UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q

(Mark One) X   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission file number   0-17480

Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Indicated by checkmark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Indicated by checkmark whether the registrant is a shell company as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.

There were 46,002,239 shares of $0.01 par value common stock outstanding as of November 1, 2005.

(Unaudited)

See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

CROWN RESOURCES CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)

See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

1.          Business and Significant Accounting Policies

          The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements of Crown Resources Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively "Crown") for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 are unaudited, but in the opinion of management, include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring items, necessary for a fair presentation. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results that may be achieved in the future.

          These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto which are included in Crown's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2004. The accounting policies set forth in those annual financial statements are the same as the accounting policies utilized in the preparation of these financial statements, except as modified for appropriate interim financial statement presentation.

          Crown has historically engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral interests in the western United States. As discussed in Note 4 below, prior to Crown's distribution of Solitario Resources Corporation ("Solitario") on July 26, 2004, Crown owned 37.1% of Solitario, which had been accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Solitario operates as a precious and base metals exploration company in the United States, Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru.

          Crown has historically derived its revenues principally from interest income and the option and sale of property interests.

          On November 20, 2003 Crown executed a definitive agreement to merge with Kinross Gold Corporation ("Kinross"), a Canadian corporation, as more fully described in Note 2 (the "Merger"). The Merger is subject to the approval of Crown's shareholders and customary closing conditions. Crown currently has no source of recurring revenue and Crown anticipates any future recurring revenue would only occur after the successful development of its Buckhorn Mountain Project. The successful development of the Buckhorn Mountain Project is dependent on several factors, many of which are beyond the control of Crown. Crown cannot provide any assurance that the Merger with Kinross will be completed as planned, or that it will be able to successfully permit and develop the Buckhorn Mountain Project in the event the Merger is not completed (see Note 2).

          Crown currently has limited financial resources and is not engaged directly in any significant exploration or development activity other than at its Buckhorn Mountain Project. Crown's current objective is to complete the permitting process for development of the Buckhorn Mountain Project in conjunction with Kinross (see Note 2). Unless Crown is successful in this objective, it is unlikely that Crown will be in a position in the foreseeable future to pursue additional exploration or development projects. Furthermore, in the event the Merger with Kinross is not consummated, Crown will need significant additional financial resources to develop the Buckhorn Mountain Project and there is no assurance that it will be able to obtain such financial resources. Crown currently estimates the initial capital cost for the Buckhorn Mountain Project will require up to $32.6 million. Based upon Crown's current business plan, Crown estimates its current financial resources are sufficient to fund its operations through the end of 2006.

          On June 21, 2005 Crown's board of directors declared a dividend of $0.21 per share or $9,661,000, which was paid on July 26, 2005 to holders of record of Crown's common stock as of the close of business on July 14, 2005.

          As further discussed in Note 2, on November 20, 2003, Crown executed a definitive agreement entitled "Acquisition Agreement and Agreement and Plan of Merger" (the "Merger Agreement") with Kinross, whereby each share of Crown's outstanding common stock would have been exchanged for 0.2911 shares (the "Exchange Ratio") of Kinross common stock at closing. On May 31, 2005, Crown and Kinross amended the Merger Agreement to (i) extend the date on which either party may terminate the Merger Agreement if the merger contemplated therein has not closed (the "Termination Date") from May 31, 2005 to March 31, 2006, or December 31, 2005 if Kinross has not filed its 2004 audited financial statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or before December 31, 2005, (ii) increase the Exchange ratio to 0.34 shares of Kinross common stock, (iii) put a valuation collar on the transaction whereby the maximum value of Kinross common s hares to be issued to Crown shareholders (excluding any Crown common shares held by Kinross) is $110 million and the minimum value is $77.5 million, (iv) provide that Kinross would invest in a $10 million convertible debenture issued by Crown (the "Convertible Debenture") on or before June 20, 2005 and (v) provide that if Crown paid a dividend of up to $0.21 per share to its shareholders, Kinross would reimburse Crown upon the payment of certain third party invoices received by Crown after June 1, 2005 for permitting and development of Crown's Buckhorn Mountain Project. The Convertible Debenture was funded and issued on June 20, 2005. A majority of the funds from the Convertible Debenture were used to pay the dividend of $0.21 per share on July 26, 2005. As a result of the amendment, as of September 30, 2005, Crown has recorded an increase in mineral properties of $1,662,000 for permitting and other related costs on invoices received after June 1, 2005 to be paid by Kinross which has been recorded as a c apital contribution to paid-in capital. Through September 30, 2005 Kinross has paid $969,000 of those costs and Crown has recorded a receivable from Kinross of $693,000 as of September 30, 2005 in stockholders equity for the balance.

          Previously on December 30, 2004, Crown and Kinross had amended the Merger Agreement to extend the Termination Date from December 31, 2004 to May 31, 2005. Concurrently with the December 30, 2004 amendment, Crown agreed to sell to Kinross and Kinross agreed to purchase from Crown 511,640 newly issued shares of its common stock at the fair market value of the stock of $1.9545 per share or $1,000,000 in the aggregate. The closing of the sale of these shares occurred on January 18, 2005.

          As further discussed in Note 4, on July 26, 2004, Crown completed a spin-off of Solitario's shares to its shareholders, whereby each Crown shareholder received 0.2169 shares of Solitario common stock for each Crown share they owned. As part of the spin-off, Crown retained 998,306 shares of Solitario common stock (the "Retained Shares") for the benefit of its warrant holders who will receive those shares when the warrant holders exercise their warrants. Subsequent to the spin-off, Crown distributed 962,302 Retained Shares upon the exercise of warrants and at September 30, 2005 had 36,004 Retained Shares. Prior to July 26, 2004, Crown recorded its investment in Solitario under the equity method of accounting.

          Crown accounted for certain awards under the Crown Resources Corporation 2002 Stock Incentive Plan (the "2002 Plan") as variable in accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees", ("Opinion No. 25"). Under the terms of the 2002 Plan, the exercise price of options issued to employees and directors equals the market price of the stock on the date of grant. Crown previously had a 1988 Stock Benefit Plan (the "1988 Plan") and a 1991 Stock Incentive Plan (the "1991 Plan"). As a result of repricing options under Crown's 1988 Plan and the 1991 Plan in 1998 and 1999, Crown began to account for those option grants using variable plan accounting as of July 2000. The Plan of Reorganization (the "Plan") filed in connection with Crown's bankruptcy in 2002 (see Note 3) rejected both the 1991 Plan and the 1988 Plan and all option awards were canceled. The Plan approved Crown's 2002 Stock Incentive Plan (the "2002 Plan"). In July 2002 Crown's Board of Directors granted 3,375,000 options under the 2002 Plan. Of these, 2,600,000 were deemed replacement options for cancelled options awards with variable plan accounting. Accordingly, Crown accounted for increases and decreases in the intrinsic value of the 2,600,000 options as compensation expense in accordance FASB Interpretation No. 44 "Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation (an interpretation of APB Opinion No. 25)." During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and as of September 30, 2005, Crown recorded no compensation expense or unearned compensation expense related to the intrinsic value of these variable plan accounting options as there were no stock options outstanding during 2005. Crown recorded a debit to compensation expense of $1,119,000 and $518,000, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004 related to an increase in the intrinsic value of these option awa rds. At September 30, 2005 Crown had no stock options outstanding.

          Pro forma information, in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 148, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation - Transition and Disclosure," ("SFAS No. 148") has been computed as if Crown had accounted for its stock options under the fair value method prescribed by SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for Stock Stock-Based Compensation ("SFAS No. 123"). There were no options granted or modified during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004. Had Crown accounted for its stock options under the fair value method of SFAS 123, the following results would have been reported:

          The net (loss) income per common share is presented in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 128, Earnings Per Share ("EPS"). Basic EPS is calculated by dividing the income or loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Basic and diluted EPS were the same for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004 because the effect of all potential common stocks was antidilutive as further described below.

          Stock options, warrants outstanding and their equivalents are included in diluted EPS computations through the "treasury stock method" unless they are antidilutive. Convertible securities are included in diluted EPS computations through the "if converted" method unless they are antidilutive. Potentially dilutive common shares are excluded from the computations in loss periods, as their effect would be antidilutive.  As of September 30, 2005, Crown had warrants, which could be exercised for 312,377 common shares at an exercise price of $0.75 per share that have been excluded from the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the diluted net loss per share computations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, as they are antidilutive. Also outstanding at September 30, 2005 was the Convertible Debenture issued to Kinross on June 20, 2005. However, because the Convertible Debenture is not convertib le before October 1, 2005, the effect of potential conversion is excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005. As of September 30, 2004 Crown had warrants which could be exercised for 8,243,335 common shares that could potentially dilute earnings per share but were excluded from the computation of per share amounts for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004 as their inclusion would have been antidilutive.

          In September 2005, the Emerging Issues Task Force reached a consensus on Issue No. 05-8, "Income Tax Consequences of Issuing Convertible Debt with a Beneficial Conversion Feature," ("EITF No. 05-8"). EITF No. 05-8 provides that the issuance of convertible debt with a beneficial conversion feature results in a tax/book basis difference that should be accounted for as a temporary difference for purposes of applying FASB Statement No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes." EITF No. 05-08 further provides that the recognition of deferred taxes for the temporary difference should be recorded as an adjustment to additional paid-in capital, and that the recognition of deferred taxes for this temporary difference will not impact the income statement and the effective tax rate. EITF No. 05-8 is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2005, and should be applied retrospectively to all instruments with a beneficial c onversion feature. Crown has not yet adopted EITF No. 05-8 and has not determined what effect, if any, its adoption will have on Crown's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

          In May 2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, "Accounting Changes and Error Corrections" ("SFAS No. 154") which replaces Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 20, "Accounting Changes" ("Opinion No. 20") and SFAS No. 3, "Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements." SFAS No. 154 requires retrospective application to prior periods of changes in accounting principle, unless it is impracticable to determine either the period-specific effects or the cumulative effect of the change. SFAS No. 154 defines "retrospective application" as the application of a different accounting principle to prior accounting periods as if that principle had always been used or as the adjustment of previously issued financial statements to reflect a change in the reporting entity and SFAS No. 154 defines "restatement" as the revising of previously issued financial statements to reflect the correction of an error. SFAS No. 154 carries forwa rd without change the guidance in Opinion No. 20 for reporting the correction of an error in previously issued financial statements and changes in accounting estimate. SFAS No. 154 is effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2005. Crown has not yet adopted SFAS No. 154 and has not determined what effect, if any, its adoption will have on Crown's financial position or results of operations or cash flows.

