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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

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

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2014

OR

[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ____________to ______________

Commission File Number 000-30651

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

Delaware 11-3763974
(State or other jurisdiction (IRS Employer of incorporation or
organization) Identification No.)

Suite 201, 290 Picton Ave., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1Z 8P8
(Address of principal executive offices)

(613) 241-9959
(Issuer's telephone number)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes [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 (§232.405 of this chapter) 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”. See definition of "accelerated filer and large accelerated filer" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

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]

APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS

Check whether the registrant filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section l2, 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. Yes [_]No [_]

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common equity as of the latest practicable date: May 12, 2014: 9,401,405 shares.


CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This document contains “forward-looking statements” which reflect management’s expectations regarding the Company’s future growth, results of operations, performance and business prospects and opportunities. Such forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the future financial or operating performance of the Company and its projects, the future price of graphite or other metal prices, the estimation of Mineral Resources, the timing and amount of estimated future production, costs of production, capital, operating and exploration expenditures, costs and timing of the development of new deposits, costs and timing of future exploration, requirements for additional capital, government regulation of mining operations, environmental risks, reclamation expenses, title disputes or claims, limitations of insurance coverage and the timing and possible outcome of regulatory matters. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “plans”, “expects”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates”, or “believes” or variations (including negative variations) of such words and phrases, or statements that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others: general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; the actual results of current exploration activities; conclusions of economic evaluations; fluctuations in currency exchange rates; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; changes in labor costs or other costs of production; future prices of graphite or other industrial mineral prices; possible variations of mineral grade or recovery rates; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; accidents, labor disputes and other risks of the mining industry, including but not limited to environmental hazards, cave-ins, pit-wall failures, flooding, rock bursts and other acts of God or unfavorable operating conditions and losses; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of development or construction activities; actual results of reclamation activities, and other unspecified factors. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results to differ from those anticipated, estimated or intended. Forward-looking statements contained herein are made as of the date hereof and the Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING MINERAL RESOURCES

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and other information released by the Company uses the terms “resources”, “measured resources”, “indicated resources” and “inferred resources”. United States investors are advised that, while such terms are recognized and required by Canadian securities laws, the SEC does not recognize them. Under United States standards, mineralization may not be classified as a “reserve” unless the determination has been made that the mineralization could be economically and legally produced or extracted at the time the reserve determination is made. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. United States investors are cautioned not to assume that all or any part of measured or indicated resources will ever be converted into reserves. Inferred resources are in addition to measured and indicated resources. Further, inferred resources have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence and as to whether they can be mined legally or economically. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of the inferred resources will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Therefore, United States investors are also cautioned not to assume that all or any part of the inferred resources exist, or that they can be mined legally or economically. National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”) is a rule developed by the Canadian Securities Administrators, which established standards for all public disclosure an issuer makes of scientific and technical information concerning mineral projects. Unless otherwise indicated, all resource estimates contained in this Form 10-Q and in press releases by the Company in the past and in the future, have been or will be prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum Classification System. The requirements of NI 43-101 are not the same as those of the SEC.


PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1 - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For financial information see the financial statements and the notes thereto for the three month period ended March 31, 2014 (the “Financial Statements”), attached hereto and incorporated by this reference. The Financial Statements have been adjusted with all adjustments which, in the opinion of management, are necessary in order to make the Financial Statements not misleading. The Financial Statements have been prepared by Mindesta Inc. without audit pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted as allowed by such rules and regulations, and management believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. The Financial Statements include all the adjustments which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of financial position and results of operations. All such adjustments are of a normal and recurring nature. The Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements as at December 31, 2013, included in the Company's Form 10-K.


Mindesta Inc.

(an exploration stage company)

Condensed Interim Balance Sheets

 

  As at     As at  

 

  March 31     December 31  

 

  2014     2013  

 

$    $   

 

  ( note 1 )   (note 1 )

Assets

  (unaudited)        

Current

           

   Cash

  11,790     823  

   Receivables

  5,429     5,429  

Total assets

  17,219     6,252  

 

           

Liabilities

           

Current

           

   Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

  37,183     35,205  

   Due to related parties (note 6)

  242,685     214,173  

Total liabilities

  279,868     249,378  

 

           

Stockholders’ deficiency

           

Common stock 200,000,000 shares authorized, $0.0001 par
value; 9,413,581 shares issued and outstanding (note 5)

 
18,817
   
18,817
 

Additional paid-in capital

  12,673,369     12,663,857  

Deficit accumulated during exploration stage

  (12,954,835 )   (12,925,800 )

Total stockholders' deficiency

  (262,649 )   (243,126 )

 

           

Total liabilities and stockholders' deficiency

  17,219     6,252  

Going Concern (Note 1)

           

Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)

           

Subsequent Event (Note 9)

           

See accompanying notes to unaudited interim condensed financial statements

Approved by Board: (signed) Gregory Bowes
  Director

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Mindesta Inc.

