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Exploits Discovery Corp. — Management Reports 2025
May 28, 2025
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EXPLOITS
DISCOVERY CORP
Management's Discussion and Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
This Management's Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A") of financial position and results of operations of Exploits Discovery Corp. ("Exploits Discovery" or the "Company") has been prepared based on information available to Exploits Discovery at May 28, 2025 the date of this MD&A, and should be read in conjunction with Exploits Discovery' consolidated interim financial statements and related notes for the three months ended March 31, 2025. The consolidated interim financial statements and MD&A are presented in Canadian dollars and have prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB") and interpretations of the IFRS Interpretations Committee. Information contained herein is presented as of May 28, 2025, unless otherwise indicated.
Readers are cautioned that this MD&A may contain forward-looking statements and that actual events may vary from management's expectations. Readers are encouraged to read the "Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Information" at the end of this MD&A and to consult Exploits Discovery' consolidated interim financial statements and related notes for the three months ended March 31, 2025, which are available on our website at www.exploitsdiscovery.com and under the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedarplus.ca
Company Overview
Exploits Discovery Corp. was incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) on May 28, 2018. The Company's head office is at 52 Church St., Suite 206, Toronto, ON, M5C 2B5. The Company is focused on evaluating, acquiring, and exploring mineral properties with significant potential for advancement from discovery through to production, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. On May 30, 2019, the common shares of the Company were listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange (the "Exchange" or "CSE") and trade under the trading symbol "NFLD".
The Company's principal property interests are its gold exploration properties located in the Exploits Subzone in Newfoundland and Labrador, as shown below. Two maps showing a close-up of each group of properties in the north and south are also depicted.

Exploits Discovery Corp. Mineral Claims Overview
Figure 1: Exploits' mineral claims overview map. Claims are located within the prospective Exploits Subzone throughout central Newfoundland.
Exploits Discovery Corp. Mineral Claims: Northern Properties

Figure 2: Exploits' northern mineral claim/project areas located in central Newfoundland.
Exploits Discovery Corp. Mineral Claims: Southern Properties

Figure 3: Exploits' southern mineral claim/project areas located in central Newfoundland.
The Company is currently executing several exploration programs on its Newfoundland properties situated within the Exploits Subzone geological region. The 2022-2025 exploration programs follow an escalating process of appraisal techniques: from basic prospecting to soil-till-rock sampling and advancing to airborne high-resolution mapping (LiDAR = light diffraction and ranging) and geophysical surveys. Favorable observations and assaying results are compiled and ranked – leading to target generation and culminating in several diamond drilling campaigns within the key Bullseye property during 2024-2025.
Recent Highlights and Outlook
Corporate:
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On May 13, 2025, the Company announced it entered into an option agreement with Pavey Ark Minerals Inc, an arms-length party, whereby Pavey Ark has granted the Company the right to acquire a 100% interest in the Hawkins property, located in Ontario. By entering into the Agreement, Exploits Discovery secures a prominent exploration opportunity along a 60+ km belt of locally mineralized geology that replicates the setting of the Hemlo Gold Deposit, where over 21 million ounces of gold have been mined over the past 30 years. Under the terms of the Agreement, the Company shall have the right to earn a hundred (100%) percent interest in and to the Property in consideration for a series of cash payments, the issuance of common shares of the Company (valued on the basis of a 20-day volume weighted average trading price at the time of issuance) and incurring exploration expenditures on the Property, as follows:
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Year 1- $200,000 cash, $200,000 in shares and exploration expenditures of $500,000
- Year 2- $200,000 cash, $200,000 in shares and exploration expenditures of $500,000
- Year 3- $200,000 cash, $200,000 in shares and exploration expenditures of $500,000
- Year 4- $200,000 cash, $200,000 in shares and exploration expenditures of $500,000
- Year 5- $200,000 cash, $200,000 in shares and exploration expenditures of $500,000
Upon exercise of the option, Pavey Ark will retain a 2.0% net smelter royalty over the Property (other than in respect of the certain claims in the Agreement that are subject to a pre-existing royalty, which shall be subject to a 0.5% net smelter royalty).
- On February 11, 2025, the Company announced the appointment of Douglas Cater as the new Chair. In accordance with the Company's stock option plan, the Company has granted Douglas Cater incentive stock options to purchase up to an aggregate of 200,000 common shares in the capital stock of the Company at a price of $0.06 per share expiring February 10, 2030.
