Medoro Resources Announces Second Quarter Results

 

    TORONTO, Aug. 29 /CNW/ - Medoro Resources Ltd. (TSX-V/AIM:MRL) announced

today its 2005 second quarter results for the period ending June 30, 2005. For

the quarter ended June 30, 2005, Medoro reported a loss of $423,000 or $0.00

per share as compared to a loss of $1.9 million or $0.02 per share in the

second quarter of 2004. The loss in the quarter reflects ongoing general and

administrative costs, which are less than half the amount in the same period

last year as a result of the disposal of the majority of the former Gold Mines

of Sardinia assets.

    For the first six months, the company reported a net loss of $900,000 or

$0.01 per share as compared to a loss of $3 million or $0.05 per share in the

same period last year.

    At June 30, 2005 the company had cash of $6.2 million and undiscounted

receivables of $8.2 million.

    At Monte Ollasteddu, a geophysical survey to follow up on last year's

drilling results and help better identify targets for this year's program was

completed. Gold Fields had expected to commence a 2,000 metre diamond drilling

program in July, subject to the receipt of a Research Permit. Once again, the

company has encountered delays in obtaining the necessary permissions and

approvals to commence this program and, at this time, it is not possible to

predict when drilling will be able to commence.

    The company has been unable to find a suitable joint venture partner for

its Pestarena project and, combined with the difficult regulatory environment

in Italy, has decided it would be more appropriate to allow the property to

revert to its original owners rather than make a significant investment in

exploring the property with its own funds. This investment, which has a book

value at quarter end of $5 million, will be written off in the third quarter.

    Elsewhere, the company has been frustrated by significant delays, and

changes in, the process of acquiring certain properties where extensive due

diligence was carried out and has agreed to terminate a joint venture

agreement with our major shareholder, Gold Fields Limited, allowing Gold

Fields to pursue opportunities in the region for their own account.

    The company has increased and broadened its search for new opportunities,

both in terms of location and commodity, in the hope of finding a suitable

investment to provide the company with new opportunities without undue funding

obligations.

 

    THE TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE HAS NOT REVIEWED AND DOES NOT ACCEPT

    RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS NEWS RELEASE.

 

   

    MEDORO RESOURCES LTD.

    (formerly Full Riches Investments Ltd.)

    Consolidated Balance Sheets

    (Expressed in Canadian dollars)

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

                                                      June 30,   December 31,

                                                         2005           2004

                                                 -------------  -------------

    ASSETS                                         (Unaudited)      (Audited)

 

    CURRENT

      Cash and cash equivalents                  $  6,190,759   $  2,448,813

      Accounts receivable                             203,973         75,981

      Prepaid and deposits                             91,081              -

      Current portion of note receivable              725,560        747,908

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                    7,211,373      3,272,702

 

    NOTE AND SHARES RECEIVABLE (Note 2)             5,759,638      5,882,880

    MINERAL PROPERTIES                              6,083,184      5,979,873

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                 $ 19,054,195   $ 15,135,455

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

    LIABILITIES

 

    CURRENT

      Accounts payable and accrued liabilities   $    263,978   $    401,534

    FUTURE INCOME TAXES                             2,130,031      2,130,031

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                    2,394,009      2,531,565

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

    SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

    Share capital (Note 3)                         34,152,795     29,161,976

    Contributed surplus (Note 3)                      584,622        584,622

    Deficit                                       (18,077,231)   (17,142,708)

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                                                   16,660,186     12,603,890

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                                                 $ 19,054,195   $ 15,135,455

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    These unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for the period

    ended June 30, 2005 have not been reviewed by the Company's auditors.

 

    See accompanying Notes to the unaudited interim Consolidated Financial

    Statements.

 

 

 

    MEDORO RESOURCES LTD.

    (formerly Full Riches Investments Ltd.)

    Consolidated Unaudited Statements of Operations and Deficit

    (Expressed in Canadian dollars)

    (Unaudited)

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                                                   Six months   Eight months

                        Three months ended           ended          ended

                             June 30,                      June 30,

                        2005          2004            2005          2004

                   ----------------------------  ----------------------------

    Operating

     expenses:

 

      General and

       admini-

       stration    $    448,125   $  1,182,076   $    953,573   $  2,297,859

       Exploration            -        438,202              -        555,614

                   -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

                        448,125      1,620,278        953,573      2,853,473

 

    Other income

     (expenses):

 

      Accreted

       interest on

       note and

       shares

       receivable       212,460              -        427,040              -

      Depreciation

       and

       amortization           -       (305,870)             -       (305,870)

