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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

     
  a)

Basis of Presentation

     
   

The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) instructions for companies filing Form 10-Q. In the opinion of management, the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the annual financial statements and reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the financial position as of June 30, 2011, and the results of operations and cash flows for the period then ended. The financial data and other information disclosed in the notes to the interim consolidated financial statements related to this period are unaudited. The results for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any subsequent quarter or the entire year ending December 31, 2011. The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been condensed pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Commission\'s rules and regulations and do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. Therefore, these unaudited interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s annual audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2010, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 15, 2011 with the SEC.

     
  b)

Cash and Cash Equivalents

     
   

The Company considers all highly liquid instruments with a maturity of three months or less at the time of issuance to be cash equivalents.

     
  c)

Mineral Property Costs

     
   

The Company is primarily engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties.

     
   

Mineral property exploration costs are expensed as incurred. Costs for acquired mineral property databases are similarly expensed upon acquisition.

     
   

Mineral property acquisition costs are expensed upon acquisition unless a property can be economically developed as a result of establishing proven and probable reserves and a bankable feasibility. In the event that a mineral property is acquired through the issuance of the Company’s shares, the mineral property will be recorded at the fair value of the respective property or the fair value of common shares, whichever is more readily determinable.

     
   

When mineral properties are acquired under option agreements with future acquisition payments to be made at the sole discretion of the Company, those future payments, whether in cash or shares, are recorded only when the Company has made or is obliged to make the payment or issue the shares.

     
   

As of the date of these financial statements, the Company has no capitalized mineral expenditures.

     
  d)

Income Taxes

     
   

Potential benefits of income tax losses are not recognized in the accounts until realization is more likely than not. The Company has adopted ASC 740, Income Taxes as of its inception. Pursuant to ASC 740 the Company is required to compute tax asset benefits for net operating losses carried forward. The potential benefits of net operating losses have not been recognized in these consolidated financial statements because the Company cannot be assured it is more likely than not it will utilize the net operating losses carried forward in future years.

 

 

     
  e)

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

     
   

Financial instruments consist principally of cash and cash equivalents and accounts payable. Pursuant to ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures and ASC 825, Financial Instruments the fair value of cash equivalents and marketable securities is determined based on “Level 1” inputs, which consist of quoted prices in active markets for identical assets. The recorded values of all other financial instruments approximate their current fair values because of their nature and respective relatively short maturity dates or durations.

     
  f)

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

     
   

The Company has implemented all new accounting pronouncements that are in effect and that may impact its financial statements and does not believe that there are any other new accounting pronouncements that have been issued that might have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations.