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Regenx Tech Corp. Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2021

May 26, 2021

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Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement

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MINEWORX TECHNOLOGIES LTD.

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION CIRCULAR

dated May 18, 2021 for the Annual General & Special Meeting to be held on June 22, 2021

SOLICITATION OF PROXIES

This management information circular (“ Circular ”) is provided in connection with the solicitation by management of Mineworx Technologies Ltd. (“ Corporation ”) of proxies for use at the annual general meeting (“ Meeting ”) of the holders of common shares (“ Shareholders ”) to be held on Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at the offices of DLA Piper (Canada) LLP, Suite 1000, 250 – 2[nd] Street SW, Calgary, Alberta at 1:00 PM (Calgary time) and at any adjournment, for the purposes set forth in the notice of meeting (“ Notice ”).

The record date for the purpose of determining holders of common shares is May 18, 2021 (“ Record Date ”). Shareholders of record on that date are entitled to receive notice of and attend the Meeting and vote on the basis of one vote for each common share held, except to the extent that a registered Shareholder has transferred the ownership of any shares subsequent to the Record Date and the transferee of those shares produces properly endorsed share certificates, or otherwise establishes that he owns the shares and demands, not later than 10 calendar days before the Meeting, that his name be included on the Shareholder list, in which case, the transferee will be entitled to vote his shares at the Meeting.

This solicitation is made on behalf of management. The Corporation will bear the costs incurred in the preparation and mailing of the Meeting materials. In addition to mailing forms of proxy, proxies may be solicited by personal interviews, or by other means of communication, by directors, officers and employees of the Corporation who will not be remunerated for their services.

COVID 19 NOTICE

Due to the public health restrictions implemented to combat the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, including restrictions on mass gatherings implemented by the Government of Alberta and taking into account the health and safety of our employees, shareholders, service providers and other stakeholders, THE CORPORATION IS REQUESTING ALL SHAREHOLDERS TO REFRAIN FROM ATTENDING THE MEETING IN PERSON AND, INSTEAD, TO VOTE BY PROXY, BY MAIL, BY TELEPHONE OR ON THE INTERNET, RATHER THAN ATTENDING THE MEETING IN PERSON TO VOTE. Further restrictions with regard to the Meeting may be implemented by the Corporation as required in accordance with applicable laws and to comply with public health restrictions. At the Meeting, the Corporation may adopt screening or other measures for identifying COVID-19 symptoms or risk factors as may be recommended or required by applicable health authorities. These measures may include requiring registered shareholders or duly appointed proxy holders still wishing to attend the Meeting in person to sign a confirmation letter at the Meeting that they are not a confirmed case of COVID-19 or a close contact of a confirmed case of COVID-19, they are not experiencing cold or flu-like systems, including fever, cough, difficulty breathing, muscle aches, fatigue, headache, sore throat or runny nose, and that they have not travelled outside of Canada for a period of two weeks preceding the Meeting date. The Corporation reserves the right to refuse admission to a shareholder or proxyholder seeking to attend the Meeting if the Corporation believes the shareholder or proxyholder poses a health risk to attendees at the Meeting or that admission to the Meeting would otherwise breach public health restrictions. THE CORPORATION WILL LIMIT ATTENDEES AS REQUIRED BY THE MASS GATHERING RESTRICTIONS IMPLEMENTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF ALBERTA AT THE TIME OF THE MEETING. In addition, any attendees will be required to practice social distancing at the Meeting.

As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to be a rapidly evolving situation, and in light of changing public health restrictions and recommendations related to COVID-19, there may be changes to the

date, time and location of the Meeting, or the Corporation may adjourn or postpone the Meeting. The Corporation will continue to monitor and review provincial and federal governmental guidance in order to assess and implement measures to reduce the risk of spreading the virus at the Meeting. Any such changes will be communicated by news release which will be made available under the Corporation’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ALL SHAREHOLDERS TO VOTE BY PROXY RATHER THAN ATTENDING THE MEETING IN PERSON.

APPOINTMENT AND REVOCATION OF PROXIES

The persons named (the “Management Designees”) in the enclosed form of proxy are officers and directors of the Corporation. As a Shareholder, you have the right to appoint a person, who need not be a Shareholder, to represent you at the Meeting. To exercise this right you should insert the name of your representative in the blank space provided on the form of proxy and strike out the other names or submit another appropriate proxy. The form of proxy should be dated and executed by the Shareholder or an attorney, authorized in writing and with proof of the authorization attached. A proxy may be revoked by a registered Shareholder personally attending at the Meeting and voting his shares in person.

A form of proxy will not be valid for the Meeting or any adjournment unless it is completed and delivered to Computershare Trust Company of Canada, Proxy Department, 100 University Avenue, 8th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2Y1 prior to 1:00 PM (Calgary time) on Friday, June 18, 2021 being at least 48 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) before the time of the Meeting or any adjournment.

The common shares represented by the Shareholder proxy will be voted or withheld from voting in accordance with the instructions of the Shareholder on any ballot that may be called for and that, if the Shareholder specifies a choice with respect to the any matter to be acted upon, the common shares will be voted accordingly.

A registered Shareholder may revoke his proxy at any time prior to a vote. In addition to revocation in any other manner permitted by law, a proxy may be revoked by depositing an instrument in writing executed by the Shareholder or by his authorized attorney in writing, or, if the Shareholder is a company, under its corporate seal by an officer or attorney duly authorized, either at the registered office of the Corporation or with Computershare Trust Company of Canada, at any time up to and including the last business day preceding the date of the Meeting, or any adjournment at which the proxy is to be used, or with the Chair of the Meeting on the day of the Meeting, or any adjournment.

ADVICE TO BENEFICIAL SHAREHOLDERS

The information set forth in this section is of significant importance to many Shareholders as a substantial number of Shareholders do not hold common shares in their own name. Shareholders who do not hold their common shares in their own name (“ Beneficial Shareholders ”) should note that only proxies deposited by Shareholders who appear on the records of the registrar and transfer agent will be recognized at the Meeting. If the common shares are listed in an account statement provided to a Beneficial Shareholder by a broker, those common shares will, in all likelihood, not be registered in the Shareholder’s name. Without specific instructions, brokers and their nominees are prohibited from voting shares held by Beneficial Shareholders.

