Looks like SKP spent close the cash required @ Poundmaker up till Dec 31/09.
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Feb 24, 2010 11:54AM
The company is now known as FUSE Cobalt.
Exploration During the three months and year ended December 31, 2009, the Company reported $140,500 and $767,890, respectively, of exploration expenses. During the three months and year ended December 31, 2008, the Company reported $113,387 and $568,964, respectively, of exploration expenses. 2009 exploration expenditures include $100,000 of consideration in respect of the Poundmaker Option Agreement (see Poundmaker description under Portfolio of Exploration Properties and Recent Activities), $50,000 for the purchase of a 100% undivided interest in 23 claims located in the Strike Point and Beresford Lake areas of the Rice Lake greenstone belt of Manitoba, $122,063 related to a LiDAR survey flown in the second quarter of 2009, $139,630 of payments to provincial jurisdictions to maintain the Company’s mineral rights in lieu of certain exploration expenditure requirements and $356,197 of geological, sampling, data interpretation and other field exploration costs.
Comparatively, 2008 exploration expenditures included $120,000 of consideration in respect of the Poundmaker Option Agreement, $58,390 of payments to provincial jurisdictions to maintain the
Company’s mineral rights in lieu of certain exploration expenditure requirements, $35,737 for the acquisition and interpretation of data, $354,837 geological, sampling and other field exploration costs.
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Company’s mineral rights in lieu of certain exploration expenditure requirements, $35,737 for the acquisition and interpretation of data, $354,837 geological, sampling and other field exploration costs.
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Company’s mineral rights in lieu of certain exploration expenditure requirements, $35,737 for the acquisition and interpretation of data, $354,837 geological, sampling and other field exploration costs.
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The terms of the Poundmaker as shown on the MD&A: In February 2008, the Company signed a five year option agreement (the “Poundmaker Agreement”) to earn up to a 100% interest in a portion of Wildcat Exploration Ltd.’s (“Wildcat”) Poundmaker property. The Poundmaker Agreement was amended on March 1, 2009 and extended for an additional year to March 2014. The Poundmaker Agreement may be terminated by the Company at any time, without penalty. Option consideration is comprised of cash plus common shares of the Company payable as follows:
$25,000 cash paid upon execution of the Poundmaker Agreement and 500,000 common shares of
the Company issued on February 25, 2008 upon receipt of approval of the transaction by the TSX Venture Exchange and valued at $95,000 based on the trading price of the Company’s shares on the date of issue;
$50,000 cash paid in June 2008; and
On the March 1, 2009 amendment date and each of the next five anniversary dates thereafter
(March 1, 2010 through to March 1, 2014), at Wildcat’s option: i) $100,000 cash or ii) $50,000 cash plus up to 2 million common shares of the Company having a market value at the time of issuance of $100,000 (total value of $150,000). The Company paid the first $100,000 in cash on February 27, 2009. In addition, the Company has agreed to incur $5 million of exploration expenditures during the term of the amended Poundmaker Agreement as follows:
$500,000 prior to March 1, 2010 of which approximately $391,820 had been incurred as at
December 31, 2009;
An additional $1,500,000 prior to March 1, 2011; and
An additional $1,000,000 in each year prior to March 1, 2012, 2013 and 2014.