10-Q 1 midway10q11082010.htm MIDWAY GOLD CORP FORM 10-Q MD Filed by Filing Services Canada Inc.  (403) 717-3898
 UNITED STATES
 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-Q

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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2010
OR
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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: 001-33894


MIDWAY GOLD CORP.
 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
British Columbia
 
98-0459178
(State of other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
Unit 1 – 15782 Marine Drive
   
White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
 
White Rock, British Columbia, Canada V4B 1E6
 
 
V4B 1E6
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
(604) 536-2711
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including area code)


(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)


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 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to the filing requirements for the past 90 days.    [Missing Graphic Reference]  Yes  [Missing Graphic Reference]  No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    [Missing Graphic Reference]   Yes  [Missing Graphic Reference]  No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer” and “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one):
Large accelerated filer   [Missing Graphic Reference]        Accelerated filer    [Missing Graphic Reference] Non-accelerated filer    [Missing Graphic Reference]   Smaller Reporting Company [Missing Graphic Reference]

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) [Missing Graphic Reference]  Yes  [Missing Graphic Reference]   No

Number of Shares outstanding at November 5, 2010      89,779,496

 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
1
Item 1.
Financial Statements.
1
Item 2.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
13
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.
28
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures.
28
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
29
Item 1.
Legal Proceedings.
29
Item 1A.
Risk Factors.
29
Item 2.
Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
29
Item 3.
Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
29
Item 4.
[Reserved]
29
Item 5.
Other information.
29
Item 6.
Exhibits.
29
SIGNATURES
30

 
 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

All references to “$” in this report mean the Canadian dollar.  All references to “US$” refer to the U.S. dollar, and unless otherwise indicated all currency amounts in this report are stated in Canadian dollars.

 
 

 

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
Item 1.                                Financial Statements.
 
MIDWAY GOLD CORP.
(An exploration stage company)
CONSOLIDATED INTERIM BALANCE SHEETS
 (Expressed in Canadian dollars)
           
     

September 30, 2010

 

December 31, 2009

     

(unaudited)

   
Assets
       
           
Current assets:
   

 

 
 
Cash and cash equivalents

$

     4,000,729

$

       1,740,322

 
Amounts receivable (note 5)
 

        109,932

 

          120,735

 
Prepaid expenses
 

        165,711

 

            14,088

     

     4,276,372

 

       1,875,145

Reclamation deposit (note 6)
 

        269,082

 

          279,126

Equipment (note 4)
 

        187,752

 

            86,985

Mineral properties (note 5)
 

   49,530,547

 

     49,251,838

   

$

   54,263,753

$

     51,493,094

   

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and stockholders' equity

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

$

        481,852

$

          403,018

   

 

 

 

 

Future income tax liability

 

     7,416,325

 

       8,331,605

   

 

 

 

 

Stockholders' equity (note 7)

 

 

 

 

 
Common stock authorized - unlimited, no par value

 

 

 

 

 
Issued - 89,779,496 (2009 - 77,321,664)

 

   97,331,062

 

     92,670,965

 
Additional paid in capital

 

     9,033,363

 

       6,355,109

 
Deficit accumulated during the exploration stage

 

 (59,998,849)

 

    (56,267,603)

   

 

   46,365,576

 

     42,758,471

   

$

   54,263,753

$

     51,493,094


Nature of operations and going concern (note 1)
Subsequent event (note 12)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated interim financial statements.

 
1

 

MIDWAY GOLD CORP.
(An exploration stage company)
CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 (Expressed in Canadian dollars)  (unaudited)
                       
     
Three months ended
September 30, 2010
 
Three months ended September 30, 2009
 
Nine months ended September 30, 2010
 
Nine months ended September 30, 2009
 
Cumulative period from inception (May 14, 1996) to September 30, 2010
                 

 

 

 

Expenses
             

 

 

 

 
Consulting (note 8)

$

                 26,277

$

              31,034

$

              71,277

$

              77,936

$

              695,466

 
Depreciation

 

                 16,526

 

              28,669

 

              59,706

 

              92,756

 

              668,990

 
Gain on sale of subsidiary

 

                          -

 

                      -

 

                        -

 

                      -

 

         (2,806,312)

 
Interest and bank charges

 

                   1,425

 

                7,568

 

                 4,526

 

              27,190

 

              890,609

 
Investor relations

 

                 13,363

 

              16,027

 

            107,331

 

              59,716

 

           1,205,081

 
Legal, audit and accounting

 

                 50,032

 

              72,105

 

            155,582

 

            468,690

 

           2,499,937

 
Management fees

 

                          -

 

                      -

 

                        -

 

                      -

 

              265,000

 
Management fees earned

 

                  (5,204)

 

                           (6,778)

 

             (14,552)

 

                        (23,624)

 

              (43,823)

 
Mineral exploration expenditures (Schedule)

 

           1,981,694

 

            483,644

 

         2,416,344

 

            906,003

 

         46,318,565

 
Mineral property interests written off (note 5)

                          -

 

                      -

 

            119,980

 

                      -

 

           4,391,734

 
Office and administration (note 8)

 

                 59,835

 

              46,159

 

            152,501

 

            158,407

 

           1,455,241

 
Salaries and benefits

 

               257,980

 

            820,336

 

         1,362,969

 

         1,522,310

 

           9,008,939

 
Transfer agent and filing fees

 

                 21,017

 

              19,809

 

              97,056

 

              75,000

 

              581,832

 
Travel

 

                 33,715

 

                     (49)

 

            133,007

 

              76,257

 

              911,653

Operating loss

 

           2,456,660

 

         1,518,524

 

         4,665,727

 

         3,440,641

 

         66,042,912

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (expenses):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Foreign exchange gain

 

               275,928

 

            581,146

 

            179,480

 

            842,711

 

              844,850

 
Interest income

 

                   5,562

 

                2,060

 

                 7,882

 

                7,167

 

              850,754

 
Gain (loss) on sale of equipment

 

                         59

 

                (1,127)

 

                      59

 

               (3,921)

 

                (5,882)

 
Gain on sale of investments (note 3)

 

                          -

 

              72,540

 

                        -

 

              61,620

 

                44,077

 
Investment write down (note 3)

 

                          -

 

              (20,000)

 

                        -

 

           (107,770)

 

            (722,225)

 
Other income

 

                          -

 

                      -

 

                      60

 

                7,072

 

                87,281

   

 

                             281,549

 

                        634,619

 

                       187,481

 

                        806,879

 

           1,098,855

Net loss before income tax

 

                          2,175,111

 

                        883,905

 

                    4,478,246

 

                     2,633,762

 

         64,944,057

 
Income tax recovery

 

                648,000

 

              48,000

 

            747,000

 

              59,900

 

           4,945,208

Net loss

$

                          1,527,111

$

                        835,905

$

                    3,731,246

$

                     2,573,862

$

         59,998,849

Basic and diluted loss per share

$

                      0.02

$

                  0.01

$

                   0.05

$

                  0.04

 

 

Weighted average number of shares
     outstanding

 

          89,769,442

 

                  77,321,664

 

      82,591,782

 

                   71,607,378

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated interim financial statements.

 
2

 

MIDWAY GOLD CORP.
(An exploration stage company)
CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
 (Expressed in Canadian dollars)  (unaudited)
                         
       
Three months
ended September 30, 2010
 
Three months
 ended September 30, 2009
 
Nine months
 ended September 30, 2010
 
Nine months
 ended September 30, 2009
 
Cumulative period from inception (May 14, 1996) to September 30, 2010
Cash provided by (used in):
       

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating activities:
       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Net loss

$

       (1,527,111)

$

             (835,905)

$

       (3,731,246)

$

          (2,573,862)

$

        (59,998,849)

 
Items not involving cash:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
Depreciation

 

               16,526

 

                28,669

 

               59,706

 

                92,756

 

              668,990

   
Stock-based compensation

 

               60,328

 

              626,817

 

            679,538

 

           1,112,822

 

           6,815,669

   
Unrealized foreign exchange (gain)

 

           (272,890)

 

             (620,774)

 

           (168,280)

 

             (990,866)

 

          (1,028,255)

   
Unrealized loss on investment

 

                        -

 

                20,000

 

                        -

 

              107,770

 

              722,225

   
Non-cash interest expense

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

 

 

                        -

 

              234,765

   
Income tax recovery

 

           (648,000)

 

               (48,000)

 

           (747,000)

 

               (59,900)

 

          (4,945,208)

   
Gain on sale of subsidiary

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

          (2,806,312)

   
Loss (gain) on sale of equipment

 

                     (59)

 

                  1,127

 

                     (59)

 

                  3,921

 

                  5,882

   
Loss on sale of investments

 

                        -

 

               (72,540)

 

                        -

 

               (61,620)

 

               (44,077)

   
Write off of mineral property interests

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

            119,980

 

                        -

 

           4,391,734

 
Change in non-cash working capital items:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                        -

   
Amounts receivable

 

               (6,980)

 

             (724,272)

 

               10,803

 

             (809,091)

 

               (91,645)

   
Prepaid expenses

 

             (21,346)

 

                30,419

 

           (151,623)

 

               (11,358)

 

             (185,753)

   
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

               71,108

 

              171,052

 

               78,834

 

              229,627

 

              576,857

   
Accrued interest payable

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

                 (7,918)

 

                        -

     

 

       (2,328,424)

 

          (1,423,407)

 

       (3,849,347)

 

          (2,967,719)

 

        (55,683,977)

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Proceeds on sale of subsidiary

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

              254,366

 
Proceeds on sale of equipment

 

                 3,321

 

                  3,239

 

                 3,321

 

                16,379

 

                22,820

 
Proceeds on sale of mineral property

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

              233,459

 
Proceeds on sale of investments

 

                        -

 

              108,540

 

                        -

 

              300,525

 

              321,852

 
Mineral property acquisitions

 

                        -

 

             (356,720)

 

           (398,689)

 

             (897,476)

 

        (21,235,710)

 
Deferred acquisition costs

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

               (23,316)

 
Purchase of equipment

 

           (137,470)

 

                 (7,540)

 

           (163,735)

 

                 (7,540)

 

          (1,870,730)

 
Reclamation deposit

 

               20,839

 

                26,905

 

               10,044

 

              205,617

 

             (684,465)

     

 

           (113,310)

 

             (225,576)

 

           (549,059)

 

             (382,495)

 

        (22,981,724)

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Advance from Red Emerald Ltd.

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

         12,010,075

 
Common stock issued, net of issue costs

 

             (66,811)

 

                        -

 

         6,658,813

 

           3,500,000

 

         64,331,750

 
Promissory note

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

           2,000,000

 
Repayment of promissory note

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

          (1,000,000)

 

          (2,000,000)

 
Convertible debenture

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

                        -

 

           6,324,605

     

 

             (66,811)

 

                        -

 

         6,658,813

 

           2,500,000

 

         82,666,430

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

       (2,508,545)

 

          (1,648,983)

 

         2,260,407

 

             (850,214)

 

           4,000,729

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

 

         6,509,274

 

           3,215,207

 

         1,740,322

 

           2,416,438

 

                        -

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

$

         4,000,729

$

           1,566,224

$

         4,000,729

$

           1,566,224

$

           4,000,729

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-cash financing and investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Fair value of agent's share purchase warrants issued

$

                        -

$

                        -

$

            212,109

$

                        -

 

 

 
Fair value of share purchase warrants exercised

 

                 4,024

 

                        -

 

                 4,024

 

              956,509

 

 

 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated interim financial statements.

 
3

 

MIDWAY GOLD CORP.
(An exploration stage company)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
 (Expressed in Canadian dollars)  (unaudited)
 
     
Three months ended
 September 30, 2010
 
Three months ended September 30, 2009
 
Nine months ended September 30, 2010
 
Nine months ended September 30, 2009
                   
Net loss for the period before other comprehensive loss

$

           1,527,111

$

            835,905

$

         3,731,246

$

         2,573,862
 
Unrealized gain on investment

 

                          -

 

             (54,540)

 

                        -

 

             (53,850)
 
Investment write down

 

                          -

 

                      -

 

                        -

 

               (7,770)
 
Realized gain on sale of investments

 

                          -

 

              72,540

 

                        -

 

              61,620
Comprehensive loss

$

           1,527,111

$

            853,905

$

         3,731,246

$

         2,573,862

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated interim financial statements.

