Citrati, While I suppose there's a bit of speculating on both of our behalves...
It seems to me that your speculating contradicts the official releases of the company and is probably fraudulant. When the accounting issues were first disclosed the company reported the events that were taking place.
In my previous post I linked the fully audited financials which contains this statement (if you care to read it):
On September 21, 2018, we dismissed Dale Matheson Carr-Hilton LaBonte LLP (“DMCL”) as our company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The dismissal of DMCL was approved by our company’s board of directors.
DMCL’s report on our company’s financial statements for the fiscal years ended February 28, 2018 and 2017 did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, or qualification or modification as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles, though it did contain an explanatory paragraph in which DMCL stated that certain factors raised substantial doubt about our company’s ability to continue as a going concern. However, DMCL’s report on our company’s financial statements for the fiscal years ended February 28, 2018 and 2017 referred to a report on DMCL’s audit, conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”), of our company’s internal control over financial reporting as of February 28, 2018, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and this report on DMCL’s audit of our internal control over financial reporting, a copy of which was attached to DMCL’s report on our financial statements, expressed an adverse opinion on our company’s internal control over financial reporting because of management did not design and maintain effective controls over four material weaknesses, all of which were listed in the report and all of which are listed below.
During our company’s fiscal years ended February 28, 2018 and 2017 and in the subsequent interim period through the date of dismissal, there were no disagreements, resolved or not, with DMCL on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or audit scope and procedures, which disagreement, if not resolved to the satisfaction of DMCL, would have caused DMCL to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with a report on our financial statements.
During our company’s fiscal years ended February 28, 2018 and 2017 and in the subsequent interim period through the date of dismissal, there were no reportable events as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
In DMCL’s report on its audit of our internal control over financial reporting as of February 28, 2018, DMCL identified the following four material weaknesses:
* In-house accounting personnel not having knowledge of complex US GAAP that caused misinterpretation and misapplication of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805, Business Combinations regarding the fair value of assets acquired on initial recognition. Specifically, our company did not assess whether the measurement of the fair value of assets acquired in business combinations during the year was more reliably measurable based on the fair value of the consideration given or fair of assets acquired which resulted in the re-statement of the interim financial statements for each of the first and second quarterly reporting periods.
* Not maintaining its tax compliance requirements for which our company determined that the appropriate tax accounting under ASC 740, Income Taxes was not performed impacting the deferred tax asset accounts and related financial statement disclosures.
* Review and approval of supplier and vendor invoices and the related oversight and accuracy of recording the associated charges in our company’s books.
* Lack of adequate oversight related to the development and performance of internal controls. Due to the limited number of personnel in our company, there are inherent limitations to segregation of duties amongst personnel to perform adequate oversight.
We do not disagree with DMCL on any of these matters.
DMCL’s report on its audit of our internal control over financial reporting as of February 28, 2018, expressly states that this report did not affect DMCL’s report on our company’s financial statements for the fiscal years ended February 28, 2018 and 2017
The 10K also reports the findings of the new accounting company Davidson and Company for their then-current and previous filings (see pages 36,37, and 38):
To the Shareholders and Directors of Fortem Resources Inc.
Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Fortem Resources Inc. (the “Company”), as of February 28, 2019 and 2018, and the related consolidated statements of operations, cash flows, and stockholders’ equity for the years ended February 28, 2019 and 2018, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Fortem Resources Inc. as of February 28, 2019 and 2018, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years ended February 28, 2019 and 2018 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of February 28, 2019, based on the criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and our report dated October 15, 2019 expressed an adverse opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting because of material weaknesses.
Going Concern
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has not achieved profitable operations, has incurred losses in developing its business, and further losses are anticipated, all which raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 1. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Restatement of 2018 Consolidated Financial Statements
As discussed in Note 1 and Note 22 to the consolidated financial statements, the 2018 consolidated financial statements have been restated to correct various misstatements.
Basis for Opinion
These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatements of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2018.
“DAVIDSON &COMPANY LLP”
Vancouver, Canada Chartered Professional Accountants
October 15, 2019
