's external auditors (by shareholders) and monitor their independence and performance;
|
|
|
d.
|
provide an avenue of communication among the external auditors, management and the Board;
|
|
|
e.
|
handle complaints regarding the Company's accounting practices; and
|
|
|
f.
|
administer and monitor compliance with the Company's Ethics and Conflict of Interest Policy.
|
|
|
D.
|
Employees.
|
|
|
E.
|
Share ownership.
|
|
Name of Beneficial Owner
(11)
|
Amount and Nature
|
Percentage
(9)(10)
of Class
|
|
D. Harry Dobson
(1)
|
1,282,510
|
1.9%
|
|
Patrick C. Evans
(2)
|
999,835
|
1.5%
|
|
Carl G. Verley
(3)
|
325,250
|
*%
|
|
Jonathan Comerford
(4)
|
200,000
|
*%
|
|
Peeyush Varshney
(5)
|
170,122
|
*%
|
|
Elizabeth Kirkwood
(6)
|
110,000
|
*%
|
|
David E. Whittle
(7)
|
130,600
|
*%
|
|
Jennifer Dawson
(8)
|
105,000
|
*%
|
|
Officer and Directors as a Group
(9)
|
3,323,317
|
5.0%
|
|
|
(1)
|
Includes 1,208.510 shares and 74,000 options which are exercisable at a price of $1.26 per share, and which expire on November 23, 2013.
|
|
|
(2)
|
Includes 349,200 shares and 600,635 options. 100,000 options are exercisable at a price of $2.63 per share and expire on November 1, 2010. 100,000 options are exercisable at a price of $4.50 per share and expire on January 30, 2011. 100,635 options are exercisable at a price of $1.26 per share and expire on November 23, 2013. 300,000 options are exercisable at a price
of $1.72 per share and expire on August 24, 2014. Also includes 50,000 warrants exercisable at $3.20 per share, expiring June 8, 2011.
|
|
|
(3)
|
Includes 275,250 shares and 50,000 options. The options are exercisable at a price of $1.26 per share, and expire on November 23, 2013.
|
|
|
(4)
|
Includes nil shares and 180,000 options. The options are exercisable at a price of $1.26 per share and expire on November 23, 2013.
|
|
|
(5)
|
Includes 80,122 shares and 90,000 options. The options are exercisable at a price of $1.26 per share, and expire on November 23, 2013.
|
|
|
(6)
|
Includes 20,000 shares and 90,000 options. The options are exercisable at a price of $1.26 per share and expire on November 23, 2013.
|
|
|
(7)
|
Includes 65,600 shares, 60,000 options, and 5,000 warrants. The options are exercisable at a price of $1.26 per share and expire on November 23, 2013. The warrants are exercisable at a price of $2.00 and expire February 5, 2011
|
|
|
(8)
|
Includes nil shares, 90,000 options, and 15,000 warrants,. The options are exercisable at $1.26 per share, expiring November 23, 2013. The warrants are exercisable at $2.00 per share and expire February 5, 2011.
|
|
|
(9)
|
Includes 1,234,635 options (exercisable), and 70,000 warrants.
|
|
|
(9)
|
The calculation does not include stock options or warrants that are not exercisable presently or within 60 days (none)
|
|
|
(10)
|
Total issued and outstanding capital as at the close of March 29, 2010 was 66,631,746 shares.
|
|
|
(11)
|
The Company has no actual knowledge of the holdings of each individual. The above information was provided by the respective individuals to the Company.
|
|
|
A.
|
Major shareholders.
|
|
Name of Shareholder
(1)
|
No. of Shares, Options and Warrants Held
|
Percentage of issued and outstanding share capital of 66,631.746 shares (as at March 29, 2010)
|
|
Bottin (International) Investments Ltd.
(1)
(controlled by Dermot Desmond) |
14,253,429
|
21.39%
|
|
Desmond P. Sharkey
(2)
Dublin, Ireland |
6,206,000
|
9.31%
|
|
De Beers Canada Inc.
|
3,045,543
|
4.57%
|
|
|
(1)
|
The Company has no actual knowledge of the above shareholdings. The above information was provided to the Company by the named shareholders.
|
|
|
(2)
|
Includes 13,920,096 shares, and 333,333 warrants.
|
|
|
(3)
|
Includes 5,872,667 shares, and 333,333 warrants.
|
|
|
B.
|
Related party transactions.
|
|
|
C.
|
Interests of experts and counsel.
|
|
|
A.
|
Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information
|
|
|
B.
|
Significant Changes.
|
|
|
A.
|
Offer and listing details.
