UNITED STATES


 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


———————

FORM 10-Q

———————

(Mark One)

ý QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2008

OR

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                      to                     

———————

Paramount Gold and Silver Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

———————

Delaware

0-51600

20-3690109

(State or Other Jurisdiction

(Commission

(I.R.S. Employer

of Incorporation)

File Number)

Identification No.)

346 Waverley Street

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2P 0W5

(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)

(613) 226-9881

(Issuer’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by a check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to the filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer

¨

                          

Accelerated filer

¨

Non-accelerated filer

(Do not check if smaller reporting company)

ý

 

Smaller reporting company

¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act)    Yes ¨    No ý

 

 




APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY

PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13, or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. Yes ¨ No ¨

APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS:

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of Common Stock as of the latest practicable date: 57,513,632 shares of Common Stock, $.001 par value as of October 14, 2008.

 






PARAMOUNT GOLD AND SILVER CORP.



INDEX

PAGE

PART I. – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.      Financial Statements

1

Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 2008 (Unaudited) and June 30, 2008

1

Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited) for the Three Months Ended
September 30, 2008 and for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2007 and
Cumulative Since Inception, (March 29, 2005 to September 30, 2008)

2

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) for the Three Months Ended
September 30, 2008 and September 30, 2007 and Cumulative Since Inception
to September 30, 2008

3

Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity for the Period Ended
September 30, 2008 (unaudited)

4

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

6

Item 2.      Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation

22

Item 3.      Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk

37

Item 4.      Controls and Procedures

38

Item 4T.     The information required by Item 4t is contained in Item 4.

38

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.       Legal Proceedings

39

Item 1A.    Risk Factors

39

Item 2.       Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

39

Item 3.       Defaults upon senior securities

39

Item 4.       Submission of matters to a vote of security holders

39

Item 5.       Other information

40

Item 6.       Exhibits

40









CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2008 contains “forward-looking statements”. Generally, the words “believes”, “anticipates,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “intend,” “estimate,” “continue,” and similar expressions or the negative thereof or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements which include, but are not limited to, statements concerning the Company’s expectations regarding its working capital requirements, financing requirements, business prospects, and other statements of expectations, beliefs, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends, and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including the matters set forth in this Quarterly Report or other reports or documents the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, which could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those projected.

These forward-looking statements were based on various factors and were derived utilizing numerous assumptions and other factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, economic, political and market conditions and fluctuations, government and industry regulation, interest rate risk, U.S. and global competition, and other factors. Most of these factors are difficult to predict accurately and are generally beyond our control. You should consider the areas of risk described in connection with any forward-looking statements that may be made herein.

Undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements which speak only as of the date hereof.  Except for our ongoing obligations to disclose material information under the Federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements, to report events or to report the occurrence of unanticipated events. For any forward-looking statements contained in any document, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION

When used in this report, the terms "Paramount," the "Company," “we," "our," and "us" refers to Paramount Gold and Silver Corp., a Delaware corporation.









PART I. – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.

Financial Statements

PARAMOUNT GOLD AND SILVER CORP.

(An Exploration Stage Mining Company)

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)

(Expressed in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated)


 

     

As at September 30,
2008

     

As at June 30,

2008

 

Assets

 

(Unaudited)

 

(Audited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

1,211,497

 

$

3,199,848

 

Amounts receivable

 

 

1,380,322

 

 

1,384,492

 

Notes receivable (Note 9)

 

 

1,402,981

 

 

870,000

 

Prepaid and deposits

 

 

187,551

 

 

379,348

 

 

 

 

4,182,351

 

 

5,833,688

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long Term Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mineral properties (Note 7)

 

 

13,679,197

 

 

4,738,747

 

Fixed assets (Note 8)

 

 

592,960

 

 

354,996

 

GIC

 

 

1,041,675

 

 

1,004,897

 

 

 

 

15,313,832

 

 

6,098,640

 

 

 

$

19,496,183

 

$

11,932,328

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Shareholder’s Equity                     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

1,605,956

 

$

1,714,620

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholder’s Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital stock (Note 5)

 

 

57,513

 

 

48,541

 

Additional paid in capital

 

 

43,190,072

 

 

32,604,284

 

Contributed surplus

 

 

13,712,377

 

 

13,540,945

 

Deficit accumulated during the exploration stage

 

 

(39,017,464

)

 

(35,956,085

)

Cumulative other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

(52,271

)

 

(19,977

)

 

 

 

17,890,227

 

 

10,217,708

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

19,496,183

 

$

11,932,328

 




The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements


1





PARAMOUNT GOLD AND SILVER CORP.

(An Exploration Stage Mining Company)

Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)

For the Period Ended September 30, 2008 and September 30, 2007

(Expressed in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated)


 

 

Period Ended
September 30,
2008

 

Period Ended

September 30,
2007

 

Cumulative
Since Inception
March 29, 2005
to
September 30,
2008

 

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Income

     

$

97,277

     

$

185,062

     

$

830,304

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incorporation Costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,773

 

Exploration

 

 

1,449,884

 

 

2,048,446

 

 

13,917,961

 

Professional Fees

 

 

234,976

 

 

266,883

 

 

2,478,721

 

Travel & Lodging

 

 

72,953

 

 

79,137

 

 

700,639

 

Geologist Fees & Expenses

 

 

339,595

 

 

80,194

 

 

2,202,650

 

Corporate Communications

 

 

68,230

 

 

207,066

 

 

954,828

 

Consulting Fees

 

 

42,005

 

 

48,508

 

 

524,239

 

Marketing

 

 

187,056

 

 

228,458

 

 

1,282,230

 

Office & Administration

 

 

293,474

 

 

76,889

 

 

1,072,984

 

Interest & Service Charges

 

 

2,539

 

 

2,355

 

 

22,750

 

Loss on Disposal of Assets

 

 

44,669

 

 

 

 

44,669

 

Insurance

 

 

28,193

 

 

11,502

 

 

179,556

 

Amortization

 

 

27,348

 

 

20,314

 

 

158,250

 

Rent

 

 

22,915

 

 

19,761

 

 

209,385

 

Financing

 

 

 

 

 

 

93,384

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

(1,748

)

 

(17,371

)

 

(11,766

)

Stock Based Compensation

 

 

346,566

 

 

3,590,907

 

 

14,544,462

 

Write Down of Mineral Property

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,471,049

 

Total Expense

 

 

3,158,655

 

 

6,663,049

 

 

39,847,768

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Loss

 

 

3,061,378

 

 

6,477,987

 

 

39,017,464

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment

 

 

32,294

 

 

(14,912

)

 

52,271

 

Total Comprehensive Loss for the Period

 

$

3,093,672

 

$

6,463,075

 

$

39,069,735

 

Basic & Diluted Loss per Common Share

 

 

0.06

 

 

0.14

 

 

 

 

Weighted Average Number of Common
Shares Used in Per Share Calculations

 

 

52,627,417

 

 

46,156,154

 

 

 

 




The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements


2





PARAMOUNT GOLD AND SILVER CORP.

(An Exploration Stage Mining Company)

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

For the Period September 30, and September 30, 2007

(Expressed in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated)


 

 

For the

Period Ended

September 30,
2008

 

 

For the

Period Ended

September 30,
2007

 

Cumulative
Since Inception

to

September 30,
2008

 

Operating Activities:

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Loss

 

$

(3,061,378

)

 

 

(6,477,987

)

$

(39,017,464

)

Adjustment for:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization

 

 

27,348

 

 

 

20,314

 

 

158,250

 

Stock based compensation

 

 

346,566

 

 

 

3,590,907

 

 

14,926,730

 

Write-down of mineral properties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,471,049

 

Accrued interest receivable

 

 

(32,982

)

 

 

 

 

(32,982

)

Loss on disposal of assets

 

 

44,669

 

 

 

 

 

44,669

 

(Increase) Decrease in accounts receivable

 

 

4,170

 

 

 

(247,335

)

 

(1,355,493

)

(Increase) Decrease in prepaid expenses

 

 

114,338

 

 

 

(501,691

)

 

(83,588

)

Increase (Decrease) in accounts payable

 

 

108,664

 

 

 

611,817

 

 

1,208,404

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash used in Operating Activities

 

 

(2,665,933

)

 

 

(3,003,975

)

 

(22,680,425

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of Mineral Properties

 

 

(12,000

)

 

 

50,000

 

 

(2,886,803

)

(Increase) Decrease in GIC receivable

 

 

36,778

 

 

 

 

 

(968,119

)

(Increase) Decrease in Note receivable

 

 

(500,000

)

 

 

 

 

(1,370,000

)

Purchase of Equipment

 

 

(340,173

)

 

 

(85,873

)

 

(826,091

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash used in Investing Activities

 

 

(815,395

)

 

 

(35,873

)

 

(6,051,013

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financing Activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in demand notes payable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

105,580

 

Issuance of capital stock

 

 

1,486,950

 

 

 

 

 

29,883,854

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash from Financing Activities:

 

 

1,486,950

 

 

 

 

 

29,989,434

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

 

 

6,027

 

 

 

(6,500

)

 

(46,499

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Cash

 

 

(1,988,351

)

 

 

(3,046,348

)

 

1,211,497

 

Cash, beginning

 

 

3,199,848

 

 

 

16,231,388

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash, ending

 

$

1,211,497

 

 

 

13,185,040

 

$

1,211,497

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosure:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Received

 

$

 

 

 

 

185,062

 

$

7,642

 

Taxes Paid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

 

 

 

 

 

135,498

 

 

135,498

 

Short term investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,049,542

 

 

13,049,542

 

Non Cash Transactions (Note 4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements


3





PARAMOUNT GOLD AND SILVER CORP.

(An Exploration Stage Mining Company)

Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity

For the Period Ended September 30, 2008

(Expressed in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated)


 

 

Shares

 

Par Value

 

Capital in

Excess of
Par Value

 

Accumulated

Earnings

(Deficiency)

 

Contributed

Surplus

 

Cumulative

Translation

Adjustment

 

Total

Stockholders

Equity

 

Balance at Inception

     

     

$

     

$

     

$

     

$

     

$

     

$

 

Balance September 30, 2005

 

11,267,726

 

 

11,268

 

 

1,755

 

 

(1,773

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital issued for financing

 

34,000,000

 

 

34,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34,000

 

Forward split

 

45,267,726

 

 

45,267

 

 

(45,267

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Returned to treasury

 

(61,660,000

)

 

(61,660

)

 

61,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital issued for financing

 

1,301,159

 

 

1,301

 

 

3,316,886

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,318,187

 

Capital issued for services

 

280,000

 

 

280

 

 

452,370

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

452,650

 

Capital issued for mineral properties

 

510,000

 

 

510

 

 

1,033,286

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,033,796

 

Fair value of warrants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

444,002

 

 

 

 

444,002

 

Net Income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,874,462

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,874,462

)

Balance June 30, 2006

 

30,966,611

 

 

30,966

 

 

4,820,690

 

 

(1,876,235

)

 

444,002

 

 

 

 

3,419,423

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital issued for financing

 

11,988,676

 

 

11,990

 

 

15,225,207

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,237,197

 

Capital issued for services

 

3,107,500

 

 

3,107

 

 

7,431,343

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,434,450

 

Capital issued for mineral properties

 

400,000

 

 

400

 

 

1,159,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,160,000

 

Capital issued on settlement of notes payable

 

39,691

 

 

39

 

 

105,541

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

105,580

 

Fair value of warrants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,546,270

 

 

 

 

7,546,270

 

Stock based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,169,050

 

 

 

 

2,169,050

 

Foreign currency translation adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


8,412

 

 

8,412

 

Net Income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(15,669,889

)

 

 

 

 

 

(15,679,889

)

Balance at June 30, 2007

 

46,502,478

 

 

46,502

 

 

28,742,381

 

 

(17,546,124

)

 

10,159,322

 

 

8,412

 

 

21,410,493

 




The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements


4





PARAMOUNT GOLD AND SILVER CORP.

