10QSB: Optional form for quarterly and transition reports of small business issuers
Published on May 10, 2007
U.S.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-QSB
(Mark
One)
[X]
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT
OF 1934
For
the
quarterly period ended: March
31, 2007
[
]
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT
OF 1934
For
the
transitional period from __________________ to __________________
Commission
File No. 000-28543
THORIUM
POWER, LTD.
----------------------------------------------------
(Name
of
Small Business Issuer in Its Charter)
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NEVADA
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91-1975651
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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8300
Greensboro Drive, Suite 800
McLean,
Virginia 22102
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703.918.4904
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(Address
of Principal Executive Office)
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(Issuer
Telephone No. Including Area Code)
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Check
whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13
or
15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period
that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject
to such filing requirements for the past 90 days: Yes xNo
o.
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act): Yes o No x
The
number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common equity,
as of May 4, 2007 are as follows:
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Class
of Securities
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Shares
Outstanding
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Common
Stock, $0.001 par value
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297,692,991
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Transitional
Small Business Disclosure Format (check one): Yes o No x
ITEM
1. FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
Index
to Unaudited Financial Statements
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Page
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Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets
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2
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Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive
Loss
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3
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Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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4
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Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
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5
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Thorium
Power, Ltd.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets
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(Unaudited)
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(Audited)
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||||||
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March
31,
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December
31
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||||||
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2007
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2006
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||||||
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ASSETS
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|||||||
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Currrent
Assets
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|||||||
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$
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9,026,195
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$
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10,927,775
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|||
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Prepaid
expenses & other current assets
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146,667
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394,443
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|||||
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Total
Current Assets
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9,172,862
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11,322,218
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|||||
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Property
Plant and Equipment -net
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20,312
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21,290
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|||||
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Other
Assets
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|||||||
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Patent
costs - net
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217,875
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217,875
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|||||
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Security
deposits
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2,049
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2,049
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|||||
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Total
Other Assets
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219,924
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219,924
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|||||
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Total
Assets
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$
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9,413,098
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$
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11,563,432
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|||
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Liabilities
and Stockholders' Deficiency
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|||||||
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Current
Liabilities
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|||||||
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Current
portion long term debt
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$
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4,449
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$
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4,739
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|||
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Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
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947,866
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1,121,083
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|||||
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Other
current liabilities
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0
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347,690
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|||||
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Warrant
liability
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0
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1,132,440
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|||||
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Total
Current Liabilities
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952,315
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2,605,952
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|||||
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Notes
Payable - long term
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9,296
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10,433
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|||||
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Total
Liabilites
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961,611
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2,616,385
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|||||
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Commitments
and contingencies
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|||||||
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Common
Stock with Registration Rights
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|||||||
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Common
Stock subject to continuing registration, $0.001 par value, 36,659,837
shares issued
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|||||||
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and
outstanding at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006
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12,041,373
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12,041,373
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|||||
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Stockholders'
Deficiency
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|||||||
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Preferred
stock, $0.001 par value, 50,000,000 authorized shares, no shares
issued
and outstanding
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0
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0
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|||||
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Common
stock, $0.001 par value, 500,000,000 authorized, 260,340,554 shares
issued
and 259,490,554 shares outstanding at March 31, 2007 and 257,291,709
shares issued and 256,441,709 shares outstanding at December 31,
2006
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260,341
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257,292
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|||||
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Additional
paid in capital - stock and stock equivalents
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26,460,130
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23,148,560
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|||||
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Deficit
accumulated during the development stage
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(29,955,382
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)
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(27,177,989
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)
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|||
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Common
stock reserved for issuance, 1,000,000 shares at March 31, 2007
and
4,000,000 shares at December 31, 2006
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350,000
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1,200,000
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|||||
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Accumulated
other comprehensive income
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27,581
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18,861
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|||||
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Deferred
stock compensation
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(476,706
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)
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(285,200
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)
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|||
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Treasury
stock - 850,000 shares
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(255,850
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)
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(255,850
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)
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|||
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Total
Stockholders' Deficiency
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(3,589,886
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)
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(3,094,326
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)
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|||
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Total
Liabilities and Stockholders' Deficiency
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$
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9,413,098
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$
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11,563,432
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|||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of
these condensed consolidated financial statements
2
Thorium
Power, Ltd.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive
Loss
(Unaudited)
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Three
Months Ended
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Cumulative
Period from January 8, 1992 (Inception) to
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|||||||||
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March
31,
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March
31,
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|||||||||
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2007
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2006
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2007
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||||||||
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Revenue:
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||||||||||
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License
revenue
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$
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0
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$
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0
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$
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624,985
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||||
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Total
Revenue
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0
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0
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624,985
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|||||||
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Operating
Expenses
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||||||||||
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General
and administrative
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1,554,462
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330,973
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14,709,023
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|||||||
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Research
and development expenses
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0
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0
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3,926,558
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|||||||
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Stock-based
compensation
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1,335,517
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0
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12,697,134
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|||||||
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Total
Operating Loss
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2,889,979
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330,973
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30,707,730
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|||||||
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Other
(Income) and Expenses
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||||||||||
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Gain
on fair value of warrant derivatives
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0
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0
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(1,902,286
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)
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||||||
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Other
(income)/expense