Exploration:
- On April 17, 2025, the Company reported its assay results from the remaining diamond drill holes completed this winter. The holes drilled in 2025 were designed to both follow up and extender mineralization at the Saddle Zone, as well as test for additional gold mineralization and prospective structures related to the Western flank of the Appleton Fault Zone.
- On February 28, 2025 the Company announced the results from its 2024 till sampling program conducted on its Gazeebow South property.
Significant gold grain counts from this program include:
- 55 Total Gold Grains of which 16 grains (29%) are classified as 'Pristine' and 6 grains (11%) are classified as 'Modified'
- 73 Total Gold Grains of which 19 grains (26%) are classified as 'Pristine' and 38 grains (52%) are classified as 'Modified'
- 84 Total Gold Grains of which 9 grains (11%) are classified as 'Pristine' and 15 grains (18%) are classified as 'Modified'
- 67 Total Gold Grains of which 5 grains (7%) are classified as 'Pristine' and 13 grains (19%) are classified as 'Modified'
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55 Total Gold Grains of which 3 grains (5%) are classified as 'Pristine' and 18 grains (33%) are classified as 'Modified'
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On February 4, 2025, the Company reported its gold assay results from its recent diamond drilling campaign focused on the western flank of the Appleton Fault Zone on its Bullseye property. The Company has received the latest assay data from its first six drill holes. Drill hole #25, north of New Found Gold Corp.'s ("NFG") K2 gold zone discovery, confirmed the presence of gold bearing structures on the west side of the interpreted Glenwood Shear. In addition, the Company is pleased to announce that it has extended the high-grade zone at its Horseshoe gold
discovery. Drill hole #30 revealed a gold intercept of
25.36\mathrm{g / t}
Au over 1.60 metres from localized veining containing visible gold (VG) at a vertical depth of approximately 260 metres below surface, deeper than the previously announced Horseshoe gold zone.
Results of Operations
First quarter ended March 31, 2025 (Q1 2025)
The Company realized a net loss of $819,367 for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to a net loss of$ 1,081,590 for the three months ended March 31, 2024, mainly due to a decrease in exploration activities, such as diamond drilling, on its' Newfoundland properties.
- The Company incurred $687,281 in exploration expenditures during YTD 2024 (Q1 2024- $749,520), a reduction from the previous year due to a decrease in exploration activity expenditures;
- Share-based compensation, a non-cash expense, was $24,202 (Q1 2024- $64,139), due to options granted and vested during the three months ended March 31, 2025.
- Investor relations expense was $72,125 during Q1 2025 (Q1 2024- $102,505) due to a decrease in investor relation activities compared to the prior year's comparable period.
- Management fees and director fees decreased to $159,541 (Q1 2024- $240,120) due to a decrease in management consulting fees and the timing of director's fee payments compared to the prior year comparable period;
- Professional fees decreased to $16,330 (Q1 2024- $42,238) due to a decrease in legal services compared to the prior year's comparable period.
Summary of Quarterly Information (Expressed in Canadian dollars)
| Q1 2025 | Q4 2024 | Q3 2024 | Q2 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statement of Loss and Comprehensive Loss | |||||
| Exploration and property acquisition expenditures | $ | 687,281 | 652,254 | 758,685 | 733,992 |
| Share-based payments | 24,202 | 25,692 | 79,001 | 53,593 | |
| Net loss | (819,367) | (1,685,768) | (1,081,864) | (873,291) | |
| Basic and diluted loss per share | $ | (0.00) | (0.02) | (0.01) | (0.01) |
| Statement of Financial Position | |||||
| Cash & cash equivalents | $ | 4,228,083 | 5,307,426 | 5,550,800 | 5,892,675 |
| Total assets | 23,443,102 | 2,496,608 | 25,711,499 | 25,850,494 | |
| Total liabilities | 215,595 | 473,936 | 330,464 | 404,727 | |
| Shareholders' equity (deficiency) | $ | 23,227,507 | 2,022,672 | 25,381,035 | 25,445,767 |
| Q1 2024 | Q4 2023 | Q3 2023 | Q2 2023 | ||
| Statement of Loss and Comprehensive Loss | |||||
| Exploration and property acquisition expenditures | $ | 749,520 | 863,496 | 1,803,565 | 2,247,870 |
| Share-based payments | 64,139 | 123,001 | 29,128 | 71,060 | |
| Net loss | (1,081,589) | (4,589,244) | (1,820,693) | (2,271,473) | |
| Basic and diluted loss per share | $ | (0.01) | (0.00) | (0.01) | (0.02) |
| Statement of Financial Position | |||||
| Cash & cash equivalents | $ | 6,614,796 | 7,755,486 | 6,023,139 | 8,404,297 |
| Total assets | 26,596,984 | 27,702,504 | 30,021,125 | 33,187,165 | |
| Total liabilities | 331,520 | 419,589 | 174,178 | 1,548,654 | |
| Shareholders' equity (deficiency) | $ | 26,265,464 | 27,282,915 | 29,846,947 | 31,638,511 |
Exploration Activities
A summary of Exploits' fieldwork activities include:
- On December 7, 2022, the Company announced that it has received the exploration permit from the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador that pertains to responsibly conducting exploration activities within its new 'Bullseye' claims.
