AI assistant
Balmoral Resources Ltd. — Interim / Quarterly Report 2020
May 1, 2020
43050_rns_2020-04-30_0270ddc5-b82b-4691-b82f-d8e92d5043b0.pdf
Interim / Quarterly Report
Open in viewerOpens in your device viewer
==> picture [188 x 123] intentionally omitted <==
(An Exploration Stage Company)
CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited – Prepared by Management) (Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019
Corporate Head Office
1750-700 West Pender Street Vancouver, British Columbia Canada V6C 1G8 Tel: 604-638-3664
NOTICE OF NO AUDITOR REVIEW OF CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Under National Instrument 51-102, Part 4, subsection 4.3(3)(a) continuous disclosure requirement, if any auditor has not performed a review of the condensed interim consolidated financial statements, they must be accompanied by a notice indicating that the financial statements have not been reviewed by an auditor.
The accompanying unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared by and are the responsibility of the Company’s management.
The Company’s independent auditor has not performed a review of these Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements.
BALMORAL RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company)
CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited – Prepared by Management) (Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
March 31, 2020 and 2019
| INDEX Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements |
Page 1 2 3 4 5-17 |
|---|---|
BALMORAL RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company) CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
(Unaudited – Prepared by Management) (Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
| Notes March 31, 2020 December 31, 2019 |
|
|---|---|
| ASSETS Current assets Cash and cash equivalents Accounts receivable Input tax credits receivable Marketable securities Prepaid expenses |
$ 7,899,023 $ 8,984,807 9,158 4,512 184,774 37,443 4 511,200 668,710 147,144 142,426 |
| Property, plant and equipment Right-of-use assets Exploration and evaluation assets |
8,751,299 9,837,898 73,481 69,159 530,091 581,890 5 69,581,736 68,557,998 |
| $ 78,936,607 $ 79,046,945 |
|
| LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY Current liabilities Accounts payable and accrued liabilities Lease liabilities Flow-through share premium liability |
8 $ 1,106,480 $ 287,207 193,478 193,625 9 359,202 586,379 |
| Asset retirement obligation Lease liabilities Deferred income tax liability |
1,659,160 1,067,211 5(i)(a) 100,000 100,000 350,730 398,587 9,428,594 9,503,971 |
| 11,538,484 11,069,769 |
|
| Shareholders’ equity Capital stock Deferred share units Share-based compensation reserve Warrant reserve Deficit |
6 90,041,951 89,866,030 7 88,000 55,000 10,542,446 9,705,401 94,480 95,699 (33,368,754) (31,744,954) |
| 67,398,123 67,977,176 |
|
| $ 78,936,607 $ 79,046,945 |
|
| Approved on behalf of the Directors: “Bryan Disher” Director Bryan Disher |
“Graeme Currie” Director Graeme Currie |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these interim condensed consolidated financial statements
1
BALMORAL RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company) CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(Unaudited – Prepared by Management) (Expressed in Canadian Dollars) Three Months Ended March 31
| Notes | 2020 | 2019 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXPENSES | |||||
| Consulting fees | 8 | $ | 20,250 |
$ | 15,000 |
| Depreciation | 55,189 | 38,544 | |||
| Filing and transfer agent’s fees | 29,642 | 79,291 | |||
| Office and miscellaneous | 23,176 | 21,927 | |||
| Professional fees | 1,071,816 | 49,397 | |||
| Property evaluations | - | 2,932 | |||
| Salaries and benefits | 8 | 173,805 | 168,739 | ||
| Share-based compensation | 7, 8 | 910,802 | - | ||
| Shareholder communication | 60,325 | 27,623 | |||
| Travel and related costs | 8,136 | 611 | |||
| Loss before other items | (2,353,141) | (404,064) | |||
| Other items | |||||
| Interest income (expense) | 18,240 | (9,119) | |||
| Gain on sale of marketable securities | 4 | 560,926 | 169,545 | ||
| Fair value adjustment on marketable securities | 4 | (151,760) | 4,117 | ||
| Foreign exchange loss | (619) | (452) | |||
| Loss before income taxes | (1,926,354) | (239,973) | |||
| Deferred income tax recovery | 302,554 | 120,814 | |||
| Net loss and comprehensive loss for the period | $ | (1,623,800) | $ | (119,159) | |
| Basic and diluted loss per share | $ | (0.01) | $ | (0.00) | |
| Weighted average number of common shares | |||||
| outstanding | 178,522,947 | 140,503,273 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these interim condensed consolidated financial statements
2
BALMORAL RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company) CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