|
|
High and Low Prices for the Five Most Recent Fiscal Years
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Fiscal Year Ended
|
TSX
|
NYSE AMEX / OTCBB
(1)
|
||||||||||||||
|
High (CDN$)
|
Low (CDN$)
|
High (US$)
|
Low (US$)
|
|||||||||||||
|
December 31, 2009
|
$ | 3.07 | $ | 0.86 | $ | 2.90 | $ | 0.69 | ||||||||
|
March 31, 2009
|
$ | 5.05 | $ | 0.75 | $ | 4.95 | $ | 0.58 | ||||||||
|
March 31, 2008
|
$ | 5.93 | $ | 3.79 | $ | 5.49 | $ | 3.54 | ||||||||
|
March 31, 2007
|
$ | 5.05 | $ | 3.05 | $ | 4.40 | $ | 2.70 | ||||||||
|
March 31, 2006
|
$ | 4.90 | $ | 2.26 | $ | 4.26 | $ | 1.90 | ||||||||
|
High and Low Prices for Each Quarterly Period for the
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Past Two Fiscal Years
|
||||||||||||||||
|
TSX
|
NYSE Amex / OTCBB
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Period Ended:
|
High (CDN$)
|
Low (CDN$)
|
High (US$)
|
Low (US$)
|
||||||||||||
|
December 31, 2009
|
$ | 3.05 | $ | 2.16 | $ | 2.90 | $ | 2.06 | ||||||||
|
September 30, 2009
|
$ | 2.79 | $ | 1.57 | $ | 2.58 | $ | 1.34 | ||||||||
|
June 30, 2009
|
$ | 1.85 | $ | 0.86 | $ | 1.68 | $ | 0.69 | ||||||||
|
March 31, 2009
|
$ | 1.20 | $ | 0.75 | $ | 1.03 | $ | 0.58 | ||||||||
|
December 31, 2008
|
$ | 3.20 | $ | 0.96 | $ | 3.05 | $ | 0.78 | ||||||||
|
September 30, 2008
|
$ | 4.74 | $ | 2.70 | $ | 4.70 | $ | 2.58 | ||||||||
|
June 30, 2008
|
$ | 5.05 | $ | 4.20 | $ | 4.95 | $ | 4.12 | ||||||||
|
March 31, 2008
|
$ | 5.10 | $ | 4.12 | $ | 5.12 | $ | 4.07 | ||||||||
|
December 31, 2007
|
$ | 5.10 | $ | 4.00 | $ | 5.23 | $ | 4.07 | ||||||||
|
September 30, 2007
|
$ | 5.51 | $ | 3.79 | $ | 5.26 | $ | 4.15 | ||||||||
|
June 30, 2007
|
$ | 5.93 | $ | 4.17 | $ | 5.49 | $ | 4.34 | ||||||||
|
High and Low Prices for the Most Recent Twelve Months
|
||||||||||||||||
|
TSX (CDN$)
|
NYSE AMEX
(1)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Month Ended
|
High
|
Low
|
High
|
Low
|
||||||||||||
|
February 2010
|
$ | 2.36 | $ | 2.13 | $ | 2.26 | $ | 2.02 | ||||||||
|
January 2010
|
$ | 2.60 | $ | 2.25 | $ | 2.50 | $ | 2.20 | ||||||||
|
December 2009
|
$ | 2.45 | $ | 2.16 | $ | 2.33 | $ | 2.06 | ||||||||
|
November 2009
|
$ | 3.05 | $ | 2.40 | $ | 2.88 | $ | 2.24 | ||||||||
|
October 2009
|
$ | 3.07 | $ | 2.71 | $ | 2.90 | $ | 2.48 | ||||||||
|
September 2009
|
$ | 2.79 | $ | 1.62 | $ | 2.58 | $ | 1.54 | ||||||||
|
August 2009
|
$ | 1.75 | $ | 1.59 | $ | 1.64 | $ | 1.50 | ||||||||
|
July 2009
|
$ | 1.77 | $ | 1.57 | $ | 1.62 | $ | 1.34 | ||||||||
|
June 2009
|
$ | 1.85 | $ | 1.52 | $ | 1.68 | $ | 1.51 | ||||||||
|
May 2009
|
$ | 1.65 | $ | 1.30 | $ | 1.46 | $ | 1.09 | ||||||||
|
April 2009
|
$ | 1.31 | $ | 0.86 | $ | 1.08 | $ | 0.69 | ||||||||
|
March 2009
|
$ | 0.90 | $ | 0.75 | $ | 0.74 | $ | 0.58 | ||||||||
|
|
A.
|
Share capital.
|
|
|
B.
|
Memorandum and articles of association.
|
|
|
a)
|
A contract or transaction where both the Company and the other party to the contract or transaction are wholly owned subsidiaries of the same corporation;
|
|
|
b)
|
A contract or transaction where the Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the other party to the contract or transaction;
|
|
|
c)
|
A contract or transaction where the other party to the contract or transaction is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company;
|
|
|
d)
|
A contract or transaction where the director or senior officer is the sole shareholder of the Company or of a corporation of which the Company is a wholly owned subsidiary;
|
|
|
e)
|
An arrangement by way of security granted by the Company for money loaned to, or obligations undertaken by, the director or senior officer, or a person in whom the director or senior officer has a material interest, for the benefit of the Company or an affiliate of the Company;
|
|
|
f)
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A loan to the Company, which a director or senior officer or a specified corporation or a specified firm in which he has a material interest has guaranteed or joined in guaranteeing the repayment of the loan or any part of the loan;
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|
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g)
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Any contract or transaction made or to be made with, or for the benefit of a corporation that is affiliated with the Company and the director or senior officer is also a director or senior officer of that corporation or an affiliate of that corporation;
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h)
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Any contract by a director to subscribe for or underwrite shares or debentures to be issued by the Company or a subsidiary of the Company;
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i)
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Determining the remuneration of the director or senior officer in that person's capacity as director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or an affiliate of the Company;
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j)
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Purchasing and maintaining insurance to cover a director or senior officer against liability incurred by them as a director or senior officer; or
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k)
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The indemnification of any director or senior officer by the Company.
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(a)
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insiders who are directors or senior officers of the Company; and
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|
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(b)
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a person who has direct or indirect beneficial ownership of, control or direction over, or a combination of direct or indirect beneficial ownership of and of control or direction over securities of the Company carrying more than 10% of the voting rights attached to all the Company's outstanding voting securities.
|
|
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C.
|
Material contracts.
|
|
|
D.
|
Exchange controls.
|
|
|
E.
|
Taxation.
|
|
|
(c)
|
the value of the shares is derived principally from "real property" situated in Canada, including the right to explore for or exploit natural resources and rights to amounts computed by reference to production, or
|
|
|
(d)
|
the shareholder was an individual resident in Canada for 120 months during any period of 20 consecutive years preceding the disposition of the shares, and at any time during the 10 years immediately preceding the disposition of the shares the individual was a resident of Canada, and the shares were owned by the individual when he or she ceased to be resident in Canada.
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F.
|
Dividend and paying agents
|
|
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G.
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Statement by experts.
|
|
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H.
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Documents on display.
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|
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I.
|
Subsidiary Information.
|
|
|
(a)
|
Disclosure Controls
and Procedures
.
|
|
|
The Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13(a)-15(e) and 15(d)-15(e) under the "Exchange Act" as of the end of the period covered by this annual report (the "Evaluation Date"). Based on such evaluation, such officers have concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date,
the Company's disclosure controls and procedures are effective in (i) alerting them with reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits to the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in applicable rules and forms, and (ii) alerting them on a timely basis to material information relating to the Company required to be included in our reports filed
or submitted under the Exchange Act.
|
|
|
(d)
|
Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting.
|
|
|
An internal control weakness was identified in the interim period ended September 30, 2009 relating to the intra-period allocation of income tax recovery/provision. This internal control weakness was remediated in the period ended September 30, 2009 and found to be operating effectively in the subsequent period. Management has revised its internal control procedures relating to the intra-period allocation
of income tax recovery/provision at each interim period to prevent such a weakness in future periods.
