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DLP RESOURCES INC. — Management Reports 2022
Aug 27, 2022
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DLP RESOURCES INC. Management Discussion & Analysis For the year ended April 30, 2022
DLP RESOURCES INC.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis For the year ended April 30, 2022
This management’s discussion and analysis (“MD&A”) reviews the significant activities of DLP Resources Inc. (“DLP” or the “Company”), and the financial results for the year ended April 30, 2022.
This MD&A should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements and the related notes for the year ended April 30, 2022, which were prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). Unless otherwise noted, all currency amounts are expressed in Canadian dollars. Additional information about the Company, including the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto, for the year ended April 30, 2022 prepared in accordance with IFRS, can be found on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on the Company’s website at www.dlpresourcesinc.com.
The effective date of this MD&A is August 26, 2022.
Management is responsible for the preparation and integrity of the financial statements, including the maintenance of appropriate information systems, procedures, and internal controls. Management is also responsible for ensuring that information disclosed externally, including that within the Company’s financial statements and MD&A, is complete and reliable.
CORPORATE SUMMARY
The Company is an exploration-stage company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties of merit in British Columbia, Canada with the aim of developing them to a stage where they can be exploited at a profit or arranging joint ventures whereby other companies provide funding for development and exploitation.
The Company’s head office is located at #201 – 135 - 10th Ave. S., Cranbrook, B.C., V1C 2N1. The Company was incorporated on June 7, 2019.
On November 14, 2019, MG Capital (“MG”) completed a reverse asset transaction pursuant to an Amalgamation Agreement with DLP (See Amalgamation Agreement below). Subsequently DLP became the wholly owned subsidiary of MG. MG is trading on TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol of DLP.V as of November 22, 2019.
On January 6, 2021, MG Capital changed its name to “DLP Resources (2020) Limited”. On January 25, 2021, DLP Resources (2020) Limited and its wholly owned subsidiary DLP Resources Inc. completed a vertical amalgamation and subsequently changed its name to “DLP Resources Inc.” The amalgamation streamlined the Company’s mining exploration activities under a single corporate entity and reduce corporate and operational expenses.
On October 13, 2021, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, DLP Resources Peru S.A.C. was incorporated to allow the Company to conduct exploration on copper projects in Peru and evaluate the recently acquired Aurora porphyry copper/molybdenum project.
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2021/2022 AND RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
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On May 3, 2021, the Company closed a non-brokered private placement whereby the Company completed the issuance of 1,200,000 flow through common shares (each, a “ FT Share ”) at a price of $0.25 per FT Share for gross proceeds of $300,000. In connection with the Private Placement, the Company paid a cash finder’s fee of $3,500.
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On May 11, 2021, the Company signed a letter of intent, with SMRL Parobamba II (“ SP II” ) whereby DLP can acquire a 100% interest (the “ Option ”) in the Aurora porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit (the “ Aurora Project ”) in Peru . In order to earn an undivided 100% ownership interest in the Aurora Project in accordance with the Option, the Company must:
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make cash payments totaling $3,000,000 to SP II (all of which include all applicable taxes) and
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incur exploration expenditures totalling $3,000,000 over 48 months from the date of signing the Option Agreement on the Aurora Project.
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On June 23, 2021, the Company closed a non-brokered private placement (the “Private Placement”) whereby the Company completed the issuance of 4,333,967 units (each, a “Unit”) at a price of $0.30 per Unit for gross proceeds of $1,300,190. Each Unit consists of one common share of the Company and one non-transferable common share purchase warrant (a “Warrant”). Each Warrant entitles the holder to acquire one common share of the Company at a price of $0.40 for a period of 12 months following the issue of the Warrant. The Company paid to certain finders cash finders’ fees totaling $51,869 and issued 172,898 finders’ warrants having the same terms as the Warrants.
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On August 10, 2021, the Company completed a private placement via the issuance of 1,000,001 FT Shares at a price of $0.30 per FT Share for gross proceeds of $300,000. In connection with the private placement, the Company paid a cash finder’s fee of $9,485 and issued 31,617 finder’s warrants. Each finder’s warrant is exercisable into one non-FT common share at a price of $0.30 per share,and expires 18 months from the grant date.
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On October 8, 2021, the Company completed a private placement via the issuance of 170,000 FT Shares at a price of $0.30 per FT share for gross proceeds of $51,000.
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On October 13, 2021, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, DLP Resources Peru S.A.C. was incorporated.
