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Giant Mining Corp. — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2025
Oct 28, 2025
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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GIANT MINING CORP.
NOTICE OF MEETING
AND
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION CIRCULAR
FOR THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS
To be held on Thursday, December 4, 2025

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of the shareholders of Giant Mining Corp. (the "Company") will be held on virtually (via Zoom) on Thursday, December 4, 2025 at the hour of 9:00 a.m. (Pacific Time) for the following purposes:
- To table the audited annual financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, together with the report of the auditor thereon;
- To fix the number of directors to be elected at the Meeting to four (4);
- To elect the directors of the Company to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders;
- To re-appoint SHIM & Associates LLP as the auditors for the Company to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders; and
- To pass an ordinary resolution, the adoption of the Company's Omnibus Incentive Plan, and for continuation, as described in the accompanying Management Information Circular.
No other matters are contemplated for consideration at the Meeting, however any permitted amendment to or variation of any matter identified in this Notice of Meeting may properly be considered at the Meeting. The Meeting may also consider the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
Shareholders of record as of the close of business on October 20, 2025 (the "Record Date") will be entitled to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournment or adjournments thereof.
Registered shareholders will receive a Circular and an instrument of proxy (the "Proxy") with this Notice of Meeting. Non-registered (beneficial) Shareholders will receive a voting instruction form ("VIF") instead of a Proxy. The Circular provides additional information relating to the matters to be dealt with at the Meeting. A shareholder who is unable to attend the Meeting in person is entitled to appoint a proxyholder to attend and vote in his stead. The enclosed Proxy is solicited by management but you may amend it, if you so desire, by striking out the names of the management proxyholders shown and inserting in the space provided the name of the person you wish to represent you at the Meeting. If you cannot be personally present, please complete and sign the Proxy and then deposit the Proxy with Endeavor Trust Corporation as set out below.
Registered shareholders who are unable to attend the Meeting and who wish to ensure that their Shares will be voted at the Meeting are asked to complete, date and sign the enclosed Proxy or complete another suitable form of proxy and deliver it to Endeavor Trust Corporation at their offices located at 702 - 777 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1S4, by mail or fax (604-559-8908), or email [email protected], in accordance with the instructions set out in the Proxy and in the Circular, at least 48 hours before the time of the Meeting (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays), or any adjournment thereof.
A Non-registered (beneficial) Shareholder who plans to attend the Meeting must follow the instructions set out in the Circular to ensure that their Shares are voted at the Meeting. If you hold your Shares in a brokerage account you are a Non-registered (beneficial) Shareholder.
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Registered shareholders and validly appointed proxyholders will be able to attend, participate and vote at the meeting online at the following link:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86388152921?pwd=iQmPAwwnkiHTVzxhCFzAjAdM2qejG5.1
Meeting ID: 863 8815 2921
Passcode: 079790
In order to assist the Scrutineer with attendance, shareholders are asked to log into the Meeting with their First and Last Names.
DATED at Vancouver, British Columbia, this 24th day of October, 2025.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD
(signed) David Greenway
David Greenway
President, C.E.O. and Director

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION CIRCULAR
(with information as of October 20, 2025, unless otherwise stated)
INTRODUCTION
This management information circular dated October 24, 2025 (the "Circular") is furnished to you in connection with the solicitation of proxies by management of Giant Mining Corp. ("we", "us" or the "Company") for use at the Annual General Meeting (the "Meeting") of shareholders of the Company to be held on Thursday, December 4, 2025 and at any adjournment of the Meeting. "Shares" means common shares without par value in the capital of the Company. The Company will conduct its solicitation by mail and our officers, directors and employees may, without receiving special compensation, contact shareholders by telephone, electronic means or other personal contact. We will not specifically engage employees or soliciting agents to solicit proxies. We do not reimburse shareholders, nominees or agents (including brokers holding shares on behalf of clients) for their costs of obtaining authorization from their principals to sign forms of proxy. We will pay the expenses of this solicitation.
GENERAL PROXY INFORMATION
Solicitation of Proxies
This solicitation is made on behalf of the management of the Company. Although it is expected that the solicitation of proxies will be primarily by mail, proxies may also be solicited personally or by telephone by directors, officers, employees or agents of the Company. Pursuant to National Instrument 54-101 Communication With Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer ("NI 54-101"), arrangements have been made with clearing agencies, brokerage houses and other financial intermediaries to forward proxy solicitation material to Beneficial Shareholders. The cost of any such solicitation will be borne by the Company.
Appointment of Proxy Holder
The persons named as proxy holders in the enclosed form of proxy are the Company's directors or officers. As a shareholder, you have the right to appoint a person (who need not be a shareholder) in place of the persons named in the form of proxy to attend and act on your behalf at the Meeting. To exercise this right, you must either insert the name of your representative in the blank space provided in the form of proxy and strike out the other names or complete and deliver another appropriate form of proxy.
A proxy will not be valid unless it is dated and signed by you or your attorney duly authorized in writing or, if you are a corporation, by an authorized director, officer, or attorney of the corporation.
Voting by Proxy
The persons named in the accompanying form of proxy will vote or withhold from voting the Shares represented by the proxy in accordance with your instructions, provided your instructions are clear. If you have specified a choice on any matter to be acted on at the Meeting, your Shares will be voted or withheld from voting accordingly. If you do not specify a choice or where you specify both choices for any matter to be acted on, your Shares will be voted in favour of all matters.
The enclosed form of proxy gives the persons named as proxy holders discretionary authority regarding amendments or variations to matters identified in the Notice of Meeting and any other matter that may properly come before the Meeting. As of the date of this Circular, our management is not aware of any such amendment, variation or other matter proposed or likely to come before the Meeting. However, if any amendment, variation or other matter properly
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comes before the Meeting, the persons named in the form of proxy intend to vote on such other business in accordance with their judgement.
You may indicate the manner in which the persons named in the enclosed proxy are to vote on any matter by marking an "X" in the appropriate space. If you wish to give the persons named in the proxy a discretionary authority on any matter described in the proxy, then you should leave the space blank. In that case, the proxy holders nominated by management will vote the Shares represented by your proxy in accordance with their judgment.
Return of Proxy
You must deliver the completed form of Proxy to the office of the Company’s registrar and transfer agent, Endeavor Trust Corporation at their offices located at 702-777 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1S4, by mail or fax (604-559-8908), or email [email protected], not less than 48 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays) before the scheduled time of the Meeting or any adjournment.
Advice to Non-Registered Shareholders
Only shareholders whose names appear on our records or validly appointed proxyholders are permitted to vote at the Meeting. Most of our shareholders are "non-registered" shareholders because their Shares are registered in the name of a nominee, such as a brokerage firm, bank, trust company, trustee or administrator of a self-administered RRSP, RRIF, RESP or similar plan or a clearing agency such as CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. (a "Nominee"). If you purchased your Shares through a broker, you are likely a non-registered shareholder.
Non-registered shareholders who have not objected to their Nominee disclosing certain ownership information about themselves to us are referred to as "NOBOs". Those non-registered holders who have objected to their Nominee disclosing ownership information about themselves to us are referred to as "OBOs".
In accordance with the securities regulatory policy, we will have distributed copies of the Meeting materials, being the Notice of Meeting, this Circular, and the form of Proxy indirectly to NOBOs and to the Nominees for onward distribution to OBOs. The Company does not intend to pay for the Nominees to deliver proxy-related materials, unless the OBO's Nominees assume the cost of delivery.
Nominees are required to forward the Meeting materials to each NOBO unless the NOBO has waived the right to receive them. Shares held by Nominees can only be voted in accordance with the instructions of the non-registered shareholder. Meeting materials sent to non-registered holders who have not waived the right to receive Meeting materials are accompanied by a request for voting instructions (a "VIF"). This form is instead of a proxy. By returning the VIF in accordance with the instructions noted on it, a non-registered shareholder is able to instruct the registered shareholder (or Nominee) how to vote on behalf of the non-registered shareholder. VIFs, whether provided by the Company or by a Nominee, should be completed and returned in accordance with the specific instructions noted on the VIF.
In either case, the purpose of this procedure is to permit non-registered shareholders to direct the voting of the Shares they beneficially own. Should a non-registered shareholder who receives a VIF wish to attend the Meeting or have someone else attend on his/her behalf, the non-registered shareholder may request a legal proxy as set forth in the VIF, which will grant the non-registered shareholder or his/her nominee the right to attend and vote at the Meeting. Non-registered shareholders should carefully follow the instructions set out in the VIF including those regarding when and where the VIF is to be delivered.
Pursuant to NI 54-101, the Company has decided to use notice-and-access to deliver the Meeting Materials and accordingly, the Company will only be mailing the Notice-and-Access Notification and Proxy to Beneficial Shareholders as set out above.
Revocation of Proxy
If you are a registered shareholder who has returned a proxy, you may revoke your proxy at any time before it is exercised. In addition to revocation in any other manner permitted by law, a registered shareholder who has given a proxy may revoke it by either:
a) signing a proxy bearing a later date; or
b) signing a written notice of revocation in the same manner as the form of proxy is required to be signed as set out in the notes to the Proxy.
The later proxy or the notice of revocation must be delivered to the office of the Company's registrar and transfer agent or to the Company's head office at any time up to and including the last business day before the scheduled time of the Meeting or any adjournment, or to the Chairman of the Meeting on the day of the Meeting or any adjournment.
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If you are a non-registered shareholder who wishes to revoke a VIF or to revoke a waiver of your right to receive Meeting materials and to give voting instructions, you must give written instructions to your Nominee at least seven days before the Meeting.
Zoom Meeting Details
The Company is holding the Meeting as a completely virtual meeting, which will be conducted via live webcast. Shareholders will not be able to attend the Meeting in person.
Registered shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders will be able to attend, participate and vote at the Meeting online at:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86388152921?pwd=iQmPAwwnkiHTVzxhCFzAjAdM2qejG5.1
Meeting ID: 863 8815 2921
Passcode: 079790
Notice and Access
The Company has elected to use the "notice-and-access" provisions under National Instrument 54-101 – Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer (the "Notice-and-Access Provisions") for the Meeting. The Notice-and-Access Provisions are a set of rules developed by the Canadian Securities Administrators intended to reduce the volume of materials which are mailed to shareholders by allowing a reporting issuer to post proxy-related materials in respect of a meeting of its shareholders online.
The Company will not use procedures known as "stratification" in relation to the use of the Notice-and-Access Provisions, meaning that both registered shareholders and Beneficial Shareholders will be mailed a notification of availability of Meeting materials directing them to those websites where they can access the Circular and other relevant information (the "Notice-and-Access Notification"). If you receive the Notice-and-Access Notification and would like to receive a paper copy of the Circular and the financial statements of the Company to be approved at the Meeting and the management's discussion and analysis related to those financial statements (the "Financial Statements"), please follow the instructions printed on the Notice-and-Access Notification and the materials will be mailed to you at the Company's expense.
The Company anticipates that notice-and-access will directly benefit the Company through substantial reductions in postage and printing costs. The Company believes that notice-and-access is more environmentally responsible to the extent that it reduces the large volume of paper documents generated by printing proxy-related materials.
Shareholders with questions about notice-and-access can call Endeavor Trust Corporation toll free at 1 888 787 0888.
The Meeting materials have been posted on the Company's website at www.giantminingcorp.com and on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval ("SEDAR+") under the Company's profile at www.sedarplus.ca. In order to receive a paper copy of this Circular and the Financial Statements, requests by shareholders may be made up to one year from the date the Circular is posted on the Company's website by email to Endeavor Trust Corporation at [email protected] or by calling toll-free at 1-888-787-0888.