There have not been any further changes in the Company's internal controls over financial reporting or in other factors that have been identified in connection with the evaluation described above that occurred during the period covered by this Annual Report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the Company's internal controls over financial reporting.
|
|
|
•
|
compliance with all the laws and regulations identified therein and with the requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissions as mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and the requirements of the Toronto Stock Exchange;
|
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|
•
|
corporate opportunities and potential conflicts of interest;
|
|
|
•
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the quality of public disclosures;
|
|
|
•
|
the protection and appropriate use of the Company's assets and resources;
|
|
|
•
|
the protection of confidential information;
|
|
|
•
|
insider trading;
|
|
|
•
|
fair behaviour; and
|
|
|
•
|
reporting violations of the Policy or Board Directives
|
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A.
|
Audit Fees
|
|
|
B.
|
Audit-Related Fees
|
|
|
C.
|
Tax Fees
|
|
|
D.
|
All Other Fees
|
|
Item 19.
|
Exhibits
|
|
|
•
|
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Internal Control over Financial Reporting.
|
|
|
•
|
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, and Comments by Auditors for US Readers on Canada-US Reporting Differences.
|
|
|
•
|
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2009 and March 31, 2009.
|
|
|
•
|
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Deficit for the nine months ended December 31, 2009, and the years ended March 31, 2009, and March 31, 2008.
|
|
|
•
|
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income for the nine months ended December 31, 2009, and the years ended March 31, 2009, and March 31, 2008.
|
|
|
•
|
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended December 31, 2009, and the years ended March 31, 2009, and March 31, 2008.
|
|
|
•
|
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
|
| Date: March 31, 2010 |
Patrick C. Evans
President, CEO and Director |
|
The following exhibits are attached to and form part of this Annual Report:
Exhibit
|
Remarks.
|
|
|
1.1
|
By-Laws of the Company
|
(3)
|
|
1.2
|
Arrangement Agreement between the Company and Glenmore Highlands Inc. dated May 10, 2000.
|
(5)
|
|
1.3
|
Joint Information Circular of the Company and Glenmore Highlands Inc.
|
(4)
|
|
4.1
|
Transfer agreement between MPV, Monopros and Camphor dated November 24, 1999 pursuant to which MPV and Camphor transferred the GOR to Monopros.
|
(3)
|
|
4.2
|
Letter Agreement between MPV, Monopros, Glenmore and Camphor dated December 17, 1999 relating to acquisition of property, within the "Area of Interest" as defined in the agreement and acquisition of property through third party agreements.
|
(3)
|
|
4.3
|
Letter Agreement dated December 17, 1999 between MPV, Monopros, Camphor and Glenmore amending the Monopros Joint Venture Agreement.
|
(3)
|
|
4.4
|
Form of Subscription Agreement for the private placement described in item 1 of "Material Contracts".
|
(3)
|
|
4.5
|
Agreement dated as of January 1, 2002 between the Company, Camphor Ventures Inc. and De Beers Canada Exploration Inc.
|
(1)
|
|
4.6
|
Second Amendment Agreement dated January 1, 2002 between the Company and Paul Shatzko.
|
(3)
|
|
4.7
|
Second Amendment Agreement dated January 1, 2002 between the Company and Jan Vandersande.
|
(3)
|
|
4.8
|
Third Amendment Agreement dated December 13, 2002 between the Company and Jan Vandersande
|
(3)
|
|
4.9
|
Letter agreement dated December 13, 2002 between the Company and Elizabeth Kirkwood
|
(3)
|
|
4.10
|
Consulting Agreement dated January 1, 2004 between the Company and Jan W. Vandersande
|
(3)
|
|
4.11
|
Consulting Agreement dated November 1, 2005 between the Company and Patrick Evans
|
(3)
|
|
4.12
|
Revised Consulting Agreement dated January 31, 2006 between the Company and Patrick Evans
|
(3)
|
|
4.13
|
Consulting Agreement dated May 11, 2006 between the Company and Jennifer Dawson
|
(3)
|
|
8.1
|
List of Subsidiaries
|
(2)
|
|
11.1
|
Corporate Governance Policies dated May 29, 2006.
|
(3)
|
|
12.1
|
Section 302 Certification of the Company's Chief Executive Officer
|
-
|
|
12.2
|
Section 302 Certification of the Company's Chief Financial Officer
|
-
|
|
13.1
|
Section 906 Certification of the Company's Chief Executive Officer
|
-
|
|
13.2
|
Section 906 Certification of the Company's Chief Financial Officer
|
-
|
|
14.1
|
Independent Qualified Persons’ Technical Report dated April 20, 2009 entitled Gahcho Kué Kimberlite Project NI 43-101 Technical Report prepared by Ken Brisebois, P.Eng., Dr. Ted Eggleston, P.Geo., and Alexandra Kozak, P.Eng., all of AMEC Americas Limited.
|
(6)
|
|
14.2
|
Consents for inclusion of the Technical Report in Exhibit 14.1 and reference in Form 20-F
|
-
|
|
15
|
Revised Charter of the Board of Directors and Committees thereof of Mountain Province Diamonds Inc.
