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Fancamp Exploration — Interim / Quarterly Report 2022
Sep 30, 2021
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FANCAMP EXPLORATION LTD.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
For the three months ended July 31, 2021
FANCAMP EXPLORATION LTD. Management Discussion & Analysis for the three months ended July 31, 2021
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The following discussion of performance, financial condition and future prospects should be read in conjunction with the financial statements of the Company and notes thereto for the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020. The Company’s reporting currency is Canadian dollars. The date of this Management Discussion and Analysis is September 29, 2021. Additional information on the Company is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and the Company’s web site at www.fancamp.ca.
Forward-Looking Statements
This report may contain, without limitation, statements concerning possible or assumed future operations, performance or results preceded by, followed by or that include words such as “believes”, “expects”, “potential”, “anticipates”, “estimates”, “intends”, “plans”, and words of similar connotation, which would constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees. The reader should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and information because they involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual operations, performance or results to be materially different from those indicated in these forward-looking statements. The Company is under no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained herein should material facts change due to new information, future events or other factors. These cautionary statements expressly qualify all forwardlooking statements in this MD&A.
The Company
Fancamp is a growing Canadian mineral exploration company dedicated to its value-added strategy of advancing mineral properties through exploration and development. The Company owns numerous mineral resource properties in Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick, including gold, rare earth metal, strategic and base metal, zinc, chromium, titanium and more. Fancamp is a l s o building on the industrial possibilities inherent in dealing with some of these materials, notable being the development of its Titanium technology strategy. The Company is managed by a new and focused leadership team with decades of mining, exploration and complementary technology experience.
The Company is a reporting issuer in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Québec and its common shares are listed for trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol FNC.
Key Current Company Highlights and Outlook
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Greg Ferron, Frank Hoegel, and certain other shareholders, who, together, hold in aggregate of approximately 12 million shares, have agreed to reverse their previous votes and will vote FOR Fancamp’s director nominees. Mr. Ferron has been appointed to Fancamp’s board of directors. Shareholders have expressed a clear desire to move forward with a strong corporate strategy and avoid further costs and delays.
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The Company has terminated the definitive arrangement agreement whereby Fancamp will indirectly acquire all of the issued and outstanding securities of ScoZinc Mining Ltd., providing the opportunity to acquire a near-term cash-flow-generating asset, the zinc-lead Scotia Mine. Instead, Fancamp will make an investment which will allow Fancamp to benefit from ScoZinc’s production potential and corporate upside.
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The Company has entered into a purchase agreement with Champion Iron Mines Limited that provides immediate and additional future benefits to Fancamp as projects are developed to production by Champion. In addition to the immediate cash payment that will be paid to Fancamp, this Agreement is expected to provide Fancamp and its shareholders greater long-term certainty
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FANCAMP EXPLORATION LTD. Management Discussion & Analysis for the three months ended July 31, 2021
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with respect to future income related to the Company’s iron ore properties, as well as greater flexibility and opportunity for earlier development of these deposits.
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The Company completed an independent technical review of its over 90 properties which cover a broad range of minerals. Most of the properties are early stage. The independent technical evaluation and ranking of the properties assisted the Company in prioritizing projects and commit exploration budgets for those with high potential.
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The Company has announced its 2021-22 exploration plan which includes work on its Clinton, Stoke, Mallard, Gaspe Bay, Wells and Lac Baude properties. See NR 03/15/2021 for details.
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Fancamp has expanded its strong, well-balanced management team with the recent appointment of François Auclair as Vice President of Exploration. Mr. Auclair has a track record of developing and advancing exploration projects to mining projects.
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The Company is continuing to work towards developing technology for producing 3D printing titanium metal and is presently working with material rejected from the pigment industry for its feed stock.
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With the exception of incumbent director and dissident shareholder, Peter H. Smith, all other directors and officers exercised their outstanding stock options, acquiring a further equity stake in the Company.
Significant Assets
The Company currently holds 3,100,000 shares of Champion Iron Ltd.
The Company currently holds 1,000,000 shares of Beauce Gold Fields Inc
See Note 5 “Marketable Securities” and Note 8 “Exploration and Evaluation Assets” attached to the financial statements for the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020.