(Unaudited – Prepared by Management) (Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
| Number of shares |
Capital stock | Deferred share units |
Share-based compensation reserve |
Warrant reserve |
Deficit | Total shareholders’ equity |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance, December 31, 2018 | 138,570,776 | 81,648,214 | - | 9,450,252 | 297 | (31,301,278) | 59,797,485 |
| Shares issued for cash: | |||||||
| Privateplacements | 9,998,179 | 1,790,904 | - | - | - | - | 1,790,904 |
| Allocation of value to flow-through share premium |
- | (469,391) | - | - | - | - | (469,391) |
| Allocation ofproceeds to warrants | - | (29,187) | - | - | - | - | (29,187) |
| Share issuance costs | - | (164,077) | - | 10,364 | 29,187 | - | (124,526) |
| Net loss for theperiod | - | - | - | - | - | (119,159) | (119,159) |
| Balance, March 31, 2019 | 148,568,955 | $ 82,776,463 |
$ - |
$ 9,460,616 |
$ 29,484 |
$ (31,420,437) |
$ 60,846,126 |
| Balance, December 31, 2019 | 177,862,672 | 89,866,030 | 55,000 | 9,705,401 | 95,699 | (31,744,954) | 67,977,176 |
| Shares issued for cash: | |||||||
| Exercise of warrants, including reallocation of warrant reserve (Note 6) |
170,369 | 43,811 | - | - | (1,219) | - | 42,592 |
| Exercise of stock options, including reallocation of share-based compensation reserve (Note 6) |
540,000 | 137,957 | - | (40,757) | - | - | 97,200 |
| Share issuance costs | - | (5,847) | - | - | - | - | (5,847) |
| Share-based compensation(Note 7) | - | - | 33,000 | 877,802 | - | - | 910,802 |
| Net loss for theperiod | - | - | - | - | - | (1,623,800) | (1,623,800) |
| Balance, March 31, 2020 | 178,573,041 | $ 90,041,951 |
$ 88,000 |
$ 10,542,446 |
$ 94,480 |
$ (33,368,754) |
$ 67,398,123 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these interim condensed consolidated financial statements
3
BALMORAL RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company) CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited – Prepared by Management) (Expressed in Canadian Dollars) Three Months Ended March 31,
| Notes | 2020 | 2019 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OPERATING ACTIVITIES | |||||
| Net loss for the period | $ | (1,623,800) | $ | (119,159) | |
| Items not affecting cash: | |||||
| Depreciation | 55,189 | 38,544 | |||
| Share-based compensation | 7 | 910,802 | - | ||
| Gain on sale of marketable securities | 4 | (560,926) | (169,545) | ||
| Fair value adjustment on marketable securities | 4 | 151,760 | (4,117) | ||
| Deferred income tax recovery | (302,554) | (120,814) | |||
| Changes in non-cash working capital items: | |||||
| Accounts receivable | (1,954) | (3,969) | |||
| Input tax credits receivable | (147,331) | 253,307 | |||
| Prepaid expenses | (4,718) | 17,248 | |||
| Accounts payable and accruedliabilities | 831,411 | 93,402 | |||
| Net cash used inoperating activities | (692,121) | (15,103) | |||
| FINANCING ACTIVITIES | |||||
| Shares issued for cash | 6 | 139,792 | 1,790,904 | ||
| Share issuance costs | 6 | (5,847) | (153,713) | ||
| Lease liabilities payments | (48,004) | (47,707) | |||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 85,941 | 1,589,484 | |||
| INVESTING ACTIVITIES | |||||
| Investment in, advances to and expenditures on exploration and | |||||
| evaluation assets | 5 | (1,038,568) | (354,684) | ||
| Cash received from sale of marketable securities, net of | |||||
| commissions | 4 | 666,676 | 245,125 | ||
| Purchase of property, plant and equipment | (7,712) | - | |||
| Purchase of marketable securities | 4 | (100,000) | - | ||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (479,604) | (109,559) | |||
| Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | (1,085,784) | 1,464,822 | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period | 8,984,807 | 1,299,534 | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period | $ | 7,899,023 | $ | 2,764,356 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents consist of the following: | |||||
| Cash | $ | 586,315 | $ | 2,078,932 | |
| Termdeposits | 7,312,708 | 685,424 | |||
| $ | 7,899,023 | $ | 2,764,356 | ||
| Supplemental cash flow information | |||||
| Accounts receivable related to exploration and evaluation assets | $ | - | $ | 62,589 | |
| Accounts payable related to exploration and evaluation assets | $ | 215,778 | $ | 233,085 | |
| Refundable tax credit for exploration and evaluation assets | $ | - | $ | (1,586,817) | |
| Agents’warrantsissuedfor finder’sfees | $ | - | $ | 10,364 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these interim condensed consolidated financial statements
4
BALMORAL RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company) NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited – Prepared by Management) (Expressed in Canadian Dollars) Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019
1. NATURE AND CONTINUANCE OF OPERATIONS