Existing regulatory policy requires brokers and other intermediaries to seek voting instructions from Beneficial Shareholders in advance of shareholders’ meetings. Every broker and other intermediaries have their own mailing procedures and provide their own return instructions to clients which should be carefully followed by Beneficial Shareholders in order to ensure that their common shares are voted at the Meeting. The majority of brokers delegate responsibility for obtaining instructions from clients to Broadridge Investor Communications Solutions, Canada (“ Broadridge ”). Broadridge mails a Voting

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Information Form (“ VIF ”) asking the Beneficial Shareholders to return the VIF to Broadridge by mail or by way of the Internet or telephone. A Beneficial Shareholder who receives a VIF cannot use that VIF to vote directly at the Meeting. The VIF must be returned to Broadridge well in advance of the Meeting in order to have the common shares voted.

All reference to Shareholders in this Circular, the form of proxy and Notice are to registered Shareholders unless specifically stated otherwise.

This Circular and the accompanying form of proxy and Notice have been sent directly by the Corporation, rather than through an intermediary, to non-objecting beneficial owners under National Instrument 54101. 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 Corporation 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 Corporation (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.

VOTING OF PROXIES

Each Shareholder may instruct his proxy how to vote his common shares by completing the blanks on the form of proxy. All common shares represented at the Meeting by properly executed proxies will be voted or withheld from voting (including the voting on any ballot), and where a choice with respect to any matter to be acted upon has been specified in the form of proxy, the common shares represented by the proxy will be voted in accordance with such specification. In the absence of any such specification as to voting on the form of proxy, the Management Designees, if named as proxy, will vote in favour of the matters set out therein. In the absence of any specification as to voting on any other form of proxy, the common shares represented by such form of proxy will be voted in favour of the matters set out therein.

The enclosed form of proxy confers discretionary authority upon the Management Designees, or other persons named as proxy, with respect to amendments to or variations of matters identified in the Notice and any other matters which may properly come before the Meeting. As of the date hereof, the Corporation is not aware of any amendments to, variations of or other matters which may come before the Meeting. In the event that other matters come before the Meeting, then the Management Designees intend to vote in accordance with the judgment of management of the Corporation.

REQUEST FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

National Instrument 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations (“ NI 51-102 ”) sets out the procedures for a Shareholder to receive financial statements. If a Shareholder wishes to receive financial statements, the Shareholder may use the enclosed form or provide instructions in any other written format. Shareholders are advised that the Corporations financial statements are also filed on and available for view at www.SEDAR.com and also on the Corporation's website www.mineworx.net.

VOTING SECURITIES AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF VOTING SECURITIES

The Corporation is authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares and an unlimited number of preferred shares. As at the Record Date, there were 342,766,081 common shares issued and outstanding. There were no preferred shares issued and outstanding. Shareholders are entitled to one vote for each common share held.

On March 23, 2021, the Corporation completed the consolidation (the “ Consolidation ”) of its Common Shares on the basis of 2 pre-Consolidation Common Shares for 1 post-Consolidation Common Share. All

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amounts of Common Shares and securities convertible into Common Shares, including stock options, disclosed in this Circular, unless otherwise noted, have been adjusted to reflect the Consolidation.

A quorum of shareholders is present at a meeting of shareholders if at least two holders representing not less than 5% of the outstanding shares of the Corporation are present in person or represented by proxy.

To the knowledge of the directors and management, no person or company beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, or controls or directs, voting securities carrying 10% or more of the voting rights attached to any class of voting securities of the Corporation.

BUSINESS OF THE MEETING

To the knowledge of the board of directors (“ Board ”), the only matters to be brought before the Meeting are those matters set forth in the accompanying Notice.

1. Financial Statements

The Board has approved all of the information in the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the report of the auditor thereon. The financial statements have been mailed to all the Shareholders who responded to the Corporation’s mail list request form pursuant to NI 51-102. The audited financial statements and MD&A are available on SEDAR, www.sedar.com, and will be tabled at the Meeting.

2. Fix Number of Directors

Shareholders will be asked to vote in favour of the resolution to fix the number of directors to be elected at the Meeting at five.

At the Meeting, it will be proposed that five (5) directors be elected to hold office until the next annual general meeting or until their successors are elected or appointed. Unless otherwise directed, it is the intention of the Management Designees, if named as proxy, to vote in favour of the ordinary resolution fixing the number of directors to be elected at the Meeting at five (5).

3. Election of Directors

There are currently five directors and all of the directors are being nominated for re-election, other than Mr. Granatier and Mr. Sparrow who are nominated for election, as they were appointed as directors following the last annual shareholders meeting. Unless otherwise directed, it is the intention of the Management Designees, if named as proxy, to vote for the election of the persons named in the following table to the Board . Each director elected will hold office until the next annual general meeting of shareholders or until his successor is duly elected, unless his office is earlier vacated in accordance with the by-laws of the Corporation or the provisions of the Business Corporations Act to which the Corporation is subject.

The following table sets forth the nominees, positions with the Corporation, their principal occupations at present and during the preceding five year periods during which they have served as directors and the number of voting shares beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by each of them, or over which they exercise control or direction. Management does not contemplate that any of the nominees will be unable to serve as a director. In the event that a nominee cannot stand for election for any reason prior to the Meeting, the proxy shall not be voted with respect to the filling of that vacancy.

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Name and Residence Director and
Position held with the
Corporation
Principal Occupation and Positions
Held During the Last Five Years
Common Shares
Beneficially Owned
or Controlled or
Directed
Greg Pendura¹
Alberta, Canada
Director since 2010
President and CEO since
2010
President and Chief Executive Officer of
the Corporation
3,976,833
Darcy Thiele¹
Saskatchewan, Canada
Director since June 2015 Principal Owner & Engineering Manager
of PSI Pressure Solutions Inc.
4,714,511²
Rick Purdy
Alberta, Canada
Director since June 2015 Founder of Nutraponics Canada Corp. 2,501,851
Harvey Granatier¹
Saskatchewan, Canada
Director since Jan 15,
2021
President & CEO of HDG Holdings Inc. 3,152,580³
Curtis Sparrow,
Alberta, Canada
Director since Feb 11,
2021
President & CEO of Concorde Consulting 150,000

1Member of Audit Committee

²Mr. Thiele's spouse is the joint owner of 55,000 shares

³Mr. Granatier holds 691,500 shares / 2,129,400 are held jointly with his spouse / 331,500 are held by Mr. Granatier’s spouse

Penalties, Sanctions, Cease Trade Orders or Bankruptcies

Other than as set forth below, no proposed director, within 10 years before the date of this Circular, has been, a director, chief executive officer or chief financial officer of any company that: (a) was subject to: (i) a cease trade order; (ii) an order similar to a cease trade order; or (iii) 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 (collectively, an “ Order” ) that was issued while the proposed director was acting in the capacity as director, chief executive officer or chief financial officer; or (b) was subject to an Order that was issued after the proposed director ceased to be a director, chief executive officer or chief financial officer and which resulted from an event that occurred while that person was acting in the capacity as director, chief executive officer or chief financial officer.

