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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

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

For the fiscal year ended: March 31, 2013

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

For the transition period from____________to _____________

Commission File No. 000-53132

CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada   26-1516355  
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 
organization)      

Jorge Canning 1410
Ñuñoa, Santiago
Republic of Chile
(Address of principal executive offices)

+(56) (02) 813 1087
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None.


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As of September 28, 2012 (the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter), the aggregate market value of the shares of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates (based upon the closing price of such shares as reported on the Over-the-Counter Pink Exchange) was approximately $6,729,186.

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There were a total of 11,164,134 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding as of July 13, 2013.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Annual Report on FORM 10-K
For the Fiscal Year Ended March  31, 2013
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 PART I 
Item 1.   Business.   6
Item 1A.   Risk Factors.   19
Item 1B.   Unresolved Staff Comments.   28
Item 2.   Properties.   28
Item 3.   Legal Proceedings.   37
Item 4.   Mine Safety Disclosures 37
     
 PART II 
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities. 37
Item 6.   Selected Financial Data.  38
Item 7.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.   38
Item 7A.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.  48
Item 8.   Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.  48
Item 9.   Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.   48
Item 9A.   Controls and Procedures.   48
Item 9B.   Other Information.   50
     
 PART III 
Item 10.   Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.  50
Item 11.   Executive Compensation.   55
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters. 56
Item 13.   Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.  58
Item 14.   Principal Accounting Fees and Services. 59
     
 PART IV 
Item 15.   Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.  60
     

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Special Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements

In addition to historical information, this report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. We use words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “project,” “target,” “plan,” “optimistic,” “intend,” “aim,” “will” or similar expressions which are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements include, among others, those concerning market and industry segment growth and demand and acceptance of new and existing products; any projections of sales, earnings, revenue, margins or other financial items; any statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations; any statements regarding future economic conditions or performance; as well as all assumptions, expectations, predictions, intentions or beliefs about future events. You are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, including those identified in Item 1A, “Risk Factors” included herein, as well as assumptions, which, if they were to ever materialize or prove incorrect, could cause the results of the Company to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by us in this report and our other filings with the SEC. These reports attempt to advise interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and prospects. The forward-looking statements made in this report speak only as of the date hereof and we disclaim any obligation, except as required by law, to provide updates, revisions or amendments to any forward-looking statements to reflect changes in our expectations or future events.

Use of Terms

Except as otherwise indicated by the context, references in this report to:

  • the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our,” are to the combined business of CMT and its 99.9% owned subsidiary, Minera, but do not include the stockholders of CMT;
  • “CMT” are to Chile Mining Technologies Inc., a Nevada corporation;
  • “Minera” are to Sociedad Minera Licancabur, S.A., a Chilean company;
  • “Chile” and “Chilean” are to the Republic of Chile;
  • “Peso” are to the Chilean peso, the legal currency of Chile;
  • “U.S. dollar,” “$” and “US$” are to the legal currency of the United States.
  • “SEC” are to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;
  • “Securities Act” are to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;
  • “Exchange Act” are to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
  • “Exploration” means the process of locating commercially viable concentrations of minerals to mine; and
  • “Exploitation” means the act of extracting a mineral resource from source material.

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PART I

ITEM 1.   BUSINESS.  

Overview

We are a mineral extraction company based in the Republic of Chile, with copper as our principal “pay metal.” Our founders, Messrs. Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Orellana and Jorge Fernando Pizarro Arriagada, have refined the electrowin process in a way that permits the electrowin process to be used at a relatively small mine and/or tailings sites. Electrowinning is a process in which positive and negative electrodes are placed in an acidic solution containing copper ions, and an electric current passed through the solution causes the copper to be deposited on the negative electrodes so that it can be collected.

We have obtained rights to conduct our mineral extraction operations at several sites in and around the Coquimbo region, which is located in north-central Chile, approximately 400 kilometers north of Santiago. While these sites each have their own mineral deposits, we will procure the majority of our source material from non-traditional sources, including tailings, ore, or a combination thereof, by purchasing rights to such source material at smaller sites, where it is not economical for larger open-pit mining companies to operate, due largely to the transportation costs associated with moving source materials to fixed processing sites.

By utilizing Minimum Intrusion Non-traditional Input, or MINI, plants, we are able to build scalable, less expensive plants closer to source material deposits, thereby resulting in significant processing savings. In addition, since smaller sites generally require higher copper prices, due to transportation costs, to operate profitably, these deposits can currently be purchased at a discount. By utilizing this strategy, we are able to reduce costs and operate profitably with smaller deposits.

The initial design capacity of each MINI plant is between approximately 1,200 and 2,000 metric tons of annual copper cathode output. Each MINI plant can be expanded on a modular basis in increments of 1,500 metric tons. We believe that the installed cost for a new 1,500 metric ton MINI plant, with the ability to produce tailings, at the average location, is about $3,000,000, or $2,000 per metric ton of annual capacity. Expanding the capacity of an existing MINI plant will cost between $400 and $800 per metric ton, depending on the site. Once the available source material deposits at and around the site of an existing MINI plant have been depleted, we anticipate that we can recover up to 70% of the cost of constructing a new MINI plant by relocating the support structures and processing equipment from the original MINI plant.

By reducing unit costs and carefully managing the average source material grade, we estimate that the MINI plant technology will allow us to break even at copper prices as low as US$1.00 per pound, or US$2,205 per metric ton. As of July 10, 2013, copper was trading at $6,779 per metric ton on the London Metals Exchange, or LME. As the demand for copper continues to increase, the market now demands that producers must purchase the ore by providing payment upon delivery of the ore, as opposed to the historical practice of providing payment following the sale of the finished copper. This shift in the market has affected our need for working capital substantially, in that we now require approximately $1 million per MINI plant to purchase enough ore to operate at full capacity.

Initially, we plan to sell our copper cathodes to Madeco, the largest cable producer in Chile. Based on our discussions with Madeco, we expect that the selling price will be at a 3% discount from the price for copper, adjusted for purity, on the LME. We expect that sales will be made under purchase orders where cash will be paid upon delivery. We anticipate that this arrangement will provide us with immediate cash flow with which we will use to fund our current operations. In the future, as business volume grows, we may elect to sell our copper cathodes at the generally higher prices prevailing on the LME.

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Since our inception on January 2, 2008, we have focused our activities on acquiring mineral rights and sites on which to construct our MINI plants. Since starting construction in the fall of 2008, we have successfully completed our first scalable MINI plant, designated as the Ana Maria plant, located about 30 kilometers northeast of the town of Illapel, in the mining district of Matancilla. We have been testing the production of copper cathodes at the Ana Maria plant since late April 2009. In July 2009, we produced our first commercial run of copper cathodes.

We commenced operations at the Ana Maria plant in July 2009. The Ana Maria plant was taken off-line the first week of May 2010 in order to increase the capacity of this facility. As a result, the total capacity for the production of refined copper cathodes from the Ana Maria plant increased from 120 metric tons per month to 180 metric tons per month, effectively increasing its capacity by 50%. We resumed operations at the plant with the additional capacity in place in late 2010. We believe that the site can be progressively expanded to about 5,000 metric tons per annum on a modular basis in increments of 500 to 1,000 metric tons, subject to the market price for copper and the grade and quantity of source materials available to be processed.

The purity level of the copper we have produced to date is evidenced by the analysis of acceptance from Madeco. Prior to the mineral being processed, we are able to verify the levels of copper and other minerals in order to adjust the chemicals used to ensure the highest concentrations of copper are extracted. In addition, we are also further enhancing our electrowin-based recovery techniques to reduce costs and improve the yield of the copper out of the mineral spectrum.

Our second plant, Santa Filomena, is approximately 75% complete as of the date of this report, and we have also begun preparatory work at one additional site we have under our control, in anticipation of the construction of additional MINI plants over the next 18 to 24 months.

To date, the majority of our capital expenditures have been used for the construction of our facilities.

Corporate History

CMT was incorporated in the State of Nevada on September 26, 2007 under the name “SMSA El Paso I Acquisition Corp.,” to effect the reincorporation of Senior Management Services of El Paso Sunset, Inc., a Texas corporation, or SMSA Texas, from Texas to Nevada (which was completed by a merger of SMSA Texas into CMT on October 1, 2007) as part of the implementation of a Chapter 11 reorganization plan of SMSA Texas and its affiliated companies, or the SMS Companies, which filed a petition for Chapter 11 reorganization on January 17, 2007. During the three years prior to filing the reorganization petition, the SMS Companies operated a chain of skilled nursing homes in Texas, which prior to the bankruptcy proceedings consisted of 14 nursing facilities, ranging in size from approximately 114 beds to 325 beds. In 2005, the SMS Companies obtained a secured credit facility from a financial institution, which eventually was comprised of an $8.3 million term loan and a revolving loan of up to $15 million. By late 2006, the SMS Companies were in an “overadvance” position, whereby the amount of funds by the lender exceeded the amount of collateral eligible to be borrowed under the credit facility.

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Beginning in September 2006, the SMS Companies entered into the first of a series of forbearance agreements whereby the lender agreed to forebear from declaring the financing in default provided that the SMS Companies obtained a commitment from a new lender to refinance and restructure the credit facility. The SMS Companies were unsuccessful in obtaining a commitment from a new lender and, on January 5, 2007, the lender declared the SMS Companies in default and commenced foreclosure and collection proceedings. Subsequently, on January 17, 2007, the SMS Companies filed a petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. The First Amended, Modified Chapter 11 Plan, or the Plan, as presented by the SMS Companies and their creditors was approved by the United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Texas - Dallas Division, on August 1, 2007. The Plan provided that certain identified claimants as well as unsecured creditors, in accordance with the allocation provisions of the Plan, and our new controlling stockholder would receive “new” shares of our post-reorganization common stock, pursuant to Section 1145(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

Halter Financial Group, Inc., or Halter Financial, participated with the SMS Companies and their creditors in structuring the Plan. As part of the Plan, Halter Financial provided $115,000 to be used to pay professional fees associated with the Plan confirmation process. Halter Financial was granted an option to be repaid through the issuance of equity securities in 23 of the SMS Companies, including CMT. Halter Financial exercised the option and as provided in the Plan 80% of our outstanding common stock, or 400,000 shares, was issued to Halter Financial in satisfaction of Halter Financial’s administrative claims. The remaining 20% of our outstanding common stock, or 100,016 shares, was issued to 455 holders of unsecured debt. The 500,016 shares were issued pursuant to Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code. Effective September 26, 2007, Halter Financial transferred its 400,000 shares to Halter Financial Investments, L.P., or HFI, a Texas limited partnership controlled by Timothy P. Halter.

We were subject to the jurisdiction of the bankruptcy court until we consummated the exchange transaction described below with LAV in November 2008. As we timely consummated a merger or acquisition with a qualifying entity, we filed a certificate of compliance with the bankruptcy court which stated that the requirements of the Plan had been met, resulting in the discharge to be deemed granted. Thereafter, the post discharge injunction provisions set forth in the Plan and the confirmation order became effective.

On November 18, 2008, we entered into a share exchange agreement with Latin America Ventures, Inc., or LAV, a Nevada corporation, and the sole stockholder of LAV, Mr. Pierre Galoppi, pursuant to which Mr. Galoppi transferred 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of LAV to us in exchange for 1,500,000 newly issued shares of our common stock that constituted approximately 75% of our issued and outstanding capital stock on a fully-diluted basis as of and immediately after the consummation of such exchange. As a result of this transaction, Mr. Galoppi became our controlling stockholder and LAV became our subsidiary. LAV was organized on September 15, 2008 as a Nevada corporation and was formed to seek and identify a privately-held operating company located in Latin America desiring to become a publicly held company by combining through a reverse merger or acquisition transaction. On December 15, 2008, we entered into an agreement and plan of merger with LAV pursuant to which LAV was merged with and into us, with CMT continuing as the surviving corporation. In connection with the merger, our name was changed to from “SMSA El Paso I Acquisition Corp.” to “Latin America Ventures, Inc.” The parent-subsidiary merger and name change became effective on December 30, 2008.

On May 12, 2010, we completed a reverse acquisition transaction through a share exchange with Minera and its shareholders whereby we acquired 99.9% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Minera in exchange for 6,000,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.001, which constituted 83.33% of our issued and outstanding capital stock on a fully-diluted basis as of and immediately after the consummation of the reverse acquisition. As a result of the reverse acquisition, Minera became our subsidiary and the former shareholders of Minera became our controlling stockholders. Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Orellana, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, who is also one of the former shareholders of Minera, retained one share of Minera, constituting 0.1% of Minera’s issued and outstanding capital stock. We structured the acquisition of Minera to allow Mr. Orellana to retain one share of Minera in order to comply with Chilean legal requirements that a Sociedad Anónim, like Minera, have at least two record owners of its capital stock. Upon the closing of the reverse acquisition, Mr. Orellana entered into a nominee agreement with us pursuant to which he agreed to act as the record holder of such share, but agreed that all other rights to the share, including the right to receive distributions on the share, vote the share and be the beneficial owner of the share, rest in the Company. Minera was incorporated as a “sociedad anónima cerrada” under the laws of Chile on January 2, 2008. Under Chilean law a “sociedad anónima cerrada” is functionally the same as a corporation under U.S. law. As a result of the reverse acquisition, we have assumed the business and operations of Minera. On June 16, 2010, we changed our name to “Chile Mining Technologies Inc.” to more accurately reflect our new business operations.

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Our Industry

Overview of the Global Copper Industry

Copper, in the form of copper cathodes, is an internationally traded commodity, and its prices are determined by the major metals exchanges – the New York Mercantile Exchange, or COMEX, the LME, and the Shanghai Futures Exchange, or SHFE. Prices on these exchanges generally reflect the worldwide balance of copper supply and demand, but are also influenced significantly from time to time, by speculative actions and currency exchange rates. Copper consumption is closely associated with industrial production and therefore tends to follow economic cycles.

In 2012, mine production levels increased gradually, recovering from constrained output in previous year. ICSG anticipates that recovery will continue and additional output will arise from significant new operations and expansions at existing facilities due to come on stream in 2013 and 2014. After adjusting for possible disruptions, world mine production for 2013 and 2014 is anticipated to grow by around 5.5% each year to 17.6 million tonnes and 18.5 million tonnes respectively. These growth rates are significantly higher than the preceding 5 years’ annual average growth rate of only 1.5% .

In 2013, world refined copper production is expected to be affected by maintenance shutdowns at smelters but with the restoration of production that was constrained in 2012, and the start-up and expanded capacity at SX-EW plants in Africa and electrolytic plants in China, refined copper production in 2013 is expected to grow by 4.3% to 20.98 Mt. Further growth of 5.1% is anticipated for 2014, with refined production reaching 22.05 Mt. ICSG expects world apparent refined demand in 2013 to grow by only 0.3% from that in 2012 to 20.6 Mt. Although underlying industrial demand for copper in China is expected to increase by about 5% in 2013, apparent demand in China (uncorrected for unreported stock changes) is expected to decrease as a result of much lower net refined imports. Usage in the rest of the world is expected to increase by 1.9% . With better prospects for the world economy in 2014, world usage is expected to show higher growth rates.

The above information from ICSG is available on their website at www.icsg.org.

The graph below presents LME spot copper prices and reported stocks of copper at the LME from January 1, 2007 through July 13, 2013.

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Copper Mining in Chile

Chile is not only the largest copper producer in the world, but also the country with the largest worldwide reserves of the red metal, reveals the latest commodity report by the U.S. Geological Survey USGS.

According to the USGS, Chile has 28% of the world reserves, more than twice the reserves than its neighbor Peru, the world’s second largest global copper producer. It means that Chile has reserves of 190,000 million tons of copper, 26% more than it was thought (150,000 million tons), which guarantees copper extraction for the next 100 years, at the current extraction rate.

The steady rise in copper prices has made of Chile's economy one of the strongest and most robust of Latin America, as the red metal represents over 40% of the country’s exports, and its main source of income. Chile currently produces more than a third of the worldwide copper.

Copper has been mined and refined in Chile since pre-Columbian times. In the Spanish colonial period dating from 1535 to 1818, the year when independence from Spain was declared in Chile, several dozen small mines were worked by hand, producing around 125,000 metric tons of copper, according to the Chilean Copper Commission (Comisión Chilena del Cobre), or Cochilco. In the period following the establishment of the Republic of Chile until 1900, and as a result of significant British and U.S. investment in new mining technology, about 1,650,000 metric tons of copper was mined at several hundred sites, averaging about 33,000 metric tons per year between 1875 and 1900. Generally, only ore bearing more than 10% copper was mined in shallow pits or short underground mines. Many of our tailings in the Coquimbo region date from this period.

In the 20th century, Chile established itself as the world leader in copper production. In the early 1970s, Salvador Allende’s leftist government nationalized several of the larger foreign-owned copper mining and smelting operations into a state-owned entity known as Codelco. By 1975, the four Codelco properties produced 682,300 metric tons, representing 82% of Chilean copper output. Following the 1976 reorganization, Codelco alone produced 890,000 metric tons in 1977, with Chuquicamata generating 579,000 metric tons, or 65%, of the corporate total, and, another Codelco mine, El Teniente, reaching 276,000 metric tons. From 1983 to 1989, Codelco increased its production from 1,100,000 metric tons to 1,240,000 metric tons, reflecting a pattern of steady reinvestment in extraction, processing, and refining capacity. With the renovation of production capabilities, Codelco emerged as one of the lowest cost producers of copper in the global industry, allowing it to survive a long period in the late 1980s and early 1990s when metals prices were depressed. With the emergence of the Chinese and other Asian economies, Codelco’s output and profitability increased with the demand for copper causing higher prices.

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In 1986, Augusto Pinochet’s government liberalized the mining law of Chile, limiting the Codelco mineral claims to those that it had already explored and staked, and permitting private enterprise, domestic and foreign, to reenter the mining business for copper and all other minerals in the country. In addition to several small, locally-owned mining companies, many major international mining companies such as Australia-based BHP-Billiton, Canada-based Aur Resources Inc., and South Africa-based Anglo-American plc, began to develop modern, high-capacity copper mining projects, most of which came on line in the late 1990s, increasing Chilean national copper output by over 400% from 1989, and global market share from about 17% to approximately 35% in 2010.

Our Competitive Strengths

We believe that the following competitive strengths enable us to compete effectively and to capitalize on the growth of the market for copper:

  • Use of MINI plant Design. Our overall strategy is to extract copper from source material for the lowest possible cost using MINI plant design. We believe that the MINI plant offers major advantages in (1) making smaller-sized ore deposits and tailings sites economically viable over the expected range of copper prices; (2) reducing electricity and water requirements in a country where the resources are scarce and relatively expensive; (3) increasing portability as the source material at a commercially feasible site depletes; and (4) increasing our proximity to smaller third- party mining operations.
  • First to Market. To our knowledge, we are the first company in Chile to utilize a scalable MINI plant concept to process relatively small deposits and tailings sites. Being an early entrant to the market provides us with know- how and experience that are essential to the profitable exploitation of these sites. Any new market entrants that might become our competitors in the future will require time to develop operational processes and experience and general know-how before they can effectively compete with us.
  • Low level of Competition. We currently have no direct competitors in Chile that extract copper from smaller or abandoned tailings sites utilizing MINI plants like we do. Although we can provide no assurances that other mining companies will not enter the market of extracting copper utilizing the MINI plant concept, we believe that we will have a competitive advantage over any new market entrant as a result of our ongoing operational experience.
  • Experienced Management Team. Each member of our management team has extensive experience in the mining industry in Chile. All members of our senior management team have advanced degrees, and include a geologist and a mechanical engineer. Our senior management team has worked together at our Chilean subsidiary, Minera, and on other projects before the inception of Minera for over fifteen years. This experience provides us with the ability to identify new mining opportunities, analyze such opportunities for profitability and develop processes to exploit any opportunities we identify.

Our Operational Strategy

We are committed to enhancing profitability and cash flows through the following strategies:

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  • Expansion. Since starting construction in the fall of 2008, we have successfully completed the first MINI plant, designated as the Ana Maria plant, located about 30 kilometers northeast of the town of Illapel, in the mining district of Matancilla. Construction of our second MINI plant, Santa Filomena, is approximately 75% complete and we anticipate the construction of additional MINI plants over the next 18 to 24 months. We have identified additional sites suitable for our MINI plants. As discussed in greater detail under “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Overall Liquidity and Capital Resources,” our ability to effectively expand our operations is dependent on our ability to obtain sufficient funds, through a financing, bank loans or a combination thereof.
  • Exploration. Utilizing the operational platform that we have developed, we intend to create other sources of revenue within the Chilean mining industry. We plan to create a mineral exploration department and utilize our experienced management and operational teams to explore mining opportunities in Chile.

Our Products

Our main product is copper, in the form of copper cathode. Copper is the world’s third most widely used metal and an important component in the world’s infrastructure. Copper has unique chemical and physical properties, including high electrical conductivity and resistance to corrosion, as well as excellent malleability and ductility that has made it a superior material for use in the electrical energy, telecommunications, building construction, transportation and industrial machinery businesses. Copper is also an important metal in non-electrical applications such as plumbing, roofing and, when alloyed with zinc to form brass, in many industrial and consumer applications.

Initially, we plan to sell our copper cathodes to Madeco, the largest cable producer in Chile. Based on our discussions with Madeco, we expect that the selling price will be at a 3% discount from the price for copper, adjusted for purity, on the LME. We expect that sales will be made under purchase orders where cash will be paid upon delivery. We anticipate that this arrangement will provide us with immediate cash flow with which to fund our current operations. In the future, as business volume grows, we may elect to sell our copper cathodes at the generally higher prices prevailing on the LME.

Our Plants

Since starting construction in the fall of 2008, we have successfully completed our first scalable MINI plant, designated as the Ana Maria plant, located about 30 kilometers northeast of the town of Illapel, in the mining district of Matancilla. We have been testing the production of copper cathodes at the Ana Maria plant since late April 2009. In July 2009, we produced our first commercial run of copper cathodes.

We commenced operations at the Ana Maria plant in July 2009. The Ana Maria plant was taken off-line the first week of May 2010 in order to increase the capacity of this facility. As a result, the total capacity of the Ana Maria plant increased from 120 metric tons per month to 180 metric tons per month, effectively increasing its capacity by 50%. We resumed operations at the plant with the additional capacity in place at the beginning of August 2010. Due to the increased needs for working capital to purchase ore, the plant is not yet operating at significant levels of production. We believe that the site can be progressively expanded to about 5,000 metric tons per annum on a modular basis in increments of 500 to 1,000 metric tons, subject to the market price for copper and the grade and quantity of source materials available to be processed. We are also further enhancing our electrowin-based recovery techniques to reduce costs and improve the yield of the copper out of the mineral spectrum.

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Construction of our second MINI plant, Santa Filomena is approximately 75% complete, and we have also begun preparatory work at one additional site and we anticipate the construction of additional MINI plants over the next 18 to 24 months. We have identified several additional sites suitable for our MINI plants.

The table below summarizes the capacity of each of our current and planned MINI plants.