Balmoral Resources Ltd. (the “Company” or “Balmoral”) is incorporated under the laws of British Columbia, Canada, and is primarily engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties. The address of its head office is 1750 – 700 West Pender Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6C 1G8. The Company is a publicly-traded company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) under the symbol "BAR", on the OTCQX market in the United States under the symbol "BALMF" and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol “BOR”.
Balmoral is an exploration stage company focused on the acquisition and exploration of gold and base metal properties in Canada. The principal focus of the Company’s exploration activities are the properties comprising its Detour Gold Trend Project in Quebec.
The Company has not yet determined whether its properties contain mineral reserves that are economically recoverable. The continued operations of the Company and the recoverability of the amounts capitalized as exploration and evaluation assets is dependent upon the existence of economically recoverable reserves, the ability of the Company to obtain the necessary financing to complete the exploration and development of such properties and future profitable production or proceeds from the disposition of the properties.
The Company does not generate cash flows from operations to fund its activities, and therefore relies principally upon the issuance of securities for financing. Future capital requirements will depend on many factors including the Company’s ability to execute its business plan.
On March 2, 2020, the Company entered into Arrangement Agreement whereby, subject to the approval of the Company’s shareholders and receipt of certain regulatory and legal approvals, the issued and outstanding shares of the Company will be acquired by Wallbridge Mining Company Limited (“Wallbridge”) (Note 3) . In the interim, the Company intends to rely on its existing cash reserves and should the proposed transaction not proceed will continue relying upon the issuance of securities to finance its future activities but there can be no assurance that such financing will be available on a timely basis under terms acceptable to the Company.
In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has created a dramatic slowdown in the global economy. The duration of the COVID-19 outbreak and the resultant travel restrictions, social distancing, government response actions, business closures and business disruptions, are all having an impact on the Company’s operations and access to capital. On March 24, 2020, following orders from the Provincial governments of Quebec and Ontario, the Company suspended, until further notice, all its exploration activities in both provinces. All exploration activities remain suspended at the time of preparation. There can be no assurance that the Company will not be further impacted by adverse consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, which may include reduced resource prices, share prices and financial liquidity and thereby severely limit the financing capital available in the mineral exploration sector as well as impair access to supplies, contractors and affect the Company’s ability to retain its staff and management.
These condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the basis of accounting principles applicable to a going concern, which assumes that the Company will be able return to normal operations in the foreseeable future and will be able to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. Although these condensed interim consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that may result from the inability of the Company to resume normal operations or to secure future financing, such a situation would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition.
5
BALMORAL RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company) NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited – Prepared by Management) (Expressed in Canadian Dollars) Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
(a) Basis of presentation
These condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”), applicable to the preparation of interim financial statements, including IAS 34, Interim Financial Reporting . These condensed interim consolidated financial statements do not include all information required for a complete set of IFRS statements. However selected notes are included to explain events and transactions that are significant to an understanding of the changes in the Company’s financial position and performance since the last annual financial statements as at and for the year ended December 31, 2019.
(b) Basis of consolidation
These condensed interim consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, 1177712 B.C. Ltd. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation.
