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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

x

 

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

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021

OR

o

 

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: 001-06412

 

 

Picture 1 

 

GOLDRICH MINING COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

ALASKA

 

91-0742812

(State of other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

2525 E. 29th Ave. Ste. 10B-160

 

 

Spokane, WA

 

99223

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(509) 535-7367

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Common Stock, $0.10 par value

GRMC

OTCQB

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the past 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.   x   Yes  o  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).  xYes  o  No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

Large Accelerated Filer   o

Accelerated Filer  o

Non-Accelerated Filer    x

 

Small Reporting Company    x

Emerging Growth Company  o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  £

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) o  Yes  x   No

 

Number of shares of issuer’s common stock outstanding at May 24, 2021: 172,259,709


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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

 

 

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION4 

Item 1.  Financial Statements4 

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition or Plan of Operation20 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk34 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures34 

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION36 

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings36 

Item 1A.  Risk Factors36 

Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use Of Proceeds36 

Item 3.  Defaults upon Senior Securities36 

Item 4.  Mine Safety Disclosure36 

Item 5.  Other Information36 

Item 6.  Exhibits37 


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COVID-19

 

In March 2020, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its rapid spread around the world and throughout the United States prompted many countries, including the United States, to institute restrictions on travel, public gatherings and certain business operations. These restrictions significantly disrupted economic activity in Goldrich’s business, as manifested in:

·the inability of Company management, geologic professionals and contractors to travel to the Company’s Alaska property to engage in any meaningful field work, 

·restrictions placed on face-to-face meetings with staff, members of the Board of Directors and other direct stakeholders to smoothly conduct Company business, and  

·a general slowdown in capital markets and investor activities in the Company’s industry as it conducted ongoing, and subdued capital-raising activities, 

 

As of March 31, 2021, there was no disruption or impact to the Company’s financial statements. Since December 31, 2019, due to the arbitration proceedings (as described herein) and limited cash availability, the Company has been largely inactive at its Chandalar property. However, if the severity of the economic disruptions increase as the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic continues beyond the Company’s current inactive period, anticipated to end in the late winter/early spring of 2021, the negative financial impact due to limitation in conducting geologic field work and exploration activities could be significantly greater in future periods.

 

As of March 31, 2021, Goldrich’s available capital was approximately $1,000 and as of May 18, 2021 its available capital was approximately $600. Management believes the Company will need additional capital resources under new or existing credit facilities and operating agreements. To the extent that future access to the capital markets or the cost of funding is adversely affected by COVID-19, the Company may need to consider alternative sources of funding for operations and working capital, which may adversely impact future results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows.

 

The Company is taking steps to mitigate the potential risks to suppliers and employees posed by the spread of COVID-19. The Company has implemented work from home policies where appropriate. The Company will continue to monitor developments affecting both their workforce and contractors, and will take additional precautions that management determines are necessary in order to mitigate the impacts. There has been no material adverse impact to the Company’s business operations due to remote work. Despite efforts to manage these impacts to the Company, the ultimate impact of COVID-19 also depends on factors beyond management’s knowledge or control, including the duration and severity of this outbreak as well as third-party actions taken to contain its spread and mitigate its public health effects. Therefore, management cannot estimate the potential future impact to financial position, results of operations and cash flows, but the impacts could be material.


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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.  Financial Statements

 

Goldrich Mining Company

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)

March 31,

December 31,

 

2020

2020

ASSETS

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

  Cash and cash equivalents

$                              950

$                        1,931

  Prepaid expenses

16,190

50,499

     Total current assets

17,140

52,430

 

 

 

Property, equipment, and mining claims:

 

 

  Mining properties, claims, and royalty option

626,428

626,428

     Total property, equipment and mining claims

626,428

626,428

 

 

 

Other assets:

 

 

  Investment in CGL LLC

25,000

25,000

     Total other assets

25,000

25,000

        Total assets

$                     668,568

$                    703,858

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

  Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

$                   1,883,389

$                 1,838,362

  Interest payable

508,177

452,478

  Interest payable – related party

1,097,529

959,504

  Related party payable

838,309

787,789

  CARES Act PPP loan

46,579

33,833

  Notes payable, net of discount

1,062,106

1,062,106

  Notes payable, net of discount – related party

3,717,895

3,641,053

  Notes payable in gold

451,153

503,590

  Dividends payable on preferred stock

30,618

30,618

     Total current liabilities

9,635,755

9,309,333

 

 

 

Long-term liabilities:

 

 

  CARES Act PPP loan

4,021

16,767

  Remediation and asset retirement obligation

263,811

262,189

     Total long-term liabilities

267,832

278,956

        Total liabilities

9,903,587

9,588,289

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Notes 3, 5, 7)

 

 

Stockholders' deficit:

 

 

  Preferred stock; no par value, 8,998,700

 

 

     shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding

-

-

  Convertible preferred stock series A; 5% cumulative dividends,

 

 

     no par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized; 150,000 shares issued

     and outstanding, respectively, $300,000 liquidation preferences

150,000

150,000

  Convertible preferred stock series B; no par value, 300 shares authorized,

     200 shares issued and outstanding, $200,000 liquidation preference

57,758

57,758

  Convertible preferred stock series C; no par value, 250 shares

     authorized, issued and outstanding, $250,000 liquidation preference

52,588

52,588

  Convertible preferred stock series D; no par value, 150 shares

 

 

     authorized, issued and outstanding, $150,000 liquidation preference

-

-

  Convertible preferred stock series E; no par value, 300 shares

     authorized, issued and outstanding, $300,000 liquidation preference

10,829

10,829

  Convertible preferred stock series F; no par value, 300 shares authorized,

     153 and 153 shares issued and outstanding, $50,000 liquidation preference

-

-

  Common stock; $0.10 par value, 750,000,000 shares authorized;

    172,259,709 and 167,926,376 issued and outstanding, respectively

17,225,970

16,792,637

  Additional paid-in capital

11,411,739

11,715,072

  Accumulated deficit

(38,143,903)

(37,663,315)

     Total stockholders’ deficit

(9,235,019)

(8,884,431)

        Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit

$                     668,568

$                    703,858

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


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Goldrich Mining Company

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

March 31,

 

2021

2020

Operating expenses:

 

 

  Mine preparation costs

$                  19,389

$                  81,570

  Exploration expense

4,737

-

  Depreciation

-

237

  Management fees and salaries

55,156

47,469

  Professional services

48,398

6,137

  General and administration

139,576

71,548

  Office supplies and other

3,291

1,385

  Directors' fees

1,200

3,000

  Mineral property maintenance

31,486

27,403

  Arbitration costs (Note 3)

33,427

5,838

     Total operating expenses

336,660

244,587

 

 

 

Other (income) expense:

 

 

  Change in fair value of notes payable in gold

(52,437)

22,930

  Interest expense and finance costs

196,365

162,981

     Total other (income) expense

143,928

185,911

 

 

 

Net loss

480,588

430,498

 

 

 

Preferred dividends

1,875

1,896

Net loss available to common stockholders

$               482,463

$               432,394

 

 

 

Net loss per common share – basic and diluted

$                  (0.00)

$                  (0.00)

 

 

 

Weighted average common

 

 

 shares outstanding – basic and diluted

169,004,154

139,573,798

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


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Goldrich Mining Company

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ (Deficit) (Unaudited)

 

2020 Stockholders’ (Deficit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock

Preferred Stock

Additional

 

 

 

Shares

Par Value

Shares

No Par Value

Paid-in

Capital

Accumulated

Deficit

Total

Balance, December 31, 2019

139,573,798

$13,957,380

151,053

$271,175

$13,905,542

$(35,493,775)

$(7,359,678)

  Net Loss

 

 

 

 

 

(430,498)

(430,498)

Balance, March 31, 2020

139,573,798

$13,957,380

151,053

$271,175

$13,905,542

$(35,924,273)

(7,790,176)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2021 Stockholders’ (Deficit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock

Preferred Stock

Additional

 

 

 

Shares

Par Value

Shares

No Par Value

Paid-in

Capital

Accumulated Deficit

Total

Balance, December 31, 2020

167,926,376

$16,792,637

151,053

$271,175

$11,715,072

$(37,663,315)

$(8,884,431)

  Warrants Exercised

4,333,333

433,333

 

 

(303,333)

 

130,000

  Net Loss

 

 

 

 

 

(480,588)

(480,588)

Balance, March 31, 2021

172,259,709

$17,225,970

151,053

$271,175

$11,411,739

$(38,143,903)

$(9,235,019)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


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Goldrich Mining Company

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

March 31,

 

2021

2020

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

  Net loss

$             (480,588)

$             (430,498)

  Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash

 

 

     used in operating activities:

 

 

     Depreciation

-

237

     Change in fair value of notes payable in gold

(52,437)

22,930

     Accretion of asset retirement obligation

1,622

1,559

 

 

 

  Change in:

 

 

     Prepaid expenses

34,309

(77,137)

     Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

45,027

115,388

     Interest payable

55,699

64,138

     Interest payable – related party

141,867

131,000

     Related party payable

50,520

47,469

           Net cash used - operating activities

(203,981)

(124,914)

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

  Proceeds from warrant exercises, net

130,000

-

  Proceeds on notes payable and warrants, net

-

40,000

  Proceeds from notes payable and warrants – related party, net

73,000

125,000

           Net cash provided - financing activities

203,000

165,000

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

(981)

40,086

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

1,931

1,274

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

$              950

$              41,360

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:

 

 

 Cash paid for interest

$                     78

$                1,757

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

 

 

     Discount on notes payable

$                        -

$                2,105

     Discount on notes payable, related party

$               3,843

$                6,579

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


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Goldrich Mining Company

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)


1.BASIS OF PRESENTATION 

 

The unaudited financial statements have been prepared by the Company in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information, as well as the instructions to Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements.  In the opinion of the Company’s management, all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation of the interim financial statements have been included.  Operating results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.  

 

For further information refer to the financial statements and footnotes thereto in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.

 

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 losses since its inception and does not have sufficient cash to fund normal operations and meet debt obligations for the next 12 months without deferring payment on certain current liabilities and/or raising additional funds.

 

The Company currently has no historical recurring source of revenue and an accumulated deficit of $38,143,903 at March 31, 2021. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Company may profitably execute a production business plan, and thereby, its ability to continue as a going concern may improve and become less 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 return to and continuation as a going concern include the profitable exploitation of its mining properties and financing the Company’s future operations through sales of its common stock and/or debt.

 

The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. If the going concern basis were not appropriate for these financial statements, adjustments would be necessary in the carrying value of assets and liabilities, the reported expenses and the balance sheet classifications used.

 

2.SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES 

 

Reclassifications

 

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2021 financial statement presentation. Reclassifications had no effect on net loss, stockholders' equity, or cash flows as previously reported.

 

Earnings (Loss) Per Share

 

We are authorized to issue 750,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.10 par value per share. At March 31, 2021, there were 172,259,709 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding.

 

For the periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the effect of the Company’s outstanding preferred shares, options and warrants, totaling 66,173,836 and 88,590,499, respectively, would have been anti-dilutive. The total of dilutive instruments decreased during the three-month period ended March 31, 2021 due to the exercise of Class S warrants.


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Goldrich Mining Company

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)


Accounting for Investments in Joint Ventures

 

For joint ventures in which the Company does not have joint control or significant influence, the cost method is used. For those joint ventures in which there is joint control between the parties, the equity method is utilized whereby the Company’s share of the ventures’ earnings and losses is included in the statement of operations as earnings in joint ventures and its investments therein are adjusted by a similar amount. The Company periodically assesses its investments in joint ventures for impairment. If management determines that a decline in fair value is other than temporary it will write-down the investment and charge the impairment against operations.