(An Exploration Stage Mining Company)

Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity

For the Period Ended September 30, 2008

(Expressed in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated)


 

 

Shares

 

Par Value

 

Capital in

Excess of

Par Value

 

Accumulated

Earnings

(Deficiency)

 

Contributed

Surplus

 

Cumulative

Translation

Adjustment

 

Total

Stockholders

Equity

 

Balance at June 30, 2007

     

46,502,478

     

 

46,502

     

 

28,742,381

     

 

(17,546,124

)     

 

10,159,322

     

 

8,412

     

 

21,410,493

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital issued for financing

 

1,000,000

 

 

1,000

 

 

1,778,590

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,779,590

 

Capital issued for services

 

770,000

 

 

770

 

 

1,593,582

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,594,352

 

Capital issued for mineral properties

 

268,519

 

 

269

 

 

489,731

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

490,000

 

Fair Value of warrants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

470,410

 

 

 

 

470,410

 

Stock based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,069,585

 

 

 

 

2,911,213

 

Foreign currency translation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(28,389

)

 

(28,389

)

Net Income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(18,409,961

)

 

 

 

 

 

(18,409,961

)

Balance at June 30, 2008

 

48,540,997

 

 

48,541

 

 

32,604,284

 

 

(35,956,085

)

 

13,540,945

 

 

(19,977

)

 

10,217,708

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital issued for financing

 

1,071,429

 

 

1,071

 

 

1,454,251

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,455,322

 

Capital issued for services

 

251,206

 

 

251

 

 

210,737

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

210,988

 

Capital issued for mineral properties

 

7,650,000

 

 

7,650

 

 

8,920,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,928,450

 

Fair Value of warrants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31,628

 

 

 

 

31,628

 

Stock based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

139,804

 

 

 

 

139,804

 

Foreign currency translation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(32,294

)

 

(32,294

)

Net Income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,061,378

)

 

 

 

 

 

(3,061,378

)

Balance at September 30, 2008

 

57,513,632

 

 

57,513

 

 

43,190,072

 

 

(39,017,464

)

 

13,712,377

 

 

(52,271

)

 

17,890,227

 






The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements


5





PARAMOUNT GOLD AND SILVER CORP.

(An Exploration Stage Mining Company)

Notes to Consolidated financial statements

(Unaudited)

For the Period Ended September 30, 2008

(Expressed in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated)


1.

Basis of Presentation:

a)

The Company, incorporated under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, is a natural resource company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of gold, silver and precious metal properties. The Consolidated financial statements of Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. include the accounts of its wholly owned subsidiaries, Paramount Gold de Mexico S.A. de C.V. and Compania Minera Paramount SAC. On August 23, 2007 the board and shareholders approved the name to be changed from Paramount Gold Mining Corp. to Paramount Gold & Silver Corp.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting  principles in the United States of America. The organization and business of the Company, accounting policies followed by the Company and other information are contained in the notes to the Company’s consolidated financial statements filed as part of the Company’s September 30, 2008, Period End Report on Form 10-K.

In the opinion of management, these consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments necessary to present fairly the Company’s consolidated financial position at September 30, 2008 and the consolidated results of operations and consolidated statements of cash flows for the period ended September 30, 2008.

b)

Use of Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

c)

Exploration Stage Enterprise

The Company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared using the accrual method of accounting and according to the provision of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 7, “Accounting and Reporting for Development Stage Enterprises”, as it were devoting substantially all of its efforts to acquiring and exploring mineral properties. It is industry practice that mining companies in the development stage are classified under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles as exploration stage companies. Until such properties are acquired and developed, the Company will continue to prepare its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures in accordance with entities in the exploration or development stage.

2.

Principal Accounting Policies

The consolidated financial statements are prepared by management in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles of the United States of America. The principal accounting policies followed by the Company are as follows:

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include cash and highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less.



6



PARAMOUNT GOLD AND SILVER CORP.

(An Exploration Stage Mining Company)

Notes to Consolidated financial statements (Continued)

(Unaudited)

For the Period Ended September 30, 2008

(Expressed in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated)



2.

Principal Accounting Policies: (Continued)

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The following disclosure of the estimated fair value of financial instruments is made in accordance with the requirements of SFAS No. 107, “Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments”. The estimated fair value amounts have been determined by the Company, using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies. The fair market value of the Company’s financial instruments comprising cash, accounts receivable and accounts payable and accrued liabilities were estimated to approximate their carrying values due to immediate or short-term maturity of these financial instruments. The Company maintains cash balances at financial institutions which at times, exceed federally insured amounts. The Company has not experienced any material losses in such accounts.


GIC


The GIC is non-redeemable until May 7, 2010 and bears an interest rate of 3.25%.


Notes Receivable


Notes receivable are classified as available-for-sale or held-to-maturity, depending on our intent with respect to holding such investments. If it is readily determinable, notes receivable classified as available-for-sale is accounted for at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities are excluded from earnings and reported net of tax as a component of other comprehensive income within shareholders’ equity. Interest income is recognized when earned.

Stock Based Compensation

The Company has adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 123(R), “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123(R)”), which establishes accounting for equity instruments exchanged for employee services. Under the provisions of SFAS 123(R), stock-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date, based on the calculated fair value of the award, and is recognized as an expense over the employees’ requisite service period (generally the vesting period of the equity grant).

Comprehensive Income

SFAS No. 130, “Reporting Comprehensive Income” establishes standards for the reporting and display of comprehensive income and its components in the financial statements. As of September 30, 2008, the Company’s only component of comprehensive income was foreign currency translation adjustments.

Long Term Assets

Mineral Properties

The Company has been in the exploration stage since its inception on March 29, 2005, and has not yet realized any revenues from its planned operations. It is primarily engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mining properties. The Company expenses all costs related to the maintenance, development and exploration of mineral claims in which it has secured exploration rights prior to establishment of proven and probable reserves. To date, the Company has not established the commercial feasibility of its exploration prospects; therefore, all exploration costs are being expensed.



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PARAMOUNT GOLD AND SILVER CORP.

(An Exploration Stage Mining Company)

Notes to Consolidated financial statements (Continued)

(Unaudited)

For the Period Ended September 30, 2008

(Expressed in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated)



2.

Principal Accounting Policies: (Continued)

Mineral property acquisition costs are initially capitalized when incurred using the guidance in EITF 04-02, “Whether Mineral Rights Are Tangible or Intangible Assets.” The Company assesses the carrying cost for impairment under SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for Impairment or Disposal of Long Lived Assets” at each fiscal quarter end. When it has been determined that a mineral property can be economically developed as a result of establishing proven and probable reserves, the costs then incurred to develop such property are capitalized. Such costs will be amortized using the units-of-production method over the estimated lie of the probable reserve. If mineral properties are subsequently abandoned or impaired, any capitalized costs will be charged to operations.

Fixed Assets

Property and equipment are recorded at cost and are amortized over their estimated useful lives at the following annual rates, with half the rate being applied in the period of acquisition:

Computer equipment

          

30% declining balance

Equipment

 

20% declining balance

Furniture and fixtures

 

20% declining balance

Income Taxes

Potential benefits of income tax losses are not recognized in the accounts until realization is more likely than not. The Company has adopted SFAS No. 109 as of its inception. Pursuant to SFAS No. 109 the Company is required to compute tax asset benefits for net operating losses carried forward. Potential benefits of net operating losses have not been recognized in these financial statements because the Company cannot be assured it is more likely than not it will utilize the net operating losses carried forward in future periods; and accordingly is offset by a valuation allowance. FIN No.48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for financial statement recognition ad measurement of tax positions taken into in tax returns.

To the extent interest and penalties may be assessed by taxing authorities on any underpayment of income tax, such amounts would be accrued and classified as a component of income tax expense in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company elected this accounting policy, which is a continuation of our historical policy, in connection with our adoption of FIN 48.

Foreign Currency Translation

The Company’s functional currency is the United States dollar. The consolidated financial statements of the Company are translated to United States dollars in accordance with SFAS No. 52 “Foreign Currency Translation” (“SFAS No. 52). Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated using the exchange rate prevailing at the consolidated balance sheet date. Gains and losses arising on translation or settlement of foreign currency denominated transactions or balances are included in the determination of income. Foreign currency transactions are primarily undertaken in Mexican pesos and Peruvian sols. The Company has not, to the date of these financial statements, entered into derivative instruments to offset the impact of foreign currency fluctuations.

The functional currencies of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries are the Mexican peso and Peruvian sol. The financial statements of the subsidiaries are translated to United States dollars in accordance with SFAS No. 52 using period-end rates of exchange for assets and liabilities, and average rates of exchange for the period for revenues and expenses. Translation gains (losses) are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as a component of stockholders’ equity. Foreign currency transaction gains and losses are included in current operations.



8



PARAMOUNT GOLD AND SILVER CORP.

(An Exploration Stage Mining Company)

Notes to Consolidated financial statements (Continued)

(Unaudited)

For the Period Ended September 30, 2008

(Expressed in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated)



2.

Principal Accounting Policies: (Continued)

Asset Retirement Obligation

The Company has adopted SFAS No. 143 “Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations”, which requires that an asset retirement obligation (“ARO”) associated with the retirement of a tangible long-lived asset be recognized as a liability in the period in which it is incurred and becomes determinable, with an offsetting increase in the carrying amount of the associated asset. The cost of the tangible asset, including the initially recognized ARO, is depleted, such that the cost of the ARO is recognized over the useful life of the asset. The ARO is recorded at fair value, and accretion expense is recognizable over time as the discounted liability is accreted to its expected settlement value. The fair value of the ARO is measured using expected future cash flow, discounted at the Company’s credit-adjusted-risk-free interest rate. To date, no material asset retirement obligation exists due to the early stage of the Company’s mineral exploration. Accordingly, no liability has been recorded.

Environmental Protection and Reclamation Costs

The operations of the Company have been, and may in the future be affected from time to time in varying degrees by changes in environmental regulations, including those for future removal and site restoration costs. Both the likelihood of new regulations and their overall effect upon the Company may vary from region to region and are not predictable.

Environmental expenditures that relate to ongoing environmental and reclamation programs are charged against statements of operations as incurred or capitalized and amortized depending upon their future economic benefits. The Company does not anticipate any material capital expenditures for environmental control facilities.

Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Share

The Company computes net income (loss) per share in accordance with SFAS No. 128, “Earnings per Share”. SFAS No. 128 requires presentation of both basic and diluted earnings per share (EPS) on the face of the income statement. Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income (loss) available to common shareholders (numerator) by the weighted average number of shares outstanding (denominator) during the period. Diluted EPS give effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method. In computing Diluted EPS, the average stock price for the period is used in determining the number of shares assumed to be purchased from the exercise of stock options or warrants. Diluted EPS excludes all dilutive potential shares if their effect is anti dilutive. The basic and diluted EPS has been retroactively restated to take into effect the 2 for 1 stock split that occurred on July 11, 2005.

Concentration of Credit and Foreign Exchange Rate Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to credit and foreign exchange risk consist principally of cash, deposited with a high quality credit institution and amounts receivable, mainly representing value added tax recoverable from a foreign government. Management does not believe that the Company is subject to significant credit or foreign exchange risk from these financial instruments.



9



PARAMOUNT GOLD AND SILVER CORP.

(An Exploration Stage Mining Company)

Notes to Consolidated financial statements (Continued)

(Unaudited)

For the Period Ended September 30, 2008

(Expressed in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated)



3.

Recently Adopted Accounting Policies:

On July 1, 2008, the Company adopted SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (“SFAS 159”). SFAS 159 permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other assets and liabilities at fair value on an instrument-by-instrument basis (fair value option) with changes in fair value reported in earnings. The adoption of SFAS 159 had no impact on the financial statements as management did not elect the fair value option for any other financial instruments or other assets and liabilities.

On July 1, 2008, the Company adopted SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”) as it relates to financial assets and financial liabilities. In February 2008, the FASB staff issued Staff Position No. 157-2, Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157 (“FSP FAS 157-2”). FSP FAS 157-2 delayed the effective date of SFAS 157 for nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except for items that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually). The provisions of FSP FAS 157-2 are effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009.

SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. This standard is now the single source in GAAP for the definition of fair value, except for the fair value of leased property as defined in SFAS 13. SFAS 157 establishes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between (1) market participant assumptions developed based on market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and (2) an entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs). The fair value hierarchy consists of three broad levels, which gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under SFAS 157 are described below:


Level 1

Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities.

Level 2

Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (e.g., interest rates); and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

Level 3

Inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

 

 




10



PARAMOUNT GOLD AND SILVER CORP.

(An Exploration Stage Mining Company)

Notes to Consolidated financial statements (Continued)

(Unaudited)

For the Period Ended September 30, 2008

(Expressed in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated)



3.

Recently Adopted Accounting Policies: (Continued)

The following table sets forth the Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value by level within the fair value hierarchy. As required by SFAS 157, assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.


 

Fair Value at September 30, 2008

 

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Assets

$

$

$

$

Cash equivalents

 

 

Notes receivable

1,402,981

1,402,981

GIC

1,041,675

1041,6759


The Company’s cash equivalents are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy because they are valued using quoted market prices. The cash equivalents that are valued based on quoted market prices in active markets are primarily comprised of commercial paper, short-term certificates of deposit and U.S. Treasury securities.

The Company’s GIC receivable and notes receivable are valued using quoted market prices in active markets and as such are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

4.

