Idaho Copper Corp: Form 10-Q for the period ended Jul 31, 2025

The statements contained in the following MD&A and elsewhere throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including any documents incorporated by reference, that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs and expectations, are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements preceded by, followed by or that include the words “may,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “estimate,” “target,” “project,” “intend” and similar words or expressions. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections, or other characterizations of future events or circumstances are forward-looking statements.

These forward-looking statements, which reflect our management’s beliefs, objectives, and expectations as of the date hereof, are based on the best judgment of our management. All forward-looking statements made by us in this Form 10-Q are based only on information currently available to us and speak only as of the date on which they are made. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in such statements, including, without limitation, the following: economic, social and political conditions, global economic downturns resulting from extraordinary events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and other securities industry risks; interest rate risks; liquidity risks; credit risk with clients and counterparties; risk of liability for errors in clearing functions; systemic risk; systems failures, delays and capacity constraints; network security risks; competition; reliance on external service providers; new laws and regulations affecting our business; net capital requirements; extensive regulation, regulatory uncertainties and legal matters; failure to maintain relationships with employees, customers, business partners or governmental entities; the inability to achieve synergies or to implement integration plans and other consequences associated with risks and uncertainties detailed in our filings with the SEC, including our most recent filings on Forms 8-K, 10-K and 10-Q.

We caution that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive, and new factors may emerge, or changes to the foregoing factors may occur, that could impact our business. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise these statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent required by the federal securities laws.

This discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements filed on our Form 8-K on January 27, 2023, our 2025 Form 10-K, and our condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Nature of Operations

The Company is in the process of exploring its mineral right interests in the United States and at the date of these consolidated financial statements, has not yet determined whether any of its mineral properties contain economically recoverable mineral reserves. Accordingly, the carrying amount of mineral right interests represents cumulative expenditures incurred to date and does not necessarily reflect present or future values. The recovery of these costs is dependent upon the discovery of economically recoverable mineral reserves and the ability of the Company to obtain the necessary financing to complete their exploration and development and to resolve any environmental, regulatory, or other constraints. Uncertainty also exists with respect to the recoverability of the carrying value of certain mineral right interests. The ability of the Company to realize its investment in resource properties is contingent upon the maintenance and integrity of the Company’s title to such properties.

Mining Operations

To determine material mining operations in accordance with subpart 1300 of SEC Regulation S-K, management considered both quantitative and qualitative factors, assessed in the context of the Company’s overall business and financial condition. The Company concluded that, as of the date of the filing of this Report, its sole material mining operation is the CuMo Project. The Company will update its assessment of individual material mines on an annual basis.

The information relating to such sole material mining operation is contained in the technical report summary (“TRS”) relating to the CuMo Project prepared in compliance with the Item 601(b)(96) and subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K. Reference should be made to the full text of the TRS, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit 96.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, dated January 27, 2023.

Pursuant to Item 1302(b)(5) of Regulation S-K (17 C.F.R. §229.1302(b)(5)), the Company states that the TRS was prepared by Shaun M. Dykes (our former Vice President and former Director), M. Sc. (Eng), P. Geo of Geologic Systems, Ltd. Mr. Dykes is currently serving as a technical advisor to the registrant. Mr. Dykes meets the qualifications specified under the definition of “Qualified Person” under Item 1300 of Regulation S-K.

The CuMo Project currently consists of one hundred and twenty-six (126) federal unpatented lode mining claims, and six (6) patented mining claims. In total, the project comprises approximately 2,640 acres. The unpatented lode mining claims and patented claims are situated in an unorganized mining district, in Boise County, Idaho, spanning Sections in Township 7N and 8N, Range 5E and 6E, Boise Meridian.

No assurances can be given that any of these plans will come to fruition or that if implemented they will necessarily yield positive results.

