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Inspiration Energy Corp. — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2025
Nov 17, 2025
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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
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HIGHCLIFF METALS CORP.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 16, 2025
AND
INFORMATION CIRCULAR
November 13, 2025
This document requires immediate attention. If you are in doubt as to how to deal with the documents or matters referred to in this Information Circular, you should immediately contact your advisor.
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HIGHCLIFF METALS CORP.
1100 – 1199 West Hastings Street, Vancouver BC V6E 3T5
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual general meeting (the “Meeting”) of the shareholders of Highcliff Metals Corp. (the “Company”) will be held via teleconference on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. (PST) for the following purposes:
- to fix the number of directors at three (3);
- to elect John Theobald, Barry Girling and Wayne Moorhouse as directors for the ensuing year;
- to appoint Mao & Ying LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, as the auditors of the Company for the ensuing year and to authorize the directors to fix the remuneration to be paid to the auditors;
- to consider, and if deemed advisable, pass an ordinary resolution ratifying and approving the Company’s 10% “rolling” stock option plan (the “Stock Option Plan”), as described in the accompanying information circular; and
- to transact such other business as may be properly brought before the Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
The accompanying Information Circular provides additional information relating to the matters to be dealt with at the Meeting and is supplemental to, and expressly made a part of this Notice of Meeting.
The Company’s Board of Directors has fixed November 6, 2025, as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournment or postponement thereof. Each registered shareholder at the close of business on that date is entitled to such notice and to vote at the Meeting in the circumstances set out in the accompanying Information Circular.
The Company will be holding its Meeting in a telephone conference format. Therefore, the Company recommends that registered shareholders of the Company complete, date and sign the accompanying form of proxy and deposit it with the Company’s transfer agent, Computershare Investor Services Inc., 320 Bay Street, 14th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 4A6 by mail or fax, no later than forty eight (48) hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) prior to the time of the Meeting, or adjournment thereof.
If you are a non-registered shareholder of the Company, please complete and return the materials in accordance with the instructions set forth in the accompanying Information Circular.
An information circular and a form of proxy accompany this notice.
DATED at Vancouver, British Columbia, this 13th day of November 2025.
By Order of the Board of
HIGHCLIFF METALS CORP.
“John Theobald”
John Theobald
President, CEO and Director
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HIGHCLIFF METALS CORP.
1100 – 1199 West Hastings Street, Vancouver BC V6E 3T5
INFORMATION CIRCULAR
(as at November 13, 2025, except as otherwise indicated)
This Information Circular accompanies the Notice of Annual General Meeting (the “Notice”) and is furnished to shareholders holding common shares in the capital of Highcliff Metals Corp. (the “Company”) in connection with the solicitation by the management of the Company of proxies to be voted at the annual general meeting (the “Meeting”) of the shareholders to be held on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. (PST) or at any adjournment or postponement thereof.
Attending the Meeting via Telephone Conference
The Meeting will be held via telephone conference. To attend the Meeting via tele-conference, we would ask that shareholders complete the form attached hereto as Schedule “B” completing all requested information and e-mail a copy to [email protected] or submit by Facsimile: (604) 687 6650 Attn: Corporate Secretary. The telephone conference details will be provided to a shareholder after the Company receives a completed Schedule “B”.
Date and Currency
The date of this Information Circular is November 13, 2025. Unless otherwise stated, all amounts herein are in Canadian dollars.
MANAGEMENT SOLICITATION OF PROXIES
The solicitation of proxies by management of the Company will be conducted by mail and may be supplemented by telephone or other personal contact to be made, without special compensation, by the directors, officers and employees of the Company. The Company does not reimburse shareholders, nominees or agents for costs incurred in obtaining from their principals authorization to execute forms of proxy, except that the Company has requested brokers and nominees who hold stock in their respective names to furnish this proxy material to their customers, and the Company may reimburse such brokers and nominees for their related out of pocket expenses. No solicitation will be made by specifically engaged employees or soliciting agents. The Company will bear the cost of the solicitation.
No person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representation other than as contained in this Information Circular in connection with the solicitation of proxies. If given or made, such information or representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized by the Company. The delivery of this Information Circular shall not create, under any circumstances, any implication that there has been no change in the information set forth herein since the date of this Information Circular. This Information Circular does not constitute the solicitation of a proxy by anyone in any jurisdiction in which such solicitation is not authorized, or in which the person making such solicitation is not qualified to do so, or to anyone to whom it is unlawful to make such an offer of solicitation.
APPOINTMENT AND REVOCATION OF PROXY
Appointment of Proxy
Registered shareholders are entitled to vote. A shareholder is entitled to one vote for each common share that such shareholder holds on the record date of November 6, 2025, on the resolutions to be voted upon at the Meeting, and any other matter to come before the Meeting.
Although registered shareholders will be able to vote at the meeting via the telephone conference call, the Company recommends registered shareholders complete, date and sign the form of proxy and deposit it with the Company’s transfer agent, Computershare Investor Services Inc., 320 Bay Street, 14th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 4A6 by mail or fax, no later than forty-eight (48) hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) prior to the time of the Meeting, or adjournment thereof.
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The persons named as proxyholders (the “Designated Persons”) in the enclosed form of proxy are directors and/or officers of the Company.
A shareholder has the right to appoint a person or company (who need not be a shareholder) to attend and act for or on behalf of that shareholder at the meeting, other than the designated persons named in the enclosed form of proxy.
To exercise the right, the shareholder may do so by striking out the printed names and inserting the name of such other person and, if desired, an alternate to such person, in the blank space provided in the form of proxy. Such shareholder should notify the nominee of the appointment, obtain the nominee’s consent to act as proxy and should provide instruction to the nominee on how the shareholder’s shares should be voted. The nominee should bring personal identification to the meeting.