(c) Significant accounting policies
The accounting policies, estimates and judgments, methods of computation and presentation applied in these condensed interim consolidated financial statements are consistent with those of the previous financial year. Accordingly, the condensed interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s most recent annual financial statements.
(d) Approval of financial statements
The Board of Directors approved these condensed interim consolidated financial statements for issue on April 30, 2020.
3. ARRANGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH WALLBRIDGE
On March 2, 2020, the Company and Wallbridge announced that they had entered into a definitive Arrangement Agreement whereby Wallbridge will, among other things, acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company, in an all-stock transaction, pursuant to a plan of arrangement (the “Transaction”).
Under the terms of the Arrangement Agreement, and subject to the approval of the shareholders of the Company at a Special Meeting of the shareholders to be held on May 7, 2020 and certain regulatory and legal approvals, all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company will be exchanged at a ratio of 0.71 of a Wallbridge common share for each 1.0 common share of the Company.
The benefits of the Transaction are outlined in the Company’s March 2, 2020 news release and additional details concerning the Arrangement Agreement and the Transaction are detailed in the Company’s Management Information Circular which was mailed to shareholders on March 27, 2020 and which is available for reference on the Company’s website at www.balmoralresources.com or under the Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com
6
BALMORAL RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company) NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited – Prepared by Management) (Expressed in Canadian Dollars) Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019
4. MARKETABLE SECURITIES
Ely Gold Royalties Inc. (“Ely Gold”)
As at December 31, 2019, the Company held 670,000 common shares of Ely Gold with a fair value of $308,200 and 1,000,000 Ely Gold warrants with a fair value of $360,510. On January 23, 2020, the Company exercised all the outstanding Ely Gold warrants, acquiring 1,000,000 common shares of Ely Gold at $0.10 per share. During the period ended March 31, 2020, the Company sold 950,000 common shares of Ely Gold for an average price of $0.71 per share for gross proceeds of $674,020, less commissions of $7,344, and realized a gain of $560,926. An unrealized loss on the Company’s holdings of Ely Gold shares and warrants of $151,760 for the period ended March 31, 2020 was recorded through profit and loss. As at March 31, 2020, the Company held 720,000 common shares of Ely Gold with a fair value of $511,200.
Subsequent to March 31, 2020, the Company sold an additional 428,500 common shares of Ely Gold for an average price of $0.86 per share for gross proceeds of $370,460 less commissions of $4,035, and realized a gain of $320,004.
7
BALMORAL RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company) NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited – Prepared by Management) (Expressed in Canadian Dollars) Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019
5. EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS
| Ontario | Others | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fenelon | N2 | Martiniere | Detour East | Grasset | Properties | (Note 5(ii)(b) & | ||||||||||
| (Note 5(i)(a)) | (Note 5(ii)(a)) | (Note 5(i)(a)) | (Note 5(i)(b)) | (Note 5(i)(c)) | (Note 5(iii)) | 5(ii)(c)) | Total | |||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2019 | $ | 3,944,373 | $ | 1,567,108 | $ |
38,126,197 |
$ | 5,696,670 |
$ |
15,913,134 | $ | 921,141 |
$ | 2,389,375 | $ | 68,557,998 |
| Deferred exploration costs: | ||||||||||||||||
| Claims management | 279 | 278 | 279 | 279 | 278 | 1,114 | 1,393 | 3,900 | ||||||||
| Community Relations | - | 500 | - | - | - | - | - | 500 | ||||||||
| Drilling | 759,984 | - | 6,391 | (251) | (251) | - | (34) | 765,839 | ||||||||
| Geology | 1,370 | 500 | - | - | - | - | 3,511 | 5,381 | ||||||||
| Geophysics | 214,985 | (11) | (11) | - | - | 2,161 | 912 | 218,036 | ||||||||
| Project management | 1,183 | 639 | 4,640 | 639 | 1,183 | 2,558 | 3,195 | 14,037 | ||||||||
| Property payments | 5,332 | - | - | 32,210 | - | 370 | 633 | 38,545 | ||||||||
| Total deferred exploration costs | 983,133 | 1,906 | 11,299 | 32,877 | 1,210 | 6,203 | 9,610 | 1,046,238 | ||||||||
| Total expenditures for the period | 983,133 | 1,906 | 11,299 | 32,877 | 1,210 | 6,203 | 9,610 | 1,046,238 | ||||||||
| Cost recoveries | (22,500) | - | - | - | - | - | - | (22,500) | ||||||||
| Balance, March 31, 2020 | $ | 4,905,006 | $ | 1,569,014 | $ |
38,137,496 | $ | 5,729,547 | $ | 15,914,344 | $ | 927,344 | $ | 2,398,985 | $ | 69,581,736 |
8
BALMORAL RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company) NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited – Prepared by Management) (Expressed in Canadian Dollars) Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019
5. EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS (Continued)
(i). Detour Gold Trend Project, Quebec
- (a) Fenelon and Martiniere, Quebec
The Company owns 100% interests in each of the Fenelon and Martiniere properties.
