GOLDEN PHOENIX MINERALS INC /MN/
10QSB, 1999-11-19
METAL MINING
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-QSB

(Mark One)

[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 1999

[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ----- to -----.

Commission File Number 0-22905

GOLDEN PHOENIX MINERALS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Minnesota

41-1878178

(State or other jurisdiction

(I.R.S. Employer

of incorporation or organization)

Identification Number)

3595 Airway Dr. Suite 405 Reno, Nevada 89511

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(775) 853-4919

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant

(1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes (X)  No

The number of shares outstanding of the Registrant's Common Stock as of October 31, 1999 was 21,715,446.

Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format (check one): Yes No ( X)


 

GOLDEN PHOENIX MINERALS, INC.INDEX

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Number

PART I Financial Information

Item 1 Financial Statements

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 1999 and December 31, 1998.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations during the Development Stage for the Three Months Ended September 30, 1999 and 1998, Nine Months Ended September 30, 1999 and 1998, and Inception (June 2, 1997) to September 30, 1999

4

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 1999, Nine Months Ended September 30, 1998, and Inception (June 2, 1997) to September 30, 1999.

5

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

6

Item 2 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

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Item 3. Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds

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PART II Other Information

Item 6 Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K

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SIGNATURE

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GOLDEN PHOENIX MINERALS, INC.

(A Development Stage Company)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

SEPTEMBER 30, 1999 AND DECEMBER 31, 1998

(Unaudited)

ASSETS

 

September 30, 1999

December 31, 1998

Current Assets

   

Cash

$ 7,230

$ 2,437

Prepaid expenses

3,145

14,409

Accounts receivable

22,684

1,050

Investments

1,700

-

Stock subscriptions receivable

6,000

6,000

Total Current Assets

40,759

23,896

     

Options

25,000

25,000

Joint venture

1,050,000

1,050,000

Mining properties and claims

260,000

260,000

Property and equipment, net of accumulated

   

Depreciation of $28,328 at September 30, 1999 and $18,143 at December 31, 1998

   

50,702

65,108

Organization costs, net of accumulated

   

Amortization of $520 at September 30, 1999 and $347 at December 31, 1998

   

635

808

Deposits

2,300

2,300

Deferred exploration costs

250

-

Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance

-

-

Total Assets

$1,429,646

$1,427,112

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

 

September 30, 1999

December 31, 1998

Current Liabilities

   

Accounts payable

$ 388,451

$ 386,836

Accrued liabilities

123,986

86,567

Current portion of capital lease obligations

4,694

3,981

Amounts due to stockholders

422,100

422,100

Note payable

10,000

-

Accrued interest stockholder loans

54,590

29,333

Total Current Liabilities

1,003,821

928,817

     

Long-term Liabilities

   

Capital lease obligations

8,570

11,051

Deferred income taxes

3,235

3,004

Total Liabilities

1,015,626

942,872

     

Minority Interests

50,000

50,000

Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)

   

Preferred stock, no par value, 50,000,000 shares

   

authorized and 500,000 shares issued and outstanding

   

at September 30, 1999 and December 31, 1998

2,000

2,000

Common stock, no par value, 150,000,000

   

shares authorized, 21,514,442 and 16,676,260

   
issued and outstanding at September 30, 1999 and
December 31, 1998, respectively

4,205,396

3,644,975

Deficit accumulated during the development stage

(3,843,376)

(3,212,735)

Total Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)

364,020

434,240

Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)

$ 1,429,646

$ 1,427,112

The Accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements

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GOLDEN PHOENIX MINERALS, INC.