|
(3)
|
|
KPMG LLP
|
Telephone
|
(416) 777-8500
|
|
Chartered Accountants
|
Fax
|
(416) 777-8818
|
|
|
Suite 3300 Commerce Court West
|
Internet
|
www.kpmg.ca
|
|
|
PO Box 31 Stn Commerce Court
|
|||
|
Toronto ON M5L 1B2
|
|||
|
Canada
|
|
REPORT OF MANAGEMENT
|
|
“Patrick Evans”
|
|
Patrick C. Evans
|
|
President and Chief Executive Officer
|
|
“Jennifer Dawson”
|
|
Jennifer M. Dawson
|
|
Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary
|
|
March 30, 2010
|
|
|
|
|
KPMG LLP
|
Telephone
|
(416) 777-8500
|
|
Chartered Accountants
|
Fax
|
(416) 777-8818
|
|
|
Suite 3300 Commerce Court West
|
Internet
|
www.kpmg.ca
|
|
|
PO Box 31 Stn Commerce Court
|
|||
|
Toronto ON M5L 1B2
|
|||
|
Canada
|
|
December 31,
|
March 31,
|
|||||||
|
2009
|
2009
|
|||||||
|
ASSETS
|
||||||||
|
Current assets
|
||||||||
|
Cash (Note 4)
|
$ | 208,559 | $ | 65,410 | ||||
|
Short-term investments (Note 4)
|
9,733,718 | 231,936 | ||||||
|
Marketable securities (Note 3)
|
13,431 | 5,958 | ||||||
|
Amounts receivable
|
269,979 | 37,419 | ||||||
|
Advances and prepaid expenses
|
39,173 | 57,249 | ||||||
| 10,264,860 | 397,972 | |||||||
|
Fixed assets
|
44,100 | - | ||||||
|
Interest in Gahcho Kué Joint Venture (Note 5)
|
73,437,586 | 65,161,533 | ||||||
|
Total assets
|
$ | 83,746,546 | $ | 65,559,505 | ||||
|
LIABIILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
||||||||
|
Current liabilities
|
||||||||
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
|
$ | 1,949,489 | 191,711 | |||||
|
Long-term liabilities
|
||||||||
|
Future income tax liabilities (Note 7)
|
5,176,881 | 5,686,567 | ||||||
|
Asset retirement obligation relating to Gahcho Kué Joint Venture (Note 5)
|
5,103,875 | - | ||||||
|
Shareholders' equity:
|
||||||||
|
Share capital (Note 6)
|
97,312,714 | 85,870,841 | ||||||
|
Value assigned to warrants (Note 6)
|
1,870,564 | - | ||||||
|
Contributed surplus (Note 6)
|
1,238,302 | 1,264,800 | ||||||
|
Deficit
|
(28,914,078 | ) | (27,455,740 | ) | ||||
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income
|
8,799 | 1,326 | ||||||
|
Total shareholders' equity
|
71,516,301 | 59,681,227 | ||||||
|
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
|
$ | 83,746,546 | $ | 65,559,505 | ||||
|
“Jonathan Comerford”
|
“Patrick Evans”
|
|
|
Jonathan Comerford, Director
|
Patrick Evans, Director
|
|
(Nine months
|
(12 months
|
(12 months
|
||||||||||
|
ended)
|
ended)
|
ended)
|
||||||||||
|
December 31,
|
March 31,
|
March 31,
|
||||||||||
|
2009
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||||||
|
Expenses:
|
||||||||||||
|
Accretion on asset retirement obligation
|
$ | (190,064 | ) | $ | - | $ | - | |||||
|
Amortization
|
- | - | (14,239 | ) | ||||||||
|
Consulting fees
|
(526,947 | ) | (639,987 | ) | (474,704 | ) | ||||||
|
Interest and bank charges
|
(3,387 | ) | (2,355 | ) | (4,605 | ) | ||||||
|
Gahcho Kué Project management fee
|
(20,725 | ) | - | - | ||||||||
|
Office and administration
|
(195,774 | ) | (71,887 | ) | (115,079 | ) | ||||||
|
Professional fees
|
(350,994 | ) | (185,011 | ) | (202,245 | ) | ||||||
|
Promotion and investor relations
|
(154,029 | ) | (82,816 | ) | (86,380 | ) | ||||||
|
Salary and benefits
|
(122,917 | ) | (46,371 | ) | (129,291 | ) | ||||||
|
Stock-based compensation (Note 6)
|
(268,405 | ) | (574,200 | ) | - | |||||||
|
Transfer agent and regulatory fees
|
(104,396 | ) | (115,856 | ) | (106,343 | ) | ||||||
|
Travel
|
(42,351 | ) | (78,685 | ) | (61,324 | ) | ||||||
|
Net loss for the period before the undernoted
|
(1,979,989 | ) | (1,797,168 | ) | (1,194,210 | ) | ||||||
|
Other income:
|
||||||||||||
|
Interest income
|
11,965 | 36,782 | 62,155 | |||||||||
|
Gain on sale of long-term investment
|
- | - | 1,075,420 | |||||||||
| 11,965 | 36,782 | 1,137,575 | ||||||||||
|
Loss for the period before tax recovery
|
(1,968,024 | ) | (1,760,386 | ) | (56,635 | ) | ||||||
|
Future income tax recovery (Note 7)
|
509,686 | 222,796 | 222,166 | |||||||||
|
Net (loss) income for the period
|
(1,458,338 | ) | (1,537,590 | ) | 165,531 | |||||||
|
Deficit, beginning of period
|
(27,455,740 | ) | (25,918,150 | ) | (26,083,681 | ) | ||||||
|
Deficit, end of period
|
$ | (28,914,078 | ) | $ | (27,455,740 | ) | $ | (25,918,150 | ) | |||
|
Basic and diluted (loss) earnings per share
|
$ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.03 | ) | $ | 0.00 | ||||
|
Weighted average number of shares outstanding
|
62,023,496 | 59,929,348 | 59,674,830 | |||||||||
|
(Nine months
|
(12 months
|
(12 months
|
||||||||||
|
ended)
|
ended)
|
ended)
|
||||||||||
|
December 31,
|
March 31,
|
March 31,
|
||||||||||
|
2009
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||||||
|
Net (loss) income for the period
|
$ | (1,458,338 | ) | $ | (1,537,590 | ) | $ | 165,531 | ||||
|
Other comprehensive (loss) income
|
||||||||||||
|
Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities
|
7,473 | (31,611 | ) | (14,239 | ) | |||||||
|
Increase in value of long-term investment
|
- | - | 795,420 | |||||||||
|
Recycling of gain on sale of long-term investment
|
- | - | (1,075,420 | ) | ||||||||
|
Recycling on opening unrealized gain on long-term investment
|
- | - | 280,000 | |||||||||
|
Comprehensive (Loss) Income
|
$ | (1,450,865 | ) | $ | (1,569,201 | ) | $ | 151,292 | ||||
|
(Nine months
|
(12 months
|
(12 months
|
||||||||||
|
ended)
|
ended)
|
ended)
|
||||||||||
|
December 31,
|
March 31,
|
March 31,
|
||||||||||
|
2009
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||||||
|
Balance, beginning of period
|
$ | 1,326 | $ | 32,937 | $ | - | ||||||
|
Adjustment at beginning of period due to change in accounting for available-for-sale assets