District       Plant       Initial Production     Initial Capacity/Year  
                              
Matancilla       Ana Maria       Operating      1,500 MT (1) 
Salamanca       Santa Filomena      4th Calendar Quarter 2013      1,500 MT    
Combarbala       Gabriella       2nd Calendar Quarter 2014     1,500 MT    

(1) Since we commenced operations at the Ana Maria plant, total annual capacity has been increased to 2,225 metric tons.

We have obtained the rights to conduct our mineral extraction operations at our first 2 planned sites, Matancilla and Salamanca properties. We have agreements in place for the mineral rights at one additional property. These agreements require deposits to be fully executed and anticipate executing these agreements once the Company has the required funds.

Plant Operations

Summary Overview of Our Extraction Process

The following chart illustrates the process of extracting copper from source material:

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As shown in the chart above, source material in the form of ore, identified as “run-of-mine,” is initially crushed and milled, with the larger fragments sent for leaching in either vats or in large mounds. The smaller fragments are blended with copper tailings and leached in tanks. The larger fragments are piled in a heap which is lined with an impervious layer, and the leaching solution is sprayed over the top of the heap, and allowed to percolate downward through the heap. The heap design incorporates collection sumps which allow the leach solution that has collected dissolved metal ions to be pumped our and mixed with a 2g/liter solution of acid for further processing. Each leaching process, which differs chemically and operationally, involves the introduction of acids to the source material, which liquefies the copper contained in the source material, thereby separating it from the rock and other materials in the source material. The resulting acidic solution is then filtered and ultimately placed into tanks where the electrowin process is introduced. During the electrowinning process, positive and negative electrodes are placed in the acidic solution containing the copper ions, and an electric current passed through the solution causes the copper to be deposited on the negative electrodes for collection in the form of the copper cathodes. As a result of the electrowinning process, a reaction occurs in carrying out the transfer of copper, which clears a positive hydrogen ion which then associates with molecules of chlorine and nitrate (which are added artificially), resulting in the formation of hydrochloric acid and nitric acid. The addition of sodium chloride and nitrate in bulk is unique to our process and allows us to collect the hydrochloric acid and nitric acid for use in future processing.

The price of copper on the LME fluctuates daily, and, more significantly, by quarter of the year, with prices tending to be stronger in the April to September period, and weaker in the October to March period, subject to global supply and demand. Output from each MINI plant is also subject to a number of factors revolving around overall mechanical reliability of the processing equipment, the ore grade, and weather conditions.

The economic advantages of the MINI plant are driven by the ability to achieve profitable operation by reducing the cost of: (1) transportation of the source material to the plant site; (2) leaching agents; (3) electric power; (4) water; (5) total manpower; and (6) capital cost recovery of the installed plant. Most elements of the unit costs tend to increase as the world price of copper rises. In periods of price retreats, some elements such as leaching agents and feed stock have dropped below their peak period costs. Electric power and water costs tend to be relatively stable, but are generally quite high in Chile due to geography and the desert-like climate, which affects most regions where mines have been exploited.

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As the Chilean economy is very closely tied to copper, many of our direct costs fluctuate based on the price of copper. At certain copper prices, the Company estimates that it could produce 1 lb. of copper for as low as $1.00 per pound. The following table illustrates the costs associated with producing one pound of copper, based on our current budget estimates for the Ana Maria plant (assuming copper price of $3.00/lb. ):

Cost Element   Unit Cost
Copper Ore/Mining Operations – Average 2.0% grade     1.02
Receiving, Scaling & Crushing      0.11
Leaching and Processing Operations      0.46 
Administration      0.10 
Sales Expenses      0.02 
Maintenance      0.05 
Depreciation of Plant & Equipment      0.15 
TOTAL COST PER POUND  US$      1.91

Crushing Operations

The crushing operation begins with weighing ore on bascules located in the ore collection area. The bascules weigh the totality of the ore that is received in order to provide an accurate weight. Samples are then taken in the trucks in order to define the ore humidity and an initial grade. Once samples are taken, the ore is moved to the loadout bin, which has a capacity of 25 tons. The ore is then delivered to a 1.2m x 1.8m jaw crusher by way of a pneumatic feeder and a conveyor belt, and the crushed ore is discharged on a conveyor belt to a vibrating sieve that has two screening decks, one consisting of half-inch screens and the other a 6mm mesh. Ore larger than 0.5 inches is delivered to a crusher with a 4.5 inch cone, which reduces the ore and returns to the sieve.

Ore smaller than 0.5 inches and larger than 6mm is used in our heap leaching operations. All ore smaller than 6mm is weighed and used in our agitation leaching operations.

Heap Leaching Operations

The heap leach sites are located within 3,940 feet in distance and 99 feet in height relation to our solvent extraction sites. The area in which heaps are located is 132 x 164 feet and consists of 4 heaps. The area is leveled with an inclination of 5% and is compacted with granulated millet. To waterproof the heaps, their surface is coated with a 0.75cm thick high-density polyethylene pad that is fused at the joints.

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This ore used in our heap leaching operations should have an estimated grade of 1.5% of soluble copper and an acid consumption average of 5 to 8 kg of acid per kg of copper extracted. Each heap should measure 40m wide x 50m long and 2m high, resulting in an approximate capacity of 5000 tons of ore per heap. In addition, a 2 inch drenaflex system is installed on the fine ore that was spread to prevent damage to the pad and to ensure proper drainage of the heap.

The ore from the heaps is irrigated with a solution of refined acidity ranging from 10 to 15 grams of mineral acid per liter under a drip irrigation system, and an irrigation rate of about 8 liters per square meter per hour. This delivers approximately 280 liters of pregnant leach solution, or PLS, per minute with an average of 4 to 5 grams per liter of copper, an acidity of 2 grams per liter of acid and a pH of 2. A heap with a copper concentration of less than 4 grams per liter will proceed to recirculation of the PLS to re-supply the heap with the same solution to obtain a concentration of 4 or more grams of copper per liter.

The next stage requires 1,700 cubic meter pools, a refinery, a 1,200 cubic meter recirculating pool and a 600 cubic meter pool containing PLS. The irrigated solution in heaps with approximately 4 grams of copper per liter will be stored in a 1,100 cubic meter PLS heap pool from which it will be sent to the solvent extraction facility. All solutions transferred between the heaps and the pools of the plant travel through 110mm high-density pipe.

The ore remains in the heaps for approximately 60 days, and is expected to recover 70% of content copper. The heaps are then disassembled and the ore is sent to the run-of-mine heap which will flush the mineral indefinitely to reach copper recovery levels from 85 % to 90%.

The water for our heap leaching operations is collected from an irrigation canal. We collect water for our operations at a rate of approximately 1,200 liters per minute for approximately 4.5 hours per week.

Solvent Extraction Operations

The feed stock for our solvent extraction operations is collected from two pools which are located at the plant at a height about 5 meters above the solvent extraction facility. One pool has a capacity of 250 cubic meters, and the second, which receives solution, has a capacity of 200 cubic meters. To begin the extraction process, PLS is mixed with a 20% extractant solution, or organic, in an agitator with a capacity of approximately 4.5 cubic meters. The copper minerals in the solution settle and are separated from the solution. The raffinate, or remaining liquid following collection of extracted minerals, produced in the extraction stage is driven by gravity to two 9 cubic meter tanks and processed through a paraffin filter system to catch any remaining particles of organic. The raffinate is ultimately pumped back to the heaps, where it is irrigated through in order to collect copper and be re-introduced to our solvent extraction facility.

To wash the organic from the copper minerals in the settled solution, the separated solution is pumped into two 4.5 cubic meter agitators where the 20% organic extractant solution is mixed with a cleaning water solution with an acidity of approximately 20 grams per liter. To extract copper from the cleaned and loaded organic solution, there are two agitators where the 20% organic extractant is mixed with electrolytes produced in our electrowinning process, with an acidity of approximately 200 grams per liter of acid and a total of approximately 4.5 cubic meters. The mixture is allowed to settle and the copper-rich electrolytes are separated and pumped to our electrowinning cells and the discharged organic material is sent back through the extraction process.

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Electrowinning Operations

The electrowin circuit has 2 parallel banks of cells, each with 16 cells. Each cell has a capacity of 3 cubic meters, and each bank can contain a maximum of 16 cathodes. The circuit is capable of delivering approximately 120 metric tons of copper cathodes per month when operating at maximum capacity, and each cell bank has a rectifier with a capacity up to 10,000 amperes and 32 volts. Each starter cathode is 0.88mm thick and measures 90cm by 90cm. When operating at full capacity, we are able to harvest finished copper cathodes in ten day cycles.

The following table illustrates the projected copper deposition of our Ana Maria facility per harvest operating at full capacity:

Daily deposition per cell   132 Kg 
Daily deposition per cathode   8.2 Kg 
Total daily production   2,109 Kg 
Total monthly production per bank   63,261 Kg 
Total monthly production of the facility   126,522 Kg 
Harvest in days   10 Days 
Metric tons per harvest   40.960 Metric Tons 

*All amounts are approximations

Raw Materials

Source material, including tailings and ore, sulfuric acid and water are the principal raw materials used in our current operations. While the properties we have obtained rights to each have their own mineral deposits, we will procure the majority (approximately 88%) of our source material from third parties by purchasing rights to such source material at smaller sites, where it is less economical for larger open-pit mining companies to operate, due largely to the transportation costs associated with moving source materials to fixed processing sites.

While the process of extracting copper from tailings requires the use of sulfuric acid, we utilize a methodology which allows us to extract the sulfuric acid that is contained in the tailings which are either located at our MINI plant site or which are created through the use of our copper extraction process on ore, and then reuse the sulfuric acid to extract copper from future source material. This recycling process helps us minimize our costs of raw materials.

Our operations require significant quantities of water for mining, ore processing and related support facilities. Our operations are in areas where water is scarce and competition among users for continuing access to water is significant.

Continuous operation at our MINI plants is dependent on our ability to maintain our water rights and claims and defeat claims adverse to our current water uses in legal proceedings. At present our only MINI plant that is operational is our Matancilla facility. At this facility, we have obtained the right to collect water from the river that flows through the property to satisfy all of the operational needs of the facility.

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Our costs for sulfuric acid and electric power vary. However, at present, sulfuric acid costs approximately $190 per metric ton, and electricity costs us between approximately $2.00 and $4.80 per kilowatt hour.

Research and Development

We do not currently engage in any significant levels of research and development and do not have any employees who are solely dedicated to research and development. We do, however, continually monitor industry developments in the mining and processing industries and we regularly analyze our own procedures and methods to further refine and improve them.

Our Competition

We currently have no competitors in Chile that extract copper exclusively from smaller producers or abandoned tailings sites utilizing MINI plants like we do. Although we can provide no assurances that other mining companies will not enter the market of extracting copper utilizing the MINI plant concept, we believe that we will have a competitive advantage over any new market entrant as a result of our ongoing operational experience.

There are, however, other companies in Chile producing copper from tailings. One such company, MVC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of a Canadian publicly traded company, Amerigo Resources Ltd., produces copper and molybdenum concentrates from tailings located in the world’s largest underground copper mine, Codelco’s El Teniente mine. MVC is currently treating all fresh tailings from El Teniente’s present production and has the right to treat the higher grade tailings from a 200 million ton in situ tailings impoundment located next to MVC’s plant. MVC, however, processes a different type of copper ore using a flotation process for copper concentrate, as opposed to our process which utilizes cathodes.

We do not believe that MVC represents significant competition for us for the following reasons:

  • The operations of MVC are in a separate geographic region from where we are currently operating or where we expect to expand our operations;

  • MVC conducts its operations through large capital expenditure at one production site, whereas our business model focuses on conducting operations at multiple production sites with small targeted capital investments to each site; and

  • MVC is focused and dependent on a single customer, whereas our business model combines self- provided source material combined with access to third-party source material.

Intellectual Property

We do not possess any patents on material intellectual property.

Environmental Matters

Chile’s environmental regulations are administered by the Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente, or CONAMA. Typically, copper producers and other similar companies are required to prepare and submit environmental impact studies detailing the impact of the copper reclamation and production on the surrounding environment, and to adhere to other environmental regulations. We have obtained written confirmation from CONAMA that our operations fall outside the scope of these environmental regulations because our MINI plant facilities do not prodcess in excess of 5,000 metric tons of ore source material per year.

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Regulation

Our mineral reclamation activities are not regulated by any specific governmental agency, as our activities are not in the public domain. The general policies of the mining industry, however, are administered by the Chilean Ministry of Mining and its departments, and our activities are governed by the Chilean Mining Code, Decree of Mining Security and general labor, commercial, health and environmental regulations. We believe that we are in compliance with all laws and regulations that are applicable to our operations.

Our Employees

As of March 31, 2013, we employed 31 full-time employees. The following table sets forth the number of our full-time employees by function.

Function   Number of Employees
General and administration  
Executive Officers   3
Engineering/Technicians   11 
Operations   12 
TOTAL   31

Insurance

We maintain property insurance for our premises located in Santiago, Chile where our executive offices are located. We also maintain property insurance for our automobiles. We do not maintain business interruption insurance or key-man life insurance. We believe our insurance coverage is customary and standard of companies of comparable size in comparable industries in Chile.

We do not maintain property insurance for our MINI plants. Because of the modular nature of our MINI plant facilities and the fact that we do not erect any permanent structures at these facilities, we have determined that premiums payable for property insurance would be an inefficient use of our operating capital.

Seasonality

The price of copper on the LME fluctuates during the year, with prices tending to be stronger in the April to September period, and weaker in the October to March period, subject to global supply and demand.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.

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RISKS RELATED TO OUR BUSINESS

Our independent registered public accounting firm has expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

We have a working capital deficit of $5,884,311 and have incurred a net loss of $17,429,205 for the cumulative period from January 24, 2008 (inception) to March 31, 2013, and have had no significant source of revenue. The future of our Company is dependent upon future profitable operations from the extraction of copper and the growth of our mineral properties. Our management will need to seek additional financing in the future. These conditions raise substantial doubt about our Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

We have a limited operating history upon which to evaluate our potential for future success.

Our operating subsidiary, Minera, was initially formed as a closed capital corporation (sociedad anónima cerrada) on January 2, 2008 and first began processing copper from its first operational MINI plant in April, 2009. The likelihood of our success must be considered in light of the risks and uncertainties frequently encountered by early stage companies like ours in an evolving market, such as unforeseen capital requirements, failure of market acceptance, failure to establish business relationships, and competitive disadvantages as against larger and more established companies. If we are unsuccessful in addressing these risks and uncertainties, our business will be materially harmed.

If we fail to effectively manage our growth and expand our operations, our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects could be adversely affected.

Our future success depends on our ability to expand our business. Since starting construction in the fall of 2008, we have successfully completed the first MINI plant, designated as the Ana Maria plant, located about 30 kilometers northeast of the town of Illapel, in the mining district of Matancilla. Construction of our second MINI plant, Santa Filomena, is approximately 75% complete, and we have begun preparatory work at one additional site. We anticipate the construction of additional MINI plants over the next 18 to 24 months. We have identified several additional sites suitable for our MINI plants.

As discussed in greater detail under “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Overall Liquidity and Capital Resources,” our ability to effectively expand our operations is dependent on our ability to obtain sufficient funds, through a financing, bank loans or a combination thereof. In May and June 2012 we raised $3,135,000 in a private placement transaction. Approximately $1.9 million of the proceeds of the transaction were used for upgrades to our Ana Maria facilities and attempting to secure sources of mineral for our plants for the future, with the remaining proceeds used for working capital and transaction expenses, including interest payments due on the convertible notes sold in the transaction. In order to operate our existing facilities at full capacity we will require additional funding, primarily for the procurement of raw minerals. However, even if we are able to obtain these funds, our ability to commence operations at additional sites and establish additional capacity and increase the volume of copper is subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including:

  • delays and cost overruns as a result of a number of factors, many of which may be beyond our control, such as problems with equipment vendors and manufacturing services provided by third- party manufacturers;

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  • the inability to obtain, or delays in obtaining, required approvals by relevant government authorities;
  • diversion of significant management attention and other resources; and
  • failure to execute our expansion plan effectively.

To accommodate our growth, we will need to implement a variety of new and upgraded operational and financial systems, procedures, and controls, including improvements to our accounting and other internal management systems, by dedicating additional resources to our reporting and accounting function, and improvements to our record keeping systems. We will also need to recruit more personnel and train and manage our growing employee base. Furthermore, our management will be required to maintain and expand our relationships with our existing customer and find new customers for our products. There is no guarantee that our management can succeed in maintaining and expanding these relationships.

The expansion of our business may place significant strain on our personnel, management, financial systems, and operational infrastructure, and may impede our ability to meet any increased demand for our products. Our business growth also presents numerous risks and challenges, which are difficult to quantify but could be significant, including the costs associated with such growth.

If we encounter any of the risks described above, or if we are otherwise unable to establish or successfully operate additional capacity or increase our output, we may be unable to grow our business and revenues, reduce our operating costs, maintain our competitiveness or improve our profitability and, consequently, our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects will be adversely affected.

Extended declines in the market prices of copper could adversely affect our earnings and cash flows. Fluctuations in the market price of copper can cause significant volatility in our financial performance and can adversely affect the trading price of our common stock.

Our earnings and cash flows are affected significantly by the market price of copper. The world market price of copper has fluctuated historically and is affected by numerous factors beyond our control. Copper prices declined significantly during the latter part of 2008 from their recent historically high levels and, while prices have steadily recovered, exchange inventories remain at significantly higher levels than the first half of 2008. After averaging $3.61 per pound for the first nine months of 2008, the LME spot copper prices declined to a four-year low of $1.26 per pound in December 2008. The LME spot copper price closed at $3.09 per pound on July 10, 2013. An extended decline in the market price of copper could (1) adversely affect our earnings and cash flows, (2) adversely affect our ability to repay our debt and meet our other fixed obligations, and (3) depress the trading price of our common stock.

In addition, substantially all of our copper cathode sales will be provisionally priced at the time of shipment, subject to final pricing, at a specified future date based on the LME prices on that date. Accordingly, in times of falling copper prices, our revenues during a quarter are negatively affected by lower prices received for sales priced at current market rates and also from a decrease related to the final pricing of provisionally priced sales in prior periods.

We estimate that our MINI plant technology will allow us to break even at copper prices as low as $1.00 per pound. If the market price for the copper cathodes we produce falls below $1.00 per pound for a sustained period of time, we may have to further revise our operating plans, including curtailing production, reducing operating costs and capital expenditures and discontinuing certain exploration and development programs. We may be unable to decrease our costs in an amount sufficient to offset reductions in revenues, and may incur losses.

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World copper prices have historically fluctuated widely. During the five years ended December 31, 2012, the LME daily closing spot prices ranged from $1.26 to $4.60 per pound for copper. World copper prices are affected by numerous factors beyond our control, including:

  • the strength of the U.S. economy and the economies of other industrialized and developing nations, including China, which has become the largest consumer of refined copper in the world;
  • available supplies of copper from mine production and inventories;
  • sales by holders and producers of copper;
  • demand for industrial products containing copper;
  • investment activity, including speculation, in copper as a commodity;
  • the availability and cost of substitute materials; and
  • currency exchange fluctuations, including the relative strength or weakness of the U.S. dollar.

Disruptions in the capital and credit markets related to the current national and worldwide financial crisis, which may continue indefinitely or intensify, could adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition, or those of our customers and suppliers.

The current disruptions in the capital and credit markets may continue indefinitely or intensify, and adversely impact our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition, or those of our customers and suppliers. Disruptions in the capital and credit markets as a result of uncertainty, changing or increased regulation, reduced alternatives or failures of significant financial institutions could adversely affect our access to liquidity needed to conduct or expand our businesses or conduct acquisitions or make other discretionary investments, as well as our ability to effectively hedge our currency or interest rate. Such disruptions may also adversely impact the capital needs of our customers and suppliers, which, in turn, could adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

A surplus in the copper market could lower the market price of copper, which would adversely affect our results of operations.

According to data from the International Copper Study Group, the refined copper market balance for 2012 was expected to show a deficit of approximately 240,000 metric tons. In addition, the global copper industry is expected to grow by 5.5% in 2013 and 2014. However, a surplus in the copper market could cause the market price of copper to decrease or make it difficult for us to sell all of the copper that we extract, and thereby could adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

We may require additional capital and we may not be able to obtain it on acceptable terms or at all.

We believe that our current cash, reinvested cash flow from operations will be sufficient to meet our present cash needs. We may, however, require additional cash resources due to changed business conditions or other future developments, including any investments or acquisitions we may decide to pursue. If these resources are insufficient to satisfy our cash requirements, we may seek to sell additional equity or debt securities or obtain additional credit facilities. The sale of additional equity securities could result in dilution to our stockholders. The incurrence of indebtedness would result in increased debt service obligations and could require us to agree to operating and financing covenants that would restrict our operations. Our ability to obtain additional capital on acceptable terms is subject to a variety of uncertainties, including:

  • investors’ perception of, and demand for, securities of Chilean-based companies involved in the mining sector;

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  • conditions of the U.S. and other capital markets in which we may seek to raise funds;
  • our future results of operations, financial condition and cash flows; and
  • economic, political and other conditions in Chile.

Financing may not be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all. Any failure by us to raise additional funds on terms favorable to us, or at all, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our business is subject to operational risks that are generally outside of our control and could adversely affect our business.

Mineral reclamation sites, like the sites where we will locate our MINI plants, by their nature are subject to many operational risks and factors that are generally outside of our control and could adversely affect our business, operating results and cash flows. These operational risks and factors include the following:

  • unanticipated ground and water conditions;
  • adverse claims to water rights and shortages of water to which we have rights;
  • adjacent land ownership that results in constraints on current or future operations;
  • geological problems, including earthquakes and other natural disasters;
  • metallurgical and other processing problems;
  • the occurrence of unusual weather or operating conditions and other force majeure events;
  • lower than expected ore grades or recovery rates;
  • accidents;
  • delays in the receipt of or failure to receive necessary government permits;
  • the results of litigation, including appeals of agency decisions;
  • uncertainty of exploration and development;
  • delays in transportation;
  • interruption of energy supply;
  • labor disputes;
  • inability to obtain satisfactory insurance coverage; and
  • the failure of equipment or processes to operate in accordance with specifications or expectations.

Continuation of our production is dependent on the availability of a sufficient water supply to support our operations.

Our operations require significant quantities of water for mineral reclamation, ore processing and related support facilities. Our operations are in areas where water is scarce and competition among users for continuing access to water is significant. Continuous production is dependent on our ability to maintain our water rights and claims and defeat claims adverse to our current water uses in legal proceedings.

We cannot predict the potential outcome of any future legal proceedings on our water rights, claims and uses. The loss of some or all water rights for any of our sites, in whole or in part, or shortages of water to which we have rights could require us to curtail or shut down production and could prevent us from pursuing expansion opportunities. Additionally, we have not yet secured adequate water rights to support all of our potential expansion projects, and our inability to secure those rights could prevent us from pursuing some of those opportunities.

An interruption of energy supply could adversely affect our operations and increased production costs could reduce our profitability and cash flow.

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Our operations and construction projects require significant amounts of energy. Our principal energy source is electricity. We access electricity from the national power grid and through onsite backup generators that are diesel powered. A disruption in the transmission of energy, inadequate energy transmission infrastructure, or the termination of any of our energy supply contracts could interrupt our energy supply and adversely affect our operations.