 
4

 

MIDWAY GOLD CORP.
(An exploration stage company)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 (Expressed in Canadian dollars)  (unaudited)

   
  Number of shares
 Common stock
 Additional paid-in capital
 Accumulated other comprehensive income
Accumulated deficit during the exploration stage
 Total stockholders' equity
Balance, May 14, 1996 (date of inception)

                 -

 $                   -

 $                  -

 $                    -

 $                   -

 $                 -

Shares issued:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Private placements

       700,000

            168,722

                     -

                       -

                      -

          168,722

Net loss

                 -

                      -

                     -

                       -

           (114,800)

        (114,800)

Balance, December 31, 1996

       700,000

            168,722

                     -

                       -

           (114,800)

            53,922

Shares issued:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Initial public offering

    2,025,000

            590,570

                     -

                       -

                      -

          590,570

 
Principal shares

       750,000

                7,500

                     -

                       -

                      -

              7,500

 
Private placement

    1,000,000

         1,932,554

           321,239

                       -

                      -

       2,253,793

 
Exercise of share purchase warrants

    1,000,000

         2,803,205

                     -

                       -

                      -

       2,803,205

 
Acquisition of mineral property interest

    1,000,000

         2,065,500

                     -

                       -

                      -

       2,065,500

 
Finders fee

       150,000

            309,825

                     -

                       -

                      -

          309,825

Net loss

                 -

                      -

                     -

                       -

        (2,027,672)

     (2,027,672)

Balance, December 31, 1997

    6,625,000

         7,877,876

           321,239

                       -

        (2,142,472)

       6,056,643

Shares issued:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Exercise of share purchase warrants

       100,000

            332,124

           (32,124)

                       -

                      -

          300,000

 
Acquisition of mineral property interest

       200,000

            246,000

                     -

                       -

                      -

          246,000

 
Finders fee

       150,000

            224,250

                     -

                       -

                      -

          224,250

Net loss

                 -

                      -

                     -

                       -

        (1,943,674)

     (1,943,674)

Balance, December 31, 1998

    7,075,000

         8,680,250

           289,115

                       -

        (4,086,146)

       4,883,219

Consolidation of shares on a two for one new basis

  (3,537,500)

                      -

                     -

                       -

                      -

                    -

Net loss

                 -

                      -

                     -

                       -

        (2,378,063)

     (2,378,063)

Balance, December 31, 1999

    3,537,500

         8,680,250

           289,115

                       -

        (6,464,209)

       2,505,156

Net loss

                 -

                      -

                     -

                       -

        (4,718,044)

     (4,718,044)

Balance, December 31, 2000

    3,537,500

         8,680,250

           289,115

                       -

      (11,182,253)

     (2,212,888)

Net earnings

                 -

                      -

                     -

                       -

         2,427,256

       2,427,256

Balance, December 31, 2001

    3,537,500

         8,680,250

           289,115

                       -

        (8,754,997)

          214,368

Shares issued:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Private placement

    4,824,500

         2,133,786

           246,839

                       -

                      -

       2,380,625

 
Exercise of share purchase warrants

    4,028,000

         1,007,000

                     -

                       -

                      -

       1,007,000

 
Exercise of stock options

         32,000

              12,800

                     -

                       -

                      -

            12,800

 
Financing shares issued

         31,250

              35,000

                     -

                       -

                      -

            35,000

 
Acquisition of mineral property interest

    4,500,000

         3,600,000

                     -

                       -

                      -

       3,600,000

 
Share issue costs

                 -

          (544,260)

                     -

                       -

                      -

        (544,260)

Stock based compensation

                 -

                      -

             27,000

                       -

                      -

            27,000

Net loss

                 -

                      -

                     -

                       -

        (1,657,651)

     (1,657,651)

Balance, December 31, 2002

  16,953,250

       14,924,576

           562,954

                       -

      (10,412,648)

       5,074,882

Shares issued:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Private placement

       700,000

            638,838

           201,162

                       -

                      -

          840,000

 
Exercise of share purchase warrants

       294,500

              73,625

                     -

                       -

                      -

            73,625

 
Share issue costs

                 -

            (19,932)

                     -

                       -

                      -

          (19,932)

Stock based compensation

                 -

                      -

           531,000

                       -

                      -

          531,000

Net loss

                 -

                      -

                     -

                       -

        (1,352,679)

     (1,352,679)

Balance, December 31, 2003

  17,947,750

       15,617,107

        1,295,116

                       -

      (11,765,327)

       5,146,896

Shares issued:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Private placement

    2,234,400

         2,122,269

           175,407

                       -

                      -

       2,297,676

 
Exercise of share purchase warrants

       213,500

            300,892

           (46,267)

                       -

                      -

          254,625

 
Exercise of stock options

       250,000

            157,000

           (27,000)

                       -

                      -

          130,000

 
Share issue costs

                 -

          (183,512)

                     -

                       -

                      -

        (183,512)

Stock based compensation

                 -

                      -

           941,478

                       -

                      -

          941,478

Net loss

                 -

                      -

                     -

                       -

        (2,994,702)

     (2,994,702)

Balance, December 31, 2004

  20,645,650

       18,013,756

        2,338,734

                       -

      (14,760,029)

       5,592,461

 
Private placement

    4,075,800

         3,266,095

           773,335

                       -

                      -

       4,039,430

 
Exercise of stock options

       165,500

            124,364

           (31,964)

                       -

                      -

            92,400

 
Exercise of share purchase warrants

    1,743,000

         1,543,844

             (4,844)

                       -

                      -

       1,539,000

Stock based compensation

                 -

          (184,660)

           488,075

                       -

                      -

          303,415

Net loss

                 -

                      -

                     -

                       -

        (4,402,715)

     (4,402,715)

Balance, December 31, 2005, carried forward

  26,629,950

       22,763,399

        3,563,336

                       -

      (19,162,744)

       7,163,991

 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated interim financial statements.

 
5

 

MIDWAY GOLD CORP.
(An exploration stage company)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 (Expressed in Canadian dollars)  (unaudited)

   
  Number of shares
 Common stock
 Additional paid-in capital
 Accumulated other comprehensive income
Accumulated deficit during the exploration stage
 Total stockholders' equity
Balance, December 31, 2005, brought forward

  26,629,950

       22,763,399

        3,563,336

                       -

      (19,162,744)

       7,163,991

Shares issued:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Private placements

    5,725,000

       10,760,355

           944,645

                       -

                      -

     11,705,000

 
Exercise of stock options

       306,000

            325,530

         (111,330)

                       -

                      -

          214,200

 
Exercise of share purchase warrants

    3,227,000

         4,182,991

         (768,491)

                       -

                      -

       3,414,500

 
Acquisition of mineral property interest

         40,000

              88,000

                     -

                       -

                      -

            88,000

 
Share issue costs

                 -

          (248,512)

                     -

                       -

                      -

        (248,512)

Stock based compensation

                 -

                      -

           992,400

                       -

                      -

          992,400

Net loss

                 -

                      -

                     -

                       -

        (7,241,228)

     (7,241,228)

Balance, December 31, 2006

  35,927,950

       37,871,763

        4,620,560

                       -

      (26,403,972)

     16,088,351

Shares issued:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Private placement

    2,000,000

         5,400,000

                     -

                       -

                      -

       5,400,000

 
Pan-Nevada acquisition

    7,764,109

       25,000,431

        2,028,074

                       -

                      -

     27,028,505

 
Exercise of stock options

       595,000

         1,485,415

         (694,515)

                       -

                      -

          790,900

 
Exercise of share purchase warrants

    3,395,605

       10,777,930

      (2,081,407)

                       -

                      -

       8,696,523

 
Share issue costs

                 -

            (28,000)

                     -

                       -

                      -

          (28,000)

Stock based compensation

                 -

                      -

        1,502,912

                       -

                      -

       1,502,912

Unrealized loss on investment

                 -

                      -

                     -

            (120,000)

                      -

        (120,000)

Adjustment of future income tax liability to mineral properties (note 2(p))

                 -

                      -

                     -

                       -

           (389,955)

        (389,955)

Net loss

                 -

                      -

                     -

                       -

      (10,666,106)

   (10,666,106)

Balance, December 31, 2007

  49,682,664

       80,507,539

        5,375,624

            (120,000)

      (37,460,033)

     48,303,130

Shares issued:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Private placement

  14,521,500

         6,174,441

           956,509

                       -

                      -

       7,130,950

 
Acquisition of mineral property interest

         30,000

              88,500

                     -

                       -

                      -

            88,500

 
Exercise of stock options

       479,000

         1,186,462

         (453,212)

                       -

                      -

          733,250

 
Exercise of share purchase warrants

       108,500

            364,404

         (209,405)

                       -

                      -

          154,999

 
Share issue costs

                 -

          (139,705)

                     -

                       -

                      -

        (139,705)

Stock based compensation

                 -

                      -

           501,028

                       -

                      -

          501,028

Unrealized loss on investments

                 -

                      -

                     -

            (502,225)

                      -

        (502,225)

Investment write-down

                 -

                      -

                     -

             622,225

                      -

          622,225

Net loss

                 -

                      -

                     -

                       -

      (16,165,394)

   (16,165,394)

Balance, December 31, 2008

  64,821,664

       88,181,641

        6,170,544

                       -

      (53,625,427)

     40,726,758

Shares issued:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Exercise of stock options

         33,333

              32,815

           (11,164)

                       -

                      -

            21,651

 
Exercise of share purchase warrants

  12,500,000

         4,456,509

         (956,509)

                       -

                      -

       3,500,000

Stock based compensation

                 -

                      -

        1,152,238

                       -

                      -

       1,152,238

Unrealized (gain) loss on investment

                 -

                      -

                     -

               53,850

                      -

            53,850

Realized gain on sale of investments

                 -

                      -

                     -

              (53,850)

                      -

          (53,850)

Net loss

                 -

                      -

                     -

                       -

        (2,642,176)

     (2,642,176)

Balance, December 31, 2009

  77,354,997

       92,670,965

        6,355,109

                       -

      (56,267,603)

     42,758,471

Shares issued:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Private placements

  12,411,999

         5,656,568

        1,790,631

                       -

                      -

       7,447,199

 
Share issue costs

                 -

       (1,010,495)

           212,109

                       -

                      -

        (798,386)

 
Exercise of share purchase warrants

         12,500

              14,024

             (4,024)

                       -

                      -

            10,000

Stock based compensation

                 -

                      -

           679,538

                       -

                      -

          679,538

Net loss
 

                 -

                      -

                     -

                       -

        (3,731,246)

     (3,731,246)

Balance, September 30, 2010

  89,779,496

 $    97,331,062

 $     9,033,363

 $                    -

 $   (59,998,849)

 $  46,365,576


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated interim financial statements.