(A Development Stage Company)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

DURING THE DEVELOPMENT STAGE

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1999 AND 1998, NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1999 AND 1998

AND INCEPTION (JUNE 2, 1997) TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1999

(Unaudited)

Cumulative During Development Stage

Three Months Ended September 30, 1999,

Three Months Ended September 30, 1998,

Nine Months Ended September 30, 1999

Nine Months Ended September 30, 1998

Revenues

         

Joint Venture

$ 37,400

$ 1,700

$ -

$ 4,700

$ 32,700

Options

2,000

-

-

-

-

 

39,400

1,700

-

4,700

32,700

           

Expenses

         

Exploration

2,150,516

112,535

516,035

432,891

858,481

General and administrative

1,643,320

33,580

107,520

148,360

676,888

 

3,793,836

146,115

623,555

581,251

1,535,369

           

Loss from Operations

(3,754,436)

(144,415)

(623,555)

(576,551)

(1,502,669)

           

Other Income (Expense)

         

Interest income

170

-

-

-

1

Interest expense

(102,709)

(18,595)

(7,096)

(53,296)

(25,708)

Gain on sale of stock in affiliate

10,016

-

-

-

-

Gain (loss) on sale of fixed assets

2,551

-

-

(1,400)

(960)

Other income

5,084

500

-

1,045

-

Other expense

(817)

-

-

(207)

-

           

Loss Before Provision for Income Taxes

(3,840,141)

(162,510)

(630,651)

(630,409)

(1,529,336)

           

Income Tax

         

Current

-

-

-

-

-

Deferred

(3,235)

(81)

(751)

(232)

(2,252)

 

(3,235)

(81)

(751)

(232)

(2,252)

           

Net Loss

$(3,843,376)

$(162,591)

$(631,402)

$(630,641)

$(1,531,588)

           

Basic and Diluted Net Loss per Common

         

Share

$(0.24)

$(0.01)

$(0.04)

$(0.03)

$(0.10)

           

Shares Used in Computing Basic and

         

Diluted Shares

16,074,890

21,517,442

15,691,772

19,851,103

14,696,913

The Accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements

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GOLDEN PHOENIX MINERALS, INC.

(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)

CONSDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1999, NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,

1998 AND INCEPTION (JUNE 2, 1997) TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1999

(Unaudited)

Cumulative During Development Stage

Nine Months Ended September 30, 1999

Nine Months Ended September 30, 1998

       

Cash Flows From Operating Activities

     

Net Loss

$(3,843,376)

$(630,641)

$(1,531,588)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net

     

cash used in operating activities

     

Depreciation and amortization

40,015

9,512

17,823

Gain on sale of fixed assets

(2,551)

1,400

960

Common stock issued for goods and services

675,223

372,923

224,881

Preferred stock issued for goods and services

2,000

-

-

(Increase) in accounts receivable

(22,684)

(21,634)

(6,056)

(Increase) Decrease in prepaid expenses

(3,145)

11,264

29,876

(Increase) Decrease in deposits

(2,300)

-

11,981

Increase (Decrease) in accounts payable

388,451

1,615

287,301

Increase (Decrease) in accrued liabilities

178,576

62,676

88,332

Increase in incorporation costs

(1,155)

-

-

Fixed assets exchanged for goods and services

55,982

-

-

Decrease (Increase) in deferred exploration costs

(250)

(250)

(55,440)

(Increase) Decrease in options

(25,000)

-

15,000

Deferred income tax expense

3,235

232

1,472

Net Cash (Used) in Operating Activities

(2,556,979)

(192,903)

(915,458)

       

Cash Flows From Investing Activities

     

Purchase of property and equipment

(163,262)

-

(15,128)

Proceeds from fixed asset sales

34,965

1,965

24,999

Purchase of mining properties and claims

(210,000)

-

(200,000)

Purchase of joint venture

(550,000)

-

-

Net Cash Provided by Investing Activities

(888,297)

1,965

(190,129)

       

Cash Flows From Financing Activities

     

Principal payments on capital lease obligations

(3,771)

(1,769)

-

Proceeds from notes payable – stockholders

623,400

-

228,400

Proceeds from notes payable

10,000

10,000

-

Payments on notes payable – stockholders

(6,300)

-

-

Payments on long-term debt

(116,887)

-

(116,887)

Net proceeds from sale of common stock

2,946,064

187,500

714,294

Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities

3,452,506

195,731

825,807

       

Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash

7,230

4,793

(279,780)

       

Cash at Beginning of Period

-

2,437

280,973

       

Cash at End of Period

$ 7,230

$ 7,230

$ 1,193

The Accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of these statements

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GOLDEN PHOENIX MINERALS, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 1999

(Unaudited)

Note 1. Interim Financial Statement Policies and Disclosures

The interim, unaudited, condensed financial statements of GOLDEN PHOENIX MINERALS, INC. (the "Company") included herein have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally required in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations, although the Company believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading.

