EX-99.5 6 exhibit99-5.htm FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR NINE MONTH PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 Filed by Automated Filing Services Inc. (604) 609-0244 - First Point Minerals Corp. - Exhibit 99.5

FIRST POINT MINERALS CORP.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

THIRD QUARTER 2004


November 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
September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003

ASSETS  
    September 30   December 31  
    2004   2003  
    (Unaudited)   (Audited)  
               
CURRENT       
             Cash    $ 440,441   $ 1,869,354  
             Accounts and advances receivable    63,184   30,339  
             Prepaid expenses and deposits    28,274   33,571  
               
    531,899   1,933,264  
               
FUNDS IN TRUST    61,866   61,246  
INVESTMENT  (Note 3) 864,073   -  
CAPITAL ASSETS  (Note 4) 30,424   31,086  
MINERAL PROPERTIES  (Note 5) 3,216,246   3,348,973  
               
    4,704,508   5,374,569  
               
LIABILITIES  
               
CURRENT       
             Accounts payable and accrued liabilities    110,003   16,784  
               
               
               
SHARE CAPITAL   (Note 6) 10,251,550   10,114,236  
CONTRIBUTED SURPLUS    314,640   278,697  
DEFICIT    (5,971,685 )  (5,035,148
               
    4,594,505   5,357,785  
               
    $ 4,704,508   $ 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 NINE MONTH PERIODS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30

  Three Months     Nine Months  
  Ended September 30     Ended September 30  
  2004     2003     2004     2003  
                         
                         
EXPENSES               
               Accounting, legal and audit  $ 126   $ 425   $ 3,413   $ 3,907  
               Amortization  2,304     2,111     6,612     6,334  
               Communications  1,421     701     3,270     2,334  
               Management fees  32,152     6,400     71,652     24,800  
               Office and administration  6,497     1,946     16,606     3,281  
               Rent  5,679     4,254     16,734     12,761  
               Stock-based compensation  5,202         35,943      
               Travel and promotion  26,224     5,117     56,162     33,595  
               Trust and filing fees  4,385     1,435     31,712     24,516  
               Wages and benefits  37,754     10,669     62,776     31,091  
               General exploration  56,619     127,051     289,362     282,181  
                         
LOSS BEFORE OTHER ITEMS  178,363     160,109     594,242     424,800  
                         
OTHER ITEMS:               
               Interest income  (4,793 )    (5,020   (19,842 )    (14,659
               Loss/(gain) on foreign exchange  6,258     2,827     921     4,044  
               Loss on disposal of mineral               
                              property (Note 5)  -     -     361,216     -  
                         
NET LOSS FOR THE PERIOD  179,828     157,916     936,537     414,185  
DEFICIT, BEGINNING OF PERIOD  5,791,857     4,421,121     5,035,148     4,164,852  
                         
DEFICIT, END OF PERIOD  $ 5,971,685   $ 4,579,037   $ 5,971,685   $ 4,579,037  
                         
LOSS PER SHARE (note 7)  $ (0.01 )  $ (0.01 $ (0.03 )  $ (0.01
                         
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES               
         OUTSTANDING  31,663,237     23,642,954     31,357,980     23,579,657  

See notes to the consolidated financial statements


FIRST POINT MINERALS CORP.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHAGNES IN CASH POSITION
(Unaudited, prepared by management)
FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTH PERIODS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30

    Three Months   Nine Months  
    Ended September 30   Ended September 30  
    2004   2003   2004     2003  
                         
                         
CASH PROVIDED BY (USED FOR):             
OPERATING ACTIVITIES             
       Net loss for the period  $ (179,828 )  $ (157,916 $ (936,537 )  $ (414,185
       Add items not involving cash             
             Amortization    2,304   2,111   6,612     6,334  
             Stock-based compensation    5,202   -   35,943      
             Disposal of mineral             
                    Property (Note 5)    -   -   1,136,636      
                         
    (172,322 )  (155,805 242,654     (407,851
CHANGES IN NON-CASH WORKING             
   CAPITAL COMPONENTS:             
       Accounts receivable    1,330   (4,917 (32,845 )    (5,218
       Prepaid expenses    1,939   1,873   5,297     14,116  
       Accounts payable and accrued             
             Liabilities    53,556   (4,022 93,219     76,126  
                         
    (115,497 )  (162,871 308,325     (322,827
                         
FINANCING ACTIVITIES *             
       Common shares issued for cash    -   -   26,414     236,210  
                         
INVESTING ACTIVITIES *             
       Equity in development company    -     (864,073 )     
       Mineral Exploration    (232,773 )  (86,346 (893,009 )    (512,173
       Purchase of capital assets    (620 )  (3,006 (6,570 )    (9,539
                         
    (233,393 )  (89,352 (1,763,652 )    (521,712
                         
NET CASH (USED) DURING PERIOD    (348,890 )  (252,223 (1,428,913 )    (608,329
       CASH, BEGINNING OF PERIOD    789,331   590,227   1,869,354     946,333  
                         
       CASH, END OF PERIOD  $ 440,441   $ 338,004   $ 440,441   $ 338,004  
  • Supplemental Disclosure of non-cash financing and investing activities

    During the third quarter of 2004, the Company issued 60,000 (2003 – nil) common shares with an aggregate value of $8,400 (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)
September 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.
 