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(112,586
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)
|
866
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(259,415
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)
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|||||
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Stock
settlement expense
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0
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0
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92,260
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|||||||
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Registration
right expense
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0
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0
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353,706
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|||||||
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Warrant
expense
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0
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0
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963,387
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|||||||
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Total
Other (Income) and Expenses
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(112,586
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)
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866
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(752,348
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)
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Net
Loss
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$
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2,777,393
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$
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331,839
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$
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29,955,382
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||||
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Other
Comprehensive Income (Loss)
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||||||||||
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Unrealized
Gain Marketable Securities
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8,720
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0
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27,581
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|||||||
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Total
Comprehensive Loss
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$
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2,768,673
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$
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331,839
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$
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29,927,801
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||||
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Net
Loss Per Common Share, Basic and diluted
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$
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0.01
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$
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0.00
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||||||
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Weighted
Average Number of shares outstanding for the period used to compute
per
share data
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295,165,399
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94,567,069
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of
these condensed consolidated financial statements
3
Thorium
Power, Ltd.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
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3
Months Ended
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Cumulative
amounts
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|||||||||
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March
31,
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January
8, 1992 (Inception)
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|||||||||
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2007
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2006
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to
March 31, 2007
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||||||||
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Operating
Activities
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||||||||||
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Net
Loss for the period
|
$
|
(2,777,393
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)
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$
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(331,839
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)
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$
|
(29,955,382
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)
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|
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Adjustments
to reconcile net loss from operations to net cash used in operating
activities:
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||||||||||
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Shares
issued for other than cash for payment of expenses
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1,430,673
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0
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12,880,539
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|||||||
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Gain
on fair value of warrant liability
|
0
|
0
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(1,902,286
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)
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||||||
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Depreciation
and Amorization
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978
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6,564
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358,189
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|||||||
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Unrealized
Gain Marketable Securities
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8,720
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0
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8,720
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|||||||
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Gain
or loss on disposition of assets
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0
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0
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86,855
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|||||||
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Capitalization
of Share Issue costs
|
0
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0
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(441,553
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)
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||||||
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Warrant
Expense
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0
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0
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963,387
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|||||||
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Settlement
Expense
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0
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0
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92,260
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|||||||
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Allocated
general and administrative expenses - contributed capital
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0
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0
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290,769
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|||||||
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Changes
in non-cash operating working capital items:
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||||||||||
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Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
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247,776
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2,987
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(29,283
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)
|
||||||
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Accounts
payable accrued liabilities and other current liabilities
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(810,907
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)
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(517,318
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)
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210,061
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|
||||
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Other
assets
|
0
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0
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5,518
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|||||||
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Net
Cash (Used In) Operating Activities
|
(1,900,153
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)
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(839,606
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)
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(17,432,206
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)
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Investing
Activities
|
||||||||||
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Purchase
of equipment
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0
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(1,057
|
)
|
(285,145
|
)
|
|||||
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Proceeds
from the sale of equipment
|
0
|
0
|
13,583
|
|||||||
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Acquisition
of patents
|
0
|
(300
|
)
|
(411,669
|
)
|
|||||
|
Other
assets
|
0
|
0
|
(7,567
|
)
|
||||||
|
Net
Cash (Used In) Investing Activities
|
0
|
(1,357
|
)
|
(690,798
|
)
|
|||||
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Financing
Activities
|
||||||||||
|
Proceeds
from Issue of common shares
|
0
|
1,543,774
|
14,498,016
|
|||||||
|
Payments
on notes payable and other
|
(1,427
|
)
|
(1,011
|
)
|
13,744
|
|||||
|
Proceeds
of loan - related party
|
0
|
(28,430
|
)
|
384,690
|
||||||
|
Repayment
of loan - related party
|
0
|
0
|
(239,659
|
)
|
||||||
|
Purchase
of treasury stock
|
0
|
0
|
(255,850
|
)
|
||||||
|
Other
|
0
|
0
|
5,850
|
|||||||
|
Cash
acquired in recapitalization of Thorium Power Inc.
|
0
|
0
|
12,742,408
|
|||||||
|
Net
Cash Provided By (Used In) Financing Activities
|
$
|
(1,427
|
)
|
$
|
1,514,333
|
$
|
27,149,199
|
|||
|
Net
Increase In Cash and Cash Equivalents
|
$
|
(1,901,580
|
)
|
$
|
673,370
|
$
|
9,026,195
|
|||
|
Cash
and Cash Equivalents, Beginning Of Period
|
10,927,775
|
283
|
0
|
|||||||
|
Cash
and Cash Equivalents, End Of Period
|
$
|
9,026,195
|
$
|
673,653
|
$
|
9,026,195
|
||||
|
Supplemental
Disclosure of Cash Flow Information
|
||||||||||
|
Cash
paid during the year:
|
||||||||||
|
Interest
paid
|
$
|
323
|
$
|
566
|
$
|
3,292
|
||||
|
Income
taxes paid
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||
|
Non-cash
transactions
|
||||||||||
|
Conversion
of liabilities to equity
|
$
|
1,166,440
|
$
|
4,100
|
$
|
1,269,640
|
||||
The
accompanying notes are an integral
part of these condensed consolidated financial statements
4
Thorium
Power, Ltd.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
March
31, 2007
| 1. |
BASIS
OF PRESENTATION
|
The
unaudited financial information of Thorium Power, Ltd. (formerly, Novastar
Resources Ltd.) (the “Company”) and subsidiaries furnished herein has been
prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and reflects all adjustments, which in the
opinion of management are necessary to fairly state the Company's interim
financial position and the results of its operations for the periods presented.
Certain information and note disclosures normally included in financial
statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted
from
these statements pursuant to such rules and regulations and, accordingly, this
report on Form 10-QSB should be read in conjunction with the Company's financial
statements and notes thereto included in the Company's Form 10-KSB for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2006. The Company assumes that the users of
the
interim financial information herein have read or have access to the audited
financial statements for the preceding fiscal year and that the adequacy of
additional disclosure needed for a fair presentation may be determined in that
context. Accordingly, footnote disclosure, which would substantially duplicate
the disclosure contained in the Company's Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2006, has been omitted. The results of operations for the
three-month period ended March 31, 2007 are not necessarily indicative of
results for the entire fiscal year ending December 31, 2007.
| 2. |
NATURE
OF OPERATIONS AND MERGER WITH THORIUM POWER
INC.
|
Radkowsky
Thorium Power Corp., incorporated in the state of Delaware on January 8, 1992
(“Inception”), changed its name to Thorium Power, Inc. in Apri1 2001. Thorium
Power, Inc. is engaged in the development, promotion and marketing of its three
patented nuclear fuel designs: (1) Thorium/uranium nuclear fuel, (2)
Thorium/reactor-grade plutonium disposing fuel, and (3) Thorium/weapons-grade
plutonium disposing fuel. These fuels are designed to be used in existing light
water reactors. Presently, we are focusing most of our efforts on demonstrating
and testing our nuclear fuel technology for the Russian designed VVER-1000
reactors.
Once
our
reactor fuels are further developed and tested, we plan to license our
intellectual property rights to fuel fabricators, nuclear generators, and
governments for use in commercial light water nuclear reactors, or sell the
technology to a major nuclear company or government contractor or some
combination of the two. We anticipate having our technology fully developed
for
VVER-1000 reactors and our fuel tested in a VVER-1000 operating reactor in
the
next three years. Presently all our research, testing and demonstration
activities are being conducted in Russia. Our research operations are subject
to
various political, economic, and other risks and uncertainties inherent in
Russia.
Our
nuclear fuel process is dependent on the ability of suppliers of the mineral
thorium, to provide it to our future customers on a timely basis and also on
favorable pricing terms. The loss of certain principal suppliers of thorium
or a
significant reduction in thorium availability from principal suppliers could
have a material adverse effect on the future operating results of the
Company.
We
participate in a highly regulated industry that is characterized by governmental
regulation. Our results of operations are affected by a wide variety of factors
including general economic conditions, decreases in the use or public favor
of
nuclear power, the ability of our technology, the ability to safeguard the
production of nuclear power and safeguarding our patents and intellectual
property from competitors. Due to these factors, we may experience substantial
period-to-period fluctuations in our future operating results.
Operations
to date have been devoted primarily to continued development of our fuel
designs, filing for certain patents relating to our technology, developing
strategic relationships within the nuclear industry, securing political and
some
financial support from the United States and Russian governments, and
administrative functions. We, therefore, based on our current operations,
prepare our accompanying consolidated financial statements as a Development
Stage Enterprise.
| 3. |
SUMMARY
OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
|
a)
Consolidation
These
financial statements include the accounts of Thorium Ltd (a Nevada corporation)
and our wholly-owned subsidiaries, Thorium Power, Inc. (a Delaware corporation)
and TP Acquisition Corp., (a Delaware corporation), collectively the
(“Company”).
