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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC  20549

 

FORM 10-Q


 [X] QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2012

 

[   ] TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM

_______________ to _______________

 

Commission File Number       000-53474

 

STEELE RESOURCES CORPORATION

(Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)

  

NEVADA

 

75-3232682

(State of other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

 

 

3081 Alhambra Drive, Suite 208

Cameron Park, CA

 

95682

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)


Issuer's telephone number:

(530) 672-6225


 (Former address if changed since last report)


Indicate by check mark whether the issuer (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the issuer was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days:   Yes [X]   No [  ]


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).   Yes [  ]   No [X]


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  (Check one):


Large accelerated filer [  ]

Accelerated filer [  ]

Non-accelerated filer [  ]

Smaller reporting company [X]


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes [  ]   No [X]

 

The number of shares of the issuer’s common stock outstanding as of May 14, 2012 was 58,215,258.



 




INDEX



PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

3

 

 

ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

3

 

 

ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS  OF OPERATION

20

 

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

26

 

 

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

27

 

 

ITEM 1A.  RISK FACTORS

27

 

 

ITEM 2.  UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

31

 

 

ITEM 5.  OTHER INFORMATION

32

 

 

ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS

32

 

 

SIGNATURES

33













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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION


ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS




INDEX TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2012 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2011

4

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 (Unaudited), the Three Months Ended March 31, 2011, and May 27, 2010 (Inception) Through March 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

5

 

 

Statement of Stockholders' Deficit for the Period From May 27, 2010 (Inception) Through March 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

6

 

 

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 (Unaudited), the Three Months Ended March 31, 2011 (Unaudited), and May 27, 2010 (Inception) Through March 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

7

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

8















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STEELE RESOURCES CORPORATION

(AN EXPLORATION STAGE COMPANY)

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS


 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

 

2012

 

2011

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

$

16,484

 

$

23,107

 

 

Prepaid expenses

 

-

 

 

1,618

 

Total Current Assets

 

16,484

 

 

24,725

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed assets (Note 3)

 

68,150

 

 

68,150

 

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

(16,478)

 

 

(13,146)

 

Total Fixed Assets

 

51,672

 

 

55,004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other long-term assets

 

2,712

 

 

2,712

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Assets

$

70,868

 

$

82,441

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

$

225,056

 

$

282,607

 

 

JV agreement refund payable

 

540,000

 

 

540,000

 

 

Accrued expenses

 

272,417

 

 

239,291

 

Derivative Liability (Note 4)

 

160,000

 

 

128,000

 

 

Notes payable (Notes 4 and 5)

 

847,106

 

 

714,998

 

 

Notes payable - related parties (Note 5)

 

154,584

 

 

95,000

 

Total Current Liabilities

 

2,199,163

 

 

1,999,896

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 6)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders' Deficit (Note 7):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, par value $0.001,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,000,000 shares authorized,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-0- shares issued and outstanding

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

Common stock, par value $0.001, 300,000,000 shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

authorized, 51,292,705 and 45,057,075 shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

issued and outstanding, respectively

 

33,098

 

 

26,863

 

 

Additional paid-in-capital

 

2,095,755

 

 

1,449,869

 

 

Accumulated deficit during exploration stage

 

(4,257,148)

 

 

(3,394,187)

 

Total Stockholders' Deficit

 

(2,128,295)

 

 

(1,917,455)

 

Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Deficit

$

70,868

 

$

82,441

 


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



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STEELE RESOURCES CORPORATION

(AN EXPLORATION STAGE COMPANY)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(UNAUDITED)


 

For the Three Months Ended

 

From May 27,

 2010 (Inception)

Through

 

 

March 31, 2012

 

March 31, 2011

 

March 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

531,126

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Costs and Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs applicable to revenues

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

342,025

 

 

Exploration and mine startup costs

 

105,270

 

 

362,287

 

 

1,216,018

 

 

General and administrative

 

472,307

 

 

194,368

 

 

1,955,959

 

 

Professional fees

 

138,239

 

 

58,285

 

 

574,428

 

Total operating expense

 

715,816

 

 

614,940

 

 

4,088,430

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from operations

 

(715,816)

 

 

(614,940)

 

 

(3,557,304)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

(147,145)

 

 

(101,159)

 

 

(699,844)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

$

(862,961)

 

$

(716,099)

 

$

(4,257,148)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss per share, basic and diluted*

 

($0.02)

 

 

($0.02)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average comon shares outstanding*

 

46,936,551

 

 

33,680,556

 

 

 

 



·

The weighted average common shares outstanding above considers the retroactive effect of the 1-for-3 stock split that was effective on May 2, 2011



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



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STEELE RESOURCES CORPORATION

(AN EXPLORATION STAGE COMPANY)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

FROM MAY 27, 2010 (INCEPTION) TO MARCH 31, 2012

(UNAUDITED)


 

Common Shares

 

Additional

Paid-in Capital

 

Accumulated

Deficit

 

Total

 

 

Number

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, May 27, 2010

-

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

$

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issuance of shares for cash

19,100,000

 

 

5,730

 

 

9,270

 

 

 

 

 

15,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recapitalization due to reverse merger

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with Steele Resources, Inc.

12,733,489

 

 

3,820

 

 

14,950

 

 

 

 

 

18,770

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issuance of shares:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For cash (at $0.08, $0.10, $0.20, $0.05)

1,451,111

 

 

4,353

 

 

307,647

 

 

 

 

 

312,000

 

 

For exploration costs

176,667

 

 

530

 

 

104,470

 

 

 

 

 

105,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issuance of warrants with notes payable

-

 

 

-

 

 

6,203

 

 

 

 

 

6,203

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(804,170)

 

 

(804,170)

 

Balance at December 31, 2010

33,461,267

 

$

14,433

 

$

442,540

 

$

(804,170)

 

$

(347,197)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issuance of shares:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For settlement of accrued legal fees

100,000

 

 

300

 

 

8,700

 

 

 

 

 

9,000

 

 

With notes payable

150,003

 

 

450

 

 

14,600

 

 

 

 

 

15,050

 

 

For consulting & professional fees

1,799,167

 

 

2,133

 

 

218,755

 

 

 

 

 

220,888

 

 

For conversion of notes payable

9,460,230

 

 

9,460

 

 

216,793

 

 

 

 

 

226,253

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reclassification of derivatives liability

-

 

 

-

 

 

285,163

 

 

 

 

 

285,163

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creation of note discounts

-

 

 

-

 

 

130,388

 

 

 

 

 

130,388

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For cash (at $0.126)

87,038

 

 

87

 

 

10,913

 

 

 

 

 

11,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share-based compensation

-

 

 

-

 

 

122,017

 

 

 

 

 

122,017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,590,017)

 

 

(2,590,017)

 

Balance December 31, 2011

45,057,705

 

$

26,863

 

$

1,449,869

 

$

(3,394,187)

 

$

(1,917,455)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issuance of shares:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With notes payable

50,000

 

 

50

 

 

5,450

 

 

 

 

 

5,500

 

 

For consulting & professional fees

3,000,000

 

 

3,000

 

 

337,000

 

 

 

 

 

340,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creation of note discounts

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,300

 

 

 

 

 

6,300

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For cash (at $0.10)

3,185,000

 

 

3,185

 

 

285,315

 

 

 

 

 

288,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share-based compensation

-

 

 

-

 

 

11,821

 

 

 

 

 

11,821

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(862,961)

 

 

(862,961)

 

Balance March 31, 2012

51,292,705

 

$

33,098

 

$

2,095,755

 

$

(4,257,148)

 

$

(2,128,295)

 


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



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STEELE RESOURCES CORPORATION

(AN EXPLORATION STAGE COMPANY)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)


 

Three Months

Ending

March 31, 2012

 

Three Months

Ending

March 31, 2011

 

From May 27, 2010

(Inception) Through

March 31, 2012

CASH FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

$

(862,961)

 

$

(716,099)

 

$

(4,257,148)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in operating activates:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

3,332

 

 

2,515

 

 

16,478

 

Amortization of note discount

 

74,742

 

 

38,596

 

 

398,130

 

Shares issued for exploration costs

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

105,000

 

Shares issued for services

 

340,000

 

 

-

 

 

569,888

 

Stock-based compensation

 

11,821

 

 

14,063

 

 

133,838

 

Change in value of derivative

 

-

 

 

55,714

 

 

55,714

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decrease (increase) in prepaid expenses

 

1,618

 

 

(2,234)

 

 

-

 

Increase (decrease) in accounts payable

 

(57,551)

 

 

58,285

 

 

225,876

 

Increase in accrued expenses

 

33,126

 

 

17,527

 

 

279,920

 

Decrease in other assets

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(2,712)

 

NET CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 

(455,873)

 

 

(531,633)

 

 

(2,475,016)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investing Activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of fixed assets

 

-

 

 

(28,173)

 

 

(37,965)

 

NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES

 

-

 

 

(28,173)

 

 

(37,965)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financing Activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

 

288,500

 

 

-

 

 

626,500

 

Cash acquired in reverse merger

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

19,200

 

Cash from joint venture funding

 

