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Pluto Ventures Inc. — Management Reports 2025
Jul 25, 2025
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PLUTO VENTURES INC.
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITIONS AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 2025 AND 2024
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INTRODUCTION
The following Management's Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A") is dated July 25, 2025 and should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements of Pluto Ventures Inc. ("Pluto" or the "Company") for the year ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, including the notes thereon. Pluto prepares its financial statements in accordance with IFRS® Accounting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB"). The financial statements are presented in Canadian dollars, which is the functional currency of the Company.
For the purposes of preparing this MD&A, management, in conjunction with the Board of Directors, considers the materiality of information. Information is considered material if: (i) such information results in, or would reasonably be expected to result in, a significant change in the market price or value of Pluto common shares; or (ii) there is a substantial likelihood that a reasonable investor would consider it important in making an investment decision; or (iii) if it would significantly alter the total mix of information available to investors. Management, in conjunction with the Board of Directors, evaluates materiality with reference to all relevant circumstances, including potential market sensitivity.
Pluto's financial statements, MD&A and all other continuous disclosure documents are filed with Canadian securities regulators and are available for review under the Pluto Ventures Inc. profile at www.sedarplus.com.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements contained in the following MD&A constitute forward-looking statements. Such forward looking statements involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
Pluto was incorporated on September 8, 2021 under the laws of the Province of British Columbia. The Company is principally engaged in the business of acquiring, exploring and developing interests in mining projects. To date, the Company has not generated revenues from its principal activities and is considered to be in the exploration stage. On October 30, 2024, the Company completed listing of its common shares on the Canadian Securities Exchange (the "CSE") and began trading under the symbol "PLTO".
The head office and principal address of the Company are located at Suite 2250, 1055 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6E 2E9. The registered and records office are located at Suite 1510, 789 West Pender Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 1H2.
On November 13, 2024, the Company completed a forward split of its shares on the basis of 2 new shares for each one share outstanding (the "Forward Split"). Except where otherwise indicated, all historical share numbers and per share amounts have been adjusted on a retroactive basis to reflect the Forward Split.
PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS
On December 19, 2024, the Company entered into a Letter of Intent (the "LOI") to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of 1508260 B.C. Ltd. ("BC1508260"), which holds the rights to acquire a series of mineral claims located in Alaska known as the Union Bay property (the "Union Bay Property"), and resulting in the indirect acquisition of the right to acquire a 100% interest in the Union Bay Property.
In consideration for the acquisition of all outstanding shares of BC1508260, the Company shall issue 7,500,000 common shares of the Company (the "Consideration Shares") and 4,500,000 common share purchase warrants (the "Consideration Warrants") entitling the holders to acquire an equivalent number of common shares of the Company at a price of $0.35 for a period of thirty-six months.
On February 19, 2025, the Company terminated the LOI with BC1508260 to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of BC1508260.
OVERALL PERFORMANCE
Since its incorporation on September 8, 2021, the Company has focused on completing and filing a listing application on the CSE and has incurred expenses relevant to such activity during the year ended March 31, 2025 as characterized by filing fees, accounting fees, consulting fees and legal fees. Loss and comprehensive loss for the year ended March 31, 2025, was $288,974 (2024 - $58,583), which is further explained in "Discussion of Operations" below.
Summary of Exploration Expenditures
Terrace Property
On June 29, 2022, the company entered into an option agreement (the "Option Agreement") with Decade Resources Ltd. (the "Optionor" or "Decade") to acquire a 100% interest in the Terrace Property (the "Property"). The option will be exercised by the Company over a period of four years by making the following payments and share issuances, and completing expenditures on the property of at least $2,000,000 by the fourth anniversary of the Company's common shares being list (the "Listing Date") on the Exchange.
| Dates | Cash | Shares | Expenditures |
|---|---|---|---|
| On signing of the Option Agreement | $10,000 (paid) | ||
| On or before the 15th business day after the Listing Date | $10,000 | 200,000 (Issued) | |
| On the 1st anniversary of the Listing Date | $20,000 | 200,000 | $50,000 |
| On the 2nd anniversary of the Listing Date | $30,000 | 200,000 | As recommended in the 43-101 report |
| On the 3rd anniversary of the Listing Date | $40,000 | 200,000 | As recommended in the 43-101 report |
| On the 4th anniversary of the Listing Date | - | - | As recommended in the 43-101 report |
| Total | $110,000 | 800,000 | $2,000,000 |
Pursuant to the Option Agreement, the Company shall grant to the Optionor a 1% net smelter returns ("NSR") royalty. The Company shall retain the right to purchase at any time from the Optionor for $500,000. In addition, the Company shall grant the optionors a 2% NSR royalty pursuant to the terms and conditions of the agreement dated as of July 2017 between Decade and Detour Gold Corporation.
