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Cosigo Resources Ltd. Audit Report / Information 2021

Dec 24, 2021

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SCHEDULE "A"

AUDIT COMMITTEE DISCLOSURE (FORM 52-110F2)

ITEM 1: AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER

The Company's Audit Committee Charter is attached hereto as Appendix 1.

ITEM 2: COMPOSITION OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

The current acting members of the Committee are Hector Mario Cuevas, Andy Rendle and Ian Gibson as the Independent Director on the Committee. All of the members of the Committee are considered "financially literate" as that term is defined in the Instrument, in that they have the ability to read and understand a balance sheet, an income statement, a cash flow statement and the notes attached thereto.

ITEM 3: RELEVANT EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Hector Mario Cuevas– Mr. Cuevas currently serves on the board of Directors of Cosigo Resources Ltd. and has served as CFO between 2015 to 2021. Mr. Cuevas was senior partner and Administrative and Financial Director of DataSolutions from 1999 to 2006 which developed software for government contracts for both the national cedula citizen identification system for the Republic of Colombia and then for the Colombian national phone company from 2009 to 2016 directing the project in national planning meetings. Hector worked in the Colmena bank and Colseguros insurance companies before that developing software for their national programs in the same country and has substantial financial knowledge of each industry.

Andy Rendle – Mr. Rendle has served on the boards of the Rio Verde Industries and Cosigo Resources Ltd. public companies including serving on their audit committees. Mr. Rendle has been on the leadership team coordinating preparations of financial information especially from the international divisions of these public companies and as such has advanced financial project and logistics experience internationally.

Ian Gibson – Mr. Gibson has been a business owner and operator in the licensed general contractor industry in the residential sector in the Vancouver area since 1980 successfully managing and executing budgets between half a million to three million dollar range. Mr. Gibson was a director of a public company named Websmart prior to 1997. Mr. Gibson also was a member of the Chemical Institute of Canada and was employed by the New Zealand government land soils analysis department which helps enhance his contributions to mineral exploration budgets adding to his broad financial experience.

ITEM 4: AUDIT COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT

At no time since the commencement of the Company's most recently completed financial year was a recommendation of the Audit Committee to nominate or compensate an external auditor not adopted by the Company's Board of Directors.

ITEM 5: RELIANCE ON CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS

At no time since the commencement of the Company's last financial year has the Company relied on the exemption in section 2.4 of the Instrument (de minimis non-audit services) or an exemption from the Instrument, in whole or in part, granted under Part 8 of the Instrument by a securities regulatory authority or regulator.

ITEM 6: PRE-APPROVAL OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

Formal policies and procedures for the engagement of non-audit services have not been formulated or adopted by the Committee. Subject to the requirements of the Instrument, the engagement of non-audit services is considered by the Company's Board of Directors, and where applicable by the Committee, on a case by case basis.

ITEM 7: EXTERNAL AUDITOR SERVICE FEES (BY CATEGORY)

The aggregate fees charged to the Company by the external auditor in each of the last two fiscal years is as follows:

2019 2020
Audit Fees $10,000 $10,000
Audit-Related Fees(1) Nil Nil
Tax Fees(2) Nil Nil
All Other Fees(3) Nil Nil
TOTAL FEES $10,000 $10,000

(1) Pertains to assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Company's financial statements and that are not reported under "Audit Fees".

(2) Pertains to professional services for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning. The nature of the services comprising the fees disclosed under this category includes preparing and filing the Company's tax return and filing for the Company's tax credits in Quebec.

(3) Pertains to products and services other than services reported under the other categories.

ITEM 8: EXEMPTION

The Company is relying on the exemption set out in section 6.1 of the Instrument with respect to compliance with the requirements of Part 3 (Composition of the Audit Committee) and Part 5 (Reporting Obligations) of the Instrument.

APPENDIX 1

COSIGO RESOURCES LTD. AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER

MANDATE

The primary function of the audit committee (the "Committee") of Cosigo Resources Ltd. (the "Corporation") is to assist the Board of Directors in fulfilling its financial oversight responsibilities by reviewing the financial reports and other financial information provided by the Corporation to regulatory authorities and shareholders, the Corporation's systems of internal controls regarding finance and accounting and the Corporation's auditing, accounting and financial reporting processes. The Committee's primary duties and responsibilities are to:

Serve as an independent and objective party to monitor the Corporation's financial reporting and internal control system and review the Corporation's financial statements.

Review and appraise the performance of the Corporation's external auditors (the "Auditor").

Provide an open avenue of communication among the Corporation's auditors, management and the Board of Directors.

COMPOSITION, PROCEDURES AND ORGANIZATION

The Committee shall consist of at least three members. Each member must be a director of the Corporation. A majority of the members of the Committee shall not be executive officers or employees of the Corporation or of an affiliate of the Corporation. At least one (1) member of the Committee shall be financially literate. All members of the Committee who are not financially literate will work towards becoming financially literate to obtain working familiarity with basic finance and accounting practices. For the purposes of this Charter, the term "financially literate" means the ability to read and understand a set of financial statements that present a breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues that are generally comparable to the breadth and complexity of issues that can reasonably be expected to be raised by the Corporation's financial statements.

The members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual shareholders' meeting. Unless a Chair is elected by the full Board of Directors, the members of the Committee may designate a Chair by a majority vote of the full Committee membership. The Chair shall be financially literate.

The Board of Directors may at any time remove or replace any member of the Committee and may fill any vacancy in the Committee.

MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE

Meetings of the Committee shall be scheduled to take place at regular intervals and, in any event, not less frequently than quarterly. Unless all members are present and waive notice, or those absent waive notice before or after a meeting, the Chairman will give the Committee members 24 hours' advance notice of each meeting and the matters to be discussed at such meeting. Notice may be given personally, by telephone, by facsimile or e-mail.