-

 

 

540,000

 

 

540,000

 

Cash from project funding partners

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

195,000

 

Payments to project funding partners

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(25,000)

 

Cash from project funding partners - related party

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

50,000

 

Proceeds from issuance of notes payable

 

222,750

 

 

32,500

 

 

1,495,950

 

Payments on notes payable

 

(125,000)

 

 

-

 

 

(450,000)

 

Proceeds from issuance of notes payable - related party

 

63,000

 

 

45,000

 

 

137,148

 

Payments on notes payable - related party

 

-

 

 

(6,800)

 

 

(59,333)

NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

449,250

 

 

610,700

 

 

2,529,465

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH

 

(6,623)

 

 

50,894

 

 

16,484

CASH, BEGINNING

 

23,107

 

 

623

 

 

-

CASH ENDING

$

16,484

 

$

51,517

 

$

16,484

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest

$

6,036

 

$

0

 

$

15,433

 

 

Cash paid for income taxes

$

-

 

$

0

 

$

-


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



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STEELE RESOURCES CORPORATION

(AN EXPLORATION STAGE COMPANY)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

MARCH 31, 2012



NOTE 1 - NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION


Business Activity


Steele Resources Corporation (formerly Steele Recording Corporation) ("SRC", the "Company", "we", or "our") is a U.S. exploration and mining company, incorporated in the state of Nevada on February 12, 2007. On June 17, 2010 the Company entered into and consummated a Plan and Agreement of Reorganization between the Company and Steele Resources, Inc. and certain stockholders of Steele Resources, Inc. (the “Reorganization”). Pursuant to the Reorganization, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Steele Resources, Inc., a Nevada Corporation (“SRI”), formed in May 2010. From an accounting perspective, SRI was the acquirer.


Steele Resources is a mining and exploration company focused on identifying and developing advanced stage precious metal exploration projects which show potential to achieve full production. The overall business strategy is to identify, explore and develop and operate mineral exploration properties in the Western United States. The business strategy is to identify and evaluate properties which have considerable amounts of exploration already completed and potential and inferred resources identified.  SRC then selects the properties which offer the best potential for producing significant gold and silver reserves and offer favorable conditions, for the future efficient development of the property to reach a production stage.


The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Company included herein have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions for Form 10-Q under Article 8.03 of Regulation S-X. These statements do not include all of the information and notes to the financial statements required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three month period ended March 31, 2012, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2012. The unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with Securities and Exchange Commission.



NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES


Basis of Presentation and Going Concern


The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared under the assumption that the Company will continue as a going concern. The Company has incurred a net operating loss of $3,557,304 from May 27, 2010 (inception) through March 31, 2012 and had a working capital deficiency of $2,182,679 as of March 31, 2012. The Company does not have sufficient cash at March 31, 2012 to fund normal operations for the next 12 months. The Company has no recurring source of revenue and its ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on the Company’s ability to raise capital to fund its future exploration and working capital requirements. The Company’s plans for the long-term attainment and


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continuation as a going concern include financing the Company’s future operations through sales of its common stock, entering into debt or line of credit facilities, sales of gold produced in mining activities and the eventual profitable exploitation of its mining properties. Additionally, the current capital markets and general economic conditions in the United States are significant obstacles to raising the required funds. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Company is currently investigating a number of alternatives for raising additional capital with potential investors, lessees and joint venture partners. Should management fail to obtain financing, the Company may curtail its operations.


These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Because of our net loss and our negative working capital position, our independent auditors, in their report on our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that could result from the outcome of this uncertainty.


Principles of Consolidation


The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Steele Resources, Inc., a Nevada Corporation. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.


Fair Value Measurements


Assets and liabilities recorded at fair value in the consolidated balance sheet are categorized based upon the level of judgment associated with the inputs used to measure the fair value. Level inputs, as defined by ASC 820-10, are as follows:


·

Level 1 - quoted in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.


·

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs for the assets or liabilities through cooboration with market data at the measurement date.


·

Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs that reflect managements best estimate of what market participants would use to price the assets or liabilities at the measurement date.







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The following table summarizes fair value measurements by level at March 31, 2012 for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:


at March 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

Derivative liability

 

 

 

 

    Conversion features

-0-

-0-

($160,000)

($160,000)


at December 31, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

Derivative liability

 

 

 

 

    Conversion features

-0-

-0-

($128,000)

($128,000)


Derivative liability for conversion features for the year ended March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011 were valued using the Black-Scholes Option pricing model with the following assumptions: expected life of 0.5 to 1 year, risk free interest rate of 1%, dividend yield of 0, and expected volatility of 0.1%.


The following is a reconciliation of the derivatives liability


Value at December 31, 2011

$

128,000

Issuance of instruments

 

107,000

Repayment of liability

 

(75,000)

Value at March 31, 2012

$

160,000


For certain of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash, prepaid expenses, accounts payable and accrued expenses the carrying amounts approximate fair value due to their short maturities. The carrying amounts of the Company’s notes payable approximates fair value based on the prevailing interest rates.


Derivative Financial Instruments


The Company does not use derivative instruments to hedge exposures to cash flow, market, or foreign currency risks.


The Company reviews the terms of convertible debt, equity instruments and other financing arrangements to determine whether there are embedded derivative instruments, including embedded conversion options that are required to be bifurcated and accounted for separately as a derivative financial instrument. Also, in connection with the issuance of financing instruments, the Company may issue freestanding options or warrants that may, depending on their terms, be accounted for as derivative instrument liabilities, rather than as equity. The Company may also issue options or warrants to non-employees in connection with consulting or other services.


Derivative financial instruments are initially measured at their fair value. For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative instruments are initially recorded at their fair values and are then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair values reported as charges or credits to income. For option-based derivative financial instruments, the Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to value the derivative instruments. To the extent that the initial fair values of the freestanding and/or bifurcated derivative instrument liabilities exceed the total proceeds received, an immediate charge to income is recognized, in order to initially record the derivative instrument liabilities at their fair value.




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The discount from the face value of a convertible debt or equity instrument resulting from allocating some or all of the proceeds to the derivative instrument, together with the stated interest on the instrument, is amortized over the life of the instrument through periodic charges to income, using the effective interest method.


The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is reassessed at the end of each reporting period. If reclassification is required, the fair value of the derivative instrument, as of the determination date, is reclassified. Any previous charges or credits to income for changes in the fair value of the derivative instrument are not reversed. Derivative instrument liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not net-cash settlement of the derivative instrument could be required within twelve months of the balance sheet date.


Use of Estimates and Assumptions


The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The Company bases its estimates and assumptions on current facts, historical experience and various other factors that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and the accrual of costs and expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources. The actual results experienced by the Company may differ materially and adversely from the Company’s estimates. To the extent there are material differences between the estimates and the actual results, future results of operations will be affected. Management believes the assumptions underlying the consolidated financial statements are reasonable.


Exploration Stage Enterprise


The Company is in the exploration stage of operation, as it devotes substantially all of its efforts to acquiring and exploring mining interests that management believes should eventually provide sufficient net profits to sustain the Company’s existence.


Mining Exploration Costs


Exploration costs are expensed in the period in which they occur. The Company capitalizes costs for acquiring mineral properties and expenses costs to maintain mineral rights and leases as incurred. Should a property reach the production stage, these capitalized costs would be amortized using the units-of-production method on the basis of periodic estimates of ore reserves. Mineral properties are periodically assessed for impairment of value, and any subsequent losses are charged to operations at the time of impairment. If a property is abandoned or sold, its capitalized costs are charged to operations.


Net (Loss) Per Share


The Company calculates net income (loss) per share as required by Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 260-10, Earnings per Share. Basic earnings (loss) per share is calculated by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares and dilutive common stock equivalents outstanding. During the periods when they are anti-dilutive, common stock equivalents, if any, are not considered in the computation.




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NOTE 3 - PROPERTIES


Mineral Hill Project


The Mineral Hill Exploration project is a gold project located 4-6 miles west of Pony, Montana in the Tobacco Roots Mountain Range in Madison County and includes 17 patented claims and 67 unpatented claims known as the Pony Exploration project (“the Pony Project”).


Pony Project: On February 4, 2011, SRI entered into a Mineral Lease Agreement with Option to Purchase (the "Pony Lease")with a group of individual land owners in the state of Montana to acquire rights to 17 patented and 67 unpatented mining claims known as the Pony Exploration project (“the Pony Project”). The Pony Project currently contains two active mines operating under a Small Miner Exclusion Statement (SMES). The Pony Project is located in the Pony Mining District near Pony, Montana. Officers of SRC have met with Montana Department of Environmental Quality officials to discuss permitting for both mining and exploration activities. The Pony Lease provides for a six year lease period with an initial payment of $300,000 and annual lease payments of $500,000 for the next five years. The Lessors will also have a 2% NSR on the property. In addition the Lessors will receive a 1% NSR on any property developed by SRI located within one linear mile from any portion of the exterior boundary of the Pony Project. After the lease period expires, SRI will have the option to purchase the Pony Project for $190,000.


