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SEC Comment Letter for NEW WORLD ENTERTAINMENT CORP. (CIK 0001330323) — Aug 18, 2005

NEW WORLD ENTERTAINMENT CORP. (CIK 0001330323)
Date: Aug. 18, 2005 · CIK: 0001330323 · Accession: 0000000000-05-042752

AI Filing Summary & Sentiment

File numbers found in text: 333-126748

Referenced dates: January 21, 2000

Date
August 17, 2005
Author
President
Form
UPLOAD
Company
NEW WORLD ENTERTAINMENT CORP. (CIK 0001330323)

Letter

Mail Stop 7010 By U.S. Mail and facsimile to (604) 443-7000 Robert A. Biagioni President Katie Gold Corp. 1055 West Hastings Street, Suite 1400 Vancouver, British Columbia Canada V6E 2E9

Re: Katie Gold Corp. Registration Statement on Form SB-2 Filed July 21, 2005 File No. 333-126748

Dear Mr. Biagioni:

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 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 any other aspect of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed at the end of this letter.

General

1. Please update your financial information to the period ended June 30, 2005.

2. Please explain in an appropriate section of your registration statement why you are becoming a publicly reporting company. Please address the costs you have incurred in connection with this offering, despite not receiving any proceeds of this offering, and the costs that you will incur in the future with respect to your Exchange Act reporting obligations.

3. It appears you may be a blank check company as defined in Rule of Regulation C in view of the following: * you are a development stage company issuing penny stock; * you have no operations, no assets except for cash, and no employees; * you will be unable to implement your business plan without substantial additional funding and there appears to be no efforts or current plans for obtaining this funding; * your registration statement contains very general disclosure related to the nature of your business plan; and * your statements on page 7 that you do not expect to generate any operating revenues, that "[t]he likelihood of our mineral claims containing economic mineralization or reserves of copper and precious [sic] is extremely remote," and that "[i]n all probability, the Conglin Property does not contain any economic reserves and funds that we spend on exploration will be lost."

If true, please disclose in an appropriate section of your registration statement that you are a blank check company and the meaning of that designation. In responding to this comment, please disclose any current plans, arrangements, commitments, or understandings to engage in a merger or acquisition with another company.

4. Please provide as an exhibit, a written consent from any experts whose name you cite, and/or whose work you incorporate into your document, including William G. Timmins. This consent should concur with the summary of the information in the report disclosed, and agree to being named as an expert in the registration statement.

Cover Page

5. Please disclose that you plan to apply for listing on the OTC Bulletin Board upon effectiveness of this registration statement. We note your disclosure on page 8. Please also disclose that your common stock may not be accepted for quotation on the OTC Bulletin Board.

Summary, page 5

6. In the first paragraph, where you state "on our sole mineral property," please clarify whether or not you own the Conglin mineral property and how you own it. We note your disclosure on page 23 that you do not own any real property.

7. Please clearly disclose that you have incurred losses since inception, have no operations, and that you have been issued a going concern opinion and rely upon the sale of your securities to fund your operations.

8. Please revise to explain how Mr. Biagioni became engaged in your proposed business.

Risk Factors, page 6

9. It appears that your assets, any personnel and sole executive and director are all located in Canada. If so, please provide appropriate disclosure regarding the difficulty that U.S. investors might have enforcing liabilities under the U.S. securities and bankruptcy laws.

10. Please add a risk factor that addresses the risk associated with the fact that your articles of incorporation authorize the issuance of 75,000,000 shares of common stock, that these shares may be issued without security holder approval and that these shares when issued may be granted voting powers, rights and preferences that differ from and may be superior to those of the registered shares.

If we do not obtain additional financing, our business will fail, page 6

11. Disclose in the first paragraph the estimate of how much it will cost to complete all intended exploration of the Conglin Property.

12. We note your statement that you have sufficient funds to conduct the initial exploration on the property, but that you will require additional financing to determine whether the property contains economic mineralization. Revise your discussion to clarify what steps are involved with the initial exploration, as well as to state the procedures and associated costs for determining whether the property contains economic mineralization.

13. Please quantify the amount it will take to conduct initial exploration of the property, how much it will cost to determine whether the property contains economic mineralization, and anticipated administrative costs referenced in the second sentence of the second paragraph of this risk factor.