 
6

 

MIDWAY GOLD CORP.
(An exploration stage company)
SCHEDULE OF MINERAL EXPLORATION EXPENDITURES
 (Expressed in Canadian dollars)  (unaudited)

     
Three months ended September 30, 2010
Three months ended September 30, 2009
Nine months ended September 30, 2010
Nine months ended September 30, 2009
Cumulative period from inception (May 14, 1996) to September 30, 2010
Exploration costs incurred are summarized as follows:

 

 

Midway project
 

 

 

 

 

 
Assays and analysis

 $                      -

 $                       -

 $           (12,412)

 $               21,386

 $                  316,043

 
Communication

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                         9,513

 
Drilling

                         -

                          -

                  9,800

                    2,031

                  2,053,981

 
Engineering and consulting

                  3,346

                  51,018

                45,682

                  76,171

                  4,140,792

 
Environmental

                  1,663

                         25

                  7,226

                    1,135

                     233,622

 
Field office and supplies

                  1,335

                    5,294

                  9,102

                  20,212

                     234,251

 
Legal

                15,465

                    7,244

                16,844

                  34,636

                     128,533

 
Property maintenance and taxes

                30,694

                  35,126

                31,262

                  43,242

                     441,753

 
Reclamation costs

                    (252)

                    1,490

                  1,237

                     (961)

                       28,020

 
Reproduction and drafting

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       20,803

 
Salaries and labour

                      367

                  17,759

                31,628

                  68,245

                     618,281

 
Travel, transportation and accommodation

                  1,637

                       442

                11,271

                  15,576

                     403,941

     

                54,255

                118,398

              151,640

                281,673

                  8,629,533

Spring Valley project

 

 

 

 

 

 
Assays and analysis

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                  3,329,900

 
Communication

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       10,307

 
Drilling

                         -

                          -

                         -

                     (152)

                10,261,359

 
Engineering and consulting

                         -

                          -

                  1,307

                    2,396

                  2,379,972

 
Environmental

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                     300,445

 
Equipment rental

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       64,651

 
Field office and supplies

                      257

                       135

                      442

                    1,499

                     548,648

 
Legal

                         -

                    2,347

                  1,181

                  41,406

                     356,974

 
Operator fee

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                     108,339

 
Property maintenance and taxes

                10,204

                  27,107

                10,204

                  27,148

                     488,065

 
Reclamation costs

                         -

                          -

                      135

                (46,724)

                       30,746

 
Reproduction and drafting

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       29,724

 
Salaries and labour

                          4

                  (8,438)

                14,624

                  85,523

                  1,236,709

 
Travel, transportation and accommodation

                      474

                          -

                  2,285

                    3,973

                     850,063

     

                10,939

                  21,151

                30,178

                115,069

                19,995,902

Pan project

 

 

 

 

 

 
Assays and analysis

                37,402

                          -

                37,402

                          -

                     611,769

 
Drilling

          1,108,160

                          -

          1,143,552

                          -

                  2,394,092

 
Engineering and consulting

              228,020

                         57

              388,893

                    9,843

                     776,488

 
Environmental

                41,248

                          -

                67,249

                          -

                       82,109

 
Field office and supplies

                33,477

                    1,557

                39,977

                  10,716

                     122,320

 
Legal

                21,676

                          -

                21,949

                       578

                       31,892

 
Property maintenance and taxes

                95,619

                  85,568

                96,233

                  89,764

                     388,078

 
Reclamation costs

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       67,563

 
Reproduction and drafting

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                         5,738

 
Salaries and labour

              153,165

                  14,385

              184,402

                  72,385

                     939,099

 
Travel, transportation and accommodation

                56,337

                       386

                87,558

                    2,845

                     226,861

     

          1,775,104

                101,953

          2,067,215

                186,131

                  5,646,009

 
Sub-total balance carried forward

          1,840,298

                241,502

          2,249,033

                582,873

                34,271,444


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated interim financial statements.

 
7

 

MIDWAY GOLD CORP.
(An exploration stage company)
SCHEDULE OF MINERAL EXPLORATION EXPENDITURES – CONTINUED
 (Expressed in Canadian dollars)  (unaudited)

     
Three months ended September 30, 2010
Three months ended September 30, 2009
Nine months ended September 30, 2010
Nine months ended September 30, 2009
Cumulative period from inception (May 14, 1996) to September 30, 2010
       

 

 

   
 
Sub-total balance brought forward

          1,840,298

                241,502

          2,249,033

                582,873

                34,271,444

Burnt Canyon project

 

 

 

 

 

 
Assays and analysis

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       21,921

 
Engineering and consulting

                         -

                         11

                         -

                       972

                       24,736

 
Environmental

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                            462

 
Field office and supplies

                         -

                          -

                        17

                    1,189

                         1,675

 
Legal

                         -

                          -

                         -

                       614

                         2,828

 
Property maintenance and taxes

                13,383

                  15,212

                13,383

                  15,212

                       49,164

 
Reproduction and drafting

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                         5,036

 
Salaries and labour

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                         2,923

 
Travel, transportation and accommodation

                         -

                          -

                         -

                    5,035

                         4,142

     

                13,383

                  15,223

                13,400

                  23,022

                     112,887

Gold Rock project

 

 

 

 

 

 
Assays and analysis

                25,648

                          -

                26,477

                          -

                       52,607

 
Drilling

                         -

                          -

                         -

                    7,137

                     106,901

 
Engineering and consulting

                20,377

                    4,654

                22,639

                    5,341

                     137,514

 
Environmental

                         -

                          -

                      359

                          -

                            893

 
Field office and supplies

                  1,527

                         92

                  2,886

                    5,383

                       24,728

 
Legal

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       11,745

 
Property maintenance and taxes

                68,224

                  77,485

                68,251

                  79,806

                     300,893

 
Reclamation costs

                      598

                       348

                      866

                       743

                         1,604

 
Reproduction and drafting

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                            339

 
Salaries and labour

                         -

                          -

                      199

                          -

                       38,319

 
Travel, transportation and accommodation

                  6,658

                          -

                11,069

                          -

                       30,968

     

              123,032

                  82,579

              132,746

                  98,410

                     706,511

Golden Eagle project

 

 

 

 

 

 
Assays and analysis

                         -

                  19,425

                         -

                  21,966

                       21,690

 
Drilling

                         -

                    2,743

                         -

                    3,677

                         3,638

 
Engineering and consulting

                         -

                  90,079

                  7,426

                110,696

                     148,561

 
Field office and supplies

                        20

                    1,104

                        59

                    2,382

                         1,946

 
Legal

                         -

                       319

                         -

                    9,327

                       19,569

 
Property maintenance and taxes

                      436

                       526

                  4,850

                    2,370

                         7,212

 
Salaries and labour

                         -

                          -

                      319

                         62

                            381

 
Travel, transportation and accommodation

                         -

                    3,951

                         -

                    8,710

                       14,778

     

                      456

                118,147

                12,654

                159,190

                     217,775

Thunder Mountain project

 

 

 

 

 

 
Assays and analysis

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       14,568

 
Drilling

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       77,956

 
Engineering and consulting

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                            706

 
Environmental

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                         1,717

 
Field office and supplies

                         -

                          -

                         -

                    1,039

                         1,041

 
Property maintenance and taxes

                  2,473

                    2,815

                  2,473

                    3,819

                       18,721

 
Reclamation costs

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                          (578)

 
Salaries and labour

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                         2,047

 
Travel, transportation and accommodation

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                              55

     

                  2,473

                    2,815

                  2,473

                    4,858

                     116,233

 
Sub-total balance carried forward

          1,979,642

                460,266

          2,410,306

                868,353

                35,424,850


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated interim financial statements.

 
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MIDWAY GOLD CORP.
(An exploration stage company)
SCHEDULE OF MINERAL EXPLORATION EXPENDITURES - CONTINUED
 (Expressed in Canadian dollars)  (unaudited)

     
Three months ended September 30, 2010
Three months ended September 30, 2009
Nine months ended September 30, 2010
Nine months ended September 30, 2009
Cumulative period from inception (May 14, 1996) to September 30, 2010
 
Sub-total balance brought forward

          1,979,642

                460,266

          2,410,306

                868,353

                35,424,850

Maggie Creek project

 

 

 

 

 

 
Environmental

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                            197

 
Field office and supplies

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                         4,630

 
Legal

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                            461

 
Property maintenance and taxes

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       14,275

     

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       19,563

Roberts Gold project

 

 

 

 

 

 
Assays and analysis

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       20,255

 
Communication

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       10,034

 
Drilling

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       72,177

 
Engineering and consulting

                         -

                         31

                         -

                         31

                       30,147

 
Environmental

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                         4,665

 
Field office and supplies

                         -

                          -

                         -

                    1,257

                         5,169

 
Legal

                         -

                          -

                         -

                    4,290

                         7,641

 
Property maintenance and taxes

                         -

                  17,181

                         -

                  17,181

                       71,584

 
Reclamation costs

                         -

                       475

                         -

                    1,014

                         6,027

 
Salaries and labour

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       19,203

 
Travel, transportation and accommodation

                         -

                       194

                         -

                       194

                         9,089

     

                         -

                  17,881

                         -

                  23,967

                     255,991

Pioche/Mineral Mountain project

 

 

 

 

 

 
Acquisition costs and option payments

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       40,340

 
Assays and analysis

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       13,037

 
Drilling

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                     232,205

 
Engineering and consulting

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       38,212

 
Field office and supplies

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       16,236

 
Property maintenance and taxes

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       49,750

 
Reclamation costs

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       32,683

 
Travel, transportation and accommodation

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       21,124

     

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                     443,587

Black Prince project

 

 

 

 

 

 
Communication

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                            938

 
Drilling

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       77,167

 
Engineering and consulting

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       78,698

 
Equipment rental

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       10,800

 
Field office and supplies

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                         3,397

 
Geological and geophysical

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       63,481

 
Legal and accounting

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                         1,163

 
Property maintenance and taxes

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       13,249

 
Reproduction and drafting

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                         1,179

 
Travel, transportation and accommodation

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                         7,255

 
Recoveries

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                     (40,000)

     

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                     217,327

 
Sub-total balance carried forward

          1,979,642

                478,147

          2,410,306

                892,320

                36,361,318


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated interim financial statements.

 
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MIDWAY GOLD CORP.
(An exploration stage company)
SCHEDULE OF MINERAL EXPLORATION EXPENDITURES - CONTINUED
 (Expressed in Canadian dollars)  (unaudited)

     
Three months ended September 30, 2010
Three months ended September 30, 2009
Nine months ended September 30, 2010
Nine months ended September 30, 2009
Cumulative period from inception (May 14, 1996) to September 30, 2010
       

 

     
 
Sub-total balance brought forward

          1,979,642

                478,147

          2,410,306

                892,320

                36,361,318

Ruby Violet project

 

 

 

 

 

 
Assays and analysis

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       20,499

 
Communication

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                     108,762

 
Drilling

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                     467,372

 
Engineering and consulting

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                  3,120,317

 
Equipment rental

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                     337,577

 
Field office and supplies

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                     277,119

 
Foreign exchange gain

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                     (38,134)

 
Freight

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                     234,956

 
Interest on convertible loans

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                  1,288,897

 
Legal and accounting

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                     453,269

 
Marketing

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       91,917

 
Mining costs

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                     693,985

 
Processing and laboratory supplies

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                     941,335

 
Property maintenance and taxes

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                     298,752

 
Security

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                     350,584

 
Travel, transportation and accommodation

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                     392,031

 
Utilities and water

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       59,425

     

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                  9,098,663

Property investigations

 

 

 

 

 

 
Assays and analysis

                         -

                    2,040

                  2,160

                    8,382

                     174,119

 
Drilling

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                     169,129

 
Engineering and consulting

                      208

                          -

                      208

                          -

                     210,391

 
Environmental

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                       22,761

 
Field office and supplies

                        73

                         53

                      602

                    1,037

                       20,092

 
Legal

                  1,866

                          -

                  2,715

                          -

                       13,667

 
Property maintenance and taxes

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                     123,230

 
Reclamation costs

                      (95)

                          -

                      304

                         51

                         3,117

 
Reproduction and drafting

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                         4,942

 
Salaries and labour

                         -

                          -

                         -

                          -

                         3,674

 
Travel, transportation and accommodation

                         -

                    3,404

                        49

                    4,213

                     113,462

     

                  2,052

                    5,497

                  6,038

                  13,683

                     858,584

     

 

 

 

 

 

     

 $       1,981,694

 $             483,644

 $       2,416,344

 $             906,003

 $             46,318,565


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated interim financial statements.

 
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1.  
Nature of operations and going concern

Midway Gold Corp. (the “Company” or “Midway”) was incorporated on May 14, 1996 under the laws of the Province of British Columbia and its principal business activities are the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties.

The Company is in the process of exploring and developing its mineral properties and has not yet determined whether its mineral properties contain ore reserves that are economically recoverable. The recoverability of amounts shown for mineral properties is dependent upon the discovery of economically recoverable ore reserves in its mineral properties, the ability of the Company to obtain the necessary financing to complete development, confirmation of the Company’s interest in the underlying mineral claims and upon future profitable production from, or proceeds from the disposition of, its mineral properties.

