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The following has been excerpted from our most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
USMETALS - Summary of Organization and Business.

Above and Below: High Titanium Magnetite samples. The brown color in the picture below is soil covering a portion of the sample.

According to a recent report from Geological Support Services, “…The Twin peaks mine has a large amount of magnetite appearing as float In the alluvial gravels of the southern expanse and in seams and dikes in the northward mountains. One particular exposure has been mapped at 322' in length and a minimum of 45' depth…
USMetals (“USMetals”) was formed and organized under the laws of the State of Nevada on May 3, 2000. On or about April 2, 2002, USCorp acquired USMetals; including its 141 lode mining claims (the “Mining Claims”). The purpose of USMetals is to engage in the business of acquiring and developing mineral properties, exploring for gold, silver, and other non-ferrous metals and minerals within the contiguous United States. It is the further intention of USMetals to mine and to process any commercially-proven resources developed at its properties.
The Mining Claims of USMetals are located in West-Central Arizona, in the Eureka Mining District of Yavapai County, Arizona, approximately 42 miles west of Prescott, Arizona. Within the boundaries of USMetals’ Mining Claims, more commonly referred to as the “Twin Peaks Mine,” are the historic sites of the Crosby, Hayes, Swiss Belle and Glory Hole Mines, past producers of gold and silver. The claims are geographically located in the southwestern division of the Eureka Mining District, which includes many significant mines and prospects. The exceptions are the tungsten mines in the Camp Wood area, to the northeast, the existing historic gold mines and prospects, which abut USMetals’ property to the southeast along the Santa Maria River, and tungsten, copper, and zinc mines to the south and southeast. The area has a long history of mining activities. Mining companies and prospectors can obtain experienced labor, affordable housing, equipment repair, and mining services within the district.
The Santa Maria River traverses the Mining Claims and USMetals is the only company that holds water rights to that section of the river, a valuable asset for a mining company in this arid country.
All of USMetals’ mining properties are unpatented mining claims; consequently, USCorp has only possessory title with respect to such properties. The claims were duly transferred by official deed from the prior owner to USMetals on March 22, 2002. The real property upon which USMetals’ claims are located is subject to a paramount lien by the United States of America; all of USMetals’ claims are subject to the applicable rules and regulations of the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, which administers USMetals’ use and activities on said Mining Claims. USMetals has paid all of the required fees in order to maintain the 141 Mining Claims, which USMetals owns, for the current periods. All of the necessary documents and affidavits have been filed with the Yavapai County Recorder, as was mentioned hereinabove.
USCorp and USMetals have had a number of strategic working relationships in order to develop its Mining Claims. USMetals further relies on the declarations and valuations formed and given in past geological exploration and geochemical studies. It should be noted that if USMetals was forced to disassociate itself with one or more of the abovementioned relationships it could readily secure the services of other individuals or entities to perform the work or services of equal or greater quality; the loss of any one or all of these would not cause USMetals material adverse effects; however, each of these firms has demonstrated its capability and reliability in assisting USCorp and USMetals to develop the Mining Claims, and, to date, these independent industry vendors or professionals, have provided invaluable assistance to USCorp’s senior executive management in evaluating the potential represented by USMetals’ and Southwest’s Mining Claims.
SOUTHWEST RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, INC. - Summary of Organization and Business
Southwest Resource Development, Inc. (“Southwest”) was formed and organized under the laws of the State of Nevada on April 3, 2004 as a wholly owned subsidiary of USCorp. On or about May 29, 2004, Southwest acquired 8 lode and 21 placer mining claims (the “Mining Claims”) known as the Chocolate Mountain Region Claims and the Picacho Area Claims. The purpose of Southwest is to engage in the business of acquiring and developing mineral properties, exploring for gold, silver, and other non-ferrous metals and minerals within the contiguous United States. It is the further intention of Southwest to mine and to process any commercially-proven resources developed at its properties.
In lieu of cash payment for the claims the Company entered into what is essentially a joint venture with the former owners whereby the former owners are entitled to receive 20% of all net smelter returns of gold after expenses, whether paid in cash or in kind.
USCorp has spent the last 3 years developing a plan that would bring multiple properties under Company ownership. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Southwest Resource Development, Inc., USCorp has acquired for development of a total of 3,520 acres of precious metal properties located in the Chocolate Mountain region of Imperial County, California: Geological testing has successfully recovered gold and silver from dry washes and feeder rills. Laboratory analysis indicates these findings warrant continued development.
