Correspondence 0001493152-24-050834 from Idaho Copper Corp (COPR)
Idaho Copper Corp
Date: Dec. 19, 2024 · CIK: 0001263364 · Accession: 0001493152-24-050834
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File numbers found in text: 333-280762
Referenced dates: December 9, 2024
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Mark
E. Crone
Managing
Partner
mcrone@cronelawgroup.com
December
13, 2024
Securities
and Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporation Finance
Office
of Industrial Applications and Services
100
F Street, N.E.
Washington,
DC 20549
Attn:
Steve Lo
Kimberly
Calder
John
Coleman
Cheryl
Brown
Irene
Barberena-Meissner
Re:
Idaho Copper Corporation
Registration
Statement on Form S-1
Filed
November 22, 2024
File
No. 333-280762
Dear
Sir and Madam:
On
behalf of Idaho Copper Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), we hereby file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”) an amended registration statement on Form S-1 (the “Amended Registration Statement”)
in response to the comments of the staff (the “Staff”), dated December 9, 2024, with reference to the Company’s Registration
Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission on November 22, 2024.
For
the convenience of the Staff, each of the Staff’s comments is included and is followed by the corresponding response of the Company.
Unless the context indicates otherwise, references in this letter to “we,” “us” and “our” refer to
the Company on a consolidated basis.
Amendment
No. 2 Registration Statement on Form S-1
Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Liquidity and Capital Resources, page 25
1.
We note your response to
prior comment 1. However, no revision was made. We reissue the comment. As of July 31, 2024, you state that you “expect to incur
expenses offset by revenues during the next twelve months of operations.” You also state that “the Company does not project
revenue for the next few years.” Please revise the contradicting statements accordingly.
Response:
The Amended Registration Statement has been revised in accordance with the comments of the Staff on page 25.
420
Lexington Avenue, Suite 2446, New York, NY 10170 | 646-861-7891
12121
Wilshire Blvd., Suite 810, Los Angeles, CA 90025 | 818-930-5686
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporation Finance
December
13, 2024
Page
2
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows, page F-7
2.
We note that your response
to prior comment 4. Given that you acknowledge the amounts are misclassified, tell us why you did not revise the presentation or revise
in the next filing. Additionally, address how $36,000 of Proceeds from non-current bond liabilities were received when no bond liabilities
appear to have been issued in 2023, per Note 5.
Response:
The Company respectfully advises the Staff that it ascertained in the fiscal year 2023 financial audit that prior unaudited unreviewed
financial statements for fiscal year 2022 had understated the debenture balance of $3,135,000 by $36,000. Upon further review, it was
determined that this insignificant amount was included in equity as part of the recapitalization.
Note
4 - Convertible Notes, page F-12
3.
We note responses to prior
comments 4 and 5. Please provide us with rollforward schedules for each of the years ended January 31, 2024 and 2023 and through April
5, 2024, when the notes were converted to common stock. The rollforward schedules should begin with the balance of convertible notes
as of February 1, 2022 through to the ending balance as of January 31, 2023, continue to the ending balance as of January 31, 2024
and end with the zero balance at April 5, 2024. In these rollforward schedules, please show dates and amounts of each convertible note
issued during these periods. In addition, show any discounts associated with each convertible note and other applicable reconciling
items with clear explanations. The total of the balances should match the amounts presented in the balance sheets as of January 31,
2023, January 31, 2024 and July 31, 2024.
Response:
Company respectfully advises the Staff that it has prepared the requested rollforward schedule and attached it as Exhibit 1.
4.
We note your response to
prior comment 7. In this regard, we note that Convertible Notes at December 31, 2022 in the ICUMO unaudited financial statements in
the Form 8-K/A filed on February 14, 2023 totaled $3,674,000. Explain to us the difference between the $3,674,000 value and the $898,000
carrying value of ICUMO notes detailed in your response.
Response:
The Company respectfully advises the Staff that it filed a Form 8-K/A on February 14, 2023, where the Company identified these notes
as “convertible” when several of the notes contained no such conversion features. This information was provided in Note 6
to the December 31, 2022, unaudited financial statements on page 13 which included the terms of these notes, in which we stated only
$325,000 worth of notes were convertible.
For
the Form 10-Q filed June 14, 2023, for the period ended April 30, 2023, the Company detected this error and appropriately reclassified
the note balances which were not convertible to “Bond Liabilities” which was the financial statement description selected
by management for these notes. In essence, this is a reclassification due to an error in the unaudited and unreviewed information presented
in the Form 8-K/A filed on February 14, 2023.
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporation Finance
December
13, 2024
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Note
10 - Subsequent Events, page F-29
5.