(an exploration stage company)

Condensed Interim Statements of Operations and Deficit

 

  3 months ended March 31  

 

  2014     2013  

 

$    $   

 

  (note 1 )   (note 1 )

 

  (unaudited)     (unaudited)  

Operating expenses

           

Professional fees

  11,113     10,912  

Management fees and salaries (note 6)

  3,125     -  

Exploration expense

  -     13,234  

General and administration

  12,965     36,173  

 

  27,203     60,319  

 

           

Loss from operations

  (27,203 )   (60,319 )

Foreign exchange gain (loss)

  (1,832 )   (6,093 )

Interest income

  -     1,645  

Gain on sale of marketable securities

  -     24,318  

Net income (loss)

  (29,035 )   (40,449 )

Deficit, beginning of period

  (12,925,800 )   (13,036,264 )

Deficit, end of period

  (12,954,835 )   (13,076,713 )

 

           

Other comprehensive income

           

Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale securities

  -     (4,984 )

Comprehensive income (loss)

  (29,035 )   (45,433 )

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding – basic (note 5)

  9,413,581     9,413,581  

Net income (loss) per share – basic

  (0.00 )   (0.01 )

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding – fully diluted (note 5)

  9,413,581     9,413,581  

Net income (loss) per share – diluted

  (0.00 )   (0.01 )

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed interim financial statements

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Mindesta Inc.

(an exploration stage company)

Condensed Interim Statements of Cash Flows

 

  3 months ended March 31  

 

  2014     2013  

 

$    $   

 

  (note 1 )   (note 1 )

 

  (unaudited)     (unaudited)  

Cash provided by (used in) Operating activities

       

Net income (loss) attributable to the company

  (29,035 )   (40,449 )

Gain on sale of marketable securities

  -     (24,318 )

Imputed interest on amounts due to related party

  6,387     7,812  

Value of services contributed by officer of the Company

  3,125     -  

Changes in non-cash operating working capital:

           

 Prepaid expenses and deposits

  -     6,469  

 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

  1,978     (23,184 )

 

  (17,545 )   (73,670 )

Financing activities

           

Proceeds from the exercise of stock options

  -     -  

 

           

Investing activities

           

Proceeds from (payment to) related party

  28,512     (103,088 )

Proceeds from the sale of marketable securities

  -     183,667  

 

  28,512     80,579  

Net increase in cash

  10,967     6,909  

Cash, beginning of period

  823     12,091  

Cash, end of period

  11,790     19,000  

Supplementary information

           

Interest paid

  -     -  

Income taxes paid

  -     -  

See accompanying notes to unaudited interim condensed financial statements

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NOTE 1 - BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The unaudited interim condensed financial statements of Mindesta Inc. (the “Company” and formerly “Industrial Minerals, Inc.”), for the three month period ended March 31, 2014 and the notes thereto (the “Financial Statements”) have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 8-03 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, the Financial Statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of the Company's management, all adjustments (consisting of only normal accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included.

The Company is an Exploration Stage Company that incurred a net loss of $29,035 for the three months ended March 31, and has an accumulated deficit of $12,954,835 since the inception of the Company. Current liabilities exceed current assets by $262,649. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to raise additional capital to pay expenses and carry out any further exploration activities. The Company will require significant financing to continue its operations and fund any further activities. There is a high degree of risk and many inherent uncertainties in mining operations and exploration activities and management cannot provide assurances that it will be successful in any future endeavors.

The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to raise additional capital for operating and administrative costs. However, there is a high degree of risk and many inherent uncertainties in the natural resource development industry and management cannot provide assurances that it will be successful. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from negative outcomes with respect to these uncertainties.

