Regulation A provides an exemption
from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 for certain
limited securities offerings by issuers who do not otherwise file
reports with the Commission. Form 1-A is an offering statement
filed under Regulation A.
The final amendments in Release
No. 33-10570 will modernize the property disclosure requirements
for mining registrants by more closely aligning the Commission’s
mining property disclosure requirements with global industry
standards and practice, and by providing investors with a more
comprehensive understanding of a registrant’s mining properties,
which should help them make more informed voting and investment
decisions. However, we anticipate that the amendments will increase
the burdens and costs for registrants to prepare and review the
collections of information that require disclosure of a
registrant’s mining properties. These estimated burden and cost
increases are expected to result from the adopted changes to the
Commission’s disclosure requirements for mining registrants, such
as the amendments that will, for the first time, require a
registrant with material mining operations to disclose information
about its mineral resources, in addition to its mineral reserves;
and require a registrant to obtain and attach a technical report
summary prepared by a qualified person as an exhibit to its
Commission filing when first disclosing mineral resource or mineral
reserve estimates, or when disclosing a material change in
previously disclosed mineral resource or reserve estimates. For
purposes of the PRA, we estimate that the final amendments to
Regulation A (Form 1-A) would result in a net increase of 31 burden
hours and a net increase in the cost burden of $4,100 for the
services of outside professionals.
$102,000,000
No
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Elliot Staffin 202
551-3243
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.