 

GNP:

 

The Company has an equity method investment in Goldrich NyacAU Placer LLC, a 50%-owned joint venture in which the Company does not have joint control or significant influence. See Note 3 Joint Venture. The carrying amount of this investment was $0 as of March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

CGL:

 

The Company invested $25,000 in a 49% interest in Chandalar Gold LLC (“CGL”) during the year ended December 31, 2020. The Company does not have control or significant influence over CGL and accounts for interest using the equity method. During the three-months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, CGL had no operating activities. Goldrich has accrued a distribution to CGL of $35,794 in accrued liabilities, and if and when that distribution is remitted to CGL, the Company would in turn receive a distribution of approximately 49% of that distribution back from CGL.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-13 Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework – Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. The update removes, modifies and makes additions to the disclosure requirements on fair value measurements. The update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. The Company adopted this change during the year ended December 31, 2020. This adoption did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.

 

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-12 Income Taxes (Topic 740):  Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes.  The update contains a number of provisions intended to simplify the accounting for income taxes.  The update is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted this change effective January 1, 2021. This adoption did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.

 

In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-06 Debt – Debt With Conversion And Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) And Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts In Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting For Convertible Instruments And Contracts In An Entity’s Own Equity. The update simplifies the accounting for and disclosures related to company debt that is convertible or can be settled in a company’s own equity securities. The update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. Management is evaluating the impact of this update on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

Other accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by FASB that do not require adoption until a future date are not expected to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements upon adoption.


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Goldrich Mining Company

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)


Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

For the purposes of the statement of cash flows, we consider all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts and disclosures. Significant estimates used in preparing these financial statements include those assumed in estimating the recoverability of the cost of mining claims, joint venture distributions, accrued remediation costs, asset retirement obligations, stock-based compensation, deferred tax assets and related valuation allowances, and uncertainties regarding the outcome of arbitration proceedings. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Property, Equipment, and Accumulated Depreciation

 

Property and equipment are stated at cost, which is determined by cash paid or fair value of the shares of the Company’s common stock issued. The Company’s property and equipment are located on the Company’s unpatented state mining claims located in the Chandalar mining district of Alaska.

 

All property and equipment are fully depreciated. The Company’s equipment is located at the Chandalar property in Alaska, with a small amount of office equipment located at Company offices in Spokane, Washington. Assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis. Improvements, which significantly increase an asset’s value or significantly extend its useful life are capitalized and depreciated over the asset’s remaining useful life.

 

When a fixed asset is sold at a price either higher or lower than its carrying amount, or undepreciated cost at the date of disposal, the difference between the sale proceeds over the carrying amount is recognized as gain, while a loss is recognized when the carrying amount exceeds the sale proceeds. The gain or loss is recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

Mining Properties, Claims, and Royalty Option

 

The Company capitalizes costs for acquiring mineral properties, claims and royalty interests and expenses, and 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.

 

Income Taxes

 

Income taxes are recognized in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 740 Income Taxes, whereby deferred income tax liabilities or assets at the end of each period are determined using the tax rate expected to be in effect when the taxes are actually paid or recovered. A valuation allowance is recognized on deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that some or all of these deferred tax assets will not be realized.

 

Uncertain tax positions are evaluated in a two-step process, whereby (i) it is determined whether it is more likely than not that the tax positions will be sustained based on the technical merits of the position and (ii) for those tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, the largest amount of tax


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Goldrich Mining Company

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)


benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement with the related tax authority would be recognized.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company’s revenues from its joint venture have historically been its primary revenues. The Company has determined that its revenue does not arise from contracts with customers, does not involve satisfaction of any performance obligations on the part of the Company, or require Company assets to be recognized or applied to determine costs to obtain or fulfill any contract generating revenue.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Company periodically issues common shares or options to purchase shares of the Company’s common shares to its officers, directors or other parties. These issuances are recorded at fair value. The Company uses a Black Scholes valuation model for determining fair value of options to purchase shares, and compensation expense is recognized ratably over the vesting periods on a straight-line basis. Compensation expense for grants that vest immediately is recognized in the period of grant.

 

Exploration Costs and Mine Preparation Costs

 

Exploration costs are expensed in the period in which they occur. Costs to prepare mineral properties for mining, such as economic assessments and mine plans are expensed in the period in which they occur.

 

Remediation and Asset Retirement Obligation

 

The Company’s operations have been, and are subject to, standards for mine reclamation that have been established by various governmental agencies. The Company records the fair value of an asset retirement obligation as a liability in the period in which the Company incurs a legal obligation for the retirement of tangible long-lived assets. A corresponding asset is also recorded and depreciated over the life of the long-lived asset using a units of production method. After the initial measurement of the asset retirement obligation, the liability will be adjusted at the end of each reporting period to reflect changes in the estimated future cash flows underlying the obligation. Determination of any amounts recognized is based upon numerous estimates and assumptions, including future retirement costs, future inflation rates and the credit-adjusted risk-free interest rates.

 

For non-operating properties, the Company accrues costs associated with environmental remediation obligations when it is probable that such costs will be incurred and they are reasonably estimable. Such costs are based on management’s estimate of amounts expected to be incurred when the remediation work is performed.

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

When required to measure assets or liabilities at fair value, the Company uses a fair value hierarchy based on the level of independent, objective evidence surrounding the inputs used. The Company determines the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall. The categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Level 1 uses quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities, Level 2 uses significant other observable inputs, and Level 3 uses significant unobservable inputs. The amount of the total gains or losses for the period are included in earnings that are attributable to the change in unrealized gains or losses relating to those assets and liabilities still held at the reporting date.

 

During 2021 and 2020, the Company determined fair value on a recurring basis and non-recurring basis as follows:


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Goldrich Mining Company

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)


 

Balance

March 31, 2021

Balance

December 31, 2020

Fair Value

Hierarchy level

Liabilities

 

 

 

  Recurring: Notes payable in gold (Note 6)

$   451,153

$  503,590

2

 

The carrying amounts of financial instruments, including notes payable and notes payable – related party, approximate fair value at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020. The inputs to the valuation of Level 2 liabilities are described in Note 6 Notes Payable in Gold.

 

3.JOINT VENTURE 

 

On April 3, 2012, Goldrich Placer, LLC (“GP”), a subsidiary of Goldrich, entered into a term sheet for a joint venture with NyacAU, LLC (“NyacAU”), an Alaskan private company, to bring Goldrich’s Chandalar placer gold properties into production as defined in the joint venture agreement (the “Operating Agreement”), which was subsequently signed and made effective April 2, 2012. In each case as used herein in reference to the JV, ‘production’ is as defined by the Operating Agreement. As part of the Operating Agreement, GP and NyacAU (together the “Members”) formed a 50:50 joint venture company, Goldrich NyacAU Placer LLC (“GNP”), to operate the Chandalar placer mines, with NyacAU acting as managing partner.

 

Arbitration

 

In December 2017, the Company filed an arbitration statement of claim against NyacAU and other parties. The claim challenged certain accounting treatment of capital leases, allocations of tax losses, charges to the JV for funding costs related to the JV manager’s financing, related-party transactions, and other items of dispute in a previous mediation that was unsuccessful in reaching an agreement. As a result, the Company participated in an arbitration before a panel of three independent arbitrators during 2018 to address these items. Through 2019 and the date of filing of this report in 2021, the Company has continued to respond to panel inquiries, make motions to prosecute or defend positions, answer motions made by the opposing JV partner and aggressively support the Company’s efforts toward success.

 

The Company records amounts for loss when it is probable that a liability could be incurred and can be reasonably estimated. To date, the arbitration proceedings are still in progress, with some rulings being issued for and against the Company’s positions. No assurance can be given that the arbitration will result in a successful outcome for the Company. Due to uncertainties relating to the pending outcome, the financial statements contain only adjustments for the final results of the arbitration that are estimable and probable. See Note 7 Commitments and Contingencies and Note 8 Subsequent Events for additional information and rulings subsequent to March 31, 2021. The Company incurred $33,427 and $5,838 in arbitration expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and March 31, 2020, respectively.

 

4.RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS 

 

In addition to related party transactions described in Note 5, the Company has accrued amounts to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), and board of directors fees for amounts earned but not yet paid. Beginning in January 2016 and through March 31, 2021, the CEO’s salary has not been paid in full. Salary due to the CFO has been accrued and remains unpaid, as have board of directors fees.

 

 

 

 


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Goldrich Mining Company

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)


CEO

Three Months ended

3/31/21

Year ended

12/31/20

Balance at beginning of period

$                     590,851

$             426,500

Deferred salary

45,000

166,000

Deferred expenses

137

17,351

Payments

-

(19,000)

  Ending Balance

$                     635,988

$             590,851

 

 

 

CFO

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

$                      88,736

$              78,644

Deferred

10,183

27,354

Payments

(6,000)

(17,262)

  Ending Balance

$                       92,919

$               88,736

 

 

 

Board fees payable

109,402

108,202

  Total Related party payables

$                     838,309

$            787,789

 

5.NOTES PAYABLE & NOTES PAYABLE – RELATED PARTY  

 

At March 31, 2021, the Company had outstanding notes payable of $1,062,106 and outstanding notes payable – related party of $3,717,895, net of issuance discounts. At December 31, 2020, the Company had outstanding notes payable of $1,062,106 and outstanding notes payable - related party of $3,641,053, net of all discounts. The notes payable and notes payable – related party had matured on October 31, 2018. In November 2019, the Company and the holders of the notes amended the notes, and the notes are now due within 10 days of a demand notice of the holders. There has been no notice of default or demand issued by any holder.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company received additional tranches of the notes payable for $76,842, discounted at 5%, or $3,842, resulting in net proceeds of $73,000 from a related party, Nicholas Gallagher, a shareholder and director of the Company, who also holds the full balance of the notes payable – related party described above. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company received a tranche of notes payable for $173,684, discounted at 5%, or $8,684, resulting in net proceeds of $165,000, of which $125,000 was from a related party, Nicholas Gallagher. The notes are due upon demand; therefore, all discounts have been immediately expensed to finance costs.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and March 31, 2020, the Company paid finder fees totaling $0 and $1,500, respectively, to related party entities, and incurred $2,190 and $4,950, respectively, of other finance and placement costs. Interest of $177,854 and $162,671 was expensed during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2021 and March 31, 2020, respectively, of which $138,025 and $124,421 was to related parties, respectively, which is included in interest expense and finance costs on the consolidated statements of operations. Interest of $1,384,370 is accrued at March 31, 2021 and is included in interest payable and interest payable – related party. Interest due at March 31, 2021 was not timely paid and is due within 10 days of a demand notice by the holders. There has been no notice of default or demand issued by any holder.

 

A total of 22,608,357 five-year Class T warrants have been issued in connection with the note issuances, of which 20,933,664 have been issued to holders and 1,674,693 have been issued for finders fees. During the year ended 2020, 5,000,000 of the Class T warrants were exercised, and subsequent to the three-months ended March 31, 2021, an additional 1,333,333 class T warrants have been exercised. The warrants have an


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Goldrich Mining Company

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)


exercise price of $0.03 and expire on various dates from November 30, 2022 through December 19, 2024. During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company issued no warrants in connection with the notes payable.