- By January 2023, the Company had completed several early-stage appraisal programs including prospecting and sampling, an ultra high-definition LiDAR airborne mapping survey (Light Diffraction and Ranging), claim-perimeter land surveying, and ground geophysical coverage (Magnetics and VLF).
- During the first six months of 2023, Exploits' contractors completed a total of 30 exploration holes on the Bullseye claim group - consisting of 11,292 metres of NQ-sized diamond drilling operations. This initial drilling program campaign was designed to determine if gold-bearing quartz veining and associated sulphide mineralization was emplaced within Exploits' 1.2 km segment of the Appleton Fault Corridor. The company believes this plan was successful – our geologists identified a half-dozen occurrences of fine visible gold ("VG") within the veined, altered, and strongly deformed sediments along a 600 x 300 metre segment of the Appleton fault zone. Several encouraging gold assay values have been returned from our sampling of the sawn core – one of which reached 118.92 g/t Au over 0.85 metres from a sample where 55 grains of gold had been logged. Refer to Exploits' 2023 press releases dated: March 20, April 5, May 17, June 13, August 14 & 23.
- A diamond drilling campaign within Bullseye's southern claims was completed in early February 2024, consisting of 12 relatively shallow NQ-diameter holes, totaling 2,509 metres of coring. This limited program intersected a structural zone of broken, rubbled core, displaying similar features/characteristics reported by New Found at their Jackpot gold zone that sits approximately 200 metres to the west. Exploits' core loggers noted several clusters of narrow (under 30 cm) and deformed quartz veining with local sections of elevated arsenic and antimony values (indicated by an IMDEX handheld XRF detection unit). Hole # BE-2-006 returned the 'best' assay of the campaign: 1.11 g/t Au over a 0.4 metre sample collected from sawn core at 213.9-214.3 metres depth. This intercept likely correlates with our interpreted extension of NFG's new Honeypot gold zone – suggesting the potential for additional gold mineralization occurring along a second trend-line into Bullseye's southern claims.
- In March 2024, a large digital file of seismic geophysical survey results was transferred to the Company by its neighbour, New Found Gold Corp., in exchange for our 2023 permissions to extend their survey lines through the Bullseye claims. HiSeis, an industry leader in hard rock seismic surveys, was contracted in mid-April 2024 to undertake an 3D high-resolution appraisal of this seismic dataset. NFG's aggressive survey covered 47 km² of its Queensway North project area (and Bullseye), that straddles the Appleton structural zone. Seismic reflectance survey-systems have the capability to map-out the underlying bedrock features to depths of 4 kilometres and beyond – and this data will hopefully provide views of the 'deep architecture' of the Appleton's gold-bearing zones. Exploits has reviewed and added HiSeis' complex 3D data-plots to their files by October. This elaborate information provides another level of confidence for geologists designing the next programme of drilling, or modelling bedrock features, structural fabrics, etc.