The Auditor shall be given reasonable notice of, and be entitled to attend and speak at, each meeting of the Committee concerning the Corporation's annual financial statements and, if the Committee determines it to be necessary or appropriate, at any other meeting. On request by the Auditor, the Chair shall call a meeting of the Committee to consider any matter that the Auditor believes should be brought to the attention of the Committee, the Board of Directors or the shareholders of the Corporation.

At each meeting of the Committee, a quorum shall consist of a majority of members that are not officers or employees of the Corporation or of an affiliate of the Corporation. A member may participate in a meeting of the Committee in person or by telephone if all members participating in the meeting, whether in person or by telephone or other communications medium other than telephone are able to communicate with each other and if all members who wish to participate in the meeting agree to such participation.

The Committee may periodically meet separately with each of management and the Auditor to discuss any matters that the Committee or any of these groups believes would be appropriate to discuss privately. In addition, the Committee should meet with the Auditor and management annually to review the Corporation's financial statements.

The Committee may invite to its meetings any director, any manager of the Corporation, and any other person whom it deems appropriate to consult in order to carry out its responsibilities.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

To fulfil its responsibilities and duties, the Committee shall:

  1. Review the Corporation's financial statements, including any certification, report, opinion, or review rendered by the Auditor, MD&A and any annual and interim earnings press releases before the Corporation publicly discloses such information.

  2. Review and satisfy itself that adequate procedures are in place and review the Corporation's public disclosure of financial information extracted or derived from its financial statements, other than disclosure described in the previous paragraph, and periodically assess the adequacy of those procedures.

  3. Be directly responsible for overseeing the work by the Auditor (including resolution of disagreements between management and the Auditor regarding financial reporting) engaged for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or performing other audit review services for the Corporation.

  4. Require the Auditor to report directly to the Committee.

  5. Review annually the performance of the Auditor who shall be ultimately accountable to the Board of Directors and the Committee as representatives of the shareholders of the Corporation.

  6. Review and discuss with the Auditor any disclosed relationships or services that may impact the objectivity and independence of the Auditor.

  7. Take, or recommend that the Board of Directors take, appropriate action to oversee the independence of the Auditor.

  8. Recommend to the Board of Directors the external auditor to be nominated at the annual general meeting for appointment and the Auditor for the ensuing year and the compensation for the Auditors, or, if applicable, the replacement of the Auditor.

  9. Review and approve the Corporation's hiring policies regarding partners, employees and former partners and employees of the Auditor and former independent external auditors of the Corporation.

  10. Review with management and the Auditor the audit plan for the annual financial statements.

  11. Review and pre-approve all audit and audit-related services and the fees and other compensation related thereto, and any non-audit services provided by the Auditor. The pre-approval requirement is waived with respect to the provision of non-audit services if:

a. the aggregate amount of all such non-audit services that were not preapproved is reasonably expected to constitute not more than 5% of the total amount of fees paid by the Corporation and its subsidiary entities to the Auditor during the fiscal year in which the non-audit services are provided;

b. such services were not recognized by the Corporation at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and

c. such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Committee and approved, prior to the completion of the audit, by the Committee or by one or more members of the Committee to whom authority to grant such approvals has been delegated by the Committee.

The Committee may delegate to one or more independent members of the Committee the authority to pre-approve non-audit services in satisfaction of the pre-approval requirement set forth in this section provided the pre-approval of non-audit services by any member to whom authority has been delegated must be presented to the Committee at its first scheduled meeting following such pre-approval.

  1. In consultation with the Auditor, review with management the integrity of the Corporation's financial reporting process, both internal and external.

  2. Consider the Auditor's judgments about the quality and appropriateness of the Corporation's accounting principles as applied in its financial reporting.

  3. Consider and approve, if appropriate, changes to the Corporation's auditing and accounting principles and practices as suggested by the Auditor and management.

  4. Review significant judgments made by management in the preparation of the financial statements and the view of the Auditor as to the appropriateness of such judgments.

  5. Following completion of the annual audit, review separately with management and the Auditor any significant difficulties encountered during the course of the audit, including any restrictions on the scope of the work or access to required information.

  6. Review any significant disagreement among management and the Auditor in connection with the preparation of the financial statements.

  7. Review with the Auditor and management the extent to which changes and improvements in financial or accounting practices have been implemented.

  8. Discuss with the Auditor the Auditor's perception of the Corporation's financial and accounting personnel, any material recommendations which the Auditor may have, the level of co-operation which the Auditor received during the course of their review and the adequacy of their access to records, data or other requested information.

  9. Maintain, review and update the procedures for (i) the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by the Corporation regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters and (ii) the confidential, anonymous submission by employees of the Corporation of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters, as set forth in Annex A attached to this Charter.

  10. Perform such other duties as may be assigned to it by the Board of Directors from time to time or as may be required by applicable regulatory authorities or legislation. 22. Report regularly and on a timely basis to the Board of Directors on the matters

coming before the Committee.

  1. Review and reassess the adequacy of this Charter annually and recommend any proposed changes to the Board of Directors for approval.

AUTHORITY

The Committee is authorized to:

to seek any information it requires from any employee of the Corporation in order to perform its duties;

to engage, at the Corporation's expense, independent legal counsel or other professional advisors in any matter within the scope of the role and duties of the Committee under this Charter;

  • to set and pay compensation for any advisors engaged by the Committee; and
  • to communicate directly with the internal and external auditors of the
  • Corporation.

This Charter supersedes and replaces all prior charters and other terms of reference pertaining to the Committee.