FORM 10Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

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

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2011

£  TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE TRANSITION FROM __________ TO __________.


COMMISSION FILE NUMBER   000-29595


TARA GOLD RESOURCES CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Nevada

 

90-0316566

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

 (I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

Identification No.)

 

 

 

2162 Acorn Court

 

 

Wheaton, IL

 

60189

(Address of principal executive office)

 

  (Zip code)

 

 

 

Issuer's telephone number: (630) 462-2079

 

 


Indicate by 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 such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes £    No R


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§233.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes £ No £


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 £

                  Smaller reporting company R


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes  £   No R

As of May 20, 2011 the Company had 102,795,119 outstanding shares common stock.





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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Page

 

 

Item 1.  Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

3

Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

19

Item 4.  Controls and Procedures

20

 

 

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

 

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

22

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

21

Item 3.  Defaults Upon Senior Securities

21

Item 4.  [REMOVED AND RESERVED]

22

Item 5.  Other Information

22

Item 6.  Exhibits

22

 

 

SIGNATURES

23

































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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION


ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS







TARA GOLD RESOURCES CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

(An Exploration Stage Company)



CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR

THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2011

AND

THE PERIOD FROM INCEPTION (OCTOBER 14, 1999) THROUGH MARCH 31, 2011





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TARA GOLD RESOURCES CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

(An Exploration Stage Company)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands of U.S. Dollars)


 

 

 

March 31, 2011

 

December 31, 2010

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

(Audited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Restated)

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Cash

$

136

$

193 

 

 

     Other receivables, net of $2,723 and $2,010 of allowance as of March 31, 2011 and

         December 31, 2010, respectively

 

423

 

1,212 

 

 

     Marketable securities

 

450

 

450 

 

 

     Other current assets

 

1

 

 

 

     Total current assets

 

1,010

 

1,856 

 

 

Property, plant, equipment, mine development and land, net of accumulated depreciation of $424 and $361 as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively

 

10,922

 

12,359 

 

 

Mining deposits

 

59

 

53 

 

 

Deferred tax, non-current portion

 

2,931

 

2,931 

 

 

Goodwill

 

12

 

12 

 

 

Other assets

 

136

 

160 

 

 

     Total Assets

$

15,070

$

17,371 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

2,782

 

     2,675

 

 

     Notes payable, current portion

 

402

 

         994

 

 

     Notes payable related party, current portion

 

100

 

   100

 

 

     Due to related parties, net of due from of $36 and $36 as of March 31, 2011 and

        December 31, 2010, respectively

 

306

 

259

 

 

     Total current liabilities

 

3,590

 

4,028 

 

 

Long-term accrued liabilities

 

288

 

418 

 

 

Notes payable, non-current portion

 

1,740

 

2,603 

 

 

     Total liabilities

 

5,618

 

7,049 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

-

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ deficit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Common stock; $0.001 par value 150,000,000 shares authorized – 102,795,119 issued and

         outstanding at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively

 

103

 

103 

 

 

     Additional paid-in capital

 

12,175

 

12,175 

 

 

     Accumulated deficit during exploration stage

 

(19,218)

 

(17,060)

 

 

     Other comprehensive loss

 

(580)

 

(514)

 

 

     Total Tara Gold stockholders’ deficit

 

(7,520)

 

(5,296) 

 

 

Non-controlling interest

 

16,972

 

15,618 

 

 

     Total equity

 

9,452

 

10,322 

 

 

     Total liabilities and equity

$

15,070

$

17,371 

 






See Accompanying Notes to these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.









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TARA GOLD RESOURCES CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 (An Exploration Stage Company)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(UNAUDITED)

 (In thousands of U.S. Dollars, except per share amounts)

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2011

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2010

 

From Inception October 14, 1999 to March 31, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Restated)

 

 

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Revenue from website development and software

$

-

$

-

$

168

 

 

      Mining revenues

 

-

 

-

 

557

 

 

      Total revenues

 

-

 

-

 

725

 

 

Cost of revenue

 

-

 

-

 

759

 

 

      Gross margin

 

-

 

-

 

(34)

 

 

Exploration expenses

 

923

 

1,603

 

7,274

 

 

Operating, general, and administrative expenses

 

1,717

 

7,287

 

35,987

 

 

Net operating loss

 

(2,640)

 

(8,890)

 

(43,295)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-operating (income) expense:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Interest (income)

 

(7)

 

(7)

 

(320)

 

 

      Interest  expense

 

5

 

-

 

1,216

 

 

      Settlement expense

 

-

 

-

 

(134)

 

 

      Loss on extinguishment of debt, net

 

-

 

-

 

766

 

 

      Gain on deconsolidation of joint venture

 

-

 

-

 

(8,661)

 

 

      Gain on sale of joint venture interest

 

-

 

-

 

(3,112)

 

 

      Gain on dissolution of joint venture

 

-

 

-

 

(9,163)

 

 

      Loss on disposal of assets

 

4

 

-

 

403

 

 

      Gain on acquisition of mining concession

 

-

 

-

 

(100)

 

 

      Loss on conversion of note payable

 

-

 

-

 

783

 

 

      Realized loss on the sale of marketable securities

 

-

 

-

 

4,710

 

 

      Gain on sale of net cash flow interest

 

-

 

-

 

(197)

 

 

      Other (income)

 

(11)

 

(263)

 

(1,336)

 

 

      Total non-operating (income) expense

 

(9)

 

(270)

 

(15,145)

 

 

Loss before income taxes

 

(2,631)

 

(8,620)

 

(28,150)

 

 

      Income tax benefit, net of expense

 

-

 

-

 

(2,317)

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

 

(2,631)

 

(8,620)

 

(25,833)

 

 

Discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Income from operations of discontinued oil properties (including loss on disposal of $7)

 

-

 

-

 

17

 

 

      Loss from operations of La Escuadra

 

-

 

-

 

(1,038)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

(2,631)

 

(8,620)

 

(26,854)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest

 

473

 

2,185

 

7,636

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Tara Gold shareholders

 

(2,158)

 

(6,435)

 

(19,218)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Foreign currency translation

 

(66)

 

42

 

(580)

 

 

     Unrealized gain, net on marketable securities

 

 -

 

103

 

-

 

 

     Total comprehensive loss

$

(2,224)

$

(6,290)

$

(19,798)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss per share, basic and diluted

$

(0.03)

$

(0.06)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average number of shares, basic and diluted

 

102,795,119

 

102,795,119

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


See Accompanying Notes to these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.