14. We note your disclosure on page 24. Please provide appropriate risk factor disclosure that you do not intend to pay dividends in the foreseeable future.

Because we have not commenced business operations . . ., page 6

15. Please revise your discussion to specify the risk you will face. What liabilities are associated with "new mineral exploration companies?" Please keep in mind that someone unfamiliar with your business should be able to understand these risks.

16. Please address the risks associated with the costs of being a publicly reporting company in the United States.

17. We note your statement that "it is doubtful that we will generate any operating revenues or ever achieve profitable operations." Please revise your document to specifically state why you believe that it is doubtful that you will ever generate operating revenues.

If a market for our common stock does not develop . . ., page 8

18. We note your disclosure here and elsewhere in your document you intend to apply to have your shares traded on the OTCBB. We understand that the OTCBB is a quotation medium for subscribing NASD members and is not an issuer listing service. Further, only market makers can apply to quote securities on the OTCBB. Please revise your disclosure to state, if true, that you intend to contact an authorized OTCBB market maker for sponsorship of your securities on the OTCBB.

Forward-Looking Statements, page 9

19. Delete your statement that investors "should not place too much reliance on these forward-looking statements." This language may suggest that you do not have full responsibility under the federal securities laws for information contained in this registration statement.

Selling Stockholders, page 9

20. Please state that you will file a prospectus supplement to name successors to any named selling shareholders who are able to use the prospectus to resell the securities.

Use of Proceeds, page 9

21. Please disclose with quantification how you used or intend to use the proceeds you received from the sales of your securities to the selling security holders. Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons, page

22. Please supplementally confirm that Mr. Biagioni is not a director of a reporting company, or otherwise provide the disclosure required by Item 401(a)(1)(5) of Regulation S-B.

23. Please revise Ms. Arnott`s biographical information to indicate that she is also serving as the principal financial and accounting officer and to disclose whether she has any accounting and/or finance background.

24. Please disclose whether or not you have an audit committee.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management, page

25. Please revise your table of beneficial ownership to state the date used in calculating the number of shares and percentage ownership for each beneficial owner.

Interests of Named Experts and Counsel, page 16

26. You indicated that William G. Timmins, a professional consulting geologist, has provided an assessment of the Conglin property and his recommendations are included in this prospectus. Please delete this reference to this expert and his recommendations or include a currently signed consent from William G. Timmins in your registration statement in accordance with Rule 436(b) of Regulation C.

Plan of Operations, page 22

27. Expand the disclosure to identify who will be conducting any proposed exploration work, and discuss what their qualifications are.

28. Please make it clear that even if you complete your exploration program and are successful in identifying a mineral deposit, you will have to spend substantial funds on further drilling and engineering studies before it will know if it has a commercially viable mineral deposit. Please provide appropriate risk factor disclosure also.

Market for Common Equity and Related Shareholder Matters, page 23

29. We note the disclosure regarding the availability of Rule 144 under the Securities Act here and on page 12. We direct your attention to a No-Action Letter dated January 21, 2000 to Ken Worm, Assistant Director, OTC Compliance Unit, NASD Regulation, Inc. That letter illustrates our position that shares in a blank check company held by promoters or affiliates, as well as their transferees, may not be resold pursuant to Rule 144. Please confirm your awareness of this position and provide adequate disclosure setting forth this position and how it applies to the shares of your common stock held by your directors.

Financial Statements Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

30. Your independent accountant, Telford Sadovnick, PLLC, is duly registered and in good standing to practice in Washington. However, Telford Sadovnick, PLLC does not appear to be currently licensed in Nevada where your company is incorporated. Please note that it is your responsibility to provide financial statements audited by an auditor who meets the requirements of Rule 2-01(a) of Regulation S-X. Tell us how you have met the requirements of Rule 2-01(a) of Regulation S-X. Also tell us what consideration you gave to Nevada state laws governing audits of Nevada companies performed by accountants from other states.

31. Please remove the reference to the "auditing" standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). You should only reference the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).

32. The inclusion of "unless the company attains future profitable operations and/or obtain additional financing" in your auditor`s report represents a conditional going concern. Please revise to state whether you have a going concern issue or note. You should state in a clear and concise manner whether or not there is a going concern issue. See AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, as amended.

