UNITED STATES
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Washington, D.C.
20549
FORM 10-K
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Commission file number 000-50907
HANDENI GOLD INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada |
98-0430222 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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P.O. Box 33507, |
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Plot 82A, ITV Road, Mikocheni Light Industrial Area,
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Dar es Salaam, the United Republic of Tanzania
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(Address of principal executive offices) |
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+255-222-70-00-84
(Registrants telephone
number, including area code)
228 Regent Estate
Dar es Salaam, Republic of Tanzania
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since
last report
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This annual report on Form 10-K and the documents incorporated
herein by reference contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements concern our anticipated results
and developments in our operations in future periods, planned exploration and,
if warranted, development of our properties, plans related to our business and
other matters that may occur in the future. These statements relate to analyses
and other information that are based on forecasts of future results, estimates
of amounts not yet determinable and assumptions of management.
Any statements contained herein that are not statements of
historical fact and that express or involve discussions with respect to
predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions
or future events or performance may be deemed to be forward-looking statements.
In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such
as may, might, could, will, would, should, expect, plan,
intend, anticipate, believe, estimate, predict, potential or
continue, the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. In
evaluating these statements, you should consider various factors, including the
assumptions, risks and uncertainties outlined in this annual report under Risk
Factors. These factors or any of them may cause our actual results to differ
materially from any forward-looking statement made in this annual report.
Forward-looking statements in this annual report include, among others,
statements regarding:
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our capital needs; |
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business plans; |
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drilling plans, timing of drilling and costs;
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results of our various projects; |
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ability to lower cost structure in certain of
our projects; |
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our growth expectations; |
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timing of exploration of the Companys
properties; |
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the performance and characteristics of the
Companys mineral properties; |
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capital expenditure programs; |
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the impact of national, federal, provincial,
and state governmental regulation on the Company; |
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expected levels of exploration costs, general
administrative costs, costs of services and other costs and expenses;
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expectations regarding our ability to raise
capital and to add reserves through acquisitions, exploration and
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While these forward-looking statements, and any assumptions
upon which they are based, are made in good faith and reflect our current
judgment regarding future events, the forward-looking statements are subject to
a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. Our
actual results will likely vary, sometimes materially, from any estimates,
predictions, projections, assumptions or other future performance suggested
herein. Some of the risks and assumptions include, without limitation:
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our need for additional financing; |
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our limited operating history; |
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our history of operating losses; |
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our exploration activities may not result in
commercially exploitable quantities of ore on our current or any future
mineral properties; |
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the risks inherent in the exploration for
minerals such as geologic formation, weather, accidents, equipment
failures and governmental restrictions; |
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the competitive environment in which we
operate; |
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changes in governmental regulation and
administrative practices; |
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our dependence on key personnel; |
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conflicts of interest of our directors and
officers; |
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our ability to fully implement our business
plan; |
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our ability to effectively manage our growth;
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risks related to our ability to execute
projects being dependent on factors outside our control; |
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risks related to seasonal factors and
unexpected weather; |
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risks related to title to our properties;
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risks related to our being able to find,
acquire, develop and commercially produce mineral reserves; |
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risks related to our stock price being
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other regulatory, legislative and judicial
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This list is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect any
of our forward-looking statements. We advise the reader that these cautionary
remarks expressly qualify in their entirety all forward-looking statements
attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf. Important factors that you
should also consider, include, but are not limited to, the factors discussed
under Risk Factors in this annual report. If one or more of these risks or
uncertainties materializes, or if underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our
actual results may vary materially from those expected, estimated or projected.
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Forward-looking statements in this document are not a
prediction of future events or circumstances, and those future events or
circumstances may not occur. Given these uncertainties, users of the information
included herein, including investors and prospective investors are cautioned not
to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. Investors should
consult our quarterly and annual filings with U.S. securities commissions for
additional information on risks and uncertainties relating to forward-looking
statements. We do not assume responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of
these statements.
The forward-looking statements in this annual report are made
as of the date of this annual report and based on our beliefs, opinions and
expectations at the time they are made. We do not assume any obligation to
update our forward-looking statements if those beliefs, opinions, or
expectations, or other circumstances, should change, to conform these statements
to actual results, except as required by applicable law, including the
securities laws of the United States.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
Handeni Gold Inc. files annual, quarterly and current reports,
proxy statements, and other information with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the Commission or SEC). You may read and copy documents referred
to in this Annual Report on Form 10-K that have been filed with the Commission
at the Commissions Public Reference Room, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by
calling the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330. You can also obtain copies of our
Commission filings by going to the Commissions website at http://www.sec.gov.
REFERENCES
As used in this annual report on Form 10-K: (i) the terms we,
us, our, Handeni, Handeni Gold, and the Company mean Handeni Gold
Inc.; (ii) SEC refers to the Securities and Exchange Commission; (iii)
Securities Act refers to the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended;
(iv) Exchange Act refers to the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended; and (v) all dollar amounts refer to United States dollars unless
otherwise indicated.
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PART I
Corporate Organization
We were incorporated on January 5, 2004 under the laws of the
State of Nevada. Effective January 21, 2009, we effected a five for one stock
split of our common stock and increased our authorized capital to 500,000,000
shares of common stock having a $0.001 par value. On February 14, 2012, the
Company changed its name from Douglas Lake Minerals Inc. to Handeni Gold Inc.
Our principal office is currently located at P.O. Box 33507,
Plot 82A, ITV Road, Mikocheni Light Industrial Area, Dar es Salaam, the United
Republic of Tanzania, with the phone number of +255 222 70 0084 and the fax
number of +255 222 70 00 52. Our Canadian office is located at Suite 200, 5700
Yonge Street, Toronto, ON, Canada, M2M 4K2, with the telephone number of
647-560-5548.
General
Handeni Gold Inc. is an exploration stage company engaged in
the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties. Our principal area of
focus is the Handeni Gold Project located in the Handeni district, within the
Tanga region of the Republic of Tanzania in East Africa, in which we have
interests in mineral claims through prospecting licenses (PLs) and/or primary
mining licenses (PMLs) issued by the government of the Republic of
Tanzania.
None of our mineral claims contain any substantiated mineral
deposits, resources or reserves of minerals to date. Exploration, including
drilling of more than 10,000 meter of core, has been carried out on these
claims, in particular the 4 PLs in the Handeni District. Accordingly, additional
exploration of these mineral claims is required before any conclusion can be
drawn as to whether any commercially viable mineral deposit may exist on any of
our mineral claims. Our plan of operations is to continue exploration and
drilling work in order to ascertain whether our mineral claims warrant further
advanced exploration to determine whether they possess commercially exploitable
deposits of minerals. We will not be able to determine whether or not any of our
mineral claims contain a commercially exploitable mineral deposit, resource or
reserve, until appropriate exploratory work has been completed and an economic
evaluation based on that work concludes economic viability.
We are considered an exploration or exploratory stage company,
because we are involved in the examination and investigation of land that we
believe may contain valuable minerals, for the purpose of discovering the
presence of ore, if any, and its extent. There is no assurance that a
commercially viable mineral deposit exists on the properties underlying our
mineral claim interests, and considerable further exploration will be required
before a final evaluation as to the economic and legal feasibility for our
future exploration is determined.
Our Mineral Claims
Handeni District Gold Project
Location and Access
The Handeni Gold properties lie within the historic Handeni
artisanal gold mining district, located in Tanga Province, roughly 175 km
northwest of Tanzanias largest city, Dar Es Salaam, and 100 km southwest of the
more northerly coastal city of Tanga (Fig. 1). The road from Dar Es Salaam to
Tanga is paved; the secondary road that heads northwest from this road to the
town of Handeni, a distance of 65 km, has recently been paved. The Handeni
property is located roughly 35 km south of the town of Handeni along a secondary
gravel road. From this point, a number of dirt roads head south across various
portions of the Handeni property and beyond. Driving time from Dar Es Salaam to
the Handeni Gold properties is approximately five hours, depending on traffic
and the weather.
Fig. 1: Location Map: Handeni Property in Tanzania.
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Prospecting Licenses (PLs)
Currently, our primary focus is on the undivided 100% legal,
beneficial and registerable interest in and to eight PLs, located in the Handeni
District of Tanzania. The total area held by the Company in the Handeni district
is now 423.03 km2 (Fig. 2) (Table 1).
Fig. 2. Outline of Handeni Gold PLs in the Handeni district. An area containing 32 PMLs is represented in black
Table 1: List of Prospecting Licenses, Handeni Property (prior
to the 2013 renewal of the licenses)
PL No. |
Area (Sq
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Issue Date |
Original Recipient
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Transfer Date
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Transfer Date
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Expiry
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Renewal
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6742/2010 |
197.98 |
05/10/10 |
Diamonds Africa Ltd. |
18/11/10 |
12/12/10 |
04/10/13 |
05/10/13 |
6743/2010 |
195.48 |
13/10/10 |
Gold Africa Ltd. |
18/11/10 |
12/12/10 |
12/10/13 |
13/10/13 |
6744/2010 |
198.70 |
13/09/10 |
M-Mining Ltd. |
18/11/10 |
12/12/10 |
12/09/13 |
13/09/13 |
6779/2010 |
197.74 |
13/09/10 |
Tanzania Gem Center Ltd. |
18/11/10 |
12/12/10 |
12/09/13 |
13/09/13 |
Following the 2013 renewal of the properties and acquisition of
PLs in the current period, the Company now holds interests in PLs with details
as described in Table 2, below.
Table 2: Handeni Gold Prospecting Licenses
PL Number |
Granted Date |
Expiry Date |
Area Size
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6742/2010 6743/2010
6744/2010 6779/2010 9853/2014 10000/2014 10262/2014
10409/2014 |
5/10/2013
13/10/2013 13/9/2013 13/9/2013 2/7/2014 22/7/2014
25/9/2014 02/12/2014 |
4/10/2016
12/10/2016 12/9/2016 12/9/2016 1/7/2018 21/7/2018
24/9/2018 01/12/2018 |
70.32 95.08
97.56 96.84 12.32 33.62 6.97 10.32 |
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Primary Mining Licenses (PMLs)
On November 30, 2011, the Company acquired from Handeni
Resources a 100% interest in primary mining licenses covering an area of
approximately 2.67 square kilometers to the east of Magambazi Hill (Figs. 2 and
3). To comply with the laws and regulations of the Republic of Tanzania whereby
foreign companies may not own PMLs, on July 19, 2012, the Company:
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entered into an Addendum agreement to the 2011
Acquisition Agreement whereby Handeni Resources will
administer the 32 PMLs until such time as a mining license (ML) on
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during this period Handeni Resources will be conducting
exploration and mining activities on the PMLs as directed by the
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An enlargement of the excluded area as delineated on Fig. 2
is presented below (Fig. 3). An area within the outline of the 32 PMLs without
a PML number (Fig. 3) has now been confirmed to be part of PL6743/2010. The
block of 32 PMLs, shown in grey below, belongs to the Company as described above
and are being explored

Fig. 3: Exclusion areas within PL6743/2010. Note area in white within PML’s is part of PL6743/2010.
West of the western border of PL 6743/2010 are several more
PMLs that do not belong to the Company. The area colored in green (Fig. 3) is a
unitized block of four PMLs that were apparently acquired by Canaco Resources
Inc. (CRI) (now East Africa Metals Inc.) from their owners.
Handeni District Project
We obtained a Technical Report on the Handeni Property (the
Handeni Report), dated April 25, 2011, as prepared at our request by Avrom E.
Howard, MSc, FGA, PGeol (Ontario), Principal Consultant at Nebu Consulting LLC.
Mr. Howard is a Qualified Person in accordance with Canadian National Instrument
43-101 Standards for Disclosure of Mineral Projects and its Companion Policy
(collectively, NI 43-101) and is a Practicing Professional Geologist
registered with the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario
(registration number 0380).
Subsequent to the publishing of the April 25, 2011 NI 43-101
report by Mr. Howard, the Company produced numerous in-house technical reports
and is in the process of compiling an updated NI 43-101 report that will include
the updated model for mineralization on our Handeni property. The drilling
conducted by the Company was done implementing and following Quality Control and
Quality Assessment procedures recommended by SRK (Stephen, Robertson and
Kirsten).
Property Description
General
Mining in Tanzania in the modern era dates back over one
hundred years, first under German colonial rule and then under British control
under whose authority mining and other activities continued and expanded.
Beginning in the 1990s, in line with many other developing countries around the
world, the Tanzanian government instituted several reforms to move towards a
free market economy, privatize the mining industry and encourage both domestic
and foreign investment in all economic sectors. In the case of the mining
industry, this was supplemented, in 1998, through the passage of a new, more
industry-friendly mining code. This code has been streamlined under the Mining
Act of 1998 (revised 2010) (the Mining Act) currently controlling exploration,
mining and related activities in the country.
Tanzania is Africas fourth leading gold producer, with several
major companies producing and exploring for gold, mostly in northwestern
Tanzania, south of Lake Victoria, in an area informally known as the Lake
Victoria gold belt.
The Handeni Property
Gold has been known in the Handeni area for many years with
some attributing its discovery to the Germans prior to World War One; however,
it was the increase in gold prices and consequent increase in artisanal gold
mining activity in the Handeni area that led to the discovery of deposits of
placer gold, in turn leading in 2003 to a classic gold rush. The discovery and
mining of lode deposits followed, soon after, along with the growth of a shanty
mining town at the northern base of Magambazi Hill.
Between 2005 and 2010, IPP Gold carried out exploration over
its PLR leading to the upgrading of its holdings from one PLR to four PLs of
800 km2, in August 2010. Exploration work included airborne magnetic
and radiometric surveys, ground magnetic surveys, reconnaissance geological
mapping, soil sampling, pitting and trenching. It is these four PLs that were
acquired by the Company from IPP Gold under a September 2010 agreement.
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Geological Setting
Regional Geology
Regional geological mapping programs led to the recognition of
several major litho-structural provinces from Archean to recent age in Tanzania.
The Archean craton covers most of the western two thirds of the country, roughly
bounded to the east by the East African Rift. Archean rocks host all of the
countrys kimberlite pipes and contained lode diamond deposits, and most of its
lode gold deposits. The Archean basement terrain is bounded to the east and west
by a series of Proterozoic mobile belts; this area, particularly that to the
east, hosts most of the countrys wide variety of colored gemstone deposits.
Some recent research suggests that portions of this assumed Proterozoic terrane
may actually consist of Archean crust that has undergone a later phase of higher
grade metamorphism.
The Handeni district forms part of the Tanzanian Mozambique
belt. The belt was subjected to four tectonothermal events at 830-800Ma, ~760Ma,
630-580Ma and 560-520Ma. All except the last attained upper amphibolites /
granulite grade.
Property Geology
The Handeni area is situated in the Palaeoproterozoic
Usugaran/Ubendian Metamorphic Terrane of Tanzania, along the northern extension
of the northtrending Proterozoic Mozambique Mobile Belt.
The geology of the Handeni area comprises amphibolite to
granulite facies metamorphic rocks interpreted to originally have formed a
sequence of ultramafic to felsic volcanic flows, black shales and quartz-bearing
sedimentary rocks. It is furthermore interpreted to comprise a
metamorphosed/overprinted eastern extension/remnant of the Lake Victoria
cratonic greenstone belt. High grade metamorphism has converted these original
lithologies to a variety of metamorphic equivalents, including
biotite-hornblende-garnet-pyroxene gneiss, migmatitic augen garnet-
hornblende-pyroxene gneiss, quartzo-feldspathic hornblende-biotite-pyroxene
gneiss, pyroxene-hornblende-biotite-garnet granulite and others.
Recent research by geologists from the University of Western
Australia suggests that much of what has previously been considered to be of
Proterozic age (Usagaran System) may in fact be overprinted Archean crust. This
hypothesis has been invoked to help interpret the geology within which gold in
this area is found and as the basis for an analogy between this gold
mineralization and that found in less metamorphosed, bona fide Archean rocks in
the Lake Victoria gold district, a few hundred km to the northwest. However,
this is a hypothesis, only, one that may be used for exploration modeling
purposes but one that still requires more work.
Mineralization
The Handeni property is at an early stage of exploration. There
are no known mineral resources or reserves on the Handeni property, nor are
there any known economically mineable deposits on the property. Gold is found
within garnet-amphibolite zones within biotite-feldspar gneiss at three k n o w
n locations in the Companys property, locations where historical lode gold
occurrences have been documented. Gold occurs in quartz veins as well as within
the garnet amphibolites adjacent to the quartz veins. Proof of this association
is informally corroborated by the testimony of local, illegal artisanal miners,
who recover gold both from quartz veins and gold-bearing gneiss that is not
quartz vein bearing. Gold in the Companys property has also been documented in
soils and placers, at a variety of locations, as well.
Our geophysical and structural geological interpretation on
which the drilling program conducted in 2012 was based, supported the
mineralization model described above in broad terms.
Whereas gold was known in the Handeni area prior to the arrival
in 2005 of the Companys predecessor, IPP Gold, there is no history of any
formal exploration in the area aside from limited work at Magambazi Hill itself
and the work conducted in recent years by Canaco (East African Metals) in the
region
The foundation for modern exploration activities on the
Companys properties were laid by the exploration work conducted by IPP. Their
initial work consisted of soil sampling and a ground magnetic survey over an
area of 200 square kilometers covering the area now located within PL6743/2010
immediately east of Magambazi Hill. Over the five years that ensued, this was
followed by a series of exploration campaigns involving a variety of exploration
methods, in turn followed by interpretation and further work in an iterative
fashion. Notable programs during this period included a fixed wing airborne
Magnetic and Radiometric Survey, a ground magnetic survey, geological mapping
and structural interpretation as well as several large soil sampling and
geochemical surveys.
Handeni Golds intensive early exploration program following
the Companys September 2010 agreement with IPP achieved the following in terms
of mineralization on the properties:
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It outlined a number of locations where intensive placer
and illegal artisanal gold mining took place within the Handeni property,
notably the Kwandege, Magambazi and Mjembe areas. |
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Processed airborne magnetic and radiometric data have
delineated linear features that have been interpreted to represent a
variety of structures such as shears, thrust faults and cross faults,
which undoubtedly influences the location of gold mineralized zones in the
properties. |
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Soil geochemical surveying, carried out across some of
these interpreted northwest-southeast trending structural features, has
revealed several locations hosting anomalous gold in soils. |
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Gold appeared to be further concentrated at the
intersection between the northwest-southeast trending structural features
and northeast-southwest trending structural features, interpreted to
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These associations suggest a relationship
between structures and gold, which provided a basis upon which additional
areas within the Handeni property are selected for more detailed gold
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Exploration conducted during the fiscal years 2011 to 2013
The foregoing exploration by IPP was used as a foundation and
followed by:
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A helicopter based TEM electromagnetic and radiometric
aerial survey program was completed by FUGRO over the entire Company
licence area (800 km2) at 200 meter spaced flight lines in a
north-south direction. Electromagnetic (TEM) as well as radiometric data
for K (Potassium), U (Uranium) and Th (Thorium), as well as total count
was collected simultaneously for the 4740 line kilometres flown. Selected
areas were flown at a line spacing of 100 meters. The interpreted data
clearly delineated subsurface geological features of importance to gold
and base metal mineralization in this high grade metamorphic terrain. The
data proved to be invaluable in the definition of structurally important
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An intensive ground based geophysical program on the
Magambazi East as well as the Kwandege target zones was completed. This
data (combined with geochemical results) were used to create drill targets
on the two selected areas, the results of which are reported below. |
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A multi-element soil geochemical program was completed on
the Kwandege target delineating the extent of the mineralization zone and
assisting the interpretation of the geophysical data to locate drill
positions. |
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A large soil sampling program of two targets in
PL6743/2010 was initiated. |
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Twenty-eight (28) diamond core holes (5,347 meters) were
drilled on the Magambazi East and related targets and delineated a gold
enriched mineralization zone extending for a distance of approximately 500
meters to the south east of the Magambazi Hill mineralization as defined
by CRI. |
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Evaluation of the economic potential of
the three mineralization zones will only be possible with closely spaced
directional drilling to follow out the mineralization. We evaluated the
Magambazi East project based on an interpretation of the available drill core
and detailed mapping. Based on this information and our model of the
mineralization at Magambazi East we are now convinced that the gold potential of
this target may be proven or disproven with drilling of 5 directional drill
holes. |
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Thirty-seven (37) drill holes (4,989
meters in total) have been drilled on the Kwandege mineralized zone, completing
the first phase drilling program on this project. Twenty-six of the 32 drill
holes on the main Kwandege target yielded gold assay values of more than 0.5 g/t
over a one-meter interval or thicker intersection, whereas four of the remaining
holes had anomalous gold values of up to 0.49 g/t. An important feature of the
Kwandege target is the fact that low level gold values (0.5 g/t to 1 g/t) were
encountered in numerous intersections in the drill holes and also confirmed by
the latest assay results. Anomalous gold with some potentially economic
intersections have been encountered in an E - W (strike) direction of 1,501
meters (based on the results of the completed phase 1 drilling program). The
open ended nature of the mineralization in an E-W direction was confirmed. |
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The results of the soil sampling program on Target 5
yielded gold in soil values of up to 200 ppb. Au (gold) assay results
received for 2331 samples coincides with a magnetic and electro-magnetic
geophysical anomaly on surface over an area of approximately 1.8 km (N-S)
by 900 m (E-W). The evaluation of this target is to be continued by
pitting, trenching and ground IP. |
Exploration conducted during the fiscal year 2014:
During this period, we achieved the following:
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collected a total of 5,050 soil samples (including blanks
and standards) from targets in PL6743 that were analyzed by XRF and
submitted to assay laboratories for gold analyses. |
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A soil sampling program on Target 6 (in collaboration
with the Tanzania Geological Survey) was completed. Of a total of 2,756
soil samples collected on an area of approximately 16 km2, 935
were analysed by XRF. The results were not highly encouraging and this
target did not receive priority status. |
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An area to the east of Magambazi hill was selected as a
first target and pilot study area to test the gold distribution in various
secondary geological regimes in the Handeni terrain. The following
conclusions were drawn from the alluvial program:
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The fluvial environment has the largest potential for the
extraction of coarse grained gold. |
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A large proportion of gold is contained as fine grained
gold. This conclusion was based on the fact that geochemically analyzed
samples of the same locations as the bulk sampled areas yielded
significantly higher gold values. |
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Some specific horizons in the fluvial horizon yield
higher values than others. |
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Allowing for a mere 50% efficiency of the applied
processes and the overburden, the grade as well as consistency of gold on
this target indicated that it is not economically mineable as an alluvial
mining program. |
Plans to investigate the alluvial
potential of the area surrounding the Kwandege project anomaly as well as
several other alluvial targets identified using airborne techniques did not
progress due to lack of funding and the resulting shortage of personnel to
conduct the program.