 

Inter-Creditor Agreement

 

Effective November 1, 2019, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Loan, Security, and Intercreditor Agreement (the “Amended Agreement”) with Mr. Gallagher, in his capacity as agent for and on behalf of the holders of the notes payable. No compensation was paid or accrued for Mr. Gallagher, either in cash or warrants, for his services as agent for other holders. Under the Amended Agreement, for each holder of the notes payable, whether or not a related party:

 

1.Any loans arising after July 1, 2018 by Mr. Gallagher and any loans made after November 1, 2019 by any new or existing Holder other than Mr. Gallagher, after Mr. Gallagher has consented in writing to such loan or advance, were designated as Senior Notes, with loans made prior to November 1, 2019 designated as Junior Notes. Senior Notes are entitled to be repaid in full before any of the Junior Notes are repaid; and 

2.The Company agreed to other terms, the most significant of which are as follows: 

a.to pay, no later than February 28, 2021, (1) to the order of NGB Capital Limited (a company owned by Mr. Gallagher), a finder’s fee in the amount of $49,273, and (2) to the order of Capital Investments 4165 LLC a finder’s fee in the amount of $7,920. Of these amounts $11,964 and $0 have been remitted as of the date of this report; and  

b.to reimburse Mr. Gallagher, no later than February 20, 2020, for up to $35,000 in legal fees and costs incurred by Mr. Gallagher in connection with the Amended Agreement. The Company accrued $32,644 at December 31, 2019 and this amount was paid during the year ended December 31, 2020. 

3.The borrower and holder entered into a Deed of Trust whereunder the notes are secured by a security interest in all real property, claims, contracts, agreements, leases, permits and the like.   

4.The Company entered into a written Guaranty whereunder, among other conditions, the Company unconditionally guarantees and promises to pay to the order of each holder the principal sum and all interest payable on each Note payable held by such holder when and as the same becomes due, whether at the stated maturity thereof, by acceleration, call for redemption, tender, or otherwise. The Company is not in default as no demand has been made for payment or delivery and the holders have provided a waiver of default through May 31, 2021. 

The Company and Mr. Gallagher agreed in the Amended Agreement that Mr. Gallagher, at his option, has the right to convert outstanding but unpaid and future interest on his loan into stock of the Company at $0.015 per share. In a separate agreement dated September 10, 2020, the Company and holders, agreed to convert $36,813 of unpaid interest into stock of the Company at $0.015 per share. During the year ended December 31, 2020, a total of 13,719,248 common shares were issued to the holders in exchange for interest payable of $205,788, of which $168,976 was payable to Mr. Gallagher.

 

6.NOTES PAYABLE IN GOLD 

 

During 2013, the Company issued notes payable in gold totaling $820,000, less a discount of $205,000, for net proceeds of $615,000. Under the terms of the notes, the Company agreed to deliver gold to the holders at the lesser of $1,350 per ounce of fine gold or a 25% discount to market price as calculated on the contract date and specify delivery of gold in November 2014.


14


Goldrich Mining Company

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)


After several amendments to the terms of the note agreements, through the date of the issuance of these financial statements, the gold notes have not been paid and the note holders have not demanded payment or delivery of gold. At March 31, 2021 and 2020, 266.788 ounces of fine gold was due and deliverable to the holder of the notes.

 

The Company estimates the fair value of the notes based on the market approach with Level 2 inputs of gold delivery contracts based upon previous contractual delivery dates, using the market price of gold on March 31, 2021 of approximately $1,691 per ounce as quoted on the London PM Fix market or $451,153 in total. The valuation resulted in a decrease in gold notes payable of $52,437 during the three months ended March 31, 2021.

 

At December 31, 2020, the fair value was calculated using the market approach with Level 2 inputs of gold delivery contracts based upon previous contractual delivery dates. At December 31, 2020, the Company had outstanding total notes payable in gold of $503,590.

 

Interest of $9,948 was expensed during the three months ended March 31, 2021, and $61,471 is accrued at March 31, 2021 and is included in interest payable. Interest of $9,110 was expensed during the three months ended March 31, 2020, and $22,591 is accrued at March 31, 2020 and is included in interest payable.

 

7.COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES  

 

The Company has two near-term commitments:

 

·$52,477 for claims fees originally due on September 1, 2020 for which an extension for payment to September 1, 2021 was acquired as a result of COVID-19 deferrals allowed by the State of Alaska; and, 

 

·$46,500 liability for a consulting contract for which services have not been received. 

 

We are subject to Alaska state annual claims rental fees in order to maintain our non-patented claims. In addition to the annual claims rental fees of approximately $125,945 due November 30 of each year, we are also required to meet annual labor requirements of approximately $61,100 due November 30 of each year. The Company is able to carry forward costs for annual labor that exceed the required yearly totals for four years. The Company has significant carryovers to 2021 to satisfy its annual labor requirements. This carryover expires in the years 2021 through 2025 if unneeded to satisfy requirements in those years.

 

Arbitration

 

In 2017, the Company, its subsidiary and the joint venture, as claimants, filed an arbitration statement of claim before a three-member Arbitration Panel (“the Panel”), against our JV partner and its affiliates; NyacAU, LLC (“NyacAU”), BEAR Leasing, LLC, and Dr. J. Michael James, as respondents. In 2018, the respondents filed a counter-claim against the Company, its subsidiaries and certain members of the Company’s current and former management, the counterclaim respondents. The arbitration claim alleged, amongst other things, claims concerning related-party transactions, accounting issues including capital vs. operating leases, interpretation of the joint venture operating agreement, allocation of tax losses between the joint venture partners, and unpaid amounts due Goldrich relating to the Chandalar Mine.

 

It is possible that there could be either adverse or favorable developments in the arbitration pending with the Company and its JV partner. The Company records provisions in the consolidated financial statements for pending arbitration results when it determines that an outcome is probable, and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated. At the present time, except as stated otherwise, while it is reasonably possible that a favorable or unfavorable outcome in the arbitration may occur, after assessing the information available, management is unable to estimate the possible loss, or range of losses, for the pending arbitration; and


15


Goldrich Mining Company

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)


accordingly, no estimated losses have been accrued in the consolidated financial statements for favorable or unfavorable outcomes. Legal defense costs are expensed as incurred. Favorable rulings would not result in the recognition of gains prior to offsetting against losses, due to the ruling being an estimate which must be constructively received prior to recognition.

 

During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020, the Panel released various awards relating to the allegations of both parties. Some of which have been in favor of the Company’s positions some have been in favor of our JV partner and its affiliates. The arbitration is ongoing and the various parties to the claims and counterclaims continue to disagree on several matters.

 

On May 25, 2019, the Panel issued an Interim Award, which requested input from the parties on a small number of discrete issues, all input to be supported by references to the arbitration record.

 

On November 30, 2019, the Panel ordered the Partial Final Award and concurrently the Second Interim Award RE Dissolution/Liquidation of GNP and Related Issues (“the Second Interim Award”).

 

The Partial Final Award

 

The Partial Final Award addressed several matters including leases and the impact of their characterization on interim distributions. As a result, the Panel determined that the Company is entitled to an additional $214,797 in distributions for 2016 and an additional $198,644 for 2017, for a total of $413,442 from GNP. In like manner, the Panel determined that NyacAU is entitled to an additional $413,442 in distributions for these years. As the Company is uncertain as to the collectability of these distributions, no recognition of these revenues is included in its Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

 

The Partial Final Award also addressed the Company’s claim for payment of interest earned by LOC1. The Panel determined that NyacAU should pay the Company 50% of the interest earned on LOC1 actually received by NyacAU, or $126,666. NyacAU challenged this award but the Panel issued an additional ruling stating the amount owed to be $120,883 to Goldrich plus 5% prejudgment interest on unpaid LOC1 interest as it fell due, see Supplemental Orders 5-8 below. As the Company is uncertain as to the collectability of this award, no recognition of this other income is included in its Statement of Operations for the three-months ended March 31, 2021.

 

The Panel ruled Goldrich was responsible to pay NyacAU for the 2012 reclamation work and NyacAU is also entitled to 5% interest on the award from the date the first invoice was sent to Goldrich in 2014. Goldrich has accrued a liability for this ruling on its consolidated balance sheet of $493,205 included in accounts payable and interest payable, however Goldrich had contested the party to whom payment should be made and whether additional amounts not invoiced by GNP should be included in the award. Subsequent to March 31, 2021, the Panel issued a ruling on this matter. See Note 8 Subsequent Events.

 

The Partial Final Award found the Company liable for an act of negligent misrepresentation regarding the concealment of certain technical information from NyacAU. The Company has vigorously disputed the concealment and the finding of negligence. Nevertheless, as a result of the Panel’s determination, the Panel awarded Dr. J. Michael James a reimbursement of 17% of his previous $350,000 stock investment in the Company or $59,500 plus prejudgment interest of 5% and legal fees. In addition, the Panel awarded Dr. James $9,858, plus prejudgment interest at 5% and legal fees, for personal expenses incurred relating to GNP’s operations. These amounts plus additional interest have been included in accounts payable and interest payable on the consolidated balance sheet, respectively, at March 31, 2021.

 

The Second Interim Award

 

The Second Interim Award was necessitated by the fact that the dissolution/liquidation of the joint venture had not yet run its course. In the Second Interim Award the Panel ordered that:


16


Goldrich Mining Company

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)


a)No later than January 15, 2020, NyacAU and Goldrich shall attempt to establish, by agreement, a market value for the GNP permit in connection with a transfer of the Permit to Goldrich or a third party, taking into consideration the obligation of GNP, or any transferee of the permit, to complete reclamation in accordance with NyacAU’s government-approved reclamation plan. 

 

b)Reasonably prior to May 31, 2020, NyacAU shall perform its obligation to “make provision … for reclamation by (1) adding all reclamation expenses actually incurred by NyacAU to LOC1; (2) from GNP’s assets, to the extent possible after payment of GNP’s debts and liabilities and liquidation expenses”. 

 

Neither order from the Second Interim Award was successfully executed by the parties on the dates specified by the Panel. The Second Interim Award confirmed the dissolution of GNP and noted that “no provision of the Claims Lease or the Operating Agreement speaks directly to the rights or obligations of GNP to transfer its mining permit, which is held in the name of the manager, NyacAU. Although GNP no longer has the right to mine, NyacAU, as holder of the permit and as ruled by the Panel, has the liability of reclamation.

 

Balance and payment of LOC1 

 

The Panel calculated a tentative balance of LOC1 at $16,483,271 as of June 2019. This balance will be adjusted for any additional costs incurred by GNP in the liquidation or awards and/or adjustments made by the arbitration Panel. If there is no further placer production from these claims, Goldrich will not have a liability to pay 50% of LOC1.

 

The Panel ruled in the Final Post Award that LOC1 cannot be increased for costs incurred after mining operations have ceased, including costs for reclamation. This deprives NyacAU of a security interest in 50% of future placer gold production at the site to repay reclamation expenses which it advances. Further, the Panel ruled that the Operating Agreement does not impose an obligation on the Company to pay 50% of the reclamation fee, but that the reclamation obligation resides with the permit holder. See Final Post Award Orders below.

 

Right to Offset Damages or Distributions 

 

The Panel granted the request that any damages awarded to one party can be an offset to distributions (or damages) due to the other party.