The Company has not generated revenues from operations.  These consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the Company is a going concern, which contemplates the realization of its assets and the settlement of its liabilities in the normal course of operations.    The continuation of the Company as a going concern is dependent upon the continued financial support from its shareholders, the ability of the Company to obtain necessary equity financing to continue operations, confirmation of the Company’s interests in the underlying properties, the attainment of profitable operations and/or realizing proceeds from the sale of one or more of the properties. As at September 30, 2010, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $59,998,849 and working capital of $3,794,520 which management believes is sufficient to fund ordinary operations through the next twelve months however the Company intends to raise additional equity funds as the opportunity presents itself.

As discussed in subsequent event note 12 the Company subsequently filed a preliminary prospectus supplement to its short form base shelf prospectus filed with the securities commissions in each of the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario, and a corresponding shelf prospectus as part of an effective registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to which it intends to offer up to 6,660,000 units at US$0.60 per unit for gross proceeds of US$3,996,000.  The offering is subject to regulatory approvals.


2.  
Significant accounting policies and change in accounting policy
 
These consolidated interim financial statements for the Company have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“US GAAP”).  They do not include all of the information and disclosures required by US GAAP for annual financial statements.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for fair presentation have been included in these financial statements.   The interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements including the notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2009 which may be found on the Company’s profile on SEDAR and EDGAR.
 
The accounting policies followed by the Company are set out in note 2 to the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009 and have been consistently followed in the preparation of these consolidated interim financial statements, except as follows:

Recently adopted accounting policies

In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued new accounting standards to address the elimination of the concept of a qualifying special purpose entity which also replaces the quantitative-based risks and rewards calculation for determining which enterprise has a controlling financial interest in a variable interest entity with an approach focused on identifying which enterprise has the power to direct the activities of a variable interest entity and the obligation to absorb losses of the entity or the right to receive benefits from the entity. Additionally, this standard provides more timely and useful information about an enterprise’s involvement with a variable interest entity. The new standard became effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning January 1, 2010. The adoption of this standard did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.


 
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In January 2010, FASB issued an accounting standards update for fair value measurements and disclosure. This update requires additional disclosures related to transfers in and out of level 1 and 2 fair value measurements and enhanced detail in the level 3 reconciliation.  The guidance was amended to clarify the level of disaggregation required for assets and liabilities and the disclosures required for inputs and valuation techniques used to measure the fair value of assets and liabilities that fall in either level 2 or level 3.  The updated guidance became effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning January 1, 2010 with the exception of the level disaggregation which becomes effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning January 1, 2011.  The adoption of the updated guidance did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.

In January 2010, FASB issued accounting standards update for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary or derecognition of a group of assets. This update requires additional disclosure related to the valuation techniques used to measure the fair value of any retained investment in the former subsidiary or group of assets, the nature of the continuing involvement with the subsidiary or entity acquiring the group of assets and whether the transaction was with a related party or whether the former subsidiary or entity acquiring the group of assets will become a related party.  This amendment clarifies but does not change the scope of current US GAAP. The updated guidance became effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning January 1, 2010. The adoption of the updated guidance did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.

3.  
Investments

The Company has no remaining investments at September 30, 2010.

During the nine month period ended September 30, 2009, the Company realized a loss of $61,620 on the sale of 1,844,500 common shares of Rye Patch Gold Corp. (“Rye Patch”) for proceeds of $300,525.   The Company recognized in other comprehensive income an unrealized gain of $18,000 on the common shares of Rye Patch for the difference in the fair value at September 30, 2009 and March 31, 2009.  The Company recognized in earnings an impairment on the common shares of $7,770 of Rye Patch for the difference in the fair value at March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008.  The Company considered that the decline in market value of this investment met the characteristics of an “other than temporary impairment” and adjustments to fair value were recorded in earnings as investment write-down and reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss. The Company recognized a further unrealized loss on the warrants of $100,000 in the statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.

4.  
Equipment
 
               
 
September 30, 2010
 
December 31, 2009
 
Cost
Accumulated depreciation
Net book value
 
Cost
Accumulated depreciation
Net book value
               
Computer equipment

 $272,001

 $      238,483

 $    33,518

 

 $   232,507

 $         201,051

 $      31,456

Office equipment

      72,200

            26,554

        45,646

 

        49,918

              22,976

         26,942

Field equipment

      63,133

            41,276

        21,857

 

        60,715

              32,128

         28,587

Trucks

    138,854

            52,123

        86,731

 

        56,158

              56,158

                 -

 

 $546,188

 $      358,436

 $  187,752

 

 $   399,298

 $         312,313

 $      86,985


5.  
Mineral properties

Details on the Company’s mineral properties are found in note 6 to the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009.
 
         
Mineral property
December 31, 2009
Additions
Written off
September 30, 2010
Midway

 $             7,036,314

 $                          -

 $                        -

 $             7,036,314

Spring Valley

                5,664,517

                             -

                           -

                5,664,517

Pan

              33,632,806

                   174,702

                           -

              33,807,508

Roberts Gold

                   119,980

                             -

               (119,980)

                             -

Gold Rock

                   422,834

                   205,490

                           -

                   628,324

Burnt Canyon

                   119,774

                     18,497

                           -

                   138,271

Golden Eagle

                2,255,613

                             -

                           -

                2,255,613

 

 $           49,251,838

 $                398,689

 $            (119,980)

 $           49,530,547

(a)
Midway property, Nye County, Nevada

On July 1, 2009, and amended on October 14, 2009, the Company agreed with the Town of Tonopah (“Tonopah”) and Lumos & Associates (“Lumos”) to fund a study to identify the best alternatives which maximize the treatment and dewatering at a possible mine at the Midway Project for municipal use and/or re-injection, to minimize the need for redundant facilities and over costs to benefit the Company and Tonopah.  Tonopah contracted with Lumos to prepare a Preliminary Engineering Report to identify the best alternatives to which the Company agreed to fund up to US$105,120 of which the full amount has been paid or accrued by September 30, 2010 (December 31, 2009, US$74,294 ($79,120)).

 
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(b)
Spring Valley property, Nevada

At September 30, 2010 the Company had an amounts receivable of $71,973 (US$69,945) (December 31, 2009 $80,078 (US$76,192)) for recoverable salaries and expenses, from Barrick Gold Exploration Inc. pursuant to the Spring Valley exploration option and joint venture agreement, which was subsequently paid.

(c)
Roberts Gold property, Nevada

On July 14, 2010 the Company terminated the August 27, 2007 mineral lease agreement with WFW Resources, LLC for unpatented lode mining claims in Eureka County, Nevada. The Company wrote-off the $119,980 in acquisition costs in the nine month period ended September 30, 2010.

6.  
Reclamation deposit

The Company is required to post bonds with the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) for reclamation of planned mineral exploration programs work associated with the Company’s mineral properties located in the United States. For the Company’s mineral properties that are being actively explored under funding arrangement agreements, the funding partners are responsible for bonding for the surface disturbance created by the exploration programs funded by each of them on those projects.

At September 30, 2010 the Company had posted a total of $269,082 (US$261,499) reclamation deposits compared to $279,126 (US$265,581) at December 31, 2009.

7.  
Share capital

 
(a)
The Company’s authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares.

 
(b)
Share issuances

(i)  
During 1996, the Company issued 420,000 common shares at $0.25 per share by way of a non-brokered private placement for proceeds of $98,722 net of issue costs.  In addition the Company issued 280,000 flow-through common shares at $0.25 per share by way of a non-brokered private placement for proceeds of $70,000.

(ii)  
During 1997, the Company completed an initial public offering of 2,000,000 common shares at $0.35 per share for proceeds of $590,570, net of issue costs.  In connection with this offering, the Company’s agent received a selling commission of 10% or $0.035 per share and was issued 25,000 shares as a corporate finance fee.

(iii)  
During 1997, the Company issued 1,000,000 units at $2.50 per unit by way of a private placement for proceeds of $2,253,793 net of issue costs.  Each unit consisted of one common share and one non-transferable share purchase to purchase one additional common share at $3.00 per share until February 14, 1998.  The proceeds of the financing of $2,500,000 were allocated $2,178,761 as to the common shares and $321,239 as to the warrants.   During 1998 100,000 of the warrants were exercised and 900,000 expired.  In connection with this private placement, the Company’s agent received a selling commission of 7.5% of the proceeds of the units sold or $0.1875 per unit and a corporate finance fee of $15,000.

(iv)  
During 1997, the Company issued 750,000 common shares as performance shares for proceeds of $7,500 that were held in escrow in accordance with the rules of the regulatory authorities of British Columbia.  The shares were released 25% in each of 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001.

(v)  
During 1997, pursuant to an equity participation agreement to acquire an interest in Gemstone Mining Inc. (“Gemstone”), a Utah Corporation that by agreement the creditors of Gemstone were issued 1,000,000 units of the Company on conversion of a debt of $2,065,500 (US$1,500,000). Each unit consisted of one common share and one non-transferable share purchase to purchase one additional common share at US$2.00 per share that was immediately exercised for proceeds of $2,803,205 (US$2,000,000).  The first one-third tranche of a conditional finders’ fee was satisfied by the issue of 150,000 common shares in connection with the acquisition of Gemstone.

 
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(vi)  
During 1998, the Company issued 100,000 common shares pursuant to the exercise of share purchase warrants for proceeds of $300,000.

(vii)  
During 1998, the Company issued 200,000 common shares in connection with the acquisition of Gemstone as well as the second tranche of finder’s fee in connection with that acquisition.  The Company’s option to acquire Gemstone expired on January 31, 1998 and the remaining one-third tranche were not issued.

(viii)  
During 1999, the Company consolidated its issued share capital on a two old for one new basis and changed its name from Neary Resources Corporation to Red Emerald Resource Corp.

(ix)  
During 2002, the Company issued 3,500,000 units at $0.25 per unit for proceeds of $875,000 by way of a short form offering document under the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange.  Each unit consists of one common share and one common share purchase warrant that entitled the holder to purchase one additional common share at $0.25 per share until October 19, 2002.  The Company also issued 150,000 common shares as a finance fee in connection with this offering, and issued the agent 875,000 share purchase warrants exercisable at $0.25 per share until April 19, 2004.  During 2002 the Company issued 1,134,500 special warrants at $1.25 per special warrant for proceeds of $1,418,125.  Each Special Warrant automatically converted to a unit comprising one common share and one share purchase warrant that entitled the holder to purchase one additional common share at $1.55 per share until November 6, 2003.  The proceeds of the financing of $1,418,125 were allocated on a relative fair value basis as $1,171,286 to common shares and $246,839 as to the warrants.  During 2003 all of the warrants expired unexercised.  In connection with the offering the Company paid the agent a 10% commission totaling $113,450, issued the agent 40,000 common shares as a finance fee in connection with this offering, and issued the agent 170,175 share purchase warrant exercisable at $1.55 per share until July 5, 2003.
 
(x)  
During 2002, the Company issued 4,028,000 common shares pursuant to the exercise of share purchase warrants for proceeds of $1,007,000.

(xi)  
During 2002, the Company issued 32,000 common shares pursuant to the exercise of stock options for proceeds of $12,800.

(xii)  
During 2002, the Company issued 31,250 common shares as additional consideration to a director who loaned the Company $780,000 bearing interest at 12% per annum.  The loan and interest was repaid prior to December 31, 2002.

(xiii)  
During 2002, the Company acquired Rex Exploration Corp. (“Rex”) in exchange for 4,500,000 common shares of the Company.

(xiv)  
During 2003, the Company issued 700,000 units at $1.20 per unit for proceeds of $840,000 by way of a non-brokered private placement.  Each unit consists of one common share and one share purchase warrant that entitled the holder to purchase one additional common share at $1.50  until May 25, 2004.  The proceeds of the financing of $840,000 were allocated $638,838 as to common shares and $201,162 as to the warrants.  During 2004 161,000 of the warrants were exercised and 539,000 expired.  Share issue expenses were $19,932.

(xv)  
During 2003, the Company issued 294,500 common shares pursuant to the exercise of share purchase warrants for proceeds of $73,625.