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TARA GOLD RESOURCES CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 (An Exploration Stage Company)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

 (In thousands of U.S. Dollars)


 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2011

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2010

 

From Inception October 14, 1999 to March 31, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Restated)

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Net loss attributable to Tara Gold shareholders

$

(2,158)

$

(6,435)

$

(19,218)

 

   Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Depreciation and amortization

 

75

 

50

 

743

 

      Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

713

 

51

 

3,351

 

      Allowance for mining deposits deemed uncollectible

 

-

 

-

 

29

 

      Common stock issued for services and other expenses

 

-

 

-

 

2,599

 

      Stock based compensation and stock bonuses

 

-

 

-

 

126

 

       Gain on deconsolidation of joint venture

 

-

 

-

 

(8,661)

 

       Non-cash expense due to deconsolidation of joint venture

 

-

 

-

 

216

 

      Gain on sale of joint venture interest

 

-

 

-

 

(2,862)

 

      Gain on dissolution of joint venture

 

-

 

-

 

(8,688)

 

      Loss on extinguishment of debt, net

 

-

 

-

 

746

 

      Loss on disposed and discontinued operations

 

-

 

-

 

1,001

 

      Deferred tax asset, net

 

-

 

-

 

(2,931)

 

      Non-controlling interest in net loss of consolidated subsidiaries

 

(473)

 

(2,185)

 

(7,636)

 

      Amortization of beneficial conversion

 

-

 

-

 

650

 

      Loss on the disposal of assets

 

4

 

-

 

222

 

      Realized loss on the sale of marketable securities

 

-

 

-

 

4,604

 

      Common stock of subsidiary issued and option valuation for services

 

100

 

2,936

 

7,716

 

       Subsidiaries’ stock based compensation and stock bonuses

 

219

 

3,563

 

6,259

 

      Exploration expenses paid with stock of subsidiaries

 

745

 

1,224

 

1,969

 

      Lawsuit settlement payable in stock

 

-

 

-

 

315

 

      Cancellation of common stock for settlement (Tara Minerals)

 

-

 

-

 

(750)

 

      Assets acquired from La Escuadra

 

-

 

-

 

(330)

 

      Gain on acquisition of mining concession

 

-

 

-

 

(100)

 

      Gain on sale of net cash flow interest

 

-

 

-

 

(197)

 

      Accrued interest converted to subsidiary’s common stock

 

-

 

-

 

29

 

      Loss on conversion of debt to subsidiary’s common stock

 

-

 

-

 

783

 

      Rent expense reclassified from capital lease

 

12

 

-

 

12

 

   Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       Other receivables

 

(133)

 

(204)

 

(1,170)

 

       Other assets

 

24

 

(2)

 

(910)

 

      Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

109

 

259

 

3,182

 

       Deferred joint venture income  

 

-

 

-

 

(33)

 

  Net cash used in operating activities

 

(763)

 

(743)

 

(18,934)

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Proceeds from sales of oil & gas properties

 

-

 

-

 

6

 

   Acquisition of property, plant and equipment

 

-

 

(129)

 

(2,828)

 

   Purchase of land and office building

 

-

 

-

 

(415)

 

   Proceeds from the sale of marketable securities

 

-

 

-

 

6,278

 

   Proceeds from the sale or disposal of assets

 

29

 

-

 

760

 

   Purchase of mining concession

 

-

 

(25)

 

189

 

   Mining deposits

 

(6)

 

-

 

(6)

 

   Proceeds from note receivable payments

 

-

 

-

 

(7)

 

   Loans to unrelated third parties

 

-

 

-

 

(380)

 

   Cash included in business acquisition

 

-

 

-

 

2

 

   Business acquisition goodwill

 

-

 

-

 

(4)

 

   Cash in discontinued operations

 

-

 

-

 

(3)

 

   Net cash (used) provided by in investing activities

 

23

 

(154)

 

3,592

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Proceeds from short term debt

 

-

 

-

 

72



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   Proceeds from notes payable, related party

 

-

 

-

 

150

 

   Proceeds from notes payable

 

-

 

-

 

480

 

   Payments toward short term debt

 

-

 

-

 

(22)

 

   Payments toward notes payable

 

(62)

 

(712)

 

(10,840)

 

   Change in due to/from related parties, net

 

48

 

(58)

 

426

 

   Non-controlling interest – cash from sale of sale of common stock of subsidiaries

 

763

 

1,100

 

9,724

 

   Payments from joint venture partners

 

-

 

-

 

9,920

 

   Stock offering costs

 

-

 

-

 

(13)

 

   Cash acquired in reverse acquisition

 

-

 

-

 

4

 

   Cash from the sale of common stock

 

-

 

-

 

5,753

 

   Net cash provided by financing activities

 

749

 

330

 

15,654

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

 

(66)

 

42

 

(176)

 

Net (decrease) increase

 

(57)

 

(525)

 

136

 

Cash, beginning of period

 

193

 

1,451

 

-

 

Cash, end of period

$

136

$

926

$

136

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Interest paid

$

-

$

25

$

838

 

   Income taxes paid

$

-

$

-

$

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-cash Investing and Financing Transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Conversion of debt to common stock or payable, plus accrued interest

$

-

$

-

$

1,341

 

   Share receivable for debt

$

-

$

-

$

27

 

   Issuance of common stock for assets

$

-

$

-

$

304

 

