Item 4. Controls and Procedures
ITEM 4. CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES
Conclusion Regarding
the Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures:
We maintain disclosure
controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”)
rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including Michael Lavigne, our Principal Accounting
Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management necessarily applied its judgment in assessing
the costs and benefits of such controls and procedures, which, by their nature, can provide only reasonable assurance regarding management’s
control objectives.
Our management,
with the participation of our CEO and CFO, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures
as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon this evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that our disclosure controls
and procedures were not effective as of such date as a result of material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting
due to lack of segregation of duties, a limited corporate governance structure, and lack of a formal review process that includes multiple
levels of review as discussed in Item 9A of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.
While we strive
to segregate duties as much as practicable, there is an insufficient volume of transactions at this point in time to justify additional
full time staff. We believe that this is typical in many exploration stage companies. We may not be able to fully remediate the material
weakness until we commence mining operations at which time we would expect to hire more staff. We will continue to monitor and assess
the costs and benefits of additional staffing.
Changes in Internal
Control Over Financial Reporting:
There were no changes
in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the last fiscal quarter covered by this report that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II. OTHER
INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
None.
ITEM 1A. RISK
FACTORS
There have been
no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in Item 1A. to Part I. of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2020.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED
SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
All sales of unregistered
securities were reported on Form 8-K during the period.
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS
UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
None.
ITEM 4. MINE
SAFETY DISCLOSURES
None.
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