5
Thorium
Power, Ltd.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
March
31, 2007
On
October 6, 2006, a merger took place between Thorium Power, Ltd. and Thorium
Power, Inc. For Financial reporting purposes, this merger transaction was
recorded as a recapitalization of Thorium Power, Inc. , whereby Thorium Power,
Inc. is deemed to be the continuing surviving entity for accounting purposes,
but through reorganization, has deemed to have adopted the capital structure
of
Thorium Power, Ltd. Accordingly, all references to common shares of Thorium
Power Inc.’s common stock have been restated to reflect the equivalent number of
Thorium Power, Ltd.’s common shares.
All
significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in
consolidation.
b)
Use
of
Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements, in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America, requires management to
make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date
of
the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses
during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
These
consolidated financial statements include some amounts that are based on
management's best estimates and judgments. The most significant estimates relate
to valuation of stock grants, stock options and stock purchase warrants, accrued
liquidation damages pursuant to the Registration Right Agreement for the May
4,
2006 private placement, and various contingent liabilities. These
above-mentioned estimates and others may be adjusted as more current information
becomes available, and any adjustment could be significant in future reporting
periods.
c)
Prior
Year Reclassifications
Certain
reclassifications have been made to our prior years' financial statements in
order to conform to the current year presentation. On our Statement of
Operations, certain general and administrative expenses were combined into
the
one expense caption called general and administrative expenses. These
reclassifications had no effect on previously reported results of operations
or
accumulated deficit of Thorium Power, Inc.
d)
Warrants - Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncement
Warrants
issued in conjunction with equity financing were accounted for under the
Emerging Issues Task Force FSP (“EITF”) Issue No. 00-19, `Accounting for
Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to and Potentially Settled in a
Company's Own Stock'. In December 2006, the FASB approved FSP EITF 00-19-2
Accounting for Registration Payment Arrangements, which establishes the standard
that contingent obligations to make future payments under a registration rights
arrangement shall be recognized and measured separately in accordance with
Statement 5 and FASB Interpretation No. 14, Reasonable Estimation of the
Amount of a Loss. The Company has evaluated the effect of how FSP EITF 00-19-2
and FSP EITF Topic D-98 affected these accompanying financial statements. The
adoption of FSP EITF 00-19-2 accounting pronouncement on January 1, 2007 changed
the classification of the warrant liability, a total of $1,132,440, to
stockholders’ equity (additional paid in capital).
| 4. |
Financial
Status and Going Concern Considerations - March 31,
2007
|
Management
anticipates, based on its current projected working capital requirements, that
it will have enough working capital funds to sustain its current operations
at
its current operating level, until sometime during the first calendar quarter
of
2008. The Company will therefore need to raise additional capital in 2007,
either by having future issuances of its stock or incurring debt in 2007 in
order to provide the additional working capital funds required to continue
its
operations into 2008 and beyond.
| 5. |
Research and
Development Costs
|
Research
and development costs, amounted to $ - and $- for the three months ended March
31, 2007 and 2006, respectively and $3,926,558 from January 8, 1992 (Inception)
to March 31, 2007.
| 6. |
Stockholders'
Equity
|
Total
Common stock outstanding at March 31, 2007 was 296,150,391 (including 36,659,837
shares of common stock with registration rights). There were also 850,000 shares
that were held as Treasury stock at March 31, 2007, bringing the total
number of shares issued to 297,000,391. At March 31, 2007, there were 25,282,745
stock purchase warrants and 30,869,910 stock options outstanding, all totaling
353,153,046 of total stock and stock equivalents outstanding March 31,
2007.
6
Thorium
Power, Ltd.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
March
31, 2007
a).
Common Stock Issued With Registration Rights - Temporary Equity
On
May 4,
2006, the Company completed a private placement with certain investors in which
it sold an aggregate of 36,659,837 units, consisting of 36,659,837 shares of
its
restricted common stock and 18,329,918 common stock purchase warrants for
$15,580,431. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and one-half of
a
non-transferable share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder
of the warrant to acquire one additional share of common stock at a price of
$0.65 per share and expires twelve months from the closing date of the
subscription expiration date or term subsequently extended 6
months.
Under
the
terms of the sale, the investors were granted registration rights in which
the
Company agreed to timely file a registration statement to register the common
shares and the shares underlying the warrants, obtain effectiveness of the
registration statement by the SEC on or before September 1, 2006, and maintain
the effectiveness of this registration statement for a pre-set time thereafter.
In the event the Company failed to timely perform under the registration rights
agreement, the Company agreed to pay the investors liquidated damages in an
amount equal to 2% of the aggregate amount invested by the investors for each
30-day period or pro rata for any portion thereof following the date by which
the registration statement should have been effective. The initial registration
statement was timely filed, however it was not declared effective by the SEC
within the allowed time. Accordingly, the Company was liable to the investors
for liquidated damages under the registration rights agreement.
The
EITF
is currently reviewing the accounting for securities with liquidated damages
clauses as stated in EITF 05-04, The Effect of a Liquidated Damages Clause
on a
Freestanding Financial Instrument subject to EITF 00-19. There are currently
several views as to how to account for this type of transaction and the EITF
has
not yet reached a consensus. In accordance with EITF 00-19, Accounting for
Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed To, and Potentially Settled in the
Company's Own Stock, and EITF 05-04, because of the potential liquidated damages
for failure to obtain and maintain an effective registration statement is
substantial, the value of the common stock subject to such registration rights
should be classified as temporary equity. Additionally, in accordance with
EITF
00-19 and the terms of the above warrants, the fair value of the warrants was
recorded as a liability, with an offsetting reduction to shareholders' equity.
The warrant liability is initially measured at fair value using the Black
Scholes option pricing model, and was then re-valued at each reporting date,
with changes in the fair value reported as non-cash charges or credits to
earnings reported as gain/loss on fair value of warrant
derivatives.
The
SEC
concluded that under EITF 00-19, common stock and warrants subject to
registration rights where significant liquidated damages could be required
to be
paid to the holder of the instrument in the event the issuer fails to maintain
the effectiveness of a registration statement for a preset time period, the
common stock subject to such liquidated damages does not meet the tests required
for shareholders' equity classification, and accordingly must be reflected
between liabilities and shareholders' equity in the balance sheet until the
conditions are eliminated. In analyzing instruments under EITF 00-19, the
likelihood or probability related to the failure to maintain an effective
registration statement is not a factor.
Based
on
the above interpretation, as of May 4, 2006, the Company classified $12,041,373
for the value of common stock subject to registration rights as temporary equity
instead of shareholders' equity. In addition, the Company measured the initial
fair value of the warrants on May 4, 2006 at $3,539,058 and classified at that
date the fair value of the warrants as warrant liability instead of
shareholders' equity.