Mr. Sparrow is a director of Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc. (“Deep Well”). On February 4, 2016, the Alberta Securities Commission issued a cease trade order against Deep Well for failure to file its annual financial statements and annual management’s discussion and analysis for the year ended September 30, 2015.

No proposed director, within 10 years before the date of this Circular, has been a director or executive officer of any company that, while the proposed director was acting in that capacity, or within a year of the proposed director 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, except as noted below.

No proposed director has, within 10 years before the date of this Circular, become bankrupt, made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, or become subject to or instituted any proceedings, arrangement or compromise with creditors, or had a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold the assets of the proposed director.

No proposed director has been subject to: (a) 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 (b) any other penalties or sanctions imposed by a court or regulatory body that would likely be considered important to a reasonable securityholder in deciding whether to vote for a proposed director.

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4. Appointment of Auditor

The Shareholders will be asked to vote for the appointment of K.R. Margetson Ltd., Chartered Accountants, Vancouver, BC as auditor to hold office until the next annual meeting of the Shareholders at remuneration to be fixed by the directors. Unless directed otherwise by a proxy holder, or such authority is withheld, the Management Designees, if named as proxy, intend to vote the common shares represented by any such proxy in favour of a resolution appointing K.R. Margetson Ltd., as auditor of the Corporation, to hold office until the close of the next annual general meeting of shareholders or until the firm of K.R. Margetson Ltd. is removed from office or resigns as provided by the Corporation's by-laws, and the Management Designees also intend to vote the common shares represented by any such proxy in favour of a resolution authorizing the Board to fix the compensation of the auditor. K.R. Margetson Ltd. was appointed auditor effective October 14, 2010.

5. Approval of Amended Stock Option Plan

The Corporation is proposing to replace the current stock option plan (“ Plan ”) with an amended stock option plan (the “ Amended Plan ”) in substantially the form attached as Exhibit 1. The Amended Plan is substantially the same as the Plan, however as the Plan reserved a fixed number of Common Shares, the number of Common Shares that are reserved for issuance under the Amended Plan shall not exceed 10% of the Corporation’s issued and outstanding Common Shares. The Amended Plan also includes a provision that provides the Corporation with authority to take steps for the deduction and withholding, or for the advance payment or reimbursement by an option holder to the Corporation, of any taxes or other required source deductions which the Corporation is required by law or regulation of any governmental authority whatsoever to remit in connection with the Amended Plan, or any issuance of Common Shares.

The Board approved the adoption of the Amended Plan by a directors’ resolution dated effective April 15, 2021, subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange and the shareholders of the Corporation. As a result, and assuming such approvals are obtained, the Plan will be of no further force and effect and all options and stock option agreements issued under the Plan will be deemed to be issued under the Amended Plan and henceforth governed under the Amended Plan.

The other terms of the Amended Plan are summarized as follows. The Amended Plan shall be administered by the Board, or if appointed, by a special committee of directors appointed from time to time by the Board. The number of Common Shares subject to an option to a participant shall be determined by the Board, but no participant shall be granted an option which exceeds the maximum number of shares permitted by any stock exchange on which the Common Shares are then listed, or other regulatory body having jurisdiction. The exercise price of the Common Shares covered by each option shall be determined by the Board, provided however, that the exercise price shall not be less than the price permitted by any stock exchange on which the Common Shares are then listed, or other regulatory body having jurisdiction. The maximum length any option shall be ten (10) years from the date the option is granted, provided that participant’s options expire ninety (90) days after a participant ceases to act for the Corporation, subject to extension at the discretion of the Board, except upon the death of a participant, in which case the participant’s estate shall have twelve (12) months in which to exercise the outstanding options. The Amended Plan includes a provision that should an option expiration date fall within a blackout period or immediately following a blackout period, the expiration date will automatically be extended for ten (10) business days following the end of the blackout period. The Board has the absolute discretion to amend or terminate the Amended Plan.

The shareholders will be asked to consider and if thought fit, approve an ordinary resolution approving and adopting the Amended Plan as the Corporation’s stock option plan. In order for the resolution approving and adopting the Amended Plan to be effective, it must be approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast in respect thereof by shareholders present in person or by proxy at the Meeting . In the absence of contrary direction, the Management Designees intend to vote proxies in the accompanying form in favour of this ordinary resolution.

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The text of the ordinary resolution which will be placed before the Meeting for the approval of the Amended Plan is as follows:

BE IT RESOLVED as an ordinary resolution that:

  1. the stock option plan of the Corporation in substantially the form attached as Exhibit I to the Management Information Circular dated May 18, 2021 (the “ Amended Plan ”) be and is hereby approved and adopted as the stock option plan of the Corporation;

  2. the form of the Amended Plan may be amended in order to satisfy the requirements or requests of any regulatory authorities without requiring further approval of the shareholders of the Corporation;

  3. the termination of the current stock option plan (the “ Plan ”) of the Corporation is hereby approved;

  4. all issued and outstanding stock options previously granted under the Plan are hereby continued under and governed by the Amended Plan;

  5. the shareholders of the Corporation hereby expressly authorize the Board of Directors to revoke this resolution before it is acted upon without requiring further approval of the shareholders in that regard; and

  6. any one (or more) director or officer of the Corporation is authorized and directed, on behalf of the Corporation, to take all necessary steps and proceedings and to execute, deliver and file any and all declarations, agreements, documents and other instruments and do all such other acts and things (whether under corporate seal of the Corporation or otherwise) that may be necessary or desirable to give effect to this ordinary resolution.;

Unless otherwise directed, it is the intention of the Management Designees to vote proxies in favour of the resolution approving the Amended Plan. In order to be effective, an ordinary resolution requires approval of a majority of the votes cast by shareholders who vote in respect to the resolution.

Other Business

While there is no other business other than that business mentioned in the Notice to be presented for action by Shareholders at the Meeting, it is intended that the proxies hereby solicited will be exercised upon any other matters and proposals that may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournment or adjournments thereof, in accordance with the discretion of the persons authorized to act thereunder.

GENERAL

Unless otherwise directed, it is management’s intention to vote proxies in favor of the resolutions set forth herein. All ordinary resolutions require, for the passing of the same, a simple majority of the votes cast at the Meeting by the holders of common shares.