Electricity represents a significant portion of our production costs. An inability to procure sufficient electricity at reasonable prices could adversely affect our profits, cash flow and growth opportunities. Our production costs are also affected by the prices of commodities we consume or use in our operations, such as sulfuric acid, steel, reagents, liners, explosives and diluents. The prices of such commodities are influenced by supply and demand trends affecting the mining industry in general and other factors outside our control and such prices are at times subject to volatile movements. Future increases in the cost of these commodities could make our operations less profitable. Increases in the costs of commodities that we consume or use may also significantly affect the capital costs of new projects.

We could incur substantial costs in order to comply with, or to address any violations under, environmental laws that could significantly increase our operating expenses and reduce our operating income.

We are subject to Chile’s comprehensive statutory and regulatory environmental requirements relating to, among others:

  • the protection of our employees’ health and safety;
  • the acceptance, storage, treatment, handling and disposal of hazardous waste;
  • the discharge of materials into the air;
  • the management and treatment of wastewater and storm water;
  • the remediation of soil and groundwater contamination; and
  • the restoration of natural resource damages.

We can give you no assurance that we will be in material compliance or avoid fines, penalties and expenses associated with compliance issues in the future.

We are required to obtain, and must comply with, a specific resolution of the Chilean Ministry of Health issued to us in order to conduct our operations. Failure to comply with the resolution, or violations thereto if not remedied, could result in our incurring fines. Further, our operations are conducted primarily outdoors and as such, depending on the nature of the ground cover, could involve the risk of releases of wastes and other regulated materials to the soil during transportation and, possibly, to the groundwater.

In Chile, environmental statutes and regulations have changed rapidly in recent years by requiring greater and more expensive protective measures, and it is possible that we will be subject to more stringent environmental standards in the future. For these reasons and others, we cannot accurately predict future capital expenditures for pollution control equipment, remediation, or other initiatives that may be required. However, we expect that environmental standards will become increasingly more stringent and that the expenditures necessary to comply with those heightened standards will correspondingly increase.

In general, we do not carry environmental impairment liability insurance because we believe the cost of any premiums outweighs the benefit of coverage and that the current legal regime applicable to our operations protects us from any significant liability. If, however, we were to incur significant liability for environmental damage, such as a claim for soil or groundwater remediation, our results of operations and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.

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Certain of our existing stockholders have substantial influence over our company, and their interests may not be aligned with the interests of our other stockholders.

Mr. Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Orellana, our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, beneficially owns approximately 34.8% of our outstanding voting securities. As a result, he has significant influence over our business, including decisions regarding mergers, consolidations, the sale of all or substantially all of our assets, election of directors and other significant corporate actions. This concentration of ownership may also have the effect of discouraging, delaying or preventing a future change of control, which could deprive our stockholders of an opportunity to receive a premium for their shares as part of a sale of our Company and might reduce the price of our shares.

Our management has identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting, which if not properly remediated could result in material misstatements in our future interim and annual financial statements and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations and the price of our ordinary shares.

The SEC as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or SOX 404, adopted rules requiring every public company to include a management report on such company’s internal control over financial reporting in its annual report, which must also contain management’s assessment of the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting. In addition, the independent registered public accounting firm auditing the financial statements of a company that is not a non-accelerated filer under Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act must also attest to the operating effectiveness of the company’s internal controls.

A report of our management is included under Item 9A of this report. Our management has concluded that that our internal controls over financial reporting as of March 31, 2013 were not effective due to certain material weaknesses identified in Item 9A. Our independent registered public accounting firm was not required to attest to the operating effectiveness of our internal controls since we are a non-accelerated filer.

We are in the process of implementing certain initiatives to address these weaknesses as described under Item 9A. However, there is no guarantee that these initiatives will remediate the weaknesses completely. Failure to achieve and maintain an effective internal control environment could result in us not being able to accurately report our financial results, prevent or detect fraud or provide timely and reliable financial and other information pursuant to the reporting obligations we have as a public company, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. This could further reduce investors’ confidence in our reported financial information, which in turn could result in lawsuits being filed against us by our stockholders, otherwise harm our reputation or negatively impact the trading price of our common stock.

RISKS RELATED TO DOING BUSINESS IN CHILE

Chilean political and economic conditions have a direct impact on our business.

All of our assets are located in Chile and all of our revenues are derived in Chile. Accordingly, our business, financial condition and results of operations depend to a considerable extent upon economic conditions in Chile. Future developments in the Chilean economy could adversely affect our financial condition or results of operations and may impair our ability to proceed with our strategic plan of business. In addition, such developments may impact the market price of our securities.

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The Chilean government has exercised and continues to exercise a substantial influence over many aspects of the private sector and has changed monetary, fiscal, tax and other policies to influence the Chilean economy. We have no control over and cannot predict how governmental intervention and policies will affect the Chilean economy or, directly and indirectly, our operations and revenues. Our operations and financial condition, as well as the market price of our securities, may be adversely affected by changes in policies involving exchange controls, taxation, and other matters. In addition, our operations and financial condition, as well as the market price of our securities, may be adversely affected by factors such as:

  • fluctuations in currency exchange rates;
  • base interest rate fluctuations; and
  • other political, diplomatic, social and economic developments in or affecting Chile.

Additionally, in recent years the growth of the Chilean economy has slowed from the rates achieved in the 1990s. We cannot predict whether the Chilean economy will grow or decline in the future or if future developments in the Chilean economy will materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Your ability to enforce civil remedies against our officers and directors in Chile may be limited.

Our operating subsidiary, Minera, is a closed capital corporation (sociedad anónima cerrada), organized under the laws of Chile. All of our directors and executive officers reside outside the United States in Chile, and all of our assets and the assets of these persons are located outside the United States. As a result, it may not be possible for investors to effect service of process within the United States on, or bring actions or enforce foreign judgments against, us or these persons in U.S. courts.

In addition, we have been advised by our Chilean legal counsel, Guevara & Cia, that no treaty exists between the United States and Chile for the reciprocal enforcement of foreign judgments. There is also doubt as to the enforceability in Chilean courts of judgments of U.S. courts obtained in actions predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws. Chilean courts, however, have enforced judgments rendered in the United States by virtue of the legal principles of reciprocity and comity, subject to the review in Chile of the U.S. judgment in order to ascertain whether certain basic principles of due process and public policy have been respected, without reviewing the merits of the subject matter of the case. Lastly, we have been advised by our Chilean legal counsel that there is doubt as to the enforceability in original actions in Chilean courts of liabilities predicated solely upon U.S. federal securities laws.

RISKS RELATED TO THE MARKET FOR OUR STOCK

We do not intend to pay dividends on shares of our common stock for the foreseeable future.

We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on shares of our common stock. We intend to retain any future earnings to fund the operation and expansion of our business and, therefore, we do not anticipate paying cash dividends on shares of our common stock in the foreseeable future.

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The market price of our stock may be affected by low volume.

Although our common stock is traded on the OTCQB, the trading volume of our common stock has generally been low. Limited trading volume will subject our shares of common stock to greater price volatility and may make it difficult for our stockholders to sell their shares of common stock at a price that is attractive to them.

Certain provisions of our Articles of Incorporation may make it more difficult for a third party to effect a change-of-control.

Our Articles of Incorporation authorize our board of directors to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock. The preferred stock may be issued in one or more series, the terms of which may be determined at the time of issuance by our board of directors without further action by the stockholders. These terms may include voting rights including the right to vote as a series on particular matters, preferences as to dividends and liquidation, conversion rights, redemption rights and sinking fund provisions. The issuance of any preferred stock could diminish the rights of holders of our common stock, and therefore could reduce the value of such common stock. In addition, specific rights granted to future holders of preferred stock could be used to restrict our ability to merge with, or sell assets to, a third party. The ability of our board of directors to issue preferred stock could make it more difficult, delay, discourage, prevent or make it more costly to acquire or effect a change-in-control, which in turn could prevent our stockholders from recognizing a gain in the event that a favorable offer is extended and could materially and negatively affect the market price of our common stock.

We may be subject to penny stock regulations and restrictions and you may have difficulty selling shares of our common stock.

The SEC has adopted regulations which generally define so-called “penny stocks” to be an equity security that has a market price less than $5.00 per share or an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exemptions. If our common stock becomes a “penny stock,” we may become subject to Rule 15g-9 under the Exchange Act, or the Penny Stock Rule. This rule imposes additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers that sell such securities to persons other than established customers and “accredited investors” (generally, individuals with a net worth in excess of $1,000,000 or annual incomes exceeding $200,000, or $300,000 together with their spouses). For transactions covered by the Penny Stock Rule, a broker-dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchaser and have received the purchaser’s written consent to the transaction prior to sale. As a result, this rule may affect the ability of broker-dealers to sell our securities and may affect the ability of purchasers to sell any of our securities in the secondary market.

For any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt, the rules require delivery, prior to any transaction in a penny stock, of a disclosure schedule prepared by the SEC relating to the penny stock market. Disclosure is also required to be made about sales commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative and current quotations for the securities. Finally, monthly statements are required to be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the account and information on the limited market in penny stock.

There can be no assurance that our common stock will qualify for exemption from the Penny Stock Rule. In any event, even if our common stock were exempt from the Penny Stock Rule, we would remain subject to Section 15(b)(6) of the Exchange Act, which gives the SEC the authority to restrict any person from participating in a distribution of penny stock, if the SEC finds that such a restriction would be in the public interest.

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ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS.

Not Applicable.

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES.

Our executive offices are located at Jorge Canning 1410, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile. We are provided space at this location by Contratista en Geologia, Mineria y Construccion Jorge Orellana E.I.R.L., or Geominco, a company wholly-owned by our Chief Executive Officer, Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Orellana. At present, we do not pay any rent for this office space.

Additionally, we hold an interest in several groups of properties, as described below:

District Plant
Matancilla Ana Maria
Salamanca Santa Filomena
Combarbala Gabriella

At present, only our MINI plant located in Matancilla is material to our ongoing operations. We anticipate that we will construct additional MINI plants and commence operations at our properties located in Salamanca in November 2013 and Combarbala in 2014.

The following descriptions are of our properties which are material to our operations currently and through the next twelve months.

Matancilla

Our Matancilla property is located in the Coquimbo Region (Region IV) of central Chile, South America. Our Ana Maria facility is located on our Matancilla property. The property comprises 21 concessions totalling 4,050 hectares situated in the Illapel municipality of the province of Choapa. This property is located approximately 170 km southeast of the city of La Serena, the largest city and capital of the Coquimbo Region. La Serena is located about 400 km north of Santiago, the capital city of Chile.

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.Access to the Matancilla property is by 255 km of paved and gravel road from La Serena, the capital of the Coquimbo Region. The Pan American Highway (Highway 5) leads 200 km south along the Pacific Coast from La Serena to the town of Puerto Oscuro. A second paved highway (Route D-71) then leads first east and then southeast for about 73 km, past the towns of Canela Baja and Cocoú to the turnoff for the project near the edge of the Las Chinchillas National Reserve. The town of Matancilla and the Ana Maria complex are reached by about 15 km of gravel road (Routes D-797 and D-793) that runs north and east from the Route D-71 turnoff. All roads are operational year-round.

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The Matancilla property consists of 16 exploration and exploitation concessions owned by us, totaling 2,500 hectares. Nine of the 16 concessions are exploitation concessions, and the remaining seven are exploration concessions. All concessions are under application. The annual license fees for all exploration and exploitation concessions are paid through March 2011. We own the surface rights to the concession hosting the Ana Maria complex (RELA 1 1/10), but only hold the subsurface rights to the other concessions. The property has not yet been legally surveyed. The concessions are listed in the table below.

Concession Name     Registration Number (ROL)   Hectares   Concession Type  
BIGO 5 1/10   2235   50  Exploitation in application 
BIGO 9 1/30   84494   300  Exploitation in application 
BIGO 10 1/30   84495   300  Exploitation in application 
RELA 1 1/10   84615   50  Exploitation in application 
RELA 3 1/10   84647   100  Exploitation in application 
RELA 4 1/10   84648   100  Exploitation in application 
La Lealtad 39 1/20   74104   100  Exploitation in application 
La Lealtad 44 1/20   74109   100  Exploitation in application 
LA VERDE 1 1/20   84907   100  Exploitation in application 
Clarita 2   2445   200  Exploration in application 
CLARITA SUR   2373/09   300  Exploration in application 
ASLAN 1   85016   200  Exploration in application 
Río Negro 1       200  Exploration in application 
Río Negro 2       200  Exploration in application 
Matancilla 1       100  Exploration in application 
Matancilla 2       100  Exploration in application 
Total       2,500    

We have not conducted, nor do we intend to conduct, an evaluation of the proven or probable reserves related to the mining concessions located at the Matancilla property. The majority of the source material processed at the Ana Maria plant will be ore from our own mines.

Because of the planned process plant throughput of less than 5,000 metric tons per month at our Matancilla property, no environmental permits are required by the Chilean government.

With respect to exploration concessions, in Chile the titleholder has the right to carry out all forms of exploration activities within the area of the concession. Exploration concessions can overlap, but only the titleholder with the earliest dated exploration concession over the area as indicated by their identification number, or ROL, can exercise these rights. For each exploration concession, the titleholder must pay an annual fee of US$1.10 per hectare to the Chilean Treasury. Exploration concessions have a duration of two years. At the end of this period, the concession may be renewed for two more years, in which case at least 50% of the surface area must be renounced; or converted, in total or in part, into exploitation concessions.

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With respect to exploitation concessions, in Chile the titleholder has the right to explore and exploit the minerals located within the concession area and to take ownership of the extracted minerals. Exploration concessions can overlap, but only the titleholder with the earliest dated exploration concession over the area can exercise these rights. The titleholder must pay an annual fee to the Chilean Treasury of approximately US$5.80 per hectare. Exploitation concessions are of indefinite duration, and therefore do not expire.

Concession owners do not necessarily have surface rights to the underlying land, however they do have the right to explore or exploit the concession.

We have access to sufficient sources of power and water (potable and for use in our copper reclamation process) for our expected operations at our Matancilla property.

Historical Operations on Property

The Ana Maria flotation plant began operations in 1968, processing copper and gold mineralization from the nearby Sara and Nueva Verde small-scale copper mines. The town of Matancilla was established to support the nearby mining activity and the operation of the Ana Maria plant. The plant was owned and operated by Mr. Geraldo Toro Araya. Tailings from the plant were diverted into two tailings dams, the first located south and downhill of the plant and named Ana Maria Sur, and the second located north and slightly uphill from the plant and named Ana Maria Norte. The Ana Maria Sur tailings dam served from initial production until 1987, when tailings were deposited into Ana Maria Norte until the plant ceased operation around 1999.

Capacity

Following an increase in capacity between May and July 2010, we expect that the Ana Maria plant will be able to produce 2,225 metric tons per year of copper cathodes, and that it will be expandable to 7,500 metric tons per year. The plant is still in the commissioning phase as of the date of this report and the first cathodes are being produced.

Salamanca

Our Salamanca property is located in the Coquimbo Region (Region IV) of central Chile, South America. Our Filomena facility is located on this property. This property comprises private land holdings, or the Araya Lands, which we own that host our Filomena plant and tailings deposits, and 17 concessions that host our hard-rock prospects, together which total approximately 3,762 hectares. The property situated in the municipality of Salamanca in the province of Choapa. The property is located approximately 200 km southeast of the city of La Serena, the largest city and capital of the Coquimbo Region. La Serena is located about 400 km north of Santiago, the capital city of Chile.

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Access to the Salamanca property is by 315 km of paved and gravel road from La Serena, the capital of the Coquimbo Region. The Pan American Highway (Highway 5) leads 200 km south along the Pacific Coast from La Serena to the town of Puerto Oscuro. A second paved highway (Routes D-71 and D-81) then leads first east and then southeast for about 103 km, past the towns of Canela Baja and Illapel to the town of Salamanca. The Filomena plant and Arboleda tailings deposit are reached by about 10 km of paved and gravel road that runs east from the Route D-81 turnoff. All roads are operational year-round. A number of daily scheduled jet air services fly between La Serena and Santiago.

The Salamanca property consists of the Araya Lands on which we hold the surface rights only, and 17 exploration and exploitation concessions owned by us, totaling 3,738 hectares. The Araya Lands consist of four parcels totaling approximately 24 hectares. We purchased the Araya Lands from Gerardo Jaime Toro Araya on February 4, 2009 for 100 million Chilean pesos, or approximately $187,000. Five of the 17 concessions are exploitation concessions, and the remaining 12 are exploration concessions. All concessions are under application. The annual license fees for all exploration and exploitation concessions are paid through March 2011. We own the surface rights to the properties hosting the Filomena complex, but only hold the subsurface rights to the other concessions. The property has not yet been legally surveyed. The properties and concessions are listed in the following table.

Concession Name       Registration Number (ROL)     Hectares    Concession Type   
Araya Lands   N/A   24  Surface rights only 
TRES MAR¥AS 1/5   84906   25  Exploitation in application 
BIGO 7 1/30   84492   300  Exploitation in application 
BIGO 8 1/30   84493   300  Exploitation in application 

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LA BIGORNIA 1/3   83758   Exploitation in application 
LA ÚLTIMA 1/2   83758   Exploitation in application 
Las Tres Marías 2   85083   200  Exploration in application 
FILO 1   85005   300  Exploration in application 
FILO 2   85006   300  Exploration in application 
FILO 3   85007   300  Exploration in application 
FILO 4   85008   300  Exploration in application 
FILO 5   85009   300  Exploration in application 
FILO 6   85010   300  Exploration in application 
FILO 7   85011   300  Exploration in application 
FILO 8   85012   200  Exploration in application 
MANTOS 1   85002   200  Exploration in application 
MANTOS 2   85003   200  Exploration in application 
PSAVEL   85001   200  Exploration in application 
Total       3,762    

We have not conducted, nor do we intend to conduct, an evaluation of the proven or probable reserves related to the mining concessions located at the Salamanca property. The majority of the source material processed at the Filomena plant will be ore from our own mines.

We acquired the Araya Lands that host the historical Filomena plant and the Arboleda Planta tailings deposit in February 2008. We applied for the 17 concessions that with the Araya Lands make up the Salamanca property from July 2008 to March 2009. These concessions are currently under application.

No encumbrances are registered on the properties or concessions and they are not affected by the payment of royalties or other obligations in favor of third parties. Because of the planned process plant throughput of less than 5,000 metric tons per month, no environmental permits are required by the Chilean government.

Plant, Equipment, and Cost of Property

At present, we have commenced construction of our MINI plant facility at the Salamanca property. We anticipate that the plant will be complete and we will commence operations in November 2013. As mentioned elsewhere in this report, this plant is currently 75% complete. Our ability to complete the plant and begin operations is dependent on our ability to raise or borrow the required capital.

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Historical Operations on Property

Small-scale exploration and mining has occurred in the Salamanca property area from the early 20th century, and likely long before. Copper and gold prospect pits and workings occur in many locations throughout the property area.

Remnants of the historical Filomena processing plant occur on the property, but no information remains regarding the history of the plant. Stockpiles and the tailings deposits are located to the east of the plant. The plant likely processed copper material from local small-scale mines. Production records are not available for the plant, but approximately 9,000 metric tons of material is considered reasonable based upon recent volume estimates of the tailings deposit. The grade of the material processed at the plant is not known.

Development and Capacity of Property

Existing infrastructure at the Salamanca property includes the remnants of the historical Filomena flotation plant, that we are modifying to include a solvent-extraction/electrowinning circuit. This modification is being constructed as of the date of this report. We are currently assembling a processing plant of the same type as the plant that is currently under construction at our Matancilla property, about 35 km northwest of the Filomena complex. Our plant at Filomena is located close to the Arboleda Planta tailings deposit and it is being built on the foundations of the historical plant. We expect that the plant will be able to produce 1,311 metric tons per year of copper cathodes, and it will be expandable to 7,500 metric tons per year. The plant will aim at treating a wide range of materials including tailings material and run-of-mine material from various small-scale producing mines in the region. In time, we may have an opportunity of processing mineralization sourced from small-scale workings in the vicinity of the property. These workings are held by third-parties, and there is no information currently available on potential tonnage, grade, or rate of supply of material from such workings. We have not yet undertaken any studies or testing to demonstrate acceptable metallurgical recoveries or operating costs for this plant. The plant is still in the commissioning phase and the first cathodes are being produced as of the date of this report.

Combarbalá

Location

Our Combarbalá property is located in the Coquimbo Region (Region IV) of central Chile, South America. The property comprises 12 concessions totaling 2,900 hectares situated in the municipality of Combarbalá in the province of Limarí. Our Gabriella facility is located on our Combarbalá property. The property is located approximately 140 km southeast of the city of La Serena, the largest city and capital of the Coquimbo Region. La Serena is located about 400 km north of Santiago, the capital city of Chile.

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Access to the Combarbalá property is by 245 km of paved and gravel road from La Serena, the capital of the Coquimbo Region. The Pan American Highway (Highway 5) leads 200 km south along the Pacific Coast from La Serena to the town of Puerto Oscuro. Paved highway (Route D-71) then leads first east and then northeast for about 74 km, past the towns of Canela Baja and Los Pozos to the town of Combarbalá. The Gabriella tailings deposits are reached by about 6 km of paved road (D-605) that runs north and west from the Route D-71 turnoff. All roads are operational year-round.

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The Combarbalá property consists of 12 exploration and exploitation concessions owned by the Company, totaling 2,900 hectares. Two of the 12 concessions are exploitation concessions, and the remaining 10 are exploration concessions. All concessions are under application. The annual license fees for all exploration and exploitation concessions are paid through March 2011. We own the subsurface rights to the concessions and do not hold the surface rights. The property has not yet been legally surveyed. The concessions are listed in the following table.

Concession Name       Registration Number (ROL)     Hectares    Concession Type    
RELA 2 1/10   2149   100  Exploitation in application 
RELA 7 1/20   2207   100  Exploitation in application 
COMBA 1   2276   300  Exploration in application 
COMBA 2   2277   300  Exploration in application 
COMBA 3   2278   200  Exploration in application 
COMBA 4   2446   300  Exploration in application 
COMBA 5   2447   300  Exploration in application 
MARISOL 1   2449   200  Exploration in application 
MARISOL 2   2450   200  Exploration in application 
NEGRITA 1   2443   300  Exploration in application 
NEGRITA 3   2525-09   300  Exploration in application 
NEGRITA 4   2525-09   300  Exploration in application 
Total       2,900    

We have not conducted, nor do we intend to conduct, an evaluation of the proven or probable reserves related to the mining concessions located at the Combarbalá property. The majority of the source material processed at the Gabriella plant will be ore purchased from third-parties.

We acquired the Rela 2 1/10 and Rela 7 1/20 concessions that host the Gabriella tailings deposits in December 2008. We applied for the remaining 10 concessions that make up the Combarbalá property from March to June 2009. These concessions are currently under application.

No encumbrances are registered on the concessions and they are not affected by the payment of royalties or other obligations in favor of third parties.

Because of the planned process plant throughput of less than 5,000 metric tons per month, no environmental permits are required by the Chilean government.