A proxy may not be valid unless it is dated and signed by the shareholder who is giving it or by that shareholder’s attorney-in-fact duly authorized by that shareholder in writing or, in the case of a corporation, dated and executed by a duly authorized officer or attorney-in-fact for the corporation. If a form of proxy is executed by an attorney-in-fact for an individual shareholder or joint shareholders, or by an officer or attorney-in-fact for a corporate shareholder, the instrument so empowering the officer or attorney-in-fact, as the case may be, or a notarial certified copy thereof, must accompany the form of proxy.
Revocation of Proxies
A shareholder who has given a proxy may revoke it at any time before it is exercised by an instrument in writing: (a) executed by that shareholder or by that shareholder’s attorney-in-fact authorized in writing or, where the shareholder is a corporation, by a duly authorized officer of, or attorney-in-fact for, the corporation; and (b) delivered either: (i) to the Company at the address set forth above, at any time up to and including the last business day preceding the day of the Meeting or, if adjourned or postponed, any reconvening thereof, or (ii) to the Chairman of the Meeting prior to the vote on matters covered by the proxy on the day of the Meeting or, if adjourned or postponed, any reconvening thereof, or (iii) in any other manner provided by law.
Also, a proxy will automatically be revoked by either: (i) attendance at the Meeting and participation in a poll (ballot) by a shareholder, or (ii) submission of a subsequent proxy in accordance with the foregoing procedures. A revocation of a proxy does not affect any matter on which a vote has been taken prior to any such revocation.
VOTING BY PROXY
Only registered shareholders or duly appointed proxyholders are permitted to vote at the Meeting. Shares represented by a properly executed proxy will be voted or be withheld from voting on each matter referred to in the Notice of Meeting in accordance with the instructions of the shareholder on any ballot that may be called for and if the shareholder specifies a choice with respect to any matter to be acted upon, the shares will be voted accordingly.
If a shareholder does not specify a choice and the shareholder has appointed one of the Management Proxyholders as proxyholder, the Management Proxyholder will vote in favour of the matters specified in the Notice of Meeting and in favour of all other matters proposed by management at the Meeting.
The enclosed form of proxy also gives discretionary authority to the person named therein as proxyholder with respect to amendments or variations to matters identified in the Notice of the Meeting and with respect to other matters which may properly come before the Meeting. At the date of this Information Circular, management of the Company knows of no such amendments, variations or other matters to come before the Meeting.
COMPLETION AND RETURN OF PROXY
In order to be voted, the completed form of proxy must be received by the Company’s transfer agent Computershare Investor Services Inc., 320 Bay Street, 14th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 4A6 by mail or fax not later than forty-eight (48) hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, prior to the time of the
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Meeting, unless the chairman of the Meeting elects to exercise his discretion to accept proxies received subsequently.
NON-REGISTERED HOLDERS
The information set out in this section is of significant importance to those shareholders who do not hold shares in their own name. Shareholders who do not hold their shares in their own name (referred to in this Information Circular as “Beneficial Shareholders”) should note that only proxies deposited by shareholders whose names appear on the records of the Company as the registered holders of common shares can be recognized and acted upon at the Meeting. If common shares are listed in an account statement provided to a shareholder by a broker, then in almost all cases those common shares will not be registered in the shareholder’s name on the records of the Company. Such common shares will more likely be registered under the names of the shareholder’s broker or an agent of that broker. In Canada, the vast majority of such common shares are registered under the name of CDS & Co., being the registration name for The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited (which acts as nominee for many Canadian brokerage firms), and in the United States, under the name Cede & Co., as nominee for the Depository Trust Company (which acts as a brokerage depository for many U.S. firms and custodial banks). Beneficial Shareholders should ensure that instructions respecting the voting of their common shares are communicated to the appropriate person well in advance of the Meeting.
Regulatory policies require Intermediaries to seek voting instructions from Beneficial Shareholders in advance of shareholder meetings. Beneficial Shareholders have the option of not objecting to their Intermediary disclosing certain ownership information about themselves to the Company (such Beneficial Shareholders are designated as non-objecting beneficial owners, or “NOBOs”) or objecting to their Intermediary disclosing ownership information about themselves to the Company (such Beneficial Shareholders are designated as objecting beneficial owners, or “OBOs”).
In accordance with the requirements of National Instrument 54-101 – Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer, the Company has elected to send the notice of meeting, this Information Circular and a request for voting instructions (a “VIF”), instead of a proxy (the notice of Meeting, Information Circular and VIF or proxy are collectively referred to as the “Meeting Materials”) directly to the NOBOs and indirectly through Intermediaries to the OBOs. The Intermediaries (or their service companies) are responsible for forwarding the Meeting Materials to OBOs.
The Company does not intend to pay for Intermediaries to deliver the Meeting materials and Form 54-101F7 – Request for Voting Instructions Made by Intermediary to OBOs. As a result, OBOs will not receive the Meeting materials unless their Intermediaries assumes the costs of delivery.
Meeting Materials sent to Beneficial Shareholders are accompanied by a VIF, instead of a proxy. By returning the VIF in accordance with the instructions noted on it, a Beneficial Shareholder is able to instruct the Intermediary (or other registered shareholder) how to vote the Beneficial Shareholder’s shares on the Beneficial Shareholder’s behalf. For this to occur, it is important that the VIF be completed and returned in accordance with the specific instructions noted on the VIF.
The majority of Intermediaries now delegate responsibility for obtaining instructions from Beneficial Shareholders to Broadridge Investor Communication Solutions in Canada and Broadridge Financial Services Inc. in the United States (collectively “Broadridge”). Broadridge typically prepares a machine-readable VIF, mails these VIFs to Beneficial Shareholders and asks Beneficial Shareholders to return the VIFs to Broadridge, usually by way of mail, the Internet or telephone. Broadridge then tabulates the results of all instructions received and provides appropriate instructions respecting the voting of shares to be represented at the Meeting by proxies for which Broadridge has solicited voting instructions. A Beneficial Shareholder who receives a Broadridge VIF cannot use that form to vote shares directly at the Meeting. The VIF must be returned to Broadridge (or instructions respecting the voting of shares must otherwise be communicated to Broadridge) well in advance of the Meeting in order to have the shares voted. If you have any questions respecting the voting of shares held through an Intermediary, please contact that Intermediary for assistance.