- DGI Geoscience was contracted in April 2024 to investigate 16 drill holes from Exploits' 2023 and Winter-2024 drilling campaigns at Bullseye. Their proprietary down-hole (insitu) televiewer survey procedures were successful; the wall rock 's geological features were visualized in-situ and their true orientations determined. DGI conducted two individual studies in each hole: 1) Optical/Sonic Televiewer structural orientation studies, and 2) Full Wave Sonic studies (3D density-reflectance characteristics of the adjacent rock units - to assist with adjacent Seismic consultation underway in the vicinity). Exploits' geologists now have accurate, wall-rock-based 3D orientations of key features such as fracture patterns, vein walls, and structural fabric (sedimentary layering). This information was immediately used during the June-July drilling campaign at Bullseye to improve the targeting potential – to ensure 'true' (perpendicular) follow-up intercepts with the vein sets reported in hole # BE-23-028.
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Trust Drilling mobilized a diamond drill rig and related equipment onto the Bullseye property and commenced operations on June 11th. A results-driven campaign in the vicinity of 2023's hole # BE-23-028 was undertaken to confirm and hopefully expand several clusters of quartz veining that were intersected over approximately 18 metres of core (see news release dated August 14, 2023). By July 9th, the 12-hole campaign (from 3050 metres of NQ-diameter coring), was completed. Significant results are highlighted below:
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On July 15th, the Company released results from the initial 3 holes drilled intentionally across the previous path of hole BE-23-028. Visible gold was observed within a network of quartz veins (called 'The Saddle Zone') in drill hole BE-24-015, with a corresponding assay value of 67.55 g/t Au over 3.30 m.
- Hole # BE-24-021 intersected 16.32 g/t Au over 0.65 m core-length, located at a vertical depth of
approximately 171 m below surface. A second, deeper intercept of visible gold generated 20.92 g/t Au over 0.60 m core-length, at a vertical depth of approximately 178 m below surface (see August 13, 2024, news release).
BE-24-024 intersected $3.68\mathrm{g / t}$ Au over $0.50\mathrm{m}$ core-length, located at a vertical depth of approximately $166\mathrm{m}$ below surface. Fine-grained visible gold noted. (see release dated August 27, 2024)
- Drill holes within the Saddle Zone were subsequently entered and surveyed by DGI Geoscience with their proprietary downhole Televiewer tool (see above) to again assist with the final structural-orientation interpretation of this zone. The Company's geologists currently believe that the Saddle Zone remains open in all directions.
- Major Drilling mobilized a drill rig and related gear into Bullseye and commenced Phase-4 drilling operations on November $16^{\text{th}}$ , 2024. Over the next 30 days, their crews completed 6 drill holes (totalling 1590 metres of NQ coring) without incident. These holes, essentially '1st time probes', tested for veining and associated gold mineralization on the western side of the Appleton Fault Zone ("AFZ") as it trends northwards across Bullseye. The initial 3 holes of this campaign (#25) were collared north of New Found Gold Corp.'s 'K2 Gold Zone' and successfully cut the splay structure known as the 'Glenwood Shear' with minor associated veining and sulphides. The rig shifted northwards, and the next three holes appraised the 'western flank' of the Appleton structure – a '1st-Time' event for Exploits. Hole #30 was extended eastwards across the structure and generated an intercept of $25.36 \, \text{g/t}$ Au over 1.60 metres from localized veining containing visible gold (VG) at a vertical depth of approximately 260 metres below surface. This new 'hit' appears to correspond with the deep projection of 2023's Horseshoe gold zone, lying immediately east of the Appleton FZ. After the Christmas-season break, the drill crew returned to site and immediately continued Hole # 30 to a 400m depth. At that point, the drillers were instructed to haul their gear over to the eastern side of the Appleton Structure where they drilled 5 more holes to examine the northern extension of the Saddle Zone system. The 'best' results from this Winter-2025 effort came from the $4^{\text{th}}$ hole where an assay of $4.65 \, \text{g/t}$ Au was reported from a 55-centimetre core sample. In late February 2025, Exploits' senior management curtailed drilling operations at the 3207m-mark to meet financial limitations. Major Drilling had all equipment offsite by the $27^{\text{th}}$ .
- No additional fieldwork was conducted at Bullseye during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Figure 4: UAV Drone photo of the Bullseye property – looking northwards towards the Gander River. Note location of the 4 targets tested by exploration drilling in 2024 and 2025 (to date)
Dog Bay Property Group – Dog Bay North, Dog Bay Central, Dog Bay South
The large Dog Bay property encompasses several contiguous groupings of mineral claims situated from the town of Lewisporte extending northwards to the tip of the Port Albert Peninsula, Newfoundland.
