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Phenom Resources Corp. — Management Reports 2023
Mar 31, 2023
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PHENOM RESOURCES CORP. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS FOR THE YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 2022
The information contained in this Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ("MD&A") for the year ended November 30, 2022 has been prepared as of March 30, 2023. It should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements of Phenom Resources Corp. (formerly First Vanadium Corp) (the “Company” or “Phenom Resources”) for the year ended November 30, 2022.
The referenced financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). All amounts are expressed in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated.
General
Phenom Resources was incorporated on June 23, 2006 under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia). The Company is engaged primarily in the business of evaluating, acquiring, exploring, and if warranted, developing natural resource properties. The Company has not realized any revenues from commercial operations to date. On July 6, 2021, the Company changed its name from First Vanadium Corp. to Phenom Resources Corp. The Company is listed for trading on the TSX Venture Exchange (“TSX-V”) under the symbol “PHNM”, 1PY0 on Frankfurt, and the OTCQX under the symbol PHNMF.
Recent Highlights
On February 21, 2023 the Company shared new relevant developments in the vanadium space. Four offshore vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) manufacturers have announced plans to build vanadium battery factories in the USA. The Company has been approached by three vanadium battery manufacturers seeking off-take agreements for the vanadium from the Carlin Vanadium Project.
On February 6, 2023 the Company shared a link to the relevant hearing held last week by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee with the Department of Energy (DOE), examining DOE's grant implementation of the Infrastructure Investments and Job Act.
On January 10, 2023 the Company announced that it is evaluating the merits of a potential transaction to transfer its gold assets into a new Canadian subsidiary ("SpinCo") that would then be spun out to the Phenom shareholders. The intent of the transaction is twofold: (i) to return Phenom to being a dedicated vanadium investment vehicle; and (ii) to position SpinCo to operate as an independent company that would seek a separate public listing and would focus on advancing the gold assets currently owned by Phenom.
On January 4, 2023 the Company announced drill results from RC22-016, the second deep hole drilling in 2022 into the gold system that is present under the vanadium resource on its 100% owned Carlin Gold-Vanadium Project, Nevada. RC22-16 was drilled 200 metres (650’) south of RC22-15. The attributes of RC22-16 are strikingly better than RC22-15; RC22-16 is the strongest to date within the gold-bearing hydrothermal system which is hosted by Devonian Rodeo Creek and Popovich Formations.
On November 23, 2022 the Company announced the second and final report on shallow vanadium drilling from the 2022 summer program on its flagship Carlin Gold-Vanadium Project on the Carlin Gold Trend. This summer the Company completed 49 shallow vertical RC drill holes in four sectors (north, south, east and west of the deposit) in an effort to expand the outer limits of the Carlin vanadium deposit.
On November 10, 2022 the Company closed the second and final tranche of a private placement and issued 2,006,666 Units for gross proceeds of $602,000
On October 21, 2022 the Company closed the first tranche of a private placement and issued 4,090,334 Units for gross proceeds of $1,227,100.
On October 3, 2022, the Company announced that it proposes to undertake a non-brokered private placement of up to 5,500,000 units (the “Units”) at a price of $0.30/Unit to raise total gross proceeds of up to $1,650,000 (the “Offering”). Each Unit will be comprised of one common share and one half warrant. Each whole warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one common share for a period of 3 years at a price of $0.50. The Company also retains a 10% over-allotment option which will permit it to issue up to an additional 550,000 Units for up to an additional $165,000 if circumstances warrant at the time of closing.
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On September 13, 2022, the Company announced the first of a series of shallow vanadium drill reports from the 2022 summer program on its flagship Carlin Gold-Vanadium Project on the Carlin Gold Trend. To date the Company has completed 49 shallow vertical RC drill holes in four sectors (north, south, east and west of the deposit) in an effort to expand the outer limits of the vanadium resource area. A fifth sector (northwest) remains to be tested with a further 11 drill holes. The first sector to report on is in an area 320 metres long and 110 metres wide in the northern limits of the deposit. Thirteen intercepts (Table 1) generally 50 metres apart are new and outside of the 2018 resource calculations. The average true thickness estimate of these shallow intercepts is 18.8 m (61.7 ft) at a grade of 0.58% V2O5.
On July 28, 2022, the Company announced partial drill results from the July 2022 5-hole 2,700 foot RC drill program on the Smoke gold property, located on the southern extension of the Battle Mtn - Eureka Gold Trend, 65 kilometres (km) south of Eureka, Nevada. Drilling confirms a new hydrothermal system has been encountered within key Pilot and Devils Gate Formations at the Smoke Property.