          In December 2004, the FASB issued a revision to SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), "Share Based Payments" ("SFAS No. 123R") which establishes standards for the accounting for transactions in which an entity exchanges its equity instruments for goods or services. SFAS No. 123R requires public entities to measure the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based upon the grant-date fair value of the award and that the cost be recognized over the period during which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award, which is generally the vesting period. The grant-date fair value of employee share options and similar instruments will be measured using option-pricing models adjusted for any unique characteristics of those instruments. SFAS No. 123R eliminates the alternative to use the Opinion No. 25 intrinsic value method of accounting that was provided in SFAS No. 123 "Accoun ting for Stock-based Compensation," as originally issued. SFAS No. 123R is effective as of the first fiscal year beginning after June 15, 2005. Crown has not yet adopted SFAS No. 123R and has not determined what effect, if any, its adoption will have on Crown's financial position or results of operations or cash flows.

          In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 153, entitled "Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets, an amendment of APB Opinion No. 29" ("SFAS No. 153"). The guidance in APB Opinion No. 29 is based upon the principle that exchanges of nonmonetary assets should be measured based upon the fair value of the assets exchanged. The guidance in Opinion No. 29 included certain exceptions to that principle. SFAS No. 153 eliminates the exception for nonmonetary exchanges of similar productive assets and replaces it with a general exception for exchanges of nonmonetary assets that do not have commercial substance. A nonmonetary exchange has commercial substance if the future cash flows of the entity are expected to change significantly as a result of the exchange. SFAS No. 153 is effective for nonmonetary asset exchanges occurring in fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2005. Crown adopted SFAS No. 153 in the third quarter of 2005 and its ado ption has not had any effect on its financial position or results of operations or cash flows.

2.          Merger Agreement

          On November 20, 2003, Crown executed a definitive agreement entitled "Acquisition Agreement and Agreement and Plan of Merger" (the "Merger Agreement") with Kinross, whereby each share of Crown's outstanding common stock would have been exchanged for 0.2911 shares of Kinross common stock at closing. The Merger is subject to the approval of two-thirds of Crown's shareholders and customary closing conditions. Under the Merger Agreement, Crown is required to operate its business in the ordinary course, and Crown is restricted from engaging in certain significant business and financing transactions, or changes in corporate structure. On July 26, 2004, Crown completed a spin-off of its Solitario shares to its shareholders as contemplated under the Merger Agreement as discussed below under Note 4.

          On May 31, 2005, Crown and Kinross amended the Merger Agreement to (i) extend the Termination Date from May 31, 2005 to March 31, 2006, or December 31, 2005 if Kinross has not filed its 2004 audited financial statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or before December 31, 2005, (ii) increase the Exchange Ratio to 0.34 shares, (iii) put a valuation collar on the transaction whereby the maximum value of Kinross common shares to be issued to Crown shareholders (excluding any Crown common shares held by Kinross) is $110 million and the minimum value is $77.5 million, (iv) provide that Kinross would invest in a $10 million convertible debenture issued by Crown (the "Convertible Debenture") on or before June 20, 2005, and (v) provide that if Crown paid a dividend of up to $0.21 per share to its shareholders, Kinross would reimburse Crown upon the payment of certain third party invoices for all permitting and developm ent of Crown's Buckhorn Mountain Project received by Crown after June 1, 2005. As a result of the amendment, as of September 30, 2005, Crown has recorded an increase in mineral properties of $1,662,000 for permitting and other related costs on invoices received after June 1, 2005 to be paid by Kinross which has been recorded as a capital contribution to paid-in capital. Through September 30, 2005 Kinross has paid $969,000 of those costs and Crown has recorded a receivable from Kinross of $693,000 as of September 30, 2005 in stockholders equity for the balance.

          The Convertible Debenture was issued on June 20, 2005 and has a term of five years, an interest rate of 4% payable annually with a provision to forego the payment of interest for the first two annual payments until the date of the third annual payment, at Crown's election. The Convertible Debenture is convertible at Kinross' option any time after September 30, 2005 and prior to maturity into 5.8 million shares of Crown, plus shares for any accrued interest. In the event the Merger Agreement is terminated other than as a result of a default by Crown, Crown shall have the right to convert all amounts due under the Convertible Debenture by providing 30 days prior notice to Kinross. Any shares issued upon conversion of the Convertible Debenture, or any portion thereof, will be restricted stock. Crown recorded a beneficial conversion feature discount of $1,624,000 to additional paid-in capital, representing the difference between the market price of Crown's common stock on June 20, 2005 of $2.00 and the conversion price of $1.72 per share of Crown's common stock. The discount is being amortized over the stated term of the Convertible Debenture. Crown capitalized interest cost of $83,000 to its Buckhorn Mountain Project from amortization of the discount to development cost during the nine months ended September 30, 2005. Crown used the majority of the proceeds from the sale of the Convertible Debenture to pay a dividend of $0.21 per share on July 26, 2005 to holders of record of Crown common stock as of July 14, 2005. In addition, Crown accrued $111,000 of interest on the Convertible Debenture for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 which was capitalized to Crown's Buckhorn Mountain Project.

          Either Kinross or Crown may terminate the Merger Agreement upon the occurrence of a material breach of the agreement by the other party as defined in the Merger Agreement.

          Additionally, holders of unexercised warrants to purchase shares of Crown common stock have the right to elect to exchange the warrant for 0.34 shares of Kinross common stock for each share of Crown common stock that would have been issued on the exercise of the warrant immediately prior to the effective date of the Merger on a cashless basis, or absent making this election, the warrant will represent the right to acquire Kinross common shares in accordance with the terms and conditions of the warrant as amended pursuant to the Merger Agreement. Crown had warrants outstanding which are exercisable for up to 312,377 and 8,243,335 shares, respectively, as of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004 with an exercise price of $0.75 per share and which expire in October 2006. See discussion of the unexercised warrant liability in Note 5.

          Previously, on December 30, 2004, Crown amended its Merger Agreement with Kinross to extend the Termination Date from December 31, 2004 to May 31, 2005. Concurrently with this amendment, Crown agreed to sell to Kinross and Kinross agreed to purchase from Crown 511,640 newly issued shares of Crown common stock at the fair market value of the stock of $1.9545 per share or $1,000,000 in the aggregate. The fair market value of the common stock was based upon the average of the closing market price of a share of Crown common stock for the twenty days prior to December 30, 2004. The closing of the sale of these shares occurred on January 18, 2005. Kinross received restricted stock in the offering. Crown used the proceeds from the sale to pay for permitting costs related to its Buckhorn Mountain Project.

3.          Corporate Reorganization

          On March 8, 2002, Crown filed a voluntary petition for protection under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the "Bankruptcy") in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado (the "Court"). As part of the Bankruptcy, Crown filed a Plan of Reorganization (the "Plan") and a Disclosure Statement with the Court on March 25, 2002. On May 30, 2002, the Court confirmed the Plan, which became effective on June 11, 2002 (the "Effective Date"). As part of the Plan, Crown restructured its existing $15 million 5.75% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due August 2001 (the "Debentures").

          The restructuring provided for an exchange of outstanding Debentures, including any accrued interest thereon for the following consideration: (i) issuance of $1,000,000 in cash, (ii) $2,000,000 in 10% Convertible Secured Notes (the "Secured Notes") convertible into Crown common shares at $0.35 per share, (iii) $4,000,000 of convertible unsecured subordinated notes (the "Subordinated Notes") convertible into common stock of Crown at $0.75 per share, and (iv) warrants, which expire in October 2006 that entitle the holders the right to purchase, in the aggregate, 5,714,285 shares of Crown common stock at an exercise price of $0.75 per share. The interest on the Secured and Subordinated Notes was payable in cash or shares of Crown common stock at the conversion price at Crown's election. In November 2003, all Subordinated Notes were automatically converted into shares of Crown common stock. In December 2003, substantially all Sec ured Notes were converted into shares of Crown common stock. In July 2005, Wells Fargo Bank, Minnesota (the "Disbursing Agent") exercised warrants due to the unexchanged Debentures for 68,571 shares on a cashless basis into 42,996 shares of Crown common stock.

          In order to effect the Plan on the Effective Date, Crown entered into a Custody and Disbursing Agreement with the Disbursing Agent as well as trust indentures with Deutsche Bank Trust Company, Americas, as Trustee on the Secured Notes and with Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A. as Trustee on the Subordinated Notes. As of November 1, 2005, $180,000 in Debenture certificates have not been presented. If all of these Debentures are presented, the disbursing agent will distribute $12,000 in cash (plus the dividend paid to the Disbursing agent for Crown Stock it held on behalf of the unexchanged Debentures on July 26, 2005), 68,571 shares of Crown common stock from the converted Secured Notes (plus accrued interest since June 11, 2002), 64,000 shares of Crown common stock from the converted Subordinated Notes (plus accrued interest since June 11, 2002), and 42,996 shares of Crown common stock from exercised warrants. The Debenture hol ders have until June 2007 to present their certificates to the Disbursing Agent, at which time the Disbursing Agent will deliver to Crown any undistributed cash and Crown common stock.