Non-Cash Transactions:

During the periods ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, the Company entered into certain non-cash activities as follows:

 

 

2008

 

 

2007

Operating and Financing Activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

From issuance of shares for mineral properties

$

8,828,450

 

$

1,160,000

 

From issuance of shares services

$

210,988

 

$

7,434,450

During the period ended September 30, 2008, the Company issued 251,206 common shares (2007 – 125,000 common shares) in exchanges of services rendered at trading values ranging between $1.27 and $ 0.64 per share for total consideration of $ 210,988 (2007 – 328,750), $210,988 (2007 - $4,505) has been expensed as stock-based compensation.

During the period ended September 30, 2008, the Company issued 7,350,000 common shares (2007- 18,519) to purchase a mineral property and 300,000 for services rendered in obtaining a mineral property for a total of 7,650,000 shares related to the purchase of a mineral property valued at $8,928,450. This amount has been capitalised as mineral property acquisition costs (2007- $50,000).

An amount of $77,549, previously included in prepaid expenses, was expensed to stock-based compensation in recognition of services rendered. The common shares were issued in the previous year.



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PARAMOUNT GOLD AND SILVER CORP.

(An Exploration Stage Mining Company)

Notes to Consolidated financial statements (Continued)

(Unaudited)

For the Period Ended September 30, 2008

(Expressed in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated)



5.

Capital Stock:

Authorized capital stock consists of 100,000,000 common shares with par value of $0.001 each. Capital stock transactions of the Company during the period ended September 30, 2008 are:

On August 7, 2008 the company completed a private placement financing of 1,000,000 units priced at $1.40 per unit (all funds in CDN dollars) for proceeds of $1,400,000. Each unit consists of one common share and one half common share purchase warrant with a strike price of $2.10 and an expiry of one year.

On August 7, 2008 the company completed a private placement financing of 71,429 units priced at $1.40 per unit (all funds CDN dollars) for proceeds of $100,000. Each unit consists of one common share and one half common share purchase warrant with a strike price of $2.50 and an expiry of two years.

During the period ended September 30, 2008, the Company issued 251,206 common shares (2007 - 125,000 common shares) in exchanges of services rendered at trading values ranging between $1.27 and $ 0.64 per share for total consideration of $210,988 (2007 – 328,750), $210,988 (2007 - $4,505) has been expensed as stock-based compensation.

During the period ended September 30, 2008, the Company issued 7,350,000 common shares (2007- 18,519) to purchase a mineral property and 300,000 for services rendered in obtaining a mineral property for a total of 7,650,000 shares related to the purchase of a mineral property, for a total consideration of $8,928,450 that was capitalised in mineral property (2007- $50,000).

The following share purchase warrants and agent compensation warrants were outstanding at September 30, 2008:

 

 

Exercise

Price

 

Number
of warrants

 

Remaining
contractual

life (periods)

 

Warrants

     

 

2.50

     

 

1,171,500

     

 

0.33

 

Agent compensation warrants

 

 

2.10

 

 

623,909

 

 

0.50

 

Warrants

 

 

2.90

 

 

5,199,248

 

 

0.50

 

Warrants

 

 

3.25

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

0.98

 

Warrants

 

 

2.10

 

 

500,000

 

 

0.81

 

Warrants

 

 

2.50

 

 

35,715

 

 

1.81

 

Outstanding and exercisable at September 30, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

8,530,372

 

 

 

 


During the period ended September 30, 2007 the Company issued 1,000,000 warrants pursuant to private placement agreements at an exercise price of $3.25.

During the period ended September 30, 2008, the Company issued 500,000 warrants pursuant to a private placement agreement at an exercise price of $2.10.



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PARAMOUNT GOLD AND SILVER CORP.

(An Exploration Stage Mining Company)

Notes to Consolidated financial statements (Continued)

(Unaudited)

For the Period Ended September 30, 2008

(Expressed in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated)



5.

Capital Stock: (Continued)

During the period ended September 30, 2008 the Company issued 35,715 warrants pursuant to a private placement agreement at an exercise price of $2.50.

 

 

September 30,
2008

 

September 30,
2007

Risk free interest rate

     

0.98 – 1.78%

     

4.68%

Expected dividend yield

 

0%

 

0%

Expected stock price volatility

 

58%

 

75%

Expected life of warrants

 

0.5 - 1 year

 

2 years

6.

Related Party Transactions:

During the period ended September 30, 2008, directors received payments on account of professional fees and reimbursement of expenses in the amount of $96,049 (2007: $83,158).

During the period ended September 30, 2008, the Company issued 21,432 common shares to a director (2007- 0 common shares) for services rendered at trading value of $ 0.64 to $1.27 per share for total consideration of $23,160.

During the period ended September 30, 2008 the Company made payments pursuant to a premises lease agreement with a corporation having a shareholder in common with a director of the company (see Note 13).

7.

Mineral Properties:

The Company has seven mineral properties located within Sierra Madre gold district, Mexico. The Company has capitalized acquisition costs on these mineral properties as follows:

 

 

2008

 

2007

Garibaldi

 

 

100,000

 

 

San Miguel Groupings

     

$

11,409,282

     

$

2,418,832

La Blanca

 

 

507,564

 

 

507,564

Santa Cruz

 

 

44,226

 

 

44,226

Andrea

 

 

20,000

 

 

20,000

Gissel

 

 

625

 

 

625

Cotaruse

 

 

10,000

 

 

10,000

Elyca

 

 

1,587,500

 

 

 

 

$

13,679,197

 

$

3,001,247

a.

San Miguel Groupings

The company has purchased all of the rights to the and interest to Tara Gold Resources Inc’s 30% share of the San Miguel Joint Venture, including the area of mutual interest agreement. The consideration was the issuance of 7,350,000 restricted common shares of Paramount Gold & Silver Corp. The company now owns 100% interest in the San Miguel Groupings located in near Temoris, Chihuahua, Mexico.

b.

La Blanca

During the period ended September 30, 2008, the company renegotiated its agreement on the La Blanca mining concessions. It has an option to acquire a 100% in the La Blanca property located in Guazapares, Chihuahua, Mexico. Pursuant to the option agreement, payments of $180,000 have been made. Furthermore, the company must pay a royalty of $1.00 for each ounce of gold or its equivalent. The Company must incur $500,000 in exploration expenses during the period ended December 31, 2008.



13



PARAMOUNT GOLD AND SILVER CORP.

(An Exploration Stage Mining Company)

Notes to Consolidated financial statements (Continued)

(Unaudited)

For the Period Ended September 30, 2008

(Expressed in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated)



7.

Mineral Properties: (Continued)

c.

Santa Cruz

The Company has a 70% interest in the Santa Cruz mining concession located adjacent to the San Miguel Groupings. The terms of the agreement called for payments of $50,000 prior to March 7, 2006 and all required payments were made by the Company. The option also includes a 3% NSR payable to optioner.

d.

Andrea

The Company acquired the Andrea mining concession located in the Guazapares mining district in Chihuahua, Mexico for a cost of $20,000.

e.

Elyca

The company acquired the Elyca mining concession located in the municipality of Gauazapares, State of Chihuahua for a total price of $ 1,000,000. This amount was paid during the period ended September 30, 2008. Pursuant to the purchase agreement the company issued an additional 250,000 shares to Minera Rio Tinto; share issuance was recorded at a trading value of $1.76 for total considerations of $ 440,000.

f.

Garabaldi, Temoris land package

A Letter of Intent was signed on September 19, 2008, for grant of option and joint venture on a portion of the Temoris Project controlled by Garibaldi Resources Corp and its Mexican wholly owned subsidiary Minera Pender S.A. de C.V. located in Chihuahua State, Mexico. The joint venture agreement would result in acquiring an interest in 17,208 hectares of property. The new agreement will cover approximately 6,657 hectares previously optioned in 2006 and adds several new parcels totaling 10,543 hectares under the umbrella of a joint venture.

Paramount has made an initial payment to Garibaldi in the amount of $100,000. Paramount will earn a 50% interest by making an additional payment of $400,000, issuing 600,000 restricted common shares, and spending $700,000 on exploration. To increase its interest to 70%, Paramount must spend an additional $1,000,000 in exploration expenditures within 30 months, make an additional payment of $500,000, and issue an additional 400,000 restricted common shares.

Upon earning a 70% joint venture interest, Paramount may increase its interest to 80% within 30 months of the signing of the Agreement, exclusively and limited to the approximately 6,657 hectares referred to in the October 6, 2006, agreement.

8.

Fixed Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

Net Book Value

 

 

 

Cost

 

Amortization

 

2008

 

2007

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Property and Equipment

 

$

701,827

 

$

108,867

 

$

592,960

 

$

337,067

 

During the period ended September 30, 2008, total additions to property, plant and equipment were $340,173 (2007- $36,103).



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PARAMOUNT GOLD AND SILVER CORP.

(An Exploration Stage Mining Company)

Notes to Consolidated financial statements (Continued)

(Unaudited)

For the Period Ended September 30, 2008

(Expressed in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated)



9.

Notes Receivable:

The Company has entered into convertible notes receivable with face value of $1,370,000 with Mexoro Minerals Ltd. pursuant to a Letter of Intent dated May 2, 2008 between Mexoro Minerals Ltd. (“Mexoro”) and Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. (“Paramount”) with respect to the proposed Strategic Alliance between Mexoro and Paramount. The interest rate of the convertible notes is 8% p.a., the parties have agreed that Mexoro may defer all interest payments on the secured convertible notes until September 10, 2008.

 

 

Maturity
Date

 

Interest Rate

 

September 30,
2008

 

June 30,

2008

Note Receivable – Mexoro Minerals

     

September 18, 2009

     

8% per annum

     

$

370,000

     

$

370,000

Note Receivable – Mexoro Minerals

 

May 7, 2009

 

8% per annum

 

 

500,000

 

 

500,000

 

 

July 10, 2009

 

8% per annum

 

 

500,000

 

 

Accrued Interest

 

 

 

 

32,981

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,402,981

 

$

870,000

The notes are convertible to units of one common share and one half common share purchase warrant of Mexoro Minerals Ltd. at a price of $0.50 per unit.

10.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements:

(i)

Accounting for Deferred Compensation and Post Retirement Benefit Aspects of Collateral Assignment Split Dollar Life Insurance

The Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) reached consensus on EITF Issue No. 06-10, Accounting for Deferred Compensation and Postretirement Benefit Aspects of Collateral Assignment Split-Dollar Life Insurance Arrangements (EITF 06-10), which requires that a company recognize a liability for the postretirement benefits associated with collateral assignment split-dollar life insurance arrangements. The provisions of EITF 06-10 are effective for the Company as of July 1, 2008. Adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

(ii)

Business Combinations

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 141 (revised 2007), Business Combinations (SFAS 141R). SFAS 141R significantly changes the accounting for business combinations in a number of areas including the treatment of contingent consideration, preacquisition contingencies, transaction costs, in-process research and development, and restructuring costs. In addition, under SFAS 141R, changes in an acquired entity's deferred tax assets and uncertain tax positions after the measurement period will impact income tax expense. SFAS 141R is effective for fiscal periods beginning after December 15, 2008. We will adopt SFAS 141R on July 1, 2009. This standard will change our accounting treatment for business combinations on a prospective basis.

(vi)

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements – an amendment of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51” (“SFAS 160”), which establishes accounting and reporting standards for ownership interests in subsidiaries held by parties other than the parent, the amount of consolidated net income attributable to the parent and to the noncontrolling interest, changes in a parent’s ownership interest and the valuation of retained non-controlling equity investments when a subsidiary is deconsolidated. The Statement also establishes reporting requirements that provide sufficient disclosures that clearly identify and distinguish between the interests of the parent and the interests of the non-controlling owners. SFAS 160 is effective for fiscal periods beginning after December 15, 2008. Adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.



15



PARAMOUNT GOLD AND SILVER CORP.

(An Exploration Stage Mining Company)

Notes to Consolidated financial statements (Continued)

(Unaudited)

For the Period Ended September 30, 2008

(Expressed in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated)



10.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements: (Continued)

(vii)

In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (SFAS 161). SFAS 161 amends and expands the disclosure requirements of SFAS 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. It requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. This statement is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal periods beginning after November 15, 2008. Accordingly, the Company will adopt SFAS 161 in fiscal 2010.