Significant Mineral Properties
Clinton Property, Quebec This property may represent a structural window into underlying Dunnage Zone rocks, an important host to precious metal rich volcanogenic massive sulfide systems in the northern Appalachians. The project area hosts the small, past-producing Clinton mine, which reportedly mined an average grade of 2.65% Cu, 2.43% Zn, 30.03 gpt Ag, and 0.45 gpt Au [Groupe Minier Sullivan, 1973 Annual report] from 1973 to 1975. Five small sulfide lenses, containing a non 43 -101 compliant historic resource of 1.52Mt at 2.02% Cu and 1.54% Zn remain on the property [MRNFQ Fiche de Gite 21E07-0007]. Fancamp has held the project since 2010 and has completed drill programs in the past. The best intercepts returned from Fancamp’s work was 1.79% Cu over 6.19m within a 14.58m wide zone of 1.09% Cu (Fancamp press release July 16, 2012), and 1.27% Cu, 1.14% Zn, and 11 gpt Ag over 11m (V3 zone, press release October 14, 2014), and 2.78% Cu and 16.9 gpt Ag over 24.7m (V1 zone, Fancamp press release October 14, 2014). The 2021 work program is to evaluate the potential to expand these zones of mineralization.
Stoke Property, Quebec This property occurs in an area of numerous precious and base metal occurrences, and small past producers. At least 10 mineral occurrences are recorded by SOQUEM on the property. Fancamp has held the property since 2010. The Grand Prix mineral showings are the focus of Fancamp’s current exploration interest. At surface, Grand Prix is a 4.4m wide zone of disseminated sulfide, traceable for at least 75m. Fancamp’s 2011 drill program intersected 7.29% Cu over 6.4 meters
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FANCAMP EXPLORATION LTD. Management Discussion & Analysis for the three months ended July 31, 2021
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(drillhole ST-2011-06, MRN Report GM 66485, 2012), 135 meters down-plunge of a copper zone identified by Phelps Dodge in 1997, and 56 meters below surface. This extends mineralization identified by Phelps Dodge, of 6.3% Cu and 27.3 gpt Ag over 5.1 meters at a depth of about 72 meters down-hole (MRN Report GM 57994, 2000).
Mallard Property, Ontario This property lies in the southern part of the Swayze greenstone belt of the Abitibi Subprovince. The Ridout fault, considered a lateral equivalent to metallogenically important Cadillac-Larder Lake deformation zone, occurs 1 to 2 kilometers south of the property. The Ridout Fault host two significant gold deposits; IAMGOLD’s Cote Gold project (171.9Kt containing 12.4Moz Au, measured, indicated and inferred resources inclusive of reserves, 100% basis), 30 km to the southeast, and Newmont Goldcorp’s Borden Lake project 90 km to the west, in addition to the small past-producing Jerome Mine about 17 km the southeast. Fault splays associated with the Ridout Fault are interpreted to transact the central part of the property, and host gold mineralization identified by Noranda and others. The River and Camp vein-hosted gold occurrences lie on the NW portion of the Mallard concession block. Drilling by Noranda in 1985 (MNDM assessment report 41O09NW0003) (results do not comply with National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ) returned up to 0.193 opt. Au over 6 feet (drillhole BE-85-3) and 0.102 opt. Au over 9.1 feet (drillhole BE-85-5). The best channel sample from Noranda’s work was 0.93 opt. Au over 7 feet. Fancamp’s prior work focused on exploring untested IP anomalies identified by prior workers, and conductive zones from its own VTEM study. The 2021 work program will test extensions of the Camp and River zones, and interpreted fault splays of the Ridout Fault system in the less well explored southeast part of the concession group.