A&P Project: In February, 2011 SRI entered into a into a Mineral Lease Agreement with Option to Purchase with a group of individual land owners in the state of Montana to acquire two patented mining claims known as the Atlantic and Pacific Mine ("the A&P Lease") located in the Pony Mining District in Montana. The A&P Lease provides for a five year lease period with an initial payment of $200,000 and an annual commitment of $100,000 for the next five years. The Lessors will also have a 2% NSR on the property during the lease term. After the lease period expires and all lease payments have been paid, full right and title of ownership of the A&P property shall be transferred to SRI. To retain mineral rights to the property, the yearly maintenance fees must be paid as well as the appropriate lease payments to the owners of the claims as outlined in the definitive agreement.


The property currently has no known reserves, only in-house resource calculations established by various companies as noted in Steele Resource’s technical report on the Mineral Hill Project.  Therefore, to establish any reserves, sufficient drilling will be required, and until then, this property is exploratory in nature. The sampling program to date has been restricted to rock chip sampling and grab sampling at various locations.


SRI completed the reclamation phase of approximately 6,000 tons of stockpiled material at the A&P site that had previously been identified as a hazardous mining waste site. SRI removed the stockpiled materials and sold the mineral ore grade to a third party processing facility for gross revenues of roughly $531,000 in the fourth quarter of 2011.


During 2011, SRI established a new mine portal and drove 160 linear feet of development drift which will enclose all operations as well as on site crushing capability, all of which falls within the existing SMES authorization. SRI's key purpose at this time is to facilitate a comprehensive drill program that will better define the gold resource at the project.  Upon completion of the next phase of drilling, SRI believes that it will be able to define production targets.  Once suitable mining targets are identified, the underground development drift will serve as the main haulage for all underground mining activity at this property.  We anticipate that the Mineral Hill Project will generate revenues during the initial twelve months of operations. SRC plans to raise the required working capital for this operation through the private placement of our equity securities, and such other means as the Company may determine.




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Billali Gold Mine


On January 19, 2012, SRC entered into a Letter of Intent ("LOI") to acquire the Billali Gold and Silver Mine (the "Billali Mine") from the Billali Gold Mine, LLC ("Seller"), an advanced stage epithermal silver-gold quartz vein deposit in the Steeple Rock Mining District of New Mexico. This property consists of approximately 11.6 acres including one patented claim which the Company believes has potential for near term production of silver and gold ore.


On April 20, 2012, Seller and Steele Resources, Inc. ("SRI"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SRC, entered into a definitive Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) for the acquisition of the Billali Mine. The Purchase Agreement provides for payments to be made over a period of two years with transfer of ownership being completed when SRI has satisfied its financial obligations under the Purchase Agreement. The purchase price for the Billali consists of the issuance of two million shares (2,000,000) of common stock of SRC; an initial payment of $100,000; within 45 days of the Purchase Agreement being signed, SRI will make an additional payment of $500,000; and SRI will deliver six hundred (600) American Eagle One Ounce Gold Coins on the twelfth, eighteenth and twenty-fourth month anniversary of the Purchase Agreement signing,  to be delivered to the Seller. Upon satisfaction of these terms, the Seller will complete the transfer of full right and title of ownership of the Billali Mine to SRI. In addition, Seller will be entitled to receive a five percent (5%) Net Smelter Return on any and all future mining activity at the Billali Mine following the transfer of ownership to SRI. During the two year payment period, SRI will have full rights to develop and manage the property.


The Billali Mine is physically adjacent to the Summit Mine, owned and operated by the Santa Fe Gold Corporation. The Billali Mine is along strike and adjacent to this producing operation.  It was once a part of the original Summit Mine land package evaluated by Biron Bay Resources and the drilling and geology used for the current reserve and resource studies is from the same drill program. The Summit Mine has proved the veracity of the original drill program and demonstrated that a viable ore body exists.


According to the December, 2011 43-101 report for the property, exploration drilling was conducted on the Billali claim and adjacent Summit Mine property by Nova Gold and Biron Bay Resources from 1990 to 1991.  Over 200 diamond core holes were drilled with at least 28 holes on the Billali claim.  Nine holes intersected high grade with six intersecting 3 to 15 foot intervals of gold and silver grading between 1.17 and 23.86 opt Ag and from .10 to .52 opt Au. MPH Consulting, a mining consulting Canadian firm, estimated an historical resource of at least 219,000 tons at 12.8 opt silver and .244 opt gold. This calculation included intercepts from the Norman King structure, however does not include high grade intercepts from the “New Zone” that holes B-91-15 and 16 intersected.  


A mining permit is already approved and a 10X10 development drift has already intersected the targeted quartz structure.  Future development will require the decline to turn along strike of the quartz vein and move over 1000 feet to the far end of the claim at the high grade intercepts from drilling and the boundary between the Summit Mine property and the Billali claim.  Then vertical raises will target the ore and underground drilling can block out additional ore from nearby parallel structures identified from the drilling.


SRC has developed extensive engineering profiles and drafted a summary outline of the operating plan. The development plan outlines approximately six months to improve the existing mine workings, which includes expanding the existing production drift and driving the secondary escape way required by Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). SRC believes this will be done in less time but has allowed for a time contingency.   Once this development work has been completed, SRC will begin extracting and shipping gold and silver ore to a third party smelter for processing.




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Copper Canyon Exploration Project


On June 21, 2011 SRI entered into a Mineral Lease Agreement with Option to Purchase (the "Copper Lease") with from the Salmon Canyon Copper Company near Salmon, ID to acquire rights to 10 unpatented mining claims known as the Salmon Canyon Exploration project (“the Copper Canyon Project”), which is a historic copper/cobalt mine. The Project currently contains one existing mine portal and extensive historic development. The Salmon Canyon Project is located in the Mineral Hill Mining District near Salmon, Idaho. . The Copper Lease provides for a two year lease period with an initial payment of $25,000 with a second $25,000 due on November 1, 2011, a third payment of $50,000 due on May 1, 2012, with a final lease payment due on November 1, 2012 of $425,000. After the lease period expires on May 31, 2013, SRI has the right to purchase full right and title of ownership of the Copper Canyon property for $3,975,000. The Company has received the permit from the US Forest Service to permit access and exploration of the property. Due to the delay in the permitting process both the Company and the SCCC have mutually agreed that none of the lease payments defined in the Copper Lease, outlined above, are outstanding. Both entities have agreed that the timing and amounts of future lease payments will be renegotiated once SRC has obtained appropriate project financing.  



NOTE 4 - DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENT LIABILITIES AND CONVERTIBLE NOTES


The Company reviews the terms of the conversion features on notes payable and records a discount on the note in an amount equal to the intrinsic value of the conversion feature, not to exceed the face amount of the note, if the embedded conversion feature is not accounted for as a liability. The initial amount of the note discount is recorded in additional paid-in capital on the date of issuance and is amortized to interest expense over the initial term of the note using the interest method. Upon conversion, the entire unamortized discount is recognized as interest expense due to the beneficial nature of the conversion feature.


In January 2012, the Company issued a convertible note for $53,000 to one entity. The note bears interest at 8% per annum and is due November 1, 2012. The conversion price is 50% of the average of the lowest three closing bid prices in the 10 trading days ending one day before notice of conversion is given. The sale was made to one entity in a private, negotiated transaction without any public solicitation.


In January, 2012, the Company issued a promissory note to a related party and a relative to a related party for a total of $63,000. The notes bear simple interest at an annual rate of 20% per annum and is due July 27, 2012. In conjunction with the Note, 50,000 shares of common stock were issued to the lender. These shares were valued at $5,500 and recorded as a note discount. The lender has the option, at maturity, to convert the note and accrued interest into common at a price of $0.10 per share.


In January 2012, the Company issued a convertible note for $54,000 to one individual. The note bears interest at 8% per annum and is due October 29, 2012. The conversion price is 50% of the average of the lowest three closing bid prices in the 10 trading days ending one day before notice of conversion is given. The sale was made to an individual in a private, negotiated transaction without any public solicitation.


As of March 31, 2012, interest payable on these notes totaled $34,435.


These notes were evaluated using ASC 815-40 and it was determined that the embedded conversion should be accounted for as derivative instrument liabilities. Accordingly, they are to be marked to market each reporting period, with the corresponding non-cash gain or loss reflected in the Company’s current period statement of operations.



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NOTE 5 - NOTES PAYABLE



In March, 2012, the Company issued a note payable for $50,000 to one of the individuals from which we have the lease purchase agreement for as the A&P Lease, covering the balance of the 2012 annual lease payment due. The note bears an interest rate of 12% as was due April 16, 2012.


In March, 2012, the Company issued a note payable for $4,000 to one individual. The note bears interest at 20% per annum and is due May 31, 2012.


In March, 2012, the Company issued a note payable for $61,750 to one individual. The note was due on March 31, 2012. The note holder has informed the Company that an interest penalty of $10,000 per month will accrue until the note is paid in full.


As of March 31, 2012, interest payable on these notes totaled $13,720.