On July 18, 2022, the Company announced drill results from RC22-015, the first hole this year into the gold system under the vanadium resource on its 100% owned Carlin Gold-Vanadium Project, Nevada. The attributes of RC22-15 indicate the gold-bearing hydrothermal system hosted by Devonian Rodeo Creek and Popovich Formations is strengthening to the south in close proximity to the north-south large-displacement graben fault. The Company’s property position covers a 4.8 kilometre strike-length of the graben fault. Only 600m of this strike-length has been tested to date.
On June 27, 2022, the Company announced that it has now completed all work commitments and option payments, including the final US$955,000 cash payment, under its option agreement to acquire the Carlin Gold-Vanadium Project. The Company now owns 100% of the Carlin Gold-Vanadium Project subject to a 2% NSR royalty which may be purchased by the Company at any time on or before June 30, 2027, for US$4,000,000 and up to four annual payments of US$250,000.
On June 14, 2022, the Company announced that drilling has resumed at its flagship Carlin Gold-Vanadium Project on the Carlin Gold Trend. The Company had prepared to resume drilling in early April, but sudden unexpected delays beyond the control of the Company arose with drill availability which has now been resolved. Hole RC22-15, 400m south of RC20-01, is now over halfway completed, guided by a refined gold model developed by Dave Mathewson targeting high grade gold within the large Carlin type gold system under the vanadium resource.
Mineral Properties
Paul Cowley, P.Geo, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, is the Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument 43-101 responsible for the review of technical information disseminated to the public by the Company, including any technical information in this MD&A.
Carlin Gold-Vanadium Project
The Carlin Gold-Vanadium Project has the largest highest-grade primary vanadium resource in North America. The Carlin Gold-Vanadium Project is located in Elko County, 10km by road (6 miles) from the town of Carlin, Nevada, and is comprised of 114 unpatented mineral claims and 80 acres of fee simple land (through a mineral lease agreement) totaling 955 hectares (2,360 acres). The Carlin Vanadium deposit was discovered by Union Carbide Corp. (UCC) in the 1960’s, which completed 127 rotary drill holes in 11,133m (36,525 feet) of drilling, defining the deposit. The average drill hole spacing was 60m (200ft) apart within the more densely drilled areas. The Company completed two drill campaigns in 2018, totaling 89 diamond and reverse circulation drill holes in 6,255m (20,521 ft) that confirmed historical drilling, infilled and expanded the deposit. Results of these drilling programs were applied to the current Mineral Resource Estimate.
Drilling indicates a relatively flat, near surface zone of high-grade vanadium mineralized zone approximately 35m (115 feet) thick, over 1,800m (6,000ft) in length in the north-south direction and up to 600m (2,000ft) in the east-west direction. The high-grade vanadium mineralized unit is locally exposed on surface where it cuts topography but mostly is found at shallow depths.
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Mineral Resource
Table 1. Carlin Vanadium Mineral Resource Statement at 0.3% V2O5 Cut-off grade (CoG) (Effective January 31, 2019)
| Classification | **CoG (% V2O5) ** | Grade (% V2O5 ) | Tons (in millions) | V2O5 lb (in millions) |
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| Indicated | 0.3 | 0.615 | 24.64 | 303 |
| Inferred | 0.3 | 0.520 | 7.19 | 75 |
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Mineral Resources are not Mineral Reserves. Mineral resources which are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. There has been insufficient exploration to define the Inferred Resources tabulated above as an Indicated or Measured Mineral Resource. There is no guarantee that any part of the mineral resources discussed herein will be converted into a mineral reserve in the future.
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The Mineral Resources in this estimate were calculated using the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), CIM Standards on Mineral Resources and Reserves, Definitions and Guidelines prepared by the CIM Standing Committee on Reserve Definitions and adopted by CIM Council.
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The mineral resources listed in Table 1 are confined within a Whittle Pit Shell with a 45⁰ pit slope and a strip ratio of 2.6:1 waste to ore including all categories. The following parameters were used to construct the Whittle pit shell and to derive the mineral resource cut-off grade of 0.3% V2O5: Metal prices: US$12.50/lb V2O5 flake, Mining: US$2.50/t, Processing: US$52.50/t, G&A: US$1.50/t, Product Transport: $2.00/t, Process Recovery: 85%.
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Contained pounds may not add due to rounding.
On May 11, 2020, the Company announced the results of a Preliminary Economic Assessment based on the above vanadium mineral resource. On June 25, 2020, the Company filed the Technical Report on Sedar.
PEA Highlights (US$ unless otherwise noted):
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Life of mine (LOM) of 11 years of mining plus 5 years of stockpile feed, with 1.0 million tons annually of process plant feed at an average grade of 0.71% V2O5 and average process recovery rates of 78%, resulting in an annual average payable production of 11 million pounds of V2O5 flake
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Project includes a 4 year extension post-mineral processing of stockpiles, selling sulfuric acid and energy exclusively from acid plant.