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Current Operations

At present, we have not commenced construction of our MINI plant facility at the Combarbala property. We anticipate that we will begin constructing the plant in 2013 and commence operations in 2014. As mentioned elsewhere in this report, we estimate that it will cost approximately $3.0 million to construct the MINI plant, and our projected construction dates are dependent upon our ability to raise the necessary capital. Once we begin construction, we will evaluate the Combarbala property’s sources of power and water.

Historical Operations of Property

A flotation plant operated by ENAMI commenced operation at Combarbalá in 1976 to process copper ore from local small-scale mines. In 1979, Compania Minera Cerro Centinela took possession of the plant and processed the material for gold, silver and copper. Tailings from the plant were diverted into two tailings dams, Combarbalá Este and Combarbalá Oeste.

The plant operated until September, 1984 when it was closed and dismantled. Only the cement foundations of the plant buildings remain as of the date of this report.

Development of Property

We intend to build a processing plant of the same type as the plant which is currently under construction, located at our Matancilla property, about 40 km south of the Combarbalá property. The plant will be able to produce 1,311 metric tons per year of copper cathodes, and expandable to 7,500 metric tons per year. The plant will aim at treating a wide range of materials including tailings material and run-of-mine material from various small-scale producing mines in the region.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

From time to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings which arise in the ordinary course of business. However, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in these or other matters may arise from time to time that may harm our business. We are currently not aware of any such legal proceedings or claims that we believe will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or operating results.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

Not applicable.

PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.

Market Information

Our common stock is quoted on the OTCQB and trades under the symbol “LVEN.” There is not, and historically there has never been, an active trading market for our common stock, and no information is available for the prices of our common stock.

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Approximate Number of Holders of Our Common Stock

As of July 13, 2013, there were approximately 666 stockholders of record of our common stock, as reported by our transfer agent. In computing the number of holders of record, each broker-dealer and clearing corporation holding shares on behalf of its customers is counted as a single shareholder.

Dividend Policy

We have never declared dividends or paid cash dividends. Our board of directors will make any future decisions regarding dividends. We currently intend to retain and use any future earnings for the expansion of our business and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the near future. Our board of directors has complete discretion on whether to pay dividends. Even if our board of directors decides to pay dividends, the form, frequency and amount will depend upon our future operations and earnings, capital requirements and surplus, general financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors that the board of directors may deem relevant.

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

We do not have in effect any compensation plans under which our equity securities are authorized for issuance and we do not have any outstanding stock options.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

We have not sold any equity securities during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 that were not previously disclosed in a quarterly report on Form 10-Q or a current report on Form 8-K that was filed during the 2013 fiscal year.

Purchases of Equity Securities

No repurchases of our common stock were made during the fourth quarter of 2013.

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.

Not Applicable.

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

The following management’s discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the notes thereto and the other financial information appearing elsewhere in this report. In addition to historical information, the following discussion contains certain forward-looking information. See “Special Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements” above for certain information concerning those forward looking statements. Our financial statements are prepared in U.S. dollars and in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

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Overview

We are a mineral extraction company based in the Republic of Chile, with copper as our principal “pay metal.” Our founders, Messrs. Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Orellana and Jorge Fernando Pizarro Arriagada, have refined the electrowin process in a way that permits the electrowin process to be used at a relatively small mine and/or tailings sites. Electrowinning is a process in which positive and negative electrodes are placed in an acidic solution containing copper ions, and an electric current passed through the solution causes the copper to be deposited on the negative electrodes so that it can be collected.

We have obtained rights to conduct our mineral extraction operations at several different sites in and around the Illapel region, which is located in north-central Chile, approximately 400 kilometers north of Santiago. While these sites each have their own mineral deposits, we will procure the majority of our source material from non-traditional sources, including tailings, ore, or a combination thereof, by purchasing rights to such source material at smaller sites, where it is not economical for larger open-pit mining companies to operate, due largely to the transportation costs associated with moving source materials to fixed processing sites.

By utilizing MINI plants, we are able to build scalable, less expensive plants closer to source material deposits, resulting in significant processing savings. In addition, since smaller sites generally require higher copper prices, due to transportation costs, to operate profitably, these deposits can currently be purchased at a discount. By utilizing this strategy, we are able to reduce costs and operate profitably with smaller deposits.

The initial design capacity of each MINI plant is between approximately 1,200 and 2,000 metric tons of annual copper cathode output. Each MINI plant can be expanded on a modular basis in increments of 1,200 metric tons. We believe that the installed cost for a new 1,500 metric ton MINI plant, with the ability to produce tailings, at the average location, is about $3,000,000, or $2,000 per metric ton of annual capacity. Expanding the capacity of an existing MINI plant will cost between $400 and $800 per metric ton, depending on the site. Once the available source material deposits at and around the site of an existing MINI plant have been depleted, we anticipate that we can recover up to 70% of the cost of constructing a new MINI plant by relocating the support structures and processing equipment from the original MINI plant.

By reducing unit costs and carefully managing the average source material grade, we estimate that the MINI plant technology will allow us to break even at copper prices as low as US$1.00 per pound, or US$2,205 per metric ton. As of July 10, 2013, copper was trading at $6,677 per metric ton on the LME. As the price of finished copper has increased, however, there has been increased interest in raw copper ore from a number of “higher cost” producers that can increase their production volumes by buying ore in the market from small miners. Historically, these producers would not have been interested in raw ore purchases, as they could not generate profits at lower finished copper prices. However the increase in finished copper prices has made third-party purchase attractive for a number of additional producers. While the additional producers entering the market for minerals has not had an effect on the cost of the ore, it has put the miners into a stronger negotiating position on the sales of their ore. As such, the market now demands that producers must purchase the ore by providing payment upon delivery of the ore, as opposed to the historical practice of providing payment following the sale of the finished copper. This shift in the market has affected our need for working capital substantially, in that we now require approximately $1 million per MINI plant to purchase enough ore to operate at full capacity.

Initially, we plan to sell our copper cathodes to Madeco, the largest copper producer in Chile. Based on our discussions with Madeco, we expect that the selling price will be at a 3% discount from the price for copper, adjusted for purity, on the LME. We expect that sales will be made under purchase orders where cash will be paid upon delivery. We anticipate that this arrangement will provide us with immediate cash flow with which we will use to fund our current operations. In the future, as business volume grows, we may elect to sell our copper cathodes at the generally higher prices prevailing on the LME.

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Since our inception on January 2, 2008, we have focused our activities on acquiring mineral rights and sites on which to construct our MINI plants. Since starting construction in the fall of 2008, we have successfully completed our first scalable MINI plant, designated as the Ana Maria plant, located about 30 kilometers northeast of the town of Illapel, in the mining district of Matancilla. We have been testing the production of copper cathodes at the Ana Maria plant since late April 2009. In July 2009, we produced our first commercial run of copper cathodes.

We commenced operations at the Ana Maria plant in July 2009. The Ana Maria plant was taken off-line the first week of May 2010 in order to increase the capacity of this facility. As a result, the total capacity of the Ana Maria plant increased from 120 metric tons per month to 180 metric tons per month, effectively increasing its capacity by 50%. We resumed operations at the plant with the additional capacity in place at the beginning of August 2010. We believe that the site can be progressively expanded to about 5,000 metric tons per annum on a modular basis in increments of 500 to 1,000 metric tons, subject to the market price for copper and the grade and quantity of source materials available to be processed. In addition, we are also further enhancing our electrowin-based recovery techniques to reduce costs and improve the yield of the copper out of the mineral spectrum.

Our second plant, Santa Filomena, is approximately 75% complete as of the date of this report, and we have also begun preparatory work at one additional site we have under our control, in anticipation of the construction of additional MINI plants over the next 18 to 24 months.

The table below summarizes the capacity of each of our current and planned MINI plants.

District     Plant     Initial Production     Initial Capacity/Year  
Matancilla     Ana Maria     Operating     1,200 MT (1)
Salamanca     Santa Filomena     4th Calendar Quarter 2013     1,200 MT  
Combarbala     Gabriella     2nd Calendar Quarter 2014     1,200 MT  

(1) Since we commenced operations at the Ana Maria plant, total annual capacity has been increased to 2,225 metric tons.

To date, the majority of our capital expenditures have been used for the construction of our facilities.

Results of Operations

Comparison of the Fiscal Years Ended March 31, 2013 and 2012

The following table sets forth key components of our results of operations for the periods indicated.

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      Fiscal Year Ended March 31,     % Increase/   
      2013     2012     (Decrease)  
Net sales   $  261,089     433,554   $  (40% )
Cost of sales     1,545,067     1,496,867     3%  
Gross loss   (1,283,978   (1,063,313 )   21%  
Operating expenses:                    
Impairment of mining rights     12,136     380     3,094%  
Salaries and wages     226,707     160,232     41%   
General and administrative expenses     1,820,175     1,394,148     31%   
Professional fees     289,200     174,306     66%  
Total operating expenses     2,348,218     1,729,066     36%  
Operating loss before the undernoted     (3,632,196   (2,792,379 )   30%  
Amortization of deferred finance costs     (219,016   (100,189 )   119%   
Fair value adjustment relating to warrants     -     (741,812 )   n/a  
Imputed interest expense     (534,098   (312,748 )   71%   
Net Loss for the year     (4,385,310   (3,947,128 )   11%  
Foreign exchange translation adjustment for the year   (8,943   (185,860 )   (95%
Comprehensive loss for the year $  (4,394,253   (4,132,988 ) $  6%  

Net sales. We had net sales of $261,089 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, as compared with net sales of $433,554 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. We have operated with limited capital resources for both fiscal years 2012 and 2013. During the year ended March 31, 2012, we had some mining engineering work resulting in sales outside of our traditional business model of producing copper cathodes. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, the Company has focused on the production of copper cathodes. As a result, our first limited runs of copper cathodes began in December 2012, which resulted in a limited amount of sales.

Cost of sales. Cost of sales includes direct costs associated with the sale of our products. Cost of sales was $1,545,067 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, as compared with $1,496,867 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. The slight increase in cost of sales was mainly due to higher material, labor and other direct costs allocated with production and higher amortization on plant and equipment in fiscal year 2012.

Gross loss. Gross profit (loss) is equal to the difference between our net sales and the cost of sales. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, we had a gross loss of $1,283,978, as compared with a gross loss of $1,063,313 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. The increase in gross loss was primarily due to the decrease in net sales and increase of cost of sales as discussed above.

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Operating expenses. Our operating expenses consist of impairment of mining rights, salaries and wages, general and administrative expenses and professional fees.

Impairment of mining rights. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, impairment of mining rights was $12,136, as compared with $380 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. We have expensed mining rights, since we currently have no formal plans to exploit these mining rights.

Salaries and wages. Salaries and wages amounted to $226,707 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, as compared to $160,232 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. As the price of ore continued to rise during both the 2012 and 2013 fiscal years, we encountered working capital challenges and were forced to limit overhead costs. With limited production, we worked hard to minimize salaries and wages during both fiscal years. The increase during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 is primarily due to preparations for the increased production of copper cathodes, which required additional employees and support staff.

General and administrative expenses. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of building maintenance and repairs, energy costs and general expenses. General and administrative expenses for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 were $1,820,175, as compared with $1,394,148 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. The increase was primarily due to the increased costs of being a publicly traded company and the required costs to support multiple sites and projects as we attempted to ramp back up our production of copper.

Professional fees. Professional fees consist of legal fees, accounting fees and other fees associated with our May/June 2012 private placement transaction and operations as a public company. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, professional fees were $289,200, as compared with $174,306 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. While we attempt to limit professional fees and other expenses as it operates with limited resources, it is often less expensive to utilize outside professionals than hire full-time employees. The increase in professional fees during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 was primarily the result of accounting and legal work in connection with our May/June 2012 private placement, as well as some additional operational work associated with ramping the production of our Ana Maria plant.

Amortization of deferred finance costs. On May 12, 2010 (during fiscal year 2011), we commenced a private placement of common shares, warrants and make good warrants. The direct financing costs were allocated to the financial instruments (redeemable common stock and warrants), based upon their relative fair values. Amounts related to the warrants were recorded as deferred finance costs and amortized through charges to interest expense over the term of the arrangement using the effective interest method, while amounts related to the common stock directly offset the carrying value of the redeemable common stock. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, we amortized deferred finance costs of $108,990, as compared to $100,189 in deferred finance costs during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. In May/June 2012, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with certain accredited investors, pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Investors eleven percent (11%) secured convertible notes and warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock. The Company amortized deferred financing charges of $110,026 for the year ended March 31, 2013 (March 31, 2012: $nil)

Fair value adjustment relating to warrants. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, we did not recognize any expense for derivative financial instruments, as compared to $741,812 expense for derivative financial instrument during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. On May 12, 2010, (during the fiscal year 2011), we commenced a private placement of common shares, warrants and make good warrants. We valued our derivative financial instruments at inception (May 12, 2010) at fair value for $2,510,093. Derivative financial instruments are initially, and subsequently, measured at fair value and were recorded as liabilities. The fair value of the derivative liabilities increased to $5,866,285 as of March 31, 2011 (an increase of $3,356,192). This increase of $3,356,192 is reflected as an other expense-derivative financial instrument for the year ended March 31, 2011. The fair value of the derivative liabilities increased to $6,608,097 as of March 31, 2012 (an increase of $741,812 as compared to March 31, 2011). This increase of $741,812 is reflected as an other expense-derivative financial instrument for the year ended March 31, 2012.

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Imputed interest expense. Imputed interest expense is related to unsecured, no interest promissory notes from related parties. These loans were valued at fair value at inception. We recognized a discount on the face value of the loans at inception to adjust the carrying value to the fair value. Discounts associated with these notes are being amortized over the lives of the promissory notes using the effective interest method, with interest expense being recorded as an expense in the related period. We recognized interest expense to amortize discounts on promissory notes to related parties for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 in the amount of $534,098, as compared with $312,748 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012.

Net loss. As a result of the cumulative effect of the foregoing factors, we generated a net loss of $4,385,310 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, as compared to a net loss of $3,947,128 for fiscal year ended March 31, 2012.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of March 31, 2013, we had cash and cash equivalents of $7,572 and had a working capital deficit of $5,884,311. The following table provides detailed information about our net cash flow for all financial statement periods presented in this report.

Cash Flow
(all amounts in U.S. dollars)

      Fiscal Year Ended March 31,  
      2013             2012  
Net cash used in operating activities  $   (2,752,512 )     $ (1,601,954
Net cash used in investing activities    (2,182,257 )   (132,566
Net cash used in financing activities    4,900,403     1,226,277  
Effects of Exchange Rate Change in Cash     41,638     71,419   
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash      7,272     (436,824 )
Cash, Beginning     300     437,124  
Cash, End   $  7,572   $   300  

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Operating Activities

Net cash used in operating activities was $2,752,512 for fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, as compared to $1,601,954 net cash used in operating activities for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. The increase in cash used in operating activities is mainly due to our efforts to begin ramping production at the Ana Maria plant and ensuring we had adequate sources of mineral to feed our production efforts. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, our operating activities were significantly constrained by our limited working capital.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 was $2,182,257, as compared to $132,566 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. This increase is mainly due to the fact that we had limited resources and liquidity in fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, and as a result we minimized our acquisition of property, plant and equipment. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, we invested in our Ana Maria plant as well as property associated with sources of mineral to feed the plant going forward.

Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, was $4,900,403, as compared to $1,226,277 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. This increase was primarily due to our May/June 2012 private placement transaction with certain accredited investors, pursuant to which we issued and sold to such investors (i) an aggregate of $3,135,000 of 11% secured convertible notes, which notes are convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at $2.00 per share and (ii) warrants to purchase such number of shares of common stock equal to 50% of the number of shares of common stock that the notes purchased by the investors may be convertible into, at an exercise price of $2.00 per share.

Overall Liquidity and Capital Resources

As discussed above, through the course of our operations we have realized that MINI plants which process tailings will now require an additional module at a cost of $500,000 in order to more efficiently process the tailings. Accordingly, the total cost of construction per such MINI plant has increased from our initial estimates of $2,500,000 to approximately $3,000,000. In addition, due to the higher copper prices, there has been a significant increase in demand for raw copper ore. As a result, the market now demands that any producer must purchase the ore by providing payment at the delivery of the ore, and therefore, we now require approximately $500,000 per MINI plant to purchase enough ore to operate at full capacity.

Initially, we estimated that it would cost approximately $2,500,000 in working capital per plant to construct and operate the plant to capacity. However, as discussed above, we now require approximately $3,500,000 in working capital per MINI plant in order to construct and operate the plant to capacity.

As discussed above, in May and June 2012 we raised $3,135,000 in a private placement transaction. Approximately $1.9 million of the proceeds of the transaction were used for upgrades to our Ana Maria facilities and attempting to secure sources of mineral for our plants for the future, with the remaining proceeds used for working capital and transaction expenses, including interest payments due on the convertible notes sold in the transaction. In order to operate our existing facilities at full capacity we will require additional funding, primarily for the procurement of raw minerals.

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Obligations under Material Contracts

As of March 31, 2013, there were outstanding loans made to the Company in the aggregate amount of $6,594,279. On May 8, 2012. the Company and certain creditors of the Company which had loaned the Company an aggregate of approximately $3,767,774 entered into separate loan repayment agreements whereby the creditors agreed to allow the Company to defer repayment of their respective loans to the Company until the later of (i) May 8, 2013 and (ii) such time at the Company reports positive net-income on its quarterly or annual financial statements filed with the SEC.

The following table lists the loans which will be deferred in accordance with the Loan Repayment Agreements:

Creditor Amount of Loan(s) Deferred
Jorge Fernando Pizarro Arriagada CLP$104,759,970
Iván Orlando Vergara Huerta CLP$165,770,750
Jorge Orellana CLP$542,410,760
Geominco E.I.R.L CLP$1,987,517,387
Halter Financial Group US$190,000

Inflation

Inflation does not materially affect our business or the results of our operations.

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to our stockholders.

Seasonality

The price of copper on the LME fluctuates during the year, with prices tending to be stronger in the April to September period, and weaker in the October to March period, subject to global supply and demand.

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires our management to make assumptions, estimates, and judgments that affect the amounts reported, including the notes thereto, and related disclosures of commitments and contingencies, if any. We have identified certain accounting policies that are significant to the preparation of our financial statements. These accounting policies are important for an understanding of our financial condition and results of operations. Critical accounting policies are those that are most important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations and require management’s difficult, subjective, or complex judgment, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and may change in subsequent periods. Certain accounting estimates are particularly sensitive because of their significance to financial statements and because of the possibility that future events affecting the estimate may differ significantly from management’s current judgments. We believe the following critical accounting policies involve the most significant estimates and judgments used in the preparation of our financial statements:

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  • Exploration Costs and Mineral Property Right Acquisitions. The Company is engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mining properties. Mineral property exploration costs are expensed as incurred. Mineral property acquisition costs are initially capitalized when incurred. The Company assesses the carrying costs for impairment under Accounting Standards 930 Extractive Activities – Mining (AS 930) at each fiscal quarter end. Impairment is recognized when the sum of the expected undiscounted future cash flows is less than the carrying amount of the mineral property. Impairment losses, if any, are measured as the excess of the carrying amount of the mineral property over its estimated fair value. When it has been determined that a mineral property can be economically developed as a result of establishing proven and probable reserves, the costs then incurred to develop such property, are capitalized. Such costs will be amortized using the units-of-production method over the estimated life of the proven and probable reserves. If mineral properties are subsequently abandoned or impaired, any capitalized costs will be charged to operations.

  • Foreign Currency Translation. The Company uses the “Current rate method” to translate its financial statements from Chilean Pesos into U.S. Dollars. The assets and liabilities of the Company, except for the capital, are translated into U.S. Dollars using the rate of exchange prevailing at the balance sheet date. The capital is translated at the historical rate. Adjustments resulting from the translation of the balance sheets of the company into U.S. Dollars are recorded in stockholders' equity as part of other comprehensive income. The statement of operations is translated at average rates during the reporting period. Gains or losses resulting from transactions in currencies other than the functional currencies are reflected in the statement of operations for the reporting periods. The statement of cash flows is translated at average rates during the reporting period, with the exception of issue of share and payment of dividends which are translated at the historical rates. Due to the use of different rates for translation, the figures in the statement of changes in cash flows may not agree with the differences between the year end balances as shown in the balance sheets.

  • Machinery and Equipment. Machinery and equipment is recorded at cost and is stated net of accumulated depreciation. Gains or losses on disposals are reflected as gain or loss in the year of disposal. The costs of improvements that extend the life of equipment are capitalized. These capitalized costs may include structural improvements, equipment, and fixtures. All ordinary repair and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred. Machinery and equipment are depreciated at rates sufficient to write off their cost over their estimated useful lives on a straight-line basis. The estimated useful lives of the assets are as follows: Property, Plant and Equipment -10 years. Additions during the year are amortized on half year rule.

  • Revenue Recognition. Copper sales prices are provisionally set on a specified future date based upon market commodity prices. Revenue is recognized at the time of delivery when risk of loss passes to the customer, and collectability is reasonably assured. The Company typically receives the final payment the day following delivery of copper cathodes, which minimizes price difference. However, revenue is provisionally measured using forward market prices on the expected date that final selling prices will be fixed. Variations occur between the price recorded on the date of revenue recognition and the actual final price due to changes in market copper prices, which result in the existence of an embedded derivative in the accounts receivable. In the absence of price variations, the company did not record any embedded derivative during the year. This embedded derivative is recorded at fair value each period until final settlement occurs, with changes in fair value classified as provisional price adjustments and included as a component of revenue. There were no provisional price adjustments during the year ended March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012.

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  • Comprehensive income. The Company has chosen to report comprehensive income in the statements of changes in stockholders’ deficiency. Comprehensive income comprised net income and all changes to stockholders' deficiency except those due to investments by owners and distributions to owners.

  • Assets Retirement Obligation. The Company discloses its financial accounting and reporting obligations associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets and the associated retirement costs. This standard applies to legal obligations associated with the retirement of long- lived assets that result from the acquisition, construction, development and normal use of the asset. The fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation should be recognized in the period in which it is incurred if a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made. The fair value of the liability is added to the carrying amount of the associated asset and this additional carrying amount is depreciated over the life of the asset. The liability is accreted at the end of each period through charges to operating expense. If the obligation is settled for other than the carrying amount of the liability, the Company will recognize a gain or loss on settlement. As at March 31, 2013 and 2012, there are no assets retirement obligations.

  • Income Taxes. The Company recognizes a liability or asset for deferred tax consequences of all temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in the financial statements that will result in taxable or deductible amounts in future years when the reported amounts of the assets and liabilities are recovered or settled. Deferred tax items mainly relate to net operating loss carry forwards and accrued expenses. These deferred tax assets or liabilities are measured using the enacted tax rates that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. Deferred tax assets are reviewed periodically for recoverability, and valuation allowances are provided when it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets may not be realized. As of March 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company had reduced its deferred tax assets by recording a valuation allowance (see Note 12).