|
||||||||||||
| - marketable securities | - | - | 47,176 | |||||||||
| - unrealized gain on long-term investment | - | - | 280,000 | |||||||||
| - Change in fair value of available-for-sale assets | ||||||||||||
| - marketable securities | 7,473 | (31,611 | ) | (14,239 | ) | |||||||
| - long-term investment | - | - | 795,420 | |||||||||
|
Recycling of gain on sale of long-term investment through other comprehensive income
|
- | - | (1,075,420 | ) | ||||||||
|
Balance, end of period
|
$ | 8,799 | $ | 1,326 | $ | 32,937 | ||||||
|
(Nine months
|
(12 months
|
(12 months
|
||||||||||
|
ended)
|
ended)
|
ended)
|
||||||||||
|
December 31,
|
March 31,
|
March 31,
|
||||||||||
|
2009
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||||||
|
Cash provided by (used in):
|
||||||||||||
|
Operating activities:
|
||||||||||||
|
Net income (loss) for the year
|
$ | (1,458,338 | ) | $ | (1,537,590 | ) | $ | 165,531 | ||||
|
Items not involving cash:
|
||||||||||||
|
Accretion on asset retirement obligation
|
190,064 | - | - | |||||||||
|
Amortization
|
- | - | 14,239 | |||||||||
|
Future income tax recovery
|
(509,686 | ) | (222,796 | ) | (222,166 | ) | ||||||
|
Stock-based compensation (Note 6)
|
268,405 | 574,200 | - | |||||||||
|
Gain on sale of long-term investment
|
- | - | (1,075,420 | ) | ||||||||
|
Changes in non-cash working capital items
|
||||||||||||
|
Amounts receivable
|
(138,749 | ) | 65,980 | 139,668 | ||||||||
|
Advances and prepaid expenses
|
30,326 | (317 | ) | (45,672 | ) | |||||||
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
|
230,467 | (21,367 | ) | (205,721 | ) | |||||||
| (1,387,511 | ) | (1,141,890 | ) | (1,229,541 | ) | |||||||
|
Investing activities:
|
||||||||||||
|
Investment in Gahcho Kué Joint Venture
|
(2,215,704 | ) | (177,393 | ) | (13,496 | ) | ||||||
|
(Investment in) redemption of short-term investment
|
(9,501,782 | ) | 1,205,441 | (912,377 | ) | |||||||
|
Proceeds from sale of investment
|
- | - | 1,995,420 | |||||||||
|
Acquisition of Camphor Ventures, net of cash acquired
|
- | - | (16,274 | ) | ||||||||
| (11,717,486 | ) | 1,028,048 | 1,053,273 | |||||||||
|
Financing activities:
|
||||||||||||
|
Shares issued for cash, net of costs
|
12,647,786 | - | - | |||||||||
|
Share issued for options exercise
|
600,360 | 34,502 | 141,048 | |||||||||
| 13,248,146 | 34,502 | 141,048 | ||||||||||
|
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
143,149 | (79,340 | ) | (35,220 | ) | |||||||
|
Cash, beginning of period
|
65,410 | 144,750 | 179,970 | |||||||||
|
Cash, end of period
|
$ | 208,559 | $ | 65,410 | $ | 144,750 | ||||||
|
1.
|
Nature of Operations and Going Concern:
|
|
2.
|
Significant Accounting Policies and Future Accounting Policy Changes:
|
|
|
(a)
|
Basis of consolidation:
|
|
|
(b)
|
Cash and short-term investments:
|
|
2.
|
Significant Accounting Policies and Future Accounting Policy Changes (continued):
|
|
|
(c)
|
Marketable securities:
|
|
|
(d)
|
Interest In Gahcho Kué Joint Venture:
|
|
2.
|
Significant Accounting Policies and Future Accounting Policy Changes (continued):
|
|
|
(e)
|
Asset retirement obligations:
|
|
|
(f)
|
Stock-based compensation:
|
|
|
(g)
|
Income taxes:
|
|
2.
|
Significant Accounting Policies and Future Accounting Policy Changes (continued):
|
|
|
(h)
|
(Loss) earnings per share:
|
|
|
(i)
|
Foreign currency translation:
|
|
|
(j)
|
Financial instruments:
|
|
|
(k)
|
Use of estimates:
|
|
2.
|
Significant Accounting Policies and Future Accounting Policy Changes (continued):
|
|
|
(l)
|
Capital Disclosures
|
|
|
(i)
|
qualitative information about the entity’s objectives, policies and processes for managing capital;
|
|
|
(ii)
|
summary quantitative data about what it manages as capital;
|
|
|
(iii)
|
whether during the period it complied with any externally imposed capital requirements to which it is subject; and
|
|
|
(iv)
|
when it has not complied with such externally imposed capital requirements, the consequences of such non-compliance.
|
|
|
(m)
|
Financial Instruments
|
|
|
(n)
|
Mining Exploration Costs
|
|
2.
|
Significant Accounting Policies and Future Accounting Policy Changes (continued):
|
|
|
(o)
|
Goodwill and Intangible Assets
|
|
|
(p)
|
Credit Risk and the Fair Value of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities
|
|
|
(q)
|
Business Combinations, Consolidated Financial Statements, and Non-Controlling Interests
|
|
3.
|
Marketable Securities:
|
|
4.
|
Financial Instruments:
|
|
|
Level 1 -
|
Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities
|
|
|
Level 2 -
|
Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly; and
|
|
|
Level 3 -
|
Inputs that are not based on observable market data
|
|
December 31,
2009
|
March 31,
2009
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Fair
|
Carrying
|
Fair
|
Carrying
|
|||||||||||||
|
Value
|
Value
|
Value
|
Value
|
|||||||||||||
|
Held-for-trading -
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Cash
|
$ | 208,559 | $ | 208,559 | $ | 65,410 | $ | 65,410 | ||||||||
|
Short-term investments
|
9,733,718 | 9,733,718 | 231,936 | 231,936 | ||||||||||||
| $ | 9,942,277 | $ | 9,942,277 | $ | 297,346 | $ | 297,346 | |||||||||
|
Available-for-sale
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Marketable securities
|
$ | 13,431 | $ | 13,431 | $ | 5,958 | $ | 5,958 | ||||||||
|
Loans and receivables
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Amounts receivable
|
$ | 269,979 | $ | 269,979 | $ | 37,419 | $ | 37,419 | ||||||||
|
Other liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
|
$ | 1,949,489 | $ | 1,949,489 | $ | 191,711 | $ | 191,711 | ||||||||
|
4.