At
the
end of each reporting period, the value of these warrants was re-measured based
on the fair value of the underlying shares, and changes to the warrant liability
and related “gain or loss in fair value of the warrants” was recorded as a
non-cash charge or credit to earnings. The warrant liability was reclassified
to
shareholders' equity when the Company adopted a new accounting pronouncement
FSP
00-19-2 as mentioned above in 2007.
b)
Share-based Compensation
7
Thorium
Power, Ltd.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
March
31, 2007
The
Company has in place a stock-based compensation plan to reward for services
rendered by officers, directors, employees and consultants. On July 17, 2006,
the Company amended this stock plan. The Company has reserved 75,000,000 shares
of common stock of its unissued share capital for the stock plan. Other
limitations are as follows:
|
i).
|
No
more than 37,500,000 options can be granted for the purchase of restricted
common shares.
|
|
ii).
|
No
more than 8,000,000 options can be granted to any one person during
any
one fiscal year.
|
|
iii).
|
No
more than 5,000,000 restricted common shares can be granted to any
one
person during any one fiscal year.
|
On
January 1, 2006, the Company adopted FAS-123R. In March 2005, the SEC staff
expressed their views with respect to FAS-123R in Staff Accounting Bulletin
No.
107, Share-Based Payment (“SAB 107”). SAB 107 provides guidance on valuing
options. The impact of adopting FAS-123R for the year ended December 31, 2006
was to record a non-cash compensation expense of $2,184,001, of which $937,619
was allocated prior to the merger from Thorium Power, Ltd. for services rendered
on behalf of Thorium Power, Inc. Prior to January 1, 2006, the Company accounted
for share-based payments under the recognition and measurement provisions of
APB
Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees (“APB 25”), and related
Interpretations, as permitted by FAS-123. In accordance with APB 25, no
compensation cost was required to be recognized for options granted that had
an
exercise price equal to the market value of the underlying common stock on
the
date of grant. The Company adopted FAS-123R using the
modified-prospective-transition method. Under that transition method,
compensation cost recognized in future interim and annual reporting periods
includes: a) compensation cost for all share-based payments granted prior to,
but not yet vested as of January 1, 2006, based on the grant-date fair value
estimated in accordance with the original provisions of FAS-123, and b)
compensation cost for all share-based payments granted subsequent to January
1,
2006, based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with the
provisions of FAS-123R.
The
adoption of FAS-123R had no effect on cash flow from operations or cash flow
from financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2007. FAS-123R
requires the cash flows from tax benefits resulting from tax deductions in
excess of the compensation cost recognized for those options (“excess tax
benefits”) to be classified as financing cash flows. Prior to the adoption of
FAS-123R, excess tax benefits would have been classified as operating cash
inflows. The Company has not recognized, and does not expect to recognize
in the near future, any tax benefit related to stock-based compensation costs
as
a result of the full valuation allowance on our net operating loss carry
forwards.
The
Company recognizes share-based compensation expense for all service-based awards
with graded vesting schedules on a straight-line basis over the requisite
service period for the entire award. Initial accruals of compensation expense
are based on the estimated number of shares for which requisite service is
expected to be rendered. Estimates are revised if subsequent information
indicates that forfeitures will differ from previous estimates, and the
cumulative effect on compensation cost of a change in the estimated forfeitures
is recognized in the period of the change.
For
awards with service conditions and graded vesting that were granted prior to
the
adoption of FAS-123R, the Company estimates the requisite service period and
the
number of shares expected to vest and recognizes compensation expense for each
tranche on a straight-line basis over the estimated requisite service period
of
the award or over a period ending with an employee's eligible retirement date,
if earlier. Adjustments to compensation expense as a result of revising the
estimated requisite service period are recognized prospectively.
Total
stock options outstanding at March 31, 2007 were 30,869,910 and 13,887,623
of
these total options were vested at March 31, 2007.
Stock
option transactions to the employees, directors, advisory board members and
consultants are summarized as follows:
|
|
March
31, 2007
|
|||
|
Stock
Options Outstanding
|
|
|||
|
Outstanding
- Beginning of Period
|
34,578,993
|
|||
|
Issued
|
2,686,412
|
|||
|
Expired
|
(6,395,495
|
)
|
||
|
Forfeited
|
—
|
|||
|
Outstanding
end of the period
|
30,869,910
|
|||
|
Options
exercisable at the end of the period
|
13,887,623
|
|||
The
above
table includes options issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2007 from Thorium
Power, Ltd. as follows:
8
Thorium
Power, Ltd.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
March
31, 2007
|
i).
|
A
total of 2,200,000 non-qualified 10 year options have been issued
by
Thorium Power, Ltd., to advisory board members at exercise prices
of $0.33
to $0.64 per share.
|
|
ii).
|
A
total of 5,500,000 non-qualified 5 year options have been issued
to
advisory board members at an exercise price of $0.445 per share and
a
weighted average of $0.445; and
|
|
iii).
|
A
total of 17,403,654 non-qualified 2 year, 5 year and 10 year options
have
been issued to directors and officers of the Company, at exercise
prices
of $0.30 to $0.80 per share. From this total, 7,200,000 options were
issued to the Chief Executive Officer who is also a director, on
February
14, 2006, with a remaining contractual life of 8.8 years. On January
16,
2007 our Chief Executive Officer was issued 1,486,412 options to
replace
the same number of stock options he was granted from Thorium Power,
Inc.,
prior to the merger, that were expiring January 2007. The exercise
price
of these options was increased from its original strike price of
$0.39 per
share to $0.50 per share with a new contractual life of 2 years.
Also from
the total options cited above, 1 million options were issued to our
Chief
Operating Officer, pursuant to an employment agreement, on February
1,
2007 at an exercise price of $0.35 per share, vesting over 4 years
with
the first 6 months vesting on August 1, 2007, with a contractual
term of
10 years.
|
The
following table provides certain information with respect to the
above-referenced stock options that are outstanding and exercisable at March
31,
2007:
|
|
Stock
Options Outstanding
|
Stock
Options Vested
|
|||||||||||
|
Exercise
Prices
|
Number
of Awards
|
Weighted
Average Remaining
Contractual
Life - Years
|
Number
of Awards
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
|||||||||
|
$0.16
- $0.20
|
5,766,256
|
3.34
|
5,766,256
|
$
|
0.16
|
||||||||
|
$0.30-$0.39
|
2,692,242
|
6.18
|
756,132
|
$
|
0.33
|
||||||||
|
$0.45-$0.51
|
13,211,412
|
6.31
|
4,706,900
|
$
|
0.48
|
||||||||
|
$0.64-$0.80
|
9,200,000
|
8.92
|
2,658,335
|
$
|
0.77
|
||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||
|
Total
|
30,869,910
|
6.5
|
13,887,623
|
$
|
0.49
|
||||||||
Assumptions
used in the Black Scholes option-pricing model are as follows:
The
aggregate intrinsic value of stock options outstanding at March 31, 2007 was
$888,003 of which $888,003 relates to vested awards. Intrinsic value is
calculated based on the difference between the exercise price of the underlying
awards and the quoted price of our common stock as of the reporting date ($0.31
per share as of March 31, 2007)
|
|
March31,
2007
|
|||
|
Average
risk-free interest rate
|
4.18%
- 4.45%
|
|
||
|
Average
expected life
|
5
years
|
|||
|
Expected
volatility
|
107%
- 275%
|
|
||
|
Expected
dividends
|
0%
|
|
||
During
the three months ended March 31, 2007, $1,374,406 was recorded as stock-based
compensation expense in the statement of operations. The result of all the
above
stock option grants included in stock-based compensation in the statement of
operations, totaled $1,177,023 for the three months ended March 31, 2007
(non-deductible for tax purposes, may provide a tax deduction for the Company
when exercised). Stock compensation to executive officers totaled $58,333.
