Each one in plain English, with the numbers worked through for a shareholder.
14 Nov 2007financial restatement▼ Bad
General Moly restated three years of financial statements (2004-2006) after finding accounting errors in how it valued stock and options paid to employees and outside parties — no cash impact, but a real disclosure-control lapse.
Idaho General Mines reincorporated in Delaware as General Moly, Inc. via a shareholder-approved merger, and terminated its shareholder rights (poison pill) plan in the process — the company's new permanent name and structure going forward.
The company agreed to buy out Equatorial Mining's 12% royalty on the Hall Tonopah property for about $4.8 million upfront plus $6 million at first production, consolidating full ownership of its second Nevada deposit.
The company amended its shareholder rights (poison pill) plan to let Coghill Capital Management, which had built a 28.45% stake through the February 2006 placement, buy slightly more stock without triggering the plan.
17 Feb 2006capital raising announcement▲ GoodMajor
Idaho General Mines completed a $30 million private placement of 15 million units at $2.00 each, and applied to list on the American Stock Exchange. It withdrew its Canadian preliminary prospectus, having chosen alternative financing, while still intending to seek a Toronto Stock Exchange listing.
What it means for a shareholder
15.0m new shares at $2.00 to raise about $30.0m. Shares on issue before the raise aren't in the record, so the dilution can't be worked out.
The company extended its option to buy the Hall property to February 2006, disclosed the Mount Hope lease terms in full, and announced plans to drill a separate zinc target at Mount Hope.
The company formally exercised its 30-year lease on the Mount Hope deposit, locking in royalty terms tied to the molybdenum price (4-6% depending on price) plus scheduled payments through 2010.
The company completed its Mount Hope feasibility study, outlining a 30-year open-pit mine expected to recover about 700 million pounds of molybdenum, and closed a $2.25 million private placement to keep funding the project's permitting.
Idaho General Mines took a nine-month option to buy the former Hall molybdenum-copper mine in Nevada from High Desert Winds for up to $5 million — a second Nevada moly property alongside Mount Hope.
This amendment repeats the January 13, 2005 auditor switch: Idaho General Mines dismissed Decoria, Maichel and Teague and hired Williams and Webster, P.S. for the 2004 audit, saying it wanted to be better able to meet anticipated rapid long-term growth. The filing says there were no disagreements and no adverse opinions in the past two years, and it adds the former auditor's letter as an exhibit.
The company switched auditors to Williams and Webster, P.S. ahead of its 2004 annual audit, calling the prior firm unable to support its planned rapid growth.
18 Nov 2004capital raising announcement▲ GoodMajor
Idaho General Mines (the company later renamed General Moly) paid $175,000 plus stock for a one-year option to lease Mount Hope Mines' undeveloped molybdenum deposit in Nevada — the deal that would become the company's flagship Mt. Hope project.