There are certain net smelter return (“NSR”) royalties on the properties in favour of former property owners and payable on commencement of commercial production: 2% on the majority of the Martiniere property and between 1% and 1.6% for portions of the Fenelon Property, the latter royalties having been reduced as a result of the Company’s re-acquisition of a 2% NSR interest pertaining to certain claims within the Fenelon Property during 2019. Buyout provisions exist for a portion of the Fenelon royalties.
On October 10, 2018, the Company sold the 1% NSR royalty it held on the adjacent Fenelon Mine property to Ely Gold in exchange for $500,000 plus 1,000,000 common shares and 1,000,000 common share purchase warrants of Ely Gold (Note 4). In connection with the sale, the Company paid legal fees of $21,026. To date the Company has realized an additional $$1,168,684 in net proceeds from the sale of its Ely Gold shares and warrants.
The Company recovered $22,500 from Wallbridge for the rental of the camp and storage at Fenelon during the period ended March 31, 2020.
As at March 31, 2020, the Company estimates that the fair value of the potential asset retirement liability for its share of the environmental rehabilitation is $50,000 for the Fenelon camp site and $50,000 for Martiniere (December 31, 2019 - $50,000 for Fenelon and $50,000 for Martiniere). The fair value of the liability was determined to be equal to the estimated reclamation costs which would be the responsibility of the Company. Due to the early stage of the Company’s projects, and that extractive activities have not yet begun, the Company is unable to predict with any precision the timing of the cash flow related to the reclamation activities.
(b) Detour East, Quebec
The Company owns a 100% interest in the Detour East Property, except for 18 claims, which are in a 63%/37% participatory joint venture with Encana Corp. and for which the Company is the operator.
There is a NSR royalty of 2%, which relates to the entirety of the property, payable to a former property owner, which may be repurchased at any time for $1,000,000 for the first 50% of the NSR interest and $2,000,000 for the remainder.
(c) Grasset, Quebec
The Company owns a 100% interest in the Grasset Property acquired through staking. The Grasset property is located immediately east of and adjoins the Fenelon Property. There are no underlying royalties on the Grasset Property.
9
BALMORAL RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company) NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited – Prepared by Management) (Expressed in Canadian Dollars) Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019
5. EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS (Continued)
(ii). Other Quebec Properties
(a) N2, Quebec
The Company owns a 100% interest in the N2 property.
There are NSR royalties of 1% to 5% on the property in favour of former property owners and payable on commencement of commercial production. Buyout provisions exist for certain portions of these royalties.
(b) Hwy 810
The Company owns a 100% interest in the Hwy 810 Property, which is located proximal to the producing Casa Berardi gold mine approximately 70 kilometres south of the Detour Gold Trend Project. The property was acquired by staking and there are no royalties or other encumbrances on the property. The Hwy 810 property hosts both gold and base metal targets.
- (c) RUM
The Company owns a 100% interest in six properties in the Lac Rocher Nickel District in Quebec (the “RUM” properties). The RUM properties cover mafic/ultramafic intrusions of the Lac Rocher suite and are being explored for their nickel-copper-cobalt-PGE potential. The RUM Properties were acquired by staking and thus there are no royalties payable or third-party encumbrances.
Also included in Other Quebec Properties are the Harri, Nantel, and Jeremie properties, which were acquired by staking or purchase agreements, which the Company owns a 100% interest in and which are all part of the Detour Gold Trend Project.