AUDIT COMMITTEE

Audit Committee Terms of Reference

The text of the Corporation’s Audit Committee charter is set out under Exhibit II to the Corporation’s Management Information Circular dated July 23, 2014 and filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com on August 5, 2014, which is incorporated by reference herein.

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Composition and Relevant Education and Experience

The Audit Committee is composed of Harvey Granatier, Darcy Thiele and Greg Pendura. Messrs. Granatier and Thiele are considered independent. All members have the ability to read, analyze and understand the complexities surrounding the preparation of financial statements pertinent to the Corporation. All members have been involved in the financing, administration and operation of managing small private and/or public companies for several years and have been, either directly or indirectly, involved in the preparation of financial statements, dealing with the auditors or as a member of an audit committee.

Audit Committee Oversight

At no time since the commencement of the Corporation’s most recently completed financial year was a recommendation of the Audit Committee to nominate or compensate an external auditor not adopted by the Board.

Reliance on Certain Exemptions

Since the commencement of the Corporation’s most recently completed financial year, it has not relied on the exemption in section 2.4 ( De Minimus Non-audit Services) or an exemption granted under Part 8 (Exemptions) of NI 52-110 Audit Committees (“ NI 52-110 ”).

Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

The Audit Committee must approve all non-audit services provided by auditors prior to any work commencing.

External Auditor Service Fees

The aggregate fees billed by the external auditors in each of the last two fiscal years for audit and other fees are as follows:

Financial Year
Ending
Audit
Fees1
Audit Related
Fees2
Tax
Fees3
All Other
Fees4
2020 $28,000 Nil $1,000 Nil
2019 $24,000 Nil $1,500 Nil

1Audit Fees is the aggregate fees billed by the external auditor

2Audit-Related Fees are the aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services by the external auditor 3Tax Fees are the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the external auditor for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning. 4All Other Fees are the aggregate fees billed for products and services provided by the external auditor other than the services reported.

Exemption

The Corporation is relying upon the exemption in section 6.1 of NI 52-110 in respect of the composition of its audit committee and its reporting obligations under NI 52-110.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The Named Executive Officers (“ NEO s”) for the year ended December 31, 2020 were Greg Pendura, Chief Executive Officer (“ CEO ”), and Don Weatherbee, Chief Financial Officer (“ CFO ”). Gavin Watkins, Chief Technical Officer, resigned from the Corporation effective Sept 14, 2020.

NEO means a CEO, CFO, each of the three most highly compensated executive officers other than the CEO and CFO, at the end of the most recently completed financial year whose total compensation was, individually, more than $150,000 for that financial year, and each individual who would be an NEO but for

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the fact that the individual was neither an executive officer at the end of that financial year.

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

The compensation program of the Corporation is designed to attract, motivate, reward and retain knowledgeable and skilled executives required to achieve the Corporation’s corporate objectives and to increase shareholder value. The main objective of the compensation program is to recognize the contribution of the NEOs to the overall success and strategic growth of the Corporation. The philosophy of the Corporation is to pay the management a total compensation amount that is competitive with other Canadian junior resource companies and is consistent with the experience and responsibility level of the management. The purpose of executive compensation is to reward the executives for their contributions to the achievements of the Corporation on both an annual and long-term basis.

The compensation program provides incentives to its NEOs and Board to achieve long term objectives through grants of stock options pursuant to the Plan. Increasing the value of the common shares increases the value of the stock options. This incentive closely links the interests of the NEOs and directors to Shareholders. The allocation of options pursuant to the Plan is determined by the Board which considers such factors as previous grants to individuals, overall corporate performance, share price performance, the role and performance of the individuals and, in the case of grants to non-executive directors, the amount of time directed to the Corporation’s affairs. The Corporation believes that participation by the NEOs in the Plan aligns the interests of the NEOs with the Shareholders, as the NEOs are rewarded for the Corporation’s performance as evidenced by share price appreciation.

The Board has not considered the implications of the risks associated with the Corporation’s compensation policies and practices. Neither a NEO nor a director are permitted to purchase financial instruments, including prepaid variable forward contracts, equity swaps, collars, or units of exchange funds, that are designed to hedge or offset a decrease in market value of equity securities granted as compensation or held, directly or indirectly, by the NEO or director.

During the year-ended December 31, 2020, the Corporation had a written agreement with Mr. Pendura for his consulting services which include, as CEO, providing leadership and vision to manage the Corporation in the best interests of the Shareholders; serving as external spokesman; providing strategic planning; and risk management in additional to other appropriate duties and responsibilities assigned by the Board. Pursuant to such agreement, Mr. Pendura was paid an annual base fee plus a bonus payment, in the aggregate of $264,475 for the year ended December 31, 2020.

Option-based Awards

No Stock Options were granted to directors and executive officers during the financial year ended December 31, 2020.

The allocation of the number of options granted among the directors and officers of the Corporation is determined by the entire Board of Directors. See “Incentive Plan Awards” below and “DIRECTOR COMPENSATION - Incentive Plan Awards” below.

Compensation Governance

The Board has not appointed a Compensation Committee. The Board is responsible for matters related to human resources and compensation, including equity compensation, and the establishment of a plan of continuity and development for senior management of the Corporation. The Board reviews and approves all new executive employment, consulting, retirement and severance agreements and arrangements proposed for the Corporation’s executives and evaluates existing agreements with the Corporation’s executives.

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Summary Compensation Table

The following table sets forth all compensation paid, payable, awarded, granted, given, or otherwise provided, directly or indirectly to the NEOs during the last completed financial year. The Corporation does not have any share-based award plans, non-equity long-term incentive plans, or any defined benefit or defined contribution pension plans.

Name
and
Principal
Position
Year
Ended
Dec 31
Salary ($) Option-Based
Awards
($)(1) (2)
All Other
Compensation
($)
Total
Compensation
($)
Greg Pendura,CEO 2020
2019
2018
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
$72,800
$124,000
$267,485(3)
$228,219(3)
$218,119(3)
$267,485
$301,019
$342,119
Don Weatherbee,CFO 2020
2019
2018
$123,915
$108,213
$103,500
Nil
$27,300
$46,500
$3,333
$3,637
$3,631
$127,248
$139,150
$153,631
Gavin Watkins, CTO
(resigned effective Sep 14,
2020)
2020
2019
2018
$122,439
$157,290
$150,500
Nil
$27,300
$38,750
$2,534
$3,674
$3,631
$124,973
$188,264
$192,881

Notes:

(1) “ Option-Based Award ” means an award under an equity incentive plan of options, including, for greater certainty, share options, share appreciation rights and similar instruments that have option-like features.

