Unless there is an explanation as to how much money is going into raw materials (cost of goods to run the pilot equipment) this could turn into a sad situation. We know what it cost to buy the equipment = $217,084 as exampled below.
Why is there no guidance from management as to what's going on with the pilot plant = Ek Labs? Is it fruad?? I can't prove anything because I don't have enough information. BUT it's the lack of information that's disturbing.
Giving them the benefit of the doubt (because you're innocent until proven otherwise) this company might put a token amount into equipment for their science projects. They put only $217,084 into property and equipment since the beginning of the year according to today's 10-Q.
But on the other side of the cake, they put $2,338,663 into general and administrative expenses in the last three months alone. That is one reason why debt went up so much but cash did knot. Most of general and administrative expenses go into rent and salaries check here:
<<General and administrative expenses include rent, utilities, insurance and managerial salaries.>>
So these fat cats are apparently issuing "death spiral financing" to pay themselves whereas the shareholders will get screwed because the financiers will probably get repaid in heavily discounted stock that the sharholder's own!