Each one in plain English, with the numbers worked through for a shareholder.
28 Dec 2007auditor change● Neutral
On December 20, 2007 the auditor LeMaster & Daniels told the company it would resign after completing the audit of the 2007 financial statements. The auditor said this was a firm-wide decision to stop auditing public companies (citing increased risk and costs); the filing reports no disagreements and no adverse or qualified audit opinions for 2006 or 2005. No successor had been chosen yet.
On November 2, 2007 the company sold 2,500,000 shares at US$4.00 (US$10 million) to Silver Wheaton Corp. in a private placement. It also granted Silver Wheaton a twenty-year right of first proposal and right to match third-party offers to buy silver the company produces in Montana, and agreed to register the shares for resale in the US. The price is below the US$5.00 paid in the April 2007 offering.
What it means for a shareholder
2.5m new shares at US$4.00 to raise about US$10.0m. Shares on issue before the raise aren't in the record, so the dilution can't be worked out.
10 May 2007capital raising announcement▲ GoodMajor
On May 9, 2007 the underwriters exercised their over-allotment option for 836,600 more units at US$5.00, adding US$4,183,000 gross. This brings the April 2007 offering to 6,836,600 units, US$34,183,000 gross and US$32,132,020 net of underwriting commissions; the press release says proceeds will fund part of a two-year advanced exploration and underground drilling program at the Montanore Silver-Copper Project in Montana and general corporate purposes.
On April 16, 2007 the company agreed with TD Securities and four other underwriters to sell 6,000,000 units at US$5.00 each (gross US$30,000,000, underwriters' fees US$1,800,000); the offering closed April 20, 2007. Each unit has one share plus half a warrant, with whole warrants exercisable at US$5.75 until April 19, 2012, and underwriters have a 30-day option for 900,000 more units. This is a much larger raise than the $6.1 million private placement of October 2005 and dilutes existing holders.