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completed the geophysical evaluation of our
four PLs, subsequently reduced in size to eight PLs covering
approximately 423 km2. |
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completed a detailed structural investigation into
structural controls on gold mineralization on our prospecting licenses.
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completed a ground geophysics investigation on the Mjembe
target to the southeast of Magambazi. |
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Completed our evaluation process of the application of
XRF to identify soil samples with a high likelihood to contain anomalous
gold values, proving to be highly successful on the Mjembe target.
Following the success of the XRF program described above, the Company
embarked on the evaluation of XRF applications to its Magambazi and
Kwandege drill core. The aim of the program is to:
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Identify more potential gold bearing intersections in the
core than that was previously analyzed. |
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Combine the results of the soil sample XRF results with
the drill core results to further refine our XRF applications to our
exploration program. |
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Completed a detailed structural interpretation of the
Kwandege target with the aim of completion the final recommendations for
the further drilling of this target. |
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Submitted 84 samples for gold assay as a pilot
investigation on one of the targets on PL6743/2010. In combination with
the large amount of XRF results conducted on this target the soil sampling
method will be adapted to yield the best possible results in the Handeni
district. |
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Completed mapping and lithogeochemical sampling on Target
5 and submitted samples for gold assays. This remains a target with high
potential based on the results of the lithogeochemical gold assays and
soil sample results combined with the geophysics. |
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Completed a detailed geological map, a preliminary
structural interpretation, a ground magnetic survey as well as detailed
soil sampling and XRF analyses on our Mjembe target. The results defined a
significant potential gold mineralization zone with a high correlation
between geochemical, structural and geophysical data. Mjembe will be the
Companys primary target during the 2014/2015 field season. |
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Initiated mapping programs on Target 8 which was
subsequently completed. |
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An extensive soil sampling program and ground magnetic
survey on the Mjembe target has been completed. Mjembe is located on
PL6744/2010 and is a known illegal artisanal mining site. The selected
survey and sample area consisted of an approximately 23 km2
block. A total of 5,068 soil samples have been analysed for a suite
of major and trace elements by desk top Energy Dispersive XRF. Preliminary
interpretation suggests that the Mjembe anomalous area represents a target
within a plunging sheeth fold on a scale of 10 km by 3.5 km. The
geophysics indicates the continuation of this structure in depth to the
east of the surface geochemical anomaly. Exploration on each of the
anomalies within this structure will now focus on more detailed ground
geophysics and mapping to be able to prepare drill targets within the
larger Mjembe target area. |
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Completed mapping and soil sampling programs on target 15
along 47 km line traverses and collected 932 soil samples. XRF analyses on
soil samples completed. Selected samples submitted for Au assays.
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Initiated and completed mapping programs on Target 10 and
completed a preliminary soil sampling program on this target (673
samples). XRF analyses were completed and samples selected for Au assays.
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Initiated and completed mapping programs on target 16 and
planning of soil sampling program. |
Exploration conducted during the fiscal year 2015:
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The Company now has 5 high potential drill targets of the
17 areas investigated in detail on its approximately 423 km2
license areas in the Handeni district. Significant anomalous results have
been achieved on 3 additional targets. |
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In addition to the geological and geophysical maps
produced using remote sensing techniques, a total of 143 km2
(35%) of the license area has been mapped in detail (1:2500 and
1:5000 scale). To date, a total of 37,153 drill and soil samples were
taken of which 16,212 were assayed for gold and 19,992 by XRF. |
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Target 5 is now a fully fledged drill target based on the
geochemistry and geophysics results obtained. Grab samples on this target
yielded a maximum of 3.12 g/t of gold. |
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Nine hundred and thirty five (935) soil samples collected
on Target 6 have been analysed by XRF. The results are discouraging and
this target did not receive priority status. |
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Exploration on Target 7 (Mjembe) was highly successful
and 3 potential drill sites have been delineated within the larger Mjembe
target area. The Company is experiencing serious interference and illegal
mining activities on all of its Mjembe targets which pose a serious
restriction on our exploration activities and the future of our
exploration on this target as reported under Risk Factors - Risks Related
to Our Company. |
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Target 8 has been mapped in detail covering an area of
approximately 36 km2. The Company is currently evaluating this
target for selection of a soil sampling and potential detail geophysics
program. The outcome of this will be based on prioritizing this area in
relation to the Gole structure program as discussed below. |
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Target 10 has been mapped in detail and 674 soil samples
taken of which 149 were selected based on our XRF screening technique.
Although some elevated gold values were obtained the Company will follow
this area up utilizing a newly developed assay technique developed and
successfully applied to target 16 as reported below. Due to a lack of
funding we cannot immediately embark on this planned work. |
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Mapping and XRF analyses on 793 samples from Target 15
(Dolly) have been completed. Mineralization and structural features on
this anomaly show many similarities with that of Magambazi hill.
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Geological mapping on target 16 has been completed and a
preliminary 1,923 soil samples taken. Of these 20 high priority samples
were selected for evaluation of a specialized technique designed to detect
gold anomalies in geological terrains with a complex gold in soil
distribution profile. The results were highly encouraging and values of up
to 8 g/t in soils were obtained. The Company will undoubtedly apply this
technique to some selected other targets as funding becomes available.
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Detail geological mapping on the Gole sheath fold, a
structural feature of 11 km by 4.5 km (Targets 12, 13, 14 and 17), have
commenced and is continuing. Potential gold bearing amphibolite zones have
been identified, which will be the focus of further investigation.
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Further detailed mapping was conducted on Target 16. This
was followed by gold assays using specialized geochemical techniques to
test the potential of increasing the effectivity of the Companys soil
sampling program. The results were highly successful and the Company will
implement this technique on Target 10 when funds become available.
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Glossary of Terms
The definitions of geological and technical terms used in this
Annual Report on Form 10-K are provided below:
Archaean |
The 3,800 million to 2,500 million years period in the
earths history. |
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Feldspars |
A group of minerals most abundant on earth and consisting
mainly of K, Na, Ca and Al as well as O (oxygen). |
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Ferromagnesian minerals |
Minerals with Fe or Mg as a major chemical component in
their composition. |
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Granulites |
Granulites are medium to coarsegrained metamorphic rocks
that have experienced high temperature metamorphism, composed mainly of
feldspars sometimes associated with quartz and anhydrous ferromagnesian
minerals. |
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Metamorphic rocks |
Rocks that have been subjected to pressure, temperature
or chemical conditions different from which they were formed under.
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Mobile belt |
A long, relatively narrow crustal region of tectonic
activity. |
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PL |
Prospecting license. |
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PLR |
Reconnaissance prospecting license. |
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PML |
Primary mining license. |
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Proterozoic |
The time period from 2,500 million years to 500 million
years in the history of the earth. |
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Quartz |
A mineral Group consisting mainly of Si and O (oxygen).
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Ubendian |
A phase of mountain building whose precise dates are
uncertain but which probably occurred about 18001700 Ma ago, producing
what is now a NWSE belt in southern Tanzania, northern Zambia, and the
eastern Congo. |
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Usagaran |
A metamorphic belt in Tanzania in which deformation took
place at about 2,000 million years ago. |
Compliance with Government Regulation
We are subject to local laws and regulation governing the
exploration, development, mining, production, importing and exporting of
minerals; taxes; labor standards; occupational health; waste disposal;
protection of the environment; mine safety; toxic substances; and other matters.
We require licenses and permits to conduct exploration and mining operations.
Amendments to current laws and regulations governing operations and activities
of mining companies or more stringent implementation thereof could have a
material adverse impact on our Company. Applicable laws and regulations will
require us to make certain capital and operating expenditures to initiate new
operations. Under certain circumstances, we may be required to close an
operation once it is started until a particular problem is remedied or to
undertake other remedial actions. This would have a material adverse effect on
our results and financial condition.
Four of our mineral interests in Tanzania are currently held
under PLs granted pursuant to the Mining Act for an initial period of three
years and are renewable in two successive periods of two years only. The
remaining four PLs are being held under the 2010 Mining Act and are valid for
an initial period of 4 years (the initial period expiring in 2018 (Table 2)).
Following this the first renewal is for 3 years and the second renewal for 2
years, each renewal accompanied by a mandatory relinquishment of at least 50% of
the license area. The application fees are $300 on initial application and $300
for each renewal. There is a preparation fee of $500 applicable on each license. The annual
rent for the licenses are $100/km2 (initial period),
$150/km2 (1st renewal) and $200/km2 (2nd renewal).
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All PLs in Tanzania require the holder to employ and train
local residents, typically amounting to $5,000 per year, and make exploration
expenditures, as set out in the Mining Act. At each renewal, at least 50% of our
licensed area must be relinquished. If we wish to keep the relinquished one-half
portion, we must file a new application for the relinquished portion.
The geographical area covered by a PL may contain one or more
previously granted PMLs. A PML is a mining license granted only to a Tanzanian
citizen consisting of an area of not to exceed 10 hectares. Once a PL is
granted, no additional PMLs can be granted within the geographical area covered
by the PL. The PL is subject to the rights of previously granted and existing
PMLs. The holder of a PL will have to work around the geographical area of the
PML unless the PL holder acquires the PML and any rights to the land covered by
the PML.
We must hold a mining license to carry out mining activities,
which are granted only to the holder of a PL covering a particular area. A
mining license is granted for a period of 25 years or the life of the mine. It
is renewable after 10 years for a period not exceeding 15 years. Other than the
PMLs being held under Handeni Resources, we do not hold any mining licenses,
only PLs. An application for the 32 PMLs being held under agreement by Handeni
Resources to be changed into a mining license (ML) is underway. Prospecting and
mining license holders must submit regular reports in accordance with mining
regulations. Upon commercial production, the government of Tanzania imposes a
royalty on the gross value of all production at the rate of 3% of all gold
produced. The applicable regulatory body in Tanzania is the Ministry of Energy
and Minerals.
In July 1999, environmental management and protection
regulations under the Mining Act came into force. An environmental impact
statement and an environmental management plan must accompany special mining
license, mining license and gemstone mining license applications for mineral
rights. In addition to the establishment of environmental regulations, the
Tanzanian government has improved management procedures for effective monitoring
and enforcement of these regulations by strengthening the institutional
capacity, especially in the field offices. The government has provided rules for
the creation of reclamation funds to reinstate land to alternative uses after
mining and it has developed guidelines for mining in restricted areas, such as
forest reserves, national parks, near sources of water and other designated
areas. These regulations have not had any material effect on our operations to
date.
Competition
We operate in a highly competitive industry, competing with
other mining and exploration companies, and institutional and individual
investors, which are actively seeking minerals exploration properties throughout
the world together with the equipment, labour and materials required to exploit
such properties. Many of our competitors have financial resources, staff and
facilities substantially greater than ours. The principal area of competition is
encountered in the financial ability to cost effectively acquire prime minerals
exploration prospects and then exploit such prospects. Competition for the
acquisition of minerals exploration properties is intense, with many properties
available in a competitive bidding process in which we may lack technological
information or expertise available to other bidders. Therefore, we may not be
successful in acquiring, exploring and developing profitable properties in the
face of this competition. No assurance can be given that a sufficient number of
suitable minerals exploration properties will be available for acquisition,
exploration and development.
Employees
Other than our directors and executive officers, we had
approximate four full-time equivalent employees and consultants as of May 31,
2015 located in Tanzania. We also utilize independent geologists and consultants
on a contract basis to conduct the work programs on our mineral properties in
order to carry out our plan of operations.
Research and Development Expenditures
We have not incurred any research or development expenditures
since our incorporation.
Subsidiaries
The Company has two subsidiaries, both of which are Tanzanian
companies: (i) HG Limited (formerly DLM Tanzania Limited); and (ii) Douglas Lake
Tanzania Limited, which is inactive.
Patents and Trademarks
We do not own, either legally or beneficially, any patent or
trademark.
An investment in a company engaged in mineral exploration
involves an unusually high amount of risk, both unknown and known, present and
potential, including, but not limited to the risks enumerated below. An
investment in our common stock involves a number of very significant risks. You
should carefully consider the following risks and uncertainties in addition to
other information in this annual report in evaluating our Company and its
business before purchasing shares of our common stock. Our business, operating
results and financial condition could be seriously harmed or cause actual
results to differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking
statements due to any of the following risks. The risks described below may not
be all of the risks facing our Company. Additional risks not presently known to
us or that we currently consider immaterial may also impair our business
operations and we cannot assure you that we will successfully
address these risks or other unknown risks that may affect our business. You
could lose all or part of your investment due to any of these risks.
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Risks Related to Our Company
We have incurred net losses since our inception and
expect losses to continue.
We have not been profitable since our inception. For the fiscal
year ended May 31, 2015, we had a net loss of $1,165,962. Since our inception on
January 5, 2004 to May 31, 2015, we had an accumulated net loss of $117,108,249.
We have not generated revenues from operations and do not expect to generate
revenues from operations unless and until we are able to bring a mineral
property into production. The expenditures to be made by us in the exploration
of our properties may not result in discoveries of commercially recoverable
mineral reserves. There is a risk that we may never bring a mineral property
into production that our operations will not be profitable in the future and you
could lose your entire investment.
We may not be able to continue as a going concern if we
do not obtain additional financing or attain profitable operations. Our
independent accountants audit report states that there is substantial doubt
about our ability to continue as a going concern. The Company's ability to
continue as a going concern is dependent upon attaining profitable operations
and obtaining sufficient financing to meet obligations and continue exploration
and development activities. We have incurred only losses since our inception.
Whether and when the Company can attain profitability is uncertain. These
uncertainties cast significant doubt upon the Companys ability to continue as
going concern, because we will be required to obtain additional funds in the
future to continue our operations and there is no assurance that we will be able
to obtain such funds, through equity or debt financing, or any combination
thereof, or we are able to raise additional funds, that such funds will be in
the amounts required or on terms favourable to us.
Our exploration activities are highly speculative and
involve substantial risks.
The mineral properties that we held interests in during our
year ended May 31, 2015 are in the exploration stage and no proven mineral
reserves have been established. Our exploration work may not result in the
discovery of mineable deposits of ore in a commercially economical manner. There
may be limited availability of water, which is essential to mining operations,
and interruptions may be caused by adverse weather conditions. Our operations
are subject to a variety of existing laws and regulations relating to
exploration and development, permitting procedures, safety precautions, property
reclamation, employee health and safety, air quality standards, pollution and
other environmental protection controls. Our exploration activities are subject
to substantial hazards, some of which are not insurable or may not be insured
for economic reasons. Any of these factors could have a material adverse effect
on our results and financial condition.
We cannot accurately predict whether commercial
quantities of ores will be established.
Whether an ore body will be commercially viable depends on a
number of factors beyond our control, including the particular attributes of the
deposit such as size, grade and proximity to infrastructure, as well as mineral
prices and government regulations, including regulations relating to prices,
taxes, royalties, land tenure, land use, importing and exporting of minerals and
environmental protection. We cannot predict the exact effect of these factors,
but the combination of these factors may result in a mineral deposit being
unprofitable which would have a material adverse effect on our business. We have
no mineral producing properties at this time. We have not defined or delineated
any proven or probable reserves or resources on any of our properties to date.
We may not be able to establish the presence of minerals
on a commercially viable basis.
Substantial expenditures will be required to develop the
exploration infrastructure at any site chosen for exploration, to establish ore
reserves through drilling, to carry out environmental and social impact
assessments, and to develop metallurgical processes to extract the metal from
the ore. We may not be able to discover minerals in sufficient quantities to
justify commercial operation, and we may not be able to obtain funds required
for exploration on a timely basis. Accordingly, you could lose your entire
investment.
We will need to incur substantial expenditures in an attempt to
establish the economic feasibility of mining operations by identifying mineral
deposits and establishing ore reserves through drilling and other techniques,
developing metallurgical processes to extract metals from ore, designing
facilities and planning mining operations. The economic feasibility of a project
depends on numerous factors beyond our control, including the cost of mining and
production facilities required to extract the desired minerals, the total
mineral deposits that can be mined using a given facility, the proximity of the
mineral deposits to a user of the minerals, and the market price of the minerals
at the time of sale. Our existing or future exploration programs or acquisitions
may not result in the identification of deposits that can be mined profitably
and you could lose your entire investment.
Our competition is intense in all phase of our
business.
We operate in a highly competitive industry, competing with
other mining and exploration companies, and institutional and individual
investors, which are actively seeking minerals exploration properties throughout
the world together with the equipment, labour and materials required to exploit
such properties. Many of our competitors have financial resources, staff and
facilities substantially greater than ours. The principal area of competition is
encountered in the financial ability to cost effectively acquire prime minerals
exploration prospects and then exploit such prospects. Competition for the
acquisition of minerals exploration properties is intense, with many properties
available in a competitive bidding process in which we may lack technological
information or expertise available to other bidders. Therefore, we may not be
successful in acquiring, exploring and developing profitable properties in the face of this
competition. No assurance can be given that a sufficient number of suitable
minerals exploration properties will be available for acquisition, exploration
and development.
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Our exploration activities are subject to various local
laws and regulations
We are subject to local laws and regulation governing the
exploration, development, mining, production, importing and exporting of
minerals; taxes; labor standards; occupational health; waste disposal;
protection of the environment; mine safety; toxic substances; and other matters.
We require licenses and permits to conduct exploration and mining operations.
Amendments to current laws and regulations governing operations and activities
of mining companies or more stringent implementation thereof could have a
material adverse impact on our Company. Applicable laws and regulations will
require us to make certain capital and operating expenditures to initiate new
operations. Under certain circumstances, we may be required to close an
operation once it is started until a particular problem is remedied or to
undertake other remedial actions. This would have a material adverse effect on
our results and financial condition.
We have uninsurable risks.
We may be subject to unforeseen hazards such as unusual or
unexpected formations and other conditions. We may become subject to liability
for pollution, cave-ins or hazards against which we cannot insure or against
which we may elect not to insure. The payment of such liabilities may have a
material adverse effect on our financial position.
Exploration activities, including test mining and
operating activities are inherently hazardous.
Mineral exploration activities, including test mining
activities, involve many risks that even a combination of experience, knowledge
and careful evaluation may not be able to overcome.
Operations that we undertake will be subject to all the hazards
and risks normally incidental to exploration, test mining and recovery of gold
and other metals, any of which could result in work stoppages, damage to
property and possible environmental damage. The nature of these risks are such
that liabilities might result in us being forced to incur significant costs that
could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and business
prospects.
We depend on key management personnel.
The success of our operations and activities is dependent to a
significant extent on the efforts and abilities to attract and maintain
qualified key management and technical personnel. Competition for such personnel
is intense and we may not be able to attract and retain such personnel. We do
not maintain key-man life insurance on any of our officers. A loss of any of
them could adversely affect our business.
Our officers and directors may have potential conflicts
of interest due to their responsibilities with other entities.
The officers and directors of the Company serve as officers
and/or directors of other companies in the mining industry, which may create
situations where the interests of the director or officer may become conflicted.
The companies to which some of our officers and directors provide services may
be potential competitors with the Company at some point in the future. The
directors and officers owe the Company fiduciary duties with respect to any
current or future conflicts of interest.
We may experience difficulty managing our anticipated
growth.
We may be subject to growth-related risks including capacity
constraints and pressure on our internal systems and controls. Our ability to
manage growth effectively will require us to continue to implement and improve
our operational and financial systems and to attract and retain qualified
management and technical personnel to meet the needs of our anticipated growth.
Our inability to deal with this growth could have a material adverse effect on
our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
We are subject to the volatility of metal and mineral
prices.
The economics of developing metal and mineral properties are
affected by many factors beyond our control including, without limitation, the
cost of operations, variations in the grade ore or resource mined, and the price
of such resources. The market prices of the metals for which we are exploring
are highly speculative and volatile. Depending on the price of gold or other
resources, we may determine that it is impractical to commence or continue
commercial production. The price of gold has fluctuated widely in recent years.
The price of gold and other metals and minerals may not remain stable, and such
prices may not be at levels that will make it feasible to continue our
exploration activities, or commence or continue commercial production.
We may not have clear title to our properties.
Acquisition of title to mineral properties is a very detailed
and time-consuming process, and title to our properties may be affected by prior
unregistered agreements or transfer, or undetected defects. Our prospecting
licenses are subject to renewal by the Ministry of Energy and Minerals of
Tanzania. There is a risk that we may not have clear title to all our mineral
property interests, or they may be subject to challenge or impugned in the
future, which would have a material adverse effect on our business.
We are currently experiencing an unprecedented influx of
illegal artisanal activity on our Kwandege target area as well as (particularly)
on several high priority targets on our larger Mjembe target area. We have
lodged formal complaints on several occasions to local, regional and central
government authorities including the Commissioner of Energy and Minerals at the
Ministry of Energy and Minerals. To date, we have had little success with the
removal of the illegal artisanal miners from our target areas. Despite our
having clearly defined rights and there being no dispute that the activities of
the artisanal miners are illegal, the political will to address the issue seems
to be lacking. We see this as a serious threat to our on-going activities in
Tanzania.
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Our mineral property interests may be subject to other
mining licenses.
Local residents in Tanzania may have registered the right to
mine in small areas located within a prospecting license; such rights are
evidenced by a mining license. There can be no guarantee that we will be
successful in negotiating with mining license owners to acquire their rights if
we determine that we need their permission to drill or mine on the land covered
by such mining licenses.
We have requirements for and there is an uncertainty of
access to additional capital.
At May 31, 2015, we had cash of $85,985 and a working capital
deficiency of $382,358. We will continue to incur exploration costs to fund our
plan of operations and intend to fund our plan of operations from working
capital, equity subscriptions and debt financing. Ultimately, our ability to
continue our exploration activities depends in part on our ability to commence
operations and generate revenues or to obtain financing through joint ventures,
debt financing, equity financing, production sharing agreements or some
combination of these or other means. There can be no assurance that we will be
able to obtain any such financing.
We have no cash flow from operations and depend on equity
financing for our operations.