The components of notes payable are as follows:


as of March 31, 2012:


 

Principal

Amount

Unamortized

Discount

Net

Contractual liabilities

$

200,000

$

--

$

200,000

Notes payable

 

323,750

 

(3,416)

 

320,334

Convertible notes payable

 

632,700

 

(151,344)

 

481,356

   Total notes payable

$

1,156,450

$

(154,760)

$

1,001,690



NOTE 6 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES


On October 1, 2010, the Company entered into a lease for office space located in Cameron Park, California, for a period of five years. Future minimum lease payments under operating leases are $32,544, $32,709, $33,369, $34,035 and $25,911 for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 respectively. Total rental expense was $13,386 for the three months ended March 31, 2012, $11,136 for the three months ended March 31, 2011, and $77,516 for the period from May 27, 2010 (Inception) through March 31, 2012.


Legal Matters


SRC was named in an amended complaint filed in District Court, Clark County Nevada, by Phyllis Wynn, individually and as the trustee for the Phyllis Wynn Family Trust. The Complaint appears to name approximately 81 defendants including Steele Resources Corporation. The Amended Complaint was filed September 23, 2009. It alleges 17 causes of actions including breach of contract and fraud against various other defendants and fraudulent conveyance to SRC and its former President and CEO Marlon Steele. The substance of the Complaint involves a real estate transaction not involving SRC. We do not believe the Plaintiff will prevail as to her claims regarding Steele Resources Corporation and have answered with affirmative defenses including but not limited to the following: (1) the injuries and damages complained of did not occur as the result of any action on the part of SRC but as the sole, direct and proximate result of actions by Plaintiff and third parties not otherwise related to SRC. The amount of loss cannot be reasonably estimated. A former officer of SRC has agreed to indemnify the Company from any eventual



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costs or loss from this lawsuit. In April, 2011 SRI made the decision to abandon the claims related to the Comstock-Tyler project by not making the requisite annual payments to the BLM.


Contractual Matters


On February 4, 2011, SRI entered into a Mineral Lease Agreement with Option to Purchase (the "Pony Lease") with a group of individual land owners in the state of Montana to acquire rights to 17 patented and 67 unpatented mining claims known as the Pony Exploration project (“the Pony Project”). The Pony Project currently contains two active mines operating under a Small Miner Exclusion Statement (SMES). The Pony Project is located in the Pony Mining District near Pony, Montana. The Pony Lease provides for a six year lease period with an initial payment of $300,000 and annual lease payments of $500,000 for the next five years. The Lessors will also have a 2% NSR on the property. In addition the Lessors will receive a 1% NSR on any property developed by SRI located within one linear mile from any portion of the exterior boundary of the Pony Project. After the lease period expires, SRI will have the option to purchase the Pony Project for $190,000. In May, 2011, we issued a note payable for $50,000 covering the balance of the initial lease payment due. The note bears an interest rate of 12% as was due May 31, 2011. The Company is working with the note holders to extend the terms of the note until SRC secures adequate working capital.


In February, 2011 SRI entered into a into a Mineral Lease Agreement with Option to Purchase with a group of individual land owners in the state of Montana to acquire two patented mining claims known as the Atlantic and Pacific Mine ("the A&P Lease") located in the Pony Mining District in Montana. The A&P Lease provides for a five year lease period with an initial payment of $200,000 and an annual commitment of $100,000 for the next five years. The Lessors will also have a 2% NSR on the property during the lease term. After the lease period expires and all lease payments have been paid, full right and title of ownership of the A&P property shall be transferred to SRI. In May, 2011, the Company issued a note payable for $80,000 to one of the individual land owners covering the balance of the initial lease payment due. The note bears an interest rate of 12% as was due May 31, 2011. The Company paid $34,000 towards interest and principle in December, 2011 and paid the balance of the note and interest in March, 2012. The Company issued a note payable to the land owner in March, 2012, for $50,000 covering the balance of the lease payment that was due for 2012; the note bears an interest rate of 12% and is due April 16, 2012.


On June 21, 2011 SRI entered into a Mineral Lease Agreement with Option to Purchase (the "Copper Lease") with from the Salmon Canyon Copper Company near Salmon, ID to acquire rights to 10 unpatented mining claims known as the Salmon Canyon Exploration project (“the Copper Canyon Project”), which is a historic copper/cobalt mine. The Copper Lease provides for a two year lease period with an initial payment of $25,000 with a second $25,000 due on November 1, 2011, a third payment of $50,000 due on May 1, 2012, with a final lease payment due on November 1, 2012 of $425,000. After the lease period expires on May 31, 2013, SRI has the right to purchase full right and title of ownership of the Copper Canyon property for $3,975,000. The Company has initiated the permitting process with the US Forest Service to permit access and exploration of the property; however, at December 31, 2011 none of the required permits have been issued by the US Forest Service. As of December 31, 2011, the Company and the Salmon Canyon Copper Company have agreed to reschedule the terms of the lease payments once the required permits are issued by the US Forest Service and that the Company is not in default of the payment terms of the Copper Lease.  


On August 31, 2011, SRC and Innocent, Inc. negotiated a formal Termination of the Joint Venture Agreement (the “Termination Agreement”) of the Joint Venture Agreement established to fund the development of the Mineral Hill Project. Pursuant to the Termination Agreement SRC acknowledges its obligation to repay $540,000 paid to date by INCT to SRC under the terms of the JV Agreement. The Termination Agreement also allows SRC the option to assume the $540,000 owed to INCT note holders on terms negotiated between SRC and the note holders.   



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On April 20, 2012, Seller and Steele Resources, Inc. ("SRI"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SRC, entered into a definitive Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) for the acquisition of the Billali Mine. The Purchase Agreement provides for payments to be made over a period of two years with transfer of ownership being completed when SRI has satisfied its financial obligations under the Purchase Agreement. The purchase price for the Billali consists of the issuance of two million shares (2,000,000) of common stock of SRC; an initial payment of $100,000; within 45 days of the Purchase Agreement being signed, SRI will make an additional payment of $500,000; and SRI will deliver six hundred (600) American Eagle One Ounce Gold Coins on the twelfth, eighteenth and twenty-fourth month anniversary of the Purchase Agreement signing,  to be delivered to the Seller. Upon satisfaction of these terms, the Seller will complete the transfer of full right and title of ownership of the Billali Mine to SRI. In addition, Seller will be entitled to receive a five percent (5%) Net Smelter Return on any and all future mining activity at the Billali Mine following the transfer of ownership to SRI.


Tabular Disclosure of Contractual Obligations as of March 31, 2012:


 

 

 

Payment due by period

 

Total

 

Less than 1 year

 

1-3 years

 

3-5 years

 

More than 5 years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mineral Lease Obligations

3,475,000

 

650,000

 

2,225,000

 

600,000

 

 -0-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Lease Obligations

117,888

 

24,573

 

93,315

 

 -0-

 

 -0-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

$3,592,888

 

$674,573

 

$2,318,315

 

$600,000

 

 -0-


In conjunction with the mining claims held or leased by SRI, we are obligated to pay claim maintenance fees of approximately $12,000 for Mineral Hill over the next twelve months.



NOTE 7 - STOCKHOLDERS’ (DEFICIT)


Issuance of Common Stock


In January, 2012, the Company issued 50,000 shares in conjunction with a note payable issued to a related party for a total of $63,000. These shares were valued at $5,500 and recorded as a note discount.


In February, 2012, the Company issued: 1,000,000 shares in consideration for financial consulting services, the value of the shares issued was $120,000; through a private placement of its common stock, the Company issued 125,000 shares for $12,500 to two individuals; and the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 500,000 shares of common stock to each of its four Board Members as compensation for services in 2010 and 2011, the total value of the shares issued was $220,000.


Through a private placement of its common stock, the Company issued 125,000 shares of common stock to two individuals for $12,500 in February, 2012.


Through a private placement of its common stock, the Company issued 60,000 shares of common stock to one individual for $6,000 in March, 2012.


Through a private placement of its common stock, the Company issued 3,000,000 shares to two individuals for $270,000 in March, 2012, net of $30,000 in placement costs.



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Stock Options and Warrants


In February, 2011, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the 2011 Equity Compensation Plan (the "Plan"), the purpose of the Plan is to provide a means by which eligible recipients of stock awards may be given an opportunity to benefit from increases in value of the common stock through the granting of the following stock awards: incentive stock options, nonstatutory stock options, stock bonuses and rights to acquire restricted stock. The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain the services of the group of persons eligible to receive stock awards, to secure and retain the services of new members of this group and to provide incentives for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company and its affiliates. The Board shall administer the Plan unless and until the Board delegates administration to a Committee. Subject to the provisions relating to adjustments upon changes in stock, the stock that may be issued pursuant to stock awards shall not exceed in the aggregate three million three hundred thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three (3,333,333) shares of Common Stock.