4.          Investment in Solitario Resources Corporation

          Prior to Crown's distribution of Solitario on July 26, 2004, Crown accounted for its investment in Solitario under the equity method of accounting. Crown recorded as treasury stock its proportionate share of Solitario's recorded cost basis for Solitario's investments in the equity securities of Crown. Crown's proportionate interest in Solitario's gains and losses associated with changes in the fair value of Solitario's investment in Crown warrants and Solitario's investment in Crown common stock were not recognized in Crown's statement of operations, or as a component of comprehensive income (loss), respectively. On July 26, 2004, Crown completed a spin-off of Solitario's shares to its shareholders, whereby each Crown shareholder received 0.2169 shares of Solitario common stock for each Crown share they owned. As part of the spin-off, Crown retained 998,306 shares of Solitario common stock (the "Retained Shares") for the b enefit of its warrant holders who will receive those shares when the warrant holders exercise their warrants. Subsequent to the spin-off, Crown distributed 962,302 Retained Shares upon the exercise of warrants and at September 30, 2005 had 36,004 Retained Shares. Although Crown claims no beneficial ownership in the Retained Shares, Crown carries its investment in the Retained Shares at fair value with changes in the fair value recorded in the statement of operations. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, Crown recorded a gain on its investment in Retained Shares of $121,000 and $34,000, respectively, and $1,030,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004. In addition, Crown retained 93 Solitario shares, from fractional shares, which Crown intends to sell. After the disposition of the Solitario shares retained for warrant holders and fractional shares, Crown will no longer own any shares of Solitario. Prior to July 26, 2004, Crown accounted for its investment in Solit ario under the equity method of accounting and recorded $52,000 and $475,000 as its share of Solitario's loss for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004.

Condensed financial information of Solitario is as follows:

The following is a reconciliation of Solitario's reported net loss to amounts reported by Crown as its equity in loss of Solitario:

          For purposes of calculating its investment in Solitario and its equity in Solitario's earnings and losses during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004, Crown excluded the amounts reported by Solitario with respect to its investment in Crown warrants and Crown common stock.

          During the nine months ended September 30, 2004, holders of Solitario options exercised options for a total of 1,021,000 Solitario common shares. The additional shares reduced Crown's percentage ownership of Solitario to 37.1% at September 30, 2004. Crown's proportionate interest in this issuance of Solitario shares, net of taxes, was recorded as an increase in Crown's investment in Solitario, and an increase in additional paid-in capital.

5.          Unexercised warrant liability

          On July 1, 2004, as a result of declaring, as a dividend, the distribution of Crown's 9,633,585 shares of Solitario common stock, the classification of Crown's warrants changed from an equity derivative instrument to that of a liability derivative instrument in accordance with SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities." As a result, Crown recorded the fair value of the warrants as unexercised warrant liability as of July 1, 2004, with subsequent increases and decreases in the fair value of the warrant recorded in the statement of operations as gain or loss on derivative instruments. In addition, upon exercise of any Crown warrants, Crown reduces its investment in retained shares of Solitario for the fair value of any Retained Shares distributed, records the fair value of any shares of Crown common stock issued as stockholders' equity and reduces the unexercised warrant liability by the fair value of the warrants exercised. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, Crown recorded a loss on derivative instrument of $515,000 and $214,000, respectively, compared to a loss on derivative instrument of $3,253,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004 related to the increase in the fair value of the unexercised warrants. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, warrant holders exercised warrants for 6,465,676 and 7,037,105 shares, respectively, of Crown common stock on a cashless basis and received 4,224,405 and 4,582,614 shares, respectively, of Crown common stock and 745,143 and 810,997 Retained Shares, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, warrant holders exercised warrants for 893,853 shares on a cash basis into the same number of Crown shares and paid Crown $671,000. As a result of these exercises, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, Crown reduced its investment in retained shares of Solit ario by $1,321,000 and $1,409,000, respectively, for the fair value of the Retained Shares distributed on the date of exercise, credited stockholders' equity by $10,414,000 and $11,135,000, respectively, for the fair value of the shares of Crown common stock issued and reduced the unexercised warrant liability by the fair value of the warrants exercised.

          At September 30, 2005, there are unexercised warrants for 312,377 Crown common shares. Crown has recorded an unexercised warrant liability of $551,000, which includes $52,000 classified as a current liability for the portion of the unexercised warrant liability which will be settled by the Retained Shares to be distributed and $499,000 for the fair value of the unexercised warrant liability which will be settled in shares of Crown common stock, classified as non-current. The fair values for the Retained Shares are based upon quoted market prices and the fair value of the Crown shares of common stock issuable under the warrants have been determined using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model.

6.          Comprehensive (Loss) Income

          The following represents comprehensive (loss) income and its components:

7.          Related Party Transactions

          Crown provides management and technical services to Solitario under a management and technical services agreement originally signed in April 1994 and modified in April 1999, December 2000 and July 2002. Under the modified agreement Solitario is billed by Crown for services at 25% of Crown's corporate administrative costs for executive and technical salaries, benefits and expenses, 50% of Crown's corporate administrative costs for financial management and reporting salaries, benefits, expenses and 75% of Crown's corporate administrative costs for investor relations salaries, benefits and expenses. In addition, Solitario reimburses Crown for direct out-of-pocket expenses. These allocations are based upon the estimated time and expenses spent by Crown management and employees on both Crown's activities and Solitario's activities. Management believes these allocations are reasonable and the allocations are periodically reviewe d by management and approved by independent Board members of both Crown and Solitario. Management service fees are billed monthly, due on receipt and are generally paid within thirty days. Management service fees paid by Solitario were $104,000 and $305,000 for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2005, respectively. Management service fees paid by Solitario were $96,000 and $293,000 for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2004, respectively. Solitario and Crown have continued to operate under the management and technical services agreement subsequent to the spin-off. If the Kinross merger is completed Crown and Solitario are expected to terminate the management and technical services agreement.

          On July 26, 2004, Crown completed a spin-off of Solitario's shares to its shareholders, whereby each Crown shareholder received 0.2169 shares of Solitario common stock for each Crown share they owned. As part of the spin-off, on July 26, 2004, Crown retained 998,306 Retained Shares for the benefit of Crown's warrant holders who will receive those shares when the warrant holders exercise their warrants. Subsequent to the spin-off, Crown distributed 962,302 Retained Shares upon the exercise of warrants and at September 30, 2005 had 36,004 Retained Shares. Crown carries its investment in the Retained Shares at fair value with changes in the fair value recorded in the statement of operations. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, Crown recorded a gain on its investment in Retained Shares of $121,000 and $34,000, respectively, and a gain of $1,030,000 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004. In addition Crown retained 93 shares, from fractional shares, which it intends to sell. After the disposition of the Retained Shares and fractional shares, Crown will no longer own any shares of Solitario.

          Solitario entered into a Voting Agreement dated as of April 15, 2002 among Zoloto Investors, LP ("Zoloto") and Crown. Zoloto and Solitario are both shareholders of Crown (the "Signing Shareholders"). Pursuant to the Voting Agreement, Zoloto and Solitario agreed that each will vote its owned shares during the term of the Voting Agreement for the election of three designees of Zoloto and one designee of Solitario (the "Designee Directors") to the Board of Directors of Crown. The Signing Shareholders agreed that any shares received by either Signing Shareholder would be subject to the Voting Agreement during its term and any successor, assignee or transferee of shares from either Signing Shareholder would be subject to the terms of the Voting Agreement during its term. The Voting Agreement terminates on June 25, 2006. As of September 30, 2005, the Signing Shareholders collectively held 16,443,549 shares or 35.7% of the outstand ing Crown shares.

          Solitario entered into a stockholder and voting agreement with Kinross, along with several Crown directors, Crown executive officers and entities affiliated with these directors and officers (collectively the "Signatories"), pursuant to which the Signatories agreed, among other things to cause to be voted, all of the shares of Crown common stock owned by them, as set forth in the stockholder and voting agreement, as well as all shares of Crown common stock acquired by them, as set forth in the stockholder and voting agreement, in favor of the approval of the plan of merger, and against the acquisition of Crown by any person other than Kinross. As of September 30, 2005, 18,639,640 shares of Crown common stock were subject to the stockholder and voting agreement, representing approximately 40.5% of the outstanding shares of Crown common stock.

          As of September 30, 2005, Solitario owns 6,071,626 shares of Crown common stock or approximately 13.2% of the outstanding shares of Crown.

          Christopher E. Herald, and Mark E. Jones, III are directors of both Solitario and Crown. Christopher E. Herald, James R. Maronick and Walter H. Hunt are officers of both Solitario and Crown. If the transaction between Crown and Kinross is completed, Crown anticipates Mr. Herald and Mr. Jones will not be Crown directors and Mr. Herald, Mr. Maronick and Mr. Hunt will not be Crown officers.

8.          Income taxes

          Income taxes are provided for the tax effects of transactions reported in the financial statements and consist of taxes currently due plus deferred taxes related to the difference between the financial reporting and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates. Deferred tax assets and liabilities represent the future tax consequences of those differences, which will either be taxable or deductible when the assets and liabilities are recovered or settled. Deferred taxes also are recognized for operating losses and tax credits that are available to offset future taxable income and income taxes payable, respectively. A valuation allowance is provided if it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

          A reconciliation of expected federal income tax (expense) benefit from operations at the U.S. statutory rates with the (expense) benefit for income taxes is as follows:

9.          Restatement

          During the nine months ended September 30, 2005, Crown determined that additions to mineral properties on account for which payment had not been made represented non-cash investing activities that should not have been reported in its statements of cash flows. Historically, Crown had reflected the additions as investing cash flows in the periods in which the liabilities were incurred, and included changes in the related liability in cash flows from operating activities. Crown's condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 has been restated from the amounts previously reported to increase cash used in operating activities by $839,000, and to decrease cash flows used in investing activities by a corresponding amount. Crown intends to include restated condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the three month period ended March 31, 2005 in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2006, and to include restated consolidated statements of cash flows for fiscal year 2004 in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2005 filed prospectively.