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On December 29, 2021, the Company completed a private placement via the issuance of 3,120,000 FT Units at a price of $0.25 per FT Unit for gross proceeds of $780,000. Each FT Unit consists of one flow-through common share and one half of one common share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to acquire one common share of the Company at a price of $0.40 for a period of two years from the date of issuance. In connection with the private placement, the Company paid cash finders’ fees of $49,875 and legal fees of $7,483. The Company also issued 199,500 finders’ warrants. Each finders’ warrant entitles the holder to acquire one common share of the Company at a price of $0.25 for a period of two years from the date of issuance.
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On February 28, 2022, the Company issued 75,000 common shares to 453999 BC Ltd. in connection with the property agreement for the NZOU Property.
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On March 1, 2022, the Company issued 112,500 Earn-in Shares in connection with the Earn-in Agreement on the Aldridge 1, Aldridge 2 and Hungry Creek Properties.
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On March 4, 2022, the Company received approval from the TSX Venture Exchange for a one-
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year extension to the term of 4,333,967 common share purchase warrants (the “Warrants”) issued as part of the Company’s private placement that closed on June 23, 2021. The Warrants are exercisable at a price of $0.40 and with an expiry date of June 23, 2023.
- On July 27, 2022, the company granted a Contractor 200,000 incentive stock options. The options will have a term of 5 years expiring July 27, 2027. The options shall vest over a 24 month period with one third vesting immediately, one third after 12 months and one third after 24 months. Each option will allow the holder to purchase one common share in the company at a price of $0.20 per share.
BRITISH COLUMBIA PROPERTIES
Aldridge 1 & Aldridge 2 – Pb/Zn prospects
Aldridge 1, totaling 15,360.36 ha (153.6 km[2)] , is comprised of 47 claims (43 claims 100% owned by the Company and 4 claims optioned from the Kennedy Group) and the Aldridge 2, totaling 1,939.5 ha (19.4 km[2] ), is comprised of 6 claims (5 claims 100% owned by the Company and 1 claim optioned from Kennedy Group). The two mineral properties are separate claim blocks located 80 km southwest of Cranbrook B.C. on Highway 3 in the East Kootenay region of the province. They are separated by about 5.7 km north-south. Both the Aldridge 1 & Aldridge 2 properties are Lead/Zinc prospects and are within the same favorable Leadville Corridor. The Aldridge 1 property is centered on UTM (Nad83) coordinates 5446000N and 558000E; the Aldridge 2 property is centered on UTM coordinates 5457000N and 555000E.
On March 1, 2020, the Company entered into a property earn-in agreement (the "Earn-In Agreement") with each of Jonathan Sean Kennedy, R.D. Craig Kennedy, Darlene E. Lavoie, Thomas Peter James Kennedy, Michael Cameron Kennedy and Frederick A. Cook (for Salt Spring Imaging, Ltd.) (together, the "Field Experts") which added the four (4) Son of Captain claims totaling 126.75 ha to Aldridge 1 and the Liger claim totaling 84.31 ha to Aldridge 2.
During the 2021 field season, on Aldridge 1, the Company completed an Airborne MT Geophysical survey by Expert Geophysics totalled 306 line km that covered the new South Aldridge 1, staked in late 2020. On Aldridge 2, there was no exploration work performed during the 2021 field season as prior drilling has the property in good standing until 2026.
Redburn Property - Cu/Co prospect
The Redburn property, totaling 5,359.5 ha (53.6 km[2] ) in size and is 100% owned by the Company. It is located 10 air-km north-east of Golden, B.C. Good logging roads and old logging roads give access to 50% of the property. The property is centered on UTM (Nad 83) coordinates 5698510N and 508355E. The Redburn property is a Copper/Cobalt prospect.
A soil sampling program totalling 168 samples was completed and two copper/cobalt soil anomalies were identified and will have follow up work performed during the 2022 field season. Also, 25 stream sediment samples were panned for heavy mineral content and sent to the laboratory for analysis during August 2021. Twelve copper/cobalt anomalies were identified and will have follow up work performed during the 2022 field season.
A soil sampling program, totaling approximately 150 samples, is planned for late August 2022.
Hungry Creek Property – Cu/Co prospect
The Hungry Creek property, totaling 38,852.9 ha (388.5 km[2] ), is comprised of 74 claims (73 claims 100% owned by the Company and 1 claim optioned from the Kennedy Group) and is located 35 km west of
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Kimberley, British Columbia. Good logging roads come to within 4 km of the property. The property is centered on UTM coordinates 5506699N and 538220E.
Hungry Creek property was staked as a result of prospecting discoveries of numerous boulders of massive and semi massive sulphides in the stream bed of Hungry Creek.