For further information, refer to the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10K for the year ended December 31, 2013.

The Company's fiscal year-end is December 31.

NOTE 2 – ORGANIZATION AND ACCOUNTING POLICIES

(a) Organization

Mindesta, Inc. was incorporated on November 6, 1996, as Winchester Mining Corporation in the State of Delaware. On May 13, 2000, in connection with its merger with Hi-Plains Energy Corp., the Company changed its name from Winchester Mining Corporation to PNW Capital, Inc. On January 31, 2002, the Company acquired 91% of the outstanding shares of Industrial Minerals, Inc. On May 2, 2002, the Company merged the remaining 9% of Industrial Minerals, Inc. into PNW Capital, Inc. and changed its name to Industrial Minerals, Inc. Operations have been historically carried out through the Company’s former subsidiary, Northern Graphite Corporation (“Northern”), formerly Industrial Minerals Canada Inc. Northern owns a 100% interest in the Bissett Creek graphite property located in Renfrew County in the Province of Ontario, Canada (the “Bissett Creek Property”). As a result of a number of financings and other transactions, including an initial public offering by Northern, the Company’s interest in Northern was reduced from 100% to 26.1% as at December 31, 2011. On December 12, 2011, the Board of Directors declared a pro rata dividend-in-kind, payable January 25, 2012 to shareholders whereby most of the shares of Northern owned by the Company would be distributed to Mindesta shareholders. At the close of trading on January 25, 2012, Mindesta completed the distribution to Company shareholders of 9,413,581 shares of Northern owned by the Company on the basis of one share of Northern for each share of Company common stock held. As at September 30, 2013, the Company no longer held any shares in Northern. Effective July 26, 2011, the Company changed its name to “Mindesta Inc.” and consolidated its stock on a 20:1 basis. The Company trades on the OTCBB under the symbol MDST.

(b) Recently Adopted Pronouncements

There were no recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB (including its Emerging Issues Task Force) and the SEC that have or believed to have a material impact on the Company's present or future financial statements.

NOTE 3 – MARKETABLE SECURITIES AND INVESTMENT IN NON-CONSOLIDATED AFFILIATE

As at March 31, 2014, the Company no longer held any shares of Northern. As at December 31, 2012, the Company recorded its investment in Northern, a non-consolidated affiliate, at cost.

Investment $   
Balance at carrying value as at December 31, 2012   53,363  
Sale of marketable securities   (53,363 )
Balance at carrying value as at December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2014   -  

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Following the payment of the stock dividend on January 25, 2012, the Company’s investment in Northern was reclassified as an available-for-sale security and was reflected as marketable securities in the current asset section of the Balance Sheet. The following table summarizes the Company’s available-for sale securities as of December 31, 2012:

Equity securities   Cost     Gross unrealized gains     Fair value  
Outstanding   53,363     110,969     164,332  

During the three month period ended March 31, 2013, the Company recorded a gain on sale of marketable securities of $24,318.

NOTE 4 - PRESENTATION OF INTERIM INFORMATION

The accompanying interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and, in the opinion of management, include all normal adjustments considered necessary to present fairly the financial position as of March 31, 2014 and the results of operations and cash flows for the three month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year.

The Financial Statements are presented as permitted by Form 10-Q, and do not include information included in the Company's audited financial statements and notes for the year ended December 31, 2013.

NOTE 5 – STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY

A. COMMON STOCK

The number of common shares outstanding at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were as follows:

    Number    
Outstanding at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013   9,413,581     18,817  

B. DIVIDENDS

On December 12, 2011, the Board of Directors declared a pro rata dividend-in-kind on the basis of one share of Northern for each share of Company held, payable January 25, 2012 to shareholders of record as at January 5, 2012. The Company recorded $3,274,072 of dividends and dividends payable in the year ending December 31, 2011 related to the declared dividend-in-kind.

C. COMMON STOCK OPTIONS

The Company adopted ASC 718 (formerly SFAS 123) “Stock-Based Compensation”, effective April 1, 2007. Compensation cost for the Company’s stock options have been determined in accordance with the fair value based method prescribed as ASC 718. The fair value of option grants is estimated on the date of grant utilizing the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The fair value of each option is estimated on the date of the grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model.

On July 26, 2011, the Company consolidated its common stock on a 20:1 basis. All common stock numbers and stock option numbers have been restated to reflect the consolidation.