Our current operations do not generate any cash flow. Any work
on our properties may require additional equity financing. If we seek funding
from existing or new joint venture partners, our project interests will be
diluted. If we seek additional equity financing, the issuance of additional
shares will dilute the current interests of our shareholders. We may not be able
to obtain additional funding to allow us to fulfill our obligations on our
existing exploration property or any future exploration properties. Our failure
to obtain such additional financing could result in delay or indefinite
postponement of further exploration and the possible partial or total loss of
our potential interest in certain properties or dilution of our interest in
certain properties which would have a material adverse effect on our business.
Our directors and officers are indemnified for any monies
they pay in settlement of actions performed while a director or officer.
Sections 78.7502 and 78.751 of the Nevada Revised Statutes
provide for indemnification of our officers and directors in certain situations
where they might otherwise personally incur liability, judgments, penalties,
fines and expenses in connection with a proceeding or lawsuit to which they
might become parties because of their position with our Company. We have
authorized the indemnification of our officers and directors to the full extent
available under the Nevada Revised Statutes.
Risks related to government controls and regulations
We are subject to complex federal, provincial, state,
local and other laws, controls and regulations that could adversely affect the
cost, manner and feasibility of conducting our operations.
Mineral exploration, production, marketing and transportation
activities are subject to extensive controls and regulations imposed by various
levels of government, which may be amended from time to time. Governments may
regulate or intervene with respect to price, taxes, and the exportation.
Regulations may be changed from time to time in response to economic or
political conditions. The implementation of new regulations or the modification
of existing regulations affecting the mining industry could increase our costs,
any of which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial
condition, results of operations and prospects. In addition, in order to conduct
operations, we require licenses from various governmental authorities. We cannot
assure you that we will be able to obtain all of the licenses and permits that
may be required to conduct operations that we may desire to undertake.
Our business activities are conducted in
Tanzania.
Our mineral exploration activities in Tanzania may be affected
in varying degrees by political stability and government regulations relating to
the mining industry and foreign investment in that country. The government of
Tanzania may institute regulatory policies that adversely affect the exploration
and development (if any) of our properties. Any changes in regulations or shifts
in political conditions in this country are beyond our control and may
materially adversely affect our business. While the Companys management will
propose a measure to mitigate the effects, our operations may be affected in
varying degrees by government regulations with respect to restrictions on
production, price controls, export controls, foreign exchange controls, income
taxes, expropriation of property, environmental legislation and mine safety.
As a public company, our compliance costs and risks have
increased in recent years.
Legal, accounting and other expenses associated with public
company reporting requirements have increased significantly in the past few
years. We anticipate that general and administrative costs associated with
regulatory compliance will continue to increase with on-going compliance
requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as well as any new rules
implemented by the SEC in the future. These rules and regulations have
significantly increased our legal and financial compliance costs and made some
activities more time consuming and costly. We cannot assure you that we will
effectively meet all of the requirements of these regulations, including Section
404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Any failure to effectively implement internal
controls, or to resolve difficulties encountered in their implementation, could
harm our operating results, cause us to fail to meet reporting obligations, or
result in our principal executive officer and principal financial officer being
required to give a qualified assessment of our internal control over financial
reporting. Any such result could cause investors to lose confidence in our
reported financial information, which could have a material adverse effect on
the trading price of our common stock and our ability to raise capital. These
rules and regulations have made it more difficult and more expensive for us to
obtain director and officer liability insurance in the future. As a result, it
may be more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified individuals to
serve on our board of directors or as executive officers.
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Risks Related to Our Common Stock
The trading price of our common stock may be volatile.
The price of our common shares may increase or decrease in
response to a number of events and factors, including: trends in the mineral
sector in which we operate; changes in the market price of gold; current events
affecting the global economic situation; changes in financial estimates; our
acquisitions and financings; quarterly variations in our operating results; the
operating and share price performance of other companies that investors may deem
comparable; and purchase or sale of blocks of our common shares. These factors,
or any of them, may materially adversely affect the prices of our common shares
regardless of our operating performance.
A decline in the price of our common stock could affect
our ability to raise further working capital and adversely impact our
operations.
A decline in the price of our common stock could result in a
reduction in the liquidity of our common stock and a reduction in our ability to
raise additional capital for our operations. Because our operations to date have
been principally financed through the sale of equity securities, a decline in
the price of our common stock could have an adverse effect upon our liquidity
and our continued operations. A reduction in our ability to raise equity capital
in the future would have a material adverse effect upon our business plan and
operations, including our ability to continue our current operations. If our
stock price declines, we may not be able to raise additional capital or generate
funds from operations sufficient to meet our obligations.
We could be required to rescind an offering of our
shares.
On January 23, 2006, the Pennsylvania Securities Commission
(PSC) issued an inquiry letter to our Company. The inquiry alleged that we
offered and sold securities to investors without being in compliance with
Regulation D and without registration. The PSC notified us that an acceptable
course of action was for us to offer the Pennsylvania state residents an
opportunity to rescind their investment with us. While the Pennsylvania state
residents have rejected our offer to repurchase their shares, we do not plan to
make the same offer to our other US investors, residents of California, or our
British Columbia resident investors. If the investors invoke their rescission
right or if any securities commission requires us to offer a right of rescission
to the investors, we may have to refund the related funds.
Our stock is a penny stock. Trading of our stock may be
restricted by the SECs penny stock regulations and FINRAs sales practice
requirements, which may limit a stockholders ability to buy and sell our stock.
Our common stock will be subject to the Penny Stock Rules of
the SEC, which will make transactions in our common stock cumbersome and may
reduce the value of an investment in our common stock.
Our common stock is quoted on the OTC Pink, which is generally
considered to be a less efficient market than markets such as NASDAQ or the
national exchanges, and which may cause difficulty in conducting trades and
difficulty in obtaining future financing. Further, our securities will be
subject to the penny stock rules adopted pursuant to Section 15(g) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). The penny
stock rules apply generally to companies whose common stock trades at less than
$5.00 per share, subject to certain limited exemptions. Such rules require,
among other things, that brokers who trade penny stock to persons other than
established customers complete certain documentation, make suitability
inquiries of investors and provide investors with certain information concerning
trading in the security, including a risk disclosure document and quote
information under certain circumstances. Many brokers have decided not to trade
penny stock because of the requirements of the penny stock rules and, as a
result, the number of broker-dealers willing to act as market makers in such
securities is limited. In the event that we remain subject to the penny stock
rules for any significant period, there may develop an adverse impact on the
market, if any, for our securities. Because our securities are subject to the
penny stock rules, investors will find it more difficult to dispose of our
securities. Further, it is more difficult: (i) to obtain accurate quotations,
(ii) to obtain coverage for significant news events because major wire services,
such as the Dow Jones News Service, generally do not publish press releases
about such companies, and (iii) to obtain needed capital.
In addition to the penny stock rules promulgated by the SEC,
the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has adopted rules that
require a broker-dealer to have reasonable grounds for believing that an
investment is suitable for a customer when recommending the investment to that
customer. Prior to recommending speculative low-priced securities to their
non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make reasonable efforts to
obtain information about the customers financial status, tax status, investment
objectives and other information. Under interpretations of these rules, FINRA
believes that there is a high probability that speculative low priced securities
will not be suitable for at least some customers. FINRA requirements make it
more difficult for broker-dealers to recommend that their customers buy our
common stock, which may limit your ability to buy and sell our stock and have an
adverse effect on the market for our shares.
ITEM 1B. |
UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
|
None.
Our principal office is currently located at P.O. Box 33507,
Plot 82A, ITV Road, Mikocheni Light Industrial Area, Dar es Salaam, the United
Republic of Tanzania and our Canada office is located at Suite 200, 5700 Yonge
Street, Toronto, Ontario, M2M 4K2, Canada.
Our mineral claim interests and the properties underlying such
interests are described above under Item 1, Business.
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ITEM 3. |
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
|
Except as disclosed below, management is not aware of any legal
proceedings contemplated by any governmental authority or any other party
involving us or our properties. As of the date of this report, no director,
officer or affiliate is (i) a party adverse to us in any legal proceeding or
(ii) has an adverse interest to us in any legal proceedings. Management is not
aware of any other legal proceedings pending or that have been threatened
against us or our properties.
On February 8, 2012, Ruby Creek Resources Inc. (RCR) filed a
lawsuit against the Company in the Supreme Court, State of New York, in which
RCR alleges that the Company participated in a fraudulent transfer of certain
mineral property interests in Tanzania that RCR had the right to purchase
pursuant to a series of agreements with the Company. The Company is of the view
that such allegations were without merit and vigorously contested the
action.
On February 23, 2012, the Company filed a lawsuit against RCR
in the Supreme Court of British Columbia (the British Columbia Action),
seeking relief for RCRs breach of its payment obligations under the
above-referenced agreements and seeking an order that RCR remove the U.S.
restrictive legend from 4,000,000 RCR shares issued to the Company under the
agreements.
In addition to the British Columbia Action, on May 21, 2012 in
answering RCRs claim in New York, the Company counterclaimed against RCR on the
basis of the alleged breaches set out in the British Columbia Action (the New
York Counter Claim). On November 19, 2012, the British Columbia Action was
dismissed on the grounds that the Court in British Columbia did not have
jurisdiction and further that the dismissal was without prejudice to either of
the Companys and RCRs respective actions in New York against one another. This
Order was granted by consent of both the Company and RCR.
On January 13, 2015, the Company and RCR reached a binding
settlement regarding the above-referenced litigation. The settlement does not
require any monetary payment by the Company to RCR. Under the terms of the
settlement, the Company will turn over its interest in Ruby Creek Resources
(Tanzania) Limited and has agreed to return to RCR the 4,000,000 shares of
restricted RCR common stock previously issued to the Company. Both parties have
agreed to dismiss their respective claims, with prejudice, and the litigation is
now concluded. Although the Company has not yet received formal settlement
documents from RCR as agreed, the settlement is binding and the litigation is
concluded.
On October 25, 2012, Craig Alford filed a lawsuit against the
Company in the Supreme Court of British Columbia for breach of an alleged
employment agreement. Mr. Alford claims the agreement was for a term of three
years, commencing on March 1, 2011, with a monthly salary of $12,500. Mr. Alford
claims that the Company wrongfully terminated the agreement in October 2011 and
is seeking judgment in the amount of $362,500. The Company is of the view that
the allegation is without merit and intends to vigorously contest the action. On
February 4, 2013 the Company filed its response to Mr. Alfords claim with the
Supreme Court of British Columbia.
ITEM 4. |
MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
|
Not applicable.
PART II
ITEM 5. |
MARKET FOR REGISTRANTS COMMON EQUITY,
RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
|
Market Information
Our shares of common stock were quoted for trading on the OTC
Bulletin Board under the symbol DLKM.OB on March 23, 2005. On February 14,
2012, the Company changed its name to Handeni Gold Inc., and its trading symbol
was changed to HNDI. Our common stock is currently trading on OTC Pink market
tier. The market for our common stock is limited, volatile and sporadic. The
following table sets forth the high and low prices relating to our common stock
for the periods indicated, as provided by the OTC Bulletin Board. These
quotations reflect inter-dealer prices without retail mark-up, mark-down, or
commissions, and may not reflect actual transactions.
QUARTER ENDED |
HIGH |
LOW |
May 31, 2015 |
$0.007 |
$0.002 |
February 28, 2015 |
$0.017 |
$0.002 |
November 30, 2014 |
$0.004 |
$0.002 |
August 31, 2014 |
$0.007 |
$0.002 |
May 31, 2014 |
$0.025 |
$0.003 |
February 28, 2014 |
$0.010 |
$0.002 |
November 30, 2013 |
$0.024 |
$0.003 |
August 31, 2013 |
$0.020 |
$0.007 |
May 31, 2013 |
$0.029 |
$0.008
|
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Holders
As at August 18, 2015, we had 321,416,654 shares of our common
stock issued and outstanding, which were held by approximately 152 registered
holders.
Our transfer agent is Transhare Corporation, whose address is
4626 S. Broadway, Englewood, CO 80113, U.S.A., telephone phone number is
303-662-1112 and fax number is 303-662-1113.
Dividend Policy
No dividends have been declared or paid on our common stock. We
have incurred recurring losses and do not currently intend to pay any cash
dividends in the foreseeable future.
Securities Authorized For Issuance Under Compensation
Plans
We adopted a Stock Option Plan, dated April 27, 2007 (the 2007
Stock Option Plan), under which we were authorized to grant stock options to
acquire up to a total of 10,000,000 shares of common stock. No more options may
be granted or exercised under the 2007 Stock Option Plan.
We adopted an additional Stock Option Plan, dated October 20,
2008 (the 2008 Stock Option Plan), under which we were authorized to grant
stock options to acquire up to a total of 10,000,000 shares of common stock. No
more options may be granted or exercised under the 2008 Stock Option Plan.
We adopted an additional Stock Option Plan, dated August 11,
2010 (the August 2010 Stock Option Plan), under which we were authorized to
grant stock options to acquire up to a total of 10,000,000 shares of common
shares. No more options may be granted or exercised under the August 2010 Stock
Option.
We adopted an additional Stock Incentive Plan, dated November
29, 2010 (the November 2010 Stock Incentive Plan), under which we are
authorized to grant stock and/or stock options to acquire up to a total of
40,000,000 shares of common shares. The following summary of the November 2010
Stock Incentive Plan is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the November 2010 Stock Incentive Plan, a copy of which is
incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
May 31, 2011.
The November 2010 Stock Incentive Plan provides for the
granting of stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock and other equity
awards as set out in the November 2010 Stock Incentive Plan to our directors,
officers, employees or consultants. The maximum number of shares that may be
issued under the November 2010 Stock Incentive Plan are 40,000,000 shares of our
common stock. As of May 31, 2015 and the date of this report, there remained
10,700,000 shares of common stock available to be issued under the November 2010
Stock Incentive Plan. No insider of the Company is eligible to receive an award
under the Plan where (i) the insider is not a director or senior officer of the
Company, (ii) any award, together with all of the Companys previously
established or proposed awards under the Plan could result at any time in (a)
the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to options granted to the
insider exceeding 50% of the outstanding issue of common stock or (b) the
issuance to the insider pursuant to the exercise of options within a one-year
period of the number of shares exceeding 50% of the outstanding issue of our
common stock. Unless the administrator under the Plan determines that an award
to a grantee is not designed to qualify as performance-based compensation, the
maximum number of shares with respect to options and/or stock appreciation
rights that may be granted during any one calendar year under the November 2010
Stock Option Plan to any one grantee is 20,000,000, all of which may be granted
as incentive stock options, and the maximum aggregate grant of restricted stock,
unrestricted shares, restricted stock units and deferred stock units in any one
calendar year to any one grantee is 20,000,000. The November 2010 Stock
Incentive Plan is administered by a committee consisting of two or more members
of our Board of Directors, who have the authority to, among other things,
interpret the November 2010 Stock Option Plan, select eligible participants,
determine whether and to what extent awards are granted under the November 2010
Stock Option Plan, approve award agreements under the November 2010 Stock
Incentive Plan and amend the terms of any outstanding award granted under the
November 2010 Stock Incentive Plan.
The table set forth below presenting information relating to
our equity compensation plans as of the date of May 31, 2015:
Plan Category |
Number of
Securities to be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding
Options, Warrants and Rights (a) |
Weighted-Average Exercise Price of
Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights
(b) |
Number of
Securities Remaining Available for Future Issuance
Under Equity Compensation Plans (excluding column
(a)) |
Equity Compensation Plans to be
Approved by Security Holders |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Equity Compensation Plans Not
Approved by Security Holders (2007, 2008, August 2010 and November
2010 Stock Incentive Plans) |
28,300,000 |
$0.23 |
10,700,000 |
|
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Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
None.
No Repurchases
Neither we nor any affiliated purchaser has made any purchases
of our equity securities during the fourth quarter of our fiscal year ended May
31, 2015.
ITEM 6. |
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
|
We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of
the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information required under
this item.
ITEM 7. |
MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
|
The following discussion of our financial condition, changes in
financial position, plan of operations and results of operations should be read
in conjunction with (i) our audited consolidated financial statements as at May
31, 2015 and 2014 and (ii) the section entitled Business included in this
annual report. All financial information in this Managements Discussion and
Analysis (MD&A or the discussion) is expressed and prepared in
conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. All dollar
references are to the U.S. dollar, the Companys reporting currency, unless
otherwise noted. Some numbers in this MD&A have been rounded to the nearest
thousand for discussion purposes.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This MD&A contains forward-looking statements that
involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions with respect to the Companys
activities and future financial results, which are made based upon managements
current expectations and beliefs. These forward-looking statements involve risks
and uncertainties, including statements regarding the Companys capital needs,
business plans and expectations. Our actual results may differ materially from
those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many
factors, including, but not limited to, those set forth under Risk Factors and
elsewhere in this annual report. Any statements contained herein that are not
statements of historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking statements.
Management disclaims any obligation to publicly update these statements, or
disclose any difference between its actual results and those reflected in these
statements. Given these uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on such forward-looking statements.
Overview
The Company is engaged in the acquisition and exploration of
mineral properties in the United Republic of Tanzania, Africa, through its
wholly-owned subsidiaries, HG Limited (formerly: DLM Tanzania Limited), and
Douglas Lake Tanzania Limited which is inactive. Over these years, the Company
has built strong relationships with the Ministry of Mines, the Geological Survey
of Tanzania, and other government agencies in Tanzania.
In the past five years, the Company has focused exclusively on
its Handeni Gold Project located in Tanzania. The Companys exploration
activities conducted in the past two fiscal years were outlined under Item 1.
Business Our Mineral Claims, above.
Our exploration program and achievements during our fiscal year
ended May 31, 2015 are highlighted as follows:
a) |
The Company now has 5 high potential drill targets (1, 2,
5, 7 and 16) of the 17 areas investigated in detail on its approximately
423 km2 license areas in the Handeni district. Significant
anomalous results have been achieved on 3 additional targets. We consider
this a major achievement, specifically with reference to the Handeni
terrane and complexity of gold occurrences in the district. We envisage
drilling programs on each of these targets. |
|
|
b) |
Three (3) more targets (8, 10 and 15) have significant
gold anomalies based on exploration conducted thus far. Progress in terms
of soil sampling, detail ground geophysics, pitting, trenching and
assaying on these are hampered by a lack of funding and the Company may
need to re-evaluate its exploration program by relinquishing lower
priority targets (such as those on the Gole structure) to focus on those
on which anomalous gold have already been delineated. |
|
|
c) |
Targets 4 and 11 are considered lower priority, but work
on them will continue as funds become available. The major effort for the
time being on these areas will be focused on XRF analyses. |
|
|
d) |
Mapping and geophysics conducted thus far on the four (4)
Gole targets (12, 13, 14 and 17) point towards the need for an intensive
ground geophysics program followed by trenching and pitting over a large
area. The Company is not currently in a position to fund thus and will,
for the time being, focus its efforts on higher priority areas. |
|
|
e) |
We completed our evaluation process of the application of
XRF to identify soil samples with a high likelihood to contain anomalous
gold values based on the meticulous analyses of 19,992 soil samples. The
Company was successful in delineating anomalous gold occurrences based on
a combination of major and trace elements, thus pre-selecting samples to
be submitted for gold assay. We have shown (specifically on Target 7) that
this made can be applied very successfully in the Handeni region. |
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f) |
We analysed a total of 7,426 drill core samples by XRF to
evaluate the correlation (if any) between particular major and trace
elements and Au anomalies in gold containing lithologies as well as
hanging wall and footwall sequences. Due to a lack of funding and manpower
this project is yet to be completed. We aim to have these results ready
prior to commencing our next drilling phase. |
|
|
g) |
We completed the XRF analyses of 5,672 soil samples,
standards and blanks of a 25km2 area within PL6743/2010,
previously selected based on a geophysical anomaly. These samples will be
treated statistically and those with a high likelihood of anomalous gold
will be submitted for assays. |
|
|
h) |
We completed a detailed structural interpretation of the
Kwandege target with the aim of completion the final recommendations for
the further drilling of this target. |
|
|
i) |
We submitted 84 samples for gold assay as a pilot
investigation on one of the targets on PL6743/2010. In combination with
the large amount of XRF results conducted on this target the soil sampling
method will be adapted to yield the best possible results in the Handeni
district. |
|
|
j) |
We completed mapping and lithogeochemical sampling on
Target 5 and submitted samples for gold assays. This remains a target with
high potential based on the results of the lithogeochemical gold assays
and soil sample results combined with the geophysics. |
|
|
k) |
We completed a detailed geological map, a preliminary
structural interpretation, a ground magnetic survey as well as detailed
soil sampling and XRF analyses on our Mjembe target. The results defined a
significant potential gold mineralization zone with a high correlation
between geochemical, structural and geophysical data. The success of the
Companys exploration program is illustrated by the high correlation
between illegal artisanal mining activities and our anomalous areas. The
illegal mining activity issue on the Mjembe targets are highlighted in
this document under Risk Factors - Risks Related to Our
Company |
|
|
l) |
We envisage that we will dramatically reduce our ground
holding in the Handeni district within the next few months to only retain
areas of proven high value such as targets that will have drill status at
that stage. |
|
|
m) |
During October 2014, the Company fulfilled the
requirements for its licenses to be uploaded on the Topo Cadastral system
of the Ministry of Minerals and Energy of Tanzania. This enables rigorous
control and transparency of all aspects of licensing, reporting and
renewal of properties. |
Plan of Operations
Our plan of operations through our next fiscal year ending May
31, 2016 is to continue to focus on the exploration of our Handeni mineral
property in Tanzania, and the budget for this plan requires approximately $0.6
million for our plan of the exploration work, $100,000 for mineral licenses fees
and a minimum of $0.6 million for our general and administration expenses,
professional and consulting fees and other operating expenses.
Handeni Gold Inc. has clearly identifiable goals for its
exploration program in Tanzania:
a) |
As previously reported the Company will focus on its
regional target identification for the remainder of the fiscal year 2016
on the Gole 11 km by 4.5 km sheath fold, a feature with a combination of
geological elements rendering it having high potential for gold
mineralization based on experience in the district. This will conclude the
Companys regional target identification program in the Handeni
area. |
|
|
b) |
Continue exploration on drill targets simultaneously with
the completing of the regional program. |
|
|
c) |
Reduce the Companys license holding in the Handeni
district significantly by the end of the fiscal year 2016 to include only
identified drill targets. |
|
|
d) |
Continue efforts to secure funding for drilling on drill
targets. |
Management believes that the Company is on its way to achieve
these goals.
