S-1/A 1 v219304_s1a.htm Unassociated Document
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 22, 2011

Registration No. 333-168803

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

PRE-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 6 TO
FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

JINTAI MINING GROUP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware
 
1031
 
27-2987974
(State or other jurisdiction of
 
(Primary Standard Industrial
 
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
 
Classification Code Number)
 
Identification Number)

No. 48 Qiaodong Road, Sien Town,
Huanjiang County Hechi City,
Guangxi Province, China 547100
Tel: + (86 778) 220-5911
(Address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code,
of registrant’s principal executive offices)

National Corporate Research, Ltd.
615 S. Dupont Highway
Dover, DE 19901
(Name, address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)

Copies to:

Arthur S. Marcus, Esq.
 
 
Cheryll J. Calaguio, Esq.
 
Yvan-Claude Pierre, Esq.
Yuan Sun, Esq.
 
Daniel I. Goldberg, Esq.
Gersten Savage LLP
 
DLA Piper LLP (US)
600 Lexington Avenue, 9 th Floor
 
1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10022
 
New York, NY 10020
Tel: (212) 752-9700
 
Tel: (212) 335-4500
Fax: (212) 980-5192
  
Fax: (212) 335-4501

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the
effective date of this Registration Statement .

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box.  þ

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.      ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.      ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large Accelerated Filer  ¨
Accelerated Filer   ¨
Non-accelerated Filer  ¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
Title of Each Class of Securities to be
Registered
 
Amount to
be
Registered
   
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price per
Share(1)
   
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
   
Amount of
Registration
Fee(2)
 
Common stock, par value $.0001 per share(3)
    6,900,000     $ 6.00       41,400,000     $ 2,951.82  
Common stock issuable upon the conversion of the Convertible Notes issued to the Selling Stockholders(4)
    4,000,000     $ 6.00       24,000,000     $ 1,711.20  
Common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants issued to the Selling Stockholders(5)
    800,000     $ 6.60       5,280,000     $ 376.46  
Total
    11,700,000               70,680,000     $ 5,039.49 (6)

(1)
The registration fee for securities to be offered by the Registrant is based on an estimate of the Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price of the securities, and such estimate is solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o). Includes shares which the underwriter has the option to purchase to cover over-allotments.

(2)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(o) based on an estimate of the proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price.

(3)
Includes 900,000 shares of the Registrant’s common stock subject to an option granted to the underwriter solely to cover over-allotments if any.

(4)
Represents shares of the Registrant’s common stock that will be acquired upon the conversion of the Convertible Notes issued to the Selling Stockholders that are being registered for resale.

(5)
Pursuant to Rule 416, this registration statement also covers such number of additional shares to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends and similar transactions.

(6)
Previously paid.

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(a), may determine.

 
 

 
  
EXPLANATORY NOTE

This registration statement contains two forms of prospectus, as set forth below:

 
·
Public Offering Prospectus.  A prospectus to be used for the direct public offering by the registrant of up to 6,000,000 shares of common stock (in addition, up to 900,000 shares of the Registrant's common stock may be sold upon exercise of the underwriter' over-allotment option) (the “Public Offering Prospectus”).

 
·
Selling Stockholder Prospectus.  A prospectus to be used in connection with the potential resale by the selling stockholders of (i) 4,000,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of convertible promissory notes (the “Convertible Notes”) sold to Ms. Liwen Hu and Mr. Haibin Zhong (the “Selling Stockholders”) in a private offering in August and November 2010; (ii) 800,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants (the “Selling Stockholders’ Warrants”) issued to Ms. Liwen Hu and Mr. Haibin Zhong in the private offering in August and November 2010 (the “Selling Stockholder Prospectus”).

The Public Offering Prospectus and the Selling Stockholder Prospectus will be identical in all respects except for the following principal points:

 
·
they contain different front covers;

 
·
they contain different Use of Proceeds sections;

 
·
they contain different Underwriting/Plan of Distribution sections;

 
·
a Shares Registered for Resale section is included in the Selling Stockholder Prospectus;

 
·
a Selling Stockholders section is included in the Selling Stockholder Prospectus; and

 
·
they contain different back covers.

The registrant has included in this registration statement, after the financial statements, a set of alternate pages to reflect the foregoing differences between the Public Offering Prospectus and the Selling Stockholder Prospectus.

Investors who receive the public offering prospectus from the Company or the underwriter will all be potential investors in the public offering. The purpose of the alternative prospectus in connection with the resale offering is that the selling stockholders, whose shares are being registered in the resale offering prospectus, will be responsible for delivering the alternative prospectus in connection with the sales made by such selling stockholders.
 
 
 

 
 
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
 
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED APRIL __, 2011

JINTAI MINING GROUP, INC.

6,000,000 SHARES
OF
COMMON STOCK

We are offering 6,000,000 shares of our common stock.  We expect the initial public offering price of the shares to be between $4.00 and $6.00 per share.  Currently, no public market exists for our common stock.  We have applied for the listing of the shares on the NYSE Amex Equities under the symbol “JTI”; however no assurance can be given that our application will be approved in time for completion of this offering or at all. If the application is not approved, or is pending when this prospectus becomes effective, we still plan to complete this offering and await the approval of the listing of our shares on the NYSE Amex Equities or a comparable national securities exchange. In such event, purchasers of the shares offered herein will not be able to re-sell or trade such shares for an indefinite amount of time.

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. Please see the section entitled "Risk Factors" starting on page 10 of this prospectus to read about risks that you should consider carefully before buying shares of our common stock.

   
Per Share (1)
   
Total (2)
 
Initial public offering price
  $       $    
Underwriting discount and commissions
  $       $    
Proceeds, before expenses, to Jintai Mining Group, Inc.
  $       $    

(1)Based on the mid-point price for this offering.
(2)Does not include a corporate finance fee equal to 1% of the gross proceeds, or $0.05 per share, payable to the underwriter, Maxim Group, LLC, of which $25,000 has been paid by the Company to the underwriter.

We have granted the underwriter a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 900,000 shares of our common stock at the public offering price, less the underwriting discount, to cover any over-allotments.

The underwriter expects to deliver the shares against payment in New York, New York, on or about ____, 2011.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

Maxim Group, LLC
The date of this prospectus is ___, 2011
 
 
 

 
  
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
 
1
     
THE OFFERING
 
5
     
RISK FACTORS
 
10
     
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
31
     
USE OF PROCEEDS
 
32
     
DIVIDEND POLICY
 
33
     
CAPITALIZATION
 
34
     
DILUTION
 
35
     
EXCHANGE RATE INFORMATION
 
36
     
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATION
 
37
     
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
 
49
     
INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
 
49
     
OUR HISTORY AND CORPORATE STRUCTURE
 
52
     
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
 
56
     
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY
 
82
     
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS 
 
90
     
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
 
94
     
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
 
96
     
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
 
96
     
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
 
98
     
TRANSFER AGENT
 
   99
     
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
 
99
 
 
 

 
  
UNDERWRITING
 
101
     
LEGAL MATTERS
 
105
     
EXPERTS
 
105
     
INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
 
105
     
DISCLOSURE OF COMMISSION POSITION OF INDEMNIFICATION FOR SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES
 
105
     
SERVICE OF PROCESS AND ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGEMENT
 
106
     
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
106
     
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
107

YOU SHOULD RELY ONLY ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT OR TO WHICH WE HAVE REFERRED YOU. WE HAVE NOT, AND THE UNDERWRITER HAS NOT, AUTHORIZED ANYONE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION THAT IS DIFFERENT. THIS DOCUMENT MAY ONLY BE USED WHERE IT IS LEGAL TO SELL THESE SECURITIES. THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT MAY ONLY BE ACCURATE ON THE DATE OF THIS DOCUMENT.
 
 
 

 

PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This summary contains basic information about us and our securities.  The reader should read the entire prospectus carefully, especially the risks of investing in our common stock discussed under “Risk Factors.” Some of the statements contained in this prospectus, including statements under “Summary” and “Risk Factors” are forward-looking statements and may involve a number of risks and uncertainties.  We note that our actual results and future events may differ significantly based upon a number of factors.  The reader should not put undue reliance on the forward-looking statements in this document, which speak only as of the date on the cover of this prospectus.

As used in this Prospectus, references to “ Jintai,” the “ Company,” we,” our,” ours” and “ us” refer to Jintai Mining Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, including its consolidated subsidiaries and variable interest entities (“ VIE” ), unless the context otherwise requires. Unless otherwise indicated, the term “ common stock” refers to shares of the Company s common stock, par value $0.0001.

The following summary highlights some of the information in this prospectus. It may not contain all of the information that is important to you. To understand this offering fully, you should read the entire prospectus carefully, including the risk factors and our financial statements and the notes accompanying the financial statements appearing elsewhere in this prospectus.

THE COMPANY
Our Company

We are an emerging vertically integrated mining company operating in the Guangxi Province of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”); however we are incorporated in the State of Delaware, the United States of America.  We are engaged in exploration, mining, separating, smelting and other processing operations of primarily zinc and lead. Through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Jintai Mining Co., Limited (“Jintai HK”), a Hong Kong limited liability company, we own another subsidiary, Guangzhou Xiangguang Corporate Management Co. Ltd (“Xiangguang”), which controls Huanjiang Jintai Mining Company Limited (“Huanjiang Jintai”) through a series of VIE contractual arrangements. Huanjiang Jintai owns and operates an ore mine in an area measuring approximately 2.83 square kilometers (“the Ore Mine”) and owns the exploration rights to an additional 21.58 square kilometers (the “Exploration Right Properties”) of very limited production or non-producing properties.  Huanjiang Jintai sells the refined zinc and lead based products such as zinc concentrate, lead concentrate, zinc calcine, zinc dust and sand, sulfuric acid and other variations of zinc and lead. It also sells by-products such as “tailings” that are produced after the concentration process of zinc-lead ores.  For a more detailed discussed on the Company’s business and the products we sell, please see the sections entitled   “ Description of Business”   beginning on page 55,  and the sub-section entitled   “ Description of Business   -   Our Products”   beginning on page 68 hereof.

Our Industry

Based on a report issued by ResearchInChina issued in 2009, the proven zinc resources and reserves worldwide are approximately 1.9 billion tons, most of which is found in Australia, China, Peru, the United States and Kazakhstan. Together, the collective reserves of these five countries account for 70.9% of the global reserves.

Due to its vast zinc and lead resources, a significant number of zinc and lead mines and processing plants have developed in China.  While zinc-lead resources may be found throughout the country, a majority of these resources are concentrated within the western and middle areas of China.  In 2008, it was reported by ResearchInChina that there were 27 provinces and areas within China wherein zinc-lead ores were explored.  However, only 6 of the 27 provinces contained zinc and lead reserves of more than 8 million tons:  (i) Yunnan Province- 26.6 million tons; (ii) Inner Mongolia - 16.1 million tons; (iii) Gansu Province - 11.2 million tons (iv) Guangdong Province- 10.8 million tons; (v) Hunan Province - 8.9 million tons; and (vi) Guangxi Province - 8.8 million tons.  Based on these figures, the 6 provinces accounted for 82.4 million tons of zinc and lead reserves, or 64% of China’s total reserves of 129.6 million tons.

Further, a study of the locations of zinc-lead mines within China show that there are five main locations for mining, dressing and smelting and production bases within the country, namely, (i) Northeast; (ii) Hunan; (iii) Guangdong and Guangxi; (iv) Yunnan and Sichuan; and (v) Northwest.   In total, the mines and production plants located in these areas have collectively produced more than 95% of the nation’s total zinc production and 85% of its total lead production in 2008.

The production of zinc ore and refined zinc within China accounts for one-third of the world’s total production.  In 2007, China produced approximately 3,748,600 tons of refined zinc and 2,604,000 tons of zinc ore.

While the 2008 global financial crisis had the effect of reducing the overall demand for zinc and its by-products worldwide, China still increased its overall production to 3,910,000 tons of refined zinc and 3,126,600 tons of zinc ore during the year 2008.  Such level of production continues to be consistent from year-to-year and it is estimated that between January and October of 2009, China produced approximately 3,520,000 tons of refined zinc.  However, due to the declining price in zinc internationally, the production of zinc ore decreased to 2,440,000 tons between January and October 2009.

China has also become the leading producer of refined lead and lead ore.  In 2007, China produced approximately 2,717,500 tons of refined lead and 917,600 tons of lead ore.  Between 2006 and 2008, the refined lead production in China continued to grow.  However, production of lead ore was far behind the production of refined lead and there was a relatively large gap between the production of refined lead and lead ore during such years.

During the 2008 global financial crisis, China increased its production of both refined lead and lead ore.  Between the months of January and October of 2009, China produced approximately 3,160,000 tons of refined lead and 1,260,000 tons of lead ore.

According to statistics, China’s zinc consumption in 2008 was roughly 3.7 million tons.  Of this amount, consumption by the zinc plating industry accounted for approximately 47%, while die casting alloy is accountable for approximately 22%, brass-15% and oxide-14%.

China’s consumption of lead is driven mostly by the lead acid storage battery, lead oxide, and lead alloy industries.  China’s lead production growth is mostly attributable to the lead acid storage battery industry, as it consumes roughly 75% of the lead produced throughout China.  Lead oxide, on the other hand, accounts for 13%, while lead alloy accounts for 6%.
 
 
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Competitive Strength

We believe that the following strengths give us a competitive edge over our competitors:

 
o
Unique Exploration Environment - Guangxi is located in the south western part of China. Hechi is located in the north part of Guangxi. Guangxi is rich in zinc and lead reserves, ranked as the fifth largest zinc reserve in China and the sixth in the category of lead reserve in China.  Hechi City of Guangxi Province is well regarded for its non-ferrous metal resources 1

 
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High Grade Ore Reserve - Based on a report provided by JT Boyd coupled with the opinion of our management based on their previous experience in the mining industry, we believe that we own one of the highest quality zinc-lead mines in the region which contains high purity zinc-lead ore and good extracting conditions.
 
 
o
Low Cost Producer - We believe that our low cost position is a result of many strategic initiatives including, our access to abundant and low-cost labor resources, our sharing best practices across all exploitation and production facilities, and our cost control measures. We are one of the companies in the Guangxi Province that owns and operates ore mines, concentrators and smelters. Based on our management’s opinion, the implementation of this vertically integrated business model results in lower production costs compared to other mining companies in the region.

 
o
Government support - Based on management’s assessment, we believe that our relationship with local government and the provincial government is strong and mutually beneficial.   Such belief is based on several factors, including:

  
(1)
State Recognition: On April 13, 2007, the Economic Commission Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region issued to us a “Certificate of fulfilling as a State Encouraging Enterprise”, which grants us formal recognition as a State Encouraging Enterprise.

  
(2)
Taxation Incentives: From January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2006, the Company was exempt from corporate income taxes; from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2010, the Company enjoyed a preferential corporate income tax rate of 15%. The preferential tax treatment from 2004 to 2010 resulted in tax savings of an aggregate of $5,956,061. In addition, the tax holiday ended on December 31, 2010; accordingly, from January 1, 2011, all income tax rates are at the level of 25%.

  
(3)
Local Government Rewards and Honors: Huanjiang Jintai has received several local business awards from the government including being recognized as an “Excellent Resident Enterprise” and “Top 10 Enterprises in Huanjiang County”. We were the largest taxpayer in the Hechi region from year 2007 to 2009 and obtained an “A” credit rating in tax payment from the State Taxation Bureau and the Local Taxation Bureau of Hechi city in January 2009. In addition, Mr. Kuizhong Cai, our Chairman and President, was honored by the local labor union in Hechi as one of the “Most Respected CEOs by Employees of Year 2007”.

  
(4)
Comprehensive Utilization of Resources: We were granted preferential tax treatment when we received a “Certificate of Comprehensive Resources Utilization Recognition” from the Guangxi government in November 2010.  Such certificate was awarded because the sulfuric acid products produced by our Duchuan smelter met national standards of industrial policies. This certificate gives us the authority to apply for a 50% Value Added Tax credit for sulfuric acid products paid to the State Taxation Bureau of Huanjiang County in year 2011.

  
(5)
Environmental Protection Fund Subsidies: We obtained a RMB 50,000 (or approximately $7,580) subsidy from the Environment Protection Bureau of Hechi City for the installment of online gas supervision equipment in the Duchuan smelter in year 2011.
 
Due to this good relationship, the local government gives us strong incentives to continue with our mining operations. We are not aware of any current problem and are not aware of any reason why this strong relationship would not continue over the foreseeable future.
 
 

 
1   Reference from the government website of Guangxi Development and Reform Commission
Link: ( http://www.gxdrc.gov.cn/cslm/gyfz/200910/t20091030_153662.htm ); and
Reference from the government website of Hong Kong Trade Development Council
Link: (http://www.hktdc.com/info/mi/a/mpcn/en/1X072HNY/1/Profiles-Of-China-Provinces-Cities-And-Industrial-Parks/Hechi-Guangxi-City-Information.htm)
 
 
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Business Strategy

We will seek to implement numerous strategies to expand the size of our Company and continue efficient operating advantages.  Our strategies include:

Expanding the Existing Ore Mine - Our strategy is aimed at efficiently increasing production of our existing mine through the upgrading and improvement of up to four (4) transportation channels or tunnels into the Ore Mine.  At present, the Ore Mine has widely scattered working sites or portals and therefore it has not reached maximum production capacity.

Survey and develop additional mines in our Exploration Rights Properties - We have mapped out a systematic approach to acquire sufficient geological and assay data to have a reasonable estimate of resources in our Exploration Rights Properties, particularly, the Shangchao-Gangshan lead ore deposit, Shangchao lead ore deposit, and Dongjiang zinc ore deposit.

Increase vertical integration of our value chain to include zinc-oxide and facility expansion – Our current annual output capacity of 25,000 metric tons of refined zinc products can be doubled to 50,000 metric tons by upgrading and expanding the Jintai Duchuan Smelter facility to include zinc-oxide production lines.  It is anticipated that the increased output will be used to produce zinc-oxide, which has greater margins than zinc calcine. Lastly, we intend to further improve our margins by adding a new concentrator to increase ore output to an annual capacity of 450,000 tons of run-of-mine ore, which is raw ore extracted from the ore body.

Acquisition Opportunities - We also intend to customarily review other potential development and production oriented acquisitions in the similar geographic concentration as our existing properties.  By leveraging our expertise and knowledge of certain markets, increased facility expansion plans, and improved capital structure, we intend to grow our market share in the Chinese market.  To a lesser extent, we may seek other properties outside the zinc-lead campaign.  At this time, we have no agreements to acquire any entities or properties.

We believe that the funding from our anticipated initial public offering could accelerate the execution of our business strategy.  While current cash flow from internally generated sources is capable of supporting our growth plans, it would take a significant amount of time for us to reach our objectives if we were to rely on current cash flow alone in order to undertake our planned activities.  As such, additional funds are sought through this offering in order to accelerate the execution of our business plan and we anticipate that our corporate planning and business initiatives will be achieved within 18 to 24 months from the completion of this offering.  Our goal is to evolve from an emerging diversified mining company to a leading fully integrated mining entity. A more detailed description of our business and strategy can be found in the section of this prospectus entitled the “Description of Business”.
 
 
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Corporate Structure

We are a vertically integrated mining company operating in the Guangxi Province of the PRC. We were incorporated in the State of Delaware on June 14, 2010 under the name Jintai Mining Group, Inc.  We are focused on exploration, mining, separating, smelting and other processing operations of primarily zinc and lead. Through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Jintai HK, we own Xiangguang, which controls Huanjiang Jintai through a series of variable interest entity (VIE) contractual arrangements. The VIE contracts grant us, through Xiangguang, the right to manage and control Huanjiang Jintai and further entitle us to receive the revenue and control the assets of Huanjiang Jintai.  Other than these interests in these contractual arrangements, we, Jintai HK and Xiangguang have no equity interests in Huanjiang Jintai. A more detailed description of these contractual arrangements is provided in the section of this Prospectus entitled “Description of Business  -   Contractual Arrangements.”

Huanjiang Jintai owns and operates our Ore Mine and owns the Exploration Right Properties and sells the refined zinc and lead based products such as zinc concentrate, lead concentrate, zinc calcine, zinc dust and sand, sulfuric acid and other variations of zinc and lead. We also sell by-products such as “tailings” that are produced after the concentration process of zinc-lead ores.

Under the structure above, we believe that we do not need to obtain approval from Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) or the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”) prior to publicly listing our securities, even if our operations and assets are concentrated in Huanjiang Jintai, a PRC company.  For a discussion of the risks and uncertainties arising from these PRC rules and regulations, see section entitled “Risk Factors Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure” beginning on page 15 hereof.

The following diagram illustrates our shareholding and corporate structure as of the date of this prospectus:


Risks Associated With Our Business

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk.  We are subject to numerous risks and hazards associated with the mining industry, such as risks caused by incremental weather, safety concerns, the potential of operational accidents, output limitations and governmental environment regulation.  Our revenue and profitability may be adversely affected by metal price volatility and the non-renewal or termination of our relationship with our two major customers.  In addition, we conduct our business through Huanjiang Jintai by means of VIE contractual arrangements.  If the PRC government determines that these contractual arrangements do not comply with applicable regulations, our business could be adversely affected. If the PRC regulatory bodies determine that the agreements that establish the structure for operating our business in China do not comply with PRC regulatory restrictions on foreign investment, we could be subject to severe penalties.  In addition, changes in existing PRC laws and regulations may materially and adversely affect our business.

Please see the section entitled “Risk Factors” starting on page 10 of this prospectus to read more about risks that you should consider carefully before buying shares of our common stock.

Company Information

Our principal executive offices are located at No. 48 Qiaodong Road, Sien Town, Huanjiang County Hechi City; Guangxi Province, China. Our correspondence address is Room 1708, B2 Nan Fung Tower, Des Voeux Road, Central Hong Kong.  Our telephone number is (86-0778) 220-5911.  Our website address is www.jintaimining.com.  The information on our website is not a part of this prospectus.
 
 
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THE OFFERING

Securities Being Offered:
 
6,000,000 shares of our common stock, with an over-allotment option for additional 900,000 shares granted to our underwriter.
     
Initial Offering Price:
 
The purchase price for the shares is between $4.00 to $6.00 per share.
     
Common Stock Issued and Outstanding Before the Offering:
 
32,000,000 shares of our common stock are issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus.
     
Common Stock Issued and Outstanding After the Offering:
 
42,000,000 shares of our common stock will be issued and outstanding after this offering is completed. (1)
     
Use of Proceeds:
 
Assuming that all shares offered herein are sold at a price of $5.00 per share, we will use the estimated net proceeds of $26,000,000 as follows: (a) $2,000,000 for existing mine safety improvements, expansion and rehabilitation.  We shall rehabilitate up to four (4) tunnels in the Ore Mine and improve current ventilation, drainage and slagging shaft.   It is anticipated that these activities will improve our working environment and increase our operating efficiencies; (b) $6,000,000 to explore and develop our existing Exploration Rights Properties.  Our goal is to become a leading fully integrated developer and operator in our province.  This capital injection should accelerate our initiatives into meeting this objective; and (c) $17,000,000 for plant expansion and new construction.  $7,000,000 of this $17,000,000 shall immediately be utilized to expand production capacity and construct a new concentrator to include additional ores and the remaining $10,000,000 is designated to construct a state-of-the-art zinc oxide production line in the Duchuan Smelter with an estimated annual output of 50,000 metric tons. $1,000,000 will be placed in an escrow account to be used for payment of certain expenses incurred by us related to us being a public company.  Please see   “Use of Proceeds” on page 32.
     
Proposed NYSE Amex Equities Symbol:
 
“JTI” However, no assurance can be given that our application for listing on the NYSE Amex Equities will be approved. (2)
     
Lock-Up
 
Our directors and executive officers of the Company have agreed, through contractual lock-up agreements, that for a period of twelve (12) months following the date of this prospectus, they will not offer, issue, sell or contract to sell, encumber, grant any option for the sale or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company.  Pursuant to such lock-up agreements, the 32,000,000 shares of common stock currently held by the directors and officers of the Company will not be sold, encumbered or otherwise disposed for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of this prospectus.   For a more detailed description of the contractual lock-ups, please see “Underwriting”  on page 100 hereof.
 
 
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Concurrent Offering:
 
The registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part includes 4,000,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the conversion of the Convertible Notes and 800,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants issued to the Selling Stockholders*.
     
Risk Factors:
 
See “Risk Factors” and other information included in this prospectus for a discussion of the factors you should carefully consider before deciding to invest in our shares of common stock.
  
(1)  The number of shares of common stock to be outstanding immediately after this offering is based on 32,000,000 shares of common stock outstanding as of January 6, 2011, and includes 4,000,000 shares issuable upon the automatic conversion of the Convertible Notes upon the closing of this offering and excludes (i) 800,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants issued pursuant to the Subscription Agreement between Jintai Mining Group, Inc. and Ms. Liwen Hu and Mr. Haibin Zhong dated August 2010 and November 2010; and (ii) 900,000 shares underlying an over-allotment option granted to our underwriter;
 
(2) We have applied for the listing of shares on the NYSE Amex Equities under the Symbol “JTI”; however, no assurances can be given that our application will be approved in time for completion of this offering or at all. If the application is not approved or is pending when this prospectus become effective, we will still plan to complete this offering and await the approval of listing of our shares on the NYSE Amex Equities or a comparable national securities exchange.

* Unless otherwise indicated, the number of shares of common stock issuable to the Selling Stockholders upon the conversion of the Convertible Notes assumes that the offering price for our shares pursuant to this offering will be $5.00 per share.
 
 
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SUMMARY FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA

The following summary financial data for the nine months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the years ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 are derived from our audited financial statements that are included elsewhere in this prospectus. The historical results presented below are not necessarily indicative of financial results to be achieved in future periods.

Jintai Mining Co., Limited (“Jintai HK”) was established in Hong Kong on April 28, 2010. Jintai Mining Group, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware on June 14, 2010. By the execution of a share exchange agreement on August 3, 2010, Jintai HK became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jintai Mining Group, Inc. We founded our wholly-owned foreign entity, Xiangguang, on August 24, 2010. Therefore, the financial statements for the nine months ended December 31, 2010 presents the financial operations of all four legal entities, Jintai Mining Group, Inc., Jintai HK, Xiangguang and Huanjiang Jintai Mining Co. Ltd. on a consolidated basis.

For the nine months ended December 31, 2009, as well as the years ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, as none of Jintai Mining Group, Inc., Jintai HK and Xiangguang was yet established, only the financial operations of Huanjiang Jintai Mining Co. Ltd is presented.

Prospective investors should read these summary consolidated financial data together with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
 
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Jintai Mining Group, Inc. and subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Operations
For the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
(Expressed in USD Dollars)
 
  
 
Nine months ended December 31
 
   
2010
Restated
(unaudited)
   
2009
(unaudited)
 
Revenues
           
Sales
 
$
33,321,830
   
$
24,815,327
 
Cost of sales
   
13,266,412
     
13,080,200
 
Gross profits
 
$
20,055,418
   
$
11,735,127
 
                 
Operating expenses
               
Selling and marketing
   
142,013
     
230,135
 
General and administrative
   
2,420,192
     
1,071,586
 
Total Operating Expenses
 
$
2,562,205
   
$
1,301,721
 
                 
Income (Loss) from continuing operations
   
17,493,213
     
10,433,406
 
                 
Other income (expenses)
   
             
Interest expenses
   
(195,316
)
   
-
 
Other Income
   
2,222
     
11,714
 
Other expenses
   
(105,181
)
   
(343
)
Total other income (loss)
   
(298,275
)
   
11,371
 
                 
Income (loss) before income tax provision
   
17,194,938
     
10,444,777
 
                 
Income taxes
   
3,501,998
     
1,489,907
 
                 
Net Income
   
13,692,940
     
8,954,869
 
                 
Other comprehensive income (loss)
               
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)
   
1,319,034
     
52,849
 
                 
Comprehensive income (loss)
 
$
15,011,974
   
$
9,007,719
 
                 
Earnings per common share
               
Basic
 
$
0.43
   
$
0.28
 
Diluted
 
$
0.41
   
$
0.28
 
                 
Weighted average common shares outstanding
               
Basic
   
32,000,000
     
32,000,000
 
Diluted
   
33,148,148
     
32,000,000
 
 
 
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Huanjiang Jintai Mining Co. Ltd.
Audited Statement of Operations
For the Years Ended March 31, 2010 and 2009
(Expressed in USD Dollars)

   
Year Ended March 31,
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
             
Revenues
           
Sales
  $ 35,027,568     $ 23,765,415  
Cost of sales
    18,430,646       15,273,882  
Gross profit
    16,596,922       8,491,533  
                 
Operating expenses
               
Selling and marketing
    274,965       232,602  
General and administrative
    1,258,262       1,111,620  
Total Operating Expenses
    1,533,227       1,344,222  
                 
Other operating income
    -       14,563  
                 
Income (Loss) from continuing operations
    15,063,694       7,161,874  
                 
Other income (expenses)
               
Other Income
    11,715       254  
Other expenses
    (343 )     (72,060 )
Total other income (loss)
    11,372       (71,806 )
                 
Income (loss) before income tax provision
    15,075,067       7,090,068  
                 
Provision for income taxes
    2,283,890       579,412  
                 
Net Income
    12,791,177       6,510,656  
                 
Other comprehensive income (loss)
               
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)
    34,697       415,676  
      .       .  
Comprehensive income (loss)
  $ 12,825,874     $ 6,926,332  

 
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RISK FACTORS

An investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks described below and the other information contained in this prospectus before deciding to invest in our common stock. Our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely affected by any of these risks. The trading price of our securities could decline due to any of these risks, and you may lose all or part of your investment.

Risks Relating to our Business Operations

We are subject to numerous risks and hazards associated with the mining industry.

Our mining operations are subject to a number of risks and hazards including:

 
·
industrial accidents;

 
·
unusual or unexpected geologic formations;

 
·
explosive rock failures; and

 
·
flooding and periodic interruptions due to inclement or hazardous weather conditions.

Such risks could result in a variety of issues that could affect our operations, such as damage to or destruction of mineral properties or production facilities, environmental damage, delays in our mining operations, personal injury or death, monetary losses and possible legal liability.  No assurance can be given that we will be able to avoid any or all of the hazards discussed above and any such occurrence may substantially affect our business and financial operations.

Our mining operations currently have material safety concerns which may result in accidents and in turn negatively affect our revenue.

We have identified certain safety concerns in our Ore Mine, including overly large unsupported openings along the main tunnels on some levels, enlarged opening size at a number of the draw points, poorly conditioned wooden supports along some of the main arteries that are in poor condition, historic mined-out stopes that may trigger massive roof failure, inadequate natural ventilation and high likelihood of flooding in the tunnels.  Accidents and employee’s injury arising from the safety issues described above may cause suspension or discontinuance of our mining operation and thus negatively affect our revenue.

Mining operations are highly susceptible to hazardous weather conditions and seasonal weather conditions.

Certain weather conditions may affect underground mining operations.   The Ore Mine is located in a region with a typical subtropical climate characterized mainly by high precipitation and high evaporation and humid conditions.  The rainy season occurs from May to August of each year and based on past occurrences, some of the portals to our Ore Mine become inaccessible or unusable during such rainy season due to flooding caused by insufficient drainage and pumping facilities necessary to release the excess water that has accumulated into our portals. During the last rainy season, which was a particularly rainy season marked by much flooding in China, the mines had only five of the nine portals that were accessible.  As such, our mining operation may be interrupted due to inclement or hazardous weather conditions experienced during such rainy season.
 
 
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Mining is inherently dangerous and subject to conditions or events beyond our control, and any operating hazards could have a material adverse effect on our business.

During the course of mining activities, we use dangerous materials and there is no assurance that accidents will not occur. Should we be held liable for any such accident, we may be subject to penalties, and possible criminal proceedings may be brought against us by our employees, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

Mineral exploration and development and mining activities are subject to extensive environmental regulations, which may prevent or delay the commencement or continuance of our operations.

Mineral exploration and development, as well as our current mining activities and our future mineral mining operations are, and may continue to be, subject to stringent state, provincial and local laws and regulations relating to environmental quality,   production, labor standards, occupational health, waste disposal, protection and remediation of the environment, mine safety, toxic substances and other matters. Mineral mining is also subject to risks and liabilities associated with pollution of the environment and disposal of waste products occurring as a result of mineral production. Compliance with these laws and regulations will impose substantial costs on us and may subject us to significant potential liabilities.  Further, any changes to these regulations may increase our operating costs and may adversely affect our results of operations.  A more detailed discussion of the applicable environmental regulations and safety procedures can be found in the section entitled “   Our Business -     Applicable Environmental Protection Regulations and our Environmental Protection Measures ”   .

We may suffer losses resulting from unexpected accidents.

Like other mining companies, our operations may suffer from structural issues such as unusual or unexpected geologic formations or explosive rock failures that may result in accidents that cause property damage and possible personal injuries.   We can give no assurance that industry-related accidents will not occur in the future.  We do not maintain flood or other property insurance covering our properties, equipment or inventories.    Any losses and/or liabilities we incur due to unexpected property damage or personal injury could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Our mining exploitation activities are labor intensive and employ low levels of mechanization which may result in inefficiency and impose greater safety and health hazards concern.

We have used rudimentary mining methods and low levels of mechanization since the beginning of our mining operation.  The labor-intensive and low-mechanization mining method we use in our mining operations results in inefficient operation.  The relatively large number of mining workers exposed to dust, noise, heat and vibration caused by our mining methods may increase the possibility of accidents and health hazards.

The actual output at our Ore Mine exceeds the annual capacity allowed by the relevant PRC government authorities and we may face fines or even possible revocation of mining licenses, which could have a material adverse affect on our business.

The mining license we currently hold authorizes us to produce up to 30,000 tons of zinc lead ores per year, but we currently have an annual output of 400,000 tons per year.  However, due to this overcapacity, Huanjiang Jintai has paid an aggregate amount of $277,185 for fiscal years 2008, 2009 and 2010 as resource fees to the relevant PRC authorities for its total output, including the excessive output.  The Company accounts for the payment of the resource fees on the accrual basis. Furthermore, the PRC government currently has not issued any definitive rule or interpretation specifically relating to excessive output of zinc lead ores such as Huanjiang Jintai is involved in shall be subject to any judicial or administrative discipline such as suspension or revocation of its mining license.
 
 
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Although we believe that this situation of excess output has been remedied by the payment of a fee to the authorities and the lack of a current definitive law or regulation governing this situation, we cannot assure you that the PRC government would agree, and that excess output would not be found in violation of any current or future Chinese laws or regulations. We cannot predict the effect of the interpretation of existing or new Chinese laws or regulations on excess output of zinc lead ores. According to the regulations concerning the mineral resources exploration and mining, where the company fails to comply with the plan for the mineral resource exploitation, relevant government agencies may order one or more of the following: reduction of its output to authorized output levels,  payment for additional mining licenses to cover the amount in excess of the allowed total capacity, payment of fines, and possible revocation of the mining license of the company in the most serious instance. Any of these or similar actions could significantly disrupt our business operations or restrict us from conducting a substantial portion of our business operations, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our mining operations are inherently subject to changing conditions that can affect our profitability.

Our operations are subject to changing conditions that may increase our production costs for varying lengths of time.  We are exposed to price risks related to the sale of zinc and lead based products and by-products.  In addition, weather and natural disasters (such as earthquakes, landslides, flooding, and other similar occurrences), unexpected maintenance problems, key equipment failures, fires, amounts of overburden, variations in rock and other natural materials and variations in geological conditions can be expected to have a significant impact on our future operating results.  Prolonged disruption in our production at the Ore Mine could result in a material decrease in our revenues and profitability.

Our future success may partly depend on our ability to successfully upgrade, expand and operate the Jintai Duchuan Smelter with zinc-oxide processing facilities.

In the first fiscal quarter of 2011, we began to upgrade and expand our Jintai Duchuan Smelter with zinc-oxide processing facilities. Total processing capability will increase from 25,000 metric tons to 50,000 metric tons annually. While we believe the successful upgrading and expansion of this facility will result in increased profitability, no assurance can be given that we will be able to complete the same or that if completed, that we will be able to operate the upgraded facilities profitably.

Any acquisitions made by us may disrupt our operations or have a negative impact on our business.

As a part of our long term strategy, we plan to start mining operations on the Exploration Rights Properties and to acquire additional mining operations.  Such additional operating activities will require us to employ additional personnel, and we may have difficulty integrating such new personnel or may experience difficulty in integrating the operations of the mining companies we acquire with that of our own.  We cannot predict the effect that any intended expansion may have on our business.   Further, any acquisition may disrupt our ongoing business, divert the attention of our management and employees or may result in an increase in our operating expenses. In addition, acquisitions are accompanied by a number of inherent risks, including, without limitation, the following:

 
·
delays and waiting periods associated with required safety inspections, as well as government licensing or permitting procedures;

 
·
the difficulty of incorporating acquired resources, facilities, operations or products into the existing business;

 
·
difficulties in disposing of the excess or idle facilities of an acquired company or business and expenses in maintaining such facilities;
 
 
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·
difficulties in maintaining uniform standards, controls, procedures and policies;

 
·
the potential impairment of relationships with employees and customers as a result of any integration of new management personnel; and

 
·
potential unknown liabilities associated with acquired businesses and the associated operations, or the need to spend significant amounts to retool, reposition or modify the existing operations.

No assurance can be given that any of the above risks will be sufficiently addressed or that such will not have a negative effect on our business operations.

We may not be able to effectively control and manage our growth.

As part of our current business strategy, we intend to acquire other local mining operations.  As our business grows, it will be necessary for us to finance and manage expansion in an orderly fashion.  We may face challenges in identifying attractive mining sites and/or additional mining rights and/or complementary mining businesses.  Such eventualities will increase demands on our existing management, workforce and facilities. Failure to satisfy such increased demands could interrupt or adversely affect our operations and cause administrative inefficiencies that may have a negative impact on our financial operations.

The working sites in our Ore Mine are scattered, which results in an inefficient exploitation.

At present our Ore Mine is accessible through nine (9) main portals/adits for a total extraction area of 2.83 square kilometers. The relatively small number of accessible portals/adits results in an inefficient exploitation and as such, we are unable to maximize our ore production.  Increased production can be attained through the rehabilitation of connecting tunnels or through the construction of additional tunnels into the Ore Mine which will grant access into the Ore Mine for our workers.  However, we do not, at present, have the necessary capital to undertake such rehabilitation and construction in the immediate future.   Our continued failure to maximize our production may result in lower revenue, which could affect the value of your investment.

We engage independent contractors for the transportation of our zinc and lead ores to our processing facilities and any dispute with such contractors could result in a disruption in our operations.

We engage local independent contractors to transport the ores mined from our Ore Mine to our processing facilities and no assurance can be given that the current good business relationship with such contractors will be maintained.  Any dispute with such contractors could result in a disruption in our business operations and consequently, may negatively affect our financial operations.

A large portion of our revenue is derived from two major customers.

Two of our major customers, Huanjiang Mao Nan Autonomous County Nanping Concentrator Co. Ltd. and Jingyi Liu accounted for 57% and 30%, respectively of our total revenue for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 and 29% and 21%, respectively, of our total revenue for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009. For the nine months ended December 31, 2010, Guangxi Hechi Jinji Mining Co., Ltd. and Heyuan Jiarun Trading Co., Ltd. accounted for 16.4% and 15.6% of our total revenue, respectively. Non-renewal or/and termination of such relationship may have a material adverse effect on our revenue.  No assurance can be given that we will be able to maintain such a relationship.  Additionally, no assurance can be given that our business will not remain largely dependent on a limited number of customers accounting for a substantial part of our revenue.
 
 
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Our revenue and, therefore, our profitability, may be affected by metal price volatility.

The majority of our revenue is derived from the sale of zinc and lead based products and by-products.  As a consequence, our revenue is directly related to the price of zinc and lead metal.  The fact that we do not conduct any hedging exposes us to increased price volatility.  However, prices for zinc have historically fluctuated widely due to numerous factors beyond our control, including the overall demand and supply of zinc, production costs in major producing regions, the availability and prices of competing commodities, inventory levels maintained by customers, as well as international economic and political conditions.  Changes in the prices of zinc and lead may adversely affect our operating results.  It is difficult to predict whether zinc prices will rise or fall in the future and a decline in prices could have an adverse impact on our future results of operations and financial condition.

We may not be able to successfully compete for mineral rights with companies having greater financial resources than we have.

All mines have limited resources and as such, we intend to acquire additional mining operations, as part of our long term strategy.  As there is a limited supply of desirable mineral deposits in the PRC, in particular, in the Guangxi Province, we face strong competition for promising acquisition targets from other mining companies, some of which have greater financial resources than us.  We may be unable to compete with such other mining companies in making acquisition that we deem to be complementary to our business, or to acquire such on terms that are acceptable to us.

Our ability to operate effectively could be impaired if we lose key personnel or if we fail to attract qualified personnel.

We manage our business through a number of key personnel, including Mr. Kuizhong Cai, our President, Mr. Yuan Lin, our Chief Executive Officer and Mr. Danny T.N. Ho, our Chief Operating Officer.   The loss of any of these key officers could have a material adverse effect on our operations.  In addition, as business develops and expands, we believe that our future success will depend greatly on our continued ability to attract and retain highly skilled and qualified personnel.  No assurance can be given that key personnel will continue to be employed by us or that we will be able to attract and retain qualified personnel in the future.  Accordingly, if we are not able to retain these officers and/or personnel, or effectively fill vacancies created by departing key persons, our business may be impaired.  The lack of key man insurance on any of these important personnel will also have an adverse effect on our financial conditions in case of the death of any of these important key personnel.

Material weaknesses in our internal controls and financial reporting, and our lack of a CFO with sufficient U.S. GAAP experience may limit our ability to prevent or detect financial misstatements or omissions.  As a result, our financial reports may not be in compliance with U.S. GAAP and the Accounting Standards Codification.  Any material weakness, misstatement or omission in our financial statements will negatively affect the market, and price of our stock which could result in significant loss to our investors.
 
None of the members of our current management team, other than Mr. Danny T.N. Ho, have experience managing and operating a public company and they rely in many instances on the professional experience and advice of third parties. While we are obligated to hire a qualified chief financial officer to enable us to meet our ongoing reporting obligations as a U.S. public company, we do not have a CFO with any significant U.S. GAAP experience for now. Although we are actively seeking a new CFO, qualified individuals are often difficult to find, or the individual may not have all of the qualifications that we require. Therefore, we may, in turn, experience “weakness” and potential problems in implementing and maintaining adequate internal controls as required under Section 404 of the “Sarbanes-Oxley” Act of 2002. This “weakness” also includes a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal controls over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Management has identified a weakness relating to the Company not having sufficient experienced personnel with the requisite technical skills and working knowledge of the application of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are also subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Failure to comply or adequately comply with any laws, rules, or regulations applicable to our business may result in fines or regulatory actions, which may materially adversely affect our business, results of operation, or financial condition and could result in delays in achieving either the effectiveness of a registration statement or the development of an active and liquid trading market for our common stock. To the extent that the market place perceives that we do not have a strong financial staff and financial controls, the market for, and price of, our stock may be impaired.
 
This may result in significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our internal controls which could impact the reliability of our financial statements and prevent us from complying with SEC rules and regulations and the requirements of the “Sarbanes-Oxley” Act of 2002.  Failure to comply or adequately comply with any laws, rules, or regulations applicable to our business may result in fines or regulatory actions, which may materially adversely affect our business, results of operation, or financial condition and could result in delays in achieving either the effectiveness of a registration statement or the development of an active and liquid trading market for our common stock. To the extent that the market place perceives that we do not have a strong financial staff and financial controls, the market for, and price of, our stock may be impaired.
 
 
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Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure

We conduct our business through Huanjiang Jintai by means of the VIE contractual arrangements. If the Chinese government determines that these contractual arrangements do not comply with applicable regulations, our business could be adversely affected. If the PRC regulatory bodies determine that the agreements that establish the structure for operating our business in China do not comply with PRC regulatory restrictions on foreign investment, we could be subject to severe penalties. In addition, changes in such Chinese laws and regulations may materially and adversely affect our business.

There are uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of PRC laws, rules and regulations, including but not limited to the laws, rules and regulations governing the validity and enforcement of the contractual arrangements between Xiangguang and Huanjiang Jintai (Please see section entitled “ Description of Business-Contractual Arrangements” ) .  Although we have been advised by our PRC counsel, that based on their understanding of the current PRC laws, rules and regulations, the structure for operating our business in China (including our corporate structure and contractual arrangements with Huanjiang Jintai and its owner) comply with all applicable PRC laws, rules and regulations, and do not violate, breach, contravene or otherwise conflict with any applicable PRC laws, rules or regulations, we cannot assure you that the PRC regulatory authorities will not determine that our corporate structure, established through contractual arrangements, do not violate PRC laws, rules or regulations.  If the PRC regulatory authorities determine that our contractual arrangements are in violation of applicable PRC laws, rules or regulations, our contractual arrangements will become invalid or unenforceable which will substantially affect our operations and the value of an investment in our common stock. Further, under the PRC Property Rights Law that became effective on October 1, 2007, we are required to register with the relevant government authority the security interests on the equity interests in Huanjiang Jintai granted to us under the equity pledge agreements that are part of the contractual arrangements and the Certificate of Registration was issued on October 20, 2010. In addition, new PRC laws, rules and regulations may be introduced from time to time to impose additional requirements that may be applicable to our contractual arrangements.

Regarding our contractual arrangements, the Chinese government has broad discretion in dealing with violations of laws and regulations, including levying fines, revoking business and other licenses and requiring actions necessary for compliance. In particular, licenses and permits issued or granted to us by relevant governmental bodies may be revoked at a later time by higher regulatory bodies. We cannot predict the effect of the interpretation of existing or new Chinese laws or regulations on our businesses. We cannot assure you that our current ownership and operating structure would not be found in violation of any current or future Chinese laws or regulations. As a result, we may be subject to sanctions, including fines, and could be required to restructure our operations or cease to provide certain services. Any of these or similar actions could significantly disrupt our business operations or restrict us from conducting a substantial portion of our business operations, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

If Xiangguang or Huanjiang Jintai is determined to be in violation of any existing or future PRC laws, rules or regulations or fail to obtain or maintain any of the required governmental permits or approvals, the relevant PRC regulatory authorities would have broad discretion in dealing with such violations, including:

 
·
revoking the business and operating licenses of our PRC consolidated entities;

 
·
discontinuing or restricting the operations of our PRC consolidated entities;

 
·
imposing conditions or requirements with which we or our PRC consolidated entities may not be able to comply;
 
 
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·
requiring us or our PRC consolidated entities to restructure the relevant ownership structure or operations;

 
·
restricting or prohibiting our use of the proceeds from our initial public offering to finance our business and operations in China; or

 
·
imposing fines.

The imposition of any of these penalties would severely disrupt our ability to conduct business and have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

Our contractual arrangements with Huanjiang Jintai may not be effective in providing control over Huanjiang Jintai.

All of our revenue and net income is derived from Huanjiang Jintai.  Current PRC laws restrict foreign equity ownership in companies engaged in certain non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing business in China, including zinc and lead, and as such, we do not have equity ownership interest in Huanjiang Jintai but rely on contractual arrangements with Huanjiang Jintai to control and operate its business.   However, these contractual arrangements may not be effective in providing us with the necessary control over Huanjiang Jintai and its operations.  Any deficiency in these contractual arrangements may result in our loss of control over the management and operations of Huanjiang Jintai, which will result in a significant loss in the value of our common stock.

In addition, we rely on contractual rights to effect control and management of Huanjiang Jintai, which exposes us to the risk of potential breach of contract by the shareholder of Huanjiang Jintai. The shareholder of Huanjiang Jintai may breach, or cause Huanjiang Jintai to breach, the contracts for a number of reasons. For example, its interests as shareholder of Huanjiang Jintai and the interests of our company may conflict, and we may fail to resolve such conflicts; the shareholder may believe that breaching the contracts will lead to greater economic benefit for it; or the shareholder may otherwise act in bad faith. If any of the foregoing were to happen, we may have to rely on legal or arbitral proceedings to enforce our contractual rights, including claims for damages, specific performance or injunctive relief. Such arbitral and legal proceedings may result in the disruption of our business, and may be financially burdensome and may divert the attention of our management, any of which may have a negative impact on our financial operations.

In addition, as all of these contractual arrangements are governed by the PRC laws and as such, would be interpreted in accordance with PRC law and any disputes relating to such would be resolved in accordance with PRC legal procedures. Uncertainties in the PRC legal system could limit our ability to enforce these contractual arrangements. Furthermore, these contracts may not be enforceable in China if PRC government authorities or courts take a view that such contracts contravene PRC laws and regulations or are otherwise unenforceable for public policy reasons. In the event we are unable to enforce these contractual arrangements, we may not be able to exert effective control over Huanjiang Jintai, and our ability to conduct our business will be materially and adversely affected.
 
 
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Huanjiang Jintai may terminate the Consulting Services Agreement and fail to fulfill its obligations under the same agreement, which may trigger an auction or sale of Huanjiang Jinteng Mining Co., Ltd’s(“HJM”)interest in HuanjiangJintai pursuant to the Equity Pledge Agreement, resulting in Xiangguang having the priority in receiving payments of proceeds from such an auction or sale.

Under Section 7.2 of the Consulting Services Agreement, Huanjiang Jintai may terminate the Consulting Services Agreement prior to the expiration of its term.  If the Consulting Services Agreement is to be terminated pursuant to Section 7.2, Section 7.3 of the Consulting Services Agreement provides that all amounts then due and payable and accrued but not yet paid to Xiangguang shall become due and payable by Huanjiang Jintai. If Huanjiang Jintai fails to perform this payment obligation, it would still be subject to the Equity Pledge Agreement pursuant to Section 3.1 thereof. Under Section 3.2 of the Equity Pledge Agreement, Xiangguang is entitled to control, sell, or dispose of the equity interest of Huanjiang Jintai. Pursuant to Section 2 of the Equity Pledge Agreement, Xiangguang has the priority in receiving payments of proceeds from the auction or sale of HJM’s one hundred percent (100%) equity interest in Huanjiang Jintai.  As Xiangguang, a PRC company, is subject to restrictions on paying dividends and making other payments to us, we may experience difficulties in completing the necessary administrative procedure to obtain payments from such a sale.