The Chocolate Mountains region, located in southeastern Imperial county of California, includes the Picacho State Park and surrounding areas that has a rich history of gold mining activities dating back to 1775. This property is in a district that has been producing gold since the 1800s. In 1890 a large stamp mill was built beside the Colorado River at the town of Picacho. The Picacho Mine was opened in the Picacho Basin area and a narrow gauge railroad began hauling ore from the mine to the mill. By 1904, the town of Picacho had a population of 2,500 people. The ruins of the mill are a few miles from USCorp’s newly acquired claims near the Picacho State Recreation Area. Thousands of people visit the old mill ruins each year. To the south and west of the claims there are ruins of many old placer and lode workings as well as currently producing major mining operations.
Numerous discoveries of placer gold throughout Imperial County have remained undeveloped due to a common problem encountered by small miners. Due to the lack of an adequate water supply to support placer gold recovery operations in the region, scores of small and medium size mining operations have failed to successfully recover precious metals known to exist throughout the region. Southwest believes it has located a potentially adequate water source. Southwest intends to use a state of the art gold recovery system designed and developed by the Company’s Process Engineer for the specific conditions found on these properties. Based on the recent reports of geologists and engineers, Southwest believes this property has the potential to develop into a significant gold producing operation.
Historically, mining has been carried out in the Mesquite Mining District of Imperial County using old hard rock mining and placer methods. However, in 1984, new mining methods (“heap leaching”) were used to develop and mine low-grade ore bodies, with an economically viable cut-off grade as low as .01 to .02 ounces of gold per ton. The geology and history of this area indicate it is rich in gold deposits. Test production will determine the cutoff grade and the economic viability of this property. Southwest intends to go into production as soon as possible after approvals and financing are obtained.
On February 14, 2005 the Company filed a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission reporting that the Company concluded the acquisition of 2 additional gold mining claims located near Kingman, Arizona from a private corporation. In lieu of cash payment for the claims the Company entered into what is essentially a joint venture with the former owners whereby the Company is obligated to commence production on these claims within two years with the former owners entitled to receive 30% of all net smelter returns of gold, whether paid in cash or in kind.
Under the terms of the acquisition, the Company granted the former owners of the claims the choice to accept 250,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at any time within a two year period in exchange for waiving the Company’s obligation to commence production on these claims within two years. The former owners choose to accept the 250,000 shares of stock on March 23, 2005. On February 14, 2005, we issued a press release regarding this acquisition.
On May 5, 2006, USCorp announced the results of exploratory drilling at its Kingman Area Tailings Property located near Kingman, Arizona, USA. The purpose of the exploratory drilling and testing was to confirm the presence of economically viable mineral resources in the tailings. Prior owners and certain documents provided by prior owners estimated these resources to contain 400,000 tons of tailings with valuable mineralization. The drilling was targeted specifically at each of the three terraced levels of the tailings.
Our drilling was done by Boart Longyear Company’s Peoria, Arizona office with a representative of USCorp present. Boart Longyear is a highly respected premier global drilling company. The drilling was conducted during March 2006 under the supervision of Geological Support Services, our consulting geologist on this property. Preparation of drill samples was completed by our consulting geologist, the drillers and observed by a USCorp representative on site. The samples were sent to two independent laboratories for complete chemical analysis, atomic absorption and fire assays. The laboratories used were SGS Minerals Services, Ontario, Canada and the 125 year old Jacobs Assay Office in Tucson, Arizona. Additional samples were taken by our consulting geologist from crevices and holes dug from the top and into the side of the tailings using a procedure called “cone and quartering”. Based on the GPS measurement of the tailings by our consulting geologist and the known depth of the tailings obtained by drilling, the revised estimate of the tonnage is approximately 744,215.5 tons.
Under the direction of our consulting geologist, we fully explored and tested the property. Based on the exploration and test results, however, Management determined it was not economically viable to pursue exploration or development of this property.
In a Report to the Company, USCorp’s Consulting Geologist, stated in part: “…Samples were subjected to fire assay for gold and silver with both Atomic Absorption and Gravimetric Finish. Additionally, an economic spectrum was performed upon every fifth sample to establish levels of other economic metals. The results of these tests were underwhelming…”
From a practical standpoint, assuming .006 ounce per ton gold and .35 ounce per ton silver, we have ore worth $10.60 per ton.
Based on currently working operations, were a plant set up and operating on site today, wages, water, chemicals, and power would still cost over $45.00 per ton. Accordingly, based on the numbers this does not appear to be an economic proposition.”
Due to certain conditions not being met, title to the claims reverted back to prior claim holder and the 250,000 shares issued to them were cancelled.
Property descriptions, locations and nature of ownership.
Chocolate Mountain Region Claims in the Mesquite Mining District of Imperial County, California, U.S.A., Group #1: 640 acres on four contiguous, unpatented Placer Claims. Access to these claims is by a private dirt road 2 miles north of the intersection of Highway 78 and Ogilby Road, near Glamis, California.