   Issuance of common stock under share receivable for services

$

-

$

-

$

35

 

   Purchase of or (reduction) in purchase of concession notes payable, stock and warrants plus capitalized interest

$

(1,311)

$

(3,324)

$

18,186

 

   Beneficial conversion feature, convertible debt

$

-

$

-

$

32

 

   Beneficial conversion feature, convertible related party debt

$

-

$

-

$

359

 

   Recoverable value-added taxes incurred through additional debt and due to related party, net of mining concession modification

$

(218)

$

(509)

$

1,190

 

   Purchase of La Escuadra with debt

$

-

$

-

$

1,370

 

   Receipt of stock for Joint Venture Payments and Fee Income

$

-

$

-

$

2,301

 

   Acquisition of property and equipment through debt

$

-

$

-

$

414

 

   Unrealized (gain)/loss in investments, available for sale

$

-

$

103

$

10,648

 

   Accrued and capitalized interest

$

16

$

15

$

385

 

   Subsidiary common stock payable for debt – Non-controlling interest

$

-

$

-

$

783

 

    Construction in progress reclassified to property, plant and equipment

$

-

$

2,163

$

2,163

 

   Receivable reclassified to mining deposit

$

-

$

-

$

28



See Accompanying Notes to these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.






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TARA GOLD RESOURCES CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 (An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Note 1.

Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies


Basis of Presentation and Organization


The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of Tara Gold Resources Corp. (the “Company”) should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as may be amended, for the year ended December 31, 2010. Significant accounting policies disclosed therein have not changed except as noted below.

 

The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and the related footnote information are unaudited.  In the opinion of management, they include all normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the condensed consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the condensed consolidated results of its operations for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 and the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010. Results of operations reported for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the entire year.


The Company is engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral resource properties in United States of America and Mexico. The Company owns 99.9% of the common stock of Corporacion Amermin, S.A. de C.V. In May 2006, the Company established Tara Minerals Corp, which owns 99.9% of American Metal Mining (“AMM”). Tara Minerals organized Adit Resources (“Adit”) in June 2009 and owns 87% Adit’s common stock as of March 31, 2011. Adit in turns owns 99.9% of American Copper Mining, S.A. de C.V. (“ACM”), which was established in December 2006; ACM operates in Mexico and was purchased in June 2009. Corporacion Amermin and AMM are Mexican corporations. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 the Company owned 70% and 70%, respectively, of the outstanding shares of Tara Minerals.


As used in these Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, the terms the “Company”, “we”, “us”, “our” and similar terms refer to Tara Gold Resources, Corp. and, unless the context indicates otherwise its consolidated subsidiaries. The Company’s subsidiaries include Corporacion Amermin, S.A. de C.V., which operates in México (“Amermin”) and Tara Minerals Corp.


Unless otherwise indicated, all references to the Company include the operation of its subsidiaries and all references to Adit include the operations of its subsidiary.


The reporting currency of the Company, Tara Minerals and Adit is the U.S. dollar. The functional currency of Amermin, AMM and ACM is the Mexican Peso. As a result, the financial statements of the subsidiaries have been re-measured from Mexican pesos into U.S. dollars using (i) current exchange rates for monetary asset and liability accounts, (ii) historical exchange rates for nonmonetary asset and liability accounts, (iii) historical exchange rates for revenues and expenses associated with nonmonetary assets and liabilities and (iv) the weighted average exchange rate of the reporting period for all other revenues and expenses. In addition, foreign currency transaction gains and losses resulting from U.S. dollar denominated transactions are eliminated. The resulting re-measurement gain or loss is recorded as other comprehensive income (loss).


The financial statements of the Mexican subsidiaries should not be construed as representations that Mexican pesos have been, could have been or may in the future be converted into U.S. dollars at such rates or any other rates. Current and historical exchange rates are not indicative of what future exchange rates will be and should not be construed as such.


Relevant exchange rates used in the preparation of the financial statements for Amermin, AMM and ACM are as follows the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 (denoted in Mexican pesos per one U.S. dollar):




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2011

Current exchange rate at  March 31,

Ps. 11.9219

Weighted average exchange rate for the three months ended March 31,

Ps. 12.0782


 

2010

Current exchange rate at  March 31,

Ps. 12.4145

Weighted average exchange rate for the three months ended March 31,

Ps. 12.7873


Allowance for doubtful accounts


Each period the Company analyzes its receivables for collectability.  When a receivable is determined to not be collectible the receivable is allowed for until there is assurance of its collection or that a write off is necessary.  At March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 the Company has allowed for $2,723,304 and $2,009,548, respectively, relating to other receivables, since it was determined that the Mexican government may not allow the complete refund of value added taxes (“VAT”) previously paid by the Company


Reclassification


Certain reclassifications reported in prior records, which have no effect on net loss, have been adjusted to conform to the current presentation. Specifically, certain items in the Operating Activities section of the Statement of Cash Flows have been reclassified between categories in the inception to date column for clearer presentation.


Estimates


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


Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities


All highly liquid investments with maturity of three months or less are considered to be cash equivalents. There were no cash equivalents as of March 31, 2011 or December 31, 2010.


Investments with stated maturities of greater than three months and traded on an active markets that are accessible at the measurement date are classified as available-for-sale marketable securities. In accordance with the Comprehensive Income topic of the FASB ASC, the Company has accounted for unrealized gain (loss) as a component of other comprehensive income. There was no unrealized gain or loss in other comprehensive income for the three months ended March 31, 2011.


Purchase of Technical Data


Technical data, including engineering reports, maps, assessment reports, exploration samples certificates, surveys, environmental studies and other miscellaneous information, may be purchased for our mining concessions. When purchased for concessions without proven reserves the cost is considered research and development pertaining to a developing mine and in accordance with the Research and Development (R&D) Topic of the FASB ASC and is expensed when incurred.