Recent exploration activities include:
- In 2021, a regional airborne electromagnetic geophysical survey conducted by Geotech Ltd. utilising their
proprietary 'VTEM' system, covering 3,173 line-km flown at 100 to 150 m spaced lines.
- In 2022, Exploits commissioned Geotech Ltd. ("Geotech") to fly proprietary VTEM surveys over additional areas that were not covered during the 2021 campaign. A total of 1,319 line-km of surveying was flown by Geotech
- In 2022, Exploits commissioned an extensive soil sample collection program. The data was independently examined and analyzed by Dr. Stephen D. Amor (P.Geo).
- Prospecting, sampling, and mapping were completed at various areas across the property group between May and December 2022. A total of 2,521 samples were collected.
- The south-eastern quadrant of the Dog Bay Central claims, including Titan, were covered by additional airborne VTEM geophysical survey flown in October 2022.
- Titan Property:
- Simcoe Geoscience completed a high-definition Alpha IP™ survey to assist with interpretation of the structurally complex stratigraphy underlying the Titan claims.
- Exploits completed a results-driven exploration drilling program at Titan in 2022, consisting of 20 NQ-diameter holes, totalling 6,059 m. Refer to a press release dated August 23, 2022 for further details on this campaign.
- Exploits' crews devoted a half-dozen intermittent days during the 2nd half of 2023 for their ongoing prospecting within the northern perimeter of the land package – near Port Albert and Hunts Cove. A total of 157 rock samples were collected and submitted for multi-metal analysis by year-end. Two of these returned gold values of 2.82 and 1.27 g/t Au. with minor associated silver content.
- A minor amount of prospecting and geological mapping was intermittently conducted during the summer months of 2024, on claims straddling the 'Dog Bay Line' structural trend. A few historic gold and copper prospects/showings within the Gander Bay – Horwood locality were also visited and warrant further investigation.
- No fieldwork was conducted on the large Dog Bay group of claims during the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Gazeebow Property Group
The Gazeebow property consists of several contiguous claim groups that were assembled between 2020 and February 2023. This now-extensive property is located approximately 20 km north from the town of Gander within central Newfoundland and sits approximately 17 km to the northeast of New Found Gold's recent Keats and Iceberg high-grade gold discoveries.
Recent exploration activities conducted at Gazeebow include:
- In 2021, an airborne electromagnetic geophysical survey was conducted by Geotech Ltd. utilising their proprietary 'VTEM' system totaling 1,050 line-km.
- In 2022, prospecting and till sampling programs were completed focusing on a relatively large exposure of massive white quartz locally known as "Mega Vein", overlying the northeastern projection of the Appleton Fault Corridor. This coverage also included the 2nd vein system identified by Exploit's prospectors called "Angie's Vein".
- The eastern half of the Gazeebow claim group was covered by additional VTEM airborne geophysical survey flown in late 2022. A high resolution, helicopter-mounted light ranging/diffraction system ('LiDAR') was also flown over the Gander-Bay (Gazeebow) claim group.
- In 2022, the Company staked a 100% interest in 220 new mineral claims within the Exploits Sub Zone area of central Newfoundland. These claims cover an additional 55 km² and are located 10 kilometres northeast from the Bullseye property along the Appleton Fault Corridor.
- The company's local prospectors began their 'boots-on-ground' appraisal of the southern Gazeebow claims in June 2023 – making near-daily traverses across the projection of the Appleton Fault and related splay structures. This intensive field work was completed by late October; a half-dozen encouraging vein-in-bedrock exposures were located and sampled. Additional mapping and systematic channel-sampling is planned before the arrival of the winter-weather.