Illegal artisanal activity on the Companys license areas is
increasing. The Company is addressing this issue with responsible local and
central government authorities. The Company will follow all available legal
structures to protect its interests.
Other low cost exploration activities being conducted on a
continuous basis on the Companys Handeni licenses include:
a) |
Identification of potential alluvial mining areas other
than those currently known and being evaluated by utilizing remote sensing
activities. |
|
|
b) |
A detailed interpretation of already collected
geophysical data, specifically aimed at Target 8 and the Mjembe
target. |
|
|
c) |
A petrological, geochemical and mineralogical
investigation of the Kwandege drill core to understand the style of gold
mineralization at this locality. |
|
|
d) |
The planning and siting of drill holes as a follow up
Reverse Circulation program to evaluate the near surface potential of
the Kwandege target. |
The estimated budget for the completion of these exploration
programs is provided below:
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EXPLORATION WORK |
BUDGET (US$) |
Ground Geophysics |
10,000 |
Mapping, trenching, sampling, etc. |
20,000 |
Drilling |
350,000 |
Geologists, field personnel and general exploration |
150,000 |
Sundry & contingencies |
50,000 |
TOTAL |
$580,000 |
At May 31, 2015, we had cash of $86,000 but a working capital
deficit of $382,000. In addition, we have a total of $285,000 funds available to
be withdrawn pursuant to a facility agreement with a related party. As such, we
estimated that we will still need a minimum of $1.4 million additional funds in
order to cover our planned operations over the next twelve months ending May 31,
2016. Our actual expenditures may exceed our estimations.
We anticipate that we will not generate any revenues for so
long as we are an exploration stage company. Accordingly, we will be required to
obtain additional financing in order to pursue our plan of operations.
We believe that external debt financing will not be an
alternative for funding our next fiscal year exploration, as we do not have
significant tangible assets to secure any debt financing. Therefore, we
anticipate that additional funding will be in the form of equity financing from
the sale of our common stock and/or related parties debt financing. We cannot
provide investors with any assurance that we will be able to obtain sufficient
financing to fund our acquisition and exploration program going forward. In the
absence of sufficient funding, we will not be able to continue acquisition and
exploration of mineral claims and we will be forced to abandon our mineral
claims and our plan of operations. Even if we are successful in obtaining
financing to fund our acquisition and exploration program, there is no assurance
that we will obtain the funding necessary to pursue any advanced exploration of
any mineral claims.
Results of Operations
During the year ended May 31, 2015, we spent approximately
$214,000 (2014 - $222,000) cash on exploration, annual property rental and
licenses renewal fees. We were not able to make further expenditures with
respect to our 2015 plan of operations due to our funding limitation. During the
year ended May 31, 2015, we also spent approximately $543,000 (2014 - $799,000)
cash expenditures on other operating expenses.
We have had no operating revenues since our inception (January
5, 2004) to May 31, 2015. The following table sets out our losses for the
periods indicated:
|
|
For the Years Ended, |
|
|
|
May 31, 2015 |
|
|
May 31, 2014 |
|
Revenue |
$ |
- |
|
$ |
- |
|
Expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consulting fees |
|
17,070 |
|
|
22,500 |
|
Depreciation |
|
53,822 |
|
|
189,200 |
|
Exploration expenses |
|
213,953 |
|
|
221,977 |
|
General and
administrative |
|
442,966 |
|
|
524,088 |
|
Interest expense |
|
92,487 |
|
|
89,869 |
|
Professional |
|
124,552 |
|
|
141,356 |
|
Rent |
|
59,924 |
|
|
83,994 |
|
Travel and
investor relations |
|
36,435 |
|
|
24,111 |
|
Total Expenses |
|
1,041,209 |
|
|
1,297,095 |
|
Loss From Operations |
|
(1,041,209 |
) |
|
(1,297,095 |
) |
Other Income (Expenses) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on disposal
or write-down of equipment |
|
35,058 |
|
|
3,210 |
|
Impairment of restricted marketable securities (Note 6) |
|
(140,000 |
)
|
|
(1,000,000 |
)
|
Loss on restricted
marketable securities (Note 6) |
|
(20,000 |
) |
|
- |
|
Interest income |
|
189 |
|
|
290 |
|
Total other (Expenses) / Income |
|
(124,753 |
) |
|
(996,500 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Loss |
$ |
(1,165,962 |
) |
$ |
(2,293,595 |
) |
Year Ended May 31, 2015 Compared to Year Ended May 31,
2014
Our net loss for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2015 was
$1,166,000, compared to $2,294,000 for the same period ended May 31, 2014,
mainly due to $160,000 (2014 - $1,000,000) loss and permanent impairment of
marketable securities and the changes in operating expenses set forth below.
Our operating expenses for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2015
decreased by $256,000 to $1,041,000 from $1,297,000 for the fiscal year ended
May 31, 2014, as follows:
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|
our consulting, general and administrative fees decreased
by $87,000 to $460,000 during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2015 (2014 -
$547,000), primarily due to decreased independent directors fees, fewer
employees and consultants, and continuing cost management; At May 31,
2015, approximately $455,000 (2014 - $278,000) of general and
administrative fees remained as payables due to related parties;
|
|
depreciation decreased by $135,000 to $54,000 during the
fiscal year ended May 31, 2015 (2014 - $189,000) mainly due to less net
book value on equipment; |
|
our exploration expenses decreased by $8,000 to $214,000
during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2015 (2014 - $222,000) due to further
decreased exploration and drilling activities caused by our funding
limitation during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2015; |
|
our professional fees decreased by $17,000 to $124,000
during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2015 (2014 - $141,000) primarily due
to continuing decreased legal and accounting services as a result of more
work performed in-house by management to reduce costs. |
|
our rent expenses decreased by $24,000 to $60,000 during
the fiscal year ended May 31, 2015 (2014 - $84,000) due to a significant
decrease on office rent as a result of our Tanzania office moving to a
small office in March 2014 and the Vancouver office lease expiry in
September 2014. Included in the fiscal year ended May 31, 2015, there was
an increased rent of $36,000 (2014 - $25,200) representing 60% of the
rental expense associated with renting our Chief Executive Officers
family house in Tanzania; |
|
our travel and investor relations expenses increased by
$12,000 to $36,000 during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2015 (2014 -
$24,000) primarily due to travel expenses incurred for an in-person Board
of Directors meeting held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
|
Year Ended May 31, 2014 Compared to Year Ended May 31,
2013
Our net loss for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014 was
$2,294,000, compared to $4,238,000 for the same period ended May 31, 2013,
mainly due to $1,000,000 (2013 - $1,600,000) permanent impairment of marketable
securities and the following operation expenses changes.
Our operating expenses for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014
decreased by $1.36 million to $1,297,000 from $2,653,000 for the fiscal year
ended May 31, 2013, as follows:
|
our consulting, general and administrative fees decreased
by $834,000 to $547,000 during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014 (2013 -
$1,381,000), primarily due to decreases of $345,000 in cash expenditures
and $489,000 in stock-based compensation. The stock-based compensation
included in consulting, general and administrative fees was $Nil during
the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014 (2013 - $489,000); Excluding the
stock-based compensation, our other consulting, general and administrative
fees was decreased to $547,000 during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014
(2013 - $892,000), primarily due to decreased independent directors fees,
less employees and consultants, and continuing cost management; At May 31,
2014, approximately $278,000 (2013 - $145,000) of general and
administrative fees remained as payables due to the related parties;
|
|
depreciation increased by $14,000 to $189,000 during the
fiscal year ended May 31, 2014 (2013 - $203,000) mainly due to less net
book value on the equipment; |
|
our exploration expenses decreased by $437,000 to
$222,000 during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014 (2013 - $659,000) due
to further decreased exploration and drilling activities caused by our
funding limitation during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014; |
|
interest expenses increased to $90,000 during the fiscal
year ended May 31, 2014 (2013 - $28,000), mainly due to increased deemed
interest on an interest free unsecured loan from a related party. Such
deemed interest was recorded as donated capital; |
|
our professional fees decreased by $45,000 to $141,000
during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014 (2012 - $186,000) primarily due
to continuing decreased legal and accounting services as a result of more
work performed in-house by management to save the cost. |
|
our rent expenses decreased by $10,000 to $84,000 during
the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014 (2013 - $94,000) mainly due to our
Tanzania office reduced to half commencing March 2013 and further moved to
a smaller office commencing March 2014. In addition, included in the
fiscal year ended May 31, 2014, there was $25,200 rent representing 60% of
rental expense associated with renting our Chief Executive Officers
family house in Tanzania pursuant to the Executive Services Agreement.
Such rent for 2012 was paid and included in the fiscal year ended May 31,
2012. |
|
our travel and investor relations expenses decreased by
$75,000 to $24,000 during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014 (2013 -
$99,000) primarily due to significantly less travel expenses and investor
relations expenses and cost management. |
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company has been reviewing its budgets for its current
business needs and its further exploration. We estimate that our total
expenditures for our fiscal year ending May 31, 2016 will be approximately $1.3
million, as outlined above under the heading Plan of Operations. At May 31,
2015, we had cash of $86,000 but a working capital deficit of $382,000. We
believe that we have insufficient capital to fund our plan of operations in the
next 12 months and we estimate we will be required to obtain a minimum of $1.4
million additional funds in order to pursue our planned operations over the
fiscal year ending May 31, 2016.
On November 20, 2014, the Company entered into a credit
facility agreement with a private company controlled by our Chairman of the
Board of Directors. The funding is also in the form of an interest-free
unsecured loan to the Company of up to $500,000 due May 31, 2017. As of the date
of this report, we received a total of $350,000, with $150,000 available to be
withdrawn pursuant to this facility agreement.
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During the fiscal year ended May 31, 2015, we received $10,000
of recoverable goods and services tax/harmonized sales tax from Canada Revenue
Agency. Based on requirements of the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA), we had
submitted recoverable value added tax (VAT) refund certificates in January
2015 with TRA to request a VAT refund of $24,000 (TZS 49,061,634). However, as
of the date of this report, we have not received the claimed refund yet.
As at May 31, 2015, there was $29,000 of recoverable VAT paid
in Tanzania and $10,000 of recoverable goods and services tax paid in Canada.
Such recoverable amounts were included in our working capital and expected to be
refunded during the fiscal year 2016.
We have not generated revenues since the date of inception on
January 5, 2004, and our cash has been generated primarily from the sale of our
securities. During the 12-month period following the date of this annual report,
we anticipate that we will not generate any revenue. We anticipate that
additional funding will be in the form of equity financing from the sale of our
common stock, debt financing, joint ventures or some combination of these or
other means. We believe that external debt financing will not be an alternative
at this stage for funding additional phases of our exploration as we do not have
significant tangible assets to secure any debt financing.
We cannot provide investors with any assurance that we will be
able to raise sufficient funding to continue our acquisition and exploration
program going forward. If we are not able to obtain financing in the amounts
required or on terms that are acceptable to us, we may be forced to scale back,
or abandon, our plan of operations. Even if we are successful in obtaining
equity and/or debt financing to fund our acquisition and exploration program,
there is no assurance that we will obtain the funding necessary to pursue any
advanced exploration of any mineral claims. If we do not continue to obtain
additional funding, we will be forced to abandon our mineral claims and our plan
of operations.
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities
Net cash used in operating activities was $762,000 during the
fiscal year ended May 31, 2015, as compared to $203,000 during the fiscal year
ended May 31, 2014. The increase was mainly due to $538,000 of recoverable VAT
received from TRA in the year ended May 31, 2014.
During the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2015, net cash used in
operating activities was $147,000, while net cash provided by operating
activities was $342,000 during the same period in 2014. Net cash used in
operating activities from our inception on January 5, 2004 to May 31, 2015 was
$20.2 million.
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities
Net cash provided by investing activities was $46,000 during
the fiscal year ended May 31, 2015. During the year, we received $35,000 from
disposal of vehicles and $11,000 from redemption of restricted cash equivalent.
During the year ended May 31, 2014, we purchased $3,000 of office equipment and
computer software, and received $7,000 from disposal of office furniture and
vehicle.
During the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2015, we received
$15,000 from disposal of vehicle. During the same period in 2014, net cash used
in investing activities was $1,000. Net cash used in investing activities from
our inception on January 5, 2004 to May 31, 2015 was $786,000 mainly used in
purchase of property and equipment.
Net Cash from Financing Activities
During the fiscal year ended May 31, 2015, we received $269,000
(2014 $525,000) cash from a related party as interest-free loans. During the
fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2015, net cash from financing activities was
$135,000 (2014 - $50,000) received from a related party as interest-free loans.
We have funded our business to date primarily from sales of our common stock.
From our inception on January 5, 2004 to May 31, 2015, net cash provided by
sales of our common stock was $20 million and interest-free loans from a related
party were $1.3 million.
There are no assurances that we will be able to achieve further
sales of our common stock or any other form of additional financing. If we are
unable to achieve the financing necessary to continue our plan of operations,
then we will not be able to continue our exploration of the property underlying
our mineral claim interest and our venture will fail.
Going Concern
We have not attained profitable operations and are dependent
upon obtaining financing to pursue any extensive exploration activities. The
Company has not generated any revenues and has accumulated losses of $117
million since inception to May 31, 2015. In addition, we had working capital
deficit of $382,000 as of May 31, 2015. For these reasons our auditors stated in
their report on our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended
May 31, 2015 that they have substantial doubt we will be able to continue as a
going concern.
Future Financings
We anticipate continuing to rely on equity sales of our common
shares, debt financing from our related parties, and/or other financing in order
to continue to fund our business operations over next fiscal year ending May 31,
2016. Issuances of additional shares will result in dilution to our existing
shareholders. There is no assurance that we will achieve any additional sales of
our equity securities or arrange for debt or other financing to fund our planned
exploration activities.
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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have no significant off-balance sheet arrangements that have
or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial
condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of
operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is
material to stockholders.
Related Party Transactions
The details of related party transactions are disclosed in
footnote 9 of our Companys audited consolidated financial statements for the
fiscal year ended May 31, 2015 (Item 8 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, below).
Segment Disclosures
The Company operates in one reportable segment, located in
Tanzania Africa, being the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties.
The details of segment disclosures are disclosed in footnote 15 of our Companys
audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2015
(Item 8 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, below).
Inflation
We do not believe that inflation has had a significant impact
on our consolidated results of operations or financial condition.
Contractual Obligations
a) |
On December 7, 2012, and as amended on September 4, 2013,
June 18, 2014 and March 20, 2015, the Company entered into a facility
agreement with IPP Ltd., a private company controlled by the Chairman of
the Company. The funding is in the form of an interest free unsecured loan
to the Company of up to $720,000 due May 31, 2017. As of May 31, 2015, IPP
Ltd. has fully advanced $720,000 to the Company pursuant to this facility
agreement. |
|
|
b) |
On October 9, 2013, and as amended on June 18, 2014 and
March 20, 2015, the Company entered into a facility agreement with
Consultancy & Finance Company Associates Ltd. (C&F), a private
company controlled by the Chairman of the Company. The funding is in the
form of an interest free unsecured loan to the Company of up to $405,000
due May 31, 2017. As of May 31, 2015, C&F has fully advanced $405,000
to the Company pursuant to this facility agreement. |
|
|
c) |
On November 20, 2014, the Company entered into a facility
agreement with C&F. The funding is in the form of an interest- free
unsecured loan to the Company of up to $500,000 due May 31, 2017. As of
May 31, 2015, C&F has advanced $215,000 to the Company pursuant to
this facility agreement. |
|
|
d) |
On June 23, 2014, the Companys Tanzania subsidiary, HG
Limited, entered into a lease agreement associated with renting our Chief
Executive Officers (the CEO) family house in Tanzania. The lease is for
a period of 24 months commencing on August 1, 2014 and expiring July 31,
2016 extendable for one year till July 31, 2017 by mutual agreement. The
annual rent is $60,000, of which 40% ($24,000) should be reimbursed by
another Company which is related to the Chairman of the Company and the
CEO has been also working for. As of the year ended May 31, 2015, the
Company has to pay $60,000 prior to August 1, 2015, the beginning of the
second year of lease period, pursuant to this lease agreement. The lease
agreement may be terminated by first giving notice not less than three
months after the initial nine months leased. |
Critical Accounting Policies
Our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes
have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a consistent basis. The preparation of
consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
reporting periods.
We regularly evaluate the accounting policies and estimates
that we use to prepare our consolidated financial statements. In general,
managements estimates are based on historical experience, on information from
third party professionals, and on various other assumptions that are believed to
be reasonable under the facts and circumstances. Actual results could differ
from those estimates made by management.
We believe our critical accounting policies require us to make
significant judgments and estimates in the preparation of our consolidated
financial statements.
The details of our critical accounting policies are disclosed
in footnote 2 of our Companys audited consolidated financial statements for the
fiscal year ended May 31, 2015 (Item 8 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, below).
ITEM 7A. |
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES
ABOUT MARKET RISK |
We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of
the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information required under
this item.
22
ITEM 8. |
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY
DATA |
23
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Stockholders of
Handeni Gold Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of
Handeni Gold Inc. as of May 31, 2015 and 2014 and the related consolidated
statements of operations and comprehensive loss, cash flows and stockholders'
equity (deficiency) for the years then ended. These consolidated financial
statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial
statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards
require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the consolidation financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. The
Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its
internal control over financial reporting. An audit includes consideration of
internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit
procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of
expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred
to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
Handeni Gold Inc. as of May 31, 2015 and 2014, and the results of its operations
and its cash flows for then ended, in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been
prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in
Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has not generated
any revenues and has incurred operating losses since inception. These factors
raise substantial doubt about the Companys ability to continue as a going
concern. Managements plans in regard to these matters are also discussed in
Note 1. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments
that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
/s/ Manning Elliott LLP |
|
CHARTERED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS |
|
Vancouver, Canada |
|
August 18, 2015 |
F-1
Handeni Gold Inc. |
Consolidated Balance Sheets |
(Expressed in U.S. dollars) |
|
|
May 31, 2015 |
|
|
May 31, 2014 |
|
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash |
$ |
85,985 |
|
$ |
532,694
|
|
Amounts
receivable (Note 3) |
|
38,751 |
|
|
34,326 |
|
Prepaid expenses and deposits (Note 4) |
|
306 |
|
|
15,076 |
|
Total Current Assets |
|
125,042 |
|
|
582,096 |
|
Restricted cash equivalent
(Note 5) |
|
13,858 |
|
|
26,522 |
|
Restricted marketable securities (Note 6) |
|
- |
|
|
73,600 |
|
Mineral licenses (Note 7) |
|
1,650,000 |
|
|
1,650,000 |
|
Property and equipment, net (Note 8) |
|
1,474 |
|
|
55,446 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL ASSETS |
$ |
1,790,374 |
|
$ |
2,387,664 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities |
$ |
52,785 |
|
$ |
109,432 |
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities - related parties (Note 9)
|
|
454,615 |
|
|
277,500 |
|
Current
portion of loans from related parties (Note 9 (a)) |
|
- |
|
|
1,070,683 |
|
Total Current Liabilities |
|
507,400 |
|
|
1,457,615 |
|
Loans from related parties (Note 9 (a)) |
|
1,340,000 |
|
|
- |
|
Total Liabilities |
|
1,847,400 |
|
|
1,457,615 |
|
Nature of Operations and Going Concern (Note
1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and Contingencies
(Notes 7 and 13) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders' Equity (Deficiency) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock (Note 10)
Authorized: 500,000,000 shares, $0.001 par
value Issued and outstanding: 321,416,654
shares (May 31, 2014 321,416,654 shares)
|
|
321,417 |
|
|
321,417 |
|
Additional paid-in capital (Note 10) |
|
116,414,824 |
|
|
116,414,824 |
|
Donated capital |
|
314,982 |
|
|
222,495 |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
|
- |
|
|
(86,400 |
) |
Deficit accumulated during
the exploration stage |
|
(117,108,249 |
) |
|
(115,942,287 |
) |
Total Stockholders' (Deficiency) / Equity |
|
(57,026 |
) |
|
930,049 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS'
DEFICIENCY |
$ |
1,790,374 |
|
$ |
2,387,664 |
|
(The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements)
F-2
Handeni Gold Inc. |
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive
Loss |
(Expressed in U.S. dollars) |
|
|
For the Years Ended, |
|
|
|
May 31, 2015 |
|
|
May 31, 2014 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue |
$ |
- |
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consulting fees
|
|
17,070 |
|
|
22,500 |
|
Depreciation |
|
53,822 |
|
|
189,200 |
|
Exploration
expenses |
|
213,953 |
|
|
221,977 |
|
General and administrative |
|
442,966 |
|
|
524,088 |
|
Interest expense
|
|
92,487 |
|
|
89,869 |
|
Professional |
|
124,552 |
|
|
141,356 |
|
Rent |
|
59,924 |
|
|
83,994 |
|
Travel and investor relations |
|
36,435 |
|
|
24,111 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Expenses |
|
1,041,209 |
|
|
1,297,095 |
|
Loss From Operations |
|
(1,041,209 |
) |
|
(1,297,095 |
) |
Other Income (Expenses) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on disposal
of equipment |
|
35,058 |
|
|
3,210 |
|
Impairment of restricted marketable securities (Note 6) |
|
(140,000 |
)
|
|
(1,000,000 |
)
|
Loss on restricted
marketable securities (Note 6) |
|
(20,000 |
) |
|
- |
|
Interest income |
|
189 |
|
|
290 |
|
Total other Expenses |
|
(124,753 |
) |
|
(996,500 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Loss |
|
(1,165,962 |
) |
|
(2,293,595 |
) |
Other Comprehensive Loss |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized loss on
marketable securities |
|
- |
|
|
(66,400 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive Loss |
$ |
(1,165,962 |
) |
$ |
(2,359,995 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Loss per Share - Basic and Diluted |
$ |
(0.00 |
) |
$ |
(0.01 |
) |
Basic and Diluted Weighted
Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding |
|
321,416,654 |
|
|
321,416,654 |
|
(The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements)
F-3
Handeni Gold Inc. |
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders Equity
(Deficiency) |
(Expressed in U.S. dollars) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deficit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated |
|
|
Accumulated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional |
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
During the |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Paid-in |
|
|
Donated |
|
|
Comprehensive |
|
|
Exploration |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
Capital |
|
|
Capital |
|
|
Income (Loss) |
|
|
Stage |
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
# |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance May 31, 2013 |
|
321,416,654 |
|
|
321,417 |
|
|
116,414,824 |
|
|
137,379 |
|
|
(1,020,000 |
)
|
|
(113,648,692 |
)
|
|
2,204,928 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deemed interest on
interest-free loan from a related party |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
85,116 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
85,116 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Impairment of restricted
marketable securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized loss on restricted
marketable securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(66,400 |
)
|
|
|
|
|
(66,400 |
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss for the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,293,595 |
) |
|
(2,293,595 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance May 31, 2014 |
|
321,416,654 |
|
|
321,417 |
|
|
116,414,824 |
|
|
222,495 |
|
|
(86,400 |
)
|
|
(115,942,287 |
)
|
|
930,049 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deemed interest on
interest-free loan from a related party |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
92,487 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
92,487 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Impairment of restricted
marketable securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
66,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
66,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Realized loss on restricted
marketable securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
20,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss for the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,165,962 |
) |
|
(1,165,962 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance May 31, 2015 |
|
321,416,654 |
|
|
321,417 |
|
|
116,414,824 |
|
|
314,982 |
|
|
|
|
|
(117,108,249 |
) |
|
(57,026 |
) |
(The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements)
F-4
Handeni Gold Inc. |
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows |
(Expressed in U.S. dollars) |
|
|
For the Years Ended, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
May 31, 2015 |
|
|
May 31, 2014 |
|
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
PROVIDED BY (USED IN): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
$ |
(1,165,962 |
)
|
$ |
(2,293,595 |
)
|
Adjustments for non-cash
items in net loss: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation |
|
53,822 |
|
|
189,200 |
|
Donated interest |
|
92,487 |
|
|
85,116 |
|
Impairment of marketable securities |
|
140,000 |
|
|
1,000,000 |
|
Loss on restricted marketable securities |
|
20,000 |
|
|
- |
|
Loss on unrealized foreign exchange |
|
2,280 |
|
|
1,283 |
|
Gain on disposal of equipment |
|
(35,058 |
) |
|
(3,210 |
) |
Changes
in non-cash operating working capital: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amounts receivable |
|
(4,425 |
) |
|
591,619 |
|
Prepaid expenses and deposits |
|
14,770 |
|
|
72,710 |
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
(56,647 |
) |
|
22,063 |
|
Due to related parties |
|
177,115 |
|
|
132,069 |
|
Cash Used in Operating Activities |
|
(761,618 |
) |
|
(202,745 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investing Activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds
from disposal of equipment |
|
35,208 |
|
|
7,013 |
|
Redemption of restricted
cash equivalent |
|
10,384 |
|
|
- |
|
Purchase
of property and equipment |
|
- |
|
|
(2,976 |
) |
Cash Provided by Investing Activities |
|
45,592 |
|
|
4,037 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financing Activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loan from
a related party |
|
269,317 |
|
|
525,000 |
|
Cash Provided by Financing Activities |
|
269,317 |
|
|
525,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Decrease) / increase in cash |
|
(446,709 |
) |
|
326,292 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash, at beginning of the year |
|
532,694 |
|
|
206,402 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash, at end of the year |
$ |
85,985 |
|
$ |
532,694 |
|
(The accompanying notes are an integral part of these
consolidated financial statements)
F-5
Handeni Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of May
31, 2015 |
(Expressed in U.S. dollars) |
1. |
Nature of Operations and Going
Concern |
The Company was incorporated in the
State of Nevada on January 5, 2004. On February 14, 2012, the Company changed
its name from Douglas Lake Minerals Inc. to Handeni Gold Inc. (the Company).
