Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Item
4. Controls and Procedures .
a)
Disclosure and control procedures
Our
management, with the participation of our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, evaluated the effectiveness
of the design and operations of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under
the Exchange Act ) as of the end of the period covered by this report on Form 10-Q, and have concluded that, based on such evaluation,
our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting
as of June 30, 2023 as described below.
Notwithstanding
the conclusion that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of the end of the period covered by this report, we
believe that our consolidated financial statements and other information contained in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q present fairly,
in all material respects, our business, financial condition and results of operations for the periods presented.
b)
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our
management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a
-15(f) under the Exchange Act . Our internal control was designed to provide reasonable assurance to our management and board of
directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements.
Internal
control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Company’s
internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to assets of the Company; (ii)
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with
authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely
detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial
statements.
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material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is
a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of a company’s annual or interim consolidated financial statements will not
be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
In
making this assessment, our management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission
(“COSO”) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (issued in 2013).
Based
upon the assessments, management has concluded that as of June 30, 2023, there was a material weakness in our internal control over financial
reporting due to the fact that we did not have an adequate process established to ensure appropriate levels of review of accounting and
financial reporting matters, which resulted in our closing process not identifying all required adjustments and disclosures in a timely
fashion.
We
plan to take steps to enhance and improve the design of our internal control over financial reporting. To remediate our material weaknesses,
we plan to appoint additional qualified personnel with the requisite knowledge to improve the levels of review of accounting and financial
reporting matters; however, such remediation efforts are largely dependent upon our securing additional financing or generating significant
revenue to cover the costs of implementing the changes required.
The
effectiveness of any system of internal control over financial reporting, including ours, is subject to inherent limitations, including
the exercise of judgment in designing, implementing, operating, and evaluating the controls and procedures, and the inability to eliminate
misconduct completely. Accordingly, in designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any
system of internal control over financial reporting, including ours, no matter how well designed and operated, can only provide reasonable,
not absolute assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must
reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and that management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the benefits
of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs. Moreover, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods
are 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. We intend to continue to monitor and upgrade our internal controls as necessary or appropriate
for our business but cannot assure you that such improvements will be sufficient to provide us with effective internal control over financial
reporting.
PART
II - OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM
1.
LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
We
are not currently a party to any lawsuit or proceeding which, in the opinion of management, is likely to have a material adverse effect
on us or our business.
Item
1A.
Risk
Factors.
Not
required of a smaller reporting company.
Item
2.
Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None.
Item
3.
Defaults
upon Senior Securities
None.
Item
4.
Mine
Safety Disclosures
Not
applicable.
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