To ensure that a paper copy of the Circular can be delivered to a requesting shareholder in time for such shareholder to receive and review the Circular and return the completed instrument of proxy or voting instruction form prior to the deadline of at least 48 hours before the time of the Meeting or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays as set out under the heading "Appointment and Revocation of Proxies" in this Circular, it is strongly suggested that a shareholder's request is received no later than November 24, 2025. The Circular will be sent to such shareholders within three business days of their request if such requests are made before the Meeting. Following the Meeting, the Circular will be sent to such shareholders within ten days of their request.
Those registered shareholders and Beneficial Shareholders with existing instructions on their account to receive printed materials will receive a printed copy of the Meeting materials.
Beneficial shareholders who are OBOs will not receive the Notice and Access Notification or the proxy materials unless their intermediary assumes the costs of delivery.
INTEREST OF CERTAIN PERSONS IN MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON
None of the directors or executive officers of the Company, nor any person who has held such a position since the beginning of the last completed financial year of the Company, nor any proposed nominee for election as a director of the Company,
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nor any associate or affiliate of the foregoing persons, has any substantial or material interest, direct or indirect, by way of beneficial ownership of securities or otherwise, in any matter to be acted on at the Meeting.
VOTING SECURITIES AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF VOTING SECURITIES
Persons who are registered shareholders of Shares at the close of business on October 20, 2025, are entitled to receive notice of and to attend and vote at the Meeting or any adjournment of the Meeting.
The authorized capital of the Company consists of an unlimited number of Shares without par value. As of October 20, 2025, the Company had 94,845,390 Shares issued and outstanding.
To the knowledge of the directors and senior officers of the Company, no person or company beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, or exercises control or direction over, common shares carrying more than 10% of the voting rights attached to the outstanding Shares.
Approval of Resolutions
On a show of hands, every shareholder and proxyholder will have one vote and, on a poll, every shareholder present in person or represented by proxy will have one vote for each Common Share.
To approve a motion for an ordinary resolution, a majority of the votes cast by shareholders in person or by proxy who vote in respect of that resolution must be in favour. To approve a motion for a special resolution, two thirds of the votes cast by shareholders in person or by proxy who vote in respect of that resolution must be in favour. In the event a motion proposed at the Meeting requires disinterested shareholder approval, Shares held by shareholders who are also "insiders", as such term is defined under applicable securities laws, will be excluded from the count of votes cast on such motion.
STATEMENT OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
For the purposes of this Circular:
General
"CEO" means an individual who acted as chief executive officer of the Company, or acted in a similar capacity, for any part of the most recently completed financial year;
"CFO" means an individual who acted as chief financial officer of the Company, or acted in a similar capacity, for any part of the most recently completed financial year;
"Named Executive Officer" or "NEO" means each of the following individuals:
(a) a CEO;
(b) a CFO;
(c) each of the three most highly compensated executive officers of the Company, including any of its subsidiaries, or the three most highly compensated individuals acting in a similar capacity, other than the CEO and CFO, at the end of the most recently completed financial year and whose total compensation was, individually, more than $150,000 as determined in accordance with applicable securities laws; and
(d) each individual who would be a NEO under paragraph (c) but for the fact that the individual was neither an executive officer of the Company, nor acting in a similar capacity at the end of the most recently completed financial year.
For the purposes of the following disclosure, the Company's NEOs for the financial year ended June 30, 2025 are: David Greenway, CEO and Natasha Doe, CFO.
Director and Named Executive Officer Compensation, Excluding Compensation Securities
The following table sets out all compensation paid, payable, awarded, granted, given, or otherwise provided, directly or indirectly, by the Company to each NEO and director, in any capacity, for the two most recently completed financial years ended June 30, 2024 and 2025:
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| Table of compensation excluding compensation securities | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and position | Year | Salary, consulting fee, retainer or commission ($) | Bonus ($) | Committee or meeting fees ($) | Value of prerequisites ($) | Value of all other compensation ($) | Total compensation ($) |
| David Greenway | |||||||
| President, CEO & Director | 2024 | 240,000^{(1)} | 200,000 | Nil | Nil | Nil | 440,000 |
| 2025 | 240,000^{(1)} | 380,000 | Nil | Nil | Nil | 620,000 | |
| Natasha Doe | |||||||
| CFO and Corporate Secretary | 2024 | 120,000^{(2)} | 60,000 | Nil | Nil | Nil | 180,000 |
| 2025 | 120,000^{(2)} | 75,000 | Nil | Nil | Nil | 195,000 | |
| Larry Segerstrom | |||||||
| Director | 2024 | 12,021 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 12,021 |
| 2025 | 17,225 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 17,225 | |
| Bradley Dixon | |||||||
| Director | 2024 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| 2025 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | |
| Andrew Mugridge^{(3)} | |||||||
| Director | 2024 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| 2025 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | |
| Yari Nieken^{(4)} | |||||||
| Former Director | 2024 | 5,260 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 5,260 |
| 2025 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Notes:
(1) The Company paid consulting fees to Bam Bam Capital Corp, a company controlled by Mr. Greenway, pursuant to an agreement dated September 15, 2020. For details, see "Employment, Consulting and Management Agreements or Arrangements".
(2) The Company paid consulting fees to Denkota Capital Inc., a company controlled by Ms. Doe, pursuant to an agreement dated September 15, 2020. For details, see "Employment, Consulting and Management Agreements or Arrangements".
(3) Mr. Mugridge was appointed as a director on May 22, 2024.
(4) Mr. Nieken resigned as a director on April 8, 2024.
Stock Options and Other Compensation Securities
The following table discloses all compensation securities outstanding to each NEO of the Company and to a director who was not an NEO of the Company, or a subsidiary of the Company, in the most recently completed financial year ended June 30, 2025 for services provided or to be provided, directly or indirectly, to the Company, or a subsidiary of the Company.
| Compensation Securities | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and position | Type of compensation security | Number of compensation securities, number of underlying securities, and percentage of class^{(1)} | Date of issue or grant | Issue, conversion or exercise price ($) | Closing price of security or underlying security on date of grant ($) | Closing price of security or underlying security at year end ($) | Expiry date |
| David Greenway | |||||||
| CEO, President and Director | Restricted Share Units | 280,000 | |||||
| 280,000 Shares | |||||||
| 0.003% | January 8, 2025 | N/A | 0.31 | 0.21 | January 8, 2026 | ||
| Natasha Doe | |||||||
| CFO and Corporate Secretary | Restricted Share Units | 150,000 | |||||
| 150,000 Shares | |||||||
| 0.002% | January 8, 2025 | N/A | 0.31 | 0.21 | January 8, 2026 |
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| Compensation Securities | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and position | Type of compensation security | Number of compensation securities, number of underlying securities, and percentage of class^{(1)} | Date of issue or grant | Issue, conversion or exercise price ($) | Closing price of security or underlying security on date of grant ($) | Closing price of security or underlying security at year end ($) | Expiry date |
| Larry Segerstrom | |||||||
| Director | Restricted Share Units | 100,000 | |||||
| 100,000 Shares | |||||||
| 0.001% | January 8, 2025 | N/A | 0.31 | 0.21 | January 8, 2026 | ||
| Bradley Dixon | |||||||
| Director | Restricted Share Units | 100,000 | |||||
| 100,000 Shares | |||||||
| 0.001% | January 8, 2025 | N/A | 0.31 | 0.21 | January 8, 2026 | ||
| Andrew Mugridge | |||||||
| Director | Restricted Share Units | 100,000 | |||||
| 100,000 Shares | |||||||
| 0.001% | January 8, 2025 | N/A | 0.31 | 0.21 | January 8, 2026 |
Note:
(1) The percentage of restricted share units granted are based on the total issued and outstanding common shares of the Company as of June 30, 2025, being 77,106,097.
Exercise of Compensation Securities
During the financial year ended June 30, 2025, the following NEOs or directors of the Company exercised or converted compensation securities:
| Name and position | Type of compensation security | Number of underlying securities exercised | Exercise price per security ($) | Date of exercise | Closing price per security on date of exercise^{(1)} ($) | Difference between exercise price and closing price on date of exercise ($) | Total value on exercise date ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Greenway | |||||||
| President, CEO & Director | Restricted Share Units | 280,000 | N/A | May 6, 2025 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 89,600 |
| Natasha Doe | |||||||
| CFO and Corporate Secretary | Restricted Share Units | 150,000 | N/A | April 7, 2025 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 49,500 |
| Larry Segerstrom | |||||||
| Director | Restricted Share Units | 100,000 | N/A | May 6, 2025 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 32,000 |
| Bradley Dixon | |||||||
| Director | Restricted Share Units | 100,000 | N/A | May 6, 2025 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 32,000 |
| Andrew Mugridge | |||||||
| Director | Restricted Share Units | 100,000 | N/A | May 6, 2025 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 32,000 |
Stock Option Plans and Other Incentive Plans
Stock Option Plan
The Company currently has in place a Canadian Securities Exchange policy "rolling" stock option plan dated for reference May 14, 2018, as amended by the Board on July 7, 2023, whereby the maximum number of Shares that may be reserved for issuance pursuant to the exercise of options is 10% of the issued Shares of the Company, less any Shares reserved for issuance under all other share compensation arrangements (the "Option Plan"). The Option Plan was ratified, confirmed and approved
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at the Company’s annual general and special meeting held on December 5, 2023. A copy of the Stock Option Plan is attached as Schedule "C" to the Information Circular for the December 5, 2023 annual and special meeting.
Restricted Share Unit Plan
The Company currently has in place a Canadian Securities Exchange policy "rolling" restricted share unit plan dated for reference October 31, 2019 (the "RSU Plan"). The RSU Plan was ratified, confirmed and re-approved at the Company’s annual general and special meeting held on December 5, 2023. The RSU Plan allows the Company to award, in aggregate, up to a rolling 10% maximum of the issued and outstanding Shares from time to time, less any Shares reserved for issuance under all other share compensation arrangements under and subject to the terms and conditions of the RSU Plan. A copy of the RSU Plan is attached as Schedule "D" to the Information Circular for the December 5, 2023 annual and special meeting.
Omnibus Incentive Plan
On October 9, 2025, the Board terminated the Option Plan and the RSU Plan and adopted a new form of equity incentive plan (the "Omnibus Incentive Plan") pursuant to which the Company may grant stock options ("Options") and restricted share units ("Restricted Share Units") to the Company’s employees, directors, officers, consultants, and advisors. A summary of the Omnibus Incentive Plan may be found below in the section "Particulars of Matters to Be Voted Upon – Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan".
Employment, Consulting and Management Agreements
Management functions of the Company are not, to any substantial degree, performed other than by directors or NEOs of the Company.
During the financial year ended June 30, 2025, the Company had the following agreements in place with certain NEOs and directors of the Company:
David Greenway, President, CEO and a Director
By an agreement dated September 15, 2020, Bam Bam Capital Corp. ("Bam Bam"), a company controlled by Mr. Greenway, provides consulting services to the Company and, in particular, his services as its President and CEO, in consideration of consulting fees payable in equal monthly installments as well as financing, production and market capital bonuses. For actual amounts paid to Bam Bam for the financial year ended June 30, 2025, see "Table of Compensation Excluding Compensation Securities".
The agreement with Bam Bam provides for termination:
(a) by the consultant on ninety (90) days’ notice to the Company;
(b) by the Company, in its discretion, without any notice or payment in lieu thereof, for cause: any material breach of the provisions of the agreement, any conduct of the consultant which in the opinion of the Company, tends to bring himself or the Company into disrepute, the commission of an act of bankruptcy by the consultant or compounding with his creditors generally; or conviction of the consultant of a criminal offence punishable by indictment, where the cause is not prohibited by law; or
(c) by the Company at any time at its sole discretion upon payment to the consultant at termination of twenty four (24) months base fee; plus two (2) times the consultant’s annual bonus received by him in the previous year.