(viii)

Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments

In May 2008, the FASB issued FSP No. APB 14-1, “Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments That May Be Settled in Cash upon Conversion (Including Partial Cash Settlement)” (“FSP 14-1”). FSP 14-1 applies to convertible debt instruments that, by their stated terms, may be settled in cash (or other assets) upon conversion, including partial cash settlement, unless the embedded conversion option is required to be separately accounted for as a derivative under FASB Statement No. 133. Convertible debt instruments within the scope of FSP 14-1 are not addressed by the existing APB 14. FSP 14-1 would require that the liability and equity components of convertible debt instruments within the scope of FSP 14-1 be separately accounted for in a manner that reflects the entity’s nonconvertible debt borrowing rate. This will require an allocation of the convertible debt proceeds between the liability component and the embedded conversion option (i.e., the equity component). The difference between the principal amount of the debt and the amount of the proceeds allocated to the liability component would be reported as a debt discount and subsequently amortized to earnings over the instrument’s expected life using the effective interest method. FSP APB 14-1 is effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009 and will be applied retrospectively to all periods presented. Adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.



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PARAMOUNT GOLD AND SILVER CORP.

(An Exploration Stage Mining Company)

Notes to Consolidated financial statements (Continued)

(Unaudited)

For the Period Ended September 30, 2008

(Expressed in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated)



11.

Segmented Information:

Segmented information has been compiled based on the geographic regions that the company has acquired mineral properties and performs its exploration activities.

Loss for the period by geographical segment for the period ended September 30, 2008:

 

 

United States

 

Peru

 

Mexico

 

Total

 

Interest income

     

$

62,969

     

$

25,785

     

$

8,523

     

$

97,277

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exploration

 

 

562,568

 

 

49,269

 

 

838,047

 

 

1,449,884

 

Professional fees

 

 

234,976

 

 

 

 

 

 

234,976

 

Travel and lodging

 

 

72,953

 

 

 

 

 

 

72,953

 

Geologist fees and expenses

 

 

134,319

 

 

 

 

205,276

 

 

339,595

 

Corporate communications

 

 

68,230

 

 

 

 

 

 

68,230

 

Consulting fees

 

 

42,005

 

 

 

 

 

 

42,005

 

Marketing

 

 

187,056

 

 

 

 

 

 

187,056

 

Office and administration

 

 

70,692

 

 

61,949

 

 

160,833

 

 

293,474

 

Interest and service charges

 

 

1,726

 

 

65

 

 

748

 

 

2,539

 

Loss on Disposal of Assets

 

 

 

 

44,669

 

 

 

 

44,669

 

Insurance

 

 

19,040

 

 

 

 

9,152

 

 

28,193

 

Amortization

 

 

14,082

 

 

5,258

 

 

8,009

 

 

27,348

 

Rent

 

 

22,915

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,915

 

Financing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

(1,748

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,748

)

Stock based compensation

 

 

346,566

 

 

 

 

 

 

346,566

 

Total Expenses

 

 

1,775,391

 

 

161,210

 

 

1,222,065

 

 

3,158,655

 

Net loss

 

$

1,712,412

 

$

135,425

 

$

1,213,542

 

$

3,061,378

 

  



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PARAMOUNT GOLD AND SILVER CORP.

(An Exploration Stage Mining Company)

Notes to Consolidated financial statements (Continued)

(Unaudited)

For the Period Ended September 30, 2008

(Expressed in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated)



11.

Segmented Information (Continued):

Loss for the period by geographical segment for the period ended September 30, 2007:

 

 

United States

 

Peru

 

Mexico

 

Total

 

Interest income

     

$

184,919

     

$

     

$

143

     

$

185,062

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exploration

 

 

(423,314

)

 

144,798

 

 

2,326,962

 

 

2,048,446

 

Professional fees

 

 

266,467

 

 

 

 

416

 

 

266,883

 

Travel and lodging

 

 

79,137

 

 

 

 

 

 

79,137

 

Geologist fees and expenses

 

 

80,194

 

 

 

 

 

 

80,194

 

Corporate communications

 

 

207,066

 

 

 

 

 

 

207,066

 

Consulting fees

 

 

48,508

 

 

 

 

 

 

48,508

 

Marketing

 

 

228,458

 

 

 

 

 

 

228,458

 

Office and administration

 

 

76,150

 

 

 

 

739

 

 

76,889

 

Interest and service charges

 

 

1,704

 

 

 

 

651

 

 

2,355

 

Insurance

 

 

8,477

 

 

 

 

3,025

 

 

11,502

 

Amortization

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,314

 

 

20,314

 

Rent

 

 

19,761

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,761

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

(17,371

)

 

 

 

 

 

(17,371

)

Stock Based Compensation

 

 

3,590,907

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,590,907

 

Total expenses

 

 

4,166,144

 

 

144,798

 

 

2,352,107

 

 

6,663,049

 

Net loss

 

$

3,981,225

 

$

144,798

 

$

2,351,964

 

$

6,477,987

 


Assets by geographical segment:


 

 

United States

 

Peru

 

Mexico

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2008

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Mineral properties                        

 

 

9,531,075

 

 

10,000

 

 

4,138,122

 

 

13,679,197

 

Equipment

 

 

157,329

 

 

 

 

435,631

 

 

592,960

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mineral properties

 

 

50,625

 

 

10,000

 

 

2,990,622

 

 

3,051,247

 

Equipment

 

 

140,157

 

 

101,007

 

 

95,903

 

 

337,067

 





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PARAMOUNT GOLD AND SILVER CORP.

(An Exploration Stage Mining Company)

Notes to Consolidated financial statements (Continued)

(Unaudited)

For the Period Ended September 30, 2008

(Expressed in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated)



12.

Employee Stock Option Plan:

On August 23, 2007, the board and shareholders approved the 2007/08 Stock Incentive & Compensation Plan thereby reserving 4,000,000 common shares for issuance to employees, directors and consultants.

During the period ended September 30, 2008, the board did not grant stock options, it cancelled the following stock options:

·

340,000 stock options from the 2006/2007 grant were cancelled;

·

110,000 stock options from the 2007/2008 grant were cancelled.

Changes in the Company’s stock options for the period ended September 30, 2008 are summarized below:


 

 

Number

 

Weighted Avg

Exercise Price

Balance, beginning of year          

     

4,734,500 

     

$2.43

 

 

 

 

 

Cancelled

 

305,000 

 

2.30

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, end of period

 

4,429,500 

 

$2.41


At September 30, 2008, there were 4,429,500 exercisable options outstanding.

Stock Based Compensation

The Company uses the Black-Scholes option valuation model to value stock options granted. The Black-Scholes model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options that have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable. The model requires management to make estimates, which are subjective and may not be representative of actual results. Changes in assumptions can materially affect estimates of fair values. For purposes of the calculation, the following assumptions were used:


 

2008

Risk free interest rate

4.50%

Expected dividend yield

0%

Expected stock price volatility

62%

Expected life of options

2 to 5 periods

 

 


During the period ended September 30, 2008 the Company recognized stock based compensation expense in the amount of $139,804 for the vested portion of options issued in the previous year.

13.

Commitments:

a.

Premises Lease

By a lease agreement dated July 6, 2006, with a company having a shareholder in common with a director of the Company, the Company agreed to lease office premises for three periods commencing August 1, 2006 for the following consideration; 2009 - $87,885.



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PARAMOUNT GOLD AND SILVER CORP.

(An Exploration Stage Mining Company)

Notes to Consolidated financial statements (Continued)

(Unaudited)

For the Period Ended September 30, 2008

(Expressed in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated)



14

Differences Between US and Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles:

The consolidated financial statements of the Company are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“US GAAP”). Set out below are the material adjustments to net loss for the periods ending September 30, 2008 and 2007 and to shareholders’ equity at September 30, 2008 and 2007 in order to conform to accounting principles generally accepted in Canada (“Canadian GAAP”).


Statement of Loss

 

Period ended
September 30,
2008

 

Period ended
September 30,
2007

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net loss based on US GAAP

 

$

(3,267,693

)

$

(6,477,987

)

Deferred exploration costs prior to the establishment of
proven and probable reserves (Note 14a)

 

 

1,722,371

 

 

1,984,742

 

Net loss for the period based on Canadian GAAP

 

 

(1,545,322

)

 

(4,493,245

)


Stockholders’ Equity

 

September 30,
2008

 

September 30,
2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ Equity based on US GAAP

     

$

17,683,912

     

$

17,741,289

 

Deferred exploration costs prior to the establishment of
proven and probable reserves (Note 14a)

 

 

12,646,335

 

 

4,904,417

 

Stockholders’ Equity based on Canadian GAAP

 

 

5,037,577

 

 

12,836,872

 


The following sets out the material balance sheet differences between Canadian and U.S. GAAP:


Mineral Properties

 

September 30,
2008

 

September 30,
2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US GAAP

     

$

13,679,197

     

$

3,051,247

 

Deferred exploration costs prior to the establishment of
proven and probable reserves (Note 14a)

 

 

12,646,335

 

 


4,904,417

 

Canadian GAAP

 

 

26,325,532

 

 

7,958,664

 

(a)

Interest in Exploration Properties and Deferred Exploration Costs

Under U.S. GAAP, acquisition costs are capitalized, but exploration costs are not considered to have the characteristics of property, plant and equipment and, accordingly, are expensed prior to the Company determining that economically proven and probable mineral reserves exist, after which all such costs are capitalized.

Under Canadian GAAP, acquisition and exploration expenditures on properties, less recoveries in the pre-production stage, are deferred until such time as the properties are put into commercial production, sold or become impaired. On the commencement of commercial production, the deferred costs are charged to operations on the unit-of-production method based upon estimated recoverable proven and probable reserves. General exploration expenditures are charged to operations in the period in which they are incurred. The Company recognizes the payment or receipt of payment required under option agreements when paid or received.



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PARAMOUNT GOLD AND SILVER CORP.

(An Exploration Stage Mining Company)

Notes to Consolidated financial statements (Continued)

(Unaudited)

For the Period Ended September 30, 2008

(Expressed in United States dollars, unless otherwise stated)



14.

Differences Between US and Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles: (Continued):

(b)

Statement of Cash Flows

As a result of the treatment of mining interests under item (a) above, cash expended for the exploration costs would have been classified as investing rather than operating, resulting in the following totals under Canadian GAAP:

 

 

September 30,
2008

 

September 30,
2007

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Cash used in operating activities                    

     

$

(943,562

)

$

(1,019,233

)

Cash used in investing activities

 

 

(2,537,766

)

 

(2,020,615

)

(c)

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”)

In 2006, the Canadian Accounting Standards Board (“AcSB”) published a new strategic plan that will significantly affect financial reporting requirements for Canadian companies. The AcSB strategic plan outlines the convergence of Canadian GAAP with IFRS over an expected five period transitional period. In February 2008 the AcSB announced that 2011 is the changeover date for publicly-listed companies to use IFRS, replacing Canada’s own GAAP. The date is for interim and annual financial statements relating to fiscal periods beginning on or after January 1, 2011. The transition date of January 1, 2011 will require the restatement for comparative purposes of amounts reported by the Company for the period ended December 31, 2010. While the Company has begun assessing the adoption of IFRS for 2011, the financial reporting impact of the transition to IFRS cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.

Capital Disclosures

As a result of new Section 1535, Capital Disclosures, the Company will be required to include additional information in the notes to the financial statements about its capital and the manner in which it is managed. This additional disclosure includes quantitative and qualitative information regarding an entity’s objectives, policies and procedures for managing capital. This Section is applicable for the fiscal period beginning on July 1, 2008.

Disclosure and Presentation of Financial Instruments

New accounting recommendations for disclosure and presentation of financial instruments are effective for the Company beginning July 1, 2008. The new recommendations require disclosures of both qualitative and quantitative information that enables users of financial statements to evaluate the nature and extent of risks from financial instruments to which the Company is exposed.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

The Accounting Standards Board has also issued a new Section 3064, Goodwill and Intangible Assets, to replace current Section 3062, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. The new section establishes revised standards for recognizing, measuring, presenting and disclosing goodwill and intangible assets. Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants Handbook Section 3064 is effective for fiscal periods beginning on or after October 1, 2008 and will be adopted by the Company for the period ending September 30, 2009.




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Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation

Our Operations:

We are an exploratory mining company with current operations in Mexico.

Property Description and Location

San Miguel Groupings.

Our primary focus is the further exploration of our holdings within the San Miguel groupings in Chihuahua, Mexico within the Sierra Madre Occidental. San Miguel is located in Chihuahua, Mexico and lies in the Temoris mining district, part of the gold-silver belt of the Sierra Madre Occidental, just a few kilometers northwest of the town of Temoris. It can be accessed by vehicle and railway and has well-developed infrastructure with a recently constructed 33,000 volt power line. The project covers approximately 800 acres with an estimated 10 kms of strike in the historic gold/silver mining district.

The Temoris mining district lies within a northwest trending belt of gold and silver deposits in the western portion of the Sierra Madre Occidental. Gold/silver mineralization in the project occurs as quartz veins and breccias within the west-northwest- and north-northwest-striking faults.