          The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements of Crown for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, and Management's Discussion and Analysis contained in Crown's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2004. Crown's financial condition and results of operations are not necessarily indicative of what may be expected in future periods.

          As discussed in Note 9 to the condensed consolidated financial statements, our financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004 have been restated. The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations gives effect to the restatement.

          We are a precious metals exploration company operating in the western United States. Our principal expertise is in identifying properties with promising mineral potential, acquiring these properties and exploring them to an advanced stage. Our goal is to advance our properties and mineral interests, either on our own or through joint ventures, to the feasibility study stage and thereafter to pursue their development, typically through a joint venture with a partner that has expertise in mining operations. We have in the past recognized, and expect in the future to recognize, revenues from the option and sale of our properties and mineral interests to joint venture partners and from the sale of our share of metals produced from our mineral interests.

          Our capitalized mineral property and mineral interests relate entirely to our Buckhorn Mountain Project, located in the State of Washington. We are currently developing the Buckhorn Mountain Project, which includes permitting efforts to build and operate an underground mine and to truck the ore extracted from the Buckhorn Mountain Project to the Kettle River mill, located approximately 52 miles from the Buckhorn Mountain Project. Kinross Gold Corporation, a Canadian corporation ("Kinross") owns the Kettle River mill. In December 2003, we entered into a toll-milling agreement with Kinross to facilitate the processing of the Buckhorn Mountain Project ore. As of September 30, 2005, our mineral reserves at the Buckhorn Mountain project, pursuant to a feasibility study prepared by an independent mining consulting firm, are 3,075,000 tons of ore at a grade of 0.32 ounces of gold per ton, for a total reserve of 991,000 ounces of gold . The vast majority of our current and near-term efforts are related to this development effort at the Buckhorn Mountain Project as well as the completion of the Merger and Spin-off, discussed below.

          As further described in Note 2 to our unaudited condensed financial statements, on November 20, 2003 we executed a definitive agreement to merge with Kinross (the "Merger"). The Merger was amended on May 31, 2005 and is subject to the approval of two thirds of our shareholders and customary closing conditions.

          On July 26, 2005, we used the majority of the proceeds from the Convertible Debenture to pay a dividend of $0.21 per share to shareholders of record as of July 14, 2005 and recorded a $9,661,000 charge to additional paid-in capital.

       On May 31, 2005, we amended the Merger Agreement with Kinross to (i) extend the Termination Date from May 31, 2005 to March 31, 2006, or December 31, 2005 if Kinross has not filed its 2004 audited financial statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or before December 31, 2005, (ii) increase the exchange ratio to 0.34 shares, (iii) put a valuation collar on the transaction whereby the maximum value of Kinross common shares to be issued to Crown shareholders (excluding any Crown common shares held by Kinross) is $110 million and the minimum value is $77.5 million, (iv) provide that Kinross would invest in a $10 million convertible debenture issued by us (the "Convertible Debenture") on or before June 20, 2005 and (v) provide that if we paid a dividend of up to $0.21 per share to our shareholders, Kinross would reimburse us upon the payment of certain third party invoices received by us after June 1, 2005 for permitting and developme nt of Crown's Buckhorn Mountain Project. As a result of the amendment, as of September 30, 2005, we recorded an increase in mineral properties of $1,662,000 for permitting and other related costs on invoices received after June 1, 2005 to be paid by Kinross which has been recorded as a capital contribution to paid-in capital. Through September 30, 2005 Kinross has paid $969,000 of those costs and we have recorded a receivable from Kinross of $693,000 as of September 30, 2005 in stockholders equity for the balance.

          On June 20, 2005 we issued the Convertible Debenture which has a term of five years, an interest rate of 4% payable annually with a provision to forego interest for the first two annual payments, at our election. The Convertible Debenture is convertible at Kinross' option any time after September 30, 2005 and prior to maturity into 5.8 million of our shares of common stock, plus shares of our common stock for any accrued interest. In the event the Merger Agreement is terminated other than as a result of a default by us, we shall have the right to convert all amounts due under the Convertible Debenture by providing 30 days prior notice to Kinross. Any shares issued upon conversion of the Convertible Debenture, or any portion thereof, will be restricted stock. We recorded a beneficial conversion feature discount of $1,624,000 to additional paid-in capital, representing the difference between the market price of our common stock o n June 20, 2005 of $2.00 and the conversion price of $1.72 per share of our common stock. The discount is being amortized as interest cost over the stated term of the Convertible Debenture as interest cost. We capitalized interest cost of $83,000 from amortization of the discount to development cost during the nine months ended September 30, 2005. In addition, we recorded $111,000 of interest on the Convertible Debenture for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, which has also been capitalized to Buckhorn Mountain development costs.

          During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, warrant holders exercised warrants for 6,465,676 and 7,037,105 shares, respectively, of our common stock on a cashless basis and received 4,224,405 and 4,582,614 shares, respectively, of our common stock and 745,143 and 810,997 Retained Shares, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, warrant holders exercised warrants for 893,853 shares on a cash basis into the same number of Crown shares and paid Crown $671,000. As a result of these exercises, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, we reduced our investment in retained shares of Solitario by $1,321,000 and $1,409,000, respectively, for the fair value of the Retained Shares distributed on the date of exercise, credited stockholders' equity by $10,414,000 and $11,135,000, respectively, for the fair value of the shares of our common stock issued and reduced the unexerci sed warrant liability by the fair value of the warrants exercised. At September 30, 2005 we have warrants exercisable into 312,377 shares of our common stock and we have 36,004 Retained Shares related to those warrants.

          On December 30, 2004, we amended our Merger Agreement with Kinross to extend the Termination Date from December 31, 2004 to May 31, 2005. Concurrently with this amendment, we agreed to sell to Kinross and Kinross agreed to purchase from us 511,640 newly issued shares of our common stock at the fair market value of the stock of $1.9545 per share or $1,000,000 in the aggregate. The fair market value of the common stock was based upon the average of the closing market price of a share of Crown common stock for the twenty days prior to December 30, 2004, per the terms of the amendment. The closing of the sale occurred on January 18, 2005. We used the proceeds of this offering to pay for permitting costs related to our Buckhorn Mountain Project.

          On July 26, 2004, we completed a spin-off of Solitario's shares to our shareholders, whereby each of our shareholders received 0.2169 shares of Solitario common stock for each Crown share they owned. As part of the spin-off, on July 26, 2004, we retained 998,306 Retained Shares for the benefit of our warrant holders who will receive those shares when the warrant holders exercise their warrants. Subsequent to the spin-off we distributed 962,302 Retained Shares upon the exercise of warrants. At September 30, 2005 we had 36,004 Retained Shares. We carry our investment in retained shares of Solitario at fair value with changes in the fair value recorded in the statement of operations. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, we recorded a gain on our investment in Retained Shares of $121,000 and $34,000, respectively, compared to a gain of $1,030,000 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004. A s of September 30, 2005, we have recorded a liability of $551,000, for our entire investment balance, which is included in unexercised warrant liability. See Note 5 to our unaudited condensed financial statements. In addition, we retained 93 Solitario shares, from fractional shares, which we intend to sell. After the disposition of the Retained Shares and fractional shares, we will no longer own any shares of Solitario.

          On July 14, 2004 holders of our $3,600,000 10% Convertible Senior Notes converted all of the outstanding notes into 10,744,249 shares of our common stock (which include 258,537 shares for accrued interest through the date of conversion) and as of September 30, 2005, we have no Senior Notes outstanding. Between January 1 and July 12, 2004, holders of our options representing 3,379,000 shares exercised their options by paying a total of $1,321,000 to us and as of September 30, 2005, we have no outstanding stock options.

          On July 15, 2004, holders of our warrants exercisable into 947,140 shares exercised the warrants on a cash basis into 947,140 shares of our common stock by paying a total of $711,000 to us. On July 12, 2004, Solitario exercised warrants exercisable into 3,771,428 shares of common stock on a cashless basis and received 2,398,319 shares of our common stock.

          On March 8, 2002, we filed a voluntary petition for protection under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the "Bankruptcy") in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado (the "Court"). As part of the Bankruptcy we filed a Plan of Reorganization (the "Plan") and a Disclosure Statement with the Court on March 25, 2002. On May 30, 2002, the Court confirmed the Plan, which became effective on June 11, 2002 (the "Effective Date"). As part of the Plan, we restructured our existing $15 million 5.75% Convertible Subordinated Debentures due August 2001 (the "Debentures").

          The restructuring was completed through an exchange of outstanding Debentures, including any accrued interest thereon for the following consideration: (i) issuance of $1,000,000 in cash, (ii) $2,000,000 in 10% Convertible Secured Notes (the "Secured Notes") convertible into our common shares at $0.35 per share, (iii) $4,000,000 of convertible unsecured subordinated notes (the "Subordinated Notes") convertible into our common stock at $0.75 per share, and (iv) warrants, which expire in October 2006 that entitle the holders the right to purchase, in the aggregate, 5,714,285 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $0.75 per share. The interest on the Secured and Subordinated Notes was payable in cash or shares of our common stock at the conversion price at our election. In November 2003, all Subordinated Notes were automatically converted into shares of our common stock. In December 2003, substantially all Secured not es were converted into shares of our common stock. In July 2005, Wells Fargo Bank, Minnesota (the "Disbursing Agent") exercised warrants due to the unexchanged Debentures for 68,571 shares on a cashless basis into 42,996 shares of Crown common stock.