On March 1, 2020, the Company entered into a property earn-in agreement (the "Earn-In Agreement") with each of Jonathan Sean Kennedy, R.D. Craig Kennedy, Darlene E. Lavoie, Thomas Peter James Kennedy, Michael Cameron Kennedy and Frederick A. Cook (for Salt Spring Imaging, Ltd.) (together, the "Field Experts") which added the Hungry Miner claim totaling 62.67 ha, to the property.
During the 2021 field season, an Airborne MT Geophysical survey completed by Expert Geophysics totalled 213 line km as well as two drill holes completed totaling 826.58 m. Some prospecting also took place over the field season.
A drill program, consisting of up to six drill holes, is planned for the 2022 field season. The permit was received subsequent to year end. Six drill holes totaling 1,475.65 m were completed between July 23 and August 16, 2022.
Copper Creek Property – Cu/Co/Ag prospect
The Copper Creek property, totaling 11,296.5 ha (112.9 km[2] ), is comprised of 27 claims owned 100% by the Company and is located 12 km north of Kimberley, British Columbia. The property is centered on UTM coordinates 5519967N and 571377E.
The Copper Creek property was staked as the result of regional interpretation of geological and geochemical information related to sediment hosted stratabound copper mineralization within the middle Creston Formation.
A drill program, consisting of up to five drill holes, is planned for the 2022-23 field season. The permit was received subsequent to year end and one drill hole totaling 400 m is planned to be completed by August 26/22.
Moby Dick Property - Pb/Zn prospect
The Moby Dick property, totaling 527.27 ha (5.3 km[2] ), is contiguous to the DD Property and NZOU properties. An MT geophysical survey totaling 6.17 line km was completed during the 2020 field season. After receiving the necessary drill program permit the Company began drilling hole MD22-01 on April 11, 2022 to test MT anomalies identified. Hole MD22-01 ended at 1265.20m when rods got stuck in a fault zone. A wedge was set in MD22-01 at 1150m and MD22-01A was drilled off this wedge to a depth of 1313m when rods got stuck again in the same fault zone. The drilling was stopped, geological and geophysical data re-evaluated to plan the completion of the drill program later in 2022 or early 2023.
DD Property - Pb/Zn prospect
The DD property, totaling 2,404.2 ha (24.0 km[2] ), comprised of 14 claims is under option from PJX Resources Inc.(“PJX”) where the Company can earn up to 75% of the property. This property adjoins the northern boundary of Aldridge 1 property.
On July 13, 2020, the Company signed a definitive option agreement to earn up to 75% of PJX’s DD Property. The key terms of the definitive option agreement are as follows:
- The Company is to earn a 50% undivided interest in the DD Property by spending $4 million in exploration expenditures and making a total of $250,000 cash payments to PJX over 48 months of the effective date of the agreement.
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The Company will have the right to earn an additional undivided 25% interest (75% total interest) by delivering a bankable commercial feasibility study on the DD Property within 96 months of the effective date of the agreement.
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Upon the Company’s exercise of the Option and acquisition of a 50% or 75% interest in the DD Property, as applicable, the parties will enter into a joint venture agreement for the further development of the Property.
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Upon the deemed exercise of the Option, the Optionor will be granted an aggregate Net Smelter Royalty (NSR) of 2% in respect of the DD property. The Optionee will have the right to purchase 50% of such NSR [being a 1% NSR (0.5% from each individual comprising the optionor)] for $1,000,000, and the remaining 50% of such NSR [being a 1% NSR (0.5% from each individual comprising the optionor)] for $1,000,000.
During the year ended April 30, 2022, the Company and PJX entered into an addendum to the option agreement whereby the Moby Dick and NZOU properties were incorporated into the option agreement. The terms of the addendum are as follows:
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PJX acquired a 50% interest in the Moby Dick property by making a one time payment of $461.
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PJX will acquire a 50% interest in the NZOU property by reimbursing the Company for 50% of the Company’s option commitments related to acquiring a 100% interest in the NZOU property.
As per the terms of the addendum, PJX agreed that eligible exploration expenditures incurred by the Company on the Moby Dick and NZOU properties may be credited towards the Company’s exploration expenditures commitment to acquire a 50% in the DD Property. As of April 30, 2022, the Company had incurred a total of $1,764,874 in exploration expenditures on the DD, Moby Dick and NZOU properties.
As per the terms of the addendum, should DLP exercise their option as per Article 5 in the NZOU Option Agreement then a 2% NSR will be granted to 453999 BC Ltd., under Article 5, DLP has the right to purchase back 50% of this 2% NSR from 453999 BC Ltd. for an amount of $1,000,000. This right will be shared 50:50 with PJX and PJX will be responsible for a cash payment of $500,000 to receive a 0.5% NSR.
