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2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Notes to Financial Statements  
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with US GAAP.  Because a precise determination of many assets and liabilities is dependent upon future events, the preparation of financial statements for a period necessarily involves the use of estimates which have been made using careful judgment.  Actual results may vary from these estimates. 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.

  

a)      Exploration Stage Enterprise

 

The Company’s financial statements are prepared using the accrual method of accounting and according to the provisions of ASC 915 “Accounting and Reporting for Development Stage Enterprises,” as it devotes substantially all of its efforts to acquiring and exploring mineral properties.  Until such properties are acquired and developed, the Company will continue to prepare its financial statements and related disclosures in accordance with entities in the exploration stage.

 

b)      Cash

 

The Company considers all highly liquid instruments with maturity of three months or less at the time of issuance to be cash equivalents. There is no cash equivalents as at December 31, 2014 (June 30, 2014: $Nil).

 

c)      Mineral Property Acquisition Payments

 

The Company expenses all costs incurred on mineral properties to which it has secured exploration rights prior to the establishment of proven and probable reserves.  If and when proven and probable reserves are determined for a property and a feasibility study prepared with respect to the property, then subsequent exploration and development costs of the property will be capitalized.

 

The Company regularly performs evaluations of any investment in mineral properties to assess the recoverability and/or the residual value of its investments in these assets.  All long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or circumstances change which indicate the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.

 

d)      Exploration Expenditures

 

The Company follows a policy of expensing exploration expenditures until a production decision in respect of the project and the Company is reasonably assured that it will receive regulatory approval to permit mining operations, which may include the receipt of a legally binding project approval certificate.

  

e)      Asset Retirement Obligations

 

The Company has adopted ASC 410, “Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations”, which requires that an asset retirement obligation (“ARO”) associated with the retirement of a tangible long-lived asset be recognized as a liability in the period which it is incurred and becomes determinable, with an offsetting increase in the carrying amount of the associated asset.

 

The cost of the tangible asset, including the initially recognized ARO, is depleted, such that the cost of the ARO is recognized over the useful life of the asset.  The ARO is recorded at fair value, and accretion expense is recognized over time as the discounted liability is accreted to its expected settlement value.  The fair value of the ARO is measured using expected future cash flow, discounted at the Company’s credit-adjusted risk-free interest rate.  To date, no significant asset retirement obligation exists due to the early stage of exploration.  Accordingly, no liability has been recorded.

 

f)      Use of Estimates and Assumptions

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

g)      Financial Instruments

 

ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy based on the level of independent, objective evidence surrounding the inputs used to measure fair value. A financial instrument’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. ASC 820 prioritizes the inputs into three levels that may be used to measure fair value:

 

Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

Level 2 - Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are either directly or indirectly observable; and

 

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing.

 

The Company’s financial instruments consist principally of cash, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, loan payable and due to a related party. Pursuant to ASC 820, the fair value of our cash is determined based on “Level 1” inputs, which consist of quoted prices in active markets for identical assets. The Company believes that the recorded values of all of the other financial instruments approximate their current fair values because of their nature and respective maturity dates or durations.

 

The Company’s operations are in Canada, which results in exposure to market risks from changes in foreign currency rates. The financial risk is the risk to the Company’s operations that arise from fluctuations in foreign exchange rates and the degree of volatility of these rates. Currently, the Company does not use derivative instruments to reduce its exposure to foreign currency risk.

 

h)      Environmental Costs

 

Environmental expenditures that relate to current operations are charged to operations or capitalized as appropriate. Expenditures that relate to an existing condition caused by past operations, and which do not contribute to current or future revenue generation, are charged to operations. Liabilities are recorded when environmental assessments and/or remedial efforts are probable, and the cost can be reasonably estimated. Generally, the timing of these accruals coincides with the earlier of completion of a feasibility study or the Company’s commitments to plan of action based on the then known facts.

 

i)      Income Taxes

 

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740, “Accounting for Income Taxes” and ASC 740 — Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, which require the liability method of accounting for income taxes. The liability method requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for future tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial statement basis and the tax basis of assets and liabilities.

 

j)      Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Share

 

The Company reports basic loss per share in accordance with ASC 260 – “Earnings Per Share”.  Basic loss per share is computed using the weighted average number of common stock outstanding during the period.  Diluted loss per share is computed using the weighted average number of common and potentially dilutive common stock outstanding during the period.  Diluted loss per share is equal to basic loss per share because there are no potential dilutive securities.

  

k)      Foreign Currency Translation

 

The Company’s functional currency is the U.S. dollar.  Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the rate of exchange prevailing at the date of the transaction.  Monetary assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the rate prevailing at the balance sheet date.  Non-monetary items are translated at the historical rate unless such items are carried at market value, in which case they are translated using exchange rates that existed when the value were determined.  Any resulting exchange rate differences are recorded in the statement of operations.