      Foreign

       exchange gain

       (loss)          (246,830)        33,254   $   (479,396)        45,428

      Interest

       income            21,152         13,062         32,879         80,219

      Other income       38,527              -         38,527              -

                   -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

                         25,309       (259,554)        19,050       (180,223)

                   -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

 

      Net loss for

       the period  $   (422,816)  $ (1,879,832)  $   (934,523)  $ (3,033,696)

 

      Deficit,

       beginning

       of the

       period      $(17,654,415)  $ (7,772,827)  $(17,142,708)  $ (6,618,963)

                   -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

 

 

      Deficit, end

       of the

       period      $(18,077,231)  $ (9,652,659)  $(18,077,231)  $ (9,652,659)

                   -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

                   -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

 

      Basic and

       diluted

       loss per

       share       $      (0.00)  $      (0.02)  $      (0.01)  $      (0.05)

                   -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

 

                   -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

      Weighted

       average

       number of

       common

       Shares

       outstanding   87,115,744     84,670,649     87,077,418     57,264,086

                   -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

 

    See accompanying notes to the unaudited interim Consolidated Financial

    Statements.

 

 

 

    MEDORO RESOURCES LTD.

    (formerly Full Riches Investments Ltd.)

    Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

    (Expressed in Canadian dollars)

    (Unaudited)

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                   Six months   Eight months

                        Three months ended           ended          ended

                             June 30,                      June 30,

                        2005          2004            2005          2004

                   ----------------------------  ----------------------------

 

    Cash provided

     by (used in):

    Operating

     activities:

    Net loss from

     operations    $   (422,817)  $ (1,879,832)  $   (934,523)  $ (3,033,696)

    Items not

     affecting

     cash:

      Loss on

       disposition

       of capital

       assets                 -        305,870              -        305,870

      Unrealized

       foreign

       exchange on

       note

       receivable       357,369        (33,254)       572,629        (45,428)

      Accreted

       interest on

       note and

       shares

       receivable      (230,152)             -       (427,039)             -

    Changes in

     non-cash

     working

     Capital:

      Accounts

       receivables     (126,253)       (58,729)      (127,992)      (363,938)

      Prepaids and

       deposits         (62,273)      (314,191)       (91,081)      (306,295)

      Inventories             -         (6,069)             -         (4,436)

      Other

       long-term

       liabilities            -       (458,331)             -        183,527

      Accounts

       payable and

       accruals         223,391       (462,809)      (137,556)        (8,228)

                   -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

                       (260,735)    (2,907,345)    (1,145,562)    (3,272,624)

                   -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

 

    Investing

     activities:

      Acquisition

       of mineral

       properties             -         (9,752)             -     (1,006,042)

      Property plant

       and equipment   (103,311)         4,327       (103,311)       (11,548)

      Acquisition of

       Sardinia Gold

       Mining SpA             -       (601,785)             -     (2,104,279)

       Repayment of

        promissory

        note                  -              -              -         50,000

                   -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

                       (103,311)      (607,210)      (103,311)    (3,071,869)

                   -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

 

    Financing

     activities:

      Issue of

       common shares

       for cash net

       of share

       issue cost     3,990,819              -      4,990,819              -

      Issue of

       special

       warrants               -              -              -        295,000

      Issue of

       subscriptions

       receipt                -              -              -      8,015,000

      Issue cost on

       warrants and

       subscriptions          -              -              -       (781,515)

                   -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

                      3,990,819              -      4,990,819      7,528,485

      Foreign

       exchange

       impact on

       cash                   -         14,632              -        (12,786)

                   -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

                   -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

    Net increase

     (decrease) in

     cash and

     Equivalents      3,626,773     (3,499,923)     3,741,946      1,171,206

    Cash and cash

     equivalents,

     beginning of

     the period       2,563,986      7,892,468      2,448,813      3,221,339

                   -------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

    Cash and cash

     equivalents,

     end of the

     period        $  6,190,759   $  4,392,545   $  6,190,759   $  4,392,545

                   ----------------------------------------------------------

                   ----------------------------------------------------------

 

    See accompanying notes to the unaudited interim Consolidated Financial

    Statements.

 

 

 

    MEDORO RESOURCES LTD.

    (formerly Full Riches Investments Ltd.)

    Notes to the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements

    Three and six month periods ended June 30, 2005

    And three and eight month periods ended June 30, 2004

    (Expressed in Canadian dollars)

 

    1.  SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

        The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements are prepared

        in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles

        ("GAAP") for interim financial statements. These interim financial

        statements do not contain all disclosures required under GAAP and,

        accordingly, should be read in conjunction with the Company's audited

        financial statements for the fourteen month period ended December 31,

        2004. These interim consolidated financial statements have been

        prepared following the same accounting policies and method of

        computations as the Company's audited financial statements for the

        fourteen month period ended December 31, 2004.