On April 19, 2011, the Company granted stock options to purchase 112,500 common shares at a price of $1.40 per share until April 19, 2016. All options vested immediately. The fair value of the option grant was estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions: expected volatility of 220%; risk-free interest rate of 2.09%; and an expected term of 5 years.

On March 15, 2012, the Company granted stock options to purchase 650,000 common shares at a price of $0.10 per share until March 15, 2017. All options vested immediately. The fair value of the option grant was estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions: expected volatility of 122%; risk-free interest rate of 1.11%; and an expected term of 5 years.

The following table summarizes stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2014:

    Number of securities to        
    be issued upon exercise     Weighted-average exercise  
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders   of outstanding options     price of outstanding options  
Outstanding at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013   762,500   $ 0.29  

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Exercisable at March 31, 2014 – 762,500.

The Company had no stock compensation expense for the three months ending March 31, 2014 and 2013.

D. EARNINGS PER SHARE

The basic and fully-diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding was as follows:

For the three months ended:      
March 31, 2014   9,413,581  
March 31, 2013   9,413,581  

For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, the inclusion of common stock equivalents in the calculation of the weighted average number of shares is anti-dilutive.

NOTE 6 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

a)

On October 6, 2011, the Board of Directors approved a revolving loan agreement between Mindesta Inc., as the lender, and Nubian Gold Corporation (“Nubian”), as the borrower, to fund the ongoing exploration activities of Nubian in anticipation of the companies negotiating and entering into a property option agreement with respect to Nubian’s two initial exploration licenses, Arapsyo and Qabri Bahar, located in the Republic of Somaliland. Nubian is a corporation incorporated under the laws of Ontario, Canada and Gregory Bowes, CEO, is its major shareholder. Mr. Bowes is also an officer and director of Mindesta. Mr. Bowes declared his conflict of interest to the Board of Directors and abstained from voting on the consent resolution approving the revolving loan agreement. On December 2, 2011, this facility was amended to increase the maximum of the revolving loan agreement credit facility. Under the revolving loan agreement, all amounts due from Nubian to the Company were provided under a $150,000 credit facility which was repayable upon the earlier of one year from the date of the agreement or the signing of a property option agreement. The terms stated that the revolving loan agreement becomes repayable upon the signing of a property option agreement and that all obligations of Nubian would be applied against the expenditure requirements of the Company under the property option agreement. Upon the inception of property option agreement, the obligations were considered paid in full, and the revolving loan agreement was terminated and had no further force or effect. Advances under the facility bore interest from October 6, 2011 at an annual rate of 7.5 per cent, payable annually, or earlier at anytime that the advances are repaid in full.

   

Mindesta entered into the option agreement with Nubian, effective January 2, 2012. As at January 2, 2012, Nubian had received advances of $127,994 under the revolving loan agreement and the Company had accrued $1,025 of interest receivable. As per the terms of the revolving loan agreement, Nubian applied these advances as expenditures under the option agreement and Mindesta recorded $127,944 of exploration expenses related to these expenses during 2012. In addition, Mindesta incurred $630,750 of exploration expenses during 2012 and accrued a payable of $100,000 for mineral properties under the option agreement, to Nubian. Mindesta can earn a 50% interest in the initial two permits and any other permits obtained in Somaliland during the option agreement by incurring total exploration expenditures of $2 million within two years and can increase its interest to 80 percent by completing a bankable feasibility study. The mineral property was written off during the year ended December 31, 2012 (Note 8).

   
b)

