EX-99.3 4 exhibit99-3.htm FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR SIX MONTH PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2004 Filed by Automated Filing Services Inc. (604) 609-0244 - First Point Minerals Corp. - Exhibit 99.3

FIRST POINT MINERALS CORP.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SECOND QUARTER 2004


August 25, 2004

NOTICE OF NO AUDITOR REVIEW OF INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Under National Instrument 51-102, Part 4, subsection 4.3(3)(a), if an auditor has not performed a review of the interim financial statements, they must be accompanied by a notice indicating that the financial statements have not been reviewed by an auditor.

The accompanying unaudited interim financial statements of First Point Minerals Corp. (the "Company") have been prepared by and are the responsibility of the Company's management.

The Company's independent auditor has not performed a review of these financial statements in accordance with standards established by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants for a review of interim financial statements by an entity's auditor.


FIRST POINT MINERALS CORP.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
June 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003

ASSETS  
      June 30     December 31  
      2004     2003  
      (Unaudited)     (Audited)  
CURRENT           
             Cash    $ 789,331   $ 1,869,354  
             Accounts and advances receivable      64,514     30,339  
             Prepaid expenses and deposits      30,213     33,571  
               
      884,058     1,933,264  
               
FUNDS IN TRUST      61,246     61,246  
INVESTMENT  (Note 3)    864,073     -  
CAPITAL ASSETS  (Note 4)    32,728     31,086  
MINERAL PROPERTIES  (Note 5)    2,975,073     3,348,973  
               
      4,817,178     5,374,569  
               
LIABILITIES  
               
CURRENT           
             Accounts payable and accrued liabilities      56,447     16,784  
               
               
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY  
               
SHARE CAPITAL  (Note 6)    10,243,150     10,114,236  
CONTRIBUTED SURPLUS      309,438     278,697  
DEFICIT      (5,791,857 )    (5,035,148
               
      4,760,731     5,357,785  
               
    $ 4 ,817,178   $ 5,374,569  

APPROVED BY THE DIRECTORS     
     
     
/s/ Peter M.D. Bradshaw    /s/  Robert A. Watts 
      Director           Director 

See notes to the consolidated financial statements


FIRST POINT MINERALS CORP.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF LOSS AND DEFICIT
(Unaudited, prepared by management)

FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTH PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30

    Three Months     Six Months  
    Ended June 30     Ended June 30  
    2004     2003     2004     2003  
                         
EXPENSES                 
             Accounting, legal and audit  $ 2,814   $ 2,322   $ 3,287   $ 19,560  
             Amortization    2,354     2,595     4,308     4,223  
             Communications    808     919     1,849     1,633  
             Management fees    23,500     8,800     39,500     18,400  
             Office and administration    2,910     (1,883   10,109     1,335  
             Rent    5,894     4,254     11,055     8,507  
             Stock-based compensation    28,140     -     30,741     -  
             Travel and promotion    15,565     15,721     29,938     28,478  
             Trust and filing fees    15,503     17,441     27,327     23,081  
             Wages and benefits    2,723     10,965     25,022     20,422  
             General exploration    56,484     91,093     232,743     155,130  
                         
LOSS BEFORE OTHER ITEMS    156,695     152,227     415,879     264,691  
                         
OTHER ITEMS:                 
             Interest income    (6,536 )    (4,578   (15,049 )    (9,639
             Loss/(gain) on foreign exchange    (6,199 )    6,412     (5,337 )    1,217  
             Loss on disposal of mineral                 
                          property (Note 5)    -     -     361,216     -  
                         
NET LOSS FOR THE PERIOD    143,960     154,061     756,709     256,269  
DEFICIT, BEGINNING OF PERIOD    5,647,897     4,267,060     5,035,148     4,164,852  
                         
DEFICIT, END OF PERIOD  $ 5,791,857   $ 4,421,121   $ 5,791,857   $ 4,421,121  
                         
LOSS PER SHARE  $ (0 .00 )  $ (0.01 $ (0.02 )  $ (0.01
                         
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES                 
             OUTSTANDING    31,257,850     23,636,987     31,203,674     23,456,987  

See notes to the consolidated financial statements


FIRST POINT MINERALS CORP.