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Total payable production: 180 million pounds of V2O5 flake
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LOM average cash operating cost per payable V2O5 pound: US$5.17/lb V2O5; US$4.81/lb V2O5 over the first 10 years
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Pre-Production capital requirements: US$535 million
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Undiscounted cash flow Pre-tax: US$356 million, Undiscounted cash flow After-tax: US$301 million
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Pre-tax NPV (6%): US$56 million, After-tax NPV (6%): US$29 million
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Pre-tax IRR: 7.9%, After-tax IRR: 7.0%
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Pre-tax Payback period: 7.5 years, After-tax Payback period: 7.7 years
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Assumed metal price of US$10.65/lb V2O5
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Potential for up to 230 jobs at the peak of production
The preliminary economic assessment is preliminary in nature, and includes inferred mineral resources that are considered too speculative geologically to have the economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral reserves, and there is no certainty that the preliminary economic assessment will be realized. Mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability.
Further Project Enhancement Opportunities
The Company believes that there are numerous opportunities to enhance the Carlin Vanadium Project further through:
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Expanding and defining, by drilling, additional oxide mineralization to the northwest end of the deposit, and additional non-oxide mineralization to the east and west of the deposit, all to the Indicated category thereby extending the processing period of high-grade resources beyond year 12 and deferring the processing of lower grade stockpiles;
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More detailed process test work, engineering and project definition may reduce capital costs or contingencies;
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Further testing of higher efficiency centrifuge separation that could reduce mass pull in pre-concentration stage and thereby reduce operating costs and improve recoveries;
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Further testing of alternative technologies in solid-liquid separation to potentially reduce the size of the tailing facility, and IX and SX plants and thereby potentially reducing capital costs.
In the summer of 2022, the Company completed 49 shallow RC drill holes with the aim to expand the Carlin Vanadium deposit. Positive drill results saw the deposit expanded to the north and west with further opportunities to expand further northwest.
Gold Target on the Carlin Vanadium Property
The gold opportunity on the Carlin Vanadium Property has been interpreted by Mr. Dave Mathewson an Ex-Newmont Regional Manager responsible for the discovery of 6 Carlin-style gold deposits in the vicinity (5-10km) of PHNM’s property. The Property is on the Carlin Gold Trend, thus tapping into the Carlin Gold Trend plumbing system. The gold target is a high caliber gold opportunity on the same property and under the vanadium resource, supported by very compelling science;
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Right kind of structure (N/S) with an associated 2km x 600m alteration system (dolomite, gold, pathfinder metals, silicification)- all very typical for Carlin plumbing system and near gold deposits
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The N/S structure has a similar gravity signature as nearby mines (Rain and Emigrant of Newmont)
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A Subparallel N/S structure hosts many of the Gold Standard Venture (GSV) deposits nearby
There are approximately 9 million oz of gold in multiple deposits and mines in close proximity of the property (515km). The gold opportunity has not been drilled; all drilling to date has been to a depth of only about 60m mainly for the vanadium resource. The gold opportunity is at a lower stratigraphic unit below the vanadium resource, approximately 300-600m deep.
Reverse Circulation drilling on the gold target commenced in August 2020 and to date the Company has completed 1 holes. Drilling to date has delivered proof of a large-scale Carlin-type gold system with widespread solid attributes, similar to deposits and mines in the Carlin Trend; favourable depth, rock host, size, and intensity and extent of brecciation, sulfides, widespread low level gold, pathfinder metallization, and alteration (silica and dolomite). In the summer of 2022 the Company completed two additional RC holes into the gold system with the aim to vector into high grade feeders. Both Hole RC22-15 and RC22-16 showed the strongest indicators of the gold system to date.
Access and Mineral Lease Agreement
The Company has gained mineral rights to an additional 200m strike length of the Carlin Vanadium deposit through an Access and Mineral Lease Agreement to approximately 80 acres of private (fee simple) land immediately adjacent to the Carlin Vanadium property (referred to as the “Cole Creek Property”). Six historic vertical holes drilled by Union Carbide in the 1960’s on this adjacent ground had intercepts with thicknesses ranging from 10.67m to 28.96m (average 18.54m; 60.8ft) and grades ranging from 0.37% to 0.82% V2O5 (average 0.57% V2O5) which demonstrated a southern continuance of the Carlin Vanadium deposit.).
Pursuant to the terms of the Access and Mineral Lease Agreement, the Company has paid the lessor US$50,000 on signing, and is required to pay an additional US$20,000 annually for the lease of all minerals beneath the surface of, within or that may be produced from the Cole Creek Property. In the event the Company commences mining operations on the Cole Creek Property, the annual payments will be replaced with a 5% NSR royalty in favour of the lessor. Pursuant to the terms of the lease, the Company is also required to incur at least US$100,000 expenditures on the property within 36 months, or to remedy any shortfall by making a cash payment to the lessor in the amount of such shortfall. The term of the lease is for an initial five-year period which may be extended, at the Company’s option, for additional five-year periods provided the Company remains in good standing under the agreement. The Company has the right to terminate the lease portion of the agreement without terminating the road access portion of the agreement.