Gaspe Bay Group Property, Quebec (including Boisbuisson, Harvey Hill, Robidoux, and St. Marguerite These vein-related gold systems projects have the potential to present high gold grades, and work is intended to focus on establishing continuity along strike, and down dip. At Robidoux, auriferous quartz veins occur along the Grand Pabos fault, which transects the property. Fancamp has previously completed rock sampling, trenching and soil sampling over portions of the property. Trench sampling confirmed visible high gold grades of prior workers, returning 92.0 gpt Au over 1.7 meters (trench C14), 45.9 gpt Au/1.8 meters (trench C18), 13.93 gpt Au over 3.1 meters (trench C23), 18.6 gpt Au/1.5 meters (trench C15), and 13.1 gpt Au/ 1.2 meters (trench C10) (Fancamp press release October 22, 2014). Drilling by Fancamp in 2015 (Fancamp press release March 26, 2015) reported up to 2.406 gpt Au over 2.5 meters (drillhole RBD-14-02). In 2015, a bulk sample of 657 tonnes was sent to the Richmont Mines Inc at their Camflo mill in Abitibi which gave an average grade of 12.024 gpt.
In 2019 and 2020, The Company completed 81 drill holes in two campaigns, targeting three near surface mineralized lenses. The mineralized lenses are interpreted as vertically stacked, flat to shallow-dipping zones, extending over more than 425 meters of strike in an east-northeast direction. The zones are interpreted to average two to three meters in thicknesses. The results were reported in the Company’s news release of April 27, 2021. The best intercepts from the 66-hole Harvey Hill 2019 program were 1.77% Cu over 9 meters (drill hole HH19-26) and 0.66% over 11 meters (drill hole HH19-05). The best intercept from the 15-hole 2020 program was 0.97% over 2 meters (drill hole HH20-01).
Further description of the Harvey Hill project and its past production can be found on the Company’s at Harvey Hills Project (fancamp.ca). More detailed interpretation of this data is planned for later in 2021.
Wells and Lac Baude Properties, Quebec A work program is planned for these projects which represent part of the Company’s strategic minerals portfolio. Data compilation is also planned for the Harvey Hill project , a past producing precious metal rich base metal mine, which has received several exploration campaigns by the Company. The intent of the compilation exercise is to review opportunities to expand the currently know areas of mineralization and evaluate the potential for additional mineralized zones. In 2019 and 2020, Fancamp drilled 79 holes in two programs.
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FANCAMP EXPLORATION LTD. Management Discussion & Analysis for the three months ended July 31, 2021
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Other Properties
The Company completed a strategic review to re-prioritize the project pipeline to develop its resource base in a systematic and efficient manner.
See Note 8 “Exploration and Evaluation Assets” attached to the financial statements for the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020 for further information on the Company’s other mineral property holdings.
Fancamp/ScoZinc Arrangement
The February 18, 2021 proposed business combination between Fancamp and ScoZinc Mining Ltd. (“ ScoZinc ”) has been terminated. Instead, Fancamp will purchase, by way of a private placement, 1,969,697 common shares of ScoZinc at $0.66 per share for $1,300,000. The $300,000 termination fee will be credited towards the private placement and Fancamp will pay the balance of $1,000,000. Once the private placement has closed, ScoZinc will appoint one nominee of Fancamp to its board of directors. ScoZinc will also issue 378,788 common shares to Fancamp at a price of $0.66 per share on a sharesfor-debt basis to satisfy the $250,000 loan and any other amounts that ScoZinc may owe to Fancamp as part of the loan. This arrangement will allow Fancamp to benefit from ScoZinc’s production potential and corporate upside.
Royalty Purchase Agreement with Champion Iron Mines Limited
On July 8, 2021, the Company announced that it had entered into a royalty purchase agreement with Champion Iron Mines Limited, whereby the Company will sell to Champion certain iron ore royalties as well as the exploration property known as Lac Lamêlée.
The Agreement provides for consideration of a $1.3 million payment in cash at closing, plus certain future finite production payments payable once certain iron ore production thresholds have been reached with respect to iron ore production from the Fermont Properties subject to this agreement. Champion will acquire the Company’s ownership interest in the Lac Lamêlée property and a 1.5% Net Smelter Return royalty interest in the O’Keefe-Purdy, Harvey-Tuttle, Bellechasse, Oil Can, Fire Lake North Consolidated, Peppler Lake and Moiré Lake properties.
Results of Operations
The Company reported a net (loss) of ($114,501) for the three months ended July 31, 2021, compared to net income of $4,872,852 for July 31, 2020.