In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three months ending September 30, 1999 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 1999. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto for the period ended December 31, 1998. The accounting policies set forth in the audited financial statements are the same as the accounting policies utilized in the preparation of these financial statements except as modified for appropriate interim presentation.

Note 2 - Supplemental Cash Flows Information

Certain non-cash investing and financing transactions are not included in the Statements of Condensed Consolidated Cash Flows. These include, for the first nine months of 1999, the issuance of 2,005,821 restricted and unrestricted common shares, valued at $242,875, in payment of property obligations on the Contact and Borealis properties, and 988,139 restricted common shares, valued at $97,511, in settlement of debt.

Item 2: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 provides a "safe harbor" for forward-looking statements. Certain information included herein contains statements that are forward-looking, such as statements regarding management's expectations about future production and development activities as well as other capital spending, financing sources and the effects of regulation. Such forward-looking information involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect anticipated results in the future and, accordingly, such results may differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made herein. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those relating to the market price of metals, production rates, production costs, the availability of financing, the ability to obtain and maintain all of the permits necessary to put and keep properties in production, development and construction activities and dependence on existing management. The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements, and such statements speak only as of the date made.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

No operational revenue has been generated thru September 30, 1999. All Company activities have been directed toward exploration activities on our two key properties. The Company has exploration properties in Nevada and royalty interest in Alaska. The royalty interest will be a value to the Company if any of the Alaskan properties are taken to feasibility stage of development.

Golden Phoenix Alaska continues trying to find joint venture partners for the Alaskan properties, which Golden Phoenix Minerals assigned to them. The subsidiary is responsible for its own fund raising activities and the cost of staying in business. As members of the Board of Directors of this company, we have attempted to keep watch on Golden Phoenix Minerals interest in the properties. Subsequent to September 30, 1999 the Company sold its interests in the Alaskan company to Great American Minerals and Exploration (formerly Golden Phoenix Alaska, Inc.) in order to complete its restructuring and to better focus on its Nevada properties. As part of the sale, the Company retained the Cirque joint venture with Camnor Resources, and it also retained the important royalties in the Uncle Sam joint venture with Kennecott Exploration, the Glory Creek joint venture with Camnor Resources, and any other property retained in Alaska by Great American Minerals. The Company is carried on any financial obligations in Alaska and no work is required on the part of Golden Phoenix Minerals in the coming year.

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The Company's evaluation of the Borealis property ("Borealis Property") situated in Mineral County, Nevada has progressed with the verification of historical data. Approximately $12 million dollars was spent on collecting data for this property over the last 20 years. This is a massive database, which has been gathered during the transition of some of the early operators of the property from paper to computer filing or data collection. There are approximately 2000 drill holes on the property and 150,000 to 200,000 sample intervals. In order to facilitate reassessment of this large database we have divided the main area into six smaller map areas. These map areas are named Polaris, Borealis Pit area, Freedom Flats & Graben, East Ridge, North Borealis and Northeast Ridge. We are actively seeking a new joint venture partner for this property.