Carlin Gold-Vanadium Property Option
On September 22, 2017 the Company signed an assignment agreement with AGEI. Pursuant to the assignment agreement, AGEI assigned to the Company all of AGEI’s interest in an option agreement between AGEI and Golden Predator US Holding Corp. (“GPUS”) dated June 14, 2017 as amended September 12, 2017. The option agreement
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grants to Phenom Resources the option to acquire a 100% interest in the Carlin Gold-Vanadium Project (the “Property”).
On July 6, 2021 the Company amended the option agreement between AGEI and GPUS. The amendment focused on the extension of the NSR buy out. To compensate for the extension the Company paid part of the remaining $1,910,000, earlier and was required to issue 1,000,000 common share purchase warrants within 3 business days of TSX Venture Exchange approval. Each warrant will be exercisable for one common share at a purchase price of CAD$0.75 per share for a period of five years from the date of issuance (issued on July 9, 2021).
The Company now has the right to purchase the total underlying royalty at any time on or before June 30, 2023 (the “Royalty Purchase Payment Deadline”) upon payment of $4,000,000. The Royalty Purchase Payment Deadline may be extended in one year increments for up to four additional years upon the payment of $250,000 per year due on or before each of June 30, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.
The total consideration applicable to Phenom Resources’ acquisition of the Property under both the assignment agreement and the option agreement and the amendment discussed above, is set out below for the Company’s fiscal years ended November 30 as indicated:
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US$15,000 on execution of the LOI (paid on September 1, 2017)
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Pay US$35,000 (paid on November 9, 2017) and issue 1,000,000 common shares (issued on November 8, 2017) on the Closing Date of the Agreement
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Issue 1,000,000 common shares on the date that is one year from the Closing Date (issued on October 15, 2018).
The consideration applicable to Phenom Resources’ acquisition of the Property under the option agreement with GPUS is as follows:
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Pay US$15,000 on June 14, 2017 (paid by AGEI prior to the assignment agreement);
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Pay US$25,000 by June 14, 2018 (paid on May 28, 2018);
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Pay US$50,000 by June 14, 2019 (paid on May 22, 2019); and
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Pay US$955,000 by July 30, 2021 (paid on July 15, 2021); and
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Pay US$955,000 by June 30, 2022. (paid on June 22, 2022)
In addition, the Company is required to incur $1,022,000 in exploration expenditures on the property as follows:
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US$50,000 on or before December 15, 2017 (completed);
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US$125,000 on or before December 15, 2018 (completed);
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US$225,000 on or before December 15, 2019 (completed);
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US$250,000 on or before December 15, 2020 (completed);
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US$250,000 on or before December 15, 2021 (completed); and
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US$122,000 on or before June 14, 2022 (completed).
Phenom Resources purchased the 1.5% NSR from AEGI for 1,300,000 common shares during November 2018.
On June 27, 2022, the Company announced that it has now completed all work commitments and option payments, including the final US$955,000 cash payment, under its option agreement to acquire the Carlin Gold-Vanadium Project. The Company now owns 100% of the Carlin Gold-Vanadium Project subject to a 2% NSR royalty which may be purchased by the Company at any time on or before June 30, 2027, for US$4,000,000 and up to four annual payments of US$250,000.
South Carlin Section 22 Property
On July 12, 2021, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Copper One USA, Inc., signed a property option agreement with two private vendors pursuant to which it may acquire a 100% interest in 36 unpatented mining claims located one mile north of the Company’s Carlin Gold-Vanadium Property on the Carlin Gold Trend of Nevada, commonly referred to as the South Carlin Section 22 Property.
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This new property (Section 22) is located along the interpreted north-south trending structural corridor that is present within and passing through the Carlin Gold-Vanadium Property located to the south. With this acquisition, Phenom controls 3 of 4 square miles of the structural trend, with the one intervening square mile controlled by Nevada Gold Mines, the Barrick/Newmont Joint Venture.
Pursuant to the Section 22 Option Agreement, in order to fully exercise its option and acquire the property, over a four-year period, the Company will pay an aggregate of US$920,000 as follows:
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US$70,000 on signing (paid);
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US$100,000 on or before June 3, 2022 (paid);
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US$200,000 on or before June 3, 2023;
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US$250,000 on or before June 3, 2024; and
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US$300,000 on or before June 3, 2025
In addition, the Company is required to incur an aggregate of US$1,000,000 in exploration expenditures on the property over the next four years as follows:
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US$100,000 on or before June 3, 2022; (completed)
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US$200,000 on or before June 3, 2023;
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US$200,000 on or before June 3, 2024; and
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US$500,000 on or before June 3, 2025
The vendors will also retain an aggregate 4% net smelter return royalty on any mineral products derived from the property.