          In order to effect the Plan on the Effective Date, we entered into a Custody and Disbursing Agreement with the Disbursing Agent as well as trust indentures with Deutsche Bank Trust Company, Americas, as Trustee on the Secured Notes and with Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A. as Trustee on the Subordinated Notes. As of November 1, 2005, $180,000 in Debenture certificates have not been presented. If all of these Debentures are presented, the Disbursing Agent will distribute $12,000 in cash (plus the dividend paid to the Disbursing agent on behalf of unexchanged Debentures on July 26, 2005), 68,571 shares of our common stock from the converted Secured Notes (plus accrued interest since June 11, 2002), 64,000 shares of our common stock from the converted Subordinated Notes (plus accrued interest since June 11, 2002), and 42,996 shares of our common stock from the exercise of warrants to acquire 68,571 shares of our common stock which were exercised in July 2005. The Debenture holders have until June 2007 to present their certificates to the Disbursing Agent, at which time the Disbursing Agent will deliver to us any undistributed cash and Crown common stock.

Limited Revenue Sources

          We currently have no source of recurring revenue and we anticipate any future recurring revenue would only occur after the successful development of the Buckhorn Mountain Project. The successful development of the Buckhorn Mountain Project is dependent on several factors, many of which are beyond our control. Although we are in the late stages of the process of securing the necessary permits for the development of the Buckhorn Mountain Project, we cannot provide any assurance we will be successful in these efforts.

          We have historically derived our revenues from the option and sale of property interests, interest income and to a lesser extent from payments on royalty interests and the sale of our share of gold produced on our properties. Revenues from the option and sale of property interests have consisted of a small number of relatively large transactions. Such transactions have occurred, and in the future are likely to occur, if at all, at irregular intervals and have a significant impact on operating results in the periods in which they occur. In the past, our exploration and development expenditures, including those of Solitario, have constituted the bulk of our activities.

Three months ended September 30, 2005 compared to September 30, 2004

          For the three months ended September 30, 2005 we had a net loss of $570,000, or $0.01 per basic and diluted share, compared to net loss of $6,591,000, or $0.18 per basic and diluted share for the three months ended September 30, 2004. The decrease in the in the three months ended September 30, 2005 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2004 is primarily due to the reduction in a recognition of loss on derivative instrument of $515,000 during the three months ended September 30, 2005compared to a loss of $3,253,000 during the three months ended September 30, 2004. In addition during the three months ended September 30, 2004, we recognized variable option compensation expense of $1,119,000 and there was no similar expense during the three months ended September 30, 2005. During the three months ended September 30, 2004, we recognized $52,000 for our equity in the loss of Solitario, up to July 26, 2004, when we com pleted the spin-off and there was no similar item during the third quarter of 2005. We also recognized an income tax benefit of $28,000 during the three months ended September 30, 2005 compared to income tax expense of $3,008,000 that we recognized during the three months ended September 30, 2004. These reductions in expense were partially offset by the reduction in gain on investment in Solitario to $121,000 during the three months ended September 30, 2005 compared to a gain of $1,030,000 during the three months ended September 30, 2004. In addition our general and administrative costs increased during the three months ended September 30, 2005 to $209,000 compared to $175,000 (excluding $1,119,000 of variable option compensation expense discussed below) during the prior year quarter. Each of these items is discussed in more detail below.

          Exploration expense during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 related to certain property tax and option payments which were comparable for the two years.

          On July 1, 2004, as a result of declaring, as a dividend, the distribution of our 9,633,585 shares of Solitario common stock, the classification of our warrants changed from an equity derivative instrument to that of a liability derivative instrument in accordance with SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities". As a result, on July 1, 2004 we recorded an unexercised warrant liability of $16,107,000 for the fair value of the securities to be delivered to the warrant holders upon the exercise of their warrants, with a corresponding charge to additional paid-in capital. All subsequent increases and decreases in the fair value of the warrant are recorded in the statement of operations as gain or loss on derivative instruments. During the three months ended September 30, 2005, we recorded a loss on derivative instrument of $515,000, related to the increase in the fair value of the unexercised warrants as determined by the Black-Scholes option pricing model. This increase was primarily related to an increase in the underlying price of our common stock from $2.12 per share at June 30, 2005 to $2.34 per share at September 30, 2005. As a result of the exercise of all but 312,377 of our warrants as of September 30, 2005, we do not expect to record significant future gains or losses on our unexercised warrant liability as a result of changes in the market price of shares of our common stock or by changes in the value of our Retained Shares. See Item 3 below.

          On July 26, 2004, we completed a spin-off of Solitario's shares to its shareholders, whereby each of our shareholders received 0.2169 shares of Solitario common stock for each of our shares they owned. We carry our investment in the Retained Shares at fair value with changes in the fair value through the exercise date of a warrant or the next period end date in the statement of operations. During the three months ended September 30, 2005, we recorded a gain of $121,000 on our investment in the Retained Shares. The increase in the value of our investment in the Retained Shares relates to an increase in the quoted market price of Solitario shares from Cdn$1.74 per share on June 30, 2005 to between Cdn$1.75 and Cdn$1.95 on the dates the majority of the warrants that were outstanding on June 30, 2005 were exercised during the three months ended September 30, 2005. See Note 5 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial stateme nts. As a result of the distribution of all but 36,004 Retained Shares as of November 1, 2005, we do not expect to record significant future gains or losses on our investment in Retained Shares as a result of changes in the quoted market price of Solitario common stock. See Item 3 below.

          General and administrative expenses increased to $209,000 in the three months ended September 30, 2005 compared to $175,000 (excluding a charge of $1,119,000 of variable option compensation expense discussed below) in the same period of 2004, primarily as a result of an increase in legal and accounting costs related to the Kinross merger, which totaled $91,000, compared to legal fees of $63,000 in the same period of 2004. Modest increases in medical costs, travel and shareholder relation costs accounted for the remaining increase in general and administrative costs in the third quarter of 2005 compared to the same period of 2004. If our pending Merger with Kinross is not completed we expect our remaining 2005 general and administrative costs to be comparable to the same period of 2004 based upon expected salary and ongoing professional service costs related to the Merger.

          As a result of the exercise of all of our remaining outstanding options during 2004 we recorded no variable option compensation expense during the third quarter of 2005 compared to a charge to (increase in) variable option compensation expense of $1,119,000 in the third quarter of 2004. Under variable plan accounting, which initially resulted from the re-pricing of existing options in 1999 and 1998, changes in the intrinsic value of the stock options are charged (credited) to expense over the service period (the vesting period) of the related options. Variable plan accounting continues until options are exercised, cancelled or expire. Pending the merger with Kinross, we do not expect to grant any additional options and do not expect to recognize any variable plan option compensation in the future.

          As a result of the spin-off of Solitario, we recorded no equity in the loss of Solitario during the third quarter of 2005 compared to $52,000 in the third quarter of 2004. We will not record any equity in the income or loss of Solitario in the future.

          We recorded an -of $28,000 during the three months ended September 30, 2005 compared to income tax expense of $3,008,000 in the third quarter of 2004. Deferred tax benefit (at statutory rates) of $175,000 and $1,106,000, respectively, was not provided on the loss on derivative instrument - unexercised Crown warrants of $515,000 and $3,253,000 recorded during the three months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, which is not taxable for tax purposes and is treated as a permanent difference for which no deferred tax benefit is provided. During the three months ended September 30, 2004 we did not record income tax benefit of $312,000 related to our non-deductible variable stock option charge of $1,119,000 and we recorded $2,808,000 of deferred tax expense related to the taxable spin-off of our interest in Solitario and there were no similar items in 2005. The remaining change in deferred taxes was related to the level of pre-tax inco me in both periods. If our pending Merger with Kinross is not completed, we anticipate offsetting any operating losses incurred in 2005 against our existing deferred tax liabilities at the statutory rate resulting in a tax benefit.

Nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to September 30, 2004 

          For the nine months ended September 30, 2005, we had a net loss of $681,000, or $0.02 per basic and diluted share, compared to net loss of $6,611,000, or $0.24 per basic and diluted share for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. The decrease in net loss in 2005 is primarily related to (i) the decrease in the loss on derivative instruments to $214,000 in 2005 compared to $3,253,000 in 2004, (ii) a decrease in tax expense to a benefit of $241,000 in the first nine months of 2005 compared to tax expense of $2,725,000 in during the first nine months of 2004, which included a charge to deferred tax expense of $2,808,000 related to the spin-off of Solitario in 2004 (iii) an increase in net general and administrative costs to $771,000 during the first nine months of 2005 compared to $647,000 during the same period of 2004, excluding a charge of $518,000 for variable option compensation expense during the first nine months of 2 004. These increased costs were partially offset by the elimination of any equity in the loss of Solitario during the first nine months of 2005 compared to a $475,000 loss in the Equity of Solitario in the first nine months of 2004 as well as an increase in our interest income during the first nine months of 2005 compared to 2004. Each of these items is discussed in more detail below.

          Exploration expense of $21,000 was recorded during the nine months end September 30, 2005 compared to $30,000 during the same period of 2004, related to certain property tax and option payments. The reductions in these payments were primarily as a result of patenting certain previously unpatented claims, and dropping other non-critical unpatented claims.

          General and administrative expenses increased to $771,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2005 from $647,000 in the same period of 2004 (excluding variable option compensation expense of $518,000 discussed below), primarily as a result of increased salary and bonus costs in 2005 compared to 2004 and for professional services fees of $44,000 in 2005 for a valuation of our shares of Solitario distributed on July 26, 2004 in support of the preparation of our 2004 tax returns. Salary and bonus costs were $541,000 in the nine months of 2005 compared to $369,000 in the comparable period of 2004. In addition salary related costs and benefits, including payroll taxes and medical insurance, increased to $140,000 in the first nine months of 2005 from $110,000 in the same period of 2004. The increases in these costs were partially offset by a reduction in legal and accounting costs to $254,000 in the first nine months of 2005 comp ared to $341,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2004. Significant legal and accounting costs were incurred during the first nine months of 2004 related to the restatement of our financial statements and preparation of filing documents related to the Merger with Kinross. Other general and administrative costs, management fees charged to Solitario, travel and shareholder costs were comparable during the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004. If our pending Merger with Kinross is not completed we expect our remaining 2005 general and administrative costs to be comparable to 2004 based upon expected salary and ongoing professional service costs related to the Merger.