  • Impairment and Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. The carrying values of long-lived assets are reviewed on a regular basis for the existence of facts or circumstances that may suggest impairment. For assets that are to be held and used, an impairment loss is recognized when the estimated undiscounted future cash flows associated with the asset or group of assets is less than their carrying value. If impairment exists, an adjustment is made to write the asset down to its fair value, and a loss is recorded as the difference between the carrying value and fair value.

  • Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. The Company recognizes all derivatives contracts as either assets or liabilities in the balance sheet and measures them at fair value. If certain conditions are met, a derivative may be specifically designated as a hedge, the objective of which is to match the timing of gain or loss recognition on the hedging derivative with the recognition of (i) the changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability that are attributable to the hedged risk or (ii) the earnings effect of the hedged forecasted transaction. For a derivative not designated as a hedging instrument, the gain or loss is recognized in income in the period of change. The Company has not entered into derivative contracts either to hedge existing risks or for speculative purposes.

  • Earnings (Loss) Per Share. The Company computes net loss per of both basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) on the face of the income statement. Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income (loss) available tocommon shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year. Diluted EPS gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method. In computing diluted EPS, the average stock price for the period is used in determining the number of shares assumed to be purchased from the exercise of stock options or warrants. Diluted EPS excludes all dilutive potential shares if their effect is anti-dilutive.

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Refer to Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of recent accounting standards and pronouncements.

ITEM 7A.   QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

Not Applicable.

ITEM 8.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.

The full text of our audited consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2013 and 2012 begins on page F-1 of this report.

ITEM 9.   CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND  FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.

None.

ITEM 9A.   CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.  

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that are designed to ensure that information that would be required to be disclosed in Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including to our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

As required by Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act, our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2013. Based on that evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that as of March 31, 2013, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting disclosed below.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting for the Company. Internal control over financial reporting refers to the process designed by, or under the supervision of, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, and effected by our Board

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of Directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and includes those policies and procedures that:

  • pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets;

  • provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with the authorization of our management and directors; and

  • provide  reasonable  assurance  regarding  prevention  or  timely  detection  of  unauthorized  acquisition,  use  or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. 

All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2013. In making this assessment, management used the framework set forth in the report entitled Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, or COSO. The COSO framework summarizes each of the components of a company’s internal control system, including (i) the control environment, (ii) risk assessment, (iii) control activities, (iv) information and communication, and (v) monitoring.

Based on that evaluation, our management concluded that our internal controls over financial reporting as of March 31, 2013 were not effective due to the following material weaknesses: We need to increase our qualified accounting personnel and enhance the supervision, monitoring and reviewing of financial statements preparation processes.

In order to correct the foregoing material weaknesses, during the fiscal years 2012 and 2013, we have taken and are taking the following remediation measures that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting:

  • We have several new Directors, including our Chairman of the Board, with extensive business, financial and US public company experience.

  • We have established an audit committee of our board of directors. Each of our audit committee members has substantial experience and knowledge in finance and corporate governance. The audit committee will provide oversight of our accounting and financial reporting;

  • We are drafting an accounting manual and closing procedures in accordance with U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting standards;

  • We have hired a Chief Financial Officer who has substantial knowledge of, and experience regarding, U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting requirements.

Our management is committed to improving our internal controls. We believe that the foregoing steps will remediate the material weaknesses identified above, and we will continue to monitor the effectiveness of these steps and make any changes that our management deems appropriate to put effective controls in place.

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Changes in internal control over financial reporting

We will regularly review our system of internal control over financial reporting and make changes to our processes and systems to improve controls and increase efficiency, while ensuring that we maintain an effective internal control environment. Changes may include such activities as implementing new and more efficient systems, consolidating activities, and migrating processes.

Except as described above, during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, there were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to affect materially, our internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION.

We have no information to disclose that was required to be disclosed in a report on Form 8-K during fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, but was not reported.

PART III

ITEM10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.

Directors and Executive Officers The following table sets forth the name and position of each of our current executive officers and directors.

NAME AGE POSITION
Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Orellana 56 Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary
Gerard Pascale 44 Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
James Groh 60 Chairman
Jorge Fernando Pizarro Arriagada 54 Director
William E. Thomson 69 Director
Pierre Galoppi 53 Director

Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Orellana. Mr. Orellana became our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President upon closing of the reverse acquisition of Minera on May 12, 2010. Mr. Orellana has over twenty-five years of mining experience in Chile, including fifteen years in the employ of Codelco, first as an exploration geologist, and subsequently as Exploration Manager. Prior to co-founding Minera in January, 2008, he was affiliated with Northern Chile Ltda. from late 2001 until mid-2008, which reclaimed copper tailings and performed environmental remediation services at the Chuquicamata site. Mr. Orellana operated a mining consultancy known as Geominco from 1998 until late 2001, providing services to a number of international mining companies operating in Chile. He received a degree in geology from Universidad Catolica del Norte, in Antofagasta, Chile. Mr. Orellana is also a developer of commercial and residential real estate projects in Chile.

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Gerard Pascale. Mr Pascale became our Chief Financial officer on May 24, 2012. Mr. Pascale is the President and Founder of SC Financial, LLC, which specializes in advising both US and international clients on valuation, financial modeling and the responsibilities of publicly traded US companies. For the three years prior to founding SC Financial, LLC in 2007, Mr. Pascale was responsible for managing the affairs of clients of Heritage Management Consultants. In this role he specialized in providing finance and SEC support in connection with listing in the US, including developing business plans, reviewing financial statement preparation, preparing financial projections and budgets and preparing and making presentations to US investors. Mr. Pascale has an MBA from the University of Chicago. Mr. Pascale became a Certified Public Accountant in 1993.

James Groh. Mr. Groh became the Chairman of our Board of Directors on May 8, 2012. Mr. Groh served as the Executive Managing Director of HFS, a U.S. based investment banking firm, from 2007 through 2012. Prior to joining HFS, Mr. Groh served as the President of WLT Brothers Capital, also a U.S. based investment banking firm, beginning in 2007. From 2005 until 2007, Mr. Groh was the founder and president of Heritage Management Consultants, Inc. Mr. Groh began his career in the industry with the Burroughs Corporation, where he held a number of progressively more responsible executive positions, retiring in 1996 as the Executive Vice President and Director of International Imaging Materials, Inc. Mr. Groh was instrumental in the company’s 1993 IPO and subsequent operation as a public company. Mr. Groh has extensive operating experience and financial industry experience and has previously served on a number of corporate and not for profit boards, as well as the Board of the Canisius College Center for Entrepreneurship. Mr. Groh holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA with concentration in Finance from the Rochester Institute of Technology

Jorge Fernando Pizarro Arriagada. Mr. Pizarro became a member of our Board of Directors on May 27, 2010. Mr. Pizarro has over twenty years of experience working in the mining industry in Chile, specifically in development phases of mining operations. Prior to co-founding Minera in January 2008, he worked for Codelco from 1991 to 2007. In 1996, Mr. Pizarro was transferred into corporate management at Codelco, becoming responsible for exploration and reserves certification. During this period, Mr. Pizarro had oversight responsibility for the discovery and certification of copper reserves in excess of 400 million metric tons, including a major new deposit (Gaby Reserves) within the Chuquicamata site, extending the life of the mining complex by several decades. Mr. Pizarro received a degree in Geology from the Universidad de Chile in Santiago in 1984.

William E. Thomson. Mr. Thomson became a member of our Board of Directors in September 2010. Mr. Thomson is a managing partner of Mercana Growth Partners, a merchant banking company that specializes in providing corporate finance expertise and management leadership to businesses. Prior to joining Mercana Growth Partners, Mr. Thomson was the President of Thomson Associates, Inc., a merchant banking company founded by Mr. Thomson in 1978. Mr. Thomson is also currently a member of the following additional boards of directors: , Asia Bio Chem Group Co. Ltd. (TSX.V: ABC) (Agriculture); Armco Metal Holdings Inc. (AMEX: CNAM) (Scrap Metal); theScore Inc. (TSXV: SCR) (Media); Electrical Contacts Ltd. (industrial); ; Summit Energy (Oil & Gas Distribution); Wright Environmental Management Inc. (Waste Management Solutions); YTW Growth Capital Management Corp. (Financial); and Media Tube Corp. (Media). Mr. Thomson’s past directorships include: Open EC Technologies (OCE.V); Asia Media Group Corporation; Atlast Pain & Injury Solutions Inc. (TSX U) (Media); Confederation of Italian Entrepreneurs Worldwide Canada (Health Care); Debt Freedom Canada Inc. (Financial); Elegant Communications Ltd. (Environment); Esna Technologies Inc. (Unified Communications Solutions); Industrial Minerals Inc. (IDSM) (Graphite); JITE Technologies Inc. (JTI) (Electronics); Maxus Technology Corp. (eWaste Solutions); Med-Emerg International Inc. (Health Care); Symtech Canada Ltd. (Communications); The Aurora Fund (Financial); TPI Plastics (Plastics); Wiresmith Ltd. (Industrial), China Automotive Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CAAS), Han Wind Energy (Sustainable Energy), Pure Med Laser (Health Care), Integrated Planning & Solutions (Financial Services), Greater China Capital Inc. (Industrial) and World Educational Services. Mr. Thomson is also a chartered accountant.

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Pierre Galoppi. Mr. Galoppi became a member of our Board of Directors on May 8, 2012. Mr. Galoppi previously served as the Company’s sole director and officer from November 2008 until May 2010. Mr. Galoppi currently serves as Director of Business Development (Latin America) for Halter Financial Group, an integrated financial services company with a focus on financial consulting and asset management, a position he has held since 2007. Mr. Galoppi is also the President of PMG Capital Corporation, a company dedicated to providing consulting services in the areas of regional aviation and financial services, which Mr. Galoppi founded in 2006. From 2001 until 2006, Mr. Galoppi served as founder and President of PWG Trading Corporation, a company which developed a network of specialized travel offices. From 1994-2000 Mr. Galoppi served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Gulfstream International Airlines. Mr. Galoppi has extensive operating and business management experience and holds both a B.A. in commerce and an MBA from Concordia University in Montreal. Mr. Galoppi is fluent in five languages including English, Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese.

Directors are elected until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

Except as set forth in our discussion below in Item 13, “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence –Transactions with Related Persons,” none of our directors, director nominees or executive officers has been involved in any transactions with us or any of our directors, executive officers, affiliates or associates which are required to be disclosed pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.

There are no agreements or understandings for any of our executive officers or directors to resign at the request of another person and no officer or director is acting on behalf of nor will any of them act at the direction of any other person.

Director Qualifications

Directors are responsible for overseeing our business consistent with their fiduciary duty to stockholders. This significant responsibility requires highly-skilled individuals with various qualities, attributes and professional experience. The Board believes that there are general requirements for service on our Board of Directors that are applicable to all directors and that there are other skills and experience that should be represented on the Board as a whole but not necessarily by each director. The Board considers the qualifications of directors and director candidates individually and in the broader context of the Board’s overall composition and our current and future needs.

Qualifications for All Directors

In its assessment of each potential candidate, including those recommended by stockholders, our Board of Directors considers the nominee’s judgment, integrity, experience, independence, understanding of our business or other related industries and such other factors the Board determines are pertinent in light of the current needs of the Board. The Board also takes into account the ability of a director to devote the time and effort necessary to fulfill his or her responsibilities to the Company.

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The Board requires that each director be a recognized person of high integrity with a proven record of success in his or her field. Each director must demonstrate innovative thinking, familiarity with and respect for corporate governance requirements and practices, an appreciation of multiple cultures and a commitment to sustainability and to dealing responsibly with social issues. In addition to the qualifications required of all directors, the Board assesses intangible qualities including the individual’s ability to ask difficult questions and, simultaneously, to work collegially.

The Board does not have a specific diversity policy, but considers diversity of race, ethnicity, gender, age, cultural background and professional experiences in evaluating candidates for Board membership. Diversity is important because a variety of points of view contribute to a more effective decision-making process.

Qualifications, Attributes, Skills and Experience to be Represented on the Board as a Whole

The Board has identified particular qualifications, attributes, skills and experience that are important to be represented on the Board as a whole, in light of our current needs and business priorities. We are a public mineral extraction company based in the Republic of Chile. Therefore, the Board believes that a diversity of professional experiences in the mining industry in Chile, specific knowledge of key geographic growth areas, and knowledge of U.S. capital markets and of U.S. accounting and financial reporting standards should be represented on the Board.

Summary of Qualifications of Directors

Set forth below is a narrative disclosure that summarizes some of the specific qualifications, attributes, skills and experiences of our directors. For more detailed information, please refer to the biographical information for each director set forth above.

Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Orellana. Mr. Orellana co-founded Minera in January 2008. He has over twenty-five years of mining experience in Chile, including fifteen years in the employ of Codelco, first as an exploration geologist, and subsequently as Exploration Manager. He has vast knowledge of the processes and procedures involved in mineral reclamation and thus brings invaluable technical experience to our Board.

James Groh. Mr. Groh has extensive operating experience and financial industry experience and has previously served on a number of corporate and not for profit boards.

Jorge Fernando Pizarro Arriagada. Mr. Pizarrro is another co-founder of Minera. He has over twenty years of experience working in the mining industry in Chile, specifically in development phases of mining operations. Mr. Pizarro also has vast knowledge of the processes and procedures involved in mineral reclamation and thus brings invaluable technical experience to our Board.

William E. Thomson. Mr. Thomson has extensive experience working with and advising companies and boards of directors and brings invaluable financial and accounting experience to our Board.

Pierre Galoppi. Mr. Galoppi has extensive operating and business management experience.

Family Relationships

There are no family relationships among our directors or officers.

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Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings

To the best of our knowledge, none of our directors or executive officers has, during the past ten years:

  • been  convicted  in  a  criminal  proceeding  or  been  subject  to  a  pending  criminal  proceeding  (excluding  traffic violations and other minor offences); 

  • had any bankruptcy petition filed by or against the business or property of the person, or of any partnership, corporation or business association of which he was a general partner or executive officer, either at the time of the bankruptcy filing or within two years prior to that time;

  • been subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction or federal or state authority, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting, his involvement in any type of business, securities, futures, commodities, investment, banking, savings and loan, or insurance activities, or to be associated with persons engaged in any such activity;

  • been found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended, or vacated;

  • been the subject of, or a party to, any federal or state judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, or finding, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated (not including any settlement of a civil proceeding among private litigants), relating to an alleged violation of any federal or state securities or commodities law or regulation, any law or regulation respecting financial institutions or insurance companies including, but not limited to, a temporary or permanent injunction, order of disgorgement or restitution, civil money penalty or temporary or permanent cease-and-desist order, or removal or prohibition order, or any law or regulation prohibiting mail or wire fraud or fraud in connection with any business entity; or

  • been the subject of, or a party to, any sanction or order, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any self-regulatory organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(26) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(26))), any registered entity (as defined in Section 1(a)(29) of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1(a)(29))), or any equivalent exchange, association, entity or organization that has disciplinary authority over its members or persons associated with a member.

Except as set forth in our discussion below in Item 13, “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence – Transactions with Related Persons,” none of our directors, director nominees or executive officers has been involved in any transactions with us or any of our directors, executive officers, affiliates or associates which are required to be disclosed pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.

Section 16(A) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Under U.S. securities laws, directors, certain executive officers and persons holding more than 10% of our common stock must report their initial ownership of the common stock, and any changes in that ownership, to the SEC. The SEC has designated specific due dates for these reports.

In fiscal year 2013, none of our directors, executive officers or persons holding more than 10% of our common stock were late in filing any report regarding their respective ownership of our common stock.

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In making these statements, we have relied upon examination of the copies of all Section 16(a) forms provided to us and the written representations of our executive officers, directors and beneficial owner of more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities.

Code of Ethics

We have not adopted a code ethics. However, we intend to adopt a code of ethics in the future. We envision that the code of ethics will apply to all of our employees, officers and directors.

Material Changes to Director Nomination Procedures

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which stockholders may recommend nominees to our Board of directors since such procedures were last disclosed.

Audit Committee and Audit Committee Financial Expert

William Thomson is currently serving as the Audit Committee Chairman and is qualified financial expert with significant audit committee experience. The audit committee is primarily responsible for reviewing the services performed by our independent auditors, evaluating our accounting policies and our system of internal controls.

ITEM 11.   EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.  

The following table sets forth information concerning all cash and non-cash compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to the named persons for services rendered in all capacities during the noted periods. No other executive officers received total annual salary and bonus compensation in excess of $100,000.

Name and Principal Position Year Salary
($)
Bonus
($)
All Other
Compensation
($)
Total
($)
 Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Orellana,
Chairman, CEO and President
2013  120,000 - -   120,000
2012 74,000 - - 74,000

Employment Agreements

We have not entered into any formal employment agreements with any of our named executive officers.

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End

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None of our named executive officers received any equity awards, including, options, restricted stock or other equity incentives during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013.

Compensation of Directors

During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, James Groh, Pierre Galoppi and William Thompson were each compensated $40,000 for their services as members of our board of directors.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.

The following table sets forth information regarding beneficial ownership of our voting stock as of July 13, 2013 (i) by each person who is known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of each class our voting stock; (ii) by each of our officers and directors; and (iii) by all of our officers and directors as a group. Unless otherwise specified, the address of each of the persons set forth below is in care of the Company at Jorge Canning 1410, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile.

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner Office, If Any Title of Class Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership(1)
Percent
of
Class(2)
Officers and Directors
Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Orellana Chairman,
CEO and
President
Common Stock 3,888,000(3) 34.8%
Gerard Pascale CFO Common Stock 42,000 *
Jorge Fernando Pizarro Arriagada Director Common Stock 1,662,000(4) 14.9%
James Groh Chairman Common Stock 142,373(5) 1.3%
William E. Thomson Director Common Stock 2,500 *
Pierre Galoppi Director Common Stock 245,634 2.2%
All officers and directors as a group
(6 persons named above)
Common Stock 5,982,507 53.6%

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5% Security Holders
Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Orellana Chairman,
CEO and
President
Common
Stock
3,888,000(3) 34.8%
Jorge Fernando Pizarro Arriagada Director Common
Stock
1,662,000(4) 14.9%
Timothy P. Halter
174 FM 1830
Argyle, TX 76226
Common
Stock
901,394(6) 8.0%
David Brigante
174 FM 1830
Argyle, TX 76226
Common
Stock
747,498(7) 6.6%

George L. Diamond
174 FM 1830
Argyle, TX 76226

Common
Stock
675,082(8) 6.0%
Marat Rosenberg
174 FM 1830
Argyle, TX 76226
Common
Stock
675,554(9) 6.0%

* Less than 1%

(1) Beneficial Ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities. Each of the beneficial owners listed above has direct ownership of and sole voting power and investment power with respect to the shares of our common stock.
   
(2) A total of 11,164,134 shares of our common stock are considered to be outstanding pursuant to SEC Rule 13d-3(d)(1) as of July 13, 2013. For each beneficial owner above, any options exercisable within 60 days have been included in the denominator.
   
(3) Includes 3,888,000 shares held by Inversiones Orellana uno Ltda. Mr. Orellana is the sole shareholder of Inversiones Orellana uno Ltda and has voting and investment control over the securities held by it.
   
(4) Includes 1,662,000 shares held by Inversiones Pizarro Rodríguez uno Ltda. Mr. Pizarro is the sole shareholder of Inversiones Pizarro Rodríguez uno Ltda. and has voting and investment control over the securities held by it.
   
(5) Includes 137,578 shares held by Heritage Management Consultants Inc., and Mr. Groh has voting and investment control over the securities held by it.
   
(6) Includes 275,349 shares held by TPH Capital, L.P., or TPH, 44,965 shares underlying a warrant to purchase shares of common stock issued to TPH, 119,092 shares held by Halter Financial Investments, L.P., or HFI, 393,642 shares held by Halter Financial Group, L.P., or HFG, and 68,346 shares underlying a 3% convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $190,000 issued to HFG. Mr. Halter is the sole member of TPH Capital GP, LLC, which is the sole general partner of TPH. TPH is a limited partner of HFI and HFG. Mr. Halter therefore may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the shares held by TPH, HFI and HFG.

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(7) Includes 130,446 shares held by Bellfield Capital Partners, L.P., or Bellfield, 35,972 shares underlying a warrant to purchase shares of common stock issued to Bellfield, 119,092 shares held by HFI, 393,642 shares held by HFG and 68,346 shares underlying a 3% convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $190,000 issued to HFG. David Brigante is the sole member of Bellfield Capital Management, LLC, which is the sole general partner of Bellfield. Bellfield is a limited partner of HFI and HFG. Mr. Brigante therefore may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the shares held by Bellfield, HFI and HFG.
   
(8) Includes 94,002 shares held by Colhurst Capital, L.P., or Colhurst, 119,092 shares held by HFI, 393,642 shares held by HFG and 68,346 shares underlying a 3% convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $190,000 issued to HFG. George L. Diamond is the sole member of Colhurst Capital GP, LLC, which is the sole general partner of Colhurst. Colhurst is a limited partner of HFI and HFG. Mr. Diamond therefore may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the shares held by Colhurst, HFI and HFG.
   
(9) Includes 94,474 shares held by Rivergreen Capital, LLC, or Rivergreen, 119,092 shares held by HFI, 393,642 shares held by HFG and 68,346 shares underlying a 3% convertible promissory note in the principal amount of $190,000 issued to HFG. Marat Rosenberg is the sole member of Rivergreen, which is a limited partner of HFI and HFG. Mr. Rosenberg therefore may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the shares held by Rivergreen, HFI and HFG.

Changes in Control

We do not currently have any arrangements which if consummated may result in a change of control of our Company.

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

We do not have in effect any compensation plans under which our equity securities are authorized for issuance and we do not have any outstanding stock options.

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.

Transactions with Related Persons

The following includes a summary of transactions since the beginning of our fiscal year ending March 31, 2012, or any currently proposed transaction, in which we were or are to be a participant and the amount involved exceeded or exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the average of our total assets at year-end for the last two completed fiscal years, and in which any related person had or will have a direct or indirect material interest (other than compensation described under Item 11, “Executive Compensation”). We believe the terms obtained or consideration that we paid or received, as applicable, in connection with the transactions described below were comparable to terms available or the amounts that would be paid or received, as applicable, in arm’s-length transactions.

  • From time to time, we have borrowed funds from certain shareholders, directors and officers, as of March 31, 2013. As of March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012, there were outstanding loans made to the Company by such related persons in the aggregate amounts of approximately $3,808,060 and $3,808,060, respectively. On May 8, 2012, the Company and these related persons entered into separate loan repayment agreements whereby the related persons each agreed to allow the Company to defer repayment of their respective loans to the Company until the later of (i) May 8, 2013 and (ii) such time at the Company reports positive net-income on its quarterly or annual financial statements filed with the SEC. The following table lists the loans which will be deferred in accordance with the loan repayment agreements:

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Creditor Amount of Loan(s) Deferred
Jorge Fernando Pizarro Arriagada CLP$104,759,970
Iván Orlando Vergara Huerta CLP$165,770,750
Jorge Orellana CLP$542,410,760
Geominco E.I.R.L CLP$1,987,517,387
Halter Financial Group US$190,000
  • During the 2013 and 2012 fiscal years, we had equipment rental and consulting expenses of $475,930 and $935,104 respectively, to Geominco, a party related by virtue of companies under common control.