The schedule below outlines the costs incurred on the Property as at March 31, 2025:
| As at March 31 | As at March 31 | As at March 31 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Additions/ (Writedowns) | 2024 | Additions/ (Writedowns) | 2025 | |
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | |
| Acquisition | |||||
| Cash payment | 10,000 | - | 10,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 |
| Share issuance | - | - | - | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| 10,000 | - | 10,000 | 60,000 | 70,000 |
| March 31, 2023 | Expenditures during the year | March 31, 2024 | Expenditures during the year | March 31, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exploration and evaluation expenditures | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ |
| Assays and reports | 4,844 | 10,624 | 15,468 | 731 | 16,199 |
| Geological consulting | - | 8,000 | 8,000 | 10,500 | 18,500 |
| Helicopter | - | 15,000 | 15,000 | - | 15,000 |
| Surveys and geophysics | 24,245 | 38,500 | 62,745 | - | 62,745 |
| Travel and accommodation | - | 11,375 | 11,375 | 2,823 | 14,198 |
| General and administration | - | - | - | 326 | 326 |
| Total exploration and evaluation expenditures | 29,089 | 83,499 | 112,588 | 14,380 | 126,968 |
SELECTED ANNUAL INFORMATION
The following table provides a brief summary of the Company's financial operations for the three most recently completed financial years:
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| $ | $ | $ | |
| Total Revenues | - | - | - |
| Net Loss | (288,974) | (58,583) | (6,447) |
| Comprehensive Loss | (288,974) | (58,583) | (6,447) |
| Loss Per Share – basic and diluted | (0.014) | (0.006) | (0.000) |
| Total Assets | 265,822 | 456,615 | 124,581 |
| Total Long-term Financial Liabilities | - | - | - |
The overall increase in comprehensive loss and total assets is mainly related to the Company's listing described above, the exploration and in the accompanying financial statements of the Company.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Annual
Key components of loss and comprehensive loss for the year ended March 31, 2025 were as follows:
- Professional fees of $119,600 (2024: $43,283) relating to the Company's June 30, 2024 review, review of the non-offering prospectus by the auditor for listing on the CSE and the Company's legal fees for non-offering prospectus;
- Consulting fees of $109,000 (2024: $13,750) relating to the Company's advisory services and investor relations and marketing services;
- Filing fees of $30,960 (2024: $1,301) relating to CSE listing fees and continuous disclosure;
- Transfer agent fees of $9,683 (2024: $Nil) relating to treasury order processing; and
- Regulatory fees of $19,545 (2024: $Nil) relating to listing fees and monthly maintenance.
Three Months Ended March 31, 2025
Key components of loss and comprehensive loss for the three months ended March 31, 2025 were as follows:
- Professional fees of $46,498 (2024: $43,283) relating to the audit fee accrual for year end review and
proposed transaction;
- Consulting fees of $69,000 (2024: $Nil) relating to the Company's advisory services and investor relations and marketing services;
- Filing fees of $974 (2024: $590) relating to CSE listing fees and continuous disclosure;
- Transfer agent fees of $225 (2024: $Nil) relating to Sedar filing; and
- Regulatory fees of $2,825 (2024: $Nil) relating to listing fees and monthly maintenance.
SUMMARY OF QUARTERLY RESULTS
The following table sets out selected unaudited quarterly financial information of the Company for the eight most recently quarters of operation. This information is derived from unaudited quarterly financial statements prepared by management. The financial data for the quarters ended from June 30, 2023 to March 31, 2025, are prepared in accordance with IFRS.
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | September 30, 2024 | June 30, 2024 $ | March 31, 2024 $ | December 31, 2023 $ | September 30, 2023 $ | June 30, 2023 $ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | 265,822 | 293,866 | 437,611 | 430,440 | 456,615 | 155,617 | 156,399 | 128,807 |
| Working Capital (Deficit) | (50,816) | 78,809 | 159,823 | 249,112 | 262,538 | 9,575 | 12,857 | 4,515 |
| Revenue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Net Loss | (119,625) | (81,014) | (74,909) | (13,426) | (43,913) | (782) | (68) | (13,820) |
| Loss per Share | (0.006) | (0.004) | (0.003) | (0.001) | (0.002) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.001) |
Overall, accounting fees, filing fees and legal fees were the major components that caused variances in net loss from quarter to quarter. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the major expenses of the Company were consulting fees of $69,000 and professional fees of $46,498.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
The Company's approach to managing liquidity risk is to ensure that it will have sufficient liquidity to meet liabilities when due. The Company's capital management approach is also disclosed in Note 9 of the financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2025.