Huanjiang Jintai may terminate the Consulting Services Agreement, which will result in loss of our sole source of revenues.

 All of our revenue and income is derived from Huanjiang Jintai through the VIE contractual arrangements. Under Section 3.1 of the Consulting Services Agreement, Huanjiang Jintai is required to pay us a quarterly consulting services fee, equal to all of Huanjiang Jintai’s net income for such quarter based on its quarterly financial statements. However, under Section 7.2 of the Consulting Services Agreement, Huanjiang Jintai may terminate the Consulting Services Agreement prior to the expiration of its term. In the event that Huanjiang Jintai terminates the Consulting Services Agreement, we will, in turn, lose our sole source of revenue, which will severely affect our financial condition.

The failure to comply with PRC regulations relating to mergers and acquisitions of domestic enterprises by offshore special purpose vehicles may subject us to severe fines or penalties and create other regulatory uncertainties regarding our corporate structure.

On August 8, 2006, MOFCOM, joined by the CSRC, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (the “SASAC”), the State Administration of Taxation (the “SAT”), the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (the “SAIC”), and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”), jointly promulgated regulations entitled the Provisions Regarding Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Enterprises by Foreign Investors (the "M&A Rules"), which took effect as of September 8, 2006. Among other things, the M&A Rules contain certain provisions that require offshore special purpose vehicles (“SPVs”) that are controlled directly or indirectly by PRC individuals and companies and which were formed overseas listing purposes to obtain the approval of MOFCOM prior to engaging in such acquisitions and to obtain the approval of the CSRC prior to publicly listing their securities on an overseas stock market.

The application of the M&A Rules with respect to our corporate structure and to this offering remains unclear, with no current consensus existing among leading PRC law firms regarding the scope and applicability of the M&A Rules. As such, we cannot be certain that the relevant PRC government agencies, including the CSRC and MOFCOM, would reach the conclusion that the M&A Rules do not apply to us or our corporate structure, or that this offering is not subject to the M&A Rules and as such, does not require the prior approval of MOFCOM or CSRC. Further, we cannot rule out the possibility that the relevant PRC government agencies, including MOFCOM, would deem that the M&A Rules required us or our entities in China to obtain approval from MOFCOM or other PRC regulatory agencies in connection with Xiangguang’s control of Huanjiang Jintai through contractual arrangements.

If the CSRC, MOFCOM, or another PRC regulatory agency subsequently determines that CSRC, MOFCOM or other approval was required for the share exchange transaction and/or the VIE arrangements between Xiangguang and Huanjiang Jintai, or if prior CSRC approval for this offering is required and not obtained, we may face severe regulatory actions or other sanctions from MOFCOM, the CSRC or other PRC regulatory agencies. In such event, these regulatory agencies may impose fines or other penalties on us, limit our operating privileges in the PRC, delay or restrict the repatriation of the proceeds from this offering into the PRC, restrict or prohibit payment or remittance of dividends to us or take other actions that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, reputation and prospects, as well as the trading price of our common stock. The CSRC or other PRC regulatory agencies may also take actions requiring us, or making it advisable for us, to delay or cancel this offering, to restructure our current corporate structure, or to seek regulatory approvals that may be difficult or costly to obtain.

Further, the M&A Rules, along with certain foreign exchange regulations discussed below, will also be interpreted or implemented by the relevant government authorities in connection with any of our future offshore financings or acquisitions, and we cannot predict how they will affect our acquisition strategy. For example, our operating companies' ability to remit dividends to us, or to engage in foreign-currency-denominated borrowings, may be conditioned upon compliance with the SAFE registration requirements by such Chinese domestic residents, over whom we may have no control.
 
 
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SAFE regulations relating to offshore investment activities by PRC residents may increase our administrative burdens and restrict our overseas and cross-border investment activity. If our shareholders and beneficial owners who are PRC residents fail to make any required applications, registrations and filings under such regulations, we may be unable to distribute profits and may become subject to liability under PRC laws.

SAFE has promulgated several regulations, including Notice on Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Administration for PRC Residents to Engage in Financing and Inbound Investment via Oversea Special Purpose Vehicles, or “Circular No. 75”, issued on October 21, 2005 and effective as of November 1, 2005 and certain implementation rules issued in recent years, requiring registrations with, and approvals from, PRC government authorities in connection with direct or indirect offshore investment activities by PRC residents and PRC corporate entities. These regulations apply to our shareholders and beneficial owners who are PRC residents, and may affect any offshore acquisitions that we make in the future.

SAFE Circular No. 75 requires PRC residents, including both PRC legal person residents and/or natural person residents to register with the local SAFE branch before establishing or controlling any company outside of China for the purpose of equity financing with assets or equities of PRC companies, referred to in the notice as an “offshore special purpose company”. In addition, any PRC resident who is a direct or indirect shareholder of an offshore company is required to update his registration with the relevant SAFE branches, with respect to that offshore company, in connection with any material change involving an increase or decrease of capital, transfer or swap of shares, merger, division, equity or debt investment or creation of any security interest. Moreover, the PRC subsidiaries of that offshore company are required to coordinate and supervise the filing of SAFE registrations by the offshore company's shareholders who are PRC residents in a timely manner. If a PRC shareholder with a direct or indirect stake in an offshore parent company fails to make the required SAFE registration, the PRC subsidiaries of such offshore parent company may be prohibited from making distributions of profit to the offshore parent and from paying the offshore parent proceeds from any reduction in capital, share transfer or liquidation in respect of the PRC subsidiaries, and the offshore parent company may also be prohibited from injecting additional capital into its PRC subsidiaries. Furthermore, failure to comply with the various SAFE registration requirements described above may result in liability for the PRC shareholders and the PRC subsidiaries under PRC law for foreign exchange registration evasion.

Although we have requested our PRC shareholders to complete the SAFE Circular No. 75 registration, there is no assurance that all of our PRC resident beneficial owners will be able to comply with the requirements imposed by Circular 75. The failure or inability of our PRC shareholders to receive any required approvals or make any required registrations may subject us to fines and legal sanctions, restrict our overseas or cross-border investment activities, limit our PRC subsidiaries' ability to make distributions or pay dividends or affect our ownership structure, as a result of which our acquisition strategy and business operations and our ability to distribute profits to you could be materially and adversely affected.

Under Operating Rules on the Foreign Exchange Administration of the Involvement of Domestic Individuals in the Employee Stock Ownership Plans and Share Option Schemes of Overseas Listed Companies, issued and effective as of March 28, 2007 by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, or “SAFE Circular No. 78”, PRC residents who are granted shares or share options by an overseas listed company according to its employee share option plan or share incentive plan are required to obtain approval from and register with the SAFE or its local branches and complete certain other procedures related to the share option or other share incentive plan through the PRC subsidiary of such overseas listed company or any other qualified PRC agent before such grants are made. We intend to grant our PRC employees stock options pursuant to an employee stock option plan. We believe that all of our PRC employees who will be granted share options are subject to SAFE Circular No. 78. We will request our PRC management, personnel, directors and employees who are to be granted stock options to register them with local SAFE branches pursuant to Circular No. 78. However, we cannot assure you that each of these individuals will successfully comply with all the required procedures above. If we or our PRC security holders fail to comply with these regulations, we or our PRC security holders may be subject to fines and legal sanctions. Further, failure to comply with the various SAFE registration requirements described above could result in liability under PRC law for foreign exchange evasion and we may become subject to a more stringent review and approval process with respect to our foreign exchange activities.
 
 
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Our agreements with Huanjiang Jintai are governed by the laws of the PRC and we may have difficulty in enforcing any rights we may have under these contractual arrangements.

Our contractual arrangements with Huanjiang Jintai are governed by PRC law and any disputes would be adjudicated by arbitration through the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (“CIETAC”) Shanghai Branch in accordance with CIETAC arbitration rules. If Huanjiang Jintai and its shareholder fail to perform their obligations under these agreements, we may incur substantial costs to enforce such arrangements and will have to rely on legal remedies provided under PRC law.  However, uncertainties in the Chinese legal system could limit our ability to enforce these contractual arrangements. In the event that we are unable to enforce these contractual arrangements, our business, financial condition and results of operations would be materially and adversely affected.

Mr. Kuizhong Cai, as the majority beneficial owner of Huanjiang Jintai, has a potential conflict of interest with our shareholders.

As of the date of this prospectus, our Chairman of the Board and President, Mr. Kuizhong Cai owns 80.26% of the equity interest of Huanjiang Jinteng Mining Co., Ltd. (“HJM”), the entity which owns 100% of the equity interest in Huanjiang Jintai.  In addition, Mr. Kuizhong Cai owns a 75% equity interest in our Company, which controls 100% of Jintai HK, which, in turn, owns 100% of the equity interest of Xiangguang, the entity which entered into the contractual arrangements with Huanjiang Jintai.   As a result, Mr. Kuizhong Cai may ultimately have control over Huanjiang Jintai through both equity ownership and contractual arrangements.  Mr. Kuizhong Cai also will hold 54.6% of our outstanding common stock after the offering on a fully-diluted base and currently serves as the Chairman of our Board of Directors.   As such, there may be a potential conflict of interest between his dual roles as a beneficial majority owner of Huanjiang Jintai and our majority shareholder and Chairman of our Board of Directors. We cannot assure you that when conflicts of interest arise, Mr. Cai will act in our best interests or that conflicts of interest will be resolved in our favor or in favor of our shareholders. In addition, Huanjiang Jintai, which is under Mr. Cai’s control, may breach or refuse to renew the existing contractual arrangements that allow us to receive economic benefits from Huanjiang Jintai.  If we cannot resolve any conflicts of interest or disputes between us and Mr. Cai, we would have to rely on legal proceedings, which would be a burden to our resources and could result in disruption of our business and substantial uncertainty as to the outcome of any such legal proceedings.

Risks Related to Doing Business in China

We depend upon the acquisition and maintenance of licenses to conduct our business in the PRC.

In order to conduct business, especially mining and exploration activities in the PRC, we are required to maintain various licenses from the appropriate government authorities, including general business licenses and licenses and/or permits specific to our mining operations.  We are required to maintain valid mining licenses, exploration licenses, pollutant emission licenses, safety production licenses and other relevant licenses and permits to conduct our mining extraction and exploration activities.  Our mining license is subject to periodic renewal.  An application for renewal needs to be submitted at least 30 days before the expiration date and the extension will be approved if the applicant satisfies all applicable requirements and pays the appropriate resource fee.  Ten, twenty and thirty years are the maximum periods of time for mining licenses for small, medium and large deposits of ore mines, respectively.  We have a nine year mining license as our Ore Mine is regarded to have a medium-scale deposit of ore. On the other hand, the relevant Land and Resources Law of PRC 1 allows for two-year extensions of an exploration rights license. As per the Regulations for Administration of Mineral Resources of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the granting of an extension of an exploration rights license is dependent upon the exploration stage a company is at. At the first two stages (reconnaissance and prospecting), no extensions are allowed.  However, once a company enters the third stage (general exploration) and/or the fourth stage (detailed exploration), it is permitted to extend its license up to two times, each for two year periods.  As an alternative to an application for an extension, a company may instead apply for a license reservation, but such is conditioned on the mining company having reached the general exploration stage.  A company is permitted to apply for a license reservation for up to two times, each for a two-year period.  2   Following the expiration of such reservation periods, we could apply for mining licenses by submitting geological exploration reports and related documents. In pursuant to the “Implementing Rules of Mineral Resources Law” and related regulations, companies with exploration rights should be given the preference in applying mining rights in the exploration area.
  
1 See Article 10, http://www.mlr.gov.cn/zwgk/flfg/kczyflfg/200406/t20040625_587420.htm
2 Ibid Article 21.
 
 
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The PRC government may amend relevant laws and discontinue approval of renewal of mining or exploration licenses.  Further, fees for such licenses may increase in the future.  In addition, the PRC government may impose levies or surcharges on mine and mineral extraction and exploration rights.  Our failure to obtain or maintain these licenses and any change of the relevant PRC laws to our disadvantage will have a material adverse impact on our ability to conduct our business and on our financial condition.  No assurance can be given regarding the timing or magnitude of these types of government actions or that the same will not have a negative impact on our operations.

Changes in current policies of the PRC government could have a significant impact on the business we conduct in the PRC and the profitability of our operations.

Current policies adopted by the PRC government indicate that it seeks to encourage a market oriented economy.   However, we cannot assure you that such beneficial policies will not change in the future.  A change in the current policies of the PRC government could result in confiscatory taxation, restrictions on currency conversion, or the expropriation or nationalization of private enterprises, all of which would have a negative impact on our current corporate structure and our operations.

The PRC laws and regulations governing our current business operations are sometimes vague and uncertain. Any changes in such PRC laws and regulations may have a material and adverse effect on our business.

There are substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of PRC laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, those laws and regulations governing our business and those relating to the enforcement and operation of our contractual arrangements and, no assurance can be given that future PRC court rulings will be decided in such a manner that is favorable to us.  Further, new laws or regulations may be enacted which could have a negative impact on foreign investors.  We cannot predict what effect the interpretation of existing or new PRC laws or regulations may have on our business and no assurance can be given that our operations will not be affected by such laws and/or regulations.

The PRC government exerts substantial influence over the manner in which companies in China must conduct their business activities.

The government of the PRC has exercised and continues to exercise substantial control over virtually every sector of the Chinese economy through regulation and state ownership.  Government actions in the future, including any decision not to continue to support recent economic reforms and to return to a more centrally planned economy or regional or local variations in the implementation of economic policies, could have a significant effect on economic conditions in the PRC or particular regions thereof. If this were to occur, we may be required to divest the interests we then control in Chinese properties.  Any such developments could have a material adverse effect on our business, operations, financial condition and prospects.
 
 
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Failure to abide by certain requirements with regard to the transfer of certain state-owned assets to Huanjiang Jintai’s prior shareholder may cause such transfer to be invalidated and could have a material adverse affect on the transaction.

As per the relevant PRC regulations related to the transfer of state-owned assets to non-state-owned entities or individuals, there are some requirements with regard to transfer of the state-owned assets, including but not limited to, setting the price based on the evaluation of the assets, obtaining the approval of the transferor’s higher level authority in charge or the relevant State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, and auditing the assets held by state-owned enterprise. Furthermore, according to the regulation concerning transfer of the state-owned assets to an enterprise’s management or of its owners, there are additional requirements for the transfer of the state-owned assets to such management, including but not limited to, such transfer must be publicly conducted in the relevant local equity exchange, and that the management shall provide a certificate for the source of funds used for the purchase. Shaoguan Jinteng Mining Co., Ltd. (“Shaoguan Jinteng”) and General Institutes of Geology & Mineral Prospecting & Exploitation Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (“Guangxi General Institutes”) formed Huanjiang Jintai on November 27, 2003, each holding 70% and 30%, respectively, of the shares of Huanjiang Jintai.

Other than Huanjiang Jintai, neither Shaoguan Jinteng nor Guangxi General Institutes owned any other operating entities. By virtue of share transfer agreements with HJM in March and July 2010, Shaoguan Jinteng transferred all of its interests in Huanjiang Jintai to HJM and therefore, no longer holds any interests in Huanjiang Jintai. The terms of the transfers were as follows: (1) HJM was required to pay Shaoguan Jinteng a total amount of RMB 1,400,000; and (2) such amount needed to be fully paid on or after the date when the shares transfer registration was completed in the local Administration of Industry and Commerce (“AIC”).  All payments have now been made and the registration in the local AIC has been completed, and as such, the share transfers between Shaoguan Jinteng and Huanjiang Jinteng were accomplished.

In 2007, Guangxi General Institutes transferred its interest in Huanjiang Jintai to Kuizhong Cai.  The material terms and conditions of the equity transfer agreement between the Guangxi General Institutes and Kuizhong Cai are as follows: i) the total payment amount was RMB 4.2 million; ii) Guangxi General Institutes warranted that its interests in Huanjiang Jintai were validly held and free to transfer under the approval by Guangxi Bureau of Geology & Mineral Prospecting & Exploitation (“the Guangxi Bureau”); iii) the shareholder title change registration in the local AIC needed to be completed. With the completion of such a registration, Kuizhong Cai became a shareholder of Huanjiang Jintai and is entitled to all shareholder obligations and rights. All terms and conditions have been fulfilled and the Guangxi General Institutes no longer holds any interest in Huanjiang Jintai.

The shares held by Guangxi General Institutes are state-owned assets, and the transfer was approved by relevant PRC government agencies 1 . We obtained the direct approval from the Guangxi Bureau, the governmental agency authorized by the Guangxi People’s Government to dispose and manage state-owned assets on behalf of the State. On July 13, 2000, Guangxi Province issued a document entitled “[2000] No. 135 Document of Gui Government Office”. It authorized the Guangxi Bureau to take charge of asset disposal and restructuring work for state-owned enterprises. To comply with regulations on state-owned assets transfer, the Guangxi General Institutes entrusted Guangxi Huaxin Assets Evaluation Ltd., an independent asset evaluation agency, to evaluate the fair value of its interests in Huanjiang Jintai. The fair value was RMB 3.5 million and Kuizhong Cai agreed to pay RMB 4.2 million at a 21% premium. On October 26, 2007, the Guangxi Bureau approved the equity transfer by issuing a reply entitled “[2007] No.162 Reply to Gui Land and Mine”. On November 8, 2007, the Guangxi General Institutes and Kuizhong Cai signed the equity transfer agreement. Since the equity was transferred through a direct transfer agreement approved by designated empowered government agency instead of public auction, there was no bidding or asking.

However, even though the transfer was approved by relevant PRC government agencies, no assurance can be given that such transfer will not be invalidated by the relevant government authority in the future. In the event such transfer is invalidated, it could have a material adverse effect on the value of your investment in the Company.

Future inflation in China may inhibit economic activity and adversely affect our operations.

The Chinese economy has experienced periods of rapid expansion in recent years which has led to high rates of inflation and deflation.  This has caused the PRC government to, from time to time, enact various corrective measures designed to restrict the availability of credit or regulate growth and contain inflation.  High inflation may in the future cause the PRC government to once again impose controls on credit and/or prices, or to take other action, which could inhibit economic activity in China.  Any action on the part of the PRC government that seeks to control credit and/or prices may adversely affect our business operations.

A slowdown or other adverse developments in the PRC economy may materially and adversely affect our customers, demand for our products and our business.

We are a holding company and of our operations are entirely conducted in the PRC.  In addition, all of our revenues are currently generated from sales in the PRC. Although the PRC economy has grown at a remarkable pace in recent years, we cannot assure you that such growth will continue. A slowdown in overall economic growth, an economic downturn or recession or other adverse economic developments in the PRC may materially reduce the demand for our products and have a materially adverse affect on our business.

We may be restricted from freely converting the Renminbi (“RMB”) to other currencies in a timely manner.

At the present time, the RMB is not a freely convertible currency.  We receive all of our revenue in RMB, which may need to be converted to other currencies, primarily U.S. dollars, in order to be remitted outside of the PRC.  Effective July 1, 1996, foreign currency “current account” transactions by foreign investment enterprises are no longer subject to the approval of State Administration of Foreign Exchange (“SAFE,” formerly, “State Administration of Exchange Control”), but need only a ministerial review, according to the Administration of the Settlement, Sale and Payment of Foreign Exchange Provisions promulgated in 1996 (the “FX regulations”).  “Current account” items include international commercial transactions, which occur on a regular basis, such as those relating to trade and provision of services.  Distributions to joint venture parties also are considered “current account transactions.”  Other non-current account items, known as “capital account” items, remain subject to SAFE approval.  Under current regulations, we can obtain foreign currency in exchange for RMB from swap centers authorized by the government.  No assurance can be given that foreign currency shortages or changes in currency exchange laws and regulations by the PRC government will not restrict us from freely converting RMB in a timely manner.


1  There are two methods pursuant to which the state can sell its assets or equity interests: public auction in a regulated equity bourse and direct transfer agreement approved by designated government agency. Relevant regulations are the PRC State-Owned Asset Law, item 54 which provides: "Transfer of any state-owned assets should comply with the principles of being public, fair, and just and having valuable considerations" and item 56. "Transfer of State-owned assets" of Chapter 5 provides that: "In regards to material events of the Sponsor's equity interests in State-owned assets".  Except for any government authorization on direct transfer agreement, the transfer of state-owned assets should be completed in a regulated equity bourse.
 
 
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Our PRC subsidiary is subject to restrictions on paying dividends and making other payments to us.

We are a holding company incorporated in Delaware and do not have any assets or conduct any business operations other than our investments in our subsidiaries. As a result of our holding company structure, we rely primarily on dividend payments from our subsidiaries.  However, PRC regulations currently permit payment of dividends only out of accumulated profits, as determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. Our subsidiary in PRC is also required to set aside a portion of their after-tax profits according to PRC accounting standards and regulations to fund certain reserve funds. Further, we may experience difficulties in completing the administrative procedures necessary to obtain any dividends due to us, which could materially affect our financial operations.

Due to various restrictions under PRC laws on the distribution of dividends by our PRC operating companies, we may not be able to pay dividends to our shareholders.

The Wholly-Foreign Owned Enterprise Law (1986), as amended and the Wholly-Foreign Owned Enterprise Law Implementing Rules (2001), as amended and the Company Law of the PRC (2006) contain the principal regulations governing dividend distributions by wholly foreign owned enterprises. Under these regulations, wholly foreign owned enterprises (“WFOE”) may pay dividends only out of their accumulated profits, if any, determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. Additionally, a WFOE is required to set aside a certain amount of their accumulated profits each year, if any, to fund certain reserve funds.  These reserves are not distributable as cash dividends except in the event of liquidation and cannot be used for working capital purposes.

Furthermore, if our consolidated subsidiary in China incurs debt on its own in the future, the instruments governing the debt may restrict its ability to pay dividends or make other payments. If we or our consolidated subsidiary are unable to receive all of the revenues from our operations due to these contractual or dividend arrangements, we may be unable to pay dividends to our shareholders.  In addition, under current PRC law, we must retain a reserve equal to 10 percent of net income after taxes each year, with the total amount of the reserve not to exceed 50 percent of registered capital.  Accordingly, this reserve will not be available to be distributed as dividends to our shareholders.  We presently do not intend to pay dividends in the foreseeable future. Our management intends to follow a policy of retaining all of our earnings to finance the development and execution of our strategy and the expansion of our business.

Governmental control of currency conversion may affect the value of your investment.

The PRC government imposes controls on the convertibility of RMB into foreign currencies and, in certain cases, the remittance of foreign currency out of the PRC. We receive all of our revenues in RMB, which is currently not a freely convertible currency. Shortages in the availability of foreign currency may restrict our subsidiaries’ ability to remit sufficient foreign currency to pay dividends due to us, or otherwise satisfy foreign currency denominated obligations. Under existing PRC foreign exchange regulations, payments of current account items, including profit distributions, interest payments and expenditures from the transaction, can be made in foreign currencies without prior approval from the PRC State Administration of Foreign Exchange by complying with certain procedural requirements. However, approval from appropriate governmental authorities is required where RMB is to be converted into foreign currency and remitted out of the PRC to pay capital expenses such as the repayment of bank loans denominated in foreign currencies.
 
 
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Further, the PRC government may also restrict access to foreign currencies for current account transactions. If the foreign exchange control system prevents us from obtaining sufficient foreign currency to satisfy our currency demands, we may not be able to pay certain of our expenses as they come due.

Fluctuations in the exchange rate could have an adverse effect upon our business and reported financial results.

We conduct our business in RMB, thus our functional currency is the RMB, while our reporting currency is the U.S. dollar.  The value of the RMB against the U.S. dollar and other currencies may fluctuate and is affected by, among other things, the political situation as well as economic policies and conditions. On July 21, 2005, the PRC government changed its decade-old policy of pegging its currency to the U.S. currency. Under that policy, the RMB is permitted to fluctuate within a narrow and managed band against a basket of certain foreign currencies. This change in policy has resulted in an approximate 21% appreciation of the RMB against the U.S. dollar between 2005 and 2008. However, the PRC government decided to repeg the RMB to U.S. dollars in response to the financial crisis in 2008.  On June 19, 2010, China ended the pegging of the RMB to the U.S. dollar, allowing for a greater flexibility of its exchange rate.  There remains significant international pressure on the significant appreciation of the RMB against the U.S. dollar.  To the extent any of our future revenues are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, we would be subject to increased risks relating to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations which could have a material adverse affect on our financial condition and operating results since operating results are reported in United States dollars and significant changes in the exchange rate could materially impact our reported earnings.

Changes in PRC State Administration of Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”) Regulations regarding offshore financing activities by PRC residents may increase the administrative burden we face and create regulatory uncertainties that could adversely affect the implementation of our acquisition strategy.

In 2005, SAFE promulgated regulations which require registrations with, and approval from, SAFE on direct or indirect offshore investment activities by PRC legal person resident and/or natural person resident. The SAFE regulations require that if an offshore company formed by or controlled by PRC legal person resident and/or natural person resident, whether directly or indirectly, intends to acquire a PRC company, such acquisition shall be subject to strict examination and registration with SAFE. Without such registration, the PRC entity cannot remit any of its profits out of the PRC, whether as dividends or otherwise.  As such, the failure by our shareholders who are PRC residents to make any required applications, filings or registrations pursuant to such SAFE regulations may prevent us from being able to distribute profits and could expose us, as well as our PRC resident shareholders to liability under PRC law.

If we make equity compensation grants to persons who are PRC citizens, they may be required to register with SAFE.  We may also face regulatory uncertainties that could restrict our ability to adopt equity compensation plans for our directors and employees and other parties under PRC laws.

On April 6, 2007, SAFE issued the “Operating Procedures for Administration of Domestic Individuals Participating in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan or Stock Option Plan of An Overseas Listed Company, also known as “Circular 78”.  It is not clear whether Circular 78 covers all forms of equity compensation plans or only those which provide for the granting of stock options. For any plans which are so covered and are adopted by a non-PRC listed company, such as our company, after April 6, 2007, Circular 78 requires all participants who are PRC citizens to register with and obtain approvals from SAFE prior to their participation in the plan.  In addition, Circular 78 also requires PRC citizens to register with SAFE and make the necessary applications and filings if they participated in an overseas listed company’s covered equity compensation plan prior to April 6, 2007.  We believe that the registration and approval requirements contemplated in Circular 78 will be burdensome and time consuming.
 
 
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We intend to adopt an employee stock option plan and we may adopt other equity incentive plan and make stock option grants under these plans to our officers, directors and employees, some of whom are PRC citizens and may be required to register with SAFE.  If it is determined that any of our equity compensation plans are subject to Circular 78, failure to comply with such provisions may subject us and participants of our equity incentive plan who are PRC citizens to fines and legal sanctions and prevent us from being able to grant equity compensation to our PRC employees. In that case, our ability to compensate our employees and directors through equity compensation would be hindered and our business operations may be adversely affected.

As all of our operations and personnel are in the PRC, we may have difficulty establishing adequate western style management, legal and financial controls.

The PRC historically has been deficient in western style management and financial reporting concepts and practices, as well as in modern banking, and other control systems.  We may have difficulty in hiring and retaining a sufficient number of qualified employees to work in the PRC.  As a result of these factors, and especially given that we expect to be a publicly listed company in U.S. and subject to regulation as such, we may experience difficulty in establishing management, legal and financial controls, collecting financial data and preparing financial statements, books of account and corporate records and instituting business practices that meet western standards.  We may have difficulty establishing adequate management, legal and financial controls in the PRC.  Therefore, we may, in turn, experience difficulties in implementing and maintaining adequate internal controls as required under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other applicable laws, rules and regulations.  This may result in significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our internal controls which could impact the reliability of our financial statements and prevent us from complying with SEC rules and regulations and the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  Any such deficiencies, weaknesses or lack of compliance could have a materially adverse effect on our business and the public announcement of such deficiencies could adversely impact our stock price.

Because our principal assets are located outside of the United States and most of our directors and officers reside outside of the United States, it may be difficult for an investor to enforce any right founded on U.S. Federal Securities Laws against us and/or our officers and directors, or to enforce a judgment rendered by a United States court against us or our officers and directors.

Our operation and principle assets are located in the PRC, and most of our officers and directors are non-residents of the United States. Therefore, it may be difficult to effect service of process on such persons in the United States, and it may be difficult to enforce any judgments rendered against us or our officers and/or directors. As a result, it may be difficult or impossible for you to bring an action against us or against these individuals in China in the event that you believe that your rights have been infringed under the securities laws or otherwise.  Even if you are successful in bringing an action of this kind, the laws of the PRC may render you unable to enforce a judgment against our assets or the assets of our directors and officers. As a result of all of the above, our shareholders may have more difficulty in protecting their interests through actions against our management, directors or major shareholders compared to shareholders of a corporation doing business entirely within the United States.

Because our assets are located overseas, shareholders may not receive distributions that they would otherwise be entitled to if we were declared bankrupt or insolvent.

Because all of our assets are located in the PRC, they may be outside of the jurisdiction of U.S. courts to administer if we become subject of an insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding. As a result, if we declared bankruptcy or insolvency, our shareholders may not receive the distributions on liquidation that they would otherwise be entitled to if our assets were to be located within the U.S., under U.S. Bankruptcy laws.
 
 
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New labor laws in the PRC may adversely affect our results of operations.

On January 1, 2008, the PRC government promulgated the Labor Contract Law of the PRC, or the New Labor Contract Law.  The New Labor Contract Law imposes greater liabilities on employers and significantly impacts the cost of an employer’s decision to reduce its workforce.  Further, it requires certain terminations to be based upon seniority and not merit. In the event we decide to significantly change or decrease our workforce, the New Labor Contract Law could adversely affect our ability to enact such changes in a manner that is most advantageous to our business or in a timely and cost effective manner, thus materially and adversely affecting our financial condition and results of operations.

Non-compliance with the social insurance and housing fund contribution regulations in the PRC could lead to imposition of penalties or other liabilities.

The PRC governmental authorities have passed a variety of laws and regulations regarding social insurance and housing fund, such as the Regulation of Insurance for Labor Injury, the Regulation of Insurance for Unemployment, the Provisional Insurance Measures for Maternity of Employees, Interim Provisions on Registration of Social Insurance, Interim Regulation on the Collection and Payment of Social Insurance Premiums, Regulations on Management of Housing Fund and other related laws and regulations. Pursuant to these regulations, all our PRC subsidiaries and variable interest entities have to obtain and renew the social insurance registration certificate and the housing fund certificate and make enough contributions to the relevant local social insurance and housing fund authorities for our PRC employees. Failure to comply with such laws and regulations would subject our PRC subsidiaries and variable interest entities to various fines and legal sanctions and supplemental contributions to the local social insurance and housing fund authorities.

We must comply with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

We are required to comply with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which prohibits U.S. companies from engaging in bribery or other prohibited payments to foreign officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. Foreign companies, including some of our competitors, are not subject to these prohibitions. Certain of our customers are PRC government entities and our dealings with them are likely to be considered to be with government officials for these purposes. Corruption, extortion, bribery, pay-offs, theft and other fraudulent practices occur from time-to-time in the PRC. If our competitors engage in these practices, they may receive preferential treatment from personnel of some companies, giving our competitors an advantage in securing business or from government officials who might give them priority in obtaining new licenses, which would put us at a disadvantage. We could suffer severe penalties if our employees or other agents were found to have engaged in such practices

 Our bank accounts are not insured or protected against loss.

We maintain our cash with various banks and trust companies located in China. Our cash accounts are not insured or otherwise protected. Should any bank or trust company holding our cash deposits become insolvent, or if we are otherwise unable to withdraw funds, we would lose the cash on deposit with that particular bank or trust company.

Under the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law, we may be classified as a “resident enterprise” of the PRC. Such classification could result in PRC tax consequences to us and our non-PRC resident enterprise shareholders.

On March 16, 2007, the National People’s Congress approved and promulgated a new tax law, the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law, or “EIT Law”, which took effect on January 1, 2008. Under the EIT Law, enterprises are classified as resident enterprises and non-resident enterprises. An enterprise established outside of China with “de facto management bodies” within China is considered a “resident enterprise,” meaning that it can be treated in a manner similar to a Chinese enterprise for enterprise income tax purposes. The implementing rules of the EIT Law define “de facto management bodies” as a managing body that in practice exercises “substantial and overall management and control over the production and operations, personnel, accounting, and properties” of the enterprise; however, it remains unclear whether the PRC tax authorities would deem our managing body as being located within China.  Due to the short history of the EIT Law and lack of applicable legal precedents, the PRC tax authorities determine the PRC tax resident treatment of a foreign (non-PRC) company on a case-by-case basis.

If the PRC tax authorities determine we are a “resident enterprise” for PRC enterprise income tax purposes, a number of PRC tax consequences could follow. First, we may be subject to the enterprise income tax at a rate of 25 percent on our worldwide taxable income, as well as PRC enterprise income tax reporting obligations. Second, under the EIT Law and its implementing rules, dividends paid between “qualified resident enterprises” are exempt from enterprise income tax. As a result, if we are treated as a “qualified resident enterprise,” all dividends that we receive from Xianguang (assuming such dividends are considered sourced within the PRC) should be exempt from PRC tax. If we are treated as a “non-resident enterprise” under the EIT Law, then dividends that we receive from Xianguang (assuming such dividends are considered sourced within the PRC) may be subject to a 10 percent PRC withholding tax. Any such tax on dividends could materially reduce the amount of dividends, if any, we could pay to our shareholders.
 
 
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Finally, the new “resident enterprise” classification could result in a situation in which a 10 percent PRC tax is imposed on dividends we pay to our institutional, but not individual, investors that are not tax residents of the PRC (“non-resident investors”) and gains derived by them from transferring our common stock, if such income is considered PRC-sourced income by the relevant PRC tax authorities. In such event, we may be required to withhold a 10 percent PRC tax on any dividends paid to our non-resident investors. Our non-resident investors also may be responsible for paying PRC tax at a rate of 10 percent on any gain realized from the sale or transfer of our common stock in certain circumstances. We would not, however, have an obligation to withhold PRC tax with respect to such gain under the PRC tax laws.

Moreover, the State Administration of Taxation (“SAT”) released Circular Guoshuihan No. 698 (“Circular 698”) on December 10, 2009 that reinforces the taxation of certain equity transfers by non-resident investors through overseas holding vehicles. Circular 698 addresses indirect equity transfers as well as other issues. Circular 698 is retroactively effective from January 1, 2008. According to Circular 698, where a non-resident investor who indirectly holds an equity interest in a PRC resident enterprise through a non-PRC offshore holding company indirectly transfers an equity interest in a PRC resident enterprise by selling an equity interest in the offshore holding company, and the latter is located in a country or jurisdiction where the actual tax burden is less than 12.5 percent or where the offshore income of its residents is not taxable, the non-resident investor is required to provide the PRC tax authority in charge of that PRC resident enterprise with certain relevant information within 30 days of the execution of the share transfer agreement.       The tax authorities in charge will evaluate the offshore transaction for tax purposes. In the event that the tax authorities determine that such transfer is abusing forms of business organization and a reasonable commercial purpose for the offshore holding company other than the avoidance of PRC income tax liability is lacking, the PRC tax authorities will have the power to re-assess the nature of the equity transfer under the doctrine of substance over form. A reasonable commercial purpose may be established when the overall international (including U.S.) offshore structure is set up to comply with the requirements of supervising authorities of international (including U.S.) capital markets. If the SAT’s challenge of a transfer is successful, it may deny the existence of the offshore holding company that is used for tax planning purposes and subject the seller to PRC tax on the capital gain from such transfer. Since Circular 698 has a short history, there is uncertainty as to its application. We (or a non-resident investor) may become at risk of being taxed under Circular 698 and may be required to expend valuable resources to comply with Circular 698 or to establish that we (or such non-resident investor) should not be taxed under Circular 698, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations (or such non-resident investor’s investment in us).

PRC regulation of loans and direct investment by offshore holding companies to PRC entities may delay or prevent us from using the proceeds from this offering to make loans our PRC subsidiary and Huanjiang Jintai or additional capital contributions to our PRC subsidiary.

In utilizing the proceeds from this offering, we may make loans to our PRC subsidiary and Huanjiang Jintai, or we may make additional capital contributions to our PRC subsidiary. Both loans and additional capital contributions are subject to PRC regulations, including registration and approval requirements. If we lend money to our PRC subsidiary or Huanjiang Jintai, such a loan must be approved by the relevant government authorities and registered with SAFE or its local counterpart. If we finance our PRC subsidiary through additional capital contributions, the amount of these capital contributions must be approved by MOFCOM or its local counterparts.
 
 
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In addition, on August 29, 2008, SAFE promulgated Circular 142, a notice regulating the conversion by a foreign-invested company of foreign currency into RMB by restricting how the converted RMB may be used. Circular 142 requires that RMB converted from the foreign currency-denominated capital of a foreign-invested company may only be used for purposes within the business scope approved by the applicable governmental authority and may not be used for equity investments within the PRC unless specifically provided for otherwise in its business scope. In addition, SAFE strengthened its oversight over the flow and use of RMB funds converted from the foreign currency-denominated capital of a foreign-invested company. The use of such RMB fund may not be changed without approval from SAFE or its local counterparts, and may not be used to repay RMB loans if the proceeds of such loans have not yet been used. Violations of Circular 142 may result in severe penalties, including substantial fines as set forth in the Foreign Exchange Administration Regulations.

We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain the required government registrations or approvals on a timely basis, if at all, with respect to future loans made to our PRC subsidiary and Huanjiang Jintai or additional capital contributions made by us to our PRC operating subsidiary. If we fail to receive such registrations or approvals, our ability to use the proceeds from this offering and to fund our operations in China would be negatively affected, which would adversely and materially affect our liquidity and our ability to expand our business.

Risks Related to our Common Stock and this Offering

Our Chairman of the Board and President and his affiliates control us through their stock ownership and their interests may differ from other shareholders.

Mr. Kuizhong Cai, our President and Chairman of our Board of Directors, Mr. Yuan Lin, our Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Zhiming Jiang and Mr. Weiheng Cai will beneficially own approximately an aggregate of 76.2% of our issued and outstanding common stock after the sale of the shares offered pursuant to this offering and the conversion of the Convertible Notes.  As a result, they have the ability to influence the outcome of shareholder votes on various matters, including the election of directors, as well as extraordinary corporate transactions such as business combinations.  The interest of these individuals may differ from those of minority shareholders and no assurance can be given that such directors will act in our best interest or those of the minority shareholders.

The elimination of monetary liability against our directors, officers and employees under our certificate of incorporation and the existence of indemnification of our directors, officers and employees under Delaware law may result in substantial expenditures by us and may discourage lawsuits against our directors, officers and employees.

Our certificate of incorporation contains provisions which eliminate the liability of our directors for monetary damages to us and our stockholders to the maximum extent permitted under the corporate laws of Delaware. We may also provide contractual indemnification obligations under agreements with our directors, officers and employees. These indemnification obligations could result in our incurring substantial expenditures to cover the cost of settlement or damage awards against directors, officers and employees, which we may be unable to recoup. These provisions and resultant costs may also discourage us from bringing a lawsuit against directors, officers and employees for breach of their fiduciary duties, and may similarly discourage the filing of derivative litigation by our shareholders against our directors, officers and employees even though such actions, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our shareholders.
 
 
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Because of our cash requirements as well as potential government restrictions, we may be unable to pay dividends.

The payment of dividends to our shareholders would require payment of dividends to us by our PRC subsidiary and controlled company.  This, in turn, would require a conversion of RMB into US dollars and repatriation of funds to the United States.  Although our subsidiary, Xiangguang, is classified as a wholly-owned foreign enterprise under PRC law and is thus permitted to declare dividends and repatriate our funds to the Delaware parent company in the United States, any change in this status or the regulations permitting such repatriation could prevent it from doing so.  Any inability to repatriate funds to us as the Delaware parent company would in turn prevent payments of dividends to our shareholders.

We will incur increased costs as a public company which may affect our profitability.

Prior to this offering, Huanjiang Jintai operated as a private company in China.  As a public company, we, and consequently, Huanjiang Jintai, will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that it did not incur as a private company.  We will be subject to the SEC’s rules and regulations relating to public disclosure.  SEC disclosures generally involve a substantial expenditure of financial resources.  In addition, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as well as rules subsequently implemented by the SEC, required changes in corporate governance practices of public companies.  We expect that compliance with these rules and regulations will significantly increase our legal and financial compliance costs and some activities will be more time-consuming and costly.  For example, we will be required to maintain independent board committees and adopt policies regarding internal controls and disclosure controls and procedures.  Management may need to increase compensation for senior executive officers, engage senior financial officers who are able to adopt financial reporting and control procedures, allocate a budget for an investor and public relations program, and increase our financial and accounting staff in order to meet the demands and financial reporting requirements as a public reporting company.  Such additional personnel, public relations, reporting and compliance costs may negatively impact our financial results.

Generally, we have not paid any cash dividends to our shareholders and no cash dividends will be paid in the foreseeable future.

We do not anticipate paying cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future and we may not have sufficient funds legally available to pay dividends.  Even if the funds are legally available for distribution, we may nevertheless decide or may be unable to pay any dividends.  At the present time, we intend to retain all earnings for our operations.

We may need additional capital, and the sale of additional shares or other equity securities could result in additional dilution to our shareholders.

We believe that our current cash and cash equivalents, anticipated cash flow from operations and the net proceeds from this offering will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash needs for the next twelve (12) months.  We may, however, require additional cash resources due to changed business conditions or other future developments, including any investments or acquisitions we may decide to pursue.  If our resources are insufficient to satisfy our cash requirements, we may seek to sell additional equity or debt securities or obtain additional credit.  The sale of additional equity securities could result in additional dilution to our shareholders.  Incurring indebtedness would result in increased debt service obligations and could result in operating and financing covenants that would restrict our operations.  We cannot assure you that financing will be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all.

The potential sale, either pursuant to this registration statement or Rule 144, of a significant number of our shares may decrease the market price of our common stock and encourage short sales by third parties.

Actual sales, or the prospect of sales by our shareholders pursuant to this prospectus or under Rule 144, may have a negative effect on the market price of the shares of our common stock.  We may also register certain shares of our common stock in the future or those reserved for issuance under our stock option plans.  Once such shares are registered, they can be freely sold in the public market upon exercise of the options.  At any given time, if any of our shareholders either individually or in the aggregate cause a large number of securities to be sold in the public market, or if the market perceives that these holders intend to sell a large number of securities, such sales or anticipated sales could result in a substantial reduction in the trading price of shares of our common stock and could also impede our ability to raise future capital.
 
 
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The presence of short sellers in our common stock may further depress the price of our common stock.  If a significant number of shares of our common stock are sold, the market price of our common stock may decline.  Furthermore, the sale or potential sale of the offered securities pursuant to a prospectus and the depressive effect of such sales or potential sales could make it difficult for us to raise funds from other sources.

The market price for our stock may be volatile.

The market price for our stock may be volatile and subject to wide fluctuations in response to factors including the following:

 
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liquidity of the market for the shares;

 
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actual or anticipated fluctuations in quarterly operating results;

 
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sales of substantial amounts of our common stock, or the perception that such sales might occur;

 
·
changes in financial estimates by securities research analysts;

 
·
conditions in the PRC and international non-ferrous metal markets;

 
·
changes in the economic performance or market valuations of other companies in the industry;

 
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announcements by us or our competitors of acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments;

 
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addition or departure of key personnel;

 
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fluctuations of exchange rates between RMB and the U.S. dollar;

 
·
our dividend policy; and

 
·
general economic or political conditions in China.

Our operating results may fall below the expectations of our investors and that of securities analysts.  In this event, the market price of our common stock would likely be materially adversely affected and the value of your investment may decline.  In addition, the securities market has from time to time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that are not related to the operating performance of particular companies.  These market fluctuations may also materially and adversely affect the market price of our stock.

Volatility in our common share price may subject us to securities litigation.

The market for our common stock may be characterized by significant price volatility, and we expect that our share price will continue to be more volatile than a seasoned issuer for the indefinite future.  In the past, plaintiffs have often initiated securities class action litigation against a company following periods of volatility in the market price of its securities.  We may, in the future, be the target of similar litigation. Securities litigation could result in substantial costs and liabilities and could divert management's attention and resources.
 
 
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Our common stock may be thinly traded and you may be unable to sell at or near ask prices or at all if you need to sell your shares to raise money or otherwise desire to liquidate your shares.

We have applied to have our common stock listed on the NYSE Amex Equities.  Our common stock may be “thinly-traded”, meaning that the number of persons interested in purchasing our common stock at or near bid prices at any given time may be relatively small or non-existent.  This situation may be attributable to a number of factors, including the fact that we are a small company which is relatively unknown to stock analysts, stock brokers, institutional investors and others in the investment community that generate or influence sales volume, and that even if we came to the attention of such persons, they tend to be risk-averse and might be reluctant to follow an unproven company such as ours or purchase or recommend the purchase of our shares until such time as we became more seasoned.  As a consequence, there may be periods of several days or more when trading activity in our shares is minimal or non-existent, as compared to a seasoned issuer which has a large and steady volume of trading activity that will generally support continuous sales without an adverse effect on share price.  We cannot give you any assurance that a broad or active public trading market for our common stock will develop or be sustained.
 
Our application for listing on the NYSE Amex Equities may not be approved at the time when this offering is completed. As a result, our common stock may not trade on a public exchange and lack liquidity.

We have applied to have our common stock listed on the NYSE Amex Equities. However; no assurance can be given that our application will be approved at the time of the completion of this offering, if at all. In addition the NYSE Amex Equities has certain listing procedures in place which could delay, or even prevent, the approval of our listing application. If such application is not approved or is pending when this offering closes, we still plan to complete the offering while awaiting the final decision on our listing application. Under this circumstance, upon the closing of this offering, our common stock will not be traded on the NYSE Amex Equities or any comparable national securities exchange, which means there will be no public market for our common stock. As a result, purchasers of the shares offered herein may not be able to resell their shares of common stock on any exchange for an indefinite amount of time.
 
If we are unable to obtain the approval of our listing application filed with the NYSE Amex Equities, we must comply with the blue sky filing requirements in the states in which the shares offered herein will be sold or rely on an exemption therefrom, if available.  If we do not comply with the state regulations in regard to the sale of these securities or find an exemption therefrom there may be limitations on the resale of your stock.

With few exceptions, every offer or sale of a security must, before it is offered or sold in a state, be registered or exempt from registration under the securities, or blue sky laws, of the state(s) in which the security is offered and sold.  Blue sky statutes vary widely and there is very little uniformity in the blue sky filing requirements among state securities laws.  While we intend to review the blue sky laws before the distribution of the shares in a particular state, should we fail to properly register the securities as required by the respective states or find an exemption from registration, you may not be able to resell your stock once purchased. 
Our management will have broad discretion over the use of the net proceeds from this offering and may not obtain a favorable return on the use of these proceeds.

Our management will have broad discretion in determining how to apply the net proceeds from this offering and may spend the proceeds in a manner that our stockholders may not deem desirable. We currently intend to use the net proceeds that we will receive from this offering to improve our existing mine, explore certain exploration properties, construction of mining machinery and for certain expenses. We cannot assure you that these uses or any other use of the net proceeds of this offering will yield favorable returns or results. See “Use of Proceeds”.

Provisions in our Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws and Delaware law might discourage, delay or prevent a change of control of our company or changes in our management and, therefore, depress the trading price of our common stock.

Provisions of our certificate of incorporation and by-laws and Delaware law may discourage, delay or prevent a merger, acquisition or other change in control that stockholders may consider favorable, including transactions in which you might otherwise receive a premium for your shares of our common stock. These provisions may also prevent or frustrate attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our management. These provisions include:

 
limitations on the removal of directors;

 
advance notice requirements for stockholder proposals and director nominations;

 
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the inability of stockholders to act by written consent or to call special meetings;

 
the ability of our board of directors to make, alter or repeal our by-laws; and

 
the ability of our board of directors to designate the terms of and issue new series of preferred stock without stockholder approval.

In addition, we are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which generally prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in any of a broad range of business combinations with an interested stockholder for a period of three years following the date on which the stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless such transactions are approved by our board of directors. The existence of the foregoing provisions and anti-takeover measures could limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock. They could also deter potential acquirers of our company, thereby reducing the likelihood that you could receive a premium for your common stock in an acquisition.
 
 
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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus, including the sections entitled “Prospectus Summary,” “Risk Factors,” “Use of Proceeds,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and “Business” contains forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this prospectus, including statements regarding our future results of operations and financial position, business strategy and plans and our objectives for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The words “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, short term and long-term business operations and objectives, and financial needs. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those described in “Risk Factors.” Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this prospectus may not occur and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements.

You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee that the future results, levels of activity, performance or events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur. Moreover, neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this prospectus to conform these statements to actual results or to changes in our expectations.

You should read this prospectus and the documents that we reference in this prospectus and have filed with the SEC as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part with the understanding that our actual future results, levels of activity, performance and events and circumstances may be materially different from what we expect.
 
 
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USE OF PROCEEDS

Assuming the sale of all 6,000,000 shares offered herein at a public offering price of $5.000 per share, the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover of this prospectus, our net proceeds after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses, will be approximately $26,000,000.

We intend to use the net proceeds as follows:

 
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Approximately $2,000,000 for existing mine safety improvements, expansion and rehabilitation.  We shall rehabilitate up to four (4) tunnels in the Ore Mine and improve current ventilation, drainage and slagging shaft.   It is anticipated that these activities will improve our working environment and increase our operating efficiencies;

 
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Approximately $6,000,000 to explore and develop our existing Exploration Rights Properties.  Our goal is to become a leading fully integrated developer and operator in our province.  This capital injection should accelerate our initiatives into meeting this objective; and

 
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Approximately $17,000,000 for plant expansion and new construction.  $7,000,000 of this $17,000,000 shall immediately be utilized to expand production capacity and construct a new concentrator to include additional ores and the remaining $10,000,000 is designated to construct a state-of-the-art zinc oxide production line in the Duchuan Smelter with an estimated annual output of 50,000 metric tons.