          We recorded a variable stock option compensation expense of $518,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2004, primarily due to vesting of the options, resulting in the recognition of deferred compensation of $2,149,000 during the period, which was partially offset by a decrease in the intrinsic value of our options of $1,631,000 due to the decrease in the price of our common stock from $2.58 per share at December 31, 2003 to an average of $1.88 per share in July 2004, when our options under variable plan accounting were exercised. There were no similar items during the nine months ended September 30, 2005. Under variable plan accounting, which resulted from the re-pricing of existing options in 1999 and 1998, changes in the intrinsic value of the stock options are charged (credited) to expense over the remaining service period (the vesting period) of the related options. Variable plan accounting continues until options are exercised, cancelled or expire. All of our stock options were exercised during July 2004.

          Our equity in the loss of Solitario was $475,000 from January 1, 2004 through July 26, 2004, when we completed the spin-off and there was no similar item in the first nine months of 2005.

          We recorded and increase in interest income during the first nine months of 2005 to $60,000 compared to interest income of $15,000 during the same period of 2004. The increase in interest is entirely related to the increase in cash balances during the respective period as a result of the Kinross investment of $1,000,000 private placement in January 2005, discussed above in recent financing transactions as well as the net proceeds from the Convertible Debenture issued in June 2005, net of the dividend paid in July 2005, and additional cash of $671,000 received in the first nine months of 2005 upon the exercise of warrants on a cash basis.

          We recorded an income tax benefit of $241,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to income tax expense of $2,725,000 during the same period of 2004. Deferred tax benefits (at statutory rates) of $72,000 and $1,106,000, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 were not provided on the loss on derivative instrument - unexercised Crown warrants, which is not taxable for tax purposes and is treated as a permanent difference for which no deferred tax benefit is provided. During the nine months ended September 30, 2004 we did not record income tax benefit of $132,000 related to our non-deductible variable stock option expense. In addition we recorded a charge of $2,808,000 for the taxable spin-off of Solitario during the nine months ended September 30, 2004. The remaining change related to the level of pre-tax income in both periods. If our pending Merger with Kinross is not com pleted, we anticipate offsetting any operating losses incurred in 2005 against our existing deferred tax liabilities at the statutory rate resulting in a tax benefit.

          Since the announcement of the planned Kinross merger we have essentially limited our activities to permitting the Buckhorn Mountain Project and general and administrative duties required to complete the planned merger. Due to the nature of the mining business, the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties require significant expenditures prior to the commencement of production. In the past we have financed our activities through the sale of debt and equity securities, joint venture arrangements (including project financing) and the sale of interests in our properties. To the extent necessary, we expect to continue to use similar financing techniques.

          Our exploration and development activities and funding opportunities, as well as those of our joint venture partners, may be materially affected by gold price and mineral commodity levels and changes in those levels. The market price of gold and mineral commodities is determined in world markets and is affected by numerous factors, all of which are beyond our control.

          Net cash used in operating activities decreased to $777,000 in the first nine months of 2005 compared to $1,152,000 in the first nine months of 2004. The primary reason for the decrease was a decrease in the change in Crown's net payables from a net decrease in payables (which required additional cash for operations) of $21,000 during the first nine months of 2005 compared to a net decrease in payables of $313,000 during the first nine months of 2004. In addition we had a smaller increase in current assets (which uses additional cash from operations) of $24,000 during the first nine months of 2005 compared to an increase of $177,000 from the change in current assets in the nine months ended September 30, 2004. The remaining use of cash primarily related to the increase in general and administrative costs in 2005 compared to 2004, which was partially offset by the increase in interest income, discussed above. If our pending Merger with Kinross is not completed, we would expect our 2005 cash used in operating activities to be comparable to 2004, as a result of expected comparable general and administrative costs in 2005 compared to 2004.          

          Net cash used in investing activities increased to $1,868,000 in the first nine months of 2005 compared to $964,000 in the first nine months of 2004 as a result of significantly increased payments on accrued liabilities outstanding as of December 31, 2004 during the first nine months of 2005 for additions to our Buckhorn Mountain Project. The expenditures during 2005 and 2004 were primarily related to costs for permitting paid to the State of Washington for reviews of our Buckhorn Mountain Project feasibility study, which was prepared by Steffen Robertson and Kirsten, an independent mining and consulting firm ("SRK") during 2003. These cash additions included costs of $464,000 that Kinross reimbursed us for permitting costs (but exclude $505,000 of costs that Kinross directly paid to third party vendors for permitting costs during the nine months ended September 30, 2005) as a result of the amendment to the Merger Agreement discu ssed under recent developments above. These increased payments were partially offset by a reduction in capitalized interest paid in cash during 2005. We capitalized interest paid in cash during the first nine months of 2004 of $181,000 compared to no capitalized interest paid in cash during the first nine months of 2005, as all our capitalized interest cost during 2005 was related to accretion of $4,000 of interest on our Keystone note, accrued interest of $111,000 on our Convertible Debenture and $83,000 for amortization of our beneficial conversion feature on our Convertible Debenture. If our pending Merger with Kinross is not completed, we expect our future net expenditures at Buckhorn Mountain to be significantly reduced as we will be reimbursed by Kinross for the majority of those costs for the remainder of 2005.

          All interest costs, including non-cash interest costs, for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 have been capitalized as part of our development of the Buckhorn Mountain Project. We capitalized interest costs of $198,000 and $3,881,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Interest costs decreased significantly during the first nine months of 2005 compared to 2004 as a result of the conversion of our Senior Notes during the third quarter of 2004. Our interest cost in the first nine months of 2005 consisted of the accretion of $4,000 on our Keystone note and accrued interest of $111,000 on our Convertible Debenture and $83,000 for amortization of our beneficial conversion feature on our Convertible Debenture. Capitalized interest costs for the first nine months of 2004 included the payment of $181,000 of interest paid in cash, accretion of interest on our Keystone Note of $7,000, the amortization of discounts of $193,000 and the capitalization as interest cost of all remaining Senior Note discounts upon conversion of the Senior Notes during July 2004 of $3,104,000 and the capitalization of additional interest costs from the issuance of our common shares as interest during the third quarter of 2004 of $397,000. If our pending Merger with Kinross is not completed, we would expect our interest costs to significantly decline for the remainder of 2005 as a result of the completion of the amortization of our beneficial conversion feature on our Convertible Debenture.

          Net cash provided by financing activities during the first nine months of 2005 included $1,000,000 from the issuance of 511,640 shares of our common stock to Kinross and the issuance of our $10,000,000 Convertible Debenture, both discussed above under recent financing activities. The funds from the Convertible Debenture were partially offset by our distribution of a dividend to our shareholders of $9,661,000 on July 26, 2005. During the nine months ended September 30, 2005 we received $671,000 from the exercise of warrants on a cash basis. We also received payments from Kinross for reimbursements of permitting costs of $464,000 which are included in additional paid-in capital as a result of the amendment to the Merger Agreement discussed above in recent financing activities. During the nine months ended September 30, 2004 we received $1,355,000 from the exercise of options and $711,000 from the exercise of warrants on a cash b asis. If our pending Merger with Kinross is not completed, we do not expect the remainder of 2005 to have any other significant cash provided from financing activities, as we do not expect similar share or debt issuances or any exercises of options or warrants.

(f.) Contractual obligations and planned expenditures

          We have budgeted $1,100,000 for permitting and development expenditures in 2005, which will be fully expended by us only if our pending Merger with Kinross is not completed. The bulk of these costs will be for completion of a supplemental draft environmental impact statement related to the currently filed amended plan of operations for the Buckhorn Mountain Project. We anticipate the bulk of the remaining costs for 2005 will be reimbursed to us by Kinross.

Our current plan assumes the ores from the Buckhorn Mountain Project will be trucked to Kinross' Kettle River Mill and will be processed in accordance with our toll milling agreement with Kinross. The capital costs of the Buckhorn Mountain Project, through initial production, are currently estimated to be approximately $32.6 million, assuming the toll milling discussed above. If the pending merger with Kinross is not completed, we will require significant new financial resources in order to develop the Buckhorn Mountain Project, which may be in the form of a joint venture, project or debt finance, or issuance of equity. There is no assurance we will be able to obtain the necessary financial resources on acceptable terms, if at all.

          Future contractual obligations and cash commitments at September 30, 2005 include the payment of: long-term debt, unpatented mining claim payments, and operating leases, as follows:

          Cash and cash equivalents amounted to $1,910,000 at September 30, 2005. These funds are generally invested in short-term interest-bearing deposits and securities, pending investment in current and future projects. Working capital at September 30, 2005 was $1,133,000.

          We provide management and technical services to Solitario under a management and technical services agreement originally signed in April 1994 and modified in April 1999, December 2000 and July 2002. Under the modified agreement Solitario reimburses us for direct out-of-pocket expenses, payment of 25% of our corporate administrative costs for executive and technical salaries benefits and expenses, 50% of our corporate administrative costs for financial management and reporting salaries, benefits and expenses and 75% of our corporate administrative costs for investor relations salaries, benefits and expenses. These allocations are based upon estimated time and expenses spent by our management and employees on our activities and Solitario's activities. Management believes these allocations are reasonable and the allocations are periodically reviewed by management and approved by our independent Board members and by Solitario's independent Board members. Management service fees are billed monthly, due on receipt and are generally paid within thirty days. Management service fees paid by Solitario were $104,000 and $305,000 for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2005, respectively. Management service fees paid by Solitario were $96,000 and $293,000 for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2004, respectively. These fees are recorded as a reduction to general and administration costs. We continue to operate under the management and technical services agreement subsequent to the spin-off of Solitario. If the Kinross merger is completed we expect to terminate the management and technical services agreement.

