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Rusoro Mining Ltd. Remuneration Information 2020

May 27, 2020

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RUSORO MINING LTD.

(the “Company”)

FORM 51-102F6 STATEMENT OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

(for the year ended December 31, 2019)

For the purpose of this Statement of Executive Compensation:

“CEO” means an individual who acted as chief executive officer of the Company, or acted in a similar capacity, for any part of the most recently completed financial year;

“CFO” means an individual who acted as chief financial officer of the Company, or acted in a similar capacity, for any part of the most recently completed financial year;

“closing market price” means the price at which the Company’s security was last sold, on the applicable date,

  • (a) in the security’s principal marketplace in Canada, or

  • (b) if the security is not listed or quoted on a marketplace in Canada, in the security’s principal marketplace;

“company” includes other types of business organizations such as partnerships, trusts and other unincorporated business entities;

“equity incentive plan” means an incentive plan, or portion of an incentive plan, under which awards are granted and that falls within the scope of IFRS 2 Share-based Payment;

“external management company” includes a subsidiary, affiliate or associate of the external management company;

“grant date” means a date determined for financial statement reporting purposes under IFRS 2 Share-based Payment;

“incentive plan” means any plan providing compensation that depends on achieving certain performance goals or similar conditions within a specified period;

“incentive plan award” means compensation awarded, earned, paid, or payable under an incentive plan;

“NEO” or “Named Executive Officer” means each of the following individuals:

  • (a) a CEO;

  • (b) a CFO;

  • (c) each of the three most highly compensated executive officers, or the three most highly compensated individuals acting in a similar capacity, other than the CEO and CFO, at the end of the most recently completed financial year whose total compensation was, individually, more than $150,000 for that financial year; and

  • (d) each individual who would be an NEO under paragraph (c) but for the fact that the individual was neither an executive officer of the Company, nor acting in a similar capacity, at the end of that financial year;

“non-equity incentive plan” means an incentive plan or portion of an incentive plan that is not an equity incentive plan;

“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;

“plan” includes any plan, contract, authorization, or arrangement, whether or not set out in any formal document, where cash, securities, similar instruments or any other property may be received, whether for one or more persons;

“share-based award” means an award under an equity incentive plan of equity-based instruments that do not have option-like features, including, for greater certainty, common shares, restricted shares, restricted share units, deferred share units, phantom shares, phantom share units, common share equivalent units, and stock.

All dollar amounts referenced herein, unless otherwise indicated, are expressed in United States dollars and Canadian dollars are referred to as “C$”.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Compensation provided to the Company’s NEOs is determined and reviewed by the Company’s Compensation Committee. In establishing executive compensation policies, the Compensation Committee takes into consideration the recommendations of management and, following discussion and review, reports them to the Company’s full Board of Directors for final approval. The members of the Compensation Committee for the financial year ended December 31, 2019 were Gordon Keep (Chair), Abraham Stein and Peter Hediger, each of whom is considered to be “independent” as that term is defined in National Instrument 58-101 “Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices”.

Compensation for the Company’s NEOs consists of:

  • (a) Base Salary;

  • (b) Option Based Awards;

  • (c) Eligibility to Receive Bonuses in the Form of Cash Payments; and

  • (d) Other Benefits.

The compensation being offered by the Company to its NEOs is in sync with the prevailing market conditions. The specific elements of compensation and compensation levels are based on what is required to attract and retain qualified and experienced executives to assist with the success of the Company and are intended to provide executives with appropriate compensation and incentives so as to encourage the further growth and development of the Company.

The Company does not currently have in place a share award program.

The Board of Directors has not conducted a formal evaluation of the implications of the risks associated with the Company’s compensation policies. Risk management is a consideration of the Board of Directors when implementing its compensation policies and the Board of Directors do not believe that the Company’s compensation policies result in unnecessary or inappropriate risk taking including risks that are likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company.

Base Salary

In determining base salary compensation for the NEOs, the Company, in previous years, relied on information provided by executive placement firms to determine compensation paid by companies of similar size engaged in mineral exploration, development and production. Those executive placement firms included CJ Safford & Associates for Presidents, CEOs and COOs, and Hays Specialist Recruitment, Robert Half and Moxon Personnel for CFOs, and other finance positions. Further, salaries of NEOs were compared to salaries paid by junior mining companies at a similar stage of development, as reported by them in their continuous disclosure filings. These other companies included Avion Gold Corp., B2Gold Corporation, Golden Star Resources, Gold Reserve Inc., Guyana Goldfields Inc., Jaguar Mining Inc. and Osisko Mining Corporation. Base salary compensation is also determined based on an assessment of each NEOs’ experience, level of expertise, responsibilities and previous remuneration. Other factors considered include prevailing industry demand for personnel having comparable skills and performing similar duties, the compensation the individual could reasonably expect to receive from a competitor and the Company’s ability to pay. Effective January 1, 2014, the CEO’s annual salary was reduced from $540,000 to $100,000 and subsequently reinstated on September 1, 2017, which is being accrued as noted in the Summary Compensation Table section below.