On a change of control of the Company, being the acquisition of common shares or other voting securities of the Company ("Voting Securities") such that the person or persons come to hold, of record or beneficially, at least forty per cent (40%) of the Voting Securities and act in concert with respect to voting such Voting Securities, and within six (6) months of such change, the consultant may give notice of termination to the Company with immediate effect and the Company shall pay to the consultant on the last day of his employment the equivalent sum of twenty four (24) months base fee; plus two (2) times the consultant’s annual bonus received by him in the previous year.
Natasha Doe (formerly Natasha Sever), CFO and Corporate Secretary
By an agreement dated September 15, 2020, Denkota Capital Inc. ("Denkota"), a company controlled by Ms. Doe, provides consulting services to the Company and, in particular, her services as its CFO, in consideration of consulting fees payable in equal monthly installments. On January 1, 2023, the agreement was amended, replacing Denkota Capital Inc. with Natasha Doe. No other terms of the agreement were amended. For actual amounts paid to Denkota for the financial year ended June 30, 2025, see "Table of Compensation Excluding Compensation Securities".
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The agreement with Denkota provides for termination and change of control upon the same terms as the foregoing agreement with Bam Bam.
Oversight and Description of Director and NEO Compensation
The Company's board of directors (the "Board") as a whole has the responsibility of determining the compensation for the CEO, the CFO and for other senior management and directors.
The Company’s compensation objectives include the following:
- to assist the Company in attracting and retaining highly-qualified individuals;
- to create a sense of ownership in the Company among directors, officers, consultants and employees and to align their interests with those of the shareholders; and
- to ensure that the Company compensation program is competitive as well as financially affordable.
The Company’s compensation program is designed to provide competitive levels of compensation. The Company recognizes the need to provide a total compensation package that will attract and retain qualified and experienced executives as well as align the compensation level of each executive to that executive’s level of responsibility. In general, the Company’s NEOs may receive compensation that is comprised of three components:
- salary, wages or contractor payments;
- stock option and RSU grants; and/or
- bonuses.
The objective and reason for this system of compensation is to allow the Company to remain competitive compared to its peers in attracting experienced personnel. The base salary of a NEO is intended to attract and retain executives by providing a reasonable amount of non-contingent remuneration.
The base salary review of each NEO takes into consideration the current competitive market conditions, experience, proven or expected performance, and the particular skills of the NEOs. Base salary is not evaluated against a formal "peer group". The Board relies on the general experience of its members in setting base salary amounts.
Stock option and RSU grants are designed to reward the NEOs for success on a similar basis as the shareholders of the Company, although the level of reward provided by a particular stock option or RSU grant is dependent upon the volatile stock market.
Any bonuses paid to the NEOs are allocated on an individual basis related to the review by the Board of the work planned during the year and the work achieved during the year, including work related to administration, financing, shareholder relations and overall performance. The bonuses are paid to reward work done above the base level.
The Company has a stock option plan and a RSU plan for the granting of incentive stock options and RSUs to the Company’s officers, directors and consultants. The purpose of granting such options or RSUs to the Company’s directors is to assist the Company in compensating, attracting, retaining and motivating the directors and to closely align the personal interests of the directors to that of the Company’s shareholders.
Pension Arrangements
The Company does not have any pension arrangements in place for the NEOs.
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SECURITIES AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE UNDER EQUITY COMPENSATION PLANS
The following table sets out equity compensation plan information as at the end of the financial year ended June 30, 2025:
| Plan Category | Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (a) | Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights (b) | Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a)) (c) (1) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity compensation plans approved by securityholders (RSU Plan) | 300,000 | N/A | 6,910,610 |
| Equity compensation plans approved by securityholders (Option Plan) | 500,000 | $0.52 | N/A |
| Equity compensation plans not approved by securityholders | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Total | 800,000 | 6,910,610 |
Note:
(1) The Company’s Stock Option Plan and RSU Plan share a combined rolling limit of 10% of the issued and outstanding common shares. Accordingly, the number of securities remaining available for future issuance represents the total available under both plans.
AUDIT COMMITTEE
The Company is including the disclosure required by Form 52-110F2 of National Instrument 52-110 Audit Committees ("NI 52-110") under this heading. The Company is a "venture issuer" under NI 52-110 and is relying on the exemption in section 6.1 of NI 52-110.
Audit Committee Charter
The Charter of the Company’s Audit Committee is included as Schedule "A" to this Circular.
Composition of the Audit Committee
The Audit Committee is currently composed of the following directors of the Company: David Greenway, Bradley Dixon and Andrew Mugridge. Mr. Dixon and Mr. Mugridge are considered to be independent. All three Audit Committee members are financially literate.
Relevant Education and Experience
All of the members of the Audit Committee are financially literate, in that they have the ability to read and understand a balance sheet, an income statement, a cash flow statement and the notes attached thereto. Additionally, all of the members of the Audit Committee have accounting or related financial experience and are able to analyze and interpret a full set of financial statements, including the notes attached thereto, in accordance with international financial reporting standards.
External Auditor Service Fees by Category
Fees incurred for audit and non-audit services in the last two fiscal years are outlined in the following table.
| Nature of Services | Fees Paid in Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2025 | Fees Paid in Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Audit Fees(1) | $29,000 | $25,000 |
| Audit-Related Fees(2) | $16,500 | Nil |
| Tax Fees(3) | $3,424 | Nil |
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| Nature of Services | Fees Paid in Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2025 | Fees Paid in Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| All Other Fees^{(4)} | $1,200 | $8,315 |
| Total | $50,124 | $33,315 |
Notes:
(1) “Audit Fees” include fees necessary to perform the annual audit and quarterly reviews of the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Audit Fees include fees for review of tax provisions and for accounting consultations on matters reflected in the financial statements. Audit Fees also include audit or other attest services required by legislation or regulation, such as comfort letters, consents, reviews of securities filings and statutory audits.
(2) “Audit-Related Fees” include services normally performed by the auditor. These audit-related services include employee benefit audits, due diligence assistance, accounting consultations on proposed transactions, internal control reviews and audit or attest services not required by legislation or regulation.
(3) “Tax Fees” include fees for all tax services other than those included in “Audit Fees” and “Audit-Related Fees”. This category includes fees for tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice. Tax planning and tax advice includes assistance with tax audits and appeals, tax advice related to mergers and acquisitions, and requests for rulings or technical advice from tax authorities.
(4) “All Other Fees” include all other non-audit services.
Exemption
The Company is relying on the exemption in section 6.1 of NI 52-110, which exempts issuers whose shares are listed on the Exchange from the requirements of Parts 3 (Composition of the Audit Committee) and 5 (Reporting Obligations) of NI 52-110.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
National Instrument 58-101 Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices ("NI 58-101") requires issuers to disclose their governance practices in accordance with NI 58-101. The Company is a "venture issuer" within the meaning of NI 58-101. A discussion of the Company's governance practices within the context of NI 58-101 is set out below.
Board of Directors
Directors are considered to be independent if they have no direct or indirect material relationship with the Company. A "material relationship" is a relationship that could, in the view of the Company's Board, be reasonably expected to interfere with the exercise of a director's independent judgment.
Andrew Mugridge, Larry Segerstrom and Bradley Dixon are "independent" directors in that they are independent and free from any interest and any business or other relationship, which could or could reasonably be perceived to materially interfere with his ability to act within the best interests of the Company, other than the interests and relationships arising from his shareholdings.
The Board facilitates its independent supervision over management by choosing management who demonstrate a high level of integrity and ability and having strong independent Board members. Further supervision is performed through the Audit Committee who may meet with the Company's auditors without management being in attendance.
Directorship
Other than as set forth below, none of the directors hold directorships in other reporting issuers (or the equivalent) in jurisdictions in Canada or a foreign jurisdiction:
| Name of Director | Other Reporting Issuers |
|---|---|
| David Greenway | Vanguard Mining Corp. |
| Ultra Brands Ltd. | |
| Montego Resources Inc. | |
| Quantum Battery Metals Corp. | |
| Larry Segerstrom | Almadex Minerals Ltd. |
| Bradley Dixon | Vanguard Mining Corp. |
| Andrew Mugridge | Vanguard Mining Corp. |
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Board Mandate
The Board does not have a written mandate. The Board is responsible for approving long-term strategic plans and annual operating plans and budgets recommended by management. Board consideration and approval is also required for material contracts and business transactions, and all debt and equity financing transactions.
The Board delegates to management responsibility for meeting defined corporate objectives, implementing approved strategic and operating plans, carrying on the Company’s business in the ordinary course, managing the Company’s cash flow, evaluating new business opportunities, recruiting staff and complying with applicable regulatory requirements. The Board also looks to management to furnish recommendations respecting corporate objectives, long-term strategic plans and annual operating plans.
Position Descriptions
The Board has not developed written position descriptions for the President and CEO of the Company or for the Chair of the Audit Committee. The size and nature of the Company’s business allows each director or officer to understand his role in progressing the Company’s operations.
Orientation and Continuing Education
When new directors are appointed, they receive orientation, commensurate with their previous experience, on the Company’s business, technology and industry and on the responsibilities of directors. Board meetings may also include presentations by the Company’s management to give the directors additional insight into the Company’s business. Individual directors are responsible for maintaining their own education, skills and knowledge at an appropriate level. Board members are encouraged to attend educational courses or presentations in relation to the Company’s projects or the industry within which the Company operates.
Ethical Business Conduct
The Board has not, to date, adopted a formal written Code of Ethical Business Conduct. The current limited size of the Company’s operations, and the small number of officers and employees allow the Board to monitor, on an ongoing basis, the activities of management and to ensure that the highest standard of ethical conduct is maintained. The Board is aware of the recommendation in National Policy 58-201 Corporate Governance Guidelines to adopt a written code of business conduct and ethics and is reviewing different standards that may be appropriate for the Company to adopt.
To date, the Board has found that the fiduciary duties placed on individual directors by the Company’s governing corporate legislation and the common law and the restrictions placed by applicable corporate legislation on an individual director’s participation in decisions of the Board in which the director has an interest have been sufficient to ensure that the Board operates independently of management and in the best interests of the Company. Under the corporate legislation, a director is required to act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Company and exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances. A director must disclose to the Board the nature and extent of any interest of the director in any material contract or material transaction, whether made or proposed, if the director is a party to the contract or transaction, is a director or officer (or an individual acting in a similar capacity) of a party to the contract or transaction or has a material interest in a party to the contract or transaction. The disclosure must be evidenced in writing by being included in the consent resolutions or minutes of the meeting that approved the transaction or in a written disclosure delivered to the Company’s records office. Unless the director properly discloses his interest and has the transaction properly approved, he may be liable to account to the Company for any profit he makes as a result of the transaction, unless the court finds that the transaction was fair and reasonable to the Company. Once the appropriate disclosure has been made by the interested director, the transaction must be approved by the directors or by the shareholders by special resolution. An interested director would not be entitled to vote at meetings of directors which evoke any such conflict.
Nomination of Directors
The Board is responsible for identifying individuals qualified to become new Board members and recommending to the Board new director nominees to fill vacancies and for the next annual meeting the shareholders. The Board considers its size each year when it considers the number of directors to recommend to the shareholders for election at the annual meeting of shareholders, taking into account the number required to carry out the Board’s duties effectively and to maintain a diversity of views and experience. New nominees must have a track record in general business management, special expertise in an area of strategic interest to the Company, the ability to devote the time required, shown support for the Company’s mission and strategic objectives and a willingness to serve.
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The Board does not have a nominating committee, and these functions are currently performed by the Board as a whole. However, this policy may be reviewed in the future depending on the circumstances of the Company.
Compensation
The Board periodically reviews the compensation paid to directors, management and other employees based on such factors as time commitment and level of responsibility, comparative fees paid by other companies in the industry in North America and the Company’s current position as an exploration company with limited operating revenue.
The Board does not have a compensation committee, and these functions are currently performed by the Board as a whole. However, this policy may be reviewed in the future depending on the circumstances of the Company.