(2) The “grant date fair value” has been determined by using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. See discussion below. (3) Compensation was paid pursuant to consulting agreements with Mr. Pendura

Narrative Discussion

Calculating the value of stock options using the Black-Scholes option pricing model is very different from a simple “in-the-money” value calculation. In fact, stock options that are well out-of-the-money can still have a significant “grant date fair value” based on a Black-Scholes option pricing model, especially where, as in the case of the Corporation, the price of the share underlying the option is highly volatile. Accordingly, caution must be exercised in comparing grant date fair value amounts with cash compensation or an in-the-money option value calculation.

Incentive Plan Awards

Outstanding Share-Based Awards and Option-Based Awards

The following table sets forth details of all option-based awards outstanding for each NEO as of December 31, 2020 . The Corporation does not have any share-based award plans for its NEOs

Option-Based Awards
Name Number of Securities
Underlying
Unexercised Options³
Option
Exercise
Price
Option Expiration
Date
Value of Unexercised
in-the-money Option1,
2
Greg Pendura 800,000
800,000
800,000
$0.07
$0.175
$0.105
November 7, 2022
September 18, 2023
September 25, 2024
Nil
Nil
Nil
Don Weatherbee 200,000
300,000
300,000
300,000
$0.06
$0.07
$0.175
$0.105
November 28, 2021
November 7, 2022
September 18, 2023
September 25, 2024
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil

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Option-Based Awards
Name Number of Securities
Underlying
Unexercised Options³
Option
Exercise
Price
Option Expiration
Date
Value of Unexercised
in-the-money Option1,
2
Gavin Watkins 200,000
275,000
250,000
300,000
$0.06
$0.07
$0.175
$0.105
November 28, 2021
November 7, 2022
September 18, 2023
September 25, 2024
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil

1Unexercised “in-the-money” options refer to the options in respect of which the market value of the underlying securities as at the financial year end exceeds the exercise or base price of the option.

2As at December 31, 2020, the market value of the common shares on the TSX Venture Exchange was $0.06.

³Mineworx completed the Consolidation on March 23, 2021. The unexercised options listed above are the amounts as at December 31, 2020 and therefore are the pre-Consolidation amounts.

Incentive Plan Awards - Value Vested or Earned During the Year

The following table sets forth the value of option-based awards which vested or were earned during the most recently completed financial year for each NEO. The Corporation does not have any share-based award plans for its NEOs.

r its NEOs.
Name Option-Based Awards - Value vested
during the year¹
Greg Pendura Nil
Don Weatherbee Nil
Gavin Watkins Nil

1Based on the difference between the market price of the options at the vesting date and the exercise price of $0. No stock options were granted in 2020.

Narrative Discussion

The Corporation’s only long-term incentive plan is the Plan pursuant to which the Board may, at their discretion, grant options to participants. The purpose of the Plan is to provide compensation opportunities to participants which align their interests with those of Shareholders and which assist in attracting and retaining individuals of exceptional ability. Significant terms of the Plan are: (i) options may be granted in such numbers and with such vesting provisions as the Board may determine; (ii) the Board would fix the exercise price at which common shares may be acquired upon the exercise of such option provided that such exercise price shall not be less than Exchange policy allows; (iii) options may be granted for a maximum term of ten years; (iv) options are not transferable or assignable; (v) the maximum number of common shares reserved for issue under the Plan shall not exceed 20% of the issued and outstanding common shares; (vi) the maximum number of common shares reserved for issue to any one person shall not exceed 5% of the outstanding common shares as at the date of the grant.

Pension Plan Benefits

The Corporation does not have any deferred compensation plan or pension plan that provides for payments or benefits at, following or in connection with retirement.

Termination and Change of Control Benefits

The Corporation is not a party to any contract, agreement, plan or arrangement that provides for payments to a NEO at, following or in connection with any termination (whether voluntary, involuntary or constructive), resignation, retirement, a change in control of the Corporation, its subsidiaries or affiliates or a change in a NEOs responsibilities, except for the consulting contract for Mr. Pendura. The contract states the consultant would be entitled to his base fee not yet paid up to the termination date plus a retiring allowance calculated as: one-quarter of the current annual base fee, plus an additional one-sixth of the current annual base fee for each full year that the Consultant has been retained by the Corporation

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(with a start date of September 20, 2010 for Mr. Pendura) up to maximum retiring allowance in the amount of two times the current annual base fee.

Director Compensation

During the most recently completed financial year, the Corporation did not pay any cash compensation to any of the directors for services rendered in their capacity as directors, in addition to reimbursement of reasonable expenses.

Director Compensation Table

The following table sets forth all compensation paid, payable, awarded, granted, given, or otherwise provided, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation to directors for the most recently completed financial year, excluding NEOs whose compensation has been previously disclosed in this Circular. The Corporation does not have share-based award plans, non-equity incentive plans or pension plans for its directors.

Name Fees Earned Option-Based
Awards
All Other
Compensation
Total
Akiva Borenstein Nil Nil Nil Nil
Darcy Thiele Nil Nil Nil Nil
Rick Purdy Nil Nil $52,930 $52,930
A.J. Pienaar Nil Nil Nil Nil

1All options are granted pursuant to the stock option plan. Option-based award amounts are non-cash amounts and are the fair value estimates of options granted during the year, calculated using the Black-Scholes pricing model, whereby the fair value of stock options is determined on the grant date and recorded as compensation expense over the period that the stock options vest. The Black-Scholes model is an industry accepted valuation method.

Incentive Plan Awards

Outstanding Share-Based Awards and Option-Based Awards

The following table sets forth for each director, other than NEOs, all option-based awards outstanding as at December 31, 2020. The Corporation does not have any share-based award plans.

Option-Based Awards Option-Based Awards
Name Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options³
Option
Exercise
Price
Option Expiration
Date
Value of
Unexercised in-the-
money Option¹ ²
Akiva Borenstein 300,000
300,000
300,000
300,000
$0.06
$0.07
$0.175
$0.105
November 28, 2021
November 7, 2022
September 18, 2023
September 25, 2024
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Darcy Thiele 350,000
300,000
300,000
300,000
$0.06
$0.07
$0.175
$0.105
November 28, 2021
November 7, 2022
September 18, 2023
September 25, 2024
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Rick Purdy 350,000
350,000
300,000
400,000
$0.06
$0.07
$0.175
$0.105
November 28, 2021
November 7, 2022
September 18, 2023
September 25,2024
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil

1Unexercised “in-the-money” options refer to the options in respect of which the market value of the underlying securities as at the financial year end exceeds the exercise or base price of the option.