Recently Adopted and Recently Issued Accounting Guidance


Adopted


In October 2009, the FASB issued changes to revenue recognition for multiple-deliverable arrangements. These changes require separation of consideration received in such arrangements by establishing a selling price hierarchy (not the same as fair value) for determining the selling price of a deliverable, which will be based on available information in the following order: vendor-specific objective evidence, third-party evidence, or



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estimated selling price; eliminate the residual method of allocation and require that the consideration be allocated at the inception of the arrangement to all deliverables using the relative selling price method, which allocates any discount in the arrangement to each deliverable on the basis of each deliverable’s selling price; require that a vendor determine its best estimate of selling price in a manner that is consistent with that used to determine the price to sell the deliverable on a standalone basis; and expand the disclosures related to multiple-deliverable revenue arrangements. These changes became effective on January 1, 2011. The Company has determined that the adoption of these changes do not have an impact on its consolidated financial statements, as the Company does not currently have any such arrangements with its customers.


Issued


In January 2010, the FASB issued guidance to amend the disclosure requirements related to recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements. The guidance requires a roll forward of activities on purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements of the assets and liabilities measured using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3 fair value measurements). The guidance will become effective for the Company with the reporting period beginning July 1, 2011. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.


Other recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB (including its Emerging Issues Task Force), the AICPA, and the SEC did not, or are not believed by management to, have a material impact on the Company’s present or future consolidated financial statements.


Note 2.

  Property, plant, equipment, mine development and land

 

March 31, 2011

December 31, 2010

 

 

 

Land

$

19,590 

$

19,590 

 

 

 

La Currita

1,253,439 

1,253,439 

Las Minitas

2,365,801 

2,351,027 

Pilar

728,313 

728,313 

Don Roman

521,739 

521,739 

Las Nuvias

100,000 

100,000 

Picacho and Picacho Fractions

1,456,718 

1,456,718 

Centenario

635,571 

1,946,545 

Las Brisas

3,134 

3,134 

Mezquite and Mariana

169,405 

168,480 

Auriferos

100,000 

100,000 

Pirita

246,455 

246,455 

La Palma

79,974 

 

7,660,549 

8,875,850 

Property, plant and equipment

3,665,353 

3,823,812 

Construction in progress

Less – accumulated depreciation

(423,768)

(361,086)

 

$

10,921,724 

$

12,358,166 


a.

Mining Concessions


Mining concessions as of March 31, 2011 are as follows:


i)

In March 2006, the Company acquired the rights to 23 concessions, known as “Las Minitas”.  The effective purchase price of the properties is $2,663,913.




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As of March 31, 2011, the resulting debt payment schedule, including applicable value added tax, is as follow:


2011

$

22,500

2012

1,968,397

 

$

1,990,897


In accordance with the Interest Expense topic of FASB ASC, the future payments of the remaining debt amount has been discounted using the incremental borrowing rate of 3.56%. As of March 31, 2011, the present value of future payments on the Las Minitas contract is as follows:


 

Debt

 

IVA

 

Total

Future payments

$

1,750,000 

 

$

302,500 

 

$

2,052,500 

Imputed interest

(61,603)

 

 

(61,603)

Present value of debt

1,688,397 

 

302,500 

 

1,990,897 

Less:  current portion

 

(22,500)

 

(22,500)

 

$

1,688,397 

 

$

280,000 

 

$

1,968,397


In addition to the $2,150,000 above, the Company capitalized $173,913 in payments made toward the original agreement.  Pursuant to the agreement signed in April 2007 this payment could not be applicable to the purchase price.  Accordingly, the effective purchase price of the properties is $2,663,913.


As of May 20, 2011 the Company was reviewing the Minitas property for continued inclusion as part of the Company’s mining property portfolio.  No payments toward this property have been made in 2011 and the Company may decide to terminate the purchase agreement and return the property.


ii)

In November 2008, AMM acquired eight mining concessions known as “Centenario” from an independent third party. The properties approximate 5,400 hectares and were purchased for $1,941,041, including $247,050 in value added taxes.


In June 2009, AMM and the note holder modified the agreement to 1) revalue the entire Centenario concession to $2,000,000, 2) apply $127,000 toward the purchase price which had already been paid and recorded as a mining deposit, and 3) apply $197,956 toward the new price of the concession which was originally paid by another subsidiary of the Company.  These changes resulted in the following 1) additional debt of $28,044 plus related value added tax for these concessions, 2) the reduction of the amount of the mining deposit of $127,000, 3) the expense of $6,000 that AMM also paid but which was not included in the revaluation of the concession, and 4) the increase in Due to Related Party of $197,956 plus related value added tax. The effective amount financed in relation to this concession is $1,675,044 plus $251,257 of value added tax.


In March 2011, AMM and the note holder agreed to reduce the purchase of the Centenario concession to $635,571. These changes resulted in the following: 1) decrease debt by $1,310,974; and 2) decrease recoverable value added taxes by $218,309. At March 31, 2011 the amended purchase price was paid in full.  


In March 2011, Tara Minerals purchased technical data pertaining to Centenario from the former owner in consideration for 416,100 shares of Tara Minerals common stock and $100,000 cash. The parties agreed that the value of the stock for the technical data was $2.00 per share for the Tara Minerals’ common stock.  Tara Minerals’ has accounted for the shares at their fair market value as follows:  416,100 shares of Tara Minerals’ common stock were valued at $0.85.  All fair market values were determined based on contemporaneous stock issuances for cash or if the stock was quoted on an exchange, it’s closing stock price. All stock was issued April 2011.




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iii)

In March 2008, Pershimco Resources transferred the Mariana and Mezquite properties to Tara Gold, as well as the remaining debt payments of $190,000, which includes value added taxes of $25,907 owed to a third party.


The remaining debt payment including applicable value added tax is $147,955 in 2011.