During the 2021 field season, drilling of DD21-01, totaling 1,728 m, was completed to test an MT geophysical anomaly in the Middle Aldridge Formation above the Sullivan Horizon. As well, drill hole DD2102, totaling 1,901.6 m, was completed to test an MT geophysical anomaly at the Sullivan Horizon.
NZOU property - Pb/Zn prospect
The NZOU (Na-zoo) property, totaling 822.20 ha (8.2 km[2] ), is under option from 453999 BC Ltd.
On August 17, 2020, the Company entered into an option agreement with 453999 BC Ltd. The property is located contiguous to the DD and Moby Dick properties. The Optionor granted the Company, the option to earn a 100% legal and beneficial interest in and to the NZOU Property.
Under the terms of the Option Agreement, the Company will earn a 51% interest in the NZOU Property by:
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incurring exploration expenditures of $15,000 by December 1, 2020 (incurred);
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the Company issuing 75,000 common shares of the Company (the “Shares”) to the Optionor within 20 days of the date upon which the TSX Venture Exchange approves the Option Agreement (issued);
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the Company issuing 75,000 Shares to the Optionor by February 28, 2021(issued);
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• incurring exploration expenditures of $50,000 by December 31, 2021 (incurred);
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the Company issuing 75,000 Shares to the Optionor by February 28, 2022 (issued); and
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• the Company issuing 75,000 Shares to the Optionor by February 28, 2023.
The Company will earn a 75% undivided interest in the NZOU Property making a cash payment of $100,000 to the Optionor by December 31, 2024. The Option will be fully exercised, and the Company will accordingly earn a 100% undivided interest in the NZOU Property, upon the Company issuing 100,000 Shares to the Optionor by December 31, 2025.
Upon the deemed exercise of the Option, the Optionor will be granted an aggregate Net Smelter Royalty (NSR) of 2% in respect of the NZOU Property. The Optionee will have the right to purchase 50% of such NSR [being a 1% NSR for $1,000,000].
The Company may, at its option, accelerate the cash payments and issuances of the Shares described above in order to fully exercise the Option prior to December 31, 2025.
During September and October 2020, an MT geophysical survey was completed totaling 6.47 line km. MT anomalies identified will be drilled. Subsequent to year end the Company received the necessary drill program permitting and drilling is planned to commence during the 2023 field season.
PERU PROPERTIES
Aurora - Peru Property – Cu/Mo prospect
On May 14, 2021, the Company signed a letter of intent with SMRL Parobamba II (“SP II”) whereby DLP can acquire a 100% interest (the “Option”) in the Aurora porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit (the “Aurora Project”). On November 25, 2021, the Definitive Agreement was finalized.
In order to earn an undivided 100% ownership interest in the Aurora Project in accordance with the Option, DLP must make the following cash payments to SP II (all of which include all applicable taxes) and incur exploration expenditures on the Aurora Project as follows:
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During the months of May 2022 and August 2022 the environmental permit for 30 drill platforms and the water permit were received. Drilling of a 5000m program of approximately 8 holes will commence in August 2022.
Esperanza – Peru Property – Cu/Mo prospect
During May 2022, the Company staked the Esperanza Property in Peru. The Esperanza is a porphyry copper-molybdenum project consisting of 4600 hectares in a very prospective part of the Paleocene porphyry copper belt which hosts the major porphyry copper mines in Peru. The new Esperanza project is located ~35km SW of the Cerro Verde Mine in Arequipa, and less than 10km south of E29’s – Flor de Cobre Project and 10km NE of the Arikepay porphyry copper-gold project of Candente. To date, no exploration expenditures have been incurred.
QUALIFIED PERSON
David L. Pighin, consulting geologist and co-founder of DLP Resources, is the qualified person of the Company as defined by National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Pighin has reviewed and approved the technical contents of this MD&A .
COVID-19
In March of 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global pandemic related to COVID-19. The Company is committed to protecting the health and safety of its workforce and the community in which it operates. The Company’s 2022 field season continues to operate in compliance with the guidelines established by the Provincial Health Officer.
The Company has developed and implemented a COVID-19 Safety Plan to minimize the risk of COVID-19 exposure for its employees, their families and community.
To date there have been no significant interruptions to the Company’s supply chain or service providers. Assay turnaround has been slowed by COVID-19 related procedures at the assay lab. The Company continues to move forward its 2022 exploration program and management continues to abide to the regulations of the BC Health Authorities to ensure the health and safety of its employees, contractors, and the communities in which it operates. The Company continues to monitor the situation and the impact the virus may have on the Company’s projects both in Canada and abroad.