During the year ended March 31, 2025, the Company's cash decreased by $269,963 primarily due to the consulting fees, legal fees, and accounting fees associated to the Company's non-offering prospectus for listing on the CSE.
Fiscal Year 2025
On November 21, 2024, the Company issued 200,000 common shares at a price of $0.25 per share to Decade as the option payment.
On October 16, 2024, the Company entered into an escrow agreement between the Company, Endeavor Trust Corporation, and certain shareholders of the Company, whereby 5,200,000 common shares have been deposited in escrow. On June 6, 2024, at the discretion of the Company, 1,212,000 special warrants and 400,000 compensation special warrants were converted into 1,612,000 common shares, without any additional consideration.
Fiscal Year 2024
On September 21, 2023, the Company completed a private placement of 1,212,000 of special warrants (each a "Special Warrant") valued at CDN$0.025 per Special Warrant for total proceeds of $30,300 whereby each Special Warrant will convert into one common share of the Company (i) at any time, at the discretion of the Company, (ii) on the date on which the Company obtains the final receipt of a non-offering prospectus by the British Columbia Securities Commission, or (iii) the date that is 18 months from the date of issuance of the Special Warrant. Cash fees of $2,640 and 400,000 Special Warrants valued at $10,000 have been paid in connection with the private placement.
On March 22, 2024, the Company completed a non-brokered private placement whereby the Company issued 8,000,000 common shares at a price of $0.025 per share for gross proceeds of $200,000.
On January 8, 2024, the Company completed a non-brokered private placement whereby the Company issued 4,000,000 common shares at a price of $0.025 per share for gross proceeds of $100,000.
Special Warrants
During the year ended March 31, 2024, the Company completed a private placement of 1,212,000 of special warrants (each a "Special Warrant") valued at CDN$0.025 per Special Warrant for total proceeds of $30,300 whereby each Special Warrant will convert into one common share of the Company (i) at any time, at the discretion of the Company, (ii) on the date on which the Company obtains the final receipt of a non-offering prospectus by the British Columbia Securities Commission, or (iii) the date that is 18 months from the date of issuance of the Special Warrant.
Cash fees of $2,640 and 400,000 Special Warrants valued at $10,000 have been paid in connection with the private placement.
On June 6, 2024, at the discretion of the Company, 1,212,000 special warrants and 400,000 compensation special warrants were converted into 1,612,000 common shares, without any additional consideration.
Stock options ("Options"), Performance Share Units, Restricted Share Units and Deferred Share Units ("Performance-Based Award")
The Company has adopted an Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), which is a rolling plan for Options and Performance-Based Awards such that the aggregate number of common shares issuable under the Plan (and all of the Company's other Security-Based Compensation Arrangements) in respect of Options and Performance-Based Awards shall not exceed 20% of the Company's then total issued and outstanding common shares calculated as at the date of any grant.
As at March 31, 2025, none of the options and performance-based awards have been issued.
SUMMARY OF OUTSTANDING SHARE DATA
The Company's issued and outstanding share capital as at the date of this report is as follows:
- Authorized: Unlimited number of common shares without par value.
- The Company has 21,812,000 common shares issued and outstanding.
OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
There are no off-balance sheet arrangements.
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RELATED PARTY BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS
Parties are considered to be related if one party has the ability, directly or indirectly, to control the other party or exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial and operating decisions. Related parties may be individuals or corporate entities. A transaction is considered to be a related party transaction when there is a transfer of resources or obligations between related parties.
As of March 31, 2025, $21,000 (March 31, 2024 - $Nil) was due to related parties.
Key management personnel include persons having the authority and responsibility for planning, directing, and controlling the activities of the Company as a whole. The Company has identified its directors and certain senior officers as its key management personnel and the compensation costs for key management personnel and companies related to them were recorded at their exchange amounts as agreed upon by transacting parties.
During the year ended March 31, 2025, $Nil (March 31, 2024 - $Nil) was recognized as share-based payments arising from stock options granted to key management.
The following is a summary of related party transactions with key management personnel that occurred during the years ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, and amounts in accounts payable and accrued liabilities at March 31, 2025 and 2024:
| For the years ended | Amount payable as at | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, | March 31, | |||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |
| Accounting and management services | $60,000 | - | $21,000 | - |
The services were provided by a company where a director of the Company served as the managing director, by a company owned by a director of the Company, and by a company owned by an officer of the Company.
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The Company is exposed to financial risks through its use of financial instruments in its ordinary course of operations. The financial risks include market risk (including currency risk, interest rate risk and other price risk), credit risk and liquidity risk. The Company does not have any written risk management policies and guidelines. However, the board of directors meets regularly and co-operates closely with key management to identify and evaluate risks and to formulate strategies to manage financial risks. The Company has not used any derivatives or other instruments for hedging purposes and does not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for trading purposes. The most significant risks to which the Company is exposed to are described below.