Other Board Committees
The Board has no committees other than the Audit Committee.
Assessments
The Board conducts periodic assessments of its members including individual assessments to determine if the Board, its committee and the individual directors are performing efficiently. Based on the Company’s size, stage of development and the limited number of individuals on the Board, the Board considers a formal assessment process to be inappropriate at this time. As the activities of the Company develop, it will consider the establishment of more formal evaluation procedures, including more quantitative measures of performance.
INDEBTEDNESS OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
During the last completed financial year, no director, executive officer, or nominee for director of the Company or any of their associates has been indebted to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, nor has any of these individuals been indebted to another entity which indebtedness is the subject of a guarantee, support in agreement, letter of credit or other similar arrangement or understanding provided by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
INTEREST OF INFORMED PERSONS IN MATERIAL TRANSACTIONS
No informed person of the Company, no proposed nominee for election as a director of the Company, and no associate or affiliate of any of these persons, has any material interest, direct or indirect, in any transaction since the commencement of the Company’s most recent financial year or in any proposed transaction, which, in either case, has materially affected or will materially affect the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
An "informed person" means:
(a) a director or executive officer of the Company;
(b) a director or executive officer of a person or company that is itself an informed person or subsidiary of the Company;
(c) any person or company who beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, voting securities of the Company or who exercises control or direction over voting securities of the Company or a combination of both carrying more than 10 percent of the voting rights attached to all outstanding voting securities of the Company other than voting securities held by the person or company as underwriter in the course of a distribution; and
(d) the Company if it has purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired any of its securities, for so long as it holds any of its securities.
MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS
Management functions of the Company are generally performed by directors and executive officers of the Company and not, to any substantial degree, by any other person to whom the Company has contracted.
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PARTICULARS OF MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON
1. Audited Financial Statements
The Company’s audited financial statements for the fiscal period ended June 30, 2025, and the report of the auditors on those statements will be placed before the Meeting. Receipt at the Meeting of the audited financial statements of the Company will not constitute approval or disapproval of any matters referred to in those statements. No vote will be taken on the audited financial statements. These audited financial statements are available on the Company's profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.
Pursuant to National Instrument 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations and National Instrument 54-101 Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer, both of the Canadian Securities Administrators, a person or corporation who in the future wishes to receive annual and interim financial statements from the Company must deliver a written request for such material to the Company. Shareholders who wish to receive annual and interim financial statements are encouraged to complete the appropriate section on the Request form attached to this Circular and send it to the transfer agent, Endeavor Trust Corporation.
2. Fixing Number of Directors
The Board presently consists of four (4) directors. At the Meeting, Shareholders will be asked to consider and, if thought advisable, to pass with or without variation, an ordinary resolution to set the number of directors for the ensuing year at four (4), subject to such increases as may be permitted by the Articles of the Company and the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (the "BCBCA").
The Board recommends that Shareholders vote FOR fixing the number of directors at four (4). Unless contrary instructions are given, the persons designated as proxyholders in the accompanying Proxy intend to vote FOR fixing the number of directors of the Company at four (4).
3. Election of Directors
The Board proposes to nominate the persons named in the table below for election as directors of the Company. Each director elected will hold office until the next annual general meeting of the Company or until their successor is duly elected or appointed, unless the office is vacated earlier in accordance with the Articles of the Company or the BCBCA, or if the director becomes disqualified to act as a director.
The following table sets out the names of management’s nominees for election as director, the jurisdiction in which each is ordinarily resident, the positions and offices which each presently holds with the Company, the period of time for which each has been a director of the Company, the respective current principal occupations or employments (and for the past five years for new nominees), and the number of Shares, which each beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, or over which control or direction is exercised as at the date of this Circular.
| Name, Jurisdiction of Residence and Position Held with the Company | Principal Occupation(1) | Director Since | Shares Beneficially Owned, Directly or Indirectly, Over Which Control or Direction is Exercised (1) |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Greenway(2) | |||
| British Columbia, Canada | |||
| President, CEO & Director | President, CEO and a director of the Company and Vanguard Mining Corp. | Sept 11, 2018 | 3,385,000 |
| Larry Segerstrom | |||
| Arizona, USA | |||
| Director | Geologist. | Jan 4, 2022 | 206,348 |
| Bradley Dixon(2) | |||
| Idaho, USA | |||
| Director | Partner and attorney at Givens Pursley LLP | Oct 13, 2020 | 113,750 |
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| Name, Jurisdiction of Residence and Position Held with the Company | Principal Occupation(1) | Director Since | Shares Beneficially Owned, Directly or Indirectly, Over Which Control or Direction is Exercised (1) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Mugridge(2) | |||
| British Columbia, Canada | |||
| Director | VP Investors Relations at Timpi Inc. from 2022 to present; Financial Advisor of Hotspur Financial Services Ltd. from 2021 to 2023; Representative of ZLC Wealth Inc. from 2015 to 2021 | May 2024 | 70,000 |
Notes
(1) This is the number of shares of the Company carrying the right to vote in all circumstances, beneficially owned, or controlled or directed, directly or indirectly, by each director as at the Record Date. This information is not within the knowledge of the management of the Company and has been furnished by the respective individuals, or has been extracted from the register of shareholdings maintained by the Company's transfer agent or from insider reports filed by the individuals and available through the internet at www.sedi.ca. The information does not include voting securities which might be issued upon conversion or exercise of other securities of the Company.
(2) Member of the Audit Committee.
Advance Notice of Director Nomination
On December 11, 2018, the shareholders approved a special resolution to alter the Articles of the Company to include the requirement for advance notice for nomination of directors for election (the "Advance Notice Policy") for the purpose of providing shareholders, directors and management of the Company with a clear framework for nominating directors of the Company in connection with any annual or special meeting of the Shareholders.
As of the date of this Circular, the Company has not received notice of a nomination in compliance with the Advance Notice Policy.
A copy of the Advance Notice alteration to the Articles of the Company is available under the Company's profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.
Penalties, Sanctions and Cease Trade Orders
Except as set out below, no proposed director of the Company:
(a) is, as at the date of the Circular, or has been within 10 years before the date of the Circular, a director, CEO or CFO of any company (including the Company) that:
(i) was subject to a cease trade or similar order or an order that denied such other issuer access to any exemption under securities legislation for more than thirty consecutive days, that was issued while the proposed director was acting in the capacity as director, CEO or CFO; or
(ii) was subject to a cease trade or similar order or an order that denied such other issuer access to any exemption under securities legislation for more than thirty consecutive days, that was issued after the proposed director ceased to be a director, CEO or CFO and which resulted from an event that occurred while that person was acting in the capacity as director, CEO or CFO; or
(b) is, as at the date of this Circular, or has been within 10 years before the date of the Circular, a director or executive officer of any company (including the Company) that, while that person was acting in that capacity, or within a year of that person ceasing to act in that capacity, became bankrupt, made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency or was subject to or instituted any proceedings, arrangement or compromise with creditors or had a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold its assets; or
(c) has, within the 10 years before the date of this Circular, become bankrupt, made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, or become subject to or instituted any proceedings, arrangement or compromise with creditors, or had a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold the assets of the proposed director; or
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(d) has been subject to any penalties or sanctions imposed by a court relating to securities legislation or by a securities regulatory authority or has entered into a settlement agreement with a securities regulatory authority; or
(e) has been subject to any other penalties or sanctions imposed by a court or regulatory body that would likely be considered important to a reasonable securityholder in deciding whether to vote for a proposed director.
On July 13, 2011, the British Columbia Securities Commission (the "BCSC") issued a notice of hearing alleging that the Company's CEO and director, David Greenway, contravened section 57.2(2) of the Securities Act (BC) by purchasing 68,500 shares of Global Uranium Corp. ("Global") while being in a special relationship with Global and with knowledge of a material fact relating to Global that had not been generally disclosed. The purchases took place between March 31 and April 16, 2010.
The BCSC determined in their February 22, 2012 decision that David Greenway had inadvertently breached section 57.2(2) of the Securities Act (BC). Accordingly, the BCSC issued the following sanctions:
- Mr. Greenway was banned from trading securities of any issuer with whom he is in a special relationship until the later of July 22, 2012 and until he paid a $19,177 administrative penalty; and
- The administrative penalty has been paid in full and Mr. Greenway’s trading ban has subsequently expired.
On February 28, 2025, the BCSC, a notice of administrative penalty that the Company's CEO and director, David Greenway, for contravening section 9.1(2)(a) and 9.3 of National Instrument 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations ("NI 51-102") and item 7.2.1 of Form 51-102F5 Information Circular. The contravention related to the omission of disclosure regarding an administrative penalty of $19,177 in seven information circulars filed by three reporting issuers including Giant Mining Corp., Vanguard Mining Corp. (formerly Recharge Resources Ltd.) and Ultra Brands Ltd. (formerly Feel Foods Ltd.), where Mr. Greenway is or was a director.
In the decision dated June 17, 2025, the BCSC determined that Mr. Greenway committed seven contraventions of NI 51-102 and Form 51-102F5, as the circulars filed by the issuers were not "completed" within the meaning of the instrument because they omitted disclosure of the orders issued against him. The BCSC found that Mr. Greenway, in his capacity as a director of each issuer, authorized, permitted, or acquiesced in these contraventions.
Pursuant to section 162.01 of the Securities Act (the "Act"), and subject to the right of dispute under section 162.04 of the Act, Mr. Greenway filed a response on March 21, 2025, requesting a reduction of the penalty. On May 2, 2025, the BCSC reduced the administrative penalty from $25,000 to $22,500. The administrative penalty was paid in full on July 8, 2025.
Unless otherwise instructed, the proxies given in this solicitation will be voted in favour of the appointment of management’s nominees as directors of the Company to hold office until the next annual general meeting of the Company.
- Appointment of Auditor
Shareholders will be asked to re-approve the appointment of SHIM & Associates LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, as the auditor of the Company to hold office until the next annual general meeting of the shareholders at a remuneration to be fixed by the directors. SHIM & Associates LLP have been the Company's auditors since August 24, 2023.
Unless otherwise directed, the management designees, if named as proxy, intend to vote the Shares represented by any such proxy FOR the appointment of SHIM & Associates LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants as the auditor of the Company at remuneration to be fixed by the Board.
- Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan
Omnibus Incentive Plan (Option-Based Awards and Share-Based Awards)
As set out above, on October 9, 2025, the Board adopted a Canadian Securities Exchange ("CSE") form of omnibus incentive compensation plan (the "Omnibus Plan") in order to provide the Company and the Board with greater flexibility in respect of the types of non-transferable equity-based incentive awards ("Awards") that are available to the Board for grant to eligible Participants (as defined in the Omnibus Plan), which Awards include options ("Options") and restricted stock units ("RSUs").
As the Omnibus Incentive Plan is an "evergreen plan" (also known as a rolling plan) under the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange (the "CSE"), in accordance with the policies of the CSE, an issuer that has a rolling plan must have its
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shareholders approve the plan within three years after institution and within every three years thereafter. Accordingly, Shareholders are being asked to ratify, confirm and approve the Company's Omnibus Incentive Plan, to approve all unallocated Options and Restricted Share Unit awards under the Omnibus Plan and to re-approve the Omnibus Incentive Plan by the Shareholders no later than December 5, 2028.
At the date of this Circular, there are 400,000 outstanding Options under the Company's current Option Plan and there are 150,000 outstanding RSUs under the Company's current RSU Plan.
The Omnibus Plan will succeed and replace the Company's existing Option Plan and RSU Plan in their entirety (collectively, the "Old Plans"). The Omnibus Plan will be a component of the Company's securities-based compensation program.