In either case, the purpose of this procedure is to permit Beneficial Shareholders to direct the voting of the shares which they beneficially own. A Beneficial Shareholder receiving a VIF cannot use that form to vote common shares directly at the Meeting. Beneficial Shareholders should carefully follow the instructions set out in the VIF including
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those regarding when and where the VIF is to be delivered. Should a Beneficial Shareholder who receives a VIF wish to attend the Meeting or have someone else attend on their behalf, the Beneficial Shareholder will need to write their name (or their nominee’s name) in the space provided in the VIF and return it in accordance with the instructions in the VIF.
Only registered shareholders have the right to revoke a proxy. A Beneficial Shareholder who wishes to change its vote must, at least seven days before the Meeting, arrange for its Intermediary to revoke its VIF on its behalf.
These securityholder materials are being sent to both registered and non-registered owners of the securities. If you are a non-registered owner, and the Company or its agent has sent these materials directly to you, your name and address and information about your holdings of securities, have been obtained in accordance with applicable securities regulatory requirements from the intermediary holding on your behalf.
By choosing to send these materials to you directly, the Company (and not the intermediary holding on your behalf) has assumed responsibility for (i) delivering these materials to you, and (ii) executing your proper voting instructions. Please return your voting instructions as specified in the request for voting instructions.
REVOCABILITY OF PROXY
In addition to revocation in any other manner permitted by law, a shareholder, his attorney authorized in writing or, if the shareholder is a corporation, a corporation under its corporate seal or by an officer or attorney thereof duly authorized, may revoke a proxy by instrument in writing, including a proxy bearing a later date. The instrument revoking the proxy must be deposited at the registered office of the Company, at any time up to and including the last business day preceding the date of the Meeting, or any adjournment thereof, or with the chairman of the Meeting on the day of the Meeting.
VOTING SECURITIES AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS THEREOF
The Company is authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares without par value (the "shares"), of which 8,834,863 shares are issued and outstanding. Persons who are registered shareholders at the close of business on November 6, 2025, will be entitled to receive notice of and vote at the Meeting and will be entitled to one vote for each share held. The Company has only one class of shares.
To the knowledge of the directors and executive officers of the Company, other than disclosed below, no person beneficially owns, controls or directs, directly or indirectly, shares carrying 10% or more of the voting rights attached to all shares of the Company.
| Shareholder | Number of Shares | Percentage of Issued Capital |
|---|---|---|
| BV Natural Resources, LLC | 920,097 | 10.41% |
| Antanas (Tony) Guoga | 3,200,000 | 36.22% |
NUMBER OF DIRECTORS
At the Meeting, shareholders will be asked to pass an ordinary resolution to set the number of directors of the Company for the ensuing year at three (3). The number of directors will be approved if the affirmative vote of the majority of common shares present or represented by proxy at the Meeting and entitled to vote are voted in favour to set the number of directors at three (3).
Management recommends the approval of the resolution to set the number of directors of the Company at three (3).
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ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The directors of the Company are elected at each annual general meeting and hold office until the next annual general meeting or until their successors are appointed. In the absence of instructions to the contrary, the enclosed proxy will be voted for the nominees herein listed.
Management of the Company proposes to nominate each of the following persons for election as a director. Information concerning such persons, as furnished by the individual nominees, is as follows:
| Name, Jurisdiction of Residence and Position | Principal occupation, business or employment and, if not a previously elected Director, occupation, business or employment during the past 5 years | Previous Service as a Director | Number of Common Shares Beneficially Owned, Controlled or Directed, Directly or Indirectly |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Theobald (1) | |||
| Carshalton, United Kingdom | |||
| President, Chief Executive Officer and Director | President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company. Chairman and director of Steadright Critical Minerals Inc. and a director of Gold Hunter Resources Inc. | July 20, 2016 | Nil |
| W. Barry Girling (1) | |||
| British Columbia, Canada | |||
| Director | President of RJG Capital Corporation (“RJG”), a private company providing administrative, financial and regulatory/shareholder services to junior public companies since 1993; a director of the Company; a director of Silver One Resources Inc.; and Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. | January 22, 2004 | 280,449 (2) |
| Wayne Moorhouse (1) | |||
| British Columbia, Canada | |||
| Director | President and CEO of EnviroMetal Technologies Inc., a CSE listed public company providing environmentally superior gold recovery technologies. A director of the Company; a director of Midnight Sun Mining Corp. | January 6, 2016 | Nil |
Note:
(1) A member of the audit committee.
(2) Mr. Girling holds 24,746 shares directly and 255,703 shares indirectly through RJG, a wholly-owned company by Mr. Girling.
No proposed director is being elected under any arrangement or understanding between the proposed director and any other person or company.
To the knowledge of the Company, other than disclosed below, no proposed director:
(a) is, as at the date of the Information Circular, or has been, within 10 years before the date of the Information Circular, a director, chief executive officer ("CEO") or chief financial officer ("CFO") of any company (including the Company) that:
(i) was the subject, while the director was acting in the capacity as director, CEO or CFO of such company, of a cease trade or similar order or an order that denied the relevant company access to any exemption under securities legislation, that was in effect for a period of more than 30 consecutive days; or
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(ii) was subject to a cease trade or similar order or an order that denied the relevant company access to any exemption under securities legislation, that was in effect for a period of more than 30 consecutive days, that was issued after the director ceased to be a director, CEO or CFO but which resulted from an event that occurred while the director was acting in the capacity as director, CEO or CFO of such company; or
(b) is, as at the date of this Information Circular, or has been within 10 years before the date of the Information 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 Information 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 director; or
(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 director.