Effective August 1, 2012, the Board of Directors approved a loan agreement between Nubian and Bowes & Company, as the lenders, and Mindesta Inc., as the borrower, to fund the ongoing exploration activities of Mindesta Inc. Nubian and Bowes & Company are corporations incorporated under the laws of Ontario, Canada and Gregory Bowes is the CEO and major shareholder of both companies. Mr. Bowes is also an officer and director of Mindesta. Mr. Bowes declared his conflict of interest to the Board of Directors and abstained from voting on the consent resolution approving the revolving loan agreement. Under this loan agreement, all amounts due from Mindesta to Nubian and Bowes & Company are provided under a $250,000 credit facility which is repayable upon the termination date of December 31, 2012. Any obligation outstanding after the Termination Date shall accrue interest at a rate of 7.5% per annum. Under the terms of the loan agreement, Mindesta is required to sell its remaining shares of Northern as they are released from escrow and remit all proceeds to Bowes & Company, until all obligations to Bowes & Company are satisfied, and then shall remit any further proceeds to Nubian until all obligations to Nubian are satisfied. All advances under this facility bear interest from August 1, 2012 at an annual rate of 7.5 percent, payable annually, or earlier at anytime that the advances are repaid in full. At any time, before or after the termination date, Bowes & Company and Nubian shall have the right to convert any part of, or all of, the obligations into common shares of Mindesta Inc. at a price of $0.075 per share. During the three months ending March 31, 2014 no payments were made under this facility (2013 - $87,602) were made on amounts owing under this credit facility. As at March 31, 2014 $242,685 (December 31, 2013, $214,173) of principal and accrued interest was outstanding related to this credit facility, and is included in the amount listed as due to related parties in the table below. At March 31, 2014, $25,334 (December 31, 2013, $21,483) of interest was accrued in respect of this obligation. Additional interest of $31,615 (December 31, 2013 - $25,228) was imputed on this loan to approximate a market interest rate. This interest has been recognized in general and administration expense and additional paid-in capital, as the imputed interest is not payable.

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    As at     As at  
Due to related parties   March 31, 2014     December 31, 2013  
             
Due to Nubian   109,567     108,742  
Due to Bowes & Company   92,694     105,431  
Due to Greg Bowes   40,424        
Total due to related parties   242,685     214,173  

As at March 31, 2014, an amount of $15,625 (December 31, 2013 - $12,500) was recorded as management fees and additional paid in capital to reflect the value of services contributed to the Company by an officer and shareholder of the Company. As at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, accounts payable and accrued liabilities did not include any amounts due to directors and to companies controlled by directors for professional management fees related to the services of the directors and officers.

NOTE 7 – MINERAL PROPERTIES

Although the Company has taken steps to verify title to mineral properties in which it has an interest in accordance with industry standards for the current stage of exploration of such properties, these procedures do not guarantee the title of the mineral properties in which it has an interest. Property title may be subject to unregistered prior agreements and non-compliance with regulatory requirements.

Mining Option Agreement – Nubian

Effective January 2, 2012, Mindesta entered into an option agreement with Nubian, a privately owned Ontario company, which initially held title to two mineral exploration permits, in the Republic of Somaliland (note 6). During 2012, Nubian obtained a third exploration permit in Somaliland. Under the option agreement, Mindesta can earn a 50% interest in the permits by incurring total exploration expenditures of $2 million within two years and can increase its interest to 80 percent by completing a bankable feasibility study. Mindesta has incurred the first $750,000 of exploration expenditures on this project which represented a firm commitment. Mindesta also has the option to acquire all of Nubian’s remaining interest in the permits at fair market value as determined by an independent valuator at any time after incurring the first $750,000 of exploration expenditures. As of the two year anniversary of the option agreement with Nubian on January 2, 2014, the Company had not incurred the required total exploration expenditures of $2 million and thereby, relinquished all rights under the option agreement.

The Company recorded acquisition costs of $100,000 related to the option agreement with Nubian. During the year ended December 31, 2012 the Company recorded an impairment of acquisition costs of $100,000 due to uncertainty with respect to the Company’s ability to expend the required $2 million within two years to earn its interest. During the first three months of 2014, the Company did not incur additional exploration expenses related to the option agreement (December 31, 2013 - $14,954).

NOTE 8 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company has been named in a lawsuit filed by Windale Properties in the amount of CDN$19,781. The claim is the result of termination of leased premises in Oakville, Ontario prior to expiry of the lease. No amount related to this contingency has been accrued as the outcome at this time is indeterminable.

NOTE 9 – SUBSEQUENT EVENT

Mindesta Inc. is in the process of completing a non brokered private placement which is expected to consist of the sale of 15,783,332 units at a price of $0.015 per unit for expected total proceeds of $236,750. Each unit will consist of one common share and one half of a share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one common share at a price of $0.0175 until December 31, 2016.

