CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
−Removed: Controls and Procedures.
−Removed: management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: The Company’s
−Removed: internal control over financial reporting is a process designed under the supervision of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: and Chief Financial Officer to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of the
−Removed: Company’s financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S.
+Added: Disclosure Controls and Procedures.
+Added: The management of the Company is responsible for establishing
+Added: and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is a
+Added: process designed under the supervision of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer to provide reasonable
+Added: assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of the Company’s financial statements for external
+Added: purposes in accordance with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles.
−Removed: respect to the period ended June 30, 2023, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, we conducted an evaluation
−Removed: of the effectiveness of the design and operations of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)
−Removed: promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
−Removed: upon our evaluation regarding the period ended June 30, 2023, the Company’s management, including its Principal Executive Officer,
−Removed: has concluded that its disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to the Company’s limited internal resources and
−Removed: lack of ability to have multiple levels of transaction review.
−Removed: Material weaknesses noted are lack of an audit committee, lack of a majority
−Removed: of outside directors on the board of directors, resulting in ineffective oversight in the establishment and monitoring of required internal
−Removed: controls and procedures;
−Removed: and management is dominated by two individuals, without adequate compensating controls.
−Removed: However, management
−Removed: believes the financial statements and other information presented herewith are materially correct.
−Removed: management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2023.
−Removed: In making this assessment,
−Removed: our management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”)
−Removed: in Internal Control - Integrated Framework - Guidance for Smaller Public Companies (the COSO criteria).
−Removed: Based on our assessment, management
−Removed: identified material weaknesses related to:
−Removed: (i) our internal audit functions;
+Added: With respect to the period ended September 30, 2023,
+Added: under the supervision and with the participation of our management, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and
+Added: operations of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange
+Added: Based upon our evaluation regarding the period ended
+Added: September 30, 2023, the Company’s management, including its Principal Executive Officer, has concluded that its disclosure controls
+Added: and procedures were not effective due to the Company’s limited internal resources and lack of ability to have multiple levels of
+Added: transaction review.
+Added: Material weaknesses noted are lack of an audit committee, lack of a majority of outside directors on the board of
+Added: directors, resulting in ineffective oversight in the establishment and monitoring of required internal controls and procedures;
+Added: and management
+Added: is dominated by two individuals, without adequate compensating controls.
+Added: However, management believes the financial statements and other
+Added: information presented herewith are materially correct.
+Added: Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal
+Added: control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2023.
+Added: In making this assessment, our management used the criteria set forth by the
+Added: Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) in Internal Control - Integrated Framework - Guidance
+Added: for Smaller Public Companies (the COSO criteria).
+Added: Based on our assessment, management identified material weaknesses related to:
+Added: internal audit functions;
(ii) a lack of segregation of duties within accounting functions;
−Removed: and the lack of multiple levels of review of our accounting data.
−Removed: Based on this evaluation, our management concluded that as of June
−Removed: 30, 2023, we did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
−Removed: Projections of any evaluation
−Removed: of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that
−Removed: the degree of compliance with any policies and procedures may deteriorate.
−Removed: Due to our size and nature, segregation of all conflicting
−Removed: duties may not always be possible and may not be economically feasible.
−Removed: To the extent possible, we will implement procedures to assure
−Removed: that the initiation of transactions, the custody of assets and the recording of transactions will be performed by separate individuals.
−Removed: With proper funding we plan on remediating the significant deficiencies identified above, and we will continue to monitor the effectiveness
−Removed: of these steps and make any changes that our management deems appropriate.
−Removed: material weakness is a control deficiency (within the meaning of Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Auditing Standard No.
−Removed: combination of control deficiencies, that results in a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial
−Removed: statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
−Removed: in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
−Removed: were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during our most recently completed fiscal quarter that
−Removed: has materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: II – OTHER INFORMATION
+Added: and the lack of multiple levels of review
+Added: of our accounting data.
+Added: Based on this evaluation, our management concluded that as of September 30, 2023, we did not maintain effective
+Added: internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: Because of its inherent limitations, internal control
+Added: over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
+Added: Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are
+Added: subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with any policies
+Added: and procedures may deteriorate.
+Added: Due to our size and nature, segregation of all conflicting duties may not always be possible and may not
+Added: be economically feasible.
+Added: To the extent possible, we will implement procedures to assure that the initiation of transactions, the custody
+Added: of assets and the recording of transactions will be performed by separate individuals.
+Added: With proper funding we plan on remediating the
+Added: significant deficiencies identified above, and we will continue to monitor the effectiveness of these steps and make any changes that
+Added: our management deems appropriate.
+Added: A material weakness is a control deficiency (within
+Added: the meaning of Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Auditing Standard No.
+Added: 5) or combination of control deficiencies, that results
+Added: in a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected
+Added: on a timely basis.
+Added: Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
+Added: There were no changes in our internal control over
+Added: financial reporting that occurred during our most recently completed fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or are reasonably likely
+Added: to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
−Removed: are a “smaller reporting company” as defined by Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K, and as such are not required to provide
−Removed: the information contained in this item.
−Removed: UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
−Removed: DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
−Removed: senior securities were issued and outstanding during the six months ended June 30, 2023.
+Added: We are a “smaller reporting company” as
+Added: defined by Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K, and as such are not required to provide the information contained in this item.
+Added: UNREGISTERED SALES
+Added: OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
+Added: DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR
+Added: No senior securities were issued and outstanding during
+Added: the nine months ended September 30, 2023.
MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
−Removed: applicable to our Company.
+Added: Not applicable to our Company.
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