The Companys principal business is the acquisition and exploration of mineral
resources located in Tanzania, Africa. The Company has not presently determined
whether its properties contain mineral reserves that are economically
recoverable.
These consolidated financial statements
have been prepared on a going concern basis, which implies the Company will
continue to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal
course of business. The Company has never generated revenues since inception and
has never paid any dividends and is unlikely to pay dividends or generate
earnings in the immediate or foreseeable future. The continuation of the Company
as a going concern is dependent upon the continued financial support from its
stockholders, the ability of the Company to obtain necessary equity financing to
continue operations and to determine the existence, discovery and successful
exploitation of economically recoverable reserves in its resource properties,
confirmation of the Companys interests in the underlying properties, and the
attainment of profitable operations.
As at May 31, 2015, the Company has not
generated any revenues, has a working capital deficiency of $382,358, and has
accumulated losses of $117,108,249 since inception. These factors raise
substantial doubt regarding the Companys ability to continue as a going
concern. The Company plans to raise equity and/or debt financing to fund its
operations which may result in substantial dilution to the Companys
stockholders or may not be available, if at all, in amounts or on terms
acceptable to the Company. If additional capital is not obtained, the Company
may be forced to cease operations. These consolidated financial statements do
not include any adjustments to the recoverability and classification of recorded
asset amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should
the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
2. |
Summary of Significant Accounting
Policies |
|
a) |
Basis of Presentation |
|
|
|
|
|
These consolidated financial statements and related notes
are presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States, and are expressed in United States dollars. These
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and
its subsidiaries described as follows. In June 2011, the Company
incorporated in Tanzania a wholly- owned subsidiary, HG Limited, which
undertakes mineral property exploration activities in Tanzania. The
Company also has a wholly-owned non-operating Tanzanian subsidiary
(Douglas Lake Tanzania Limited). |
|
|
|
|
|
All significant intercompany transactions and balances
have been eliminated. The Companys fiscal year-end is May 31. |
|
|
|
|
b) |
Use of Estimates |
|
|
|
|
|
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in
accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated
financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses in
the reporting period. The Company regularly evaluates estimates and
assumptions related to the estimated deemed interest rates on
interest-free related party loans, recoverability and useful life of
long-lived assets, mineral prospecting licenses, stock-based compensation,
deferred income tax asset valuation allowances and contingent liabilities.
The Company bases its estimates and assumptions on current facts,
historical experience and various other factors that it believes to be
reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis
for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities
and the accrual of costs and expenses that are not readily apparent from
other sources. The actual results experienced by the Company may differ
materially and adversely from the Companys estimates. To the extent there
are material differences between the estimates and the actual results,
future results of operations will be affected. |
|
|
|
|
c) |
Basic and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Share |
|
|
|
|
|
The Company computes net income (loss) per share in
accordance with ASC 260, Earnings per Share which requires
presentation of both basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) on the
face of the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss.
Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income (loss) available to common
stockholders (numerator) by the weighted average number of shares
outstanding (denominator) during the period. Diluted EPS gives effect to
all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period using
the treasury stock method and convertible preferred stock using the
if-converted method. In computing diluted EPS, the average stock price for
the period is used in determining the number of shares assumed to be
purchased from the exercise of stock options or warrants. Diluted EPS
excludes all dilutive potential shares if their effect is
anti-dilutive. |
|
|
|
|
d) |
Comprehensive Income (Loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
ASC 220, Comprehensive Income establishes
standards for the reporting and display of comprehensive income (loss) and
its components in the consolidated financial statements. For the year
ended May 31, 2015, the Company has no component of other comprehensive
loss and accumulated other comprehensive loss. |
|
|
|
|
e) |
Cash and Cash Equivalents |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents are carried at fair value and
they comprise cash on hand, deposits held with banks and other highly
liquid investments. Highly liquid investments are readily convertible to
cash and generally have maturities of three months or less from the time
acquired. The Company places its cash and cash equivalents with high
quality financial institutions which the Company believes limits credit
risk. |
F - 6
Handeni Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of May
31, 2015 |
(Expressed in U.S. dollars) |
2. |
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
(continued) |
|
f) |
Marketable Securities |
|
|
|
|
|
The Company reports investments in marketable equity
securities at fair value based on quoted market prices. All investment
securities are designated as available for sale with unrealized gains and
losses included in stockholders equity. Realized gains and losses are
accounted for based on the specific identification method. |
|
|
|
|
|
The Company periodically reviews these investments for
other-than-temporary declines in fair value based on the specific
identification method. When an other-than-temporary decline has occurred,
unrealized losses that are other than temporary are recognized in
earnings. When determining whether a decline is other-than-temporary, the
Company examines (i) the length of time and the extent to which the fair
value of an investment has been lower than its carrying value; (ii) the
financial condition and near- term prospects of the investee, including
any specific events that may influence the operations of the investee such
as changes in technology that may impair the earnings potential of the
investee; and (iii) the Companys intent and ability to retain its
investment in the investee for a sufficient period of time to allow for
any anticipated recovery in market value. The Company generally believes
that an other-than-temporary decline has occurred when the fair value of
the investment is below the carrying value for one year, in the absence of
evidence to the contrary. |
|
|
|
|
g) |
Property and Equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment consists of office equipment,
automobiles and computer software recorded at cost and depreciated on a
straight-line basis as follows: |
|
Automobiles |
3 years |
|
Camp and equipment |
3 years |
|
Office furniture and
equipment |
3 years |
|
Software |
1 year
|
|
h) |
Mineral Property Costs |
|
|
|
|
|
The Company has been in the exploration stage since its
inception on January 5, 2004 and has not yet realized any revenues from
its planned operations. It is primarily engaged in the acquisition and
exploration of mining properties. Mineral property exploration costs are
expensed as incurred. Mineral prospecting licenses and mineral property
acquisition costs are initially capitalized in accordance with ASC
805-20-55-37, whether Mineral Rights are Tangibel or Intangible
Assets. The Company assesses the carrying costs for impairment under
ASC 360-10-35-21, Accounting for Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived
Assets, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
carrying costs may not be recoverable. |
|
|
|
|
|
When it has been determined that a mineral property can
be economically developed as a result of establishing proven and probable
reserves, the costs then incurred to develop such property, are
capitalized. Such costs will be amortized using the units-of- production
method over the estimated life of the probable reserve. If mineral
properties are subsequently abandoned or impaired, any capitalized costs
will be charged to operations. |
|
|
|
|
i) |
Long-Lived Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
In accordance with ASC 360, Property, Plant and
Equipment the Company tests long-lived assets or asset groups for
recoverability when events or changes in circumstances indicate that their
carrying amount may not be recoverable. Circumstances which could trigger
a review include, but are not limited to: significant decreases in the
market price of the asset; significant adverse changes in the business
climate or legal factors; accumulation of costs significantly in excess of
the amount originally expected for the acquisition or construction of the
asset; current period cash flow or operating losses combined with a
history of losses or a forecast of continuing losses associated with the
use of the asset; and current expectation that the asset will more likely
than not be sold or disposed significantly before the end of its estimated
useful life. Recoverability is assessed based on the carrying amount of
the asset and its fair value, which is generally determined based on the
sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and the
eventual disposal of the asset, as well as specific appraisal in certain
instances. An impairment loss is recognized when the carrying amount is
not recoverable and exceeds fair value. |
|
|
|
|
j) |
Asset Retirement Obligations |
|
|
|
|
|
The Company accounts for asset retirement obligations in
accordance with the provisions of ASC 440 Asset Retirement and
Environmental Obligations which requires the Company to record the
fair value of an asset retirement obligation as a liability in the period
in which it incurs a legal obligation associated with the retirement of
tangible long-lived assets that result from the acquisition, construction,
development and/or normal use of the assets. The Company did not have any
asset retirement obligations as of May 31, 2015 and
2014. |
F - 7
Handeni Gold Inc. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of May
31, 2015 |
(Expressed in U.S. dollars) |
2. |
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
(continued) |
|
k) |
Financial Instruments |
|
|
|
|
|
ASC 825, Financial Instruments requires an entity
to maximize the use of observable inputs, and the fair value of financial
instruments, which include cash, restricted cash equivalent, restricted
marketable securities, and accounts payable were estimated to approximate
their carrying values due to the immediate or short-term maturities of
these financial instruments. |
|
|
|
|
|
The Companys operations are in Canada and Africa, which
results in exposure to market risks from changes in foreign currency
rates. The financial risk is the risk to the Companys operations that
arise from fluctuations in foreign exchange rates and the degree of
volatility of these rates. Currently, the Company does not use derivative
instruments to reduce its exposure to foreign currency risk. |
|
|
|
|
l) |
Income Taxes |
|
|
|
|
|
The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and
liability method in accordance with ASC 740, Income Taxes. The
asset and liability method provides that deferred tax assets and
liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of
temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of
assets and liabilities, and for operating loss and tax credit
carry-forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the
currently enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the
differences are expected to reverse. The Company records a valuation
allowance to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that is believed
more likely than not to be realized. |
|
|
|
|
m) |
Foreign Currency Translation |
|
|
|
|
|
The functional and reporting currency of the Company is
the United States dollar. The functional currency of the Companys
subsidiaries is Tanzania shillings. Monetary assets and liabilities
denominated in foreign currencies are translated to United States dollars
in accordance with ASC 830 Foreign Currency Translation Matters,
using the exchange rate prevailing at the consolidated balance sheet date.
Non-monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are
translated at rates of exchange in effect at the date of the transaction.
Average rates are used to translate revenues and expenses. |
|
|
|
|
|
Gains and losses arising on translation or settlement of
foreign currency denominated transactions or balances are included in the
determination of income. The Company has not, to the date of these
consolidated financial statements, entered into derivative instruments to
offset the impact of foreign currency fluctuations. |
|
|
|
|
|
To the extent that the Company incurs transactions that
are not denominated in its functional currency, they are undertaken in
Canadian dollars (Cdn$) and Tanzanian shillings. The Company has not, to
the date of these consolidated financial statements, entered into
derivative instruments to offset the impact of foreign currency
fluctuations. |
|
|
|
|
n) |
Stock-based Compensation |
|
|
|
|
|
The Company records stock-based compensation in
accordance with ASC 718, Compensation Stock Based Compensation
and ASC 505, Equity Based Payments to Non-Employees, which
requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense based on
estimated fair values for all share-based awards made to employees and
directors, including stock options. |
|
|
|
|
|
ASC 718 requires companies to estimate the fair value of
share-based awards on the date of grant using an option-pricing model. The
Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model as its method of
determining fair value. This model is affected by the Companys stock
price as well as assumptions regarding a number of subjective variables.
These subjective variables include, but are not limited to the Companys
expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards, and actual
and projected employee stock option exercise behaviours. The value of the
portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as
an expense in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive
loss over the requisite service period. |
|
|
|
|
|
All transactions in which goods or services are the
consideration received for the issuance of equity instruments are
accounted for based on the fair value of the consideration received or the
fair value of the equity instrument issued, whichever is more reliably
measurable. |
|
|
|
|
o) |
Reclassification |
|
|
|
|
|
Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior
years consolidated financial statements to conform to the current years
presentation. |
|
|
|
|
p) |
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements |
|
|
|
|
|
The Company has adopted all new accounting pronouncements
that are mandatorily effective and none have a material impact on its
consolidated financial statements. |
|
|
|
|
|
New accounting pronouncements effective June 1,
2015 |
|
|
|
|
|
During the year ended May 31, 2015, the Company elected
to early adopt Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-10, Development Stage
Entities (Topic 915): Elimination of Certain Financial Reporting
Requirements. The adoption of this standard allowed the Company to remove
the previously disclosed inception-to-date information and all references
to exploration stage. |
|
|
|
|
|
The Company does not believe that there are any other new
accounting pronouncements that have been issued that are expected to have
a material impact on its financial position or results of
operations. |
F - 8
Handeni Gold Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of May 31, 2015
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
The components of amounts receivable
are as follows:
|
|
|
May 31, 2015 |
|
|
May 31, 2014 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recoverable value added tax
|
|
28,797 |
|
|
23,202 |
|
|
Recoverable harmonized sales tax |
|
9,830 |
|
|
9,765 |
|
|
Other receivable |
|
124 |
|
|
1,359 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
38,751 |
|
|
34,326 |
|
The Company had recoverable value added
tax (VAT) of $28,797 (TZS 57,511,042) as at May 31, 2015 and $23,202 (TZS
38,566,758) as at May 31, 2014. In January 2015, the Company submitted VAT
refund certificates to the Tanzania Revenue Authority requesting $24,566 (TZS
49,061,634) recoverable VAT refund. As of May 31, 2015, the Company had not
received such entitled VAT refund. During the year ended May 31, 2014, the
Company had received from the Tanzania Revenue Authority $507,916 (TZS
845,117,520) VAT refund, net of taxes and interest.
4. |
Prepaid Expenses and
Deposits |
The components of prepaid expenses and
deposits are as follows:
|
|
|
May 31, 2015 |
|
|
May 31, 2014 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General and administrative
|
|
- |
|
|
2,343 |
|
|
Rent
|
|
306 |
|
|
12,733 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
306 |
|
|
15,076 |
|
5. |
Restricted Cash Equivalent |
As of May 31, 2015, the Company has
pledged a GIC of $13,858 (May 31, 2014: $26,522) as security held on a corporate
credit card.
6. |
Restricted Marketable
Securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
May 31, 2015 |
|
|
May 31, 2014 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other-than- |
|
|
|
|
|
Fair Value |
|
|
Other-than- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
temporary |
|
|
Loss on |
|
|
Based On |
|
|
temporary |
|
|
Accumulated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Impairment |
|
|
Marketable |
|
|
Quoted |
|
|
Impairment |
|
|
Unrealized |
|
|
|
|
Cost |
|
|
Loss |
|
|
Securities |
|
|
Market Price |
|
|
Loss |
|
|
Loss |
|
|
Ruby Creek |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
Resources Inc., 4,000,000 shares |
|
2,760,000 |
|
|
(2,740,000 |
) |
|
(20,000 |
) |
|
73,600 |
|
|
(2,600,000 |
) |
|
(86,400 |
) |
The 4,000,000 restricted shares of
common stock of Ruby Creek Resources Inc. (RCR) were issued to the Company on
December 16, 2010 as partial consideration to purchase the mineral property
interests under the agreements between RCR and the Company. The initial fair
market value of these shares was $2,760,000 based on RCRs quoted stock price on
the issuance date.
On January 13, 2015, the Company
reached a binding settlement to its litigation with RCR. Under the terms of the
settlement, the Company will return the 4,000,000 restricted shares of RCR
common stock to RCR (see Note 13, below). As a result, the Company has recorded
a loss on marketable securities of $20,000 related to the pending return of
these shares. As of May 31, 2015, the Company has recognized a total of
$2,740,000 (May 31, 2014: $2,600,000) in other than temporary impairment losses
on these restricted shares.
7. |
Mineral Properties and
Licenses |
|
a) |
Handeni Properties, Tanzania, Africa |
|
|
|
|
|
Prospecting Licenses
(PLs) |
On September 21, 2010, the Company
completed a Mineral Property Acquisition Agreement with IPP Gold Limited (IPP
Gold), and the Company acquired four PLs totaling approximately 800 square
kilometers, located in the Handeni District of Tanzania (the Handeni
Properties). IPP Gold retained a 2.5% net smelter royalty (NSR) on the
Handeni Properties and the Company has the option to reduce the NSR to 1.25% by
paying $5,000,000. If the NSR is reduced to 1.25% the maximum NSR for any year
is capped at $1,000,000. In any year the NSR payment is less than $1,000,000 the
difference between the actual NSR payment and $1,000,000 will be carried forward
to subsequent years. In addition if the London spot price for gold is equal to
or greater than $1,500 then the NSR will increase from 2.5% to 3%. The Company
issued 133,333,333 restricted shares of common stock to IPP Gold to acquire the
Handeni Properties and no further payments to IPP Gold in shares or cash are
required.
F - 9
Handeni Gold Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of May 31, 2015
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
7. |
Mineral Properties and Licenses
(continued) |
|
a) |
Handeni Properties, Tanzania, Africa
(continued) |
Prospecting Licenses (PLs)
(continued)
On September 1, 2010, the Company
entered into a Transaction Fee Agreement with a consultant for services related
to soliciting offers from and in assisting in the negotiation with potential
Company financiers, purchasers, acquisition targets and/or joint venture
development partners (each such party being a Potential Investor). The initial
term of the agreement was a period of 60 days and automatically renews monthly
unless otherwise specifically renewed in writing by each party or terminated by
the Company. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company agreed to pay the consultant
a transaction fee for each completed property acquisition transaction in
Tanzania (a Completed Transaction). The transaction fee is 12.5% of the shares
issuable under each Completed Transaction, payable in restricted common shares
at the lowest priced security issuable under each Completed Transaction. On
September 30, 2010, the Company issued 16,666,667 restricted shares of common
stock pursuant to the Transaction Fee Agreement in relation to the acquisition
of the Handeni Properties.
The fair value of the 133,333,333
shares of the Companys common stock issued to IPP Gold pursuant to the
Acquisition Agreement and the 16,666,667 shares of the Companys common stock
issued pursuant to the Transaction Fee Agreement totaled $60,000,000.
On November 30, 2010, the capitalized
acquisition costs of the Handeni Properties were tested for impairment by the
Companys management as required by ASC 360. Management determined that no
positive cash flows from the Handeni Properties could be identified or supported
and a full impairment loss was recognized in expenses for the $60,000,000
acquisition cost.
Under Tanzanian law, 50% of the area
of PLs need to be relinquished following a period of three years after
allocation of the PLs to the Company (1998 Mining Act applicable to the
Companies PLs). The Company has received four renewal PLs of the renewal areas
under PL6742/2010, PL6744/2010, PL6743/2010 and PL6779/2010 effective on October
5, 2013, September 13, 2013, October 13, 2013 and September 13, 2013,
respectively. These four PLs are valid until October 4, 2016, September 12,
2016, October 12, 2016 and September 12, 2016, respectively. The total area
occupied by the renewal licenses is approximately 359.80 km2 or 45%
of the original area.
In addition to the renewal areas, the
Company had also applied for the remainder of the license areas and has received
four additional PLs. The Company now holds a total license area of approximately
423.03 km2 (53% of its original 800 km2license area).
During the year ended May 31, 2015, the Company paid $62,584 (2014: $59,333) in
annual rental and licenses renewal fees for PLs. Such license related fees have
been recorded as exploration expenses.
Primary Mining Licenses
(PMLs),
On August 5, 2011, the Company entered
a Mineral Property Acquisition Agreement (the 2011 Acquisition Agreement) with
Handeni Resources Limited (Handeni Resources), a limited liability company
registered under the laws of Tanzania. The Chairman of the Board of Directors of
the Company has an existing ownership and/or beneficial interest(s) in Handeni
Resources. Pursuant to the 2011 Acquisition Agreement, the Company had an
exclusive option to acquire from Handeni Resources a 100% interest in mineral
licenses covering an area of approximately 2.67 square kilometers to the east of
Magambazi Hill, which is adjacent to the area covered by the Companys existing
PLs in the Handeni District.