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2As at December 31, 2020, the market value of the common shares on the TSX Venture Exchange was $0.06. ³ Mineworx completed the Consolidation on March 23, 2021. The unexercised options listed above are the amounts as at December 31, 2020 and therefore are the pre-Consolidation amounts.

Incentive Plan Awards - Value Vested or Earned During the Year

The following table sets forth for each director, other than a NEO, the value vested or earned on all option-based awards during the financial year ending December 31, 2020. The Corporation does not have non-equity incentive plans or share based award plans for Directors.

Name Option-Based Awards - Value vested during the
year
Akiva Borenstein Nil
Darcy Thiele Nil
Rick Purdy Nil
A.J. Pienaar Nil

1Based on the difference between the market price of the options at the vesting dates and the exercise price of $0. No Stock Options were granted in 2020.

Other Compensation

Other than as set forth herein, the Corporation did not pay any other compensation to executive officers or directors (including personal benefits and securities or properties paid or distributed which compensation was not offered on the same terms to all full-time employees) during the last completed financial year other than benefits and perquisites which did not amount to $10,000 or greater per individual.

SECURITIES AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE UNDER EQUITY COMPENSATION PLANS

The following table sets forth securities of the Corporation that are authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans as at the end of the Corporation’s most recently completed financial year.

Plan Category Number of securities to
be issued upon exercise
of outstanding options
Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding options
Number of securities
remaining available for
future issuance under
equity compensation plans
Equity compensation plans
approved by
securityholders
11,370,000 $0.1061 17,629,209
Equity compensation plans
not approved by
securityholders
Nil Nil Nil
Total 11,370,000 $0.1061 17,629,209

NOTE: Mineworx completed the Consolidation on March 23, 2021. The outstanding options listed above are the amounts as at December 31, 2020 and therefore are the pre-Consolidation amounts.

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DISCLOSURE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES

Corporate governance relates to the activities of the directors who are elected by and are accountable to the Shareholders and takes into account the role of management who are appointed by the Board and who are charged with the day to day management of the Corporation. The Board is committed to sound corporate governance practices which are in the interest of its shareholders and contribute to effective and efficient decision making.

Board of Directors

The Board is currently comprised of five directors, all of whom are nominated for re-election at the Meeting, other than Mr. Granatier and Mr. Sparrow, who are nominated for election at the Meeting, as they were appointed as directors following the last annual shareholders meeting. Messrs. Thiele, Purdy, Granatier and Sparrow are independent directors. Mr. Pendura, Chief Executive Officer, is a member of management and, as a result, is not an independent director.

An “independent” director is a director who has no direct or indirect material relationship with the Corporation. A material relationship is a relationship which could, in the view of the Board, reasonably interfere with the exercise of a director’s independent judgment. As disclosed above, the Board is comprised of a majority of independent directors. The Board facilitates independent supervision of management through meetings of the Board and through frequent informal discussions among independent members of the Board and management. In addition, the directors have access to the external auditors, legal counsel and to any of the Corporation’s officers.

Directorships

Mr. Curtis Sparrow is Chairman of the Board of BioNeutra Global Corporation and a Director of Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc.

Orientation and Continuing Education

Each new director is given an outline of the Corporation’s business, its corporate strategy and any current issues before the Board and copies of the Corporation’s governance policies. New directors meet with management to discuss and better understand the Corporation’s business and are advised by counsel to the Corporation of their legal obligations as directors. The introduction and education process is reviewed and revised as necessary.

Ethical Business Conduct

The Board has adopted a written code of business conduct and ethics, which was filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com on December 12, 2007.

The Board has established a Whistleblower Policy, which establishes the complaint procedure for concerns about any aspect of the Corporation’s activities and operations. These policies assist in maintaining the ethical business conduct of the officers and directors.

The Board has found that the fiduciary duties placed on individual directors by governing corporate legislation and the common law have been sufficient to ensure that the Board operates independently of management and in the best interests of the Corporation.

Under corporate legislation, a director is required to act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Corporation and exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances. In addition, directors must comply with the conflict of interest provisions of the Business Corporations Act (Alberta), as well as the relevant securities regulatory instruments, in order to ensure that directors exercise independent judgment in considering transactions

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and agreements in respect of which a director or officer has a material interest. Any interested director would be required to declare the nature and extent of his interest and would not be entitled to vote at meetings of directors which evoke such a conflict.

Nomination of Directors

The Board establishes criteria for board membership, reviews candidates’ qualifications and any potential conflicts of interest. The Board employs prescribed criteria in its selection of new candidates, which criteria include:

  • independence and judgment - the directors should have a substantial degree of independence from management. Board independence depends not only on directors' individual relationships (personal, employment or a business) but also on the Board's overall attitude towards management; and

  • relevant experience in business and industry - the directors should be possessed of relevant experience in business and industry, government, education and other areas which are beneficial to the Corporation. Directors with such backgrounds can provide a useful perspective on significant risks and competitive advantages.

Compensation

The Board is responsible for determining the compensation of the directors and executive officers. The Board uses market data for comparable industry sectors in order to set compensation levels. See “EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION - Compensation Governance” above.

Other Board Committees

The Corporation has no standing committees at this time other than the Audit Committee.

Assessments

The Board has not implemented a formal process for assessing its effectiveness or the effectiveness of individual members or committees. Due to the Corporation's size, its stage of development and the limited number of directors, the Board considers a formal assessment process to be unnecessary at this time. The Board continues to evaluate its own effectiveness on an ad hoc basis.

INDEBTEDNESS OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

No director, executive officer, employee or former director, executive officer or employee of the Corporation nor any of their associates or affiliates, is, or has been at any time since the beginning of the last completed financial year, indebted to the Corporation nor has any of these persons been indebted to any other entity where such indebtedness is the subject of a guarantee, support agreement, letter of credit or similar arrangement or understanding, provided by the Corporation.

INTERESTS OF INFORMED PERSONS IN MATERIAL TRANSACTIONS

The Corporation is not aware of any material interest, direct or indirect, by way of beneficial ownership of securities or otherwise, of any director or executive officer, or proposed nominee for election as a director or any associate or affiliate of any of the foregoing, in any transaction since the commencement of the Corporation’s most recently completed financial year or in any proposed transaction which has or would materially affect the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries.

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MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS

During the most recently completed financial year, no management functions of the Corporation were to any substantial degree performed by a person or company other than the directors or executive officers (or private companies controlled by them, either directly or indirectly) of the Corporation.