We are also evaluating and preparing for drill testing geochemical targets at the 100% owned, 86,000 Hectare Andrea project also located in Chihuahua, Mexico.

Our primary objective is to:

Explore and develop the San Miguel and Andrea projects located in Chihuahua, Mexico within the Sierra Madre Occidental gold/silver belt. We will also work with Mexoro Minerals Ltd. by way of a strategic exploration alliance to develop their properties as well as the recently acquired Elyca mining concession which lies between the San Miguel and Empalme concessions.

There is no assurance that commercially viable mineral deposits exist on the San Miguel Groupings. Further exploration will be required before a final evaluation as to the economic and legal feasibility is determined.

Paramount does not expect to generate revenues from the San Miguel project in the next year. Further, it is not Paramount’s objective to enter the mine management business. Rather, the Company hopes to identify a resource that will enable it to attract a larger company to partner with this company who has experience developing and managing a mine.

Location

The San Miguel Project is located in southwestern Chihuahua in Northern Mexico, and is approximately 400 km by road from the state capital. The project is about 20 km north of the town of Temoris, adjacent to the village of Guazapares. It is in the Guazapares mining district, which is part of the Sierra Madre Occidental gold-silver belt.

The location of the San Miguel Project is shown in Map 1. The coordinate system used for all maps and sections in this report is the Universal Transverse Mercator system, Zone 12. GPS coordinates are referenced to NAD 27 Mexico.



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MAP 1 – SAN MIGUEL PROJECT LOCATION

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The Chihuahua Informe Pericial (Department of Mines) administers the concessions in this area. As part of the concession acquisition process, concession boundaries are surveyed.

Market for Gold and Silver:

The demand for gold and silver has created a bull market for both metals over the past several years. While there will likely continue to be increased volatility of market prices in the short run due to seasonality or speculation, the growth of the world’s economy is driving demand for raw materials that has drawn down supplies. Despite concerns for a slowing U.S. economy, a growing middle class in both China and India is driving demand for precious metals. There also remains increased interest in holding precious metals such as gold and silver as a store of value during periods of increasing anxiety of either errant monetary policies or strained international relations. Contributing further to the increasing price of both gold and silver has been the fall in the value of the US dollar against other major foreign currencies and the deteriorating economic indicators in the United States and throughout the world.

Gold prices have generally trended upward during the last eight years, from a low of just under $260 per ounce in early 2001 to a high of $1,010 per ounce in March 2008. Silver prices have experienced similar price increases from a low of approximately $4.25 per ounce to a high of $21.00 in March 2008. Even though the price of both gold and silver have declined since reaching their highs in March 2008, management remains encouraged with its drilling program and will continue to drill additional exploratory holes. If commercially recoverable deposits are identified, management intends to enter into an agreement with a mining partner who has experience in mining operations.



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Financings:

Our operations to date have been funded by equity investment. Most of our equity funding has come from a private placement of our securities which we closed on March 30, 2007 in the amount of $21,836,841. The financing consisted of the sale of 10,398,496 units (the “Units”) at a price of $2.10 per Unit (the “Issue Price”). Each unit was comprised of one share of Common Stock and one-half of one common stock purchase warrant of the Company. Each whole Warrant shall entitle the holder thereof to acquire one share of common stock in the capital of the Company (a “Warrant Share”) at an exercise price of $2.90 for 24 months following the closing date of the offering.

On November 6, 2007, the Company completed a private placement financing in the amount of $2.4 million. The Company sold 1,000,000 units of its securities in this financing, each unit consisting of one share of common stock and one common stock purchase warrant. Each common stock purchase warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $3.25 per share for a period of two years.

On August 4, 2008 we completed a private placement financing of 1,000,000 units priced at $1.40 per unit (all funds in CDN dollars) for proceeds of $1,400,000. Each unit consists of one common share and one half common share purchase warrant with a strike price of $2.10 per share.

Also on August 4, 2008 we completed a private placement financing of 71,429 units priced at $1.40 per unit (all funds CDN dollars) for proceeds of $100,000. Each unit consists of one common share and one half common share purchase warrant with a strike price of $2.50.

The Company will require additional working capital to continue its exploratory activities.

Letter of Intent with Mexoro Minerals Ltd.

In order to increase drilling opportunities in the San Miguel region, we have signed a Letter of Intent to create a strategic alliance with Mexoro Minerals Ltd . (“Mexoro”), a Colorado corporation and its wholly owned Mexican subsidiary. Mexoro’s mining concessions are adjacent to our San Miguel grouping. The purpose of the strategic alliance will be to maximize shareholder value through:

A.

Collaboration of exploration and development work. Mexoro and Paramount expect to form a Joint Exploration and Development Management Committee, consisting of three representatives from each of Paramount and Mexoro . We expect the Committee will be responsible for reviewing and planning for exploration work and will meet on a regular basis and then report back to their respective boards;

B.

Consolidation of offices. In particular, the Mexoro head office will be relocated to Paramount’s corporate headquarters in Ottawa, Canada and the Mexican offices of both parties will be consolidated post closing; and

C.

Approaching the market in a combined and unified manner. Enable both Paramount and Mexoro to maximize values with respect to the sale of either Paramount, Mexoro or the concessions/projects of the San Miguel and greater Guazapares areas.

In furtherance of these objectives, Paramount has loaned Mexoro a total of $1,370,000 pursuant to three secured convertible debentures. The first convertible debenture was in the amount of $500,000. The second convertible debenture was in the amount of $370,000 and the third convertible debenture was in the amount of $500,000. All three convertible debentures are secured by the assets of Mexoro, including but not limited to 49,999 (out of 50,000 issued and outstanding shares of common stock) of SunBurst de Mexico S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of Mexoro. The notes are due May 9, June 18 and July 11, 2009 respectively. The notes provide for interest at the rate of 8% per annum and may be converted into units of Mexoro at a conversion price of $.50 per unit. Each unit consists of one share of Mexoro common stock and one half common stock purchase warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of Mexoro at an exercise price of $.75 per share. Except with respect to the due dates and the principal amount of the notes, the material terms and conditions of all three secured convertible debentures and the security agreements are identical in form and substance. If all of the convertible debentures and options were converted by Paramount into shares of common stock of Mexoro, Paramount would own approximately 13.3% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Mexoro.



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In addition to the funds Paramount has advanced to Mexoro, as part of the Letter of Intent with Mexoro, Paramount has the right to purchase 12 million units of Mexoro at a cost of $.50 per unit ($6 million in total). Paramount may complete the private placement at one time or in tranches over time as determined by Paramount in its sole discretion. Paramount was required to subscribe to the first 8 million units ($4 million) by September 5, 2008 and the remaining 4 million units ($2 million) no later than November 1, 2008.

As of September 30, 2008, Paramount has not subscribed for the required units and Mexoro has not made the required interest payments due under the promissory notes. The parties are currently in negotiation with respect to this matter.

Garibaldi Joint Venture:

Paramount has entered into a joint venture agreement with Garibaldi Resources Inc. and acquired an interest in 17,208 hectares of property. The new agreement will cover approximately 6,657 hectares previously optioned in 2006 and adds several new parcels totaling 10,543 hectares under the umbrella of a joint venture. The property borders Paramount’s San Miguel property and brings a total of over 100,000 hectares of contiguous land holdings in the Guazapares mining district.

As part of the transaction, Garibaldi has provided Paramount with its geologic data, including the results of its recent regional hyperspectral airborne survey. Paramount is the exploration manager under the joint venture. As part of the joint venture with Garibaldi, Paramount has made an initial payment to Garibaldi in the amount of $100,000. Paramount will earn a 50% interest by making an additional payment of $400,000, issuing 600,000 restricted shares of its common stock, and spending a total of $700,000 in exploration costs. Paramount has the opportunity to increase its interest to 70% by spending an additional $1 million in exploration expenditures within 30 months, making an additional payment of $500,000, and issuing an additional 400,000 restricted shares of Paramount common stock.

Upon earning a 70% joint venture interest, Paramount may increase its interest to 80% within 30 months of the signing of the Joint Venture Agreement, exclusively and limited to the approximately 6,657 hectares referred to in the October 6, 2006, agreement.

Tara Gold Resources Corp. Joint Venture:

On February 7, 2007, Paramount and Tara Gold Resources Corp. (“Tara Gold”) entered into a joint venture agreement related to the San Miguel property.  On September 26, 2008, Paramount entered into an agreement with Tara Gold under which Paramount will acquire Tara Gold’s remaining 30% equity ownership in the San Miguel property (the “Agreement of Purchase and Sale”).

In consideration for the acquisition of Tara Gold’s interest, Paramount issued to Tara Gold a total of 7,350,000 shares of its legended common stock. Also, in connection with the closing of the transaction, all invoices previously submitted by Paramount for Tara Gold’s contribution to the exploration and development of the San Miguel property have been cancelled. An additional 300,000 Paramount common shares (the “Consultant Shares”) were issued to a consultant who facilitated the closing of this transaction. In consideration for the transfer of the mining concessions, Paramount will pay to Tara Gold $100,000 MXN.

The Agreement of Purchase and Sale together with all related agreements and documentation have been executed and delivered to the escrow agents. The required share certificates as well as payment of the $100,000 MXN have also been delivered to the escrow agent.

The purchase and sale transaction has closed subject to the filing of concession registration with the Bureau of Mines by February 28, 2009, or such later date as Paramount may agree. If such filing does not occur, the Agreement of Purchase and Sale will be rescinded, all of the shares of common stock held in escrow will be returned to Paramount for cancellation together with the purchase price for the mining concessions.  The Agreement of Purchase and Sale will then be of no further force or effect, and the respective interests and obligations of the parties shall continue in accordance with the terms of the Joint Venture Agreement.



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Deposit Types

At the San Miguel project, mineralization consists of epithermal, low sulfidation, gold/silver vein and breccia deposits which occur in north-northwest trending, steeply dipping structures. This type of mineralization is typical of the Sierra Madre Occidental gold-silver metallogenic province. It is this type of mineralization that has been exploited in the region since early Spanish colonial times.

These are multi-phase deposits which produced several phases of cross-cutting breccias and related hydrothermal alteration. Alteration ranges from peripheral propylitization to argillic alteration to strong to intense silicification, often with adularia development. This mineralization is physically expressed as sheeted quartz veins, silicified hydrothermal breccias, and vuggy, quartz- filled expansion breccias. Amethystine quartz is locally present. At many such deposits, such as those nearby at Palmarejo, there are at least two stages of gold-silver mineralization. The first is characterized by pyrite, sphalerite, galena and argentite in structurally controlled quartz vein breccias. There is often a later fine-grained, higher-grade, gold-silver, base metal-deficient phase cross-cutting the first. While Paramount has not yet carried out any detailed paragenetic studies, exposures in the San Jose and San Luis workings seem to confirm that sequence.

The following table outlines our concessions within the Sam Miguel project:

Table 1

San Miguel Project Concessions

San Miguel Project Concession Data

Group

Concession Name

Title #

Area (ha)

Owner

San Miguel

San Miguel

166401

12.9458

PGM (70%) / Amermin (30%) (1)

San Juan

166402

3.00

PGM (70%) / Amermin (30%)

San Luis

166422

4.00

PGM (70%) / Amermin (30%)

Empalme

166423

6.00

PGM (70%) / Amermin (30%)

Sangre de Cristo

166424

41.00

PGM (70%) / Amermin (30%)

Santa Clara

166425

15.00

PGM (70%) / Amermin (30%)

El Carmen

166426

59.0864

PGM (70%) / Amermin (30%)

Las Tres BBB

166427

23.001

PGM (70%) / Amermin (30%)

Swanwick

166428

70.1316

PGM (70%) / Amermin (30%)

Las Tres SSS

166429

19.1908

PGM (70%) / Amermin (30%)

El Rosario

166430

14.00

PGM (70%) / Amermin (30%)

Guadalupe de los Reyes

172225

8.00

PGM (70%) / Amermin (30%)

La Blanca

Montecristo

213579

38.0560

Victor Manuel Gomez Fregoso

Montecristo Fraccion

213580

0.2813

Victor Manuel Gomez Fregoso

Montecristo II

226590

27.1426

Victor Manuel Gomez Fregoso

Constituyentes 1917

199402

66.2403

Victor Garcia Jimenez

 

Santa Cruz

186960

10.00

Luis Alberto Rascon Herrera

 

Elyca

179842

10.0924

Paramount Gold de Mexico S.A. de C.V.


(1)

 PGM refers to Paramount Gold de Mexico S.A. de C.V. and Amermin refers to Corporacion Amermin S.A. de C.V.




