Medoro Resources Announces Third Quarter Results

 

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

today its 2005 third quarter results for the periods ending September 30,

2005.

    For the quarter ended September 30, 2005, Medoro reported a loss of

$4.1 million or $0.03 per share as compared to a loss of $1.8 million or $0.02

per share in the same quarter of 2004. The loss in the quarter primarily

relates to the write-off of the investment in Miniere di Pestarena srl during

the quarter.

    For the first nine months, the company reported a net loss of

$5.0 million or $0.04 per share as compared to a loss of $4.9 million or $0.08

per share for the eleven months ended September 30, 2004.

    At September 30, 2005 the company had cash and short-term investments of

$5.8 million, undiscounted receivables of $8.4 million and working capital of

$7.5 million.

    Subsequent to the end of the period, the company was advised by Bolivar

Gold that Gold Fields Ltd. had formally relinquished its right to earn a 60%

interest in the Monte Ollasteddu prospect from Bolivar Gold, primarily as a

result of continuing difficulties in obtaining drilling permits in a timely

fashion. Bolivar Gold has also advised Medoro Resources that it is reviewing

its position with respect to its option to earn a 70% interest in Monte

Ollasteddu and that no decision has been made as to whether Bolivar Gold

intends to maintain its option by funding all costs through completion of a

bankable feasibility study, either alone or in conjunction with a new joint

venture partner, or whether it intends to also relinquish its option.

    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.

 

                         Financial Statements follow

 

    MEDORO RESOURCES LTD.

    (formerly Full Riches Investments Ltd.)

    Consolidated Balance Sheets

    (Expressed in Canadian dollars)

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                                                  September 30,  December 31,

                                                       2005         2004

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

    ASSETS                                          (Unaudited)     (Audited)

 

    CURRENT

      Cash and cash equivalents                   $    286,668  $  2,448,813

      Investments (Note 2)                           5,500,000             -

      Accounts receivable                              136,557        75,981

      Prepayments and deposits                          20,885             -

      Current portion of note receivable

       (Note 3)                                      1,555,721       747,908

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                                                     7,499,831     3,272,702

 

    NOTE AND SHARES RECEIVABLE (Note 3)              4,408,059     5,882,880

    PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT                       18,047             -

    MINERAL PROPERTIES                               1,000,000     5,979,873

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                                                  $ 12,925,937  $ 15,135,455

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    LIABILITIES

 

    CURRENT

      Accounts payable and accrued liabilities    $     41,177  $    401,534

    FUTURE INCOME TAXES                                356,200     2,130,031

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                                                       397,377     2,531,565

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    SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

    Share capital (Note 5)                          34,111,117    29,161,976

    Contributed surplus (Note 5)                       587,392       584,622

    Deficit                                        (22,169,949)  (17,142,708)

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                                                    12,528,560    12,603,890

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                                                  $ 12,925,937  $ 15,135,455

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    These unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for the periods

    ended September 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)

 

                                                      Nine         Eleven

                           Three months ended     months ended  months ended

                              September 30,               September 30,

                           2005          2004          2005          2004

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

    Operating expenses:

 

      General and

       administration $    414,192  $  1,264,335  $  1,367,765  $  3,562,194

      Stock-based

       compensation          2,770       126,600         2,770       126,600

      Exploration                -       441,858             -       997,472

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

                          (416,962)   (1,832,793)   (1,370,535)   (4,686,266)

 

 

    Other income

     (expenses):

 

      Accreted

       interest on

        note and

        shares

        receivable         160,839             -       587,879             -

      Depreciation

       and

       amortization              -             -             -      (305,870)

      Foreign

       exchange gain

       (loss)             (399,446)      (13,505)     (878,842)       31,923

      Loss on

       disposal of

       investment       (3,450,328)            -    (3,450,328)            -

      Interest income       13,516        13,192        46,395        93,411

      Other income            (337)            -        38,190             -

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

                          (225,428)         (313)     (206,378)     (180,536)

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

 

      Net income for

       the period     $ (4,092,718) $ (1,833,106) $ (5,027,241) $ (4,866,802)

 

      Deficit,

       beginning of

       the period      (18,077,231)   (9,652,659)  (17,142,708)   (6,618,963)

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

 

 

      Deficit, end of

       the period     $(22,169,949) $(11,485,765) $(22,169,949) $(11,485,765)

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

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

 

 

      Basic and

       diluted income

       per share      $      (0.03) $      (0.02) $      (0.04) $      (0.08)

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

 

      Weighted

       average number

       of common

       Shares

       outstanding     124,714,974    84,670,649   112,669,327    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)

 

                                                      Nine         Eleven

                           Three months ended     months ended  months ended

                              September 30,               September 30,

                           2005          2004          2005          2004

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

    Cash provided by

     (used in):

    Operating

     activities:

    Net loss          $ (4,092,718) $ (1,833,106) $ (5,027,241) $ (4,866,802)

 

    Loss on

     disposition of

     investment          3,450,328             -     3,450,328             -

 

    Items not

     affecting cash:

      Loss on

       disposition

       of capital

       assets                    -             -             -       305,870

      Stock-based

       compensation          2,770       126,600         2,770       126,600

      Unrealized

       foreign

       exchange on

       note receivable     348,147        13,505       920,776       (31,923)

      Accreted

       interest on

        note and

        shares

        receivable        (195,494)            -      (622,533)            -

 

    Changes in

     non-cash working

     capital              (329,475)      489,267      (686,104)      (10,103)

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

                      $   (816,442) $ (1,203,734) $ (1,962,004) $ (4,476,358)

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

 