Overall operating expenses are significantly higher in 2021 due to the legal, investigative consulting, proxy solicitation and other costs directly associated to the activities of disgruntled activist director, Peter H. Smith. New project examination fees include penalties of $250,000 incurred to extend the closing deadline of the ScoZinc arrangement which has been unable to close while issues resulting from activites of Peter H. Smith remain unresolved.
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FANCAMP EXPLORATION LTD. Management Discussion & Analysis for the three months ended July 31, 2021
| Expenses Accounting and Audit Commissions Directors and Committee Fees (Note 10) Field Administration Insurance Interest Expenses and Bank Charges Legal Fees Management and Consulting Mineral Property Sundry Expenses New Project Examinations Office Rent, Supplies and Services Patent Expense Share Transfer, Listing and Filing Fees Stock Based Compensation Technical Fees and Process Development Travel and Accomodations Total Expenses Net (Loss) Income before Taxes Sale of Royalty Interest Unrealized Gain(loss) on Marketale Securities (Note 5) Impairment of Exploration and Evaluation Assets (Note 8) Recovery of Exploration and Evaluation Assets (Note 8) Recovery of Impairment on Patent and Process (Note 7) Net Loss from Operations Gain (Loss) from Disposal of Marketable Securities (Note 5) |
Three Months Ended Three Months Ended July 31, 2021 July 31, 2020 63,978 19,450 - 83 115,500 18,000 29,740 40,900 9,433 11,212 2,082 (435) 870,314 130 379,958 36,100 2,817 10,161 254,200 27,233 226,025 22,121 - 5,772 18,809 2,689 - - 13,277 - 928 401 1,987,061 193,817 (1,987,061) (193,817) 743,781 - - 45,120 - - - - 1,125,818 4,952,038 - 69,511 (117,462) 4,872,852 |
Three Months Ended Three Months Ended July 31, 2021 July 31, 2020 63,978 19,450 - 83 115,500 18,000 29,740 40,900 9,433 11,212 2,082 (435) 870,314 130 379,958 36,100 2,817 10,161 254,200 27,233 226,025 22,121 - 5,772 18,809 2,689 - - 13,277 - 928 401 1,987,061 193,817 (1,987,061) (193,817) 743,781 - - 45,120 - - - - 1,125,818 4,952,038 - 69,511 (117,462) 4,872,852 |
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19,450 83 18,000 40,900 11,212 (435) 130 36,100 10,161 27,233 22,121 5,772 2,689 - - 401 |
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| 193,817 | ||
| (193,817) - 45,120 - - 4,952,038 69,511 |
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| 4,872,852 |
Summary of Quarterly Results
Selected financial information for the quarters ended July 31, 2021 and the preceding 7 quarters:
| IFRS | IFRS | IFRS | IFRS | |
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| 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter | 1st Quarter | |
| Three Months Ended | **October 31, 2020 ** | January 31, 2021 | April 30, 2021 | July 31, 2021 |
| Mineral Property Royalty Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net Income (Loss) | $2,673,395 | $8,280,774 | $1,573,506 | ($114,501) |
| Income (Loss) Per Share | $0.02 | $0.05 | $0.01 | $0.00 |
| Fully Diluted Income (Loss) Per Share | $0.02 | $0.05 | $0.01 | $0.00 |
| IFRS | IFRS | IFRS | IFRS | |
| 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter | 1st Quarter | |
| Three Months Ended | **October 31, 2019 ** | January 31, 2020 | April 30, 2020 | July 31, 2020 |
| Mineral Property Option Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net Income (Loss) | ($5,526,946) | $745,954 | ($1,482,857) | $4,872,852 |
| Income (Loss) Per Share | ($0.03) | $0.00 | ($0.01) | $0.03 |
| Fully Diluted Income (Loss) Per Share | ($0.03) | $0.00 | ($0.01) | $0.03 |
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FANCAMP EXPLORATION LTD. Management Discussion & Analysis for the three months ended July 31, 2021
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Financing
On December 3, 2019, the Company issued a total of 1,000,000 common shares, at a deemed price of $0.05 per share, pursuant to a purchase agreement for the acquisition of a 100% interest in the Gouin East claims.