|
Financial Instruments (continued):
|
|
December 31, 2009
|
||||
|
Amounts receivable -
|
||||
|
Currently due
|
$ | 269,979 | ||
|
Past due by 90 days or less, not impaired
|
- | |||
|
Past due by greater than 90 days, not impaired
|
- | |||
| $ | 269,979 | |||
|
Cash
|
208,559 | |||
|
Short-term investments
|
9,733,718 | |||
| $ | 9,942,277 | |||
|
|
As identified in Note 1, the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern and to realize the carrying value of its assets and discharge its liabilities is dependent on the discovery of economically recoverable mineral reserves, the ability of the Company to obtain necessary financing to fund its operations, and the future production or proceeds from developed properties.
|
|
|
The Company has incurred losses and negative cash flows from operations of $1,968,024 and $23,702 respectively in the year ended December 31, 2009. With approximately $9,942,300 of cash and short-term investment at December 31, 2009, the Company has sufficient capital to finance its operations for approximately six months, after which it will be required to obtain additional sources of financing to complete
its future business plans (see Note 1).
|
|
4.
|
Financial Instruments (continued):
|
|
|
Market Risk
|
|
|
The Company’s marketable securities are classified as available-for-sale, and are subject to changes in the market. They are recorded at fair value in the Company’s financial statements, based on the closing market value at the end of the period for each security included. The original cost of the marketable securities is $4,632. The Company’s exposure to
market risk is not considered to be material.
|
|
December 31, 2009
|
||||
|
Cash
|
$ | 7,430 | ||
|
Amounts receivable
|
- | |||
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
|
(18,298 | ) | ||
|
Net exposure
|
$ | (10,868 | ) | |
|
December 31,
|
March 31,
|
|||||||
|
2009
|
2009
|
|||||||
|
Opening balance
|
$ | 65,161,533 | $ | 64,984,140 | ||||
|
Changes in the period
|
||||||||
|
Additional mineral interest resulting from the 2009 Gahcho Kue
|
||||||||
|
Joint Venture Agreement
|
4,971,252 | - | ||||||
|
Technical consulting
|
18,384 | 164,638 | ||||||
|
Mining lease costs
|
9,540 | 12,755 | ||||||
|
Sunk cost repayment
|
1,290,838 | - | ||||||
|
Company portion of feasibility study costs
|
1,339,304 | - | ||||||
|
Company portion of project costs
|
646,735 | - | ||||||
|
Total change in the period
|
8,276,053 | 177,393 | ||||||
|
Balance at December 31, 2009
|
$ | 73,437,586 | $ | 65,161,533 | ||||
|
|
i.
|
The Participants’ continuing interests in the Gahcho Kué Project will be Mountain Province 49% and De Beers Canada 51%, with Mountain Province’s interest no longer subject to the dilution provisions in the 2002 Agreement except for normal dilution provisions which are applicable to both Participants;
|
|
|
ii.
|
Each Participant will market their own proportionate share of diamond production in accordance with their participating interest;
|
|
|
iii.
|
Each Participant will contribute their proportionate share to the future project development costs;
|
|
|
iv.
|
Material strategic and operating decisions will be made by consensus of the Participants as long as each Participant has a participating interest of 40% or more;
|
|
|
v.
|
The Participants have agreed that the sunk historic costs to the period ending on December 31, 2008 will be reduced and limited to $120 million;
|
|
|
vi.
|
Mountain Province will repay De Beers Canada $59 million (representing 49% of an agreed sum of $120 million) in settlement of the Company’s share of the agreed historic sunk costs on the following schedule:
|
|
|
The 2009 Agreement’s provision for consensus decision-making for material strategic and operating decisions provides the Company with joint control for the Gahcho Kué Project with De Beers Canada, and the Company now accounts for the Project as a Joint Venture. Accordingly, the Company has determined its proportionate share (49%) of the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of the
joint venture, and recorded them in these consolidated financial statements effective July 4, 2009. Below is a summarized balance sheet of what was recorded effective July 4, 2009 as a result of the 2009 Agreement:
|
|
July 4, 2009
|
||||
|
Assets
|
||||
|
Current assets
|
$ | 46,662 | ||
|
Fixed assets
|
- | |||
|
Interest in Gahcho Kué Joint Venture
|
5,214,741 | |||
|
Total Assets
|
$ | 5,261,403 | ||
|
Liabilities
|
||||
|
Accounts payable and accruals
|
$ | 347,592 | ||
|
Asset retirement obligations
|
4,913,811 | |||
|
Total Liabilities
|
$ | 5,261,403 | ||
|
Results of Operations
|
Nine
months
ended
December 31,
2009
|
|||
|
Revenues
|
$ | - | ||
|
Expenses
|
210,789 | |||
|
Proportionate share of net loss
|
$ | 210,789 | ||
|
Cash Flows
|
Nine
months
ended
December 31,
2009
|
||||
|
Cash flow - operating activities
|
$ | (20,725 | ) | ||
|
Cash flow - financing activities
|
- | ||||
|
Cash flow - investing activities
|
20,725 | ||||
|
Proportionate share of change in cash
and cash equivalents
|
$ | - | |||
|
Financial Position
|
December
31,
2009
|
|
Current assets
|
$ | 106,061 | ||
|
Long-term assets
|
66,000,782 | |||
|
Current liabilities
|
(163,502 | ) | ||
|
Long-term liabilities
|
(5,103,875 | ) | ||
|
Proportionate share of net assets
|
$ | 60,839,466 |
|
Amount
|
||||
|
Balance, March 31, 2009
|
$ | - | ||
|
Asset retirement obligation recorded in the current period as a result of revised and restated joint venture agreement
|
4,913,811 | |||
|
Accretion recorded during the period
|
190,064 | |||
|
|
||||
|
Balance, December 31, 2009
|
$ | 5,103,875 | ||
|
6.