The reduction was in recognition of the Company’s limited cash resources and a decrease in the amount of time required to be devoted to the affairs of the Company following the nationalization by the Venezuelan government of the Company’s gold mining assets in Venezuela. The reinstatement was due to the amount of time required in pursuing the enforcement and collection of the Award.

Option Based Awards

The Company has in effect a stock option plan (the “Option Plan”) in order to provide effective incentives to directors, officers and senior management personnel and consultants of the Company and to enable the Company to attract and retain experienced and qualified individuals in those positions by permitting such individuals to directly participate in an increase in per share value created for the Company’s Shareholders. In determining option grants to the Named Executive Officers, the Compensation Committee together with management takes into consideration factors that include the amount and exercise price of previous option grants, the NEO’s experience, level of expertise and responsibilities, and the contributions of each NEO towards the completion of corporate transactions in any given fiscal year.

Under the Option Plan, the number of common shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the exercise of stock options is equal to 10% of the issued common shares of the Company from time to time. For details of the Option Plan, please refer to the Company’s Information Circular dated October 31, 2019 available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Eligibility to Receive Bonuses in the Form of Cash Payments

The Compensation Committee, together with recommendations from management, awards bonuses based on both individual performance and corporate success at various times throughout the year, up to an aggregate of 100% of a Named Executive Officer’s base salary for the year. The Company does not have any specific milestone criteria for issuing bonuses at this time. There were no bonuses paid to the Company’s NEOs during the year ended December 31, 2019.

Other Benefits

The Company is a party to a trust agreement and a contribution agreement whereby it agreed to pay to a trust established for the Board of Directors and management of the Company a success fee if the Company was successful in its arbitration (the “Arbitration”) against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. On August 22, 2016, the Arbitration Tribunal operating under the Additional Facility Rules of the World Bank’s International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes made an award (the “Award”) to the Company in the Arbitration and, accordingly, the success fee will be equal to 2% of the proceeds received by the Company in respect of the Award. The trustees (the “Trustees”) for the trust are independent directors and members of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. The Trustees are empowered to allocate the success fee amongst the Board of Directors and management of the Company as they deem appropriate. As at the date of this Statement of Executive Compensation, the Company has not received payment of the Award so no funds have yet been paid to the trust and the amount payable can’t be determined as yet.

The Company is also a party to a trust agreement and contribution agreement whereby it has agreed to pay to a trust established for members of management and the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors a success fee upon the completion of a transaction or series of transactions. Refer to “Termination and Change of Control Benefits”.

The other benefits that are provided to the Company’s NEOs are limited to payments consisting of contributions to life insurance, short and long-term disability insurance, health and medical insurance.

Other negotiable terms of compensation, such as payment on termination of employment and change of control, are reviewed and determined on an individual basis and are designed to be competitive overall with equivalent positions in comparable organizations. Details of such terms for the Company’s NEOs are set out below under the heading “Termination and Change of Control Benefits”.

Pension Plan Benefits

No pension, retirement or deferred compensation plans, including defined contribution plans, have been instituted by the Company and none are proposed at this time.

Use of Financial Instruments

The Company does not have a policy that would prohibit a Named Executive Officer or director from purchasing 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 Named Executive Officer or director. However, management is not aware of any Named Executive or director purchasing such an instrument.

SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

In accordance with applicable legislation, the Company had two Named Executive Officers during the financial year ended December 31, 2019, namely Andre Agapov (President and Chief Executive Officer) and Jessica Van Den Akker (Chief Financial Officer).

The following table sets forth particulars of all compensation paid to the Named Executive Officers during the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017:

Name and principal
position
Year Salary
($)
Share-
based
Awards
($)
Option-
based
Awards
($)
Non-equity Incentive
Plan Compensation
($)
Non-equity Incentive
Plan Compensation
($)
Pension
Value
($)
All other
Compen-
sation
($)
Total
Compen-
sation
($)
Annual
Incentive
Plans
Long-term
Incentive
Plans
Andre Agapov
President, Chief
Executive Officer
2019 540,000(1) Nil 185,098(5) Nil Nil Nil Nil 725,098
2018 540,000(2) Nil 221,816(6)(7) Nil Nil Nil Nil 761,816
2017 247,068(3) Nil 289,512(8) Nil Nil Nil Nil 536,580
Jessica Van Den
Akker(4)
Former Chief
Financial Officer
2019 Nil Nil 37,020(5) Nil Nil Nil Nil 37,020
2018 Nil Nil 4,953(7) Nil Nil Nil Nil 4,953
2017 Nil Nil 24,958(8) Nil Nil Nil Nil 24,958
  • (1) All of Mr. Agapov’s 2019 salary was accrued and remains unpaid.