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Item 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION

Unaudited

Overview
Mindesta Inc. (“Mindesta” or "the Company"), a Delaware Corporation, was incorporated on November 6, 1996 under the name Winchester Mining Corp. The name of the Company was changed to PNW Capital, Inc. on May 16, 2000. In 2002, PNW Capital, Inc. acquired Industrial Minerals Incorporated, a private Nevada Corporation, and changed its name to Industrial Minerals, Inc. Effective July 26, 2011, the Company adopted the new name of “Mindesta Inc.”. In conjunction with this action, the Company consolidated its stock on a 20:1 basis.

The Company is an exploration stage company. Prior to 2012, the Company’s sole asset and primary focus was its investment in Northern Graphite Corporation (“Northern”). Northern holds a 100% interest in a number of mineral claims and a mining lease covering a deposit of natural graphite located in Maria Township, approximately 180 miles northeast of Toronto, Ontario (the “Bissett Creek Property”). The Bissett Creek Property was on care and maintenance from 2005 to 2010. In the latter part of 2009 and in the first quarter of 2010 Northern raised its own financing which had the effect of reducing the Company’s interest in Northern from 100% to approximately 51%. The Company’s interest was subsequently reduced to 26.2% as the result of it selling 2,000,000 Northern shares and of Northern completing an initial public offering of shares, becoming listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, and subsequent warrant exercises. The Company no longer holds any shares of Northern.

From 2004 until the present, the Company experienced serious financial difficulties and went through many changes to the Board and management. Chris Crupi, CA and Gregory Bowes were appointed directors of the Company and Mr. Robert Dinning, CA was appointed President and CEO on June 23, 2008. In May 2009, Gregory Bowes was appointed CEO of Northern. Robert Dinning resigned as a director and CFO of Northern effective April 1, 2010 and resigned as a director, CEO and CFO of the Company effective May 10, 2010. Miles Nagamatsu CA was appointed CFO of Northern on April 1, 2010 and Gregory Bowes was appointed CEO and CFO of the Company effective May 10, 2010. Cam Birge was appointed a director to replace Mr. Dinning, on June 3, 2010. Chris Crupi resigned as a director effective August 18, 2010. On April 19, 2011, Douglas Perkins joined the Board of Directors and was appointed Chairman of the Audit Committee. On December 15, 2011, Albert Zapanta joined the Board of Directors and was appointed to the Audit Committee, the Nominating Committee, and Compensation Committee. Effective July 5, 2013, W. Campbell Birge, Douglas Perkins, and Albert Zapanta resigned as Directors of Mindesta Inc. due to the Company’s poor financial condition and lack of prospects. Gregory Bowes is now the sole Director and Officer.

On December 12, 2011, the Board of Directors declared a pro rata dividend-in-kind, payable January 25, 2012 to shareholders of record as at January 5, 2012, whereby most of the shares of Northern owned by the Company would be distributed to Mindesta shareholders. At the close of trading on January 25, 2012, Mindesta completed the distribution of 9,413,581 shares of Northern (approximately 25% of the Northern common shares outstanding) on the basis of one share of Northern for each share of the Company. The U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) established January 26, 2012 as the ex-dividend date (the “Ex-Dividend Date”) for this distribution.

Effective January 2, 2012, Mindesta entered into an option agreement with Nubian Gold Corporation (“Nubian”), a privately owned Ontario company, which holds title to two 2,000 km2 mineral exploration permits, Arapsyo and Qabri Bahar, which were the first two ever issued by the Republic of Somaliland. Nubian is a corporation incorporated under the laws of Ontario, Canada and Gregory Bowes, CEO, is its major shareholder. Mr. Bowes is also an officer and director of Mindesta. Under the option agreement, Mindesta could earn a 50% interest in both permits by incurring total exploration expenditures of $2 million within two years and could increase its interest to 80 per cent by completing a bankable feasibility study. Mindesta was required to make an upfront cash payment of $100,000 to Nubian as compensation for expenses incurred, which it has not done, and the first $750,000 of exploration expenditures represented a firm commitment. Mindesta also had the option to acquire all of Nubian’s remaining interest in the permits at fair market value as determined by an independent valuator at any time after incurring the first $750,000 of exploration expenditures. On October 6, 2011, the Board of Directors approved a revolving loan agreement between Mindesta, as the lender, and Nubian, as the borrower, to fund the ongoing exploration activities of Nubian in anticipation of the companies negotiating and entering into the option agreement. Under the revolving loan agreement, all amounts due from Nubian to the Company were provided under a $100,000 credit facility which was repayable upon the earlier of one year from the date of the agreement or the signing of a property option agreement. The revolving loan agreement became repayable upon the signing of a property option agreement and all obligations of Nubian were applied against the expenditure requirements of the Company under the property option agreement. The obligations under the revolving loan agreement are now considered paid in full, and the revolving loan agreement has terminated and has no further force or effect. Advances under the facility bore interest from October 6, 2011 at an annual rate of 7.5 per cent, payable annually. On December 2, 2011, this facility was amended to increase the maximum of the revolving loan agreement to $150,000. In 2012, Mindesta focussed its efforts on mineral exploration in East Africa, and in particular the Republic of Somaliland and Ethiopia, as it believes the region has very attractive geology and an improving political environment.