|
Share Capital and Contributed Surplus:
|
|
Number of shares
|
Amount
|
|||||||
|
Balance, March 31, 2007
|
55,670,715 | $ | 66,579,083 | |||||
|
Exercise of stock options
|
147,350 | 141,048 | ||||||
|
Value of stock options exercised
|
- | 530,756 | ||||||
|
Issuance of shares upon investment in Camphor Ventures
|
4,052,816 | 18,330,842 | ||||||
|
Balance, March 31, 2008
|
59,870,881 | $ | 85,581,729 | |||||
|
Exercise of stock options
|
61,500 | 34,502 | ||||||
|
Value of stock options exercised
|
- | 254,610 | ||||||
|
Balance, March 31, 2009
|
59,932,381 | $ | 85,870,841 | |||||
|
Exercise of stock options
|
365,365 | 600,360 | ||||||
|
Value of stock options exercised
|
- | 294,903 | ||||||
|
Issuance of shares from financings, net of costs
|
6,334,000 | 10,546,610 | ||||||
|
Balance, December 31, 2009
|
66,631,746 | $ | 97,312,714 | |||||
|
6.
|
Share Capital and Contributed Surplus (continued):
|
|
|
The Company, through its Board of Directors and shareholders, adopted a November 26, 1998 Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”) which was amended on February 1, 1999, and subsequently on September 27, 2002. On September 10, 2009, at the Company’s annual and special meeting of shareholders, the shareholders approved the amended stock option plan which, among other things, allows for the
maximum number of shares that may be reserved for issuance under the amended stock option plan to be 10% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares at the time of the grant. The Board of Directors has the authority and discretion to grant stock option awards within the limits identified in the Plan, which includes provisions limiting the issuance of options to insiders and significant shareholders to maximums identified in the Plan. At the time of approval of the amended stock option plan,
the aggregate maximum number of shares pursuant to options granted under the Plan will not exceed 6,309,774 shares, and as at December 31, 2009, there were 5,075,139 shares available to be issued under the Plan.
|
|
Weighted
|
||||||||
|
Number of
|
Average
|
|||||||
|
Options
|
Exercise Price
|
|||||||
|
Balance, March 31, 2007
|
410,000 | $ | 2.73 | |||||
|
Granted
|
198,850 | 0.92 | ||||||
|
Exercised
|
(147,350 | ) | 1.05 | |||||
|
Balance, March 31, 2008
|
461,500 | 2.47 | ||||||
|
Granted
|
900,000 | 1.26 | ||||||
|
Exercised
|
(61,500 | ) | 0.56 | |||||
|
Balance, March 31, 2009
|
1,300,000 | $ | 1.72 | |||||
|
Granted
|
300,000 | 1.72 | ||||||
|
Exercised
|
(365,365 | ) | 1.64 | |||||
|
Balance, December 31, 2009
|
1,234,635 | $ | 1.75 | |||||
|
|
The following are the stock options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2009.
|
|
Black-
|
Weighted
|
||||||||||||
|
Expiry
|
Scholes
|
Number of
|
Average
|
Exercise
|
|||||||||
|
Date
|
Value
|
Options
|
Remaining Life
|
Price
|
|||||||||
|
November 1, 2010
|
$ | 180,100 | 100,000 |
0.84 years
|
$ | 2.63 | |||||||
|
January 30, 2011
|
321,100 | 100,000 |
1.08 years
|
4.50 | |||||||||
|
November 23, 2013
|
468,697 | 734,635 |
3.90 years
|
1.26 | |||||||||
|
August 25, 2014
|
268,405 | 300,000 |
4.65 years
|
1.72 | |||||||||
| $ | 1,238,302 | 1,234,635 |
3.61 years
|
||||||||||
|
6.
|
Share Capital and Contributed Surplus (continued):
|
|
|
The fair value of the options granted has been estimated on the date of the grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:
|
|
December 31,
|
March 31,
|
March 31,
|
||||||||||
|
Fiscal Year:
|
2009
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||
|
Dividend yield
|
0 | % | 0 | % | 0 | % | ||||||
|
Expected volatility
|
59 | % | 55 | % | 34%-64 | % | ||||||
|
Risk-free interest rate
|
2.54 | % | 2.57 | % | 4.64 | % | ||||||
|
Expected lives
|
5 years
|
5 years
|
2.83-10.33 months
|
|||||||||
|
Weighted average fair value of options issued
|
$ | 0.87 | $ | 0.64 | $ | 3.58-$4.14 | ||||||
|
Number of
|
||||||||
|
Warrants
|
Amount
|
|||||||
|
Balance, March 31, 2009
|
- | $ | - | |||||
|
Issued, net of costs
|
3,217,000 | 1,870,564 | ||||||
|
Balance, December 31, 2009
|
3,217,000 | $ | 1,870,564 | |||||
|
6.