Your response to prior comment
9 referred us to page F-29. However, your disclosure does not appear to address prior comment 9 and does not update for the current
balances at July 31, 2024. We note from pages 5 and 47 that you have 258,340,664 shares of common stock issued and outstanding at November
21, 2024. In addition, we note from the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of July 31, 2024 on page F-17 that you had 249,946,937
shares of common stock issued and outstanding. Please revise to disclose the shares issued subsequent to July 31, 2024 to include the
date of issuance, number of shares issued, the purpose of issuances and the value of the shares issued.
Response:
The Company has prepared the requested rollforward schedule below for the reconciliation of the shares of common stock outstanding
in accordance with the comments of the Staff.
Date
Issuance
Outstanding
Value
Explanation
Common Stock
New Issuance
7/31/2024
249,946,937
Brodkey
8/2/2024
170,000
250,116,937
$ 42,500
Conversion
of accrued compensation
Rudofsky
8/2/2024
125,000
250,241,937
$ 31,250
Conversion of accrued compensation
Scannell
8/2/2024
350,000
250,591,937
$ 87,500
Conversion of accrued compensation
Non-employees
8/2/2024
781,000
251,372,937
$ 574,750
Conversion of accrued compensation
Brodkey
9/25/2024
2,570,000
253,942,937
$ 565,400
Conversion of accrued compensation
Scannell
9/25/2024
2,500,000
256,442,937
$ 550,000
Conversion of accrued compensation
Rudofsky
9/25/2024
125,000
256,567,937
$ 27,500
Conversion of accrued compensation
Non-employees
9/25/2024
375,000
256,942,937
$ 82,500
Conversion of accrued compensation
Common
Stock
New
Issuance
10/31/2024
256,942,937
Scannell
11/5/2024
397,727
257,340,664
$ 87,500
Conversion of accrued compensation
Brodkey
11/5/2024
193,182
257,533,846
$ 42,500
Conversion of accrued compensation
Non-employees
11/5/2024
306,818
257,840,664
$ 67,500
Conversion of accrued compensation
Rudofsky
11/5/2024
500,000
258,340,664
$ 75,000
Exercise of warrants @
$0.15 per share
Common Stock
12/10/2024
258,340,664
Exhibits
96.1, page II-2
6.
We note your response to
comment 10. Please address the following with respect to your technical report summary;
Revise
to include the point of reference at which your mineral resources were calculated, for example in-situ, mill feed, saleable product,
etc, as required by Item 601(b)(96)(iii)(B)(11)(1) of Regulation S-K;
Response:
The technical summary report has added statements on pages 3 and 93 of the report in accordance with the comments of the Staff.
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporation Finance
December
13, 2024
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Revise
to discuss the operating costs associated with your cut-off grade as required by Item 601(b)(96)(iii)(B)(11)(iii) of Regulation S-K,
and provide additional disclosure regarding the incremental cost associated with the cost to process the material that has been sorted.
For example, the pricing that you have referenced related to your cut-off grade is a finished product price, however the unit cost does
not appear to cover all incremental costs up to the point of a saleable product;
Response:
The technical summary report has added statements on pages 5 and 105 of the report in accordance with the comments of the Staff.
The Company respectfully advises the Staff that one must take into account the upgrade achieved by the sorters in that $5 of material
is fed into sorters but $6.75 of material comes out to the mill. The overall costs if the processing admin and refining charges are added
is $6 thus the output of $6.75 generates a profit.
Revise
to discuss the uncertainty in the estimates of inferred, indicated, and measured resources as required by Item 601(b)(96)(iii)(B)(11)(v)
of Regulation SK;
Response:
The technical summary report has been revised in sections 1.10.1 and 22.2.1 in accordance with the comments of the Staff.
Revise
to provide the qualified persons opinion of whether all issues relating to all relevant technical and economic factors can be resolved
with further work as required by Item 601(b)(96)(iii)(B)(11)(vi) of Regulation S-K;
Response:
The technical summary report has been revised in section 1.1.28 in accordance with the comments of the Staff.
Please
revise to ensure all figures and references to figures are correct. For example, Figure 11-1, 11-2, and 11-3 on page 99 do not appear
to be correct;
Response:
The technical summary report has been revised for correctness in accordance with the comments of the Staff.
Revise
to clarify if Tables 19-2 and 19-3 include inferred resources. The LOM project annual cash flow should be included for the non-inferred
resources and all tables under Item 19 should be adequately labeled and described.
Response:
Tables 19-2 and 19-3, the LOM project annual cash flow and noon-9nferred resources and all tables under Item 19 of the technical
summary report have been revised in accordance with the comments of the Staff.
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporation Finance
December
13, 2024
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We
hope the Amended Registration Statement addresses the comments of the Commission. If we can provide any further assistance, please do
not hesitate to contact the undersigned.
Sincerely,
THE
CRONE LAW GROUP P.C.
cc:
Steven Rudofsky
Chief
Executive Officer