Stock option and warrant activity, within the 2011 Equity Compensation Plan and outside of the plan, for the three months ended March 31, 2012, are as follows:


 

Stock Options

 

Warrants

 

Shares

 

Weighted Average

Exercise Price

 

Shares

 

Weighted Average

Exercise Price

Outstanding at December 31, 2011

2,066,669

 

$0.1204

 

1,033,334

 

$0.4839

  Granted

0

 

0

 

0

 

0.2000

  Canceled

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

  Expired

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

  Exercised

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

Outstanding at March 31, 2012

2,066,669

 

$0.1204

 

1,033,334

 

$0.4839

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercisable at March 31, 2012

852,778

 

$0.1232

 

 

 

 


Stock Options as of March 31, 2012:


Exercise Price

 

Shares Outstanding

 

Weighted Contractual

Life Remaining (in Years)

 

Shares Exercisable

 

Weighted Contractual

Life Remaining (in Years)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$0.1100

 

1,400,000

 

9.23

 

400,000

 

9.23

$0.1210

 

250,000

 

9.23

 

250,000

 

9.23

$0.1500

 

250,002

 

8.87

 

166,668

 

8.87

$0.1620

 

166,667

 

9.03

 

36,110

 

9.03

 

 

2,066,669

 

9.13

 

852,778

 

9.12





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Stock Warrants as March 31, 2012:


Exercise Price Range

 

Warrants Outstanding

 

Warrants Convertible

 

Weighted Contractual

Life Remaining (in Years)

 

Weighted Average

 Exercise Price

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$0.4500

 

1,000,000

 

1,000,000

 

3.59

 

$0.4500

$1.5000

 

33,334

 

33,334

 

1.51

 

$1.5000

 

 

1,033,334

 

1,033,334

 

2.55

 

$0.4839


The fair value of the options granted during the ended December 31, 2011 is estimated at $234,000. The fair value of these options was estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions:


Term

10 years

Risk-free Interest Rate

1%

Volatility

339%

Dividend Yield

0%


The total fair value of non-vested stock options as of March 31, 2012 was $143,650 and is amortizable over a weighted average period of 2.38 years. The weighted-average remaining contractual life of options outstanding issued under the Plan was 9.13 years at March 31, 2012.


The Company effected a 1-for-3 reverse stock split on May 2, 2011. The accompanying financial statements reflect the retroactive effect of this reverse stock split.



NOTE 9 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS


On April 20, 2012, Seller and Steele Resources, Inc. ("SRI"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SRC, entered into a definitive Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) for the acquisition of the Billali Mine. The Purchase Agreement provides for payments to be made over a period of two years with transfer of ownership being completed when SRI has satisfied its financial obligations under the Purchase Agreement. The purchase price for the Billali consists of the issuance of two million shares (2,000,000) of common stock of SRC; an initial payment of $100,000; within 45 days of the Purchase Agreement being signed, SRI will make an additional payment of $500,000; and SRI will deliver to the Seller a total of 1,800 American Eagle One Ounce Gold Coins with delivery of 600 coins on the twelfth, eighteenth and twenty-fourth month anniversary of the Purchase Agreement signing. Upon satisfaction of these terms, the Seller will complete the transfer of full right and title of ownership of the Billali Mine to SRI. In addition, Seller will be entitled to receive a five percent (5%) Net Smelter Return on any and all future mining activity at the Billali Mine following the transfer of ownership to SRI.


Through a private placement of its common stock, the Company issued 3,000,000 shares to two individuals in March, 2012. Under the terms of the offering, the two individuals will be issued warrants to purchase 1,500,000 shares of common stock at a price of $0.20. The warrants, valid from three years of the purchase of the common stock, will be issued upon the close of the private placement offering being offered by the Company. The warrants will be issued in the second quarter of 2012.





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ITEM 2 - MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATION


Caution About Forward-Looking Statements


THIS FORM 10-Q INCLUDES “FORWARD-LOOKING” STATEMENTS ABOUT FUTURE FINANCIAL RESULTS, FUTURE BUSINESS CHANGES AND OTHER EVENTS THAT HAVE NOT YET OCCURRED.  FOR EXAMPLE, STATEMENTS LIKE THE COMPANY “EXPECTS,” “ANTICIPATES” OR “BELIEVES” ARE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS.  INVESTORS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT ACTUAL RESULTS MAY DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THE COMPANY’S EXPRESSED EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE OF RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES ABOUT THE FUTURE.  THE COMPANY DOES NOT UNDERTAKE TO UPDATE THE INFORMATION IN THIS FORM 10-Q IF ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT LATER TURNS OUT TO BE INACCURATE.  DETAILS ABOUT RISKS AFFECTING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE COMPANY’S BUSINESS ARE DISCUSSED THROUGHOUT THIS FORM 10-Q AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED CAREFULLY.


General


Steele Resources, Inc. was formed on May 27, 2010. On June 17, 2010 we entered into and consummated a Plan and Agreement of Reorganization between Steele Resources Corporation and Steele Resources, Inc. ("SRI") and certain stockholders of SRI (the “Reorganization”). As a result of the Reorganization, the Company changed its name to Steele Resources Corporation ("SRC") and SRI became a wholly-owned subsidiary of SRC and the acquired business operations of SRI became SRC’s primary business activity.   


Basis of Presentation and Going Concern


The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. Should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern, it may be unable to realize the carrying value of its assets and to meet its liabilities as they become due.


The Company has incurred a net loss of $862,961 for the three months ended March 31, 2012, and has a total accumulated deficit of $4,257,148.


During the quarter ended March 31, 2012 the Company has no recurring revenue-generating operations. However, during the fourth quarter of 2011, SRI reported gross revenues of roughly $531,000. However, the Company will continue as a going concern, and will continue to be dependent on fund raising for project development and payment of general and administration expenses until production at its properties ramp up to sustainable production and revenue-generating operations are achieved. The Company has no commitment from any party to provide additional working capital and there is no assurance that such funding will be available if needed, or if available, that its terms will be favorable or acceptable to the Company.


The Company’s consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustment relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue in existence.





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Derivative Financial Instruments


In connection with the issuance of debt or equity instruments, we may issue options or warrants to purchase our common stock. In certain circumstances, these options or warrants may be classified as derivative liabilities, rather than as equity. Additionally, the debt or equity instruments may contain embedded derivative instruments, such as conversion options, which in certain circumstances, may be required to be bifurcated from the associated host instrument and accounted for separately as a derivative instrument liability.


The identification of, and accounting for, derivative instruments is complex. Our derivative instrument liabilities are revalued at the end of each reporting period, with changes in the fair value of the derivative liability recorded as charges or credits to income, in the period in which the changes occur. For warrants that are accounted for as derivative instrument liability, we determined the fair value of these warrants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. That model requires assumptions related to the remaining term of the instruments and risk-free rates of return, our current common stock price and expected dividend yield, and the expected volatility of our common stock price over the life of the warrants. The identification of, and accounting for, derivative instruments and the assumptions used to value them can significantly affect our consolidated financial statements.


Results of Operation


We have not included a discussion and analysis comparing our current financial position and results of operation with periods prior to the Reorganization as management believes a discussion of SRC’s past operations (prior to the Reorganization) would not be helpful in evaluating our new line of business in the natural resources sector commenced as a result of the Reorganization. Our financial reporting commences as of May 27, 2010, which is the inception date of SRC’s wholly-owned subsidiary, SRI which initiated SRC's current mineral exploration business. SRI has been in existence for a relatively short period of time and has conducted only limited operations to date.


The following discussion and analysis provides information that we believe is relevant to an assessment and understanding of our results of operation and financial condition for the three months ended March 31, 2012 as compared to the three month period ended March 31, 2011.


Results of Operations for the three months ending March 31, 2012 compared to the three months ending March 31, 2011  


Revenue


During the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, neither SRC nor its subsidiary SRI had any revenue from operations.


Operating Expenses


Total Operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 were $715,816 and $614,940, respectively, an increase of $99,866 or 16%. The increase in Operating expenses is attributed primarily to professional fees and administrative costs related to several financing and a property acquisition transaction during the first quarter of 2012 and legal and accounting expenses related to a publicly reporting company, including the preparation of year-end reports.




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Net Loss


We incurred a net operating loss $715,816 for the three months ended March 31, 2012 compared to an operating loss of $614,940 for the three months ending March 31, 2011, a change of $100,876 or 16%. The increase in operating loss is the result of expenses relating to SRI’s mineral lease payments; costs associated with property acquisition; costs related to several financing transaction; and with SRC’s year-end legal and accounting expenses relating to the Company’s reporting obligations, coupled with a lack of revenues to offset these expenses.


We incurred a net loss of $862,961 for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 compared to a net loss of $716,099 for the three months ended March 31, 2011, a change of $146,862 or 20%, due to a significant increase in interest expenses primarily due to the Company securing higher interest financing in the quarter just ended versus the same period in 2011.


Plan of Operation


Steele Resources, Inc. was incorporated in the state of Nevada on May 27, 2010 as an exploration and mining company which focuses on identifying and developing advanced stage precious metal exploration projects which show potential to achieve full production. The overall business strategy is to identify, develop and operate mineral exploration properties and to provide mine development and operations services to mining properties located initially in the Western United States. The initial business strategy is to service the niche market between speculative exploration and large scale production. This niche market lays between, at one end, relatively small companies which have conducted preliminary mineral exploration on their properties and, at the other end, companies which conduct major mining operations which could generally be defined as properties having multimillion ounce gold mineral reserves. Within this niche market, SRI believes there are a large number of projects in the United States that have excellent potential but do not meet the size requirements for development by the major operators in the mining industry.