Chocolate Mountain Region Claims in the Mesquite Mining District of Imperial County, California, U.S.A., Group #2: 17 unpatented Placer Claims. These contiguous claims cover 2,720 acres. All of these claims are just east of the intersection of Highway 78 and Ogilby Road. Access to the property is by private dirt road.
Chocolate Mountain Region Claims in the Mesquite Mining District of Imperial County, California, U.S.A., Group #3: 8 unpatented Lode Claims covering 160 acres. Means of access to the property is by an unmarked private dirt road, south of Picacho State Park.
The 141 unpatented lode mining claims, covering 2,820 acres, which the USCorp refers to as the “Twin Peaks Mine,” are located in the Eureka Mining District of Yavapai County, Arizona, U.S.A. Access to the property from the west is by county maintained and private dirt roads from Highway 93 (connecting Phoenix, Arizona with Las Vegas, Nevada).
On November 1, 2006 USCorp announced the acquisition of the Picacho Salton Mining Property, through its wholly owned subsidiary Southwest. Situated on 1,280 acres covering 64 mining claims of precious metal properties and located in the Mesquite Mining District of Imperial County, California, some of the Picacho Salton property has common borders to USCorp’s Picacho Gold Property, also known as the Chocolate Mountain Region Claims. This property consists of 64 Lode Claims some bearing Pink Rhyolite (decorative rock) and gold, on 1,280 acres in the Mesquite Mining District of Imperial County, California.
Early Exploration Conducted and Valuations Determined by California Core Drilling Company.
Beginning in 1981, R. W. Barnes, a geologist for California Core Drilling Company, performed certain exploratory drillings in order to obtain samples of the contents from the Crosby Mine Site No. 6, located Yavapai County, Arizona (included in USMetals’ Twin Peaks Mine). Mr. Barnes drilled 28 core drill holes on the Crosby Mine site. His report was based on 200-foot depth cores. This area was 18,519 cubic yards, or approximately 20,000 tons of ore reserve. The total area that was drilled was 1,500’ x 600’ x 200’. A total of 744 core samples were taken from the 6,000-foot of core hole drillings. The samples were assayed for gold and silver.
The results were .14 ounces of gold per ton and .70 ounces of silver per ton. Moreover, this ground value was before processing. The core samples also revealed quartz monzonite porphyry formations throughout the area of sampling. The many faults located in this area were of considerable importance in controlling supergene enrichment; the largest quantity and highest grade of ore occurs when these faults intersect or are closely spaced. There was significant evidence of this enrichment recorded from the samples taken from the Crosby Mine site area. And, the gold and silver that was found is natural to the formations of the enrichment zone. In Mr. Barnes’ report, his qualified and professional conclusion was that the sampling area at the Crosby Mine site (which consisted of 1,800,000 tons) contained 252,000 ounces of gold and 1,260,000 ounces of silver in the form of proven reserves. Mr. Barnes certified these figures as total ground production values.
Recent Exploration and Samplings
Through extensive recent geological surveys, USCorp and USMetals have been gratified by the results of such surveys provided by one of USMetals’ principal advisors. It was determined that the Twin Peaks Mine is on the same structure and flat zone as the Phelps-Dodge Cypress deposit. The claims and previous producing mines are on the Jasper Peak, with gold carrying mineralization in the Jasperoid. To the date of the report (2002), numerous geological, geochemical, and geophysical studies were conducted in order to confirm historical assays and to establish estimated reserves at USMetals’ properties.
Historically, over 10,000 feet of core drillings were performed and over 1,500 fire assays were conducted. These assays showed an overall average of .14 ounces of gold per ton and .595 ounces of silver per ton, which, at today’s mining capability, proves over 652,000 ounces of gold and 2,488,000 ounces of silver in reserve using only 1 area of 3 claims.
The geological, geophysical, and geochemical studies stated above were reviewed and evaluated by Nicholas H. Carouso, the President of Geo-Processing, Inc., which was an independent mining, consulting, and geologic firm. Mr. Carouso was engaged to evaluate the commercial feasibility of the claims. Mr. Carouso’s report and economic study recommended the continuation of exploration and the start of production.
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The Twin Peaks Mine claims group. Claims are outlined in red |
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| Above: A computer generated rendering of satellite data showing the Twin Peaks Mine claims group. The Crosby Mine, Gloryhole Mine, Swiss Bell Mine and Hayes Mine are all past producers of significant amounts of gold and silver. These mines are located within the boundaries of the claims group. "Deer Well" is a water well located on the property.
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A satellite photo of the Twin Peaks Mine claims group (outline of the claims and locations has been added for easy reference). The colors were added by the USGS to indicate mineralization. The reddish-purple tint indicates the presence of minerals. |
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