This
compensation was recorded as a result of the issuance of 1 million shares of
restricted stock to the Company’s new Chief Operating Officer, pursuant to an
employment agreement entered into effective February 1, 2007. These shares
vest
monthly over a 36 month period and the stock price was $0.35 per share on
the date of the agreement. This stock issuance resulted in a total stock
compensation expense of $350,000, to be recognized over a 36 month period
starting February 1, 2007. For the three months ended March 31, 2007, $19,444
of
this total compensation amount was recognized as stock compensation expense
and
the remaining amount $330,556 was recorded as deferred stock compensation,
a
contra equity account on the balance sheet. Some stock volatility factors used
by the Company, for five option grants in its fiscal year ended June 30, 2006
calculated the volatility factor for Black Scholes using the term of the option,
which is general practice, not from the announcement date of the merger, January
5, 2006, which was later determined to be a more applicable date range due
to
the announcement date being the date the stock market reflected the merger
in
the valuation of the Company's stock. This difference in these volatility
factors for these five option grants is not material to these financial
statements, therefore, no current adjustment to the volatility factors was
made
to these financial statements for these five option grants and we have decided
to continue to use these factors for future expense recognition of options
under
SFAS #123R.
9
Thorium
Power, Ltd.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
March
31, 2007
c).
Warrants
At
March
31, 2007, there were 25,282,745 warrants outstanding.
At
March
31, 2007 the range of warrant prices for shares under warrants and the
weighted-average remaining contractual life are as follows:
|
|
Warrants
Outstanding and Exercisable
|
||||||
|
Warrants
- Exercise Price
|
Number
of Warrants
|
Weighted
Average Remaining
Contractual
Life - Years
|
|||||
|
$0.30
(Assumed from Thorium Power Ltd.)
|
2,104,999
|
0.2
|
|||||
|
$0.39
|
2,743,662
|
.04
|
|||||
|
$0.50
(Assumed from Thorium Power Ltd.)
|
2,104,166
|
.05
|
|||||
|
$0.65
(Assumed from Thorium Power Ltd.)
|
18,39,918
|
0.6
|
|||||
|
Total
|
25,282,745
|
0.5
|
|||||
The
investors in the November 23, 2005, March 30, 2006 and May 4, 2006 private
placements received detachable warrants for the purchase of 2,104,999, 2,104,166
and 18,329,918 shares of common stock, respectively, which were valued at
$127,467, $281,117 and $3,539,058, respectively. For purposes of estimating
the
intrinsic fair value of each warrant as of dates of the private placements,
the
Company utilized the Black Scholes option-pricing model. The Company estimated
the fair value of the warrants assuming no expected dividends and the following
weighted-average assumptions:
|
|
March
31, 2007
|
|||
|
Average
risk-free interest rate
|
2.86%
- 4.30%
|
|||
|
Average
expected life
|
1
year
|
|||
|
Expected
volatility
|
142%
- 153%
|
|||
|
Expected
dividends
|
0%
|
|
||
d).
Common Stock and Warrants reserved for Future Issuance
Common
stock and warrants reserved for future issuance consists of:
|
|
Shares
of
|
Stock
|
|
|||||||
|
|
Common
|
Purchase
|
|
|||||||
|
|
Stock
|
Warrants
|
Amount
|
|||||||
|
Stock-based
Compensation
|
1,000,000
|
0
|
$
|
350,000
|
||||||
10
Thorium
Power, Ltd.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
March
31, 2007
| 7. |
Income
Taxes
|
Deferred
income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the
carrying amounts of assets and liabilities recognized for financial reporting
and the amounts recognized for income tax purposes. The significant components
of deferred tax assets (at a 40% effective tax rate) as of December 31, 2006
are
as follows:
|
|
Total
Amount
|
Deferred
Tax Asset Amount
|
|||||
|
Assets
|
|
|
|||||
|
Stock-based
compensation
|
3,896,519
|
1,558,608
|
|||||
|
Approximate
net operating loss
|
26,097,752
|
10,439,101
|
|||||
|
Less:
valuation allowance
|
(29,994,271
|
)
|
(11,997,709
|
)
|
|||
|
|
$ | — |
—
|
||||
Management
believes that it is more likely than not that the forecasted taxable income
will
not be sufficient to utilize the tax carryforwards of approximately $26,097,752,
before its expiration in 2012 to 2026 to fully recover the asset. As a result,
the amount of the deferred tax assets considered realizable was reduced 100%
by
a valuation allowance. In the near term, if estimates of future taxable income
are increased, such an increase will change the valuation allowance. The Company
has no other deferred tax assets or liabilities.
| 8. |
Research
Agreement
|
The
Company has recently reached an agreement with Federal State Unitary Enterprise
“Red Star”, a Russian government owned entity, on all terms of a contract
whereby Thorium Power's seed and blanket fuel designs will undergo irradiation
testing with the goal of moving toward deployment within full-sized commercial
reactors. The contract is subject to approval by the Russian Federal Agency
for
Atomic Energy (RosAtom), which the Company expects to be completed in the second
quarter of 2007.
| 9. |
Commitments
and Contingencies
|
Firm
Price Commitments
The
Company entered into a firm price commitment agreement in connection with its
participation in the pre-conceptual design phase for the construction of a
high-temperature test and research reactor in Texas. The agreement has created
a
commitment by the Company for a minimum of $1.25 million financial contribution
toward the project. A minimum payment of $50,000 on the agreement was due and
paid on February 22, 2006, with 10 additional payments totaling $1.2 million
due
by December 31, 2006. A total of $550,000 has been paid as of March 31, 2007.
Management has decided to prioritize research and demonstration activities
on
its nuclear fuel designs in Russia (see above) and currently has no intention
to
contribute additional funding toward the high-temperature test and research
reactor project in Texas. In Management's opinion, based on the terms and
conditions presented in this agreement, it has no further obligations to fund
this project.
COMMITMENTS
AND CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS
The
Company has employment agreements with its executive officers, the terms of
which expire at various times. Such agreements provide for minimum compensation
levels, as well as incentive bonuses that are payable if specified management
goals are attained. Under each of the agreements, in the event the officer's
employment is terminated (other than voluntarily by the officer or by the
Company for cause or upon the death of the officer), the Company, if all
provisions of the employment agreements are met, is committed to pay certain
benefits, including specified monthly severance.
11
When
used
in this report, the terms “Thorium Power,” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” and “us”
refer to Thorium Power, Ltd. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Thorium Power,
Inc.