SRI’s business plan is to evaluate properties which have considerable amounts of exploration already completed and potential resources identified yet are not of sufficient size and scope for development by the major mining companies. Based on management’s extensive experience in evaluating geological exploration data and development feasibility, SRI will seek to identify those exploration properties which offer the best potential for producing significant gold and silver reserves and offers favorable conditions for the efficient development of the property to reach a production stage.


Once suitable projects are identified, SRI will conduct exploration drilling, prepare feasibility studies, create mine modeling, and perform on-site construction and advance stage project engineering with the goal of establishing, if warranted, a producing mine project. Exploration services would also include securing necessary permits, environmental compliance and remediation plans.


SRI will provide its mine development services in one of two ways. The first way is for SRI to acquire part or all of the mineral rights to a designated property and perform the services listed above. SRI would fund the property development itself and would own all or a substantial portion of the gold production, if any, which might be realized from that particular property, with a royalty paid to the property owner or the mineral rights assignor. This approach would typically include certain work requirements and expenditure requirements in order to maintain the exploration/mineral rights.




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The second approach will be to contract with the property owner or mineral rights holder to provide the services listed above on a contract fee basis which would include a percentage royalty paid to SRI on any gold production which is actually achieved. This approach would have SRI acting in the nature of a general contractor.  SRI would prepare the same type of comprehensive mining development plan as described above and assemble the necessary service providers to carry out the plan. To date, SRI has not contracted to provide services to other mineral rights holders choosing instead to develop its own currently leased properties.


Suitable projects will have the following characteristics:


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properties located near existing mineral zones initially focusing in the USA;

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properties having a considerable amount of exploration completed; and

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properties not of sufficient size for the major mining companies to advance themselves.


Exploration Projects


Mineral Hill Project


The Mineral Hill Exploration project is a gold project located 4-6 miles west of Pony, Montana in the Tobacco Roots Mountain Range in Madison County and includes 17 patented claims and 67 unpatented claims known as the Pony Exploration project (“the Pony Project”).


Pony Project: On February 4, 2011, SRI entered into a Mineral Lease Agreement with Option to Purchase (the "Pony Lease")with a group of individual land owners in the state of Montana to acquire rights to 17 patented and 67 unpatented mining claims known as the Pony Exploration project (“the Pony Project”). The Pony Project currently contains two active mines operating under a Small Miner Exclusion Statement (SMES). The Pony Project is located in the Pony Mining District near Pony, Montana. Officers of SRC have met with Montana Department of Environmental Quality officials to discuss permitting for both mining and exploration activities. The Pony Lease provides for a six year lease period with an initial payment of $300,000 and annual lease payments of $500,000 for the next five years. The Lessors will also have a 2% NSR on the property. In addition the Lessors will receive a 1% NSR on any property developed by SRI located within one linear mile from any portion of the exterior boundary of the Pony Project. After the lease period expires, SRI will have the option to purchase the Pony Project for $190,000.


A&P Project: In February, 2011 SRI entered into a into a Mineral Lease Agreement with Option to Purchase with a group of individual land owners in the state of Montana to acquire two patented mining claims known as the Atlantic and Pacific Mine ("the A&P Lease") located in the Pony Mining District in Montana. The A&P Lease provides for a five year lease period with an initial payment of $200,000 and an annual commitment of $100,000 for the next five years. The Lessors will also have a 2% NSR on the property during the lease term. After the lease period expires and all lease payments have been paid, full right and title of ownership of the A&P property shall be transferred to SRI.


To retain mineral rights to the property, the yearly maintenance fees must be paid as well as the appropriate lease payments to the owners of the claims as outlined in the definitive agreement.


The property currently has no known reserves, only in-house resource calculations established by various companies as noted in Steele Resource’s technical report on the Mineral Hill Project.  Therefore, to establish any reserves, sufficient drilling will be required, and until then, this property is exploratory in nature. The sampling program to date has been restricted to rock chip sampling and grab sampling at various locations.




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SRI completed the reclamation phase of approximately 6,000 tons of stockpiled material at the A&P site that had previously been identified as a hazardous mining waste site. SRI removed the stockpiled materials and sold the mineral ore grade to a third party processing facility for gross revenues of $531,000 in the fourth quarter of 2011.


SRI established a new mine portal and is currently engaged in the creation of a development drift which will enclose all operations as well as on site crushing capability, all of which falls within the existing SMES authorization. We anticipate that the Mineral Hill Project will generate revenues during the initial twelve months of operations. SRC plans to raise the required working capital for this operation through the private placement of our equity securities, and such other means as the Company may determine.


Copper Canyon Exploration Project


On June 21, 2011 SRI entered into a Mineral Lease Agreement with Option to Purchase (the "Copper Lease") with from the Salmon Canyon Copper Company near Salmon, ID to acquire rights to 10 unpatented mining claims known as the Salmon Canyon Exploration project (“the Copper Canyon Project”), which is a historic copper/cobalt mine. The Project currently contains one existing mine portal and extensive historic development. The Salmon Canyon Project is located in the Mineral Hill Mining District near Salmon, Idaho. The Copper Lease provides for a two year lease period with an initial payment of $25,000 with a second $25,000 due on November 1, 2011, a third payment of $50,000 due on May 1, 2012, with a final lease payment due on November 1, 2012 of $425,000. After the lease period expires on May 31, 2013, SRI has the right to purchase full right and title of ownership of the Copper Canyon property for $3,975,000. The Company has initiated the permitting process with the US Forest Service to permit access and exploration of the property; however, at December 31, 2011 none of the required permits have been received by the Company. The Company and Salmon Copper Canyon Company are currently renegotiating the timing of the lease and purchase payments due to the delay in receiving the required permits to commence the initial exploration phase of the project.  


Proposed Property Acquisitions


Billali Gold Mine


On January 19, 2012, SRC entered into a Letter of Intent ("LOI") to acquire the Billali Gold and Silver Mine (the "Billali Mine") from the Billali Gold Mine, LLC ("Seller"), an advanced stage epithermal silver-gold quartz vein deposit in the Steeple Rock Mining District of New Mexico. This property consists of approximately 11.6 acres including one patented claim which the Company believes has potential for near term production of silver and gold ore.


On April 20, 2012, Seller and Steele Resources, Inc. ("SRI"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SRC, entered into a definitive Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) for the acquisition of the Billali Mine. The Purchase Agreement provides for payments to be made over a period of two years with transfer of ownership being completed when SRI has satisfied its financial obligations under the Purchase Agreement. The purchase price for the Billali consists of the issuance of two million shares (2,000,000) of common stock of SRC; an initial payment of $100,000; within 45 days of the Purchase Agreement being signed, SRI will make an additional payment of $500,000; and SRI will deliver a total of 1,800 American Eagle One Ounce Gold Coins in three tranches of 600 coins each on the twelfth, eighteenth and twenty-fourth month anniversary of the Purchase Agreement signing. Upon satisfaction of these terms, the Seller will complete the transfer of full right and title of ownership of the Billali Mine to SRI. In addition, Seller will be entitled to receive a five percent (5%) Net Smelter Return on any and all future mining activity at the Billali Mine following the transfer of ownership to SRI. During the two year payment period, SRI will have full rights to develop and manage the property.




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The Billali Mine is physically adjacent to the Summit Mine, owned and operated by the Santa Fe Gold Corporation. The Billali Mine is along strike and adjacent to this producing operation.  It was once a part of the original Summit Mine land package evaluated by Biron Bay Resources and the drilling and geology used for the current reserve and resource studies is from the same drill program. The Summit Mine has proved the veracity of the original drill program and demonstrated that a viable ore body exists.


According to the December, 2011 43-101 report for the property, exploration drilling was conducted on the Billali claim and adjacent Summit Mine property by Nova Gold and Biron Bay Resources from 1990 to 1991.  Over 200 diamond core holes were drilled with at least 28 holes on the Billali claim.  Nine holes intersected high grade with six intersecting 3 to 15 foot intervals of gold and silver grading between 1.17 and 23.86 opt Ag and from .10 to .52 opt Au. MPH Consulting, a mining consulting Canadian firm, estimated a historical resource of at least 219,000 tons at 12.8 opt silver and .244 opt gold. This calculation included intercepts from the Norman King structure, however does not include high grade intercepts from the “New Zone” that holes B-91-15 and 16 intersected.  


A mining permit is already approved and a 10X10 development drift has already intersected the targeted quartz structure.  Future development will require the decline to turn along strike of the quartz vein and move over 1000 feet to the far end of the claim at the high grade intercepts from drilling and the boundary between the Summit Mine property and the Billali claim.  Then vertical raises will target the ore and underground drilling can block out additional ore from nearby parallel structures identified from the drilling.


SRC has developed extensive engineering profiles and drafted a summary outline of the operating plan. The development plan outlines approximately six months to improve the existing mine workings, which includes expanding the existing production drift and driving the secondary escape way required by Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). SRC believes this will be done in less time but has allowed for a time contingency.   Once this development work has been completed, SRC will begin extracting and shipping gold and silver ore to a third party smelter for processing.