The purpose of the Omnibus Plan is to promote the interests of the Company and its shareholders by aiding the Company in attracting and retaining employees, directors, officers, consultants, and advisors capable of assuring the future success of the Company, to offer such persons incentives to put forth maximum efforts for the success of the Company's business and to compensate such persons through various stock and cash-based arrangements and provide them with opportunities for stock ownership in the Company, thereby aligning the interests of such persons with the Company's shareholders.
The below summary of the Omnibus Plan is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Omnibus Plan, attached as Schedule "B" to this Circular.
Unless otherwise defined in this Circular, all defined terms contained in the below summary have the meaning ascribed to them in the Omnibus Plan.
Material Terms of Omnibus Plan
The following is a summary of material terms of the Omnibus Plan:
(1) with respect to Options (as defined in the Omnibus Incentive Plan):
Common Shares Available. The maximum number of Common Shares that may be issued pursuant to Options shall not exceed 10% of the number of Common Shares which are issued and outstanding on the particular date of grant.
Exercise Price. The purchase price per Common Share purchasable under an Option shall be determined by a committee (the "Committee") designated by the Board or if no such committee is appointed, the Board itself and shall not be less than the price determined in accordance with CSE policies while the Company's Shares are listed on the CSE.
Option Term. The term of each Option shall be fixed by the Committee at the date of grant but shall not be longer than 10 years from the date of grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the expiry date of an Option held by an Award Holder falls within a trading blackout period imposed by the Company (a "Blackout Period"), and neither the Company nor the individual in possession of the Options is subject to a cease trade order in respect of the Company's securities, then the expiry date of such Option shall be automatically extended to the 10th business day following the end of the Blackout Period.
Time and Method of Exercise. The Committee shall determine the time or times at which an Option may be exercised in whole or in part and the method or methods by which, and the form or forms, including, but not limited to, cash, Common Shares (actually or by attestation), other securities, other Awards or other property, or any combination thereof, having a Fair Market Value on the exercise date equal to the applicable exercise price, in which payment of the exercise price with respect thereto may be made or deemed to have been made.
(2) with respect to Restricted Share Units (as defined in the Omnibus Incentive Plan):
Restrictions. The maximum number of Common Shares that may be issued pursuant to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units shall not exceed 10% of the number of Common Shares which are issued and outstanding on the particular date of grant. Common Shares of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to such restrictions as the Committee may impose (including, without limitation, any limitation on the right to vote a Common Share of Restricted Stock or the right to receive any dividend or other right or property with respect thereto), which restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such time or times, in such instalments or otherwise as the Committee may deem appropriate.
Issuance and Delivery of Common Shares. Any Restricted Stock granted under the Plan shall be issued at the time such Awards are granted and may be evidenced in such manner as the Committee may deem appropriate, including book-entry registration or issuance of a stock certificate or certificates, which certificate or certificates shall be held by the Company or held in nominee name by the stock transfer agent or brokerage service selected by the Company to provide such services for
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the Plan. Such certificate or certificates shall be registered in the name of the Participant and shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock. Common Shares representing Restricted Stock that are no longer subject to restrictions shall be delivered (including by updating the book-entry registration) to the Participant promptly after the applicable restrictions lapse or are waived. In the case of Restricted Stock Units, no Common Shares shall be issued at the time such Awards are granted. Upon the lapse or waiver of restrictions and the restricted period relating to Restricted Stock Units evidencing the right to receive Common Shares, such Common Shares shall be issued other consideration as may be determined by the Committee or required by applicable law.
Additional Award Limitations. If, and so long as, the Company is listed on the CSE, the aggregate number of Common Shares issued or issuable to persons providing "investor relations activities" (as defined in CSE policies) as compensation within a 12 month period, shall not exceed 2% of the total number of Common Shares then outstanding, or such other percentage as permitted by the policies of the CSE.
Amendment and Termination; Corrections
Amendments to the Plan and Awards. The Board may from time to time amend, suspend or terminate this Plan, and the Committee may amend the terms of any previously granted Award, provided that no amendment to the terms of any previously granted Award may (except as expressly provided in the Plan) materially and adversely alter or impair the terms or conditions of the Award previously granted to a Participant under this Plan without the written consent of the Participant or holder thereof. Any amendment to this Plan, or to the terms of any Award previously granted, is subject to compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and policies of any applicable governmental entity or securities exchange, including receipt of any required approval from the governmental entity or stock exchange, and any such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation or termination of an Award will be in compliance with CSE policies. For greater certainty and without limiting the foregoing, the Board may amend, suspend, terminate or discontinue the Plan, and the Committee may amend or alter any previously granted Award, as applicable, without obtaining the approval of shareholders of the Company in order to:
(i) amend the eligibility for, and limitations or conditions imposed upon, participation in the Plan;
(ii) amend any terms relating to the granting or exercise of Awards, including but not limited to terms relating to the amount and payment of the exercise price, or the vesting, expiry, assignment or adjustment of Awards, or otherwise waive any conditions of or rights of the Company under any outstanding Award, prospectively or retroactively;
(iii) make changes that are necessary or desirable to comply with applicable laws, rules, regulations and policies of any applicable governmental entity or stock exchange, and no action taken to comply shall be deemed to impair or otherwise adversely alter or impair the rights of any holder of an Award or beneficiary thereof; or
(iv) amend any terms relating to the administration of the Plan, including the terms of any administrative guidelines or other rules related to the Plan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing and for greater certainty, prior approval of the shareholders of the Company shall be required for any amendment to the Plan or an Award that would:
(i) require shareholder approval under the rules or regulations of securities exchange that is applicable to the Company;
(ii) permit repricing of Options, which is currently prohibited under Section 6(b)(vi) of the Plan;
(iii) permit Options to be transferable other than as provided in Section 6(b)(iv) of the Plan;
(iv) amend Section 7(A) of the Plan; or
(v) increase the maximum term permitted for Options as specified in Section 6(a) Error! Reference source not found. of the Plan or extend the terms of any Options beyond their original expiry date.
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Corporate Transactions. In the event of any reorganization, amalgamation, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, plan of arrangement, take-over bid or tender offer, repurchase or exchange of Common Shares or other securities of the Company or any other similar corporate transaction or event involving the Company (or the Company shall enter into a written agreement to undergo such a transaction or event), the Committee or the Board may, in its sole discretion, provide for any of the following to be effective upon the consummation of the event (or effective immediately prior to the consummation of the event, provided that the consummation of the event subsequently occurs), and no action taken under Section 7(b) shall be deemed to impair or otherwise adversely alter the rights of any holder of an Award or beneficiary thereof:
(i) either (A) termination of the Award, whether or not vested, in exchange for an amount of cash and/or other property, if any, equal to the amount that would have been attained upon the exercise of the vested portion of the Award or realization of the Participant’s vested rights (and, for the avoidance of doubt, if, as of the date of the occurrence of the transaction or event described in Section 7(b)(i)(A), the Committee or the Board determines in good faith that no amount would have been attained upon the exercise of the Award or realization of the Participant’s rights, then the Award may be terminated by the Company without any payment) or (B) the replacement of the Award with other rights or property selected by the Committee or the Board, in its sole discretion;
(ii) that the Award be assumed by the successor or survivor corporation, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, or shall be substituted for by similar options, rights or awards covering the stock of the successor or survivor corporation, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, with appropriate adjustments as to the number and kind of shares and prices;
(iii) that, subject to Section 6(b)(vii) of the Plan, the Award shall be exercisable or payable or fully vested with respect to all Common Shares covered thereby, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the applicable Award Agreement; or
(iv) that the Award cannot vest, be exercised or become payable after a date certain in the future, which may be the effective date of the event.
Correction of Defects, Omissions and Inconsistencies. The Committee may, without prior approval of the shareholders of the Company, correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any Award or Award Agreement in the manner and to the extent it shall deem desirable to implement or maintain the effectiveness of the Plan.
Income Tax Withholding
In order to comply with all applicable federal, provincial, local or foreign income tax laws or regulations, the Company may take such action as it deems appropriate to ensure that all applicable federal, provincial, local or foreign payroll, withholding, income or other taxes, which are the sole and absolute responsibility of a Participant, are withheld or collected from such Participant. Without limiting the foregoing, in order to assist a Participant in paying all or a portion of the applicable taxes to be withheld or collected upon exercise or receipt of (or the lapse of restrictions relating to) an Award, the Committee, in its discretion and subject to such additional terms and conditions as it may adopt, may permit the Participant to satisfy such tax obligation by (a) electing to have the Company withhold a portion of the Common Shares otherwise to be delivered upon exercise or receipt of (or the lapse of restrictions relating to) such Award with a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such taxes or (b) delivering to the Company Common Shares other than Common Shares issuable upon exercise or receipt of (or the lapse of restrictions relating to) such Award with a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such taxes. The election, if any, must be made on or before the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is determined.
The Omnibus Incentive Plan provides for customary adjustments or substitutions, as applicable, in the number of Common Shares that may be issued under the Omnibus Incentive Plan in the event of recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, or other distribution of Company assets to shareholders, or any other change in the capital of the Company affecting Common Shares.
Pursuant to the Board's authority to govern the implementation and administration of the Omnibus Incentive Plan, all previously granted and Options and Restricted Share Units shall be governed by the provisions of the Omnibus Incentive Plan.
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A copy of the Omnibus Incentive Plan is attached as Schedule "B" to this Circular and will be available for inspection at the Meeting.
The approval of the Omnibus Plan will require shareholder approval, being the approval of a majority of the votes cast by shareholders at the Meeting. As the Omnibus Plan is an "evergreen plan" (also known as a rolling plan) under the policies of the CSE, in accordance with the policies of the CSE, an issuer that has a rolling plan must have its shareholders approve the plan within three years after institution and within every three years thereafter. Accordingly, Shareholders are being asked to ratify, confirm and approve the Company's Omnibus Plan, to approve all unallocated Options and Restricted Share Unit awards under the Omnibus Plan, and to re-approve the Omnibus Plan by the Shareholders no later than December 4, 2028.
Pursuant to the Board's authority to govern the implementation and administration of the Omnibus Plan, all previously granted and Options and Restricted Share Units shall be governed by the provisions of the Omnibus Plan.
Approval
The Omnibus Plan Resolution set out below, must be approved by a majority of the votes cast in person or by proxy in order to become effective.
Omnibus Plan Resolution
At the Meeting, shareholders will be asked to pass an ordinary resolution to ratify, confirm and approve the Omnibus Plan, and for continuation, as described above in this Circular, the text of which is as follows:
"BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
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the Omnibus Plan is hereby ratified, confirmed and approved for implementation as the Omnibus Plan of the Company (the "Omnibus Plan"), such that it replaces the Company's 10% rolling Share Option Plan and the Company's 10% Restricted Share Unit Plan in their entirety (collectively the "Old Plans");
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the form of the Omnibus Plan may be amended in order to satisfy the requirements or requests of any regulatory authorities, including the Canadian Securities Exchange, without requiring further approval of the shareholders of the Company;
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subject to the effectiveness of the Omnibus Plan, all existing Options and Restricted Share Units of the Company issued under the respective Old Plans, shall be amended such that they are governed by the terms of the Omnibus Plan and no longer governed by the Old Plans;
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the Company is authorized to grant Options and to reserve and issue Common Shares upon the exercise of the Options pursuant to the Omnibus Plan, and to award Restricted Share Units and to reserve and issue Common Shares upon vesting of Restricted Share Units awarded pursuant to the Omnibus Plan;
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the Company reserve, allot and set aside a maximum of 20% of the Common Shares of the Company issued and outstanding from time to time for Awards granted pursuant to the Omnibus Plan;
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Options and Restricted Share Units are to be issued under the Omnibus Plan, and all unallocated Options and Restricted Share Unit awards under the Omnibus Plan, be and are hereby approved;
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the Omnibus Plan shall be re-approved by the shareholders of the Company by no later than December 4, 2028 in accordance with the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange; and
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notwithstanding approval of the shareholders of the Company as herein provided, the board of directors may, in its sole discretion, revoke this resolution before it is acted upon without further approval of the shareholders of the Company."