The Company has health and safety procedures in place which includes monitoring all workers for symptoms of COVID-19, to ensure that in case a possible exposure to COVID-19 occurs, it will be quickly contained. The work force has been a small group making the procedures easily manageable. If any worker exhibits symptoms of COVID-19 (e.g. fever, cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing and/or chills), they will be asked to immediately leave the worksite, go home and arrange to have a COVID-19 test and will be advised not to return to work until they have a confirmed negative COVID-19 test.
MANAGEMENT OUTLOOK
Management is planning a number of activities for 2022/2023, which include:
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Completing drilling of 1 to 2 holes on the Sullivan-type Zn-Pb-Ag targets across the Moby Dick and NZOU projects for which the permit was granted during the second half of October, 2021.
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Working closely with Government agencies and the Ktunaxa and associated member bands to explain our exploration strategies in the early-stage programs in the Kootenay area.
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Compiling all drilling results and geophysical surveys from the 2020-21 exploration program on the Sullivan-type targets for planning future exploration across the unexplored areas of the Aldridge 1 Project areas.
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Compiling drill and geophysical results from the Mobile MT and ground geophysical surveys on Hungry Creek to assist in exploration of sediment hosted copper-cobalt mineralization in the Purcell Belt.
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Commence the permitting process for the drill program on the Aurora project in Peru and initiate discussions with the communities surrounding the Aurora project to explain our exploration strategy moving into 2022.
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Seeking to raise funds for completion of the planned 5000m drill program on the Aurora project
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Commence the permitting process on the Hungry Creek project for a proposed drill program of up to 6 holes within the new claim area staked during August and September, 2021.
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Seeking to raise funds for the Hungry Creek project drill program for the 2022 field season.
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Commence the permitting process on the Copper Creek project for a proposed drill program of up to 5 holes within the new property staked during August, 2021.
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Seeking to raise funds for the Copper Creek project drill program for the 2022 field season.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following table provides select annual information:
| For the year ended | For the year ended | For the year ended | |
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| April30,2022 | April30,2021 | April30,2020 | |
| Net loss | $ 1,851,610 | $ 2,480,178 | $ 1,262,765 |
| Basic and diluted loss per share | $ 0.03 | $ 0.04 | $ 0.03 |
| Total assets | $ 1,868,078 | $ 1,510,488 | $ 531,877 |
| Total non-current assets | $483,993 | $235,871 | $97,971 |
Exploration Costs
Exploration costs for the year ended April 30, 2022 and 2021 are as follows:
| Year Ended April 30, 2022 y , |
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| Exploration Costs | General | **Aldridge ** | 1 | Aldridge 2 | Redburn | Hungry Creek | DD **Moby ** |
Dick | NZOU | Aurora - | Peru | Copper Creek | Total | |||||||||||||||
| Geology | $ | - |
$ | 1,545 |
$ | 1,030 |
$ | 9,790 |
$ | 40,498 |
$ | 8,603 $ |
13,283 |
$ | 2,060 |
$ | 80,382 |
$ | - |
$ | 157,191 |
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| Geophysics | - | 40,025 | - | - | 31,091 | - | - | - | - | - | 71,116 | |||||||||||||||||
| Geochemistry | - | - | - | 818 | 3,821 | - | - | - | - | - | 4,639 | |||||||||||||||||
| Drilling | - | - | - | - | 181,315 | 150,750 | 369,013 | 2,596 | - | - | 703,674 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wages/Travel/Admin | 2,430 | 6,068 | 2,857 | 2,936 | 46,679 | 18,296 | 27,648 | 8,297 | 85,562 | 2,880 | 203,653 | |||||||||||||||||
| Maps & Reproductions | - | 430 | 115 | 943 | 3,914 | 576 | 207 | 50 | 635 | 886 | 7,756 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 2,430 |
$ | 48,068 |
$ | 4,002 |
$ | 14,487 |
$ | 307,318 |
$ | 178,225 $ |
410,151 |
$ | 13,003 |
$ | 166,579 |
$ | 3,766 |
$ | 1,148,029 |
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| Year Ended April 30, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exploration Costs | General | Aldridge 1 | Aldridge 2 | Redburn | Hungry Creek | DD | **Moby ** | Dick | NZOU | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Geology | $ | - |
$ | 40,801 |
$ | 4,000 |
$ | 2,484 |
$ | 32,809 |
$ | 78,885 |
$ | - |
$ | - |
$ | 158,979 |
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| Geophysics | - | 77,641 | - | - | 11,906 | 107,368 | 32,540 | 34,107 | 263,562 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Geochemistry | - | 2,769 | 103 | 27,177 | 2,171 | - | - | - | 32,220 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Drilling | - | 458,120 | 64,238 | - | 2,045 | 791,905 | 158 | 158 | 1,316,624 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wages/Travel/Admin | - | 65,502 | 11,943 | 5,451 | 14,989 | 75,089 | 20,203 | 18,538 | 211,715 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Maps & Reproductions | - | 2,022 | 175 | 538 | 188 | 3,416 | 607 | 520 | 7,466 | |||||||||||||||||||
| BC Mining Exploration Credit | (52,621) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | (52,621) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Others | 23,838 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23,838 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | (28,783) |
$ | 646,855 |
$ | 80,459 |
$ | 35,650 |
$ | 64,108 |
$ | 1,056,663 |
$ | 53,508 |
$ | 53,323 |
$ | 1,961,783 |
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As at April 30, 2022, a total of $52,070 was spent on the Aldridge 1 and Aldridge 2 properties ($727,314 in 2021).