 

Judgements issued by Superior Court

 

On April 29, 2020, the Superior Court of the State of Alaska issued a judgement in favor of Dr. James, in the total amount of $13,713 (for the 2012 reclamation costs personally incurred, including interest) and $83,588 (for the adjustment to Dr. James’ stock purchase, including interest). On June 9, 2020 and June 20, 2020, the Court awarded additional costs and attorney’s fees. The Court ordered both Goldrich and NyacAU to submit a status report to the Court in September 2020 regarding the Panel’s clarification of the payable for the 2012 reclamation, including interest, and to clarify the party for the award, NyacAU or GNP. The status report has been filed by both parties, and these judgements remain unpaid and in force before the Superior Court. These amounts related to these judgements were accrued for at December 31, 2019. As of March 31, 2021, a total amount of $130,883 is included for the judgement and post judgement interest in accounts payable and interest payable on the consolidated balance sheet.


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Goldrich Mining Company

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)


Final Post Award Orders

 

On September 4, 2020, the arbitration panel issued Final Post Award Orders, wherein the panel issued rulings on multiple issues, including but not limited to, those discussed below:  

 

-Reclamation  

The Company had previously filed a motion to compel NyacAU to correct accruals for certain expenses including reclamation, demobilization, equipment rental and utilities. Most notably, the Company contended that an accrual for reclamation liability was short of a much larger estimate prepared by independent professionals as engaged by Goldrich. The Panel denied the Company’s motion and ruled that Goldrich does not have the authority to compel the establishment of any reserves on the GNP financial records. 

 

The Company had previously filed a motion to compel NyacAU to reclaim the disturbed acres as required under the Operating Agreement and the mining permit issued to NyacAU in 2013, and to require NyacAU to fund the reclamation reserve from cash that had been distributed to NyacAU. The Panel denied the Company’s motion and ruled that while there was express provision in the Operating Agreement to establish reserves necessary for contingent or unforeseen liabilities or obligations, which could conceivably include reclamation reserves, the agreement does not impose an express obligation to reclaim the project site. 

 

-Mining Claims 

All of the Company’s mining claims remain the property of the Company; however, NyacAU staked several claims contiguous to the claims owned by the Company. The Company had previously filed a motion to compel the transfer NyacAU’s claims from NyacAU to the Company. The motion was granted in part in that the claims held in NyacAU’s name were ruled to be owned by the Company, but would not be transferred immediately. They would remain in the possession of NyacAU as manager of the liquidation until the property covered by the claims was not being used for liquidation activities and could be transferred without disruption to the liquidation activity.

 

Supplemental Orders 5-8

 

On December 4, 2020, the arbitration Panel issued Supplemental Orders 5-8, wherein the Panel issued rulings on multiple material issues:

 

-2018 Profitability and 2018 Interim Distributions  

Under the GNP Operating Agreement, Goldrich was entitled to receive certain interim distributions based on GNP’s profitability. Goldrich received such distributions for 2016 and 2017.  Goldrich challenged the Panel’s understanding of facts related to GNP’s profitability for 2018 as presented in the arbitration proceedings and made a motion for GNP to distribute interim distributions for 2018 after applying the arbitration rulings made to date. Goldrich submitted a claim to the arbitration Panel for approximately $680,000 plus prejudgment interest thereon at 5%.  The arbitration Panel denied Goldrich’s claim.  Based on the Panel’s ruling, the paydown by NyacAU, as manager of GNP, of Line of Credit 1 (“LOC1”) with GNP funds, rather than the payment of a 2018 interim distribution to Goldrich, is not considered a misappropriation of funds.  LOC1 is a related party loan between GNP and NyacAU.

 

The Panel ruled that GNP was dissolved at the end of the 2018 mining season (September 28, 2018) by failing to meet the Minimum Production Requirement of the GNP Operating Agreement rather than May 2019, when NyacAU published a formal notice of dissolution to the State of Alaska and to creditors.  Based on this and other evidence, the Panel found that GNP was dissolved by no later than October 9, 2018, which precedes the date by which any interim distribution would otherwise have been due under the GNP Operating Agreement (October 31 - December 31, 2018).  Accordingly, the Panel


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Goldrich Mining Company

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)


ruled that Goldrich is precluded from receiving any interim distributions for 2018 under the GNP Operating Agreement which provides that “[m]embers have a right to Distributions from the Company before the dissolution and winding up of the Company.”

 

-Goldrich’s Portion of Interest Paid on LOC1 

Under the GNP Operating Agreement, Goldrich is to receive 50% of any interest on LOC1 paid by GNP to NyacAU.  Goldrich made a claim to the Panel that GNP had paid interest to NyacAU and that Goldrich was entitled to 50% of the amount paid.  The Panel ruled that NyacAU is obligated to pay Goldrich 50% of $241,797 in interest “received” by NyacAU up to October 2018, when GNP was dissolved and commenced liquidation, in the total principal amount of $120,883. The Panel further ruled that LOC1 interest totaled (cumulatively) $3,394 as of December 2012; $22,663 as of December 2013; $55,633 as of December 2014; $101,824 as of December 2015; $155,337 as of December 2016; $205,818 as of December 2017; and $241,797 as of October 1, 2018. Goldrich is awarded 12 months of accrued prejudgment interest at 5% per annum on each of these year-end amounts. The Panel ruled Goldrich has no entitlement to a share of LOC1 interest accrued beyond October 1, 2018. 

 

-Clarification of Award 

In the Partial Final Award given in 2019, the arbitration Panel made an award to NyacAU of $377,253 in damages and pre-award interest relating to 2012 reclamation expenses incurred on Goldrich’s behalf.  Goldrich made an “Application for Modification and Correction of Arbitration Award, for Vacation of Award, or for Resubmission to Arbitration Panel for Clarification”, requesting an order from the Alaska court, under the Alaska Arbitration Act, that the damages awarded for unpaid 2012 reclamation expenses were to be paid to GNP, not NyacAU, and that the Panel clarify the appropriate amount of damages and interest to be paid.  The Panel ruled that it will resolve these issues after the parties submit evidence and argument supporting their respective positions on the merits.

 

8.SUBSEQUENT EVENTS 

 

Subsequent to the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company entered into additional notes payable totaling $43,000, net of discounts from a related party.

 

Subsequent to March 31, 2021, on April 7, 2021, the arbitration Panel issued two orders:

 

-Order on respondents’ Motion to Preserve Confidentiality of Arbitration Proceedings, wherein the Panel ruled that the Company did not violate confidentiality when it filed the arbitration rulings as exhibits to its public reporting with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and  

 

-Order on Respondents’ Motion to Confirm Judgment, to correct, clarify or modify an award made in the Partial Final Award. This order confirmed a GNP claim against the Company for $50,685 for additional reclamation costs, including interest of $2,589 and clarified that GNP, not NyacAU, was awarded the 2012 reclamation costs. This event has been recognized and accrued in the financial statements and is included in accounts payable and interest payable on the consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2021. 

 

During May 2021, the Company received $40,000 cash as a result of exercise of Class T warrants at an exercise price of $0.03 per common share. Ownership of these warrants had been in the hands of a related party and were sold by him personally to unrelated parties. The unrelated parties then exercised the warrants for cash, resulting in the issuance of 1,333,333 common shares.

 

During May 2021, the Company received loan forgiveness of its Cares Act PPP Loan in the amount of $51,135; which included the principal of $50,600 plus interest.


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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition or Plan of Operation

 

As used in herein, the terms “Goldrich,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Goldrich Mining Company.

 

This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties 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. Except for historical information, the matters set forth herein, which are forward-looking statements, involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, unexpected changes in business and economic conditions; significant increases or decreases in gold prices; changes in interest and currency exchange rates; unanticipated grade changes; metallurgy, processing, access, availability of materials, equipment, supplies and water; results of current and future exploration and production activities; local and community impacts and issues; timing of receipt and maintenance of government approvals; accidents and labor disputes; environmental costs and risks; competitive factors, including competition for property acquisitions; and availability of external financing at reasonable rates or at all, and those set forth under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Form 10-K filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 15, 2021. Forward- looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continues” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Forward-looking statements are made based on management’s beliefs, estimates, and opinions on the date the statements are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements if these beliefs, estimates, and opinions should change, except as required by law.

 

This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes. The discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations are based upon the unaudited consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of any contingent liabilities at the financial statement date and reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. On an on-going basis the Company reviews its estimates and assumptions. The estimates were based on historical experience and other assumptions that the Company believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results are likely to differ from those estimates under different assumptions or conditions, but the Company does not believe such differences will materially affect our consolidated financial position or results of operations. Critical accounting policies, the policies the Company believes are most important to the presentation of its consolidated financial statements and require the most difficult, subjective and complex judgments are outlined below in “Critical Accounting Policies” and have not changed significantly.

 

General

Our Chandalar, Alaska gold mining property has seen over a hundred years of intermittent mining exploration and extraction history. There has been small extraction of gold from several alluvial, or placer gold streams, and from an array of small quartz veins that dot the property. However, only in very recent times is the primary source of the gold becoming evident. As a result of our exploration, considering structural geology, petrographic, geochemical and geophysical evidence, we have realized that all of the gold is sourced within a system of magmatic hydrothermal alteration features such as small pegmatitic dikes and chloritized schist. We believe these features are common to and link all of the hard-rock (lode) prospects, the weathering of which generated the gold placer deposits, and furthermore are an outlying expression of an underlying gold bearing pluton.


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Goldrich’s primary focus is the exploration and discovery of the hard-rock (lode) targets, while also working to build additional shareholder value by monetizing the placer assets that are derived from those lode targets. We are currently defining drilling targets for a hard-rock (lode) gold deposit in an area of interest approximately 1,800 feet wide and over five miles long, possibly underlain by a granitic, mineralized intrusion. Exploration therefore has taken on two directions; one toward defining a low-grade, large tonnage body of mineralization running beneath the headwaters of Little Squaw Creek, the other a deeper, larger mineralized body from which mineralizing fluids have migrated through Chandalar country rock. Our main focus continues to be the exploration of these hard-rock targets. We were successful in raising funds for a limited exploration program in 2014 and reclamation work in 2015; however, weak financial markets prevented us from obtaining funds for significant exploration in other years from 2012 through 2019. Significant increases in the price of gold since 2019, appear to have increase the availability of funds so we are hopeful to secure sufficient funds for a major exploration program in the near future.

As part of implementing our focus to build shareholder value by monetizing the placer assets in addition to our primary focus of developing the hard-rock (lode) assets, in 2012, Goldrich and NyacAU LLC (“NyacAU”) formed Goldrich NyacAU Placer LLC (“GNP”), a 50/50 joint-venture company, managed by NyacAU, to mine Goldrich’s various placer properties at Chandalar.

As shown below, the placer gold extraction by GNP increased each year from 2015 through 2018, trending toward extraction figures that were anticipated by the Preliminary Economic Assessment authored by qualified geologists for us:

 

Year

Ounces of
Placer Gold

Ounces of Fine Gold

2015

 4,400

 3,900

2016

 10,200

 8,200

2017

 15,000

 12,300

2018

 20,900

 17,100

 

Although GNP’s extraction increased over the years, ultimately the extraction numbers attained over those years fell short of the Minimum Production Requirements required in the Operating Agreement. According to the terms of the agreement, GNP was required to pay a Minimum Production Requirement of 1,100 ounces for 2016, 1,200 ounces for 2017, and 1,300 ounces for 2018 to both Goldrich and NyacAU by October 31, 2018. This payment was not made. Under the joint venture Operating Agreement, GNP would be dissolved if GNP failed to meet the Minimum Production Requirement.