Consolidated statements of changes in cash position
(Unaudited, prepared by management)

FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTH PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30

    Three Months     Six Months   
    Ended June 30     Ended June 30   
    2004      2003     2004      2003  
                         
CASH PROVIDED BY (USED FOR):                 
OPERATING ACTIVITIES                 
             Net loss for the period  $ (143,960 )  $ (154,061 $ (756,709 )  $ (256,269
             Add items not involving cash                 
                          Amortization    1,333     2,595     30,741     4,223  
                          Stock-based compensation    28,140     -     3,287     -  
                          Disposal of mineral                 
                                       property (Note 5)    -     -     1,136,636     -  
                         
    (114,487 )    (151,466   413,955     (252,046
CHANGES IN NON-CASH WORKING                 
       CAPITAL COMPONENTS:                 
             Accounts receivable    (35,111 )    (22,373   (34,175 )    (301
             Prepaid expenses    13,286     2,981     3,358     12,243  
             Accounts payable and accrued                 
                          liabilities    (102,178 )    69,772     39,663     80,148  
                         
    (238,490 )    (101,086   422,801     (159,956
                         
FINANCING ACTIVITIES *                 
             Common shares issued for cash    -     77,460     26,414     236,210  
                         
INVESTING ACTIVITIES *                 
             Equity in development company    -     -     (864,073 )    -  
             Mineral Exploration    (382,176 )    (110,366   (660,236 )    (425,827
             Purchase of capital assets    (1,934 )    (929   (4,929 )    (6,533
                         
    (384,110 )    (111,295   (1,529,238 )    (432,360
                         
NET CASH (USED) DURING PERIOD    (622,600 )    (134,921   (1,080,023 )    (356,106
             CASH, BEGINNING OF PERIOD    1,411,931     725,148     1,869,354     946,333  
                         
             CASH, END OF PERIOD  $ 789,331   $ 90,227   $ 789,331   $ 590,227  

· Supplemental Disclosure of non---cash financing and investing activitiess

During the Second quarter of 2004, the Company issued 500,000 (2003 – nil) common shares at an aggregate value of $102,500 (2003 – nil) in connection with mineral property acquisition agreements

See notes to the consolidated financial statements


FIRST POINT MINERALS CORP.
Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
(Prepared by management)

June 30, 2004 and 2003

1.      NATURE AND CONTINUANCE OF OPERATIONS
 
 
The Company is incorporated under the Alberta Business Corporations Act and is involved in the acquisition and exploration of property interests that are considered potential sites of economic mineralization. At the date of the financial statements, the Company has not identified a known body of commercial grade ore on any of its properties and the ability of the Company to recover the costs it has incurred to date on these properties is dependent upon the Company being able to identify a commercial ore body, to finance its exploration and development costs and to resolve any environmental, regulatory, or other constraints which may hinder the successful development of the property.
 
 
These unaudited interim financial statements have been prepared by management on a going concern basis which assumes that the Company will be able to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business for the foreseeable future. The continuing operations of the Company are dependent upon its ability to continue to raise adequate financing and to commence profitable operations in the future. The financial statements have not been audited, reviewed or otherwise verified as to the accuracy or completeness of information. Readers are cautioned that these statements may not be appropriate for their purposes.

      June 30, 2004     December 31, 2003  
               
  Deficit  $ (5,791,857 $ (5,035,148
  Working Capital  $ 827,611   $ 1,916,480  

2.      SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
  Basis of Accounting
 
 
The accompanying unaudited interim financial statements have been prepared by management in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") in Canada on a basis consistent with those outlined in the Company's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2003. They do not include all of the information and disclosures required by Canadian GAAP for audited financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for fair presentation have been included in these financial statements. These unaudited interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the most recent audited annual financial statements of the Company, including the notes thereto.
 