Mr. Barry Girling was a director of Zinc One Resources Inc. ("Zinc One"), a company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSXV"). On September 16, 2020, the British Columbia Securities Commission issued a cease trade order against Zinc One for failure to file its annual audited financial statements and related management discussion and analysis for the year ended February 29, 2020. The annual filings were made, and the cease trade order was revoked on December 15, 2020.
Mr. Barry Girling is a director of Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. ("Santacruz"), which was subject to a cease trade order issued by the British Columbia Securities Commission and Ontario Securities Commission (collectively, the "Commissions") on May 8, 2023 for failure to file annual audited financial statements, annual management's discussion and analysis and certification of annual filings for the year ended December 31, 2022; and interim financial statements, management's discussion and analysis and certification of filings for the quarter ended March 31, 2023. Santacruz submitted a revocation application on June 2, 2023, and the cease trade order was revoked by the Commissions on June 9, 2023.
The following directors of the Company hold directorships in other reporting issuers as set out below:
| Name of Director | Name of Other Reporting Issuer | Exchange |
|---|---|---|
| John Theobald | Gold Hunter Resources Inc. | |
| Steadright Critical Minerals Inc. | CSE | |
| CSE | ||
| W. Barry Girling | Silver One Resources Inc. | |
| Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. | TSXV | |
| TSXV | ||
| Wayne Moorhouse | Midnight Sun Mining Corp. | TSXV |
COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
General
The following information, dated as of November 13, 2025, is provided as required under Form 51-102F6V for venture Issuers (the "Form"), as such term is defined in National Instrument 51-102.
For the purposes of this Form:
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"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;
"company" includes other types of business organizations such as partnerships, trusts and other unincorporated business entities;
"compensation securities" includes stock options, convertible securities, exchangeable securities and similar instruments including stock appreciation rights, deferred share units and restricted stock units granted or issued by the company or one of its subsidiaries for services provided or to be provided, directly or indirectly, to the company or any of its subsidiaries;
"external management company" includes a subsidiary, affiliate or associate of the external management company;
"named executive officer" or "NEO" means each of the following individuals:
(a) each individual who, in respect of the company, during any part of the most recently completed financial year, served as chief executive officer, including an individual performing functions similar to a chief executive officer;
(b) each individual who, in respect of the company, during any part of the most recently completed financial year, served as chief financial officer, including an individual performing functions similar to a chief financial officer;
(c) in respect of the company and its subsidiaries, the most highly compensated executive officer other than the individuals identified in paragraphs (a) and (b) at the end of the most recently completed financial year whose total compensation was more than $150,000, as determined in accordance with subsection 1.3(5), for that financial year;
(d) each individual who would be a named executive officer under paragraph (c) but for the fact that the individual was not an executive officer of the company, and was not acting in a similar capacity, at the end of that financial year;
"plan" includes any plan, contract, authorization, or arrangement, whether or not set out in any formal document, where cash, compensation securities or any other property may be received, whether for one or more persons;
"underlying securities" means any securities issuable on conversion, exchange or exercise of compensation securities.
During the financial year ended April 30, 2025, the Company had the following NEOs:
- John Theobald, President and Chief Executive Officer;
- Matthew Anderson, Chief Financial Officer
Director and NEO Compensation, Excluding Options and Compensation Securities
The following table (presented in accordance with National Instrument Form 51-102F6V Statement of Executive Compensation) excluding options and compensation securities, provides a summary of the compensation paid by the Company to each NEO and director of the Company for the completed financial years ended April 30, 2025 and 2024. Options and compensation securities are disclosed under the heading "Stock Options and Other Compensation Securities and Instruments" below.
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| Table of compensation excluding compensation securities | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and position | Year | Salary, consulting fee, retainer or commission ($) | Bonus ($) | Committee or meeting fees ($) | Value of perquisites ($) | Value of all other compensation ($) | Total compensation ($) |
| John Theobald (1) | |||||||
| President, CEO, Chairman and Director | 2025 | ||||||
| 2024 | Nil | ||||||
| Nil | Nil | ||||||
| Nil | Nil | ||||||
| Nil | Nil | ||||||
| Nil | Nil | ||||||
| Nil | Nil | ||||||
| Nil | |||||||
| Matthew Anderson (2) | |||||||
| CFO | 2025 | ||||||
| 2024 | 16,910 | ||||||
| 29,330 | Nil | ||||||
| Nil | Nil | ||||||
| Nil | Nil | ||||||
| Nil | Nil | ||||||
| Nil | 16,910 | ||||||
| 29,330 | |||||||
| W. Barry Girling (3) | |||||||
| Director | 2025 | ||||||
| 2024 | Nil | ||||||
| Nil | Nil | ||||||
| Nil | Nil | ||||||
| Nil | Nil | ||||||
| Nil | Nil | ||||||
| Nil | Nil | ||||||
| Nil | |||||||
| Wayne Moorhouse (4) | |||||||
| Director | 2025 | ||||||
| 2024 | Nil | ||||||
| Nil | Nil | ||||||
| Nil | Nil | ||||||
| Nil | Nil | ||||||
| Nil | Nil | ||||||
| Nil | Nil | ||||||
| Nil |
Notes:
(1) Mr. Theobald was appointed as a director of the Company on July 20, 2016, and President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company on February 26, 2018. Mr. Theobald was compensated at US$12,500 per month, pursuant to his agreement with the Company dated March 1, 2018, until February 28, 2023. Since March 1, 2023, Mr. Theobald has received no compensation.
(2) Mr. Anderson was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of the Company on July 5, 2011. Mr. Anderson is a Managing Director of Malaspina Consultants Inc., which provides accounting services to the Company. The Company incurred C$30,015 from Malaspina for accounting and administrative services during the year ended April 30, 2025 (2024 - C$47,166).