We have also undertaken that $1,000,000 raised in this offering shall be placed in escrow for a period of twelve (12) months to be released solely as payment for expenses related to us being a public company such as legal costs associated with the filing of the registration statement, costs related to engaging a transfer agent, an auditing firm and an investor relationship firm, the purchase of directors and officer’s insurance, as well as to cover all other necessary costs and expenses related to being a public company, including costs related to periodic filings that we will be required to make.  Our management and officers will not be entitled to procure funds from the escrow account for any other purpose.

If we receive any additional net proceeds from the exercise of the over-allotment option, we anticipate that such additional funds would be used for mergers and acquisitions with companies that we deem will contribute to our growth as a company, and which are in line with our long term strategies. At the present time, we have no agreements in place to acquire any companies.

The allocation of the net proceeds of the offering set forth above represents our estimates based upon our current plans and assumptions regarding industry and general economic conditions and our future revenues and expenditures.

At this time, it is anticipated that the net proceeds from the offering will be sufficient to fully cover the costs to be incurred for the above-mentioned projects.  Investors are cautioned, however, that expenditures may vary substantially from these estimates. Investors will be relying on the judgment of our management, who will have broad discretion regarding the application of the proceeds of this offering. The amounts and timing of our actual expenditures will depend upon numerous factors, including market conditions, cash generated by our operations, business developments and related rates of growth. We may find it necessary or advisable to use portions of the proceeds from this offering for other purposes.

From time to time, we evaluate these and other factors and we anticipate continuing to make such evaluations to determine if the existing allocation of resources, including the proceeds of this offering, are being optimized. Pending such uses, we intend to invest the net proceeds of this offering in direct and guaranteed obligations of the United States, interest-bearing, investment-grade instruments or certificates of deposit.
  
 
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A $1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed initial public offering price of $5.00 per share, the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover of this prospectus, would increase (decrease) the net proceeds to us from this offering by approximately $5.6 million, assuming the number of shares offered by us as listed on the cover page of this prospectus remains the same.

DIVIDEND POLICY

Our policy is to retain all earnings, if any, to provide funds for operation and expansion of our business. We are a holding company incorporated in the State of Delaware and do not have any assets or conduct any business operations other than through our subsidiaries.  As a result of our holding company structure, we rely entirely on dividend payments from our PRC subsidiaries.  PRC accounting standards and regulations currently permit payment of dividends only out of accumulated profits, a portion of which is required to be set aside for certain reserve funds.  Our inability to receive all of the revenues from our PRC subsidiaries' operations may provide an additional obstacle to our ability to pay dividends if we so decide in the future.  In addition, the declaration of dividends, if any, will be subject to the discretion of our board of directors, which may consider such factors as our results of operations, financial condition, capital needs and acquisition strategy, among others.  Please refer to the risk factor “Our PRC subsidiary is subject to restrictions on paying dividends and making other payments to us” on page 22 thereof for a more detailed discussion on the limitations on the payment of dividends to us by our subsidiaries.
 
 
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CAPITALIZATION

The following table summarizes our capitalization as of December 31, 2010

 
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on an actual basis;

 
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on an adjusted basis to reflect the following:

our receipt of estimated net proceeds from the sale of 6,000,000 shares of common stock (excluding the 900,000 shares of common stock which the underwriter has the option to purchase to cover over-allotments, if any) in this offering at an offering price of $5.00 per share, and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses; and

the conversion of the Convertible Notes sold to Ms. Liwen Hu  and Mr. Haibin Zhong, the Selling Stockholders, at $5.00 per share, the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover of this prospectus.

You should read this table in conjunction with the sections of this prospectus entitled “Use of Proceeds”, “Summary Financial and Operating Data”, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and “Results of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus.

     
December 31, 2010 (1)
 
   
Actual
   
As Adjusted
 
Cash and cash equivalents:
  $ 27,928,277     $ 57,528,277  
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 32,000,000 shares outstanding at December 31, 2010(1) actual and 42,000,000 shares outstanding as adjusted
               
Paid-in capital
   
242,891
      49,841,891  
Common Stock:32,000,000 issued and outstanding shares,$0.0001 par value per share; authorized 100,000,000 shares
    3,200       4,200  
Preferred Stock:1,000,000 shares of blank check preferred stock $0.0001 par value per share
    -       -  
Statutory reserves
    144,882       144,882  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    2,659,223       2,659,223  
Retained earnings
   
46,141,641
      46,141,641  
Total stockholders’ equity
   
49,191,837
      98,791,837  
 
(1)
The table above excludes, as of December 31, 2010, shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Selling Stockholders’ Warrants.
 
 
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MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

Market Information

There is presently no public market for our common stock.  We have applied for the listing of our common stock on the NYSE Amex Equities under the symbol “JTI”.  However, we cannot assure you that our common stock will be listed on the NYSE Amex Equities or, if listed, that a public market will materialize. In the event that our application for listing on the NYSE Amex Equities is not approved, or if such approval is not obtained at the time of closing of the offering, purchasers of our shares pursuant to this offering will not be able to re-sell such shares for an indefinite amount of time.

Holders

As of December 31, 2010, there were four holders of record of our common stock.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

As of December 31, 2010, we did not have any equity compensation plan in effect.

DILUTION

If you invest in our securities, your investment will be diluted immediately to the extent of the difference between the initial public offering price per share of common stock you pay in this offering, and the pro forma net tangible book value per share of common stock immediately after this offering.

Pro forma net tangible book value represents the amount of our total tangible assets reduced by our total liabilities after giving effect to the sale of 6,000,000 shares of common stock at an assumed price of $5.00 per share, the midpoint of the range set forth on the cover of this prospectus, in this offering. Tangible assets equal our total assets less goodwill and intangible assets.  Pro forma net tangible book value per share represents our pro forma net tangible book value divided by the number of shares of common stock outstanding after giving effect to the issuance of 4,000,000 shares issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes.  Net tangible book value per share represents the amount of our total tangible assets less total liabilities, divided by the number of shares of common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2010. As of December 31, 2010, our pro forma net tangible book value was $98.79 million and our pro forma net tangible book value per share was $2.35.

Dilution in net tangible book value per share to new investors represents the difference between the amount per share paid by purchasers of shares in this offering and the net tangible book value per share of common stock immediately after completion of this offering.

After giving effect to the sale of all the shares being sold pursuant to this offering at the offering price of $5.00 per share (the mid-point of the price range for this offering) and after deducting underwriting discount and commission estimated offering expenses payable by us in the amount of $400,000, our net tangible book value would be approximately $98.79 million, or $2.35 per share of common stock. This represents an immediate increase in net tangible book value of $0.81 per share of common stock to existing stockholders and an immediate dilution in net tangible book value of $2.65 per share to new investors purchasing the shares in this offering.
 
 
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The following table illustrates this per share dilution:
 
    
As of
December
31, 2010
   
As
Adjusted
 
Public offering price per share of common stock
        $ 5.00  
Net tangible book value per share of common stock as of December 31, 2010
  $ 1.54          
Increase in net tangible book value per share attributable to existing stockholders
    0.81          
Net tangible book value per share as adjusted after this offering
            2.35  
Dilution per share to new investors
            2.65  

The information above is as of December 31, 2010 and excludes the exercise of the Selling Stockholders’ Warrants issued by us to the Selling Stockholders in August and November 2010.

Our adjusted pro forma net tangible book value after the offering, and the dilution to new investors in the offering, will change from the amounts shown above if the underwriter’s over-allotment option is exercised.

A $1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed initial public offering price would increase (decrease) our adjusted pro forma net tangible book value per share after this offering by approximately $0.14, and dilution per share to new investors by approximately $0.86, after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses payable by us.

EXCHANGE RATE INFORMATION

Our business is primarily conducted in China and all of our revenues are received and denominated in RMB. Capital accounts of our consolidated financial statements are translated into United States dollars from RMB at their historical exchange rates when the capital transactions occurred.  Assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rates as of the balance sheet date.  Income and expenditures are translated at the average exchange rate of the period.  RMB is not freely convertible into foreign currency and all foreign exchange transactions must take place through authorized institutions.  No representation is made that the RMB amounts could have been, or could be, converted into United States dollars at the rates used in translation.

The following table sets forth information concerning exchange rates between the RMB and the United States dollar for the periods indicated .

Year Ended March 31
 
As of
March 31
(1)
   
Yearly
Average (2)
 
             
2008
   
7.019
     
7.4571
 
2009
   
6.8359
     
6.8667
 
2010
   
6.8263
     
6.8288
 
April 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010 (3)
   
N/A
     
6.7516
 
 
(1)
The exchange rates reflect the noon buying rates as reported by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System and National Inter-bank Funding Center.

(2)
Annual averages are calculated from month-end rates. Monthly averages are calculated using the average of the daily rates during the relevant period.

(3)
Nine-month average rate from April to December, 2010. As of December 31, 2010, the exchange rate was 6.6227.
  
 
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATION

The following management’s discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto and the other financial information appearing elsewhere in this item. These statements relate to our future plans, objectives, expectations and intentions. These statements may be identified by the use of words such as “may”, “will”, “could”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “believe”, “estimate”, “plan”, “predict”, and similar terms or terminology, or the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. Although we believe the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions within the bounds of our knowledge of our business, our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in these statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of this Prospectus. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason even if new information becomes available or other events occur in the future.
 
Our financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. See “Exchange Rate Information” section for information concerning the exchanges rates at which Renminbi (“RMB”) were translated into U.S. Dollars (“USD”) at various pertinent dates and for pertinent periods.
 
OVERVIEW
 
We were incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on June 14, 2010.  Our operations are based in Guangxi Province, China. We are a vertically-integrated mining and refined zinc and lead mineral producer with exploration, mining, separating, smelting and further processing operations.
 
The following selected comparative financial information for the nine months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the years ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 have been derived from and should be read in conjunction with our financial statements for the nine months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the fiscal years ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 included in this prospectus.
 
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

NINE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010 COMPARED WITH NINE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009

Revenues

Revenues for the nine months ended December 31, 2010 were $ 33.32 million, representing an $8.50 million or 34.3% increase compared to $24.82 million for the same period in 2009. The increase in net revenues was mainly attributable to the rebound of the non-ferrous metal market in 2010. Due to the global financial crisis and China’s increased importation of refined zinc and lead products during 2008 and 2009, the market price of zinc and lead products decreased significantly. However, zinc and lead prices experienced a strong price recovery in 2010 and this resulted in our revenue increase. Due to the strong and increased demand for refined zinc products in 2010, we expanded our sales of zinc and lead related products, such as zinc calcine, zinc dust and sand, sulfuric acid and lead concentrate. We also continued selling our byproducts, such as tailings, in this year as a part of our long-term business strategy. For the nine months ended December 31, 2010, we sold 7,768 metric tons of zinc calcine at a unit price of $1,672 per metric ton, 1,517 metric tons of zinc dust and sand at $1,516 per metric ton, 21,111 tons of oxidized ore at $613 per ton, 19,599 tons of pyrite at $41 per ton, 13,180 tons of sulfuric acid at $40 per ton, 825 tons of lead concentrates at $1,879 per ton, 79 tons of electric dust at $1,385 per ton, and 22,222 tons of tailings at $95 per ton. The sales revenue of zinc, lead and other related products accounted for 54.9% of total revenue. The other 44.1% of sales revenue was attributed to the sales of oxidized ores and tailings. During the same period ended December 31, 2009, we sold 201 metric tons of zinc calcine at $1,182 per metric ton and 224,309 tons of tailings at $111per ton which represented a sales proportion of 1% and 99%, respectively.
 
 
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Cost of Goods Sold

Cost of goods sold amounted to $13.27 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2010 compared to $13.08 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2009. The cost of goods sold for the nine months ended December 31, 2010 represented a minor increase of $0.19 million, or 1.42%. The increase in cost of goods sold was due to the relatively low cost of production oxidized ores, which accounted for 38.8% of our revenues for the nine months ended December 31, 2010. In comparison to the same products sold for the nine months ended December 31, 2009, the average unit cost for zinc calcine and tailings were $1,016 and $49 per ton in 2010 and $1, 275 and $57 per ton. The reason for the reduction in unit costs of zinc calcine and tailings was the dilution of fixed costs by other products produced during the period, such as zinc and lead concentrates and refined zinc products during the nine months ended December 31, 2010. At the same time, due to the rebound of the nonferrous metal market in 2010, we also sold several highly profitable products with low unit costs, such as pyrite, sulfuric acid and zinc/lead oxidized ores. As a result, there was a positive impact during the nine months period ended December 31, 2010.
 
Gross Profit and Gross Profit Margin

For the nine months ended December 31, 2010, gross profit was $20.06 million, representing an increase of approximately $8.32 million, or 70.9%, as compared to $11.74 million for the same period in 2009. As of December 31, 2010, we recorded a gross profit margin of 60.2%, which was mainly due to the high gross profit margin from the sales of oxidized ores. Moreover, as the global zinc and lead market continued to rebound during the nine months ended December 31, 2010, we increased the sales of our zinc and lead related products, such as zinc calcine, zinc dust and sand, sulfuric acid, lead concentrate, pyrites and oxidized ores, which collectively accounted for 93.7% of our total revenue. The remaining 6.3% of sales revenue was attributed to the sale of our tailings. The value of oxidized ore is determined by its mineralogical composition and content. There are four grades of oxidized ore, corresponding to different composition and sale prices. As of December 31, 2010, the sale prices for the four grades of oxidized ore were as follows:

Grade
Mineralogical composition and content
 
Reference sales price per ton
 
         
A
Pb 3%, Zn 9%
  $ 164  
           
B
Pb 5%, Zn 15%, S 8%, Cd 0.9%
  $ 322  
           
C
Pb 8%, Zn 20%, S 8%, Cd 0.9%, Ag 300g/ton
  $ 576  
           
D
Pb 8%, Zn 20%, S 8%, Cd 0.9%, Ag 450g/ton, Sb 2.8%
  $ 859  

* Pb=lead, Zn=zinc, S=sulfur, Cd= cadmium, Ag=silver, Sb=antimony

We sold grade C and D oxidized ore, which resulted in an average selling price of approximately $613 per ton.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses increased by $1.35 million, or approximately 126.2 %, to $ 2.42 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2010 from $1.07 million for the same period in 2009. The increase in general and administrative expenses was primarily due to expenses related to our efforts in becoming a publicly reporting company, such as legal costs associated with the filing of the registration statement covering the shares sold under this prospectus, costs related to engaging an auditing firm, costs related to the production of the necessary mining report, and costs associated with the issuance the warrants to purchase up to 800,000 shares of our common stock.
 
 
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Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment

The accompanying financial statements are presented in U.S. Dollars. Our functional currency is the RMB of the PRC. The financial statements are translated into U.S. Dollars from RMB at period-end exchange rates for assets and liabilities, and weighted average exchange rates for revenues and expenses. Capital accounts are translated at their historical exchange rates when the capital transactions occurred. For the nine months ended December 31, 2010, we recognized a foreign currency translation gain of $1.32 million, as compared to $0.53 million for the same period in 2009.
 
Income Tax

Income tax expense was $3.50 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2010 compared to $1.49 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2009. For the nine months ended December 31, 2009, all of our profits were contributed by Huanjiang Jintai, which enjoyed a favorable tax reduction benefit introduced by the State Administration of Taxation of Guangxi province to encourage companies engaged in the non-ferrous metals industry in the Zhuang autonomous region. Therefore, the effective tax rate for this period was about 14%. For the nine months ended December 31, 2010, our financial statements were consolidated from four legal entities, which included Huanjiang Jintai, Xiangguang, Jintai HK, and Jintai Mining Group, Inc. Since Xiangguang is located in Guangdong province, it did not enjoy any tax incentives and had a normal income tax rate of 25%. Hence, the effective tax rate increased to approximately 22%. In addition, the tax holiday ended on December 31, 2010, and from January 1, 2011, all income tax rates are at a rating 25%.
 
Net Income

Net income for the nine months ended December 31, 2010 was $13.69 million, an increase of $4.74 million, or 53%, compared to $8.95 million for the same period in 2009. Such increase was mainly due to an increase in our revenue and gross profit resulting from the strong recovery in the price of zinc and lead related products and from our low cost of goods sold by preferential product mix.
 
 
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Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2010 Compared to Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2009

Revenues
 
Net revenues for the year ended March 31, 2010 were $ 35.03 million, representing an $11.26 million or 47.4% increase compared to $23.77 million in 2009. The increase in net revenues was mainly attributable to a change in our business strategy by shifting our primary sales from our zinc and lead related products to the sale of tailings during the year ended March 31, 2010.

Due to the global financial crisis and China’s increased import of refined zinc and lead products during 2008, the market price of zinc and lead products decreased significantly. During fiscal 2009, the trend continued. During the past three years our average zinc sales prices were $2,343, $1,431 and $1,350 per metric ton in fiscal year ended March 31, 2008, March 31, 2009 and March 31, 2010, respectively. Since zinc’s price dropped dramatically, we had a lower profit margin during those periods. For example, we experienced a steep decrease in zinc calcine’s profit margin from 18% in 2008 to 4% in 2009 and 6% in 2010. The profit margin for zinc dust and sand was negative 13% in 2009, compared to a positive 19% profit in 2008. In response to the worsening market situation, we shifted from selling primarily refined zinc products to selling the tailings produced by it. During fiscal 2010, we sold 315,918 tons of tailings at a price of $110 per ton and 304 tons of zinc calcine at price of $1,350 per ton, accounting for 99% and 1% of our sales revenue, per ton, respectively.  In comparison to fiscal year 2009 when we sold 135,715 tons of tailings, at $102 per ton, 310 tons of lead concentrates at $1,399 per ton, 139 tons of zinc concentrates at a price $1,527 per ton, 29,882 tons of pyrite at $18 per ton and 4,118 tons of sulfuric calcine at a price $1,431 per ton, 1,123 tons of zinc sand and dust at a price of $1,286 per ton and 8,436 tons of sulfuric acid at a price of $167 per ton. The sales of tailings and zinc and lead related products are accounted for 58% and 42% of our total sales revenue respectively. This resulted in increased revenues with a relatively small increase in the cost of goods sold during the fiscal year 2010.
 
 
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As a part of our long term strategy, we anticipate that we will continue the sale of our tailings in the future, particularly during times when management deems it appropriate as a result of prevailing market conditions. Because we own one of the highest quality zinc-lead mines in the region, and due to our relatively rudimentary processing technology and equipments, our tailings are deemed by management to be much richer compared to those produced by similar processing facilities in the other regions of China.
 
Cost of Goods Sold
 
Cost of goods sold in 2010 and 2009 was $18.43 million and $15.27 million respectively. The cost of goods sold during fiscal year 2010 showed an increase of $3.16 million, or 20.7%.
 
For the year ended March 31, 2010, the average unit cost of tailings and zinc calcine was $57 per ton and $1,266 per ton, respectively. In comparison to the previous year, we sold the tailings at an average cost of $55 per ton, representing a slight increase of 5%. In addition, the average cost of goods sold on zinc and lead related products are as follows: lead concentrates at $578 per ton, zinc concentrates at $933 per ton, pyrite at $2 per ton, zinc calcine at $1,374 per ton, zinc sand and dust at $1,453 per ton and sulfuric acid at $26 per ton. Overall, the increase in cost of goods sold was in line with the increase in the sales of tailings.

Gross Profit and Gross Profit Margin
 
For the year ended March 31, 2010, gross profit was $16.60 million, representing an increase of approximately 95.5% as compared to $8.49 million in 2009. Such increase was mainly attributable to an increase in our overall profit margin resulting from an adjustment in our business strategy wherein we redirected our focus to the sale of our tailings. Such strategy resulted in higher gross profit and lower extracting and smelting costs. In addition, during the fiscal year 2009, our transportation tunnels were under expansion which affected the output of our raw ores. In addition, the global financial crisis affected the overall market price for zinc and lead. As such, in 2010, we temporarily discontinued the sale of zinc dust and sand, sulfuric acid, zinc oxide, lead and zinc concentrates and pyrites. Instead, we processed raw ores for other smaller mining companies in the region that did not have the facilities to process their own zinc-lead ores and primarily focused on the sale of our tailings as a main revenue driver. The gross profit margin of the tailings was relatively high and we were able to minimize our extraction and smelting costs and thus our profit margin increased.

The sale of tailings in the latter half of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009 and in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 is a part of our sales strategy during periods of financial turmoil. Since the economic situation has gradually improved and zinc and lead prices have risen to an acceptable level in 2010, we resumed sales of zinc products in April 2010.

General and Administrative Expenses
 
General and administrative expenses increased by approximately 13.2% or $0.15 million to $ 1.26 million in 2010 from $1.11 million in 2009. The increase in general and administrative expenses was primarily due to an increase in employee salaries, paid bonuses, benefits and administrative costs.

Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment
 
The accompanying financial statements are presented in U.S. Dollars. Our functional currency is the RMB of the PRC. The financial statements are translated into U.S. Dollars from RMB at period-end exchange rates for assets and liabilities, and weighted average exchange rates for revenues and expenses. Capital accounts are translated at their historical exchange rates when the capital transactions occurred. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010, we recognized a foreign currency translation gain of $34,697.

Income Tax
 
Income tax expense increased $1.70 million to $2.28 million in 2010 from $0.58 million in 2009.
 
Net Income

Net income for the year ended March 31, 2010 was $12.79 million, an increase of  96.5% or $6.28 million, compared to $6.51 million 2009. Such increase was mainly due to our increased profit margin resulting from a shift in our strategy from the sale of refined zinc products to the sale of tailings in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010.

 
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Liquidity and Capital Resources

For the Nine Month Period Ended December 31, 2010
 
Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents were $27.93 million as of December 31, 2010, an increase of 23.22 million as compared to the balance of $4.71 million as of December 31, 2009. The increase in cash position was mainly due to large cash inflows from both operating and financing activities. Net income was increased by $4.74 million and there was a cash inflow of $19.40 million from financing activities for the nine months ended December 31, 2010. As a result, the overall effect on cash and cash equivalents has increased by approximately $23.22 million compared to the same time period in 2009. Further explanation can be found below in Net cash provided by operating activities. In addition, the change in these accounts was offset by a large expenditure on mine site constructions and equipment purchases during the nine month period ended December 31, 2010.

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities for the nine months ended December 31, 2010 was $10.01million, as compared to $0.06 million used in operating activities for the nine months ended December 31, 2009. The increase in net cash provided by operating activities was mainly due to an increase in net income of $4.74 million and an increase in working capital of $5.33 million. The main drivers for the significant inflow of cash from operating activities for the nine months ended December 31, 2010 were the rebound of nonferrous metal markets and can improved operations environment. The improving market conditions in the nine months ended December 31, 2010 allowed us to achieve a 35% increase in net income, which was one of the major contributors to the increase of our net cash provided by operating activities. As for working capital, an aggregate increase of approximately $19.52 million in inventory and accounts payables was offset by an increase of $14.78 million in cash, resulting from changes in accounts receivable and paid in advance amounts. The increase of $5.53 million in tax payable was mainly due to an increase in our taxable income due to an increase in our sales revenue, as well as a higher effective income tax rate due to the consolidation of our financial reports with Xiangguang in 2010, since Xiangguang did not enjoy the same tax incentives as Huanjiang Jintai did in the same period of 2009. As for the decreased growth of inventory, the production of run-of-mine ores decreased due to a flooding in our tunnels from early June to August in 2010, and the Company conducted rehabilitation and expansion constructions on tunnel #1 that affected the ore production output, Therefore, the quantity of run-of-mine ores mined was reduced substantially as compared to the same period of year 2009. On the other hand, the output of zinc and lead concentrates and refinery zinc and related products increased in the nine months ended December 31, 2010 due to the high grade of ores that were mined. The overall effect has led to a reduction on the growth of inventory compared to the same period in 2009. The substantial change in receivables was attributed to a large increase in our sales in the third quarter as of December 31, 2010, and a large proportion of these receivables would be collected from our clients in the fourth quarter. The increase in payments in advance relates to several unfinished projects currently under construction, such as the mine tunnel expansion construction and mining exploration project, the value of which cannot be recorded under fixed assets until the Company has been given an opportunity to inspect and accept the same. As a result, we recorded an increase in cash flow from operations for the nine months ended December 31, 2010.
 
 
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Net Cash Used In Investing Activities

For the nine months ended December 31, 2010, we used $8.44 million in investing activities, as compared to $0.59 million provided from investing activities in the same period from the previous year. This increase of cash used was mainly due to several investments which were made by the Company in the third quarter in the year 2010. Among these changes in capital expenditures, $8.62 million were invested in construction projects and $0.41 million were used in equipment procurements. As a result, the net cash used in investing activities increased $9.03 million during the nine months ended December 31, 2010.

Net Cash Provided By Financing Activities

Our financing activities for the nine months ended December 31, 2010 included the sale of convertible notes and cash received from investors which increased our cash position by $19.40 million. For the same period in 2009, we did not conduct any financing activity.

We generated a net operating profit of approximately $13.69 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2010 and $8.95 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2009.
 
For the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2010
 
Cash and Cash Equivalents
 
Cash and cash equivalents were $6.36 million as of March 31, 2010, an increase of $2.18 million as compared to the balance of $4.18 million as of March 31, 2009. The increase in cash position was mainly due to a reduction in investment spending. Net income in 2010 increased and investments have decreased. As a result, the overall effect on cash and cash equivalents has increased by approximately $2.18 million as compared to the balance in 2009. There was a $16.75 million reduction in investment spending compared to 2009 when $17.1 million was spent on plants, properties and equipments purchases. On the other hand, there was a decrease in operating cash flow compared to 2009 mainly due to a large settlement in accounts payable.
 
The business reason for the changes in cash flows from related parties was due to our long-term business strategy to enhance our competitiveness. We have conducted several investments on fixed assets since 2009, including the acquisition of Duchuan Smelter, the expansion on construction of tailing facilities, and the mine infrastructure maintenance and portal upgrade. In response to the large capital expenditure requirement, we carried out a moderate financing to related parties. The majority of investments were conducted in 2009 and the rest in 2010. Therefore, there were two consecutive years where cash inflows from related parties had a decreasing trend.
 
Net Cash Provided By Operating Activities
 
Net cash provided by operating activities for the year ended March 31, 2010 was $2.05 million, as compared to $19.80 million for the year ended March 31, 2009. The decrease in net cash provided by operating activities was mainly due to an aggregate increase of approximately $1.52 million in accounts receivable, other receivables, amounts paid in advance and deposits for the year ended March 31, 2010. Accounts payable for the year ended march 31, 2010 also decreased by $6.95 million compared to the year ended March 31, 2009. The overall effect was a decrease in the net cash in operating activities.
 
The main driver for the significant inflow of cash from operating activities in the fiscal year ended march 31, 2009 was due to a danger in our business strategy. We undertook several investment projects, such as the construction projects at the mine, which required a large amount of capital for investment expenditures. We negotiated better payment terms with suppliers on our procurement activities. For the year ended March 31, 2009, we had a large increase in accounts payable of $7.94 million and most of these outstanding payments were due in the year ended March 31, 2010. As a result, the cash outflow decreased accordingly, which was coupled with an increases in cash flow from operating activities; Meanwhile, we collected other accounts receivable in the amount of $7.76 million from the fiscal year of 2009, which also contributed to the increase in cash flow from operations. In the year ended March 31, 2010, we settled most of our accounts payable as we had available funds collected from our clients. As a result, we had an overall decrease in cash flow from operation in our fiscal year of 2010.
 
 
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Net Cash Used In Investing Activities
 
Net cash used in investing activities was $0.32 million for the year ended March 31, 2010, as compared to $17.07 million used for the year ended March 31, 2009. The decrease was mainly due to a recovery of $2.2 million in short-term investment in 2010, a decrease of $10.76 million in purchase of property, land and equipment and a decrease of $1.41 million in construction in progress (technical reform and upgrade on transportation tunnels). As a result, the net cash used in investment activities decreased in 2010. In 2009, we used significant capital in our investment activities because of the dramatic change in the metal market. A continuing declining trend in the zinc and lead market made our zinc and lead products unprofitable. Due to the fact that continuing the usual mining activities would not maximize our profits, we focused our development on upgrading mining infrastructures and improving existing portals from 2009 and continued these tasks in 2010. Management believes that these construction projects were for our best long-run interests by equipping it with more efficient production conditions. We spent $13.21 million in fixed assets in 2009, such as property, plant and equipment, and $1.87 million in construction projects in progress, including improving existing portals.
 
Net Cash Provided By Financing Activities
 
Net cash provided by financing activities for the year ended March 31, 2010 was $0.44 million compared to $0.82 million for the same period in 2009. The decrease was mainly due to a repayment of loans. Due to the large investment expenditures required by the construction projects mentioned above in 2009, we could not rely solely on its self-generated capital to satisfy all these expenditures. In this case, we used moderate financing to support its operating activities, which resulted in an increase in the cash flow from financing. As a result of major investments made in 2009, there were relatively less investment expenditures needed on fixed assets and construction in progress in 2010. Hence, we could use part of our revenues generated from operating activities to repay financing amount owed, resulting in a decrease in the cash flow from financing.
 
We generated a net operating profit of approximately $15.06 million and $7.16 million during the years ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
In August and November 2010, the Selling Stockholders, Ms. Liwen Hu and Mr. Haibin Zhong, purchased an aggregate of $20,000,000 in Convertible Notes from us bearing an interest rate of 3% per annum and were issued an aggregate of 800,000 warrants to purchase shares of our common stock (“Selling Stockholders’ Warrants”). The Convertible Notes automatically convert into common stock upon the effectiveness of this registration statement at the public offering price.

On August 31, 2010, we obtained proceeds of $10,000,000 from the issuance of the Convertible Notes to Ms. Liwen Hu. As of the date hereof, approximately $7,000,000 of the $10,000,000 has been used for tunnel expansion, general exploration on the Shangchao-Gangshan lead ore deposit and the infrastructure construction and site expansion of the Duchuan Smelter.  The remaining $3,000,000 was placed in an escrow account established with Guangzhou Kaituo Trading Co. Ltd. (the “Escrow Agent”) and was released to the Company on December 31, 2010.

On November 26, 2010, we signed all related agreements for the issuance of the Convertible Notes for the amount of $10,000,000 to Mr. Haibin Zhong.  We received $10,000,000 from the sale of the Convertible Note to Mr. Haibin Zhong on December 15, 2010.

We intend to use the $20,000,000 from the sale of the Convertible Notes as follows:  (a) $4,000,000 from the gross proceeds for the expansion construction of tunnels #1 in the Ore Mine as one more transportation track will be added to double the existing transportation capacity; (b) $10,000,000 for stage-one infrastructure construction to the Duchuan Smelter before upgrading its zinc-oxide production line; and (c) $6,000,000 for the general exploration, drilling and sampling for the Shangchao-Gangshan lead ore deposit.   We paid $300,000 to our placement agent, Maxim Group, LLC, as commissions and corporate finance fees, in connection with the sale of the Convertible Notes.
 
Based on the terms of the Convertible Notes (as amended) upon the effectiveness of this registration statement, the Convertible Notes shall automatically be converted into fully paid and non-assessable shares of our common stock at a conversion price equal to the offering price for the common stock offered herein.  The Warrants issued to the Selling Stockholders provided that they are exercisable at a purchase price equal to 110% of the offering price and further provided that in the event that the offering does not occur within ninety (90) days from the date of issuance of the Selling Stockholders’ Warrants, the exercise price shall be four dollars and forty cents ($4.40) per share.  However, on November 26, 2010, the parties agreed to revise the terms of the Warrants to state that they are exercisable at 110% of the offering price of our common stock, without qualification. Pursuant to an Amendment to the Warrants entered into between the Company and each of the Selling Shareholders, the exercise price of the Warrants was changed to $5.50 per share.  
  
 
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Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance sheet financing arrangements.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and the related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

An accounting policy is considered to be critical if it requires an accounting estimate to be made based on assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time the estimates are made, and if different estimates that reasonably could have been used, or changes in the accounting estimates that are reasonably likely to occur, could materially impact the financial statements.

We believe that the following critical accounting policies reflect the significant estimates and assumptions which are used in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements and affect our financial condition and results of operations.

  Revenue Recognition

Revenues for all our products are recognized when the title and risk of loss are passed to our customers and when collectability is reasonably assured.  The passing of title and risk of loss to the customer is based on terms of the applicable sales contract, generally upon shipment or delivery of the product.  There is no right of return once the products are deemed sold.

Foreign currency translation

The reporting currency of the Company is the United States dollar (“U.S. dollars”). Transactions denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are calculated at the average rate for the period. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollar are translated into the U.S. dollar at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. The resulting exchange differences are recorded in other comprehensive income. The Company maintains its books and records in its local currency, the Renminbi Yuan (“RMB”), which is our functional currency as being the primary currency of the economic environment in which its operations are conducted. In general, the Company translates the assets and liabilities into U.S. dollars using the applicable exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet date, and the statement of operations is translated at average exchange rates during the reporting period. Adjustments resulting from the translation of the financial statements are recorded as accumulated other comprehensive income.
  
 
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Use of Estimates

In preparing these financial statements, management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the balance sheets and revenues and expenses during the year reported.  Actual results may differ from these estimates. On an ongoing basis, management reviews estimates.  Changes in facts and circumstances may alter such estimates and affect results of operations and financial position in future periods.

Capitalized development and ore access costs

In accordance with ASC 930-330, ore access costs during the development of a mine, before production begins, are recapitalized as a part of the depreciable cost of building, developing and constructing a mine. These capitalized costs are amortized over the productive life of the mine using the units of production method. The productive phase of a mine is deemed to have begun when saleable minerals are extracted (produced) from an ore body, regardless of the level of production. The production phase does not commence with the removal of de minimis saleable mineral material that occurs in conjunction with the removal of overburden or waste material for purposes of obtaining access to an ore body. The costs incurred in the production phase of a mine are variable production costs included in the costs of the inventory produced (extracted) during the period that the stripping costs are incurred.

Ore access costs related to expansion of a mining asset of proven and probable reserves are variable production costs that are included in the costs of the inventory produced during the period that the costs are incurred.

Land, plant and equipment, mining right, and exploration right

Mining right, plant, machinery and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses, if any. Depreciation is calculated on the straight-line basis over the following expected useful lives from the date on which they become fully operational and after taking into account their estimated residual values:

   
Depreciable life
 
Residual value
 
           
Mining right
 
9 years
    0 %
Exploration right
 
1 year
    0 %
Plant and machinery
 
20 years
    3 %
Furniture, fixture and equipment
 
10 years
    5 %
Office equipment
 
5 years
    5 %

Expenditure for maintenance and repairs is expensed as incurred.

Costs related to mine infrastructure such as roads, buildings and mills, and smelters utilized in processing ore and concentrate are capitalized and depreciated over the estimated useful life

Cost incurred for the performance of surface reconnaissance, drilling and sampling costs as well as preparation of feasibility and engineering studies are expensed as incurred.

Exploration rights are permits to explore the ore capacity underground but without the actual mining right.
Application fees and other expenses related to exploration activities are expensed when occurred
 
 
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Impairment of long-lived assets

In accordance with guidance issued by the FASB, long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangible assets held and used by the Company are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.  Recoverability of assets to be held and used is evaluated by a comparison of the carrying amount of assets to estimated discounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the assets. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amounts of the assets exceed the fair value of the assets.

Recently issued accounting pronouncements

In April 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-13, Compensation-Stock Compensation ( Topic 718): Effect of Denominating the Exercise Price of a Share-Based Payment Award in the Currency of the Market in Which the Underlying Equity Security Trades   - a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force.  The amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2010.  Earlier application is permitted.  The Company does not expect the provisions of ASU 2010-13 to have a material effect on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

The FASB issued ASU 2010-17, Revenue Recognition - Milestone Method (Topic 605): Milestone Method of Revenue Recognition .  This ASU codifies the consensus reached in EITF Issue No. 08-9, “Milestone Method of Revenue Recognition.” The amendments to the Codification provide guidance on defining a milestone and determining when it may be appropriate to apply the milestone method of revenue recognition for research or development transactions. Consideration that is contingent on achievement of a milestone in its entirety may be recognized as revenue in the period in which the milestone is achieved only if the milestone is judged to meet certain criteria to be considered substantive. Milestones should be considered substantive in their entirety and may not be bifurcated. An arrangement may contain both substantive and nonsubstantive milestones, and each milestone should be evaluated individually to determine if it is substantive.

ASU 2010-17 is effective on a prospective basis for milestones achieved in fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning on or after June 15, 2010. Early adoption is permitted. If a vendor elects early adoption and the period of adoption is not the beginning of the entity’s fiscal year, the entity should apply 2010-17 retrospectively from the beginning of the year of adoption. Vendors may also elect to adopt the amendments in this ASU retrospectively for all prior periods. The Company does not expect the provisions of ASU 2010-17 to have a material effect on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In May 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-19, Foreign Currency (Topic 830): Foreign Currency Issues: Multiple Foreign Currency Exchange Rates.  The amendments in this Update are effective as of the announcement date of March 18, 2010. The Company does not expect the provisions of ASU 2010-19 to have a material effect on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

The FASB issued ASU No. 2010-12 through No. 2010-21. These ASUs, except for No. 2010-13, entail technical corrections to existing guidance or affect guidance related to specialized industries or entities and therefore have minimal, if any, impact on the Company.

In January 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-06, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820) - Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements.”   ASU 2010-06 requires new disclosures regarding transfers in and out of the Level 1 and 2 and activity within Level 3 fair value measurements and clarifies existing disclosures of inputs and valuation techniques for Level 2 and 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2010-06 also includes conforming amendments to employers’ disclosures about post-retirement benefit plan assets. The new disclosures and clarifications of existing disclosures are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosure of activity within Level 3 fair value measurements, which is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those years. The adoption of this statement is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial position or results of operation.
 
 
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In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 168, “ The FASB Accounting Standards Codification™ and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles - a replacement of FASB Statement No. 162   ” (also issued as    Accounting Standards Update “ ASU”     No. 2009-01). This standard establishes the FASB Accounting Standards Codification as the source of authoritative accounting principles recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities in the preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. This standard is effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. The adoption of ASU No. 2009-1 had no impact on the results of operations or the financial position of the Company.

In August 2009, the FASB issued ASU No. 2009-5, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820) - Measuring Liabilities at Fair Value.”   ASU No. 2009-5 provides clarification that in circumstances in which a quoted price in an active market for the identical liability is not available, a reporting entity is required to measure fair value using a valuation technique that uses the quoted price of the identical liability when traded as an asset, quoted prices for similar liabilities or similar liabilities when traded as assets, or another valuation technique that is consistent with the principles of ASC Topic 820. ASU No. 2009-5 is effective for the first reporting period (including interim periods) beginning after issuance. The adoption of ASU No. 2009-5 did not have a material impact on the results of operations or financial position of the Company.

In May 2009, the FASB issued a new accounting standard (FASB ASC 855-10) on subsequent events, which establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. This accounting standard establishes: 1) the period after the balance sheet date during which management of a reporting entity should evaluate events or transactions that may occur for potential recognition or disclosure in the financial statements; 2) the circumstances under which an entity should recognize events or transactions occurring after the balance sheet date in its financial statements; and 3) the disclosures that an entity should make about events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date. This accounting standard also requires disclosure of the date through which an entity has evaluated subsequent events. The adoption of this statement is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial position or results of operation.

In April 2009, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2 , “ Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments” ,   (FASB ASC 320-10-65), which amends the other-than-temporary impairment guidance in U.S. GAAP for debt securities to make the guidance more operational and to improve the presentation and disclosure of other-than-temporary impairments on debt and equity securities in the financial statements. This Staff Position was effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009. The adoption of this statement did not have an impact on the results of operations or the financial position of the Company.

Subsequent Event

On April 28, 2010, Jintai Mining Co., Limited, a Hong Kong Limited Company, was created which owns Xiangguan, the VIE beneficiary of the operating entity. The operating entity is controlled by Xiangguan through the VIE contractual arrangements.

On June 14, 2010, Jintai Mining Group, Inc. was formed and incorporated in the State of Delaware. Jintai Mining Group, Inc. is the holding company of Jintai HK and is the SEC reporting entity.

On August 3, 2010, Jintai Mining Group, Inc. issued 32,000,000 shares of Common Stock, valued at $3,200 with par value $0.0001 per share, to Jintai Mining Co., Limited.
 
 
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On August 31, 2010, we entered into a Subscription Agreement (the “Agreement”) with an individual investor. The individual investor, Liwen Hu, purchased a Convertible Note bearing an interest rate of 3% per annum from us. The Convertible Note is automatically convertible into shares of our Common Stock at a conversion rate equal to the offering price for our common stock in the initial public offering, provided that in the event that we do not conduct the initial public offering of its common stock within ninety (90) days from the date thereof, the holder may opt to convert the outstanding principal and unpaid interest on the Convertible Note at a conversion price of $4.00 per share. In connection with the issuance of the Convertible Note we issued the investor an aggregate of 400,000 warrants to purchase common stock. On November 26, 2010, we and Ms. Hu agreed to amend the Convertible Note and the warrant to state that such Convertible Note shall have a conversion price equal to the price of our common stock in the initial public offering and that the warrants shall be exercisable at 110% of the offering price of our common stock in the initial public offering, without qualification. Pursuant to an Amendment to the Warrants entered into between the Company and Mr. Hu the exercise price of the Warrants was changed to $5.50 per share.  
 
On November 26, 2010, we entered into a Subscription Agreement (the “Agreement”) with an individual investor. The individual investor, Mr. Haibin Zhong, purchased a Convertible Note bearing an interest rate of 3% per annum from us. The Convertible Note is automatically convertible into shares of our Common Stock at a per share price equal to the price of our common stock in the initial public offering. In connection with the issuance of the Convertible Note we issued the investor an aggregate of 400,000 warrants to purchase common stock, exercisable at 110% of the initial public offering price of our common stock. Pursuant to an Amendment to the Warrants entered into between the Company and Mr. Zhong, the exercise price of the Warrants was changed to $5.50 per share.  
 
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

We have not had any changes in or disagreements with accountants on accounting and financial disclosure.

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

Industry Data

Market and industry data and other statistical information used throughout this prospectus are based on independent industry publications, government publications and other published independent sources, as well as on a study conducted for us by John T. Boyd Company, Mining and Geological Consultants, who we refer to in this prospectus as JT Boyd. The most recent government data available regarding the mining industry in the PRC are for the year 2009.  Although we believe that the information provided to us by JT Boyd is accurate, we have not independently verified the information and cannot guarantee its accuracy or completeness.

Unless otherwise indicated, the market and industry statistical data that we use in the discussion of the zinc and lead industry contained in the sections of this prospectus entitled “Prospectus Summary”,  “Risk Factors”, “Overview of Our Industry” and “Business” have been taken from a report issued by ResearchInChina. We believe that the information and data taken from such report is accurate in all material respects and we have relied upon such for purposes of this prospectus and have not independently verified this data from other third-party sources.

General

Zinc is commonly mined as a co-product with lead, and both of these metals have core markets that are growing steadily.  With regards to zinc, its main use is for galvanizing, or the process of coating iron, steel or aluminum with a thin zinc layer as zinc’s electropositive nature gives these metals added protection against corrosion.   Zinc’s by-products, such as zinc calcine, zinc dust and sand, are also used in the manufacturing of a wide variety of industrial products, including zinc oxide and steel.
 
 
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Lead, being a metal that is soft, pliable and highly resistant to corrosion, is most commonly used in the manufacturing of pewter, a malleable metal alloy, traditionally 85-99% tin, with the remainder consisting of copper, antimony, bismuth and lead.   In addition, lead is commonly used in the manufacturing of batteries and petrol.

Overview of Zinc Industry

Based on a report issued by ResearchInChina issued in 2009, the proven zinc resources and reserves worldwide are approximately 1.9 billion tons, most of which is found in Australia, China, Peru, the United States and Kazakhstan. Together, these five countries account for 67.2% of the total global zinc reserves, and their collective reserves account for 70.9% of the global reserves.
 
Global Distribution of Zinc Reserves (Unit:10000 tons)
 
Country
 
Reserves
   
Proportion to
the Global
Reserves
Percentage
   
Reserve
   
Proportion to
the Global
Reserves Base
Percentage
 
Australia
    4200       23.3 %     10000       20.8 %
China
    3300       18.3 %     9200       19.2 %
Peru
    1800       10.0 %     2300       4.8 %
United States
    1400       7.8 %     9000       18.8 %
Kazakhstan
    1400       7.8 %     3500       7.3 %
Canada
    500       2.8 %     3000       6.3 %
Mexico
    700       3.9 %     2500       5.2 %
Others
    4900       27.2 %     8700       18.1 %
TOTAL
    18000       100 %     48000       100 %

Global zinc reserves decreased by 10 million tons from 1998 to 2008, while zinc reserves rose by 30 million tons. Between 1998 to 2008, zinc-lead mines throughout the world produced 36.36 million tons of metallic lead and 105.65 million tons of metallic zinc.

China’s Zinc and Lead Reserves

Due to its vast zinc and lead resources, a significant number of zinc and lead mines and processing plants have developed in China.  While zinc-lead resources may be found throughout the country, a majority of these resources are concentrated within the western and middle areas of China.  In 2008, it was reported by ResearchInChina that there were 27 provinces and areas within China wherein zinc-lead ores were explored.  However, only 6 of the 27 provinces contained zinc and lead reserves of more than 8 million tons:  (i) Yunnan Province- 26.63 million tons; (ii) Inner Mongolia - 16.10 million tons; (iii) Gansu Province - 11.2 million tons (iv) Guangdong Province- 10.8 million tons; (v) Hunan Province - 8.9 million tons; and (vi) Guangxi Province - 8.8 million tons.  Based on these figures, the 6 provinces accounted for 82.4 million tons of zinc and lead reserves, or 64% of China’s total reserves of 129.6 million tons.
 
 
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China’s Zinc and Lead Production

Location of Mines and Processing Plants

Further, a study of the locations of zinc-lead mines within China show that there are five main locations for mining, dressing and smelting and production bases within the country, namely, (i) Northeast; (ii) Hunan; (iii) Guangdong and Guangxi; (iv) Yunnan and Sichuan; and (v) Northwest.   In total, the mines and production plants located in these areas have collectively produced more than 95% of the nation’s total zinc production and 85% of its total lead production in 2008.
 
Five Lead-Zinc Production Bases
         
         
   
Available reserves
   
   
(10,000 tons)
   
Production base
 
Lead
   
Zinc
 
Main mine and plants
               
Northeast
    31.7       95.2  
Huludao Zinc Plant (Liaoning Province), Qingchengzi Lead-Zinc mine (Liaoning Province), Bajiazi lead-zinc deposit (Liaoning Province), Chaihe Lead-Zinc mine (Liaoning Province), Huanren Copper-Zinc mine (Liaoning Province), Hongtoushan Copper-Zinc Deposit (Liaoning Province), Xilin Lead-Zinc mine (Heilongjiang Province), Tianbaoshan Lead-Zinc mine (Sichuan Province)
                   
Hunan
    246.75       641.84  
Shuikoushan Mining Administration, Taolin Lead-Zinc Mine, Huangshaping Lead-Zinc Deposit, Dongpo Lead-Zinc Deposit and Zhuzhou Smelt Factory
                   
Guangdong & Guangxi
    594.19       1361.93  
Fankou Lead-zinc Deposit, Shaoguan Smelting Plant, Bingcun Lead-Zinc Deposit, Changhua Lead-Zinc Deposit, Dajianshan Lead-Zinc Deposit (Lianping County, Guangdong Province), Siding Lead-Zinc Mine (Guanxi Province), Daxin Lead-Zinc Mine (Guangxi Province), Heshan Lead-Zinc Mine (Guangxi Province), Liuzhou Zinc Products Factory, Dachang Mining Administration
                   
Yunnan & Sichuan
    609.71       2053.20  
Huize Lead-Zinc Mine (Yunnan), Lancang Laochang Lead-Zinc Mine (Yunnan), Kunming Smelt Factory, Jijie Smelt Factory of Gejiu City, Yunnan, Huidong Lead-Zinc Mine, Kuili Lead-Zinc Mine
                   
Northwest
    621.48       1382.57  
Baiyin Non-ferrous Metal Co., Ltd (Gansu Province), Erlihe Lead-Zinc deposit (Shaanxi Province), Xitieshan Mining Administration of Qinghai

China’s Zinc Production

The production of zinc ore and refined zinc within China accounts for one-third of the world’s total production.  In 2007, China produced approximately 3,748,600 tons of refined zinc and 2,604,000 tons of zinc ore.
 
 
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While the 2008 global financial crisis had the effect of reducing the overall demand for zinc and its by-products worldwide, China still increased its overall production to 3,910,000 tons of refined zinc and 3,126,600 tons of zinc ore during the year 2008.  Such level of production continues to be consistent from year-to-year and it is estimated that between January and October of 2009, China produced approximately 3,520,000 tons of refined zinc.  However, due to the declining price in zinc internationally, the production of zinc ore decreased to 2,440,000 tons between January to October 2009.

China’s Lead Production

China   has also become the leading producer of refined lead and lead ore.  In 2007, China produced approximately 2,717,500 tons of refined lead and 917,600 tons of lead ore.  Between 2006 and 2008, the refined lead production in China continued to grow.  However, lead ore production decreased and there was a relatively large gap between the production of refined lead and lead ore during such years.

During the 2008 global financial crisis, China increased its production of both refined lead and lead ore.  Between the months of January and October of 2009, China produced approximately 3,160,000 tons of refined lead and 1,260,000 tons of lead ore.

China’s Zinc and Lead Consumption

According to statistics, China’s zinc consumption in 2008 was roughly 3.7 million tons.  Of this amount, consumption by the zinc plating industry accounted for approximately 47%, while die casting alloy is accountable for approximately 22%, brass-15% and oxide-14%.

China’s consumption of lead is driven mostly by the lead acid storage battery, lead oxide, and lead alloy industries.  China’s lead production growth is mostly attributable to the lead acid storage battery industry, as it consumes roughly 75% of the lead produced throughout China.  Lead oxide, on the other hand, accounts for 13%, while lead alloy accounts for 6%.