(“Thorium Power, Inc.”) on a consolidated basis.
FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”). The words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,”
“project,” “target,” “optimistic,” “intend,” “aim,” “will” or similar
expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements
include, among others, those concerning our expected financial performance
and
strategic and operational plans, as well as all assumptions, expectations,
predictions, intentions or beliefs about future events. These statements are
based on the beliefs of our management as well as assumptions made by and
information currently available to us and reflect our current view concerning
future events. As such, they are subject to risks and uncertainties that could
cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among many
others: our significant operating losses; our limited operating history;
uncertainty of capital resources; the speculative nature of our business; our
ability to successfully implement new strategies; present and possible future
governmental regulations; operating hazards; competition; the loss of key
personnel; any of the factors in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K; other risks identified in this Report; and any
statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. You should also
carefully review other reports that we file with the SEC. The Company assumes
no
obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements,
except as required by law.
We
file
annual and quarterly reports and other information with the SEC. You may obtain
and copy any document we file with the SEC at the SEC’s public reference room at
100 F Street, NE, Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information
on the operation of the SEC’s public reference facilities by calling the SEC at
1-800-SEC-0330. You can request copies of these documents, upon payment of
a
duplicating fee, by writing to the SEC at its principal office at 100 F Street,
NE, Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549-1004. The SEC maintains an Internet
website at http://www.sec.gov that contains reports and other information
regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. Our SEC filings,
including the exhibits thereto, are accessible through the Internet at that
website.
Thorium
Power, Ltd.’s reports on Forms 10-KSB, 10-QSB and 8-K, and amendments to those
reports, are available for download, free of charge, as soon as reasonably
practicable after these reports are filed with the SEC, at our website at
www.thoriumpower.com. The content of our website is not a part of this Report.
You may request a copy of our SEC filings, at no cost to you, by telephoning
us
at 703.918.4932 or writing us at: Thorium Power, Ltd., 8300 Greensboro Drive,
Suite 800, McLean, Virginia 22102, attention: Secretary. We will not send
exhibits to the documents, unless the exhibits are specifically requested and
you pay our fee for duplication and delivery.
Item
2. MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION.
The
following analysis discusses the financial condition and results of operations
of Thorium Power, Ltd and it’s subsidiary, Thorium Power, Inc., at and for the
three months ended on March 31, 2007 and 2006, and should be read in conjunction
with our unaudited consolidated financial statements and the notes
thereto.
General
Overview
On
October 6, 2006, we acquired Thorium Power, Inc. through a merger transaction.
Thorium Power, Inc. has patented proprietary nuclear fuel designs for use in
existing commercial nuclear power plants. The merger was accounted for as a
reverse merger and Thorium Power, Inc. is being treated as the accounting
acquiror.
As
discussed in more detail below, in connection with the merger, we changed our
line of business. This new line of business, which is now our only business
line, is research and development of proprietary nuclear fuel designs for use
in
nuclear power plants. We began to shift our focus to this business in
anticipation of the merger with Thorium Power, Inc. and, upon completion of
the
merger, this business is conducted through both Thorium Power, Inc. and the
Company. Our historical business preceding the merger was mineral exploration
which has been phased out completely.
12
We
are a
development stage company. We are primarily engaged in the development of
proprietary nuclear fuel designs which we intend ultimately to introduce for
sale into three markets: (1) nuclear fuel designs for use in commercial nuclear
power plants, (2) nuclear fuel designs for reactor-grade plutonium disposition,
and (3) nuclear fuel designs for weapons-grade plutonium disposition. These
fuel
designs are primarily for use in existing or future VVER-1000 light water
reactors. We have also been conducting research and development relating to
a
variant of these nuclear fuel designs for use in existing pressurized water
reactors (PWR).
Our
future customers may include nuclear fuel fabricators and/or nuclear power
plants, and/or the U.S. or foreign governments.
To
date,
our operations have been devoted primarily to the development and demonstration
of our nuclear fuel designs, developing strategic relationships within and
outside of the nuclear power industry, securing political and financial support
from the U.S. and Russian governments, the filing of patent applications and
related administrative functions. We do not currently have any revenues from
our
activities in this area and expect that we will not generate licensing revenues
from this business for several years, until our fuel designs can be fully tested
and demonstrated and we obtain the proper approvals to use our nuclear fuel
designs in nuclear reactors. Future revenues could be generated through the
licensing of our technology and also by providing other services in the nuclear
power industry. Accordingly, we prepare our financial statements as a
development stage company in accordance with FASB Statement No. 7, “Accounting
and Reporting by Development Stage Enterprises.”
Material
Opportunities and Challenges
We
believe that a major opportunity for us is the possibility that our fuel
designs, which are currently in the research and development stage, will be
used
in the manufacturing of nuclear fuel utilized in many existing light water
nuclear reactors in the future. Light water reactors are the dominant reactor
types currently in use in the world and fuels for such reactors constitute
the
majority of the commercial market for nuclear fuel. Our focus is on three
different types, or variants, of thorium fuel designs. The first is designed
to
provide reactor owner-operators with an economically viable alternative fuel
that will not generate weapons-usable plutonium in the spent fuel. The second
is
designed to dispose of reactor-grade plutonium that has been extracted from
spent fuel from commercial rectors and stockpiled in Russia, Western Europe,
the
U.S., Japan and other countries. The third is designed to dispose of
weapons-grade plutonium that is stockpiled in Russia and the United States.
All
three of these fuel variants are expected to have additional benefits, including
reduced volume and reduced long-term radio-toxicity of spent fuel for the same
amount of electricity generated, as compared with the uranium fuels that are
currently used in light water reactors and as compared with MOX
fuel.
Our
nuclear fuel designs have never been demonstrated in a full-size commercial
reactor. Our planned demonstration of the fuels in a VVER-1000 reactor in Russia
would provide operating experience that is critical to reactor owners and
regulatory authorities. We believe that once the fuels have been demonstrated
in
the VVER-1000 reactor, this can help convince other light water reactor
operators around the world to accept our thorium fuel designs.
We
believe that our greatest challenge will be acceptance of these fuel designs
by
nuclear power plant operators, which have in the past been hesitant to be the
first to use a new type of nuclear fuel. In addition, our fuel designs would
require regulatory approval by relevant nuclear regulatory authorities, such
as
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the United States or its equivalent
agencies in other countries, before they can be used in commercial reactors.
The
regulatory review process, which is outside of our control, may take longer
than
expected and may delay a rollout of the fuel designs into the market. Management
believes that demonstration of one of the Company’s fuel designs in a commercial
nuclear reactor would make deployment of the other designs easier due to the
many similarities that exist among all of our fuel designs.
Plan
of Operation
At
March
31, 2007, our total assets were approximately $9,413,098.
Liabilities as of March 31, 2007 totaled approximately $961,611.
We had
working capital surplus of approximately $8,220,547
at March
31, 2007.