Except as set forth in our discussion above, none of our directors, director nominees or executive officers has been involved in any transactions with us or any of our directors, executive officers, affiliates or associates which are required to be disclosed pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.

Promoters and Certain Control Persons

We did not have any promoters at any time during the past five fiscal years.

Director Independence

Messrs. Jorge Fernando Pizarro Arriagada, William Thomson, James Groh and Pierre Galoppi each serves on our board of directors as an “independent director” as defined by Rule 5605(a)(2) of the NASDAQ Listing Rules.

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES.

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm’s Fees

The following is a summary of the fees billed to the Company for professional services rendered for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2013 and 2012:

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Year Ended March 31,

 
   

2013

    2012  
Audit Fees   $   95,000     $  85,000  
Audit-Related Fees     -       -  
Tax Fees     -       -  
All Other Fees     -       -  
TOTAL   $   95,000     $  95,000  

“Audit Fees” consisted of fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of our annual financial statements and review of the financial statements included in our Form 10-K and 10-Q or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.

“Audit-Related Fees” consisted of fees billed for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that were reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of our financial statements and are not reported under the paragraph captioned “Audit Fees” above.

“Tax Fees” consisted of fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax returns preparation.

“All Other Fees” consisted of fees billed for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported above under other captions of this Item 14.

Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, all audit and non-audit services performed by our auditors must be approved in advance by our Board to assure that such services do not impair the auditors’ independence from us. In accordance with its policies and procedures, our Board pre-approved the audit service performed by Schwartz Levitsky Feldman LLP for our consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended March 31, 2013.

PART IV

ITEM 15.   EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.

Financial Statements and Schedules

The financial statements are set forth under Item 8 of this annual report on Form 10-K. Financial statement schedules have been omitted since they are either not required, not applicable, or the information is otherwise included.

Exhibit List

The list of exhibits in the Exhibit Index to this Report is incorporated herein by reference.

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SIGNATURES

In accordance with section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant caused this Report on Form 10-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized individual.

Date: July 15, 2013

  CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES INC.  
     
  By:  /s/ Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Orellana  
    Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Orellana   
    Chief Executive Officer  
     
  By:  /s/ Gerard Pascale 
    Gerard Pascale 
    Chief Financial Officer  

In accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature       Title      Date   
                 
/s/ Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Orellana       Chairman and Chief Executive Officer      July 15, 2013   
Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Orellana       (Principal Executive Officer)         
                 
/s/ Gerard Pascale       Chief Financial Officer      July 15, 2013    
Gerard Pascale     (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)      
                 
/s/ Jorge Fernando Pizarro Arriagada       Director      July 15, 2013    
Jorge Fernando Pizarro Arriagada                
                 
/s/ William E. Thomson       Director      July 15, 2013    
William E. Thomson                
               
/s/ James Groh       Director      July 15, 2013    
James Groh                
               
/s/ Pierre Galoppi      Director      July 15, 2013    
Pierre Galoppi               

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the years ended March 31, 2013 and 2012
(Amounts expressed in US Dollars)


Index

  Page
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-2
Consolidated Balance Sheets as at March 31, 2013 and 2012 F-3
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the years ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 F-4
Consolidated Statements of Cash flows for the years ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 F-5
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Deficiency for the years ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 F-6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-7 - F-33


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Chile Mining Technologies Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Chile Mining Technologies Inc. as at March 31, 2013 and 2012 and the related consolidated statements of operations, deficit, comprehensive loss and cash flows for the years then ended. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. The company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the company’s internal controls over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall consolidated financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Chile Mining Technologies Inc. as at March 31, 2013 and 2012 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the continuance of the Company is dependent upon its ability to obtain financing and upon future profitable operations from the production of copper. This raises substantial doubt about it ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 1. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Chartered Accountants
July 15, 2013 Licensed Public Accountants

F-2


CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS AS AT MARCH 31,
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

    2013     2012  
ASSETS            
             
Current            

Cash

$  7,572   $  300  

Sundry assets and other receivables (Note 14)

  6,216     3,940  

Inventory (Note 13)

  55,707     35,403  
    69,495     39,643  
RESTRICTED CASH (Note 18) 344,850 -
DEPOSITS AND OTHER ASSETS (Note 15)   518,360     1,002,739  
DEFERRED FINANCING COSTS (Note 8 (b) and 9 (a))   503,696     108,318  
PROPERTY PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (Note 3)   6,281,163     4,766,253  
             
  $  7,717,564   $  5,916,953  
             
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY            
             
Current liabilities            

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

$  1,636,219   $ 1,721,650  

Loan from related parties (Note 5)

  1,307,422     548,938  

Loan from non related parties (Note 16)

  188,903     560,000  

Obligation under capital lease (Note 19)

  142,706     482,787  

Due to related parties (Note 5)

  2,488,556     1,838,836  

Convertible promissory note (Note 8 (c))

  190,000     190,000  
             
    5,953,806     5,342,211  
             
PROMISSORY NOTES (Note 4)   2,419,398     2,022,809  
OBLIGATION UNDER CAPITAL LEASE (Note 19)   1,682,622     -  
UNSECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTE (Note 9 (b)) 150,000 -
SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTES (Note 9 (a))   1,619,064     -  
             
    11,824,890     7,365,020  
             
Stockholders’ Deficiency            

Capital stock (note 6)

  11,151     10,062  

Additional paid in capital

  13,292,219     11,558,314  

Accumulated other comprehensive income

  18,509     27,452  

 Deficit

  (17,429,205 )   (13,043,895 )
             
    (4,107,326 )   (1,448,067 )
             
Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficiency $  7,717,564   $ 5,916,953  

Going Concern (Note 1)
Related Party Transactions (Note 5)

Subsequent Event (Note 21)

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

F-3


CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For the years ended March 31

    2013     2012  
Sales $  261,089   $  433,554  
Cost of sales   1,545,067     1,496,867  
Gross loss   (1,283,978 )   (1,063,313 )
             
Operating expenses:            

Impairment of mining rights (Note 7)

$  12,136     380  

Salaries and wages

  226,707     160,232  

General and administrative

  1,820,175     1,394,148  

Professional fees

  289,200     174,306  
    2,348,218     1,729,066  
             
Operating loss before the undernoted   (3,632,196 )   (2,792,379 )
Amortization of deferred finance costs (Note 8 (b) and 9 (a))   (219,016 )   (100,189 )
Fair value adjustment relating to warrants   -     (741,812 )
Imputed interest expense (note 4 and 9 (a))   (534,098 )   (312,748 )
Net Loss for the year   (4,385,310 )   (3,947,128 )
Foreign exchange translation adjustment for the year   (8,943 )   (185,860 )
Comprehensive loss for the year $  (4,394,253 ) $  (4,132,988 )
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding-basic and diluted 10,627,484 9,515,509
Loss per share – basic and diluted $  (0.41 ) $  (0.41 )

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

F-4


CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)
For the years ended March 31,

    2013     2012  
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:            

Net loss

$  (4,385,310 ) $  (3,947,128 )

Impairment of mining rights

  12,136     380  

Depreciation

  522,706     464,923  

Imputed interest expense (Note 4 and 9 (a))

  534,098     312,748  

Amortization of deferred finance costs

  219,016     100,189  

Fair value adjustment relating to warrants

  -     741,812  
Changes in non-cash working capital:            

Decrease (Increase) in sundry assets and other receivables

  (2,092 )   271,056  

Decrease (Increase) in inventory

  (18,648 )   58,177  

Decrease (Increase) in deposits and other assets

  509,522     (90,965 )

Increase (Decrease) in accounts payable and accrued liabilities

  (143,940 )   486,854  
Net Cash used by Operating Activities   (2,752,512 )   (1,601,954 )
             
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:            

Restricted cash

  (344,850 )      

Acquisition of mining rights

  (12,136 )   (380 )

Acquisition of property plant and equipment

  (1,825,271 )   (132,186 )
Net Cash used by Investing Activities   (2,182,257 )   (132,566 )
             
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:            

Advances from related parties

  584,001     491,139  

Loan from related party

  738,866     436,430  

Proceeds from (repayment to) non- related party

  (391,111 )   560,000  

Capital lease proceeds (repayment)

  1,298,041     (261,292 )

Proceeds from unsecured convertible note

  150,000     -  

Proceeds from secured convertible notes, net

  2,520,606     -  
Net Cash Provided By Financing Activities   4,900,403     1,226,277  
             
Effects of foreign currency exchange rate changes   41,638     71,419  
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash   7,272     (436,824 )
Cash at beginning of the year   300     437,124  
Cash at end of the year $  7,572   $  300  
             
Supplemental information:            
Income tax paid   Nil     Nil  
Interest paid   213,242     Nil  

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

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY
FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2013 AND 2012
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)








Number of
common
shares








Capital
stock








Additional Paid
in capital









Deficit






Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (loss)









Total



Balance as at March 31, 2011   9,364,593     9,365     1,822,309     (9,096,767 )   213,312     (7,051,781 )
Issue of shares due to non- performance   697,682     697     (697 )                  
Transfer of derivative liabilities to equity           6,608,097             6,608,097  
Transfer of redeemable common stock to equity           3,128,605             3,128,605  
Net loss for the year                     (3,947,128 )         (3,947,128 )
Foreign currency translation                           (185,860 )   (185,860 )
Balance as at March 31, 2012   10,062,275     10,062     11,558,314     (13,043,895 )   27,452     (1,448,067 )
Issue of shares due to non- performance   1,089,359     1,089     (1,089 )                  
Warrants issued along with convertible debt           710,747             710,747  
Beneficial conversion feature embedded in secured convertible notes           1,024,247             1,024,247  
Net loss for the year               (4,385,310 )       (4,385,310 )
Foreign currency translation                           (8,943 )   (8,943 )
Balance as at March 31, 2013   11,151,634     11,151     13,292,219     (17,429,205 )   18,509     (4,107,326 )

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

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

1.

NATURE OF OPERATIONS

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Chile Mining Technologies, Inc. (formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.) (the “Company” or “Chile Mining”), and its subsidiary Minera Licancabur S.A. (“Minera”) (99.99% owned by the Company). All material inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

Organization

On May 12, 2010, the Company entered into and closed a share exchange agreement (the “Share Exchange Agreement”) with Minera, a Chilean company, and its shareholders, pursuant to which the Company acquired 99.9% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Minera in exchange for 6,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001, which constituted 83.33% of the Company’s issued and outstanding capital stock on a fully-diluted basis as of and immediately after the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Share Exchange Agreement and after giving effect to the Cancellation Agreement described below. The acquisition was accounted for as a recapitalization effected by a share exchange, wherein Minera is considered the acquirer for accounting and financial reporting purposes. The assets and liabilities of the acquired entity have been brought forward at their book value and no goodwill has been recognized.

The Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), who is also one of the former shareholders of Minera, retained one share of Minera, constituting 0.1% of Minera’s issued and outstanding capital stock. The acquisition of Minera was structured to allow the CEO to retain one share of Minera in order to comply with Chilean legal requirements to have at least two record owners of its capital stock. Upon the closing of the Share Exchange Agreement, the CEO entered into a nominee agreement with the Company pursuant to which he agreed to act as the record holder of such share, but agreed that all other rights to the share, including the right to receive distributions on the share, vote the share and be the beneficial owner of the share, rest in the Company.

As a condition precedent to the consummation of the Share Exchange Agreement, on May 12, 2010, the Company also entered into a cancellation agreement (the “Cancellation Agreement”) with Halter Financial Investments, LP (“HFI”) and Mr. Pierre Galoppi, the controlling stockholders, whereby HFI and Mr. Galoppi agreed to the cancellation of an aggregate of 3,600,500 shares of common stock owned by them.

Private Placement Transaction

On May 12, 2010, the Company also completed a private placement transaction with a group of accredited investors. Pursuant to a securities purchase agreement that was entered into with the investors and Minera (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), the Company issued to the investors an aggregate of 2,089,593 shares of common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $5,809,000, or $2.78 per share, and warrants (the “Closing Warrants”) to purchase up to 1,044,803 shares of our common stock. The Closing Warrants have a term of four years, with an exercise price of $3.61 per share (subject to customary adjustments), are exercisable on a net exercise or cashless basis and are exercisable by investors at any time after the closing date.

Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company also agreed to certain “make good” provisions. Under the “make good” provisions, the Company issued additional warrants (the “Make Good Warrants”) to the investors to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,089,593 shares of its common stock, at an exercise price of $0.01 per share, which will only become exercisable if the company does not meet certain financial performance targets in 2011 and 2012. The “make good” provisions established minimum net income thresholds of $14,382,102 and $15,179,687 for the 2011 and 2012 fiscal years, respectively. If, in a given fiscal year, 90% of the applicable minimum net income

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

1.

NATURE OF OPERATIONS (Cont’d)

Private Placement Transaction

threshold is not met, such aggregate number of Make Good Warrants will become exercisable equal to the amount by which the Company’s actual net income is less than the applicable financial target, divided by the financial target, and multiplied by 2,089,593. In connection with the private placement, the Company also entered into (i) a registration rights agreement, pursuant to which the Company is obligated to register the shares of common stock issued to investors, including the shares of common stock underlying the warrants, within a pre-defined period and (ii) a closing escrow agreement, with Halter Financial Securities, Inc., as placement agent, and Securities Transfer Corporation, as escrow agent, for deposit of funds by the investors. The company also entered into lock-up agreements with each of its directors and officers, pursuant to which each of them agreed not to transfer any shares of capital stock held directly or indirectly by them for a one year period following the effective date of a registration statement covering the shares issued in connection with the private placement.

Convertible Promissory Note and Make Good Warrant

Halter Financial Group, L.P. (“HFG”) provided certain advisory services to the Company in connection with the acquisition of Minera and the private placement transaction described above. Pursuant to an advisory agreement that Minera entered into with HFG on April 16, 2009, HFG agreed to (a) advise Minera with regard to its desire to effect a combination transaction with a U.S. domiciled public shell corporation, (b) help Minera identify suitable investment bank(s) to act as placement agent for its contemplated private placement transactions and (c) counsel management on matters related to the operating a U.S. domiciled public company. Under the terms of the advisory agreement, HFG was entitled to receive a cash payment of $450,000 at the closing of the reverse acquisition of Minera. In lieu of such cash payment, HFG agreed to accept a cash payment of $260,000 and a promissory note issued by the Company in the principal amount of $190,000 that accrues simple annual interest at a rate of 3% per annum (the “HFG Note”). The HFG Note is due and payable on the sooner of the closing of our next equity financing (including the receipt of additional funds by the Company from any subsequent closing of the May 12 private placement) or the 180th day following the date of its issuance. In addition, at any time that the HFG Note remains outstanding, it may be converted at HFG’s option into shares of our common stock at a conversion price of $2.78. At the closing, HFG was also issued a “Make Good” warrant, to purchase up to 985,104 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “HFG Make Good Warrant”). The terms of the HFG Make Good Warrant are identical to the terms of the Make Good Warrants issued to the investors in the private placement.

Going Concern

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. This contemplates that assets will be realized and liabilities and commitments satisfied in the normal course of business.

As shown in the accompanying financial statements, the Company has a working capital deficiency of $5,884,311 and has incurred a deficit of $17,429,205 for the cumulative period to March 31, 2013. On May 8, 2012, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain accredited investors (the “Investors”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Investors (i) up to $3.5 million of eleven percent (11%) secured convertible notes (the “Notes”) and warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock. The Notes and warrants were issued in two tranches. The first tranche issued on May 8, 2012 contained (i) Notes in the aggregate original principal amount of $2,120,000 and (ii) Investor Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 530,000 shares of Common Stock, for aggregate gross proceeds of $2,120,000. The second tranche issued on June 7, 2012 contained (i) Notes in the aggregate original principal amount of $1,015,000 and (ii) Investor Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 253,750 shares of Common Stock, for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,015,000.

F-8


CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

1.

NATURE OF OPERATIONS (Cont’d)

Going Concern (Cont’d)

In addition, during the quarter ended December 31, 2012, the Company raised and issued to an accredited investor $150,000 of eleven percent (11%) unsecured convertible note to purchase the Company’s common stock. The future of the Company is dependent upon its ability to obtain financing and upon future profitable operations from the production of copper. Management has plans to seek additional capital through private placements and public offering of its capital stock. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Although there are no assurances that management's plans will be realized, management believes that the Company will be able to continue operations in the future. The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded assets, or the amounts of and classification of liabilities that might be necessary in the event the Company cannot continue in existence.

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“US GAAP”).

Because a precise determination of many assets and liabilities is dependent upon future events, the preparation of financial statements for a period involves the use of estimates which have been made using significant judgment.

The financial statements have, in management’s opinion, been properly prepared within reasonable limits of materiality and within the framework of the significant accounting policies summarized below:

Exploration Costs and Mineral Property Right Acquisitions

The Company is engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mining properties. Mineral property exploration costs are expensed as incurred. Mineral property acquisition costs are initially capitalized when incurred. The Company assesses the carrying costs for impairment under Accounting Standards 930 Extractive Activities – Mining (AS 930) at each fiscal quarter end. Impairment is recognized when the sum of the expected undiscounted future cash flows is less than the carrying amount of the mineral property. Impairment losses, if any, are measured as the excess of the carrying amount of the mineral property over its estimated fair value. When it has been determined that a mineral property can be economically developed as a result of establishing proven and probable reserves, the costs then incurred to develop such property, are capitalized. Such costs will be amortized using the units-of-production method over the estimated life of the proven and probable reserves. If mineral properties are subsequently abandoned or impaired, any capitalized costs will be charged to operations.

Concentrations

Concentration of Operations — The Company’s operations are all related to the production and extraction of copper. A reduction in copper prices or other disturbances in the minerals market could have an adverse effect on the Company’s operations.

The Company operates outside of the United States of America and is exposed to foreign currency risk due to the fluctuation between the currency in which the Company operates (Chilean Pesos) and the United States Dollar.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions of future events that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements, such as accrued liabilities and recovery value of equipment, deferred tax valuation allowance and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses for the reporting period. Actual results may differ materially from those reported.

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – (Cont’d)

Foreign Currency Translation

The Company uses the “Current rate method” to translate its financial statements from Chilean Pesos into U.S. Dollars. The assets and liabilities of the Company, except for the capital, are translated into U.S. Dollars using the rate of exchange prevailing at the balance sheet date. The capital is translated at the historical rate. Adjustments resulting from the translation of the balance sheets of the company into U.S. Dollars are recorded in stockholders' equity as part of other comprehensive income. The statement of operations is translated at average rates during the reporting period. Gains or losses resulting from transactions in currencies other than the functional currencies are reflected in the statement of operations for the reporting periods. The statement of cash flows is translated at average rates during the reporting period, with the exception of issue of share and payment of dividends which are translated at the historical rates.

Machinery and Equipment

Machinery and equipment is recorded at cost and is stated net of accumulated depreciation. Gains or losses on disposals are reflected as gain or loss in the year of disposal. The costs of improvements that extend the life of equipment are capitalized. These capitalized costs may include structural improvements, equipment, and fixtures. All ordinary repair and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred.

Machinery and equipment are depreciated at rates sufficient to write off their cost over their estimated useful lives on a straight-line basis. The estimated useful lives of the assets are as follows:

Property plant and Equipment 10 years

Additions during the year are amortized on half year rule.

Revenue Recognition

Copper sales prices are provisionally set on a specified future date based upon market commodity prices. Revenue is recognized at the time of delivery when risk of loss passes to the customer, and collectability is reasonably assured. The Company typically receives the final payment the day following delivery of copper cathodes, which minimizes price difference. However, revenue is provisionally measured using forward market prices on the expected date that final selling prices will be fixed. Variations occur between the price recorded on the date of revenue recognition and the actual final price due to changes in market copper prices, which result in the existence of an embedded derivative in the accounts receivable. In the absence of price variations, the company did not record any embedded derivative during the year.

This embedded derivative is recorded at fair value each period until final settlement occurs, with changes in fair value classified as provisional price adjustments and included as a component of revenue.

There were no provisional price adjustments during the year ended March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash consists of cash and cash equivalents, which are short-term, highly liquid investments with original terms to maturity of 90 days or less.

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – (Cont’d)

Comprehensive income

The Company has chosen to report comprehensive income in the statements of changes in stockholders’ deficiency. Comprehensive income comprised net income and all changes to stockholders' deficiency except those due to investments by owners and distributions to owners.

Assets Retirement Obligation

The Company discloses its financial accounting and reporting obligations associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets and the associated retirement costs. This standard applies to legal obligations associated with the retirement of long-lived assets that result from the acquisition, construction, development and normal use of the asset.

The fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation should be recognized in the period in which it is incurred if a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made. The fair value of the liability is added to the carrying amount of the associated asset and this additional carrying amount is depreciated over the life of the asset. The liability is accreted at the end of each period through charges to operating expense. If the obligation is settled for other than the carrying amount of the liability, the Company will recognize a gain or loss on settlement. As at March 31, 2013 and 2012, there are no assets retirement obligations.

Income Taxes

The Company recognizes a liability or asset for deferred tax consequences of all temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in the financial statements that will result in taxable or deductible amounts in future years when the reported amounts of the assets and liabilities are recovered or settled. Deferred tax items mainly relate to net operating loss carry forwards and accrued expenses. These deferred tax assets or liabilities are measured using the enacted tax rates that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. Deferred tax assets are reviewed periodically for recoverability, and valuation allowances are provided when it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets may not be realized. As of March 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company had reduced its deferred tax assets by recording a valuation allowance (see Note 12).

Impairment and Disposal of Long-Lived Assets

The carrying values of long-lived assets are reviewed on a regular basis for the existence of facts or circumstances that may suggest impairment. For assets that are to be held and used, an impairment loss is recognized when the estimated undiscounted future cash flows associated with the asset or group of assets is less than their carrying value. If impairment exists, an adjustment is made to write the asset down to its fair value, and a loss is recorded as the difference between the carrying value and fair value.

Inventories

The quantity of material in ore on the leach pad is based on surveyed volumes of mined material. Sampling and assaying determine the estimated amount of copper contained in material delivered to the leach pad. Expected copper recovery rates are determined using small-scale laboratory tests, historical trends and other known factors, including mineralogy of the ore and rock type.

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – (Cont’d)

Financial Instruments

The Company’s financial instruments consist of sundry assets and other receivables, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, promissory notes, due to related party and derivative financial instruments. Unless otherwise noted, it is management’s opinion that the Company is not exposed to significant interest, or credit risks arising from these financial instruments. The fair values of these financial instruments approximate their carrying values due to the relatively short period to maturity for these instruments. The Company’s financial assets and liabilities are generally classified and measured as follows;

Assets/Liabilities Classification Measurement
Other receivables Loans and receivables Amortized cost
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities Other liabilities Amortized cost
Promissory notes Other liabilities Amortized cost
Due to related party Other liabilities Amortized cost
Convertible promissory note Other liabilities Amortized cost
Capital lease obligation Other liabilities Amortized cost

In contrast, derivative financial instruments are initially, and subsequently, measured at fair value and recorded as liabilities or, in rare instances, assets.

Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

The Company recognizes all derivatives contracts as either assets or liabilities in the balance sheet and measures them at fair value. If certain conditions are met, a derivative may be specifically designated as a hedge, the objective of which is to match the timing of gain or loss recognition on the hedging derivative with the recognition of (i) the changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability that are attributable to the hedged risk or (ii) the earnings effect of the hedged forecasted transaction. For a derivative not designated as a hedging instrument, the gain or loss is recognized in income in the period of change. The Company has not entered into derivative contracts either to hedge existing risks or for speculative purposes.

Earnings (Loss) Per Share

The Company computes net loss per of both basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) on the face of the income statement. Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income (loss) available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year. Diluted EPS gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method. In computing diluted EPS, the average stock price for the period is used in determining the number of shares assumed to be purchased from the exercise of stock options or warrants. Diluted EPS excludes all dilutive potential shares if their effect is anti-dilutive.

Recent accounting pronouncements

In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-11 (ASU 2011-11), Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities, which requires certain additional disclosure requirements about financial instruments and derivatives instruments that are subject to netting arrangements. The new disclosures are required for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those periods. The adoption of this update will not have an impact on the financial statements of the Company.

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – (Cont’d)

Recent pronouncements (Cont’d)

In July 2012, the FASB issued ASU 2012-02, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350)-Testing Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets for Impairment (“ASU 2012-02”), to establish an optional two-step analysis for impairment testing of indefinite-lived intangibles other than goodwill. The standard is effective for financial statements of periods beginning after September 15, 2012, with early adoption permitted. The adoption of this new standard is not expected to have a material impact on the financial condition or result of operation.

In August 2012, the FASB issued ASU 2012-03, Technical Amendments and Corrections to SEC Sections: Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 114, Technical Amendments Pursuant to SEC Release No. 33-9250, and Corrections Related to FASB Accounting Standards Update 2010-22 (SEC Update) in Accounting Standards Update No. 2012-03. This update amends various SEC paragraphs pursuant to the issuance of SAB No. 114. The adoption of ASU 2012-03 is not expected to have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.

In October 2012, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2012-04, Technical Corrections and Improvements in Accounting Standards Update No. 2012-04. The amendments in this update cover a wide range of topics in the Accounting Standards Codification. These amendments include technical corrections and improvements to the Accounting Standards Codification and conforming amendments related to fair value measurements. The amendments in this update will be effective for fiscal periods beginning after December 15, 2012. The adoption of ASU 2012-04 is not expected to have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.

In February 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-02, Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, which requires entities to disclose additional information for items reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI). For items reclassified out of AOCI and into net income in their entirety, entities are required to disclose the effect of the reclassification on each affected line item of net income. For AOCI reclassification items that are not reclassified in their entirety into net income, a cross reference to other required U.S. GAAP disclosures is required. This information may be provided either in the notes or parenthetically on the face of the statement that reports net income, provided that all the information is disclosed in a single location. However, an entity is prohibited from providing this information parenthetically on the face of the statement that reports net income, if it has items that are not reclassified in their entirety into net income. The guidance is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2012. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

3.

PROPERTY PLANT AND EQUIPMENT


    March 31, 2013     March 31, 2012  
          Accumulated              
    Cost     Depreciation     Net     Net  
  $   $   $   $  
Santa Filomena Plant   1,103,687     -     1,103,687     1,065,602  
Land-Santa Filomena Plant   52,974     -     52,974     51,146  
Land- Mina Al Abuelo Plant   275,613     -     275,613        
Ana Maria Plant and equipment   6,141,338     1,466,923     4,674,415     3,481,051  
Machinery under construction   174,474     -     174,474     168,454  
7,748,086 1,466,923 6,281,163 4,766,253

Property Plant and Equipment is translated into U.S. Dollars using the rate of exchange prevailing at the balance sheet date. The Santa Filomena Plant is not being amortized as plant is under construction. Depreciation for the year amounted to $522,706 ($464,923 in 2012)

Included in property, plant and equipment are amounts relating to capital leases having a cost of $2,281,360 ($989,727 in 2012) and accumulated depreciation of $249,253 ($132,560 in 2012).

4.

PROMISSORY NOTES

Promissory notes payable to related parties were unsecured and consisted of the following:

Company       March 31,     March 31,  
    Interest Rate       2013     2012  
Ivan Vergara   Nil   $  341,500   $  285,521  
Jorge Pizarro   Nil     215,813     180,437  
Geominco EIRL   Nil     1,862,085     1,556,851  
Total Long Term       $  2,419,398   $  2,022,809  

All promissory notes are valued at fair market value at inception. These notes do not bear interest and had an original maturity date of March 31, 2013. On May 8, 2012, the Company entered into Loan Repayment Agreements (the “Repayment Agreements”) with holders of promissory notes of the Company (each, a “Lender”). Pursuant to the Repayment Agreements, each Lender agreed that the Company is entitled to defer payment, and the Lender shall not demand payment, of any amounts due under certain loans made by the Lender to the Company, and the Lender shall not commence the exercise of any remedies it may have against the Company or any of its assets arising out of the Company’s breach of its obligations under the loans until the later of: (i) twelve (12) months from the date of closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, and (ii) such time as the Company reports positive net income in quarterly or annual financial statements filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the deferment shall be operative only so long as any Notes remain outstanding.

The Company recognized a discount on the face value of the loans at inception to adjust the carrying value to the fair value. Fair value was calculated by using the net present value of the loans, at an assumed interest rate of 18%. The amount of the discount, being $1,404,458 was recorded in “Additional paid in capital” on the opening balance sheet.

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

4. PROMISSORY NOTES (Cont’d)

During the year ended March 31, 2011, the promissory note holders forgave $661,552 in debt. The transaction was accounted for as a capital transaction with related parties and the company credited ‘Additional paid in capital’ with $661,552.

In addition, the Company credited additional paid in capital with $13,835 (refer to Note 8 (c))

The discounts are being amortized over the lives of the promissory notes using the effective interest method, with interest expense being recorded as an expense in the related period. The Company recognized interest expense to amortize discounts on promissory notes to related parties for the year ended March 31, 2013 in the amount of $315,040 ($312,748 in 2012).

5.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Year ended March 31, 2013

a) Transactions with related parties

i) As of March 31, 2013, the Company has loans payable to related parties for $1,307,422. Loan for $158,076 is unsecured, free of interest and was originally payable on March 31, 2012. The balance of the outstanding loans for $1,149,346 is unsecured, free of interest and payable on demand. On May 8, 2012, the Company entered Loan Repayment Agreements (the “Repayment Agreements”) with related parties of the Company (each, a “Lender”). Pursuant to the Repayment Agreements, each Lender agreed that the Company is entitled to defer payment, and the Lender shall not demand payment, of any amounts due under certain loans made by the Lender to the Company, and the Lender shall not commence the exercise of any remedies it may have against the Company or any of its assets arising out of the Company’s breach of its obligations under the loans until the later of: (i) twelve (12) months from the date of closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, and (ii) such time as the Company reports positive net income in quarterly or annual financial statements filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the deferment shall be operative only so long as any Notes remain outstanding.

ii) During the year, the Company paid salaries of $nil to parties that are related to the shareholder of the Company.

iii) During the year, the Company expensed fees to three directors for total of $180,000. The Company expensed fees to the CFO for $111,260 during the year. The expense for the CFO for the year includes a commitment to issue 22,000 shares of common stock.

iv) During the year, the Company had equipment rental and consulting expenses of $475,930 to a related party, related by virtue of common control.

The 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 under common control.

b) The company owes the following amounts to related parties:

i) Included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities are amounts owing for services provided to directors and officers for a total of $85,000.

ii) As of March 31, 2013, the Company owes to Geominco E.I.R.L. $2,296,158 and Geominco S.A, $192,398, entities in which a director has an interest for a total of $2,488,556. This advance is unsecured non-interest bearing and due on demand.

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

5.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Cont’d)

On May 8, 2012, the Company entered Loan Repayment Agreements (the “Repayment Agreements”) with related parties of the Company (each, a “Lender”). Pursuant to the Repayment Agreements, each Lender agreed that the Company is entitled to defer payment, and the Lender shall not demand payment, of any amounts due under certain loans made by the Lender to the Company, and the Lender shall not commence the exercise of any remedies it may have against the Company or any of its assets arising out of the Company’s breach of its obligations under the loans until the later of: (i) twelve (12) months from the date of closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, and (ii) such time as the Company reports positive net income in quarterly or annual financial statements filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the deferment shall be operative only so long as any Notes remain outstanding.

Year ended March 31, 2012

Transactions with related parties

(a) As of March 31, 2012, the Company has loans payable to related parties for $548,938. Loan for $152,622 is unsecured, free of interest and was payable on March 31, 2012. The balance loan for $396,316 is unsecured, free of interest and payable on demand. Subsequent to the year, the maturity dates were extended to the later of 12 months from the closing of the June 2012 funding or at such time that the Company reports positive net income in its quarterly or annual financial statements.

i)During the year, the Company paid salaries of $21,916 to parties that are related to the shareholder of the Company.

ii) During the year, the Company had equipment rental and consulting expenses of $935,104 to a related party, a party related by virtue of companies under common control.

iii) Included in Office and General Expenses are salaries paid to CEO Jorge Orellana of $92,714 and included in our Accounts Payable is $185,427, which represents the amount of salaries owed to Mr. Orellana.

The 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 under common control.

b) The company owes the following amounts to related parties:

i) Included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities are amounts owing for services provided by two directors for $42,500.

ii) As of March 31, 2012 the Company owes Geominco E.I.R.L., entity in which a director has an interest for $1,838,836. This advance is unsecured non-interest bearing and due on demand.

6.

CAPITAL STOCK

Authorized:

Preferred Stock; $0.001 par value 10,000,000 shares
Common Stock: $0.001 par value 100,000,000 shares

Issued and outstanding:

Preferred Stock: Nil
Common Stock: 11,151,634 common shares (2012: 10,074,593 common shares)

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

6.

CAPITAL STOCK (Cont’d)

On May 12, 2010, the Company entered into and closed the Share Exchange Agreement with Minera and its shareholders, pursuant to which the Company acquired 99.9% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Minera in exchange for 6,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001, which constituted 83.33% of the Company’s issued and outstanding capital stock on a fully-diluted basis as of and immediately after the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Share Exchange Agreement and after giving effect to the Cancellation Agreement.

As a condition precedent to the consummation of the Share Exchange Agreement, on May 12, 2010, the Company also entered into the Cancellation Agreement HFI and Mr. Pierre Galoppi, the controlling stockholders, whereby HFI and Mr. Galoppi agreed to the cancellation of an aggregate of 3,600,500 shares of common stock owned by them.

On May 6, 2010, the Company entered into a letter agreement that outlined the proposed terms of a standby facility of credit with AIBC International Corp. (SR), or AIBC. Under the letter agreement, the Company could request an advance from AIBC for up to an aggregate of $3 million, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions. In connection with the execution of the letter agreement, the Company issued to AIBC 75,000 shares of common stock.

On May 12, 2010, the Company also completed a private placement transaction with a group of accredited investors. Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement that was entered into with the investors and Minera, the Company issued to the investors an aggregate of 2,089,593 shares of common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $5,809,000, or $2.78 per share, and the Closing Warrants to purchase up to 1,044,803 shares of common stock. The Closing Warrants have a term of four years, bear an exercise price of $3.61 per share (subject to customary adjustments), are exercisable on a net exercise or cashless basis and are exercisable by investors at any time after the closing date (refer to Note 8 (b)).

Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company also agreed to certain “make good” provisions. Under the “make good” provisions, the Company issued additional warrants (the “Make Good Warrants”) to the investors to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,089,593 shares of its common stock, at an exercise price of $0.01 per share, which will only become exercisable if the company does not meet certain financial performance targets in 2011 and 2012. The “make good” provisions established minimum net income thresholds of $14,382,102 and $15,179,687 for the 2011 and 2012 fiscal years, respectively. If, in a given fiscal year, 90% of the applicable minimum net income threshold is not met, such aggregate number of Make Good Warrants will become exercisable equal to the amount by which the Company’s actual net income is less than the applicable financial target, divided by the financial target, and multiplied by 2,089,593. Halter Financial Group, L.P. (“HFG”) provided certain advisory services to the Company in connection with the acquisition of Minera and the private placement transaction. At the closing, HFG was also issued a “Make Good” warrant, to purchase up to 985,104 shares of the Company's common stock (the “HFG Make Good Warrant”). The terms of the HFG Make Good Warrant are identical to the terms of the Make Good Warrants issued to the investors in the private placement.

The Company was unable to meet minimum income thresholds in 2011 and again in 2012. The Company is obligated to issue 3,074,698 common shares on a cashless basis to meet the “make good” provisions of the “Make Good Warrants’. The Company transferred $6,608,097 from derivative liabilities to the credit of additional paid in capital (see note 8 (c)). In addition, the Company transferred $3,128,605 from redeemable common stock to additional paid in capital (see note 8(b)). As of March 31, 2012 the Company had issued 697,682 common shares for exercise of 809,104 make good warrants on a cashless basis. In addition, during the year ended March 31, 2013, the Company issued 1,089,359 common shares for exercise of 1,094,809 make good warrants on a cashless basis.

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

6.

CAPITAL STOCK (Cont’d)

A summary of the Company’s outstanding and exercisable warrants is as follows:

          Weighted  
    Number of     Average  
    warrants     Exercise Price  
    #    
Outstanding, April 1, 2011 4,361,519 3.61 and .01
Granted during the year   -        
Exercised during the year   (701,190 )   0.01  
Expired during the year -  
Outstanding, March 31, 2012   3,660,329     3.61 and .01  
Granted during the year 940,500 2.00
Exercised during the year   (1,069,899)     0.01  
Expired during the year -  
          3.61,  
Outstanding, March 31, 2013 3,530,930 .01 and 2.00

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

The following table summarizes the warrant contracts outstanding during the years ended March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012.
 

  2013     2012  
  Range of
Exercise
Price
    Number of
warrants
    Weighted Average Exercise Price
$
    Weighted Average Remaining Contract Life
(Years)
    Range of
Exercise
Price
    Number of
warrants
    Weighted Average Exercise Price
$
    Weighted Average Remaining Contract Life
(Years)
 
3.61     1,286,822     3.61     1.17   $ 3.61     1,286,822     3.61     2.17  
0.01   1,303,608 0.01 1.17 0.01 2,373,507 0.01 2.17
  2.00     940,500     2.00     4.08                          
  3,530,930 1.85 1.95 3,660,329 1.28 2.17

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

7.

IMPAIRMENT OF MINING RIGHTS

The Company has expensed the mining rights, since the Company currently has no formal plan to exploit these mining rights.

8(a) DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Derivative financial instruments, as defined in FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 815-10-15-83 Derivatives and Hedging, consist of financial instruments or other contracts that contain a notional amount and one or more underlying (e.g. interest rate, security price or other variable), require no initial net investment and permit net settlement. Derivative financial instruments may be free-standing or embedded in other financial instruments. Further, derivative financial instruments are initially, and subsequently, measured at fair value and recorded as liabilities or, in rare instances, assets.

The Company generally does not use derivative financial instruments to hedge exposures to cash-flow, market or foreign-currency risks. However, the Company has entered into certain other financial instruments and contracts, such as secured convertible debenture and warrant financing arrangements that are either (i) not afforded equity classification or (ii) embody risks not clearly and closely related to host contracts. As required by ASC 815, these instruments are required to be carried as derivative liabilities, at fair value, in the financial statements.

The following table summarizes the components of the derivative liabilities as of March 31, 2013 and inception of the instruments:

May 2010 Private Placement:   March 31, 2013     Inception May 12, 2010  
Investor warrants $  -   $  1,519,144  
Broker warrants   -     273,442  
Credit facility warrants   -     523,440  
Make Good warrants   -     131,891  
Acquisition advisory fees:            
Make Good warrants   -     62,176  
Total derivative liabilities $  -   $  2,510,093  

At inception, warrants were classified as liabilities due to the fact that they were considered not to be indexed to the company's own stock and due to the firm registration rights embodied in the agreements. At March 31, 2012 all variability and rights resulting in liability classification were removed and the instruments were re-measured and reclassified to equity.

The following table summarizes the common shares indexed to the derivative instruments as of March 31, 2013 and inception of the instruments:

May 2010 Private Placement:   March 31, 2013     Inception May 12, 2012  
Investor warrants   -     1,044,803  
Broker warrants   -     188,062  
Credit facility warrants   -     360,000  
Make Good warrants   -     47,597  
Acquisition advisory fees:            
Make Good warrants   -     22,438  
    -     1,662,900  

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

8(a) DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Cont’d)

Make Good warrants indexed to 1,537,349 shares of common stock vested when the Company did not meet the performance condition as of March 31, 2011 and additional Make Good warrants indexed to 1,537,349 shares of common stock vested when the Company did not meet the March 31, 2012 performance condition. At March 31, 2012 all variability and rights resulting in liability classification were removed and the instruments were re-measured and reclassified to equity

8(b) MAY 2010 PRIVATE PLACEMENT

On May 12, 2010, the Company commenced a private placement of (i) 2,089,593 shares of common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $5,809,000, or $2.78 per share, (ii) Closing Warrants to purchase up to 1,044,803 shares of common stock, and (iii) Make Good Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,089,593 shares of common stock (the “May 2010 Private Placement). In connection with the May 2010 Private Placement, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement related to the common stock and warrants that requires the Company to, among other things, file a Registration Statement within 65 days from the closing of the May 2010 Private Placement and achieve effectiveness as soon as possible , but in no event later than the 180th day following the Final Closing Date or the 5th trading day following the date on which the Company is notified that the initial Registration Statement will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to review and comments. The Registration Rights Agreement does not provide for an alternative or contain a penalty in the event the Company is unable to fulfill its requirements. As a result of the registration rights obligation to file within a specified period, which is presumed not to be within the Company’s control, the Company is required to classify the common stock outside of stockholders’ equity as redeemable common stock. At March 31, 2012 the Company reclassified these securities to permanent equity due to the fact that the registration requirement had been met.

The Closing warrants included in the May 2010 Private Placement are indexed to 1,044,803 shares of the Company’s common stock and may be exercised until the fourth anniversary of their issuance at an exercise price of $3.61 per share. Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company also agreed to issue Make Good warrants to investors to purchase up to an aggregate amount of 2,089,593 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $0.01 per share which became exercisable when the Company did not meet certain financial performance targets in 2011 and 2012. The “make good” provisions established minimum net income thresholds of $14,382,102 and $15,179,687 for the 2011 and 2012 fiscal years, respectively. If, in a given fiscal year 90% of the applicable minimum net income threshold was not met, such aggregate number of Make Good warrants became exercisable equal to the amount by which the Company’s actual net income was less than the applicable financial target, divided by the financial target, and multiplied by 50% of the total warrant shares underlying the warrant agreement. The Closing and Make Good warrants were evaluated under the guidance of ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities and Equity for purposes of their classification. Due to the Make Good warrants contingent exercise provisions, they did not meet the definition of “indexed to a Company’s own stock” and were required to be classified as liabilities and measured at inception and an ongoing basis at fair value. As of March 31, 2012 the Make Whole warrants were no longer contingently exercisable and the registration rights agreement had been fulfilled. Accordingly, at March 31, 2012, the warrants met the 8 conditions for equity classification provided in ASC 815-40 and were revalued and reclassified to equity.

The total basis in the financing was allocated first to derivative instruments, required to be classified as liabilities with the remaining basis being allocated to the common stock.

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

8(b) MAY 2010 PRIVATE PLACEMENT (Cont’d)

The following table illustrates the initial allocation:

          Financing        
    Proceeds     Cost     Final  
    Allocation     Allocation     Allocation  
Gross proceeds $  5,809,000   $  -   $  5,809,000  
Financing costs paid in cash   -     (522,810 )   (522,810 )
    5,809,000     (522,810 )   5,286,190  
Derivative liabilities:                  
Closing warrants:                  
   Investor warrants   (1,519,144 )   -     (1,519,144 )
   Broker warrants   -     (273,442 )   (273,442 )
   Credit facility warrants   -     (523,440 )   (523,440 )
Make Good warrants   (131,891 )   -     (131,891 )
       Total derivative liabilities   (1,651,035 )   (796,882 )   (2,447,917 )
                   
Redeemable common stock   (4,157,965 )   -     (4,157,965 )
Financing costs paid in cash   -     407,792     407,792  
Financing costs paid with warrants   -     621,568     621,568  
       Total redeemable common stock   (4,157,965 )   1,029,360     (3,128,605 )
                   
Deferred finance costs $  -   $  290,332   $  290,332  

The Company amortized deferred finance cost by $108,990 during the year ended March 31, 2013 (2012: $100,189). Deferred finance costs outstanding as of March 31, 2013 relating to this financing is $ Nil (2012: $108,318)

The direct financing costs are allocated to the financial instruments (redeemable common stock and warrants), based upon their relative fair values. Amounts related to the warrants are recorded as deferred finance costs and amortized through charges to interest expense over the term of the arrangement using the effective interest method while amounts related to the common stock directly offset the carrying value of the redeemable common stock.

8(c) CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE AND MAKE GOOD WARRANT

HFG provided certain advisory services to the Company in connection with the acquisition of Minera and the May 2010 Private Placement. Pursuant to an advisory agreement that Minera entered into with HFG on April 16, 2009, HFG agreed to (a) advise Minera with regard to its desire to effect a combination transaction with a U.S. domiciled public shell corporation, (b) help Minera identify suitable investment bank(s) to act as placement agent for its contemplated private placement transactions and (c) counsel management on matters related to the operating a U.S. domiciled public company. Under the terms of the advisory agreement, HFG was entitled to receive a cash payment of $450,000 at the closing of the reverse acquisition of Minera. In lieu of such cash payment, HFG agreed to accept a cash payment of $260,000 and the HFG Note in the principal amount of $190,000 that accrues simple annual interest at a rate of 3% per annum. The HFG Note is due and payable on the sooner of the closing of the next equity financing (including the receipt of additional funds by the Company from any subsequent closing of the May 12 private placement) or the 180th day following the date of its issuance. In addition, at any time that the HFG Note remains outstanding, it may be converted at HFG’s option into shares of our common stock at a conversion price of $2.78.

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

8(c) CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE AND MAKE GOOD WARRANT (Cont’d)

The Company has evaluated the terms and conditions of the HFG Note under the guidance of ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. The embedded conversion feature (“ECF”) is an equity-linked feature that is not clearly and closely related to the risks of the host debt instrument. However, current accounting standards afforded an exemption to bifurcation of the ECF because it is both indexed to the Company’s own stock and otherwise met the definition of Conventional Convertible based upon the fixed conversion price.

At the closing, the Company had also issued to HFG the HFG Make Good Warrant for the purchase of up to 985,104 shares of common stock. The terms of the HFG Make Good Warrant are identical to the terms of the Make Good Warrants issued to the investors in the private placement and accordingly, they did not meet the definition of “indexed to a Company’s own stock” and were required to be classified as liabilities and measured at inception and an ongoing basis at fair value. As of December 31, 2012, HFG had exercised warrants for 492,552 common shares.