In accordance with the Interest Expense topic of FASB ASC, the future payments of the remaining debt amount has been discounted using the incremental borrowing rate of 2.97%. As of March 31, 2011, the present value of future payments on the Mariana and Mezquite contract is as follows:


 

Debt

 

IVA

 

Total

Future payments

$

129,310 

 

$

20,690 

 

$

150,000 

Imputed interest

(2,045)

 

 

(2,045)

Present value of debt

127,265

 

20,690 

 

147,955 

Less:  current portion

(127,265)

 

(20,690)

 

(147,955)

 

$

 

$

 

$


As of May 20, 2011 the Company was reviewing the Mariana and Mezquite property for continued inclusion as part of the Company’s mining property portfolio.  No payments toward this property have been made in 2011 and the Company may decide to terminate the purchase agreement and return the property.


iv)

On March 2011, AMM executed an agreement to acquire six mining concessions known as La Palma from an independent third party. The properties approximate 2,104 hectares, and were purchased for a total of $92,800, including $12,800 in value added taxes. AMM paid $50,000 as a deposit for the concession mining deposit which was applied to the effective price of the property.  The remaining balance of $42,800 is due thirty days after the execution date of the agreement.  


In March 2011, Tara Minerals purchased technical data pertaining to the La Palma from the former owner for 460,000 shares of Tara Minerals’ common stock. The parties agreed that the value of the stock for the technical data was $2.00 per share for Tara Minerals common stock.  Tara Minerals has accounted for the shares at their fair market value as follows:  460,000 shares of Tara Minerals common stock were valued at $0.85.  All fair market values were determined based on contemporaneous stock issuances for cash or if the stock was quoted on an exchange, it’s closing stock price. All stock was issued April 2011.


             b Other Fixed Assets


For the three months ended March 31, 2011, Tara Minerals disposed of and sold equipment and other fixed assets, for a $4,260 loss on disposal and sale of assets.


Note 3.

Other Assets


In September 2010, Tara Minerals signed an agreement to purchase three real estate properties for a price of $1,000,000. In order to hold these properties Tara Minerals made a cash deposit of $60,000. Tara Minerals is obligated to pay all the expenses, fees and general expenditures relating to the sale, which expenses, up to a maximum of $500,000, which are deductible from the sales price. In March 2011, Tara Minerals received notification from Pacemaker Silver Mining S.A. de C.V. a wholly-owned Mexican subsidiary of El Tigre, indicating that they also had surface rights related to being able to work claims they held mining rights too. Although this is does not effect our specific right to the tailing piles, there could be an issue as to who would have specific areas and specific times. Until the difference can be determined, the deposit was expensed as of March 31, 2011.



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Note 4.

Notes Payable


The following table represents the outstanding balance of notes payable.


 

March 31, 2011

December 31, 2010

 

 

 

Mining concessions

$

2,064,081 

$

3,404,582 

Auto loans

78,003 

119,766 

Equipment

72,848 

 

2,142,084 

3,597,196 

Less – current portion

(401,616)

(993,531)

Total long term notes payable

$

1,740,468 

$

2,603,665 


See Note 2 above for notes payable relating to mining concessions.


During the three months ended March 31, 2011, one of the vehicles purchased in 2010 was stolen, the insurance claim was processed and the note payable and the fixed asset removed from the AMM’s books.


During the three months ended March 31, 2011, AMM defaulted on an equipment capital lease entered into on July 21, 2010.  The equipment was returned and removed from Tara Minerals’ balance sheet and treated as an operating lease.


Note 5.

Related Party Transactions


Due to related parties, net of due from related parties and related allowance for doubtful accounts was $305,532 and $259,407 as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.  Due from related parties consists of $1,074,659 and $992,664; allowance for doubtful accounts was $1,038,269 and $956,716 as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.


All transactions with related parties have occurred in the normal course of operations and Mexico based related party transactions are measured at the foreign exchange amount.


As of March 31, 2011 the Company loaned Tara Minerals $1,588,257. There are no interest and payment terms to this intercompany payable and it is due on demand. This is an intercompany transaction that eliminates during the consolidation of these financial statements.


Note 6.

Stockholders’ Equity


The authorized common stock of the Company consists of 150,000,000 shares of common shares with par value of $0.001.


For the three months ended March 31, 2011, the Company did not issue shares of common stock.


Note 7.

Non-controlling Interest


During the three months ended March 31, 2011 Adit issued the following to third parties resulting in an increase in non-controlling interest of the Company:

·

500,000 shares at a price of $1.00 per unit to Yamana Gold Inc.  Each unit consisted of one share of Adit’s common stock and one half warrant. Each full warrant entitles Yamana to purchase one share of Adit’s common stock at a price of $1.50 per share at any time on or before January 28, 2014.


In connection with the sale of the units, Adit also signed a letter of intent that grants Yamana an option to acquire up to a 70% interest in Adit’s Picacho gold/silver project.  A definitive agreement is expected to be completed May 31, 2011.  Upon completion of the definitive agreement, Adit will sell an additional 2,500,000 units to Yamana at a price of $1.00 per unit. The units will be identical to the units sold on January 28, 2011.  From the



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$3,000,000 received from Yamana, Adit will be required to spend $2,000,000 in exploration work on the Picacho project within 12 months of signing the definitive agreement.  


Yamana can earn a 51% interest in the project by spending an additional $5,000,000 on the project within 30 months of the date of the definitive agreement and paying Adit an additional $1,000,000. Yamana can increase its interest to 70% by spending an additional $9,000,000 on the project and paying Adit an additional $2,000,000.


During the three months ended March 31, 2011 Tara Minerals issued the following to third parties resulting in an increase in non-controlling interest of the Company:

·

125,000 shares for cash by exercising warrants valued at $ 50,000 or $0.40 per share.

·

1,118,699 shares subscribed at December 31, 2010 for conversion of debt, valued at $1,342,439 or $1.20 per share.

·

Received $212,744 cash for stock receivable at December 31, 2010, shares were issued in 2010.