(xvi)  
In January 2004, the Company issued 400,000 units at $2.00 per unit for proceeds of $800,000 by way of a private placement.  Each unit consisted of one common share and one non-transferable share purchase warrant that entitled the holder to purchase one additional common share at $2.35 per share for a six month period.  The proceeds of the financing of $800,000 were allocated on a relative fair value basis as $624,593 to common shares and $175,407 as to the warrants.  All of the warrants expired unexercised in 2004.  The Company issued 40,000 common shares as a finder’s fee for this private placement.

 
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(xvii)  
In August 2004, the Company issued 1,020,000 units at $0.75 per unit for proceeds of $765,000 by way of a private placement.  Each unit consisted of one common share and one non-transferable share purchase warrant that entitled the holder to purchase one additional common share at $0.80 per share until August 25, 2005.  All of the warrants were subsequently exercised.  The Company issued 55,650 common shares as a finder’s fee for this private placement.

(xviii)  
In December 2004, the Company issued 700,000 units at $0.85 per unit for proceeds of $595,000 by way of a private placement.  Each unit consisted of one common share and one non-transferable share purchase warrant that entitled the holder to purchase one additional common share at $1.00 per share until December 20, 2005.  All of the warrants were subsequently exercised.  The Company issued 18,750 common shares as a finder’s fee for this private placement.

(xix)  
In February 2005, the Company issued 2,500,000 units at $0.85 per unit for proceeds of $2,125,000 by way of a private placement. Each unit consisted of one common share and one non-transferable share purchase warrant that entitled the holder to purchase one additional common share at $1.00 per share until February 16, 2006. The proceeds of the financing of $2,125,000 were allocated on a relative fair value basis as $1,598,457 to common shares and $526,543 as to warrants.  There were 23,000 warrants exercised in fiscal year 2005 and the balance exercised in fiscal year 2006. The Company issued 75,800 common shares for $64,430 and paid $69,700 in cash as a finder’s fee and incurred $26,709 in additional issue costs for this private placement.

(xx)  
In July 2005, the Company issued 1,000,000 units at $1.15 per unit for proceeds of $1,150,000 by way of a private placement. Each unit consisted of one common share and one-half non-transferable share purchase warrant that entitled the holder to purchase one additional common share at $1.15 per share until July 27, 2006.  The proceeds of the financing of $1,150,000 were allocated on a relative fair value basis as $995,193 to common shares and $154,807 as to warrants.   All of the warrants were exercised in fiscal year 2006. The Company incurred $15,560 in issue costs.

(xxi)  
In August 2005, the Company issued 500,000 units at $1.40 per unit for proceeds of $700,000 by way of a private placement. Each unit consisted of one common share and one-half nontransferable share purchase warrant that entitled the holder to purchase one additional common share at $1.45 per share until August 22, 2006. The proceeds of the financing of $700,000 were allocated on a relative fair value basis as $608,015 to common shares and $91,985 as to warrants.   All of the warrants were exercised in fiscal year 2006. The Company incurred $8,261 in issue costs.

(xxii)  
In January 2006, the Company issued 40,000 common shares at a value of $88,000 pursuant to a purchase and sale agreement to purchase mining claims for the Spring Valley project.

(xxiii)  
In May 2006, the Company issued 3,725,000 units at $1.80 per unit for proceeds of $6,705,000 by way of a private placement.  Each unit consisted of one common share and one-half nontransferable share purchase warrant.  Each whole warrant entitled the holder to purchase one additional common share at $2.70 per share until May 16, 2007. The proceeds of the financing of $6,705,000 were allocated on a relative fair value basis as $5,998,846 to common shares and $706,154 as to warrants.   The Company incurred $65,216 in issue costs.  By May 16, 2007 1,725,000 of the warrants were exercised and 137,500 expired unexercised.

(xxiv)  
In November 2006, the Company issued 2,000,000 units at $2.50 per unit for proceeds of $5,000,000 by way of a private placement. Each unit consisted of one common share and one-half nontransferable share purchase warrant.  Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one additional common share at $3.00 per share until November 10, 2007.  The proceeds of the financing of $2,000,000 were allocated on a relative fair value basis as $1,761,509 to common shares and $238,491 as to warrants.   The Company paid $88,750 in finders’ fees and incurred $94,546 in issue costs for this private placement.  By November 10, 2007 908,782 of the warrants were exercised and 91,218 expired unexercised.


 
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(xxv)  
On April 16, 2007, the Company issued 7,764,109 common shares at a value of $25,000,431, 308,000 stock options at a value of $608,020 and 870,323 share purchase warrants at a value of $1,420,054 in connection with the acquisition of Pan-Nevada Gold Corporation.  By December 31, 2007, 154,000 of the stock options had been exercised and 761,823 share purchase warrants had been exercised.  By December 31, 2008 the remaining 108,500 share purchase warrants were exercised and 84,000 stock options had been exercised.  On October 11, 2008 the final 70,000 stock options expired not exercised.

(xxvi)  
On August 24, 2007, the Company issued 2,000,000 common shares at $2.70 per common share for proceeds of $5,400,000 by way of a private placement.  The Company incurred $28,000 in share issue costs.

(xxvii)  
On March 31, 2008, the Company issued 30,000 common shares at a value of $88,500 pursuant to a lease assignment of mining claims for the Gold Rock project. The Company incurred $1,489 in share issue costs.

(xxviii)  
On June 12, 2008, the Company issued 1,421,500 common shares at $2.00 per common share for proceeds of $2,843,000 by way of a private placement.  The Company incurred $75,371 in share issue costs.

(xxix)  
On August 1, 2008 the Company issued 600,000 common shares at US$2.50 per common share for proceeds of $1,537,950 (US$1,500,000) by way of a private placement with Kinross Gold USA Inc. The Company incurred $39,450 in share issue costs.

(xxx)  
On November 12, 2008 the Company issued 12,500,000 units at $0.22 per unit for proceeds of $2,750,000 by way of a private placement. Each unit consisted of one common share and one share purchase warrant.  Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase one additional common share at $0.28 per share until May 12, 2009.  The proceeds of the financing of $2,750,000 were allocated on a relative fair value basis as $1,793,491 to common shares and $956,509 as to warrants.   The Company incurred $23,395 in issue costs for this private placement.  In the year ended December 31, 2009 all of the 12,500,000 warrants were exercised for proceeds of $3,500,000.

(xxxi)  
In addition to the 84,000 stock options reported exercised in paragraph xxv, during 2008, the Company issued a further 395,000 common shares pursuant to the exercise of stock options for proceeds of $613,250.

(xxxii)  
During 2009, the Company issued 33,333 common shares pursuant to the exercise of stock options for proceeds of $21,651.

(xxxiii)  
On April 9, 2010, the Company issued 1,333,000 units at $0.60 per unit for proceeds of $800,000 by way of a private placement. Each unit consisted of one common share and one share purchase warrant.  Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase one additional common share until October 9, 2011 at an exercise price as follows: $0.70 if exercised on or before October 9, 2010; $0.80 if exercised after October 9, 2010 but on or before April 9, 2011; and $0.90 if exercised after April 9, 2011 but on or before October 9, 2011.  The proceeds of the financing of $800,000 were allocated on a relative fair value basis as $514,365 to common shares and $285,635 as to warrants.  The Company incurred $95,529 in issue costs for this private placement.

(xxxiv)  
On June 16, 2010, the Company issued 11,078,666 units at $0.60 per unit for proceeds of $6,647,199 by way of a brokered offering in Canada and a non-brokered offering in the United States. Each unit consisted of one common share and one-half share purchase warrant.  Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one additional common share until June 16, 2012 at an exercise price of $0.80.  The proceeds of the financing of $6,647,199 were allocated on a relative fair value basis as $5,142,202 to common shares and $1,504,997 as to warrants.   The Company issued 658,840 agent’s warrants which entitle the holder to purchase one common share until June 16, 2010 at an exercise price of $0.80.  These warrants have been recorded at the estimated fair value at the issue date of $212,109.  The fair value of warrants was determined using a risk free interest rate of 1.82%, an expected volatility of 131%, an expected life of 2 years, and zero dividend for a fair value per warrant of $0.32.  In addition, the Company paid finders’ fees in the amount of $395,304 and incurred other cash share issue costs of $307,553.

 
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  (xxxv)  
On September 12, 2010, the Company issued 12,500 common shares pursuant to the exercise of share purchase warrants for proceeds of $10,000.

(c)
Stock options

The Company has an incentive share option plan (the “Plan”) that allows it to grant incentive stock options to its officers, directors, employees and consultants. The Plan was amended on May 12, 2008 to add an appendix called the 2008 Stock Incentive Plan for United States Resident Employees (the “U.S. Plan”) to supplement and be a part of the Plan.  The purpose of the U.S. Plan is to enable the Company to grant Incentive Stock Options, as that term is used in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any regulations promulgated thereunder to qualifying employees who are citizens or residents of the United States of America. This does not change the aggregate number of options that can be granted pursuant to the Plan.

The purpose of the Plan permits the Company’s directors to grant incentive stock options for the purchase of shares of the Company to persons in consideration for services. Stock options must be non-transferable and the aggregate number of shares that may be reserved for issuance pursuant to stock options may not exceed 10% of the issued
shares of the Company at the time of granting and may not exceed 5% to any individual (maximum of 2% to any consultant). The exercise price of stock options is determined by the board of directors of the Company at the time of grant and may not be less than the closing price of the Company’s shares on the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the option is granted and publicly announced, less an applicable discount, and may not otherwise be less than $0.10 per share. Options have a maximum term of ten years and terminate 90 days following the termination of the optionee’s employment, except in the case of death or disability, in which case they terminate one year after the event.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The continuity of stock options is as follows:
             
Expiry date
Exercise price per share
Balance December 31, 2009
Granted
Forfeited
Expired/
Cancelled
Balance
September 30,
 2010
             
February 4, 2010
$0.85

                   80,000

                 -

                  -

         (80,000)

                     -

June 24, 2010
$1.30

                 150,000

                 -

                  -

       (150,000)

                     -

March 9, 2011
$2.00

                   75,000

                 -

                  -

                  -

              75,000

May 4, 2011
$2.00

                   30,000

                 -

                  -

                  -

              30,000

June 15, 2011
$2.53

                 235,000

                 -

                  -

                  -

            235,000

August 30, 2011
$2.63

                   40,000

                 -

                  -

                  -

              40,000

November 30, 2011
$2.70

                 140,000

                 -

                  -

                  -

            140,000

January 23, 2012
$3.00

                   25,000

                 -

                  -

                  -

              25,000

March 7, 2012
$2.93

                 100,000

                 -

                  -

       (100,000)

                     -

July 31, 2012
$2.71

                 550,000

                 -

                  -

         (50,000)

            500,000

October 30, 2012
$3.36

                 100,000

                 -

                  -

         (50,000)

              50,000

December 6, 2012
$3.32

                   15,000

                 -

                  -

                  -

              15,000

April 13, 2014
$2.04

                 400,000

                 -

                  -

                  -

            400,000

May 12, 2013
$2.00

                   50,000

                 -

         (16,667)

         (33,333)

                     -

July 16, 2013
$2.00

                 150,000

                 -

         (16,667)

         (33,333)

            100,000

January 7, 2014
$0.56

              1,361,667

                 -

         (33,334)

         (33,333)

         1,295,000

September 9, 2014
$0.86

              1,000,000

                 -

                  -

                  -

         1,000,000

May 17, 2015
$0.71

                           -

       500,000

                  -

                  -

            500,000

June 16, 2015
$0.58

                           -

    1,705,000

                  -

                  -

         1,705,000

   

 

 

 

 

 

   

              4,501,667

    2,205,000

         (66,668)

       (529,999)

         6,110,000

   

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average exercise price
 

 $                    1.47

 $          0.61

 $           1.28

 $            1.91

 $               1.13


At September 30, 2010 all but 885,000 of the 6,110,000 stock options outstanding were exercisable. The intrinsic value of vested stock options outstanding at September 30, 2010 was $43,867.  Intrinsic value for vested stock options is calculated on the difference between the exercise prices of the underlying options and the quoted price of $0.60 for our common stock as of September 30, 2010.