One drill hole was completed in 2021 on Section 22, exhibiting similar evidence of the gold system as on the flagship Carlin property.
SMOKE property
On October 27, 2021, the Company signed a three-year option agreement with Nevada Gold Ventures, LLC (“Nevada Gold”), whereby the Company has the option to acquire a 100% interest in the SMOKE Property. As consideration for the property, the Company will make cash payments of US$10,000 and issue 600,000 common shares to Nevada Gold (150,000 issued) and incur $500,000 in exploration expenditures on the property over the next three years (completed).
The Company completed first-pass drilling and geophysical surveys on the Smoke in 2021. The Magnetics and Gravity geophysical surveys provided structural and larger setting context. Eight vertical RC holes were drilled over an area of 1.4km x 0.9km (0.9 x 0.6 miles), surrounding the ridge of brecciated and multi-veined quartz exposure. All holes intersected gold system prospective host carbonate and fine clastic rocks believed to be Devonian in age. Local anomalous pathfinder elements of arsenic (to 500ppm), antimony (47ppm) and mercury (6ppm), and very local weakly anomalous gold (24ppb) were encountered. In 2022 the Company completed an additional 12 RC drill holes. Hole SRC22-13 encountered strong elements of Carlin-type alteration in Pilot and Devils Gate Formation which are known to host gold deposits in the region. Subsequent holes SRC22-14 to SRC22-20 encountered strongly altered Pilot and Devils Gate Formations but with insignificant gold and pathfinder elements.
On November 15, 2022, after analysis of the results, the Company terminated the SMOKE option agreement. Capitalized costs of $848,410 were written off to the Statement of Loss and Comprehensive Loss.
AVP Property
On January 14, 2021, the Company entered into an option agreement with Nevada Gold Ventures, LLC (“Nevada Gold”) whereby the Company has the option to acquire a 100% interest in the AVP Property located in Eureka, Nevada. As consideration for the property, the Company will make cash payments of US$50,000 (US$25,000 paid), issue 1,500,000 common shares (250,000 issued), and incur US$2,000,000 in exploration expenditures on the property.
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The Company recorded a write-down of exploration and evaluation asset of $416,069 during the year ended November 30, 2021 as the Company terminated the option agreement on January 2, 2022.
Exploration Outlook
The Company’s focus is on the exploration and advancement of its exploration and evaluation assets in Nevada and Arizona.
With the vanadium macro view improving with the metal price and deployment of large capacity vanadium batteries globally, the company will resume spending on the vanadium asset to potentially expand the deposit, conduct engineering studies that may reflect a lower Capex on the project and improve the metallurgical flowsheet to potentially lower the Opex. The Company will continue to evaluate the gold system below the vanadium resource on the Carlin project with drilling, vectoring into the root of the system to potentially make a deposit discovery under the supervision of Dave Mathewson.
Selected Annual Information
The Company’s fiscal period ends on November 30[th] of each year. The following is a summary of certain selected audited financial information for the last three completed fiscal years:
| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |
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| $ | $ | $ | |
| Total Revenues | - | - | - |
| Net Loss | (2,027,621) | (2,765,714) | (1,147,618) |
| Net Loss Per Share (basic and diluted)(1) | (0.02) | (0.04) | (0.02) |
| Total Assets | 18,724,085 | 16,515,244 | 10,235,139 |
(1) The basic and diluted loss per share calculations result in the same amount due to the anti-dilutive effect of outstanding stock options and warrants, if any.
The Company decreased its corporate consulting activity to conserve cash during the fiscal 2022 year and recorded a write down of mineral properties of $848,410 related to the termination of the SMOKE property option agreement. The Company recorded a stock based compensation charge of $nil during the year ended November 30, 2022 compared to a stock based compensation charge of $906,228 and $388,061 during the year ended November 30, 2021 and 2020 respectively.
Summary of Quarterly Results
The following is selected financial data for the last eight quarters ending with the most recently completed quarter, being the three months ended November 30, 2022.
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THREE MONTHS ENDED
November 30, August 31, May 31, February 28,
2022 2022 2022 2022
($) ($) ($) ($)
Total Revenue Nil Nil Nil Nil
Acquisition and exploration costs 742,459 2,609,455 369,359 229,239
Net loss (1,328,419) (298,961) (204,904) (195,337)
Net loss per share [(1) ] (0.02) (0.00) (0.00) (0.00)
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THREE MONTHS ENDED
November 30, August 31, May 31, February 28,
2021 2021 2021 2021
($) ($) ($) ($)
Total Revenue Nil Nil Nil Nil
Acquisition and exploration costs 2,063,822 3,646,032 294,454 815,603
Net loss (820,859) (497,864) (1,234,024) (212,967)
Net loss per share [(1) ] (0.01) (0.01) (0.02) (0.00)
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(1) The basic and fully diluted calculations result in the same value due to the anti-dilutive effect of outstanding stock options and warrants for all quarters.