OUR HISTORY AND CORPORATE STRUCTURE

Corporate Overview

We are a vertically integrated mining company operating in the Guangxi Province of the PRC; however we were incorporated in the State of Delaware on June 14, 2010 under the name Jintai Mining Group, Inc.  We are focused on exploration, mining, separating, smelting and other processing operations of primarily zinc and lead. Through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Jintai HK, we own Xiangguang, which controls Huanjiang Jintai. Huanjiang Jintai owns and operates our Ore Mine and owns the Exploration Right Properties and sells the refined zinc and lead based products such as zinc concentrate, lead concentrate, zinc calcine, zinc dust and sand, sulfuric acid and other variations of zinc and lead. We also sell by-products such as “tailings” that are produced after the concentration process of zinc-lead ores.

Jintai HK is a holding company that, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Xiangguang, a limited liability company formed under the laws of the PRC, controls our operating entity, Huanjiang Jintai, through a series of variable interest entity (VIE) contractual arrangements.  The VIE contracts grant us, through Xiangguang, the right to manage and control Huanjiang Jintai and further entitle us to receive the revenue and control the assets of Huanjiang Jintai.  Other than these interests in these contractual arrangements, we, Jintai HK and Xiangguang have no equity interests in Huanjiang Jintai.
 
 
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Under the structure above, we believe that we do not need to obtain approval from MOFCOM or the CSRC prior to publicly listing our securities, even if our operations and assets are held by Huanjiang Jintai, a PRC company.  For a discussion of the risks and uncertainties arising from these PRC rules and regulations, see Risk Factors Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure” .

A more detailed description of these contractual arrangements is provided in the section of this Prospectus entitled “ Description of Bu siness-Contractual Arrangements.”  Below is a diagram showing our corporate structure as of January 6, 2011:


The Share Exchange

On August 3, 2010, Jintai Mining Group, Inc., on the one hand, and Jintai Mining Co., Limited and its shareholders on the other hand entered into a Share Exchange Agreement (“Share Exchange”) pursuant to which Jintai Mining Group, Inc. acquired all the capital stock of Jintai Mining Co., Limited from its then shareholders. In exchange, the shareholders of Jintai Mining Co., Limited, Kuizhong Cai, Zhiming Jiang, Yuan Lin and Weiheng Cai received 24,000,000, 3,200,000, 1,600,000, and 3,200,000 shares of common stock, respectively, of Jintai Mining Group, Inc.  As a result, Jintai Mining Co. Limited became a wholly owned subsidiary of Jintai Mining Group, Inc.
 
 
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Contractual Arrangements

PRC laws currently restrict or prohibit foreign investment in certain kinds of mining operations.  In addition, there are certain restrictions in using proceeds from overseas listings to acquire equity interests of a non-foreign owned enterprise.  In order to comply with the relevant PRC laws with regard to foreign ownership restrictions, neither we nor our subsidiaries own any equity interest in Huanjiang Jintai.  Instead, we control and receive the economic benefits of Huanjiang Jintai’s business operation through a series of contractual arrangements.

Xiangguang’s relationship with Huanjiang Jintai and its shareholders is governed by a series of contractual arrangements, also known as VIE agreements, under which Xiangguang holds and exercises ownership and management rights over Huanjiang Jintai.  Under this corporate structure, Jintai HK and Xiangguang do not own any direct equity interest in Huanjiang Jintai.  However Xiangguang’s contractual arrangements with Huanjiang Jintai are designed to provide Xiangguang with the power, rights and obligations equivalent in all material respects to those it would possess as the sole equity holder of Huanjiang Jintai, including absolute control rights and the rights to the assets, property and revenue of Huanjiang Jintai.  Based on a legal opinion issued by PRC counsel to Jintai HK, the VIE agreements constitute valid and binding obligations of the parties to such agreements, and are enforceable and valid in accordance with the laws of the PRC. As there are inherent uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of PRC laws, rules and regulations, including but not limited to the laws, rules and regulations governing the validity and enforcement of the contractual arrangements between Xiangguang and Huanjiang Jintai, please refer to the section entitled “ Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure ” for more information.

A summary of the contractual arrangements between Xiangguang and Huanjiang Jintai are set forth in the following agreements:

Consulting Services Agreement - Pursuant to the Consulting Services Agreement, Xiangguang provides Huanjiang Jintai with general consulting services relating to its day-to-day business operations and management, on an exclusive basis.  For services rendered to it by Xiangguang under the Consulting Services Agreement, Huanjiang Jintai pays a quarterly consulting service fee, denominated in RMB, equal to its net income for such quarter.

The term of the Consulting Services Agreement shall be for fifteen (15) years unless and until terminated by written notice of either party in the event that: (a) the other party causes a material breach of the agreement, provided however, that if the breach does not relate to a financial obligation of the breaching party, that party may attempt to remedy the breach within fourteen (14) days following the receipt of the written notice; (b) the other party becomes bankrupt, insolvent, becomes the subject of proceedings or arrangements for liquidation or dissolution, ceases to carry on its business, or becomes unable to pay its debts as they become due; (c) Xiangguang terminates its operations; (d) Huanjiang Jintai’s business license or any other approval for its business operations is terminated, cancelled or revoked; or (e) circumstances arise which would materially and adversely affect the performance or the objectives of the agreement.  Additionally, Xiangguang may terminate the consulting services agreement without cause. The Consulting Services Agreement may be extended only upon Xiangguang’s written consent prior to the expiration of the agreement.

Operating Agreement - Pursuant to the Operating Agreement, Xiangguang agrees to guarantee the performance by Huanjiang Jintai of its obligations under any agreements or arrangements entered into by it with any third party.  In return, Huanjiang Jintai has (a) pledged all of its assets and accounts receivable to Xiangguang as counter-guaranty; and (b) the shareholders of Huanjiang Jintai are granted the right to designate individuals recommended by Xiangguang as directors and officers of Huanjiang Jintai.  In addition, under the Operating Agreement, Xiangguang provides guidance and instructions on Huanjiang Jintai’s daily operations, financial management and employment issues.  Moreover, Huanjiang Jintai has agreed not to engage in any transactions that could materially affect its assets, liabilities, rights or operations without Xiangguang’s prior consent, including without limitation, incurrence or assumption of any indebtedness, sale or purchase of any assets or rights, incurrence of any encumbrance on any of its assets or exploration license in favor of a third party or transfer of any agreements relating to its business operation to any third party.
 
 
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The Operating Agreement is valid for fifteen years unless sooner terminated by consent of both parties or upon a 30-day written notice from Xiangguang.  The term may be extended only upon Xiangguang’s written confirmation prior to the expiration of the agreement, with the extended term to be mutually agreed upon by the parties.

Equity Pledge Agreement - Under the Equity Pledge Agreement, the various shareholders of Huanjiang Jintai pledged all of their equity interests in Huanjiang Jintai to Xiangguang to guarantee the performance of Huanjiang Jintai’s obligations under the Consulting Services Agreement.  Under the terms of the agreement, in the event that Huanjiang Jintai or its shareholders breach their respective contractual obligations, Xiangguang, as pledgee, will be entitled to certain rights, including, but not limited to, the right to vote, control and sell the pledged equity interests.  The shareholders of Huanjiang Jintai also agreed that upon occurrence of any event of default, as set forth in the Equity Pledge Agreement, Xiangguang has further been granted an exclusive, irrevocable power of attorney to take actions in the place and stead of the shareholders of Huanjiang Jintai, to carry out the security provisions of the Equity Pledge Agreement, and take any action and execute any instrument as required by Xiangguang to accomplish the purposes of the agreement.  The shareholders of Huanjiang Jintai further agreed not to dispose of the pledged equity interests or take any actions that would prejudice Xiangguang’s interest.

This Equity Pledge Agreement is valid for fifteen (15) years. The term of the pledge commences on the date when the pledge contemplated by the Equity Pledge Agreement becomes duly registered with the local Administration of Industry and Commerce and ends when Huanjiang Jintai satisfies all its obligations under the Consulting Services Agreement.

Option Agreement -   Under the Option Agreement, the shareholders of Huanjiang Jintai irrevocably granted Xiangguang (or its designee) an exclusive option to purchase, to the extent permitted under PRC law, all or part of the equity interests in Huanjiang Jintai for the cost of the shareholders’ initial contributions to the registered capital of Huanjiang Jintai or the minimum amount of consideration permitted by applicable Chinese law.  Xiangguang (or its designee) has been granted sole discretion to decide when to exercise the option, in part or in full. Such an option, when exercised, will be subject to approval by relevant PRC authorities.

The Option Agreement is valid for fifteen (15) years. The Option Agreement may be extended only upon Xiangguang’s written consent prior to the expiration of the agreement.

Proxy Agreement - Pursuant to the Proxy Agreement, the shareholders of Huanjiang Jintai irrevocably granted a Xiangguang designee the right to exercise all voting rights as the shareholders with respect to their ownership interests in accordance with applicable laws and each Huanjiang Jintai company’s governing charters.  The Proxy Agreement is valid for fifteen (15) years. The Proxy Agreement may be extended only upon Xiangguang’s written confirmation prior to the expiration and the length of the extended term shall be determined by Xiangguang. This agreement may not be terminated without the unanimous consent of both parties, except that Xiangguang may terminate the Proxy Agreement with or without cause upon 30-day written notice to the shareholders of Huanjiang Jintai.

The Board of Directors of HJM adopted a board resolution on August 9, 2010 authorizing HJM to enter into the Consulting Services Agreement, Equity Pledge Agreement, Operating Agreement, Option Agreement and Proxy Agreement, which constitute the VIE contractual arrangement. All shareholders of HJM also unanimously adopted a shareholder resolution on August 9, 2010 adopting the Board’s resolution authorizing the entry into these various agreements. In such resolutions, the board and all shareholders of HJM recognized that no direct economic benefits flow to HJM by virtue of the operation of the VIE agreements.

The various VIE agreements were executed on August 25, 2010, immediately after Xiangguang received its business license from the appropriate PRC government authority.
 
 
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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

Business Strategy

We will seek to implement numerous strategies to expand the size of our Company and continue efficient operating advantages.  Our strategies include:

Expanding the Existing Ore Mine - our strategy is aimed at efficiently increasing production of our existing mine through the upgrading and improvement of up to four (4) transportation channels or tunnels into the Ore Mine.  At present, the Ore Mine has widely scattered working sites or portals and therefore it has not reached maximum production capacity.

Survey and develop additional mines in our Exploration Rights Properties - We have mapped out a systematic approach to acquire sufficient geological and assay data to have a reasonable estimate of resources in our Explorations Rights Properties, particularly the Shangchao-Gangshan lead ore deposit, Shangchao lead ore deposit, and Dongjiang zinc ore deposit.

Increase vertical integration of our value chain to include zinc-oxide and facility expansion - Our current annual output capacity of 25,000 metric tons of refined zinc products can be doubled to 50,000 metric tons.   It is anticipated that increased output will be used to produce zinc-oxide, which has greater profit margins than zinc calcine. We intend to complete the upgrading and expansion of our Jintai Duchuan Smelter facility with zinc-oxide production lines. Lastly, we intend to further improve our margins by adding a new concentrator to increase ore output to an annual capacity of 450,000 tons of run-of-mine ore.

Acquisition Opportunities - We shall also customarily review other potential development and production oriented acquisitions in the similar geographic concentration as our existing properties.  By leveraging our expertise and knowledge of certain markets, increased facility expansion plans, and improved capital structure, we intend to grow our market share in the Chinese market.  To a lesser extent, we may seek other properties outside the zinc-lead campaign.  At this time, we have no agreements to acquire any entities or properties.

Based on management’s assessment, we believe that our relationship with local government and provincial government is strong and mutually beneficial.  We are not aware of any current problems and are not aware of any reason why this strong relationship would not continue over the foreseeable future.

We believe that the potential funding from our anticipated initial public offering should accelerate the execution of our business strategy. We anticipate that our corporate planning and business initiatives will be achieved within 18 to 24 months of completing this offering.  Current cash flow from internally generated sources is capable of supporting our growth plans, but it would take significantly longer to reach our objectives. Our goal is to evolve from an emerging diversified mining company to a leading fully integrated mining entity.

Production and Demand of Zinc and Lead in China

China is one of the world's largest zinc and lead producers. Despite the global financial crisis which affected the zinc and lead markets in Euro-American countries, China’s production of lead concentrate and lead ore continued to grow in 2009, with total production of 3,159,400 metric tons of refined lead from January to October 2009, up 19.4% from the previous year.  Its production of lead ore during the same period amounted to 1,264,800 metric tons, up 13.5% from the previous period.  In January to October 2009, China’s total production of refined zinc was 3,518,200 metric tons.

The increase in production of zinc and lead in China is attributed to the increase in demand for such products within China. The rise of importation of zinc and lead into China in the second half of the year 2009 also shows the strong demand for zinc and lead in the Chinese market.
 
 
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Refined Zinc and Lead Based Products Usage

As a non-renewable resource, refined zinc and lead based products and by-products have a wider range of applications. They are mainly used in the steel, automobile, building, shipping, lighting and chemical industries.  Refined zinc is the main feedstock for zinc oxide, which is a critical raw material for rubber, paints, ceramics, coating, petroleum, medicine and electronic industries.

Mineral Resource Estimation

Cutoff Grades

Cutoff grade, as used in the report, is the minimum grade that will produce sufficient sellable product to pay for the cost of extracting that sellable product. It is estimated by comparing the selling price of a unit of final product to the direct costs of mining and processing required to produce that unit of final product, including adjustments for mine and processing recoveries.  The unit price is unaffected by mined grade but as the mined grade decreases the extraction cost of the unit will increase. Costs not directly associated with the production of a product unit, including general and administrative costs and capital costs, are not included for the purposes of the report.

The cutoff grades used in the reserve estimate at the Shangchao Mine is based on a two-product scenario in which both zinc and lead are produced from the mine and processed as a unit. That is, neither zinc nor lead can be individually mined and processed since they occur together as ore in the ore body. Therefore, the cutoff grade should reflect the presence of both metals and be stated as a composite or combined cutoff rather than an individual cutoff value.

The typical method of determining a two (or more) combined product cutoff grade is to express a cutoff grade in terms of the dominant product. In the case of the Shangchao Mine, the dominant product is zinc. Therefore, the Company expresses the combined zinc-lead cutoff in terms of equivalent zinc.

The first step in developing a zinc equivalent grade is to determine the relative value of an equal amount of mined product. The Company has done this by calculating the value received for 1 ton of mined material grading 1% zinc and also for 1 ton of mined material grading 1% lead. Because these results will be affected by processing recoveries, the plant zinc recovery and plant lead recovery are included in the calculations. Although mine recovery and dilution will also affect the final value, it would affect both products equally, and so is not required to calculate a relative value and can be omitted from this step for simplicity. The following equations express how these calculations are made:


These equations include the following (assumed values in parentheses):

 
·
VZn is the relative value of zinc
 
·
VPb is the relative value of lead
 
·
T is the mined tonnage (1 ton)
 
·
G is the mined grade expressed as a decimal (1%)
 
·
PZn is the assumed unit price of zinc (RMB16,000 per ton zinc metal)
 
·
PPb is the assumed unit price of lead (RMB15,000 per ton lead metal)
 
·
RZn is the processing recovery for zinc expressed as a decimal (91%)
 
·
RPb is the processing recovery for lead expressed as a decimal (88%)
 
·
F is the factor used to convert lead grade to equivalent zinc grade

The final result of these equations, using the assumed values shown above, is a conversion factor of 0.91. This means that to convert a lead grade into an equivalent zinc grade, the lead grade would be multiplied by 0.91. Thus, if the zinc grade of a block is 5.0% and the lead grade is 2.5%, the zinc equivalent grade would be 5.0% + (2.5% x 0.91) or 7.28%.

The cutoff grade, in terms of zinc equivalent, is calculated using the following equation:

COG = [ OC / ( P Zn × R Zn × R Mine ) ] × ( 1 + D Mine )
  
This equation includes the following (assumed values in parentheses):

 
·
COG is the zinc equivalent cutoff grade expressed as a decimal
 
·
OC is the combined operating costs per ton  (RMB186.1 + RMB82.0)
 
·
PZn is the assumed unit price of zinc (RMB16,000 per ton zinc metal)
 
·
RZn is the processing recovery for zinc expressed as a decimal (91%)
 
·
RMine is the mine recovery expressed as a decimal (90%)
 
·
DMine is the mine dilution expressed as a decimal (10% at 0% grade)

The resulting zinc equivalent cutoff grade, calculated using the above assumed values, is 2.25%. Thus, if the zinc grade of a block is 2.00%, the minimum lead grade to make cutoff would be (2.25% − 2.00%) ÷ 0.91 or 0.27%. The following chart shows the relative mix of zinc and lead grades that would combine to yield the 2.25% zinc equivalent cutoff grade:


The equivalent zinc grade (cutoff) is the dashed blue line while the zinc grade is shown in green and the corresponding lead line in red.

The contact between mineralized and unmineralized ground can be clearly observed within the block model. Blocks clearly identified as mineralized contain grades in excess of the cutoff grades shown here.

Our Mining and Processing Operations

Ore Mine Operations

On December 12, 2009, we were granted a renewable mining license over the Ore Mine, known as the Shangchao Zinc/Lead Ore Mine.  The current mining license is valid until December 2018.  Our mining license is subject to periodic renewal.  An application for renewal needs to be submitted at least 30 days before the expiration date and the extension will be approved if the applicant satisfies all applicable requirements and pays the appropriate resource fee.  Ten, twenty and thirty years are the maximum periods of time for mining licenses for small, medium and large deposits of ore mines, respectively.  We have a nine year mining license as our Ore Mine is regarded to have a medium-scale deposit of ore.  The mining license we currently hold authorizes us to produce up to 30,000 tons of zinc lead ores per year, but we currently have an annual output of 400,000 tons per year.  For information regarding the risks of our excess output, please refer to the risk factor entitled “ The actual output at our Ore Mine exceeds the annual capacity allowed by the relevant PRC government authorities and we may face fines or even possible revocation of mining licenses, which could have a material adverse affect on our business. ” on Page 11 of this prospectus. For more information regarding risks associated with the maintenance and renewal of our mining license, please refer to the risk factor entitled “ We depend upon the acquisition and maintenance of licenses to conduct our business in the PRC ” on Page 19 of this prospectus.

The salable product quantities (tons, round up) processed by the smelter are as listed in the table below:
 
Products
  
March 31, 2010
     
March 31, 2009
 
Zinc Calcine
   
300
     
4,120
 
Zinc Dust and Sand
   
-
     
1,120
 
Sulfuric Acids
   
-
     
8,440
 
Pyrites
   
-
     
29,880
 
Electrical Dust
   
-
     
-
 
Tailings3
   
315,900
     
135,700
 

The average unit price (in USD) received for each salable product is as follows:
 
Products
  
March 31, 2010
     
March 31, 2009
 
Zinc Calcine
 
$
1,350
   
$
1,431
 
Zinc Dust and Sand
   
-
   
$
1,286
 
Sulfuric Acids
   
-
   
$
167
 
Pyrites
   
-
   
$
18
 
Electrical Dust
   
-
     
-
 
Tailings3
 
$
110
   
$
102
 
  

3 Tailings are salable products from concentrators.
 
 
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Mining Operations

Mining Method Description

The country rock strata in the Shangchao Mine are composed principally of granite, which is strong, stable and competent thereby providing favorable geotechnical conditions. Structures controlling the orebodies are determined to be moderately wide and relatively steeply dipping. The main ore body has an average width of about 17 meters. The grades are fairly constant throughout the ore bodies and there exists reasonably distinct contact between the ore bodies and hanging-wall/footwall. The dip of the deposit averages 65 degrees. Based on the preceding attributes of the ore bodies, Shangchao Mine has chosen to employ two  mining methods contemporaneously,  Shrinkage Stoping (primary) and Sublevel Open Stoping (secondary) and/or a variation of the two methods in some places.

Shrinkage Stoping:  Mining method in which broken ore is temporarily retained in the stope to provide a working platform and/or to offer temporary support to the stope walls during active mining. Since the ore swells when broken, the muck pile in the stope is shrunk a corresponding amount (about a third) by drawing some of the broken ore out as the stope is advanced upwards/up-dip. Eventually, when the entire vein has been blasted, filling the stope with broken ore, the ore is extracted by a process similar to block caving from chutes beneath the undercut.

Sublevel Stoping: This mining method entails providing access to the ore body at various sub-levels between the main haulage levels in order to drill and blast the intervening ore. Stope drilling is carried out from drilling drifts on the sublevels and the ore is blasted in slices towards an open face, which generally is vertical on the up holes. The blasted ore falls to the bottom of the stope and is collected through draw-points.

Development

The development work necessary to prepare sublevel stoping in comparison to shrinkage stoping is generally more extensive and the development primarily entails drifting to prepare sublevels. On the whole, shrinkage stoping is widely used at Shangchao Mine.

Development at Shangchao is performed efficiently in an environment of multiple stopes on two levels. Currently developed mining levels are 280 meters, 265 meters, 245 meters and 225 meters. The dimension of the main drive is 2.2 x 2.2 meters; production drift (crosscut) 2.0 x 2.2 meters; and rib raise 2.0 meters x 2.0 meters. Where sub-level stoping is employed, sub-level height of 5 to 7 meters is used and the draw-points are at 5-meter intervals (center to center).

 
·
Crown pillar: 3 meters

 
·
Rib Pillar: 6 meters
 
 
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·
Sill Pillar: 5 meters

 
·
Stope length: 50 – 60 meters

Crosscuts are driven off the haulage (main) drift as soon as practicable into rib pillars to  access to neighboring ore bodies and stope raises. The haulage drift is continued, driving to the first draw-point with the drift. This draw point is driven on the edge of the rib pillar and completely through the ore in order to connect the chute of the stope to facilitate the raise mucking and also serves as a starting point for the stope sill. The remaining draw-points are driven as they are reached by the haulage drift.

Upon completion of the haulage drift and draw-points, the stope sill is begun from the No.1 draw-point; the silling operation commences at a drift elevation height of 2 meters and is performed by the same crew as the crew that developed the drift. The initial sill width is limited to the ore contacts of the ore width. The sill breaks into each boxhole as it is reached. When the sill is complete, the stoping operation begins with undercutting followed by slotting.

Where sublevel stoping is employed, boxholes are developed within the rib pillar at designated sublevel heights for further development of the sublevel.

Short/Longhole drilling and Blasting

A domestically manufactured pneumatic drill is used to drill the ore section above the undercut/sublevel in a fan spread or parallel pattern vertically upwards or tilted (tilting angle between 25 o   and 30 o ). For shrinkage stoping, blastholes are spaced 0.8 meter to 1 meter apart, with blasthole length ranging between 1.5 meters to 2.5 meters; 400 mm tamping is employed.

The production cycle is summarized as follows: Drill and Blast → Ventilation → Ore Drawing → Scaling/Roof Inspection.

Drilling is performed independently of other activities; often well ahead of explosive loading. Drilling, explosives loading, and blasting are timed in accordance with the mine’s production schedules. Blasting of the ore body on each sublevel starts at the hanging wall, with mining retreating toward the footwall. Boyd’s site visit observations indicate that drilling and blasting are handled by competent drilling/blasting crews.

Currently, there are 20 production stopes distributed over multiple levels within the nine mining portals yielding roughly 2,000 tonnes of ore per day.  The No. II ore body is being extracted currently.

Ore handling

Ore handling involves discharging broken ore from ore chutes into 0.7 m 3 mine cars, for transportation on haulage levels and subsequent hoisting to the surface through an incline shaft. Two mine cars are hoisted to the surface at each time.

Underground conditions at Shangchao are ideal for the type of mining operations conducted. Ore chute locations are designed with distances matching haulage equipment in use (rail haulage). Roof scaling and broken ore leveling in stopes, like other procedures in Shangchao Mine, are efficient. The haulage equipment is maintained in continuous operation. When a stope is depleted, the broken ore is extracted and where necessary, backfilled with waste rock from drift development. Ore recovery (mining recovery) approximates 90%. The mining recovery varies according to local in-mine conditions and deposit configuration.

The production cycle for our ore mining activities is summarized as follows: Drill and Blast —+ Ventilation —+ Ore Drawing Scaling/Roof Inspection.
 
 
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Our mining activities at the Shangshao Mine are as follows:


Ore Processing

Our ore processing activities are considered to be the second stage in our mining operation.

Ore processing entails the physical extraction of ore from our mine, which is then converted into nonferrous metals concentrates, known as zinc and lead concentrates and then processed into our final product.  In order to produce the zinc and lead concentrates, we segregate the usable components of ores from waste rock through physical (such as magnetic separation) or chemical methods, or a combination of the two.

After segregation, usable metal ores are transported to one of our three principal processing facilities, known as (a) the Yagang concentrator; (b) the Xingda concentrator; and (c) the Duchuan smelter facility, for the production of our finished products.  At these processing facilities, we produce the following main products:  zinc calcine, zinc dust and sand, electrically collected zinc dust, sulfuric acid, zinc oxide, zinc and lead concentrate and pyrite.  For a more detailed discussion on our processing facilities, please see the sub-heading entitled “   Our Property - Processing Facilities   ”.
 
 
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The overall processing activities are as following:

General Flow Chart of Processing

 
 
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The below flow chart shows how we process lead concentrate from the zinc-lead ores:

 
 
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The flow chart below shows how we process zinc concentrate from the zinc-lead ores:

 
 
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The below flow chart shows how we produce refined zinc and related products in our smelter:

 
 
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 Processing and Smelting Plant Performance

The Annual production of Shangchao mine for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010 are presented below:

   
Ores extracted from Shangchao mine
 
    
Total
ores
   
Zinc/lead Ore
   
Sulfur Ore
 
    
extracted
         
Grade (%)
         
Grade (%)
 
Year
 
(Tons)
   
Tons
   
Zn
   
Pb
   
S
   
Tons
   
Zn
   
Pb
   
S
 
2008
    183,608       125,037       6.25 %     1.17 %     13.50 %     58,571       1.16 %     0.23 %     38.32 %
2009
    343,879       41,265       6.65 %     1.16 %     12.84 %     302,613       1.71 %     0.16 %     35.54 %
2010
    467,989       735       6.05 %     1.12 %     11.76 %     467,254       1.69 %     0.24 %     38.08 %

We did not purchase ores from other mines as a broker or as a processor.   We did not sell our ores to other concentrators for processing. We extracted zinc/lead ores and sulfur ores in year 2008, 2009 and 2010. The Pyrite with sulfur contents of 35% are produced from level 370m and above within the scope of mining license.

The annual production of our two concentrators for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010 are presented below:

Year
 
Total ores
processed
(Tons)
   
Zinc/lead
ores
processed
(Tons)
   
Sulfur ores
processed
(Tons)
   
Total zinc
concentrates
produced
(Tons)
   
Total lead
concentrates
produced
(Tons)
   
Total
pyrites
produced
(Tons)
   
Total
tailings
produced
(Tons)
 
2008
    187,072       128,552       58,520       7,990       1,332       14,592       154,708  
2009
    300,939       25,178       275,760       2,974       380       29,883       188,063  
2010
    458,320       662       457,659       36       6       65       355,565  

 A breakdown of the production of the Yagang concentrator is provided below:

   
Yagang Concentrator
 
   
Ores
processed
   
Zinc concentrates
produced
   
Lead concentrates
produced
   
Pyrites produced
   
Tailings
produced
 
Year
 
(Tons)
   
Tons
   
Grade
   
Tons
   
Grade
   
Tons
   
Grade
   
Tons
 
2008
    137,842       5,092       56.08 %     821       66.98 %     10,377       44.33 %     113,699  
2009
    206,264       1,803       57.87 %     227       68.20 %     20,549       45.72 %     133,957  
2010
    323,743       11       57.81 %     2       66.59 %     22       44.30 %     251,332  

A breakdown of the production of the Xingda concentrator is provided below:

   
Xingda Concentrator
 
    
Ores
processed
   
Zinc concentrates
produced
   
Lead concentrates
produced
   
Pyrites produced
   
Tailings
produced
 
Year
 
(Tons)
   
Tons
   
Grade
   
Tons
   
Grade
   
Tons
   
Grade
   
Tons
 
2008
    49,230       2,897       55.81 %     511       67.10 %     4,215       44.69 %     41,010  
2009
    94,675       1,171       55.74 %     153       67.55 %     9,334       45.50 %     54,106  
2010
    134,577       25       56.34 %     4       67.02 %     43       44.21 %     104,234  
 
 
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All of the ores processed by our two concentrators were from the Shangchao mine. We processed ores both from the current-year extraction and carried-forward inventory from the previous year. Therefore, the amount of ores processed by our concentrators was not exactly the same as the amount extracted from the mine in the same fiscal year. Due to the financial crisis and the turmoil of zinc/lead market, it became unprofitable for us to produce refined zinc and lead products and it also did not make good business sense for us to extract our high-grade ores (zinc/lead ores). Instead, we focused our extraction on low-grade ores (sulfur ores) which provide tailings with rich residual value and high market price, and result in favorable profit margins. In 2009, we extracted 302,613 tons of low-grade ores and 41,265 tons of high-grade ores. Among the low-grade ores, we refined 89,803 tons for zinc concentrates, lead concentrates and pyrites; 186,597 tons produced were for tailings only.  In 2010, due to worsening market conditions, only 735 tons of high-grade ores were extracted and 467,254 tons of low-grade ores were produced. In addition, we processed 457,658 tons for tailings. This resulted in low output for concentrates and high output for tailings in these two years.

For tailings we sold, please refer to the below breakdowns.
 
·
For fiscal year ended March 31 2008, we did not sell tailings.
 
·
For fiscal year ended March 31 2009, we sold 135,715 tons of tailings.
 
·
For fiscal year ended March 31 2010, we sold 315,918 tons of tailings.

The annual production of the Duchuan smelter for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010 is set forth below:

   
Concentrates/Pyrites processed
             
Year
 
From internal
production
 
From
external
purchase
 
Zinc
calcine
 
Zinc dust
and sand
 
Sulfuric
acid
 
2008
      6,459       10,109       7,836       1,902       15,483  
2009
      3,373       2,974       4,109       933       8,077  
2010
      0       0       0       0       0  

We processed concentrates both from the current-year production and carried-forward inventory. Therefore, the amount of concentrates/pyrites processed by the smelter was not exactly the same as the amounts produced from our two concentrators in the same fiscal year.  The extraction of low-grade ores in 2009 and 2010 brought us high grade tailings and low grade concentrates, which resulted in a smaller production of zinc/lead related products during these two years. In 2010, the output amounts of zinc/lead related products were not material.

Based on a report issued by John T. Boyd Company, as of March 31, 2010, the No. II ore body of Shangchao zinc lead mine has 1,886,000 run-of-mine ore tones of probable reserves.  The average grade of Pb is 1.19% and the average grade of Zn is 5.19% on a 10% diluted basis. A 90% mining recovery is applied to the ore tonnage.

Our Exploration activities in the Exploration Rights Properties

Huanjiang Jintai was granted three exploration licenses to explore the Exploration Rights Properties, known as the (a) Shangchao-Gangshan Lead Ore Deposit; (b) the Shangchao Lead Ore Deposit; and (c) the Dongjiang Zinc Ore Deposit.   The relevant Land and Resources Law of PRC 4 allows for two-year extensions of an exploration rights license.  However, the law is silent on the number of extensions permitted. As per the Regulations for Administration of Mineral Resources of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the granting of an extension of an exploration rights license is dependent upon the exploration stage a company is at. At the first two stages (reconnaissance and prospecting), no extensions are allowed.  However, once a company enters the third stage (general exploration) and/or the fourth stage (detailed exploration), it is permitted to extend its license up to two times, each for two year periods.  As an alternative, to an application for an extension, a company may apply for a license reservation, but such is conditioned on the mining company having reached the general exploration stage.  A company is permitted to apply for a license reservation for up to three times, each for a two-year period. Following the end of such reservation period, we could apply for mining licenses by submitting geological exploration reports and related documents. Pursuant to the "Implementing Rules of Mineral Resources Law" and related regulations, companies with exploration rights should be given the preference in applying for mining rights in the exploration area.

We believe that the Exploration Rights Properties, which are described below in more detail, contain zinc, lead and iron.
 
Location of Mine
 
Metallic
Element
 
Area (in square
kilometers)
 
Term of license
             
Shangchao-Gangshan lead ore deposit
 
Pb, Zn, FeS2
  0.64  
Two year license expiring on September 8, 2011. The license is renewable if the Company shows its intention to continue exploration.
             
Shangchao lead ore deposit
 
Pb, Zn, FeS2
  10.30  
One year license expiring on November 2, 2011. The license is renewable if the Company shows its intention to continue exploration.
             
Dongjiang zinc ore deposit
 
Pb, Zn, FeS2
  10.64  
One year license expiring on November 2, 2011. The license is renewable if the Company shows its intention to continue exploration.

Certain preliminary work has been undertaken on the three Exploration Rights Properties.  A few hydrological drillings have been completed from which limited samples were obtained for assay to ascertain the existence of mineralization.

According to the latest Development Blueprint issued by the Ministry of Land and Resources of PRC, mining companies with regional mining licenses have rights to acquire mining rights to all proven extractable resources in the same regions.  So far, there are only four mining licenses in the entire Huanjiang region and Huanjiang Jintai owns one of them. Hence, Huanjiang Jintai’s mining license can potentially include not only the three Exploration Properties under the three exploration licenses it owns, but also other properties with proven reserves in the entire Huanjiang region.  However, additional capital is needed to conduct further exploration activities on the Exploration Rights Properties in order to obtain mining rights over such properties.
 

 
4  See Article 10, http://www.mlr.gov.cn/zwgk/flfg/kczyflfg/200406/t20040625_587420.htm
 
 
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Proposed Exploration Plan

We have developed an exploration program for our Ore Mine and Exploration Right Properties. The aims of the program are as follows:

 
·
Compile and evaluate existing data

 
·
Review understanding of the ore enrichment processes in the mining area

 
·
Utilizing surface geophysical prospecting, geological surveying and trenching, identify better mineralized prospects

 
·
Better define the known ore bodies and ore (mineralized) points through a combination of drilling and tunneling, aimed at identifying the spatial distribution, occurrence, thickness, shape and size and ore quality and other characteristics of the ore bodies at various depths

 
·
Assess and estimate mineral resources/reserves

 
·
Assess mining conditions and hydro-geological conditions in ore deposits

 
·
Provide a geological basis for mine construction, development and utilization

The exploration program encompasses an area of 25.90 km². The planned work load includes:

 
·
Controlled audio magnetotelluric measurements extending over 7.4 km

 
·
Induced polarization (IP) profiling measurements extending over 13 km

 
·
13 electrical sounding points

 
·
1:2000 topographic surveying encompassing 1.8 km²

 
·
Density measurements over 21.58 km²

 
·
Hydrogeological measurements over 21.58km²

 
·
IP investigations extending over 1000 meters

 
·
Trenching engineering projected at 1,500 meters³

 
·
Exploration drilling projected at 13, 820 meters

Exploration drilling will be conducted from underground workings where active mining has occurred and from the surface in areas where no underground mining has occurred. The exploration program will be undertaken by the Geological Exploration General Institute of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (the “Institute”). The Institute is highly qualified to undertake the proposed program, having conducted prior studies in the immediate area and in the Ore Mine.

The exploration program schedule, which is scheduled from September 2010 to June 2013 is summarized as follows:

 
·
Design preparation - The preliminary design draft was completed on September 25, 2010. The initial review and modification of the preliminary design draft was conducted from September 26 - October 16, 2010. The second review and modification of the design draft has been completed; and it was submitted for examination on October 17 - 31, 2010.

 
·
Field exploration – Field exploration is planned in two phases to be completed in December 2012. In the first phase (November 2010 to December 2011), the majority of the prospecting and geophysical exploration work is projected. The second phase of work (January 2012 to December 2012) focuses on tunneling design, targeted exploration drilling and hydrological and mining conditions evaluations.

 
·
Report preparation – Report preparation is planned for January to June 2013, which will compile the exploration results and provide an overall evaluation of the various areas in the program.
 
 
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We have a budget of approximately $5 million for the exploration program detailed above, which will be funded by our income and from a portion of the proceeds from the initial public offering of our shares.

Major Works and Cost Budget
 
     
Work
   
Budget
 
                 
Unit Price
   
Total Price
 
Item
   
Unit
   
Total
   
(USD)
   
(USD)
 
I. Survey of Topography
                         
        1/2,000    
km2
      1.82       2,730       4,977  
                                 
II. Geological Survey
                               
1/10,000 Geological Survey
   
km2
      21.58       379       8,182  
1/10,000 Hydrological Survey
   
km2
      21.58       222       4,785  
                                 
Sectional Survey
   
Km
      6.25       151       945  
III. Geophysical Survey
                               
1. 1/10,000 electromagnetical Survey
   
km
      7.4       2,363       17,486  
2. Induced Polarization
   
km
      13       896       11,652  
3. Induced Polarization for Depth
   
Point
      13       212       2,762  
4. Geophysical Survey of Hole
    m       1,400       4       5,006  
IV. Drilling
                               
Core Drilling
    m       13,820       240       3,318,211  
      m       1,000       41       41,454  
V. Tunnelling
    m       5,000       310       1,550,662  
VI. Trenching
    m3       1,500       12       17,500  
VII. Laboratory Tests
                               
(I) Ore Analysis
                               
General Analysis
            600       13       7,975  
Sample Preparation
            600       3       1,772  
(II) Ore Appraisal and Testing
                               
Sample Preparation
            10       5       44  
Testing
            10       9       89  
(III) Smelting Test
            1       14,768       14,768  
                                 
VIII. Exploration Design
            1       5,907       5,907  
                                 
IX. Exploration Report
            1       11,815       11,815  
                                 
Total Budget
                            5,025,977  
 
 
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Our Products

Our main products include zinc calcine, zinc dust and sand and sulfuric acid.  Currently, we also produce and sell electrically collected zinc dust, lead concentrate, zinc concentrate and pyrite but none of these products accounted for more than 5% of our revenue in fiscal years 2010 or 2009.  Despite the fact that zinc and lead are recovered in the Ore Mine and we refer to ourselves as a zinc and lead mining company, lead-based products account for an insubstantial portion of our revenue.  In addition, we also sell a by-product known as “tailings’ that is produced after the separating process of zinc-lead ores is completed.

Our zinc calcine and zinc dust and sand are important components in the manufacturing of a wide variety of industrial products, including zinc oxide and steel.

Zinc Calcine

Zinc calcine is a micro-granular solid industrial mineral that contains zinc oxide, zinc sulfate and zinc sulfide.  It is used as the raw material for the zinc oxide electrolysis process.  Zinc calcine is classified by the approximate percentage of zinc oxide it contains and the levels of trace impurities.  Zinc calcine with a greater percentage of zinc oxide is deemed to be of a greater quality.  Purity and quality control are important.

We have the ability to produce zinc calcine with especially low impurity content as a result of our precisely controlled production processes.  The intended markets for the zinc calcine we produce are: (i) the steel industry; (ii) the automobile tire and rubber industry; and (iii) the ceramics industry.

At present, our zinc calcine products are sold to a number of zinc smelting companies, including Zhuzhou Smelting Group Co. Ltd., Nandan County Southern Non-ferrous Metal Smelting Co. Ltd. and Liuzhou Hongsheng Chemical Co. Ltd. and constituted an average of 44% of our total revenue for the last three years.

Zinc Dust and Sand

Zinc dust and zinc sand are widely used as the primary raw material for zinc ingots, zinc oxide and other products used in the rubber, paints, ceramics, coating, petroleum, medicine and electronic industry.

Our high-grade   zinc dust and zinc sand can be combined with other additives of other industrial minerals and rare earths to create zinc by-products with specific metallurgical characteristics.

Sulfuric Acid

A byproduct in the smelting process is sulfur dioxide, which we further process into sulfuric acid. Sulfuric acid is a colorless, odorless, oily and strong mineral acid with a high boiling point which is volatile and soluble in water.  Sulfuric acid is one of the most utilized products in the chemical industry.  Its principal uses include lead-acid batteries for cars and other vehicles, ore processing, fertilizer manufacturing, oil refining, wastewater processing, and chemical synthesis.

Tailings

Upon completion of the separating, we obtain not only the above products but also tailings. Tailings are residual gangue product resulting from our concentrating activities and not slag from our smelting operations.

Description of Beneficiation Process Flow in the Ore Dressing Plant (Concentrators)

Concentration beneficiation refers to the processes, mechanical and chemical, that upgrade ore through the separation of ore minerals from gangue minerals. This results in a concentrated product of lower tonnage having higher content of the intended product. The beneficiation process flow can be divided into the following sections according to performances of equipment: crushing section, ore grinding section, lead beneficiation operation section and zinc beneficiation operation section.  The Company ’ s concentration benefication is  primarily done through flotation of the sulfide minerals of lead, zinc and iron to create concentrates enriched in these metals.

After delivered into the plant, run-of-mines firstly go to the two-stage crushing section where they go through the first-stage crushing (coarse separation) and are sent via belt conveyor to the second-stage crushing (fine crushing) subsection to be crushed to appropriate feed sizes (less than 25mm) suitable for handling with ball mills before they go into ore bins as raw materials to be fed into the ore grinding section.

Ore grinding section: This section employs a closed-circuit processing approach for ore grinding and classification. Under the action of uniform oscillations of oscillating feeder, ores from ore bins are fed via bucket feeder into the ball mill for wet method ball milling. Ores and steel balls mutually strike and grind in the drum of ball mill before ore pulps are formed and discharged out of the ball mill. Then, ore pulps go through the classifier which will send ore pulps with eligible fineness of grinding to the next process link, with ineligible coarse-grained materials returning to the ball mill for further ball milling.
 
 
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The approach of beneficiation is preferential flotation, namely a process technique with priority of lead beneficiation preceding beneficiation of zinc, with lead concentrates and zinc concentrates individually separated.

Lead beneficiation operation section: Well-ground ore pulps are evenly agitated and mixed in the agitating drum before they go to the section of primary operation, the lead beneficiation. After reaction to flotation agents, ore pulps form mineralized froth in the floatation machine, separating lead ores from gangues and depressed zinc and copper ores and finally acquiring eligible lead concentrates through floatation. The lead flotation circuit consists of one roughing, two cleaning and three scavenging operations.

Zinc beneficiation operation section: Ore pulps discharged from the lead beneficiation section enter into the agitating machine before they go to the zinc beneficiation operation section. After activation of depressed zinc and reaction to added collecting and frothing agents, ore pulps form mineralize froth of zinc in the floatation machine, producing eligible zinc concentrates through floatation. The zinc flotation circuit consists of one roughing, three cleaning and three scavenging operations.

Product section: After individual lead and zinc concentrates separated from two process sections for lead and zinc floatation, the ore pulps are discharged as tailings pulp and are sent to the tailings dam to be stored for further comprehensive utilizations, and lead concentrates and zinc concentrates are respectively sent to their own concentrate tanks and then packed into bags to be transported to the smelting plant for further processing or to be sold as products. Waste water produced in beneficiation process is recycled after it goes through sedimentation process.

Description of Process Flow in the Smelting Plant

Zinc calcine: Via traveling crane and disk material blending, zinc concentrate feed is hoisted by the No.1 hoisting machine to the squirrel cage for crushing. After crushing, they go through screening machine to be screened into power and hoisted by the No.2 hoisting machine to the silos where they are conveyed to the fluidized bed furnace through disk feeding. With continuously rising temperature due to actions of air blowers, calcines are produced through high temperature roasting. High temperature calcine then go through cooling drum to be cooled and sent via belt conveyor to the No.3 hoisting machine which later hoists them to four calcine buckets. Afterwards, they are manually packed into bags.

Zinc dust and sand: Zinc dust and sand are produced after powdery dust generated in high temperature roasting of zinc concentrates in fluidized bed furnaces is collected via a surface air cooler and cyclone dust collector and then they are manually packed into bags.

ESP dust: Powdery dust generated in high temperature roasting of zinc concentrates in fluidized bed furnaces is collected via surface air cooler and cyclone dust collector before it goes to the electrostatic precipitator where dedusting is done with high voltage electric field, with byproduct called ESP dust produced. ESP dust is then manually packed into bags.

Sulfuric acid: Acids are produced by use of smoke. The process flow is: Smoke with rich contents of SO2 and powdery dust is also produced at the time of zinc calcine generation in the process of high temperature roasting of zinc concentrate feed in the fluidized bed furnace. After elimination of large grained powdery dust through the surface air cooling system, smoke goes to the electrostatic precipitator where dedusting is done with high voltage electric field, with byproduct called ESP dust produced. The smoke from the electrostatic precipitator then enters into the sulfuric acid system to impact scrubber and foam tower and has the born powder dust washed away and its temperature lowered to 50-60°C through the purification procedures of counter-flow spraying, washing and cooling with 5~20% diluted acid and cooling. The smoke discharged from the foam tower enters into the indirect cooler where it goes compulsory indirect cooling and condensation through the cooling water from the second stage indirect cooler, further reducing the smoke temperature to around 38°C and having most of its latent heats brought away by discharged cooling water. The smoke from the indirect cooler then directly goes to the electric demister where harmful elements like AS and Fe are eliminated by use of high voltage electrostatic field before it further goes to the tower drier to conduct air drying. The gas  (SO2) emitted from the tower drier is sent via high voltage main fan to each heat exchanger and thermal converter to exchange heats and conduct first order reaction. Eligible smoke produced in the first order reaction at the conversion section enters into the first stage absorption tower to conduct the primary absorption for production of industrial sulfuric acids. Because the remnant gas still has contents of SO2, it will be recovered to be sent into the converter for second conversion before it goes to the second stage absorption tower to conduct a secondary absorption for production of industrial sulfuric acid.

Because we own one of the highest quality zinc-lead mines in the region, and due to our relatively rudimentary processing technology and equipments, our tailings are deemed by management to be much richer compared to those produced by similar processing facilities in the other regions of China.  The sale of tailings constituted 99% of our total sales revenue in fiscal year 2010 and 58% of our total revenue in fiscal year 2009.  As of the nine months ended December 31, 2010, the sales of tailings accounted for 6% of our total sales revenue.
 
 
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Tailing Containment Facilities

Tailings are a natural by-product produced in the concentration process and our tailing containment facilities form part of our concentrator.  There are specific PRC laws and regulations with regard to construction and maintenance of concentrators.  The most important characteristics are the scale, location and design of tailing containment facilities. We currently have two tailing facilities attached to our two concentrators, with an aggregate storage capacity of 300 cubic meters and 600 cubic meters respectively.  These containment facilities can store tailings produced over a period of five (5) years.

We plan to construct a new concentrator with tailing containment facilities and storage capacity of 600 cubic meters which can store tailings produced over a period of twenty (20) years. The new concentrator will be equipped with state-of-the-art technologies, enabling better quality product output and reducing the concentration residue of tailings. At the present time, the existing recovery rate for lead and zinc from our concentrators stands at 88% and 90%, respectively. The recovery rate for sulfur is 70% after further processing extractions from tailing sands. For the new concentrator, the recovery rate for lead and zinc will increase to the range of 93% to 95% and 90% for sulfur. The Yagang Concentrator has an ultimate tailings capacity of 600,000 cubic meters, the Xingda Concentrator has an ultimate capacity of 300,000 cubic meters, and the planned new tailings facility will have an ultimate capacity of 600,000 cubic meters.

Oxidized Ore

Oxidized ore is the metallic ore deposit that has gone through oxidization, forming ore in its oxidized zone.  Once the ore has been oxidized, its mineralogical composition and structure will have obvious changes; therefore, the use of different methodologies in processing must be determined by the different types of ore.  In order to choose the suitable methodology in processing and maximize mining ore resources, ore is categorized into raw ore, oxidized ore, and combination of the two, depending on the degree of its oxidization.

The value of oxidized ore is determined by its mineralogical composition and content; therefore the market price will vary greatly according to the diversity and difference in the oxidized ore. Shangchao zinc-lead ore mine has both raw zinc-lead ore, which is the raw material for zinc concentrate and lead concentrate, and oxidized ore at different grades. According to the exploration and investigation results, the oxidized ores in the Shangchao zinc-lead ore are categorized into four different grades as below:

Grade A: Pb 3%, Zn 9%

Grade B: Pb 5%, Zn 15%, S 8%, Cd 0.9%

Grade C: Pb 8%, Zn 20%, S 8%, Cd 0.9%, Ag 300g/Ton

Grade D: Pb 8%, Zn 20%, S 8%, Cd 0.9%, Ag 450g/Ton, Sb 2.8%

* Pb=lead, Zn=zinc, S=sulfur, Cd= cadmium, Ag=silver, Sb=antimony

Long Term Business Strategy

As part of our long term strategy, we intend to focus on the activities listed below.
 
 
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Focus on our core businesses by expanding the Ore Mine - We seek to achieve high market penetration by increasing our zinc and lead ore production.  As part of this strategy, we will seek to expand our Ore Mine through the improvement and upgrading of up to four (4) transportation channels or tunnels into the Ore Mine.  At present, the Ore Mine has widely scattered working sites or portals and therefore it has not reached maximum production capacity.  We intend to conduct further ore exploitation in order to increase our output of zinc and lead ores from the Ore Mine.

Improve our profit margin by building a new concentrator and improving the Duchuan Smelter - To process the increased ore output after the expansion and improvements to the Ore Mine, we intend to build a new concentrator with an annual capacity of 450,000 metric tons of run-of-mine ore.

Further vertically integrate our value chain and improve our profit margin by producing zinc oxide - We intend to expand our production of zinc calcine from the current annual output capacity of 25,000 metric tons of refined zinc products to 50,000 metric tons.  The increased output will be used to produce zinc oxide, which has a higher margin than the zinc calcine.  We intend to complete the upgrading and expansion of the Jintai Duchuan Smelter with zinc-oxide production lines of an estimated annual output capacity of 50,000 metric tons.

Drilling campaign and survey of the Exploration Rights Properties, - i.e. Shangchao-Gangshan lead ore deposit, Shangchao lead ore deposit, and Dongjiang zinc ore deposit.  We intend to conduct a drilling campaign to map out a systematic approach to acquire sufficient geologic and assay data to have a reasonable estimate of the resources. Currently, we are allocating a minimum amount of resources to developing new properties. This trend will change once this offering has been completed.