Independent Valuation

On March 3, 2023, an independent valuation firm issued a valuation of the assets, specifically the CuMo project in Boise County, Idaho, acquired by the Company in the ICUMO transaction. The CuMo project is a molybdenum-copper deposit that will be developed as an open pit mining operation. The fair market value of the assets were $23,919,754, as of the date of the appraisal.

Recent Developments

On August 19, 2025, the Company and Multi-Metal Development Company (together with the Company, the “Buyer”) entered into a First Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Mining Claims Agreement (“MCA”) with CuMo Molybdenum Mining Inc., Western Geoscience Inc., and Thomas Evans (collectively, the “Seller”). Pursuant to the Amendment, the Seller agreed to transfer to the Buyer the residual net smelter return (“NSR”) and the claims subject to the option agreement dated October 13, 2004 (the “Option Agreement”), specifically CuMo #1 through CuMo #8. The Buyer has the right, but not the obligation, to purchase the Property by delivering $500,000 in cash and $1,500,000 in shares of the Company’s common stock, calculated based on the market closing price on the date of purchase. Upon such purchase, the Seller will renounce all remaining claims and the Option Agreement will terminate.

In connection with the Amendment, Multi-Metal Development Company assigned all of its rights and obligations under the MCA to the Company. All other terms of the MCA remain in effect. The MCA continues to be subject to a force majeure clause that has suspended performance since inception, and the conditions necessary to lift this suspension have not yet been satisfied.

Off-balance Sheet Arrangements

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

Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the three and six months ended July 31, 2025, and 2024, and related management discussion herein.

Our condensed consolidated financial statements are stated in U.S. Dollars and are prepared in accordance with US GAAP.

Going Concern Qualification

Several conditions and events cast substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Company has incurred cumulative net losses of $38,603,794 from its inception to July 31, 2025, and requires capital for its contemplated operational and marketing activities to take place. The Company’s ability to raise additional capital through debt or future issuances of capital stock is unknown. The obtainment of additional financing, the successful development of the Company’s contemplated plan of operations, and its transition, ultimately, to the attainment of profitable operations are necessary for the Company to continue operations. The ability to successfully resolve these factors raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

For the three months ended July 31, 2025, compared to the three months ended July 31, 2024

Revenue

The Company has had no revenue historically to date.

Operating Expenses

The Company had operating expenses of $701,469 for the three months ended July 31, 2025, compared to $943,460 for the three months ended July 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to the decrease in professional fees ($28,311 for the three months ended July 31, 2025 compared to $81,694 for the same period in 2024), decrease in payroll and related expenses ($60,000 for the three months ended July 31, 2025 compared to $195,150 for the same period in 2024), rent expense ($349 for the three months ended July 31, 2025 compared to $29,385 for the same period in 2024), and a decrease in other general and administrative expenses ($15,309 for the three months ended July 31, 2025 compared to $272,423 for the same period in 2024), offset by an increase in stock-based compensation ($597,500 for the three months ended July 31, 2025 compared to $364,808 for the same period in 2024).

Other Income / Expenses

The Company had other expenses, net, of $76,495 for the three months ended July 31, 2025, compared to $92,521 of expense for the three months ended July 31. 2024.

Net Loss

The Company had a net loss of $777,964 for the three months ended July 31, 2025, compared to $1,035,981 for the three months ended July 31, 2024.

For the six months ended July 31, 2025, compared to the six months ended July 31, 2024

Revenue

The Company has had no revenue historically to date.

Operating Expenses

The Company had operating expenses of $1,264,607 for the six months ended July 31, 2025, compared to $1,918,422 for the six months ended July 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to the decrease in professional fees ($198,635 for the six months ended July 31, 2025 compared to $340,609 for the same period in 2024), decrease in payroll and related expenses ($125,000 for the six months ended July 31, 2025 compared to $452,650 for the same period in 2024), rent expense ($10,279 for the six months ended July 31, 2025 compared to $143,085 for the same period in 2024), and a decrease in other general and administrative expenses ($55,693 for the six months ended July 31, 2025 compared to $428,022 for the same period in 2024), offset by an increase in stock-based compensation ($875,000 for the six months ended July 31, 2025 compared to $554,056 for the same period in 2024).