(3) Mr. Girling was appointed as a director of the Company on January 22, 2004. Mr. Girling was compensated through management and consulting fees charged by RJG, a wholly-owned company of Mr. Girling, at a rate of US$7,500 per month, until February 28, 2023. Since March 1, 2023, Mr. Girling has received no compensation.
(4) Mr. Moorhouse was appointed as a director of the Company on January 6, 2014. Mr. Moorhouse was compensated at C$5,500 per quarter, until February 28, 2023. Since March 1, 2023, Mr. Moorhouse has received no compensation.
Stock Options and Other Compensation Securities and Instruments
No compensation securities were granted or issued by the Company to any NEOs and directors of the Company during the fiscal year ended April 30, 2025, for services provided, directly or indirectly, to the Company.
Exercise of Compensation Securities by Directors and NEOs
During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2025, no NEO or director of the Company exercised their compensation securities.
Employment, Consulting and Management Agreements
Other than as set forth below, the Company has no contract, agreement, plan or arrangement that provides for payments to a Named Executive Officer, at, following or in connection with any termination (whether voluntary, involuntary or constructive), resignation, retirement, a change of control of the Company or a change in the Named Executive Officer’s responsibilities.
The Company entered into a consulting agreement on October 1, 2011 with Malaspina Consultants Inc., a private company where Matt Anderson is a shareholder (the “Consulting Agreement”), to provide accounting, financial management and corporate administrative consulting services to the Company, at hourly rates. In connection with the Consulting Agreement, Mr. Anderson is the CFO of Company. The Consulting Agreement may be cancelled by either party giving 60 days written notice to the counter party.
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Oversight and Description of Director and NEO Compensation
The Company has not adopted any specific policies or practices to determine the compensation for the Company's directors and officers, other than disclosed above. Given the Company's current stage of development, the Company does not currently have an active compensation committee in place.
Executive compensation awarded to the named executive officers consists of two components: (i) management fees and (ii) stock options. The Company does not presently have a long-term incentive plan for its named executive officers. There is no policy or target regarding allocation between cash and noncash elements of the Company's compensation program.
Executive compensation awarded to the named executive officers consists of two components: (i) management fees (including bonuses) and (ii) stock options. The Company does not presently have a long-term incentive plan for its named executive officers. There is no policy or target regarding allocation between cash and noncash elements of the Company's compensation program.
In setting compensation rates for named executive officers, the Company compares the amounts paid to them with the amounts paid to executives in comparable positions at other comparable companies. The Company's compensation payable to the named executive officers is based upon, among other things, the responsibility, skills and experience required to carry out the functions of each position held by each named executive officer and varies with the amount of time spent by each named executive officer in carrying out his or her functions on behalf of the Company. The grant of stock options, as a key component of the executive compensation package, enables the Company to attract and retain qualified executives. Stock option grants are based on the total of stock options available under the Option Plan. In granting stock options, the Board of Directors reviews the total of stock options available under the Option Plan and recommends grants to newly retained executive officers at the time of their appointment, and considers recommending further grants to executive officers from time to time thereafter. The amount and terms of outstanding options held by an executive are taken into account when determining whether and how new option grants should be made to the executive. The exercise periods are to be set at the date of grant. The stock option grants may contain vesting provisions in accordance to the Company's Stock Option Plan.
Pension
The Company does not provide any pension benefits for directors or executive officers.
SECURITIES AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE UNDER EQUITY COMPENSATION PLANS
The following table sets forth details of all of the Company's equity compensation plans as of April 30, 2025. As at April 30, 2025 of the Company's equity compensation plan consisted of the Company's Stock Option Plan.
| 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity compensation plans approved by security holders | Nil | N/A | 883,486 |
| Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders | Nil | N/A | N/A |
| Total | Nil | N/A | 883,486 |
The details of the Company's rolling stock option plan are set out below under the heading "Particulars of Matters to be Acted Upon – Ratification and Approval of Stock Option Plan."
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INDEBTEDNESS OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
None of the current or former directors, executive officers, employees of the Company, the proposed nominees for election to the Board, or their respective associates or affiliates, are or have been indebted to the Company since the beginning of the most recently completed financial year of the Company.
INTEREST OF CERTAIN PERSONS OR COMPANIES IN MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON
No director or executive officer of the Company or any proposed nominee of Management of the Company for election as a director of the Company, nor any associate or affiliate of the foregoing persons, has any material interest, direct or indirect, by way of beneficial ownership of securities or otherwise, since the beginning of the Company's last financial year in matters to be acted upon at the Meeting, other than the election of directors, the appointment of auditors and the confirmation of the Stock Option Plan.
INTEREST OF INFORMED PERSONS IN MATERIAL TRANSACTIONS
None of the persons who were directors or executive directors of the Company or a subsidiary at any time during the Company's last completed financial year, the proposed nominees for election to the Board, any person or company who beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, or who exercises control or direction over (or a combination of both) more than 10% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company, nor the associates or affiliates of those persons, has any material interest, direct or indirect, by way of beneficial ownership of securities or otherwise, in any transaction or proposed transaction which has materially affected or would materially affect the Company.
APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR
Auditor
Mao & Ying LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants are the auditors of the Company. Mao & Ying LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, have been the Company's auditors since May 23, 2023. Unless instructed, the proxies given pursuant to this solicitation will be voted for the re-appointment of Mao & Ying LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants as auditors of the Company to hold office for the ensuing year at a remuneration to be fixed by the directors.
Management recommends shareholders to vote for ratification of the appointment of Mao & Ying LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants as the Company's auditors until the next annual general meeting at a remuneration to be fixed by the Company's board of directors.
MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS
Other than as disclosed elsewhere in this Circular, no management functions of the Company are to any substantial degree performed by a person or company other than the directors or NEOs of the Company.
AUDIT COMMITTEE
The Company is required to have an audit committee (the "Audit Committee") comprised of not less than three directors, a majority of whom are not officers, control persons or employees of the Company or an affiliate of the Company.