As at April 30, 2022, a total of $14,487 was spent on the Redburn property ($35,650 in 2021). As at April 30, 2022, a total of $307,318 was spent on the Hungry Creek property ($64,108 in 2021). As at April 30, 2022, a total of $178,225 was spent on the DD property ($1,056,663 in 2021). As at April 30, 2022, a total of $410,151 was spent on the Moby Dick property ($53,508 in 2021). As at April 30, 2022, a total of $13,003 was spent on the NZOU property ($53,323 in 2021). As at April 30, 2022, a total of $166,579 was spent on the Aurora-Peru property ($Nil in 2021). As at April 30, 2022, a total of $3,766 was spent on the Copper Creek property ($Nil in 2021).
Summary of Quarterly Results
| May 1 to July 31, 2020 |
August 1 to October 31, 2020 |
November 1, 2020 to January 31, 2021 |
February 1 to April 30, 2021 |
May 1 to July 31, 2021 |
August 1 to October 31, 2021 |
November 1, 2021 to January 31, 2022 |
February 1 to April 30, 2022 |
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| Loss Loss perShare |
$401,233 $0.01 |
$988,794 $0.02 |
$423,336 $0.01 |
$666,815 $0.01 |
$531,357 $0.01 |
$378,399 $0.01 |
$438,581 $0.01 |
$503,273 $0.01 |
Factors that can cause fluctuations in the Company’s quarterly results include the nature and extent of exploration activities carried out under specific work program, stock option grant and vesting, and issuance of shares.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
On December 29, 2021, the Company completed a private placement via the issuance of 3,120,000 FT Units at a price of $0.25 per FT Unit for gross proceeds of $780,000. Each FT Unit consists of one flowthrough common share and one half of one common share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant entitles the holder to acquire one common share of the Company at a price of $0.40 for a period of two years from the date of issuance. In connection with the private placement, the Company paid cash finders’ fees of $49,875 and legal fees of $7,483. The Company also issued 199,500 finders’ warrants. Each finders’ warrant entitles the holder to acquire one common share of the Company at a price of $0.25 for a period of two years from the date of issuance. As at April 30, 2022, the company incurred $358,867 of qualified flowthrough expenditures and recognized a $71,773 flow-through share premium recovery on the statement of comprehensive loss.
On November 9, 2021, 254,141 warrants with a weighted average exercise price of $0.10 were exercised for gross proceeds of $26,092.
On November 5, 2021, 27,141 warrants with a weighted average exercise price of $0.10 were exercised for gross proceeds of $2,757.
On October 28, 2021, 292,760 warrants with a weighted average exercise price of $0.10 were exercised for gross proceeds of $30,026.
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DLP RESOURCES INC. Management Discussion & Analysis For the year ended April 30, 2022
On October 8, 2021, the Company completed a private placement via the issuance of 170,000 FT Shares at a price of $0.30 per FT Share for gross proceeds of $51,000. As at April 30, 2022, the Company incurred the required qualified flow-through expenditures and recognized a $17,000 flow-through share premium recovery on the statement of comprehensive loss.
On August 10, 2021, the Company completed a private placement via the issuance of 1,000,001 FT Shares at a price of $0.30 per FT Share for gross proceeds of $300,000. In connection with the private placement, the Company paid a cash finder’s fee of $9,485 and legal fees of $3,253. As at April 30, 2022, the Company incurred the required qualified flow-through expenditures and recognized a $60,000 flow-through share premium recovery on the statement of comprehensive loss. The Company also issued 31,617 finders’ warrants, each finders’ warrant entitles the holder to acquire one common share of the Company at a price of $0.30 per share, for a period of 18 months from the closing of the financing.