At March 31, 2011, Tara Minerals’ share subscriptions consist of:

·

100,000 shares payable to an Officer of the Company, valued at $100,000, for payment of services.

·

416,100 shares payable, valued at $353,685 for the purchase of Centenario’s technical data. See Note 2 above.

·

460,000 shares payable, valued at $391,000 for the purchase of La Palma’s technical data. See Note 2 above.


 

Non-controlling interest at March 31, 2011

Non-controlling interest  at December 31, 2010

 

 

 

January 2007 private placement

$

2,540,500 

$

2,540,500 

Equipment

600,000 

600,000 

Shares issued with warrants and exercised warrants

2,356,181 

2,306,181 

Shares issued for services and bonuses

3,898,625 

3,898,625 

March 2009 private placement

458,000 

458,000 

March 2010 private placement

1,393,606 

1,393,606 

Shares acquired by the Company from a third party

(1,073,875)

(1,073,875)

Converted debt to common stock

1,342,439 

Cumulative statement of operations pickup through December 31, 2010

(6,458,445)

(6,458,445)

  Statement of operations pickup 2011

(466,444)

  Exploration expenses paid

984,375 

984,375 

  Warrants and options to third parties (see footnote 9)

8,001,756 

7,782,667 

  Share subscriptions, net

844,685 

1,129,696 

Adit:

 

 

July 2009 private placement

1,499,500 

1,499,500 

Finder’s fees

95,215 

95,215 

Cumulative statement of operations pickup through December 31, 2010

(400,368)

(400,368)

  Statement of operations pickup 2011

(6,370)

  Exploration expenses paid with stock

240,000 

240,000 

  Stock bonuses and options to officers

622,475 

  Stock issued for cash (not in a private placement)

500,000 

ACM:

 

 

  Non-controlling interest

Total non-controlling interest

$

16,971,863 

$

15,618,160 




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Note 8.

Options and Warrants


In January 2010, the Tara Minerals granted two of its officer’s options under its Incentive Stock Option Plan for the purchase of 750,000 shares of common stock. The options are exercisable at a price of $1.57 per share and vest at various dates until January 2017. The options expire at various dates beginning January 2015.  As of March 31, 2011 options that vested in 2011 were valued at $182,735.


In September 2010, Tara Minerals granted options for 200,000 shares of common stock to an unrelated third party for investor relations services. The options have an exercise price of $1.00 per share, vest between September 2010 and March 2011 and expire two years from the date of vesting. As of March 31, 2011 options that vested in 2011 were valued at $36,353.


No options or warrants were issued in the first quarter 2011.


The fair value of each option award discussed above is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option valuation model that uses the assumptions noted in the following table. Expected volatilities are based on volatilities from the Company’s traded common stock. The expected term of options granted is estimated at half of the contractual term as noted in the individual option agreements and represents the period of time that management anticipates option granted are expected to be outstanding.  The risk-free rate for the periods within the contractual life of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury bond rate in effect at the time of grant for bonds with maturity dates at the estimated term of the options.

 

2010

(date of grant)

Expected volatility

208.37% - 319.79%

Weighted-average volatility

159.17%

Expected dividends

0

Expected term (in years)

0.75 – 4.50

Risk-free rate

0.30% - 2.37%


A summary of option activity under the Plan as of March 31, 2011 and changes during the period then ended is presented below:


Options

Shares

Weighted-

Average

Exercise

Price

Weighted-

Average

Remaining

Contractual

 Term

Aggregate

Intrinsic

 Value

Outstanding at December 31, 2010

4,630,000

$

0.05

 

 

Granted

-

-

 

 

Exercised

-

-

 

 

Forfeited or expired

-

-

 

 

Outstanding at March 31, 2011

4,630,000

$

0.05

3.5

$2,025,000

Exercisable at March 31, 2011

3,330,000

$

0.46

3.5

$

2,025,000


Nonvested Options

Options

Weighted

-Average

Grant-Date

 Fair Value

Nonvested at December 31, 2010

1,475,000 

$

1.37

Granted

-

Vested

(175,000)

1.22

Forfeited

-

Nonvested at March 31, 2011

1,300,000 

$

0.86




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A summary of warrant activity under the Plan as of March 31, 2011, and changes during the period then ended is presented below:


Warrants

Shares

Weighted-

Average

Exercise

Price

Weighted-

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Term

Aggregate

Intrinsic

Value

Outstanding at December 31, 2010

4,271,999

$

0.65

 

 

Granted

-

 

 

Exercised

(125,000)

0.40

 

 

Forfeited, cancelled or expired

-

 

 

Outstanding at  March 31, 2011

4,146,999 

$

0.85

1.5

$

580,590

Exercisable at March 31, 2011

4,146,999 

$

0.85

1.5

$

580,590


All warrants at March 31, 2011 were vested.


Note 9.

Fair Value


The Company's financial assets and liabilities, measured at fair value by level within the fair value hierarchy, are shown below. 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 March 31, 2011

 

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Assets:

 

 

 

 

None

$

-

$

-

$

-

$

-

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

Total due to related parties, net

$

305,532

$

305,532

$

-

$

-

Total long term accrued liabilities

288,334

288,334

-

-

Total notes payable

2,242,084

2,242,084

-

-

Total

$

2,835,950

$

2,835,950

$

-

$

-


 

Fair Value at December 31, 2010

 

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Assets:

 

 

 

 

None

$

-

$

-

$

-

$

-

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

Total due to related parties, net

$

259,407

$

259,407

$

-

$

-

Total long term accrued liabilities

418,309

418,309

-

-

Total notes payable

3,697,169

3,697,169

-

-

Total

$

4,374,885

$

4,374,885

$

-

$

-




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Note 10.

Subsequent Events


Management evaluated all activity of the Company and concluded the following disclosures are pertinent:


a.