The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense, net of forfeitures, of $679,538 in the nine months ended September 30, 2010 (September 30, 2009 - $1,112,822) for options vesting in that period of which $651,923 (September 30, 2009 - $939,450) was included in salaries and benefits in the statement of operations and $27,615 (September 30, 2009 - $173,372) was included in salaries and labour in the schedule of mineral exploration expenditures.  There is a balance of $227,845 that will be recognized in fiscal 2010, fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2012 as the options vest.


 
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d)           Share purchase warrants:

The continuity of share purchase warrants is as follows:

Expiry date
Exercise price per share
Balance December 31, 2009
Issued
Exercised
Expired
Balance
 September 30,
 2010
             
October 9, 2011*

$                                  0.70

                       -

            1,333,333

                        -

                        -

            1,333,333

June 16, 2012

$                                  0.80

                       -

            6,198,173

               (12,500)

                        -

            6,185,673

 

 

                       -

            7,531,506

               (12,500)

                        -

            7,519,006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average exercise price

 

 $                    -

 $                  0.78

 $                  0.80

 $                     -

 $                  0.78

 
*
Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase one additional common share until October 9, 2011 at an exercise price as follows: $0.70 if exercised on or before October 9, 2010; $0.80 if exercised after October 9, 2010 but on or before April 9, 2011; and $0.90 if exercised after April 9, 2011 but on or before October 9, 2011.

8.  
Related party transactions

(a)  
The Company paid consulting fees of $67,500 (2009 - $76,207) to a company controlled by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company for accounting and corporate compliance services.

(b)  
Recovery of office costs from Rocky Mountain Resources Corp., a company managed by common directors and officers, of $3,727 (2009 - $nil).

Included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities at September 30, 2010 is $6,267 (December 31, 2009 - $8,819) payable to the companies referred to in this note and other directors and officers.

These transactions are in the normal course of operations and are measured at the exchange amount, which is the amount of consideration established and agreed to by the related parties.
 
 
9.
Financial instruments

In all material respects, the carrying amounts for the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, amounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their fair values due to the short term nature of these instruments.  There were no investments at September 30, 2010.

10.
Contingency

A civil complaint was filed in federal court in Nevada against the Company on May 9, 2009.  On December 29, 2009 the federal court issued an order dismissing the negligence and unjust enrichment claims against the Company with prejudice and the wrongful attachment claim was dismissed without prejudice.  ING Novex Insurance Company of Canada did not amend its claim against the Company and the statute of limitations has expired.

11.
Segment disclosures

The Company considers itself to operate in a single segment, being mineral exploration and development, with all of the Company’s long lived assets being located in the United States at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
 
 
 
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12.
Subsequent events

Subsequent to September 30, 2010 the Company:
 
a)  
granted 350,000 incentive stock options to employees at an exercise price of $0.61 for a term of five years on normal vesting terms;
 
b)  
received 250,000 units of NV Gold Corporation (NVX:TSX.V) in consideration of certain area of interest obligations of NVX that apply to the Roberts Gold Property.  Each unit is comprised of one share and one warrant exercisable at $0.40 per share for a period of two years.  If the volume weighted average price of the common shares of NVX exceed C$0.60 for twenty consecutive trading days, NVX may notify the Company in writing that the warrants will expire 15 trading days from receipt of such notice unless exercised by the Company before such date.

c)  
filed a preliminary prospectus supplement to its short form base shelf prospectus filed with the securities commissions in each of the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario, and a corresponding shelf prospectus as part of an effective registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to which it intends to offer up to 6,660,000 units at US$0.60 per unit, each unit comprising one common share and one half of one non-transferable common share purchase warrant.  Each whole warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one common share of the Company at a price of US$0.90 per share for a period of 24 months from the closing date.  The Company can accelerate the expiry of the warrants to a date 30 days after giving notice to the Warrantholders if the common shares of the Company trade at a volume weighted average price of greater than $1.15 per share for a period of 20 consecutive trading days on the NYSE-Amex.  The offering is subject to regulatory approvals.

 
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Item 2.                                Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
 
 
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report filed on Form 10-Q.  This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions.  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 the heading “Risk Factors and Uncertainties” in our Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 30, 2010, and elsewhere in this report.
 
 
This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and related notes. The discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations are based upon the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires Midway to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of any contingent liabilities at the financial statement date and reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. On an on-going basis Midway reviews its estimates and assumptions. The estimates were based on historical experience and other assumptions that Midway believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results are likely to differ from those estimates under different assumptions or conditions, but Midway does not believe such differences will materially affect our financial position or results of operations. Critical accounting policies, the policies Midway believes are most important to the presentation of its financial statements and require the most difficult, subjective and complex judgments, are outlined below in “Critical Accounting Policies,” and have not changed significantly.
 
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
 
In addition, certain statements made in this report may constitute “forward-looking statements”. These forward-looking statements involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of Midway to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Except for historical information, the matters set forth herein, which are forward-looking statements, involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, unexpected changes in business and economic conditions;  significant increases or decreases in gold prices; changes in interest and currency exchange rates;  unanticipated grade changes; metallurgy, processing, access, availability of materials, equipment, supplies and water; determination of reserves; results of current and future exploration activities; results of pending and future feasibility studies; joint venture relationships; political or economic instability, either globally or in the countries in which we operate; local and community impacts and issues; timing of receipt of government approvals; accidents and labor disputes; environmental costs and risks; competitive factors, including competition for property acquisitions; and availability of external financing at reasonable rates or at all.  Forward- looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continues” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Although Midway believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Forward-looking statements are made based on management’s beliefs, estimates, and opinions on the date the statements are made, and Midway undertakes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements if these beliefs, estimates, and opinions should change, except as required by law.
 
Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors Regarding Reserve and Resource Estimates

The mineral estimates in this Form 10-Q have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the securities laws in effect in Canada, which differ from the requirements of United States securities laws. The terms “mineral reserve”, “proven mineral reserve” and “probable mineral reserve” are Canadian mining terms as defined in accordance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”) and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (the “CIM”) - CIM Definition Standards on Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves, adopted by the CIM Council, as amended. These definitions differ from the definitions in United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Industry Guide 7 under the United States Securities Act of 1993, as amended. Under SEC Industry Guide 7 standards, a “final” or “bankable” feasibility study is required to report reserves, the three-year historical average price is used in any reserve or cash flow analysis to designate reserves and the primary environmental analysis or report must be filed with the appropriate governmental authority.

 
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In addition, the terms “mineral resource”, “measured mineral resource”, “indicated mineral resource” and “inferred mineral resource” are defined in and required to be disclosed by NI 43-101; however, these terms are not defined terms under SEC Industry Guide 7 and are normally not permitted to be used in reports and registration statements filed with the SEC. Investors are cautioned not to assume that any part or all of mineral deposits in these categories will ever be converted into reserves. “Inferred mineral resources” have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence, and great uncertainty as to their economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an inferred mineral resource will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Under Canadian rules, estimates of inferred mineral resources may not form the basis of feasibility or pre-feasibility studies, except in rare cases.

Investors are cautioned not to assume that all or any part of an inferred mineral resource exists or is economically or legally mineable. Disclosure of “contained ounces” in a resource is permitted disclosure under Canadian regulations; however, the SEC normally only permits issuers to report mineralization that does not constitute “reserves” by SEC Industry Guide 7 standards as in place tonnage and grade without reference to unit measures.

Accordingly, information contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the documents incorporated by reference herein contain descriptions of our mineral deposits that may not be comparable to similar information made public by U.S. companies subject to the reporting and disclosure requirements under the United States federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.

Overview

Company Overview

Midway is a precious metals exploration company focused on the creation of value for shareholders by exploring and developing quality precious metal resources in stable mining areas.
 
 
Midway’s corporate office is located at 15782 Marine Drive – Unit 1, White Rock, British Columbia, Canada V4B 1E6.

In the third quarter of 2010, Midway’s principal operations office was relocated from Helena, Montana to Denver, Colorado.

Midway maintains field offices in Lovelock, Tonopah and Ely Nevada. These offices support the Spring Valley, Midway and Pan Projects in Nevada respectively. These offices also support work on two other exploration projects, located on four of the major Nevada gold trends. Midway currently controls certain mineral rights on the Cortez, Humboldt and Round Mountain Gold Trends.

Business Strategy and Development

We have four advanced exploration projects:  the Spring Valley, the Pan and the Midway projects in Nevada and the Golden Eagle project in Washington and two earlier stage exploration targets in Nevada.  Midway plans to continue to attempt to expand these new gold discoveries through exploration.

 
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The map below shows the location of Midway’s properties located in Nevada, USA.


 
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Highlights for the third quarter 2010 and up to November 5, 2010:

·
On July 20, 2010 the Company announced the results of the preliminary economic assessment (“PEA”) for its 100% owned Pan project located in White Pine County, Nevada.  The PEA, prepared by Gustavson Associates, is based on the July 1, 2009 resource estimate for the Pan project.  This PEA demonstrates the robust economics and technical favorability of the Pan project.  Midway expects that drilling planned in 2010 and 2011 may improve the grade and expand the mineral resource.
·
Barrick drilling at Spring Valley focused on continued expansion of the resource.
·
Spring Valley
·
Update per new press releases

Activities on Midway’s properties in the third quarter ended September 30, 2010 and up to November 5, 2010 the date of this Quarterly Report filed on Form 10-Q, are described in further detail below.

Spring Valley Property, Pershing County, Nevada

Midway and Barrick entered into an agreement on March 9, 2009 for the exploration and development of the Spring Valley property in Pershing County, Nevada, covering approximately 18.4 square miles.  The Spring Valley project is located 20 miles northeast of Lovelock and approximately 3 miles north of the Coeur Rochester Open Pit Mine. Spring Valley is a diatreme/porphyry hosted gold system, and located on the Humboldt Gold Trend.

Under the terms of the agreement, Barrick may earn a 60% interest in the property by spending US$30,000,000 in work expenditures by December 31, 2013. Barrick has informed the Company that they expect to have completed the US$5,000,000 expenditure required in 2010 to maintain the cumulative venture earn-in schedule of US$9,000,000 by the end of October 2010 or shortly thereafter.

Assay results from the 34 holes drilled by Barrick at Spring Valley in 2009 expanded the gold mineralized zone hosted in and adjacent to a porphyry intrusion. In a November 30, 2009 press release,  the Company reported significant intercepts of 339.5 feet of 0.037 ounce per ton (“opt”) gold (including 10 feet of 0.485 opt gold) and 156 feet of 0.028 opt gold in SV09-461C and high grade intercepts include a metallic screen assay of 5 feet of 9.101 opt gold in SV09-451C.

On March 23, 2010 the Company announced that Barrick had commenced its 2010 drilling program at Spring Valley, with a focus on continued expansion of the gold resource including both reverse circulation and core drilling.  Drilling is expected to be completed by fall for this calendar year.  In an August 26, 2010 press release, the Company announced significant intercepts from second quarter drilling of 103 feet of 0.097 opt gold (including 3.1 feet of 0.521 opt gold and 5.2 feet of 0.732 opt gold), 42.7 feet of 0.117 opt gold (including 5 feet of 0.653 opt gold), and 47.1 feet of 0.026 opt gold in drill hole SV10-478C.  Drill hole SV10-478C was part of a fence of holes that tested extensions of mineralization perpendicular to the Basin Cross fault gold trend.

On October 6, 2010 the Company reported that test results report gold recoveries up to 98% with conventional oxide ore leaching treatment, and showed high gold recoveries across all the grade ranges tested.  These tests were conducted at McClelland Laboratories Inc., Reno, Nevada, and were overseen by Barrick. The results show that several commonly used production options exist for processing and recovering the gold from Spring Valley and these include heap leaching, typical oxide leaching and recovery by gravity methods.

The Spring Valley project is without known reserves, as defined under SEC Guide 7, and the proposed program for the property is exploratory in nature.

Barrick is now funding the majority of the ongoing costs of this project. In the three months ended September 30, 2010, the Company incurred $10,939 primarily to fund property maintenance and taxes for the portion of the Seymork land that falls outside of the Barrick agreement area of interest.

Data reported to Midway by Barrick and disclosed in this Form 10-Q has been reviewed for Midway by Eric LeLacheur, (M.Sc., CPG), a “qualified person” as that term is defined in National Instrument 43-101.

