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Nov 07, 2011 02:08PM
new gold producer
Commissioning the Lluvia de Oro Gold mine, Sonora State, Mexico.
INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY
It carries out its exploration and development activities through its subsidiary Minera Columbia de México S.A. de C.V.
Administrative services and certain personnel are provided for its operations in Mexico through its subsidiary Servicios Richmond York S.A. de C.V.
Its primary business activity at the present time is to bring to commercial production the Lluvia -Jojoba gold project in Sonora, Mexico.
Proposed Transactions
The Company has incorporated a new Canadian subsidiary, Maru Resources Inc. (“Maru”), and a new Mexican subsidiary, Minera Maxim S.A. de C.V. (“Maxim”), to hold the Company’s exploration properties separately from its production assets which include the Lluvia – Jojoba project and the related plant and equipment.
The non-core exploration properties in Mexico will be transferred to Maxim.
Shareholder approval was obtained at the June 17, 2010 annual meeting for a reduction in stated capital for ultimately spinning out Maru with the exploration assets on a tax effective basis to the existing shareholders of the Company.
If this were to occur, Maru would become a separate junior exploration company, shares of which would be owned by the shareholders of the Company.
OUTLOOK
LIQUIDITY
Working Capital
At June 30, 2011, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $1,206,519 compared to $4,501,106 at December 31, 2010. The decrease is the net effect of receiving proceeds of warrant exercises offset by continued construction of Property, Plant and Equipment, addition of inventory of ore under leach and ongoing operational expenses
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Working capital at March 31, 2011 was $5,270,579 compared to $2,302,758 at December 31, 2010. The main factor leading to the improved working capital is the increase in current assets due to $5,444,986 for additional inventory consisting of ore under leach as well as increases in chemicals and spare parts, and an increase in sales taxes recoverable of $849,930.
The Company has had to rely on external financing, implementing private equity placements, incurring debt and arranging lease financing as well as considering any other financing alternative it had available to it to advance the Lluvia–Jojoba Project towards commercial production. It will not become self-sustaining until achieving positive cash flow from gold production.
Cash requirements for development work exceeded forecasts in recent years due to rising costs and delays in start-up of mining, so the Company has had to work diligently on constrained budgets and in conjunction with a variety of incremental financing initiatives.
Revenues from the leaching of new ore began in this, the second quarter and cash flow is expected to turn positive by the end of the third quarter.
The leach start-up delays experienced in the fourth quarter of 2011, a period of high capital construction and pre-operative expenditures, put additional pressure on the Company’s liquidity that necessitated new financing initiatives in 2011
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