 

On August 20, 2018, we announced the intended dissolution of the GNP joint venture. According to the terms of the joint venture operating agreement, GNP was required to pay a Minimum Production Requirement of 1,100 ounces for 2016, 1,200 ounces for 2017, and 1,300 ounces for 2018 to both Goldrich and NyacAU by October 31, 2018. This payment was not made. Under the joint venture Operating Agreement, GNP would be dissolved if GNP failed to meet the Minimum Production Requirement. GNP was dissolved in May 2019 and is currently being liquidated with NyacAU managing the process. Goldrich and NyacAU are currently in arbitration as noted above.

 

Goldrich has commissioned an independent third-party mining engineering firm to complete a mining plan and Initial Assessment for the Company’s Chandalar Mine.

 

Joint Venture Agreement

 

On April 3, 2012, Goldrich Placer, LLC (“GP”), a subsidiary of Goldrich, entered into a term sheet for a joint venture with NyacAU, LLC (“NyacAU”), an Alaskan private company, to bring Goldrich’s Chandalar placer gold properties into production as defined in the joint venture agreement (the “Operating Agreement”), which was subsequently signed and made effective April 2, 2012. In each case as used herein in reference to the JV,


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‘production’ is as defined by the JV agreement. As part of the agreement, Goldrich Placer, LLC (“GP”), a subsidiary of Goldrich and NyacAU (together the “Members”) formed a 50:50 joint venture company, Goldrich NyacAU Placer LLC (“GNP”), to operate the Chandalar placer mines, with NyacAU acting as managing partner. Goldrich has no significant control or influence over the JV, and therefore accounts for its investment using the cost less impairment method.

 

As of December 31, 2018, the JV had not achieved commercial production as required under the Operating Agreement, and as a result the JV was dissolved in May 2019 and, as of December 31, 2019, is in the process of being liquidated. The Panel has jurisdiction over the liquidation process and has ruled that NyacAU should continue as the liquidator. Except for equipment needed for reclamation, most the heavy equipment and the wash plant were removed on a winter trail in March through mid-April 2019.

 

Under the terms of the joint venture agreement (the “Agreement”), the JV was to make annual Member’s Distributions of 10% of the balance of revenue generated by the Joint Venture after deducting Operating Expenses as defined by the GNP Operating Agreement. Related to these distributions, on June 23, 2015, the Company raised net proceeds of $1.1 million through the sale of 12.5% of the cash flows GP, Goldrich’s subsidiary, receives in the future from its interest in GNP (“Distribution Interest”), paid in cash, to Chandalar Gold, LLC (“CGL”) and GVC Capital, LLC, (“GVC”), both of which are non-related entities. Goldrich retained its ownership of its 50% interest in GNP but, after the transaction, subject to the terms of the GNP operating agreement, Goldrich will effectively receive approximately 44%, CGL will effectively receive 6% (12% of Goldrich’s 50% of GNP = 6%) and GVC will effectively receive 0.25% (0.5% of Goldrich’s 50% of GNP = 0.25%) of any distributions produced by GNP. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, an amount of $35,794 has been accrued for the distribution which is included in accrued liabilities for distributions to us that were applied to Loan3. No amount was accrued for the 2018 distribution due to the dissolution of the JV, although during arbitration proceedings, Loan3 was determined and agreed to be paid in full (see Arbitration below). During the year ended December 31, 2020, Goldrich purchased 595,000 membership units, or approximately 49% of CGL’s membership units for $25,000. This provides Goldrich with 49% of any distributions produced by GNP and paid to CGL. The Company accounts for its investment in CGL using the cost less impairment method. The Company does not anticipate any distributions from CGL until the placer resumes production.

 

Concerning Loan3, in 2012, the joint venture purchased, on Goldrich’s behalf, a 2% royalty interest, payable on all production from certain Goldrich mining claims at the Chandalar, Alaska property for $250,000 from Jumbo Basin Corporation. This transaction gave rise to Loan3, was carried at an interest rate of the greater of prime plus 2% or 10%, and was to be repaid from distributions to Goldrich as defined in the Operating Agreement, prior to any distributions in cash to Goldrich. The 2016 and 2017 Members Distributions, as adjusted by the rulings of the arbitration Panel, were first applied against Loan3 in accordance with the terms of the Operating Agreement, the distributions were sufficient to pay all of Loan3 principal and interest in full.

 

Arbitration

 

In 2017, we, our subsidiary and the joint venture, as claimants, filed an arbitration statement of claim before a three-member Arbitration Panel (“the Panel”), against our JV partner and its affiliates; NyacAU, LLC (“NyacAU”), BEAR Leasing, LLC, and Dr. J. Michael James, as respondents. In 2018, the respondents filed a counter-claim against the Company, its subsidiaries and the certain members of our current and former management, the counterclaim respondents. The arbitration claim alleged, amongst other things, claims concerning related-party transactions, accounting issues including capital vs. operating leases, interpretation of the joint venture operating agreement, allocation of tax losses between the joint venture partners, and unpaid amounts due Goldrich relating to the Chandalar Mine.

 

During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020, and subsequent to March 31, 2021, the Panel has released various awards relating to the allegations of both parties. Some of which have been in favor of our positions some have been in favor of our JV partner and its affiliates. The arbitration is ongoing and the various parties to the claims and counterclaims continue to disagree on several matters.


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On May 25, 2019, the Panel issued an Interim Award, which requested input from the parties on a small number of discrete issues, all input to be supported by references to the arbitration record. On November 30, 2019, the Panel issued the Partial Final Award and concurrently the Second Interim Award RE Dissolution/Liquidation of GNP and Related Issues (“the Second Interim Award”). On September 4, 2020, the Arbitration Panel (the “Panel”) issued the Final Post Award Orders, wherein the Panel issued rulings on multiple material issues. A summary of each award is provided below. On December 4, 2020, the Panel issued Supplemental Orders 5-8. On April 7, 2021, the Panel issued Order on Respondents’ Motion to Preserve Confidentiality of Arbitration Proceedings, wherein the Panel ruled that the Company did not violate confidentiality when it filed the arbitration rulings as exhibits to its public reporting with the Securities and Exchange. On April 7, 2021, the Panel also issued Order on Respondents’ Motion to Confirm Judgment. A summary of each award is provided below. Matters of minor significance on which the Panel ruled or waived actions on matters over which the Panel had no jurisdiction are not included in the summary.

 

The Partial Final Award

 

A summary of the various matters addressed in the Partial Final Award is as follows:

 

Capital vs. Operating Leases.

In response to a claim made by Goldrich, the Panel ruled that certain leases were capital leases, rather than operating leases, which increased the basis upon which distributions are made to the JV partners.  In addition, the Panel modified the interest rates applicable to the leases, which decreased the profitability of the JV for the change in interest on all leases but only decreased the basis upon which distributions are made to Goldrich for leases that were deemed to be operating leases. The net change had no effect on the Company’s March 31, 2021 financial statements. The ruling did, however, affect the amount of interim distributions made from GNP to Goldrich for 2016 and 2017 as noted below.

 

Ownership by GNP of Leased Equipment.

The Panel ruled that certain continuing lease payments made by GNP for equipment treated as operating leases, which were subsequently ruled capital leases, represented buy-out payments at the conclusion of the capital lease. Therefore, ownership of the subject equipment was transferred to GNP. As a result of the ruling, certain leased equipment became the property of GNP, but was subsequently transferred to Bear Leasing to partially satisfy default of other lease agreements when GNP was dissolved.

 

Lease Charges and Ownership of Arctic Camp Purchased by NyacAU related party from Third-Party. 

The Panel ruled that lease payments made by GNP to Bear Leasing toward rented Arctic camp facilities that had been purchased from an unrelated third-party from 2012 through 2014 represented purchase consideration. As a result, GNP was deemed the beneficial owner of the camp in connection with the dissolution/liquidation process. Further, LOC1 was reduced by lease payments GNP was charged beyond the purchase price for the Arctic camp.

 

Interim Distributions to Goldrich for 2016 and 2017.

As a result of the awards noted above, the Panel determined that the Company is entitled to an additional $214,797 in distributions for 2016 and an additional $198,644 for 2017, for a total of $413,442. In like manner, the Panel determined that NyacAU is entitled to an additional $413,442 in distributions for these years. As we are uncertain as to the collectability of these distributions, no recognition of these revenues is included in our Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

 

Payment of Interest Earned by LOC1.

The Partial Final Award also addressed our claim for payment of interest earned by LOC1. The Panel determined that NyacAU should pay the Company 50% of the interest earned on LOC1 actually received by NyacAU, or $126,666.  NyacAU contested the amount of LOC1 interest paid by GNP to NyacAU. The matter is further discussed below in the summary for the Final Post Award Order and Supplemental Orders.


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2012 Reclamation Work

The Panel ruled Goldrich is responsible to pay the full amount charged by NyacAU for the 2012 reclamation work and NyacAU is also entitled to 5% pre-judgement interest on the award from the date the first invoice was sent to Goldrich. Goldrich has accrued a liability for this ruling, however Goldrich has contested the party to whom payment should be made and whether additional amounts not invoiced by GNP should be included in the award.  

 

Allocation of Tax Losses 

From 2012 through 2018, NyacAU, as managers of GNP, had allocated net tax losses from GNP totaling $19,888,374 to NyacAU and $839,537 to Goldrich. Goldrich claimed it had a right to 50% of all tax losses under the GNP Operating Agreement and filed Form 8082 for each year with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) to correct the GNP K-1’s filed by NyacAU. Goldrich claimed a total of $9,946,369, 50% of the total GNP losses for the years 2012 through 2018. The Panel generally agreed with that allocation but only during the periods where actual mining operations were being performed, since those rationally are the only periods in which both parties bore a material economic risk, in terms of the impact of mining operations on processed and unprocessed gold. Based on the evidence before the Panel, mining operations were performed in August-September 2013, and 2015-2018.

 

Prior to Goldrich receiving the award, the IRS had processed and accepted the Forms 8082, corrected GNP K-1’s, and amended tax returns filed by Goldrich for 2012 through 2017. The IRS also notified Goldrich that Goldrich’s 2012 through 2014 tax returns were closed for further changes due to the expiration of the statute of limitations for those years. The IRS also conducted an audit of Goldrich’s 2014 through 2017 tax returns with a ‘no change’ determination. Therefore, although Goldrich was not awarded 50% of all GNP 2012 to 2014 tax losses in the arbitration, Goldrich has been allowed to take the full total of its share of GNP tax losses of $9,946,369, which can be used to offset taxable profits Goldrich generates in future years.

 

In August 2020, the IRS issued an unfavorable ruling as it affects the Company in regard to the audit of the joint venture which, when the individual partners’ effects are communicated to us by the IRS, is probable to decrease our net federal and state net operating loss carryforwards by $2.0 million and $1.8 million, respectively, for the years under audit. The JV partners had been instructed by the Panel to take steps to ensure tax loses have been shared equally, as the Operating Agreement requires, but only during the periods where actual mining operations were being performed. In the closing conference, it was evident that GNP had taken positions with the IRS that conflicted with the Panel’s direction. The recourse available to us in regard to the audit ruling is a challenge of the IRS ruling before the tax court, should we determine this to be in our best interests.

 

Other

·The arbitration awarded NyacAU’s request that an entry be made on GNP’s books for unpaid and unbilled interest expense of $66,180 under the appropriate Lease, incurred during the period of construction of the wash plant. In the liquidation process, NyacAU (through Bear Leasing) shall be treated as a third-party creditor with respect to the recovery of this amount from GNP.
 

·The Panel awarded Dr. James $9,858, plus prejudgment interest at 5% and legal fees, for personal expenses incurred relating to GNP’s operations. These amounts totaling $14,200 have been included in accounts payable and interest payable of the Company at December 31, 2020. An additional amount of $128 has been accrued for the three-months ended March 31, 2021, bringing the total amount accrued in accounts payable and interest payable to $14,328 at March 31, 2021.  