  • (2) $414,167 of Mr. Agapov’s 2018 salary was accrued and remains unpaid.

  • (3) Effective September 1, 2017, Mr. Agapov’s salary was reinstated from $100,000 to $540,000. $147,068 of Mr. Agapov’s 2017 salary was accrued and remains unpaid.

  • (4) Jessica Van Den Akker served as CFO from January 13, 2017 to March 27, 2020.

  • (5) On May 2, 2019, the Company granted 3,000,000 options to Andre Agapov and 600,000 options to Jessica Van Den Akker, both exercisable at a price of C$0.105 per share until May 2, 2029. The methodology used to calculate these amounts was the Black-Scholes model. The Company chose this methodology because it is recognized as the most common methodology used for valuing options and doing value comparisons. The Black-Scholes assumptions used by the Company were: i) annualized volatility: 75%; ii) expected life: 10 years; iii) risk-free interest rate: 1.69%; and iv) dividend yield: 0%; this is consistent with the accounting values used in the Company’s financial statements.

  • (6) On June 27, 2018 the Company granted 3,750,000 options to Andre Agapov exercisable at a price of C$0.075 per share until June 27, 2028. The methodology used to calculate this amount was the Black-Scholes model. The Company chose this methodology because it is recognized as the most common methodology used for valuing options and doing value comparisons. The Black-Scholes assumptions used by the Company were: i) annualized volatility: 75%; ii) expected life: 10 years; iii) riskfree interest rate: 1.60%; and iv) dividend yield: 0%; this is consistent with the accounting values used in the Company’s financial statements.

  • (7) On January 29, 2018, the Company granted 1,000,000 options to Andre Agapov and 100,000 options to Jessica Van Den Akker, both exercisable at a price of C$0.08 per share until January 29, 2028. The methodology used to calculate these amounts was the Black-Scholes model. The Company chose this methodology because it is recognized as the most common methodology used for valuing options and doing value comparisons. The Black-Scholes assumptions used by the Company were: i) annualized volatility: 75%; ii) expected life: 10 years; iii) risk-free interest rate: 1.60%; and iv) dividend yield: 0%; this is consistent with the accounting values used in the Company’s financial statements.

  • (8) On February 3, 2017 the Company granted 2,900,000 options to Andre Agapov and 250,000 options to Jessica Van Den Akker, both exercisable at a price of C$0.17 per share until February 3, 2027. The methodology used to calculate these amounts was the Black-Scholes model. The Company chose this methodology because it is recognized as the most common methodology used for valuing options and doing value comparisons. The Black-Scholes assumptions used by the Company were: i) annualized volatility: 75%; ii) expected life: 10 years; iii) risk-free interest rate: 1.13%; and iv) dividend yield: 0%; this is consistent with the accounting values used in the Company’s financial statements.

INCENTIVE PLAN AWARDS

Outstanding Share-Based Awards and Option-Based Awards

The following table sets forth particulars of all outstanding share-based and option-based awards granted to the Named Executive Officers and which were outstanding at December 31, 2019:

Option-based Awards Option-based Awards Share-based Awards(2) Share-based Awards(2) Share-based Awards(2)
Name Number of
securities
underlying
unexercised
options
(#)
Option
exercise
price
($)
Option
expiration date
Value of
unexercised in-
the-money
options
($)(1)
Number of
shares or
units of
shares that
have not
vested
(#)
Market or
payout value
of share-
based
awards that
have not
vested
($)
Market or
payout value
of vested
share-based
awards not
paid out or
distributed
($)
Andre
Agapov
1,550,000
3,000,000
2,900,000
1,000,000
3,750,000
3,000,000
C$0.20
C$0.05
C$0.17
C$0.08
C$0.075
C$0.105
Sept 1, 2020
Sept 9, 2023
Feb 3, 2027
Jan 29, 2028
June 27, 2028
May 2, 2029
Nil
C$30,000
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
N/A N/A N/A
Jessica Van
Den Akker
250,000
100,000
600,000
C$0.17
C$0.08
C$0.105
Feb 3, 2027
Jan 29, 2028
May 2, 2029
Nil
Nil
Nil
N/A N/A N/A

(1) Based on the difference between the exercise price of the options and the closing price of the Company’s common shares on the TSX Venture Exchange on December 31, 2019 of C$0.06.

(2) The Company has not granted any share-based awards.

Incentive Plan Awards – Value Vested or Earned During the Year

No incentive plan awards that were previously granted to Named Executive Officers vested during the year ended December 31, 2019.