In April 2011, Tara Minerals and AMM signed a letter of intent with Springbok Development-Claridge-Hanlon Resource Engineering, “SD-CHRE” and/or Nominee or any of its subsidiaries to grant them an option to acquire up to an undivided forty-nine percent (49%) interest in and to all of the mining concessions known as the Don Roman grouping located in the State of Sinaloa, Mexico. The Don Roman grouping now totals approximately 10,000 hectares in close proximity to the existing mill, which includes the Don Roman, Centenario, and the newly acquired La Verdes concessions. The grouping lies 15 km SW of the historically prolific La Reforma silver/zinc/lead district. Key personnel from SD-CHRE have worked on Mining, Commercial, Government and Infrastructure projects for over 20-years.


The Letter of Intent is non-binding and requires SD-CHRE, as the mine and mill operator, to make a $250,000 cash payment to Tara Minerals within 45 days of the signing. To earn its 49% interest, SD-CHRE will incur a minimum of $2 million to start-up the existing mill and achieve a production rate of 120 tonnes per day within 120 days; incur another $2 million to achieve a production rate of 360 tonnes per day within 6 months; and incur an additional minimum $4 million to achieve and maintain a minimum production rate, as the parties may agree upon within the Definitive Agreement, not to be less than 480 tonnes per day, within twelve months.


The net revenue generated from the project will be shared on a 50% SD-CHRE and 50% the Company basis. The LOI envisions an assessment and design period of 45-60 days and a Definitive Agreement within 90 days.


b.

In April 2011, Tara Minerals entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the La Verdes gold, silver, zinc and lead project grouping. The 2,200 hectares property consists of eight concessions 13-18 km from the Don Roman mine and mill. The concessions were being mined as late as 2010, with the extracted material grading 0.5-1.5 g/t gold, 300-600 g/t silver, 14-15% zinc, 6-8% lead, and 2.1-2.6% copper. Recent channel samples across the workings assayed similar grades. A road from the groupings, to the Don Roman mill, has also been completed. Tara Minerals now controls over 10,000 hectares in close proximity to the mill.


Tara Minerals is acquiring the grouping for $1.8 million plus applicable taxes. $1.66 million of the acquisition cost will be paid by the issuance of Tara Minerals restricted shares valued at $2 per share, with the remainder being paid in cash.  This includes concessions acquired in March 2011, known as La Palma, purchased for a total of $92,800.  Tara minerals also purchased technical data pertaining to La Palma and issued 460,000 shares as payment in April 2011 (see Note 2).


The La Verdes grouping comprises of an extensive area of hydrothermal alteration that hosts numerous precious and base metal occurrences along the western part of the Northern Sierra Madre Gold Belt. The property lies 30 km SW of the historically prolific La Reforma Pb-Zn-Ag District that is now the focus of concerted exploration by Peñoles. The grouping has 50 m of tunnels and 14 known showings of old workings. Numerous gold/silver/zinc/lead vein structures have been identified with three being well defined. These veins are approximately 1.5-8 meters wide and are comprised of 80% sulfides. The strike length of some of these structures have already been traced to a combined total of over 5 kilometers.


c.

In May 2011, Tara Minerals reached an agreement for the right to mine the 3,233 hectare Tania Iron Ore property located in Manzanillo, State of Colima, Mexico. Tara Minerals has the right to remove 6 million tonnes of salable concentrate from the property, with perpetual renewal rights, extending through the life of the property. Tara Minerals will pay the vendor $6 per salable tonne for the first 500,000 tonnes removed from the property and $7 per tonne thereafter. A total of $100,000 will be advanced to the vendor against future royalty payments.




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Tara Minerals is announced that it raised $750,000 through a royalty rights offering to advance the project. A portion of the funds will be used to secure appropriate environmental permits, export permits, and recovery process engineering.


The Tania property is located 33 km from the port of Manzanillo. The Iron is contained within decomposed granite with little overburden. On the surface, the mineralized zone is estimated to be 2 km wide and approximately 1 km in length. The zone is continuous and sampled 30-40% Iron. The property has not been subjected to modern exploration methods or concentrating processes.


d.

In May 2011, Tara Minerals increased its authorized shares to 200,000,000.  


e.

In May 2011, Tara Minerals sold 1,643,333 Units at a price of $0.30 per Unit.  Each Unit consisted of one share of the Tara Minerals’ common stock and one warrant.  Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of the Tara Minerals’ common stock at a price of $1.00 per share during the one year period following the sale of the Units.  All warrants expire May 2012.  

 



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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND PLAN OF OPERATION


Tara Gold was incorporated on May 12, 2006.  During the period from its incorporation through March 31, 2011 Tara Gold generated revenue of approximately $725,000 and incurred expenses of approximately $759,000 in cost of sales; approximately $7,274,000 in exploration expenses and approximately $35,366,000 in operating and general administration expenses.  Included in operating and general and administrative expenses is a non-cash charge of approximately $7,868,000 pertaining to the issuance of stock options.


Tara Gold anticipates that its capital requirements during the twelve months ending May 31, 2012 will be:


Exploration and Development – Centenario

 

$

250,000

Property payments and taxes – Centenario

 

25,000

Exploration and Development – Choix/Pilar

 

100,000

Property payments and taxes – Choix/Pilar

 

30,500

Exploration and Development – La Verde

 

500,000

Property Payments and taxes – La Verde

 

62,000

Exploration and Development – Don Roman Groupings

 

650,000

Property payments and taxes – Don Roman Groupings

 

3,500

Exploration and Development -  Picacho Prospect

 

2,500,000

Property payments and taxes – Picacho Prospect

 

40,000

General and administrative expenses  

 

500,000

Total

 

$

4,661,000


The capital requirements shown above include capital required by Tara Gold Corp. and subsidiaries.


Tara Gold will need to obtain additional capital if it is unable to generate sufficient cash from its operations or find joint venture partners to fund all or part of its exploration and development costs.