On November 30, 2011, the Company
completed the 2011 Acquisition Agreement and issued 15,000,000 restricted common
shares to Handeni Resources as payment. As at November 30, 2011, the fair market
price of the Companys common stock was $0.11 per share; accordingly, the
Company recorded a total fair market value of $1,650,000 as the mineral licenses
acquisition cost.
To comply with the laws and
regulations of the Republic of Tanzania whereby foreign companies may not own
PMLs, on July 19, 2012, the Company entered into an Addendum agreement to the
2011 Acquisition Agreement whereby Handeni Resources, on behalf of the Company,
administers the 32 PMLs until such time as a mining license on the 32 PMLs (2.67
km2) have been allocated. During this period Handeni Resources is
conducting exploration and mining activities on the PMLs as directed by the
Company.
|
b) |
Mkuvia Alluvial Gold Project, Tanzania,
Africa |
The Mkuvia Alluvial Gold Project was
comprised of four PLs covering a total area of 380 square kilometers located in
the Nachingwea District, Lindi Region of the Republic of Tanzania. The Company
is aware that the four PLs expired during May and June of 2012. As at May 31,
2015 and 2014, the Company has no capitalized costs related to the Mkuvia
Alluvial Gold Project.
On January 13, 2015, the Company
reached a binding settlement agreement with regards to its litigation with RCR
(see Note 13, below). Based on this agreement with RCR, the Company will
relinquish its interest in the Mkuvia Alluvial Project after the formal
agreement delivered by RCR as agreed.
F - 10
Handeni Gold Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of May 31, 2015
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
8. |
Property and Equipment |
|
|
|
May 31, 2015 |
|
|
May 31, 2014 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated |
|
|
Net Book |
|
|
Net Book |
|
|
|
|
Cost |
|
|
Depreciation |
|
|
Value |
|
|
Value |
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Automobiles |
|
257,300 |
|
|
257,300 |
|
|
- |
|
|
4,583 |
|
|
Camp and equipment |
|
197,011 |
|
|
197,011 |
|
|
- |
|
|
42,242 |
|
|
Office furniture and
equipment |
|
100,222 |
|
|
98,970 |
|
|
1,252 |
|
|
6,635 |
|
|
Software |
|
7,930 |
|
|
7,708 |
|
|
222 |
|
|
1,986 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
562,463 |
|
|
560,989 |
|
|
1,474 |
|
|
55,446 |
|
9. |
Related Party
Transactions |
|
a) |
The Company has entered into the following facility
agreements with related parties: |
|
i) |
On December 7, 2012, and as amended on September 4, 2013,
June 18, 2014 and March 20, 2015, the Company entered into a facility
agreement with IPP Ltd., a private company controlled by the Chairman of
the Company. The funding is in the form of an interest free unsecured loan
to the Company of up to $720,000 due May 31, 2017. As of May 31, 2015, IPP
Ltd. has fully advanced $720,000 (May 31, 2014: $695,683) to the Company
pursuant to this facility agreement. |
|
|
|
|
ii) |
On October 9, 2013, and as amended on June 18, 2014 and
March 20, 2015, the Company entered into a facility agreement with
Consultancy & Finance Company Associates Ltd. (C&F), a private
company controlled by the Chairman of the Company. The funding is in the
form of an interest free unsecured loan to the Company of up to $405,000
due May 31, 2017. As of May 31, 2015, C&F has fully advanced $405,000
(May 31, 2014: $375,000) to the Company pursuant to this facility
agreement. |
|
|
|
|
iii) |
On November 20, 2014, the Company entered into a facility
agreement with C&F. The funding is in the form of an interest-free
unsecured loan to the Company of up to $500,000 due May 31, 2017. As of
May 31, 2015, C&F has advanced $215,000 to the Company pursuant to
this facility agreement. |
For the year ended May 31, 2015,
$92,487 of deemed interest was calculated at an annual interest rate of 8%
(2014: $85,116 calculated at an annual interest rate of 10%). Such deemed
interest approximates the fair market value of the borrowings and was recorded
as interest expense and donated capital.
|
b) |
During the year ended May 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company
incurred administration and professional services fees of $144,000 to a
director, the current President and Chief Executive Officer (the CEO),
and there was a total of $306,000 remaining payable as at May 31, 2015
(May 31, 2014: $162,000). In addition, during the year ended May 31, 2015
and 2014, the Company incurred geological and other service fees of
$36,000 to a private company controlled by a person who is related to the
CEO and there was a total of $Nil fees remaining payable as at May 31,
2015 (May 31, 2014: $3,000). |
|
|
|
|
|
During the year ended May 31, 2015, the Company also paid
$36,000 (the year ended May 31, 2014: $25,200) representing 60% of annual
rental expenses associated with renting the CEOs family house in
Tanzania, pursuant to the Executive Services Agreement. |
|
|
|
|
c) |
During the year ended May 31, 2015, the Company incurred
administration and professional services fees of $125,197 (the year ended
May 31, 2014: $135,100) to the Companys Chief Financial Officer (the
CFO), and there was a total of $3,615 remaining payable as at May 31,
2015. |
|
|
|
|
d) |
During the year ended May 31, 2015, the Company incurred
independent and non-executive directors fees of $72,500 (the ear ended
May 31, 2014: $68,750). As at May 31, 2015, the Company had $145,000 (May
31, 2014: $112,500) of unpaid independent directors fees in related party
accounts payable and accrued liabilities. |
10. |
Common Stock and Additional Paid-in
Capital |
The authorized common stock of the
Company consists of 500,000,000 shares, with $0.001 par value. During the year
ended May 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company had no changes in its common stock and
additional paid-in capital.
F - 11
Handeni Gold Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of May 31, 2015
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
The Company adopted a Stock Option
Plan, dated November 29, 2010 (the November 2010 Stock Incentive Plan), under
which the Company is authorized to grant stock options to acquire up to a total
of 40,000,000 shares of common shares. During the year ended May 31, 2015 and
2014, there were no stock options granted. At May 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company
had 10,700,000 shares of common stock available to be issued under the November
2010 Stock Incentive Plan.
There were no stock options exercised
during the year ended May 31, 2015 and 2014, and there were no intrinsic values
of outstanding options at May 31, 2015 and 2014. As at May 31, 2015 and 2014,
all stock options were fully vested. The following table summarizes the
continuity of the Companys stock options:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted |
|
|
Weighted Average |
|
|
Aggregate |
|
|
|
|
Number of |
|
|
Average |
|
|
Remaining |
|
|
Intrinsic |
|
|
|
|
Options |
|
|
Exercise Price |
|
|
Contractual Term |
|
|
Value |
|
|
|
|
# |
|
|
$ |
|
|
(years) |
|
|
$ |
|
|
Outstanding, May 31, 2013 |
|
28,300,000 |
|
|
0.23 |
|
|
7.56 |
|
|
- |
|
|
Outstanding, May 31, 2014 |
|
28,300,000 |
|
|
0.23 |
|
|
6.56 |
|
|
- |
|
|
Outstanding and exercisable, May 31, 2015 |
|
28,300,000 |
|
|
0.23 |
|
|
5.56 |
|
|
- |
|
The stock options outstanding are
exercisable for cash or on a cashless exercise basis using a prorated formula
whereby the number of shares issuable is equal to (a) the average closing price
for the five days prior to exercise date (ACP) in excess of the exercise
price, divided by (b) the exercise price multiplied by (c) the number of options
exercised. During the year ended May 31, 2015 and 2014, no cashless stock
options were exercised.
12. |
Common Stock Purchase
Warrants |
During the year ended May 31, 2015 and
2014, there were no stock purchase warrants granted. During the year ended May
31, 2014, 13,554,155 stock purchase warrants expired. The following table
summarizes the continuity of the Companys share purchase warrants:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted Average |
|
|
Weighted Average
Remaining |
|
|
|
|
Number of Warrants |
|
|
Exercise Price |
|
|
Contractual Life |
|
|
|
|
# |
|
|
$ |
|
|
(years) |
|
|
Balance, May 31, 2013 |
|
13,554,155 |
|
|
0.52 |
|
|
0.33 |
|
|
Expired |
|
(13,554,155 |
) |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
Balance, May 31, 2015 and 2014 |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
13. |
Commitments and
Contingencies |
On February 8, 2012, RCR filed a
lawsuit against the Company in the Supreme Court, State of New York, in which
RCR alleged that the Company participated in a fraudulent transfer of certain
mineral property interests in Tanzania that RCR had the right to purchase
pursuant to a series of agreements with the Company.
On January 13, 2015, the Company
reached a binding settlement of its litigation with RCR, and is currently
waiting for RCR to finalize the formal settlement documentation. The settlement
does not require any monetary payment by the Company to RCR. Under the terms of
the settlement, the Company will turn over its interest in Ruby Creek Resources
(Tanzania) Limited and has agreed to return the 4,000,000 shares of restricted
RCR common stock to RCR (See Note 6, above). Both parties have agreed to dismiss
their respective claims, with prejudice, and the litigation is now
concluded.
14. |
Fair Value Measurements |
ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and
Disclosures, requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and
minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. ASC 820
establishes a fair value hierarchy based on the level of independent, objective
evidence surrounding the inputs used to measure fair value. A financial
instruments categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the
lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. ASC 820
prioritizes the inputs into three levels that may be used to measure fair value:
Level 1 applies to assets or
liabilities for which there are quoted prices in active markets for identical
assets or liabilities.
Level 2 applies to assets or
liabilities for which there are inputs other than quoted prices that are
observable for the asset or liability such as quoted prices for similar assets
or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical assets or
liabilities in markets with insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (less
active markets); or model-derived valuations in which significant inputs are
observable or can be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable
market data.
Level 3 applies to assets or
liabilities for which there are unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology
that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of the assets or
liabilities.
Pursuant to ASC 820, the fair value of
cash, restricted cash equivalent and restricted marketable securities are
determined based on Level 1 inputs, which consist of quoted prices in active
markets for identical assets. Management believes that the recorded values of
all of the Companys other financial instruments approximate their current fair
values because of their nature and respective maturity dates or durations.
F - 12
Handeni Gold Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of May 31, 2015
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
14. |
Fair Value Measurements
(continued) |
As at May 31, 2015, there were no
liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis presented on the
Companys consolidated balance sheet. Assets measured at fair value on a
recurring basis were presented on the Companys consolidated balance sheet as of
May 31, 2015, as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair Value Measurements Using |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quoted Prices in |
|
|
Significant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Active Markets |
|
|
Other |
|
|
Significant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For Identical |
|
|
Observable |
|
|
Unobservable |
|
|
Balance as of |
|
|
|
|
Instruments |
|
|
Inputs |
|
|
Inputs |
|
|
May 31, |
|
|
|
|
(Level 1 |
) |
|
(Level 2 |
) |
|
(Level 3 |
) |
|
2015 |
|
|
Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash |
$ |
85,985 |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
85,985 |
|
|
Restricted cash equivalent |
|
13,858 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,858 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets measured at fair value |
$ |
99,843 |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
99,843 |
|
As at May 31, 2014, there were no
liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis presented on the
Companys consolidated balance sheet. Assets measured at fair value on a
recurring basis were presented on the Companys consolidated balance sheet as of
May 31, 2014, as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair Value Measurements Using |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quoted Prices in |
|
|
Significant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Active Markets |
|
|
Other |
|
|
Significant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For Identical |
|
|
Observable |
|
|
Unobservable |
|
|
Balance as of |
|
|
|
|
Instruments |
|
|
Inputs |
|
|
Inputs |
|
|
May 31, |
|
|
|
|
(Level 1 |
) |
|
(Level 2 |
) |
|
(Level 3 |
) |
|
2014 |
|
|
Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash |
$ |
532,694
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
532,694
|
|
|
Restricted cash equivalent |
|
26,522 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26,522 |
|
|
Restricted marketable securities |
|
73,600 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
73,600 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets measured at fair value |
$ |
632,816 |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
632,816 |
|
The Company operates in one reportable
segment, being the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties. Segmented
information has been compiled based on the geographic regions that the Company
and its subsidiary registered and performed exploration and administration
activities. Assets by geographical segment are as follows:
|
|
|
Canada |
|
|
Tanzania, Africa |
|
|
Total |
|
|
Current
assets |
$ |
61,447 |
|
$ |
63,595 |
|
$ |
125,042
|
|
|
Restricted cash
equivalent |
|
13,858 |
|
|
- |
|
|
13,858 |
|
|
Mineral
licenses |
|
- |
|
|
1,650,000 |
|
|
1,650,000 |
|
|
Equipment, net |
|
332 |
|
|
1,142 |
|
|
1,474 |
|
|
Total assets, at May 31, 2015
|
$ |
75,637 |
|
$ |
1,714,737 |
|
$ |
1,790,374 |
|
|
|
|
Canada |
|
|
Tanzania, Africa |
|
|
Total |
|
|
Current
assets |
$ |
147,957
|
|
$ |
434,139
|
|
$ |
582,096
|
|
|
Restricted cash
equivalent |
|
26,522 |
|
|
- |
|
|
26,522 |
|
|
Restricted marketable securities |
|
73,600 |
|
|
- |
|
|
73,600 |
|
|
Mineral licenses |
|
- |
|
|
1,650,000 |
|
|
1,650,000 |
|
|
Property
and equipment, net |
|
4,061 |
|
|
51,385 |
|
|
55,446 |
|
|
Total assets, at May 31, 2014 |
$ |
252,140 |
|
$ |
2,135,524 |
|
$ |
2,387,664 |
|
|
For the Year Ended May 31, 2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Loss |
$ |
692,604 |
|
$ |
473,358 |
|
$ |
1,165,962 |
|
|
For the Year Ended May 31, 2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Loss |
$ |
1,421,669 |
|
$ |
871,926 |
|
$ |
2,293,595 |
|
F - 13
Handeni Gold Inc.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as of May 31, 2015
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
The Company accounts for income taxes
under ASC 740, Income Taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities
are determined based upon differences between financial reporting and tax bases
of assets and liabilities and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws
that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. The
measurement of deferred income tax assets is reduced, if necessary, by a
valuation allowance for any tax benefits, which are, on a more likely than not
basis, not expected to be realized. The effect on deferred income tax assets and
liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the period that such tax
rate changes are enacted.
The Company is subject to U.S. federal
and state income tax and has concluded substantially all U.S. federal and state
income tax matters for tax years through May 31, 2012. The tax filings for years
from 2013 to 2015 are subject to audit by U.S. jurisdictions. The Companys
Canadian office has filed its Canadian corporate income tax returns under the
Voluntary Disclosure Program, and the tax filings for years from 2013 to 2015
are subject to audit by Canadian jurisdictions. The Companys Tanzania
subsidiaries are subject to Tanzania income tax, the tax filings for the years
from 2013 to 2015 are subjected to audit by Tanzania jurisdictions.
Income tax expense differs from the
amount that would result from applying the U.S. federal income tax rates to
earnings before income taxes. The Company has net operating losses carried
forward of approximately $29 million available to offset taxable income in
future years which begin expiring in fiscal 2026. Pursuant to ASC 740, the
potential benefits of the net operating losses carried forward has not been
recognized in the consolidated financial statements since the Company cannot be
assured that it is more likely than not that such benefit will be utilized in
future years.
The income tax benefit differs from the
amount computed by applying the federal income tax rate of 35% to net loss
before income taxes for the years ended May 31, 2015 and 2014 as a result of the
following:
|
|
|
May 31, |
|
|
May 31, |
|
|
|
|
2015 |
|
|
2014 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss before taxes |
|
(1,165,962 |
)
|
|
(2,293,595 |
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Statutory rate |
|
35% |
|
|
35% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Computed expected tax
recovery |
|
(408,087 |
)
|
|
(802,758 |
)
|
|
Permanent differences |
|
397,865 |
|
|
305,184 |
|
|
Foreign tax rate differences
|
|
(27,168 |
)
|
|
43,597 |
|
|
Valuation allowance change |
|
37,390 |
|
|
453,977 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Provision for income taxes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The significant components of deferred
income tax assets and liabilities at May 31, 2015 and 2014, after applying
enacted federal income tax rates, are as follows:
|
|
|
May 31, |
|
|
May 31, |
|
|
|
|
2015 |
|
|
2014 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net operating losses carried
forward |
|
10,734,304 |
|
|
9,979,715 |
|
|
Capital losses available |
|
19,975 |
|
|
19,975 |
|
|
Mineral properties tax basis
in excess of book value |
|
2,218,155 |
|
|
2,935,354 |
|
|
Valuation allowance |
|
(12,972,434 |
) |
|
(12,935,044 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
deferred income tax assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Company has recognized a valuation
allowance for the deferred income tax asset since the Company cannot be assured
that it is more likely than not that such benefit will be utilized in future
years. When circumstances change and which cause a change in managements
judgment about the realizability of deferred income tax assets, the impact of
the change on the valuation allowance is generally reflected in current income.
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ITEM 9. |
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS
WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE |
We have had no disagreements with our principal independent
accountants.
ITEM 9A. |
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
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Disclosure Controls and Procedures
An evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the
participation of the Companys management, including the Companys Chief
Executive Officer (CEO), Reyno Scheepers, and the Companys Chief Financial
Officer (CFO), Melinda Hsu, of the effectiveness of the design and operation
of the Companys disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rules 13a-15b)
and 15d-15b) under the Exchange Act as of the end of the period covered by this
annual report. Based upon the evaluation, the Companys CEO and CFO have
concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules
13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) were not effective as of the end
of the period covered by this annual report, due to the deficiencies in our
internal control over financial reporting as described below under Managements
Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting.
Managements Annual Report on Internal Control over
Financial Reporting
The Companys management is responsible for establishing and
maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in
Rules 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act.
The management of the Company assessed the effectiveness of the
Companys internal control over financial reporting based on the criteria for
effective internal control over financial reporting established in Internal
ControlIntegrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
of the Treadway Commission (COSO) and SEC guidance on conducting such
assessments. Based on this assessment, management concluded that, as of the end
of our fiscal year ended May 31, 2015, our internal control over financial
reporting was not effective due to material weaknesses, as more fully described
below.
Management identified the following material weaknesses in
internal control over financial reporting:
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Certain entity level controls establishing a tone at the
top were considered material weaknesses. |
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The Companys board of directors and executive officers
are located in multiple countries, which have caused limited segregation
of duties and are not consistent with good internal control
procedures. |
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The Company has a limited management team with limited
employees to establish sufficient segregation of duties, which was
considered a material weakness. |
Management believes that the material weaknesses set forth
above did not have a material impact on the Companys financial results and
information required to be disclosed by the Company in its reports that it files
or submits to the SEC under the Exchange Act within the time period specified in
applicable rules and forms. However, management believes that these material
weaknesses resulting in ineffective oversight in the establishment and
monitoring of required internal control over financial reporting can impact the
Companys financial statements for future years. As a result material errors
could occur.
The Company and its management are endeavoring to correct the
above noted weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting. We have
established an audit committee, corporate governance and compensation committee
with sufficient independent members, and we have identified an expert for the
audit committee to advise other members as to correct accounting and reporting
procedures. In addition, we are establishing written policies outlining the
duties of each of the directors and officers of the Company to facilitate better
internal control procedures.
Management will continue to monitor and evaluate the
effectiveness of the Companys internal controls and procedures and its internal
controls over financial reporting on an ongoing basis and is committed to taking
further action and implementing additional enhancements or improvements, as
necessary and as funds allow.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no changes to our internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the last quarter of our fiscal quarter ended May
31, 2015, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially
affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 9B. |
OTHER INFORMATION |
None.
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ITEM 10. |
DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE |
Our executive officers and directors and their respective ages
as of the date of this annual report are as follows:
Name |
Age |
Position Held |
Board Committee
Memberships |
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Reginald Mengi |
72 |
Chairman and Director |
N/A |
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Reyno Scheepers |
58 |
President, Chief Executive Officer and a director |
N/A |
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William Lamarque |
60 |
Vice Chairman and Director Director |
Audit Committee (Chair) |
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Emmanuel Ole Naiko |
63 |
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Corporate Governance and Compensation Committee (Chair); Audit Committee |
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Douglas Boateng |
50 |
Director |
Corporate Governance and Compensation Committee |
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Gizman Abbas |
42 |
Director |
Audit Committee |
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Melinda Hsu |
51 |
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer |
N/A |
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The following describes the business experience of each of our
directors and executive officers, including other directorships held in
reporting companies:
Reginald Mengi has served as our Chairman of our
Board of Directors since September 21, 2010. Mr. Reginald Mengi is the Chairman
and owner of IPP Gold Limited. He also chairs IPP Ltd., one of the largest
private sector holding companies in Tanzania. Mr. Mengi commenced IPP Ltd.s
business in the mid 1980s manufacturing ball point pens. Today the IPP group of
companies is engaged in various areas including bottling of Coca Cola products,
drinking water, manufacturing and bottling of drinks and spirits, mining of
minerals and gemstones, gemstone cutting, lapidary and media.
Until 1985, Mr. Mengi also worked as a Chartered Accountant for
Coopers & Lybrand Tanzania where he served in the role as Chairman and
Managing Partner and led auditing and consultancy teams and participated in the
establishment of companies and institutions.
Reyno Scheepers has served as a director since
September 21, 2010 and as our President and Chief Executive Officer since
November 21, 2011. Dr. Reyno Scheepers involvement with the mining industry
stretches for a period of 29 years. He started off as a researcher at the Fuel
Research Institute (CSIR) of South Africa where he gained experience in the
composition and characteristics of various South African coal fields. This was
followed by a two year period as a geologist at a South African gold mine where
he gained experience in underground geology, underground and surface exploration
and gold exploration project planning. He then joined the University of
Stellenbosch where he became a professor in petrology/mineralogy in 1999.
Since 1995 Dr. Scheepers directed his efforts towards the
investigation of gemstone deposits covering alluvial and kimberlitic diamond
deposits in South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Tanzania.
One of his major achievements in Tanzania was the investigation of the geology
and technical aspects of the Merelani tanzanite deposit which eventually led to
the successful listing of the first colored gemstone company on the Johannesburg
Stock Exchange.