33. It appears that your audit report is not signed. Please provide a signed audit report in your next amendment of this registration statement.

Notes to the Financial Statements, page 32

34. Please disclose your year end in a footnote to the financial statements.

Part II Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution, page 36

35. Please disclose the amount of printing fees and the amount of fees required to have your securities quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities, page 36

36. It does not appear that you used an underwriter or other third party finder with respect to your Regulation S offerings. Please advise us as to the following: * how you located the purchasers; * who identified the purchasers; * how were the purchasers contacted; * who contacted the purchasers; and * what information the purchasers received.

Exhibits, page 38

37. The consent of your legal counsel should be listed as a separate exhibit in your exhibit index but may be cross-referenced. See Items 601(b)(23) and 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-B.

Exhibit 5.1, Legality Opinion

38. Please revise counsel`s legality opinion to reflect that there are 32 selling shareholders listed in your registration statement.

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 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 urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filing to be certain that the filing includes all information required under the Securities Act of 1933 and that they have provided all information investors require for an informed investment decision. Since the company and its management are in possession of all facts relating to a company`s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made.

Notwithstanding our comments, in the event the company requests acceleration of the effective date of the pending registration statement, it should furnish a letter, at the time of such request, acknowledging that:

* should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;

* the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and

* the company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

In addition, please be advised that the Division of Enforcement has access to all information you provide to the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance in connection with our review of your filing or in response to our comments on your filing.

We will consider a written request for acceleration of the effective date of the registration statement as a confirmation of the fact that those requesting acceleration are aware of their respective responsibilities under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as they relate to the proposed public offering of the securities specified in the above registration statement. We will act on the request and, pursuant to delegated authority, grant acceleration of the effective date.

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 Ernest Green, Staff Accountant, at (202)

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August 17, 2005

Mail Stop 7010

By U.S. Mail and facsimile to (604) 443-7000

Robert A. Biagioni
President
Katie Gold Corp.
1055 West Hastings Street, Suite 1400
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V6E 2E9

Re: 	Katie Gold Corp.
Registration Statement on Form SB-2
Filed July 21, 2005
	File No. 333-126748

Dear Mr. Biagioni:

      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 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 any other aspect
of
our review.  Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed
at
the end of this letter.

General

1. Please update your financial information to the period ended
June
30, 2005.

2. Please explain in an appropriate section of your registration
statement why you are becoming a publicly reporting company.
Please
address the costs you have incurred in connection with this
offering,
despite not receiving any proceeds of this offering, and the costs
that you will incur in the future with respect to your Exchange
Act
reporting obligations.

3. It appears you may be a blank check company as defined in Rule
419
of Regulation C in view of the following:
* you are a development stage company issuing penny stock;
* you have no operations, no assets except for cash, and no
employees;
* you will be unable to implement your business plan without
substantial additional funding and there appears to be no efforts
or
current plans for obtaining this funding;
* your registration statement contains very general disclosure
related to the nature of your business plan; and
* your statements on page 7 that you do not expect to generate any
operating revenues, that "[t]he likelihood of our mineral claims
containing economic mineralization or reserves of copper and
precious
[sic] is extremely remote," and that "[i]n all probability, the
Conglin Property does not contain any economic reserves and funds
that we spend on exploration will be lost."

If true, please disclose in an appropriate section of your
registration statement that you are a blank check company and the
meaning of that designation.  In responding to this comment,
please
disclose any current plans, arrangements, commitments, or
understandings to engage in a merger or acquisition with another
company.

4. Please provide as an exhibit, a written consent from any
experts
whose name you cite, and/or whose work you incorporate into your
document, including William G. Timmins.  This consent should
concur
with the summary of the information in the report disclosed, and
agree to being named as an expert in the registration statement.

Cover Page

5. Please disclose that you plan to apply for listing on the OTC
Bulletin Board upon effectiveness of this registration statement.
We
note your disclosure on page 8.  Please also disclose that your
common stock may not be accepted for quotation on the OTC Bulletin
Board.