|
Share Capital and Contributed Surplus (continued):
|
|
Date of Issue
|
Number of Warrants
|
Exercise Price
|
Expiry Date
|
||||||
|
August 4, 2009
|
1,500,000 | $ | 2.00 |
February 5, 2011
|
|||||
|
December 8, 2009
|
1,717,000 | $ | 3.20 |
June 8, 2011
|
|||||
|
Total
|
3,217,000 | ||||||||
|
Dividend yield
|
0% | |||
|
Expected volatility
|
80%-87% | |||
|
Risk-free interest rate
|
0.65%-0.87% | |||
|
Expected lives
|
18 months
|
|||
|
Fair value of warrants
|
$0.55-$0.72 | |||
|
Amount
|
||||
|
Balance, March 31, 2007
|
701,626 | |||
|
Value of options issued to Camphor option holders
|
774,340 | |||
|
Value on exercise of stock options transferred to share capital
|
(530,756 | ) | ||
|
Balance, March 31, 2008
|
945,210 | |||
|
Recognition of stock-based compensation expense
|
574,200 | |||
|
Value on exercise of stock options transferred to share capital
|
(254,610 | ) | ||
|
Balance, March 31, 2009
|
1,264,800 | |||
|
Recognition of stock-based compensation expense
|
268,405 | |||
|
Value on exercise of stock options transferred to share capital
|
(294,903 | ) | ||
|
Balance, December 31, 2009
|
$ | 1,238,302 | ||
|
|
Income tax recovery differs from the amounts that would have been computed by applying the combined federal and provincial tax rates of 26.5% for the nine month period ended December 31, 2009 (year ended March 31 2009 - 26.5% and year ended March 2008 - 26.5%) to loss before income taxes. The reasons for the differences are primarily as a result of the following:
|
|
(Nine months
|
(12 months
|
(12 months
|
||||||||||
|
ended)
|
ended)
|
ended)
|
||||||||||
|
December 31,
|
March 31,
|
March 31,
|
||||||||||
|
2009
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||||||
|
Loss before income taxes
|
$ | 1,968,024 | $ | 1,760,386 | $ | 56,635 | ||||||
|
Tax recovery calculated using statutory rates
|
521,526 | 466,500 | 15,000 | |||||||||
|
(Expenses not deductible for taxation)/earnings not subject to taxation
|
(71,127 | ) | (152,163 | ) | 207,166 | |||||||
|
Other (return to provision adjustments)
|
59,287 | (91,541 | ) | - | ||||||||
| 509,686 | 222,796 | 222,166 | ||||||||||
|
Valuation allowance
|
- | - | - | |||||||||
| $ | 509,686 | $ | 222,796 | $ | 222,166 | |||||||
|
|
The components that give rise to future income tax assets and future tax liabilities are as follows:
|
|
(Nine months
|
(12 months
|
(12 months
|
||||||||||
|
ended)
|
ended)
|
ended)
|
||||||||||
|
December 31,
|
March 31,
|
March 31,
|
||||||||||
|
2009
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||||||
|
Interest in Gahcho Kué Joint Venture
|
$ | (6,114,483 | ) | $ | (6,369,281 | ) | $ | (6,131,529 | ) | |||
|
Loss carry forwards
|
1,208,362 | 992,556 | 872,259 | |||||||||
| (4,906,121 | ) | (5,376,725 | ) | (5,259,270 | ) | |||||||
|
Valuation allowance
|
(270,760 | ) | (309,842 | ) | (650,093 | ) | ||||||
|
Net future income tax asset (liability)
|
$ | (5,176,881 | ) | $ | (5,686,567 | ) | $ | (5,909,363 | ) | |||
|
|
As disclosed in Note 1, these financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles (“Canadian GAAP”). A description and reconciliation of material measurement differences to US GAAP and practices prescribed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) follows:
|
|
|
The effects of the differences between Canadian GAAP and US GAAP (including practices prescribed by the SEC) on the consolidated balance sheets, statements of loss and cash flows are summarized as follows:
|
|
December 31,
|
March 31,
|
|||||||
|
2009
|
2009
|
|||||||
|
Total assets:
|
||||||||
|
Total assets, under Canadian GAAP
|
$ | 83,746,546 | $ | 65,559,505 | ||||
|
Adjustment for deferred exploration costs (Note 9(a))
|
(39,484,713 | ) | (31,208,660 | ) | ||||
|
Total assets, under US GAAP
|
$ | 44,261,833 | $ | 34,350,845 | ||||
|
Shareholders’ equity:
|
||||||||
|
Shareholders’ equity, under Canadian GAAP
|
$ | 71,516,301 | $ | 59,681,227 | ||||
|
Adjustment for deferred exploration costs (Note 9a)
|
(39,484,713 | ) | (31,208,660 | ) | ||||
|
Shareholders’ equity, under US GAAP
|
$ | 32,031,588 | $ | 28,472,567 | ||||
|
(Nine months
|
(12 months
|
(12 months
|
||||||||||
|
ended)
|
ended)
|
ended)
|
||||||||||
|
December 31,
|
March 31,
|
March 31,
|
||||||||||
|
2009
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||||||
|
(Loss) income and (loss) income per share for the year:
|
||||||||||||
|
(Loss) income for the year, under Canadian GAAP
|
$ | (1,458,338 | ) | $ | (1,537,590 | ) | $ | 165,531 | ||||
|
Adjustment for deferred exploration expenditures (Note 9(a))
|
(3,369,626 | ) | (177,393 | ) | (13,496 | ) | ||||||
|
(Loss) income for the year, under US GAAP
|
(4,827,924 | ) | (1,714,983 | ) | 152,035 | |||||||
|
Other Comprehensive income:
|
||||||||||||
|
Change in fair value of available for sale marketable securities
|
7,473 | (31,611 | ) | (14,239 | ) | |||||||
|
Change in fair value of long-term investments
|
- | - | (280,000 | ) | ||||||||
|
Comprehensive loss for the year under US GAAP
|
$ | (4,820,491 | ) | $ | (1,746,594 | ) | $ | (142,204 | ) | |||
|
Basic and diluted (loss) income per share, under US GAAP
|
$ | (0.08 | ) | $ | (0.03 | ) | $ | 0.00 | ||||
|
Cash used in operating activities:
|
||||||||||||
|
Cash used in operating activities, under Canadian GAAP
|
$ | (1,387,511 | ) | $ | (1,141,890 | ) | $ | (1,229,541 | ) | |||
|
Adjustment for deferred exploration costs (Note 9(a))
|
(2,215,704 | ) | (177,393 | ) | (13,496 | ) | ||||||
|
Cash used in operating activities, under US GAAP
|
$ | (3,603,215 | ) | $ | (1,319,283 | ) | $ | (1,243,037 | ) | |||
|
Cash provided (used) in investing activities:
|
||||||||||||
|
Cash provided (used) in investing activities, under Canadian GAAP
|
$ | (11,717,486 | ) | $ | 1,028,048 | $ | 1,053,273 | |||||
|
Adjustment for deferred exploration costs (Note 9(a))
|
2,215,704 | 177,393 | 13,496 | |||||||||
|
Cash provided (used) in investing activities under US GAAP
|
$ | (9,501,782 | ) | $ | 1,205,441 | $ | 1,066,769 | |||||
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* THE VALUE IS THE MARKET VALUE AS OF THE LAST DAY OF THE QUARTER FOR WHICH THE 13F WAS FILED.
| FUND | NUMBER OF SHARES | VALUE ($) | PUT OR CALL |
|---|
| DIRECTORS | AGE | BIO | OTHER DIRECTOR MEMBERSHIPS |
|---|
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