The Company continues its evaluation of the Contact Copper property. Fieldwork, including mapping and sampling of peripheral areas of the Banner deposit, showed the Helen B. Smith/Mammoth mine area to be most promising for very high grades of copper-silver-gold mineralization. These old workings previously intercepted copper grades as high as 7% and silver ranging from 10 to 20 ounces per ton. Other promising areas include the Rattler where oxidized copper mineralization is found over a broad area in the granodiorite and in limestone skarns, and the obvious strike extensions of the Banner zone to the east and west. The company continues its program of sampling of the previously drilled core, which was never assayed, in the banner zone. The next phase of drilling in the Banner zone will be completed in late 1999. An economic evaluation of the new work planned for the Banner area will be completed in late 1999, which should expand the economic open pit in the Banner area defined during 1998. During the first quarter of 1999, the Company has reevaluated the banner area for its high-grade underground potential. The results are vary encouraging with 1.2 million tons of 5.72% silver copper equivalent grade at a 3% copper cut off. The underground high grade identified would produce 111 million pounds of copper and 2.15 million ounces of silver.

Exploration costs have been incurred in connection with the properties in Nevada and Alaska. These costs have been incurred for the location of prospect sites, mining claims, and field examinations to determine the potential occurrence of economic mineralization on the different properties. Other exploration costs include the compilation of historic data on the properties to assist in the evaluation of the properties and the planning of further exploration.

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

Borealis

Fieldwork at the Borealis Property has found that the gold mineralization on the large property is driven by at least four different silica-rich hydrothermal systems. Main stage gold mineralization follows an early barren silicification event in each of these hydrothermal systems. This feature, along with recognition of several other important ore controls, has identified several new areas that have excellent discovery potential and which remain to be drilled.

A report prepared by Whitney & Whitney, Inc. on Borealis in 1997 identified an indicated oxide and sulfide resource totaling 37.8 million tons with an indicated gold grade of 0.032 ounces per ton, or nearly 1.2 million ounces of gold still remaining unmined. The Borealis mine was originally put into production in 1981 and 600,000 ounces of gold was produced from seven deposits.

For the sake of the current resource evaluation, the Company had previously divided the property into two mineralized zones called the Polaris and Borealis zones. Each zone has three target areas outlined. Golden Phoenix will calculate drill-indicated gold resources for each area. The areas will be evaluated in the following order by target named Polaris, Borealis Pit area, Freedom Flats & Graben, East Ridge, North Borealis and Northeast Ridge

The first study area chosen was on the Polaris zone, which hosts gold mineralization along its entire 12,000 foot length. The initial target area was the Polaris, which is one of three in the Polaris zone. The other two are named East Ridge and Northeast Ridge. All three were partially mined with gold mineralization left in the pit walls, floor and along extensions. By reworking the data available on the Polaris target, Golden Phoenix identified a remaining near surface oxide resource of 1.54 million tons containing about 37,000 ounces of gold averaging 0.024 ounces per ton and 630,000 ounces of silver averaging 0.41 ounces per ton. The previous mine operators removed only 250,000 tons of ore and produced about 9,500 ounces of gold from this same zone.

The second target to be evaluated is the remaining gold resource adjacent, below and within the previously mined Borealis open pit. Production in the early 1980s from this pit is reported to be 1,488,000 tons grading 0.103 ounces of gold per ton for 152,760 ounces of gold. Golden Phoenix's resource evaluation determined that 2,766,800 tons containing 153,000 ounces of gold and averaging 0.055 ounces per ton gold remain in the Borealis target area. This deposit also contains 533,600 ounces of silver grading 0.19 ounces per ton. Numerous drill intercepts require step out drilling from open ore intercepts. This drilling will add additional ounces of gold to the resource.

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The following table summarizes the indicated resources calculated thus far:

Zone and Target

Tonnage

Average grade Gold

Ounces Gold

Average grade Silver

Ounces Silver

Polaris / Polaris

1.54 Million

0.024

37,000

0.41

630,000

Borealis / Borealis Mine

2.77 Million

0.055

153,000

0.19

533,600

Total

4.31 Million

0.044

190,000

0.28

1,163,600

The next target being evaluated is the Freedom Flats & Graben targets. This is potentially the largest of six target areas chosen for evaluation. The evaluation of this target area will be completed by early December.