The increase in acquisition and exploration costs during the quarters ended August 31, 2022 is due to acquisition payments for Carlin project as well as the drilling campaign on the Carlin and Smoke projects. The increase in acquisition and exploration costs during the quarters ended November 30, 2021 and August 31, 2021 is due to acquisition payments for South Carlin Section 22 and Carlin project as well as a drilling campaign on the Company’s properties. During the quarters-ended May 31, 2021 the Company recorded a share-based compensation charge of $906,228.
Results of Operations
The Company recorded a net loss of $2,027,621 ($0.02 per share) for the year ended November 30, 2022 compared to a net loss of $2,765,714 ($0.04 per share) for the year ended November 30, 2021. The reason for the decrease is due to the Company reducing consulting costs to conserve cash for drilling, a reduction of stock based compensation as no options were granted, offset with the write down of the Smoke property and an increase in legal fees.
- Audit, accounting and legal of $267,888 (2021 $149,480)
The increase is due to patent and lobbying efforts of the Company in relation to the Carlin Gold-Vanadium property.
- Consulting fees of $223,489 (2021 $598,750)
The decrease is a result of the Company reducing the number of consultants used to conserve cash for drilling and other corporate activities.
- Stock based compensation of $nil (2021 $906,228)
The decrease is the result of the Company not granting any stock options during the year ended November 30, 2022 compared with granting 1,890,000 stock options with a weighted average exercise price of $0.58 during the comparative year.
- Write down of mineral properties $848,410 (2021 $416,069)
The Company terminated the Smoke option agreement on November 15, 2022 and expensed all previously capitalized costs. The Company terminated the AVP option agreement in January 2022 and expensed all previously capitalized costs as at November 30, 2021.
Fourth Quarter
The Company recorded a net loss of $1,328,418 ($0.02 per share) for the three months ended November 30, 2022, compared to a net loss of $$820,859 ($0.01 per share) for the three months ended November 30, 2021. A reason for the increase in 2022 is due to the write down of the Smoke property.
Financing Activities
Year ended November 30, 2022
During the year ended November 30, 2022 the Company closed two tranches of a private placement of 6,097,000 units at a price of $0.30 per unit for gross proceeds of $1,829,100. Each unit is comprised of one common share and one half warrant. Each full warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share for period of three years at a price of $0.50. Additionally, in connection with the private placement, the Company incurred $38,146 in cash share issuance costs.
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PHENOM RESOURCES CORP. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS FOR THE YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 2022
During the year ended November 30, 2022 the Company closed a private placement of 6,000,000 units at a price of $0.50 per unit for gross proceeds of $3,000,000. Each unit is comprised of one common share and one warrant. Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share for period of four years at a price of $0.75. Additionally, in connection with the private placement, the Company incurred $18,553 in cash share issuance costs.
During the year ended November 30, 2022, a total of 583,333 warrants with an exercise price of $0.26 per share and a total of 70,000 warrants with an exercise price of $0.65 were exercised for gross proceeds of $197,167.
During the year ended November 30, 2022, a total of 50,000 options with an exercise price of $0.40 per share were exercised for gross proceeds of $20,000.
Year ended November 30, 2021
During the year ended November 30, 2021, the Company closed a private placement by issuing 15,000,000 units at $0.40 per unit for total gross proceeds of $6,000,000. Each unit consists of one common share and one-half purchase warrant. Each purchase warrant is exercisable into one common share for a period of three years at an exercise price of $0.55 per share. Additionally, in connection with the private placement, the Company incurred $99,226 in cash share issuance costs and issued 150,325 finders’ warrants.
During the year ended November 30, 2021, a total of 2,917,150 warrants with an exercise price of $0.26 per share were exercised for gross proceeds of $758,459 and a total of 570,000 options with exercise prices of $0.10 to $0.60 per share were exercised for gross proceeds of $106,625.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company’s operations consumed $1,179,211 during the year ended November 30, 2022 (November 30, 2021 – $1,423,701) before non-cash working capital items. The cash requirement was funded mainly from the cash balance as at November 30, 2021 as well as proceeds of $4,829,100 from the private placement that closed during the year ended November 30, 2022, $197,167 from the exercise of warrants, and $20,000 from the exercise of options.