 
The Company has not changed any of its existing accounting policies, nor has it adopted any new accounting policies since its last fiscal year end.
 
 
Stock-Based Compensation
 
 
The Company records compensation associated with stock options granted to directors, officers, employees and consultants using a fair value measured basis and records the expense as the options vest with the recipients.
 
 
Comparative Figures
 
 
Certain comparative figures have been reclassified to conform with the current period's presentation.


FIRST POINT MINERALS CORP.
Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
(Prepared by management)

3.      INVESTMENT
 
 
The Company entered into an agreement (the "Shareholder Agreement") effective January 16, 2004 with a Michigan limited liability company, Menominee River Exploration Co., LLC ("MREC") and seven individuals, being the owners of MREC (the "Initial US Investors"). Pursuant to the terms of the Shareholder Agreement, MREC and the Company transferred MREC's Back Forty project in Michigan and First Point's Cedros Property in Honduras to a new company, Aquila Resources Corp. ("Aquila"). In addition, First Point agreed to provide the management services needed to take Aquila public on a Canadian stock exchange and to use its best efforts to arrange for certain funds to be raised for Aquila.
 
 
As consideration for the foregoing transactions, First Point was to receive 2,215,569 Aquila common shares, of which 1,000,000 shares have been issued and are held in a special escrow account pending the Honduran government completing transfer of title to the Cedros property to Aquila. The balance of the shares, being 1,215,569 shares, will be issued to First Point following the completion of Aquila's Initial Public Offering, at which time Aquila will be listed for trading on a Canadian stock exchange. First Point also purchased 253,209 common shares of Aquila at $0.35 per share. Concurrently, the Initial US Investors purchased 889,649 common shares of Aquila at the same price. Subsequently, Aquila completed a small private placement in which certain investors purchased an additional 565,321 common shares. As a result of the foregoing transactions, at the end of the second quarter, the Company owned or held conditional rights to an aggregate of 2,468,778 shares of Aquila having a deemed value (at $0.35 per share) of $864,073, representing an ownership interest in Aquila of 21.1%.
 
4.      EQUIPMENT

        June 30, 2004        December 31, 2003 
        Accumulated         
    Cost    Amortization    Net Book Value    Net Book Value 
         
  Computers  37,355    25,382    11,973    12,724 
  Office furniture and equipment  74,347    53,592    20,755    18,362 
                 
    111,702    78,974    32,728    31,086 

5.     
MINERAL PROPERTIES
 
 
HONDURAS
 
 
Cacamuya Property
 
 
The Company acquired an option in July 1999 to purchase a 60% interest in the Cacamuya Property in southern Honduras from Minera Battle Mountain Gold Company ("BMG"). BMG has subsequently become a wholly- owned subsidiary of Newmont Gold Company.
 
 
To earn its interest, the Company was required to incur US$1,000,000 in exploration expenditures (completed) and to issue 700,000 common shares to BMG by July 2004. Of these, 200,000 shares had been issued as at March 31, 2004, and the remaining 500,000 were issued to BMG in June 2004. BMG retains a 0.6% NSR royalty interest in the property.
 
 
The Company also has an option to earn the remaining 40% interest in this property from a wholly-owned Honduran subsidiary of Breakwater Resources Ltd. by issuing 500,000 common shares at such time as the Honduran government enacts the regulations to the new Honduran mining code and converts title to the property. Breakwater Resources will retain a sliding scale royalty of 0.4% of the gross sale proceeds starting at US$325


FIRST POINT MINERALS CORP.
Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
(Prepared by management)

5.     
MINERAL PROPERTIES (Continued)
 
 
HONDURAS (Continued)
 
 
per ounce of gold and rising to a maximum of 1.2% of the gross sale proceeds at US$400 per ounce of gold for all gold production, and 0.4% of the gross sale proceeds starting at US$5.25 per ounce of silver and rising to a maximum of 1.2% of the gross sale proceeds at US$7.00 per ounce of silver for all silver production.
 