Audit Committee Charter
The text of the Audit Committee's charter is attached as Schedule "A" to this Circular.
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Composition of Audit Committee and Independence
The Company’s current Audit Committee consists of John Theobald, W. Barry Girling and Wayne Moorhouse. In accordance with section 6.1.1(3) of National Instrument 52-110 – Audit Committees (“NI 52-110”), a majority of the members of the audit committee are not executive officers, employees or control persons of the Company. Mr. Girling and Mr. Moorhouse of the current Audit Committee are considered “independent” as they are not executive officers, employees or control persons of the Company. All of the Audit Committee members are “financially literate, as defined in NI 52-110, as all have the industry experience necessary to understand and analyze financial statements of the Company, as well as the understanding of internal controls and procedures necessary for financial reporting.
Relevant Education and Experience
John Theobald
Mr. Theobald has previously served as a director for companies on the London Stock Exchange, TSX & TSXV and the ASX. Mr. Theobald is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) registered with the UK Engineering Council and a Fellow of the UK Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. Mr. Theobald has a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Geology from the University of Nottingham and a Diploma in Financial Markets and Instruments from Rand Afrikaans University. In addition to that of the Company, he currently serves as Chairman and director of Steadright Critical Minerals Inc. and a director of Gold Hunter Resources Inc.
W. Barry Girling
Mr. Girling received a B. Comm. (Finance) from the University of British Columbia in 1990 and has been active in the public markets since then, serving as a director and/or officer of several public companies with relevant experience in financing, accounting and other functions. Mr. Girling is currently a director of Silver One Resources Inc. and Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd., both of which are companies listed on the TSXV.
Wayne Moorhouse
Mr. Moorhouse has extensive experience with public companies and has acted as the CFO, corporate secretary or president of a number of TSX and TSX Venture listed resource companies and their subsidiaries. In particular, Mr. Moorhouse served as CFO and corporate secretary of Genco Resources Ltd., a former TSX company that had a producing silver-gold property in Mexico, from June 2003 to October 2010, and as a special advisor to Silvermex Resources Ltd., a company listed on the TSX that was in process of developing advanced stage silver projects, from November 2010 to December 2011. Between January 2012 and September 2013, Mr. Moorhouse served as CFO of Roxgold Inc, a company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange engaged in in gold mining in Burkina Faso. Currently, Mr. Moorhouse is the President and CEO of EnviroMetal Technologies Inc., a company listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange engaged in the development of sustainable technologies for use in the mining and electronic waste processing industries to recover gold and other metals. Mr. Moorhouse is also a director of Midnight Sun Mining Corp. a TSX Venture listed company involved in exploring copper properties in Zambia.
The board of directors believes that the audit committee members have the relevant education and experience to comply with NI 52-110.
Reliance on Certain Exemptions
Since the commencement of the Company’s most recently completed financial year, the Company has not relied on:
(a) the exemption in section 2.4 (De Minimis Non-audit Services) of NI 52-110; or
(b) an exemption from NI 52-110, in whole or in part, granted under Part 8 (Exemptions).
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Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures
The Audit Committee has not adopted any specific policies and procedures for the engagement of non-audit services.
Audit Fees
The aggregate fees billed by the Company’s external auditor for the fiscal years ended April 30, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:
| Financial Year Ended | Audit Fees ($)(1) | Audit Related Fees ($)(2) | Tax Fees ($)(3) | All Other Fees ($)(4) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20,000 | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| 2024 | 20,000 | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Notes:
(1) “Audit fees” include aggregate fees billed by the Company’s external auditor in each of the last two fiscal years for audit fees.
(2) “Audited related fees” include the aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for assurance and related services by the Company’s external auditor that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Company’s financial statements and are not reported under “Audit fees” above.
(3) “Tax fees” include the aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the Company’s external auditor for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.
(4) “All other fees” include the aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for products and services provided by the Company’s external auditor, other than “Audit fees”, “Audit related fees” and “Tax fees” above.
Exemption in Section 6.1
The Company is a “venture issuer” as defined in NI 52-110 and is relying on the exemption in section 6.1 of NI 52-110 relating to Parts 3 (Composition of Audit Committee) and 5 (Reporting Obligations).
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DISCLOSURE
National Instrument 58-101, Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices, requires all reporting issuers to provide certain annual disclosure of their corporate governance practices with respect to the corporate governance guidelines (the “Guidelines”) adopted in National Policy 58-201. These Guidelines are not prescriptive but have been used by the Company in adopting its corporate governance practices. The Board and Management consider good corporate governance to be an integral part of the effective and efficient operation of Canadian corporations. The Company’s approach to corporate governance is set out below.
Board of Directors
Management is nominating three individuals to the Board, all of whom are current directors of the Company.
The Guidelines suggest that the board of directors of every reporting issuer should be constituted with a majority of individuals who qualify as “independent” directors under NI 52-110, which provides that a director is independent if he or she has no direct or indirect “material relationship” with the Company. The “material relationship” is defined as a relationship which could, in the view of the Company’s Board, reasonably interfere with the exercise of a director’s independent judgement. Barry Girling and Wayne Moorhouse are considered “independent” within the meaning of NI 52-110.
The Board has a stewardship responsibility to supervise the management of and oversee the conduct of the business of the Company, provide leadership and direction to management, evaluate management, set policies appropriate for the business of the Company and approve corporate strategies and goals. The day-to-day management of the business and affairs of the Company is delegated by the Board to the CEO and President. The Board will give direction and guidance through the CEO and President to management and will keep management informed of its evaluation of the senior officers in achieving and complying with goals and policies established by the Board.