INTERESTS OF CERTAIN PERSONS IN MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON

Except as otherwise set out herein, no director or executive officer of the Corporation or any proposed nominee of management of the Corporation for election as a director of the Corporation, 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, in matters to be acted upon at the Meeting.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Additional information relating to the Corporation is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Financial information of the most recently completed financial year is provided in the comparative financial statements and management discussion and analysis available on SEDAR. A shareholder may contact the Corporation at 101 Lafleur Drive, St. Albert, AB T8N 7M8 or by fax (250) 247-7393 to obtain a copy of the most recent financial statements and management discussion and analysis.

BOARD APPROVAL

The contents and the sending of this Circular have been approved by the Board.

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EXHIBIT 1

2021 AMENDED STOCK OPTION PLAN

1. Purpose

The purpose of the Stock Option Plan (the “ Plan ”) of Mineworx Technologies Ltd. , a corporation incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (Alberta) (the “ Corporation ”) is to advance the interests of the Corporation by encouraging the directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Corporation, and of its subsidiaries and affiliates, if any, to acquire common shares in the share capital of the Corporation (the “ Shares ”), thereby increasing their proprietary interest in the Corporation, encouraging them to remain associated with the Corporation and furnishing them with additional incentive in their efforts on behalf of the Corporation in the conduct of its affairs.

2. Administration

The Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or by a special committee of the directors appointed from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Corporation pursuant to rules of procedure fixed by the Board of Directors (such committee or, if no such committee is appointed, the Board of Directors of the Corporation, is hereinafter referred to as the “ Board ”). A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum, and the acts of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present, or acts unanimously approved in writing, shall be the acts of the directors.

Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board shall have authority to construe and interpret the Plan and all option agreements entered into thereunder, to define the terms used in the Plan and in all option agreements entered into thereunder, to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan. All determinations and interpretations made by the Board shall be binding and conclusive on all participants in the Plan and on their legal personal representatives and beneficiaries.

Each option granted hereunder may be evidenced by an agreement in writing, signed on behalf of the Corporation and by the optionee, in such form as the Board shall approve. Each such agreement shall recite that it is subject to the provisions of this Plan.

Each option granted by the Corporation prior to the date of the approval of the Plan by the shareholders of the Corporation, including options granted under previously approved stock option plans of the Corporation, be and are continued under and shall be subject to the terms of the Plan after the Plan has been approved by the shareholders of the Corporation.

3. Stock Exchange Rules

All options granted pursuant to this Plan shall be subject to rules and policies of any stock exchange or exchanges on which the common shares of the Corporation are then listed and any other regulatory body having jurisdiction hereinafter (hereinafter collectively referred to as, the “ Exchange ”).

4. Shares Subject to Plan

Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15 hereof, the Shares to be offered under the Plan shall consist of common shares of the Corporation's authorized but unissued common shares. The aggregate number of Shares issuable upon the exercise of all options granted under the Plan shall not exceed 10% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Corporation from time to time. If any option granted hereunder shall expire or terminate for any reason in accordance with the terms of the Plan without being exercised, the unpurchased Shares subject thereto shall again be available for the purpose of this Plan.

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5. Maintenance of Sufficient Capital

The Corporation shall at all times during the term of the Plan reserve and keep available such numbers of Shares as will be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.

6. Eligibility and Participation

Directors, officers, consultants, and employees of the Corporation or its subsidiaries, and employees of a person or company which provides management services to the Corporation or its subsidiaries (“ Management Company Employees ”) shall be eligible for selection to participate in the Plan (such persons hereinafter collectively referred to as “ Participants ”). Subject to compliance with applicable requirements of the Exchange, Participants may elect to hold options granted to them in an incorporated entity wholly owned by them and such entity shall be bound by the Plan in the same manner as if the options were held by the Participant.

Subject to the terms hereof, the Board shall determine to whom options shall be granted, the terms and provisions of the respective option agreements, the time or times at which such options shall be granted and vested, and the number of Shares to be subject to each option. In the case of employees or consultants of the Corporation or Management Company Employees, the option agreements to which they are party must contain a representation of the Corporation that such employee, consultant or Management Company Employee, as the case may be, is a bona fide employee, consultant or Management Company Employee of the Corporation or its subsidiaries.

A Participant who has been granted an option may, if such Participant is otherwise eligible, and if permitted under the policies of the Exchange, be granted an additional option or options if the Board shall so determine.

7. Exercise Price

  • (a) The exercise price of the Shares subject to each option shall be determined by the Board, subject to applicable Exchange approval, at the time any option is granted. In no event shall such exercise price be lower than the exercise price permitted by the Exchange.

  • (b) Once the exercise price has been determined by the Board, accepted by the Exchange and the option has been granted, the exercise price of an option may be reduced upon receipt of Board approval, provided that in the case of options held by insiders of the Corporation (as defined in the policies of the Exchange), the exercise price of an option may be reduced only if disinterested shareholder approval is obtained.

8.

Number of Optioned Shares

  • (a) The number of Shares subject to an option granted to any one Participant shall be determined by the Board, but no one Participant shall be granted an option which exceeds the maximum number permitted by the Exchange.

  • (b) No single Participant may be granted options to purchase a number of Shares equalling more than 5% of the issued common shares of the Corporation in any one twelve-month period unless the Corporation has obtained disinterested shareholder approval in respect of such grant and meets applicable Exchange requirements.

  • (c) Options shall not be granted if the exercise thereof would result in the issuance of more than 2% of the issued common shares of the Corporation in any twelve-month period to any one consultant of the Corporation (or any of its subsidiaries).

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  • (d) Options shall not be granted if the exercise thereof would result in the issuance of more than 2% of the issued common shares of the Corporation in any twelve month period to persons employed to provide investor relations activities. Options granted to Consultants performing investor relations activities will contain vesting provisions such that vesting occurs over at least 12 months with no more than ¼ of the options vesting in any 3 month period.

9. Duration of Option

Each option and all rights thereunder shall be expressed to expire on the date set out in the option agreement and shall be subject to earlier termination as provided in Sections 11 and 12, provided that in no circumstances shall the duration of an option exceed the maximum term permitted by the Exchange. For greater certainty, if the Corporation is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange Inc. (“ TSX Venture ”), the maximum term may not exceed 10 years.

Should the expiry date of an Option fall within a Black Out Period or within nine business days following the expiration of a Black Out Period, such expiry date of the Option shall be automatically extended without any further act or formality to that date which is the tenth business day after the end of the Black Out Period, such tenth business day to be considered the expiry date for such Option for all purposes under the Plan. The ten business day period referred to in this paragraph may not be extended by the Board.