 

        Stock-based compensation

 

        Effective November 1, 2003, the Company adopted the recommendations

        of the amended Handbook Section 3870, "Stock-based Compensation and

        Other Stock-based Payments" ("Section 3870") for stock options

        issued on or after November 1, 2002. Section 3870 established

        standards for recognition, measurement and disclosure of stock-based

        compensation and other stock-based payments made in exchange for

        goods and services provided by employees and non-employees. The

        standard requires that a fair value-based method of accounting be

        applied to all stock-based payments to non-employees and to employee

        awards that are direct awards of stock that call for settlement in

        cash or other assets or are appreciation rights that call for

        settlement by the issuance of equity instruments. Accordingly the

        Company has restated and adjusted the opening deficit of the

        comparative period to reflect the cumulative effect of the change in

        2003.

 

        Previously, the Company provided note disclosure of pro forma net

        loss as if the fair value based method had been used on stock options

        granted to employees and directors after January 1, 2002. The amended

        recommendations have been applied using the retroactive method

        without restatement and had the effect of increasing contributed

        surplus and opening deficit at November 1, 2003 by $245,000.

 

    2.  NOTES AND SHARES RECEIVABLE

 

        The discounted value as at June 30, 2005 of the notes and shares

        receivable from Sargold Resources Corporation ("Sargold") is as

        follows:

 

        Note receivable (a)(i)                                  $  5,900,825

        Shares receivable (a)(ii)                                    584,373

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                                                                   6,485,198

        Current portion of note receivable                          (725,560)

        ---------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                                $  5,759,638

        ---------------------------------------------------------------------

        ---------------------------------------------------------------------

 

        (a)   (i)   $8,154,850 (euro 5.5 million) discounted using a 3.75%

                    risk free interest rate and a 10% risk premium.

 

        The following schedule represents the amounts receivable, discounted

        at June 30, 2005 and the percentage of shares to be released upon

        each individual payment:

 

                                       % of              June 30, 2005

                                      Shares     ----------------------------

                                     Released     Discounted     Discounted

                                       Upon         Value          Value

    Date              Amount         Payment       (Euros)          ($)

    ---------- -----------------  -------------  -------------  -------------

    August 30,

     2005        (euro) 500,000        8.3%    (euro) 489,350   $    725,560

    August 30,

     2006             1,000,000       16.7%           860,395      1,275,707

    August 30,

     2007             1,000,000       16.7%           756,391      1,121,501

    August 30,

     2008             1,500,000       25.0%           997,087      1,478,381

    August 30,

     2009             1,500,000       25.0%           876,560      1,299,676

               --------------------------------------------------------------

               (euro) 5,500,000       91.7%  (euro) 3,979,782   $  5,900,825

               --------------------------------------------------------------

               --------------------------------------------------------------

 

              (ii)  Common shares of Sargold to be issued on or by August 30,

                    2009 for a value equal to $1 million, to be valued at the

                    market price (as determined according to TSX Venture

                    Exchange policy) as at August 30, 2009, subject to a

                    minimum price of $0.225. At June 30, 2005 Sargold shares

                    had a ten day closing average of $0.286. The discounted

                    value as at June 30, 2005, using a 13.75% discount rate,

                    was $584,373.

 

        (b)   Subsequent to quarter end an agreement in principle was reached

              with the debt holder where a portion of the installment payment

              scheduled for August 30, 2005 was postponed. See subsequent

              events note 5(b).

 

    3.  SHARE CAPITAL

 

        (a)   Common shares

 

              Authorized: an unlimited number of common shares with no par

               value

 

              Issued and outstanding

 

                                    Number of                    Contributed

                                      Shares         Amount        Surplus

                                  -------------  -------------  -------------

    Balance, October 31, 2003

     and 2002                        5,935,925   $  6,706,001   $          -

    Cumulative effect of change

     in accounting policy                                            245,000

                                  ----------------------------  -------------

    Adjusted balance, October 31,

     2003                            5,935,925      6,706,001        245,000

    Issued prior to amalgamation    75,626,261     19,941,692        117,950

    Fair value of options and

     warrants exchanged                      -              -         61,403

    Issued as consideration for

     services in connection

     with the amalgamation             319,857         63,971              -

    Issued in settlement of

     accrued liabilities               140,624         70,312              -

    Issued to acquire Miniere

     di Pestarena srl                4,000,000      2,200,000              -

    Issued as consideration for

     services in connection with

     the sale of GMS Australia       1,000,000        180,000              -

    Stock-based compensation                 -              -        160,269

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    Closing balance as at

     December 31, 2004              87,022,667   $ 29,161,976   $    584,622

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

    Issued under private

     placement                      37,692,307      4,990,818              -

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Balance at June 30, 2005       124,714,974   $ 34,152,794   $    584,622

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

        (b)   Escrow shares

 

              As at June 30, 2005, there were 750,000 (December 31, 2004 -

              1,713,000) common shares of the Company held in escrow.