Summary, page 5

6. In the first paragraph, where you state "on our sole mineral
property," please clarify whether or not you own the Conglin
mineral
property and how you own it. We note your disclosure on page 23
that
you do not own any real property.

7. Please clearly disclose that you have incurred losses since
inception, have no operations, and that you have been issued a
going
concern opinion and rely upon the sale of your securities to fund
your operations.

8. Please revise to explain how Mr. Biagioni became engaged in
your
proposed business.

Risk Factors, page 6

9. It appears that your assets, any personnel and sole executive
and
director are all located in Canada.  If so, please provide
appropriate disclosure regarding the difficulty that U.S.
investors
might have enforcing liabilities under the U.S. securities and
bankruptcy laws.

10. Please add a risk factor that addresses the risk associated
with
the fact that your articles of incorporation authorize the
issuance
of 75,000,000 shares of common stock, that these shares may be
issued
without security holder approval and that these shares when issued
may be granted voting powers, rights and preferences that differ
from
and may be superior to those of the registered shares.

If we do not obtain additional financing, our business will fail,
page 6

11. Disclose in the first paragraph the estimate of how much it
will
cost to complete all intended exploration of the Conglin Property.

12. We note your statement that you have sufficient funds to
conduct
the initial exploration on the property, but that you will require
additional financing to determine whether the property contains
economic mineralization.  Revise your discussion to clarify what
steps are involved with the initial exploration, as well as to
state
the procedures and associated costs for determining whether the
property contains economic mineralization.

13. Please quantify the amount it will take to conduct initial
exploration of the property, how much it will cost to determine
whether the property contains economic mineralization, and
anticipated administrative costs referenced in the second sentence
of
the second paragraph of this risk factor.

14. We note your disclosure on page 24.  Please provide
appropriate
risk factor disclosure that you do not intend to pay dividends in
the
foreseeable future.

Because we have not commenced business operations . . ., page 6

15. Please revise your discussion to specify the risk you will
face.
What liabilities are associated with "new mineral exploration
companies?"  Please keep in mind that someone unfamiliar with your
business should be able to understand these risks.

16. Please address the risks associated with the costs of being a
publicly reporting company in the United States.

17. We note your statement that "it is doubtful that we will
generate
any operating revenues or ever achieve profitable operations."
Please revise your document to specifically state why you believe
that it is doubtful that you will ever generate operating
revenues.

If a market for our common stock does not develop . . ., page 8

18. We note your disclosure here and elsewhere in your document
you
intend to apply to have your shares traded on the OTCBB.  We
understand that the OTCBB is a quotation medium for subscribing
NASD
members and is not an issuer listing service.  Further, only
market
makers can apply to quote securities on the OTCBB.  Please revise
your disclosure to state, if true, that you intend to contact an
authorized OTCBB market maker for sponsorship of your securities
on
the OTCBB.

Forward-Looking Statements, page 9

19. Delete your statement that investors "should not place too
much
reliance on these forward-looking statements."  This language may
suggest that you do not have full responsibility under the federal
securities laws for information contained in this registration
statement.

Selling Stockholders, page 9

20. Please state that you will file a prospectus supplement to
name
successors to any named selling shareholders who are able to use
the
prospectus to resell the securities.

Use of Proceeds, page 9

21. Please disclose with quantification how you used or intend to
use
the proceeds you received from the sales of your securities to the
selling security holders.
Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons, page
13

22. Please supplementally confirm that Mr. Biagioni is not a
director
of a reporting company, or otherwise provide the disclosure
required
by Item 401(a)(1)(5) of Regulation S-B.

23. Please revise Ms. Arnott`s biographical information to
indicate
that she is also serving as the principal financial and accounting
officer and to disclose whether she has any accounting and/or
finance
background.

24. Please disclose whether or not you have an audit committee.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management,
page
15

25. Please revise your table of beneficial ownership to state the
date used in calculating the number of shares and percentage
ownership for each beneficial owner.

Interests of Named Experts and Counsel, page 16

26. You indicated that William G. Timmins, a professional
consulting
geologist, has provided an assessment of the Conglin property and
his
recommendations are included in this prospectus. Please delete
this
reference to this expert and his recommendations or include a
currently signed consent from William G. Timmins in your
registration
statement in accordance with Rule 436(b) of Regulation C.