Liquidity and Capital Resources


To continue with the deployment of our business strategies, we will require significant additional working capital. We also will require additional working capital for employment of necessary corporate personnel, and related general and administrative expenses. At March 31, 2012, our cash balance was $16,484.  During the first quarter of 2012 we raised investment capital of $288,500 through the sale of common stock and paid $120,000 of consulting fees through the issuance of common stock. We have limited cash on hand and we will be required to raise capital to fund our operations. Our ability to meet our current financial liabilities and commitments is primarily dependent upon the continued issuance of equity to new stockholders or loans from existing stockholders and management or outside loans. Management believes that our Company's current cash and cash equivalents will not be sufficient to meet our working capital requirements for the next twelve month period. We have had negative cash flow from operating activities as we are in the exploration stage and have not yet begun to generate revenues.  Our Company plans to raise the capital required to satisfy our immediate short-term needs and additional capital required to meet our estimated funding requirements for the next twelve months primarily through the private placement of our equity securities, by way of loans, and such other means as the Company may determine.


In conjunction with the mining claims held or leased by SRI, SRI is obligated to pay claim maintenance fees of approximately $12,000 for Mineral Hill over the next twelve months.




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While we expect exploration and development of our properties to commence during the next twelve months we do not expect revenues from this work to cover our operating expenses which we expect to increase as we implement our business plan. Consequently, we are dependent on the proceeds from other outside sources of capital to sustain our operations and implement our business plan until operating income is sufficient to cover our operating expenses.  If we are unable to raise sufficient capital we will be required to delay or forego some portion of our business plan, which would have a material adverse effect on our anticipated results from operations and financial condition.  There is no assurance that we will be able to obtain necessary amounts of capital or that our estimates of our capital requirements will prove to be accurate.  We may find it necessary to raise additional outside financing which may not be available.  Even if we are able to secure outside financing, it may not be available in the amounts or times when we require.  Furthermore, such financing would likely take the form of bank loans, private placements of debt or equity securities or some combination of these.  The issuance of additional equity securities would dilute the stock ownership of current investors while incurring loans, lines of credit or debt by SRC would increase its cash flow requirements and possible loss of valuable assets if such obligations were not repaid in accordance with their terms.


Factors Affecting Future Operating Results


We continue to deploy our plan to place the Company on an improved financial footing. In addition to the significant capital raisings already achieved and the securities placements in 2012, an important element of the plan includes continuing to raise funding as may be required to provide for operations on our various property sites. If we continue to secure required financing on acceptable terms, we believe we will be in a position to execute our business plan on our property sites.


Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements


During the three months ended March 31, 2012, we did not engage in any off-balance sheet arrangements defined in Item 303(a) (4) of the SEC’s Regulation S-K.


ITEM 4 - CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES


Disclosure Controls and Procedures


We have adopted and maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15 (e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods required under the SEC’s rules and forms and that the information is gathered and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer), as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure.  


At the end of the period covered by this report, an evaluation was carried out under the supervision of, and with the participation of, the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a - 15(e) and Rule 15d - 15(e) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were adequately designed and effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in its reports that it files or submits to the SEC under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in applicable rules and forms.

 

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.


There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2012 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 1A - RISK FACTORS


SRC is a relatively new company with a limited operating history which makes the evaluation of its future business prospects difficult.


Prior to June 17, 2010 SRC was a shell company with no designated business or operations. As a result of the Reorganization SRC has only recently changed its business to focus on the natural resource sector which new business will be carried out primarily by its wholly-owned subsidiary, SRI. SRI is an exploration stage company which only recently was formed and commenced its business. Consequently, it has limited operating history and an unproven business strategy. SRI’s primary activities to date have been the design of its business plan and identifying potential advanced stage gold exploration projects which fit SRI’s project profile. As such we may not be able to achieve positive cash flows and our lack of operating history makes evaluation of our future business and prospects difficult. The Company has not generated any revenues from mining operations to date. The Company’s success is dependent upon the successful identification and future development of suitable mineral exploration projects. Any future success that we might achieve will depend upon many factors, including factors beyond our control which cannot be predicted at this time. These factors may include but are not limited to: changes in or increased levels of competition; unfavorable weather conditions; the availability of materials and equipment; the cost and time of bringing exploration stage projects into production; the amount and accuracy of gold reserves identified; and the market price of gold and other metals. These conditions may have a material adverse effect upon SRI’s and the Company’s business operating results and financial condition.


SRC expects its operating expenses to increase in the future with no assurance that revenues will be sufficient to cover those expenses which could delay or prevent SRC from achieving profitability.


As SRC’s business grows and expands, it will spend substantial capital and other resources on exploring and potentially developing its exploration projects, establishing strategic relationships and operating infrastructure.  SRC expects its cost of revenues, property exploration, general and administrative expenses, to continue to increase.  However, revenues are not expected in the near future to offset these expenses. Consequently if outside capital is not secured, there may be a material adverse effect on our business, cash flow and financial condition.


SRC will need to raise funds through debt or equity financings in the future, which would dilute the ownership of our existing stockholders and possibly subordinate certain of their rights to the rights of new investors or creditors.


We expect to raise additional funds in debt or equity financings if they are available to us on terms we believe reasonable to provide for working capital, carry out exploration programs or to make acquisitions.  Any sales of additional equity or convertible debt securities would result in dilution of the equity interests of our existing stockholders, which could be substantial. Additionally, if we issue shares of preferred stock or convertible debt to raise funds, the holders of those securities might be entitled to various preferential rights over the holders of our common stock, including repayment of their investment, and possibly additional amounts, before any payments could be made to holders of our common stock in connection with an acquisition of the Company.  Such additional debt, if authorized, would create rights and preferences that would be senior to, or otherwise adversely affect, the rights and the value of our common stock and would have to be repaid from future cash flow.



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If SRC fails to raise additional capital to fund its business growth and project exploration, its new business could fail.


The Company anticipates having to raise significant amounts of capital to meet its anticipated needs for working capital and other cash requirements for the near term to explore our mining properties. The Company will attempt to raise such capital through the sale of common stock or debt instruments or securing commercial lines of credit. However, there is no assurance that the Company will be successful in raising or borrowing sufficient additional capital and we have no arrangements for future financing and there can be no assurance that additional financing will be available to us. If adequate funds are not available or are not available on acceptable terms, our ability to fund SRI’s exploration projects, take advantage of potential acquisition opportunities, possibly develop or enhance its properties in the future or respond to competitive pressures would be significantly limited.  Such limitation could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business and financial condition.


Gold exploration is highly speculative in nature, involves substantial expenditures and is frequently non-productive.


Success in gold or other mineral exploration is dependent upon a number of factors including, but not limited to, quality of management, quality and availability of geological data and the expertise to interpret it, availability of trained miners and equipment and availability of exploration capital. The exploration process can be long and costly. Due to these and other factors, the probability of our identifying individual prospects having commercially significant reserves cannot be predicted. It is likely that many of the projects considered will not contain any commercially viable reserves. Consequently, substantial funds may be spent on project evaluation which may identify only a few, if any, projects having commercial development potential. In addition, if commercially viable reserves are identified, significant amounts of capital will be required to mine and process such reserves.


We have not yet identified all properties that we intend to explore.


SRI has currently identified and acquired an interest in or signed a Letter-of-Intent relating to four groups of exploration projects, two located in Nevada and two located in Montana and one located in New Mexico. However, SRI has commenced exploration or development on only one of these projects. Therefore we are unable to determine the quantity of gold, if any, we may be able to recover. We, through our wholly-owned subsidiary, SRI, will continue to seek and identify additional suitable potential mineral resources, which is a subjective process depending in part on the quality of available data and the assumptions used and judgments made in interpreting such data. There is significant uncertainty in any resource estimate such that the actual deposits encountered or reserves validated and the economic viability of mining the deposits may differ materially from our expectations.


We may lose the mineral rights to properties if we fail to meet payment requirements or development or production schedules.


We expect to acquire rights to some of our mineral properties from leaseholds or purchase option agreements that may require the payment of option payments, rent, minimum exploration expenditures or other installment fees or specified expenditures. All of our projects require annual rent or payments to be paid by SRI. If we fail to make these payments when they are due, our mineral rights to the property may be terminated. This would be true for any other mineral rights which require payments to be made in order to maintain such rights.



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Some contracts with respect to mineral rights we may acquire may require development or production schedules. If we are unable to meet any or all of the development or production schedules, we could lose all or a portion of our interests in such properties. Moreover, we may be required in certain instances to pay for government permitting or posting reclamation bonds in order to maintain or utilize our mineral rights in such properties. Because our ability to make some of these payments is likely to depend on our ability to generate internal cash flow or obtain external financing, we may not have the funds necessary to meet these development/production schedules by the required dates.   


We may have to compete with other companies for favorable projects to explore.