(i) Currency risk
Some of the operating expenses and cash held are denominated in foreign currencies and as such are subject to currency risk. The Company does not enter into derivative financial instruments to mitigate this risk but the Company does not believe its net exposure to foreign exchange risk is significant as most funds are held by the Company in Canadian dollars.
(ii) Credit risk
Credit risk arises from the non-performance by counterparties of contractual financial obligations. The Company's credit risk arises primarily with respect to subscription receivables from private placements.
(iii) Interest rate risk
Interest rate risk is the risk that the fair value or cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market interest rates. The Company has interest-bearing assets in relation to cash at banks. The Company's operating cash flows are substantially independent of changes in market interest rates. The Company has not used any financial instrument to hedge potential fluctuations in interest rates. The exposure to interest rates for the Company is considered minimal. The Company has no interest bearing borrowings.
The policies to manage interest rate risk have been followed by the Company since prior years and are considered to be effective.
(iv) Liquidity risk
The Company's ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on management's ability to raise required funding through future equity issuances. The Company had net current liabilities as at March 31, 2025 of $50,816 (March 31, 2024: net current asset of $262,538). The Company manages its liquidity risk by forecasting cash flows from operations and anticipating any investing and financing activities. Management and the board of directors are actively involved in the review, planning and approval of significant expenditures and commitments.
The liquidity policies have been followed by the Company since prior years and are considered to have been effective in managing liquidity risk.
(v) Fair value measurements
The following table presents financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value in the statement of financial position in accordance with the fair value hierarchy. The hierarchy groups financial assets into three levels based on the relative reliability of significant inputs used in measuring the fair value of these financial assets. The fair value hierarchy has the following three levels:
Level 1 – quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets;
Level 2 – inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset, either directly (i.e. as prices) or indirectly (i.e. derived from prices); and
Level 3 – inputs for the asset that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).
The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the financial asset is categorized in its entirety is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
There have been no significant transfers between levels 1 and 2 in the respective reporting years. The methods and valuation techniques used for the purpose of measuring fair value are unchanged compared to the previous reporting years. Marketable securities are measured at fair value using level 1.
Financial instruments that are not measured at fair value are represented by cash and accounts payable and accrued liabilities. The fair value of these financial instruments approximates their carrying value due to their short-term nature.
CAPITAL RISK MANAGEMENT
The Company's capital management objectives are to ensure the Company's ability to continue as a going concern so as to benefit from its operations to provide an adequate return for its shareholders.
The Company manages its capital structure and makes adjustments to it based on the funds available to the Company in order to support the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties. The Company defines capital that it manages as its shareholders' equity. The Board of Directors does not establish quantitative return on capital criteria for management, but rather relies on the expertise of the
Company's management to sustain future development of the business.
The Company has historically relied on the equity markets to fund the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties. In addition, the Company is dependent upon external financings to fund activities. In order to carry out planned exploration and pay for administrative costs, the Company will spend its existing working capital and raise additional funds as needed. The Company will continue to assess new properties and seek to acquire an interest in additional properties if it feels there is sufficient geologic or economic potential and if it has adequate financial resources to do so.
Management reviews its capital management approach on an ongoing basis and believes that this approach, given the relative size of the Company, is reasonable.
The Company is not subject to externally imposed capital requirements.
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On April 4, 2025, the Company entered into a loan agreement with two arm's length parties. The lenders agreed to advance the Company a loan in the principal amount of $20,000. The loan matured on July 3, 2025, and bears interest at a rate of 10% per annum from and including the advance date until the date the loan is paid in full. As of the date of the audit report, the loan remains outstanding, and the Company is working with the lenders to extend the loan with the same terms and conditions.
On May 7, 2025, the Company entered into a definitive Option Agreement (the "Agreement") with Troubadour Resources Inc. to acquire a 100% interest in the Monarch Uranium Project (the "Project"), located in Nunavut, Canada.
Under the terms of the Agreement, the Company can earn a 100% interest in the Monarch Uranium Project, subject to a 2.5% NSR royalty, by satisfying the following commitments:
The Company will issue an aggregate of 650,000 common shares to the Optionor, as follows: 250,000 shares on the effective date of the Agreement; 250,000 shares on or before the first anniversary of the Agreement; and 150,000 shares on or before the second anniversary of the Agreement.
An aggregate of $50,000 in total cash consideration, payable on or before the second anniversary of the Agreement and a minimum of $150,000 in exploration expenditures on the property, to be completed on or before the second anniversary of the Agreement. The Company will serve as the operator during the option period and may, at its sole discretion, accelerate share issuances, cash payments, and/or exploration expenditures to earn its interest ahead of schedule.
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