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In 2012, Nubian was awarded a third permit, Abdul Qadir, which is approximately 2,000 km2 in size and is located in the northeast part of Somaliland adjacent to the borders with Djibouti and Ethiopia. Abdul Qadir was automatically included in the Option Agreement pursuant to its terms with no change in expenditure requirements. Nubian has agreed with the government of Somaliland to reduce the size of the Arapsyo and Qabri Bahar permits by 50% following completion of the first phase exploration program.

Mindesta completed a stream and rock sampling program over the Arapsyo, Qabri Bahar and Abdul Qadir permits which involved taking over 3,000 samples. To date, Mindesta has incurred expenditures of approximately $758,694 on work on these permits which exceeded the initial $750,000 requirement.

Due to weak equity markets and the inability of Mindesta to raise additional capital, especially for an early stage exploration program in Somaliland, Nubian and Bowes & Company agreed to advance funds to the Company to fund ongoing exploration activities. Effective August 1, 2012, the Board of Directors approved a loan agreement between Nubian and Bowes & Company. Nubian and Bowes & Company are corporations incorporated under the laws of Ontario, Canada and Gregory Bowes is the CEO and major shareholder of both companies. Mr. Bowes is also an officer and director of Mindesta. Mr. Bowes declared his conflict of interest to the Board of Directors and abstained from voting on the consent resolution approving the revolving loan agreement. Under the loan agreement, all amounts due from Mindesta to Nubian and Bowes & Company are provided under a $250,000 credit facility which is repayable upon the termination date of December 31, 2012. Any obligation outstanding after the Termination Date shall accrue interest at a rate of 7.5% per annum. Under the terms of the loan agreement, Mindesta was required to sell its remaining shares of Northern as they were released from escrow and remit all proceeds to Bowes & Company, until all obligations to Bowes & Company are satisfied, and then remit any further proceeds to Nubian until all obligations to Nubian are satisfied. All advances under this facility bear interest from August 1, 2012 at an annual rate of 7.5 per cent, payable annually, or earlier at anytime that the advances are repaid in full. At any time, before or after the termination date, Bowes & Company and Nubian shall have the right to convert any part of, or all of, the obligations into common shares of Mindesta Inc. at a price of $0.075 per share.

On November 27, 2012, Mindesta announced that it received assay results from its first stage stream sediment and rock sampling program on the Arapsyo, Qabri Bahar and Abdul Qadir exploration permits. Over the September, 2011 to April, 2012 period, 2,500km2 of the Arapsyio and Qabri Bahar permits were sampled at a density of one sample every 1-2 km2. A total of 1,659 stream sediment and 58 rock samples were submitted to the assay laboratory. Encouraging regional anomalies were identified, particularly for gold,. However, substantial additional work is required to follow up on these anomalies..

Mindesta has not yet made the first $100,000 payment required under the agreement and made the $750,000 of exploration expenditures as required as a firm commitment but it accumulated substantial payables to Bowes & Company and Nubian in doing so. The Company does not have the resources to repay these amounts or make ongoing commitments with respect to the permits. Under the option agreement, Mindesta was to earn a 50% interest in both permits by incurring total exploration expenditures of $2 million within two years and could increase its interest to 80 per cent by completing a bankable feasibility study. As at January 2, 2014, the two year anniversary of the option agreement, the Company had not incurred the required total exploration expenditures of $2 million and thereby, relinquished all rights under the option agreement. However, discussions are ongoing with respect to restructuring the agreement between Mindesta and Nubian and Mindesta is looking for other opportunities.