Other Income / Expenses

The Company had other expenses, net, of $196,245 for the six months ended July 31, 2025, compared to $161,825 of expense for the six months ended July 31. 2024.

Net Loss

The Company had a net loss of $1,460,852 for the six months ended July 31, 2025, compared to $2,080,247 for the six months ended July 31, 2024.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of July 31, 2025, the Company had cash of $155. We do not have sufficient resources to effectuate our business. We expect to incur expenses offset by revenues during the next twelve months of operations. We estimate that these expenses will be comprised primarily of general expenses including overhead, legal and accounting fees. The Company does not project revenue for the next few years, as is typical in mining companies. The Company has and will continue to raise capital to fund the expenses. To maintain our plan of growth, we need to raise a minimum of an additional $750,000. These factors raise substantial doubts about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Operations used cash of $326,123 for the six months ended July 31, 2025, compared to cash used of $1,599,274 for the same period in 2024.

We used cash in financing activities of $0 for the six months ended July 31, 2025, compared to $0 for the same period in 2024.

We had cash provided by financing activities for the six months ended July 31, 2025, of $227,000 compared to $2,023,384 for the same period in 2024.

We will have to raise funds to pay for our expenses. We may have to borrow money from shareholders or issue debt or equity or enter into a strategic arrangement with a third party. There can be no assurance that additional capital will be available to us. We currently have no arrangements or understandings with any person to obtain funds through bank loans, lines of credit or any other sources. Since we have no such arrangements or plans currently in effect, our inability to raise funds for our operations will have a severe negative impact on our ability to remain a viable company.

We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information under this item.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Securities and Exchange Commission defines the term “disclosure controls and procedures” to mean a company’s controls and other procedures of an issuer that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is accumulated and communicated to the issuer’s management, including its chief executive and chief financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company maintains such a system of controls and procedures in an effort to ensure that all information that it is required to disclose in the reports it files under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified under the SEC’s rules and forms and that information required to be disclosed is accumulated and communicated to the chief executive and interim chief financial officer to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.

As of the end of the period covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer / Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on this evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer / Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are not effective as of such date. The Chief Executive Officer / Chief Financial Officer have determined that the Company continues to have the following deficiencies which represent a material weakness:

• The Company does not have a majority of independent directors;
• Lack of in-house personnel with the technical knowledge to identify and address some of the reporting issues surrounding certain complex or non-routine transactions. With material, complex and non-routine transactions, management has and will continue to seek guidance from third-party experts and/or consultants to gain a thorough understanding of these transactions;
• Insufficient personnel resources within the accounting function to segregate the duties over financial transaction processing and reporting;
• Insufficient written policies and procedures over accounting transaction processing and period end financial disclosure and reporting processes; and
• To remediate our internal control weaknesses, management intends to implement the following measures: as funding permits, the Company will add sufficient accounting personnel to properly segregate duties and to effect a timely, accurate preparation of the financial statements; the Company will hire staff technically proficient at applying U.S. GAAP to financial transactions and reporting; and upon the hiring of additional accounting personnel, the Company will develop and maintain adequate written accounting policies and procedures.

The additional hiring is contingent upon The Company’s efforts to obtain additional funding through equity or debt and the results of its operations. Management hopes to secure funds in the coming fiscal year but provides no assurances that it will be able to do so.

Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls

The Company’s officers do not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all error and fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. Further, the design of the control system must reflect that there are resource constraints and that the benefits must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Controls can also be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of controls. The design of any system of controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Projections of any evaluation of controls effectiveness to future periods are subject to risks. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies or procedures.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

During the fiscal quarter covered by this Quarterly Report, there has been a significant change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. With the transaction with ICUMO, the Company has an independent accounting company which has provided a separation of duties.

We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act and are not required to provide the information under this item.