Plan of Operations, page 22

27. Expand the disclosure to identify who will be conducting any
proposed exploration work, and discuss what their qualifications
are.

28. Please make it clear that even if you complete your
exploration
program and are successful in identifying a mineral deposit, you
will
have to spend substantial funds on further drilling and
engineering
studies before it will know if it has a commercially viable
mineral
deposit.  Please provide appropriate risk factor disclosure also.

Market for Common Equity and Related Shareholder Matters, page 23

29. We note the disclosure regarding the availability of Rule 144
under the Securities Act here and on page 12.  We direct your
attention to a No-Action Letter dated January 21, 2000 to Ken
Worm,
Assistant Director, OTC Compliance Unit, NASD Regulation, Inc.
That
letter illustrates our position that shares in a blank check
company
held by promoters or affiliates, as well as their transferees, may
not be resold pursuant to Rule 144.  Please confirm your awareness
of
this position and provide adequate disclosure setting forth this
position and how it applies to the shares of your common stock
held
by your directors.

Financial Statements
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

30. Your independent accountant, Telford Sadovnick, PLLC, is duly
registered and in good standing to practice in Washington.
However,
Telford Sadovnick, PLLC does not appear to be currently licensed
in
Nevada where your company is incorporated.  Please note that it is
your responsibility to provide financial statements audited by an
auditor who meets the requirements of Rule 2-01(a) of Regulation
S-X.
Tell us how you have met the requirements of Rule 2-01(a) of
Regulation S-X.  Also tell us what consideration you gave to
Nevada
state laws governing audits of Nevada companies performed by
accountants from other states.

31. Please remove the reference to the "auditing" standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  You
should only reference the standards of the Public Company
Accounting
Oversight Board (United States).

32. The inclusion of "unless the company attains future profitable
operations and/or obtain additional financing" in your auditor`s
report represents a conditional going concern.  Please revise to
state whether you have a going concern issue or note.  You should
state in a clear and concise manner whether or not there is a
going
concern issue.  See AICPA, Professional Standards, vol. 1, as
amended.

33. It appears that your audit report is not signed.  Please
provide
a signed audit report in your next amendment of this registration
statement.

Notes to the Financial Statements, page 32

34. Please disclose your year end in a footnote to the financial
statements.

Part II
Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution, page 36

35. Please disclose the amount of printing fees and the amount of
fees required to have your securities quoted on the OTC Bulletin
Board.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities, page 36

36. It does not appear that you used an underwriter or other third
party finder with respect to your Regulation S offerings.  Please
advise us as to the following:
* how you located the purchasers;
* who identified the purchasers;
* how were the purchasers contacted;
* who contacted the purchasers; and
* what information the purchasers received.

Exhibits, page 38

37. The consent of your legal counsel should be listed as a
separate
exhibit in your exhibit index but may be cross-referenced.  See
Items
601(b)(23) and 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-B.

Exhibit 5.1, Legality Opinion

38. Please revise counsel`s legality opinion to reflect that there
are 32 selling shareholders listed in your registration statement.

      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 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 urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and
adequacy of the disclosure in the filing to be certain that the
filing includes all information required under the Securities Act
of
1933 and that they have provided all information investors require
for an informed investment decision.  Since the company and its
management are in possession of all facts relating to a company`s
disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of
the
disclosures they have made.

      Notwithstanding our comments, in the event the company
requests
acceleration of the effective date of the pending registration
statement, it should furnish a letter, at the time of such
request,
acknowledging that:

* should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated
authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the
Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;

* the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to
delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not
relieve the company from its full responsibility for the adequacy
and
accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and

* the company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of
effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the
Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the
United States.

      In addition, please be advised that the Division of
Enforcement
has access to all information you provide to the staff of the
Division of Corporation Finance in connection with our review of
your
filing or in response to our comments on your filing.

      We will consider a written request for acceleration of the
effective date of the registration statement as a confirmation of
the
fact that those requesting acceleration are aware of their
respective
responsibilities under the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 as they relate to the proposed public
offering
of the securities specified in the above registration statement.
We
will act on the request and, pursuant to delegated authority,
grant
acceleration of the effective date.

      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 Ernest Green, Staff Accountant, at (202)
551