In 2011, Tara Gold has sought to expand and advance the Don Roman Groupings project by acquiring additional highly prospective mineral claims; and by opening up the project to numerous parties that have expressed an interest in the possibility of becoming an operating partner in the further development of the Don Roman Groupings.  In April 2011, Tara Minerals signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) that would provide the capital and expertise to restart the operations at Don Roman and explore the full potential of the land package we have assembled. Interest from various parties have also been expressed towards El Oro (a concession within the Don Roman Groupings), Tara Minerals iron ore, gold, copper prospect. Based on this interest, Tara Minerals has been investigating the economic merits surrounding the iron ore market, and has found favorable results. The Company has now signed an agreement on one highly prospective property named Tania, which meets a number of the qualifications we have been looking for;  close proximity to port; the potential for several million tonnes of Iron Ore; and good



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infrastructure, which would allow for a near term production strategy. Coinciding with this acquisition, the Company has raised what it believes to be sufficient capital to reach production within the coming months.


As of May 16, 2011 Tara Gold was reviewing the Pirita, Las Minitas and Mariana & Mezquite properties for continued inclusion as part of the Company’s mining property portfolio.  No payments toward these properties have been made in 2011 and the Company may decide to terminate the purchase agreement and return the property due to its current focus as described above.

Tara Gold’s future plans will be dependent upon the amount of capital available to Tara Gold, the amount of cash provided by its operations, and the extent to which Tara Gold is able to have joint venture partners pay the costs of exploring and developing its mining properties.  


Tara Gold does not have any commitments or arrangements from any person to provide Tara Gold with any additional capital.  If additional financing is not available when needed, Tara Gold may continue to operate in its present mode or Tara Gold may need to cease operations.  Tara Gold does not have any plans, arrangements or agreements to sell its assets or to merge with another entity


Beginning in 2011, Tara Gold Resources Corp. will begin to distribute all of its shares in Tara Minerals to its shareholders at a rate of one Tara Minerals common share for every 20 outstanding shares of Tara Gold Resources Corp.  The ex-dividend date is May 18, 2011, the record date is May 20, 2011 and the payment date is May 27, 2011.  Additional distributions will be announced over the next 24 months until all Tara Minerals shares, held by Tara Gold, are distributed to Tara Gold shareholders.


See Note 1 to the financial statements included as part of this report for a description of Tara Gold’s accounting policies and recent accounting pronouncements.


ITEM 4.   CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES


Francis Richard Biscan, Jr., the Company’s Principal Executive Officer and Lynda R. Keeton-Cardno, the Company’s Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of the period covered by this report, and in their opinion the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective.  


There were no changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the period that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.



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PART II

OTHER INFORMATION


ITEM 1.      LEGAL PROCEEDINGS


On September 13, 2010, Tara Gold announced that it had entered into a tentative agreement with Tara Minerals which provided Tara Minerals would acquire all of the outstanding shares of Tara Gold by exchanging one share of Tara Mineral’s common stock for two Tara Gold shares.  


On September 20, 2010 Chris Columbo filed a lawsuit in the District Court for Carson City Nevada, against Tara Gold, Tara Gold’s officers and directors and Tara Minerals. The essence of the lawsuit was to obtain the fairest price for Tara Gold, whether from Tara Minerals or a third party.  On October 25, 2010 Mr. Columbo voluntarily dismissed his lawsuit against Tara Gold and other defendants.


On October 22, 2010 Patricia J. Root filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court for Dupage County, Illinois, against, Tara Gold, Tara Gold’s directors and Tara Minerals.  The essence of the lawsuit was to prevent Tara Mineral’s proposed acquisition of Tara Gold.


Tara Gold believes the lawsuit filed by Ms. Root was premature since, as noted in the September 13, 2010 press release, the transaction is tentative and is subject to the approval of the shareholders of Tara Gold who are not officers or directors of Tara Gold.  No binding agreement between Tara Gold and Tara Minerals was ever signed.  In April 2011 Ms. Root subsequently dismissed her lawsuit against Tara Gold and other defendants.


On May 6, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission temporarily suspended trading in Tara Gold’s securities due to the failure of Tara Gold to file its 10-Q and 10-K reports pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.


On the same day the Commission issued an Order Instituting Proceedings whereby the Commission sought to revoke Tara Gold’s registration of its common stock pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.


On September 7, 2010 an administrative law judge issued an Initial Decision revoking Tara Gold’s registration of its common stock.   On September 24, 2010 Tara Gold filed a Petition to Review the decision of the administrative law judge. On September 30, 2010 the Commission granted Tara Gold’s Petition for Review.  On November 1, 2010 Tara Gold filed a brief in support of its petition with the Commission.   As all briefs and replies were filed on December 15, 2010. The Commission will now decide if Tara Gold’s registration pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act should be revoked.


Other than the foregoing, Tara Gold is not involved in any legal proceedings and Tara Gold does not know of any legal proceedings which are threatened or contemplated



ITEM 2.       UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS


Not applicable.


ITEM 3.      DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES


None.




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ITEM 4.     [REMOVED AND RESERVED]


None.


ITEM 5.     OTHER INFORMATION


None.

ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS


Exhibit No.

Description of Exhibit

 

31.1

Rule 13a-14(a) Certifications – CEO

(1)

31.2

Rule 13a-14(a) Certifications - CFO

(1)

32

Section 1350 Certifications

(1)

101.INS

XBRL Instance Document

(1)

101.SCH

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

(1)

101.CAL

XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document

(1)

101.DEF

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

(1)

101.LAB

XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document

(1)

101.PRE

XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document

(1)


(1)

Filed with this report.




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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.



TARA GOLD RESOURCES CORP.



Dated: May 20, 2011

By: __/s/ Francis Richard Biscan, Jr.

Francis R. Biscan, Jr., President and

Chief Executive Officer



Dated: May 20, 2011

            By: /s/ Lynda R. Keeton-Cardno

 

          Lynda R. Keeton-Cardno,

          Principal Financial and Accounting Officer




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