Dr. Scheepers is also closely involved in the application and
development of geochemical analytical techniques and was in charge of the
running of an XRF laboratory, an ICP=AES laboratory and a micro thermometric
laboratory. He participated in the development of international geochemical
reference standards and completed numerous challenging analytical problems for
the industry over the years.
Dr. Scheepers interest in providing small scale miners with
the necessary skills to conduct safe and effective mining led to the
establishment of the Gemstone Research Centre at Stellenbosch University.Dr.
Scheepers received his B.Sc. (Hons), Cum Laude in 1979, his M.Sc, Cum Laude in
1982 and his PhD in 1990 from the University of Stellenbosch.
William Lamarque has served as a director since
March 15, 2012, our Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of
the Audit Committee since April 10, 2012. Mr. Lamarque currently serves as the
Chief Executive Officer of Ecometals Ltd. He is also a Partner and co-founder of
Balor Capital Management, LLC. Mr. Lamarque is, prior to his Handeni Gold
appointment, on the board of three privately held and one publicly traded mining
company, and President of Hanson Capital Asia Ltd.
On graduating from Cambridge University where he won an Open
Exhibition in Classics, Mr Lamarque joined Jardine Matheson and Co, a Hong Kong
based group with interests in trading, shipping, civil aviation, engineering,
construction, property and financial services, focused on East Asia. He had postings in
London, Hong Kong and Shanghai and studied Chinese at the Mandarin Daily News
Institute in Taipei, before becoming the General Manager responsible for the
Group's overall activities in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC).
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Mr Lamarque joined NM Rothschild and Sons, the London based
investment bank, in 1986, as PRC country manager, on the boards of the bank's
affiliates in Hong Kong and Singapore. Returning to London in 1989, Mr Lamarque
became a main board director of the bank and held various positions within the
Treasury Division, with an emphasis on precious and LME metals trading and mine
finance, and the bank's activities in emerging markets, in particular with the
official sector. He moved to New York in 2000, to head the Group's Treasury
activities in the Americas. Mr Lamarque left Rothschilds in 2002 to join Hanson
Capital, a London based boutique investment bank and was a founding partner of
Balor Capital, a private trading and derivative advisory business based on Wall
Street in 2006. Mr Lamarque sits on various mining company boards including
those of Ecometals (for which he is also CEO) and Ivanplats, a large privately
held exploration company with interests in the DRC and South Africa. He is also
a non-executive director of a UK-based warehousing and trucking company, Hanson
Logistics. At various times Mr Lamarque has served on the World Gold Council's
Central Bank Committee and the China Committee of British Invisibles and has
chaired the Public Affairs Committee of the London Bullion Market Association.
He was also for several years a Member of the Comex.
Emmanuel Ole Naiko has served as a
director since April 16, 2012. Mr. Naiko currently serves as the managing
director of Stesta Consulting, a firm focusing on among other things, mining
advisory services. Mr. Naiko is a qualified mining and metallurgical engineer
and a professional member of the American Society of Mining Engineers and
Metallurgists. In 2011, Mr. Naiko retired after five years as Chief Executive
Officer of the Tanzanian Investment Centre. Mr. Naikos extensive experience
during the course of his career includes serving in the following positions:
Vice President, World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA);
board member, Tanzania State Mining Corporation; board member, Tanzania
Petroleum Development Corporation; board member, Bank of Africa; board member,
Tanzania Private Sector Foundation; board member, Maganga-Mtatitu Iron Project;
and board member, University of Dar-es-Salaam Investment Committee.
Mr. Naiko graduated from the Haileybury School of Mines
(Canada) and Colorado School of Mines (USA). He also holds investment
educational certificates from the Centre for Applied Studies on International
Negotiations (Switzerland), Nanning Technological University (Singapore) and the
Hans Seidel Foundation (Germany).
Douglas Boateng has served as a director since
September 21, 2010 and as our President and Chief Executive Officer from August
18, 2011 to November 20, 2011. Dr. Douglas Boateng has over 18 years of
extensive multi-sector international experience. His career includes positions
as a CEO, director and senior level consulting in Technology (ICT),
Chemicals/Pharma-chemical, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology, Aviation,
Engineering, Business management, Mergers and Acquisitions, Strategic alliance
and partnerships, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Media, Consulting,
Corporate and Strategic Business Development, Corporate Governance and Advisory
services to selected Government ministries. Dr. Boateng has also successfully
worked and consulted for some of the worlds leading corporations in Europe,
the United States and Africa.
Prior to joining the Company, Dr. Boateng founded PanAvest
International, an organization with a vision to assist companies profitably
extend their market reach through the application of innovative Business
Development Logistics and Supply Chain Management solutions. He has acted as an
independent advisor and consultant to one of Scandinavias largest generic
pharmaceutical companies on logistics, supply chain and business development and
strategies and one of Africas leading healthcare distributors. Dr. Boateng is
also a post graduate visiting professor on logistics and supply chain management
and a Masters and Doctoral project supervisor at one of Africas largest and
most respected business schools. He current sits on the editorial board of Smart
Procurement, the largest supply chain related portal in Africa and the Middle
East.
Dr. Boateng holds a Graduate Diploma in Company Direction from
the Institute of Directors, a Doctorate in Engineering Business Management from
the University of Warwick-UK, an MSc in Industrial Logistics from the University
of Central England-UK and a post graduate diploma in transport and logistics
from Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK.
Gizman Abbas has served as a director
since February 1, 2012. Mr. Gizman Abbas is Managing Partner, DI Development
LLC, a development company focusing on the New York City real estate market,
which he founded in 2011 to take advantage of the opportunities resulting from
the 2008 financial downturn. Before DI Development, Mr. Abbas was a Partner at
Apollo Commodities Partners, L.P., where he helped build Apollo Global
Managements newly established commodities business. He joined Apollo from
Goldman Sachs where he was a Vice President in the Commodities Asset Investment
business. While at Goldman, he worked on transactions involving resources,
power, biofuels, emissions and agriculture. Prior to joining Goldman, he was a
banker at Morgan Stanley where he spent time in the power and energy banking
group.
Mr. Abbas began his career at Southern Company working at a
coal-fired power plant, followed by a period as an oil and gas engineer at Exxon
Mobil. Mr. Abbas graduated with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Auburn
University and received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at
Northwestern University.
Melinda Hsu has served as our Secretary,
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer since March 1, 2012 and as our controller
since November 2011. Ms. Hsu has been the president and principal of AMICA
Resource Inc. (AMICA), a private company, since September 2007. Ms. Hsu had
worked for various public and private companies, including Dejour Energy Inc. as
a senior consultant from February 2011to April 2013 and as a controller from
September 2007 to April 2008, Silverado Gold Mines Ltd. as a controller from
April 2008 to October 2010 and Manex Resource Group from December 2005 to
September 2007.
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Ms. Hsu has been directly involved in mining and oil and gas
industries for more than ten years, with strengths in Canadian and U.S. public
financial reporting and regulatory compliance, Canadian and U.S. tax, internal
control policies, budgeting and strategic planning. In addition, Ms. Hsu has
over 25 years of diversified business experience in areas of accounting,
finance, budget, corporate development, marketing and administration experience
in Canada and China. She received her Certified General Accountant designation
from the CGA Association of British Columbia, Canada, in 2004 and graduated from
the Peoples University of China in 1988 with a Masters degree in Business
Administration.
Term of Office
Our directors are appointed for a one-year term to hold office
until the next annual general meeting of our stockholders or until removed from
office in accordance with our bylaws. Our officers are appointed by our Board of
Directors and hold office until removed by the Board.
Board of Directors Meetings
During the fiscal year ended May 31, 2015, our board of
directors had two Board of Directors meetings, four Audit Committee meetings,
and none of Corporate Governance and Compensation Committee meetings.
Significant Employees
Other than the officers and directors described above, as at
May 31, 2015, we had approximate four full-time equivalent employees and
consultants located in Tanzania. We also retain independent geologists and
consultants on a contract basis to conduct the work programs on our mineral
properties in order to carry out our plan of operations.
Family Relationships
There are no family relationships among our directors or
officers.
Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
To the best of our knowledge and belief, none of our directors
or executive officers has been involved in any of the following events during
the past ten years that is material to an evaluation of the ability of such
person to serve as an executive officer or director of our Company:
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a petition under the Federal bankruptcy laws or any state
insolvency law was filed by or against, or a receiver, fiscal agent or
similar officer was appointed by a court for the business or property of
such person, or any partnership in which he was a general partner at or
within two years before the time of such filing, or any corporation or
business association of which he was an executive officer at or within two
years before the time of such filing; |
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such person was convicted in a criminal proceeding or is
a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic
violations and other minor offenses); |
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such person was the subject of any order, judgment, or
decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of
competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining him from, or
otherwise limiting, the following activities: |
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acting as a futures commission merchant, introducing
broker, commodity trading advisor, commodity pool operator, floor broker,
leverage transaction merchant, any other person regulated by the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission, or an associated person of any of the
foregoing, or as an investment adviser, underwriter, broker or dealer in
securities, or as an affiliated person, director or employee of any
investment company, bank, savings and loan association or insurance
company, or engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice in
connection with such activity; |
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engaging in any type of business practice; or |
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engaging in any activity in connection with the purchase
or sale of any security or commodity or in connection with any violation
of Federal or State securities laws or Federal commodities
laws; |
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such person was the subject of any order, judgment or
decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any Federal or
State authority barring, suspending or otherwise limiting for more than 60
days the right of such person to engage in any activity described in
paragraph 3(i) above, or to be associated with persons engaged in any such
activity; |
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such person was found by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Commission to have violated any
Federal or State securities law, and the judgment in such civil action or
finding by the Commission has not been subsequently reversed, suspended,
or vacated; |
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such person was found by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission to have violated any Federal commodities law, and the judgment
in such civil action or finding by the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission has not been subsequently reversed, suspended or
vacated; |
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such person was the subject of, or a party to, any
Federal or State judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or
finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, relating to an
alleged violation of: |
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any Federal or State securities or commodities law or
regulation; |
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any law or regulation respecting financial institutions
or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or
permanent injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money
penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or
prohibition order; or |
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any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or
fraud in connection with any business entity;
or |
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such person was the subject of, or a party to, any
sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any
self-regulatory organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the
Exchange Act), any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of
the United States Commodity Exchange Act), or any equivalent exchange,
association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over
its members or persons associated with a member. |
We are not aware of any material legal proceedings in which any
of the following persons is a party adverse to our Company or has a material
interest adverse to our Company: (a) any current director, officer, or affiliate
of the Company, or any owner of record or beneficial owner of more than five
percent of any class of voting securities of the Company; (b) any person
proposed for appointment or election as a director or officer of our Company; or
(c) any associate of any such person.
Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our directors and
officers, and the persons who beneficially own more than ten percent of our
common stock, to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the
SEC. Copies of all filed reports are required to be furnished to us pursuant to
Rule 16a-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act. Based solely on the reports
received by us and on the representations of the reporting persons with respect
to our most recent fiscal year, we believe that these persons have complied with
all applicable filing requirements during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2015.
Code of Ethics
We have adopted a code of ethics applicable to our directors,
principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting
officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. A copy of our
code of ethics is incorporated by reference as an exhibit to this Report and can
be reviewed on our corporate website located at www.handenigold.com. If
we make any amendments to our Code of Ethics other than technical,
administrative, or other non-substantive amendments, or grant any waivers,
including implicit waivers, from a provision of our Code of Ethics, we will
disclose the nature of the amendment or waiver, its effective date and to whom
it applies on our website or in a report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC.
Committees
Audit Committee
The Companys Board of Directors has a separately-designated
standing Audit Committee established for the purpose of overseeing the
accounting and financial reporting processes of the Company and audits of the
Companys annual financial statements in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of
the Exchange Act. As of the date of this annual report on Form 10-K, the
Companys Audit Committee is comprised of William Lamarque (who acts as
Chairman), Gizman Abbas and Emmanuel Ole Naiko.
In the opinion of the Companys Board of Directors, all the
members of the Audit Committee are independent (as defined under Rule 5605(c)(2)
of the NASDAQ listing rules and as determined under Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange
Act). Mr. William Lamarque services as the Chairman of the Audit Committee and
is qualified as an audit committee financial expert pursuant to the definition
adopted by SEC and Sections 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. All three members of
the Audit Committee are financially literate, meaning they are able to read and
understand the Companys financial statements and to understand the breadth and
level of complexity of the issues that can reasonably be expected to be raised
by the Companys financial statements.
The members of the Audit Committee do not have fixed terms and
are appointed and replaced from time to time by resolution of the Board of
Directors.
The Audit Committee is to assist the Board of Directors in
fulfilling its oversight responsibilities and its primary duties and
responsibilities are to:
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review managements identification of principal
financial risks and monitor the process to manage such risks; |
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oversee and monitor the Companys compliance
with legal and regulatory requirements; |
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receive and review the reports of the Audit
Committee of any subsidiary with public securities; |
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oversee and monitor the integrity of the Companys
accounting and financial reporting processes, financial statements and
system of internal controls regarding accounting and financial reporting
and accounting compliance; |
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oversee the audit of the Companys financial
statements; |
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oversee and monitor the qualifications,
independence and performance of the Companys external auditors and
internal auditing department; |
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provide an avenue of communication among the
external auditors, management, the internal auditing department and the
Board of Directors; and |
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report to the Board of Directors regularly.
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The Audit Committee has the authority to conduct any review or
investigation appropriate to fulfilling its responsibilities. It shall have
unrestricted access to personnel and information, and any resources necessary to
carry out its responsibility. In this regard, the Audit Committee may direct
internal audit personnel to particular areas of examination.
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Corporate Governance and Compensation
Committee
The Company has combined the Corporate Governance Committee and
the Compensation Committee into a Corporate Governance and Compensation
Committee since January 22, 2013. As of the date of this annual report on Form
10-K, the Companys Corporate Governance and Compensation Committee is comprised
of three directors, Emmanuel Ole Naiko (who acts as Chairman), Reyno Scheepers
and Douglas Boateng. Mr. Reyno Scheepers and Mr. Douglas Boateng are not
independent as defined under Rule 5605(c)(2) of the NASDAQ listing rules and as
determined under Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act.
The Corporate Governance and Compensation Committee is to (i)
identify and recommend to the Board individuals qualified to be nominated for
election to the Board, (ii) recommend to the Board the members and Chair for
each Board committee and (iii) periodically review and assess the Corporations
corporate governance principles and make recommendations for changes thereto to
the Board, (iv) assist the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities
relating to officer and director compensation, succession planning for senior
managements, development and retention of senior management, and such other
duties as directed by the Board.
Steering Committee
Since January 2013, the Steering Committee has been
specifically established for the purpose of overseeing, directing and monitoring
administrative and financial affairs, corporate priorities and future direction,
key business issues and major operation activities through conference meetings
when needed.
Currently the Companys Steering Committee consists of the
following members:
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William Lamarque (who acts as Chairman),
Vice Chairman and Director |
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Reyno Scheepers, President, Chief
Executive Officer and Director |
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Gizman Abbas, Director |
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Melinda Hsu, Chief Financial
Officer |
Technical Advisory Committee
The Technical Advisory Committee has been specifically
constituted to enable the Company to effectively operate in the geological
environments associated with mineralized systems in Archaean and Proterozoic
terranes. Additional expertise comprising other disciplines may be co-opted to
the committee from time to time, as the situation may require.
Currently the Companys Technical Committee consists of the
following members:
Dr. P.G. Gresse (Structural- and Exploration
Geology) is a renowned structural geologist with a lifetime experience
in Africa. He has extensive experience in field geological mapping, structural
geology and basin analysis. Dr. Gresse has been involved in various
international research and mapping programs specialising in Late Proterozoic
geology. Dr. Gresse has published widely in local and international journals
(33) and has attended and presented papers at numerous international conferences
and symposia (25).
Mr. C. Lötter (Geophysics and Exploration
Geology) has 30 years experience in mining and exploration geophysics
and has run his own consulting and contracting business for 20 years. He has
extensive experience in the Greenstone terrains of southern, eastern and western
Africa as well as the Zambian and Botswana Copper belts. Mr. Lotter is involved
in survey planning and design and QC/QA and interpretation, including 2D/3D
forward and inversion modelling, on a daily basis.
Mr. E. D. Ole Naiko (Mining Engineering and Mineral
Economics) conducted his post graduate studies in Mineral Economics and
Metallurgical Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. He has been an
executive director of the Tanzania Investment Centre and the manager of various
state mining companies, including gold mining companies, as well as an executive
director of the TIC (Tanzania Investment Centre) in Tanzania. Mr. Naiko plays a
major role in promoting the minerals industry of the country and attracting
investment to the sector.
Mr. B. McDonald (Exploration- and Economic
Geology) is an exploration geologist with vast experience in Africa,
South America, Mexico, and Cuba. He has been exploration manager on numerous
successful projects for various prestigious companies including Billiton
S.A.(aka BHP Billiton) and GENCOR S.A. as well as managing exploration projects
for smaller companies including Trans Hex, the OOkiep Copper Company, and along
with numerous others. The commodities within his experience portfolio span from
base metals, gold, precious metals, asbestos, uranium, diamonds, and coloured
gemstones. His gold experience covers the spectrum from sedimentary to high
grade metamorphic related gold. Complementing his geological achievements are
his people skills, often successfully managing a work force of more than 100
people, including several teams of professionals concurrently under difficult
operational conditions.
Dr. R. Scheepers (Petrology, Geochemistry, Exploration
Geology) has been involved with geology and the mining
industry over a period of 28 years. He is the Companys CEO and a director. Dr.
Scheepers is a registered Professional Natural Scientist in Geological Science
and a member of:
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Geological Society of South Africa (since
1984); |
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SACNASP Registered (since 1984); |
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The Mineralogical Society of South Africa (1996
to 2001); |
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Geological Society Western Province Branch
(1985 to 2002); |
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Society of Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits
(1989 to 1997); |
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Council member: Geological Society of South
Africa (1996 to 1999); |
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Council member: The Mineralogical Society of
South Africa (2002); |
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Committee member: Geological Society Western
Province Branch (1985 to 1989); and |
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Committee member: The S.A. Code for
Stratigraphy Committee, since 1993. |
ITEM 11. |
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
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Compensation Discussion and Analysis
The table below summarizes all compensation awarded to, earned
by or paid to our executive officers by any person for all services rendered in
all capacities to us during our fiscal years ended May 31, 2015 and 2014.
Summary Compensation Table
Name and Principal
Position |
Year |
Salary
($) |
Bonus
($) |
Stock
Awards ($) |
Option
Awards ($) |
Non-
Equity Incentive Plan Comp-
ensation ($) |
Non-
qualified Deferred Comp-
ensation Earnings ($) |
All Other
Compensation ($) |
Total
($) |
Reyno Scheepers (1)
President & Chief Executive Officer |
2015 |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
180,000(1a) |
169,200 |
2014 |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
169,200(1b) |
169,200 |
Melinda Hsu (2)
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
|
2015 |
47,553 |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
77,644(2a) |
125,197 |
2014 |
50,662 |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
84,438(2b) |
135,100 |
Douglas Boateng (3)
Former President & Chief Executive Officer
|
2015 |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
7,500(3a) |
7,500 |
2014 |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
3,750(3b) |
3,750 |
|
(1) |
Mr. Scheepers was appointed as our President and Chief
Executive Officer effective on November 21, 2011 and as our Chief
Operating Officer effective on October 6, 2011. Mr. Scheepers has been a
director since September 21, 2010. The Other Compensation to Mr.
Scheepers consists of: |
|
a) |
$144,000 in executive and administration service fees
incurred during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2015 and $36,000 which
represents the payment of 60% of rental expenses associated with renting
Mr. Scheepers family house in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania pursuant to his
Executive Services Agreement with the Company; As at May 31, 2015, a total
of $306,000 remained as payable. |
|
b) |
$144,000 in executive and administration service fees
incurred during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014 and $25,200 which
represents the payment of 60% of rental expenses associated with renting
Mr. Scheepers family house in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania pursuant to his
Executive Services Agreement with the Company; As at May 31, 2014, a total
of $162,000 remained as payable. |
(2) |
Ms. Hsu was appointed as our Chief Financial Officer,
Secretary and Treasurer effective on March 1, 2012. The Other
Compensation to Ms. Hsu consists of: |
|
a) |
$77,644 in executive and administration service fees
during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2015 earned by a private company
controlled by Ms. Hsu. As at May 31, 2015, a total of $3,615 remained as a
payable. |
|
b) |
$84,438 in executive and administration service fees
during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014 earned by a private company
controlled by Ms. Hsu. |
(3) |
Mr. Boateng was appointed as our President and Chief
Executive Officer effective on August 18, 2011 and resigned effective on
November 21, 2011. Mr. Boateng has been a director since September 21,
2010. The Other Compensation to Mr. Boateng consists
of: |
|
a) |
$7,500 of directors fees incurred during the fiscal year
ended May 31, 2015; a total of $21,250 fees remained as payable as at May
31, 2015. |
|
b) |
$3,750 of directors fees incurred during the fiscal year
ended May 31, 2014; a total of $23,750 fees remained as payable as at May
31, 2014. |
Compensation of Directors
Effective on June 1, 2013, the Board of Directors (the Board)
approved a reduction of monetary compensation to independent directors and/or
non-executive directors of the Company as follows:
(1) |
annual independent director fees of $30,000 has been
reduced to $15,000, subject to attending a minimum of four Board meeting a
year; any applicable directors fees shall be reduced by 25% for each
board meeting less than four which is not attended. |
|
|
(2) |
meeting attendance fees of $1,000 per meeting has been
waived; |
|
|
(3) |
additional annual fees of $10,000 to the Companys Board
Committee Chairperson has been reduced to $5,000; and |
|
|
(4) |
additional annual fees of $20,000 to the Vice Chairman of
the Board has been reduced to $10,000. |
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The table below summarizes all compensation awarded to, earned
by or paid to our current or former directors during our fiscal year ended May
31, 2015. Certain of our current or former directors served or have served as
officers of the Company and any compensation they received due to their services
are disclosed in the table above and are not included in the table below.