Contact

Fieldwork has continued at the Contact project with extensive reconnaissance work being conducted on all of the project area to identify known surface occurrences of copper mineralization. It is hoped to have this reconnaissance work completed by the end of the year. This will allow us to prioritize areas outside of the Banner zone as to the probability of providing additional mineral resource. Golden Phoenix has been aided in this evaluation by a mid size contract mining company which is providing analytical assistance for the project.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

As of September 30, 1999, the company had $7,230 in cash. A significant portion of the working capital is allocated to the Contact copper and Borealis Property. The Borealis Property lease payments are $3,250 per month. Payments to the end of September 30, 1999 total $9,750. The total Contact payments are $6,500 per month, which are divided as $2,500 for F. W. Lewis Inc. lease and $4,000 for the International Enexco joint venture. The total payments for the third quarter of 1999 are $29,250. The payments are payable in cash or stock of the Company or a combination of cash and stock, with the stock being valued at its current closing market price on the day before payment.

The ability of the Company to satisfy the cash requirements of its exploration, development and operations will be dependent upon future financing. The Company anticipates that additional financing will be obtained, although no assurance can be made that funds will be available on terms acceptable to the Company. See "OUTLOOK" below.

INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES

The Company is investigating potential financing sources and is conducting discussions with potential joint venture partners for its properties in Nevada, but the Company has not yet finalized commitments for such financing or joint ventures.

In March, the Company received a financial commitment from a private investor for $500,000. This commitment is for an option on restricted stock and warrants to be delivered over a period of time. The option will be exercised on a monthly basis of $20,000 per month at a strike price of $0.10 per share.

YEAR 2000 ASSESSMENT

The Company is substantially complete with its Year 2000 assessment. All computer systems were acquired in 1997 or thereafter. Therefore, management anticipates only minor Year 2000 compliance problems with its computer systems. As a development stage enterprise, the Company is not materially reliant on any specific customers or vendors for its continued operations. Based on its assessment, management does not anticipate the Year 2000 issue will have a material impact on the Company's operations.

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OUTLOOK

The Company will issue a significant number of common shares of Golden Phoenix Minerals, Inc. to cover the option agreement as well as meet its contractual property payments for the Contact property. The Company will also need to raise additional financing to fund its exploration, development and operations.

 

Item 3. Changes in Securities and use of Proceeds

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

Following is a summary of sales of unregistered securities for the third quarter of 1999. All securities were issued as restricted common shares, which are subject to Rule 144 of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Generally, Rule 144 requires shareholders to hold the shares for a minimum of one year before sale. In addition, officers, directors and more than 10% shareholders are further restricted in their ability to sell such shares. There have been no underwriters of these securities and no commissions or underwriting discounts have been paid.

  Shares Value
Third quarter 1999 Issued Received
Private placement for cash 675,000 $ 67,500
Conversion of debt 164,635 17,977
Acquisition of mineral property interest    
Total third quarter 1999 839,635 $ 85,477

The above transactions qualified for exemption from registration under Sections 3(b) or 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. Private placements for cash were non-public transactions. The Company believes that all such investors are either accredited or, either alone or with their purchaser representative, have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that they are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment.

 

PART II OTHER INFORMATIONItem 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K(a) Exhibits:

(b) No reports were filed on Form 8-K during the three-month period ended September 30, 1999

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 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.

 

                                                                                                                                          GOLDEN PHOENIX MINERALS, INC.

Date: November 18,1999                                                                                                By: /s/ Michael R. Fitzsimonds

                                                                                                                                                   Michael R. Fitzsimonds

                                                                                                                                                   President and Director

                                                                                                                                                   (Principal Executive Officer)

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 Company and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Date: November 18, 1999                                                                                                By: /s/ Michael R. Fitzsimonds

                                                                                                                                                   Michael R. Fitzsimonds

                                                                                                                                                   President and Director

                                                                                                                                                   (Principal Executive, Financial and

                                                                                                                                                   Accounting Officer)

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