On December 31, 2019, the Company closed the first tranche of a non-brokered private placement of $250,000 through the sale of 3,125,000 FT shares. In addition, finder’s warrants were issued for the purchase of up to 218,750, at a price of $0.10 per share until December 30, 2021. The fair value of the warrants was estimated to be $10,652.
On February 7, 2020, the Company closed a non-brokered private placement of $90,000 through the sale of 1,200,000 FT shares. In addition, finder’s warrants were issued for the purchase of up to 84,000 common shares, at a price of $0.075 per share until February 7, 2022. The fair value of the warrants was estimated to be $3,820.
On February 25, 2020 the Company issued a total of 100,000 common shares, at a deemed price of $0.45 per share, pursuant to a purchase agreement for the acquisition of a 100% interest in the Brunswick North property.
On December 31, 2020, the Company closed a non-brokered private placement of $1,000,0000 through the sale of 6,666,667 FT shares.
On April 26, 2021, the Company issued a total of 275,000 common shares, at a price of $0.08 per share for the exercise of incentive stock options.
On May 27, 2021, the Company issued 3,700,000 common shares, at a price of $0.15, 4,500,000 common shares, at a price of $0.08 and 2,000,000 common shares, at a price of $0.10, pursuant to the exercise of incentive stock options.
See Note 9 – “Share Capital” attached to the financial statements for the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020 for further information on the Company’s financing activities.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company is an exploration stage company in the business of mineral exploration. It is in the process of exploring its mineral properties interests and has not yet determined whether these properties contain ore reserves that are economically recoverable. With no producing properties, the Company has no current operating income or cash flow. All of the Company’s short and medium-term operating and exploration cash flow is derived through external financing, joint venture option and royalty payments.
The Company’s approach to managing liquidity risk is to ensure that it will have sufficient capital to meet liabilities when due after taking into account the Company’s holdings of cash that might be raised from equity financings. As at July 31, 2021, the Company had current assets of $32,593,792 (2020 - $15,163,835) and current liabilities of $1,035,605 (2020 - $735,691). All of the Company’s accounts payable and accrued liabilities have contractual maturities of less than 60 days and are subject to normal trade terms. The Company believes that these sources will be sufficient to cover the expected short and long-term cash requirements.
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FANCAMP EXPLORATION LTD. Management Discussion & Analysis for the three months ended July 31, 2021
The Company had working capital of $31,558,187 as at July 31, 2021 (2020 working capital$14,428,144).
Transactions with Related Parties
See Note 10 – “Related Party Transactions and Balances” attached to the financial statements for the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020.
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
The Company has no off-balance sheet arrangements.
Contingencies
In March, 2015, a former director and officer of the Company filed a lawsuit claiming damages for wrongful dismissal and defamation against the Company and Peter H. Smith. The Company believes these accusations to be baseless and is confident that it will not be found liable.
In April 2019, the Company and Magpie (“Defendants”) received a statement of claim relating to liquidated damages for termination of the agreement dated January 1, 2018 whereby a former director (the “Former Officer”) acted as consultant to Fancamp to assist Magpie with mineral engineering research and development activities (the “Agreement”), for alleged unpaid services and for alleged moral and punitive damages, in the aggregate amount of approximately $933,500 (the “Damages”). The Company has recorded $375,142.60 in the Due to Related Parties for services rendered. Management has not recognized provision for remaining claimed amount given the conditions to recognize provision were not met.
In June 2019, the Defendants filed a statement of defense in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice whereby they alleged that Former Officer breached his obligations towards the Defendants by misappropriating part of the intellectual property of Magpie through the named company controlled by the Former Officer, and misusing the funds of Magpie, including a grant from Sustainable Development Technology Canada. These actions led to the termination of the Agreement in November 2018.
Based on the facts of the case, Fancamp believes that the litigation instituted by the Plaintiffs is without merit and believes that the Plaintiffs are not entitled to any of the Damages. As such, the Defendants intend to vigorously defend themselves against the Plaintiffs.
