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AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE SECURITIES - RELATED PARTIES

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

NOTE 3 - AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE SECURITIES - RELATED PARTIES

Golden Star Enterprises Ltd.

During 2004, the Company received 111,111 restricted Rule 144 shares of Golden Star Enterprises Ltd. (“Golden Star”), a public company with directors and significant shareholders in common. The restricted shares were received as non-refundable consideration pursuant to agreements with Golden Star dated November 10, 2004 and December 10, 2004 to acquire certain mineral property interests from the Company. These agreements were subsequently terminated. Effective December 31, 2004 the Company recorded, as other comprehensive loss for the year, a $10,000 unrealized loss in the carrying value of its shares of Golden Star. During the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2006 the Company recorded additional unrealized losses in the carrying value of its shares of Golden Star totalling $90,000 and $8,889 respectively, which were recorded as other comprehensive loss for those years. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company sold 2,500 shares resulting in a realized gain of $165 and recorded an additional unrealized loss of $473 in 2007. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company sold 10,000 shares resulting in a realized loss of $800 and recorded an additional unrealized loss of $15,026 to December 31, 2008. As a result, the carrying value of the available for sale shares of Golden Star is $2,712 as at December 31, 2008.

During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company recorded an unrealized gain of $1,232. As a result, the carrying value of the available for sale shares of Golden Star is $3,945 as at December 31, 2009.

During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company sold Nil Golden Star shares and recorded an unrealized gain of $11,774. As a result, the carrying value of the available for sale shares of Golden Star is $2,860 as at December 31, 2010. Effective December 31, 2010, the Company recorded a $12,859 write-down of its investment in Golden due to an other-than-temporary decline in the value of the shares.

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company sold Nil Golden Star shares and recorded an unrealized loss of $2,623. As a result, the carrying value of the available for sale shares of Golden Star is $237 as at December 31, 2011. Effective December 31, 2011, the Company recorded a $2,909 write-down of its investment in Golden due to an other-than-temporary decline in the value of the shares. During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company sold Nil Golden Star shares and recorded an unrealized loss of $148. As a result, the carrying value of the available for sale shares of Golden Star is $89 as at December 31, 2012.

During the nine month period ended September 30, 2013, the Company sold Nil Golden Star shares and recorded an additional unrealized loss of $57 to September 30, 2013. As a result, the carrying value of the available for sale shares of Golden Star is $32 as at September 30, 2013.

Legacy Platinum Group Inc.

During 2003 the Company settled an outstanding debt receivable of $122,988 from Legacy Platinum Group Inc. (“Legacy”) for the issue of 1,229,880 restricted shares of Legacy representing a then 9.8% interest in Legacy. During 2004, the Company wrote this investment down to $1 because management determined that it was not recoverable within a reasonable period of time. Effective December 31, 2007, the Company recorded, as other comprehensive income for the year, a $604,440 unrealized gain in the carrying value of its shares of Legacy.

During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company sold 150,000 Legacy shares resulting in a realized gain of $26,100 and recorded an additional unrealized gain of $270,562 to December 31, 2008. As a result, the carrying value of the available for sale shares of Legacy was $885,502 as at December 31, 2008.

During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company sold 30,985 Legacy shares resulting in a realized loss of $2,987 (net of commissions of $595) and recorded an additional unrealized loss of $797,161 to December 31, 2009. As a result, the carrying value of the available for sale shares of Legacy is $ 62,934 as at December 31, 2009.

During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company the Company received 2,627,440 restricted shares of Legacy valued to $131,372 pursuant to a debt settlement and sold Nil Legacy shares. The Company recorded an unrealized gain in the carrying value of its available-for-sale securities totaling $35,021, which was recorded as other comprehensive income (loss). As a result, the carrying value of the available for sale shares of Legacy is $58,822 as at December 31, 2010. Effective December 31, 2010, the Company recorded a $78,823 write-down of its investment in Legacy due to an other-than-temporary decline in the value of the shares.

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company sold Nil Legacy shares and recorded an unrealized loss of $52,939. As a result, the carrying value of the available for sale shares of Legacy is $5,882 as at December 31, 2011. Effective December 31, 2011, the Company recorded a $51,469 write-down of its investment in Legacy due to an other-than-temporary decline in the value of the shares. During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company sold Nil Legacy shares and recorded an unrealized loss of $2,941. As a result, the carrying value of the available for sale shares of Legacy is $2,941 as at December 31, 2012.

During the nine month period ended September 30, 2013, the Company sold Nil Legacy shares and recorded an additional unrealized gain of $31,984 to September 30, 2013. As a result, the carrying value of the available for sale shares of Legacy is $34,925 as at September 30, 2013.

Available for sale securities – related parties include the following:

	September 30,		December 31,
	2013		2012

3,676,335 (2012-3,676,335) shares of Legacy Platinum Group Inc.	$	34,925	$	2,941
98,612 (2012- 98,612) shares of Golden Star Enterprises Ltd.		32		89
	$	34,957	$	3,030