Continue Pursuing Strategic Acquisition Opportunities - We intend to evaluate attractive acquisition opportunities for the purpose of increasing our mining and processing capacity and product diversification. We will consider acquisitions or investments that will enable us to leverage our expertise and processing capacity in zinc-lead minerals to grow our market share in the Chinese market, as well as to enable us to sell new products. At this time, we have no agreements to acquire any other entities.

Our intended activities as set forth above may be hindered by the rudimentary and labor-intensive mining method we currently employ and the inherently hazardous condition in our Ore Mine which may impose a threat to our ability to continuously increase our ore production.  However, management believes the abundant and low-cost work force accessible to us makes it significantly more cost-efficient for us to use the current rudimentary mining method than to engage more mechanically-advanced mining methods. The major obstacle for us to keep increasing our ore production is the insufficient mine tunnels, which will be improved significantly if we can successfully upgrade and improve up to four (4) tunnels into the Ore Mine as contemplated.  With regard to the inherently hazardous condition in any zinc and lead mine, we have taken extensive safety measures to ensure compliance with relevant PRC safety production laws and regulations and prevention of accidents in the mine. Management pays particular attention to the improvement of safety conditions which is one of our long-term business strategies and includes it in our long-run development plans. Please refer to a more detailed discussion of our safety measures in the section entitled “ Safety Measures” .   Therefore, as long as we are able to improve and upgrade our mine tunnels, our management believes the ore production will be significantly increased.

Pricing

The Shanghai Metal Exchange (SHME), a national exchange for non-ferrous metals futures, usually follows the price fluctuation released by the London Metal Exchange. The SHME publishes the “Shanghai Nonferrous Metals Price Index (SMMI)” reflecting the overall market for nonferrous metals and releases the “Spot price in SMMI” covering prices for more than 100 types of nonferrous metal products. As of November 12, 2010, the price of zinc metal was $2,950 (RMB 19,680) per ton.
 
 
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We sell our products using the SMMP spot price as a benchmark with an adjustment reflecting the fluctuation in production and demand and different grade and purity.

Sales and Marketing

We do not utilize any outside marketing staff. We believe that we have maintained long term and good relationships with our customers, who send their orders directly to us. Our in-house sales staff fills these orders based on our actual production ability. We expect these relationships with our customers to continue.

Raw Material and Power Supply

Our Ore Mine is located at Shangchao, Huanjiang County, Guangxi Province, PRC.  This Ore Mine provides us with the zinc and lead ore used in the production and manufacturing of all of our products. We believe, although no assurance can be given, that the Ore Mine will satisfy our short and medium term needs for zinc and lead ore.

The mining equipment and machinery we use are manufactured to our specifications by our suppliers. We source our mining equipment, explosives and machinery mainly from local suppliers.

We have a stable electricity supply as our power suppliers use hydropower to generate sufficient power supply for local industrial users.

Our Major Customers

All of our customers are located in the PRC. There is no agreement with any of our major customers that require the customer to purchase or us to sell specified amounts of products.

The following table shows our major customers for our products for the years ended March 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Customer
 
Percentage in
2008
   
Percentage in
2009
   
Percentage in
2010
 
Hunan Zhuzhou Smelter Group Co., Ltd.
    30.3 %     9 %     N/A  
Nandan Nanfang Non-ferrous Metals Smelting Co., Ltd.
    14.3 %     7 %     N/A  
Huanjiang Mao Nan Autonomous County Nanping Concentrator Co. Ltd
    N/A       29 %     57 %
Jingyi Liu
    N/A       21 %     30 %
Zhaoyou Wei
    N/A       10 %     12 %

Transportation and Distribution

The zinc and lead ores produced from our Ore Mine are transported to our processing facilities by local independent contractors engaged by us for such purpose.  We pay for the transportation of zinc dust and sand sold to Zhuzhou Smelting Group Co. Ltd. All of our other customers pick up our products at our processing facilities at their own costs.  The figure below illustrates the transportation of the ore and final products.
 
 
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Competition
 
Rapid industrialization and development in China have been the main drivers for the increase in industrial minerals consumption. In the current market for refined zinc and lead based products, we believe that demand for high purity refined zinc products in general exceeds current supply. In the near term, we do not foresee any difficulty in selling our products and as such, we do not expect to devote large financial resources to the marketing and promotion of our products.
 
Our main competitors in the zinc and lead mining business are:

 
·
Huanjiang Miaoshi Mining Co., Ltd.

 
·
Guangxi Huanjiang Yinhe Co., Ltd.

 
·
Jinshan Co., Ltd.

Our main competitors for our refined zinc products business are:

 
·
Liuzhou Fuying Smelting Co. Ltd;

 
·
Wuxuan Guagnji Smelting Co. Ltd;

 
·
Liuzhou Hengfeng Smelting Co. Ltd.

Our main competitors for our sulfuric acid business are:

 
·
Hechi Southern Non-ferrous Metal Smelting Co. Ltd;

 
·
Guagnxi Tanghan Zinc Indium Co. Ltd;

 
·
Guangxi Jinhe Mining Stock Co. Ltd.

Competitive Advantage

We believe that we possess a number of competitive strengths that position us well to continue as an emerging supplier of zinc and lead related industry minerals including:
 
 
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Unique Exploration Environment - Guangxi is located in the south-western part of China. Hechi is located in the north part of Guangxi. Guangxi is rich in zinc and lead reserve, ranked as the fifth largest zinc reserve in China and the sixth in the category of lead reserve.  Hechi City of Guangxi Province is well regarded for its non-ferrous metal resources.

High Grade Ore Reserve -  Based on a report provided by JT Boyd coupled with the opinion of our management based on their previous experience in the mining industry, we believe that we own one of the highest quality zinc-lead mines in the region which contains high purity zinc-lead ore and good extracting conditions.

Low Cost Producer - We believe that our low cost position is a result of many strategic initiatives including our access to abundant and low-cost labor resources, our sharing best practices across all exploitation and production facilities, and our cost control measures.  We are one of the companies in the Guangxi Province that owns and operates ore mines, concentrators and smelters.  Based on our management’s opinion, the implementation of this vertically integrated business model results in a lower production costs compared to other mining companies in the region.

Government support -   Based on management’s assessment, we believe that our relationship with local government and the provincial government is strong and mutually beneficial.    Such believing is based on several factions including:

 
(1)
State Recognition: On April 13, 3007, the Economic Commission Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region issued to us a “Certificate of fulfilling as a state encouraging enterprise”, which grants us formal recognition as a state encouraging enterprise.

 
(2)
Taxation Incentives: From January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2006, the Company was exempt from corporate income taxes; from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2010, the Company enjoyed a preferential corporate income tax rate of 15%. The aggregate preferential tax amount from 2004 to 2010 was $5,956,061. In addition, the tax holiday ended on December 31, 2010; accordingly, from January 1, 2011, all income tax rates are at the level of 25%.

 
(3)
Local Government Rewards and Honors: Huanjiang Jintai has received several local business awards from the government including being recognized as an “Excellent Resident Enterprise” and “Top 10 Enterprises in Huanjiang County”. We were the largest taxpayer in the Hechi region from year 2007 to 2009 and obtained an “A” credit rating in tax payment from the State Taxation Bureau and the Local Taxation Bureau of Hechi city in January 2009. In addition, Mr. Kuizhong Cai, our Chairman and President, was honored by the local labor union in Hechi as one of the “Most Respected CEOs by Employees of Year 2007”.

 
(4)
Comprehensive Utilization of Resources: We were granted preferential tax treatment when we received a “Certificate of Comprehensive Resources Utilization Recognition” from the Guangxi government in November 2010.  Such certificate was awarded because the sulfuric acid products produced by our Duchuan smelter met national standards of industrial policies. This certificate gives us the authority to apply for a 50% Value Added Tax credit for sulfuric acid products paid to the State Taxation Bureau of Huanjiang County in year 2011.

 
(5)
Environmental Protection Fund Subsidies: We obtained a RMB 50,000 (or approximately USD $7,580) subsidy from the Environment Protection Bureau of Hechi City for the installment of online gas supervision equipment in the Duchuan smelter in year 2011.
 
Due to this good relationship, the local government gives us strong incentive to continue with our mining operations.  We are not aware of any current problem and are not aware of any reason why this strong relationship would not continue over the foreseeable future.
 
Applicable Government Regulations

The following is a summary of the principal governmental laws and regulations that are or may be applicable to our operations in the PRC. The scope and enforcement of many of the laws and regulations described below are uncertain. We cannot predict the effect of further developments in the Chinese legal system, including the promulgation of new laws, changes to existing laws or the interpretation or enforcement of laws.

The mining industry, including certain exploration and mining activities, is highly regulated in the PRC. Regulations issued or implemented by the State Council, the Ministry of Land and Resources, and other relevant government authorities cover many aspects of exploration and mining of natural resources, including entry into the mining industry, the scope of permissible business activities, interconnection and transmission line arrangements, tariff policy and foreign investment.

The principal regulations governing the mining business in the PRC include:

 
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Mineral Resources Law of PRC, which requires every company engaged in the mining business to have exploration and mining licenses from provincial and/or local land and resources agencies. Further, under the Mineral Resources Law of PRC, all mineral resources in the PRC are deemed to be owned by the State.  Mining and Exploration rights are granted by the State permitting recipients to conduct mining activities in a specific mining area during the specified license period.

 
·
Mine Safety Law of PRC, which requires a mining business to obtain a safety production license and provides for random safety inspections of mining facilities.

 
·
Environmental Protection Law of PRC, which requires every company engaged in the mining business to obtain an environmental impact study of the mining activities conducted.
 
 
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Foreign Exchange Controls. The principal regulations governing foreign exchange in the PRC are the Foreign Exchange Control Regulations (1996) and the Administration of Settlement, Sale and Payment of Foreign Exchange Regulations (1996) (“the Foreign Exchange Regulations”). Under the Foreign Exchange Regulations, RMB is freely convertible into foreign currency for current account items, including the distribution of dividends. Conversion of RMB for capital account items, such as direct investment, loans and security investment, however, is still subject to the approval of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”). Under the Foreign Exchange Regulations, foreign-invested enterprises are required to open and maintain separate foreign exchange accounts for capital account items. In addition, foreign-invested enterprises may only buy, sell and/or remit foreign currencies at those banks authorized to conduct foreign exchange business after providing valid commercial documents and, in the case of capital account item transactions, obtaining approval from SAFE.

We are authorized to conduct our business by the applicable local counterparts of Ministry of Land and Resources. Further, we have secured the necessary exploration and mining licenses from local governments.

On December 12, 2009, Huanjiang Jintai renewed its mining rights over the Ore Mine, which license will expire on December 12, 2018.  This mining license is subject to periodic renewal.  An application for renewal needs to be submitted at least 30 days before the expiration date and the extension will be approved if the applicant satisfies all applicable requirements and pays the appropriate resource fee.  Ten, twenty and thirty years are the maximum periods of time for mining licenses for small, medium and large deposits of ore mines, respectively.  Although Huanjiang Jintai believes that it will be able to renew the licenses upon expiry, there can be no assurance that it will be able to do so, or that it will be able to exploit the entire mineral resources of the Ore Mine during the effectiveness of its license. If Huanjiang Jintai fails to renew its mining rights upon expiry or if it cannot effectively utilize the resources within a license period, the operation and performance of Huanjiang Jintai, and consequently, our financial operations, may be adversely affected.

Chinese regulations further require that a mining company must have a safety certification from the State Administration of Work Safety before it can engage in mining and extracting activities. All of our operating subsidiaries have obtained safety certifications from the applicable local counterpart of State Administration of Work Safety. In addition, all of our operating subsidiaries have passed government safety inspections.

The Ministry of Environmental Protection is responsible for the supervision of environmental protection and the implementation of national standards for environmental quality and discharge of pollutants and the supervision of the environmental management system of the PRC. Environmental protection bureaus at the county level or above are responsible for environmental protection within their jurisdictions. The laws and regulations governing environmental protection require each company to lodge environmental impact statements for a construction project with the environmental protection bureaus at the county level. These statements must be filed prior to the commencement of construction, expansion or modification of a project. The environmental protection bureaus inspect new production facilities and determine compliance with applicable environmental standards, prior to the commencement of operations. The Environmental Protection Law of the PRC requires production facilities that may cause pollution or produce other toxic materials to take steps to protect the environment and establish an environmental protection and management system. The system includes the adoption of effective measures to prevent and control exhaust gas, sewage, waste residues, dust or other waste materials. Entities discharging pollutants must register with the relevant environmental protection authorities. Penalties for breaching the Environmental Protection Law include a warning, payment of a penalty calculated on the damage incurred, or payment of a fine. When an entity fails to adopt preventive measures or control facilities that meet the requirements of environmental protection standards, it is subject to suspension of production or operations and for payment of a fine. Material violations of environmental laws and regulations causing property damage or casualties may result in criminal liabilities.
 
 
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We also have been granted a certificate from the local Ministry of Environmental Protection, certifying that Huanjiang Jintai does not violate any applicable environmental protection laws or regulations. There is no renewal requirement for the certificate. Management believes that we are in material compliance with all applicable environmental protection requirements of PRC.

Applicable Environmental Protection Regulations and Our Environmental Protection Measures

The “Environmental Protection Law of the PRC ” (‘‘Environmental Protection Law’’) and the “ Administrative Regulations on Environmental Protection for Construction Projects ” stipulate that prior to the construction of new production facilities or expansion or transformation of existing facilities that may cause a significant impact on the environment, a report on the environmental impact of the construction project shall be submitted to the relevant environmental protection authority. Newly constructed production facilities cannot operate until the relevant department is satisfied that such facilities are in compliance with all relevant environmental protection standards. Pursuant to the requirements of the Environmental Protection Law, any production facilities that could possibly cause pollution or other public hazards shall adopt measures on environmental protection and shall establish a system on environmental protection and administration. Effective measures shall be adopted to prevent and control the pollution and harm caused to the environment by the emission of exhaust air, sewage, waste residues, dust, malodorous gas, radioactive substances, noise, vibration and electromagnetic radiation. Enterprises that discharge pollutants shall register with the relevant environmental protection authority. The State Environmental Protection Administration Bureau formulates national standards on emission of pollutants in accordance with the national standards on environmental quality and the national economic and technological conditions. Governments at the provincial level and of the autonomous regions and municipalities may formulate their respective local standards on the discharge of pollutants for items not specified in the national standards. The local governments may formulate local standards which are more stringent than the national ones.

Pursuant to the requirements under the “ Law on Prevention of Water Pollution of the PRC ”, “ Law on Prevention of Air Pollution of the PRC  ’’ and ‘‘ Administrative Regulations on Levy and Utilization of Sewage Charge ”, enterprises which discharge water or air pollutants shall pay discharge fees pursuant to the types and volume of pollutants discharged. The discharge fees are calculated by the local environmental protection authority which shall review and verify the types and volume of pollutants discharged. Once the discharge fees have been calculated, a notice on payment of discharge fees shall be issued to the relevant enterprises. In addition, enterprises which discharge sulfur dioxide at a level exceeding the prescribed standards are required to install ‘‘de-sulfurizing devices’’ or adopt other "desulfurizing’’ measures to control the emission of sulfur dioxide.

In accordance with the “ Law on Prevention of Environmental Pollution Caused by Solid Waste of the PRC” , entities and individuals collecting, storing, transporting, utilizing or disposing of solid waste shall take precautions against the spread, loss and leakage of such solid waste or adopt such other measures for preventing such solid waste from polluting the environment.

Pursuant to the ‘‘ Mineral Resources Law ’’ , “ Land Administration Law of the PRC  ’’ and ‘‘ Rules on Land Rehabilitation ”, exploitation of mineral resources shall be conducted in compliance with the legal requirements on environmental protection so as to prevent environmental pollution. With respect to any damage caused to cultivated land, grassland or forest as a result of exploration or mining activities, mining enterprises shall restore the land to a state appropriate for use by reclamation, re-planting trees or grasses or such other measures as are appropriate to the local conditions. In the event that the mining enterprise is unable to rehabilitate or the rehabilitation does not comply with the relevant requirements, the mining enterprise shall pay a fee for land rehabilitation. Upon the closure of a mine, a report in relation to land rehabilitation and environmental protection shall be submitted for approval. Enterprises that fail to perform or satisfy the requirements on land rehabilitation will be penalized by the relevant land administration authority.
 
 
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The penalties for breaches of the environmental protection laws vary from warnings, fines to administrative sanctions, depending on the degree of damage. Any entity whose construction projects fail to satisfy the requirements on pollution prevention may be ordered to suspend its production or operation and be subject to a fine. The person responsible for the entity may be subject to criminal liability for serious breaches resulting in significant damage to private or public property or personal death or injury.

Our current production and operating activities have been in compliance with the relevant requirements on environmental protection.  In the operating history of Huanjiang Jintai, it has not been penalized as a result of breaching any environment protection laws and regulations.

Safety Programs

Although we have not recorded any injury as of present, we have adopted various safety programs to ensure our operations are in compliance with safety requirements and prevent accidents and injuries. We have implemented safety guidance according to the PRC Regulations. Employees must follow our Safety Production Manual for their operation practices. This manual provides hands-on guidance and covers every single part of the mining operation.  The primary safety programs include education and training of newly hired workers, operation and prevention of water, fire and toxic gas under the mine, handling and management of explosives, emergency rescue, reporting and investigation of accidents and so on.

Implementation of a comprehensive Safety Production Manual

Employees must follow our Safety Production Manual for their operation activities. This manual provides hands-on guidance and covers every single part of our mining operation.  In addition, all employees receive regular safety management training.

Education and training of newly hired workers

New employees are required to attend safety training courses totalling 72 hours consisting of three categories: 1) 32 hours of mining safety, 2) 24 hours of facilities safety, and 3) 16 hours of team safety.

Further, all workers and personnel are required to become familiar with: 1) general requirements in the national laws and policies regarding mining safety; 2) general information, characteristics and safety control technology in our mine; 3) the basic procedures on how to prevent injuries and death; and 4) safety experience and lessons in the mining industry and our company.

Underground operations and prevention of water, fire and toxic gas in the mine

When working in an old producing area or drift sand area, workers are required to locate rock pillars to form a safety zone.  If a main roadway shows water generation, its lower mining zone shall have a roof spacing of at least 3 meters of thickness. If there are any noticeable signs of water leaking, all operations have to be suspended and all staff members must evacuate immediately. The situation has to be reported to designated safety department to be evaluated.

Sufficient fire extinguishers are provided in all buildings in the mining area.  The derrick, heap stead and underground are key fire protection areas, and are equipped with fire hydrants. The underground should be equipped with fresh water piping.

If underground operators detect abnormal gas qualities, he/she is required to immediately report to the on-ground supervisor. Toxic gas testing has to be performed in the reported area as soon as possible. If the presence of excessive toxic gases is confirmed, certain measures will be undertaken including shutting down or idling the area or enhancing ventilation.
 
 
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Handling and management of explosives

We have clear guidelines on the handling and storage of explosives and other inherently dangerous items. Vehicles carried with explosives should not enter dangerous areas and buildings and maintain 2.5 meters distance when off loading. When carrying powder or flammable liquid evaporates, vehicles should maintain at least 5 meters distance when off loading. Loading and transporting activities should be undertaken with extra care to, avoid de-railing or collisions with hard objects.

Emergency rescue

We also have clear guidelines with regard to emergency rescue.  In the event of accidents, employees at the scene must immediately contact the emergency rescue crew and begin assisting and caring for injured workers to prevent further injuries. While reporting to emergency care units, employees at the scene should start rescue operations according to the emergency guidelines. They are also responsible for protecting the scene and setting up warning signs.

Safety concern and accidents reporting

We have guidelines for reporting accidents and channels for employees to communicate their safety concerns to our management.   When reporting an accident, there must be a clear and precise description of the overall event including time, place, name, sex, age, position, title, and degree of injury for any fatal casualty.

In case of an accident, an investigation committee should be established. For minor accidents, the municipal Safety Production Supervisory Board will organize a thorough investigation. For major fatal accidents, the provincial Safety Production Supervisory Board will contact related departments to form an investigation committee to record the economic loss and damages and injuries, to determine the nature of the accidents and liability and issue a report.

We also employ other miscellaneous safety programs for specific and ad-hoc situations. Although our management believes these safety programs and precautionary measures are adequate, there is no guarantee that fatal accidents may not occur in the future.

There have been no reportable injuries, lost-time injuries or fatal injuries reported. We also obtained government certified documents which substantiate that there have been no injuries and the adequacy of our safety and environmental protection performance.

Our Environmental Protection Performance

In order to align with the government's goal to ensure environmental and contamination protection requirements, we hire the Hechi Environmental Monitoring Station to conduct an assessment every year. The source of contamination from industrial waste liquid and gas of the smelter plant was monitored and the results met with the emission standard.

Expenditures

In the most recent two years, we have invested 4 million RMB to an environment dedicated account to examine and repair equipment and implement a virescence project in the smelter plant. Specifically, we have updated three systems: the cooling tower system which reduces the amount of waste water by utilizing recycled water; the galvanic protection system which can almost eliminate straight emission of CO2 and achieve a 98% retrieval rate of it; and the heat exchange cleaning system which can utilize exhausted gas and eliminate gas contamination in the environment.
 
 
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Our mining and exploration activities are subject to various PRC laws and regulations governing the protection of the environment. These laws and regulations are continually changing and are generally becoming more restrictive. We conduct our operations so as to protect the public health and environment and believe our operations are in compliance with applicable laws and regulations in all material respects. Our mining operations are subject to “Natural Resource Compensation Charges”, but the charging rate varies in different cities in the PRC. In September 2009, $268,767 was paid to the local counterparts of Ministry of Environment Protection as an environment restoration deposit. The full amount will be refunded when we fully restore the environment after completion of our mining activities.

Costs and Effects of Compliance with Applicable PRC Regulations

We are in compliance with all relevant mining safety production laws. The cost of compliance is booked as general administrative expenses.  As a result of full compliance, we have never been penalized as a result of breaching any safety laws and regulations

There have been a number of serious coal-mine accidents in the first half of year 2010 in China. Therefore, the Chinese central government has vowed to crack down on mine safety violations. However, historically, there have been much less accidents in zinc and lead mines compared to coal mines in China. The reasons are as follows: 1) the strata structure of zinc and lead mines is more solid compared to coal mines, as a result, there are fewer collapse; and 2) a coal mine might have a high explosive possibility because of methane, a flammable gas produced during the formation and metamorphism of coal, while there is a much lower degree of methane existing in zinc and lead mine. We are subject to the Laws of Safety Production of the PRC, Mining Safety Law of the PRC and other relevant safety related PRC laws. According to our Safety Manual, we have established stringent safety protocols and carried out various measures to ensure safe production.

Employees

As of March 4, 2011, we have 621 full time employees. We also employ approximately 787 part-time employees working on a seasonal basis. We provide annual physical check-ups and standard health insurance to all of our full time employees.  We believe that our relationship with our employees is good.

The following table shows the breakdown of the number of full-time and part-time employees by department:

Department
 
Full-time Staff
   
Part-time
Staff
   
Total
Staff
 
Office
    6       -       6  
Accounting
    8       -       8  
Human Resources
    4       -       4  
Sales
    10       -       10  
Procurement
    7       -       7  
Administration
    5       -       5  
Shangchao Zinc/Lead Ore
    326       540       866  
Mining Operation and Management
                       
Yagang Concentrator
    75       61       136  
Xingda Concentrator
    45       56       101  
Duchuan Smelter
    135       130       265  
Total
    621       787       1408  
 
 
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Location of Facilities, Offices and Contact Information

Our principal executive offices are located at No. 48 Qiaodong Road, Sien Town, Huanjiang County Hechi City, Guangxi Province, China and our correspondence address is Room 1708B2 Nan Fung Tower Des Voeux Road, Central Hong Kong, Attention: Mr. Kuizhong Cai, Telephone No: (86 0778) 220-5911, Fax No: (86 0778) 220-5911.
 
 
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DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY

General

We own and operate an ore mine with a mining right area of 2.83 square kilometers (the “Ore Mine”) and own exploration rights over land of 21.58 square kilometers (the “Exploration Rights Properties”), both of which are located in Huanjiang County, Hechi City, Guangxi Province of the PRC.  The Ore Mine and the Exploration Rights Properties are located adjacent to each other.


Mining License and Exploration Right License

The mining license we currently hold authorizes a mining depth of elevations between 458.271 meters and 219.971 meters above sea level.  The mining license number is 450000010130. The license was renewed by the Bureau of Land and Resources of Guangxi Province on December 12, 2009 and expires on December 12, 2018.

The mining license we currently hold authorizes us to produce up to 30,000 tons of zinc lead ores per year.  However, we currently have an annual output of 400,000 tons per year.   However, based on discussions with our PRC counsel, it has been determined that the PRC government does not impose a fine on Huanjiang Jintai’s mining operations due to the fact that a mine’s output exceeds the annual capacity permitted, and further, the PRC government currently has not issued any definitive rule or interpretation regarding whether the excessive output of zinc lead ores like the one Huanjiang Jintai conducted shall be subject to any judicial or administrative discipline such as suspension or revocation of the mining license.

There are two types of mineral rights in China: a mining right and an exploration right. A mining right is the right to exploit mineral resources and produce mineral products.  Pursuant to Chinese law, our mining license is valid for nine (9) years and may be extended for additional periods.  The mining license can be extended in scope or periods of time if a company intends to continue to operate. Applications for extensions need to be submitted at least 30 days before the expiration date. Ten, twenty and thirty years are the maximum periods of time for mining licenses for small, medium and large deposits of ore mines, respectively.
 
 
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On the other hand, an exploration right is the right to explore for mineral resources within the areas authorized under an exploration license.   According to relevant PRC resource laws, any business entity can apply for an exploration license as long as it is able to provide geological reports and mining prospects and satisfy certain minimum expenditure requirement. The exploration license may be extended for additional periods, consisting of two (2) years each, depending upon the exploration stage of the company and on the conditions that it shows its intention to continue exploration and pays the appropriate resource fee, as per the Regulations for Administration of Mineral Resources of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and that minimum expenditures are met.  License fees and resource fees associated with the renewal may be subject to negotiation between a company and the relevant government authorities.  The minimum expenditure requirement prescribed by the applicable PRC laws is as follows: i) RMB 2,000 per square kilometer during the first year of having the exploration license; ii) RMB 5,000 per square kilometer during the second year of having the exploration license; and iii) RMB 10,000 per square kilometer during and after the third year of having the exploration license.   Our management estimates the total investment amount for any exploration project will be at least RMB 500,000.  An application for renewal of the exploration license can only be approved if the applicant provides qualified evidence of proven and probable resources or if the applicant has invested the minimum expenditure. We intend to satisfy the exploration requirements out of the proceeds of this offering.

The tables below provide a brief summary of the mining and exploration rights granted to us.
 
Mining License Held by Us
 
Location of Mine
 
Type of Ore
 
Area (in
square
kilometers)
 
Term of license
 
Type of Mine
 
Output
capacity
 
Mining
Level
                         
Shangchao Zinc/Lead ores mine
 
Pb, Zn, FeS2
 
2.83
 
Nine year license expiring on December 12, 2018. The license is renewable if we show our intention to continue exploration.
 
underground
 
30,000 tons per year
 
458 meters to 220 meters above sea level
 
Exploration licenses held by Us
 
Location of Mine
 
Type of Ore
 
Acreage ( in
square
kilometers)
 
Term of license
             
Shangchao-Gangshan lead ore deposit
 
Pb, Zn, FeS2
  0.64  
Two-year license expiring on September 8, 2011. The license is renewable if we show our intention to continue exploration.
             
Shangchao lead ore deposit
 
Pb, Zn, FeS2
  10.30  
One year license expiring on November 2, 2011. The license is renewable if we show our intention to continue exploration.
             
Dongjiang zinc ore deposit
 
Pb, Zn, FeS2
  10.64  
One year license expiring on November 2, 2011. The license is renewable if we show our intention to continue exploration.

Shangchao Zinc and lead Ore Mine

We hold 100% ownership of our Ore Mine, which was acquired by Huanjiang Jintai in 2003.
 
 
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Location, Access and Traffic

The Ore Mine is located in Shangchao Town, Huanjiang County Hechi City, Guangxi Province, PRC. The coordinates are: E108°11′15″~108°13′15″; N25°15′00″~25°17′00″. This area is easily accessible, with a secondary road of approximately three (3) kilometers from the mine to Shangchao Town (the capital of Huanjiang county) and then access to a highway and railway of about fifty (50) kilometers (straight distance) to Hechi City.  Hechi City is connected to Shangchao by a dedicated railway line. The mine area has a very convenient transportation network system, with third-class roads traversing Hechi, Huanjiang, and Shangchao. The Shangchao Railway Station is only one kilometer away from the mine site and a simple highway connects Shangchao Town and the mine site. A commercial airport exists at Nanning, the capital city of Guangxi Province. Nanning is about three and half hours by road to Hechi City. Road access to both Hechi and to major highways and rail systems from the mining area is considered adequate. The figure below illustrates the transportation network around the Ore Mine.


The Ore Mine has a typical subtropical climate characterized mainly by high precipitation and high evaporation and humid conditions.  The rainy season occurs from May to August.  Situated on the southern edges of the Yunnan-Guizhou plateau, the area’s undulating topography, ranging between 270 meters and 755 meters above sea level, forms a low to medium mountain range. Soil erosion is pronounced around the elevation 280 meters above sea level, leaving in its trails huge gullies in the mountains
 
 
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Below are more detailed maps of the underground mine:

Level 245
 
Level 265
 
     
Level 270
 
Level 280
 
 
 
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Level 305
 
Level 310
 

Previous exploration and development

Guangxi geological survey team conducted the initial geochemical investing and geological surveys in the 1960s and 1980s. A minimal amount of work was executed during the period from 2002 to 2004 which should be classified as the prospecting level of exploration. In 2008, we conducted a further underground geological probe on the levels of 245 meters and 265 meters.

Water and Power Supply

Power has been supplied to the mine by the Shangchao transformer substation of Huanxian Power Supply Company, which is part of the State power network. Since 2006, we have had a stable electricity supply. A mobile telecommunication receptor is located within the confines of the mine and provides for the mine's communication needs. Water supply for production comes from the Huanjiang River which is near Shangchao River village. We believe water supply from the Huanjiang River is sufficient for our current production and we expect it will be sufficient to support future expansion of our production.

Current Mining Operation

There are nine mining sites/portals in existence that may provide access to the Ore Mine. The nine mining sites/portals have substantially independent development systems but for safety reasons some of them have connecting tunnels.

The underground mining methods being utilized at the Ore Mine include shrinkage stoping as the primary method, sublevel open stoping as the secondary method, and a variation of these two methods in some places. The mining methods being used are common in hard rock mining and appropriate for the geology of the ore body in the Ore Mine.
 
 
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Shrinkage Stoping: This refers to the type of mining method in which broken ore is temporarily retained in the stope to provide a working platform and/or to offer temporary support to the stope walls during active mining. Since the ore swells when broken, the muck pile in the stope is shrunk a corresponding amount (approximately one-third) by drawing some of the broken ore out as the stope is advanced upwards/up-dip. Eventually, when the entire vein has been blasted, filling the stope with broken ore, the miners then pull out of the stope and extract the broken-up ore by a process similar to block caving, from chutes beneath the undercut.

Sublevel Stoping: This mining method entails providing access to the ore body at various sub-levels between the main haulage levels in order to drill and blast the intervening ore. Stope drilling is carried out from drilling drifts on the sublevels and the ore is blasted in slices towards an open face, which generally is vertical on the up holes. The blasted ore gravitates to the bottom of the stope and is collected through draw-points.

Haulage of the mined ores is carried out by mine car on narrow gauge tracks at one of our two tunnels and manually unloaded onto a storage platform at our second tunnel.

Major equipments used at the mine consist of the following:
Name
 
Type
 
Qty (set)
   
Life of Service
(year)
 
                 
Transformer
 
JMB-5000
  10     15  
                 
Power Generator
 
TYPEI2H2-100-4
  2     7  
                 
Fan
 
YBT – 30 / 5.5
  32     3  
                 
Water Pump
 
TYPED-25-50X5
  18     5  
                 
Air Compressor
 
JO917- 4 / 282-4 / 291-4
  14     6  
                 
Winch
 
JD-25(JD-40) / JT(B)1000x800(A)
  30     3  
                 
Locomotive
 
CJ – 24
  6     6  
                 
Man Car
 
XRC - 6
  9     5  
                 
Drilling Machine
 
JT – 24
  60     5  
                 
Mine Car
 
CJ – 24
  655     3  

Regional/Local Geology

The mine area is located in the western extreme of the Luocheng depression belt, which forms part of the Gui northeast - Gui middle depression belonging to the South China fold system and it lies on the eastern limb of the southern end of the Shangfu ~ Kenyue anticline.
 
 
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Strata

The strata within the mining area consist mainly of the middle series of the Devonian system, secondly of the upper series of Devonian system and lesser of the lower series of Carboniferous system. Biogenetic reef outcropping is observed in Beishan village. A list of the strata from bottom to top is as follows:

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Donggangling formation (D 2 d) of middle series of Devonian system.

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Guilin formation (D 3 g) of upper series of Devonian system.

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Rongxian formation (D 3 r) of Upper series of Devonian system.

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Raoyunling (C 1 y) of lower series of Carboniferous system v Shangchao formation of lower series of Carboniferous system (C 1 sh).

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Shangchao formation of lower series of Carboniferous system (C 1 sh).

Detailed literature on above-listed strata is available in the JT Boyd report.

Structure

The regional structure is relatively complex. Moderately developed folds and faults, occurring in a tight linear and reversed manner along the NNE direction (strike), are present. The strata range in dip from between 8 and 30 degrees (at the extreme ends where faulting is pronounced). The folds are mainly in the area impacted by the Shangfu ~ Kenyue Anticline. The main anticline axis crosses the site of Kenyue village in the south of the concession area, further running through Shangfu village, where it extends to Guizhou Province. The length of this anticline in Guangxi Province is 32 km with a width of 8 km. The Sipai formation of lower series of the Devonian system and Donggangning formation of the middle series of Devonian system form the strata underlying the axis.

Magmatic Rock

Magmatic rock exposure in the tenement is non-existent. However, deductions made based on available gravity and magnetic data indicate the occurrence of concealed granite in the Beishan area, which is thought to have contributed to the genesis of mineralization in the area by providing needed hydrothermal condition for the transportation of magmatic fluids (molten ore).

Metamorphisms and Alteration of Surrounding Rock

Regional metamorphism occurs only in the strata of Lijiapo formation (Z1j) of Sinian system that is situated in the northern periphery of the mining right area. Lithologically, the rock is gray to grayish-green in color, with constituents being solely varying grain sizes of weakly metamorphosed conglomeratic argillaceous sandstone. No obvious metamorphism occurs in the area, but alteration of surrounding rock is relatively obvious and pronounced. Alteration of the surrounding rock occurs mainly in the form of dolomitization, retrograded dolomitization, and pyritization.

Ore Deposit Characteristics

The reported main area of mineralization being exploited by the Shangchao Zinc/Lead Mine is the No. II deposit. This mineralization deposit occurs between exploratory lines No. 65 and No. 66 and is controlled by the following engineering works, PD60-1, CD1, CD2, CD4, YD265-CD1, and YD245-CD1. The deposit is stratified, striking north–south, but tilts toward the northeast (NE) at some places. The direction of dip ranges between 99 and 140 degrees, with an inclination of 50 to 78 degrees. The strike length of the deposit is 135 meters, with a thickness ranging between 1.09 meters and 44.02 meters, averaging 16.63 meters. It is located at a depth of between 318.8 meters and 389.8 meters from the topographical surface and it is said to be truncated by fault F 9   in exploratory line No. 66. The deposit occurs in biogenic reef limestone, marilite, and fine to coarse grain dolomite overlain by argillaceous limestone. The ore body is strictly controlled by biogenic reef, dolomite occurrences, and faulting.
 
 
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Mineral Composition of Ore

The mineral constituents of the zinc/lead-bearing ore are predominantly pyrite and sphalerite, with minor amounts of galena. Mineralized veins include dolomite, traces of calcite, quartz, and carbonaceous material.

Following is a general description of the primary mineral constituents:

        
Grain
Mineral
  
Color
  
Type
  
Size (mm)
                
Pyrite
 
Light Yellow
 
Hypidiomorphice to allotriomorphic
 
0.1~2
Sphalerite
 
Chocolate Brown
 
Allotriomorphic (some idiomorphic)
 
0.1~0.8
Galena
 
Lead Gray
 
Hypiodomorphic w/partial idiomorphic
 
0.1~0.5
Dolomite
 
Gray White
 
Hypidomorphic and idiomorphic
 
10
Calcite
 
Light Gray
 
Allotriomorphic
 
~0.5
Quartz
 
Ivory
 
Allotriomorphic
 
0.5

Quartz often occurs in cementation with carbon and argillaceous material. Carbon also occurs irregularly in dolomite grains with a content level of less than 10%.

Chemical Composition of Ore

The grade of the deposit is reported to be between 0.16% and 2.083% for lead, averaging 0.98%, and between 1.05% and 8.60%, averaging 4.61%, for zinc.

Ore Type and Grade

The grades of the zinc/lead ore were classified based on Chinese standards, as follows:

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Equivalent grade Pb+Zn<4% classified as lean ore.

-
Equivalent grade Pb+Zn 4%~ 8% classified as medium ore.

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Equivalent grade Pb+Zn> 8% classified as rich ore.

The combined grade Pb+Zn of most of the ore blocks of the No. II deposit is reported to be between 4.68% and 6.29%; hence, it is classified as medium ore in terms of grade.

Country Rock and Gangue Material

The country rock is primarily reef dolomite and brecciated dolomite. The deposit thickness ranges from several meters to tens of meters, with the footwall composed of biological clastic limestone, with localized altered dolomite. The boundary between the deposit and the country rock is distinct and distinguishable by visual inspection. According to the geological report, there is virtually no gangue material embedded in the No. II deposit.
 
 
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Exploration Rights Properties

Virtually no prospecting work has been undertaken on the three Exploration Rights Properties. A few hydrological drilling have been completed from which limited samples were obtained for assay to ascertain the existence of mineralization.

Processing Facilities
 
All usable metal components derived from the Ore Mine are transported to our principal processing facilities, known as (a) the Yagang concentrator; (b) the Xingda concentrator; and (c) the Duchuan smelter facility, for the production of our finished products. At these processing facilities, we process the following main products: zinc calcine, zinc dust and sand,  sulfuric acid and electric dust. These processing facilities have the following approximate production capacities:

Locations
 
Products
 
Capacity
         
Yagang Concentrator
 
Zinc and lead concentrate
 
Throughput capacity of 650 tons per day
         
Xingda Concentrator
 
Zinc and lead concentrate
 
Throughput capacity of 450 tons per day
         
Duchuan Smelter
 
Zinc Calcine
 
Production capacity of 85  metric tons per day
         
   
Sulfuric Acid
 
Production capacity of 100 tons per day
         
   
Zinc dust and sand
 
Production capacity of 16 metric tons per day
         
   
Electric dust
 
Production capacity of 8.5 metric tons per day
 
Legal Proceedings

We are not involved in any litigation that we believe could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations. To our knowledge, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of our executive officers or any of our subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting our company, our common stock, any of our subsidiaries or any of our companies or our companies’ subsidiaries’ officers or directors in their capacities as such, in which an adverse decision could have a material adverse effect.

DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Executive Officers, Key Employees and Directors

The following table sets forth certain information concerning our executive officers, key employees, and directors:
 
 
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Name
 
Age
 
Position
         
Kuizhong Cai
 
41
 
Chairman of the Board and President
         
Yuan Lin
 
46
 
Chief Executive Officer and Director
         
Shaoying Li
 
56
 
Chief Financial Officer
         
Danny T.N. Ho
 
62
 
Chief Operating Officer
         
Zhiming Jiang
 
48
 
Director
         
Danian Ye
 
71
 
Director
         
Cha Hwa Chong
 
44
 
Director
         
Suk Joo Sung*
 
64
 
Director
         
Zhenwei Jin
 
63
 
Director

Kuizhong Cai   is the founder and a principal shareholder of Huanjiang Jintai Mining Co., Limited and has been the chairman and CEO of Huanjiang Jintai since its inception in 2003. Prior to joining Huanjiang Jintai, Mr. Cai was the executive director of Guangdong Huanjiang Jinteng Mining Co., Ltd. from 1997 to 2003. He has over 15 years of experience in the exploration, mining, manufacturing, distribution and trading of industrial minerals and non-ferrous metals. He received a bachelor’s degree from Hubei Wuhang Armed Police College in 1992. He is now a postgraduate student studying at the School of Economics and Management, Beijing University. Mr. Cai’s extensive experience in the mining and metal trading industry, his acute vision and outstanding leadership capability, as well as his commitment to the Company since its inception make him well-qualified in the Board’s opinion to serve as our Chairman of the Board and President.

Yuan Lin has served as our Chief Executive Officer since our inception. He has served over 10 years of mining operation and management experience. Mr Lin served as the Chief Executive Officer of Huanjiang Jintai since 2007 and continues to serve in such capacity today. Mr. Lin was the chairman of the Board for Guang Xi Hechi Guo Heng Mining Co. Ltd from 1997 to 2007 and the Vice General Manager of Guangxi Hechi non-ferrous Stibium Mining Co. Ltd Mr. Lin had obtained a bachelor’s degree from the GuangDong Institute of Foreign Trade in 1989. Mr. Lin’s extensive experience and deep understanding of the issues facing mining companies bring a valuable perspective to our Board of Directors.

Shaoying Li joined us as Chief Financial Officer in July 2010. From April 2009 to July 2010 Ms. Li was employed as the Financial Manager of Guang Dong Yutai Real estate Development Co., Ltd. Prior to such, she was the Chief Financial Officer and the head of Financial Department in Guangzhou Housing Construction Development Co., Ltd. for more than 30 years. Ms. Li holds a senior accountant title and a diploma certificate in GuangDong Finance and Economics Institute. We believe that Ms. Li’s extensive experience in financial matters greatly assists us in maintaining adequate financing controls.

Danny T.N. Ho joined us in June 2010 as the Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Ho has more than 35 years of managing, operation and trading experience in oil and gas, energy mining and many other industries in both Chinese and international companies.  From 2006 to 2009, Mr. Ho served as the director of Consumate Technologies Co., Ltd, which is a company focusing on manufacturing solar power systems with polycrystalline. From 2003 to 2006, he served as the CEO & Executive Director of Petrocom Limited in Hong Kong. Mr. Ho’s extensive managing experience in the resource industry qualifies him as the Chief Operating Officer of our Company. After his graduation from Guangzhen University of Foreign Language & Foreign Trade in 1975, he received a title of Foreign Trade Economist in 1983. He obtained a diploma in Intensive Study of MBA course jointly held by the Chinese University and the Polytech University of Hong Kong for Senior Officials of Guangdong Province, organized by the Guangdong Government in 1985. Mr. Ho’s over 35 years of management experience make him appropriate to serve on our Board.
 
* Mr. Suk Joo Sung replaces Mr. Zhizhong Ding who passed away on April 15, 2011.
 
 
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Zhiming Jiang has served as a member of our board of directors since our inception. He is the chairman of the board and a principal shareholder of Guangzhou Yutai Real Estate Development Co., Ltd, a company involved in the development and marketing of commercial and residential real estate business with its operations in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province PRC. From 1995 until the present, he serves as Chairman of the Board of Lixun Investment Company. Besides Mr. Jiang’s commitment to our Company from its inception, he also brings a wealth of knowledge to our Board of Directors and has proven to possess keen insight to our business.

Danian Ye has served as our independent director since our inception. Professor Ye has been an Academician in the Chinese Academy of Sciences since 1991. Professor Ye is a mineralogist and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has also been employed as a Researcher on mineral resources in the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences since 1996, and was a professor at the same institute since 1985. He is also a member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee. His research covers mineralogy, petrology, geochemistry, crystal chemistry, silicate engineering and economic geography. He has published several book chapters, including, “ Structural Optical Mineralogy,” X-ray Powder Method And Its Application In Lithology and Geography and Symmetry . Professor Ye received his bachelor degree from the Beijing College of Geology in 1962 and postgraduate degree from the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1966. He was appointed as the member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Academician) in 1991. Mr. Ye’s extensive knowledge in geology will help us identify potential issues and build stronger operation model in its mining operation.

Cha Hwa Chong has served as our independent director since our inception. Mr. Chong has 19 years of experience with public companies. He has been the Chief Business Advisor of Big Media Group Ltd.( HKG:8167 a video and film producer and copyright licensor listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange) since December 2009, an independent non-executive director of Longlife Group Holdings Ltd. ( HKG: 8037, a consumer cosmetic and healthcare product manufacturer and distributor listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange) since December 2008 and an independent non-executive director of Vital Biotech Holdings Limited (HKG:1164, a bio technology company listed on Hong Kong Stock Exchange) since October 2007. From June 2009 to present, he also serves as the chairman of Pattersion Energies Corporation Hong Kong, a company in the trading and acquisition of energy product such as iron sand, coal and petroleum. Mr. Chong was the secretary and qualified accountant of WITHB (HKG: 8205, a software house in Shanghai and listed on Hong Kong Stock Exchange) from May 2003 until January 2010. He was also an independent non–executive director of China Railway Group Limited (HKG: 8089, a telecommunication company listed on Hong Kong Stock Exchange) from October 2007 to June 2008. He received a master degree from the University of Science Malaysia with a major in finance and a minor in computer in 1991. He has been a fellowship member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (HK) since 2002 and a member of The Malaysian Association of Certified Public Accountants (Malaysia) since 1997. Mr. Chong brings to the Board extensive experience in management of public company, which make him valuable to our Board.

Suk Joo Sung  recently joined in April 2011 as our independent director. Mr.Sung has more than 40 years experience managing and trading in several fields of many other industries in Korean and international companies. Mr.Sung has abundant knowledge of travelling over 30 countries such as middle east asian countries, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kuwait, Lebanon,Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Lybia and many African countries as well from early 1970s to 1980s. On Jan 2011, Mr.Sung joined as CEO of Nasdag listed company named Hutech Hong Kong Co., Ltd.  He is also the shareholder of this company. From 2005 till now, Mr. Sung is in charge of Chairman of New Martix International Ltd being a trading & financing Korean firms into international markets. Mr. Sung also served as Chairman of Korean Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong from 1997 to 1999.  Mr. Sung received MEDAL AWARD from Korean Government in 1988 for his excellent contribution on increasing trading volume in China Market. Mr.Sung graduated from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, Korea with the Bachelor degree.
  
 
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Zhenwei Jin   has served as our independent director since August 2010. Mr. Ding has nearly 40 years of experience in the field of geological survey. He has been a member of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (‘CPPCC’) of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and its Population, Resources and Environment Committee from 2007 to present. From 2003 to 2007, he served as a director of the Guangxi Bureau of Geology & Mineral Prospecting & Exploitation. From 1995 to 2003, he was the deputy director of the Bureau. From 1970 to 1995, he was recruited as a geological engineer and then promoted to the senior position in Guangxi Bureau of Geology & Mineral Prospecting & Exploitation. He obtained his bachelor degree from School of Geological, Beijing Geological Institute in 1970 and his master degree in Political Economics from Nankai University in 1993. Mr. Jin’s invaluable knowledge and experience in geological survey makes him well-qualified to serve on our Board.

Board of Directors

We currently have seven (7) directors: Kuizhong Cai, Yuan Lin, Zhiming Jiang, Danian Ye, Cha Hwa Chong, Suk Joo Sung and Zhenwei Jin.

Our directors, other than our independent directors, are granted a compensation of RMB 360,000 per year (or US$52,789 based on a conversion rate of 6.82 RMB for every one dollar).
Director Independence

Our board of directors has reviewed the materiality of any relationship that each of our directors has with us, either directly or indirectly. Based on this review, the board has determined that Danian Ye, Cha Hwa Chong, Suk Joo Sung and Zhenwei Jin are “independent directors” as defined by NYSE Amex Company Guide.
 
Each of our independent directors, are granted a compensation of RMB 180,000 per year (or US$26,393 based on a conversion rate of 6.82 RMB for every one dollar).

Committees of the Board of Directors

Our board of directors has an audit committee, a compensation committee and a nominating and governance committee. Each of the committees of the board of directors has the composition and responsibilities described below.

Audit Committee .

Mr. Cha Hwa Chong, Mr. Zhenwei Jin and Mr. Danian Ye are members of our audit committee, where Mr. Cha Hwa Chong serves as the chairman. All members of our Audit Committee satisfy the independence standards promulgated by the SEC and by NYSE Amex, as such standards apply specifically to members of audit committees. Our Audit Committee is responsible, in accordance with the Audit Committee charter, recommending our independent auditors, and overseeing our audit activities and certain financial matters to protect against improper and unsound practices and to furnish adequate protection to all assets and records.
 
 
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Our Audit Committee pre-approves all audit and non-audit services provided by our independent auditors. These services may include audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services. Pre-approval is generally provided for up to one year and any pre-approval is detailed as to particular service or category of services and is generally subject to a specific budget. The Audit Committee has delegated pre-approval authority to its Chairman when expedition of services is necessary. The independent auditors and management are required to periodically report to the full Audit Committee regarding the extent of services provided by the independent auditor in accordance with this pre-approval, and the fees for the services performed to date.

The Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Chong possesses accounting or related financial management experience that qualifies him as an "audit committee financial expert" as defined by the rules and regulations of the SEC. Mr. Chong has been a fellow member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants for years. Mr. Chong currently serves as the chairman of an audit committee for a listed company in Hong Kong named Longlife Group Holdings Limited (HKEX: 8037) and as an audit committee member for Vital Group Holdings Limited (HKEX: 1164). Being a financial expert in various commercial sectors for more than 10 listed companies over the last 20 years, Mr. Chong has gained in-depth US GAAP knowledge and has been specialized in the fields of internal control, corporate governance, financial operations, and management information system analysis. He was involved in financial planning and internal control reviewing for China Shenghuo Pharmaceutical Holdings, Inc. (NYSE AMEX:KUN), which is a listed company on the NYSE AMEX.

Compensation Committee

Mr. Zhenwei Jin is the chairman and Mr. Danian Ye and Mr. Suk Joo Sung are members of our Compensation Committee. All members of our Compensation Committee will be qualified as independent under the current definition promulgated by NYSE Amex. In accordance with the Compensation Committee’s Charter, the Compensation Committee is responsible for overseeing and, and as appropriate, making recommendations to the Board regarding the annual salaries and other compensation of our executive officers and general employees and other polices, providing assistance and recommendations with respect to our compensation policies and practices.