Mindesta Inc. is in the process of completing a non brokered private placement which is expected to consist of the sale of 15,783,332 units at a price of $0.015 per unit for expected total proceeds of $236,750. Each unit will consist of one common share and one half of a share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant will entitle the holder to purchase one common share at a price of $0.0175 until December 31, 2016.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
For the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company recorded a net loss of $29,035 or ($0.00) per share, compared to a loss of $40,449 for the three months ended March 31, 2013, or ($0.01) per share. The Company had no revenues for the period ended March 31 in both 2014 and 2013 as the Company is an exploration stage company with no source of revenues.

For the three months ended March 31, 2014, expenses amounted to $27,203 compared to $60,319 for the three months ended March 31, 2013. There were lower expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2014 as the Company scaled back on all activities. The Company expensed $3,125 in management fees and salaries in the three months ended March 31, 2014, compared to $nil for the three months ended March 31, 2013. Professional fees were stable at $11,113 in the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to $10,912 in 2013. General and administration expenses decreased from $36,173 in the first three months of 2013 to $12,965 in the first three months of 2014 as the result of lower activity.

The Company currently has no full time employees or contracts with consultants for administrative and financial services.

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
The Company had cash as at March 31, 2014 of $11,790 versus $823 as at December 31, 2013 due to advances made by an officer of the Company, offset by operating expenses incurred during the three months ended March 31, 2014.

The Company will require additional funding to continue operations and there is no assurance that such financing will be available or will be available on terms acceptable to the Company.

Going Concern Consideration
The Company's auditors in their report for the year ended December 31, 2013 have expressed a concern that the Company may not be able to continue as a going concern. The Company had a net loss from operations of $29,035 for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and it has had recurring losses and an accumulated deficit of $12,954,835 since inception. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to raise additional capital for operating and administrative costs. However, there is a high degree of risk and many inherent uncertainties in the natural resource development industry and management cannot provide assurances that it will be successful.

The Company no longer has ownership in Northern and operates as a distinct entity. As at March 31, 2014, the Company had $11,790 in cash. If the Company cannot continue as a going concern the value of the Company's assets may approach a level close to zero. Investors should be cautioned that the Company could cease to operate and if this occurs, the Company may only recover a small fraction of the original costs of its assets should a liquidation of the Company's assets occur. The Financial Statements do not include any adjustments that might result if the going concern assumption is not valid.

Item 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

IMI is a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is not required to provide information under this item.

Item 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

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 (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), of the effectiveness of the design and operations of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13(a) – 15(e) and Rule 15(d) – 15(e) under the Exchange Act). Based on that evaluation and in light of the discussion of the material weakness discussed below in the Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, the CEO/CFO has concluded that as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective in ensuring that: (i) information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits to the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in applicable rules and forms and (ii) material information required to be disclosed in reports filed under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including the CEO/CFO, as appropriate, to allow for accurate and timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Management's Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal controls over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the CEO and implemented by the board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

The evaluation of internal controls over financial reporting includes an analysis under the COSO framework, an integrated framework for the evaluation of internal controls issued to identify the risks and control objectives related to the evaluation of the control environment by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

Based on the evaluation described above, management has concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective during the period ended March 31, 2014. Management has determined that (i) the ability of management to override internal control systems, (ii) the fact that the Company only has one officer and director and (iii) the significant amount of manual intervention required in the accounting and financial reporting process are material weaknesses in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

This quarterly report does not include an attestation report of the Company's registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting.

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Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter and the period covered by this quarterly report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

The Company has been named in a lawsuit filed by Windale Properties in the amount of CDN$19,781. The claim is the result of termination of leased premises in Oakville, Ontario prior to the expiry of the lease.

Item 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS: None.

Item 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES: None.

Item 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS: None.

Item 5. OTHER INFORMATION: None.

Item 6. EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION
   
31.1 CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT
31.2 CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT
32.1 CERTIFICATION OF DISCLOSURE BY CHIEF EXECUTIVE PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
32.2 CERTIFICATION OF DISCLOSURE BY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: May 12, 2014 MINDESTA INC.
     
  By: /s/ Gregory Bowes  
    President and CEO
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Dated: May 12, 2014 MINDESTA INC.
     
  By: /s/ Gregory Bowes  
    Gregory Bowes, Chief Financial Officer

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