 

·The Partial Final Award found the Company liable for an act of negligent misrepresentation regarding the concealment of certain technical information from NyacAU. We have vigorously disputed the concealment and the finding of negligence. Nevertheless, as a result of the Panel’s determination, the Panel awarded Dr. J. Michael James a reimbursement of 17% of his previous $350,000 stock investment in the Company or $59,500 plus prejudgment interest of 5% and legal fees. The award plus interest, totaling $86,558, has been included in accounts payable and interest  


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payable of the Company at December 31, 2020. An additional $770 has been accrued for the three-months ended March 31, 2021, bringing the total amount accrued in accounts payable and interest payable to $87,328 at March 31, 2021. Attorney’s fees and costs also awarded in the judgement plus interest have been included in accounts payable and interest payable of the Company at March 31, 2021.

 

·As requested by Goldrich and NyacAU, the Panel will retain jurisdiction and oversight over the dissolution/liquidation process to its completion.  The Panel stated, “there is likely more information the parties will have to provide on certain issues--including, among others, changes in the balance of LOC1 and the issue of transfer of the permit to Goldrich--before a Final Award on dissolution/liquidation can be made.” As of the date of this report, the balance of LOC1 continues to change as a result of on-going rulings by the Panel. Additionally, the Panel has stated it lacks jurisdiction on the transfer of the mining permit, which the Panel has ruled is a matter to be negotiated between the parties. 

 

·The Panel ruled that “there has been no prevailing party in the arbitration to this point, although it reserves judgment as to whether a prevailing party will emerge from the Final Award with regard to issues which are now part of the Revised [Second] Interim Award. Accordingly, as to all issues covered by this Partial Final Award, the parties shall bear their own costs, expenses, and attorneys’ fees.” 

 

The Second Interim Award

 

The Second Interim Award was necessitated by the fact that the dissolution/liquidation of the joint venture had not yet run its course. A summary of the various matters addressed in the Second Interim Award is as follows:

 

Transfer of Mining Permits

The Panel ordered that:

 

a)No later than January 15, 2020, NyacAU and Goldrich shall attempt to establish, by agreement, a market value for the GNP permit in connection with a transfer of the Permit to Goldrich or a third party, taking into consideration the obligation of GNP, or any transferee of the permit, to complete reclamation in accordance with NyacAU’s government-approved reclamation plan. 

 

b)Reasonably prior to May 31, 2020, NyacAU shall perform its obligation to “make provision … for reclamation by (1) adding all reclamation expenses actually incurred by NyacAU to LOC1; (2) from GNP’s assets, to the extent possible after payment of GNP’s debts and liabilities and liquidation expenses”. 

 

Neither order was successfully executed by the parties on the dates specified by the Panel. The Second Interim Award confirmed the dissolution of GNP and noted that “no provision of the Claims Lease or the Operating Agreement speaks directly to the rights or obligations of GNP to transfer its mining permit, which is held in the name of the manager, NyacAU. Although GNP no longer has the right to mine, GNP and specifically NyacAU have the liability of reclamation. Absent a transfer of the Permit, GNP (through NyacAU) would be obligated to complete reclamation, and obtain final approval from appropriate government authorities, as required by the Claims Lease—a process estimated to take several years.”

 

If NyacAU does not transfer the mining permit to Goldrich as part of the dissolution, they will retain the requirement to reclaim the mine, and Goldrich will be prevented from mining the property, since two mining permits cannot be issued for the same claims. The actual cost of the reclamation will be subject to many variables, not the least of which will be whether the remedial activity is undertaken while the mine is inactive or conversely, when the mine is actively producing gold. If the mining permit were to be transferred to Goldrich or another entity with the reclamation obligation intact, the reclamation activity could be undertaken as a key piece of a mining plan in order to mitigate reclamation costs. If an agreement cannot be reached to


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transfer the mining permit and the associated reclamation of prior mining activities, Goldrich will be prevented from mining its claims, and will be limited to exploration activities on the hard rock deposits of the Chandalar property.

 

NyacAU has indicated they will not transfer the permit without also transferring the reclamation obligation, of which they believe to be $3 million. Goldrich has indicated they will not accept transfer of the permit together with the reclamation obligation, which they believe to be substantially greater. Both parties are in discussion to attempt to reach an agreement for the transfer of both the permit and the reclamation obligation, no transfer of either, or some other arrangement.

 

Balance and payment of LOC1 

The Panel calculated a tentative balance of LOC1 at $16,483,271 as of June 2019. This balance will be adjusted for any additional awards and/or adjustments made by the Panel.

 

As allowed by the Operating Agreement and a separate Security Agreement between GNP and NyacAU, NyacAU has recorded a security interest in future placer gold production from all current placer claims owned by Goldrich as collateral for repayment of fifty percent (50%) of GNP’s LOC1 to NyacAU. The agreements between GNP and NyacAU are silent concerning what happens if GNP is dissolved and is no longer producing gold, the basis of calculation, timing of remittance and other key factors related to repayment if mining activities were to be undertaken again. If there is no further placer production from these claims, Goldrich does not have a liability to pay LOC1.

 

The Panel ruled in the Final Post Award, discussed below, that LOC1 cannot be increased for costs incurred after mining operations have ceased, including costs for reclamation. Mining operations ceased on September 21, 2018, but were ruled to have ceased on September 28, 2018 by the Panel. This deprives NyacAU of a security interest in 50% of future placer gold production at the site to repay NyacAU for expenses incurred subsequent to the cessation of mining operations.

 

If an agreement cannot be reached for the transfer of the mining permit and reclamation liability to Goldrich or an operating company that will harvest the placer gold in the deposit, mining will likely not continue at the mine and LOC1 likely will not be paid. Further, in order to operate the mine, Goldrich will be required to raise money to fund replacement equipment, wash plant, infrastructure and initial operating costs to restart the mine, due to the mining assets which have been removed as part of the liquidation of GNP. Goldrich is actively preparing a new mine plan and an initial assessment to show the mine’s potential, as announced in Goldrich’s news release dated July 29, 2020. However, at the date of this report, there is no candidate for operating the mine without a settling concession as part of the transfer of the permit and the associated reclamation and LOC1 obligations.

 

Goldrich may not have a reasonable avenue to pursue in restarting the mine and may be limited to raising investment funds for the sole purpose of exploration of the hard rock deposits.

 

Right to Offset Damages or Distributions 

The Panel granted the request that any damages awarded to one party can be an offset to distributions (or damages) due to the other party.

 

Judgements issued by Superior Court

 

On April 29, 2020, the Superior Court of the State of Alaska issued a judgement in favor of Dr. James, in the total amount of $13,713 (for the 2012 reclamation costs personally incurred, including interest) and $83,588 (for the adjustment to Dr. James’ stock purchase, including interest). The Court ordered both Goldrich and NyacAU to submit a status report to the Court in September 2020 regarding the Panel’s clarification of the amounts payable for the 2012 reclamation, including interest, and to clarify the correct party for the award, NyacAU or GNP. The status report has been filed by both parties, and these judgements remain unpaid and in force before the Superior Court. In June 2020, the Superior Court awarded additional amounts for attorney’s


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fees and costs. At March 31, 2021, a total of $130,883 is included in accounts payable and interest payable on the consolidated balance sheet.

 

Final Post Award Orders

 

A summary of the various matters addressed in the Final Post Award is as follows:

 

On September 4, 2020, the Panel issued Final Post Award Orders, wherein the Panel issued rulings on multiple material issues:

 

Reclamation:

a)We had previously filed a motion to compel NyacAU to correct accruals for certain expenses including reclamation, demobilization, equipment rental and utilities. Most notably, we contended that an accrual for reclamation liability of approximately $2.1 million was woefully short of an $18.4 million estimate prepared by independent professionals as engaged by Goldrich. The Panel denied our motion and ruled that Goldrich does not have the authority to compel the establishment of any reserves on the GNP financial records; NyacAU having sole authority to establish reserves as manager of the joint venture. There was no direct financial consequence to us as a result of this ruling. This had no effect on the balance of LOC1 as the Panel ruled that costs after mining ended cannot be added to the balance of LOC1. 

 

b)We had previously filed a motion to compel NyacAU to reclaim the disturbed acres as required under the Operating Agreement and the mining permit issued to NyacAU in 2013, and to require NyacAU to fund the reclamation reserve from cash that had been distributed to NyacAU. The Panel denied our motion and ruled that while there was express provision in the Operating Agreement to establish reserves necessary for contingent or unforeseen liabilities or obligations, which could conceivably include reclamation reserves, the agreement does not impose an express obligation to reclaim the project site. The obligation to perform reclamation is imposed by the claims lease and the mining permit issued to NyacAU, which requires the permit holder to reclaim the site in accordance with government regulations. The ruling also states that the determination of the scope of potential obligations to reclaim under the permit is beyond the jurisdiction of the Panel. Further, the Panel ruled that the Operating Agreement does not impose an obligation on the Company to pay 50% of the reclamation fee, confirming again the obligation resides with the permit holder. Still further, the Panel ruled that the reclamation fees were not operating expenses to bring the mine to commercial production and therefore by definition of the Operating Agreement, precludes reclamation expenses from being added to LOC1, for which we would be obligated to remit 50% to NyacAU upon liquidation of GNP. This ruling deprives NyacAU of a security interest in 50% of future placer gold production at the site to repay reclamation expenses which it advances. There was no direct financial consequence to us as a result of this ruling; however, the effect on the future balance of LOC1and our liability for 50% of that balance would be significant now that NyacAU is not allowed to pass through reclamation costs to GNP but is required to retain responsibility for those costs as holder of the mining permit.  

 

c)NyacAU had previously filed a motion to compel the Company to recognize and remit a reclamation liability that had been invoiced by GNP to Goldrich in 2014 for reclamation work it performed on Goldrich’s behalf for violations resulting from our 2012 mining activities. We had previously challenged the validity of the invoice, citing back charges to GNP that had not been recognized or remitted to it. The Panel denied Goldrich’s claim and ruled in favor of NyacAU. While we continue to work with the Panel to clarify the party to whom the reclamation is payable, the specific amount of the payable and the calculation of interest associated with the liability, it has recorded an accrued liability totaling $ 421,366 for the year ended December 31, 2019, related to this reclamation liability and associated interest thereon, due to the liability now being estimable and probable under ASC 450. The total consists of $329,157 for reclamation expense and $92,209 for pre- and post-judgement interest expense, calculated at 5%. Additional interest of $16,503 and  


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$4,058 has been accrued at December 31, 2020 and March 31, 2021, respectively, and is included in interest payable at March 31, 2021.

 

Mining Claims

All of our mining claims remain the property of the Company.

 

Repayment of misappropriation of JV funds

We had previously filed a motion to compel NyacAU to repay funds it considered to be misappropriated as payments on LOC1 in contravention of the payment priority requirements as outlined in the Operating Agreement (See Note 3 Joint Venture). A successful challenge of these cash disbursements would return to GNP funds that we considered to be necessary to pay for reclamation costs, partner distributions, vendor obligations and other cash requirements that have precedence over repayment of LOC1. The ruling was deferred pending additional information to be determined in the future, such as the profitability of operations in 2018, which has not yet been determined when taking the Panel’s ruling into account. In December 2020, the Panel denied the motion, see Supplemental Orders 5-8 below.

 

Clarification concerning GNP’s 2018 Profitability and 2018 Interim Distributions.