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The Board recommends nominees to the shareholders for election as directors, and immediately following each annual general meeting appoints an Audit Committee and the Audit Committee chairperson. The Board establishes and periodically reviews and updates the committee mandates, duties and responsibilities, elects a chairperson of the Board and establishes his or her duties and responsibilities, appoints the CEO, CFO and President of the Company and establishes the duties and responsibilities of those positions and on the recommendation of the CEO and the President, appoints the senior officers of the Company and approves the senior management structure of the Company.
The Board exercises its independent supervision over management by its policies that (a) periodic meetings of the Board be held to obtain an update on significant corporate activities and plans; and (b) all material transactions of the Company are subject to prior approval of the Board. The Board shall meet not less than three times during each year and will endeavour to hold at least one meeting in each fiscal quarter. The Board will also meet at any other time at the call of the President, or subject to the Articles of the Company, of any director.
The mandate of the Board, as prescribed by the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (the "Act"), is to manage or supervise management of the business and affairs of the Company and to act with a view to the best interests of the Company. In doing so, the Board oversees the management of the Company's affairs directly and through its audit committee.
Orientation and Continuing Education
The Board's practice is to recruit for the Board only persons with extensive experience in identifying and targeting junior businesses for transactions and in public company matters. Prospective new board members are provided a reasonably detailed level of background information, verbal and documentary, on the Company's affairs and plans prior to obtaining their consent to act as a director.
The Board provides training courses to the directors as needed, to ensure that the Board is complying with current legislative and business requirements.
Ethical Business Conduct
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, and 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 director must then abstain from voting on the contract or transaction unless the contract or transaction (i) relates primarily to their remuneration as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or an affiliate of the Company, (ii) is for indemnity or insurance for the benefit of the director in connection with the Company, or (iii) is with an affiliate of the Company. If the director abstains from voting after disclosure of their interest, the directors approve the contract or transaction and the contract or transaction was reasonable and fair to the Company at the time it was entered into, the contract or transaction is not invalid and the director is not accountable to the Company for any profit realized from the contract or transaction. Otherwise, the director must have acted honestly and in good faith, the contract or transaction must have been reasonable and fair to the Company and the contract or transaction be approved by the shareholders by a special resolution after receiving full disclosure of its terms in order for the director to avoid such liability or the contract or transaction being invalid.
Nomination of Directors
The Board identifies new candidates for board nomination by an informal process of discussion and consensus-building on the need for additional directors, the specific attributes being sought, likely prospects, and timing.
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Prospective directors are not approached until consensus is reached. This process takes place among the Chairman and a majority of the non-executive directors.
Assessments
The Board annually reviews its own performance and effectiveness as well as the effectiveness and performance of its committees. Effectiveness is subjectively measured by comparing actual corporate results with stated objectives. The contributions of individual directors are informally monitored by other Board members, bearing to mind the business strengths of the individual and the purpose of originally nominating the individual to the Board.
The Board monitors the adequacy of information given to directors, communication between Board and Management and the strategic direction and processes of the Board and its committees.
The Board believes its corporate governance practices are appropriate and effective for the Company, given its size and operations. The Company’s corporate governance practices allow the Company to operate efficiently, with checks and balances that control and monitor Management and corporate functions without excessive administration burden.
PARTICULARS OF MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON
Stock Option Plan
Pursuant to Policy 4.4 of the TSX Venture Exchange (“TSX-V”), all TSX-V listed companies are required to adopt a stock option plan prior to granting incentive stock options. The purpose of the stock option plan is to attract and motivate directors, senior officers, employees, consultants, and others providing services to the Company and its subsidiaries, and thereby advance the Company’s interests, by affording such persons with an opportunity to acquire an equity interest in the Company through the issuance of stock options.
The Company received shareholder approval on March 2, 2022 of its “rolling” stock option plan (the “Stock Option Plan”) whereby 10% of the number of issued and outstanding shares of the Company at any given time may be reserved for issuance pursuant to the exercise of options. The TSXV requires that the Stock Option Plan be submitted for approval by the shareholders at the annual general meeting of the Company. Accordingly, management is seeking ratification and approval of the Stock Option Plan by the shareholders. The board of directors of the Company has approved the Stock Option Plan and recommends shareholders vote in favour of approving and ratifying the Stock Option Plan.
The Stock Option Plan was established to provide incentive to directors, officers, employees, management company employees and consultants who provide services to the Company. The intention of management in proposing the Stock Option Plan is to increase the proprietary interest of such persons in the Company and thereby aid the Company in attracting, retaining and encouraging the continued involvement of such persons with the Company.
The Stock Option Plan provides for a floating maximum limit of 10% of the outstanding common shares, as permitted by the policies of the Exchange. As of the date of this Information Circular, the Company was eligible to grant up to 883,486 options under its Stock Option Plan. There are presently no options outstanding and 883,486 remain available under the Stock Option Plan.
Terms of the Stock Option Plan
Options may be granted under the Stock Option Plan to such service providers of the Company and its affiliates, if any, as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. The exercise price of option grants will be determined by the Board of Directors, but cannot be lower than the price permitted by the TSX Venture Exchange. The Stock Option Plan provides that the number of common shares that may be reserved for issuance to any one individual upon exercise of all stock options held by such individual may not exceed 5% of the issued common shares, if the individual is a director or officer, or 2% of the issued common shares, if the individual is a consultant or engaged in providing investor relations services, on a yearly basis. Subject to earlier termination, all options granted under the Stock Option Plan will expire not later than the date that is five years from the date that such options are granted. In the event that an optionee ceases to be a director, officer, employee or consultant, the option will terminate within ninety days. In
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the event of the death of an optionee, the options will only be exercisable within 12 months of such death. Options granted under the Stock Option Plan are not transferable or assignable other than by will or other testamentary instrument or pursuant to the laws of succession.