The Company’s aggregate operating, investing, and financing activities during the year ended November 30, 2022 resulted in a decrease in its cash balance from $1,437,895 at November 30, 2021 to $573,655 at November 30, 2022. The Company had working capital at November 30, 2022 of $137,432 (November 30, 2021 - $283,610). The Company has no long-term indebtedness.
None of the Company’s mineral properties have been put into commercial production and, as such, the Company has no operating revenues or cash flows. The Company’s capital resources are largely determined by the strength of the junior resource capital markets and by the status of the Company’s projects in relation to these markets and the Company’s ability to compete for investor support of its projects. There can be no assurance that financing, whether debt or equity, will always be available to the Company in the future.
Capital Expenditures
During the year ended November 30, 2022, the Company incurred $3,045,787 of mineral property expenditures on the Carlin Vanadium property, $138,113 of mineral property expenditures on the South Carlin Section 22 project, and $766,612 of mineral property expenditures on the Smoke project. Refer to Note 6 of the consolidated financial statements.
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PHENOM RESOURCES CORP. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS FOR THE YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Transactions with Related Parties
The Company’s related parties consist of the Company’s directors, officers and companies associated with them including the following:
- Buena Tierra Development Ltd., a company owned by Paul Cowley, the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company
Compensation paid or payable to the directors, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer for services provided during the three and years ended November 30, 2022 and 2021 was as follows:
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2022 2021
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Accounting fees 27,855 22,980
Consulting fees [(1)] 198,000 376,750
Deferred exploration expenditure - consulting 31,844 8,202
Share-based compensation - 452,776
257,699 860,708
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As at November 30, 2022, accounts payable and accrued liabilities include $170,026 (November 30, 2021 – $215,760) due to officers of the Company and/or companies controlled by officers of the Company. The amounts are non-interest bearing, unsecured and have no specific terms of repayment. A total of $153,010 owing to a related party balance relates to bonus payments earned by an officer and director of the Company. The payment will be deferred until such time as the Company’s Board of Directors approves payment.
As at November 30, 2022, amounts receivable include $nil (November 30, 2021 – $2,203) due from a director of the Company. The amounts are non-interest bearing, unsecured and have no specific terms of repayment.
As at a November 30, 2022, the Company has a commitment to issue 87,500 common shares to an officer and director of the Company. The shares are valued at $50,750 and are included in reserves in shareholders’ equity. The common shares were issued subsequent to November 30, 2022.
Financial Instruments
The Company’s financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, other receivables excluding GST receivable, and accounts payable and accrued liabilities. All financial instruments are designated as amortized cost.
Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The fair value hierarchy establishes three levels to classify the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value, by reference to the reliability of the inputs used to estimate the fair values.
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Level 1 – Applies to assets or liabilities for which there are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
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Level 2 – Applies to assets or liabilities for which there are inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets with insufficient volume or infrequent transactions (less active markets); or model-derived valuations in which significant inputs are observable or can be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data.
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Level 3 – Applies to assets or liabilities for which there are unobservable inputs to the valuation methodology that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of the assets or liabilities.
As at November 30, 2022, the Company believes that the carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, other receivables excluding GST receivable, and accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their fair values because of their nature and relatively short maturity dates or durations.
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PHENOM RESOURCES CORP. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS FOR THE YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Discussions of risks associated with financial assets and liabilities are detailed below:
Foreign Exchange Risk
As at November 30, 2022, the Company’s current assets were held in US and Canadian dollars. A 10% change in the exchange rate would not result in a material change to the Company’s current assets.
Credit Risk
Credit risk arises from cash and cash equivalents held with banks and financial institutions. The maximum exposure to credit risk is equal to the carrying value of the financial assets. The Company’s cash and cash equivalents, aside from the nominal holdings in USA is held with a large Canadian bank. Other receivables consist of accrued interest receivable from a large Canadian bank and excludes GST receivables. Management believes that the credit risk concentration with respect to accrued interest receivable is remote.
Interest Rate Risk
Interest rate risk is the risk that the future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market interest rates. The risk that the Company will realize such a loss is limited as its interest-bearing financial instrument is redeemable at any time.
Liquidity Risk
The Company manages liquidity risk by maintaining sufficient cash to enable settlement of transactions as they come due. Management monitors the Company’s contractual obligations and other expenses to ensure adequate liquidity is maintained.
Price Risk
Price risk is the risk that the fair value of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices. The Company does not hold any financial instruments with price risk.
Commodity Price Risk
The Company’s ability to raise capital to fund exploration or development activities is subject to risks associated with fluctuations in the market prices of gold, silver and copper.
Off-balance Sheet Arrangements
The Company has not entered into any material off-balance sheet arrangements.