 
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Pan Project, White Pine County, Nevada

The Pan property is located at the northern end of the Pancake mountain range in western White Pine County, Nevada, approximately 22 miles southeast of Eureka, Nevada, and 50 miles west of Ely, Nevada.  The Pan deposit is a Carlin-style, disseminated gold deposit, hosted along the Battle Mountain-Eureka Trend.
 
Key operations personnel now include Ken Brunk, President and Chief Operating Officer, Richard Moritz, Vice President of Project Development, William Neal, Vice President of Geological Services and the most recent appointment of H. Thomas Williams as Director of Environmental Affairs.
 
Since joining Midway in May 2010, Mr. Brunk has identified the critical path items and timeline to develop the Pan project to production.  Key management personnel and consultants have been engaged and work has been underway since May to complete the environmental baseline studies and the design documents and permit applications.
 
On July 20, 2010 the Company reported the results of the PEA for the Pan project.  The PEA, prepared by Gustavson Associates, is based on the July 1, 2009 resource estimate for the Pan project.  This PEA demonstrates the robust economics and technical favorability of the Pan project.
 
Total gold produced for sale

327,000 ounces

Average gold grade

0.018 opt

Average annual gold production

44,000 ounces

Peak annual production

57,000 ounces

Mine life

7.5 years

IRR (pre-tax)

23%

NPV (pre-tax)

$49 million

Discount rate

 5%

Pay-back period

3 years

Net cumulative cash flow (pre-tax)

$79 million

Direct cash costs

$453 /oz

Initial capital expenditures including mining pre-strip, equipment, process, infrastructure & buildings, owners and miscellaneous costs

$59 million

 

Metallurgical recovery rate

72%

Long-term gold price

$950 /oz

Note: This PEA is preliminary in nature as it includes mineral resources and there is no certainty that the preliminary assessment will be realized.  Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.
 
The PEA included an independent audit of the Company’s December 1, 2009 mineral resource estimate.
 
 
Using a 0.004 opt cut-off grade for both categories of resource there are 3,498,080 short tons at 0.019 opt containing 65,775 ounces of gold in the Measured Resource category and 39,252,272 short tons at 0.016 opt containing 616,473 ounces of gold in the Indicated Resource Category for a total of 42,750,352 short tons at 0.016 opt containing 682,248 ounces of gold of Measured plus Indicated Resource.  There is an additional 3,622,368 short tons at 0.014 opt containing 50,876 ounces of gold in the Inferred Resources category that were not included in the PEA.
 

 
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The PEA considers the Pan gold project to be developed as an open pit mine and heap leach operation. Three production scenarios were considered; In-pit Crush and Convey, Truck Haulage, and Contractor Mining.  The In-pit crush and convey option has the highest capital cost, but lowest operating costs, a slightly higher IRR, and is considered the preferred option discussed here. The PEA utilized only Measured and Indicated Resources in the pit design.  The base case utilizes a cutoff grade of 0.14 g/t. The average grade of mined material sent to leach was 0.62 g/t with ultimate recoveries of 70% for North Pan Mineralization, and 75% for South Pan Mineralization. The forecast mine life was 9 years with a total of 327,000 ounces of gold produced. Opportunities appear to exist to refine various aspects of the project and improve economics through cost reduction, optimization and through an increase in the size of the overall resource from the planned 2010/2011 drill programs. Initial project capital costs, as evaluated in the PEA, are estimated at $45 million plus working capital of $5 million and a 20% contingency totaling $9 million.
 
Operating costs and sensitivity analysis in US dollars are as follows:

Items
Cost per ton processed
Cost per ounce
Mining cost
$2.02
$155.24
Processing and refining cost
$2.94
$225.91
G&A
$0.40
$30.74
Operating contingency
$0.54
$41.19

The PEA was prepared to the standards of National Instrument 43-101 and was filed on SEDAR on July 21, 2010. The PEA was prepared under the supervision of Donald Hulse, Principal Mining Engineer and Terre Lane, Principal Mining Engineer of Gustavson, each of whom are independent of the Company and are qualified persons.
 
The critical path to commencing production at Pan by 2013 is directed towards completion of a feasibility study and permitting.
 
 
On October 13, 2010 the Company announced that it completed a total of 1,757 meters (5,764 feet) of diamond drilling in 14 core holes in the North and South Pan areas.   In an October 28, 2010 press release, the Company announced results of six core holes drilled for metallurgical testing including significant intercepts of 266 feet of 0.033 opt gold in PN10-10c and 282 feet of 0.025 opt gold in PN10-02c.  Additional assays are pending for the 8 core holes drilled for geotechnical and waste rock characterization studies.
 
The core drilling program was conducted to provide key information for our engineering, metallurgy, and permitting at the Pan deposit.  This data will allow us to complete a feasibility study on the project early next year. The core samples also gave our geologists new understanding of the geology and alteration and this understanding will enable us to rigorously design processing methods for gold recoveries from various zones within the deposit.   In addition the core drilling samples will provide geotechnical features for pit slope designs and waste rock characterization tests required for mine permitting and design.  All of this information is needed to complete a feasibility study.

Environmental studies are underway to support a plan of operations and a reclamation plan submittal to the management agencies.  These studies include waste rock characterization, hydrogeology, archaeology, soils, vegetation, wildlife, air quality, and visual resource considerations.

Engineering design work is advancing for the leach pad, the waste rock dump, the crushers, the utilities and the gold recovery plant.  Completion of a feasibility study is scheduled for the first quarter of 2011.

The Company incurred $1,775,104 of expenditures at the Pan project in the three months ended September 30, 2010 of which 62% was the cost of the diamond drill program and the balance on advancing the engineering and environmental studies underway for the feasibility study and permitting.

 
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Midway project, Nye County, Nevada

The Midway property is located in Nye County, Nevada, approximately 24 kilometers northeast of the town of Tonopah, 335 kilometers northwest of Las Vegas and 380 kilometers southeast of Reno.  The property is over the northeastern flank of the San Antonio Mountains and in the Ralston Valley. Water is readily available from water wells drilled on the property under a temporary grant of water rights and power is accessible as a power line crosses the property.

The Midway project is located at the intersection of the well-known Round Mountain/Goldfield trend and the Walker Lane. It is a low-sulfidation epithermal gold system with near-vertical quartz-adularia-gold veins. Bonanza gold veins occur in a series of en echelon vein clusters along a 1.5 mile northwest-trending band of mineralization. The best previously reported gold intercept from the Midway vein was 2.5 feet of 119 opt gold in 17 feet that averaged 34.7 opt gold in core hole MW210.

Work at the Midway project in the third quarter 2010 comprised ongoing discussions with the Town of Tonopah (“Tonopah”) to secure water rights for development and preparation work necessary for permit applications.

The underlying property owners have waived the US$300,000 annual property payment that would otherwise have been due in August 2010.

The Company incurred $54,255 expenditures at the Midway project in the three months ended September 30, 2010 of which 56% was the cost of property maintenance claim fees and the balance on work to support the discussions for the water rights.

Gold Rock Project, White Pine County, Nevada

The Gold Rock property is a 14 square mile land position with known gold deposits located on the Battle Mountain-Eureka trend. This is a sediment hosted gold system in highly prospective host rocks. A historic database of 794 holes containing 269,446 feet of drilling was acquired outlining continuous mineralization along 9,200 feet of length.  Surface work, geophysics and historic data compilation have identified a number of exploration targets.

Efforts in the third quarter 2010 included extensive mapping and sampling of a 12 square kilometer area for lithology, structure and alteration with the gold of identifying the best drill targets outside of the Easy Junior Pit.  Assay results for all of the soil and rock chip samples are pending.

The Company incurred $123,032 expenditures at the Gold Rock project in the three months ended September 30, 2010 of which 55% was the cost of property maintenance claim fees and the balance on the mapping and sampling program.

Burnt Canyon Project, Pershing County, Nevada

The 2008 surface exploration and geophysics program on the Burnt Canyon project identified targets in this volcanic hosted epithermal system.  Disseminated gold identified in rock chip and soil sampling at five different areas have been selected as drill targets.  The project lies between high grade veins in the Seven Troughs district and the Wildcat disseminated gold deposit to the north.

The Company did not conduct any work on the Burnt Canyon project in the three months ended September 30, 2010.

The Company incurred $13,383 expenditures at the Burnt Canyon project in the three months ended September 30, 2010 all of which was the cost of property maintenance claim fees.

Golden Eagle Project, Ferry County, Washington

In 2008 the Company purchased a 100% interest in the Golden Eagle property located in Ferry County, Washington from Kinross Gold and Hecla Mining.
 

 
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The Golden Eagle property hosts a large hot springs gold deposit that is partially covered by glacial gravels.  In 1996 a previous operator delineated a potentially open pit deposit on private ground. Beneath this deposit are several high-grade vein exploration targets. These targets are adjacent to the Republic Knob Hill Mine, which produced high-grade gold, from underground veins, for over 100 years. We will also review options to process sulfide mineralization, in view of newer technologies and the economics afforded by a higher gold price. The ability to explore the deeper targets combined with the possible strategic access to Kinross’ nearby mill is a bonus that could add value to any new oxide ounces discovered on the property.
 
The Company did not conduct any work on the Golden Eagle property in the three months ended September 30, 2010.
 
The Company incurred $456 expenditures at the Golden Eagle project in the three months ended September 30, 2010 most of which  was the cost of property tax fees.

Results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2009

The net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 was $3,731,246 (2009 – $$2,573,862).

Significant differences between the periods are as follows:

Interest and bank charges totaled $4,526 (2009 - $27,190) a decrease of $22,664 over the comparative period.  The comparative period costs were higher due to interest expense incurred on a promissory note.  The promissory note was settled in full on May 8, 2009.

Investor relations and travel totalled $240,338 (2009 - $135,973) an increase of $104,365 over the comparative period.  Management attended several investor shows and contracted video interviews and paid for research in North America in the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to participating in only one investor show in the comparative period.  Midway has focussed its investor relations efforts on increasing the market’s awareness of Midway by travelling to meet potential investors and attendance at selected industry investor shows. This category of costs will be expected to increase as Midway retained Windward Global at the end of April 2010 to assist the Company with public relations and investor relations counselling and efforts at a cost of US$5,000 per month plus approved expenses.

Legal, audit and accounting was $155,582 (2009 - $468,690) a decrease of $313,108 over the comparative period.  The current period included a one-time charge of $27,073 of agent’s legal fees associated with a 2009 private placement that the Company withdrew and did not complete. The comparative period costs were higher due to significant legal and auditing costs as the Company investigated and evaluated business opportunities.

Exploration expenses were $2,416,344 (2009 – $906,003).  The details of the expenses in each period may be found in the schedule to the unaudited consolidated interim financial statements.  Exploration levels are determined by the success of previous exploration programs on each project and cash available to fund additional programs.  Exploration salaries and labor include the non-cash estimated fair value of stock based compensation for stock options granted to technical employees in the period of $27,615 (2009 - $173,372).  Management fees earned from Barrick for the Spring Valley project were $14,552 (2009 - $23,624).

Mineral property interests written off totaled $119,980 (2009 – nil). The Company terminated the mineral lease agreement on the Roberts Gold property on July 14, 2010 and wrote-off its acquisition costs as of September 30, 2010.

Director’s fees, salaries and benefits were $1,362,969 inclusive of $651,923 of non-cash stock based compensation.  The majority of the stock based compensation was included in the salaries and benefits for the nine months ended September 30, 2010.  In the comparative period $1,522,310 included $939,450 of non-cash stock based compensation.  Beginning in May 2010 the Company began building a management team to transition from an exploration company to a gold production company and as such we anticipate these costs will continue to increase.

The foreign exchange gain in the current period was $179,840 compared to a gain in the comparative period of $842,711 of which $168,280 was unrealized in the current period and $990,866 was unrealized in the comparative period.  The unrealized foreign exchange relates to restatement of the US dollar denominated future income tax liability.