Recommendation of the Board
THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE OMNIBUS PLAN RESOLUTION.
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Proxies received in favour of management will be voted in favour of the Omnibus Plan Resolution unless the shareholder has specified in the Proxy that his or her Shares are to be voted against such resolution.
OTHER BUSINESS
Management is not aware of any matters to come before the Meeting other than those set forth in the Notice of Meeting. If any other matter properly comes before the Meeting, it is the intention of the persons named in the Proxy to vote the shares represented thereby in accordance with their best judgment on such matter.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Additional information relating to the Company is on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca. Financial information is provided in the Company’s financial statements and management’s discussion and analysis ("MD&A") for the most recently completed financial year.
The Company will provide to any shareholder upon request, copies of the Company’s financial statements and MD&A for the most recently completed financial year. Please direct your request to the Company at its registered and records office at Suite 1500, Royal Centre, P.O. Box 11117, 1055 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6E 4N7.
The contents of this Circular and the sending thereof to the Shareholders of the Company have been approved by the Board.
DATED at Vancouver, British Columbia, this 24th day of October, 2025.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
(signed) David Greenway
David Greenway
President, CEO and Director
SCHEDULE "A"
AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER
- Mandate and Purpose of the Committee
The Audit Committee (the "Committee") of the board of directors (the "Board") of Giant Mining Corp. (formerly Majuba Hill Copper Corp.) (the "Company") is a standing committee of the Board with the primary function to assist the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities relating to:
(a) the integrity of the Company’s financial statements;
(b) the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, as they relate to the Company’s financial statements;
(c) the qualifications, independence and performance of the Company’s auditor;
(d) internal controls and disclosure controls;
(e) the performance of the Company’s internal audit function;
(f) consideration and approval of certain related party transactions; and
(g) performing the additional duties set out in this Charter or otherwise delegated to the Committee by the Board.
- Authority
The Committee has the authority to:
(a) engage and compensate independent counsel and other advisors as it determines necessary or advisable to carry out its duties; and
(b) communicate directly with the Company’s auditor.
The Committee has the authority to delegate to individual members or subcommittees of the Committee.
- Composition and Expertise
The Committee shall be composed of a minimum of three members, each of whom is a director of the Company. The majority of the Committee's members must not be officers or employees of the Company or an affiliate of the Company.
Committee members shall be appointed annually by the Board at the first meeting of the Board following each annual meeting of shareholders. Committee members hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until they are removed by the Board or cease to be directors of the Company.
The Board shall appoint one member of the Committee to act as Chairman of the Committee. If the Chairman of the Committee is absent from any meeting, the Committee shall select one of the other members of the Committee to preside at that meeting.
- Meetings
Any member of the Committee or the auditor may call a meeting of the Committee. The Committee shall meet at least four times per year and as many additional times as the Committee deems necessary to carry out its duties. The Chairman shall develop and set the Committee’s agenda, in consultation with other members of the Committee, the Board and senior management.
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Notice of the time and place of every meeting shall be given in writing to each member of the Committee, at least 72 hours (excluding holidays) prior to the time fixed for such meeting. The Company’s auditor shall be given notice of every meeting of the Committee and, at the expense of the Company, shall be entitled to attend and be heard thereat. If requested by a member of the Committee, the Company’s auditor shall attend every meeting of the Committee held during the term of office of the Company’s auditor.
A majority of the Committee who are not officers or employees of the Company or an affiliate of the Company shall constitute a quorum. No business may be transacted by the Committee except at a meeting of its members at which a quorum of the Committee is present in person or by means of such telephonic, electronic or other communications facilities as permit all persons participating in the meeting to communicate with each other simultaneously and instantaneously. Business may also be transacted by the unanimous written consent resolutions of the members of the Committee, which when so approved shall be deemed to be resolutions passed at a duly called and constituted meeting of the Committee.
The Committee may invite such directors, officers and employees of the Company and advisors as it sees fit from time to time to attend meetings of the Committee.
The Committee shall meet without management present whenever the Committee deems it appropriate.
The Committee shall appoint a Secretary who need not be a director or officer of the Company. Minutes of the meetings of the Committee shall be recorded and maintained by the Secretary and shall be subsequently presented to the Committee for review and approval.
- Committee and Charter Review
The Committee shall conduct an annual review and assessment of its performance, effectiveness and contribution, including a review of its compliance with this Charter. The Committee shall conduct such review and assessment in such manner as it deems appropriate and report the results thereof to the Board.
The Committee shall also review and assess the adequacy of this Charter on an annual basis, taking into account all legislative and regulatory requirements applicable to the Committee, as well as any guidelines recommended by regulators or the Canadian Securities Exchange and shall recommend changes to the Board thereon.
SCHEDULE "B"
GIANT MINING CORP.
OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
Section 1. Purpose
The purpose of the Plan is to promote the interests of the Company and its shareholders by aiding the Company in attracting and retaining employees, officers, Consultants, Consultant Companies, advisors and Non-Employee Directors capable of assuring the future success of the Company, to offer such persons incentives to put forth maximum efforts for the success of the Company's business and to compensate such persons through various stock and cash-based arrangements and provide them with opportunities for stock ownership in the Company, thereby aligning the interests of such persons with the Company's shareholders.
This Plan supersedes, replaces and is in substitution for the Company's rolling 10% Stock Option Plan effective on May 14, 2018 and updated by the board of directors on July 7, 2023, and the Company's rolling 10% Restricted Stock Unit Plan effective as of October 31, 2019. Any securities issued under the Stock Option Plan and Restricted Stock Unit Plan that are outstanding as of the date hereof are covered by this Plan.
Section 2. Definitions
As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
(a) "Affiliate" shall mean any entity that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, is controlled by the Company;
(b) "Award" shall mean any Option, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit granted under the Plan;
(c) "Award Agreement" shall mean any written agreement, contract or other instrument or document evidencing an Award granted under the Plan (including a document in an electronic medium) executed in accordance with the requirements of Section 9(b) of the Plan, a form of which is attached hereto as Schedule "A" of this Plan;
(d) "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company;
(e) "Cause" has the meaning ascribed to such term in the written employment agreement between the Company and the applicable Participant or, in the event there is no written employment agreement between the Company and the applicable Participant or "Cause" is not defined therein, means the usual meaning of just cause under the common law or the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Participant is employed.
(f) "Committee" shall mean any such committee designated by the Board to administer the Plan, or if no such committee is appointed, the Board itself;
(g) "Common Shares" shall mean the common shares of the Company (or such other securities or property as may become subject to Awards pursuant to an adjustment made under Section 4(b) of the Plan);
(h) "Company" shall mean Giant Mining Corp., a British Columbia corporation, and any successor corporation;
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(i) “Consultant” means, in relation to the Company, an individual or a Consultant Company, other than an Employee, Director or Officer of the Company, that:
(i) is engaged to provide on a continuous bona fide basis, consulting, technical, management or other services to the Company or to an Affiliate of the Company, other than services provided in relation to a distribution of securities;
(ii) provides the services under a written contract between the Company or the Affiliate and the individual or the Consultant Company;
(iii) in the reasonable opinion of the Company, spends or will spend a significant amount of time and attention on the affairs and business of the Company or an Affiliate of the Company; and
(iv) has a relationship with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company that enables the individual to be knowledgeable about the business and affairs of the Company;
(j) “Consultant Company” means for an individual Consultant, a company or partnership of which the individual is an employee, shareholder or partner;
(k) “CSE” means the Canadian Securities Exchange;
(l) “Director” shall mean a member of the Board;
(m) “Disability” means a medically determinable physical or mental impairment expected to result in death or to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, and which causes an Eligible Person to be unable to substantially fulfill his or her responsibilities on behalf of the Company, or any other condition of impairment that cannot be accommodated under applicable human rights laws without imposing undue hardship on the Company employing or engaging such Eligible Person, that the Committee or the Board, acting reasonably, determines constitutes a disability;
(n) “Effective Date” shall mean the date set forth in Section 11 of the Plan;
(o) “Eligible Person” shall mean any employee, officer, Non-Employee Director, Consultant, or Consultant Company providing services to the Company or any Affiliate, or any such person to whom an offer of employment or engagement with the Company or any Affiliate is extended;
(p) “Fair Market Value” with respect to one Common Share as of any date shall mean (a) if the Common Shares are listed on the CSE or any established stock exchange, the price of one Common Share at the close of the regular trading session of such market or exchange on the last trading day prior to such date, and if no sale of Common Shares shall have occurred on such date, on the next preceding date on which there was a sale of Common Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Common Shares are listed on the CSE, for the purposes of establishing the exercise price of any Options, the Fair Market Value shall not be lower than the greater of $0.05, or the closing market price of the Common Shares on the CSE on (i) the trading day prior to the date of grant of the Options, and (ii) the date of grant of the Options; (b) if the Common Shares are not so listed on the CSE or any established stock exchange, the average of the closing “bid” and “asked” prices quoted by the OTC Markets Group, Inc., the National Quotation Bureau, or any comparable reporting service on such date or, if there are no quoted “bid” and “asked” prices on such date, on the next preceding date for which there are such quotes for a Common Share; or (c) if the Common Shares are not publicly traded as of such date, the per share value of one Common
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Share, as determined by the Board, or any duly authorized Committee of the Board, in its sole discretion, by applying principles of valuation with respect thereto;
(q) “Non-Employee Director” shall mean a Director who is not also an employee of the Company or any Affiliate;
(r) “Option” shall mean an incentive stock option to purchase shares of the Company;
(s) “Participant” shall mean an Eligible Person designated to be granted an Award under the Plan;
(t) “Person” shall mean any individual or entity, including a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or trust;
(u) “Plan” shall mean this Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time;
(v) “Restricted Stock” shall mean any Common Share granted under Section 6(b) of the Plan;
(w) “Restricted Stock Unit” shall mean any unit granted under Section 6(b) of the Plan evidencing the right to receive a Common Share (or a cash payment equal to the Fair Market Value of a Common Share) at some future date, provided that in the case of Participants who are liable to taxation under the Tax Act in respect of amounts payable under this Plan, that such date shall not be later than December 31 of the third calendar year following the year services were performed in respect of the corresponding Restricted Stock Unit awarded;
(x) “Restricted Stock Unit Plan” means the Company’s prior incentive rolling restricted stock unit plan effective as of October 31, 2019;
(y) “Stock Option Plan” means the Company’s prior incentive stock option plan effective as of May 14, 2018;
(z) “Tax Act” means the Income Tax Act (Canada); and
(aa) “Termination Date” means the date on which a Participant ceases to be an Eligible Person.
Section 3. Administration
(a) Power and Authority of the Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. Subject to the express provisions of the Plan and to applicable law, the Committee shall have full power and authority to: (i) designate Participants; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to each Participant under the Plan; (iii) determine the number of Common Shares to be covered by (or the method by which payments or other rights are to be calculated in connection with) each Award; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award or Award Agreement, including any terms relating to the forfeiture of any Award and the forfeiture, recapture or disgorgement of any cash, Common Shares or other amounts payable with respect to any Award; (v) amend the terms and conditions of any Award or Award Agreement, subject to the limitations under Section 7 of the Plan; (vi) accelerate the exercisability of any Award or the lapse of any restrictions relating to any Award, subject to the limitations in Section 7 of the Plan, (vii) determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances Awards may be exercised in cash, Common Shares, other securities, other Awards or other property (excluding promissory notes), or canceled, forfeited or suspended, subject to the limitations in Section 7 of the Plan; (viii) determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances amounts payable with respect to an Award under the Plan shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the holder thereof or the Committee,
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subject to the requirements of the Tax Act; (ix) interpret and administer the Plan and any instrument or agreement, including an Award Agreement, relating to the Plan; (x) establish, amend, suspend or waive such rules and regulations and appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; (xi) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan; and (xii) adopt such modifications, rules, procedures and subplans as may be necessary or desirable to comply with provisions of the laws of the jurisdictions in which the Company or an Affiliate may operate, including, without limitation, establishing any special rules for Affiliates, Eligible Persons or Participants located in any particular country, in order to meet the objectives of the Plan and to ensure the viability of the intended benefits of Awards granted to Participants. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations and other decisions under or with respect to the Plan or any Award or Award Agreement shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made at any time and shall be final, conclusive and binding upon any Participant, any holder or beneficiary of any Award or Award Agreement, and any employee of the Company or any Affiliate.