Director Compensation
Name and Principal
Position |
Fees
earned or paid in cash ($) |
Stock
Awards ($) |
Option
Awards ($) |
Non-Equity Incentive Plan
Compen- sation ($) |
Nonqualified Deferred Compen-
sation Earnings ($) |
All
Other Compen- sation ($) |
Total
($) |
Reginald Mengi |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Reyno Scheepers (1) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Douglas Boateng (1) |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
William Lamarque (2) |
30,000 |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
30,000 |
Emmanuel Naiko (3) |
20,000 |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
20,000 |
Gizman Abbas (4) |
15,000 |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
Nil |
15,000
|
(1) |
See summary compensation table above. |
(2) |
A total of 26,500 directors fees remained as payable as
of May 31, 2015. |
(3) |
A total of 55,500 directors fees remained as payable as
of May 31, 2015. |
(4) |
A total of 41,750 directors fees remained as payable as
of May 31, 2015. |
Outstanding Equity Awards
The following table sets forth information at our fiscal year
ended May 31, 2015 relating to outstanding equity awards that have been granted
to the directors and named executive officers listed in the tables above:
OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL
YEAR-END |
OPTION AWARDS |
|
STOCK AWARDS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity |
Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Incentive |
Incentive |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Plan |
Plan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Awards: |
Awards: |
|
|
|
Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
Number |
Market or |
|
|
|
Incentive |
|
|
|
|
|
of |
Payout |
|
|
|
Plan |
|
|
|
|
Market |
Unearned |
Value of |
|
|
|
Awards: |
|
|
|
|
Value of |
Shares, |
Unearned |
|
Number of |
Number of |
Number of |
|
|
|
Number of |
Shares or |
Units or |
Shares, |
|
Securities |
Securities |
Securities |
|
|
|
Shares or |
Units of |
Other |
Units or |
|
Underlying |
Underlying |
Underlying |
|
|
|
Units of |
Stock |
Rights |
Other |
|
Unexercised |
Unexercised |
Unexercised |
Option |
|
|
Stock That |
That |
That |
Rights |
|
Options |
Options |
Unearned |
Exercise |
Option |
|
Have Not |
Have Not |
Have Not |
That Have |
Name
|
Exercisable |
Unexercisable |
Options |
Price |
Expiration |
|
Vested |
Vested |
Vested |
Not Vested |
|
(#) |
(#) |
(#) |
($) |
Date |
|
(#) |
($) |
(#) |
(#) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reginald Mengi |
10,000,000 |
N/A
|
N/A
|
$0.20 |
11/29/2020 |
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A |
Reyno Scheepers |
4,000,000 |
N/A |
N/A |
$0.20 |
11/29/2020 |
|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A
|
|
1,500,000 |
N/A
|
N/A
|
$0.45 |
11/30/2021 |
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A |
Melinda Hsu |
1,000,000 |
N/A
|
N/A
|
$0.11 |
03/01/2017 |
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A |
Douglas Boateng |
4,500,000 |
N/A |
N/A |
$0.20 |
11/29/2020 |
|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A
|
|
3,000,000 |
N/A
|
N/A
|
$0.45 |
11/30/2021 |
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A |
William Lamarque |
200,000 |
N/A
|
N/A
|
$0.08 |
07/04/2022 |
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A |
Emmanuel Naiko |
200,000 |
N/A
|
N/A
|
$0.08 |
07/04/2022 |
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A |
Gizman Abbas |
200,000 |
N/A
|
N/A
|
$0.08 |
07/04/2022 |
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A |
ITEM 12. |
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL
OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
|
The following table sets forth certain information concerning
the number of shares of our common stock owned beneficially as of the date of
this annual report by: (i) each person (including any group) known to us to own
more than 5% of any class of our voting securities, (ii) each of our directors,
(iii) each of our officers and (iv) our officers and directors as a group. Each
stockholder listed possesses sole voting and investment power with respect to
the shares shown.
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Officers and Directors
Title of class |
Name and
address of beneficial
owner(1) |
Amount and nature of
beneficial owner (2) |
Percentage of
class(3) |
Common Stock |
Reginald
Mengi(1) |
158,333,333(4) |
49.26% |
Common Stock |
Reyno
Scheepers(1) |
5,500,000(5) |
1.71% |
Common Stock |
Douglas
Boateng(1) |
7,500,000(6) |
2.33% |
Common Stock |
William Lamarque
(1) |
400,000(7) |
0.12% |
Common Stock |
Emmanuel Naiko
(1) |
400,000(7) |
0.12% |
Common Stock |
Gizman Abbas
(1) |
400,000(7) |
0.12% |
Common Stock |
Melinda Hsu
(1) |
1,000,000(8) |
0.31% |
Common Stock |
All executive
officers and directors as a group |
173,533,333 |
53.99%
|
5% or Greater Shareholders:
Title of class |
Name and address
of beneficial owner |
Amount and nature of
beneficial owner(2)
|
Percentage of
class(3) |
Common Stock |
Reginald
Mengi(1) |
158,333,333(4) |
49.26% |
Common Stock |
Zoeb
Hassuji(9) |
16,666,667 |
5.19%
|
1. |
The address of our officers and directors is our
Companys address, which is P.O. Box 33507, Plot 82A, ITV Road, Mikocheni
Light Industrial Area, Dar es Salaam, Republic of Tanzania. |
2. |
Under Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act a beneficial owner
of a security includes any person who, directly or indirectly, through any
contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise has or
shares: (i) voting power, which includes the power to vote or to direct
the voting of shares; and (ii) investment power, which includes the power
to dispose or direct the disposition of shares. Certain shares may be
deemed to be beneficially owned by more than one person (if, for example,
persons share the power to vote or the power to dispose of the shares). In
addition, shares are deemed to be beneficially owned by a person if the
person has the right to acquire the shares (for example, upon exercise of
an option) within 60 days of the date as of which the information is
provided. In computing the percentage ownership of any person, the amount
of shares outstanding is deemed to include the amount of shares
beneficially owned by such person (and only such person) by reason of
these acquisition rights. |
3. |
Based on 321,416,654 shares of our common stock issued
and outstanding as of August 18, 2015. |
4. |
Includes 133,333,333 shares held by IPP Gold Limited,
15,000,000 shares held by Handeni Resources Limited, and 10,000,000 fully
vested stock options held by Mr. Mengi with an exercise price at $0.20 per
share exercisable by November 29, 2020. |
5. |
Represents 4,000,000 fully vested stock options with an
exercise price at $0.20 per share exercisable by November 29, 2020 and
1,500,000 fully vested stock options with an exercise price at $0.45 per
share exercisable by November 30, 2021. |
6. |
Represents 4,500,000 fully vested stock options with an
exercise price at $0.20 per share exercisable by November 29, 2020 and
3,000,000 fully vested stock options with an exercise price at $0.45 per
share exercisable by November 30, 2021. |
7. |
Represents 200,000 shares of our common stock and 200,000
fully vested stock options with an exercise price at $0.08 per share
exercisable by July 4, 2022. |
8. |
Represents fully vested stock options with an exercise
price at $0.11 per share exercisable by March 1, 2017. |
9. |
The registered address of this shareholder is Bonite
Bottlers, Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. |
Changes in Control
We are unaware of any contract, or other arrangement or
provision of our Articles, the operation of which may at any subsequent date
result in a change in control of the Company.
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation
Plans
Refer to Item 5. above.
ITEM 13. |
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED
TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE |
Except as described below, none of the following parties has,
in the last two fiscal years, had any material interest, direct or indirect, in
any transaction with us or in any presently proposed transaction that has or
will materially affect us:
|
1. |
any of our directors or officers; |
|
|
|
|
2. |
any person proposed as a nominee for election as a
director; |
|
|
|
|
3. |
any person who beneficially owns, directly or indirectly,
shares carrying more than 10% of the voting rights attached to our
outstanding shares of common stock; or |
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|
4. |
any member of the immediate family (including spouse,
parents, children, siblings and in-laws) of any of the above
persons. |
Related Party Transactions
a) |
The Company has entered into the following facility
agreements with related parties: |
|
i) |
On December 7, 2012, and as amended on September 4, 2013,
June 18, 2014 and March 20, 2015, the Company entered into a facility
agreement with IPP Ltd., a private company controlled by the Chairman of
the Company. The funding is in the form of an interest free unsecured loan
to the Company of up to $720,000 due May 31, 2017. As of May 31, 2015, IPP
Ltd. has fully advanced $720,000 (May 31, 2014: $695,683) to the Company
pursuant to this facility agreement. |
|
|
|
|
ii) |
On October 9, 2013, and as amended on June 18, 2014 and
March 20, 2015, the Company entered into a facility agreement with
Consultancy & Finance Company Associates Ltd. (C&F), a private
company controlled by the Chairman of the Company. The funding is in the
form of an interest free unsecured loan to the Company of up to $405,000
due May 31, 2017. As of May 31, 2015, C&F has fully advanced $405,000
(May 31, 2014: $375,000) to the Company pursuant to this facility
agreement. |
|
|
|
|
iii) |
On November 20, 2014, the Company entered into a facility
agreement with C&F. The funding is in the form of an interest-free
unsecured loan to the Company of up to $500,000 due May 31, 2017. As of
May 31, 2015, C&F has advanced $215,000 to the Company pursuant to
this facility agreement. |
b) |
During the year ended May 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company
incurred administration and professional services fees of $144,000 to a
director, the current President and Chief Executive Officer (the CEO),
and there was a total of $306,000 remaining payable as at May 31, 2015
(May 31, 2014: $162,000). In addition, during the year ended May 31, 2015
and 2014, the Company incurred geological and other service fees of
$36,000 to a private company controlled by a person who is related to the
CEO and there was a total of $Nil fees remaining payable as at May 31,
2015 (May 31, 2014: $3,000). |
|
|
c) |
During the year ended May 31, 2015, the Company also paid
$36,000 (the year ended May 31, 2014: $25,200) representing 60% of annual
rental expenses associated with renting the CEOs family house in
Tanzania, pursuant to the Executive Services Agreement. |
|
|
d) |
During the year ended May 31, 2015, the Company incurred
administration and professional services fees of $125,197 (the year ended
May 31, 2014: $135,100) to the Companys Chief Financial Officer (the
CFO), and there was a total of $3,615 remaining payable as at May 31,
2015. |
|
|
e) |
During the year ended May 31, 2015, the Company incurred
independent and non-executive directors fees of $72,500 (2014: $68,750).
As at May 31, 2015, the Company had $145,000 (May 31, 2014: $112,500) of
unpaid independent directors fees in related party accounts payable and
accrued liabilities. |
Director Independence
The Board has analyzed the independence of each director and
has determined that the members of the Board listed below are independent as
that term is defined under Rule 5605(a)(2) of the NASDAQ listing rules. Each
director is free of relationships that would interfere with the individual
exercise of independent judgment. Based on these standards, the Board determined
that each of the following directors is independent and has no relationship with
the Company, except as a director and shareholder:
|
|
William Lamarque; |
|
|
Emmanuel Ole Naiko; and |
|
|
Gizman Abbas. |
ITEM 14. |
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
|
Manning Elliott LLP served as our independent registered public
accounting firm and audited our consolidated financial statements for the fiscal
years ended May 31, 2015 and 2014. Aggregate fees billed during fiscal years
ended May 31, 2015 and 2014 to the Company by Manning Elliott LLP for rendered
professional services are set forth below:
|
Year Ended May 31,
2015 |
Year Ended May 31,
2014 |
Audit Fees |
$28,833 |
$24,400 |
Audit-Related Fees |
-- |
-- |
Tax Fees |
$3,058 |
$3,290 |
All Other Fees |
-- |
-- |
Total |
$31,892 |
$27,690 |
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Audit Fees
Audit fees are the aggregate fees billed for professional
services rendered by our independent auditors for the audit of our annual
consolidated financial statements, the review of the interim consolidated
financial statements included in each of our quarterly reports and services
provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.
Audit Related Fees
Audit related fees are the aggregate fees billed by our
independent auditors for assurance and related services that are reasonably
related to the performance of the audit or review of our consolidated financial
statements and are not described in the preceding category.
Tax Fees
Tax fees are billed by our independent auditors for tax
compliance, tax advice and tax planning.
All Other Fees
All other fees include fees billed by our independent auditors
for products or services other than as described in the immediately preceding
three categories.
Policy on Pre-Approval of Services Performed by Independent
Auditors
It is our Board of Directors policy to pre-approve all audit
and permissible non-audit services performed by the independent auditors. The
Board of Directors approved all services that our independent accountants
provided to us in the past two fiscal years.
The Audit Committee is responsible for appointing, setting
compensation for and overseeing the work of the independent registered public
accounting firm. The Audit Committee requires its pre-approval of all audit and
permissible non-audit services provided by the independent registered public
accounting firm. The Audit Committee considers whether such services are
consistent with the rules of the SEC on auditor independence.
The following exhibits are filed with this Annual Report on
Form 10-K:
Exhibit |
Description of Exhibit |
Number |
|
3.1(1) |
Articles of Incorporation.
|
3.2(12) |
Certificate of Amendment to Articles of
Incorporation. |
3.3(21) |
Articles of Merger as filed
with the Nevada Secretary of State. |
3.3(3) |
Amended Bylaws, as amended on September 5,
2006. |
10.1(4) |
Asset Purchase Agreement with
KBT Discovery Group Tanzania Ltd. |
10.2(4) |
Asset Purchase Agreement with Hydro-Geos
Consulting Group Tanzania Ltd. |
10.3(4) |
Asset Purchase Agreement with
Megadeposit Explorers Ltd. |
10.4(5) |
Amendment No. 1 to Asset Purchase Agreement
with KBT Discovery Group Tanzania Ltd. |
10.5(5) |
Amendment No. 1 to Asset
Purchase Agreement with Hydro-Geos Consulting Group Tanzania Ltd. |
10.6(5) |
Amendment No. 1 to Asset Purchase Agreement
with Megadeposit Explorers Ltd. |
10.7(6) |
Amendment No. 2 to Asset
Purchase Agreement with KBT Discovery Group Tanzania Ltd. |
10.8(6) |
Amendment No. 2 to Asset Purchase Agreement
with Hydro-Geos Consulting Group Tanzania Ltd. |
10.9(6) |
Amendment No. 2 to Asset
Purchase Agreement with Megadeposit Explorers Ltd. |
10.10(7) |
Strategic Alliance Agreement between the
Company and Canaco Resources Inc. |
10.11(8) |
Option Agreement between the
Company and Canaco Resources Inc. |
10.12(9) |
Amendment No. 1 to Strategic Alliance Agreement
between the Company and Canaco Resources Inc. |
10.13(9) |
Kwadijava Option Agreement.
|
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10.14(9) |
Negero Option Agreement. |
10.15(10) |
Joint Venture Agreement with
Mkuvia Maita. |
10.16(11) |
2007 Stock Incentive Plan. |
10.17(14) |
2008 Stock Incentive Plan.
|
10.18(11) |
Consulting Agreement with Harpreet Sangha.
|
10.19(11) |
Consulting Agreement with
Rovingi. |
10.20(13) |
Joint Venture Agreement with Mkuvia Maita dated
June 5, 2009. |
10.21(15) |
Agreement with Ruby Creek
Resources, Inc. dated November 7, 2009. |
10.22(16) |
Purchase Agreement with Ruby Creek Resources,
Inc., dated for reference May 19, 2010. |
10.23(17) |
August 2010 Stock Incentive
Plan. |
10.24(18) |
Mineral Property Acquisition Agreement between
the Company and IPP Gold Limited, dated September 15, 2010, ratified by
the Companys Board of Directors on September 21, 2010. |
10.26(19) |
November 2010 Stock Incentive
Plan. |
10.27(20) |
Mineral Property Acquisition Agreement between
the Company and Handeni Resources Limited, dated August 5, 2011. |
10.28(22) |
Executive Consulting Services
Agreement between the Company and Amica Resource Inc., dated February 28,
2012. |
10.29(23) |
Unsecured Term Loan Facility Agreement between
the Company and IPP Ltd. dated December 7, 2012 |
10.30(24) |
Unsecured Term Loan Facility
Agreement between the Company and Consultancy & Finance Company
Associates Ltd. dated October 9, 2013 |
14.1(2) |
Code of Ethics. |
21.1 |
Subsidiaries of the Registrant:
|
|
a. Douglas Lake Tanzania Limited (Tanzania);
and |
|
b. HG Limited (Tanzania)
(formerly: DLM Tanzania Limited (Tanzania)). |
23.1* |
Consent of Auditor. |
31.1* |
Certifications of Chief
Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002. |
31.2* |
Certifications of Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
32.1* |
Certifications of Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of
the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002. |
* |
Filed herewith. |
(1) |
Incorporated by reference to Form SB-2
Registration Statement filed on July 22, 2004. |
(2) |
Incorporated by reference to
Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for year ended May 31, 2005. |
(3) |
Incorporated by reference to Annual Report on
Form 10-KSB for year ended May 31, 2006. |
(4) |
Incorporated by reference to
Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 4, 2005. |
(5) |
Incorporated by reference to Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on November 21, 2005. |
(6) |
Incorporated by reference to
Quarterly Report on Form 10-SB for quarterly period ended November 30,
2005. |
(7) |
Incorporated by reference to Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on May 4, 2006. |
(8) |
Incorporated by reference to
Quarterly Report on Form 10-SB for quarterly period ended August 31, 2006.
|
(9) |
Incorporated by reference to Quarterly Report
on Form 10-SB for quarterly period ended August 31, 2007. |
(10) |
Incorporated by reference to
Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 6, 2008. |
(11) |
Incorporated by reference to Annual Report on
Form 10-KSB for year ended May 31, 2007. |
(12) |
Incorporated by reference to
Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 27, 2009 |
(13) |
Incorporated by reference to Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on July 16, 2009 |
(14) |
Incorporated by reference to
Registration Statement Form S-8 filed on December 30, 2008. |
(15) |
Incorporated by reference to Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on November 13, 2009. |
(16) |
Incorporated by reference to
Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 21, 2010. |
(17) |
Incorporated by reference to Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2010. |
(18) |
Incorporated by reference to
Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 27, 2010. |
(19) |
Incorporated by reference to Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2011. |
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(20) |
Incorporated by reference to Current Report on Form 8-K
filed on August 10, 2011. |
(21) |
Incorporated by reference to Current Report on Form 8-K
filed on February 15, 2012. |
(22) |
Incorporated by reference to Current Report on Form 8-K
filed on March 2, 2012. |
(23) |
Incorporated by reference to Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarterly period ended November 30, 2012. |
(24) |
Incorporated by reference to Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarterly period ended August 31,
2013. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 and 15 (d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
HANDENI GOLD INC. |
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By: |
Reyno Scheepers |
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Reyno Scheepers |
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President, Chief Executive Officer (Principal
Executive Officer) and |
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a director |
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Date: August 18, 2015. |
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By: |
Melinda Hsu |
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Melinda Hsu |
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Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial
Officer and Principal |
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Accounting Officer), Secretary and Treasurer
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Date: August 18, 2015.
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__________
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of
the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature |
Title |
Date |
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Reyno Scheepers |
President, Chief Executive Officer (Principal
Executive |
August 18, 2015 |
Reyno Scheepers |
Officer) and a director |
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Reginald Mengi |
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August 18, 2015 |
Reginald Mengi |
Chairman of the Board of Directors and a
director |
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William Lamarque |
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August 18, 2015 |
William Lamarque |
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and a
director |
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Douglas Boateng |
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August 18, 2015 |
Douglas Boateng |
Director |
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Emmanuel Naiko |
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August 18, 2015 |
Emmanuel Naiko |
Director |
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August 18, 2015 |
Melinda Hsu |
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Melinda Hsu |
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial
Officer and |
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Principal Accounting Officer), Secretary and
Treasurer |
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__________
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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the use of our report dated August
18, 2015 relating to the financial statements of
Handeni Gold Inc. (the Company) that are included in
the Companys annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
May 31, 2015, which is incorporated by reference in each of
(i) the Companys Form S-8 Registr ration Statement filed
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
on October 9, 2007, (ii) the Companys Form S-8
Registration Statement filed with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30,
2008, and (iii) the Companys Form S-8 Registration
Statement filed with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2013.
/s/ Manning Elliott
LLP
CHARTERED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS
Vancouver, Canada
August 18, 2015
Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF SARBANES-OXLEY ACT
OF 2002
I, Reyno Scheepers, certify that:
1. |
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of
Handeni Gold Inc.; |
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2. |
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report; |
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3. |
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and
other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report; |
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4. |
The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and
internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have: |
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a. |
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us
by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which
this report is being prepared; |
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b. |
Designed such internal control over financial reporting,
or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed
under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles; |
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c. |
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants
disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on
such evaluation; and |
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d. |
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth quarter
in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control
over financial reporting; and |
5. |
The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the Audit Committee
of the registrants Board of Directors (or persons performing the
equivalent functions): |
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a. |
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in
the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting,
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability
to record, process, summarize and report financial information;
and |
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b. |
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in the
registrants internal control over financial
reporting. |
Date: August 18, 2015.
By: Reyno Scheepers |
Reyno Scheepers |
President, Chief Executive
Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and a director
|
__________
Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF SARBANES-OXLEY ACT
OF 2002
I, Melinda Hsu, certify that:
1. |
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of
Handeni Gold Inc.; |
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2. |
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report; |
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3. |
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and
other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report; |
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4. |
The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and
internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have: |
|
a. |
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us
by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which
this report is being prepared; |
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b. |
Designed such internal control over financial reporting,
or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed
under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles; |
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c. |
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants
disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on
such evaluation; and |
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d. |
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
registrants most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth quarter
in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control
over financial reporting; and |
5. |
The registrants other certifying officer(s) and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the Audit Committee
of the registrants Board of Directors (or persons performing the
equivalent functions): |
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a. |
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in
the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting,
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability
to record, process, summarize and report financial information;
and |
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b. |
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in the
registrants internal control over financial
reporting. |
Date: August 18, 2015.
By: Melinda Hsu |
Melinda Hsu |
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer), Secretary
and Treasurer |
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Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL
FINANCIAL OFFICER
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED
PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
The undersigned, Reyno Scheepers, the Chief Executive Officer,
and Melinda Hsu, the Chief Financial Officer, of Handeni Gold Inc. (the
Company), each hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to his
knowledge, the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2015, fully
complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and that the information contained in the
Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, fairly presents in all material respects
the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
Date: August 18, 2015.
By: Reyno Scheepers |
Reyno Scheepers |
President, Chief Executive
Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and a director |
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By: Melinda Hsu |
Melinda Hsu |
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer), Secretary
and Treasurer |
A signed original of this written statement required by Section
906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the
signatures that appear in typed form within the electronic version of this
written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to the Company and
will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission or its staff upon request.
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