          On July 26, 2004, we completed a spin-off of Solitario's shares to our shareholders, whereby each of our shareholders received 0.2169 shares of Solitario common stock for each Crown share they owned. As part of the spin-off, on July 26, 2004, we retained 998,306 Retained Shares for the benefit of our warrant holders who will receive those shares when the warrant holders exercise their warrants. Subsequent to the spin-off, we distributed 962,302 Retained Shares upon the exercise of warrants and at September 30, 2005 had 36,004 Retained Shares. We carry our investment in Retained Shares at fair value with changes in the fair value recorded in the statement of operations. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, we recorded a gain of $121,000 and $34,000, respectively, on our investment in the Retained Shares compared to a gain of $1,030,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004. In addition, we retained 93 Solitario shares, from fractional shares, which we intend to sell. After the disposition of the Retained Shares and fractional shares, we will no longer own any shares of Solitario.

          We entered into a Voting Agreement dated as of April 15, 2002 among Zoloto Investors, LP ("Zoloto") and Solitario. Zoloto and Solitario are both shareholders of Crown (the "Signing Shareholders"). Pursuant to the Voting Agreement, Zoloto and Solitario agreed that each will vote its owned shares during the term of the Voting Agreement for the election of three designees of Zoloto and one designee of ours (the "Designee Directors") to the Board of Directors of Crown. The Signing Shareholders agreed that any shares received by either Signing Shareholder would be subject to the Voting Agreement during its term and any successor, assignee or transferee of shares from either Signing Shareholder would be subject to the terms of the Voting Agreement during its term. The Voting Agreement terminates on June 25, 2006. As of September 30, 2005, the Signing Shareholders collectively held 16,443,549 shares or 35.7% of our outstanding shar es.

          Solitario has entered into a stockholder and voting agreement with Kinross, along with several of our directors, our executive officers and entities affiliated with these directors and officers (collectively the "Signatories"), pursuant to which the Signatories agreed, among other things, to convert any Senior Notes held by them to common shares prior to the record date for the special meeting, to vote, or cause to be voted, all of the shares of our common stock owned by them, as set forth in the stockholder and voting agreement, as well as all shares of our common stock acquired by them, as set forth in the stockholder and voting agreement, in favor of the approval of the plan of merger, and against the acquisition of us by any person other than Kinross. As of September 30, 2005, 18,639,640 shares of Crown common stock were subject to the stockholder and voting agreement, representing approximately 40.5% of the outstanding share s of Crown common stock entitled to vote at the Crown special meeting.

         As of September 30, 2005, Solitario owns 6,071,626 shares of our common shares or approximately 13.2% of our outstanding shares.

          Christopher E. Herald, and Mark E. Jones, III are directors of both Solitario and us. Christopher E. Herald, James R. Maronick and Walter H. Hunt are officers of both Solitario and us. If the transaction between Crown and Kinross is completed, we anticipate Mr. Herald and Mr. Jones will not be among our directors and Mr. Herald, Mr. Maronick and Mr. Hunt will not be our officers.

          All of our capitalized costs included in Mineral Properties, net relate to the Buckhorn Mountain Project, a mineral property with proven and probable reserves. These costs will be depleted using the units-of-production method over the estimated life of the reserves. If there are insufficient reserves to use as a basis for depleting such costs, they are written off as mineral property impairment in the period in which the determination is made. Interest costs are capitalized on mineral properties under development. Interest is capitalized by applying a weighted average interest rate, including the effect of any discounts, to the average capitalized costs during a period, up to a maximum of total interest costs incurred during the period. We capitalized all of our interest costs of $1,499,000 and $1,739,000, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005. We capitalized all of our interest costs of $3 ,531,000 and $3,881,000, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004, respectively. At September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004 a total of $19,441,000 and $17,769,000, respectively, of interest costs have been capitalized as mineral properties, net at our Buckhorn Mountain Project.

          We expense all exploration costs incurred on our mineral properties, other than acquisition costs, prior to the establishment of proven and probable reserves. Upon identifying proven and probable reserves, we capitalize substantially all costs incurred including drilling, permitting and development as mineral property costs. Costs on mineral properties with proven and probable reserves which support development of proven and probable reserves or which expand existing proven and probable reserves are capitalized and amortized using the units-of-production method over the estimated life of the reserves. We regularly perform evaluations of our investment in mineral properties to assess the recoverability and the residual value of our investments in these assets. All long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or circumstances change which indicate the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable, utili zing established guidelines based upon discounted future net cash flows from the asset or upon the determination that certain exploration properties do not have sufficient potential for economic mineralization. There were no mineral interest impairments in the three or nine months ended September 30, 2005 or 2004.

          Our proven and probable reserves are based on extensive drilling, sampling, mine modeling and metallurgical testing from which economic feasibility has been determined. The price sensitivity of reserves depends upon several factors including grade, waste-to-ore ratio, and ore type. The reserves are estimated based on information available at the time the reserves are calculated. Recovery rates vary depending on the metallurgical properties of each deposit and the production process used. The reserve assumes the average recovery rate for the deposit, which takes into account the processing methods scheduled to be used. The cutoff grade, or lowest grade of mineralized material considered economic to process, varies with material type, metallurgical recoveries, and operating costs. The proven and probable reserves figures presented herein are estimates, and no assurance can be given that the indicated levels of recovery of gol d will be realized. Ounces of gold in the proven and probable reserves are prior to any losses during metallurgical treatment. Reserve estimates may require revision based on actual production experience. Market price fluctuations of gold, as well as increased production costs or reduced recovery rates, could render proven and probable reserves containing relatively lower grades of mineralization uneconomic to exploit and might result in a reduction of reserves. As discussed below, the ultimate recovery of our mineral reserves is dependent on obtaining necessary permits for the Buckhorn Mountain Project.

          On July 1, 2004 as a result of declaring, as a dividend, the distribution of our investment in 9,633,585 shares of Solitario, our warrants could be settled in both the Retained Shares and our own common stock. This required the change in the classification of our warrants from an equity derivative instrument to that of a liability derivative instrument, pursuant to SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities." We have recorded an unexercised warrant liability for the fair value of the warrants using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The portion of the unexercised warrant liability that will be settled in our common shares is classified as non-current. Any subsequent changes in the fair value of our warrants are recorded as a gain or loss in the statement of operations. In addition, as a result of classifying the Retained Shares as a trading security in accordance with SFAS No. 115, " Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities," we record any gains or losses on the increase in the fair value of our investment in Solitario based upon the fair value of the Retained Shares, based upon quoted market prices, in the statement of operations.

          The Black-Scholes option-pricing model utilizes certain assumptions about the underlying securities to determine the fair value of our unexercised warrants. These assumptions include (i) the current quoted market price of the underlying securities as an estimate of intrinsic value, (ii) an estimate of the historical volatility of the underlying securities based upon the closing market price for the securities over the last five years, (iii) a risk free interest rate based upon the current quoted interest rate for a similar-term United States Treasury strip securities and (iv) the estimated life of the warrants based upon their current expiration date. Changes in these factors could have a material impact on our reported financial position, and results of operations.

          In July 2001, we became the sole owner of the Crown Jewel project and renamed it the Buckhorn Mountain Project. Previously, the Crown Jewel Project had been subject to a joint venture agreement between Crown and Battle Mountain. Battle Mountain had proposed an open-pit mining operation with an on-site processing facility. Battle Mountain's proposed open-pit Crown Jewel Project was subjected to numerous permitting and legal challenges and delays. In January 2000, the Washington Pollution Control Hearings Board (the "PCHB") vacated the previously granted 401 Water Quality Permit and certain water rights for the Crown Jewel Project. Other permits previously granted to the Crown Jewel Project have since lapsed and will have to be reacquired as part of the ongoing permitting process.

          As part of the analysis of the Buckhorn Mountain Project subsequent to the January 2000 PCHB ruling, we retained Gochnour and Associates ("Gochnour") to review the required permits for a potential combination underground/open-pit-mine design for the Buckhorn Mountain Project ore deposit. Gochnour indicated this mine design would require conducting additional baseline studies and collecting data for modeling to amend previously approved permits as well as to obtain permits for activities that were not previously contemplated, for example the underground mining effects on ground water. Gochnour indicated the underground alternative would also require mitigation of environmental impacts. The Gochnour report concluded the proposed mine design is legally permittable.

          During 2002, we began seeking regulatory approval and permits to operate an exclusively underground mining operation at the Buckhorn Mountain Project. In May 2003, we submitted our Initial Buckhorn Mountain Project Plan of Operations with the USFS and the Washington State Department of Ecology ("WDOE"). The Initial Buckhorn Mountain Project Plan of Operations was deemed complete by the USFS in August 2003. This plan proposed a processing facility seven miles from the mine that we would construct, own, and operate. The ore would have been trucked from the mine to the mill. We believed this development plan significantly reduced the environmental impacts compared to the Crown Jewel open-pit mining plan proposed by Battle Mountain.

          Subsequent to the signing of the toll milling agreement with Echo Bay Minerals, we filed an Amended Buckhorn Mountain Plan of operations as outlined in the SRK feasibility study that provides for trucking of ore from the mine to the Kettle River processing facility owned by Echo Bay Minerals. This new development plan further reduces environmental impacts in comparison to the previous Buckhorn Mountain Project Plan of Operations by eliminating the need for new milling and tailings disposal facilities. Prior to acquiring most permits for construction and operation of the Buckhorn Mountain Project, a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement must be issued by the WDOE and an EA by the USFS.