(b) Delegation. The Committee may delegate to one or more officers or Directors of the Company, subject to such terms, conditions and limitations as the Committee may establish in its sole discretion, the authority to grant Awards; provided, however, that the Committee shall not delegate such authority in such a manner as would cause the Plan not to comply with applicable exchange rules or applicable corporate law.
(c) Power and Authority of the Board. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) the Board may, at any time and from time to time, without any further action of the Committee, exercise the powers and duties of the Committee under the Plan, unless the exercise of such powers and duties by the Board would cause the Plan not to comply with the requirements of all applicable securities rules and (ii) only the Committee (or another committee of the Board comprised of directors who qualify as independent directors within the meaning of the independence rules of any applicable securities exchange where the Common Shares are then listed) may grant Awards to Directors who are not also employees of the Company or an Affiliate.
(d) Indemnification. To the full extent permitted by law, (i) no member of the Board, the Committee or any person to whom the Committee delegates authority under the Plan shall be liable for any action or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award made under the Plan, and (ii) the members of the Board, the Committee and each person to whom the Committee delegates authority under the Plan shall be entitled to indemnification by the Company with regard to such actions and determinations. The provisions of this paragraph shall be in addition to such other rights of indemnification as a member of the Board, the Committee or any other person may have by virtue of such person's position with the Company.
Section 4. Common Shares Available for Awards
(a) Common Shares Available. Subject to adjustment as provided for herein, the aggregate number of Common Shares which may be issued under Awards granted pursuant to this Plan will not exceed 20% of the number of Common Shares which are issued and outstanding on the particular date of grant. If any Award expires or otherwise terminates for any reason without having been exercised in full, the number of Shares in respect of such expired or terminated Award shall again be available for the purposes of granting Awards pursuant to this Plan.
(b) Adjustments. In the event that any dividend (other than a regular cash dividend) or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Common Shares, other securities or other property),
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recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of Common Shares or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase Common Shares or other securities of the Company or other similar corporate transaction or event affects the Common Shares such that an adjustment is necessary in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, then the Committee shall, in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust any or all of (i) the number and type of Common Shares (or other securities or other property) that thereafter may be made the subject of Awards, (ii) the number and type of Common Shares (or other securities or other property) subject to outstanding Awards, (iii) the purchase price or exercise price with respect to any Award and (iv) the limitation contained in Section 4(c) below; provided, however, that the number of Common Shares covered by any Award or to which such Award relates shall always be a whole number. Such adjustment shall be made by the Committee or the Board, whose determination in that respect shall be final, binding and conclusive.
(c) Additional Award Limitations. If, and so long as, the Company is listed on the CSE, the aggregate number of Common Shares issued or issuable to persons providing “investor relations activities” (as defined in CSE policies) as compensation within a 12 month period, shall not exceed 2% of the total number of Common Shares then outstanding, or such other percentage as permitted by the policies of the CSE.
Section 5. Eligibility
Any Eligible Person shall be eligible to be designated as a Participant. In determining which Eligible Persons shall receive an Award and the terms of any Award, the Committee may take into account the nature of the services rendered by the respective Eligible Persons, their present and potential contributions to the success of the Company and/or such other factors as the Committee, in its discretion, shall deem relevant.
Section 6. Awards
(a) Options. The Committee is hereby authorized to grant Options to Eligible Persons with the following terms and conditions and with such additional terms and conditions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall determine:
(i) Common Shares Available. The maximum number of Common Shares that may be issued pursuant to Options shall not exceed 10% of the number of Common Shares which are issued and outstanding on the particular date of grant.
(ii) Exercise Price. The purchase price per Common Share purchasable under an Option shall be determined by the Committee and shall not be less than the price determined in accordance with CSE policies while the Company’s Shares are listed on the CSE.
(iii) Option Term. The term of each Option shall be fixed by the Committee at the date of grant but shall not be longer than 10 years from the date of grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the expiry date of an Option held by an Award Holder falls within a trading blackout period imposed by the Company (a “Blackout Period”), and neither the Company nor the individual in possession of the Options is subject to a cease trade order in respect of the Company’s securities, then the expiry date of such Option shall be automatically extended to the 10th business day following the end of the Blackout Period.
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(iv) Time and Method of Exercise. The Committee shall determine the time or times at which an Option may be exercised in whole or in part and the method or methods by which, and the form or forms, including, but not limited to, cash, Common Shares (actually or by attestation), other securities, other Awards or other property, or any combination thereof, having a Fair Market Value on the exercise date equal to the applicable exercise price, in which payment of the exercise price with respect thereto may be made or deemed to have been made.
(A) Promissory Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may not permit payment of the exercise price, either in whole or in part, with a promissory note.
(B) Net Exercises. The Committee may, in its discretion, permit an Option to be exercised by delivering to the Participant a number of Common Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the date of exercise) equal to the excess, if positive, of the Fair Market Value of the Common Shares underlying the Option being exercised on the date of exercise, over the exercise price of the Option for such Common Shares.
(v) Retirement, Resignation and Termination for Cause. Unless the Committee at any time otherwise determines, in the case of a Participant ceasing to be an Eligible Person for retirement, voluntary resignation or discharged by the Company for Cause, all vested and unexercised Options and unvested Options granted to such Participant shall expire as of the Termination Date. For the purposes of the Plan, the determination by the Company that the Participant was discharged for Cause shall be binding on the Participant. In situations where the Committee exercises its discretion under this paragraph 6(a)(v), in no case shall any vested and unexercised Options and unvested Options be exercisable later than the expiry date set forth in the Award Agreement for each such Option.
(vi) Disability, Death, Termination Without Cause and Cessation. Unless the Committee at any time otherwise determines, in the case of a Participant dying while in his or her capacity as an Eligible Person, or ceasing to be an Eligible Person as a result of a Disability, discharge by the Company without Cause, or for any reason other than for retirement, resignation, Disability, death or discharge by the Company for Cause, all unvested Options shall expire as of the Termination Date and all vested and unexercised Options shall expire on the earlier of:
(A) one year following the Termination Date; and
(B) the expiry date set forth in the applicable Award Agreement for each such Option.
In situations where the Committee exercises its discretion under this paragraph 6(b)(b)(iv), in no case shall the vested and unexercised Options and unvested Options be exercisable later than the expiry date set forth in the applicable Award Agreement for each such Option.
(b) Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units. The Committee is hereby authorized to grant an Award of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units to Eligible Persons with the following terms and conditions and with such additional terms and conditions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan as the Committee shall determine:
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(i) Restrictions. The maximum number of Common Shares that may be issued pursuant to Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units shall not exceed 10% of the number of Common Shares which are issued and outstanding on the particular date of grant. Common Shares of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to such restrictions as the Committee may impose (including, without limitation, any limitation on the right to vote a Common Share of Restricted Stock or the right to receive any dividend or other right or property with respect thereto), which restrictions may lapse separately or in combination at such time or times, in such installments or otherwise as the Committee may deem appropriate.
(ii) Issuance and Delivery of Common Shares. Any Restricted Stock granted under the Plan shall be issued at the time such Awards are granted and may be evidenced in such manner as the Committee may deem appropriate, including book-entry registration or issuance of a stock certificate or certificates, which certificate or certificates shall be held by the Company or held in nominee name by the stock transfer agent or brokerage service selected by the Company to provide such services for the Plan. Such certificate or certificates shall be registered in the name of the Participant and shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock. Common Shares representing Restricted Stock that are no longer subject to restrictions shall be delivered (including by updating the book-entry registration) to the Participant promptly after the applicable restrictions lapse or are waived. In the case of Restricted Stock Units, no Common Shares shall be issued at the time such Awards are granted. Upon the lapse or waiver of restrictions and the restricted period relating to Restricted Stock Units evidencing the right to receive Common Shares, such Common Shares shall be issued and delivered to the holder of the Restricted Stock Units.
(iii) Retirement, Resignation and Termination for Cause. Unless the Committee at any time otherwise determines, in the case of a Participant ceasing to be an Eligible Person for retirement, voluntary resignation or termination of employment or removal of service by the Company for Cause, all unvested Restricted Stock Units granted to such Participant shall terminate, without further act or formality and without compensation, as of the Termination Date. For the purposes of the Plan, the determination by the Company that the Participant was discharged for Cause shall be binding on the Participant. In situations where the Committee exercises its discretion under this paragraph 6(b)(iii), in no case shall the applicable Restricted Stock Units be valid beyond one year from the Termination Date.
(iv) Disability, Death, Termination Without Cause and Cessation. Unless the Committee at any time otherwise determines, in the case of a Participant dying while in his or her capacity as an Eligible Person, or ceasing to be an Eligible Person as a result of Disability, discharge by the Company without Cause, or for any reason other than for retirement, resignation, Disability, death or discharge by the Company for Cause, all unvested Restricted Stock Units shall immediately vest on the Termination Date. In situations where the Committee exercises its discretion under this paragraph 6(b)(iv), in no case shall the applicable Restricted Stock Units be valid beyond one year from the Termination Date.
(v) Limits on Transfer of Awards. Except as otherwise provided by the Committee in its discretion and subject to such additional terms and conditions as it determines, no Award (other than fully vested and unrestricted Common Shares issued pursuant to any Award) and no right under any such Award shall be transferable by a Participant other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and no Award (other than fully vested and unrestricted Common Shares issued pursuant to any Award) or right under any such Award
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may be pledged, alienated, attached or otherwise encumbered, and any purported pledge, alienation, attachment or encumbrance thereof shall be void and unenforceable against the Company or any Affiliate. Where the Committee does permit the transfer of an Award other than a fully vested and unrestricted Common Share, such permitted transfer shall be for no value and in accordance with all applicable securities rules. The Committee may also establish procedures as it deems appropriate for a Participant to designate a person or persons, as beneficiary or beneficiaries, to exercise the rights of the Participant and receive any property distributable with respect to any Award in the event of the Participant's death.
(vi) Restrictions; Securities Exchange Listing. All Common Shares or other securities delivered under the Plan pursuant to any Award or the exercise thereof shall be subject to such restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan, applicable federal or provincial securities laws and regulatory requirements, and the Committee may cause appropriate entries to be made with respect to, or legends to be placed on the certificates for, such Common Shares or other securities to reflect such restrictions. The Company shall not be required to deliver any Common Shares or other securities covered by an Award unless and until the requirements of any federal or provincial securities or other laws, rules or regulations (including the rules of any securities exchange) as may be determined by the Company to be applicable are satisfied.
(vii) Prohibition on Option Repricing. Except as provided in Section 4 of the Plan, the Committee may not, without prior approval of the Company's shareholders and applicable stock exchange approval, seek to effect any repricing of any previously granted, "underwater" Option by: (i) amending or modifying the terms of the Option to lower the exercise price; (ii) cancelling the Option and granting either (A) replacement Options having a lower exercise price; or (B) Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, or other stock-based award in exchange; or (iii) cancelling or repurchasing the underwater Option for cash or other securities. An Option will be deemed to be "underwater" at any time when the Fair Market Value of the Common Shares covered by such Award is less than the exercise price of the Award.