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Selected significant drill core intercepts in the San Antonio area presented below.


Drill hole

From Meters

To

Meters

Width Meters

Gold g/t

Silver

g/t

Lead

%

Zinc

%

SA - 01

47.65

73.45

25.8

0

194

0.05

0.11

SA - 05

19.8

33.6

13.8

0.01

213

0.09

0.20

SA - 08

14

16.5

2.5

0

212

0.34

0.44

 

66.5

79.3

12.8

0

84

0.38

0.78

 

91.2

96.3

5.1

0

107

0.35

0.90

SA - 09

21.6

27.7

6.1

0

149

0.20

0.28

 

93.2

98.9

5.7

0

152

0.32

0.69

SA - 10

11.3

28

16.7

0

129

0.20

0.27

 

44.6

53

8.4

0

137

0.54

0.65

 

107.3

115.55

8.25

0

683

0.78

0.97

SA - 11

35.4

40.8

5.4

0

217

0.02

0.14

 

55.5

59

3.5

0

122

0.09

0.22

SA - 12

40.8

75.3

34.5

0

134

0.13

0.15

SA - 13

53

63.7

10.7

0

296

0.05

0.10

SA - 16

49.6

62.5

12.9

0

172

0.03

0.12

SA - 17

45

64

19

0

156

0.13

0.20

SA - 19

25

86.9

61.9

0

184

0.16

0.25

SA - 20

0

36.1

36.1

0

113

0.06

0.14

 

85

88.5

3.5

0

229

0.06

0.19

 

101

102.65

1.65

0

149

0.06

0.13

SA - 21

0

5.85

5.85

0

98

0.15

0.22

 

39.4

41

1.6

0

488

0.18

0.24

 

53.2

56.5

3.3

0

254

0.76

0.53

SA - 23

79.9

81.2

1.3

0

1025

0.08

0.30

 

147

175.2

28.2

0

117

0.33

0.62

 

212.9

214.55

1.65

0.18

104

0.61

2.03

 

247

248.9

1.9

0

365

0.21

0.27

SA - 24

22

29

7

0

98

0.07

0.19

 

41

45

4

0

100

0.15

0.28

 

120.1

122.3

2.2

0

696

0.18

0.19

 

150.7

152

1.3

0

191

0.81

1.00

 

160.5

162.6

2.1

0.08

414

0.49

1.71

SA - 25

13.9

16.5

2.6

0

267

0.17

0.19

 

30.1

32.5

2.4

0

215

0.06

0.35

 

40.3

41.3

1

0.07

2934

1.01

1.14

 

41.3

43.1

1.8

0

159

0.08

0.19

 

43.1

50.5

7.4

0

210

0.34

0.43

SA - 29

49.2

58.6

9.4

0.01

135

0.27

0.67

 

65

67

2

0

133

0.32

0.86

SA - 30

91.2

93.3

2.1

0.32

112

0.03

0.07

SA - 31

39

46.5

7.5

0

132

0.07

0.21

SA - 37

10.7

13.2

2.5

0

322

0.06

0.21

 

21.3

23.7

2.4

0

277

0.10

0.19

 

36.5

37.3

0.8

0

164

0.12

0.22

 

41

43

2

0

110

0.02

0.15

 

46

47

1

0

322

0.02

0.13

 

60.6

61.4

0.8

0

861

5.46

0.18

SA - 45

21.1

25.7

4.6

0

175

0.44

0.22

 

39.4

45.5

6.1

0

191

0.42

0.26

 

52.15

53

0.85

0

600

0.45

0.32

 

62.2

66.4

4.2

0

227

0.38

0.59

SA - 51

18

20

2

0

91

0.05

0.10

 

31

38

7

0

191

0.06

0.15

SA - 52

82.3

85.15

2.85

6.7

632

0.04

0.08

SA - 53

29

31

2

2.13

273

0.05

0.10




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Additional information regarding our drilling activities at the San Antonio.El Carmen drilling include:

Drill holes SA-41 to SA-43 are step out holes to the west of the San Antonio mineralized structure, and SA-44 and SA-45 are infill drill holes in the stockwork mineralization between the San Antonio and El Carmen structures. Hole SA-46 was drilled to test the down-dip extension of part of the San Antonio structure. Holes SA-47, SA-48, SA-49, SA-50, and SA-51 were drilled to test the on-strike continuity of various segments of the San Antonio-El Carmen mineralized zone. SA-52 and SA-53 were drilled to test a new zone, El Carmen North. Trench TSA-23 was done to test the continuity of the El Carmen mineralized structure in the north.

TSA-23 cut 8.0 meters of 290 g/t silver

SA-41 intercepted 3.8 meters (2.11 meters of true width) of 110 g/t silver

SA-45 had intercepts of:

1.

4.6 meters (3.07 meters of true width) of 175 g/t silver

2.

6.1 meters (4.07 meters of true width) of 191 g/t silver

3.

0.85 meters (0.61 meters of true width) of 600 g/t silver

4.

4.2 meters (2.6 meters of true width) of 227 g/t silver

SA-47 intercepted 2.6 meters (1.73 meters of true width) of 212 g/t silver

SA-48 had intercepts of 3.0 meters (1.50 meters of true width) of 101 g/t silver, and 2.0 meters (1.44 meters of true width) of 154 g/t silver

SA-51 intercepted 7.0 meters (5.44 meters of true width) of 191 g/t silver

SA-52 intercepted 2.85 meters (2.06 meters of true width) of 6.70 g/t gold and 632 g/t silver, including 0.85 meters (0.72 meters of true width) of 17.75 g/t gold and 1,600 g/t silver

SA-53 intercepted 2.00 meters (1.78 meters of true width) of 2.13 g/t gold and 273 g/t silver


Holes SA-52 and SA-53 discovered a new gold-rich structure in the El Carmen North zone, about 120 meters north of hole SA-48. This new structure is open on-strike and down-dip.”

Follow-up drilling is planned, to:

1)

Expand the San Antonio/El Carmen zone and define high-grade ore bodies, and;

2)

Further test the new El Carmen North structure to determine the extent of the bonanza gold-silver grades.


Hole No.

From

To

Interval

True

Au

Ag

AuE

Pb

Zn

Meters

Meters

Meters

Width

ppm

ppm

ppm

%

%

SA - 41

18.20

19.20

1.00

0.61

0.00

115.00

1.92

0.07

0.25

 

54.80

55.20

0.40

0.24

0.00

332.00

5.53

0.05

0.18

 

58.00

61.80

3.80

2.11

0.00

110.00

1.84

0.01

0.09

 

150.00

152.10

2.10

1.05

0.00

18.00

0.30

1.09

0.12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SA - 42

0.00

9.90

9.90

6.60

0.00

19.00

0.32

0.01

0.09

 

30.60

31.40

0.80

0.53

0.00

43.00

0.72

0.08

0.12

 

35.00

44.00

9.00

4.50

0.00

26.00

0.43

0.02

0.12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SA - 43

0.00

13.40

13.40

8.93

0.00

15.00

0.24

0.02

0.18

 

21.00

32.00

11.00

7.33

0.00

11.00

0.18

0.06

0.13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 






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Hole No.

From
Meters

To
Meters

Interval
Meters

True
Width

Au
ppm

Ag
ppm

AuE
ppm

Pb
%

Zn
%

SA - 44

19.00

27.00

8.00

5.33

0.00

41.00

0.68

0.10

0.24

 

55.40

62.10

6.70

4.09

0.00

25.00

0.42

0.09

0.20

 

68.10

69.00

0.90

0.60

0.00

99.00

1.65

0.37

0.24

 

75.30

78.40

3.10

2.07

0.00

39.00

0.65

0.21

0.52

 

95.00

97.50

2.50

1.81

0.00

47.00

0.79

0.19

0.62

 

126.00

128.00

2.00

1.56

0.00

86.00

1.43

0.27

0.69

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SA - 45

0.00

21.10

21.10

12.89

0.00

43.00

0.69

0.42

0.14

 

21.10

25.70

4.60

3.07

0.00

175.00

2.91

0.44

0.22

 

25.70

39.40

13.70

9.13

0.00

19.00

0.32

0.48

0.22

 

39.40

45.50

6.10

4.07

0.00

191.00

3.18

0.42

0.26

 

52.15

53.00

0.85

0.61

0.00

600.00

10.00

0.45

0.32

 

53.00

62.20

9.20

7.16

0.00

29.00

0.49

0.45

0.25

 

62.20

66.40

4.20

2.57

0.00

227.00

3.78

0.38

0.59

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.00

66.40

66.40

 

0.00

73.00

1.22

0.44

0.22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SA - 46

83.90

87.00

3.10

2.76

0.00

24.00

0.39

0.25

0.48

 

93.10

94.00

0.90

0.65

0.00

75.00

1.25

0.06

0.17

 

107.00

114.00

7.00

5.44

0.00

18.00

0.29

0.12

0.22

 

127.90

131.20

3.30

2.57

0.00

39.00

0.66

0.13

0.39

 

136.00

151.50

15.50

11.19

0.00

30.00

0.50

0.34

0.84

 

159.00

161.00

2.00

1.78

0.00

43.00

0.72

0.22

0.45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SA - 47

10.10

14.00

3.90

2.60

0.00

43.00

0.71

0.05

0.01

 

14.00

16.60

2.60

1.73

0.00

212.00

3.53

0.07

0.13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SA - 48

20.90

21.30

0.40

0.29

0.00

102.00

1.70

0.17

0.22

 

33.00

34.00

1.00

0.67

0.00

215.00

3.58

0.30

0.53

 

38.00

41.00

3.00

1.50

0.00

101.00

1.68

0.12

0.22

 

52.00

54.00

2.00

1.44

0.00

154.00

2.57

0.11

0.29

 

54.00

56.00

2.00

1.33

0.00

37.00

0.62

0.25

0.40

 

74.40

75.20

0.80

0.62

0.00

44.00

0.73

0.37

0.70

 

133.00

137.10

4.10

2.73

0.00

31.00

0.51

0.03

0.10

 

144.00

147.00

3.00

2.33

0.02

64.00

1.07

0.13

0.30

 

159.00

160.00

1.00

0.78

0.38

0.00

0.38

0.00

0.01

 

179.50

191.60

12.10

10.76

0.02

58.00

0.98

0.09

0.20

 

200.50

208.40

7.90

6.14

0.00

21.00

0.35

0.02

0.06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 












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Hole No.

From
Meters

To
Meters

Interval
Meters

True
Width

Au
ppm

Ag
ppm

AuE
ppm

Pb
%

Zn
%

SA - 49

22.00

23.00

1.00

0.67

0.00

68.00

1.13

0.13

0.18

 

33.00

34.00

1.00

0.78

0.00

198.00

3.30

0.23

0.19

 

43.40

52.70

9.30

6.72

0.00

20.00

0.34

0.02

0.18

 

52.70

53.70

1.00

0.72

0.00

408.00

6.80

0.21

0.28

 

109.00

110.00

1.00

0.89

0.00

74.00

1.23

0.28

0.44

 

120.00

127.70

7.70

4.28

0.00

18.00

0.30

0.08

0.22

 

174.10

187.00

12.90

8.60

0.00

15.00

0.24

0.24

0.66

 

187.00

188.60

1.60

1.07

0.00

135.00

2.25

0.37

0.91

 

196.50

205.90

9.40

6.27

0.00

23.00

0.38

0.21

0.60

 

213.20

216.90

3.70

2.47

0.00

28.00

0.45

0.28

0.75

 

266.80

271.60

4.80

2.93

0.00

27.00

0.46

0.16

0.48

 

295.60

308.20

12.60

5.60

0.00

18.00

0.30

0.38

0.72

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SA - 50

22.20

23.80

1.60

1.07

0.00

238.00

3.97

0.08

0.17

 

23.80

26.60

2.80

1.87

0.00

41.00

0.69

0.07

0.32

 

42.60

47.90

5.30

3.53

0.00

25.00

0.42

0.03

0.13

 

47.90

48.85

0.95

0.69

0.00

596.00

9.93

0.10

0.14

 

51.00

52.30

1.30

0.65

0.00

130.00

2.16

0.02

0.10

 

52.30

55.00

2.70

1.50

0.00

22.00

0.36

0.02

0.06

 

68.50

72.60

4.10

2.05

0.00

85.00

1,41

0.05

0.15

 

74.50

76.70

2.20

1.71

0.00

56.00

0.94

0.16

0.20

 

87.80

88.80

1.00

0.56

0.00

71.00

1.18

0.16

0.12

 

194.90

196.90

2.00

1.00

0.00

43.00

0.71

0.16

0.22

 

202.30

203.00

0.70

0.47

0.00

40.00

0.67

0.04

0.11

 

