SEC Comment Letter for DARWIN RESOURCES CORP. (CIK 0001309442) — May 5, 2005
DARWIN RESOURCES CORP. (CIK 0001309442)
Date: May 5, 2005 · CIK: 0001309442 · Accession: 0000000000-05-021932
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Via Facsimile and U.S. Mail
Mail Stop 03-09
May 4, 2005
May 4, 2005
Robert Ferguson
President
Darwin Resources Corporation
455-5525 West Boulevard
Vancouver, B.C., V6M 3W6
Canada
Re: Darwin Resources Corporation
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form SB-2
Filed April 20, 2005
File Number 333-123081
Dear Mr. Ferguson:
We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments.
Where indicated, we think you should revise your document in
response
to these comments. If you disagree, we will consider your
explanation as to why our comment is inapplicable or a revision is
unnecessary. Please be as detailed as necessary in your
explanation.
In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with
supplemental information so we may better understand your
disclosure.
After reviewing this information, we may or may not raise
additional
comments.
Please understand that the purpose of our review process is
to
assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure
requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing.
We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome
any questions you may have about our comments or on any other
aspect
of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers
listed
at the end of this letter.
FORM SB-2
Summary, page 4
1. We note your response to comment 5 and your revised disclosure.
On page 4, you state that you can exercise your option to purchase
an
85% interest in the Iron 1 mineral claims upon payment of $30,500
and
incurrence of exploratory expenses of $160,000. On page 29 you
disclose that you will be required to either complete an
unspecified
dollar value of exploratory work and pay a filing fee or pay a fee
in
lieu of completing the exploration work in order to extend the
expiry
dates. Please revise to clarify the following points:
* Does exercising your option by paying the $30,500 fee and
incurring
$160,000 of exploratory expenses result in an extension of the
expiry
dates?
* If these payments do not result in extensions or qualify you for
extensions, please quantify the additional amounts you would be
required to pay in order to obtain extensions.
* If expiry dates are extended, how long are they extended?
* Can you extend the expiry dates without exercising your option?
If
you can, does you option ever expire?
Corporate Offices, page 45
2. We note your response to comment 38. Since it was agreed that
payments would commence beginning February 1, 2005, it appears as
though there was a period of free rent (commonly referred to as
"rent
holidays"). The staff believes that pursuant to FASB Technical
Bulletin 85-3, Accounting for Operating Leases with Scheduled Rent
Increases, rent holidays in an operating lease should be
recognized
by the lessee on a straight-line basis over the lease term
(including
any rent holiday period) unless another systematic and rational
allocation is more representative of the time pattern in which
leased
property is physically employed. Therefore it appears as though
you
should have recognized rent expense in prior periods. Please
revise
or advise.
Consolidated Financial Statements
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, page F-1
3. We note your response to prior comment 40. Based on your
specific
facts and circumstances, we will not object to the use of a
Canadian
audit firm at this time. However, if your operations in the
United
States become significant in the future, we expect Darwin
Resources
to engage a U.S. registered public accounting firm, consistent
with
our position outlined in Section 5.K of "International Reporting
and
Disclosure Issues in the Division of Corporation Finance" on the
Commission`s website at:
http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/internatl/
cfirdissues1104.htm.
Consolidated Statement of Operations, page F-3
4. We note your response to comment 42 but reissue the second part
of
the comment. Please provide to us your computation of shares
outstanding. It is not clear how weighted average shares
outstanding
can be less than the 5,200,000 initially issued.
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
g) Foreign Currency Translation
5. We note your response to comment 43. It appears as though your
disclosure addresses the translation of foreign currency
statements.
Please expand your disclosure to address the accounting for
foreign
currency transactions in compliance with paragraph 16 of SFAS 52.
* * *
As appropriate, please amend your registration statement in
response to these comments. You may wish to provide us with
marked
copies of the amendment to expedite our review. Please furnish a
cover letter with your amendment that keys your responses to our
comments and provides any requested supplemental information.
Detailed cover letters greatly facilitate our review. Please
understand that we may have additional comments after reviewing
your
amendment and responses to our comments.
We direct your attention to Rules 460 and 461 regarding
requesting acceleration of a registration statement. Please allow
adequate time after the filing of any amendment for further review
before submitting a request for acceleration. Please provide this
request at least two business days in advance of the requested
effective date.
You may contact Vanessa Robertson (202) 824-5504 or Lisa
Vanjoske at (202) 942-1972 if you have questions regarding
comments
on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact
Albert Lee at (202) 824-5522 or me at (202) 942-1840 with any
other
questions.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey Riedler
Assistant Director
cc: Kyleen E. Cane
Cane Clark LLP
3273 East Warm Springs Rd.
Las Vegas, NV 89102
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