On June 23, 2021, the Company completed a private placement via the issuance of 4,333,967 units at a price of $0.30 per unit for gross proceeds of $1,300,190. Each unit consists of one common share of the Company and one non-transferable common share purchase warrant (a “Warrant”). Each Warrant entitles the holder to acquire one common share of the Company at a price of $0.40 per share, for a period of 12 months following the issuance of the Warrant. The Company paid to certain cash finder’s fees totaling $51,869 and legal fee totaling $20,648. The Company also issued 172,898 finders’ warrants, having the same terms as the Warrants.
On May 3, 2021, the Company completed a private placement via the issuance of 1,200,000 FT Shares at a price of $0.25 per FT Share for gross proceeds of $300,000. In connection with the private placement, the Company paid a cash finder’s fee of $3,500 and legal fee of $7,933. As at January 31, 2022, the Company incurred the required qualified flow through expenditures and recognized a $12,000 flow through share premium recovery on the statement of comprehensive loss.
As at April 30, 2022, the Company had working capital of $1,224,465 (April 30, 2021: $1,098,456) and cash of $1,207,697 (April 30, 2021: $1,154,193). The increase in cash was due to the net proceeds from private placements in August, October and December 2021 partially offset by cash outflows from operating activities of $2,076,159; acquisition of mineral properties of $169,851 and payment of reclamation deposits of $35,800. As at April 30, 2022, the Company had no long-term debt outstanding. There are no known trends in the Company's liquidity or capital resources.
The Company has not paid any dividends on its common shares. The Company has no present intention of paying dividends on its common shares, as it anticipates that all available funds will be invested to finance the growth of its business.
The continuing operations of the Company are dependent upon its ability to continue to raise adequate financing and/or commence profitable operations in the future. As at April 30, 2022, the Company has sufficient funding to meet its obligations for the next twelve months.
COMMITMENTS
The Company is required to incur exploration expenditures on its mineral claims to meet the conditions of holding its mineral rights and keep the mineral claims in good standing. Each provincial jurisdiction imposes expenditure requirements which vary from province to province and from year to year.
The Company has commenced field work on all its properties to incur enough exploration expenditures to keep all properties in for at least a minimum of 1 year ahead for their current expiration dates. This would put the majority of all claims in good standing until at least 2024.
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DLP RESOURCES INC. Management Discussion & Analysis For the year ended April 30, 2022
TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES
The Company’s related parties include key management personnel and directors and any transactions with such parties for goods and/or services are made on regular commercial terms and are considered to be at arm’s length. Key management are those personnel having the authority and responsibility for planning, directing, and controlling the Company and comprise the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Chairman of the Company.
The Company incurred the following transaction with key management personnel for the years ended April 30, 2022 and 2021:
| 2022 and 2021: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year ended | Year ended | |||
| April 30, 2022 | April 30, 2021 | |||
| Salaries and benefits | $ | 368,393 |
$ | 356,763 |
| Salaries included in exploration costs | 136,709 | 173,475 | ||
| Stock-based compensation | 71,647 | 166,658 | ||
| $ | 576,749 |
$ | 696,896 |
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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with IFRS requires the use of certain accounting estimates. These estimates are based on management’s best knowledge of the relevant facts and circumstances taking into account previous experience, but actual results may differ from amounts included in the financial statements.
Area requiring estimates that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognized in the financial statements is:
Stock-based compensation
Compensation expense for options granted to employees, directors and certain service providers is determined based on estimated fair values of the options at the time of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which takes into account, as of the grant date, the fair market value of the shares, expected volatility, expected life, expected forfeiture rate, expected dividend yield and the risk-free interest rate over the expected life of the option. The use of the Black-Scholes option pricing model requires input estimation of the expected life of the option, volatility, and forfeiture rate which can have a significant impact on the valuation model, and resulting expense recorded.
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT
The Company’s financial instruments include cash, receivables and prepaid expenses, reclamation deposits and trade and other payables. The recorded amounts of cash, receivables, prepaid expenses and advices and trade and other payables approximate their respective fair values due to their short ‐ term nature. The carrying value of the reclamation deposit approximates its fair value, as it is cash-based.
Credit risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to a concentration of credit risk consist primarily of cash. The Company limits its exposure to credit loss by placing its cash with high credit quality financial institutions. The carrying amount of financial assets represents the maximum credit exposure.
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Currency risk
Foreign currency risk is the risk that a variation in exchange rates between the Canadian dollar and other foreign currencies will affect the Company’s operations and financial results. The Company’s functional currency is the Canadian dollar and major purchases are transacted in Canadian dollars. The Company’s currency risk is presently limited to cash, receivable, and trade and other payables of the Peruvian subsidiary that is denominated in Peruvian Sol (“PEN”). A 10% decrease (increase) of the value of the Canadian dollar relative to PEN as at April 30, 2022 would result in an additional $3,013 foreign exchange loss (gain) reported in the Company’s statement of comprehensive loss for the year ended April 30, 2022 (year ended April 30, 2021: Nil).