(iii). Ontario, Properties
(a) Northshore, Ontario
As at March 31, 2020, the Company owns an approximate 44% interest in the Northshore Property along with a similar interest in certain surface rights attached to the property. The Northshore Property mineral rights are underlain by a sliding-scale NSR royalty to a third-party, which is adjusted to the contained number of ounces of gold outlined in a pre-production resource estimate.
On July 24, 2011, the Company and GTA Resources and Mining Inc. (“GTA”) entered into an option agreement (the “Option Agreement”) whereby GTA was granted the exclusive right to acquire up to a 70% interest in the Northshore Property.
On July 14, 2014, GTA delivered a first option vesting notice to the Company and subsequently advised the Company that it would not be proceeding with a second option, which had been granted under the terms of the Option Agreement. Consequently a 51%/49% participatory contractual arrangement (joint venture) was formed with respect to the Northshore Property with GTA as the majority holder and project operator.
10
BALMORAL RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company) NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited – Prepared by Management) (Expressed in Canadian Dollars) Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019
5. EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS (Continued)
(iii). Ontario, Properties (Continued)
(a) Northshore, Ontario (Continued)
In March of 2019 GTA sold its mineral property holdings to CBLT Inc., a Company with the same management as GTA, such that the current property interests are approximately 56% to CBLT and 44% to Balmoral.
(b) Gargoyle, Goblin and Ghost, Ontario
On August 31, 2018, the Company entered into an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Gargoyle Property in Ontario which it can exercise by making cash and share payments of $140,000 and issuing 390,000 common shares, at its option, as outlined below:
-
Within 10 days of the approval of the option agreement by the TSX $20,000 and 60,000 common shares (paid and issued)
-
August 31, 2019: $30,000 and 80,000 common shares (paid and issued)
-
August 31, 2020: $40,000 and 100,000 common shares*
-
August 31, 2021: $50,000 and 150,000 common shares*
*The common shares of the Company to be issued will be adjusted by the ratio of 0.71 of a Wallbridge common share for each 1.0 common share of the Company. (Note 3)
The Company may accelerate the payment schedule. Upon full payment of the cash and shares set out above, the Company will grant a 2% NSR royalty to the vendor, half of which the Company may repurchase at any time for $1,000,000. The Company also has a right of first refusal on the sale of the remaining NSR interest.
During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company expanded the Gargoyle Property by staking another 697 claims and acquiring two new properties nearby, Goblin and Ghost. Each of the properties was acquired for its nickel-copper-cobalt-PGE potential. Neither the Goblin or Ghost properties are subject to the terms and conditions of the Gargoyle Agreement and thus are 100% owned by the Company and free of royalty interests.
6. CAPITAL STOCK
- (a) Common shares
Authorized
An unlimited number of common shares without par value.
11
BALMORAL RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company) NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited – Prepared by Management) (Expressed in Canadian Dollars) Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019
6. CAPITAL STOCK (Continued)
(a) Common shares (Continued)
Share issuances (Continued)
Share issuances
During the period ended March 31, 2020:
-
(a) The Company issued 540,000 common shares at $0.18 per share pursuant to the exercise of stock options granted on September 7, 2018 and April 12, 2019 for gross proceeds of $97,200 and reclassified $40,757 related to these options from share-based payment reserve to capital stock.
-
(b) The Company issued 170,369 common shares at $0.25 per share pursuant to the exercise of share purchase warrants issued on March 15, 2019 for gross proceeds of $42,592 and reclassified $1,219 related to these warrants from warrant reserve to capital stock.
In connection with the issuance of common shares, the Company paid $5,847 in share issuance costs.
(b) Warrants
The following common share purchase warrants entitle the holders thereof to purchase one common share for each common share purchase warrant.
| Period ended March 31, 2020 |
Year Ended December 31, 2019 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Number of warrants Weighted average exercise price |
Number of warrants Weighted average exercise price |
|
| Balance, beginning of the period Issued Exercised |
8,245,702 $ 0.28 - $ - (170,369) $ (0.25) |
- $ - 8,245,702 $ 0.28 - $ - |
| Balance, end ofthe period | 8,075,333 $ 0.28 |
8,245,702 $ 0.28 |
The weighted average remaining contractual life of warrants outstanding at March 31, 2020 was 0.91 years (December 31, 2019 – 1.15 years).