We had made a challenge to the Panel’s understanding of facts related to GNP’s profitability for 2018 as presented in the arbitration proceedings, with a motion to distribute interim distribution after applying the rulings made to date. The Panel deferred ruling on the matter, retaining jurisdiction to decide the issue of interim distributions for 2018 and requested the parties to present evidence and argument (disregarding any jurisdictional issue) as to (i) whether Goldrich has a right to interim distributions for 2018, and (ii) the amount, if any, of distributions to be paid.  Goldrich has submitted a claim for approximately $680,000 plus prejudgment interest thereon at 5%; NyacAU claims that Goldrich is not entitled to any distributions for 2018. In December 2020, the Panel denied the motion, see Supplemental Orders 5-8 below.

 

Clarification of LOC1 Interest Paid and Amounts Owed to Goldrich.

We had challenged the amount of payment of LOC1 interest by GNP to NyacAU and claimed reimbursement of 50% of the amount remitted as specified by the Operating Agreement. The Panel deferred a ruling and required more information from each party. In December 2020, the Panel ruled in our favor, see Supplemental Orders 5-8 below.

 

Subordination of Mr. Gallagher’s Security to NyacAU’s Security.

A challenge to the validity of priority of security interest was ruled in the Company’s favor. NyacAU’s security interest for LOC1 was reaffirmed to be placer gold production from the mining claims, while Mr. Gallagher’s security is perfected in the mining claims themselves. The Panel determined there was no conflict between the two security interests. There was no direct financial consequence to us as a result of this ruling.

 

Supplemental Orders 5-8

 

On December 4, 2020, the arbitration Panel issued Supplemental Orders 5-8, wherein the Panel issued rulings on multiple material issues:

 

·2018 Profitability and 2018 Interim Distributions  

 

Under the GNP Operating Agreement, Goldrich was entitled to receive certain interim distributions based on GNP’s profitability. Goldrich received such distributions for 2016 and 2017.  Goldrich challenged the Panel’s understanding of facts related to GNP’s profitability for 2018 as presented in the arbitration proceedings and made a motion for GNP to distribute interim distributions for 2018 after applying the arbitration rulings made to date. Goldrich submitted a claim to the arbitration Panel for approximately $680,000 plus prejudgment interest thereon at 5%.  The arbitration Panel denied Goldrich’s claim.  Based on the Panel’s ruling, the paydown by NyacAU, as manager of GNP, of Line of Credit 1 (“LOC1”) with GNP funds, rather than the payment of a


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2018 interim distribution to Goldrich, is not considered a misappropriation of funds.  LOC1 is a related party loan between GNP and NyacAU.

 

The Panel ruled that GNP was dissolved at the end of the 2018 mining season (September 28, 2018) by failing to meet the Minimum Production Requirement of the GNP Operating Agreement rather than May 2019, when NyacAU published a formal notice of dissolution to the State of Alaska and to creditors.  Based on this and other evidence, the Panel found that GNP was dissolved by no later than October 9, 2018, which precedes the date by which any interim distribution would otherwise have been due under the GNP Operating Agreement (October 31 - December 31, 2018).  Accordingly, the Panel ruled that Goldrich is precluded from receiving any interim distributions for 2018 under the GNP Operating Agreement, which provides that “[m]embers have a right to Distributions from the Company before the dissolution and winding up of the Company.”

 

·Goldrich’s Portion of Interest Paid on LOC1 

 

Under the GNP Operating Agreement, Goldrich is to receive 50% of any interest on LOC1 paid by GNP to NyacAU.  Goldrich made a claim to the arbitration Panel that GNP had paid interest to NyacAU and that Goldrich was entitled to 50% of the amount paid.  The Panel ruled that NyacAU is obligated to pay Goldrich 50% of $241,797 in interest “received” by NyacAU up to October 2018, when GNP was dissolved and commenced liquidation, in the total principal amount of $120,883.  Goldrich is also entitled to recover 5% prejudgment interest on unpaid LOC1 interest as it fell due.  The Panel further ruled that LOC1 interest totaled (cumulatively) $3,394.21 as of December 2012; $22,663.46 as of December 2013; $55,632.71 as of December 2014; $101,823.60 as of December 2015; $155,337.06 as of December 2016; $205,817.76 as of December 2017; and $241,797.20 as of October 1, 2018.   Goldrich is awarded 12 months of accrued prejudgment interest at 5% per annum on each of these year-end amounts.  Goldrich has no entitlement to a share of LOC1 interest beyond this.

 

·Clarification of Award 

 

In the Partial Final Award given in 2019, the arbitration Panel made an award to NyacAU of $377,253 in damages and pre-award interest relating to 2012 reclamation expenses incurred on Goldrich’s behalf.  Goldrich made an “Application for Modification and Correction of Arbitration Award, for Vacation of Award, or for Resubmission to Arbitration Panel for Clarification”, requesting an order from the Alaska court, under the Alaska Arbitration Act, that the damages awarded for unpaid 2012 reclamation expenses were to be paid to GNP, not NyacAU, and that the Panel clarify the appropriate amount of damages and interest to be paid.  The Panel ruled that it will resolve these issues after the parties submit evidence and argument supporting their respective positions on the merits.

 

Orders on Respondents’ Motion to Confirm Judgment

 

On April 7, 2021, the Panel issued Order on Respondents’ Motion to Preserve Confidentiality of Arbitration Proceedings, wherein the Panel ruled that the Company did not violate confidentiality when it filed the arbitration rulings as exhibits to its public reporting with the Securities and Exchange. On April 7, 2021, the Panel also issued Orders on Respondents’ Motion to Confirm Judgment to correct, clarify, or modify an award made in the Partial Final Award, wherein a claim against the Company for $50,685 for additional reclamation costs, including interest of $2,589 was awarded to GNP. This event constitutes a ‘Type 1’ event, which required adjustment and recognition to the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020. An additional $593 in interest was expensed and accrued during the three-months ended March 31, 2021.  


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Estimates of Arbitration

 

It is possible that there could be either adverse or favorable developments in the arbitration pending with the Company and its JV partner. An unfavorable outcome or settlement of pending arbitration could encourage the commencement of additional legal action by the affected party.

 

We record provisions in the consolidated financial statements for pending arbitration results when it determines that an outcome is probable, and the amount of the gain or loss can be reasonably estimated. At the present time, except as stated otherwise, while it is reasonably possible that a favorable or unfavorable outcome in the arbitration may occur, after assessing the information available, management is unable to estimate the possible gain or loss, or range of gains or losses, for the pending arbitration; and accordingly, no estimated gains or losses have been accrued in the consolidated financial statements for favorable or unfavorable outcomes. Legal defense costs are expensed as incurred.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We are an exploration stage company and have incurred losses since our inception. We currently do not have sufficient cash to support the Company through 2021 and beyond. We anticipate that we will incur approximately $650,000 for general operating expenses and property maintenance, $1,605,706 for interest, $451,153 for payment of the gold notes, $3,717,895 for payment of notes payable to related party, and $1,062,106 for the payment of senior secured loans over the next 12 months as of March 31, 2021. Additional funds will be needed for any exploration expenditures, should any be undertaken. We also anticipate additional unknown and undeterminable costs for arbitration, but a significant portion of this would be recouped if we are successful in the arbitration.  We plan to raise the financing through a combination of debt and/or equity placements, sale of mining property interests, and revenue from placer operations.

 

We have filed an arbitration claim against our joint venture operating partner to challenge certain accounting treatment of capital leases, allocations of tax losses, charges to the JV for funding costs related to the JV manager’s financing, related-party transactions, and other items of dispute. For recent developments in the arbitration proceedings, see the sections titled Joint Venture Agreement and Arbitration above and Subsequent Events below. The arbitration is proceeding on the basis that GNP has been dissolved. As noted above, NyacAU has recorded a secured interest in all placer gold production from certain claims owned by Goldrich as collateral for repayment of fifty percent (50%) of LOC1. Arbitration proceedings may significantly affect the balance of LOC1, the magnitude of which cannot be estimated at the date of this report. The arbitration Panel calculated a tentative balance of LOC1 at $16,483,271 as of June 2019. This balance will be adjusted for any additional awards and/or adjustments made by the arbitration Panel.

The audit opinion and notes that accompany our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020, disclose a ‘going concern’ qualification to our ability to continue in business. The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared under the assumption that we will continue as a going concern. We are an exploration stage company and we have incurred losses since our inception. We do not have sufficient cash to fund normal operations and meet debt obligations for the next 12 months without deferring payment on certain current liabilities and raising additional funds. We believe that the going concern condition cannot be removed with confidence until the Company has entered into a business climate where funding of its activities is more assured.

 

We currently have only a brief recent history of a recurring source of revenue and in 2016 received our first cash distribution from the joint venture. If we profitably execute a production business plan, our ability to continue as a going concern may improve and become less dependent on our ability to raise capital to fund our future exploration and working capital requirements. Our plans for the long-term include the profitable exploitation of our mining properties and financing our future operations through sales of our common stock and/or debt. 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 our ability to continue as a going concern.


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During the three months ended March 31, 2021, we completed financings of $203,000, compared to $165,000 net cash for note financings and placements of our securities during the three months ended March 31, 2020. Subsequent to the close of the three months ended March 31, 2021, we borrowed an additional $43,000, net of discounts, of notes payable – related party, bringing the total notes payable obligation as of April 28, 2021, to $4,825,263, of which $3,052,632 came due October 31, 2018. Notes payable to third parties totaling $967,371 were subsequently amended to extend the due date to February 28, 2019, and then Notes payable and Notes payable related party were subsequently amended to make the Notes due on demand.

 

If we are unable to timely satisfy our obligations under these secured senior notes payable, the notes payable in gold, originally due November 2018 and subsequently amended to on demand, and the interest on both the secured senior note due quarterly and the notes payable in gold, and we are not able to re-negotiate the terms of such agreements, the holders will have rights against us, including potentially seizing or selling our assets. The notes payable in gold are secured against our right to future distributions of gold extracted by our joint venture with NyacAU or subsequent gold production. At March 31, 2021, we had outstanding total notes payable in gold of $451,153, representing 266.789 ounces of fine gold deliverable on demand. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company renegotiated terms with the holders. The Fourth Delayed Delivery Required Quantity shall be delivered to the Purchaser at the Delivery Point on the date that is sixty (60) days after the date that the Purchaser gives notice to the Company. To date, the gold notes have not been paid, the note holders have not demanded payment or delivery of gold and have indicated willingness to work with the Company to extend the due date.

 

We believe we will be able to secure sufficient financing for further operations and exploration activities of our Company but we cannot give assurance we will be successful in attracting financing on terms acceptable to us, if at all. Additionally, anticipating continued placer production after dissolution of GNP, we look forward to internal cash flow and additional options for financing. A successful mining operation may provide the long-term financial strength for the Company to remove the going concern condition in future years. To increase its access to financial markets, Goldrich intends to also seek a listing of its shares on a recognized stock exchange in Canada in addition to its listing on the OTCQB in the United States.

 

The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. If the going concern basis were not appropriate for these financial statements, adjustments would be necessary in the carrying value of assets and liabilities, the reported expenses and the balance sheet classifications used.