- While these prospecting efforts were underway, the Company initiated a 'Tills Study' comprised of local contractors digging approximately 75 shallow test-pits and collecting large samples of the C-Horizon sandy soils. This labor-intensive project was designed to determine the amount (a grain-count) and quality (pristine versus travelled) of gold grains that may have been lifted-raised-liberated by glacial scraping-travel over the underlying bedrock as they proceeded northwards over the path of the Appleton Fault system. By late-summer 2023, the sample pattern had been expanded to 150 sites, and the collection augmented by Exploit's own crew of local prospectors. On September 28th, the Company announced that three sample clusters showed statistically-elevated numbers of pristine gold grains – indicative of short transport distances (under 200 metres) and confirming the
potential that the Appleton Fault Zone (and related eastern splays) are a local source of gold mineralization on the Gazeebow South property. Further infill sampling and geological mapping was warranted, and as of November 20th – a site-total of 181 samples have been shipped to Overburden Drill Management ('ODM') in Ottawa for gold grain counts and shape-analysis. The second run of results three previously announced areas (Sept. 28, 2023) along the Appleton Fault Zone continue to show elevated gold grain counts; reaching up to 14 times greater than the area's background levels. The two highest grain counts include:
- 141 Total Gold Grains of which 68 (48%) are classified as 'Modified' (28) or 'Pristine' (40)
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122 Total Gold Grains of which 20 (16%) are classified as 'Modified' (10) or 'Pristine' (10)
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On June 5th, 2024, the Company's crew of local prospectors commenced a follow-up project to follow up on the elevated gold grain counts from Tills (sandy soil) reported on September 28, 2023. A gridded pattern composed of approximately 150 till samples was laid out over the southwestern 'corner' the Gazeebow claims to increase the sample-density to under 200-metres centered on the 4 locations where elevated counts of pristine gold grains were reported from 2023. By mid-October, Exploits' local workers had collected and catalogued samples from 103 sites where the correct soil profile was evident. These samples were crated and shipped to the ODM consultation group in Ottawa – relying on their 'Gazeebow expertise' from the 2023 submissions from the same site. Grain counts and associated ice-travel analyses started arriving in mid-January 2025.
- No fieldwork was conducted at Gazeebow during the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Great Bend Property
The Great Bend Property is accessible by traveling approximately 50 km south from the town of Bishops Falls on the Bay d'Espoir Highway. During the fiscal year, 2024, the Company decided not to renew the Great Bend property claims. As a result of this decision the Company recorded an impairment of $766,990 for the year ended December 31, 2024.
Mineral Claim Grievances – Legal Challenge
In a staking rush on October 20, 2020, the Company staked three mineral licenses (31452M, 31453M and 31454M) in Central Newfoundland. The Newfoundland and Labrador Mineral Claims Recorder rejected these license applications. The Company has grieved the Mineral Claims Recorder's rejection of these license applications under the Mineral Act. The hearing was held in June 2023 before the Mineral Rights Adjudication Board (the "Adjudication Board"), and the Adjudication Board ruled against the Company. However, the Adjudication Board and the Company are agreed that the Company complied in all respects with the Mineral Regulations and the Mineral Act in the staking of these licenses. On September 19, 2023, the Company filed a formal appeal with the Supreme Court in Newfoundland. Our legal representatives indicate that the province's extended caseload has delayed the meeting date to June 2025.
| Three months ended March 31, 2025: | Dog Bay | Bullseye | General | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $ | $ | $ | $ | |
| Assays | - | 72,981 | - | 72,981 |
| Fieldwork and Consumables | - | 35,180 | 35,180 | |
| Diamond Drilling | - | 312,092 | - | 312,092 |
| Vehicle Cost | - | 1,265 | - | 1,265 |
| Rentals | 2,642 | 10,568 | - | 13,210 |
| Travel | - | 16,040 | 2,195 | 18,235 |
| Wages | - | 234,368 | - | 234,368 |
| Recovery | (50) | (50) | ||
| Total | 2,642 | 682,494 | 2,145 | 687,281 |
Financial Instruments and Risk Management
Financial instruments risk
The Company is exposed in varying degrees to a variety of financial instrument related risks. The Board of Directors approves and monitors the risk management processes, inclusive of documented investment policies, counter party limits, and controlling and reporting structures. The type of risk exposure and the way in which such exposure is managed is provided as follows:
Credit risk
Credit risk is defined as the risk of loss associated with counterparty's inability to fulfill its payment obligations. The maximum exposure to credit risk is the carrying amount of the Company's financial assets.
Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is defined as the risk that the Company will not be able to settle its obligations as they come due. The Company has a planning and budgeting process in place to help determine the funds required to support the Company's normal operating requirements on an ongoing basis. The Company ensures that there are sufficient funds available to meet its short-term business requirements by taking into account the anticipated cash expenditures for its exploration and other operating activities, and its holding of cash and cash equivalents. The Company will pursue further equity or debt financing as required to meet its commitments. There is no assurance that such financing will be available or that it will be available on favourable terms.