13
While
management presently expects that our present working capital will meet our
foreseeable working capital needs for the next 10 months from the date of this
filing. Our current average monthly projected working capital requirements
for
the company, excluding the $5 million of research and development expenses
we
expect to incur in Russia over the next 12-15 months, as mentioned below, is
approximately $500,000 per month (including approximately $100,000 per month
for
payroll and payroll-related fringe benefits). We will need to raise additional
capital by way of an offering of equity securities, an offering of debt
securities, or by obtaining financing through a bank or other entity sometime
in
2007 in order to insure we have the necessary working capital available to
continue our operations in 2008. That financing, however, may not be available
or we may not be able to obtain that financing on terms acceptable to us. If
additional funds are raised through the issuance of equity securities, there
may
be a significant dilution in the value of our outstanding common
stock.
Over
the
next 12-15 months we expect to incur approximately $5 million in research
and
development expenses related to the development of our proprietary nuclear
fuel
designs. Of the $5 million, the cost of seed and blanket fuel fabrication
equipment that would be purchased and used to fabricate trial seed and blanket
fuel rods is expected to be approximately $2 million and the cost of nuclear
materials used in fabrication of trial seed and blanket fuel rods is estimated
at about $850,000. We expect to incur these expenses after we have reached
a
formal agreement with Russian nuclear entities that will grant us licensing
and
other rights to use such technologies or intellectual property developed
by the
Russian entities. Any such agreement would require formal review and approval
by
the Russian Federal Agency for Atomic Energy (RosAtom). We expect this agreement
to be finalized and submitted for formal approval to RosAtom within the next
several months and these research expenses to be in the range of approximately
$2 million to $2.5 million for fiscal 2007, but it is possible that such
expenses could be less or more than those amounts. We spent approximately
$35,000 for research and development in 2006 and no significant additional
amounts spent in 2007, as of the date of this filing.
Over
the
next 3 years, we expect that our research and development activities will
be
primarily focused on testing and demonstration of our thorium/uranium and
thorium/reactor-grade plutonium disposing fuel designs. The main objective
of
this research and development phase is to prepare for full-scale demonstration
of our nuclear fuel technology in an operating commercial VVER-1000 reactor
in
Russia. Key research and development activities will include: (1) Scaling
up the
fuel fabrication process to full length (10 feet) rods used in commercial
VVER-1000 reactors, (2) Validating thermal hydraulic performance of full
size
(10 feet) seed and blanket fuel assembly, (3) Performing post-irradiation
examination of seed and blanket fuel samples that have been irradiated in
a
research reactor to confirm fuel performance, and (4) Obtaining final regulatory
approvals for insertion of fuel in VVER-1000 commercial reactors. As this
research and development program relates to commercial applications of our
fuel
technology and retaining ownership or control over as much key intellectual
property as we possibly can is critical to the long-term success of our
licensing business model, our plan is to fully fund these research and
development activities ourselves. At the same time, we do not currently plan
to
fund research, testing and demonstration of our thorium/weapons-grade plutonium
disposing fuel, which can only be used in the U.S.-Russia
government-to-government weapons-grade plutonium disposition program and
has no
commercial applications. Hence, funding for any future research and development
activities on this fuel design would have to be provided by the U.S. government
or other stakeholders.
Additionally,
we anticipate increasing our payroll and related fringe benefits costs in our
fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, as we are looking to hire a permanent
Chief
Financial Officer in 2007 to add to our management team.
Results
of Operations
Quarter
Ended March 31, 2007
We
had no
revenues during the three months period ended March 31, 2007.
Our
total
operating expenses for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 were
$2,889,979 consisting
of:
| · |
$1,335,517
of stock based compensation;
|
| · |
$164,364
in professional fees
|
| · |
$477,680
of payroll and severance expenses;
|
| · |
$471,762 in
consulting expenses and all advisory board
expenses
|
| · |
$440,656
in other general and administrative expenses
.
|
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Other
income and expense was $112,586 for the quarter ended March 31, 2007. This
consists of interest income earned.
Our
net
loss was $2,777,393 and $331,839 for the quarters ended March 31, 2007 and
2006,
respectively. Our cumulative loss from January 8, 1992 to March 2007 was
$29,955,382
Quarter
Ended March 31, 2006
We
had no
revenues in 2006.
Our
total
operating expenses for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 was $330,972 consisting
of:
| · |
$73,700
research and development expenses ;
|
| · |
$257,272
of general and administrative
expenses
|
The
increase in operating expenses is due to our increase in employees, our advisory
boards and other professional fees, costs related to being a public company
as
well as increase in other general operating expenses.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
As
of
March 31, 2007 and December 31,2006, we had cash and cash equivalents of
$9,026,195 and
$10,927,775, respectively. During the quarter ended March 31, 2007, we set
up a
separate account (“R&D Account”) and designated $5 million of our total cash
to be held in this R&D Account. The following table provides detailed
information about our net cash flow for all financial statements periods
presented in this Report.
Cash
Flow
|
|
Quarters
Ended March 31,
|
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|
|
2007
|
2006
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
1,900,153
|
839,606
|
|||||
|
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
0
|
1,357
|
|||||
|
Net
cash provided (used by) financing activities
|
(1,427
|
)
|
1,514,333
|
||||
|
Net
cash outflow (inflow)
|
1,901,580
|
673,370
|
|||||
Net
cash
used for operating activities was $1,900,153 for the quarter ended March 31,
2007 which is an increase of $1,060,547 from the $839,606 net cash used for
operating activities for the same period in 2006. This increase was mainly
due
to increase in operating expenses, as described above in the results of
operations.
Investing
Activities:
Net
cash
used for investing activities in the quarter ended March 31, 2007 was $0, which
is a decrease of $1,357 from net cash used for investing activities of $1,357
in
the same period of 2006, due to a decrease in the purchase of equipment.
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Financing
Activities:
Net
cash
used by financing activities in the quarter ended March 31, 2007 totaled $1,427
as compared to $1,514,333 provided by financing activities in the same period
of
2006. The decrease of the cash provided by financing activities was mainly
attributable to the decrease in proceeds received from the issuance of our
common stock.
While
management expects these proceeds will meet our foreseeable needs for the next
10 months, we will need to raise additional capital by way of an offering of
equity securities, an offering of debt securities, or by obtaining financing
through a bank or other entity. If we need to obtain additional financing, that
financing may not be available or we may not be able to obtain that financing
on
terms acceptable to us. If additional funds are raised through the issuance
of
equity securities, there may be a significant dilution in the value of our
outstanding common stock.
Off
Balance Sheet Arrangements
We
do not
have any off balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely
to
have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial
condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity or capital
expenditures or capital resources that is material to an investor in our
securities.
Seasonality
Our
business has not been subject to any material seasonal variations in operations,
although this may change in the future.
Inflation
As
a
development stage company, our business, revenues and operating results have
not
been affected in any material way by inflation. If and when it begins marketing
thorium and other minerals, management expects its business will be affected
by
inflation and commodity price volatility.
Critical
Accounting Policies
The
SEC
issued Financial Reporting Release No. 60, "Cautionary Advice Regarding
Disclosure About Critical Accounting Policies" suggesting that companies provide
additional disclosure and commentary on their most critical accounting policies.