Future Accounting Standards not yet effective
IAS 37–Provisions (“IAS 37”)
IAS 37 has been amended to clarify (i) the meaning of “costs to fulfil a contract”, and (ii) that, before a separate provision for an onerous contract is established, an entity recognizes any impairment loss that has occurred on assets used in fulfilling the contract, rather than on assets dedicated to that contract. These amendments are effective for periods beginning on or after January 1, 2022. The Company does not anticipate any impact of the new standard.
IAS 1 –Presentation of Financial Statements (“IAS 1”)
IAS 1 has been amended to clarify how to classify debt and other liabilities as either current or non-current. The amendment to IAS 1 is effective for the years beginning on or after January 1, 2023. The Company does not anticipate any impact of the new standard.
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PHENOM RESOURCES CORP. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS FOR THE YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Outstanding Share Data
The following table discloses the Company's share capital structure as at the date of this MD&A.
Authorized share capital: Unlimited number of Common Shares – Issued and outstanding common shares 89,582,565
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Fully diluted common shares:
Type of Security Number Exercise Price Expiry Date
Stock options 100,000 $0.26 April 6, 2023
Stock options 720,000 $0.56 April 6, 2023
Stock options 150,000 $0.26 July 30, 2023
Stock options 100,000 $0.26 October 23, 2023
Stock options 245,000 $0.26 March 18, 2024
Stock options 45,000 $0.60 March 18, 2024
Stock options 100,000 $0.25 November 8, 2024
Stock options 100,000 $0.25 November 18, 2024
Stock options 1,175,000 $0.32 August 5, 2025
Stock options 1,840,000 $0.59 May 13, 2026
Stock options 1,075,000 $0.37 March 11, 2028
Share purchase warrants 6,823,334 $0.26 July 9, 2023
Share purchase warrants 6,977,325 $0.55 May 5, 2024
Share purchase warrants 673,000 $0.55 May 12, 2024
Share purchase warrants 6,000,000 $0.75 March 3, 2026
Share purchase warrants 1,000,000 $0.75 July 9, 2026
Share purchase warrants 2,045,167 $0.50 October 21, 2025
Share purchase warrants 1,003,333 $0.50 November 10, 2025
Fully Diluted 119,754,727
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Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure controls and procedures are intended to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified by securities regulations and that the information required to be disclosed is accumulated and communicated to management. Internal controls over financial reporting are intended to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with IFRS. In connection with National Instrument 52-109 (Certificate of Disclosure in Issuer’s Annual and Interim Filings) (“NI 52-109”), the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company have filed a Venture Issuer Basic Certificate with respect to the financial information contained in the consolidated financial statements for the year ended November 30, 2022 and this accompanying MD&A (together, the “Annual Filings”).
In contrast to the full certificate under NI 52-109, the Venture Issuer Basic Certificate does not include representations relating to the establishment and maintenance of disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting, as defined in NI 52-109. For further information the reader should refer to the Venture Issuer Basic Certificates filed by the Company with the Interim and Annual Filings on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Additional Disclosure for Venture Issuers without Significant Revenue
The Company provides disclosure related to acquisition and deferred exploration costs in the notes to the financial statements and disclosure related to general and administration expenses in the statements of operations and comprehensive loss.
COVID-19
In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared coronavirus (“COVID-19”) a global pandemic. The COVID19 outbreak has resulted in social and economic disruption and had a resultant impact on the mining and exploration industries and capital markets. As at the date of this report, the Company has not been significantly impacted by the spread of COVID-19. However, the duration and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the effectiveness of government and central bank responses, remains unclear at this time and could have a material impact on the
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PHENOM RESOURCES CORP. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS FOR THE YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Company's future financial position, results of operation and cash flows. In particular, there may be heightened risk of mineral property impairment and liquidity or going concern uncertainty.
Forward-Looking Statements
This MD&A contains forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, constitute “forward-looking statements” and include any information that addresses activities, events or developments that the Company believes, expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future including the Company’s strategy, plans or future financial or operating performance and other statements that express management’s expectations or estimates of future performance.
Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by the use of the words “may”, “will”, “should”, “continue”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “believe”, “intend”, “plan” or “project” or the negative of these words or other variations on these words or comparable terminology. All such forward-looking information and statements are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by the Company’s management in light of their experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors management believes are appropriate in the circumstances. These statements, however, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed, implied by or projected in the forward-looking information or statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements include but are not limited to: risks related to the exploration and potential development of the Company’s projects, risks related to international operations, the actual results of current exploration activities, conclusions of economic evaluations, changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined, future prices of precious and base metals, as well as those factors discussed in the sections relating to risk factors of the Company set out in this MD&A.
There can be no assurance that any forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, the reader should not place any undue reliance on forward-looking information or statements. Except as required by law, the Company does not intend to revise or update these forward-looking statements after the date of this document or to revise them to reflect the occurrence of future unanticipated events.
Other Information
Additional information related to the Company is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on the Company’s website, www.phenomresources.com
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