 
Cedros Property
 
 
As part of the Shareholder Agreement (see note 3), the Company agreed to transfer its Cedros zinc-silver property in Honduras to Aquila in return for 2,215,569 Aquila common shares. The carrying value of the Cedros property was $1,136,636. The Company placed a deemed value of $775,420 on the Aquila shares issuable in consideration for the transfer of the Cedros property and accordingly, has recorded a loss of $361,216 on the disposal of the Cedros property.
 
 
Guayape Property
 
 
Late in the first quarter of 2004, the Company acquired an exploration concession from the Honduran government covering the Guayape Property. A total of $4,791 in deferred exploration expenditures were incurred on this concession in the second quarter (being an aggregate of $7,935 since the project was acquired in the first quarter).
 
 
NICARAGUA
 
 
Rio Luna Property
 
 
In December 2002, the Company entered into an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Rio Luna Property from Novaterra Resources Inc. ("NRI") and Inversiones de Terra Nova S.A. ("Intersa"), a subsidiary of NRI. To keep the option agreement in good standing the Company must make a cash payment to NRI of US$10,000 prior to or on the second anniversary date of the option agreement and must issue an additional 60,000 common shares of the Company to NRI prior to or on the third anniversary date. Expenditures on this project during the quarter totalled $352,724 (2003 - $60,007). Expenditures for the half year totalled $597,692 (2003 - $84,597).
 
 
EL SALVADOR, HONDURAS, NICARAGUA
 
 
Exploration and Property Option Agreement
 
 
In February 2003, the Company entered into an exploration and property option agreement with BHP Billiton World Exploration Inc. ("BHPBilliton") whereby the parties agreed to complete a US$200,000 exploration program in El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua (the "Target Area") to explore for copper-gold deposits, with the Company as operator of the program. BHPBilliton subscribed to a private placement of First Point units at $0.42 per unit, being the equivalent of US$50,000, and contributed an additional US$50,000 in cash to the exploration budget. The Company contributed an aggregate of US$150,000 to the exploration budget.
 
 
Cumulative expenditures reached US$200,000 late in the first quarter of 2004. The parties have agreed to fund additional expenditures on a 50/50 basis, up to a maximum of US$243,066. Cumulative expenditures from project inception to the end of the second quarter of 2004 are US$234,926, exclusive of a 7.5% management fee the Company is entitled to receive for managing the exploration program.
 
 
Until such time as a property has been acquired, all expenditures incurred under this agreement are being expensed.


FIRST POINT MINERALS CORP.
Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
(Prepared by management)

5.     
MINERAL PROPERTIES (Continued)
 
 
EL SALVADOR, HONDURAS, NICARAGUA (Continued)
 
 
Exploration and Property Option Agreement (Continued)
 
 
The properties currently controlled by the Company in Honduras and Nicaragua are excluded from the agreement with BHPBilliton. In addition, any copper-gold deposit identified pursuant to this agreement, unless the copper constitutes more than 25% of the economic value of the deposit, will belong 100% to the Company, and BHPBilliton will have no interest in such deposit.
 
6.     
SHARE CAPITAL
 
 
Authorized share capital consists of an unlimited number of common shares without par value and an unlimited number of first and second preferred shares.

    Number of       
    Common       
    Shares     
  Common shares:         
  Issued at December 31, 2002  22,839,954    8,015,161   
           
  Private placements (1)  6,178,000    1,510,260   
  Warrants exercised  1,950,000    557,950   
  Shares issued for a prepaid expense  30,500    10,065   
  Options exercised  50,000    16,000   
  Mineral property acquisition  15,000    4,800   
    8,223,500    2,099,075   
           
  Issued at December 31, 2003  31,063,454    10,114,236   
           
  Warrants exercised  90,000    26,414   
  Mineral property acquisition  500,000    102,500   
           