 
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Summary of Quarterly Results (Unaudited)
 
   
Sept 2010
June
2010
March
2010
Dec
2009
Sept 2009
June
2009
Mar
2009
Dec
2008
 $(000’s) except per share amounts
                 
Revenue from the sale of minerals
 
 
Nil
 
Nil
 
Nil
 
Nil
 
Nil
 
Nil
 
Nil
 
Nil
Net loss
 
1,527
1,812
392
68
836
491
1,247
5,238
Net loss per share, basic and diluted
 
 
0.02
 
0.02
 
0.01
 
0.00
 
0.01
 
0.01
 
0.02
 
0.10
 
Notes and Factors Affecting Comparability of Quarters:

(1)  
The Company is a mineral exploration company at the development stage and has no operating revenues.   Exploration costs fluctuate between periods depending on results of each successive phase on each project and the Company’s ability to fund exploration and development activities.
(2)  
Stock based compensation costs are a non-cash expense and represent an estimate of the fair value of stock options granted.  These expenses are often the largest item included in the Statement of Operations and they represent a significant source of variation in loss from quarter to quarter.  Stock based compensation is allocated between salaries and benefits and mineral exploration expenditures.
(3)  
Costs for the June 30 quarter tend to be higher due to printing and mailing of shareholder material for the Company’s annual general meeting and costs of conducting this meeting.
(4)  
Costs for the December 31 quarter also tend to be higher due to accruals for the annual audit. Administratively, management tends to critically review all exploration projects in detail at this time of year and makes decisions about which projects it wishes to continue and which projects it will abandon.
(5)  
In the December 31, 2008 quarter the Company wrote off $4,247,000 in mineral property interests.

Financial Condition and Liquidity

The Company began the 2010 year with cash and cash equivalents of $1,740,322.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company expended $3,849,347 on operations, invested a total of $549,059 in mineral properties and equipment and received $6,658,813 from share subscriptions net of share issue costs to end at September 30, 2010 with cash and cash equivalents of $4,000,729.

The Company has not generated revenues from operations.  These consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the Company is a going concern, which contemplates the realization of its assets and the settlement of its liabilities in the normal course of operations.    The continuation of the Company as a going concern is dependent upon the continued financial support from its shareholders, the ability of the Company to obtain necessary equity financing to continue operations, confirmation of the Company’s interests in the underlying properties, the attainment of profitable operations and/or realizing proceeds from the sale of one or more of the properties. As at September 30, 2010, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $59,998,849 and working capital of $3,794,520 which management believes is sufficient to fund ordinary operations through the next twelve months however the Company intends to raise additional equity funds as the opportunity presents itself.

On November 2, 2010 the Company filed a preliminary prospectus supplement to its short form base shelf prospectus filed with the securities commissions in each of the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario, and a corresponding shelf prospectus as part of an effective registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to which it intends to offer up to 6,660,000 units at US$0.60 per unit for gross proceeds of US$3,996,000.  The offering is subject to regulatory approvals.

 
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There was a severe deterioration in global credit and equity markets in 2007 through 2009.  This resulted in the need for government intervention in major banks, financial institutions and insurers and also resulted in greater volatility, increased credit losses and tighter credit conditions.  These disruptions in the credit and financial markets have had a significant material adverse impact on a number of financial institutions and have limited access to capital and credit for many companies. While market conditions have generally improved in the first half of 2010, access to capital and credit remains limited compared to capital markets before the deterioration in 2007.  These continued disruptions could, among other things, make it more difficult for us to obtain, or increase our cost of obtaining, capital and financing for our operations.  Our access to additional capital and financing may not be available on terms acceptable to us or at all.

On April 12, 2010 the Company issued 1,333,333 units at $0.60 per unit for proceeds of $800,000 by way of a non-brokered private placement.  Each unit consisted of one common share and one share purchase warrant.  Each share purchase warrant entitles the holder to purchase one additional common share until October 9, 2011 (the “Expiry Date”) at an exercise price dependent upon the time of exercise, as follows, at an exercise price of $0.70 per common share if exercised by October 9, 2010, at an exercise price of $0.80 per common share if exercised after October 9, 2010 but on or before April 9, 2011, and at an exercise price of $0.90 per common share if exercised after April 9, 2011 but on or before the Expiry Date.

On May 4, 2010 the Canadian Securities Commissions accepted the Company’s Short Form Prospectus and on May 6, 2010 the Company’s S-3 Shelf Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (jointly the “Prospectus”) was declared effective by the SEC.  The Company may now offer and sell, from time to time over a twenty-five month period, up to US$25,000,000 of the Company’s common shares, without par value, with or without warrants to purchase common shares, or any combination thereof in one or more transactions under this Prospectus:  provided however, that the Company may not exceed in the aggregate more than 33% of its public float in any 12-month period in any such transactions under the Company’s S-3 Shelf Registration Statement. The Company may also offer under this Prospectus any common shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants.  

On June 16, 2010 the Company raised aggregate gross proceeds of $6.6 million, through the issue of 9,412,000 units through a brokered offering in Canada and the United Kingdom and the issue of 1,666,666 units in a non-brokered offering in the United States pursuant to final prospectus supplements to the Prospectus.  The units were issued at $0.60 per unit, each unit comprising one common share and one half of one non-transferable common share purchase warrant.  Each whole warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one common share of Midway at a price of $0.80 per share until June 16, 2012. Haywood Securities Inc. was engaged as the agent for the brokered offering in Canada and the United Kingdom and was paid a cash commission of 7% of the total gross proceeds of the brokered offering and issued agent's warrants exercisable to acquire 658,840 common shares of Midway at an exercise price of $0.80 until June 16, 2012.

As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, there are 6,110,000 stock options at prices ranging from $0.56 to $3.36 and 7,519,006 share purchase warrants.  While it is probable that some of these options and share purchase warrants will be exercised, it is not possible to predict the timing or the amount of funds which might be received.


Contractual Obligations
 
There are no contractual obligations other than those described in the notes to the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.

Off-balance sheet arrangements

There are no off balance sheet arrangements.

Inflation

We do not believe that inflation has had a significant impact on our consolidated results of operations or financial condition.

 
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Environmental Compliance
 
Our current and future exploration and development activities, as well as our future mining and processing operations, are subject to various federal, state and local laws and regulations in the countries in which we conduct our activities. These laws and regulations govern the protection of the environment, prospecting, development, production, taxes, labor standards, occupational health, mine safety, toxic substances and other matters. We expect to be able to comply with those laws and do not believe that compliance will have a material adverse effect on our competitive position. We intend to obtain all licenses and permits required by all applicable regulatory agencies in connection with our mining operations and exploration activities. We intend to maintain standards of environmental compliance consistent with regulatory requirements.
 
Midway has an obligation to reclaim its properties after the surface has been disturbed by exploration methods at the site. As of September 30, 2010, we have accrued US$39,840 ($40,995 at September 30, 2010 compared to $41,872 at December 31, 2009) related to reclamation and other closure requirements at our properties which is unchanged from the estimate made at from December 31, 2009. These liabilities are covered by a combination of surety bonds and restricted cash totaling $269,082 at September 30, 2010 (December 31, 2009 - $279,126). We have accrued as a current liability what management believes is the present value of our best estimate of the liabilities as of September 30, 2010; however, it is possible that our obligations may change in the near or long term depending on a number of factors.

Critical accounting policies

Critical accounting estimates used in the preparation of the financial statements include our estimate of recoverable value on our property, plant and equipment, site reclamation and rehabilitation as well as the value assigned to stock-based compensation expense. These estimates involve considerable judgment and are, or could be, affected by significant factors that are out of our control.

The factors affecting stock-based compensation include estimates of when stock options might be exercised and the stock price volatility. The timing for exercise of options is out of our control and will depend, among other things, upon a variety of factors including the market value of Midway shares and financial objectives of the holders of the options. We used historical data to determine volatility in accordance with Black-Scholes modeling, however the future volatility is inherently uncertain and the model has its limitations. While these estimates can have a material impact on the stock-based compensation expense and hence results of operations, there is no impact on our financial condition.

Midway’s recoverability evaluation of its mineral properties and equipment is based on market conditions for minerals, underlying mineral resources associated with the assets and future costs that may be required for ultimate realization through mining operations or by sale. Midway is in an industry that is exposed to a number of risks and uncertainties, including exploration risk, development risk, commodity price risk, operating risk, ownership and political risk, funding and currency risk, as well as environmental risk. Bearing these risks in mind, Midway has assumed recent world commodity prices will be achievable. We have considered the mineral resource reports by independent engineers on the Midway, Spring Valley, Pan and Golden Eagle projects in considering the recoverability of the carrying costs of the mineral properties.  All of these assumptions are potentially subject to change and most are out of our control; however changes to the assumptions are not determinable. Accordingly, there is always the potential for a material adjustment to the value assigned to mineral properties and equipment.

Midway has an obligation to reclaim its properties after the surface has been disturbed by exploration methods at the site. As a result Midway has recorded a liability for the fair value of the reclamation costs it expects to incur. The Company estimated applicable inflation and credit-adjusted risk-free rates as well as expected reclamation time frames. To the extent that the estimated reclamation costs change, such changes will impact future reclamation expense recorded.


 
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Related Party Transactions

The Company had the following related party transactions for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 respectively.

     
September 30, 2010
   
September 30, 2009
             
Consulting services paid to a company owned by Doris Meyer, an officer of the Company
 
$
 
67,500
 
$
76,207
Recovery of office costs from Rocky Mountain Minerals, a company managed by Alan Branham and George Hawes, common directors
 
$
3,727
 
$
Nil

Included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities at September 30, 2010 is $6,267 (December 31, 2009 - $8,819) payable to the companies referred to in this note and other directors and officers.

These transactions are in the normal course of business and are measured at the exchange amount which is the consideration established and agreed to by the related parties.

Item 3.                                Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.
 
Not applicable.

Item 4.                                Controls and Procedures.
 
Disclosure Controls and Procedures

At the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, an evaluation was carried out under the supervision of and with the participation of the Company's management, including the Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act). Based on that evaluation the CEO and the CFO have concluded that as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective in ensuring that: (i) information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits to the SEC under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in applicable rules and forms and (ii) material information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our CEO and CFO, as appropriate, to allow for accurate and timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

The Company's internal control over financial reporting is determined as ineffective as one material weakness is not remedied. The Company’s accounting personnel have limited expertise in US generally accepted accounting principles relating to in depth analysis and review of complex accounting transactions and implementation of new standards that may be material to the Company’s financial statements. This control deficiency, which is pervasive in impact, did not and has not resulted in a misstatement to the financial statements; however, there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the interim or annual consolidated financial statements would not have been prevented or detected on a timely basis.

 
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
 
 
During the period covered by this report, there were no changes to internal control over financial reporting that materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.
 

 
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
 
Item 1.                                Legal Proceedings.
 
A civil complaint filed in federal court in Nevada against the Company on May 9, 2009.  On December 29, 2009 the federal court issued an order dismissing the negligence and unjust enrichment claims against the Company with prejudice and the wrongful attachment claim was dismissed without prejudice.  ING Novex Insurance Company of Canada did not amend its claim against the Company and the statute of limitations has expired.

Item 1A.                      Risk Factors.
 
There are no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in Midway’s Form 10-K filed on March 30, 2010 with the SEC.

Item 2.                        Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
 
Since the beginning of the period covered by this report, we have reported all issuances of unregistered equity securities on current reports filed on Form 8-K.

Item 3.                        Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
 
None.

Item 4.                      [Removed and Reserved]
 
Item 5.                      Other information.
 
None.

Item 6.                      Exhibits.
 

 
Documents filed as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or incorporated by reference:
 
 
Exhibit Number
Description
3.1
Notice of Articles, previously filed with the initial registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 6, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference.
3.2
Articles, previously filed with the initial registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 6, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference.
31.1
31.2
32.1
32.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
 

 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to requirements 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.


 
MIDWAY GOLD CORP.
 
November 5, 2010
 
By:  /s/ Daniel Wolfus                                                                  
       Daniel Wolfus
       Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director
     (Principal Executive Officer)
 
 
November 5, 2010
 
 
By:  /s/ Doris A. Meyer                                                                  
       Doris Meyer
       Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary
       (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
 

 

 

 

 

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