As at March 31, 2025, the Company's financial liabilities consist of its accounts payable and accrued liabilities which are all current obligations.
Foreign currency risk
Foreign currency risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of an exposure will fluctuate because of changes in foreign exchange rates. The Company's exposure to foreign exchange risk is minimal.
Capital Management
The Company monitors its equity as capital. The Company's objectives in managing its capital are to maintain a sufficient capital base to support its operations and to meet its short-term obligations and at the same time preserve inventor's confidence and retain the ability to seek out and acquire new projects of merit. The Company is not exposed to any externally imposed capital requirements.
Related Party Transactions
Key management personnel are those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Company. Key management personnel include the Board of Directors and the executive management team.
Compensation for key management personnel of the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was as follows:
| March 31, 2025 | March 31, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| $ | $ | |
| Management fees and wages paid to key management and directors | 199,851 | 280,428 |
| Share-based compensation | 19,944 | 50,854 |
| 219,795 | 331,282 |
As at March 31, 2025, $nil (December 31, 2024 - $12,763) of director's fees is included in prepaids and included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities is $nil (December 31, 2024 - $12,000) due to management.
Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes that the Company will be able to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business for the foreseeable future. The continuing operations of the Company are dependent upon its ability to obtain adequate financing in the future. Working capital at March 31, 2025 was $4,402,298. The Company estimates based on its current working capital and September 2024 financing that it has sufficient funds to operate for the ensuing 12 months.
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The Company's cash resources may be sufficient to meet its working capital and mineral property requirements for the pursuing year, however, the Company has no source of revenue and therefore management will continue to seek new sources of capital to maintain its operations and to further the development and acquisition of its mineral properties.
Outstanding Share Data
Exploits Discovery Corp. is authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares.
As of May 28, 2025, the date of this MD&A, the number of common shares outstanding or issuable under other outstanding securities of the Company was as follows:
| Common Shares | Number |
|---|---|
| Outstanding | 183,229,105 |
| Issuable upon the exercise of stock options(1) | 9,050,000 |
| Fully diluted common shares | 192,279,105 |
(1) There were 9,050,000 stock options under the Company's Stock Option Plan outstanding to directors, officers and consultants with exercise prices ranging from $0.08 to $0.62 per common share.
Business Risks
Natural resources exploration, development, production and processing involve a number of business risks, some of which are beyond the Company's control. These can be categorized as operational, financial and regulatory risks.
Operational risks include finding and developing reserves economically, marketing production and services, product deliverability uncertainties, changing governmental law and regulation, hiring and retaining skilled employees and contractors and conducting operations in a cost effective and safe manner. The Company continuously monitors and responds to changes in these factors and adheres to all regulations governing its operations. Financial risks include commodity prices, interest rates and foreign exchange rates, all of which are beyond the Company's control.
Regulatory risks include possible delays in getting regulatory approval to the transactions that the Board of Directors believe to be in the best interest of the Company and include increased fees for filings as well as the introduction of ever more complex reporting requirements, the cost of which the Company must meet in order to maintain its exchange listing.
Competition
The mineral exploration and mining business is competitive in all of its phases. The Company will compete with numerous other companies and individuals, including competitors with greater financial, technical and other resources, in the search for and the acquisition of attractive exploration and evaluation properties. The Company's ability to acquire properties in the future will depend not only on its ability to develop its present Property, but also on its ability to select and acquire suitable prospects for mineral exploration or development. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to compete successfully with others in acquiring such prospects.
Price Volatility and Lack of Active Market
In recent years, the securities markets in Canada and elsewhere have experienced a high level of price and volume volatility, and the market prices of securities of many public companies have experienced significant fluctuations in price which have not necessarily been related to the operating performance, underlying asset values or prospects of such companies. It may be anticipated that any quoted market for the Company's securities will be subject to such market trends and that the value of such securities may be affected accordingly.
Key Executives
The Company is dependent on the services of key executives and a small number of highly skilled and experienced consultants and personnel, whose contributions to the immediate future operations of the Company are likely to be of
importance. Locating mineral deposits depends on a number of factors, not the least of which is the technical skill of the exploration personnel involved. Due to the relatively small size of the Company, the loss of these persons or the Company's inability to attract and retain additional highly skilled employees or consultants may adversely affect its business and future operations. The Company does not currently carry any key man life insurance on any of its executives.