 

Results of Operations

 

On March 31, 2021, we had total liabilities of $9,903,587 and total assets of $668,568. This compares to total liabilities of $9,588,289 and total assets of $703,858 on December 31, 2020. As of March 31, 2021, our liabilities consist of $263,811 for remediation and asset retirement obligations, $451,153 of notes payable in gold, $1,062,106 of notes payable, $3,717,895 of notes payable – related party, $1,883,389 of trade payables and accrued liabilities, $508,177 of accrued interest payable, $1,097,529 of accrued interest payable – related party, $50,600 CARES Act PPP loan payable, $838,309 due to related parties, and $30,618 for dividends payable. Of these liabilities, $9,635,755 is due within 12 months. The increase in liabilities compared to December 31, 2020 is due to an increase in trade and related party payables, an increase in interest payable and interest payable – related party and additional borrowings under notes payable - related party, largely resulting from costs associated with arbitration. Total assets and its components did not experience significant changes, with the exception of a decrease in cash and a decrease in prepaid expenses during the quarter ended March 31, 2021.

On March 31, 2021, we had negative working capital of $9,618,615 and a stockholders’ deficit of $9,235,019 compared to negative working capital of $9,256,903 and stockholders’ deficit of $8,884,431 for the year ended December 31, 2020. Working capital decreased during the quarter ended March 31, 2021 due to the accruals


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of accounts and trade payables that exceeded cash proceeds from Notes payable and Notes payable – related party. Stockholders’ equity decreased due to an operating loss for the period ended March 31, 2021.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, we used cash from operating activities of $203,981 compared to $124,914 for the period ended March 31, 2020. Net losses were slightly higher year over year due to an increase in trade payables, interest payable and interest payable – related party.  Net operating losses were $480,588 and $430,498 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, including depreciation of $0 and $237 for the respective quarters.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 respectively, we used no cash in investing activities.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, cash of $203,000 was provided by financing activities, compared to $165,000 provided during the same period of 2020.

Private Placement Offerings

 

No private placement offerings occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

Notes Payable in Gold, Notes Payable & Notes Payable – Related Party

At March 31, 2021, we owed $451,153 for Notes payable in Gold, $1,062,106 for Notes payable and $3,717,895 for Notes payable – related party. Interest payable on these borrowings totaled $1,445,841. These borrowings have matured beyond their original due dates and have been amended to be due upon demand.

 

During September of 2020, the holders of the Notes payable and Notes payable – related party, received shares in lieu of cash for interest. A total of 13,719,248 common shares with a basis of $0.015 per share, were issued to the lenders, reducing interest payable by $205,789, of which $168,976 was to a related party.

 

Effective November 1, 2019, we entered into an Amended and Restated Loan, Security, and Intercreditor Agreement (the “Amended Agreement”) with Nicholas Gallagher, a related party and member of our Board of Directors, in his capacity as agent for and on behalf of the holders of the Notes payable.

 

As a result of the borrowings under the Notes payable in gold, Notes payable and Notes payable – related party (collectively, the “Notes”), we are faced with a significant hurdle in financing the Company going forward, whether to conduct exploration programs or initiate a mining program at the Chandalar mine. Our near-term cash requirements are greater than the liquid assets we have available to satisfy them, and the holders of the Notes could choose to exercise their rights to demand payment, which would result in a default situation relative to the Notes. Mr. Gallagher is secured in his lending to the Company by means of the Amended Agreement, and if he were to demand payment, the Company would not be able to pay him the amounts due and he would be entitled to sell our claims and other assets for payment of the debt. We believe these holders to be friendly to the Company and that they will refrain from demanding payment, but the Company cannot control the potential demands nor the consequences that would be extracted as a result of default on the Notes.  

 

Subsequent Events

 

Subsequent to the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company entered into additional notes payable totaling $43,000, net of discounts from a related party.

 

Subsequent to March 31, 2021, on April 7, 2021, the arbitration Panel issued two orders:


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1.  Order on Respondents’ Motion to Preserve Confidentiality of Arbitration Proceedings, wherein the Panel ruled that the Company did not violate confidentiality when it filed the arbitration rulings as exhibits to its public reporting with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and

 

2.  Order on Respondents’ Motion to Confirm Judgment, to correct, clarify or modify an award made in the Partial Final Award. This order confirmed a GNP claim against the Company for $50,685 for additional reclamation costs, including interest of $2,589 and clarified that GNP, not NyacAU, was awarded the 2012 reclamation costs. This event has been recognized and accrued in the financial statements and is included in accounts payable and interest payable on the consolidated balance sheet.

 

During May 2021, the Company received $40,000 cash as a result of exercise of Class T warrants at an exercise price of $0.03 per common share. Ownership of these warrants had been in the hands of a related party and were sold by him personally to unrelated parties. The unrelated parties then exercised the warrants for cash, resulting in the issuance of 1,333,333 common shares.

 

During May 2021, the Company received loan forgiveness of its Cares Act PPP Loan in the amount of $51,135; which included the principal of $50,600 plus interest.

 

Mining Permit and Future Mining Activities

The recent upward movements in the price of gold to a range of $1,800 to $2,000 per ounce or higher during 2020 have created renewed interest in gold mining, gold exploration and investments in companies engaging in those activities, including the junior mining/exploration sector in which we participate. Additionally, the fact that we own a mine that has produced over 40,000 ounces in recent years along an annual increasing trend has caught the interest of placer mining companies and investors who support placer mining operations. We believe we have the fundamentals to raise capital and continue our primary strategy of exploration and secondarily placer mining.

 

If we can attract the type of investor who is comfortable with reinstating the placer mining operation, we may have a viable and productive path forward toward obtaining financing in the short-term to achieve long-term profitability. To effectively pursue this strategy, (1) the mining permit for the Chandalar mine must be transferred to us from NyacAU, our former JV partner and the current holder of the permit, (2) financial concessions must be made relative to LOC1, which is currently to be satisfied from gold produced from the claims at the Chandalar mine, and (3) reclamation costs for the Chandalar mine that currently are the responsibility of NyacAU must be mitigated by a mining plan that accomplishes much of the reclamation costs as part of the ongoing mining activity. We do not believe an investor or group of investors will be willing to step forward to fund the placer mining activity without these three factors aligning themselves as described.

 

Additionally, without a profitable mining operation, the ability to pay back the Notes may not be available to us. If that is the case, the payback would require us to raise money from placements of equity instruments to raise the cash to satisfy the obligations. Such a use of funds may present a funding effort that receives tepid or little response in the equity markets.

 

However, we do believe there are investors motivated to provide funding for exploration programs to locate and exploit the hard rock deposits from which the placer mineralization is coming from. This strategy can be pursued independent of any mining activities.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements.


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Inflation

We do not believe that inflation has had a significant impact on our consolidated results of operations or financial condition.

Contractual Obligations

See Subsequent Events above.

Critical Accounting Policies

We have identified our critical accounting policies, the application of which may materially affect the financial statements, either because of the significance of the financials statement item to which they relate, or because they require management’s judgment in making estimates and assumptions in measuring, at a specific point in time, events which will be settled in the future. The critical accounting policies, judgments and estimates which management believes have the most significant effect on the financial statements are set forth below:

·Estimates of the recoverability of the carrying value of our mining and mineral property assets. We use publicly available pricing or valuation estimates of comparable property and equipment to assess the carrying value of our mining and mineral property assets. However, if future results vary materially from the assumptions and estimates used by us, we may be required to recognize an impairment in the assets’ carrying value. 

·Estimates of our environmental liabilities. Our potential obligations in environmental remediation, asset retirement obligations or reclamation activities are considered critical due to the assumptions and estimates inherent in accruals of such liabilities, including uncertainties relating to specific reclamation and remediation methods and costs, the application and changing of environmental laws, regulations and interpretations by regulatory authorities. 

·Accounting for Investments in Joint Ventures. For joint ventures in which we do not have joint control or significant influence, the cost method is used. Under the cost method, these investments are carried at the lower of cost or fair value. For those joint ventures in which there is joint control between the parties and in which we have significant influence, the equity method is utilized whereby our share of the ventures’ earnings and losses is included in the statement of operations as earnings in joint ventures and our investments therein are adjusted by a similar amount. We have no significant influence over our joint venture described in Note 3 Joint Ventures to the financial statements, and therefore account for our investment using the cost method. For joint ventures where we hold more than 50% of the voting interest and has significant influence, the joint venture is consolidated with the presentation of a non-controlling interest. In determining whether significant influence exists, we consider our participation in policy-making decisions and our representation on the venture’s management committee. We currently have no joint venture of this nature. 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

At the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, an evaluation was carried out under the supervision of, and with the participation of, our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a – 15(e) and Rule 15d – 15(e) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,


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as amended (the “Exchange Act”)). 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 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to the size of our staff and the resulting inability to segregate duties; however, material information required to be disclosed by the Company in 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 controls over financial reporting

 

During the quarter ended March 31, 2021, there have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting 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

 

We are subject to legal proceedings and claims, which arise from time to time. These can include, but are not limited to, legal proceedings and/or claims pertaining to environmental or safety matters. With the exception of the arbitration actions detailed below, there are no pending material legal proceedings in which the Company is a party or any of their respective properties is subject. Also, with the exception of the arbitration actions detailed below, there are no pending legal proceedings to which any director, officer or affiliate of the Company, any owner of record or beneficiary of more than 5% of the common stock of the Company, or any security holder of the Company is a party adverse to the Company or has a material interest adverse to the Company.

In 2017, the Company, its subsidiary and the joint venture, as claimants, filed an arbitration statement of claim against NyacAU, LLC (“NyacAU”), BEAR Leasing, LLC, and Dr. J. Michael James, as respondents. In 2018, the respondents filed a counter-claim against us, the claimants. The arbitration claim alleges, amongst other things, claims concerning related-party transactions, accounting issues, interpretation of the joint venture operating agreement, allocation of tax losses between the joint venture partners, and unpaid amounts due Goldrich relating to the Chandalar Mine. The arbitration occurred during July and August 2018 in Anchorage, Alaska before a three-member panel. Under the terms of the Operating Agreement, both partners are required to abide by the rulings proceeding from the Panel. We have received an Interim Award, a Partial Final Award, a Second Interim Award, and a Final Post Award and are awaiting the outcome of the arbitration that would come in the form of a Final Award from the Panel.

Item 1A.  Risk Factors

 

There have been no changes to our risk factors as reported in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.

 

Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use Of Proceeds

 

See full disclosure in section entitled “Sale of Unregistered Securities” above, which is incorporated by reference to this Item 2.

Item 3.  Defaults upon Senior Securities

 

None.

 

Item 4.  Mine Safety Disclosure

 

Our exploration properties are 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"). Pursuant to Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (The "Dodd-Frank Act"), issuers that are operators, or that have a subsidiary that is an operator, of a coal or other mine in the United States are required to disclose in their periodic reports filed with the SEC information regarding specified health and safety violations, orders and citations, related assessments and legal actions, and mining-related fatalities.

 

During the quarter ended March 31, 2021, we had no such specified health and safety violations, orders or citations, related assessments or legal actions, mining-related fatalities, or similar events in relation to our United States operations requiring disclosure pursuant to Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Act.

 

Item 5.  Other Information

 

None.


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Item 6.  Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Document

31.1

 

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14 of the Exchange Act

31.2

 

Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14 of the Exchange Act

32.1

 

Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.2

 

Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

101.INS

 

XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

101.PRE

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document


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SIGNATURES

 

In accordance with Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date:  May 24, 2021

 

 

GOLDRICH MINING COMPANY 

 

By   /s/  William Schara                           

William Schara, Chief Executive Officer and President  

 

 

In accordance with Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Date:  May 24, 2021

 

GOLDRICH MINING COMPANY 

 

By    /s/ Ted R. Sharp                              

Ted R. Sharp, Chief Financial Officer 


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