Disinterested Shareholder Approval
Under the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange, if the grant of options under the proposed Stock Option Plan to insiders of the Company, together with all of the Company’s outstanding stock options, could result at any time in:
- the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to stock options granted to insiders of the Company exceeding 10% of the issued common shares of the Company;
- the grant to insiders of the Company, within a 12 month period, of a number of options exceeding 10% of the issued common shares of the Company; or
- the issuance to any one optionee, within a 12 month period, of a number of shares exceeding 5% of the issued common shares of the Company,
the Company must obtain disinterested shareholder approval. The policies of the TSXV and the terms of the proposed Stock Option Plan also provide that disinterested shareholder approval will be required for any agreement to decrease the exercise price of options previously granted to insiders of the Company. The term disinterested shareholder approval means approval by a majority of the votes cast at the Meeting other than votes attaching to shares of the Company beneficially owned by insiders of the Company to whom options may be granted under the proposed Stock Option Plan.
Under Policy 4.4 of the TSXV, all such rolling stock option plans which set the number of common shares issuable under the Stock Option Plan at a maximum of 10% of the issued and outstanding common shares must be approved and ratified by shareholders on an annual basis. Therefore, at the Meeting, shareholders will be asked to pass an ordinary resolution in the following form:
RESOLVED that:
(1) the Company approve and ratify, subject to regulatory approval, the Stock Option Plan pursuant to which the directors may, from time to time, authorize the issuance of options to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company and its subsidiaries to a maximum of 10% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company at the time of grant, with a maximum of 5% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common shares being reserved to any one person on a yearly basis; and
(2) any one officer or director of the Company is hereby authorized to execute and deliver all such documents and do all such acts and things as may be deemed advisable in such individual’s discretion for the purpose of giving effect to this resolution.
Management recommends the ratification and approval of the Company’s Stock Option Plan.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Additional information relating to the Company may be found on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca. Financial information about the Company is provided in the Company’s financial statements and related Management’s Discussion and Analysis, a copy of which can be found on the Company’s SEDAR+ profile at www.sedarplus.ca.
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BOARD APPROVAL
The contents of this Circular have been approved and its mailing authorized by the directors of the Company.
DATED at Vancouver, British Columbia, the 13th day of November, 2025.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
John Theobald
President, CEO and Director
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SCHEDULE “A”
HIGHCLIFF METALS CORP.
AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER
- Purpose
The purpose of the Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of Highcliff Metals Corp. (the “Company”) is to act as the representative of the Board of Directors in carrying out its oversight responsibilities relating to:
(a) the quality and 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 internal controls and disclosure controls of the Company;
(d) the performance of the Company’s internal audit function;
(e) the qualifications, independence and performance of the Company’s auditor.
- 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.
- Composition and Expertise
The Committee shall consist of a minimum of three directors, all of whom are “independent” within the meaning of National Instrument 52-110, Audit Committees, for so long as the Company is a “venture issuer”, as defined therein.
The Committee shall be appointed annually by the Board of Directors immediately following the Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of the Company. Each member of the Committee shall be financially literate, meaning that he or she must be able to read and understand financial statements. Committee members hold office until the next AGM 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 Chair of the Committee. If the Chair 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
The Committee shall meet at least four times a year to carry out its duties. The Chair shall develop and set the Committee’s agenda, in consultation with other members of the Committee, the Board and senior management.
Notice of time and place of every meeting shall be given in writing to each member of the Committee at least 24 hours prior to the time fixed for such meeting.
A majority of the Committee 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 other
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communications facilities as permit all persons participating in the meeting to communicate with each other simultaneously.
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.
5. 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.
In addition, the Committee shall review and reassess the adequacy of this Charter on an annual basis, taking into account all legislative and regulatory requirements applicable to the Committee, as well as guidelines recommended by regulators or the TSX Venture Exchange and shall recommend changes to the Board thereon.
6. Reporting to the Board
The Committee shall report to the Board in a timely manner with respect to each of its meetings held. Such report to the Board may take the form of an oral report by the Chair or circulating copies of the minutes of each meeting held.
7. Responsibilities
The Committee’s duty is to monitor and oversee the operations of the Management and the auditor. Management is responsible for establishing and following the internal controls, financing reporting processes and for compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The auditor is responsible for performing an independent audit of the Company’s financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and for issuing its report on the statements.
The specific duties of the Committee are as follows:
- Recommending the appointment and the compensation of the auditor (the “Auditor”) to the Board;
- Engaging, at the Company’s expenses, independent counsel and other advisors as it determines necessary to carry out its duties;
- Reviewing the scope and approach of the annual audit;
- Overseeing the work of the Auditor engaged for the purpose of preparing or issuing an auditor’s report or performing other audit, review or attest services for the Company, including the resolution of disagreements between Management and the Auditor regarding financial reporting;
- Reviewing the independence of the Auditor on an annual basis;
- Discussing with the Auditor the quality and the acceptability of the generally accepted accounting principles applied by Management;
- Reviewing and evaluating the status and adequacy of the Company’s internal controls and internal information systems;
- Reviewing and discussing the Company’s quarterly financial statements and the Management’s Discussions and Analysis (“MD&A”) with Management;
- Reviewing and discussing the annual financial statements and the MD&A with Management and Auditor;
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Recommending to the Board whether the quarterly or annual financial statements and the related MD&A should be accepted, filed with the securities regulatory bodies and publicly disclosed.
- Discussing with Management and the Auditor the Company’s policies with respect to risk assessment and risk management.
Reviewing with Auditor any audit problems or other difficulties encountered by the auditor in the course of the audit process, including any restrictions on the scope of the auditor’s activities or on access to requested information, and any significant disagreements with management and management’s responses to such matter.
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SCHEDULE "B"
FORM OF CONFIRMATION OF ATTENDANCE TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING BY TELE-CONFERENCE
HIGHCLIFF METALS CORP.
(the "Company")
Name of shareholder - printed
Number of Company shares held
Shareholders Telephone Number
Signature of shareholder
Signed: _______, 2025
Please fax to (604) 687 6650 Attn: Corporate Secretary; or email to [email protected].
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