Interest risk
Interest rate risk is the risk that the fair value or cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market interest rates. The Company is not exposed to significant interest rate risk.
Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they become due. The Company’s policy is to ensure that it will always have sufficient cash to allow it to meet its liabilities when they become due. The key to success in managing liquidity is the degree of certainty in the cash flow projections. If future cash flows are fairly uncertain, the liquidity risk increases.
During the year ended April 30, 2022, the Company relied on equity financings and the exercise of warrants to fund its mineral property acquisitions, exploration activities, and its general and administrative expenses (see “ LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES ” section above).
CONTINGENCIES
The Company has no contingencies as at the date of this MD&A.
OFF BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
The Company has no off Balance Sheet arrangements as at the date of this MD&A.
PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS
The Company has not entered into any undisclosed proposed transactions as at the date of this MD&A.
CURRENT DATA SHARE
As at August 26, 2022, the Company had: a) 77,097,646 common shares issued and outstanding b) 6,125,084 share purchase warrants outstanding c) 2,150,000 stock options outstanding
INDUSTRY AND OPERATIONAL RISKS
The Company is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, the more significant of which are discussed below. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to the Company may impact the Company’s financial results in the future.
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DLP RESOURCES INC. Management Discussion & Analysis For the year ended April 30, 2022
Financing Risks
Being a junior mining exploration company in Canada means that the Company must raise the necessary financings for future exploration. Those financings depend on commodity price trends, general investment sentiment for companies in the sector and the ability of the Company’s ability to find and confirm the existence of minerals in sufficient quantities and qualities on its exploration lands. Management acknowledges that these risks are consistent and shared by their peers in the industry.
The Company will require additional financing to conduct exploration on its mineral properties and to fund General and Administration costs. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to raise the required financing through equity financings, debt financings, divestment of its properties or joint venture arrangements. A lack of financing in the future could cause the Company to reduce or postpone exploration spending, reduce exploration and corporate personnel, reduce the size of its mineral property ownership and create going concern issues for the Company.
General Economic Risks
As the Company continues to focus on its exploration in Canada, the operations will be subject to economic, political and social risks inherent in doing business in Canada. The risks come from matters based on policies of the government, economic conditions, changes in tax regime, changes in regulation, foreign exchange fluctuations and other factors that may change in the future.
Environmental Risks
All phases of the Company’s operations are subject to environmental regulations and potentially social licensing in the jurisdictions it operates in. World-wide environmental regulation is changing to require stricter standards and enforcement, increased fines for non-compliance, more assessment for projects, and a heightened degree of responsibility for companies and their officers, directors, employees and consultants. Although the company believes that it has taken the proper steps to protect the environment related to its operations, there is no assurance that future changes in environmental regulation in Canada will not adversely affect the Company’s operations or result in substantial costs and liabilities in the future.
Aboriginal Claims Risks
Aboriginal peoples have constitutionally supported rights and title to crown land in Canada. The areas within which the Company’s claims are located are part of the traditional territory of the Ktunuxa First Nation. The company is not aware that any claims against the company’s properties and assets have been made. If such a claim was made, it could adversely effect the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain information set forth in this MD&A, including management's assessment of the Company's future plans and operations, contains forward-looking statements, which are based on the Company's current internal expectations, estimates, projections, assumptions and beliefs, which may prove to be incorrect. Some of the forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as "expects", "anticipates", "believes", "projects", "plans" and similar expressions. These statements are not a guarantee of future performance and undue reliance should not be placed on them. Such forward-looking statements necessarily involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause the Company's actual performance and financial results in future periods to differ materially from any projections of future performance or results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company is a mineral exploration company and is exposed to a number of risks and uncertainties that are common to companies in the same business. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the speculative nature of mineral exploration and development activities, the Company's need for additional funding to continue its
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DLP RESOURCES INC. Management Discussion & Analysis For the year ended April 30, 2022
exploration efforts, operating hazards and risks incidental to mineral exploration, the Company's properties are in the exploration stage only and do not contain a known body of commercial ore, uncertainties associated with title to mineral properties, changes in general economic, market and business conditions; competition for, among other things, capital, acquisitions of mineral properties and skilled personnel; ability to obtain required mine licenses, mine permits and regulatory approvals required to proceed with mining operations; ability to comply with current and future environmental and other laws; actions by governmental or regulatory authorities including increasing taxes and changes in other regulations; and the occurrence of unexpected events involved in mineral exploration, development and production.
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