12
BALMORAL RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company) NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited – Prepared by Management) (Expressed in Canadian Dollars) Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019
6. CAPITAL STOCK (Continued)
(b) Warrants (Continued)
The Company had outstanding warrants as follows:
| Expiry date | March 31, 2020 | December 31, 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Exercise price Number of warrants |
Exercise price Number of warrants |
|
| September 15, 2020 October 11, 2020 April 25, 2021 May 8, 2021 |
$ 0.25 1,303,287 $ 0.25 1,216,427 $ 0.30 424,484 $ 0.30 5,131,135 |
$ 0.25 1,473,656 $ 0.25 1,216,427 $ 0.30 424,484 $ 0.30 5,131,135 |
| 8,075,333 | 8,245,702 |
The Company uses the fair value method for determining fair value for all warrants issued during the period. The fair value of warrants issued was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model based on the following assumptions:
| For the three months ended March 31, | 2020 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Risk-free interest rate | N/A | 1.62% |
| Expected life of agent warrants and compensation warrants | N/A | 1.5 years |
| Expected annualized volatility | N/A | 82% |
| Expected dividend yield | N/A | 0.0% |
| Forfeiture rate | N/A | 0.0% |
7. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
(a) Stock options
Stock option transactions are summarized as follows:
| Period ended March 31, 2020 |
Year Ended December 31, 2019 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Number of options Weighted average exercise price |
Number of options Weighted average exercise price |
|
| Balance, beginning of the period Granted Expired Exercised |
11,337,500 $ 0.38 3,075,000 $ 0.47 - $ - (540,000) $ (0.18) |
10,515,000 $ 0.54 4,545,000 $ 0.18 (3,722,500) $ (0.60) - $ - |
| Balance, end ofthe period | 13,872,500 $ 0.41 |
11,337,500 $ 0.38 |
13
BALMORAL RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company) NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited – Prepared by Management) (Expressed in Canadian Dollars) Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019
7. SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS (Continued)
(a) Stock options (Continued)
The weighted average remaining contractual life of options outstanding at March 31, 2020 was 2.25 years (December 31, 2019 – 3.18 years).
Stock options outstanding and exercisable are as follows:
| Expiry date | March 31, 2020 | December 31, 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Exercise price Options outstanding Options exercisable |
Exercise price Options outstanding Options exercisable |
|
| June 18, 2020 March 14, 2021 November 7, 2021 December 23, 2021 March 2, 2022 September 7, 2023 April 12, 2024 January 30, 2025 |
$ 0.77 360,000 360,000 $ 0.60 1,490,000 1,490,000 $ 0.90 175,000 175,000 $ 0.70 350,000 350,000 $ 0.78 1,812,500 1,812,500 $ 0.18 2,250,000 2,250,000 $ 0.18 4,360,000 4,360,000 $ 0.47 3,075,000 3,075,000 |
$ 0.77 360,000 360,000 $ 0.60 1,490,000 1,490,000 $ 0.90 175,000 175,000 $ 0.70 350,000 350,000 $ 0.78 1,812,500 1,812,500 $ 0.18 2,605,000 2,605,000 $ 0.18 4,545,000 4,545,000 $ - - - |
| 13,872,500 13,872,500 |
11,337,500 11,337,500 |
(b) Deferred share units
On June 21, 2019 the shareholders approved the establishment of the Deferred Share Unit (“DSU”) Plan, which became effective on July 26, 2019. Under the DSU Plan, directors who are not employees of the Company or any affiliate may elect to receive some or all their annual cash remuneration in the form of DSUs. Each DSU entitles the director to receive payment after the end of the director’s term in the form of one common share of the Company, therefore the DSU Plan is considered an equity-settled share-based compensation plan.
The non-employee directors elected to receive all their annual cash compensation for 2019 subsequent to the adoption of the DSU Plan in the form of DSUs. At the end of each quarter the Company issues to the directors the number of DSUs equal to the cash compensation foregone for the quarter calculated using the weighted average trading price of a common share of the Company for the last five trading days on the TSX. The Company recognizes share-based compensation equal to the amount of directors’ fees settled in DSUs, and increases shareholders’ equity by an equal amount.