          As a result of the Department of Interior-Bureau of Land Management issuing the patents to us in December 2004, the surface title was transferred from the USFS to us. Subsequently, the USFS determined that it was unnecessary for it to continue to be a co-lead agency in the permitting process. The WDOE is now the sole lead agency for all permitting activities. The USFS is currently preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA) for proposed activities that will occur on federal land, including upgrading of existing access roads, the construction of approximately 1.5 miles of new road, the installation and maintenance of water quality monitoring wells and construction of a perimeter fence line. We completed the work necessary for filing the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement ("DSEIS") during the third quarter of 2005, and the DSEIS was published on October 28, 2005 for public comment. We are currently awaiting any com ments from the public over the 90 days following publishing. Construction of the Buckhorn Mountain Project will not commence until after the WDOE completes their assessment of the DSEIS after the public comment period. There will continue to be uncertainty regarding the approval of the DSEIS, and we cannot provide any assurance when the process will be completed.

          Although we are not aware of any laws or regulations which would be violated by the mine design proposed in the SRK feasibility study, there will continue to be uncertainty regarding our ability to obtain the necessary permits from the regulatory authorities in a timely manner, if ever.

          Construction of the Buckhorn Mountain Project will not begin prior to the successful issuance of the remaining permits and resolution of the potential future legal and administrative challenges. Potential delays due to the appeals process, permit process or litigation are difficult to quantify.

          In September 2005, the Emerging Issues Task Force reached a consensus on Issue No. 05-8, "Income Tax Consequences of Issuing Convertible Debt with a Beneficial Conversion Feature," ("EITF No. 05-8"). EITF No. 05-8 provides that the issuance of convertible debt with a beneficial conversion feature results in a tax/book basis difference that should be accounted for as a temporary difference for purposes of applying FASB Statement No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes." EITF No. 05-08 further provides that the recognition of deferred taxes for the temporary difference should be recorded as an adjustment to additional paid-in capital, and that the recognition of deferred taxes for this temporary difference will not impact the income statement and the effective tax rate. EITF No. 05-8 is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2005, and should be applied retrospectively to all instruments with a beneficial c onversion feature. We have not yet adopted EITF No. 05-8 and have not determined what effect, if any, its adoption will have on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

          In May 2005, The FASB issued SFAS No. 154, "Accounting Changes and Error Corrections" ("SFAS No. 154") which replaces Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 20, "Accounting Changes" ("Opinion No. 20") and SFAS No. 3, "Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements." SFAS No. 154 requires retrospective to prior period application of changes in accounting principle, unless it is impracticable to determine either the period-specific effects or the cumulative effect of the change. SFAS No. 154 defines "retrospective application" as the application of a different accounting principle to prior accounting periods as if that principle had always been used or as the adjustment of previously issued financial statements to reflect a change in the reporting entity and SFAS No. 154 defines "restatement" as the revising of previously issued financial statements to reflect the correction of an error. SFAS No. 154 carries forwa rd without change the guidance in Opinion No. 20 for reporting the correction of an error in previously issued financial statements and changes in accounting estimate. SFAS No. 154 is effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2005. We have not yet adopted SFAS No. 154 and have not determined what effect, if any, its adoption will have on our financial position or results of operations or cash flows.

          In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), "Share Based Payments" ("SFAS No. 123R") which establishes standards for the accounting for transactions in which an entity exchanges its equity instruments for goods or services. SFAS No. 123R requires public entities to measure the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based upon the grant-date fair value of the award and that the cost be recognized over the period during which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award, which is generally the vesting period. The grant-date fair value of employee share options and similar instruments will be measured using option-pricing models adjusted for any unique characteristics of those instruments. SFAS No. 123R eliminates the alternative to use the APB 25 intrinsic value method of accounting that was provided in SFAS No. 123 "Accounting for Stock-based C ompensation," as originally issued. SFAS No. 123R is effective as of the beginning of the first fiscal year beginning after June 15, 2005. We have not yet adopted SFAS No. 123R and we have not determined what effect, if any, its adoption will have on our financial position or results of operations or cash flows.

          In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 153, entitled "Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets, an amendment of APB Opinion No. 29" ("SFAS No. 153"). The guidance in APB Opinion No. 29 is based upon the principle that exchanges of nonmonetary assets should be measured based upon the fair value of the assets exchanged. The guidance in Opinion No. 29 included certain exceptions to that principle. SFAS No. 153 eliminates the exception for nonmonetary exchanges of similar productive assets and replaces it with a general exception for exchanges of nonmonetary assets that do not have commercial substance. A nonmonetary exchange has commercial substance if the future cash flows of the entity are expected to change significantly as a result of the exchange. SFAS No. 153 is effective for nonmonetary asset exchanges occurring in fiscal periods beginning after June15, 2005. We adopted SFAS No. 153 during the third quarter of 2005 and its ado ption has not had any effect on our financial position or results of operations or cash flows.

(a)     Equity Price Risks

          We have estimated that a hypothetical increase of ten percent in the equity price of our common stock will increase the fair value of our unexercised warrant liability by $73,000 as of September 30, 2005. We have estimated that a hypothetical decrease of ten percent in the equity price of our common stock will decrease the fair value of our unexercised warrant liability by $73,000 as of September 30, 2005.

          We have estimated that a hypothetical increase of ten percent in the equity price of Solitario common stock will increase the fair value of our investment in Solitario and increase our unexercised warrant liability by $5,000 as of September 30, 2005. We have estimated that a hypothetical decrease of ten percent in the equity price of Solitario common stock will decrease the fair value of our investment in Solitario and decrease our unexercised warrant liability by $5,000 as of September 30, 2005.

(b)     Interest Rate Risks 

          We have estimated that a hypothetical increase or decrease, respectively, of ten percent in the risk-free interest rate used in our Black-Scholes option-pricing model will have less than a $1,000 decrease or increase, respectively, in the value of our future earnings and less than a $1,000 increase or decrease, respectively, in the fair value of our warrant liability as of September 30, 2005.

          Crown has no material interest rate risks related to its debt instruments as of September 30, 2005 as both its Convertible Debenture and its Keystone note have fixed interest rates.

(c)     Fluctuations in Commodity Prices

          We are also exposed to commodity price risks for changes in the price of precious and base metals insofar as such changes may affect the economic viability of our exploration and development projects. A change of 10% in the price of gold, silver or zinc would not have had a material change in our assets, liabilities or net income. Given that our feasibility study for the Buckhorn Mountain Project utilized a gold price of $350 per ounce and that the closing gold price on September 30, 2005 was $469 per ounce, a 10% change in the price of gold would not require a revision of our reported reserves, costs or capitalized costs related to Buckhorn Mountain.

          Disclosure controls and procedures are our controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, 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 us in the reports that we file under the Securities Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

          Based on their evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that there were certain weaknesses in our disclosure controls and procedures that caused our system of disclosure controls and procedures to be ineffective as of September 30, 2005, as discussed below. During the quarter ended September 30, 2005, there were no significant changes in our disclosure controls and procedures or in other factors that could significantly affect these disclosure controls and procedures.

          Internal control over financial reporting is defined as a process designed by, or under the supervision of our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, and effected by our board of directors, through our audit committee, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. These include procedures that (i) pertain to maintenance of records in reasonable detail to accurately reflect transactions and disposition of assets; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and (iii) provide reasonable assuranc e regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on our financial statements.

          During the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and subsequent to the issuance of our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2004, we identified matters that resulted in adjustments that had a material effect on our Company's financial reporting process. We determined we had (i) incorrectly recognized a deferred tax benefit related to our loss on derivative instrument - unexercised Crown warrants and (ii) incorrectly recorded deferred tax expense related to our spin-off of Solitario related to our retained shares. Such adjustments are the result of a material weakness in both the design or operation of our disclosure controls and procedures and the implementation of generally accepted accounting principles. We believe that these matters constitute a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting under standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. All of thes e adjustments are recorded in our restated consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2004 filed on Form 10-K/A with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 9, 2005.

          We have also concluded that the events cited in this report that are the subject of the restatement described in Note 9 to the condensed consolidated financial statements were the result of material weaknesses in our disclosure controls and procedures and our system of internal control over financial reporting. These material weaknesses relate to incorrectly reporting of additions to mineral properties on accounts for which payments had not been made in our statements of cash flows.

          We are not required to report management's assessment of the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting and we have not undertaken the kind of review of such controls that we would have been required to undertake if we were required to make such a report. However, we have noted certain deficiencies in our systems of internal control, from our limited review of such controls in connection with our review of disclosure controls and procedures above. These deficiencies include, lack of segregation of duties, limited capability to interpret and apply United States generally accepted accounting principles, lack of adequate documentation of our system of internal controls, lack of formal accounting policies and procedures and related documentation, deficiencies in our information technology systems and lack of a formal budgeting process. During the nine months ended September 30, 2005, we have taken steps to addr ess these identified deficiencies, including hiring of consultants to assist with preparation of our quarterly and annual reports, instituting a plan to update our accounting policies and procedures and budgeting processes, increased training and education regarding generally accepted accounting principles and SEC reporting and disclosure requirements and begun the process to upgrade our existing information technology systems. However, until we have completed a formal review of our internal controls, and even upon completion of such review, there is no assurance that we will have adequately addressed the identified deficiencies, as has been characteristic of companies that have completed their review of internal controls and have had to report on the effect or such review. Accordingly, our internal control over financial reporting may be subject to additional material weaknesses and deficiencies that we have not identified.

          Based on their evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the material weaknesses, significant deficiencies and deficiencies in our system of internal control over financial reporting identified above caused our system of internal control over financial reporting to be ineffective as of September 30, 2005. During the quarter ended September 30, 2005, other than the steps taken above, there were no significant changes to our system of internal control over financial reporting or in other factors that could significantly affect the internal control over financial reporting.

          The information set forth in this report includes "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is subject to the safe harbor created by those sections. Factors that could cause results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the timing of receipt of necessary governmental permits, the market price of gold, results of current exploration activities and other risk factors detailed in Crown's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2004.

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          Previously reported on Form 8-K dated May 11, 2005, May 31, 2005 and June 20, 2005

Item 6. Exhibits

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.