Nominating and Governance Committee

Mr. Danian Ye, Mr. Zhenwei Jin and Mr. Suk Joo Sung are currently the members of our Nominating and Governance Committee. All members of our Nominating and Governance Committee will be qualified as independent under the current definition promulgated by NYSE Amex. In accordance with the Nominating and Governance Committee’s Charter, our Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible to identify and nominate members for election to the board of directors; develop and recommend to the board of directors a set of corporate governance principles applicable to our company; and oversee the evaluation of the board of directors and management.

Code of Conduct and Ethics

We have adopted a code of conduct and ethics applicable to our directors, officers and employees in accordance with applicable federal securities laws and the NYSE Amex rules.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 The following discussion and analysis of compensation arrangements of our named executive officers for our fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 should be read together with the compensation tables and related disclosures set forth below. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that are based on our current plans, considerations, expectations and determinations regarding future compensation programs. Actual compensation programs that we adopt may differ materially from currently planned programs as summarized in this discussion.

Role of Our Board and Compensation Committee in Setting Executive Compensation

Following this offering, we anticipate that the process for determining compensation will be modified, to shift the process for initially setting compensation and periodically reviewing compensation to an evaluation by the compensation committee in consultation with its chairman. It is expected that the compensation committee will make recommendations to the full board regarding compensation decisions for our executive officers.
 
 
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Elements of our Executive Compensation Arrangements

Our President and Chief Executive Officer are each entitled to receive a basic salary of RMB 360,000 per year (or US$52,786 based on a conversion rate of 6.82 RMB for every one dollar). Our Chief Financial Officer is entitled to receive a basic salary of RMB 216,000 per year (or US$31,671 based on a conversion rate of 6.82 RMB for every one dollar).

Our Chief Operating Officer is entitled to receive a basic salary of RMB 480,000 per year (or US$70,381 based on a conversion rate of 6.82 RMB for every one dollar).

Summary Compensation Table

The following table sets forth information regarding compensation earned during our fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 by our principal executive officer, our principal financial officer, and our other executive officers. No officer currently earns a total compensation exceeding $100,000 for our fiscal year ended March 31, 2010.

Name and
Principal
Position
 
Year
 
Salary
($)
   
Bonus
($)
   
Stock
Awards
$
   
Option
Awards
($)
   
Non-
Equity
Incentive
Plan
Compensation
($)
   
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
($)
   
All Other
Compensation
($)
   
Total
($)
 
Kuizhong Cai, President
 
2010
    52,786.00       0       0       0       0       0       0       52,786.00  
Yuan Lin, CEO
 
2010
    52,786.00       0       0       0       0       0       0       52,786.00  
Danny T.N. Ho, COO
 
2010
    70,381.00       0       0       0       0       0       0       70,381.00  
Shaoying Li, CFO
 
2010
    31,671.00       0       0       0       0       0       0       31,671.00  

Employment Agreements, Termination of Employment and Change-in-Control Arrangements with Our Executive Officers

  Except as described below, we currently have no employment agreements with any of our executive officers, nor any compensatory plans or arrangements resulting from the resignation, retirement or any other termination of any of our executive officers, from a change-in-control, or from a change in any executive officer’s responsibilities following a change-in-control.

Employment Agreement with Kuizhong Cai

  On June 15, 2010, we entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Kuizhong Cai to serve as our President for a term of two years with an annual salary of RMB360,000 ($52,786.00). Mr. Cai is entitled to reimbursement of reasonable business expenses incurred in connection with his employment. We may terminate the employment agreement for cause or if Mr. Cai becomes disabled or dies. The employment agreement may also be terminated by us upon 90-day’s written notice. Mr. Cai may terminate the agreement by giving us a 30-day’s written notice. The employment agreement contains certain restrictive covenants applicable during his employment and thereafter preventing both competition with us and disclosure of our confidential information.

Employment Agreement with Yuan Lin

On July 23, 2010, we entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Yuan Lin to serve as our Chief Executive Officer for a term of two years with an annual salary of RMB360,000 ($52,786.00). Mr. Lin is entitled to reimbursement of reasonable business expenses incurred in connection with his employment. We may terminate the employment agreement for cause or if Mr. Lin becomes disabled or dies. The employment agreement may also be terminated by us upon 90-day’s written notice. Mr. Lin may terminate the agreement by giving us a 30-day’s written notice. The employment agreement contains certain restrictive covenants applicable during his employment and thereafter preventing both competition with us and disclosure of our confidential information.

Employment Agreement with Danny T.N. Ho

On June 29, 2010, we entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Danny T.N. Ho to serve as our Chief Operating Officer for a term of two years with an annual salary of RMB480,000 ($70,318.00). Mr. Ho is entitled to reimbursement of reasonable business expenses incurred in connection with his employment. We may terminate the employment agreement for cause or if Mr. Ho becomes disabled or dies. The employment agreement may also be terminated by us upon 90-day’s written notice. Mr. Ho may terminate the agreement by giving us a 30-day’s written notice. The employment agreement contains certain restrictive covenants applicable during his employment and thereafter preventing both competition with us and disclosure of our confidential information.

Employment Agreement with Shaoying Li

On July 23, 2010, we entered into an employment agreement with Ms. Shaoying Li to serve as our Chief Financial   Officer for a term of two years with an annual salary of RMB 216,000 ($31,671.00). Ms. Li is entitled to reimbursement of reasonable business expenses incurred in connection with her employment. We may terminate the employment agreement for cause or if Ms. Li becomes disabled or dies. The employment agreement may also be terminated by us upon 90-day’s written notice. Ms. Li may terminate the agreement by giving us a 30-day’s written notice. The employment agreement contains certain restrictive covenants applicable during her employment and thereafter preventing both competition with us and disclosure of our confidential information.
 
Grants of Plan Based Awards

There were no awards made to any of our executive officers.
 
 
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The following tables set forth certain information regarding beneficial ownership of our capital stock as of January 6, 2011 by (i) each person whom we know to beneficially own more than five percent of our common stock, (ii) our directors, (iii) each of our named executive officers and (iv) all our directors and executive officers as a group. Unless otherwise indicated, each of the persons listed below has sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares beneficially owned. Beneficial ownership is determined under the rules of the SEC and includes any shares which the person has the right to acquire within 60 days after November 26, 2010 through the conversion of promissory notes and the exercise of any stock option, warrant or other right.

Our total authorized capital stock consists of 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share and 1,000,000 shares of blank check preferred stock, par value $0.0001. As of January 6, 2011, there were 32,000,000 shares of our common stock outstanding, all of which were fully paid, non-assessable and entitled to vote. Each share of our common stock entitles its holder to one vote on each matter submitted to our stockholders. As of the date of this prospectus, there were no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding. Unless otherwise noted, the number and percentage of outstanding shares of our common stock is based upon 32,000,000 shares outstanding as of January 6, 2011.

Name and Address of
Beneficial Owner(1)
 
Shares of Common Stock
Beneficially Owned(1)
   
Percentage of Common
Shares Beneficially Owned
 
Kuizhong Cai, President and Chairman of the Board
    24,000,000       75.0 %
Yuan Lin, CEO and Director
    1,600,000       5.0 %
Shaoying Li, CFO
    -       -  
Danny T.N. Ho , COO
    -       -  
Zhiming Jiang, Director
    3,200,000       10.0 %
Danien Ye, Director
    -       -  
Cha Hwa Chong, Director
    -       -  
Suk Joo Sung, Director
    -       -  
Zhenwei Jin, Director
    -       -  
Weiheng Cai, 5%  Stockholder
    3,200,000       10.0 %
Liwen Hu (2), 5% Stockholder
    2,400,000       6.97 %
Haibin Zhong (3), 5% Stockholder
    2,400,000       6.97 %
All directors and officers as a group (9 persons)
    28,800,000       90.0 %

 
(1)
Unless otherwise noted, the address for each of the named beneficial owners is c/o No. 48 Qiaodong Road, Sien Town, Huanjiang County, Hechi City, Guangxi Province, China

 
(2)
Represents 2,000,000 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes and 400,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Selling Stockholders’ Warrants;

 
(3)
Represents 2,000,000 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes and 400,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of the Selling Stockholders’ Warrants.

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

The following is a description of the transactions we have engaged in since the beginning of our fiscal year ended March 31, 2008, with our directors and officers and beneficial owners of more than five percent of our voting securities and their affiliates.

On March 23, 2009, we obtained an unsecured loan in the amount of RMB 6,000,000 (approximately $882,000) from our President and Chairman of the Board, Mr. Kuizhong Cai. The reason for the short-term loan was due to temporary shortage of cash during that period although we had sufficient cash at the end of fiscal year ended March 31, 2010. The loan had a term of one (1) year and was interest free. As of the date hereof, we had repaid the entire amount of the loan.
 
 
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On February 8, 2010, we obtained another unsecured loan in the amount of RMB 6,000,000 (approximately $882,000) from our President and Chairman of the Board, Mr. Kuizhong Cai. The reason for the short-term loan was due to temporary shortage of cash during that period. The loan had a term of one (1) year and was interest free. As of the date hereof, we had repaid the entire amount of the loan.

We believe that all of the transactions above were made on terms no less favorable to us than could have been obtained from unaffiliated third parties. All future transactions, including loans between us, our officers, principal stockholders and our affiliates will be approved by a majority of the board of directors, including a majority of the independent and disinterested directors and will continue to be on terms no less favorable to us than could be obtained from unaffiliated third parties.
 
 
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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

General

Our total authorized capital stock consists of 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 1,000,000 shares of blank check preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

Common Stock

The holders of common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders. Holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in dividends, as may be declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available therefor. In the event we are liquidated, dissolved or wound up, holders of the common stock shall be entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining, if any, after payment of liabilities, subject to the rights of the holders of preferred stock, if any. Holders of common stock have no preemptive rights and have no rights to convert their shares of common stock into any other securities.

As of November 26, 2010, there were 32,000,000 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding.

Preferred Stock

We are authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock. Our board of directors is expressly authorized to provide for the issuance of all or any of the remaining shares of the preferred stock in one or more series, and to fix the number of shares and to determine or alter, for each such series, such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences, and relative, participating optional, or other rights and such qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the board of directors providing for the issuance of such shares and as may be permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. The board of directors is also expressly authorized to increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding) the number of shares of any series subsequent to the issue of shares of that series. In case the number of shares of any such series shall be so decreased, the shares constituting such decrease shall resume the status that they had prior to the adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number of shares of such series.

Warrants
 
As part of the Convertible Notes sold to Selling Stockholders, we have issued warrants to the Selling Stockholders to purchase our common stock. As of November 26, 2010, we have issued a total of 800,000 warrants. The Warrants expire on August and November 2015. The Warrants issued to the Selling Stockholders’, as amended, provided that such are exercisable at a purchase price equal to 110% of the offering price. Pursuant to an Amendment to the Warrants entered into between the Company and each of the Selling Shareholders, the exercise price of the Warrants was changed to $5.50 per share and the expiry of such Warrants was modified to three years from the execution thereof. The Warrants expire on August and November 2013.
 
In the event that the Company issues additional securities (the “Dilutive Event”), other than (i) shares to be issued pursuant to the initial public offering of the Company’s Common Stock; (ii) shares of Common Stock or options to purchase such shares issued to employees, consultants, officers or directors in accordance with stock plans or stock options plans approved by the Company’s board of directors and existing on the date hereof; and (iii) shares of Common Stock issuable under employment, consulting agreements or loan agreements that are outstanding as of the date hereof, then the exercise price of the Warrants shall be adjusted (but only if such adjustment results in a lower exercise price) to an amount equal to the amount received or deemed to be received by the Company pursuant to such Dilutive Event.
 
Options

We intend to allocate and reserve such number of our shares equal to 15% of the shares of our common stock issued and outstanding upon the conclusion of this offering for issuance under our Employee Stock Option Plan. There are no options currently outstanding.

Convertible Securities

In August and November, 2010, the Selling Stockholders, Ms. Liwen Hu and Mr. Haibin Zhong, purchased the Convertible Notes from us. Upon the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, the Convertible Notes shall automatically be converted into fully paid and non-assessable shares of our common stock at a conversion price equal to the offering price for the common stock offered herein.
 
 
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To date, we obtained aggregate gross proceeds of $20,000,000 from the issuance of the Convertible Notes.  The proceeds of the sale of the Convertible Notes will be used as follows: (1) $4,000,000 from the gross proceeds for the expansion construction of tunnels #1 in the Ore Mine as one more transportation track will be added to double the existing transportation capacity; (2) $10,000,000 for stage-one infrastructure construction to the Duchuan Smelter before upgrading its zinc-oxide production line; and (3) $6,000,000 for the general exploration, drilling and sampling for the Shangchao-Gangshan lead ore deposit.

Transfer Agent

The Transfer Agent and Registrar for shares of our common stock and preferred stock is Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.  Our Transfer Agent and Registrar’s telephone number is (212) 845-3200.

SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE

Immediately prior to this offering, there has been no public market for our common stock. Future sales of substantial amounts of common stock in the public market could adversely affect prevailing market prices. Furthermore, since only a limited number of shares will be available for sale shortly after this offering because of contractual and legal restrictions on resale described below, sales of substantial amounts of common stock in the public market after the restrictions lapse could adversely affect the prevailing market price for our common stock as well as our ability to raise equity capital in the future.

As of April 1, 2011, there were (i) 32,000,000 shares of common stock outstanding, (ii) 6,000,000 shares to be sold pursuant to this offering: (iii) 4,000,000 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes; and (iv) an aggregate of 800,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Selling Stockholders’ Warrants. Assuming the sale of all the shares offering herein, the conversion of all of the Convertible Notes and the exercise of all of the Selling Stockholders’ Warrants, there will be 42,800,000 shares of common stock outstanding. 6,000,000 of these shares are being sold in this offering and will be freely tradable and 4,800,000 of these shares have been registered for resale in the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

Rule 144

The Shares sold pursuant to this offering will generally be freely transferable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act, except that any shares of our common stock held by an “affiliate” of ours may not be resold publicly except in compliance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act or under an exemption under Rule 144 or otherwise. Rule 144 generally provides that a person who is an affiliate of ours, or has been an affiliate of ours at any time during the three months preceding a sale, who has beneficially owned restricted shares of common stock for at least six months would be entitled to sell their securities provided that they sell only a number of securities that does not exceed the greater of either of the following:

 
·
1.0% of the number of shares of our common stock then outstanding; and

 
·
if the shares of common stock are listed on a national securities exchange, the average weekly trading volume of the shares during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing of a notice on Form 144 with respect to the sale.
 
 
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Sales under Rule 144 are also limited by manner of sale provisions and notice requirements and to the availability of current public information about us.

Rule 144 also provides that a person who is not deemed to have been an affiliate of ours at any time during the three months preceding a sale, and who has for at least six months beneficially owned shares of our common stock that are restricted securities, will be entitled to freely sell such shares of our common stock subject only to the availability of current public information regarding us. A person who is not deemed to have been an affiliate of ours at any time during the three months preceding a sale, and who has beneficially owned for at least one year shares of our common stock that are restricted securities, will be entitled to freely sell such shares of our common stock under Rule 144 without regard to the current public information requirements of Rule 144.

Registration Rights

As part of the registrations statement of which this prospectus forms a part, we are registering an aggregate of 4,800,000 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes and exercise of the Selling Stockholders’ Warrants pursuant to the Subscription Agreement with the Selling Stockholders.

Lock-up Agreement

Our directors and executive officers have agreed, through contractual lock-up agreements, that for a period of twelve (12) months following the date of this prospectus, they will not offer, issue, sell or contract to sell, encumber, grant any option for the sale or otherwise dispose of the 32,000,000 shares of our Common Stock collectively held and owned by them.

Shareholders of Our Common Stock

As of the date of this prospectus, we have four (4) shareholders of record.

Dividends

We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock. We currently intend to retain future earnings, if any, to finance the expansion of our business. As a result, we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
 
 
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UNDERWRITING

Subject to the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement by and between us and Maxim Group, LLC. (“Maxim”), who is acting as the representative of the underwriter of this offering, the underwriter named below has agreed to purchase from us, on a firm commitment basis, the number of shares of common stock set forth opposite its name below, at the public offering price, less the underwriting discount set forth on the cover page of this prospectus.

Underwriter
 
Number of
Shares
 
       
Maxim Group, LLC.
     
       
Total
       

The underwriting agreement provides for the purchase of a specific number of shares of common stock by each of the underwriter. The underwriter’ obligations are several, which means that each underwriter is required to purchase a specified number of shares, but is not responsible for the commitment of any other underwriter to purchase shares.

The underwriter has agreed to purchase all of the shares offered by this prospectus (other than those covered by the over-allotment option described below) if any are purchased, subject to the receipt of payment in full for all shares of common stock to be purchased by investors introduced by us to the underwriter prior to the closing of this offering. Under the underwriting agreement, if an underwriter defaults in its commitment to purchase shares, the commitments of non-defaulting underwriter may be increased or the underwriting agreement may be terminated, depending on the circumstances. The underwriting agreement provides that the obligations of the underwriter to pay for and accept delivery of the shares are subject to the passing upon certain legal matters by counsel and certain conditions such as confirmation of the accuracy of representations and warranties by us about our financial condition and operations, and the receipt of payment in full for all shares of common stock to be purchased by investors introduced by us to the underwriter prior to the closing of this offering.

The shares should be ready for delivery on or about [                    ], 2011 against payment in immediately available funds. The underwriter may reject all or part of any order.
 
We have applied to have our common stock listed on the NYSE Amex Equities under the symbol “JTI”, which application is expected to be pending at the time of the closing of this offering. I f we do not receive the approval of listing from NYSE Amex Equities, we will still close this offering while awaiting the final decision on our listing application. Under this circumstance, upon the closing of this offering, our common stock will not be traded on the NYSE Amex Equities or any comparable national securities exchange. As a result, there will be no public market for our common stock, and our stockholders may not be able to resell their shares of common stock at a public market at or above the price paid for such shares or at all.
 
 
 
Commissions and Discounts

The following table provides information regarding the amount of the discount to be paid to the underwriter by us:

         
Total
 
    
Per Share
   
Without
Over-
Allotment
   
With
Over-
Allotment
 
Public offering price
  $ [                  ]   $ [                  ]   $ [                  ]
Underwriting discount
  $ [                  ]   $ [                  ]   $ [                  ]
Corporate finance fee (1)
  $ [                  ]   $ [                  ]   $ [                  ]
Proceeds, before expenses, to us (2)
  $ [                  ]   $ [                  ]   $ [                  ]

(1)
The corporate finance fee of 1.0% of the gross proceeds of the offering ($25,000 of which has been previously advanced to Maxim) is not payable with respect to the shares of common stock sold upon exercise of the underwriter’ over-allotment option.
 
 
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(2)
We estimate that the total expense of this offering excluding the underwriter’ discount and the corporate finance fee, will be approximately $[                  ].

We have agreed to sell the shares of common stock to the underwriter at the initial public offering price less the underwriting discount set forth on the cover page of this prospectus. We also agreed to reimburse the underwriter for its reasonable legal and other expenses related to this offering, including the road show, up to $130,000.
 
Pricing of Securities

The representative has advised us that the underwriter propose to offer the shares directly to the public at the public offering price that appears on the cover page of this prospectus. In addition, the representative may offer some of the shares to other securities dealers at such price less a concession of $[                  ] per share. The underwriter may also allow, and such dealers may reallow, a concession not in excess of $[                   ] per share to other dealers. After the shares are released for sale to the public, the representatives may change the offering price and other selling terms at various times.

Prior to this offering, there was no public market for our securities. The public offering price of our common stock was determined by negotiation between us and the underwriter. The principal factors considered in determining the public offering price of the shares included:

 
the information in this prospectus and otherwise available to the underwriter;

 
the history and the prospects for the industry in which we compete;

 
the ability of our management;

 
the prospects for our future earnings;

 
the present state of our development and our current financial condition;

 
the general condition of the economy and the securities markets in the United States at the time of this offering;

 
other factors we deemed relevant.

We can offer no assurances that the public offering price in this offering will correspond to the price at which our shares will trade in the public market following this offering or that an active trading market for our shares will develop and continue after this offering.

Over-allotment Option

We have granted the underwriter an over-allotment option. This option, which is exercisable for up to 45 days after the date of this prospectus, permits the underwriter to purchase a maximum of 900,000 additional shares of common stock from us to cover over-allotments. If the underwriter exercise all or part of this option, they will purchase shares covered by the option at the public offering price that appears on the cover page of this prospectus, less the underwriting discount. If this option is exercised in full, the total price to the public will be $[                ] million and the total proceeds to us will be $[                  ] million. The underwriter has agreed that, to the extent the over-allotment option is exercised, they will each purchase a number of additional shares proportionate to the underwriter’s initial amount reflected in the foregoing table.
 
 
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Right of First Refusal

We have granted Maxim a right of first refusal to act as our lead underwriter or placement agent in any and all of our future public and private equity offerings for a period of 24 months from the closing of this offering.

Other Matters

The underwriting agreement provides for indemnification between us and the underwriter against specified liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and for contribution by us and the underwriter to payments that may be required to be made with respect to those liabilities. We have been advised that, in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, indemnification liabilities under the Securities Act is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and is therefore, unenforceable.

A prospectus in electronic format may be made available on a website maintained by the representatives of the underwriter and may also be made available on a website maintained by other underwriter. The underwriter may agree to allocate a number of shares to underwriter for sale to their online brokerage account holders. Internet distributions will be allocated by the representatives of the underwriter to underwriter that may make Internet distributions on the same basis as other allocations. In connection with the offering, the underwriter or syndicate members may distribute prospectuses electronically. No forms of electronic prospectus other than prospectuses that are printable as Adobe® PDF will be used in connection with this offering.

The underwriter has informed us that they do not expect to confirm sales of shares of common stock offered by this prospectus to accounts over which they exercise discretionary authority.
 
 
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Stabilization

Until the distribution of the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus is completed, rules of the SEC may limit the ability of the underwriter to bid for and to purchase our shares of common stock. As an exception to these rules, the underwriter may, subject to the listing of the shares on the NYSE Amex Equities, engage in transactions effected in accordance with Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are intended to stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of our common stock. The underwriter may engage in over-allotment sales, syndicate covering transactions, stabilizing transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M.

 
·
Stabilizing transactions permit bids or purchases for the purpose of pegging, fixing or maintaining the price of the common stock, so long as stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum.

 
·
Over-allotment involves sales by the underwriter of shares of common stock in excess of the number of shares of common stock the underwriter are obligated to purchase, which creates a short position. The short position may be either a covered short position or a naked short position. In a covered short position, the number of shares of common stock over-allotted by the underwriter is not greater than the number of shares of common stock that they may purchase in the over-allotment option. In a naked short position, the number of shares of common stock involved is greater than the number of shares in the over-allotment option. The underwriter may close out any covered short position by either exercising their over-allotment option or purchasing shares of our common stock in the open market.

 
·
Covering transactions involve the purchase of securities in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover short positions. In determining the source of securities to close out the short position, the underwriter will consider, among other things, the price of securities available for purchase in the open market as compared to the price at which they may purchase securities through the over-allotment option. If the underwriter sell more shares of common stock than could be covered by the over-allotment option, creating a naked short position, the position can only be closed out by buying securities in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriter are concerned that there could be downward pressure on the price of the securities in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in this offering.

 
·
Penalty bids permit the underwriter to reclaim a selling concession from a selected dealer when the shares of common stock originally sold by the selected dealer are purchased in a stabilizing or syndicate covering transaction.

These stabilizing transactions, covering transactions and penalty bids may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of our common stock or preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of our common stock. As a result, the price of our common stock may be higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the open market.

Neither we nor the underwriter make any representation or prediction as to the effect that the transactions described above may have on the prices of our common stock. These transactions may occur on the NYSE AMEX Stock Exchange or on any other trading market. If any of these transactions are commenced, they may be discontinued without notice at any time.

Foreign Regulatory Restrictions on Purchase of Shares

We have not taken any action to permit a public offering of the shares outside the United States or to permit the possession or distribution of this prospectus outside the United States. Persons outside the United States who come into possession of this prospectus must inform themselves about and observe any restrictions relating to this offering of ordinary shares and the distribution of the prospectus outside the United States.
 
 
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Escrow

We have undertaken that $1,000,000 of the amount raised in this offering, net of offering expenses and the underwriter’s fees and expenses, shall be placed in an escrow account for a period of twelve (12) months. The amount in such Trust will be held in the name of the Company and will be released solely as payment for expenses related to us being a public company. Our management and officers will not be entitled to procure funds from the Trust for any other purpose.

LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the issuance of the common stock offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Gersten Savage LLP, New York, New York. In addition, legal matters relating to the PRC in connection with this offering will be passed upon for us by Dacheng Law Offices, Hong Kong, PRC. DLA Piper LLP (US), New York, New York is acting as U.S. counsel to the underwriter in this offering. Grandall Legal Group, Beijing, PRC, is acting as PRC counsel to the underwriter in the offering.

EXPERTS

The financial statements included in this prospectus and the registration statement have been audited by Lake & Associates CPA’s LLC to the extent and for the periods set forth in their report appearing elsewhere in this document and in the registration statement filed with the SEC, and are included in reliance upon such report given upon the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

We obtained an Ore Reserve Estimate Report, dated November 2010, from John T. Boyd Company, a mining and geological consultation firm, which is included in this prospectus and registration statement in reliance on such report given upon said firm as expert in mining and geology. The sections in this prospectus entitled “Prospectus Summary,” “Risk Factors,” “Industry Overview,” and “Business” have been reviewed by John T. Boyd Company, which has confirmed to us that those sections accurately describe the reserve evaluations and related calculations contained therein as indicated in the consent of John T. Boyd Company, filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act of which this prospectus is a part.

INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

No expert or counsel named in this prospectus as having prepared or certified any part of this prospectus or having given an opinion upon the validity of the securities being registered or upon other legal matters in connection with the registration or offering of the common stock was employed on a contingency basis, or had, or is to receive, in connection with the offering, a substantial interest, direct or indirect, in the registrant. Nor was any such person connected with the registrant as a promoter, managing or principal underwriter, voting trustee, director, officer, or employee.

DISCLOSURE OF COMMISSION POSITION OF INDEMNIFICATION FOR SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES

Our bylaws provide that we will indemnify our directors and officers to the extent required by the Delaware General Corporation Law and shall indemnify such individuals to the extent permitted by Delaware law.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by us of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
 
 
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SERVICE OF PROCESS AND ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS

Our operation and principle assets are located in PRC, and most our officers and directors are non-residents of the United States. Therefore, it may be difficult to effect service of process on such persons in the United States, and it may be difficult to enforce any judgments rendered against us or our officers and/or directors. As a result, it may be difficult or impossible for you to bring an action against us or against these individuals in China in the event that you believe that your rights have been infringed under the securities laws or otherwise. Even if you are successful in bringing an action of this kind, the laws of the PRC may render you unable to enforce a judgment against our assets or the assets of our directors and officers. As a result of all of the above, our shareholders may have more difficulty in protecting their interests through actions against our management, directors or major shareholders than would shareholders of a corporation doing business entirely within the United States.
 
Dacheng Law Offices, our counsel as to PRC law, has advised us there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the PRC would (i) recognize or enforce judgments of United States courts obtained against our officers or directors or the experts named in this prospectus based on the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States, or (ii) entertain original actions brought in the PRC against our officers or directors or the experts named in this prospectus based on the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States.
 
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-1 under the Securities Act with respect to the shares of common stock described herein. This prospectus, which constitutes part of the registration statement, does not include all of the information contained in the registration statement. You should refer to the registration statement and its exhibits for additional information. Whenever we make reference in this prospectus to any of our contracts, agreements or other documents, the references are not necessarily complete and you should refer to the exhibits attached to the registration statement for copies of the actual contract, agreement or other document. We will be required to file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. We anticipate making these documents publicly available, free of charge, on our website at www.jintaimining.com as soon as reasonably practicable after filing such documents with the SEC. The information on our website is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus and should not be considered to be a part of this prospectus. We have included our website address as an inactive textual reference only.
 
You can read the registration statement and our future filings with the SEC, over the Internet at the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. You may also read and copy any document that we file with the SEC at its public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20549.
 
You may also obtain copies of the documents at prescribed rates by writing to the Public Reference Section of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the public reference room.
 
 
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Index to Financial Statements

   
Page
     
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2010 and March 31, 2010
 
Q-1
     
Statements of Operations for the nine months ended December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009
 
Q-2
     
Statements of Stockholders’ Equity as of December 31, 2010
 
Q-3
     
Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
 
Q-4
     
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Q-5
     
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
F-1
     
Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2010 and 2009
 
F-2
     
Statements of Operations
 
F-3
     
Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
 
F-4
     
Statements of Cash Flows
 
F-5
     
Notes to Financial Statements
 
F-6
 
 
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Jintai Mining Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheet
As of December 31, 2010 and March 31, 2010
(Expressed in USD Dollars)

     
As of
 
   
December 31, 2010
Restated
(unaudited)
   
March 31, 2010
(audited)*
 
ASSETS
           
CURRENT ASSETS
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 27,928,277     $ 6,355,927  
Accounts receivable, net
    6,118,420       814,796  
Inventory
    11,804,269       11,067,205  
Paid in advance
    6,479,067       2,435,061  
Prepaid expenses
            -  
Other receivable
    4,897,361       632,777  
Environment restoration deposit
    277,029       268,767  
Short-term investment receivable
    -       -  
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS
    57,504,423       21,574,533  
                 
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
               
Land,equipment, and mining claims
    17,445,072       16,545,231  
Accumulated depreciation
    (1,461,474 )     (1,315,114 )
NET FIXED ASSETS
    15,983,598       15,230,117  
                 
Construction in progress
    10,621,509       2,334,669  
Accounts receivable, non-current*
    579,319       171,128  
Other receivable, non-current
    252,576       201,538  
Other non-current assets
    1,157       29,576  
TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS
    27,438,159       17,967,028  
                 
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 84,942,582     $ 39,541,561  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
               
                 
CURRENT LIABILITIES
               
Accounts payable
    4,263,213       1,430,264  
Salary payable
    -       4,906  
Tax payable
    6,784,731       892,324  
Received in advance
    690,865          
Other payable
    2,738,605       1,777,369  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
    129,167       -  
Common stock warrant liability
    1,708,000       -  
Due to related party
    896,890       1,261,298  
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES
    17,211,471       5,366,161  
                 
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
               
Convertible Note
    20,179,081             
Discount on Convertible Note
    (1,639,807 )        
TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
    18,539,274          
                 
TOTAL LIABILITIES
    35,750,745       5,366,161  
                 
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
               
Paid in capital
    242,891       238,428  
Common Stock:32,000,000 issued and outstanding shares,$0.0001 par value per share; authorized 100,000,000 shares
    3,200       3,200  
Preferred Stock:1,000,000 shares of blank check preferred stock $0.0001 par value per share
               
Statutory reserves
    144,882       144,882  
Accumulated other comprehensive Income
    2,659,223       1,340,189  
Retained earnings
    46,141,641       32,448,701  
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
    49,191,837       34,175,400  
                 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
  $ 84,942,582     $ 39,541,561  

* The non-current receivables in the March 31, 2010 audited financial statement has been retroactively separated into non-current receivable and non-current other receivable to be consistent with the quarterly presentation.
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
 
Q-1

 
 
Jintai Mining Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Operations
For the nine months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
(Expressed in USD Dollars)
 
     
Nine months ended December 31
 
   
2010
Restated
 (unaudited)
   
2009 
(unaudited)
 
Revenues
           
Sales
  $ 33,321,830     $ 24,815,327  
Cost of sales
    13,266,412       13,080,200  
Gross profits
  $ 20,055,418     $ 11,735,127  
                 
Operating expenses
               
Selling and marketing
    142,013       230,135  
General and administrative
    2,420,192       1,071,586  
Total Operating Expenses
  $ 2,562,205     $ 1,301,721  
                 
Income (Loss) from  continuing operations
    17,493,213       10,433,406  
                 
Other income (expenses)
               
                 
Interest expenses
    (195,316 )     -  
Other Income
    2,222       11,714  
Other expenses
    (105,181 )     (343 )
Total other income (loss)
    (298,275 )     11,371  
                 
Income (loss) before income tax provision
    17,194,938       10,444,777  
                 
Income taxes
    3,501,998       1,489,907  
                 
Net Income
    13,692,940       8,954,869  
                 
Other comprehensive income (loss)
               
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)
    1,319,034       52,849  
                 
Comprehensive income (loss)
  $ 15,011,974     $ 9,007,719  
                 
Earnings per common share
               
Basic
  $ 0.43     $ 0.28  
Diluted
  $ 0.41     $ 0.28  
                 
Weighted average common shares outstanding
               
                 
Basic
    32,000,000       32,000,000  
Diluted
    33,148,148       32,000,000  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
 
Q-2

 
 
Jintai Mining Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Unaudited Statement of Stockholders Equity
As of December 31, 2010 (Restated)
(Expressed in USD Dollars)
                                         
Accumulated
             
   
Preferred
         
Common
                     
other
             
   
Stock
         
Stock
         
Paid in
   
Statutory
   
comprehensive
   
Retained
       
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
capital
   
reserve
   
income
   
earnings
   
Total
 
Balances as of March 31, 2009
 
$
-
   
$
-
     
32000000
   
$
3,200
   
$
238,428
   
$
144,882
   
$
1,305,492
   
$
19,657,524
   
$
21,349,526
 
                                                                         
Net Income(Loss) for the period
                                   
-
     
-
     
-
     
12,791,177
     
12,791,177
 
Other comprehensive income
                                   
-
     
-
     
34,697
     
-
     
34,697
 
Balances as of March 31, 2010
 
$
-
   
$
-
     
32000000
   
$
3,200
   
$
238,428
   
$
144,882
   
$
1,340,189
   
$
32,448,701
   
$
34,175,400
 
                                                                         
Capital from investor
                                   
4,463
                           
$
4,463
 
Net Income(Loss) for the period
                                           
-
     
-
     
13,692,940
     
13,692,940
 
Other comprehensive income
                                   
-
     
-
     
1,319,034
     
-
     
1,319,034
 
Balances as of December 31, 2010
 
$
-
   
$
-
     
32000000
   
$
3,200
   
$
242,891
   
$
144,882
   
$
2,659,222
   
$
46,141,641
   
$
49,191,837
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
 
Q-3

 
 
Jintai Mining Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the Nine months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
(Expressed in USD Dollars)

    
Nine months ended December 31
 
   
2010
Restated
(unaudited)
   
2009
(unaudited )
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
           
Net income (loss) from continued operations
    13,692,940       8,954,869  
                 
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
               
Amortization of discount on debt
    68,193          
Depreciation
    103,907       280,063  
Accounts receivable ,trade
    (5,573,035 )     (405,596 )
Other receivable
    (4,208,071 )     732,218  
Inventory
    (389,252 )     (3,119,763 )
Paid in advance
    (3,892,926 )     615,172  
Prepaid expense
    -       136,982  
Amortization of mining right
    28,769       28,441  
Deposit
    -          
Accounts payable
    2,735,733       (7,131,295 )
Other payable
    889,286       (380,780 )
Accured interest
    129,167          
Salary payable
    (5,402 )     2,242  
Tax payable
    5,753,002       222,648  
Received in advance
    677,675          
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
    10,009,986       (64,798 )
                 
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
                 
Short-term investment
    -       -  
Construction in Progress
    (8,058,226 )     563,308  
Purchase of property, plant, and equipment
    (383,727 )     24,454  
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
    (8,441,953 )     587,762  
                 
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
Proceeds from loan
               
Cash received by investors
    4,463          
Convertible Note
    19,793,827          
Due to related party
    (395,486 )     -  
                 
Net cash provided by financing activities
    19,402,804       -  
                 
Foreign currency translation adjustment
    601,513       4,803  
                 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    21,572,350       527,767  
                 
Cash and cash equivalents:
               
Beginning of period
    6,355,927       4,179,112  
End of period
    27,928,277       4,706,879  
                 
Cash paid for:
               
Interest
    -          
Income tax
    99,426       1,601,118  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
 
Q-4

 
 
NOTE 1 — Business Summary

Jintai Mining Group, Inc. (The Company) was incorporated in the state of Delaware on June 14, 2010.  The operations of the Company are based in China. The Company is a large vertically-integrated mining and refined zinc and lead mineral producer with exploration, mining, separating, smelting and further processing operations.  For consolidation purpose, Jintai Mining Group, Inc. includes the following subsidiaries.

a)
Jintai Mining Co., Limited (Jintai HK)
 
Jintai HK was incorporated in Hong Kong on April 28, 2010. We operate our business through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Jintai HK, a Hong Kong limited liability company, and other subsidiaries owned and controlled by it. Jintai HK is a holding company, in turn, operates through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Guangzhou Xiangguang Corporate Management Co., Ltd., which controls our operating entity, Huanjiang Jintai, through a series of variable interest entity (VIE) contractual arrangements.

b)
Guangzhou Xiangguang Corporate Management Co., Ltd.  (Xiangguang)
 
Xiangguang was incorporated in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) on August 24, 2010. Xiangguang’s relationship with Huanjiang Jintai and its shareholders is governed by a series of contractual arrangements, also known as VIE agreements, under which Xiangguang is granted the right to manage Huanjiang Jintai and entitled to receive the revenue and control the asset of Huanjiang Jintai. Under this corporate structure, neither Jintai nor Xiangguang owns any equity interest in Huanjiang Jintai. Xiangguang’s contractual arrangements with Huanjiang Jintai are designed to provide Xiangguang with the power, rights and obligations equivalent in all material respects to those it would possess as the sole equity holder of Huanjiang Jintai, including absolute control rights and the rights to the assets, property and revenue of Huanjiang Jintai. The VIE agreements constitute valid and binding obligations of the parties to such agreements, and are enforceable and valid in accordance with the laws of the PRC.
The contractual arrangements between Xiangguang and Huanjiang Jintai are set forth in the following agreements: Consulting Services Agreement, Operating Agreement, Equity Pledge Agreement, Option Agreement and Proxy Agreement.

c)
Huanjiang Jintai Mining Co., Ltd.
 
Huanjiang Jintai Mining Co. Ltd. (Huanjiang Jintai) was incorporated as a limited liability company in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) on November 27, 2003 with its principal place of business in Hechi city, Guangxi Province, the PRC. The principal activity of Huanjiang Jintai is mining, separating, and smelting of zinc and lead ore. The main products are zinc and lead concentrates, zinc calcine, zinc dust and sands, pyrites and sulphuric acid. Huanjiang Jintai’s operations are organized and managed according to its product category and geographic locations: Shangchao zinc and lead ore mine of Huanjiang County; Yagang concentrator and Xingda concentrator; and Duchuan smelter.

Jintai Mining Group Inc. and Jintai Mining Co., Limited and its shareholders entered into a Share Exchange Agreement on August 3, 2010. As a result of the Share Exchange, Jintai Mining Co. Limited becomes the wholly owned subsidiary of Jintai Mining Group Inc. The Company, through its subsidiaries and variable interest entity, is principally engaged in the provision of management consulting for metal mining industry and metal trading in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”)

Details of Subsidiaries and variable interest entity:

Name
 
Place of
incorporation and
kind of legal entity
 
Principal activities
and place of
operation
 
Particulars of
issued/registered
capital
   
Effective interest
held
 
Jintai Mining Group, Inc. (USA)
 
USA, incorporation company
 
Engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
    N/A       100 %
Jintai Mining Co., Limited (Hong Kong)
 
Hong Kong, a limited company
 
Hong Kong holding company of Guangzhou Xiangguang Corporate Management Co., Ltd.
  HK$ 10,000       100 %
Guangzhou Xiangguang Corporate Management Co., Ltd.
 
The PRC, a limited company
 
Provision of business consulting service in the PRC
  HK$ 1,500,000       100 %
HuanJiang Jintai Mining Co., Ltd. #
 
The PRC, a limited liability company
 
In Hechi City, Guangxi Province, the PRC
  RMB 2,000,000          
# represents variable interest entity

 
Q-5

 

NOTE 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

1.
Basis of presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by management in accordance with both the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in United States (US GAAP). Certain information and note disclosures normally included in audited financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted pursuant to those rules and regulations, although the Company believes that the disclosures made are adequate to make the information not misleading.
In the opinion of management, the consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2010 which has been derived from the audited financial statements and these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all normal and recurring adjustments considered necessary to state fairly the results for the periods presented. The results for the period ended December 31, 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the entire fiscal year ending March 31, 2011 or for any future period.
These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the Management’s Discussion and the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Annual Report for the year ended March 31, 2010. 

2.
Reclassifications
 
Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. These reclassifications have no effect on net income or cash flows.

3.
Use of estimates

In preparing these consolidated financial statements, management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the balance sheets and revenues and expenses during the year reported.  Actual results may differ from these estimates. On an ongoing basis, management reviews estimates. Changes in facts and circumstances may alter such estimates and affect results of operations and financial position in future periods.

4. 
Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are carried at cost and represent cash on hand, demand deposits placed with banks or other financial institutions and all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less as of the purchase date of such investments. We routinely monitor and evaluate counterparty credit risk related to the financial institutions by which our short-term investment securities are held.

5.
Basis of consolidation
 
The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and variable interest entity (“VIE”). All significant inter-company balances and transactions within the Company have been eliminated upon consolidation.
The Company has adopted the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) ASC Topic 810-10-25 “Variable Interest Entities” (“ASC 810-10-25”). ASC 810-10-25 requires a variable interest entity or VIE to be consolidated by a company if that company is subject to a majority of the risk of loss for the VIEs or is entitled to receive a majority of the VIE’s residual returns.

 
Q-6

 

6.
Variable interest entity
 
The Company assesses the terms of its interest in the entity to determine if the Company is the primary beneficiary as prescribed by ASC 810-10-25. Variable interests are the ownership, contractual, or other pecuniary interests in an entity that change with changes in the fair value of the entity’s net assets excluding variable interests. The primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity is the party that absorbs a majority of the entity’s expected losses, receives a majority of its expected residual returns, or both, as a result of holding variable interests.

7.
Inventories
 
Inventories consist of raw materials, work in process and finished goods and are valued at lower of cost or market value, cost being determined on the average cost method.

Raw materials inventory – products from ore mine include the following costs: stripping costs recorded into inventory produced during the period the costs are incurred, ore expansion costs, labour costs related to excavation of ore, electricity, raw ore transportation costs from mining site to concentrator, amortization of mine right costs, depreciation of mine infrastructure costs.

Work in progress inventory – products from concentrator facilities include the following costs: stripping costs, ore expansion labour cost related to excavation of ore as well as concentrator operation wages, electricity, water costs, transportation cost from mine to concentrator facility, amortization of mine right costs, depreciation expense of mine infrastructure cost as well as depreciation related to concentrator facility as well as cost related to tailing deposit warehouse.

Finished goods inventory -  products from smelter facility include the following costs: stripping costs, ore expansion labour costs related to excavation of ore as well as smelter operation wages, electricity, water costs, transportation costs from mine to smelting facility, amortization of mine right costs, depreciation expense of mine infrastructure costs as well as depreciation related to smelting facility.

8.
Accounts receivable

Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount and do not bear interest. An allowance for doubtful accounts is established and determined based on managements’ assessment of known requirements, aging of receivables, payment history, and the economic environment. The Company does not record its allowance for doubtful accounts receivable at the time a sale is made based on the agreed payment terms at the outset of the arrangement. The Company’s accounting policy for recording allowance for doubtful accounts receivable is determined on the basis of bad debts history which helps it to predict the probabilities of non-payment. Management’s accounting policy is that the Company records an allowance for accounts receivable due within certain periods from the latest fiscal year end of its accounting period. Currently, the amount of allowance is calculated as 5% for Accounts receivables which are due within 1 year, 10% for those due from 1 to 2 year, and 15% for those due from 2 to 3 year. Accounts receivable, which are due more than 3 years, are fully written off as bad debt. Accounts receivable with balance due more than 1 year are recorded as non-current assets. As of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2010, the Company has recorded an allowance for uncollectible accounts.

9.
Capitalized development and ore access costs

In accordance with ASC 930-330 Ore access costs during the development of a mine, before production begins, are capitalized as a part of the depreciable cost of building, developing and constructing a mine. These capitalized costs are amortized over the productive life of the mine using the units of production method. The productive phase of a mine is deemed to have begun when saleable minerals are extracted (produced) from an ore body, regardless of the level of production. The production phase does not commence with the removal of de minimi saleable mineral material that occurs in conjunction with the removal of overburden or waste material for purposes of obtaining access to an ore body. The costs incurred in the production phase of a mine are variable production costs included in the costs of the inventory produced (extracted) during the period that the costs are incurred.

Ore access costs related to expansion of a mining asset of proven and probable reserves are variable production costs that are included in the costs of the inventory produced during the period that the stripping costs are incurred.

Our criteria to determine whether activities related to expand reserves are exploration costs or development costs are:

Exploration is the search for resources suitable for commercial exploitation. It includes:
• Researching and analyzing historic exploration data.
• Conducting topographical, geological, geochemical and geophysical studies.
• Exploratory drilling, trenching, and sampling.

Evaluation means determining the technical feasibility and commercial viability of a mineral resource:
• Determining volume and grade of deposits.
• Examining and testing extraction methods and metallurgical or treatment processes.

 
Q-7

 

• Surveying transportation and infrastructure requirements.
• Conducting market and finance studies.

The Company expenses all exploration and evaluation costs as incurred.

Development means establishing access to the mineral reserve and other preparations for commercial production.
• Commencement - Phase commences when it is determined that commercially recoverable reserves exist (usually through completion of a feasibility study) and a decision is taken by management to develop the mine.
• Conclusion – This phase concludes upon the commencement of sustainable production from the resource.

Basic costs included in the development phase:
•Advance removal of overburden and waste rock.
•Infrastructure development (road building).
•Shaft sinking

Development costs are usually carried forward until the mine is commissioned (production begins) because the expenditure is for future benefit from the mineral extraction.
• Capitalized development costs are then amortized using the units-of-production (UOP) method when the resources are mined.

Our estimates for mineral reserves are a key component in determining our units of production depreciation rates. Our estimates of probable ore reserves may change, possibly in the near term, resulting in changes to depreciation and depletion rates in future reporting periods.
 
10.
Land, plant and equipment, mining right, and exploration right

Mining right, plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses, if any. Depreciation is calculated on the straight-line basis over the following expected useful lives from the date on which they become fully operational and after taking into account their estimated residual values:
   
Depreciable life
 
Residual value
 
Mining right
9 years
    0 %
Plant and machinery
20 years
    3 %
Furniture, fixture and equipment
10 years
    5 %
Expenditure for maintenance and repairs

Cost related to mine infrastructure such as roads, administrative buildings and mills and smelters utilized in processing ore and concentrate are capitalized and depreciated over the estimated useful life.

Cost incurred for the performance of surface reconnaissance, drilling and sampling costs as well as preparation of feasibility and engineering studies are expensed as incurred.

Exploration rights are permits to explore the ore capacity underground but without the actual mining right. Application fees and other expenses related to exploration activities are expensed when occurred.

11.
Impairment of long lived assets

In accordance with guidance issued by the FASB, long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangible assets held and used by the Company are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.  Recoverability of assets to be held and used is evaluated by a comparison of the carrying amount of assets to estimated discounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the assets. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amounts of the assets exceed the fair value of the assets.

12.
Revenue recognition
 
The Company sells its products pursuant to sales contracts entered into with customers. Revenues for the Company’s products are recognized when the title and risk of loss pass to the customer and when collectability is reasonable assured. The passing of title and risk of loss to the customer is based on terms of the sales contract generally upon shipment or delivery of product. There is no right of return once produce is sold.

 
Q-8

 
 
13.
Comprehensive income (loss)

FASB ASC 220, “Reporting Comprehensive Income”, establishes standards for reporting and display of comprehensive income, its components and accumulated balances.  Comprehensive income as defined includes all changes in equity during the year from non-owner sources. Accumulated comprehensive income, as presented in the accompanying consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity consists of changes in unrealized gains and losses on foreign currency translation.  This comprehensive income is not included in the computation of income tax expense or benefit.

14.
Income taxes
 
The Company conducts all its operating business in China. The Company is governed by the income tax laws of the PRC and do not have any deferred tax assets or deferred tax liabilities under the income tax of the PRC because there are no temporary differences between financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of existing assets and liabilities. The Company by itself does not have any business operating activities in the United States and is therefore not subject to United States Income Tax.

15.
Earnings per share
 
The Company computes earnings per share (EPS) in accordance with ASC 260, “Earnings per share”. ASC 260 requires companies with complex capital structures to present basic and diluted EPS. Basic EPS is measured as net income divided by the weighted average common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS is similar to basic EPS but presents the dilutive effect on a per share basis of potential common shares (e.g., convertible securities, options and warrants) as if they had been converted at the beginning of the periods presented, or issuance date, if later. Potential common shares that have an anti-dilutives effect (i.e., those that increase income per share or decrease loss per share) are excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS. The Company has 800,000 warrants outstanding as of 12/31/2010.  Pursuant to the warrants subscription agreement, the exercise price per share of common stock should be equal to $5.50. The warrants are considered anti-dilutive, and are not included in the Earning per Share’s calculation.

16.
Foreign currencies translation

The Company follows ASC 830, “Foreign Currency Translation”, for the translation and re-measurement of balance sheet and income statement items into U.S. dollars.

The reporting currency of the Company is the United States dollar (“U.S. dollars”).  The Company’s subsidiary maintains its books and records in its local currency, Hong Kong dollar (“HKD”) and the Renminbi Yuan (“RMB”). The Renminbi Yuan (“RMB”) is functional currency as being the primary currency of the economic environment in which its operations are conducted. Transactions denominated in currency other than functional currency are translated (re-measurement) first into the functional currency at the prevailing exchanges rates when transaction occurred, with the transaction gain or loss being included in determining net income for the period in which the exchange rate changes (ASC 830-20-35-1).  During consolidation, the Company translates the subsidiary’s assets and liabilities into U.S. dollars using the applicable exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet date, and the statement of operations is translated at average exchange rates during the reporting period.  Adjustments resulting from the translation of the subsidiary’s financial statements are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income.