208.90

209.30

0.40

0.22

2.65

188.00

5.78

0.20

0.34

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SA - 51

18.00

20.00

2.00

1.33

0.00

91.00

1.51

0.05

0.10

 

24.00

30.00

6.00

4.67

0.00

19.00

0.32

0.02

0.08

 

31.00

38.00

7.00

5.44

0.00

191.00

3.19

0.06

0.15

 

99.10

102.40

3.30

2.20

0.00

53.00

0.88

0.19

0.58

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SA - 52

20.00

22.10

2.10

1.63

0.00

32.00

0.54

0.43

1.18

 

76.30

79.40

3.10

2.24

0.04

32.00

0.57

0.05

0.17

 

79.40

82.30

2.90

1.93

0.44

89.00

1.92

0.03

0.09

 

82.30

85.15

2.85

2.06

6.70

632.00

17.25

0.04

0.08

including

84.30

85.15

0.85

0.72

17.75

1600.00

44.42

0.07

0.10

 

85.15

88.00

2.85

2.22

0.26

28.00

0.72

0.02

0.04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SA - 53

29.00

31.00

2.00

1.78

2.13

273.00

6.68

0.05

0.10

 

31.00

34.00

3.00

2.17

0.12

18.00

0.30

0.01

0.04

 

72.00

73.00

1.00

0.67

0.22

0.00

0.22

0.00

0.01

 

103.40

104.20

0.80

0.53

0.17

0.00

0.17

0.00

0.01

 

108.70

109.55

0.85

0.47

0.16

0.00

0.16

0.00

0.01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




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Trench

From

To

Interval

Au

Ag

AuE

Pb

Zn

No

(m)

(m)

(m)

(g/t)

(g/t)

(g/t)

(%)

(%)

TSA-23

21.50

23.00

1.50

0.00

78.00

1.30

0.66

0.23

 

42.30

52.60

10.30

0.04

44.00

0.77

0.05

0.38

 

52.60

60.60

8.00

0.00

290.00

4.83

0.10

0.37

 

60.60

66.60

6.00

0.00

48.00

0.80

0.05

0.43

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


La Veronica - Selected Significant Drill Core Intercepts

Hole No.
DDH

From
Meters

To
Meters

Interval
Meters

Au
ppm

Ag
ppm

Pb
%

Zn
%

LV-01

0.8

2.5

1.7

0

151

0.12

0.07

 

27

28.9

1.9

0

109

0.05

0.13

 

111.7

112.3

0.6

0.26

326

0.16

0.26

LV-02

42.8

45.9

3.1

0

188

0.06

0.13

 

96.6

101

4.4

0.32

439

0.16

0.42

LV-03

19

20

1

0

195

0.05

0.29

 

85

90.2

5.2

0.04

224

0.29

0.63

LV-04

4.8

5.85

1.05

1.52

8

0.01

0.02

 

63.8

81.55

17.75

0.07

136

0.17

0.44

LV-05

106

107

1

0

110

0.04

0.09

 

145.8

146.8

1

0.13

138

0.04

0.11

LV-06

201.2

202

0.8

8.25

0

0

0.01

LV-08

6.45

13

6.55

0.41

2

0

0.02

 

14.2

17.3

3.1

0.16

111

0.05

0.17

LV-09

0

2.8

2.8

0.69

200

0.01

0.05

LV-10

0

2.8

2.8

0.02

80

0

0.04

 

35.95

50.9

14.95

0.11

214

0.12

0.27

 

59.1

60.1

1

5.42

0

0.01

0.1

LV-11

38

39

1

0.71

114

0.12

0.15

LV-12

39.4

55

15.6

0.03

86

0.03

0.07

LV-13

59

74

15

0.05

65

0.02

0.07

 

81.2

87.1

5.9

0.06

66

0.02

0.05

LV-14

53

70.5

17.5

0.04

83

0.03

0.1

 

184.2

185

0.8

0.14

138

0.02

0.05

LV-18

57.5

59.5

2

0

128

0.03

0.1

 

82.8

83.9

1.1

0.1

75

0.01

0.01

LV-19

6

7.5

1.5

0.1

109

0.16

0.14

 

102.5

103.1

0.6

0.29

50

0.04

0.07

LV-24

23.65

27.6

3.95

0.73

70

 

 

 

48.9

51.25

2.35

0.82

18

 

 

 

67

71

4

0.25

58

 

 

 

167.8

168.8

1

0.07

69

 

 

LV-15

31.7

33.5

1.8

0.26

175

 

 

LV-19

53.7

78

24.3

0.09

37.54

 

 

LV-20

39

46.9

7.9

0.19

66

 

 

LV-21

33.3

40

6.7

0

118

 

 

 

52.1

55

2.9

0.04

339

 

 

LV-22

84

91

7

0.19

56.57

 

 

LV-23

126

155

29

0.46

4

 

 

 

205.3

206.1

0.8

3.31

106

 

 

LV-25

81

83

2

0.31

136

 

 

LV-26

26.7

32.35

5.65

0

89

 

 

 

71.7

78.4

6.7

0.1

53

 

 



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The La Union area, in the southern portion of the Guazapares structure, was drilled to shallow depths early in the project’s history. A re-interpretation of the earlier drilling based on knowledge gained from deeper exploration at the San Miguel and San Antonio mineralized zones, led Paramount to drill the La Union at greater depth along the principal vein, near the better early intercepts.

Diamond drill holes LU-14 through LU-17 were drilled to intercept the La Union vein at more than 100 meters depth below good intercepts in the first round of drilling. The significant intercepts are noted in the table below.

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Hole

From

To

Interval

True Width

Gold

Silver

Gold Equiv.

Grade Thickness (Gold Equiv.)

Number

(Meters)

(Meters)

(Meters)

(Meters)

(grams/ton)

(grams/ton)

(grams/ton)

(grams x meters)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LU-14

142.00

143.00

1.00

0.50

3.58

3.00

3.64

1.82

 

175.80

176.65

0.85

0.42

1.90

6.00

2.02

0.85

 

215.30

218.65

3.35

1.68

4.55

11.00

4.77

8.01

 

283.00

284.00

1.00

0.50

2.28

9.00

2.46

1.23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LU-15

125.00

126.00

1.00

0.71

1.75

3.00

1.81

1.28

 

131.00

134.15

3.15

2.23

26.07

9.00

26.25

58.54

incl

131.00

133.00

2.00

1.41

37.45

12.00

37.68

53.13

and 

133.00

134.15

1.15

0.81

6.27

5.0

6.37

5.16

 

140.9

143

2.10

1.48

3.66

2.00

3.71

5.49

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LU-16

91.25

99.20

7.95

6.18

3.93

32.00

4.56

28.18

incl 

96.00

97.00

1.00

0.78

11.40

11.00

11.62

9.06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LU-17

85.90

88.10

2.20

1.91

1.27

673

14.73

28.13

incl 

85.90

87.00

1.10

0.95

0.03

1320.00

26.43

25.11

and 

87.00

88.10

1.10

0.95

2.52

26.00

3.04

2.89

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LU-14 was drilled below LU-4, extending the mineralization 50 meters deeper with gold grades increasing at depth.

Hole LU-15 intercepted the vein 125 meters down dip from the intercept in LU-06 and cut 2.23 meters grading 26.07 g/t Au in the main vein, the highest gold grade in the southern half of the Guazapares structure.

Hole LU-16 was drilled approximately 50 meters to the south of LU-15 at slightly shallower depth and showed a wide zone of precious and base-metal mineralization (6.18m @ 3.93 g/t Au and 32 g/t Ag, plus 1.97% Pb and 1.29% Zn).

LU-17 was drilled an additional 50 meters to the south of LU-16 and intercepted high-grade silver and base-metal mineralization over a mineable width (1.91 metres @ 1.27 g/t Au, 673 g/t Ag, plus 2.63% Pb and 5.81% Zn). This intercept alone has an estimated gross dollar value of $540 per ton at today’s prices.

These four new drill holes at La Union indicate the presence of a new mineralized zone containing areas of high gold, silver and base metals values. This new body of mineralization which we designate as Clavo 66 remains open to the north and south along strike and down dip.



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The San Miguel vein structure continues to be Paramount’s current exploration focus at the San Miguel project. Selected significant drill core intercepts from the San Miguel vein area are presented below.

San Miguel Vein - Selected Significant Drill Core Intercepts

Hole Number
DDH

From
Meters

To
Meters

Interval
Meters

Gold
ppm

Silver
ppm

SM-01

42.0

72.0

30.0

0.32

113

 

72.0

86.0

14.0

2.99

149

SM-02

50.5

65.0

14.6

0.47

220

SM-03

34.5

48.1

13.6

0.48

410

 

48.6

60.5

12.0

0.37

105

SM-04

30.2

36.0

5.8

0.13

595

 

52.7

56.8

4.1

0.96

545

 

95.3

100.0

4.7

13.93

115

SM-05

50.8

57.9

7.2

1.05

159

SM-06

51.9

62.0

10.1

0.82

41

 

98.5

115.0

16.5

0.75

18

SM-07

45.0

48.6

3.6

0.48

60

 

50.8

56.0

5.2

0.46

67

 

56.6

66.0

9.4

0.93

255

SM-13

122.1

123.7

1.6

6.39

172

 

123.7

143.2

19.5

0.76

37

 

157.0

163.8

6.8

1.04

6

SM-15

130.8

132.7

1.9

3.30

503

 

139.0

145.7

6.7

4.32

573

 

148.4

151.1

2.7

7.94

35

SM-16

45.5

49.7

4.2

0.51

323

SM-18

93.3

99.0

5.7

0.10

292

 

139.0

151.6

12.6

1.53

41

SM-20

117.6

121.3

3.8

1.23

834

SM-24

132.5

144.5

12.0

3.52

60

 

146.6

147.8

1.2

4.13

16

SM-27

17.0

18.0

1.0

0.03

241

 

30.0

31.7

1.7

0.31

140

SM-29

32.3

33.3

1.0

0.09

141

SM-33

136.0

138.0

2.0

0.08

97

 

147.4

148.9

1.5

0.15

176

 

159.2

166.5

7.3

2.17

29

SM-34

157.8

196.0

38.2

0.66

19

SM-35

145.1

173.4

28.3

1.84

76

SM-36

195.0

199.0

4.0

0.70

182

 

210.0

214.9

4.9

3.04

154

SM-37

209.2

215.7

6.5

1.36

53

SM-38

193.5

201.1

7.6

1.34

436

 

221.0

222.0

1.0

4.98

21

SM-39

202.4

203.5

1.1

1.12

1360

 

268.1

289.0

20.9

2.00

15

 

299.7

300.2

0.5

11.75

41

 

303.1

303.5

0.4

19.50

201

 

345.0

346.0

1.0

20.00

206

SM-40

241.0

250.8

9.8

4.92

100

 

280.0

292.6

12.6

2.58

24

 

300.0

301.0

1.0

16.80

36

SM-41

245.2

247.3

2.1

6.72

11

 

279.3

280.9

1.6

2.57

7

 

286.0

287.0

1.0

2.53

11



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Hole Number
DDH

From
Meters

To
Meters

Interval
Meters

Gold
ppm

Silver
ppm

SM-42

195.7

204.8

9.1

6.06

16

SM-43

163.0

180.7

17.7

0.89

30

SM-44

104.1

236.2

132.1

0.33

55

incl.

118.0

122.9

4.9

1.77

954

incl.

233.6

236.2

2.6

4.06

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lAassay results from diamond drill holes SM-45, 46 and 47 were drilled to intercept the vein below the excellent holes SM-13, 15 and 24, near the northwestern margin of ‘Clavo 99’. SM-45 and 46 cut the vein 50 meters down dip, and SM-47 cut the vein 100 meters down dip from holes SM-45 and 46. Hole SM-47 indicates that ‘Clavo 99’ extends to a depth of nearly 300 meters in the northwestern portion and remains open at depth, and to the northwest.

Hole

From

To

Interval

True Width

Gold

Silver

Gold Equiv.

Grade Thickness

Number

(meters)

(meters)

(meters)

(meters)

(grams/ton)

(grams/ton)

(grams/ton)

(grams x meters)

SM-45

144.6

150.2

5.6

3.96

0.34

45

1.24

4.91

 

150.2

155.95

5.75

4.07

3.13

206

7.25

29.47

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SM-46

161.0

166.1

5.1

3.91

0.12

11

0.34

1.33

 

180.0

184.2

4.2

3.22

0.41

1

0.44

1.42

incl.

180.9

181.7

0.8

0.61

0.99

4

1.07

0.66

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SM-47

188.0

206.0

18.0

12.73

0.81

24

1.30

16.54

incl.

188.0

191.0

3.0

2.12

1.15

15

1.44

3.05

incl.