    Investing

     activities:

      Acquisition of

       mineral

       properties                -             -             -    (1,006,042)

      Property, plant

       and equipment        85,264             -       (18,047)      (11,548)

      Short-term

       investments      (5,500,000)            -    (5,500,000)            -

      Acquisition of

       Sardinia Gold

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

       Repayment of

        note

        receivable         368,765             -       368,765        50,000

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

                      $ (5,045,971) $          -  $ (5,149,282) $ (3,071,869)

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

 

    Financing

     activities:

      Issue of common

       shares for

       cash net of

       share issue

       cost                (41,678)            -     4,949,141             -

      Issue of

       special

       warrants                  -             -             -       295,000

      Issue of

       subscriptions

       receipt                   -             -             -     8,015,000

      Issue cost on

       warrants and

       subscriptions             -             -             -      (781,515)

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

                      $    (41,678) $          -  $  4,949,141  $  7,528,485

      Foreign

       exchange impact

       on cash                   -       (49,419)            -       (62,205)

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

    Net increase

     (decrease) in

     cash and cash

     equivalents      $ (5,904,091) $ (1,253,153) $ (2,162,145) $    (81,947)

    Cash and cash

     equivalents,

     beginning of

     the period          6,190,759     4,392,545     2,448,813     3,221,339

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

    Cash and cash

     equivalents, end

     of the period    $    286,668  $  3,139,392  $    286,668  $  3,139,392

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

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

 

    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 nine month periods ended September 30, 2005

    And three and eleven month periods ended September 30, 2004

    (Expressed in Canadian dollars)

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    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.  INVESTMENTS

 

        Investments are held in guaranteed investment certificates or freely

        tradable listed securities, with an original term to maturity greater

        than three months, earning approximately the equivalent of short-term

        money market investments.

 

    3.  NOTES AND SHARES RECEIVABLE

 

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

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

        follows:

 

        Note receivable (a)(i)                                  $  5,360,119

        Shares receivable (a)(ii)                                    603,661

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                                                                   5,963,780

        Current portion of note receivable                        (1,555,721)

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                                                                $  4,408,059

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        (a)   (i)   $7,351,575 (euro 5.25 million) discounted using a

                    3.75% risk free interest rate and a 10% risk premium.

 

                    The following schedule represents the amounts receivable,

                    discounted at September 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,

     2006      euro 1,250,000      25.0%    euro 1,110,991      $  1,555,721

    August

     30,

     2007           1,000,000      16.7%           781,356         1,094,133

    August

     30,

     2008           1,500,000      25.0%         1,029,997         1,442,305

    August

     30,

     2009           1,500,000      25.0%           905,492         1,267,960

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

               euro 5,250,000      91.7%    euro 3,827,836      $  5,360,119

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

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

 

 

 

              (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 September 30, 2005 Sargold

                    shares had a ten day closing average of $0.20. The

                    discounted value as at September 30, 2005, using a 13.75%

                    discount rate, was $603,661.

 

        During the quarter, the Company and Sargold agreed 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 repaid euro 250,000 (originally euro 500,000)

        on August 30, 2005 and on the due date of its second installment

        (August 30, 2006) will pay, the amount of euro 1,250,000

        (originally euro 1,000,000). The previously scheduled release from

        escrow has been deferred to August 30, 2006. The postponed amount

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

        commencing August 30, 2005.

 

    4.  DISPOSITION OF MINIERE DE PASTARENA

 

        The Acquisition Agreement entered between the Company and

        Investimenti Minerari s.r.l. where the Company agreed to purchase all

        the shares issued and outstanding of Miniere de Pastarena s.r.l.

        ("MDP") required 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 MDP, 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 Company also paid euro 250,000 to the Vendor in consideration of

        the assumption by the Vendor of all outstanding liabilities incurred

        by MDP.

 

        The Company has recorded a loss of $3,450,328 on the disposition of

        this investment.

 

    5.  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

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

    Closing balance as at

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

    Issued under private

     placement, net of share

     issue costs                    37,692,307      4,949,141              -

    Stock-based compensation                 -              -          2,770

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

    Balance at September 30,

     2005                          124,714,974   $ 34,111,117   $    587,392

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        (b)   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

    Warrants issued in conjunction with private

     placement                                     15,000,000           0.23

    Warrants expired during the period               (352,890)          3.30

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

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

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        (c)   Incentive stock option plan

 

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

              option plan for the periods ended September 30, 2005 and

              December 31, 2004 are as follows:

 

                         September 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      50,000           0.11      2,475,000           0.25

    Options

     cancelled       (1,148,109)          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    5,040,681   $       0.52      6,138,790   $       0.79

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

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    The following table summarizes information concerning outstanding and

    exercisable options at September 30, 2005:

 

                     Options outstanding and exercisable

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                                                     Weighted       Weighted

                                                      Average        Average

                         Number                     Remaining       Exercise

                    Outstanding                 Life in Years          Price

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

 

                      2,485,000                          2.98   $       0.70

                        180,681                          0.75           1.81

                      2,375,000                          3.70           0.23

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                      5,040,681                          3.24   $       0.52

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    6.  RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

        During the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and the eleven month

        period ended September 30, 2004, the Company paid the following

        amounts to related parties:

 

        (a)   Consulting fees of $124,508 (2004 - $29,600) to a company in

              which two directors of the Company are officers.

 

        (b)   Consulting fees of $62,006 (2004 - $130,344) to officers of the

              Company for professional services.

 

        (c)   Consulting fees of $143,953 (2004 - $211,833) 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.

 

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

info(at)medororesources.com

    (MRL.)

 



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