17.
Retirement plan costs

Contributions to retirement schemes (which are defined contribution plans) are charged to general and administrative expenses in the statements of income and comprehensive income as and when the related employee service is provided.

18.
Related parties

Parties, which can be a corporation or individual, are considered to be related if the Company has the ability, directly or indirectly, to control the other party or exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial and operating decisions. Companies are also considered to be related if they are subject to common control or common significant influence.
 
19.
Fair value of financial instruments
 
The Company values its financial instruments as required by FASB ASC 825, “Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments”.  The estimated fair value amounts have been determined by the Company, using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies.  The estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of amounts that the Company could realize in a current market exchange.
 
The Company’s financial instruments primarily include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, advance to a third party, inventories, accounts payable, other payables and accrued liabilities.

 
Q-9

 

As of the balance sheet date, the estimated fair values of financial instruments were not materially different from their carrying values as presented due to short maturities of these instruments.

20.
Fair Value of Common Stock Warrant Liability
 
The Company accounts for common stock warrants in accordance with applicable accounting guidance provided in ASC 815 - “Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity”. The Company values its warrants based on open form option pricing models which, based on the relevant inputs, render the fair value estimate Level 3. The Company bases its estimates of fair value for liabilities on the amount it would pay a third-party market participant to transfer the liability and incorporates inputs such as equity prices, historical and implied volatilities, dividend rates and prices of convertible securities issued by comparable companies maximizing the use of observable inputs when available. Changes in the fair value of the warrants are reflected in the consolidated statement of operations as “Gain (loss) from change in fair value of common stock warrant liability.”

21.
Recently issued accounting standards
 
In April 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-13, Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Effect of Denominating the Exercise Price of a Share-Based Payment Award in the Currency of the Market in Which the Underlying Equity Security Trades - a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force.  The amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2010.  Earlier application is permitted.  The Company does not expect the provisions of ASU 2010-13 to have a material effect on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

The FASB issued ASU 2010-17, Revenue Recognition - Milestone Method (Topic 605): Milestone Method of Revenue Recognition.  This ASU codifies the consensus reached in EITF Issue No. 08-9, “Milestone Method of Revenue Recognition.” The amendments to the Codification provide guidance on defining a milestone and determining when it may be appropriate to apply the milestone method of revenue recognition for research or development transactions. Consideration that is contingent on achievement of a milestone in its entirety may be recognized as revenue in the period in which the milestone is achieved only if the milestone is judged to meet certain criteria to be considered substantive. Milestones should be considered substantive in their entirety and may not be bifurcated. An arrangement may contain both substantive and nonsubstantive milestones, and each milestone should be evaluated individually to determine if it is substantive.

ASU 2010-17 is effective on a prospective basis for milestones achieved in fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning on or after June 15, 2010. Early adoption is permitted. If a vendor elects early adoption and the period of adoption is not the beginning of the entity’s fiscal year, the entity should apply 2010-17 retrospectively from the beginning of the year of adoption. Vendors may also elect to adopt the amendments in this ASU retrospectively for all prior periods. The Company does not expect the provisions of ASU 2010-17 to have a material effect on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In May 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-19, Foreign Currency (Topic 830): Foreign Currency Issues: Multiple Foreign Currency Exchange Rates.  The amendments in this Update are effective as of the announcement date of March 18, 2010. The Company does not expect the provisions of ASU 2010-19 to have a material effect on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

The FASB issued ASU No. 2010-12 through No. 2010-21. These ASUs, except for No. 2010-13, entail technical corrections to existing guidance or affect guidance related to specialized industries or entities and therefore have minimal, if any, impact on the Group.

NOTE 3 — Ore Reserve Determination

Methodology

The following general methodology used to complete the ore estimate is summarized as follows:

·
A study of the regional and local geology.
·
Lithological units within the mine area
·
Statistical analysis
·
Reference to China reserve/resource estimation handbook
·
Professional experience with the type of deposit

The geological modeling and basic materials and data for resource estimation are based on the Prospecting Report for Shangchao-Gangshan Lead-Zinc Mining Area of Huanjiang County in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region submitted in 2004, the Review Report for Resource/Reserve of Shangchao Lead-Zinc Mining Area in Huanjiang County in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region submitted in July of 2008 and the complementary survey, sampling and assay program conducted by Jintai Mining Co., Ltd under supervision of a BOYD senior mining representative in the period August through October, 2010.

 
Q-10

 

Datamine Corporate Limited (Datamine) software was employed for generation of the geologic model of the deposit. The Datamine software has been accepted since 2001 for estimation of resources/reserves in China.

The ore body occurs in biogenic reef limestone and marilite as well as fine to coarse crystalline dolomite in the argillaceous limestone cover layer. The ore body further extends along strike and dip directions, but is strictly controlled by biogenic reef, dolomite and F4 fault. Striking in an approximately north-east direction, the ore body is approximately stratified in shape. Its middle portion is dissected by fault or fracture (F9) along the strike, leading to south-westward displacement of the lower ore body.

Under the lithological and structural control and in combination with sampling deployment and grade situations, it is believed that the grades of the ore body are even and continuous. Thus, the mathematical three-dimensional finite difference method is adopted for modeling. In order to better control the boundaries, the ore body is delineated in a horizontal plane (mining levels), leading to confinement of the grade estimation domain. The grade estimation, employing geostatistical three-dimensional variographical methods, is undertaken for the creation of the geological block model.

The basic geological work did not provide bulk density determination. The tested bulk density value of 3.0t/m3 described in the exploration report for the neighboring Beishang deposit, whose ore types are similar to the Shangchao’s deposit, is accepted for this study.

Sample point coordinate data for the drives and crosscuts submitted to BOYD for this study, included the two endpoints and the middle coordinates of the openings. Correction for deviation of the survey data was not required based on our judgment of the minimal deviations observed in the openings. The primary database for the block modeling including collar, assay, survey and geology tables are built through methodical sorting and calculation of the data-sets. Sampling lengths average approximately 2 meters.

The ore body, manually delineated by stringing up the sampled segments of the drives/crosscuts on the plan map of roadway engineering, is transformed into a wireframe to form a three-dimensional boundary. A prototype model is used to fill the enclosed (solid) wireframe to form a blank model. The sampling data taken within the delineated ore body are interpolated in three-dimensional space to form the final model.

A delineation method is utilized to capture the contact between ore body and the wall rock in the workings. Linear and/or curve connections are projected between drives/crosscuts openings; the thickness of the ore body between openings was not larger than the average thickness of the ore body within drives/crosscuts openings on both sides. In the places where the sampling is insufficient, the location of F4 fault and biogenetic reef and the distribution of dolomite are considered.

For differentiation of the ore body and the wall rock, boundary grades are utilized. Cut-off grades of Zn>0.5% or Pb>0.5%, are utilized in defining the boundary of the ore body; when both Zn and Pb grades are less than 0.55, the wall rock is defined. On the whole, the boundary between the ore body and the wall rock is quite distinct.

The sampling data from the deposit did not include instances of extremely high metal grades, eliminating the need to consider special treatment of extremely high metal grades prior to the grade estimation exercise. It was determined that the sampling data supported determination of probable reserves of Zn and Pb ore.

The following parameters are used in the block modeling:

·
Grade estimation method: inverse distance squared method
·
Grade estimation ellipsoid occurrence: dip direction 160°, dip angle 80°
·
Basic grade estimation radius for indicated resource: 25m×25m×10m (strike×dip×thickness)
·
Grade estimation radius for inferred resource: 75m×75m×30m (strike×dip×thickness)
·
Minimum amount of samples for grade estimation: 1
·
Maximum amount of samples for grade estimation: 20
·
Grade estimation quadrant limit: samples were from at least two quadrants and each quadrant had a minimum of 1 sample and a maximum of 20 samples to be involved in the grade estimation
·
Basis unit dimensions: XD=10m, YD=10m, ZD=10m
·
Sub-block sizes at the X, Y and Z directions: 2.5m, 2.5m, 2.5m
·
Bulk density: the average value of 3t/m3 was adopted

 
Q-11

 

SEC Guidelines

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have established guidelines contained in Industry Guide No. 7 to assist registered companies as they estimate ore reserves. These guidelines set forth technical, legal and economic criteria for determining whether the Company’s ore reserves can be classified as proven or probable.

The SEC’s economic guidelines have not historically constrained the Company’s ore reserves, and did not constrain the ore reserves at March 31, 2010. Under these guidelines, ore may be classified as proven or probable if extraction and sale result in positive cumulative undiscounted cash flow. The Company believes that it is appropriate to use a moving average price for measuring ore reserves as such a price, better matches the period over which the reserves will ultimately be mined.

The Company’s board of directors met several times during the year with the management team and outside experts to review ore reserve methodology, to identify best practices in the industry and to receive reports on the progress and results of the Company’s mine development efforts.

The March 31, 2010, ore reserves were reviewed by J.T. Boyd Company (“J.T. Boyd"), a third party independent consultant, who are experts in mining, geology and ore reserve determination. The Company has utilized J.T. Boyd to carry out independent reviews and inventories of the Company’s ore reserves since May 2010. J.T. Boyd has consented to be a named expert herein.

J. T. Boyd has provided a reserve report for the Shangchao Mine. As of March 31, 2010, the Company’s total probable zinc and lead reserves were 1,886,000 ROM ore tonnes containing 1.19% lead and 5.19% zinc on a diluted basis. The zinc and lead ore reserves are sulphide-based.

NOTE 4 — Mining Operations Disclosure

1. Mining properties and licenses
(1) Mining license property — Shangchao zinc and lead mine
The Shangchao Mine is located 50 km (direct distance) north of Huanjiang County, Guangxi Province, or 70 km in road distance from Huanjiang. From Hechi City, the mine is situated approximately 80 km away. The mine area falls under the jurisdiction of Shangchao Township of Huanjiang County.

Hechi City is connected to Shangchao by a dedicated railway line. The mine area has a very convenient transportation network system, with third-class roads traversing Hechi, Huanjiang, and Shangchao. The Shangchao Railway Station is only 1 km away from the mine site and a simple highway connects Shangchao Town and the mine site . A commercial airport exists at Nanning, capital city of Guangxi Province. Nanning is about three and half hours by road to Hechi City. Road access to both Hechi and to major highways and rail systems from the mining area is considered adequate. Power from existing national grid is adequate and readily available to the operations and is provided to the mine by the Shangchao transformer substation of the Huanxian Power Supply Company, which is part of the PRC power network. Water supply for mining and processing comes from the Huanjiang River, which is near Shangchao village.

The Shangchao Zinc/Lead Mine mining right covers a land area of 2.8313 square km and has the following boundary description:

Abscissa (X)
Ordinate (Y)
2794802.66
36520076.17
2795601.56
36520074.87
2795602.16
36520494.67
2796063.76
36520493.97
2796063.76
36520928.37
2796742.66
36520928.37
2796742.66
36521928.37
2794792.66
36521928.37

The mining right certificate authorizes a mining depth of between elevations 458.271 m and 219.971m above sea level, and an authorized output level of 30,000 tpa. The mining right term extends to December 2018 and is generally renewable for a subsequent nine-year term for a medium scale zinc/lead mine upon the payment of the rental fee. BOYD understands that the mine operator intends to apply for both extension of the existing certificate and expansion of the mining rights to possible mineral deposits below the 220m elevation after its expiration.

Mining license: On December 12, 2009, Huanjiang Jintai renewed its mining rights over the Ore Mine, which license will expire on December 12, 2018. This mining license is subject to periodic renewal.  An application for renewal needs to be submitted at least 30 days before the expiration date and the extension will be approved if the applicant satisfies all applicable requirements and pays the appropriate resource fee.  Ten, twenty and thirty years are the maximum periods of time for mining licenses for small, medium and large deposits of ore mines, respectively. 

 
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(2) Exploration license properties — Shangchao-Gangshan Lead Ore Deposit; Shangchao Lead Ore Deposit; and Dongjiang Zinc Ore Deposit.  

These three exploration license properties are located at Huanjiang Mao Nan Autonomous County.

(3) Concentrator and smelter properties — Yagang concentrator, Xingda concentrator and Duchuan smelter

Yagang concentrator locates at Leyang town, Huanjiang County; Xingda concentrator at Xunle town, Shangchao; and Duchuan smelter at Cunshan town, Huanjiang County.

Other licenses needed to be hold for mining operations: In order to conduct business, especially mining and exploration activities in the PRC, the Company is required to maintain various licenses from the appropriate government authorities, including general business licenses, valid mining licenses, exploration licenses, pollutant emission licenses, safety production licenses and other relevant licenses and permits to conduct mining extraction and exploration activities. On the other hand, the relevant Land and Resources Law of PRC allows for two-year extensions of an exploration rights license. As per the Regulations for Administration of Mineral Resources of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the granting of an extension of an exploration rights license is dependent upon the exploration stage a company is at. At the first two stages (reconnaissance and prospecting), no extensions are allowed. However, once a company enters the third stage (general exploration) and/or the fourth stage (detailed exploration), it is permitted to extend its license up to two times, each for two year periods. To successfully renew exploration license, minimum expenditures are required to be met. The minimum expenditure requirement prescribed by the applicable PRC laws is as follows: i) RMB 2,000 per square kilometer during the first year of having the exploration license; ii) RMB 5,000 per square kilometer during the second year of having the exploration license; and iii) RMB 10,000 per square kilometer during the third year of having the exploration license. Normally, RMB 500,000 is estimated to be the minimum investment amount for any exploration project conducted.

The Company owns 100% of all above properties.
 
2. Historical and current geological work  
 
(1) Prior Work
 
Chronologically, historic geological work at the Shangchao Mine Site is as listed below:

• 1959 – 1968: Guizhou and Guangxi geological survey teams successively conducted geological surveys with maps prepared at a scale of 1:200000, yielding the Rongjiang and Luocheng geological maps. These maps cover the Shangchao mining area and formed the basic data for the work on geology and mineralization determination in the subject area.

• 1987 – 1988: Guangxi geophysical prospecting team and Guangxi No. 6 geological team successively completed geochemical investigations in the area, resulting in 1:200,000 scale Luocheng and Rongjiang geochemical maps. These maps were the source for identifying seven mineralization areas where elements such as Cu, Pb, Zn, etc., were delineated. This provided valuable data for further prospecting work.

• 1989 – 1992: Guangxi No. 7 geological team completed a regional geologic survey and associated 1:50,000 scale mapping, and this work systematically categorized strata and sedimentary facies.

• 2002 – 2004: Guangxi No. 7 geological team and Geophysical/ Geochemical Prospecting Institute, a subsidiary of Guangxi Geological Exploration Institute, probed the Shangchao Zinc/Lead Mine area and submitted the report entitled: “The Investigation Report of Shangchao Zinc/Lead Mine Area of Huanjiang County in Guangxi Province.” A total resource of 129.9 Kt, at contained metal of 6.1654 kt (Pb + Zn), representing 332 plus 333 category (based on the Chinese standard) was reported. This report is said to have been approved and adopted as the official document Gui Reserve Review Committee File No. 8 (2004) and was recorded in the Land and Resources Department of Guangxi.

The 2002 − 2004 prospecting/exploration work primarily included geological mapping (revision of local geology), geophysical survey, investigation of old underground openings, refurbishment of old underground openings, and diamond drilling (three drill holes with an average depth of 380 m). The exploration program also included analysis of geochemical sampling. The following summarizes the reported work completed in the prospecting/exploration program:

• Geological Mapping (revision of local geology) – 12.30 km2.
• Investigation of Old Underground Openings – 4674.1 m.
• Refurbishment of Old Underground Openings – 2369.9 m.
• Drilling – 1140.38 m (drill holes ZK6510, ZK6508 and ZK6613).
• Geophysical Survey (well) – 780.38 m.
• Drilling Platform (sketch) – 497.38 m2.

 
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• Access Roads (drilling) – 1,388 m.
• Geochemical Sample Analysis – 200 (pieces).
• Rock Specimen – 82 (pieces).
• Exploration Line Survey – 1 (Length 527 m).

(2) Recent Prospecting/Exploration Work

Mine development commenced in October 2005, on a small scale at an output level of less than 300 ktpa .

In 2008, while mining was actively in progress, Jintai Mining Co. Ltd conducted a further underground geological probe on the levels of 245 m and 265m in order to augment the resource base of the Company. This additional work led to the preparation of a resource validation report. This work involved crosscutting and drifting, with channel samples taken for assay. The 2008 work program is summarized below:

• Tunnelling – 291.5 m (drifting: 165.00 m; crosscutting:126.50 m).
• Mined-out Area Survey – 9 (survey points).
• Crosscut Mapping/Logging – 126.50 m (drifts not sampled).
• Investigation of Old Underground Openings – 2,500 m.
• Sampling – 86.
• Assays – 86.

In August of 2010, Jintai Mining Co., Ltd conducted additional sampling and assay work in the drifts and crosscuts in the 305~318 midsections. The sampling involved 8 cross-cutting projects, with a total of 173 samples.

3.
Mining Method Description

The rock strata in the underground Shangchao Mine is composed principally of granite; which is strong, stable and competent, thereby providing favorable geotechnical conditions at the mine. Structures controlling the ore bodies are determined to be moderately wide and relatively steeply dipping. The ore body has an average width of about 17m. The grades are fairly constant throughout the ore bodies and there exists a reasonably distinct contact between the ore bodies and hanging-wall/footwall. The dip of the deposit averages 65 o. Based on preceding attributes of the ore bodies, Shangchao Mine has chosen to employ two mining methods contemporaneously, Shrinkage Stoping (primary) and Sublevel Open Stoping (secondary) and/or a variation of the two methods in some places.

Shrinkage Stoping
Mining method in which broken ore is temporarily retained in the stope to provide a working platform and/or to offer temporary support to the stope walls during active mining. Since the ore swells when broken, the muck pile in the stope is shrunk a corresponding amount (about a third) by drawing some of the broken ore out as the stope is advanced upwards/up-dip. Eventually, when the entire vein has been blasted, filling the stope with broken ore, the ore is extracted by a process similar to block caving from chutes beneath the undercut.

Sublevel Stoping
This mining method entails providing access to the ore body at various sub-levels between the main haulage levels in order to drill and blast the intervening ore. Stope drilling is carried out from drilling drifts on the sublevels and the ore is blasted in slices towards an open face, which generally is vertical on the up holes. The blasted ore falls to the bottom of the stope and is collected through draw-points.

Development
The development work necessary to prepare sublevel stoping in comparison to shrinkage stoping is generally more extensive and the development primarily entails drifting to prepare sublevels. On the whole, shrinkage stoping is widely used at Shangchao Mine.

Development at Shangchao is performed efficiently in an environment of multiple stopes on two levels. Currently developed mining levels are 280m, 265m, 245m and 225m. The dimension of the main drive is 2.2 x 2.2m; production drift (crosscut) 2.0 x 2.2m; and rib raise 2.0 m x 2.0 m. Where sub-level stoping is employed, sub-level height of 5 to 7m is used and the draw-points are at 5m intervals (center to center).
 
Crown pillar: 3m,
Rib Pillar: 6m,
Sill Pillar: 5m.
Stope length: 50 - 60m
 
 
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Crosscuts are driven off the haulage (main) drift as soon as practicable into rib pillars to access to neighboring ore bodies and stope raises. The haulage drift is continued, driving to the first draw-point with the drift. This draw point is driven on the edge of the rib pillar and completely through the ore in order to connect the chute of the stope to facilitate the raise mucking and also serve as a starting point for the stope sill. The remaining draw-points are driven as they are reached by the haulage drift.

Upon completion of the haulage drift and draw-points, the stope sill is begun from the No.1 draw-point; the silling operation commences at a drift elevation height of 2m and is performed by the same crew as developed the drift. The initial sill width is limited to the ore contacts of the ore width. The sill breaks into each boxhole as it is reached. When the sill is complete, the stoping operation begins with undercutting followed by slotting.
Where sublevel stoping is employed, boxholes are developed within the rib pillar at designated sublevel heights for further development of the sublevel.

Short/Longhole drilling and Blasting
A domestically manufactured pneumatic drill is used to drill the ore section above the undercut/sublevel in a fan spread or parallel pattern vertically upwards or tilted (tilting angle between 25o and 30o). For shrinkage stoping, blastholes are spaced 0.8 m to 1 m apart, with blasthole length ranging between 1.5 m to 2.5 m; 400 mm tamping is employed.

The production cycle is summarized as follows: Drill and Blast → Ventilation → Ore Drawing → Scaling/Roof Inspection.

Drilling is performed independently of other activities; often well ahead of explosive loading. Drilling, explosives loading, and blasting are timed in accordance with the mine’s production schedules. Blasting of the ore body on each sublevel starts at the hanging wall, with mining retreating toward the footwall. BOYD’s site visit observations indicate that drilling and blasting are handled by competent drilling/blasting crews.
Currently, there are 20 production stopes distributed over multiple levels within the nine mining portals yielding roughly 2,000 tonnes of ore per day.  The No. 2 ore body is being extracted currently.

Ore handling
Ore handling involves discharging broken ore from ore chutes into 0.7 m3 mine cars, for transportation on haulage levels and subsequent hoisting to the surface through an incline shaft. Two mine cars are hoisted to the surface at each time.

Underground conditions at Shangchao are ideal for the type of mining operations conducted. Ore chute locations are designed with distances matching haulage equipment in use (rail haulage). Roof scaling and broken ore leveling in stopes, like other procedures in Shangchao Mine, are efficient. The haulage equipment is maintained in continuous operation. When a stope is depleted, the broken ore is extracted and where necessary, backfilled with waste rock from drift development.  Ore dilution at Shangchao approximates 10%; ore recovery approximates 90%, depending on local conditions.

The production cycle for our ore mining activities is summarized as follows: Drill and Blast —+ Ventilation —+ Ore Drawing Scaling/Roof Inspection.

Ore Processing
Ore processing activities are considered to be the second stage in the mining operation. Ore processing entails the physical extraction of ore from the Company’s mine, which is then converted into nonferrous metals concentrates, known as zinc and lead concentrates and then processed into final products. In order to produce the zinc and lead concentrates, the Company segregates the usable components of ores from waste rock through physical (such as magnetic separation) or chemical methods, or a combination of the two.

After segregation, usable metal ores are transported to one of the Company’s three principal processing facilities, known as (a) the Yagang concentrator; (b) the Xingda concentrator; and (c) the Duchuan smelter facility, for the production of finished products. At these processing facilities, the Company produces the following main products: zinc calcine, zinc dust and sand, electrically collected zinc dust, sulfuric acid, zinc oxide, zinc and lead concentrate and pyrite.

4. Regional/Local Geology and Mineralization

(1) Regional/Local Geology
The mine area is located in the western extreme of the Luocheng depression belt, which forms part of the Gui northeast - Gui middle depression belonging to the South China fold system and/or it reposes in the eastern wing of the southern end of the Shangfu ~ Kenyue Anticline.

 
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(2) Strata
The mine right area is mainly underlain by strata of the middle series of the Devonian system, followed by the upper series of Devonian system and, to a lesser extent, some strata in the lower series of Carboniferous system. There is a biogenetic reef feature occurring in Beishan village. A list of the strata from bottom to top is as follows:
-           Donggangling formation (D2d) of middle series of Devonian system.
-           Guilin formation (D3g) of upper series of Devonian system.
-           Rongxian formation (D3r) of Upper series of Devonian system.
-           Raoyunling (C1y) of lower series of Carboniferous system v Shangchao formation of lower series of Carboniferous system (C1sh).
-           Shangchao formation of lower series of Carboniferous system (C1sh).

(3) Structure
The regional structure is relatively complex. Moderately developed folds and faults, occurring in a tight linear and reversed manner along the NNE direction (strike), are present. The strata range in dip from between 8 and 30 degrees (at the extreme ends where faulting is pronounced). The folds are mainly in the area impacted by the Shangfu ~ Kenyue Anticline. The main anticline axis crosses the site of Kenyue village in the south of the concession area, further running through Shangfu village, where it extends to Guizhou Province. The length of this anticline in Guangxi Province is 32 km with a width of 8 km. The Sipai formation of lower series of the Devonian system and Donggangning formation of the middle series of Devonian system form the strata underlying the axis.

(4) Magmatic Rock
Magmatic rock exposure in the tenement is non-existent. However, deductions made based on available gravity and magnetic data indicate the occurrence of concealed granite in the Beishan area, which is thought to have contributed to the genesis of  mineralization in the area by providing needed hydrothermal condition for the transportation of magmatic fluids (molten ore).

(5) Metamorphisms and Alteration of Surrounding Rock
Regional metamorphism occurs only in the strata of Lijiapo formation (Z1j) of Sinian system that is situated in the northern periphery of the mining right area. Lithologically, the rock is gray to grayish-green in color, with constituents being solely varying grain sizes of weakly metamorphosed conglomeratic argillaceous sandstone. No obvious metamorphism occurs in the area, but alteration of surrounding rock is relatively obvious and pronounced. Alteration of the surrounding rock occurs mainly in the form of dolomitization, retrograded dolomitization, and pyritization.

(6) Ore Deposit Characteristics
The reported main area of mineralization being exploited by the Shangchao Zinc/Lead Mine is the No. II deposit. This mineralization deposit occurs between exploratory lines No. 65 and No. 66 and is controlled by the following engineering works, PD60-1, CD1, CD2, CD4, YD265-CD1, and YD245-CD1. The deposit is stratified, striking north–south, but tilts toward the northeast (NE) at some places. The direction of dip ranges between 99 and 140 degrees, with an inclination of 50 to 78 degrees. The strike length of the deposit is 135 m, with a thickness ranging between 1.09 m and 44.02 m, averaging 16.63 m. It is located at a depth of between 318.8 m and 389.8 m from the topographical surface and it is said to be truncated by fault F9 in exploratory line No. 66. The deposit occurs in biogenic reef limestone, marilite, and fine to coarse grain dolomite overlain by argillaceous limestone. The ore body is strictly controlled by biogenic reef, dolomite occurrences, and faulting.

(7) Mineral Composition of Ore
The mineral constituents of the zinc/lead-bearing ore are predominantly pyrite and sphalerite, with minor amounts of galena. Mineralized veins include dolomite, traces of calcite, quartz, and carbonaceous material.
Following is a general description of the primary mineral constituents:

         
Grain
Mineral
 
Color
 
Type
 
Size
Pyrite
 
Light Yellow
 
Hypidiomorphic to allotriomorphic
 
0.1~2
Sphalerite
 
Chocolate Brown
 
Allotriomorphic (some idiomorphic)
 
0.1~0.8
Galena
 
Lead Gray
 
Hypidiomorphic w/partial idiomorphic
 
0.1~0.5
Dolomite
 
Gray White
 
Hypidomorphic and idiomorphic
 
10
Calcite
 
Light Gray
 
Allotriomorphic
 
~0.5
Quartz
 
Ivory
 
Allotriomorphic
 
0.5

Quartz often occurs in cementation with carbon and argillaceous material. Carbon also occurs irregularly in dolomite grains with a content level of less than 10%.

 
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(8) Chemical Composition of Ore
The grade of the deposit is reported to be between 0.16% and 2.083% for lead, averaging 0.98%, and between 1.05% and 8.60%, averaging 4.61%, for zinc.

(9) Ore Type and Grade
The grades of the zinc/lead ore were classified based on Chinese standards, as follows:

-           Equivalent grade Pb+Zn<4% classified as lean ore.
-           Equivalent grade Pb+Zn 4%~ 8% classified as medium ore.
-           Equivalent grade Pb+Zn> 8% classified as rich ore.

The combined grade Pb+Zn of most of the ore blocks of the No. II deposit is reported to be between 4.68% and 6.29%; hence, it is classified as medium ore in terms of grade.
 
(10) Country Rock and Gangue Material
The country rock is primarily reef dolomite and brecciated dolomite. The deposit thickness ranges from several meters to tens of meters, with the footwall composed of biological clastic limestone, with localized altered dolomite. The boundary between the deposit and the country rock is distinct and distinguishable by visual inspection. There is virtually no gangue material embedded in the No. II deposit.

NOTE 5 — Cash on Hand

Various routine business transactions are conducted in cash such as sales of material and purchases of materials, cash on hand as of December 31, 2010 was $125,316 (RMB829, 934).

NOTE 6 — Accounts Receivable, Net
 
The majority of the Company’s sales are on open credit terms and in accordance with terms specified in the contracts governing the relevant transactions. At the balance sheet date, all of the accounts receivables were related to PRC wholesaling and their credit period is usually ranged from one year to three years. Based upon the aforementioned criteria, management has determined that as follows:
 
   
December 31, 2010
   
March 31, 2010
 
Accounts receivable, gross
  $ 7,150,330     $    1,050,827  
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts
    (452,591 )     (64,903 )
Accounts receivable, net
    6,697,739       985,924  
Accounts receivable is separated as current and non-current assets
               
Accounts receivable, net(current)
    6,118,420       814,796  
Accounts receivable, net(non-current)
    579,319       171,128  
Total
  $ 6,697,739     $ 985,924  

NOTE 7 — Paid in advance
 
The balances of $6,479,067 and $2,435,061 as of December 31, 2010 and March 31, 2010, respectively, represent prepaid supplies and other items.
 
NOTE 8 — Other receivables
 
The Company makes deposits to government agencies and other unrelated parties, and makes advances to its employees during its operation. These amounts are recorded in other receivable. As of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2010, other receivables are consisted of the followings:
 
   
December 31, 2010
   
March 31, 2010
 
Deposit
  $ 29,148     $ 583,812  
Employee advance
    502,352       250,502  
Pay for construction
    2,896,381          
Others
    1,722,056          
Total
    5,149,937       834,314  
Other receivable is separated into current and non-current assets
               
Other receivable (current)
    4,897,361       632,777  
Other receivable (non-current)
    252,576       201,537  
Total
  $ 5,149,937       834,314  

Employee advances are given to the sales and procurement personnel for down payments on raw material procurement. By the time the procurement is fully completed, the Company capitalizes such employee advances as ‘Inventory’ on its balance sheet. The advances if unused after 30 to 60 days are returned to the accounting department. All the amounts are unsecured, interest free, and have no fixed repayment terms.
 
 
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NOTE 9 — Inventories
 
As of December 31, 2010 and March 31 2010, the Company’s inventory is consisted of followings:
 
   
December 31, 2010
   
March 31, 2010
 
Raw materials
    4,764,533       4,327,512  
Work in process
    6,741,773       4,813,727  
Finished goods
    297,963       1,925,966  
Total
  $ 11,804,269     $ 11,067,205  

NOTE 10 — Land, plant and equipment, mining right and exploration right
 
As of December 31, 2010 and March 31 2010, the Company’s non-current assets have followings:

   
December 31, 2010
   
March 31, 2010
 
Land, plant and equipment
  $ 17,445,072     $ 16,545,231  
Less: accumulated depreciation
    (1,461,474 )     (1,315,114 )
Land, plant and equipment, net
    15,983,598       15,230,117  
Construction in process
    10,621,509       2,334,669  
Other non-current assets, net(mining right)
    1,157       29,576  
Total
  $ 26,606,264     $ 17,594,362  

The Company bought one mining right in 2005 in amount of 1,180,000RMB, and amortized the cost over the life of the right (9 years). The mining right expires in 9 years and renewable at expiration. As of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2010, the balances of mining right are $29,576 and $1,157. The Company also has three mineral exploration rights, including: Shangchao lead ore, Shangchao Gangshan lead ore and Dongxiang Zinc ore. The exploration rights expire in 2 years and can be renewed at expiration. Application fees and other expense related to exploration activities are expensed when occurred.
Construction in progress is stated at cost, which includes the cost of construction and other direct costs attributable to the construction. No provision for depreciation is made on construction in progress until such time as the relevant assets are completed and put into use.
 
NOTE 11 — Other Payables
 
As of December 31, 2010 and March 31 2010, other payables are consisted, of the following:
 
   
December 31, 2010
   
March 31, 2010
 
Payable for mining site construction
  $ 1,330,465     $ 1,675,505  
Materials
    143,489          
Other
    1,264,651       101,865  
Total
  $ 2,738,605     $ 1,777,370  

NOTE 12 — Environment Restoration Deposit

In September 2009, $277,029 (1,800,000 RMB) was paid to local environment protection department as environment restoration deposit. The full amount will be refunded when the Company fully restored the environment after its mining activities.

NOTE 13 — Amount Due To Stockholders

The balances due to stockholders represented unsecured advances which are interest-free and repayable without fixed term. As of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2010, the balances due to stockholders were $1,261,298 and $896,890 respectively.

NOTE 14 — Convertible Notes and Warrants

On November 26, 2010, the Company issued a second convertible debt in amount of $10,000,000. In total, the Company issued $20,000,000 convertible debt. Due to the exchange rate issue, the balance of the convertible debt was $20,179,081 as of December 31, 2010.

Interest payable on this Note shall accrue at the rate of 3% per annum and shall be payable on the Maturity Date. As of December 31, 2010, the balance of accrued interest was $129,167.

 
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The discount on notes payable is related to warrants granted to the lender in association with the issuance of the term note. The Company provided the lender with warrants to purchase up to 800,000 shares of common stock at $5.50 per share.
We adopted the provisions of ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value under GAAP and enhances disclosures about fair value measurements.
 
Under ASC Topic 820, fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date.
 
The Company values its warrants based on open form option pricing models which, based on the relevant inputs, render the fair value estimate Level 3. The Company bases its estimates of fair value for liabilities on the amount it would pay a third-party market participant to transfer the liability and incorporates inputs such as equity prices, historical and implied volatilities, dividend rates and prices of convertible securities issued by comparable companies maximizing the use of observable inputs when available. The fair value hierarchy is based on three levels of inputs, of which the first two are considered observable and the last unobservable, that may be used to measure fair value.
 
 
·
Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.  Level 1 is generally considered the most reliable measurement of fair value under ASC 820.
 
 
·
Level 2 – Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
 
 
·
Level 3 – Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.
 
The fair value for warrants was estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:
 
Assumptions
 
Maturity (years)
    5  
Interest Rate
    2.13 %
Volatility
    59 %
Dividend yield
    N/A  
 
Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
 
The table below categorizes assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2010:
 
   
Fair Value
   
Fair value measurement using
 
   
April 30, 2010
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
 
Common stock warrant liability
  $ 1,708,000     $ -     $ -     $ 1,708,000  
 
The following table summarizes the activity of Level 3 inputs measured on a recurring basis for the period ended December 31, 2010:
 
(in thousands)
 
Common Stock Warrants
 
Balance at September 30, 2010
  $ 896,000  
Issuance of common stock warrants
    812,000  
Exercise of common stock warrants
    -  
Change in fair value of common stock warrant liability
    -  
Balance at December 31, 2010
    1,708,000  
 
 
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NOTE 15 — Gross profit margin
 
As of nine months ended December 31, 2010, the Company recorded a gross profit margin at 60.19%, which was partially due to a high gross profit margin from the sales of oxidized ore. Moreover, as the global zinc and lead market continued to gain rebounds during the third fiscal quarter in 2010, the Company continued to sell its profitable zinc and lead products. The sales of zinc and lead products, such as zinc calcine, zinc dust and sand, sulphuric acid, lead concentrate, pyrites and oxidized ores, accounted for 93.7% of total revenue as of December31, 2010. The other 6.3% of sales revenue was attributed to the sale of tailings for the nine months ended December 31, 2010.

NOTE 16 — Income Taxes
 
The Company conducts all its operating business in China. The Company is governed by the income tax laws of the PRC and do not have any deferred tax assets or deferred tax under the income tax “laws” of the PRC because there are no temporary differences between financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of existing assets and liabilities. The Company by itself does not have any business operating activities in the United States and is therefore not subject to United States Income Tax.

The Company generated its net income from its PRC operation and has recorded income tax provision for the nine months ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 are $3,501,998 and $1,489,907 respectively.

The Company did not have any material un-provided deferred taxation for the period or at the balance sheet dates.

As for the nine months ended December 31, 2009, all of the Company’s profits were contributed by Huanjiang Jintai, which enjoyed a favourable tax reduction benefit introduced by the State Administration of Taxation of Guangxi province to encourage companies engaged in the non-ferrous metals industry in the Zhuang autonomous region. Therefore, the effective tax rate for this period was about 14%. As for the nine months ended December 31, 2010, the Company’s financial statements were consolidated from four legal entities, which included Huanjiang Jintai, Xiangguang, Jintai HK, and Jintai Mining Group, Inc. Since Xiangguang is located in Guangdong province, it did not enjoy any tax incentives and had a normal income tax rate of 25%. Hence, the effective tax rate increased to 20% approximately. In addition, the tax holiday ended on December 31, 2010, and from January 1, 2011, all income tax rates are at the level of 25%.

Income tax expense is calculated by multiplying income before income tax provision (pretax income), coupled with tax adjustments under provisions of PRC Income Tax Law, by the statutory income tax rate.

The aggregate preferential tax amount from fiscal year 2004 to 2010 is $5,956,061. The per share effect due to the tax incentives before dilution is $0.19 and $0.18 after dilution. From January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2006, the Company was exempt from the corporate income tax; from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2010, the Company enjoyed a preferential corporate income tax rate of 15%. The tax holiday ends on December 31, 2010. The preferential tax amount in third quarter was $448,644.  From January 1, 2011, the tax rate will increase to 25%.

NOTE 17 — Capital Transactions

As of December 31, 2010, the Company’s registered capital is $432,341.

a) Jintai Mining Co., Limited (Jintai HK)
On April 28, 2010, Jintai HK was incorporated with total registered capital of $1,263(HK$10,000).

b) Guangzhou Xiangguang Corporate Management Co., Ltd. (Xiangguang)
On August 24, 2010, Xiangguang was incorporated with total registered capital of $189,450 (HK$1,500,000).

c) Huanjiang Jintai Mining Co., Limited (Huanjiang Jintai)
On November 27, 2003, the Company was incorporated with total registered capital of $241,628 (RMB 2,000,000) which consists of 70% (RMB1,400,000) from Shaoguan Jinteng Mining Co., Ltd. and 30% (RMB600,000) from Guangxi Geological Survey Bureau.

In May 2007, Guangxi Geological Survey Bureau transferred its entire capital share (RMB 600,000) to the Company’s current president Kuizhong Cai.

The Company’s current president, Kuizhong Cai, owns 80.26% registered capital of Huanjiang Jinteng Mining Co., Ltd., which owns 100% of the Company.

NOTE 18 — Related party transactions

Huanjiang Jintai Mining Co., Ltd. and Guangzhou Xiangguang Corporate Management Co., Ltd. entered into VIE agreements. During October to December 2010, Huanjiang Jintai Mining Co., Limited sold oxidized ores with $4,213,868 to Guangzhou Xiangguang Corporate Management Co., Ltd.
 
 
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NOTE 19  Statutory Reserves

The laws and regulations of the PRC require that before an enterprise distributes profits to its owners, it must first satisfy all tax liabilities, provide for losses in previous years, and make allocations. The statutory reserves include a surplus reserve fund and a common welfare fund. These statutory reserves restricted retained earnings. As of Marche 31, 2010 and December 31, 2010, the balances of statutory reserve stay at $ 144,882.

NOTE 20  Commitments and Contingencies

The Company rents office spaces from unrelated parties under a non-cancellable operating lease agreement.
On November 27, 2009, the Company leased its office space in Huanjiang town from an individual for approximately $878 per year. The lease expires on November 26, 2012.

On December 10, 2008, the Company leased its office space in Hechi city from an individual for approximately $1,757 per year. The lease expires on December 9, 2013.

On April 22, 2009, the Company leased its office space in Shangchao town from local transportation bureau for approximately $1,171 per year. The lease expires on April 21, 2011.
 
Future five years annual lease payments are as follows:
 
Year ending March 31
 
Lease payment
 
2011
    36,304  
2012
    30,742  
2013
    21,084  
2014
    0  
2015
    0  
Total
    88,130  

NOTE 21  Concentration and Risk

(a)
Major customers
 
For the nine months April 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010, 100% of the Company’s assets were located in the PRC and 100% of the Company’s revenues were derived from customers located in the PRC.
For the nine months ended December 31, 2010, major customers whose sales amounts exceed 10% of our total revenue are presented as follows:
 
Customers
 
Revenue
     
           
Customer A
  $ 5,568,221     16.44 %
Customer B
    5,268,736     15.55 %
Customer C
    4,300,733     12.70 %
Customer D
    3,483,618     10.28 %
Customer E
    3,483,618     10.28 %
               
Total :
  $ 22,104,926     65.25 %

(b)
Credit risk
 
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and trade accounts receivable. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition, but does not require collateral to support such receivables.
 
 
Q-21

 
 
NOTE 22 — Foreign Currency

       
2010
     
2009
 
Effect on beginning cash balance
                 
beginning cash balance in local currency
 
LC
    43,387,468  
LC
    28,567,994  
net change in exchange rate during the year
        0.0045         0.0002  
effect on beginning cash balance
 
USD
    195,399  
USD
    4,713  
                       
effect from operating activities during the year:
                     
cash provided by operating activities in local currency
 
LC
    67,569,626  
LC
    (442,542 )
year-end exchange rate
        0.1510         0.1465  
operating cash flows based on year-end exchange rate
 
USD
    10,202,731  
USD
    (64,811 )
operating cash flows reported in the statement of cash flows
        10,009,986         (64, 798 )
effect from operating activities during the year
 
USD
    192,745  
USD
    -13  
                       
Effect from investing activities during the year:
                     
cash used in investing activities in local currency
 
LC
    (56,996,686 )
LC
    4,014,059  
year-end exchange rate
        0.1510         0.1465  
investing cash flows based on year-end exchange rate
 
USD
    (8,606,261 )
USD
    587,865  
investing cash flows reported in the statement of cash flows
        (8,441,953 )       587,762  
effect from investing activities during the year
 
USD
    -164,308  
USD
    103  
                       
Effect from financing activities during the year:
                     
cash provided by (used in) financing activities in local currency
 
LC
    131,000,192  
LC
    0  
year-end exchange rate
        0.1510         0.1465  
financing cash flows based on year-end
 
USD
    19,780,481  
USD
       
financing cash flows reported in the statement of cash flows
        19,402,804         0  
effect from financing activities during the year
 
USD
    377,677  
USD
    0  
                       
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
        601,533         4,803  

NOTE 23 — Segment Report
 
In June 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information.”  This statement requires companies to report information about operating segments in interim and annual consolidated financial statements.  It also requires segment disclosures about products and services, geographic areas, and major customers.  
The Company reported its revenue for each product during the nine months of December 31, 2010 and 2009 as the following:
 
For the nine months ended December 31, 2010
 
   
Lead
concentrate
   
Oxidized
ore
   
Pyrite
   
Tailings
   
Zinc calcine
   
Zinc dust
and sand
   
Electric
dust
   
Sulphuric
acid
   
Total
 
Revenue
  $ 1,549,607     $ 12,937,038     $ 802,285     $ 2,102,645     $ 12,987,165     $ 2,300,626     $ 109,520     $ 532,940     $ 33,321,830  
COGS
  $ 541,876     $ 1,605,446     $ 213,070     $ 1,080,979     $ 7,895,548     $ 1,587,079     $ 84,385     $ 258,025     $ 13,266,411  
Gross Margin
    65 %     87 %     73 %     48 %     39 %     31 %     22 %     51 %     60 %
 
 
Q-22

 
 
For the nine months ended December 31, 2009
 
   
Tailings
   
Zinc calcine
   
Total
 
Revenue
  $ 24,577,537     $ 237,789     $ 24,815,326  
COGS
  $ 12,823,667     $ 256,532     $ 13,080,199  
Gross Margin
    48 %     -8 %     47 %

Since the Company has a complete production chain beginning from the most upper part of mine extraction to delivery of refined zinc and related products from the smelter and the Company is operated in a vertically integrated business model. The Company does not make its operation decisions by reviewing separate financial information on its production process but rather as a whole group.  The Company reports its profit and loss as a whole group and it is not applicable to conduct reportable segment disclosure.

NOTE 24 — Restatement of Financial Statements

We have restated our previously issued condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the nine months ended December 31, 2010 to correct errors in the accounting for certain common stock warrants. Specifically, we previously classified as equity instruments common stock warrants that should have been classified as derivative liability instruments based on the terms of the warrants and the applicable accounting guidance.
 
 We have historically accounted for common stock warrants as equity instruments. Certain provisions of ASC 815 - “Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity” became effective for us on December 31, 2010. The anti-dilution price protection features in the Company’s outstanding common stock warrants require these common stock warrants to be accounted for as liabilities and measured at fair value. The restated financial statements reflect the reclassification of the Company’s common stock warrants from stockholders’ equity to a common stock warrant liability, and accounts for changes in the fair value of the common stock warrant liability in the statement of operations. Accordingly, on December 31, 2010, the Company reduced additional paid-in capital and increased retained earnings by $1,708,000 and $1,617,711, respectively, and recorded $1,708,000 as a common stock warrant liability.
 
The following tables summarize the effect of the restatement on the specific items presented in our historical consolidated financial statements included in our Quarterly Report on Form S-1 for the quarter ended December 31, 2010:

Consolidated Balance sheet
 
December 31, 2010
   
December 31, 2010
 
   
(As previously reported)
   
(As restated)
 
             
CURRENT LIABILITIES
           
Accured expenses and other liabilities
    107,071       129,167  
Common stock warrant liability
            1,708,000  
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES
    15,481,375       17,211,471  
                 
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
               
Convertible Note
    20,179,081       20,179,081  
Discount on Convertible Note
            (1,639,807 )
TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
    20,179,081       18,539,274  
                 
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
               
Paid in capital
    1,950,891       242,891  
Retained earnings
    44,523,930       46,141,641  
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
    49,282,126       49,191,837  
 
 
Q-23

 
 
Consolidated Statements of Operations
 
Nine month ended
   
Nine month ended
 
   
December 31, 2010
   
December 31, 2010
 
   
(As previously reported)
   
(As restated)
 
             
Interest expenses
    (105,027 )     (195,316 )
Total other income (loss)
    (207,986 )     (298,275 )
                 
Net Income
    12,075,229       13,692,940  
                 
Comprehensive income (loss)
  $ 13,394,263     $ 15,011,974  
                 
Earnings per common share
               
Basic
  $ 0.38     $ 0.43  
Diluted
  $ 0.36     $ 0.41  

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
 
Nine month ended
   
Nine month ended
 
   
December 31, 2010
   
December 31, 2010
 
   
(As previously reported)
   
(As restated)
 
   
2010
   
2010
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
           
Net income (loss) from continued operations
    12,075,229       13,692,940  
                 
Warrant expense
    1,708,000          
Amortization of discount on debt
            68,193  
Accured interest
    105,027       129,167  
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
    10,007,942       10,009,986  
                 
Foreign currency translation adjustment
    603,557       601,513  

NOTE 25 — Subsequent Event

The Company has evaluated subsequent events since December 31, 2010 and has determined that there are no events to disclose.

Jintai Mining Group, Inc.
January 24, 2011
 
 
Q-24

 
 
 
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and
Stockholders of Huanjiang Jintai Mining Co., Ltd.