“Black Out Period” means the period during which the relevant Participant is prohibited from exercising an Option due to trading restrictions imposed by the Corporation pursuant to any policy of the Corporation respecting restrictions on trading that is in effect at that time.

10. Option Period, Consideration and Payment

  • (a) The option period shall be a period of time fixed by the Board not to exceed the maximum term permitted by the Exchange, provided that the option period shall be reduced with respect to any option as provided in Sections 11 and 12 covering cessation as a director, officer, consultant, employee or Management Company Employee of the Corporation or its subsidiaries, or death of the Participant.

  • (b) Subject to any vesting restrictions imposed by the Exchange, the Board may, in its sole discretion, determine the time during which options shall vest and the method of vesting, or that no vesting restriction shall exist.

  • (c) Subject to any vesting restrictions imposed by the Board, options may be exercised in whole or in part at any time and from time to time during the option period. To the extent required by the Exchange, no options may be exercised under this Plan until this Plan has been approved by a resolution duly passed by the shareholders of the Corporation.

  • (d) Except as set forth in Sections 11 and 12, no option may be exercised unless the Participant is at the time of such exercise a director, officer, consultant, or employee of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, or a Management Company Employee of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries.

  • (e) The exercise of any option will be contingent upon receipt by the Corporation at its head office of a written notice of exercise, specifying the number of Shares with respect to which the option is being exercised, accompanied by cash payment, certified cheque or bank draft for the full purchase price of such Shares with respect to which the option is exercised. No Participant or his legal representatives, legatees or distributees will be, or will be deemed to be, a holder of any common shares of the Corporation unless and until

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the certificates for Shares issuable pursuant to options under the Plan are issued to him or them under the terms of the Plan.

11. Ceasing To Be a Director, Officer, Consultant or Employee

Subject to Section 12, if a Participant shall cease to be a director, officer, consultant, employee of the Corporation, or its subsidiaries, or ceases to be a Management Company Employee, for any reason (other than death), such Participant may exercise his option to the extent that the Participant was entitled to exercise it at the date of such cessation, provided that such exercise must occur within 90 days after the Participant ceases to be a director, officer, consultant, employee or a Management Company Employee, subject to extension at the discretion of the Board, unless such Participant was engaged in investor relations activities, in which case such exercise must occur within 30 days after the cessation of the Participant's services to the Corporation, subject to extension at the discretion of the Board.

Nothing contained in the Plan, nor in any option granted pursuant to the Plan, shall as such confer upon any Participant any right with respect to continuance as a director, officer, consultant, employee or Management Company Employee of the Corporation or of any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.

12. Death of Participant

Notwithstanding Section 11, in the event of the death of a Participant, the option previously granted to him shall be exercisable only within the one (1) year after such death and then only:

  • (a) by the person or persons to whom the Participant's rights under the option shall pass by the Participant's will or the laws of descent and distribution; and

  • (b) if and to the extent that such Participant was entitled to exercise the Option at the date of his death.

13. Rights of Optionee

No person entitled to exercise any option granted under the Plan shall have any of the rights or privileges of a shareholder of the Corporation in respect of any Shares issuable upon exercise of such option until certificates representing such Shares shall have been issued and delivered.

14. Proceeds from Sale of Shares

The proceeds from the sale of Shares issued upon the exercise of options shall be added to the general funds of the Corporation and shall thereafter be used from time to time for such corporate purposes as the Board may determine.

15. Adjustments

If the outstanding common shares of the Corporation are increased, decreased, changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or securities of the Corporation or another corporation or entity through re-organization, merger, re-capitalization, re-classification, stock dividend, subdivision or consolidation, or any adjustment relating to the Shares optioned or issued on exercise of options, or the exercise price per share as set forth in the respective stock option agreements, shall be adjusted in accordance to the terms of such agreements.

Adjustments under this Section shall be made by the Board whose determination as to what adjustments shall be made, and the extent thereof, shall be final, binding and conclusive. No fractional Share shall be required to be issued under the Plan on any such adjustment.

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16. Transferability

All benefits, rights and options accruing to any Participant in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan shall not be transferable or assignable unless specifically provided herein or the extent, if any, permitted by the Exchange. During the lifetime of a Participant any benefits, rights and options may only be exercised by the Participant.

17. Withholding Taxes

The Corporation shall have the authority to take steps for the deduction and withholding, or for the advance payment or reimbursement by the Optionee to the Corporation, of any taxes or other required source deductions which the Corporation is required by law or regulation of any governmental authority whatsoever to remit in connection with this Plan, or any issuance of Optioned Shares. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Corporation may, in its sole discretion:

  • (a) deduct and withhold additional amounts from other amounts payable to an Optionee;

  • (b) require, as a condition of the issuance of Optioned Shares to an Optionee that the Optionee make a cash payment to the Corporation equal to the amount, in the Corporation’s opinion, required to be withheld and remitted by the Corporation for the account of the Optionee to the appropriate governmental authority and the Corporation, in its discretion, may withhold the issuance or delivery of Optioned Shares until the Optionee makes such payment; or

  • (c) sell, on behalf of the Optionee, all or any portion of Optioned Shares otherwise deliverable to the Optionee until the net proceeds of sale equal or exceed the amount which, in the Corporation’s opinion, would satisfy any and all withholding taxes and other source deductions for the account of the Optionee.

18. Amendment and Termination of Plan

Subject to applicable approval of the Exchange, the Board may, at any time, suspend or terminate the Plan. Subject to applicable approval of the Exchange, the Board may also at any time amend or revise the terms of the Plan; provided that no such amendment or revision shall result in a material adverse change to the terms of any options theretofore granted under the Plan, unless shareholder approval, or disinterested shareholder approval, as the case may be, is obtained for such amendment or revision.

19. Necessary Approvals

The ability of a Participant to exercise options and the obligation of the Corporation to issue and deliver Shares in accordance with the Plan is subject to any approvals which may be required from shareholders of the Corporation and any regulatory authority or stock exchange having jurisdiction over the securities of the Corporation. If any Shares cannot be issued to any Participant for whatever reason, the obligation of the Corporation to issue such Shares shall terminate and any option exercise price paid to the Corporation will be returned to the Participant.

20. Effective Date of Plan

The Plan has been adopted by the Board of the Corporation subject to the approval of the Exchange and, if so approved, subject to the discretion of the Board, the Plan shall become effective upon such approvals being obtained.

21. Interpretation

The Plan will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Alberta.

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