The fair value of the HFG Note was estimated based upon the present value of its future cash flows, using credit risk adjusted rates, as enhanced by the fair value of the ECF. Since the Company does not have an established credit rating, the credit risk adjusted yield of 15.51% was determined by reference to comparable instruments in public markets and industry-specific risk. The fair value of the ECF was determined using the Monte Carlo Simulation (“MCS”). MCS is an option-based model that embodies assumptions that would likely be considered by market participants who trade the financial instrument. In addition to more traditional assumptions, such as stock price, trading volatilities and risk-free rates, MCS assumptions include credit risk, interest risk and redemption considerations. Significant assumptions included in the MSC valuation technique were as follows:

    Assumption  
Linked common shares   68,345  
Stock price $  2.78  
Expected life (years)   4.00  
Volatility (based on peers)   58.24%- 63.55%  
Risk adjusted yield   15.51%- 16.94%  
Risk adjusted interest rate   1.52%- 1.65%  

The advisory fee expense was determined based upon the fair value of the HFG Note and the HFG Make Good Warrants. In accordance with APB 14, the premium on the HFG Note, representing the difference between the fair value and the face value of the note, was recorded to additional paid in capital.

On May 8, 2012, the Company also entered into Loan Repayment Agreements (the “Repayment Agreements”) with HFG (“Lender”). Pursuant to the Repayment Agreements, Lender agreed that the Company is entitled to defer payment, and the Lender shall not demand payment, of any amounts due under certain loans made by the Lender to the Company, and the Lender shall not commence the exercise of any remedies it may have against the Company or any of its assets arising out of the Company’s breach of its obligations under the loans until the later of: (i) twelve (12) months from the date of closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, and (ii) such time as the Company reports positive net income in quarterly or annual financial statements filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the deferment shall be operative only so long as any notes remain outstanding.

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

8(c) CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE AND MAKE GOOD WARRANT (Cont’d)

The following table illustrates the initial allocation:

    Initial  
     Allocation  
Convertible Promissory Note $  190,000  
Make Good warrants   62,176  
Additional paid in capital   13,835  
Total $  266,011  

Fair value Disclosures:

ASC 820, Fair value Measurements and Disclosures, provides requirements for disclosure of liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis in periods subsequent to the initial recognition. Financial instruments arising from the May 2010 Private Placement that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis are (i) the investor warrants, (ii) the broker warrants, (iii) the credit facility warrants and (iii) Make Good warrants, respectively.

The warrants were valued using the Lattice technique, and the Company estimated (i the volatility, based upon a reasonable peer group, (iii) the risk free rate as the published rate for zero coupon government securities with terms consistent with the contractual term.

Information and significant assumptions embodied in our warrant valuations (including ranges for certain assumptions) as of March 31, 2012 are illustrated in the following tables:

    Fair value     Closing     Make Good  
    hierarchy     Warrants     warrants  
Warrants to purchase common stock:
 Stock price (1)   (2)   $ 2.00   $ 2.00  
 Strike price   n/a   $ 3.61   $ 0.01  
 Volatility (2)   (2)              
     Range of volatilities         55.47% - 78.29%     55.47% - 78.29%  
     Equivalent volatility         65.65%     65.65%  
 Term (years) (3)   (3)     2.12     2.12  
 Risk-free rate (2)   (2)              
     Range of risk free rates         0.07% -0.33%     0.07% -0.33%  
     Equivalent risk free rate         0.18%     0.18%  
 Dividends   n/a     --     --  
Fair value hierarchy:                  

(1)

Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities, or derived there from. The Company used its trading market price as of March 31, 2012 as input into the model which is a Level 1 input.

   
(2)

Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices that are observable. The Binomial Lattice model provides for multiple assumptions related to volatility and risk free rate over the remaining term of the warrants. The equivalents or averages of these assumptions are also provided above. The Company uses the current published yields for zero-coupon US Treasury Securities for its risk free rate. The Company did not have a historical trading history sufficient to develop an internal volatility rate for use in the Binomial Lattice model. As a result, the Company has used a peer approach wherein the historical trading volatilities of certain companies with similar characteristics and who had a sufficient trading history were used as an estimate of the Company’s volatility. In developing this model, no one company was weighted more heavily.

   
(3)

Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs. Inputs for which any parts are Level 3 inputs are classified as Level 3 in their entirety. The remaining term used equals the remaining contractual term as our best estimate of the expected term. The probability- weighted outcomes of achieving the performance conditions are also a Level 3 input.

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

8(c) CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE AND MAKE GOOD WARRANT (Cont’d)

Estimating fair values of derivative financial instruments requires the development of significant and subjective estimates that may, and are likely to, change over the duration of the instrument with related changes in internal and external market factors. In addition, option-based techniques are highly volatile and sensitive to changes in the trading market price of the Company’s common stock, which has a high estimated volatility. Since derivative financial instruments are initially and subsequently carried at fair values, our income will reflect the volatility in these estimate and assumption changes.

The following tables summarize the effects on the Company’s income (loss) associated with changes in the fair values of our derivative financial instruments for the year ended March 31,2012:

May 2010 Private Placement:  

  2012

 
       Investor warrants $  468,072  
       Broker warrants   84,251  
       Credit facility warrants   304,200  
       Make Good warrants   (1,086,244 )
Acquisition advisory fees:      
       Make Good warrants   (512,091 )
  $  (741,812 )

The following represents a reconciliation of the changes in our derivatives and the related changes in fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) during the year ended March 31, 2012:

Balances at March 31, 2011 $  5,866,285  
Fair value adjustments   741,812  
       
Transfer to additional paid in capital   (6,608,097 )
Balances at March 31, 2012 $  -  
Balances at March 31, 2013 $  -  
   
9

(a) SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTES

       
$3,135,000 Face Value Secured Convertible Notes, due May 8, 2017 $  1,619,064  

On May 8, 2012, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain accredited investors (the “Investors”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Investors (i) up to $3.5 million of eleven percent (11%) secured convertible notes (the “Notes”) and warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock. The Notes and warrants were issued in two tranches. The first tranche issued on May 8, 2012 contained (i) Notes in the aggregate original principal amount of $2,120,000 and (ii) Investor Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 530,000 shares of Common Stock. The second tranche issued on June 7, 2012 contained (i) Notes in the aggregate original principal amount of $1,015,000 and (ii) Investor Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 253,750 shares of Common Stock. The notes are payable quarterly in arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, with the first payment due on September 30, 2012. The Notes mature on May 8, 2017. The notes are convertible at the option of the holder at any time on or prior to the Maturity Date into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $2.00 per share (subject to appropriate adjustments for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction after the issuance date). The Investor Warrants have a strike price of $2.00 per share (subject to appropriate adjustments for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, reclassification or similar transaction after the issuance date). The Investor Warrants are immediately exercisable, on a net exercise or cashless basis, and have a term of five years.

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

9

(a) SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTES (Cont’d)

The Company has evaluated the terms and conditions of the convertible notes and warrants under the guidance of ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. The conversion features meet the definition of conventional convertible for purposes of applying the conventional convertible exemption. The definition of conventional contemplates a limitation on the number of shares issuable under the arrangement. The notes are convertible into a fixed number of shares and there are no down round protection features contained in the contracts. Since the convertible notes achieved the conventional convertible exemption, the Company was required to consider whether the hybrid contracts embody a beneficial conversion feature. A beneficial conversion feature is present when the fair value of the underlying common share exceeds the effective conversion price of the conversion option. The effective conversion price is calculated as the basis in the financing arrangement allocated to the hybrid convertible debt agreement, divided by the number of shares into which the instrument is indexed. As a result of this evaluation under the aforementioned standards, the Company concluded that a beneficial conversion feature was present in the amount of $1,024,247 in the $3,135,000 face value convertible note. The warrants did not contain any terms or feature that would preclude equity classification.

The purchase price allocation for the convertible notes resulted in a debt discount of $1,734,994. The discount on the notes will be amortized through periodic charges to interest expense over the term of the debenture using the effective interest method. Amortization of debt discount amounted to $219,058 during the year ended March 31, 2013. In addition, amortization of deferred finance charges amounted to $110,698 for the year ended March 31, 2013, resulting in balance of $503,696 as of March 31, 2013. The purchase price allocation is as follows:

          Inception  
Gross proceeds       $  3,135,000  
Less: Financing costs       $ 614,394  
Net proceeds       $  2,520,606  
Allocated as follows:            
Carrying value (fair value of debt component)         (1,400,006 )
Paid in capital (warrants) $  (710,747 )      
Paid in capital (beneficial conversion feature) $  (1,024,247 ) $  (1,734,994 )

Significant assumptions included in the MSC valuation technique to determine the fair value of the debt component were as follows:

    Assumption  
Linked common shares   1,567,500  
Stock price $  2.20  
Expected life (years)   5.00  
Volatility (based on peers)   58.43%- 83.82%  
Risk adjusted interest rate   0.15%- 0.77%  

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

9(b) UNSECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTES

On December 13, 2012, CMT consummated a private placement financing with a group of accredited investors for an aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $150,000 In connection with the financing, the Company issued to investors unsecured convertible notes in the aggregate original principal amount of $150,000. The convertible notes have a five year term, carry an interest rate of 11% per annum, and are convertible into the Company’s common stock at $2.00 per share. Net proceeds from the offering are expected to be used for general corporate purposes and working capital.

10.

SEGMENT INFORMATION

As at March 31, 2013 the Company operated in one reportable segment, being the exploration for and the development of mining rights in the Republic of Chile.

11.

CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

The Company manages its capital structure and makes adjustments to it, based on the funds available to the Company, in order to maintain its daily operations. The Board of Directors does not establish quantitative return on capital criteria for management, but rather relies on the expertise of the Company's management to sustain the future development of the business.

The Company manages its capital structure and makes adjustments to it in light of changes in economic conditions and the risk characteristics of the underlying assets. The Company upon approval from its Board of Directors will balance its overall capital structure through new share issues or by undertaking other activities as deemed appropriate under the specific circumstances. As such, the Company is dependent on external financing to fund its daily operations. In order to procure materials and pay for administrative costs, the Company will spend its existing working capital and raise additional amounts as needed.

Management reviews its capital management approach on an ongoing basis and believes that this approach, given the foregoing paragraph and the relative size of the Company, is reasonable.

There were no changes in the Company's approach to capital management during the year ended March 31, 2013

12.

INCOME TAXES

Potential benefits of income tax losses and other tax assets are not recognized in the accounts until realization is more likely than not. As of March 31, 2013, the Company has net operating losses carried forward of approximately $12,003,891 ($8,103,383 – 2012) for tax purposes subject to expiration as described below. The Company is required to compute tax asset benefits for net, operating losses carried forward and other items giving rise to deferred tax assets. Future tax benefits which may arise as a result of these losses and other items have not been recognized in these financial statements as their realization is determined not likely to occur and accordingly, the Company has recorded a valuation allowance for the deferred tax asset relating to these items.

The actual income tax provisions differ from the expected amounts calculated by applying the combined income tax rates applicable in each jurisdiction to the Company’s loss before income taxes. The components of these differences are as follows:

    March 31,2013     March 31,2012  
Corporate income tax rate   17%     17%  
Expected Income tax recovery $  (745,503 ) $  (671,012 )
Permanent differences   107,140     179,275  
Change in valuation allowance   638,363     491,737  
Income tax provision $  -   $  -  

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

12.

INCOME TAXES (Cont’d)

The Company’s tax-effected deferred income tax assets and liabilities are estimated as follows:

    March 31,2013     March 31,2012  
Non-capital loss carry forwards $ 2,053,171   $  1,377,575  
Share issue costs   83,558     -  
Less: valuation allowance   (2,136,729 )   (1,377,575 )
Net deferred tax assets $  -   $  -  

The net operating losses have no expiration period under Chilean Income Tax Act and can be carried forward to offset against future income.

As of March 31, 2013, the Company has non-capital losses of approximately $12,003,891 available to offset future taxable incomes:

The following is the annual breakdown of losses

2010 $ 1,572,747  
2011 $ 3,638,068  
2012 $ 2,892,568  
2013 $ 3,755,075  
Total $ 11,858,458  

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

13.

INVENTORY

The quantity of material in ore on the leach pad is based on surveyed volumes of mined material. Sampling and assaying determine the estimated amount of copper contained in material delivered to the leach pad. As at March 31, 2013 and 2012 there was only supply inventory.

14.

SUNDRY ASSETS AND OTHER RECEIVABLES


    March 31, 2013     March 31, 2012  
Prepaid expenses $  6,195   $  -  
Employee advances         3,940  
Other advances   21     -  
  $  6,216     3,940  

15.

DEPOSITS AND OTHER ASSETS


    March 31, 2013     March 31,2012  
Navidad (Arica) project (i) $  -   $  560,000  
Narnia project (ii)            
Value added taxes (“VAT”) (iii)   448,810     376,638  
Equipment deposit   69,550     66,101  
  $  518,360   $  1,002,739  

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

15.

DEPOSITS AND OTHER ASSETS (Cont’d)

i) In November 2010, Minera signed a ten year lease with an option to purchase for two properties owned by Mr. Santiago Lay in Arica, Republic of Chile. Minera would be obligated to pay a total monthly rent of $32,051 for the first 12 months (Chilean 15 million Pesos) which will be adjusted and offset with future royalty payments. The Royalty established was equivalent to ten percent of the net value of the ore to be extracted and sold, metallic or nonmetallic, taking as reference the rates established by ENAMI monthly. However, Minera, at its full cost, considered installing a plant to process the ore extracted. The royalty was to be paid monthly, starting in month thirteen counted from the signing of the contract. All direct and indirect expenses related to the program of exploration, conceptual study and feasibility study will be at the total and exclusive charge of Minera and not adjustable with the rent or royalty.

Minera only paid two months of the actual minimum rent and therefore failed to deliver on the remaining balance owed on the purchase of the property. As a result of this agreement lapsing, the option to purchase this property was nullified and subsequent to the year-end Minera let this agreement lapse. On May 19, 2012, Minera signed an agreement with Santiago Lay releasing it from any liabilities and future payments due from this agreement. With this agreement, Mr. Lay agreed to repay deposits paid by Minera as well as provide partial compensation for the work and studies performed on this property to a maximum of $560,000. Minera and Mr. Lay agreed to use this compensation to repay Minera’s loan of $500,000 with interest of $60,000 payable to Exportadora e Importadora Bengolea (Bengolea) which was fully paid during the year ended March 31, 2013. In accordance with the final contract, Mr. Lay has fully repaid this loan directly to Bengolea.

ii) On June 28, 2012 Minera contracted with Narnia Uno Al Las Veinte to acquire 90 hectares of mining property located in the Commune of Illapel for a total purchase price of $237,323 (CLP112,000,000). All rights to the property belonged to the seller and the property was properly registered under the Conservatory of Mines of the City of Illapel (ROL #43011253-8). All properties and rights will transfer from seller to buyer provided price of CLP 112,000,000 is met. As the Company discontinued the acquisition, all payments made towards the purchase were written off to general and administrative expense in the income statement.

iii) Value added tax balance represents net VAT recoverable which may be refunded or applied toward future corporate income tax liability.

16.

LOAN FROM NON RELATED PARTIES

(a) During the year ended March 31, 2012, Minera received a loan from Exportadora e Importadora Bengolea (Bengolea), a non-related party for $500,000 for additional working capital. This loan is free of interest and payable in six monthly equal installments commencing six months after the receipt of loan. Minera will be obligated to pay interest at 10% per annum in the event of default. The Company defaulted on the loan and in settlement of the $500,000, Bengolea agreed to accept a one-time payment of interest of $60,000. On May 19, 2012 Minera finalized an agreement between one of its debtors and Bengolea that released Minera from this obligation. The loan was fully paid during the year ended March 31, 2013.

(b) During the year ended March 31, 2013 the Company received a loan of $188,903. This loan is secured on personal assets of a Company’s director and payable on demand.

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

17.

FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISK FACTORS

The fair value of a financial instrument is the estimated amount that the Company would receive or pay to settle the financial assets and financial liabilities as at the balance sheet date. The book value of sundry assets and other receivables, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, and due to related party approximate fair values at the balance sheet dates.

The fair value of the long-term debt has been estimated by discounting future cash flows at a rate offered for debt of similar maturities and credit quality.

All financial instruments except for derivative financial instruments and cash and cash equivalent are classified as level 3. Both cash and cash equivalents and derivative financial instruments are classified as level 1.

    March 31, 2013     March 31, 2012  
    Carrying           Carrying        
Assets/Liabilities   Value     Fair Value     Value     Fair Value  
Cash $  7,572   $  7,572   $  300   $  300  
Restricted cash $  344,850   $  344,850   $  -   $  -  
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $  1,636,219   $  1,636,219   $  1,721,650   $  1,721,650  
Due to related party $  2,488,556   $  2,488,556   $  1,838,836   $  1,838,836  
Loan from related party $  1,307,422   $  1,307,422   $  548,938   $  548,938  
Loan from non related party $  188,903   $  188,903   $  560,000   $  560,000  
Convertible promissory note $  190,000   $  190,000   $  190,000   $  190,000  
Promissory notes $  2,419,398   $  2,419,398   $  2,022,809   $  2,022,809  
Unsecured convertible note $  150,000   $  150,000   $  -   $  -  
Secured convertible notes $  1,619,064   $  1,619,064   $  -   $  -  

Interest rate risk

The company’s exposure to interest rate fluctuations is not significant.

Credit risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of amounts receivable. The Company is not exposed to material losses on its accounts receivable and future revenues.

Commodity price risk

The ability of the Company to develop its properties and the future profitability of the Company is directly related to the market price of certain minerals. The Company does not currently use derivative financial instruments to reduce its exposure to commodity price risk.

Liquidity risk

The Company’s exposure to liquidity risk is dependent on the collection of amounts receivable and the ability to raise funds to meet purchase commitments and to sustain operations. The company controls its liquidity risk by managing working capital and cash flows.

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

17.

FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISK FACTORS (Cont’d)

Foreign currency risk

The Company is exposed to foreign currency risk as substantially all of the Company’s cash is denominated in Chilean Pesos. This risk is partially mitigated by the fact that a significant portion of the costs associated with the mining claims and deferred exploration expenditures are incurred in Chilean Pesos.

18.

RESTRICTED CASH

On May 8, 2012, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain accredited investors (the “Investors”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Investors (i) up to $3.5 million of eleven percent (11%) secured convertible notes (the “Notes”), which mature on the five year anniversary of the date of issuance and shall be convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”), at $2.00 per share (subject to adjustment) and (ii) warrants (the “Investor Warrants,” and together with the Notes, the “Securities”) to purchase such number of shares of Common Stock equal to fifty percent (50%) of the number of shares of Common Stock that the Notes purchased by the Investors may be convertible into, at an exercise price of $2.00 per share (subject to adjustment).

On May 8, 2012, the Company completed an initial closing pursuant to the Purchase Agreement in which the Company issued and sold to Investors (i) Notes in the aggregate original principal amount of $2,120,000 and (ii) Investor Warrants to initially purchase an aggregate of 530,000 shares of Common Stock, for aggregate gross proceeds of $2,120,000.

On June 7, 2012, the Company completed its second and final closing pursuant to the Purchase Agreement in which the Company issued and sold to investors (i) Notes in the aggregate original principal amount of $1,015,000 and (ii) investor Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 253,750 shares of Common Stock, for an aggregate gross proceeds of $1,015,000.

As a result of the two closings, the Company issued and sold to investors a total amount of $3,135,000 in notes and warrants to purchase a total of 1,037,500 shares of Common Stock. In accordance with these agreements, the Company must keep the equivalent of one year worth of interest payments in an escrow account at all times. As interest payments become due, the Company must continually maintain one year’s worth of payments in the escrow account and as such cannot use this for any other purpose.

19.

OBLIGATION UNDER CAPITAL LEASES

The following is a summary of future minimum lease payments under the capital lease, together with the balance of the obligation under the lease:

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CHILE MINING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Formerly Latin America Ventures, Inc.)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts expressed in U.S. Dollars)

Years ending March,

2014 $ 325,239  
2015 $ 205,739  
2016 $ 205,739  
2017 $ 205,739  
2018 $ 205,739  
Thereafter $ 1,371,596  
Total minimum lease payments $ 2,519,791  
Less: Deferred Interest $ 694,463  
  $ 1,825,328  
Current Portion $ 142,706  
Long-Term Portion $ 1,682,622  

20. Contingencies

In December 2010, the Company entered into a lease agreement to acquire two scales for a total amount of CLP $86,637,975. The Company paid a deposit of CLP $21,046,256 towards the partial delivery and the balance was to be paid in 61 equal monthly installments. As at March 31, 2013, no additional payments have been made and the lease is in default. The lessor has not demanded the return of equipment and according to management, the lease arrangement still exist, full payments will be made upon delivery of the remaining parts, and the partial assets are still located at its two plant sites.

The Company is defending civil lawsuits in Santiago Chile from its formal employees regarding payroll and unfair dismissals related charges. It is the company’s legal counsel’s opinion that the outcome of these civil suits are uncertain and the amounts are not determinable. No provisions have been made in these consolidated financial statements to this affect.

21.

SUBSEQUENT EVENT

On July 12, 2013, the Company secured a loan from Asher Enterprises, Inc. (“Asher”) in the amount of $73,500. In consideration for the loan, the Company issued to Asher a convertible promissory note in principal amount of $73,500. The note will mature nine months from the date of issuance, has an interest rate of 8% per annum, and is convertible into the Company’s common stock at Asher’s option beginning 180 days from the date of issuance.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No. Description
2.1 Share Exchange Agreement, dated May 12, 2010, among the Company, Minera Licancabur, S.A. and its shareholders [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 14, 2010]
3.1 Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended to date [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 14, 2010]
3.2 Amended and Restated Bylaws, adopted on May 12, 2010 [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 14, 2010]
4.1 Form of Closing Warrant, dated May 12, 2010 [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 14, 2010]
4.2 Form of Make Good Warrant, dated May 12, 2010 [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 14, 2010]
4.3 Warrant issued to Halter Financial Group, L.P. on May 12, 2010 [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 14, 2010]
4.4 Convertible Promissory Note issued Halter Financial Group, L.P. on May 12, 2010 [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 14, 2010]
4.5 Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 12, 2010 [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 14, 2010]
10.1 Cancellation Agreement, dated May 12, 2010, among the Company, Halter Financial Investments, L.P. and Mr. Pierre Galoppi [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8- K filed on May 14, 2010]
10.2 Form of Securities Purchase Agreement, dated May 12, 2010 [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 14, 2010]
10.3 Closing Escrow Agreement, among the Company, Halter Financial Securities, Inc. and Securities Transfer Corporation, dated May 12, 2010 [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 14, 2010]
10.4 Form of Lock-up Agreement, dated May 12, 2010 [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 14, 2010]
10.5 Letter Agreement, dated May 6, 2010, between Minera Licancabur S.A. and AIBC International Corp.(SR) [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 14, 2010]
10.9 Nominee Agreement, dated May 12, 2010, between the Company and Jorge Osvaldo Orellana Orellana [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-168187)]
21 Subsidiaries of the Company [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 14, 2010]
31.1* Certifications of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2* Certifications of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1* Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2* Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101* Interactive data files pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (furnished herewith).

* Filed herewith