We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Huanjiang Jintai Mining Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) as of March 31, 2010 and 2009, and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the years ended March 31, 2010 and 2009. These financial statements are the responsibility of the company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Huanjiang Jintai Mining Co., Ltd. as of March 31, 2010 and 2009 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for years ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
 /s/Lake & Associates CPA’s LLC
Lake & Associates CPA’s LLC
June 24, 2010
“Except for Foontotes 2, 17 and 19, which were dated March 3, 2011”
 
1905 Wright Boulevard
Schaumburg, IL 60193
 
Phone: 847-524-0800
Fax: 847-524-1655
 
 
F-1

 
 
Huanjiang Jintai Mining Co. Ltd.
Audited Balance Sheet
As of March 31, 2010 and 2009
(Expressed in USD Dollars)

   
31/Mar/2010
   
31/Mar/2009
 
             
ASSETS
           
             
CURRENT ASSETS
           
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
6,355,927
   
$
4,179,112
 
Accounts receivable, net
   
814,796
     
448,047
 
Inventory
   
11,067,205
     
7,028,927
 
Paid in advance
   
2,435,061
     
2,080,737
 
Prepaid expenses
   
-
     
136,851
 
Other receivable
   
632,777
     
347,750
 
Deposit
   
268,767
     
-
 
Short-term investment receivable
   
-
     
2,194,298
 
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS
   
21,574,533
     
16,415,722
 
                 
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
               
Land,equipment, and mining claims
   
16,545,231
     
14,465,633
 
Accumulated depreciation
   
(1,315,114
)
   
(566,654
)
NET FIXED ASSETS
   
15,230,117
     
13,898,979
 
                 
Construction in progress
   
2,334,669
     
1,876,976
 
Accounts receivable, net
   
372,666
     
126,480
 
Other non-current assets
   
29,576
     
67,419
 
TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS
   
17,967,028
     
15,969,854
 
                 
TOTAL ASSETS
 
$
39,541,561
   
$
32,385,576
 
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
               
                 
CURRENT LIABILITIES
               
Accounts payable
 
$
1,430,264
   
$
8,368,137
 
Salary payable
   
4,906
     
2,667
 
Tax payable
   
892,324
     
1,082,894
 
Other payable
   
1,777,369
     
639,010
 
Accured expenses and other liabilities
   
-
     
124,138
 
Due to related party
   
1,261,298
     
819,204
 
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES
   
5,366,161
     
11,036,050
 
                 
TOTAL LIABILITIES
   
5,366,161
     
11,036,050
 
                 
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
               
Paid in capital
   
241,628
     
241,628
 
Statutory reserves
   
144,882
     
144,882
 
Accumulated other comprehensive Income
   
1,340,189
     
1,305,492
 
Retained earnings
   
32,448,701
     
19,657,524
 
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
   
34,175,400
     
21,349,526
 
                 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
$
39,541,561
   
$
32,385,576
 
 
 
F-2

 
 
Huanjiang Jintai Mining Co. Ltd.
Audited Statement of Operations
For the Years Ended March 31, 2010 and 2009
(Expressed in USD Dollars)

   
Year ended
   
Year ended
 
   
31/Mar/2010
   
31/Mar/2009
 
Revenues
           
Sales
 
$
35,027,568
   
$
23,765,415
 
Cost of sales
   
18,430,646
     
15,273,882
 
Gross profit
   
16,596,922
     
8,491,533
 
                 
Operating expenses
               
Selling and marketing
   
274,965
     
232,602
 
General and administrative
   
1 ,258,262
     
1,111,620
 
Total Operating Expenses
   
1,533,227
     
1,344,222
 
                 
Other operating income
   
-
     
14,563
 
                 
Income (Loss) from continuing operations
   
15,063,694
     
7,161,874
 
                 
Other income (expenses)
               
Other Income
   
11,715
     
254
 
Other expenses
   
(343
)
   
(72,060
)
Total other income (loss)
   
11,372
     
(71,806
)
                 
Income (loss) before income tax provision
   
15,075,067
     
7,090,068
 
                 
Provision for income taxes
   
2,283,890
     
579,412
 
                 
Net Income
   
12,791,177
     
6,510,656
 
                 
Other comprehensive income (loss)
               
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)
   
34,697
     
415,676
 
                 
Comprehensive income (loss)
 
$
12,825,874
   
$
6,926,332
 
 
 
F-3

 
 
Huanjiang Jintai Mining Co. Ltd.
Audited Statement of Stockholders Equity
As of March 31, 2010
(Expressed in USD Dollars)

               
Accumulated other
             
         
Statutory
   
comprehensive
   
Retained
       
   
Paid in capital
   
reserve
   
income
   
earnings
   
Total
 
Balances as of March 31, 2008
 
$
241,628
   
$
144,882
   
$
889,816
   
$
13,146,868
   
$
14,423,194
 
                                         
Net Income(Loss) for the period
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
6,510,656
     
6,510,656
 
Other comprehensive income
   
-
     
-
     
415,676
     
-
     
415,676
 
Balances as of March 31, 2009
 
$
241,628
   
$
144,882
   
$
1,305,492
     
19,657,524
   
$
21,349,526
 
                                         
Net Income(Loss) for the period
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
12,791,177
     
12,791,177
 
Other comprehensive income
   
-
     
-
     
34,697
     
-
     
34,697
 
Balances as of March 31, 2010
 
$
241,628
   
$
144,882
   
$
1,340,189
   
$
32,448,701
   
$
34,175,400
 
 
F-4

 
 
Huanjiang Jintai Mining Co. Ltd.
Audited Statements of Cash Flows
For the Years Ended March 31, 2010 and 2009
(Expressed in USD Dollars)
 
   
Year ended
   
Year ended
 
   
31/Mar/2010
   
31/Mar/2009
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
           
Net income (loss) from continued operations
 
$
12,791,177
   
$
6,510,656
 
                 
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
               
Depreciation
   
747,391
     
466,062
 
Amortization of mining right
   
37,925
     
37,715
 
Accounts receivable
   
(488,381
)
   
531,394
 
Other receivable
   
(407,957
)
   
7,760,033
 
Inventory
   
(4,026,923
)
   
(4,312,986
)
Paid in advance
   
(351,270
)
   
279,421
 
Prepaid expense
   
136,994
     
241,924
 
Deposit
   
(268,669
)
   
-
 
Accounts payable
   
(6,947,106
)
   
7,938,528
 
Other payable
   
1,137,046
     
72,855
 
Salary payable
   
2,235
     
(401
)
Tax payable
   
(192,022
)
   
278,069
 
Accrued expenses
   
(124,267
)
   
(5,306
)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
   
2,046,173
     
19,797,964
 
                 
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
Short-term investment
   
2,196,582
     
(2,184,450
)
Construction in Progress
   
(454,887
)
   
(1,868,553
)
Purchase of property, plant, and equipment
   
(2,058,502
)
   
(13,013,971
)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
   
(316,807
)
   
(17,066,974
)
                 
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
Due to related party
   
440,781
     
815,528
 
Net cash provided by financing activities
   
440,781
     
815,528
 
                 
Foreign currency translation adjustment
   
6,668
     
32,072
 
                 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
   
2,176,815
     
3,578,590
 
                 
Cash and cash equivalents:
               
Beginning of period
   
4,179,112
     
600,522
 
End of period
 
$
6,355,927
   
$
4,179,112
 
                 
Cash paid for:
               
Interest
 
$
-
   
$
-
 
Income tax
 
$
2,607,402
   
$
579,412
 
 
 
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Huanjiang Jintai Mining Co., Ltd.
Notes to Audited Financial Statements
For the Years March 31, 2010 and 2009
 
NOTE 1 – Business Summary
 
Huanjiang Jintai Mining Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) was incorporated as a limited liability company in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) on November 27, 2003, with its principal place of business in Hechi city, Guangxi Province, the PRC. The principal activity of the company is mining, selecting, and smelting of lead and zinc ore. The main products are lead, zinc, zinc calcine, pyrite and sulphuric acid. The company’s operations are organized and managed according to its product category and geographic locations: Shangchao lead ore and zinc ore of Huanjiang town; Yagang and Xingda ore treatment plant; Duchuan smelter.
 
NOTE 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
Basis of presentation
 
These accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
 
The financial statements presented are those of the company as of March 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related statements of operations, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the years then ended.
 
Use of estimates
 
In preparing these financial statements, management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the balance sheets and revenues and expenses during the year reported.  Actual results may differ from these estimates. On an ongoing basis, management reviews estimates. Changes in facts and circumstances may alter such estimates and affect results of operations and financial position in future periods.
 
Cash equivalents
 
Cash and cash equivalents are carried at cost and represent cash on hand, demand deposits placed with banks or other financial institutions and all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less as of the purchase date of such investments. We routinely monitor and evaluate counterparty credit risk related to the financial institutions by which our short-term investment securities are held.
 
Inventories
 
Inventories consist of raw materials, work in process and finished goods and are valued at lower of cost or market value, cost being determined on the average cost method.
 
 
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Raw materials inventory – products from ore mine include the following costs: stripping costs recorded into inventory produced during the period the costs are incurred, ore expansion costs, labour costs related to excavation of ore, electricity, raw ore transportation costs from mining site to concentrator, amortization of mine right costs, depreciation of mine infrastructure costs.
 
Work-in-progress inventory – products from concentrator facilities include the following costs: stripping costs, ore expansion labour cost related to excavation of ore as well as concentrator operation wages, electricity, water costs, transportation cost from mine to concentrator facility, amortization of mine right costs, depreciation expense of mine infrastructure cost as well as depreciation related to concentrator facility as well as cost related to tailing deposit warehouse.
 
Finished goods inventory - products from smelter facility include the following costs: stripping costs, ore expansion labour costs related to excavation of ore as well as smelter operation wages, electricity, water costs, transportation costs from mine to smelting facility, amortization of mine right costs, depreciation expense of mine infrastructure costs as well as depreciation related to smelting facility.
 
Accounts Receivable
 
Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount and do not bear interest. An allowance for doubtful accounts is established and determined based on managements’ assessment of known requirements, aging of receivables, payment history, and the economic environment. The Company does not record its allowance for doubtful accounts receivable at the time a sale is made based on the agreed payment terms at the outset of the arrangement. The Company’s accounting policy for recording allowance for doubtful accounts receivable is determined on the basis of bad debts history which helps it to predict the probabilities of non-payment. Management’s accounting policy is that the Company records an allowance for accounts receivable due within certain periods from the latest fiscal year end of its accounting period. Currently, the amount of allowance is calculated as 5% for accounts receivable, which are due within 1 year, 10% for those due from 1 to 2 year, and 15% for those due from 2 to 3 year. Accounts receivable, which are due more than 3 years, are fully written off as bad debt. Accounts receivable with balance due more than 1 year are recorded as non-current assets. As of March 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company has recorded an allowance for uncollectible accounts.
 
Capitalized development and ore access costs
 
In accordance with ASC 930-330 Ore access costs during the development of a mine, before production begins, are capitalized as a part of the depreciable cost of building, developing and constructing a mine. These capitalized costs are amortized over the productive life of the mine using the units of production method. The productive phase of a mine is deemed to have begun when saleable minerals are extracted (produced) from an ore body, regardless of the level of production. The production phase does not commence with the removal of de minimis saleable mineral material that occurs in conjunction with the removal of overburden or waste material for purposes of obtaining access to an ore body. The costs incurred in the production phase of a mine are variable production costs included in the costs of the inventory produced (extracted) during the period that the stripping costs are incurred.
 
Ore access costs related to expansion of a mining asset of proven and probable reserves are variable production costs that are included in the costs of the inventory produced during the period that the costs are incurred.
 
Our criteria to determine whether activities related to expand reserves are exploration costs or development costs are:
 
Exploration is the search for resources suitable for commercial exploitation. It includes:
 
• Researching and analyzing historic exploration data.
 
 
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• Conducting topographical, geological, geochemical and geophysical studies.
 
• Exploratory drilling, trenching, and sampling.
 
Evaluation means determining the technical feasibility and commercial viability of a mineral resource:
 
• Determining volume and grade of deposits.
 
• Examining and testing extraction methods and metallurgical or treatment processes.
 
• Surveying transportation and infrastructure requirements.
 
• Conducting market and finance studies.
 
The Company expenses all exploration and evaluation costs as incurred.
 
Development means establishing access to the mineral reserve and other preparations for commercial production.
 
• Commencement - Phase commences when it is determined that commercially recoverable reserves exist (usually through completion of a feasibility study) and a decision is taken by management to develop the mine.
 
• Conclusion – This phase concludes upon the commencement of sustainable production from the resource.
 
Basic costs included in the development phase:
 
•Advance removal of overburden and waste rock.
 
•Infrastructure development (road building).
 
•Shaft sinking
 
Development costs are usually carried forward until the mine is commissioned (production begins) because the expenditure is for future benefit from the mineral extraction.
 
• Capitalized development costs are then amortized using the units-of-production (UOP) method when the resources are mined.
 
Our estimates for mineral reserves are a key component in determining our units of production depreciation rates. Our estimates of probable ore reserves may change, possibly in the near term, resulting in changes to depreciation and depletion rates in future reporting periods.
 
Land, plant, machinery and equipment, mining right, and exploration right
 
Mining right, plant, machinery and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses, if any. Depreciation is calculated on the straight-line basis over the following expected useful lives from the date on which they become fully operational and after taking into account their estimated residual values:
 
 
Depreciable life
 
Residual value
 
Mining right
9 years
    0 %
Plant and machinery
20 years
    3 %
Equipment
5 - 10 years
    5 %

Expenditures for maintenance and repairs
 
 Costs related to constructions mine infrastructure such as roads, administrative buildings and mills and smelters utilized in processing ore and concentrate are capitalized and depreciated over the estimated useful life.
 
 
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Cost incurred for the performance of surface reconnaissance, drilling and sampling costs as well as preparation of feasibility and engineering studies are expensed as incurred.
 
Exploration rights are permits to explore the ore capacity underground but without the actual mining right. Application fees and other expenses related to exploration activities are expensed when occurred.
 
Impairment of long-lived assets
 
In accordance with guidance issued by the FASB, long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangible assets held and used by the Company are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.  Recoverability of assets to be held and used is evaluated by a comparison of the carrying amount of assets to estimated discounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the assets. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amounts of the assets exceed the fair value of the assets.
 
Revenue recognition
 
Jintai sells its products pursuant to sales contracts entered into with customers. Revenues for all Jintai’s products are recognized when the title and risk of loss pass to the customer and when collectability is reasonable assured. The passing of title and risk of loss to the customer is based on terms of the sales contract, generally upon shipment or delivery of product. There is no right of return once product is sold.
 
Comprehensive income (loss)
 
FASB ASC 220, “Reporting Comprehensive Income”, establishes standards for reporting and display of comprehensive income, its components and accumulated balances.  Comprehensive income as defined includes all changes in equity during the year from non-owner sources. Accumulated comprehensive income, as presented in the accompanying statement of stockholders’ equity consists of changes in unrealized gains and losses on foreign currency translation.  This comprehensive income is not included in the computation of income tax expense or benefit.
 
Income taxes
 
The Company conducts all its operating business in China. The Company is governed by the income tax laws of the PRC and do not have any deferred tax assets or deferred tax liabilities under the income tax of the PRC because there are no temporary differences between financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of existing assets and liabilities. The Company by itself does not have any business operating activities in the United States and is therefore not subject to United States Income Tax.
 
Foreign currencies translation
 
The Company follows ASC 830, “Foreign Currency Translation”, for the translation and re-measurement of balance sheet and income statement items into U.S. dollars.
 
 
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The reporting currency of the Company is the United States dollar (“U.S. dollars”).  The Company’s subsidiary maintains its books and records in its local currency, Hong Kong dollar (“HKD”) and the Renminbi Yuan (“RMB”). The Renminbi Yuan (“RMB”) is functional currency as being the primary currency of the economic environment in which its operations are conducted. Transactions denominated in currency other than functional currency are translated (re-measurement) first into the functional currency at the prevailing exchanges rates when transaction occurred, with the transaction gain or loss being included in determining net income for the period in which the exchange rate changes (ASC 830-20-35-1).  During consolidation, the Company translates the subsidiary’s assets and liabilities into U.S. dollars using the applicable exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet date, and the statement of operations is translated at average exchange rates during the reporting period.  Adjustments resulting from the translation of the subsidiary’s financial statements are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income.
 
Retirement plan costs
 
Contributions to retirement schemes (which are defined contribution plans) are charged to general and administrative expenses in the statements of income and comprehensive income as and when the related employee service is provided.
 
Related parties
 
Parties, which can be a corporation or individual, are considered to be related if the Company has the ability, directly or indirectly, to control the other party or exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial and operating decisions. Companies are also considered to be related if they are subject to common control or common significant influence.
 
Fair value of financial instruments
 
The Company values its financial instruments as required by FASB ASC 825, “Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments”.  The estimated fair value amounts have been determined by the Company, using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies.  The estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of amounts that the Company could realize in a current market exchange.
 
The Company’s financial instruments primarily include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, deposits, inventories, accounts payable, other payables and accrued liabilities.
 
As of the balance sheet date, the estimated fair values of financial instruments were not materially different from their carrying values as presented due to short maturities of these instruments.
 
Recently issued accounting standards
 
In January 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-06, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820) - Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements.” ASU 2010-06 requires new disclosures regarding transfers in and out of the Level 1 and 2 and activity within Level 3 fair value measurements and clarifies existing disclosures of inputs and valuation techniques for Level 2 and 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2010-06 also includes conforming amendments to employers’ disclosures about post-retirement benefit plan assets. The new disclosures and clarifications of existing disclosures are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosure of activity within Level 3 fair value measurements, which is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those years. The adoption of this statement is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial position or results of operation.
 
 
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In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 168, “The FASB Accounting Standards Codification™ and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles - a replacement of FASB Statement No. 162” (also issued as Accounting Standards Update “ASU” No. 2009-01). This standard establishes the FASB Accounting Standards Codification as the source of authoritative accounting principles recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities in the preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. This standard is effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. The adoption of ASU No. 2009-1 had no impact on the results of operations or the financial position of the Company.
 
In August 2009, the FASB issued ASU No. 2009-5, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820) - Measuring Liabilities at Fair Value.” ASU No. 2009-5 provides clarification that in circumstances in which a quoted price in an active market for the identical liability is not available, a reporting entity is required to measure fair value using a valuation technique that uses the quoted price of the identical liability when traded as an asset, quoted prices for similar liabilities or similar liabilities when traded as assets, or another valuation technique that is consistent with the principles of ASC Topic 820. ASU No. 2009-5 is effective for the first reporting period (including interim periods) beginning after issuance. The adoption of ASU No. 2009-5 did not have a material impact on the results of operations or financial position of the Company.
 
In May 2009, the FASB issued a new accounting standard (FASB ASC 855-10) on subsequent events, which establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. This accounting standard establishes: 1) the period after the balance sheet date during which management of a reporting entity should evaluate events or transactions that may occur for potential recognition or disclosure in the financial statements; 2) the circumstances under which an entity should recognize events or transactions occurring after the balance sheet date in its financial statements; and 3) the disclosures that an entity should make about events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date. This accounting standard also requires disclosure of the date through which an entity has evaluated subsequent events. The adoption of this statement is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial position or results of operation.
 
In April 2009, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, “Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments”, (FASB ASC 320-10-65), which amends the other-than-temporary impairment guidance in U.S. GAAP for debt securities to make the guidance more operational and to improve the presentation and disclosure of other-than-temporary impairments on debt and equity securities in the financial statements. This Staff Position was effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009. The adoption of this statement did not have an impact on the results of operations or the financial position of the Company.
 
NOTE 3 – Cash on Hand
 
Various routine business transactions are conducted in cash such as sales of material and purchases of materials, Cash on hand as of March 31, 2010 and 2009 was $105,792 (RMB 718,423) and $98,009 (RMB 669,043).
 
NOTE 4 – Short-term Investment Receivable
 
In March 2009, the company made a short-term investment in amount of $2,194,298 (RMB15,000,000). The investment relates to an investment in a private company. The investment plan was not successful and the full amount was returned in June 2009.
 
 
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NOTE 5 – Account Receivables, Net
 
The majority of the Company’s sales are on open credit terms and in accordance with terms specified in the contracts governing the relevant transactions. At the balance sheet date, all of the accounts receivables were related to PRC wholesaling and their credit period is usually ranged from one year to three years. Based upon the aforementioned criteria, management has determined that as follows:
 
   
March 31,
2010
   
March 31,
2009
 
Accounts receivable, gross
  $ 1,050,827     $ 525,650  
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts
    (64,903 )     (28,983 )
Account receivable, net
    985,924       496,667  
Accounts receivable is separated as current and non-current assets.
               
Accounts receivable, net (current)
    814,796       448,047  
Accounts receivable, net (non-current)
    171,128       48,620  
Total
  $ 985,924     $ 496,667  

NOTE 6 – Other Receivables
 
The Company makes deposits to government agencies and other unrelated parties, and makes advances to its employees during its operation. These amounts are recorded in other receivable. As of March 31, 2010 and 2009, other receivables are consisted of the followings:
 
   
March 31,
2010
   
March 31,
2009
 
Deposit
  $ 583,812     $ 356,123  
Employee advance
    250,502       69,486  
Total
    834,314       425,609  
Other receivable is separated into current and non-current assets
               
Other receivable (current)
    632,777       347,750  
Other receivable (non-current)
    201,537       77,859  
Total
  $ 834,314     $ 425,609  

Employee advances are given to the sales and procurement personnel for down payments on raw material procurement. By the time the procurement is fully completed, the Company capitalizes such employee advances as ‘Inventory’ on its balance sheet. The advances if unused after 30 to 60 are returned to the accounting department. All the amounts are unsecured, interest free, and have no fixed repayment terms.
 
 
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NOTE 7 – Inventories
 
As of March 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company’s inventory consisted of the following:
 
   
March 31,
2010
   
March 31,
2009
 
Raw materials
  $ 4,327,512     $ 2,359,985  
Work in process
    4,813,727       2,313,201  
Finished goods
    1,925,966       2,355,741  
Total
  $ 11,067,205     $ 7,028,927  

NOTE 8 – Land, Plant and Equipment, Mining Right and Exploration Right
 
As of March 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company’s non-current assets have the following:
 
   
March 31, 2010
   
March 31, 2009
 
Land & Plant
  $ 15,736,720     $ 13,634,303  
Machinery
    577,967       603,986  
Equipment
    230,544       227,345  
      16,545,231       14,465,633  
Less Accumulated Depreciation
    (1,315,114 )     (566,654 )
Land and building, machinery, equipment, net
  $ 15,230,117     $ 13,898,979  
Construction in progress
    2,334,669       1,876,976  
Other non-current assets, net (mining right)
    29,576       67,419  
Total
  $ 17,594,362     $ 15,843,374  

Construction in progress consists of costs to construct new portals to our mines.
 
The company bought one mining right in 2005 in the amount of RMB1,180,000, and amortized the cost over the life of the right (5 years). The mining right expires in 9 years and is renewable at expiration. As of March 31, 2010 and 2009, the balances of the mining right are $29,576 and $67,419. The company also has three mineral exploration rights, including: Shangchao lead ore, Shangchao Gangshan lead ore and Dongxiang Zinc ore. The exploration rights expire in 1 to 2 years and can be renewed at expiration. Application fees and other expense related to exploration activities are expensed when occurred.
 
 
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Construction in progress is stated at cost, which includes the cost of construction and other direct costs attributable to the construction. No provision for depreciation is made on construction in progress until such time as the relevant assets are completed and put into use. Construction in progresses as of March 31, 2010 and 2009 represent tailing facility, roadway and smelter under construction.
 
NOTE 9 – Environment Restoration Deposit
 
In September 2009, $268,767 (RMB1,800,000) was paid to local environment protection department as environment restoration deposit. The full amount will be refunded when the company fully restores the environment after its mining activities.
 
NOTE 10 – Other Payables
 
As of March 31, 2010 and 2009, other payables are consisted, of the following:
 
 
 
March 31,
2010
   
March 31,
2009
 
Payable for mining site construction
  $ 1,675,505     $ 478,750  
Other
    101,864       160,260  
Total
  $ 1,777,369     $ 639,010  
 
NOTE 11 – Amount Due To Stockholders
 
The balances due to stockholders represented unsecured advances, which are interest-free and repayable without fixed term. As of March 31, 2010 and 2009, the balances of due to stockholders are $1,261,298 and $819,204, respectively.
 
NOTE 12 – Other Operating Income
 
During 2009, the company had other operating income from renting its equipment in amount of $14,563 (RMB100,000).
 
NOTE 13 – Income Taxes
 
The Company conducts all its operating business in China. The Company is governed by the income tax laws of the PRC and do not have any deferred tax assets or deferred tax liabilities under the income tax of the PRC because there are no temporary differences between financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of existing assets and liabilities. The Company by itself does not have any business operating activities in the United States and is therefore not subject to United States Income Tax.
 
The Company generated its net income from its PRC operation and has recorded income tax provision for the years ended March 31, 2010 and 2009.
 
 
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The tax rates applicable to the company are as follows:
 
Type of tax
 
Before December 31, 2008
   
Since January 1, 2009
 
Value added tax
    13 %     17 %
             
Type of tax
 
Before December 31, 2007
   
Since January 1, 2008
 
Corporate tax
    33 %     25 %
 
From 2004 to 2010, a preferential tax policy for corporate income tax was also applied to companies in Guangxi Province, as follows:
 
 
·
From 2004 to 2005, there was no corporate income tax.
 
 
·
From 2006 to 2008, corporate income tax rate was reduced to 7.5% for income generated from in-province investment and no corporate income tax for income generated from out-province investment.
 
 
·
From 2009 to 2010, corporate income tax rate was reduced to 15%.
 
The Company has about 30% in-province investment (Kuizhong Cai, Note 13), and its tax rate from 2006 to 2008 is calculated as 2.25% (7.5% * 30%). The components of the Company’s income taxes of PRC operation for years ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 are as follows:
 
Year
 
Total income
   
Tax rate
   
Income tax
 
April – December 2008
  $ 3,845,035       2.25 %   $ 92,655  
                         
January – March 2009
    3,245,033       15 %     486,757  
                         
Year ended March 31, 2009 (Total)
    7,090,068               579,412  
                         
April 2009 – March 2010
    15,075,067       15 %     2,283,890  
                         
Year ended March 31, 2010 (Total)
  $ 15,075,067             $ 2,283,890  
The company did not have any material deferred taxation for the period or at the balance sheet dates.
 
NOTE 14 – Capital Transaction
 
On November 27, 2003, the Company was incorporated with total registered capital of $241,628 (RMB2,000,000), which consists of 70% (RMB1,400,000) from Shaoguan Jinteng Mining Co., Ltd. and 30% (RMB600,000) from Guangxi Geological Survey Bureau.
 
In May 2007, Guangxi Geological Survey Bureau transferred its entire capital share (RMB600,000) to the Company’s current president Kuizhong Cai.
 
 
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The Company’s current president, Kuizhong Cai, owns 95% registered capital of Huanjiang Jinteng Mining LLC.
 
As of March 31, 2010, the Company’s registered capital is consisted of:
 
Name of
Company
 
Place of
Incorporation
 
Date of
Incorporation
 
Attributable
Equity Interest %
 
Issued Capital
Shaoguan Jinteng Mining Co., Ltd.
 
Shaoguan, Guangdong
 
December, 2009
    23.33 %
US$56,372
(RMB466,600)
                   
Huanjiang Jinteng Mining LLC
 
Hechi, Guangxi
 
December, 2009
    76.67 %
US$185,256
(RMB1,533,400)
 
NOTE 15 – Statutory Reserve
 
The laws and regulations of the PRC require that before an enterprise distributes profits to its owners, it must first satisfy all tax liabilities, provide for losses in previous years, and make allocations. The statutory reserves include a surplus reserve fund and a common welfare fund. These statutory reserves represent restricted retained earnings. As of March 31, 2010 and 2009, the balance of statutory reserve stays at $144,882.
 
NOTE 16 – Commitments and Contingencies
 
The company rents office spaces from unrelated parties under a non-cancellable operating lease agreement.
 
On November 27, 2009, the Company leased its office space in Huanjiang town from an individual for approximately $878 per year. The lease expires on November 26, 2012.
 
On December 10, 2008, the Company leased its office space in Hechi city from an individual for approximately $1,757 per year. The lease expires on December 9, 2013.
 
On April 22, 2009, the Company leased its office space in Shangchao town from local transportation bureau for approximately $1,171 per year. The lease expires on April 21, 2011.
 
Future five years annual lease payments are as follows:
 
Year ending March 31,
 
Lease payment
 
2010
  $ 34,254  
2011
    36,304  
2012
    30,742  
2013
    21,084  
2014
    0  
Total
  $ 122,384  
 
 
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NOTE 17 – Segment Reporting
 
In June 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information.”  This statement requires companies to report information about operating segments in interim and annual consolidated financial statements.  It also requires segment disclosures about products and services, geographic areas, and major customers.  
 
The Company reported its revenue for each product during the periods of fiscal year 2009 and 2010 as the following:
 
For the Year ended March 31, 2009
 
   
Lead
concentrate
   
Zinc concentrate
   
Pyrite
   
Zinc calcine
   
Tailings
   
Zinc dust and
sand
   
Sulfuric acid
   
Total
 
Revenue
  $ 433,896     $ 212,983     $ 546,647     $ 13,826,160     $ 5,894,716     $ 1,445,208     $ 1,405,800     $ 23,765,414  
COGS
  $ 179,246     $ 130,136     $ 55,181     $ 7,401,332     $ 5,657,112     $ 1,632,283     $ 218,588     $ 15,273,881  
Gross Margin
    59 %     39 %     90 %     46 %     4 %     -13 %     84 %     36 %
 
For the Year ended March 31, 2010
 
   
Tailings
   
Zinc Calcine
   
Total
 
Revenue
  $ 410,776     $ 34,616,792     $ 35,027,568  
COGS
  $ 385,247     $ 18,045,399     $ 18,430,646  
Gross Margin
    6 %     48 %     47 %
 
Since the Company has a complete production chain beginning from the most upper part of mine extraction to delivery of refined zinc and related products from the smelter and the Company is operated in a vertically integrated business model. The Company does not make its operation decisions by reviewing separate financial information on its production process but rather as a whole group.  The Company reports its profit and loss as a whole group and it is not applicable to conduct reportable segment disclosure.
 
NOTE 18 – Concentration and Risk
 
(a)           Major customers
 
For the years ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, 100% of the Company’s assets were located in the PRC and 100% of the Company’s revenues were derived from customers located in the PRC.
 
 
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For the year ended March 31, 2009, major customers and vendors with their revenues are presented as follows:
Customers
 
Revenues
       
Customer A
  $ 6,977,098       29 %
Customer B
    4,946,657       21 %
Customer C
    2,125,170       9 %
Customer D
    1,831,917       7 %
Customer E
    1,443,014       6 %
Customer F
    1,331,899       5.5 %
Customer G
    1,013,758       4 %
Customer H
    508,599       2 %
Customer I
    435,852       1.8 %
Customer J
    242,846       1 %
Total
  $ 20,856,810       87 %

For the year ended March 31, 2010, major customers with their revenues are presented as follows:
 
Customers
 
Revenues
       
Customer A
  $ 20,202,821       57 %
Customer B
    10,813,748       30 %
Customer C
    4,155,946       12 %
Customer D
    237,897       1 %
Customer E
    173,028       0.5 %
                 
Total
  $ 35,583,440       100 %

(b)           Credit risk
 
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and trade accounts receivable. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers' financial condition, but does not require collateral to support such receivables.
 
 
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NOTE 19 – Foreign Currency
 
      2010             2009        
Effect on beginning cash balance
                           
Beginning cash balance in local currency
  LC 28,567,994           LC 4,215,064        
Net change in exchange rate during the year
    0.0002             0.0038        
Effect on beginning cash balance
          USD 5,877             USD 16,085  
                                 
Effect from operating activities during the year:
                               
Cash provided by operating activities in local currency
  LC 13,972,889             LC 135,947,004          
Year-end exchange rate
    0.1465               0.1463          
Operating cash flows based on year-end exchange rate
  USD 2,046,920             USD 19,887,214          
Operating cash flows reported in the statement of cash flows
    2,046,173               19,797,964          
Effect from operating activitites during the year
          USD 747             USD 89,250  
                                 
Effect from investing activities during the year:
                               
Cash used in investing activties in local currency
  LC (2,163,415 )           LC (117,194,075 )        
Year-end exchange rate
    0.1465               0.1463          
Investing cash flows based on year-end exchange rate
  USD (316,924 )           USD (17,143,913 )        
Investing cash flows reported in the statement of cash flows
    (316,807 )             (17,066,974 )        
Effect from investing activities during the year
          USD (117 )           USD (76,939 )
                                 
Effect from financing activities during the year:
                               
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities in local currency
  LC 3,010,000             LC 5,600,000          
Year-end exchange rate
    0.1465               0.1463          
Financing cash flows based on year-end
  USD 440,942             USD 819,204          
Financing cash flows reported in the statement of cash flows
    440,781               815,528          
Effect from financing activities during the year
          USD 161             USD 3,676  
                                 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
            6,668               32,072  
 
NOTE 20 – Subsequent Event
 
On June 14, 2010 Jintai Mining Group Inc. was formed and incorporated in the state of Delaware. The Corporation will be the holding company of the operating entity and will be the SEC reporting company.
 
On April 28, 2010 Jintai Mining Co., Limited, a Hong Kong Limited Company, was created which will be VIE beneficiary of the operating entity. The operating entity will be owned by a Wholly Owned Foreign Entity which is still in process of being approved by the Chinese government.
 
We evaluated subsequent events through the date and time our financial statements were issued on June 24, 2010.
 
 
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JINTAI MINING GROUP, INC.
 
6,000,000 Shares
of
Common Stock
 
PROSPECTUS
You should rely only on the information contained in this document or that we have referred you to. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different from that contained herein. This prospectus is not an offer to sell common stock and is not soliciting an offer to buy common stock in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
 
Until ______________, 2011, all dealers that effect transactions in these securities, whether or not participating in the offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers’ obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as underwriter and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions.
 
Maxim Group, LLC
 
____________, 2011
 
 
 

 
 
[Alternate Page for Selling Stockholder Prospectus]
 
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. The Selling Stockholder may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is declared effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state or jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted by the law of such state or jurisdiction. Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of the prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED APRIL __, 2011
 
Jintai Mining Group, Inc.
 
4,800,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
 
This Prospectus relates to 4,000,000 shares of common stock (the “Selling Stockholders’ Common Stock”) and 800,000 shares of common stock underlying certain warrants to purchase common stock (the “Selling Stockholders’ Warrants”)  of Jintai Mining Group, Inc., which are being offered for sale by two selling stockholders, Ms. Liwen Hu  and Mr. Haibin Zhong (the “Selling Stockholder”). Each of the Selling Stockholders’ Warrants expires on August 31 and November 30, 2015, and entitles the holder thereof, commencing one year from the date of this Prospectus, to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price equal to 110% of the IPO price during the five-year period beginning on the date of our Prospectus. Pursuant to an Amendment to the Warrants entered into between the Company and each of the Selling Shareholders, the exercise price of the Warrants was changed to $5.50 per share and the expiry of such Warrants was modified to three years from the execution thereof. The Warrants expire on August and November 2013. The Selling Stockholders’ Common Stock and the shares underlying Selling Stockholders’ Warrants are sometimes referred to as “Selling Stockholders’ Securities”. The Selling Stockholders received its Selling Stockholders’ Securities upon conversion of the Convertible Notes. See “SELLING SECURITY HOLDERS AND PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION.”
 
We will not receive any of the proceeds from sales of the Selling Stockholders’ Securities. The Selling Stockholders’ Securities may be offered from time to time by the Selling Stockholders, their pledges, donees, transferees, assignees and/or successors-in-interest, after the effective date of this Prospectus in negotiated transactions or otherwise, at a fixed price of $0.00 per Warrant and $5.00 per share (assuming the mid-point of the offering price) until trading has commenced on the NYSE Amex Equities (if at all) and thereafter at market prices prevailing at the time of sale or at negotiated prices. The Selling Stockholder will not be selling until the initial public offering is completed.
 
The Selling Stockholders may sell up to [       ] shares during the [  ] day period beginning after the date of this prospectus. No underwriting arrangements have been entered into by the Selling Stockholder. The distribution of the Selling Stockholders’ Securities by the Selling Stockholders, their pledges, their donees, transferees, assignees and/or successors-in-interest may be effected in one or more transactions that may take place on the over-the-counter market or exchange, including ordinary broker’s transactions, privately-negotiated transactions or through sales to one or more dealers for resale of such Purchase Warrants as principals, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Usual and customary or specifically negotiated brokerage fees or commissions may be paid by the Selling Stockholders, their pledges, donees, transferees, assignees and/or successors-in-interest, in connection with sales of the Selling Stockholders’ Securities.
 
 
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[Alternate Page for Selling Stockholder Prospectus]
 
On the date of this Prospectus, a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to an underwritten public offering of 6,000,000 shares of Common Stock (without giving effect to the overallotment option (the Overallotment Option”) was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY INVOLVE A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK.SEE “RISK FACTORS.”
 
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
 
The date of this Prospectus is April [    ], 2011
 
 
SS-2

 
 
[Alternate Page for Selling Stockholder Prospectus]
 
SHARES REGISTERED FOR RESALE

This prospectus covers the following securities registered for resale:

 
·
4,000,000 shares of Common Stock; See “Description of Securities”

 
·
800,000 shares of Common Stock underlying warrants to purchase Common Stock. See “Description of Securities”

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

The Selling Stockholders and any of their pledgees, donees, transferees, assignees and/or successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of its shares of common stock on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. The Selling Stockholders may use any one or more of the following methods when selling shares:

 
·
ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits investors;

 
·
block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;

 
·
purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;

 
·
an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;

 
·
an underwritten offering;

 
·
privately negotiated transactions;

 
·
to cover short sales made after the date that this Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission;

 
·
broker-dealers may agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;

 
·
a combination of any such methods of sale; and

 
·
any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.

The Selling Stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus.
 
Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated. The Selling Stockholders do not expect these commissions and discounts to exceed what is customary in the types of transactions involved. In no event will the maximum compensation to be received by any FINRA member in connection with this offering exceed 8.0%.
 
 
SS-3

 
 
[Alternate Page for Selling Stockholder Prospectus]
 
The Selling Stockholders  may from time to time pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell shares of common stock from time to time under this prospectus, or under an amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act amending the list of Selling Stockholders  to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as Selling Stockholders  under this prospectus.
 
Upon our being notified in writing by the Selling Stockholders  that any material arrangement has been entered into with a broker-dealer for the sale of common stock through a block trade, special offering, exchange distribution or secondary distribution or a purchase by a broker or dealer, a supplement to this prospectus will be filed, if required, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, disclosing (i) the name of each such Selling Stockholders  and of the participating broker-dealer(s), (ii) the number of shares involved, (iii) the price at which such the shares of common stock were sold, (iv) the commissions paid or discounts or concessions allowed to such broker-dealer(s), where applicable, (v) that such broker-dealer(s) did not conduct any investigation to verify the information set out or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, and (vi) other facts material to the transaction. In addition, upon our being notified in writing by any Selling Shareholder that a done, pledge, transferees, assignees and successors-in-interest intends to sell more than 500 shares of common stock, a supplement to this prospectus will be filed if then required in accordance with applicable securities law
 
The Selling Stockholders also may transfer the shares of common stock in other circumstances, in which case the transferees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.
 
The Selling Stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the shares may be deemed to be “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Discounts, concessions, commissions and similar selling expenses, if any, that can be attributed to the sale of Securities will be paid by the Selling Stockholders and/or the purchasers. Each Selling Stockholder has represented and warranted to us that it acquired the securities subject to this registration statement in the ordinary course of such Selling Stockholders’ business and, at the time of its purchase of such securities such Selling Stockholders had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute any such securities.
 
We have advised each Selling Stockholder that it may not use shares offered by this prospectus to cover short sales of common stock made prior to the date of this prospectus. If a Selling Stockholder uses this prospectus for any sale of the common stock, it will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. The Selling Stockholders will be responsible to comply with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules and regulations thereunder promulgated, including, without limitation, Regulation M, as applicable to such Selling Stockholders in connection with resales of their respective shares under this prospectus.
 
We are required to pay all fees and expenses incident to the registration of the Selling Stockholders’ Securities, but we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the common stock. We have agreed to indemnify the Selling Stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
 
 
SS-4

 
 
[Alternate Page for Selling Stockholder Prospectus]
 
USE OF PROCEEDS
 
We will not receive any proceeds upon the sale of any of the Selling Stockholders’ Securities registered on behalf of the Selling Stockholder.  We may receive proceeds from the exercise of the Selling Stockholders’ Warrants on a cash basis. The holders of the Warrants are not obligated to exercise the Warrants and we cannot assure that the holders of the Warrants will choose to exercise all or any of the warrants.
 
We intend to use the estimated net proceeds received upon exercise of the Warrants, if any, for working capital and general corporate purposes.
 
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
 
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to persons for whom the Company is registering the Selling Stockholders’ Securities for resale to the public. Beneficial ownership of the Selling Stockholders’ Securities by such Selling Stockholder after the initial public offering will depend on the number of Selling Stockholders’ Securities sold by such Selling Stockholder. The Selling Stockholders’ Securities offered by the Selling Stockholder are not being underwritten by the Underwriter.

Name
 
Shares of
Common Stock
Beneficially
Owned Before
the Offering
   
Percentage of
Common
Stock
Beneficially
Owned Before
Offering
   
Shares of
Common
Stock
Registered in
this Offering
   
Shares of
Common
Stock
Owned After
Offering
   
Percentage of
Common Stock
Beneficially
Owned After the
Offering
 
                               
Liwen Hu
   
2,400,000
     
5.6
%
   
2,400,000
     
0
     
0%
 
                                         
Haibin Zhong
   
2,400,000
     
5.6
%
   
2,400,000
     
0
     
0%
 
 
 
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PART II
 
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
ITEM 13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
 
The following table sets forth estimated expenses expected to be incurred in connection with the issuance and distribution of the Shares being registered. All such expenses will be paid by us. The amounts listed below are estimates subject to future contingencies.

Expenses:
 
Dollar amount
 
Securities and Exchange Commission Registration Fee
 
$
5,180.66
 
NYSE Amex Filing Fee
 
$
  
 
FINRA Filing Fee
 
$
   
         
Edgarization, Printing and Engraving
 
$
40,000.00
*
Accounting Fees and Expenses
 
$
150,000.00
 
Legal Fees and Expenses
 
$
300,000.00
 
Miscellaneous
 
$
  
 
TOTAL
 
$
   
 * Estimates

ITEM 14. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
 
The Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes corporations to limit or eliminate, subject to certain conditions, the personal liability of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties. Our certificate of incorporation limits the liability of our directors to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.
 
We have obtained director and officer liability insurance to cover liabilities our directors and officers may occur in connection with their services to us, including matters arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act). Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws also provide that we will indemnify any of our directors and officers who, by reason of the fact that he or she is one of our officers or directors, is involved in a legal proceeding of any nature. We will repay certain expenses incurred by a director or officer in connection with any civil or criminal action or proceeding, specifically including actions by us or in our name (derivative suits). Such indemnifiable expenses include, to the maximum extent permitted by law, attorney’s fees, judgments, civil or criminal fines, settlement amounts and other expenses customarily incurred in connection with legal proceedings. A director or officer will not receive indemnification if he or she is found not to have acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interest.
 
Such limitation of liability and indemnification does not affect the availability of equitable remedies. In addition, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC, indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
 
 
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There is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any of our directors, officers, employees or agents in which indemnification will be required or permitted. We are not aware of any threatened litigation or proceeding that may result in a claim for such indemnification.
 
ITEM 15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
 
On August 3, 2010, Jintai Mining Group, Inc. and Jintai Mining Co. Limited, and its shareholders, Kuizhong Cai, Zhiming Jiang, Yuan Lin and Weiheng Cai entered into a Share Exchange Agreement (“Share Exchange”) in which Jintai Mining Group, Inc. acquired all the capital stock of Jintai Mining Co., Limited  As a result of the Share Exchange, Kuizhong Cai, Zhiming Jiang, Yuan Lin and Weiheng Cai became shareholders of Jintai Mining Group, Inc., holding 24,000,000, 3,200,000, 1,600,000, and 3,200,000 shares of common stock, respectively, of Jintai Mining Group, Inc.,  Jintai Mining Co. Limited became a wholly owned subsidiary of Jintai Mining Group, Inc.
 
In August and November 2010, Ms. Liwen Hu and Mr. Haibin Zhong (the “Selling Stockholders”) purchased the Convertible Notes bearing an interest rate of 3% per annum from us.  The Convertible Notes are automatically convertible into 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock.  In connection with the issuance of the Convertible Note we issued the Selling Stockholders an aggregate of 800,000 warrants to purchase common stock at 110% of offering price per share.  Pursuant to an Amendment to the Warrants entered into between the Company and each of the Selling Shareholders, the exercise price of the Warrants was changed to $5.50 per share and the expiry of such Warrants was modified to three years from the execution thereof. As of the date hereof, we obtained aggregate gross proceeds of $20,000,000 from the issuance of the Convertible Note. We paid Maxim Group, LLC a commission of $300,000 from the issuance.
 
The Convertible Note and Selling Stockholders’ Warrants issued and sold to Selling Stockholders were issued and sold in reliance upon the exemption from registration contained in Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act. These securities may not be offered or sold in the United States in the absence of an effective registration statement or exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act.
 
ITEM 16.  Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
 
(a)           Exhibits:
 
The following exhibits are filed as part of this registration statement:

Exhibit
 
Description of Exhibit
1.1*
 
Form of Underwriting Agreement
2.1**
 
Share Exchange Agreement between Jintai Mining Group, Inc. and Jintai Mining Co. Limited and its shareholders, Kuizhong Cai, Zhiming Jiang, Yuan Lin and Weiheng Cai
3.1**
 
Certificate of Incorporation of Jintai Mining Group, Inc.
3.2**
 
Bylaws of Jintai Mining Group, Inc.
4.1***
 
Specimen of  Share of Common Stock Certificate
5.1+
 
Opinion of Gersten Savage LLP
10.1***
 
Consulting Services Agreement
10.2***
 
Operating Agreement
10.3***
 
Equity Pledge Agreement
10.4***
 
Option Agreement
10.5***
 
Proxy Agreement
10.6+++
 
Employment Agreement by and between Registrant and Kuizhong Cai
10.7+++
 
Employment Agreement by and between Registrant and Yuan Lin
10.8+++
 
Employment Agreement by and between Registrant and Danny T.N. Ho
10.9+++
 
Employment Agreement by and between Registrant and Shaoying Li
10.10***
 
Senior Secured 3% Convertible Promissory Note issued to Liwen Hu
10.11***
 
Amendment to Promissory Note between Jintai Mining Group, Inc., Huanjiang Jintai Mining Co., Limited and Liwen Hu
10.12***
 
Senior Secured 3% Convertible Promissory Note issued to Haibin Zhong
10.13***
 
Subscription Agreement (Liwen Hu)
10.14***
 
Subscription Agreement (Haibin Zhong)
10.15***
 
Warrant issued to Liwen Hu
10.16***
 
Amendment to Common Stock Purchase Warrant between Jintai Mining Group, Inc. and Liwen Hu
10.17***
 
Warrant issued to Haibin Zhong
10.18++
 
Amendment to the Consulting Services Agreement
10.19++++   Amendment to the Warrant issued to Liwen Hu
10.20++++   Amendment to the Warrant issued to Haibin Zhong
21.1**
 
List of Subsidiaries
23.1+
 
Consent of Lake Associates CPA’s LLC, Independent Auditors
23.2+
 
Consent of Gersten Savage LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.3++
 
Consent of John T. Boyd Company, Mining and Geological Consultants
99.1****
 
Form of Legal Opinion of Dacheng Law Offices
99.2*
 
Ore Reserve Estimate Report - Shangchao Zinc/Lead Mine issued by John T. Boyd Company
 
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+ Filed herewith.
* To be filed by amendment.
** Filed with the Registration Statement on Form S-1 on August 12, 2010.
*** Filed with the Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 on November 30, 2010.
**** Filed with the Amendment No.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 on January 7, 2011.
++Filed with the Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 on February 11, 2011.
+++Filed with the Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 on March 4, 2011.
++++Filed with the Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 on April 1, 2011.
 
 
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ITEM 17. Undertakings
 
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
 
(1)       To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

 
(i)
to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

 
(ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

 
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
 
provided, however , that paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post -effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
 
(2)           That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
 (3)          To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
 
 (4)          That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

Each prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.
 
 
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(5)           That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:
 
    The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

 
(i)
Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (§230.424 of this chapter);

 
(ii)
Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

 
(iii)
The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

 
(iv)
Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
 
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriter at the closing specified in the underwriting agreement certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriter to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.
 
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. 

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that:

 
(1)
For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this Registration Statement as of the time it was declared effective.

 
(2)
For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
 
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SIGNATURES
 
In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-1 and authorized this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Hechi City, Guangxi Province, People’s Republic of China, on April 22, 2011.

JINTAI MINING GROUP, INC.
 
By:
/s/ Yuan Lin
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
   
By:
/s/ Shaoying Li
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
 
In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement was signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates stated.
 
SIGNATURE
 
CAPACITY IN WHICH SIGNED
 
DATE
         
/s/ *
 
President and Chairman of the Board
 
April 22, 2011
Kuizhong Cai
       
         
/s/Yuan Lin
 
Chief Executive Officer and Director
 
April 22, 2011
Yuan Lin
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
   
         
/s/ *
 
Chief Financial Officer (Principal
 
April 22, 2011
Shaoying Li
 
Financial and Accounting Officer) 
   
         
/s/ *
 
Chief Operating Officer
 
April 22, 2011
Danny T.N. Ho
       
         
/s/ *
 
Director
 
April 22, 2011
Zhiming Jiang
       
         
/s/ *
 
Director
 
April 22, 2011
Danian Ye
       
         
/s/ *
 
Director
 
April 22, 2011
Cha Hwa Chong
       
         
/s/ *
 
Director
 
April 22, 2011
Suk Joo Sung
       
         
/s/ *
 
 Director
 
April 22, 2011
Zhenwei Jin
       
 
* /s/ Yuan Lin
Yuan Lin
Attorney-in-Fact
 
 
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EXHIBITS

Exhibit
 
Description of Exhibit
1.1*
 
Form of Underwriting Agreement
2.1**
 
Share Exchange Agreement between Jintai Mining Group, Inc. and Jintai Mining Co. Limited and its shareholders, Kuizhong Cai, Zhiming Jiang, Yuan Lin and Weiheng Cai
3.1**
 
Certificate of Incorporation of Jintai Mining Group, Inc.
3.2**
 
Bylaws of Jintai Mining Group, Inc.
4.1***
 
Specimen of  Share of Common Stock Certificate
5.1+
 
Opinion of Gersten Savage LLP
10.1***
 
Consulting Services Agreement
10.2***
 
Operating Agreement
10.3***
 
Equity Pledge Agreement
10.4***
 
Option Agreement
10.5***
 
Proxy Agreement
10.6+++
 
Employment Agreement by and between Registrant and Kuizhong Cai
10.7+++
 
Employment Agreement by and between Registrant and Yuan Lin
10.8+++
 
Employment Agreement by and between Registrant and Danny T.N. Ho
10.9+++
 
Employment Agreement by and between Registrant and Shaoying Li
10.10***
 
Senior Secured 3% Convertible Promissory Note issued to Liwen Hu
10.11***
 
Amendment to Promissory Note between Jintai Mining Group, Inc., Huanjiang Jintai Mining Co., Limited and Liwen Hu
10.12***
 
Senior Secured 3% Convertible Promissory Note issued to Haibin Zhong
10.13***
 
Subscription Agreement (Liwen Hu)
10.14***
 
Subscription Agreement (Haibin Zhong)
10.15***
 
Warrant issued to Liwen Hu
10.16***
 
Amendment to Common Stock Purchase Warrant between Jintai Mining Group, Inc. and Liwen Hu
10.17***
 
Warrant issued to Haibin Zhong
10.18++
 
Amendment to the Consulting Services Agreement
10.19++++   Amendment to the Warrant issued to Liwen Hu
10.20++++   Amendment to the Warrant issued to Haibin Zhong
21.1**
 
List of Subsidiaries
23.1+
 
Consent of Lake Associates CPA’s LLC, Independent Auditors
23.2+
 
Consent of Gersten Savage LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.3++
 
Consent of John T. Boyd Company, Mining and Geological Consultants
99.1****
 
Form of Legal Opinion of Dacheng Law Offices
99.2*
 
Ore Reserve Estimate Report - Shangchao Zinc/Lead Mine issued by John T. Boyd Company

+ Filed herewith.
* To be filed by amendment.
** Filed with the Registration Statement on Form S-1 on August 12, 2010.
*** Filed with the Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 on November 30, 2010.
 **** Filed with the Amendment No.2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 on January 7, 2011.
++Filed with the Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 on February 11, 2011.
+++Filed with the Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 on March 4, 2011.
++++Filed with the Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 on April 1, 2011.
 
 
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