  September 30, 2004 December 31, 2003
Deficit  $(5,791,857) $(5,035,148)
Working Capital  $421,896 $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 to the current period’s presentation.


FIRST POINT MINERALS CORP.
Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements (Prepared by management)
September 30, 2004 and 2003

3.     
INVESTMENT
 
 
The Company entered into an agreement (the “Shareholders 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 Shareholders 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 management services to assist Aquila in completing an Initial Public Offering and obtaining a listing on a Canadian stock exchange.
 
 
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 recording the 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. 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 several small private placements and a rights offering in which certain investors purchased an aggregate of 2,583,882 common shares. As a result of the foregoing transactions, at the end of the third 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 approximately 17%.
 
4.     
EQUIPMENT

    September 30, 2004    December 31, 2003 
      Accumulated       
    Cost  Amortization  Net Book Value    Net Book Value 
    $  $               $    $ 
  Computers  37,355  26,538               10,917    12,724 
  Office furniture and equipment  74,347  54,840               19,507    18,362 
             
    111,702  80,778               30,424    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 subsequently became 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 proceeds to record a transfer


FIRST POINT MINERALS CORP.
Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements (Prepared by management)
September 30, 2004 and 2003

5.     
MINERAL PROPERTIES (Continued)
 
 
HONDURAS (Continued)
 
 
of title to the property. Breakwater Resources will retain a sliding scale royalty of 0.4% of the gross sale proceeds starting at US$325 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
 
 
The Company has an option to acquire a 100% interest in three mineral concessions and exploration permits that comprise the Cedros property. To earn its interest at any time, the Company must issue 225,000 common shares (none issued to date) and maintain the property title in good standing during the option period. The property is subject to a 2% Net Smelter Return (“NSR”) royalty which can be purchased by the Company at any time for US$1,000,000. At December 31, 2003, the Company’s deferred exploration expenditures on the Cedros property amounted to $1,136,636.
 
 
As part of the Shareholders Agreement (see note 3), the Company agreed to transfer its interest in the Cedros zinc-silver property in Honduras to Aquila and to provide certain management services to Aquila in return for 2,215,569 Aquila common shares. The Company placed a deemed value of $775,420 ($0.35 per share) 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.
 
 
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 Inversiones de Terra Nova S.A. (“Intersa”), a subsidiary of Novaterra Resources Inc. During the current quarter, the Company exercised its option to acquire the property by paying Intersa US $10,000 in cash and issuing 60,000 of its common shares to Intersa. Expenditures on this project during the quarter totalled $238,610 (2003 - $60,475). Expenditures for the nine month period totalled $836,302 (2003 - $145,072).
 
 
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 178,000 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 cumulative US $275,200. Cumulative expenditures from project inception to the end of the third quarter of 2004 are US $259,563, 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)
September 30, 2004 and 2003

5.     
MINERAL PROPERTIES (Continued)
 
 
EL SALVADOR, HONDURAS, NICARAGUA (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  560,000    110,900 
         
  Issued at September 30, 2004  31,713,454    10,251,550 
         
         
          (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 September 30, 2004 follows:


FIRST POINT MINERALS CORP.
Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements (Prepared by management)
September 30, 2004 and 2003

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

Number    Exercise Price    Expiry 
Outstanding      Date 
620,000    0.39    December 7, 2004 
315,000    0.50    June 27, 2005 
75,000    0.19    January 16, 2007 
305,000    0.20    January 22, 2007 
50,000    0.55    April 30, 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    February 1, 2009 
175,000    0.20    April 15, 2009 
2,950,000         

      Weighted-Average 
  Weighted-Average   Number   Contractual 
  Exercise Price  of Options   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  
  0.32  (50,000  
         
Balance, September 30, 2004  0.382  2,950,000   2.48 

 
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 10,000 options vested during the quarter for which stock-based compensation expense of $2,601 was recorded (2003 – $Nil). The assumptions used to determine the fair value of the stock options that vested during the third quarter are set out in the following table:

Risk free interest rate  3.64%  
Volatility  132.3  
Term (in years)  5  
Vesting terms  25% per quarter  

 
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.


FIRST POINT MINERALS CORP.
Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements (Prepared by management)
September 30, 2004 and 2003

6. SHARE CAPITAL (Continued) 
   
b) Warrants outstanding at September 30, 2004 are summarized as follows: 

   Number    Exercise Price   Expiry 
Outstanding    $   Date 
89,000    0.62(1)    April 28, 2005 
3,100,000    0.30       December 9, 2005 
3,189,000     

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 quarter. 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 $32,151 (2003 – $6,400) for management and administrative services.
 
9.     
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES
 
 
As at November 25, 2004, there were 31,713,454 common shares outstanding. There were also 2,950,000 options outstanding with exercise prices ranging from $0.19 to 0.55 per share and expiry dates extending to October 26, 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.