Due to the current high market value for gold and silver many companies are attempting to explore properties which show potential for significant gold and silver reserves. Consequently, we will face competition from other companies for those projects showing the most favorable exploration results. While we intend to focus on smaller projects which do not meet the size/volume requirements of the established, large mining companies, we nonetheless expect competition from other companies, many of which are larger and better funded than SRC.


Consequently, if we are unable to secure projects meeting our desired project profile, we are more likely to end up with projects having a lower success potential and ultimately having a lower return on the project’s investment.


Mineral exploration and mining are highly regulated industries.


Mining is subject to extensive regulation by state and federal regulatory authorities. State and federal statutes regulate environmental quality, safety, exploration procedures, reclamation, employees’ health and safety, use of explosives, air quality standards, pollution of stream and fresh water sources, noxious odors, noise, dust, and other environmental protection controls as well as the rights of adjoining property owners. We will strive to verify that projects being considered are currently operating in substantial compliance with all known safety and environmental standards and regulations applicable to each State in which properties are located. However, there can be no assurance that our compliance review could be challenged or that future changes in federal or state laws, regulations or interpretations thereof will not have a material adverse effect on our ability to establish and sustain mining operations.


Gold mining has a number of risks.   


The business of gold and silver mining is subject to certain types of risks, including environmental hazards, industrial accidents, and theft. While we will attempt to secure insurance consistent with industry practice, it is not possible to insure against all risks associated with the mining business, or prudent to assume that insurance will continue to be available at a reasonable cost. We may not obtain certain types of liability insurance on our projects because such coverage is not considered by management to be cost effective. If any project lacks insurance coverage, any losses would have to be absorbed by the Company or other participants which could have a significant adverse impact on the Company’s operations and revenues.


Our business will depend on certain key Company personnel, the loss of whom would adversely affect our chances of success.  


The Company’s success depends to a significant extent upon the continued service of its senior management and key executives.  We do not have “key person” life insurance policies on or employment agreements with any of our officers or other employees.  The loss of the services of any of the key members of senior management, other key personnel or consultants, or our inability to retain high quality



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subcontractor and mining personnel may have a material adverse effect on our business and operating results.


We will incur increased costs and may have difficulty attracting and retaining qualified directors and executive officers as a result of being a public company.


SRC is a public “reporting company” with the SEC. As a public reporting company, we will incur significant legal, accounting, reporting and other expenses not generally applicable to a private company.  We also will incur costs associated with corporate governance requirements, including requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as well as other rules implemented by the SEC. We expect these rules and regulations to increase our legal and financial compliance costs and to make some activities more time-consuming and costly.  We also expect these rules and regulations to make it more difficult and more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and we may be required to accept reduced policy limits and coverage.  As a result, we may experience difficulty attracting and retaining qualified individuals to serve on our board of directors or as executive officers. We cannot predict or estimate the amount of these continuing costs we will incur as a result of being a public company.


Our officers and directors have the ability to exercise significant influence over matters submitted for stockholder approval and their interests may differ from other stockholders.  


Three officers and/or directors of the Company together hold approximately 40% of the outstanding common stock of the Company as of May 11, 2012. Accordingly, our directors and officers, whether acting alone or together, will have significant influence in determining the outcome of any corporate transaction or other matter submitted to our stockholders for approval, which could have a material effect on the approval or disapproval of mergers, acquisitions, consolidations or the sale of all or substantially all of our assets. As significant stockholders of the Company, these individuals will have significant influence in the election of directors as well as the power to prevent a change of control. The interests of these officers and directors may differ from the interests of the other stockholders.


A decline in the price of gold and other resources will adversely affect our chances of success.


The price of gold has experienced an increase in value over the past several years, generally reflecting among other things relatively low interest rates in the United States; worldwide instability due to terrorism; and a continuing global economic slump. Gold prices at historic highs closing at $1,583 per ounce on May 11, 2012 as reported on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. We believe that the economic conditions causing these high market valuations will continue for the foreseeable future. However the price of gold and silver can be very volatile and is subject to numerous factors beyond our control including industrial and jewelry demand, inflation, the strength of the US dollar, interest rates and the amount of global economic instability. Any significant drop in the price of gold or other natural resources could make some exploration projects no longer viable and will have a materially adverse effect on the results of our operations unless we are able to offset such a price drop by substantially increased production.


The Auditor’s Report for fiscal year 2011 states there is substantial uncertainty about the ability of SRC or SRI to continue its operations as a going concern.


In their audit report dated April 6, 2012 included in the Company's 2011 financial statements, the auditors have expressed an opinion that substantial doubt exists as to whether we can continue as an ongoing business.




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Management may be unable to implement the business strategy.


The Company’s and SRI’s business strategy is to service the niche market between speculative exploration and large scale production, the latter of which is dominated by industry majors. SRI plans to identify and explore smaller exploration projects that have already been established as project worthy. There is no assurance that we will be able to identify and provide our services to such “project worthy” properties. In addition, even if we find and ultimately develop such project worthy properties, the time and cost of development may exceed our expectations or, when developed, the amount of gold or other precious metals recovered may fall significantly short of our expectations thus providing a lower return on investment or a loss to the Company.



ITEM 2 - UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES


All of the securities issuances described below were issued in transactions pursuant to the private placement exemption provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. All of the transactions were conducted in a private manner with each entity/individual on a negotiated basis without any public solicitation. Each entity/individual purchased the securities with investment intent. The securities are deemed to be “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act and the stock certificates bear a legend limiting the resale thereof.


In January, 2012, the Company issued 50,000 shares in conjunction with a note payable issued to a relative of a related party for a total of $63,000. These shares were valued at $5,500 and recorded as a note discount.


In February, 2012, the Company issued: 1,000,000 shares in consideration for financial consulting services, the value of the shares issued was $120,000; through a private placement of its common stock, the Company issued 125,000 shares for $12,500 to two individuals; and the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 500,000 shares of common stock to each of its four Board Members as compensation for services in 2010 and 2011, the total value of the shares issued was $220,000.


Through a private placement of its common stock, the Company issued 125,000 shares of common stock to two individuals for $12,500 in February, 2012.


Through a private placement of its common stock, the Company issued 3,060,000 shares of common stock to three individuals for $276,000 in March, 2012, net of $30,000 in placement costs.



ITEM 4. - MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES


The planned operation of our mines will be subject to regulation by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”) under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (the “Mine Act”). MSHA’s activities include the inspection of mines on a regular basis and the issuance of various citations and orders when it believes a violation has occurred under the Mine Act. Following passage of The Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 2006, MSHA has significantly increased its inspection program and the number of citations and orders charged against mining operations as well as the dollar penalties assessed.


SRI, as a potential gold and silver mine operator, will be required to report certain mine safety violations or other regulatory matters as mandated by Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Item 4 of Regulation S-K. Any such violations or regulatory



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matters must be disclosed in Exhibit 95 to be included with a company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q.


Since SRI has only recently commenced limited mining operations at its Mineral Hill Project, its mining operations have not been inspected by MSHA nor has SRI received any citations or orders pertaining to any violation of the Mine Act relating to its mining activities at the Mineral Hill Project. The current limited mining operations at the Mineral Hills Project is conducted pursuant to an approved MSHA Training Program.



ITEM 5. - OTHER INFORMATION


Subsequent to the first quarter of 2012, on April 20, 2012, the Billali Gold Mine LLC ("Seller") and Steele Resources, Inc. ("SRI"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SRC, entered into a definitive Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) for the acquisition of the Billali Mine. The Purchase Agreement provides for payments to be made over a period of two years with transfer of ownership being completed when SRI has satisfied its financial obligations under the Purchase Agreement. The purchase price for the Billali consists of the issuance of two million shares (2,000,000) of common stock of SRC; an initial payment of $100,000 which was made on April 21, 2012; within 45 days of the Purchase Agreement being signed, SRI will make an additional payment of $500,000; and SRI will deliver to the Seller six hundred (600) American Eagle One Ounce Gold Coins on the twelfth, eighteenth and twenty-fourth month anniversary of the Purchase Agreement signing. Upon satisfaction of these terms, the Seller will complete the transfer of full right and title of ownership of the Billali Mine to SRI. In addition, Seller will be entitled to receive a five percent (5%) Net Smelter Return on any and all future mining activity at the Billali Mine following the transfer of ownership to SRI. During the two year payment period, SRI will have full rights to develop and manage the property.


ITEM 6. - EXHIBITS


The following documents are filed as exhibits to this report:

4.1

Convertible promissory notes.

 

 

10.11

Billali Gold Mine Purchase Agreement, dated April 20, 2012

 

 

31.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Periodic Report pursuant to Rule 13a-14a and Rule 15d-14(a).

 

 

31.2

Certification of Principal Accounting Officer of Periodic Report pursuant to Rule  13a-14a and Rule 15d-14(a).

 

 

32.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Principal Accounting Officer  pursuant to 18 U.S.C. - Section 1350.









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SIGNATURES

 

In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


 

STEELE RESOURCES CORPORATION

 

 

Dated:  May 14, 2012

/s/ A. Scott Dockter

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Dated:  May 14, 2012

/s/ David Bridgeford

 

Chief Financial Officer







 

 


 









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