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Equity Investment - Kinsey
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Notes to Financial Statements  
Note 5 - Equity Investment - Kinsey

5.     Equity Investment - Kinsey

 

On October 29, 2012, the Company, MAB-C, and Kinsey entered into an Equity Exchange Agreement (“Equity Exchange Agreement”). In accordance with the Equity Exchange Agreement, the Company issued 500,000 post reverse split adjusted shares of their common stock to Kinsey in exchange for a 25% ownership for MAB-C in Kinsey. Originally, under the contract should the value of the 500,000 shares of common stock fail to be valued at $5,000,000 on December 31, 2013, the Company would have issued additional shares of common stock to achieve that value for Kinsey. The Equity Exchange Agreement was later revised on December 5, 2013 to exclude this provision of the issuance of the additional shares. The common shares issued have been initially valued at $500,000, as the price of MBMI common stock was trading at $1.00 per share post reverse split adjusted.

 

The investment has been accounted for as an equity investment under ASC 323. In accordance with the ASC, the investment will be maintained at fair value, and increased or decreased based upon the net income or loss of Kinsey as well as any contributions made and dividends paid. The Company’s investment decreased $542,908 to $12,367 as a result of the incremental loss of Kinsey for the year ended December 31, 2013 at 25% ownership by MAB-C, and then reduced by $12,367 during the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

The Kinsey investment was treated as an equity investment under ASC 970-323. In accordance with ASC 970-323 as an equity method investment, investments in less than 50% interest in the voting securities of the investee company in which the Company has significant influence are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. Investment in equity investee is increased by additional investments and earnings and decreased by dividends and losses. The Company reviews such Investment in equity investee for impairment whenever events and circumstances indicate a decline in the recoverability of its carrying value. As there was no value in this investment, and the Company had built up extensive accrued costs related to the exploration of the Dodge Mines and Kinsey’s business was failing due to the economic condition in Africa, effective October 1, 2014, MAB-C and Kinsey agreed to exchange the 25% ownership in Kinsey back to Kinsey in exchange for the accrued exploration costs (net of prepaid withholding fees) in the amount of $478,014. In this transaction, Kinsey gets to keep the 500,000 post reverse split adjusted  shares of the Company. As a result of the transaction, Kinsey is no longer an investment on the books of MAB-C.