History
A shell that tried uranium, then Mexican tellurium-gold, then patent enforcement, funded by convertible notes and small placements, and by January 2018 still had unresolved reporting and mining-exit threads.
2007-2009: A uranium merger that unwound
The company, then called Cromwell Uranium Corp. (formerly Arbutus Resources), sold $545,000 of 9% convertible debentures on June 22, 2007 and lent the money to Cromwell Uranium Holdings, Inc. while negotiating a merger. The merger closed on July 11, 2007. Holdings' owner received 31,000,000 company shares, the debentures converted into 1,190,000 shares and 1,190,000 warrants, and the original shell business was sold to Karen Law and Lyle Smith in exchange for their 44,450,000 shares.
It did not last. Effective August 8, 2007 the parties unwound the merger, citing developments in public equity and debt markets and conditions in the mining industry. Holdings went back to its former owner and the 31,000,000 shares were returned. Holdings owed the company $557,927.30 under a 9% note due November 15, 2007. The company was renamed US Uranium Inc., and David Rector resumed all top officer roles, with 25,193,002 shares outstanding. The outcome of the Holdings note was never reported.
In September 2009 an auditor problem surfaced: the PCAOB had revoked Moore & Associates' registration, so the January 31, 2009 accounts needed re-auditing, which the company planned to do with Davis Accounting Group.
2010-2012: AuroTellurio and a new audit problem
Under the name California Gold Corp., the company signed a letter of intent on October 7, 2010 with Mexivada Mining Corp. to earn 80% of the AuroTellurio tellurium-gold-silver property in Sonora, Mexico. This was the first mining property named in the filings seen. The price was $3,000,000 of exploration over four years, $290,000 in cash and 1,650,000 restricted shares.
On December 23, 2010 it closed a private placement of 58,478,258 units at $0.025, raising $1,461,956.45. Some units carried common shares and 22,000,000 carried non-voting Series A convertible preferred shares, each with a warrant. A formal option agreement replaced the letter of intent on February 11, 2011, and the company said it was no longer a shell, though closing still needed a surface rights agreement with the landowner.
In March 2011 the SEC said Davis Accounting Group's Utah licenses had lapsed, so it did not consider the 2009 and 2010 financial statements audited. Shares on issue rose from 109,451,260 at the end of 2011 to 115,201,260 in 2012. The record for 2012 and most of 2013 is otherwise quiet.
2013-2014: Patents replace mining
On November 15, 2013 the company sold $325,000 of 10% convertible notes with warrants, to fund AuroTellurio costs and working capital. The notes were to convert into a new Series B preferred stock.
The story then turned. On February 7, 2014 the company bought MV Portfolio, LLC, a patent licensing and enforcement business, for 9,385,000 post-split shares, $625,000 cash and 10% of net patent proceeds. William Meadow became CEO and Chairman, Shea Ralph CFO, and David Rector COO. The company also raised $2,942,495 in 10% convertible notes, convertible into Series C preferred at $0.50 post-split, and a second closing on March 3 added $1,017,500. The placement agent, CAVU Securities, received a commission and warrants.
The plan to hand the mining business to Michael Baybak softened: by March no agreement existed, and the company intended to put the assets in a new subsidiary and seek a buyer. The patent unit became Visual Real Estate, Inc. The notes' maturities were extended in May and again in August to November 2, 2014, with the February balance reduced to $2,642,500 for a reason the filing did not give. A 1-for-100 reverse split, name change and preferred increase still awaited shareholder approval. The year-end share count fell to 23,050,961 in 2014, consistent with a reverse split but not explained by the beats.
2015-2018: Quiet years and a small raising
The record is quiet for 2015 and most of 2016, and the company fell behind on its SEC reports. On November 17, 2016 it agreed to sell 11,250,000 shares with warrants at $0.06 for $225,000, with 10,000,000 issued at once and 1,250,000 held back to keep an investor under 9.99% ownership. A second closing on November 29 sold 10,000,000 shares for $200,000, with 3,775,000 issued and 6,225,000 held back, bringing gross proceeds to $425,000. The deals included full-ratchet anti-dilution protection, and warrant prices would fall to $0.001 if the company was not current in its reports within 120 days. It also authorized 85,000 Series E preferred shares, with 1,000 votes each, for Meadow at $85, giving him 85,000,000 votes.
As of January 8, 2018, the company was based in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, with Meadow as CEO. It carried going-concern doubt, had not shown completion of the mining split-off, and was still working to become current in its SEC reports. Shares on issue were 73,005,628."}
Written from the 16 story beats below (2007 to 2 Dec 2016), which come from the company's own announcements and filings.