In Financial Reporting Release No. 60, the SEC has defined the most critical
accounting policies as the ones that are most important to the portrayal of
a
company's financial condition and operating results, and require management
to
make its most difficult and subjective judgments, often as a result of the
need
to make estimates of matters that are inherently uncertain. Based on this
definition, we have identified the following significant policies as critical
to
the understanding of our financial statements.
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make a variety of estimates and
assumptions that affect (i) the reported amounts of assets and liabilities
and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial
statements and (ii) the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
reporting periods covered by the financial statements.
Our
management expects to make judgments and estimates about the effect of matters
that are inherently uncertain. As the number of variables and assumptions
affecting the future resolution of the uncertainties increase, these judgments
become even more subjective and complex. Although we believe that our estimates
and assumptions are reasonable, actual results may differ significantly from
these estimates. Changes in estimates and assumptions based upon actual results
may have a material impact on our results of operation and/or financial
condition. We have identified certain accounting policies that we believe are
most important to the portrayal of our current financial condition and results
of operations. Our significant accounting policies are disclosed in Note 2
to
the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Annual Report on Form
10-KSB filed with the Commission on March 20, 2007.
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Deferred
tax assets and liabilities
We
will
recognize the expected future tax benefit from deferred tax assets when the
tax
benefit is considered to be more likely than not of being realized. Assessing
the recoverability of deferred tax assets requires management to make
significant estimates related to expectations of future taxable income.
Estimates of future taxable income are based on forecasted cash flows and the
application of existing tax laws in each jurisdiction. To the extent that future
cash flows and taxable income differ significantly from estimates, our ability
to realize deferred tax assets could be impacted. Additionally, future changes
in tax laws in the jurisdictions in which we operate could limit our ability
to
obtain the future tax benefits.
Accounting
for Stock Based Compensation, Stock Options and Warrants Granted to Employees
and Nonemployees
We
adopted the provisions of SFAS 123R, which requires the use of the fair value
method of accounting for share-based compensation. Under the fair value based
method, compensation cost related to employee stock options or similar equity
instruments is measured at the grant date based on the value of the award and
is
recognized over the service period, which is usually the vesting period. SFAS
123R also requires measurement of cost of a liability-classified award based
on
its current fair value. The fair value of the liability-classified award
will be subsequently remeasured at each reporting date through the settlement
date. Change in fair value during the requisite service period will be
recognized as compensation cost over that period. We determine fair value
using the Black-Scholes model. Under this model, certain assumptions, including
the risk-free interest rate, the expected life of the options and the estimated
fair value of our ordinary shares and the expected volatility, are required
to
determine the fair value of the options. If different assumptions had been
used,
the fair value of the options would have been different from the amount we
computed and recorded, which would have resulted in either an increase or
decrease in the compensation expense.
The
options were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The
assumptions used were as follows: volatility of 107% to 275%, a risk-free
interest rate of 4.18% to 4.45%, dividend yield of 0% and an exercise term
of
one to five years.
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PART
II
OTHER
INFORMATION
|
ITEM
1.
|
LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
|
From
time
to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings which
arise in the ordinary course of business. However, litigation is subject to
inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in these or other matters may
arise from time to time that may harm our business. We are currently not aware
of any such legal proceedings or claims that we believe will have a material
adverse affect on our business, financial condition or operating results.
|
ITEM
2.
|
UNREGISTERED
SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES OR USE OF
PROCEEDS
|
There
were no unregistered sales of equity securities in the quarter ended March
31,
2007.
|
ITEM
3.
|
DEFAULTS
UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
|
There
were no defaults upon senior securities in the quarter ended March 31,
2007.
|
ITEM
4.
|
SUBMISSION
OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY
HOLDERS
|
No
matters were submitted to a vote of security holders in the quarter ended March
31, 2007.
|
ITEM
5.
|
OTHER
INFORMATION
|
N/A
|
ITEM
6.
|
EXHIBITS
|
The
following exhibits are filed with this report, except those indicated as having
previously been filed with the SEC and are incorporated by reference to another
report, registration statement or form. As to any shareholder of record
requesting a copy of this report, we will furnish any exhibit indicated in
the
list below as filed with this report upon payment to us of our expenses in
furnishing the information.
|
Exhibit
Number
|
Description
|
|
|
3.1
|
Articles
of Incorporation (incorporated by reference from the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed on December 17,
1999).
|
|
|
3.2
|
By-laws
(incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K
filed on September 18, 2006).
|
|
|
4.1
|
2005
Compensation Plan for Outside Consultants of Custom Brand Networks,
Inc.
dated March 1, 2005 (incorporated by reference from the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on March 10,
2005).
|
|
|
4.2
|
2005
Augmented Compensation Plan for Outside Consultants of the Company
dated
August 15, 2005 (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Registration
Statement on Form S-8 filed on August 19, 2005).
|
|
|
4.3
|
2006
Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the current
report of the Company on Form 8-K filed February 21,
2006)
|
|
|
10.1
|
Employment
Agreement, dated February 1, 2007, between the Company and Erik
Hallstrom
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the current report
of the
Company on Form 8-K filed February 1, 2007).
|
|
|
31.1*
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification - Principal Executive
Officer
|
|
|
31.2*
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification - Principal Accounting
Officer
|
|
|
32*
|
Section
1350 Certifications
|
_____________
*
Filed
Herewith
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SIGNATURES
In
accordance with section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the
Registrant caused this Report on Form 10-QSB to be signed on its behalf by
the
undersigned, thereto duly authorized individual.
Date:
May
10, 2007
| THORIUM POWER, LTD. | ||
| |
|
|
| By: | /s/ Seth Grae | |
|
Seth Grae |
||
|
Chief
Executive Officer,
President and
Director
|
||
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
|
Exhibit
Number
|
Description
|
|
|
3.1
|
Articles
of Incorporation (incorporated by reference from the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed on December 17,
1999).
|
|
|
3.2
|
By-laws
(incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K
filed on September 18, 2006).
|
|
|
4.1
|
2005
Compensation Plan for Outside Consultants of Custom Brand Networks,
Inc.
dated March 1, 2005 (incorporated by reference from the Company’s
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on March 10,
2005).
|
|
|
4.2
|
2005
Augmented Compensation Plan for Outside Consultants of the Company
dated
August 15, 2005 (incorporated by reference from the Company’s Registration
Statement on Form S-8 filed on August 19, 2005).
|
|
|
4.3
|
2006
Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the
current
report of the Company on Form 8-K filed February 21,
2006)
|
|
|
10.1
|
Employment
Agreement, dated February 1, 2007, between the Company and Erik
Hallstrom
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the current report
of the
Company on Form 8-K filed February 1, 2007).
|
|
|
31.1*
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification - Principal Executive
Officer
|
|
|
31.2*
|
Rule
13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification - Principal Accounting
Officer
|
|
|
32*
|
Section
1350 Certifications
|
______________
*Filed
Herewith
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