<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C>
-----------------------------
UNITED STATES OMB APPROVAL
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION -----------------------------
Washington, D.C. 20549 OMB Number: 3235-0058
Expires: May 31, 1997
Estimated average burden
FORM 12b-25 hours per response ..... 2.50
-----------------------------
-----------------------------
NOTIFICATION OF LATE FILING SEC FILE NUMBER
000-17386
(Check One): -----------------------------
-----------------------------
[ ] Form 10-K [ ] Form 20-F [ ] Form 11-K [X] Form 10-Q [ ] Form N-SAR CUSIP NUMBER
337730-10-5
For Period Ended: July 31, 1997 -----------------------------
[ ] Transition Report on Form 10-K
[ ] Transition Report on Form 20-F
[ ] Transition Report on Form 11-K
[ ] Transition Report on Form 10-Q
[ ] Transition Report on Form N-SAR
For the Transition Period Ended: _______________________________________________________________________
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Read Instruction (on back page) Before Preparing Form. Please Print or Type.
Nothing in this form shall be construed to imply that the Commission has verified any information contained herein.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
If the notification relates to a portion of the filing checked above, identify the Item(s) to which the notification relates:
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PART I -- REGISTRANT INFORMATION
Fischer-Watt Gold Company, Inc.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Full Name of Registrant
N/A
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Former Name if Applicable
1621 North 3rd Street, Suite 1000
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Address of Principal Executive Office (Street and Number)
Coeur d'lene, ID 83814
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
City, State and Zip Code
PART II -- RULES 12b-25(b) AND (c)
If the subject report could not be filed without unreasonable effort or expense and the registrant seeks relief pursuant to Rule
12b-25(b), the following should be completed. (Check box if appropriate)
| (a) The reasons described in reasonable detail in Part III of this form could not be eliminated without unreasonable
| effort or expense;
|
[X] | (b) The subject annual report, semi-annual report, transition report on Form 10-K, Form 20-F, Form 11-K or Form N-SAR,
| or portion thereof, will be filed on or before the fifteenth calendar day following the prescribed due date; or the
| subject quarterly report of transition report on Form 10-Q, or portion thereof will be filed on or before the fifth
| calendar day following the prescribed due date; and
|
| (c) The accountant's statement or other exhibit required by Rule 12b-25(c) has been attached if applicable.
PART III -- NARRATIVE
State below in reasonable detail the reasons why Forms 10-K, 20-F, 11-K, 10-Q, N-SAR, or the transition report or portion thereof,
could not be filed within the prescribed time period.
The registrant is unable to file in a timely manner due to the complexities associated with consolidating the
financial statements of the Company's subsidiaries in light of limited administrative resources of the Company
which prevents the completion of the Form 10-QSB without incurring unreasonable expense.
SEC 1344 (6/94)
</TABLE>
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PART IV--OTHER INFORMATION
<C> <S>
(1) Name and telephone number of person to contact in regard to this notification
Michele D. Wood (208) 664-6757
(Name) (Area Code) (Telephone Number)
(2) Have all other periodic reports required under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 or Section 30 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 during the preceding 12 months or for such
shorter period that the registrant was required to file such report(s) been filed? If answer is no,
identify report(s). [X] Yes [ ] No
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3) Is it anticipated that any significant change in results of operations from the corresponding period
for the last fiscal year will be reflected by the earnings statements to be included in the subject
report or portion thereof? [X] Yes [ ] No
If so, attach an explanation of the anticipated change, both narratively and quantitatively, and, if appropriate, state the
reasons why a reasonable estimate of the results cannot be made.
The Registrant anticipates that a significant change in results of operations from the corresponding period for the last
fiscal year will be reflected in the current earnings statements as follows:
Net income will be less than the previous year resulting from an increase in sales which is offset by a
decrease in interest income, an increase in interest expense and an increase in costs.
The quantitative explanations of the anticipated change cannot be made at this time as the consolidated
information is not yet complete.
====================================================================================================================================
Fischer-Watt Gold Company, Inc.
------------------------------------------
(Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
has caused this notification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date September 16, 1997 By /s/ Michele D. Wood
----------------------------------------------------
Chief Financial Officer
INSTRUCTION: The form may be signed by an executive officer of the registrant or by any other duly authorized representative. The
name and title of the person signing the form shall be typed or printed beneath the signature. If the statement is signed on behalf
of the registrant by an authorized representative (other than an executive officer), evidence of the representative's authority to
sign on behalf of the registrant shall be filed with the form.
- ----------------------------------------------------------- ATTENTION --------------------------------------------------------------
Intentional misstatements or omissions of fact constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001).
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>