198.0

201.0

3.0

2.12

1.80

15

2.11

4.48

incl.

204.6

206.0

1.4

0.99

2.72

204

6.79

6.72

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




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SM-54

211.70

212.70

1.00

0.57

1.79

338.0

8.55

4.87

 

222.80

223.80

1.00

0.57

1.53

120.0

3.93

2.24

 

245.90

262.50

7.60

4.33

3.27

215.9

7.59

32.86

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SM-60

161.20

166.40

5.20

2.98

0.13

17.8

0.49

1.46

 

172.3 

178.20 

5.90 

 3.38

0.61 

20.60 

 1.02

3.45 

 

204.10

208.50

4.40

2.52

1.29

6.1

1.41

3.55

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SM-61

183.85

192.00

8.15

5.35

1.04

88.9

2.82

15.09

incl.

186.00

190.30

4.30

2.82

1.52

156.6

4.65

13.11

 

197.00

205.00

8.00

5.25

2.47

251.2

7.49

39.32

 

205.00

208.50

3.05

2.00

0.32

8.3

0.49

0.98

 

208.50

213.00

4.95

3.25

2.03

21.9

2.47

8.03

 

213.00

217.20

4.20

2.76

0.21

5.4

0.32

0.88

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

197.00

217.20

20.20

13.25

1.57

107.2

3.71

49.17

* Calculated at Ag/Au = 50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quality Control

Paramount takes detailed digital photos of the entire core before it is cut by saw to half core which is assayed at ALS Chemex's Vancouver laboratory. As part of quality assurance, quality control (QA/QC), Paramount has put into place a detailed program of periodically introducing certified standards, blanks and duplicates into the sample stream. Half-core samples are being retained on site for verification and reference purposes.

The qualified person who reviews the news releases is Dana C. Durgin, M. Sc. Economic Geology. He is a Certified Professional Geologist (CPG #10364) with the American Institute of Professional Geologists, and a Registered Professional Geologist in Wyoming (PG-2886).

Comparison of Operating Results for the Three Months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 and from Inception, (March 25, 2005).

Revenues

We are an exploratory mining company with no revenues from operations to date. All of our revenues to date represent interest income which we have earned as a result of our cash holdings. Our cash holdings were generated from the sale of our securities. Interest income for the three months ended September 30, 2008 was $97,277 as compared to $185,062 for the three months ended September 30, 2007.  Since inception (March 29, 2005), we have generated $830,304 in interest income. The interest income has been generated as a result of various financings which we have undertaken. Monies are deposited in interest bearing accounts until such time as needed for drilling and general working capital purposes.

Our interest income continues to decline as a result of our diminishing cash holdings. Unless we secure additional capital financing, of which there can be no assurance, we anticipate that this trend will continue.

Operating Expenses

For the three months ended September 30, 2008 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2007, our total operating expenses were $3,158,655 as compared to $6,663,049.  Total expenses since inception through September 30, 2008 were $39,847,768.



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Our total operating expenses for the comparative quarters in September 2008 as compared to September 2007 declined approximately 53%. The two most significant line item expenses directly related to this decrease in expenses is attributable to lower exploration costs and lower costs attributable to stock based compensation.  

Exploration and geology costs totaled $1,449,884 and $339,595 for the three months ended September 30, 2008 as compared to $2,048,446 and $80,194 for the three months ended September 30, 2007.

The significant decrease in our exploration expenses is related to management’s decision to reduce ongoing drilling activities until such time as additional working capital can be secured. In addition,  management has determined that in the short term, their ongoing exploration activities should focus on reviewing geological data to further identify optimal drilling targets. The renewed emphasis on geology as compared to drilling resulted in a 450% increase in geology costs during this most recently completed fiscal quarter.

Total exploration and geology costs since inception were $13,917,961 and $2,202,650 respectively.  

We expect that we will continue to incur a minimum of $75,000 on geology costs for the next three months. Any further drilling on the property will be subject to the results of our geological results as we attempt to identify proven mineral reserves of both gold and silver, of which there can be no assurance.  

We have in the past relied heavily on stock based compensation in order to preserve cash for drilling expenses.  Stock based compensation has proven to be an attractive means to compensate some of our key employees, directors, consultants and geologists. Management believes that by utilizing the Company’s common stock as incentive for quality work, the return on its investment will in the long run, be more beneficial to the Company than simply cash compensation.

We did however experience a significant decline in stock based compensation for the three months ended September 30, 2008 as compared to the comparable period in 2007, declining from 3,590,907 to $346,566. The primary reason for this decline was , our stock price has declined significantly. On October 1, 2007 our common stock was trading at $2.59 per share as compared to $0.65 on September 30, 2008.  

Office and administrative expenses increased from $76,889 to $293,474.  The primary reasons for this significant increase in costs were the result of  fees and costs associated with the closing of our office in Peru and approximately $160,000 in costs and expenses incurred as with respect to securing tax refunds from the Mexican government.

We also witnessed a significant decline in corporate communication fees which declined from $207,066 to $68,230 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008. Total corporate communication fees since inception were $954,828.

Professional fees for the three months ended September 30 , 2008 decreased from $266,883 to $234,976.  Professional fees are related to our dual listings on the American Stock Exchange, Toronto Stock Exchange as well as regulatory compliance. In addition, we incurred significant legal fees with respect to our planned operations and funding activities with Mexoro Mineral and the acquisition of the remaining 30% equity in the San Miguel joint venture with Tara Gold Resources.

Net Income (loss)

Our Net Loss for the three months ended September 30, 2008 was $(3,061,378)  as compared to a net loss of $(6,477,987) in 2007. Due to foreign currency translation adjustments, our total comprehensive loss for the three months ended September 30, 2008 was $(3,450,831) as compared to $(6,463,075).   Our Net Loss per Share was $ (0.06) as compare to a Net Loss per Share of $(0.14) for the comparable periods in 2007. Until such time as we are able to identify mineral deposits which we believe can be extracted in a commercially reasonable manner, of which there can be no assurance, we will continue to incur ongoing losses.



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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Assets and Liabilities

September 30, 2008 as compared to June 30, 2008

As of September 30, 2008 , we had cash totaling $1,211,497 as compared to $3,199,848 as of June 30, 2008. This decline of approximately $2 million is directly attributable to ongoing expenses with no revenues from operations as well as the limited success in securing additional financing. Amounts receivable totaled $1,380,322 as compared to $1,384,492 and represent primarily value added tax and refunds receivable from the Mexican government.  Notes receivable including accrued interest totaled $1,402,981 as compared to $870,000.

Prepaid expenses and deposits declined from $379,348 to $187,551. This decline is primarily attributable to stock based compensation which has been earned since the date of issuance.

Total current assets were $3,825,192 as compared to $5,833,688.

Our long term assets at September 30, 2008  totaled $15,313,832 as compared to $6,098,640.  Long term assets consist of our mineral properties located within the Sierra Madre gold district in Mexico which we valued at $13,679,197 as compared to $4,738,747 as of June 30, 2008. The Company has capitalized the acquisition costs of these properties.   We also have fixed assets consisting of property and equipment totaling $592,960 as compared to $354,996 net of depreciation.

Total assets at September 30, 2008  were $19,139,024 as compared to $11,932,328.  This represents an increase of approximately  60% which is primarily attributable to our acquisition of the remaining 30% interest in our joint venture.

Our current liabilities as of September 30, 2008 totaled $1,605,956 as compared to $1,714,620 at June 30, 2008.

We have a working capital surplus at March 31, 2008 (current assets less current liabilities) of $2,219,236 as compared to a working capital surplus of $4,119,068 as of June 30, 2008, representing a decline of approximately 47%. We anticipate that we will be able to meet our currently existing ongoing contractual commitments for any property or mineral rights and have sufficient financial resources to finance necessary exploration and geological endeavors.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We are not currently a party to, or otherwise involved with, any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future material effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk

Our major commodity price risk exposure relates to the then current market value of any silver or gold reserves which we choose to exploit. A dramatic drop in the price of gold or silver would make commercial exploitation of any of our properties less likely than if prices remained at their current level.

We are also subject to currency fluctuations between the United States, Mexico and Canada. We do not plan on entering into any hedging transactions. Rather, management will continue to evaluate the market risks and address these issues should they become material to the Company’s ongoing operations.



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Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

(a)

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) and determined that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The evaluation considered the procedures designed to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and communicated to our management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b)

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

During the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, there was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(d) and 13d-15(d) under the Exchange Act) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

(c)

Inherent Limitations of Disclosure Controls and Internal Controls over Financial Reporting

Because of its inherent limitations, internal controls over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation or effectiveness to future periods are subject to risks that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Item 4t.

The information required by Item 4t is contained in Item 4.



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PART II. – OTHER INFORMATION

 Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

None.

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

There have been no material changes in our risk factors from those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended June 30, 2008.

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

During the quarter ended September 30, 2008, we issued shares of our common stock and common stock purchase warrants for services rendered and to acquire mineral rights. We also issued shares of our common stock and warrants in connection with our funding activities. We relied on the exemptive provisions of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. We have also offered shares pursuant to the exemptive provisions of Regulation S.

At all times relevant the securities were offered subject to the following terms and conditions:

the sale was made to a sophisticated or accredited investor, as defined in Rule 502;

we gave the purchaser the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers concerning the terms and conditions of the offering and to obtain any additional information which we possessed or could acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to verify the accuracy of information furnished;

at a reasonable time prior to the sale of securities, we advised the purchaser of the limitations on resale in the manner contained in Rule 502(d)2; and

neither we nor any person acting on our behalf sold the securities by Any form of general solicitation or general advertising.

On August 47, 2008 we completed a private placement financing of 1,000,000 units priced at $1.40 per unit (all funds in CDN dollars) for proceeds of $1,400,000. Each unit consists of one common share and one half common share purchase warrant with a strike price of $2.10 per share.

Also on August 4, 2008 we completed a private placement financing of 71,429 units priced at $1.40 per unit (all funds CDN dollars) for proceeds of $100,000. Each unit consists of one common share and one half common share purchase warrant with a strike price of $2.50.

We also issued 7,350,000 shares of our common stock in connection with the purchase of a mining property and 300,000 shares of our common stock for services rendered in connection with the acquisition of the mineral rights.

Proceeds received from the private placement financings were used for general working capital purposes primarily related to our ongoing drilling operations.

Item 3.

Defaults upon senior securities

Not Applicable.

Item 4.

Submission of matters to a vote of security holders

None.



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Item 5.

Other information

None.

Item 6.

Exhibits

None

Item 5.

Other information

None

Item 6.

Exhibits

Exhibit No.

 

Description

3.1

     

Articles of Incorporation filed for a name change on August 24, 2007 filed as an exhibit to our Form 8-k filed November 2, 2005

3.2

 

Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation filed as exhibit to our Form 8-k filed August 28, 2007

3.3

 

Bylaws.  Filed as an exhibit to our Form 8-k filed August 28, 2007

4.1

 

2006/07 Stock Incentive and Equity Compensation Plan filed as an exhibit to our Form S-8 Registration Statement filed November 11, 2006

4.2

 

2007/08 Stock Incentive and Equity Compensation Plan filed as an exhibit to our proxy statement filed on June 29, 2007

4.3

 

Registration Rights Agreement filed as an exhibit to Form 8-k filed April 6, 2007

4.4

 

Warrant Agreement filed as an exhibit to Form 8-k filed April 6, 2007

4.5

 

Broker Warrant Agreement filed as an exhibit to Form 8-k filed April 6, 2007

4.6

 

Form of Warrant Agreement issued to Anima S.G.R.p.a. and affiliates filed on Form S-3 filed January 24, 2008

10.1

 

Option Agreement on San Miguel Properties. Filed as an exhibit to Form 10-Sb on November 2, 2005

10.2

 

Agency Agreement with Blackmont Securities filed as an exhibit to Form 8-k on April 6, 2007

10.3

 

Acquisition Agreement with Tara Gold Resources, Inc. filed as an exhibit to Form 8-k on September 2, 2008.

31.1

 

Section 302 Certification of the Principal Executive Officer *

31.2

 

Section 302 Certification of the Principal Financial Officer  *

32.1

 

Section 906 Certification of the Principal Executive Officer *

32.2

 

Section 906 Certification of the Principal Financial Officer  *

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*

Filed Herewith

 

 

 



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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

PARAMOUNT GOLD AND SILVER CORP.

  

 

 

    

 

 

Date: November 12, 2008                                             

By:

/s/ CHRISTOPHER CRUPI

 

 

Christopher Crupi

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

  

 

 

Date: November 12, 2008

 

/s/ LUCIE LETELLIER

 

 

Lucie Letellier

 

 

Chief Financial Officer




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