 

        (c)   Warrants

 

                                                   Number of       Exercise

                                                    Warrants         Price

    Balance, October 31, 2003 and 2002                      -   $          -

    GMS England warrants exchanged for

      Warrants of the Company                       5,793,918           1.14

    Agent's warrants                                  687,000           0.70

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    Balance, December 31, 2004                      6,480,918   $       1.10

    Warrant issued in conjunction with private

     placement                                     15,000,000           0.23

    Warrants expired during the period               (352,890)          3.30

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Balance, June 30, 2005                         21,128,028   $       0.44

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

        (d)   Incentive stock option plan

 

              A summary of the changes in the Company's incentive share

              option plan for the periods ended June 30, 2005 and December

              31, 2004 are as follows:

 

                          June 30, 2005               December 31, 2004

                  ----------------------------- -----------------------------

                                    Weighted                      Weighted

                                    Average                       Average

                                    Exercise                      Exercise

                      Options         Price         Options         Price

                  -------------- -------------- -------------- --------------

    Outstanding,

     beginning of

     period           6,138,790        $  0.79      2,500,000        $  0.70

    Options granted           -              -      2,475,000           0.25

    Options

     cancelled       (1,143,874)          1.97        (19,098)          2.76

    Issued in

     replacement

     of GMS

     Options                  -              -      1,182,888           2.16

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    Outstanding,

     end of period    4,994,916        $  0.52      6,138,790        $  0.79

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

        The following table summarizes information concerning outstanding and

        exercisable options at June 30, 2005:

 

                     Options outstanding and exercisable

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                          Weighted                Weighted

                                           Average                 Average

                    Number               Remaining                Exercise

               Outstanding           Life in Years                   Price

     ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------------

                 2,485,000                    3.28                 $  0.70

                   184,916                    1.05                    1.81

                 2,325,000                    4.12                    0.23

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                 4,994,916                    3.57                 $  0.52

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

    4.  RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

        During the six months period ended June 30, 2005 and the eight month

        period ended June 30, 2004, the Company paid the following amounts to

        related parties:

 

        (a)   Consulting fees of $87,900 (2004 - $29,600) to a company in

              which two directors of the Company are officers.

        (b)   Consulting fees of $39,489 (2004 - $127,223) to officers of the

              Company for professional services.

        (c)   Consulting fees of $77,164 (2004 - $141,300) to directors of

              the Company.

 

        These transactions are in the normal course of operations and are

        measured at the exchange amounts, which is the amount of

        consideration established and agreed to by the related parties.

 

    5.  SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

        (a)   Disposition of Miniere de Pestarena:

 

              The Acquisition Agreement entered between the Company and

              Investimenti Minerari s.r.l. (the "Vendor") where the Company

              agreed to purchase all the shares issued and outstanding of

              Miniere de Pestarena s.r.l. ("MDP") requires the Company to

              incur (euro) 1.7 million in exploration costs by March 2006.

 

              Since the Company has been unsuccessful in finding a joint

              venture partner to fund the exploration of Pestarena the Board

              of Directors agreed on August 3, 2005 to revert the shares to

              the Vendor in order to cease ongoing maintenance and permitting

              obligations, which were increasing as time passed.

 

              The Board also approved the payment of a maximum of (euro)

              250,000 to the Vendor in consideration of the assumption by the

              Vendor of all outstanding liabilities incurred by MDP.

 

        (b)   Note receivable rescheduling:

 

              Subsequent to quarter end the Company and Sargold Resources

              Corporation ("Sargold") agreed in principle to amend the

              payment provisions of Sargold's promissory note in the amount

              of (euro) 5,500,000, dated October 20, 2004. Under the terms of

              the amendment Sargold will repay (euro) 250,000 (originally

              (euro) 500,000) on August 30, 2005 and on the due date of its

              second installment, (August 30, 2006) the amount of (euro)

              1,250,000 (originally (euro) 1,000,000). The amount postponed

              ((euro) 250,000) will carry simple interest at a rate of 6% per

              annum, commencing August 30, 2005.

    

    For further information: Peter Volk, Secretary, (416) 603-4653,

info(at)medororesources.com

    (MRL)

 

 

 

 

 

 



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