Concurrently with the proceedings described above, on July 11, 2019, Fancamp and Magpie filed an Originating Application to Institute Proceedings (the “Originating Application”) against the Former Officer and two named companies controlled by him for damages and declaratory judgment in the Superior Court of Quebec, notably to declare Fancamp/Magpie owner of the intellectual property in dispute and to claim monetary damages they are entitled to. The monetary damages notably cover costs that have been incurred for professional services rendered for the development of the intellectual property with regards to the process for the recovery of high-grade synthetic rutile from low-grade titanium bearing ores of Magpie, costs incurred for the patent applications, costs of third parties that were not authorized and misuse of funds, amounts received as a result of misappropriation of the intellectual property, and loss of profits associated to the commercialization of the intellectual property, in the aggregate amount of approximately $930,000. All litigations are still in process.
On May 10, 2021, the Company filed a claim against present and former directors for; disgorgement; damages for breach of fiduciary; a declaration that certain shares of a Fancamp subsidiary (“Special
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FANCAMP EXPLORATION LTD. Management Discussion & Analysis for the three months ended July 31, 2021
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Shares” be declared illegal and void, and a declaration that the Special shares are held in trust for Fancamp. One of the former directors has consensually returned his Special Shares to the Company. Damages are estimated at $3,100,000. No provision has been made in the consolidated financial statements as at April 30, 2021. This action is proceeding.
On May 31, 2021 Peter H. Smith filed a counter-claim against the Company seeking damages for breach of his consulting agreement, including payment of $27,000 for January to March, 2021 fees, $500,000 for termination payment and an unspecified amount for breach of good faith, aggravated and punitive damages. Fancamp believes that the litigation is without merit and believes that the Plaintiff is not entitled to any of the Damages. This action is proceeding and the Company intends to vigorously defend against this action.
On May 25, 2021, Fancamp filed an Application for a Safeguard Order with the Quebec Superior Court to obtain critical technical and financial information belonging to the Company from Mr. Smith. Despite multiple demands, Mr. Smith, to the detriment of all Fancamp shareholders, has provided few relevant documents and has ignored requests to preserve all the information in his hands and has refused to return:
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Technical and financial information, including reports on Fancamp’s mining properties;
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Banking information related to Fancamp or any of its subsidiaries;
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Any correspondence and/or emails between Fancamp and its partners, third parties and shareholders; and
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Documents regarding contractual obligations and other agreements such as option agreements, access agreements, drilling or other exploration contracts and waivers.
These critical items are needed for Fancamp to properly operate its business. On August 6, 2021, the safeguard order was dismissed by the Court and the documents will then have to be recovered through the next procedural steps.
On August 20th, the Company received from Mr. Smith an Application to dismiss and stay of proceedings . This application is scheduled for hearing on January 24, 2022.
Environmental Contingencies
The Company’s exploration and development activities are subject to various government laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment. These environmental regulations are continually changing and generally becoming more restrictive. At July 31, 2021, the Company does not believe that there are any significant environmental obligations requiring expenditures in the foreseeable future.
Additional Disclosure for Venture Issuers without Significant Revenue
Additional disclosure concerning the Company’s general and administrative expenses and exploration and evaluation expenses is provided in the Company’s Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss and Equity sections in its financial statements for the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020.
Investor Relations
The Company does not have any investor relation contracts.
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FANCAMP EXPLORATION LTD. Management Discussion & Analysis for the three months ended July 31, 2021
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Board of Directors
At the Company’s annual meeting held on October 30, 2019, Peter H. Smith, Paul Ankcorn, Ashwath Mehra and Mark Billings were elected to serve as directors for the forthcoming year. On August 13, 2020, Peter H. Smith resigned as President of the Company, remaining as a director. On September 9, 2020, Mr. Rajesh Sharma was appointed Chief Executive Officer and subsequently, on October 15, 2020, Mr. Sharma was appointed a director of the Board. On September 21, 2021, Paul Ankcorn resigned as director and Greg Ferron was appointed in his stead.
Board of Directors Special Committee
On May 3, 2021, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed a special committee of independent directors to handle matters relating to the SocZinc transaction, the Annual General Meeting process, the investigation of Peter H. Smith and any regulatory process litigation arising therefrom.
The Special Committee has retained KPMG to perform an investigation into Peter H. Smith’s past conduct, both disclosed and undisclosed, that it believes will shed light on significant misconduct to the detriment of Fancamp shareholders.