  Issued at June 30, 2004  31,653,454    10,243,150   

 

(1) net of share issue costs of $64,500
   
a)      Stock options:
 
 
The Company has an incentive stock option plan that conforms to the requirements of the TSX Venture Exchange and that has been approved by the shareholders. Options to purchase common shares have been granted to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company at exercise prices determined by the market value of the common shares on the date of the grant. A summary of the options outstanding at June 30, 2004 follows:


FIRST POINT MINERALS CORP.
Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
(Prepared by management)

6. SHARE CAPITAL (continued) 
   
a) Stock options (continued) 

      Exercise Price         
  Number       Expiry   
  Outstanding     Date   
  50 ,000   0.32    August 1, 2004   
  620,000   0.39    December 27, 2004   
  50,000   0.55    April 30, 2005   
  315,000   0.50    June 27, 2005   
  75,000   0.19    Januar y 16, 2007   
  305,000   0.20    Januar y 22, 2007   
  50,000   0.53    June 4, 2007   
  460,000   0.55    June 27, 2007   
  150,000   0.34    November 4, 2008   
  710,000   0.35    December 12, 2008   
  40,000   0.33    Februar y 1, 2009   
  175,000   0.20    April 15, 2009   
   
  3 ,000,000          

    Weighted-Average    Number   Weighted-Average   
    Exercise Price    of Options   Contractual   
          Remaining Life   
               
  Balance, December 31, 2002  0.41    2,274,000   3.03   
               
  Granted  0.36    910,000      
  Exercised  0.53    (50,000    
  Cancelled  0.20    (100,000    
               
  Balance, December 31, 2003  0.395    3,034,000   2.80   
               
  Granted  0.33    40,000      
    0.20    175,000      
  Expired  0.45    (199,000    
    0.53    (50,000    
               
  Balance, June 30, 2004  0.382    3,000,000   2.69   

 
The fair value of options reported as compensation expense in the current quarter has been estimated using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model. A total of 185,000 options vested during the quarter. Stock-based compensation expense of $28,410 was recorded during the current quarter (2003 – nil). The assumptions used to determine the fair value of the stock options that were granted during the first and second quarters of 2004 and that vested during the second quarter are set out in the following table:

    Granted in First   Granted in Second  
    Quarter 2004   Quarter 2004  
           
  Risk free interest rate  3.64%   3.78%  
  Volatility  132.3   124.2  
  Term (in years)  5   5  
  Vesting terms  25% per quarter   Fully vested  


FIRST POINT MINERALS CORP.
Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
(Prepared by management)

6. SHARE CAPITAL (continued) 
   
a) Stock options (continued) 
   
Option pricing models require the input of highly subjective assumptions, particularly as to the expected price volatility of the stock. Changes in these assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate and therefore it is management's view that the existing models do not necessarily provide a single reliable measure of the fair value of the Company's stock option grants. 
   
b) Warrants outstanding at June 30, 2004 are summarized as follows: 

           
Number    Exercise Price   Expiry 
Outstanding    $   Date 
82 ,987    0.65     July 2, 2004 
89,000    0.62 (1)   April 28, 2005 
3,100,000    0.30     December 9, 2005 
3,271,987         

Note: Exercise price of these warrants increased from $0.52 per share on April 28, 2004

7.     
LOSS PER SHARE
 
 
Loss per share has been calculated using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted loss per share has not been calculated as it is anti-dilutive.
 
8.     
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 
 
During the quarter, the Company paid companies controlled by Company officers an aggregate of $23,500 (2003 – $8,800) for management and administrative services.
 
9.     
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES
 
 
As at August 25, 2004, there were 31,653,454 common shares outstanding. There were also 3,000,000 options outstanding with exercise prices ranging from $0.19 to 0.55 per share and expiry dates extending to April 15, 2009 and 3,189,000 warrants outstanding with exercise prices ranging from $0.30 to $0.62 per share and expiry dates extending to December 9, 2005.