(viii) Acceleration of Vesting or Exercisability. No Award Agreement shall accelerate the exercisability of any Award or the lapse of restrictions relating to any Award in connection with a change-in-control event, unless such acceleration occurs upon the consummation of (or effective immediately prior to the consummation of, provided that the consummation subsequently occurs) such change-in-control event.
(c) Consideration for Awards. Awards may be granted for no cash consideration or for any cash or other consideration as may be determined by the Committee or required by applicable law.
Section 7. Amendment and Termination; Corrections
(a) Amendments to the Plan and Awards. The Board may from time to time amend, suspend or terminate this Plan, and the Committee may amend the terms of any previously granted Award, provided that no amendment to the terms of any previously granted Award may (except as expressly provided in the Plan) materially and adversely alter or impair the terms or conditions of the Award previously granted to a Participant under this Plan without the written consent of the Participant or holder thereof. Any amendment to this Plan, or to the terms of any Award previously granted, is subject to compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and policies of any applicable governmental entity or securities exchange, including receipt of any required approval from the governmental entity or stock exchange, and any such amendment, alteration, suspension,
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discontinuation or termination of an Award will be in compliance with CSE policies. For greater certainty and without limiting the foregoing, the Board may amend, suspend, terminate or discontinue the Plan, and the Committee may amend or alter any previously granted Award, as applicable, without obtaining the approval of shareholders of the Company in order to:
(i) amend the eligibility for, and limitations or conditions imposed upon, participation in the Plan;
(ii) amend any terms relating to the granting or exercise of Awards, including but not limited to terms relating to the amount and payment of the exercise price, or the vesting, expiry, assignment or adjustment of Awards, or otherwise waive any conditions of or rights of the Company under any outstanding Award, prospectively or retroactively;
(iii) make changes that are necessary or desirable to comply with applicable laws, rules, regulations and policies of any applicable governmental entity or stock exchange, and no action taken to comply shall be deemed to impair or otherwise adversely alter or impair the rights of any holder of an Award or beneficiary thereof; or
(iv) amend any terms relating to the administration of the Plan, including the terms of any administrative guidelines or other rules related to the Plan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing and for greater certainty, prior approval of the shareholders of the Company shall be required for any amendment to the Plan or an Award that would:
(i) require shareholder approval under the rules or regulations of securities exchange that is applicable to the Company;
(ii) permit repricing of Options, which is currently prohibited by Section 6(b)(vii) of the Plan;
(iii) permit Options to be transferable other than as provided in Section 6(b)(v) of the Plan;
(iv) amend this Section 7(a); or
(v) increase the maximum term permitted for Options as specified in Section 6(a) of the Plan or extend the terms of any Options beyond their original expiry date.
(b) Corporate Transactions. In the event of any reorganization, amalgamation, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, plan of arrangement, take-over bid or tender offer, repurchase or exchange of Common Shares or other securities of the Company or any other similar corporate transaction or event involving the Company (or the Company shall enter into a written agreement to undergo such a transaction or event), the Committee or the Board may, in its sole discretion, provide for any of the following to be effective upon the consummation of the event (or effective immediately prior to the consummation of the event, provided that the consummation of the event subsequently occurs), and no action taken under this Section 7(b) shall be deemed to impair or otherwise adversely alter the rights of any holder of an Award or beneficiary thereof:
(i) either (A) termination of the Award, whether or not vested, in exchange for an amount of cash and/or other property, if any, equal to the amount that would have been attained upon the exercise of the vested portion of the Award or realization of the Participant's vested rights (and, for the avoidance of doubt, if, as of the date of the occurrence of the transaction or event described in this Section 7(b)(i)(A), the Committee or the Board determines in good faith that no amount would have been attained upon the exercise of the Award or
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realization of the Participant’s rights, then the Award may be terminated by the Company without any payment) or (B) the replacement of the Award with other rights or property selected by the Committee or the Board, in its sole discretion;
(ii) that the Award be assumed by the successor or survivor corporation, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, or shall be substituted for by similar options, rights or awards covering the stock of the successor or survivor corporation, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, with appropriate adjustments as to the number and kind of shares and prices;
(iii) that, subject to Section 6(b)(viii) of the Plan, the Award shall be exercisable or payable or fully vested with respect to all Common Shares covered thereby, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the applicable Award Agreement; or
(iv) that the Award cannot vest, be exercised or become payable after a date certain in the future, which may be the effective date of the event.
(c) Correction of Defects, Omissions and Inconsistencies. The Committee may, without prior approval of the shareholders of the Company, correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any Award or Award Agreement in the manner and to the extent it shall deem desirable to implement or maintain the effectiveness of the Plan.
Section 8. Income Tax Withholding
In order to comply with all applicable federal, provincial, local or foreign income tax laws or regulations, the Company may take such action as it deems appropriate to ensure that all applicable federal, provincial, local or foreign payroll, withholding, income or other taxes, which are the sole and absolute responsibility of a Participant, are withheld or collected from such Participant. Without limiting the foregoing, in order to assist a Participant in paying all or a portion of the applicable taxes to be withheld or collected upon exercise or receipt of (or the lapse of restrictions relating to) an Award, the Committee, in its discretion and subject to such additional terms and conditions as it may adopt, may permit the Participant to satisfy such tax obligation by (a) electing to have the Company withhold a portion of the Common Shares otherwise to be delivered upon exercise or receipt of (or the lapse of restrictions relating to) such Award with a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such taxes or (b) delivering to the Company Common Shares other than Common Shares issuable upon exercise or receipt of (or the lapse of restrictions relating to) such Award with a Fair Market Value equal to the amount of such taxes. The election, if any, must be made on or before the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is determined.
Section 9. General Provisions
(a) No Rights to Awards. No Eligible Person, Participant or other Person shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan, and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Eligible Persons, Participants or holders or beneficiaries of Awards under the Plan. The terms and conditions of Awards need not be the same with respect to any Participant or with respect to different Participants.
(b) Award Agreements. No Participant shall have rights under an Award granted to such Participant unless and until an Award Agreement shall have been signed by the Participant (if requested by the Company), or until such Award Agreement is delivered and accepted through an electronic medium in accordance with procedures established by the Company. An Award Agreement need not be signed by a representative of the Company unless required by the Committee. Each Award
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Agreement shall be subject to the applicable terms and conditions of the Plan and any other terms and conditions (not inconsistent with the Plan) determined by the Committee.
(c) Plan Provisions Control. In the event that any provision of an Award Agreement conflicts with or is inconsistent in any respect with the terms of the Plan as set forth herein or subsequently amended, the terms of the Plan shall control.
(d) No Rights of Common Shareholders. Except with respect to Common Shares issued under Awards (and subject to such conditions as the Committee may impose on such Awards pursuant to Section 6(b)(i) of the Plan, neither a Participant nor the Participant’s legal representative shall be, or have any of the rights and privileges of, a shareholder of the Company with respect to any Common Shares issuable upon the exercise or payment of any Award, in whole or in part, unless and until such Common Shares have been issued.
(e) No Limit on Other Compensation Arrangements. Nothing contained in the Plan shall prevent the Company or any Affiliate from adopting or continuing in effect other or additional compensation plans or arrangements, and such plans or arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases.
(f) No Right to Employment. The grant of an Award shall not be construed as giving a Participant the right to be retained as an employee of the Company or any Affiliate, nor will it affect in any way the right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate a Participant’s employment at any time, with or without cause, in accordance with applicable law. In addition, the Company or an Affiliate may at any time dismiss a Participant from employment free from any liability or any claim under the Plan or any Award, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or in any Award Agreement. Nothing in this Plan shall confer on any person any legal or equitable right against the Company or any Affiliate, directly or indirectly, or give rise to any cause of action at law or in equity against the Company or an Affiliate. Under no circumstances shall any person ceasing to be an employee of the Company or any Affiliate be entitled to any compensation for any loss of any right or benefit under the Plan which such employee might otherwise have enjoyed but for termination of employment, whether such compensation is claimed by way of damages for wrongful or unfair dismissal, breach of contract or otherwise. By participating in the Plan, each Participant shall be deemed to have accepted all the conditions of the Plan and the terms and conditions of any rules and regulations adopted by the Committee and shall be fully bound thereby.
(g) Governing Law. The laws of the Province of British Columbia and the laws of Canada applicable therein without giving effect to the conflicts of laws principles thereof shall govern all questions concerning the validity, construction and effect of the Plan or any Award, and any rules and regulations relating to the Plan or any Award.
(h) Severability. If any provision of the Plan or any Award is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the purpose or intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction or Award, and the remainder of the Plan or any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.
(i) No Trust or Fund Created. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company or any Affiliate and a Participant or any other Person. To the extent that any Person acquires a right to receive
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payments from the Company or any Affiliate pursuant to an Award, such right shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company or any Affiliate.
(j) Other Benefits. No compensation or benefit awarded to or realized by any Participant under the Plan shall be included for the purpose of computing such Participant’s compensation or benefits under any pension, retirement, savings, profit sharing, group insurance, disability, severance, termination pay, welfare or other benefit plan of the Company, unless required by law or otherwise provided by such other plan.
(k) No Fractional Common Shares. No fractional Common Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Committee shall determine whether cash shall be paid in lieu of any fractional Common Share or whether such fractional Common Share or any rights thereto shall be canceled, terminated or otherwise eliminated.
(l) Headings. Headings are given to the sections and subsections of the Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of the Plan or any provision thereof.
Section 10. Clawback or Recoupment
All Awards under this Plan shall be subject to recovery or other penalties pursuant to (i) any Company clawback policy, as may be adopted or amended from time to time, or (ii) any applicable law, rule or regulation or applicable stock exchange rule.
Section 11. Effective Date of the Plan
The Plan was approved by the Board effective on October 9, 2025 (the “Effective Date”).
Section 12. Term of the Plan
The Committee may terminate or suspend the Plan or any portion thereof at any time, in accordance with applicable law, and subject to any required regulatory approval. No Award shall be granted under the Plan following termination. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or in an applicable Award Agreement, any Award theretofore granted may extend beyond such termination date, and the authority of the Committee provided for hereunder with respect to the Plan and any Awards, and the authority of the Board to amend the Plan, shall extend beyond the termination of the Plan.
SCHEDULE “A”
GIANT MINING CORP.
Award Agreement
to Omnibus Incentive Plan
Giant Mining Corp. (“Us” or “Our”) hereby grants the following Award(s) to you subject to the terms and conditions of this Award Agreement (the “Agreement”), together with the provisions of Our Omnibus Incentive Plan dated effective October 9, 2025 (the “Plan”) in which you qualify as a “Participant”, all the terms of which are hereby incorporated into this Agreement:
Name and Address of Participant: ________
Date of Grant: ________
Type of Award: ________
Total Number of Awards Granted: ________
Vesting Date(s): ________
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The terms and conditions of the Plan are hereby incorporated by reference as terms and conditions of this Agreement and all capitalized terms used herein, unless expressly defined in a different manner, have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Plan.
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Each notice relating to the Award must be in writing and signed by the Participant or the Participant’s legal representative. All notices to Us must be delivered personally or by prepaid registered mail and must be addressed to Our Corporate Secretary. All notices to the Participant will be addressed to the principal address of the Participant on file with Us. Either the Participant or Us may designate a different address by written notice to the other. Any notice given by either the Participant or Us is not binding on the recipient thereof until received.
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Nothing in the Plan, in this Agreement, or as a result of the grant of an Award to you, will affect Our right, or that of any Affiliate of Ours, to terminate your employment or term of office or engagement at any time for any reason whatsoever. Upon such termination, your rights to exercise Award will be subject to restrictions and time limits, complete details of which are set out in the Plan.
GIANT MINING CORP.
By: ________
Authorized Signatory
I have read the foregoing Agreement and hereby accept the Award in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement and the Plan. I agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan governing the Award.
Date Accepted _____
Signature _____