The aggregate number of common shares issuable under this DSU Plan is 3,020,036 common shares. Certain insider restrictions and annual dollar limits per director exist. Dividends, if any, otherwise payable on the common shares represented by the DSUs are converted into additional DSUs based on the fair market value on the date on which any such dividends would be paid.
Share-based compensation for DSUs issued for services provided for the three months ended March 31, 2020 totalled $33,000. There were no DSUs issued for the period ended March 31, 2019.
14
BALMORAL RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company) NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited – Prepared by Management) (Expressed in Canadian Dollars) Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019
7. SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS (Continued)
(b) Deferred share units (Continued)
The following is a summary of the changes in the number of DSUs issued and outstanding:
| Period ended March 31, 2020 |
Year Ended December 31, 2019 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Number of units Weighted fair value |
Number of units Weighted fair value |
|
| Balance, beginning of the period Units issued |
183,494 $ 0.50 90,656 $ 0.36 |
- $ - 183,494 $ 0.50 |
| Balance, end of the period | 274,150 $ 0.32 |
183,494 $ 0.50 |
(c) Share-based payments
Share-based compensation for stock options granted in the three months ended March 31, 2020 totalled $877,802 (2019 - $nil). The weighted average fair value of stock options granted in 2020 was estimated at $0.29 per option (2019 - $nil) at the grant date using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and the following assumptions:
| For the three months ended March 31, | 2020 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Risk-free interest rate | 1.34% | N/A |
| Expected life of options | 5 years | N/A |
| Expected annualized volatility | 74% | N/A |
| Expected dividend yield | 0.0% | N/A |
| Forfeiture rate | 0.0% | N/A |
| Shareprice | $0.47 | N/A |
Expected volatility is based on historical price volatility over the expected life of the option.
15
BALMORAL RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company) NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited – Prepared by Management) (Expressed in Canadian Dollars) Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019
8. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND BALANCES
During the three-month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company had the following transactions with related parties:
Key management compensation
Key management consists of senior officers and directors of the Company. Their compensation is as follows:
| 2020 | 2019 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short-term benefits (included in consulting fees and | ||||
| salaries and benefits and capitalized to mineral | ||||
| properties)* | $ | 115,000 | $ | 158,000 |
| Share-based compensation | 445,324 | - | ||
| $ | 560,324 | $ | 158,000 |
*Included in the table above are consulting fees of $15,000 (2019 - $15,000) paid to Blue Pegasus Consulting Inc, a company controlled by the CFO.
Transactions with other related parties
As at March 31, 2020, $8,614 (December 31, 2019 - $13,970) is due to officers of the Company for reimbursement of expenses and is included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities. The amount is noninterest-bearing with no fixed terms of repayment.
9. FLOW-THROUGH SHARE PREMIUM LIABILITY
The following is a continuity schedule of the liability portion of the Company’s flow-through share issuances:
| Balance, December 31, 2018 | $ | - |
|---|---|---|
| Liability incurred on flow-through shares issued March 15, 2019 | 469,391 | |
| Liability incurred on flow-through shares issued October 25, 2019 | 414,302 | |
| Liability incurred on flow-through shares issued December 30, 2019 | 223,250 | |
| Settlement of flow-through share liability on incurring expenditures | (520,564) | |
| Balance, December 31, 2019 | $ | 586,379 |
| Settlement of flow-through share liability on incurring expenditures | (227,177) | |
| Balance, March 31, 2020 | $ | 359,202 |
16
BALMORAL RESOURCES LTD.
(An Exploration Stage Company) NOTES TO CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited – Prepared by Management) (Expressed in Canadian Dollars) Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019
9. FLOW-THROUGH SHARE PREMIUM LIABILITY (Continued)
During the three-month period ended March 31, 2020, the Company incurred $951,460 of qualified flowthrough funded exploration expenditure, which, subject to audit, partially fulfilled its commitment under the flow-through share financings on October 25, 2019. As at March 31, 2020, approximately $5,285,000 remains to be incurred on qualifying expenditures during 2020. The Company intends to fulfill its flowthrough commitments within the given time constraints, subject to restrictions and constraints resulting from government actions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
17