10KSB/A 1 v123008_10ksba.htm Unassociated Document
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-KSB/A

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007
OR
o TRANSACTION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transaction period from ___________ to ___________ 

Commission file number 1-316

INDEPENDENCE LEAD MINES COMPANY
(Name of small business issuer in its charter)

ARIZONA
82-0131980
(State or other jurisdiction
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation)
  
      
P O BOX 717
WALLACE, IDAHO 83873
(Address of principal executive offices)

Issuer’s telephone number: (208) 753-2525

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

Securities registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act:

Common Stock,
Par Value $0.10 per Share
Title of each class

Check whether the issuer is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. o

Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. 
  Yes x No o
 Check if there is no disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of Regulation S-B contained in this form, and no disclosure will be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-KSB or any amendment to this Form 10-KSB. o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act)
  Yes x No o
State issuer’s revenues for its most recent fiscal year.    None

As of February 29, 2008, the aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $55,786,707.

The number of shares of common stock outstanding as of February 25, 2008 was 5,780,737.

Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format (check one):    Yes o   No x

Documents Incorporated by Reference: Form 8-K, as filed February 13, 2008 and February 21, 2008, and as amended March 12, 2008. See also index to exhibits, page 17.

 
 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE:


By letter dated July 18, 2008, from Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Registrant was informed that the Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2007 did not contain the following:

(1)    a report on management’s assessment of internal controls over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007; and,

(2)    the correct language for paragraph 4 of Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 as set forth in Item 601(b)(31) of Regulation SB.
 
The Registrant is hereby filing and correcting the foregoing comments to correct the errors noted above.

PART II

Item 8A Controls and Procedures

Conclusions of Management Regarding Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. 

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, we have evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 15d-15(e) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the President and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were adequately designed and effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in its reports that it files or submits to the SEC under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in applicable rules and forms and to provide reasonable assurance that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. 

The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting for the company. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Internal control over financial reporting includes maintaining records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect our transactions; providing reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary for preparation of our financial statements; providing reasonable assurance that receipts and expenditures of company assets are made in accordance with management authorization; and providing reasonable assurance that unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of company assets that could have a material effect on our financial statements would be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting is not intended to provide absolute assurance that a misstatement of our financial statements would be prevented or detected.

As of December 31, 2007 management conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of Independence Lead Mines Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on the criteria for effective internal control over financial reporting established in “Internal Control — Integrated Framework,” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) of the Treadway Commission, and concluded that we have maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, based on these criteria.

This annual report does not include an attestation report of the company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the Company to provide only management’s report in this annual report.

 
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Changes in internal control over financial reporting.

There have been no changes during the quarter ended December 31, 2007 in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, internal controls over financial reporting.
 
 
Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls.
 
The Company’s management does not expect that our Disclosure Controls or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. The design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Further, because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgements in decision making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Controls can also be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Projections of any evaluation of controls effectiveness to future periods are subject to risks. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies or procedures.

SIGNATURES

In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be sign on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
INDEPENDENCE LEAD MINES COMPANY
     
  By: /s/ Bernard C. Lannen
    Bernard C. Lannen, its President and
    Chief Administrative Officer
    Dated: August 11, 2008
     
  By: /s/ Wayne L. Schoonmaker
    Wayne L. Schoonmaker, its Principal
    Accounting Officer
    Dated: August 11, 2008
 
Pursuant to the requirement of 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.


By: /s/ Bernard C. Lannen   By: /s/ Gordon Berkhaug
 
Bernard C. Lannen
    
Gordon Berkhaug
 
President/Director
    
Director
Date:
August 11, 2008
   Date:
August 11, 2008
         
         
By: /s/ Wayne L. Schoonmaker   By: /s/ Robert Bunde
 
Wayne L. Schoonmaker
    
Robert Bunde
 
Secretary & Treasurer/Director 
    
Director
Date:
August 11, 2008
   Date:
August 11, 2008
 
 
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