The former president of the Company, since having his consulting agreement terminated has become the subject of a number of legal actions, including for return of property and damages.
Disclosure of Outstanding Share Data
Fancamp Exploration Ltd. is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol “FNC”.
The Company is authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares and on September 29, 2021 there were 176,518,296 common shares, 3,150,000 stock options and 302,750 warrants outstanding.
As at July 31, 2021, the Company has 176,518,296 common shares outstanding, 3,150,000 stock options outstanding and 302,750 warrants outstanding.
See Note 9 – “Share Capital” attached to the financial statements for the three months ended July 31, 2021 and 2020.
Risks and Uncertainties
Fancamp is an exploration stage enterprise in the business of mineral exploration. It is in the process of exploring its mineral properties interests and has not yet determined whether these properties contain ore reserves that are economically recoverable.
The Company emphasizes that attention should be drawn to matters and conditions that indicate the existence of a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Other uncertainties include the fact that the Company is currently at the exploration stage for its interests in mineral properties, the economic viability of which have not been assessed. The Company has not yet determined whether these properties contain reserves that are economically recoverable. The recoverability of the amounts shown for resources properties is dependent upon the existence of economically recoverable reserves, securing and maintaining title and beneficial interest in the property, and upon future profitable production or proceeds from disposition of the mineral properties. The Company’s ability to maintain its existence is dependent upon the continuing support of its creditors and its success in obtaining new equity financing for its ongoing operations. Financing options available to
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FANCAMP EXPLORATION LTD. Management Discussion & Analysis for the three months ended July 31, 2021
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the Company include public equity financings, sales of marketable securities, loans and tax credit refunds. Realization values may be substantially different from carrying values, as shown in these financial statements, should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. These financial statements have been prepared under the assumptions of a going-concern, which assumes that the Company will be able to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business.
Changes in Accounting Policies and New Accounting Developments
A number of new standards, and amendments to standards and interpretations, are not yet effective for the year ended April 30, 2022, and have not been early adopted in preparing these financial statements. These new standards, and amendments to standards and interpretations are either not applicable or are not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Basis of Measurement
The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis except for certain financial instruments which are measured at fair value.
Functional and Presentation Currency
The financial statements are presented in Canadian dollars, which is the Company’s functional currency.
Significant Accounting Judgments and Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires management to make judgment, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of commitments and contingencies at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amount of expenses during the period. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis of making the judgments about carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognized in the period of the revision and in any future periods affected. The areas involving a higher degree of judgment or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the consolidated financial statements are as follows:
Critical Accounting Judgments
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Exploration and Evaluation Expenditures
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Going Concern
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Contingencies and Provisions
Critical Estimates
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Impairment of Long-lived Assets
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Current and Deferred Taxes
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Stock Based Compensation
Controls and Procedures
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The Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company are responsible for designing a system of internal controls over financial reporting, or causing them to be designed under their supervision, in order to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles. We have designed and implemented a system of internal controls over financial reporting which we believe is effective for a company of our size. During the review of the design of the Company’s control system over financial reporting it was noted that due to the limited number of staff, there is an inherent weakness in the system of internal controls due to our inability to achieve appropriate segregation of duties. The limited number of staff may also result in identifying weaknesses with respect to accounting for complex and non-routine transactions due to a lack of technical resources, and a lack of controls governing our computer systems and applications within the Company. While management of the Company has put in place certain procedures to mitigate the risk of a material misstatement in the Company’s financial reporting, it is not possible to provide absolute assurance that this risk can be eliminated.
COVID-19 Virus
The ongoing impact of the novel COVID-19 virus is changing daily and various quarantine and social distancing measures in effect are being adhered to. While the Company has been able to continue its business operations, it is unknown whether the Company will be able to continue all of its exploration plans in the near future. The Company has taken precautionary measures for all employees and contract workers, however it is unknown whether any additional measures will need to be implemented. The Company will continue to monitor developments related to the situation and revise its response accordingly.
The Company has received an extension of the time required to hold its Annual General Meeting on or before December 31, 2021. The Company has announced that the date of its Annual General Meeting will be October 5, 2021.
For further information see the Company’s website: www.fancamp.ca
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