Potential Conflicts of Interest
Certain directors and officers of the Company are, and may continue to be, involved in the mining and mineral exploration industry through their direct and indirect participation in corporations, partnerships or joint ventures which are potential competitors of the Company. Situations may arise in connection with potential acquisitions in investments where the other interests of these directors and officers may conflict with the interests of the Company. Directors and officers of the Company with conflicts of interest will be subject to and will follow the procedures set out in applicable corporate and securities legislation, regulation, rules and policies.
Dividends
The Company has no earnings or dividend record and is unlikely to pay any dividends in the foreseeable future as it intends to employ available funds for mineral exploration and development. Any future determination to pay dividends will be at the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Company and will depend on the Company's financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements and such other factors as the Board of Directors of the Company deem relevant.
Nature of the Securities
The purchase of the Company's securities involves a high degree of risk and should be undertaken only by investors whose financial resources are sufficient to enable them to assume such risks. The Company's securities should not be purchased by persons who cannot afford the possibility of the loss of their entire investment. Furthermore, an investment in the Company's securities should not constitute a major portion of an investor's portfolio.
Comparative Properties
This MD&A contains information with respect to adjacent or similar mineral properties in respect of which the Company has no interest or rights to explore or mine. Readers are cautioned that the Company has no interest in or right to acquire any interest in any such properties, and that mineral deposits on adjacent or similar properties are not indicative of mineral deposits on the Company's properties.
Off-Balance Sheet Transactions
The Company has not entered into any significant off-balance sheet arrangements or commitments.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and disclosed in its financial statements and related notes. Those include estimates that, by their nature, are uncertain and actual results could differ materially from those estimates. The impacts of such estimates may require accounting adjustments based on future results. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognized in the period in which the estimate is revised. The preparation of the financial statements requires the Company to make judgements regarding the going concern of the Company and discussed in Note 1 of the audited financial statements. The areas which require management to make significant estimates, judgments and assumptions in determining carrying values include:
Exploration and evaluation assets
The application of the Company's accounting policy for exploration and evaluation assets requires judgment in determining whether it is likely that costs incurred will be recovered through successful exploration and development or sale of the asset under review. Furthermore, the assessment as to whether economically recoverable reserves exist is itself an estimation process. Estimates and assumptions made may change if new information becomes available. If, after the expenditure is capitalized,
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information becomes available suggesting that the recovery of expenditure is unlikely, the amount capitalized is written off in profit or loss in the period when the new information becomes available.
Share-based compensation
The fair value of stock options and non-cash compensation are subject to limitations in Black-Scholes option pricing and fair value estimates that incorporate market data involving uncertainty in estimates used by management in the assumptions. The Black-Scholes option pricing model has subjective assumptions, including the volatility of share prices, which can materially affect the fair value estimate.
Going concern
The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgments regarding the going concern of the Company as previously discussed in Note 1 of the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
Income taxes
The determination of the Company's tax expense for the period and deferred tax assets and liabilities involves significant estimation and judgement by management. In determining these amounts, management interprets tax legislation in Canada and makes estimates of the expected timing of the reversal of deferred tax assets and liabilities, the deferral and deductibility of certain items and the interpretation of the treatment for tax purposes for exploration and development activities. The Company is subject to assessment by Canadian tax authorities, which may interpret legislation differently which may affect the final amount or timing of the payment of taxes. The Company provides for such differences where known based on management's best estimate of the probable outcome of these matters.
Deferred Flow-Through Premium Estimates
Recorded costs of flow-through share premium liabilities reflect premiums received by the Company on the issue of flow-through shares. The premium is subject to measurement uncertainties and requires the Company to assess the value of non-flow-through shares. The determination is subjective and does not necessarily provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of the premium liability.
Proposed Transactions
None.
Qualified Person
The technical content disclosed in this MD&A report regarding the Company's exploration activities has been reviewed and approved by Ken Tylee, P. Geo., a Qualified Person as defined under National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Tylee certifies that this MD&A report fairly and accurately represents the information for which he is responsible.
Approval
The Audit Committee on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Company approved the disclosures contained in this MD&A.
Other Information
Additional information related to the Company and risk factors is available for viewing on SEDAR at www.sedarplus.ca.