3,600,000 stock options were granted to Named Executive Officers during the year ended December 31, 2019, however, because the exercise price of these options was equal to or greater than the market price of the Common Shares on the date of vesting, the value vested or earned was nil.

Narrative Discussion

The only plan based award program that the Company currently operates with is its Option Plan. The Company’s current Option Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors on October 27, 2016 and re-approved by the shareholders of the Company at the previous annual general meeting of the Shareholders held on December 10, 2019. The purpose of the Option Plan is to advance the interests of the Company, through the grant of options, by (1) providing an incentive mechanism to foster the interest of directors, officers, employees and consultants in the success of the Company; (2) encouraging directors, officers, employees and consultants to remain with the Company; and (3) attracting new directors, officers, employees and consultants.

The Option Plan is administered by the Board or the Compensation Committee established by the Board for the purpose of administering the Option Plan. At the present time, option grants are approved by either the Board or the Compensation Committee. It is the responsibility of the granting party to determine:

  • (a) persons entitled to receive the option grant;

  • (b) the number of options to be granted;

  • (c) the exercise price, which shall not be less than market price for the Company’s common shares at the date of grant;

  • (d) an expiry date of no more than ten (10) years after the date of the grant; and

  • (e) the manner, if any, in which the option shall vest and become exercisable.

For details of the Option Plan, please refer to the Company’s Information Circular dated October 31, 2019 available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

TERMINATION AND CHANGE OF CONTROL BENEFITS

The Company has entered into agreements with its NEOs which contain terms relating to duties, salaries, compensation, benefits, termination, change of control and severance. The benefits provided to the Company’s NEOs are standard benefits, as provided to all of its employees, which include life insurance, short and long-term disability insurance, health and medical insurance programs and plans. The following sets out further details for each NEO relating to their agreements with the Company with respect to other terms of their contracts:

Andre Agapov

The Company and Mr. Andre Agapov entered into an agreement whereby Mr. Agapov fulfills the role of Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Pursuant to this agreement, Mr. Agapov is entitled to receive an annual salary in the amount of $540,000 and, at the discretion of the Board or the Board’s Compensation Committee, Mr. Agapov is entitled to receive an annual bonus of up to 100% of his salary. Pursuant to the agreement and subject to a change of control of the Company, Mr. Agapov is entitled to receive one year’s salary and his previously granted options shall vest immediately and shall be exercisable for one (1) year from the date of the change of control. Assuming the agreement was terminated on December 31, 2019, Mr. Agapov would have been entitled to be paid $540,000.

Trust and Contribution Agreements

The Company is party to a trust agreement and a contribution agreement whereby it has agreed to pay to a trust established for members of management and the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, a success fee upon the completion of a transaction or series of transactions. For the purposes of the contribution agreement, a “Transaction” is defined as: (a) any merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, restructuring, leveraged buyout, business combination, or any transaction pursuant to which the Company is acquired by or combined with a third party; or (b) the acquisition by a third party of any assets or operations of the Company, or any outstanding shares of the Company; or (c) a sale or spin-off of any material assets, of 5% or more of the capital stock of any subsidiary of the Company, or any transaction which has the effect of altering the capitalization of the Company. Where a change in control accompanies the Transaction, the success fee will be equal to 1% of the aggregate transaction value as defined in the contribution agreement. If the Transaction involves the acquisition of less than 50% of the voting power of the then outstanding Company’s shares, then the success fee will be equal to 0.5% of the aggregate transaction value. As at the date of this Statement of Executive Compensation none of the Transaction criteria had been met and no funds have been paid to the trust.

DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

During the financial year ended December 31, 2019, the Company had seven directors. One of the directors, namely Andre Agapov is a NEO. Compensation for the NEO has been discussed above.

The following table sets forth particulars of all compensation paid to directors who were not NEOs during the year ended December 31, 2019.

Name Fees
Earned
($)
Share-
based
Awards
($)
Option-based
Awards
($)
Non-equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
Pension
Value
($)
All other
Compensation
($)
Total
($)
Vladimir Agapov 100,000(2)(3) Nil 61,699(5) Nil Nil Nil 161,699
Jay M.
Kaplowitz(1)
50,000(3) Nil 61,699(5) Nil Nil Nil 111,699
Name Fees
Earned
($)
Share-
based
Awards
($)
Option-based
Awards
($)
Non-equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
Pension
Value
($)
All other
Compensation
($)
Total
($)
Gordon Keep(1) 50,000(3) Nil 61,699(5) Nil Nil Nil(4) 111,699
Abraham Stein 30,000(3) Nil 61,699(5) Nil Nil Nil 91,699
Peter Hediger 30,000(3) Nil 61,699(5) Nil Nil Nil 91,699
Dmitry Ushakov 30,000(3) Nil 61,699(5) Nil Nil Nil 91,699
  • (1) Member of the Executive Committee.

  • (2) This amount is paid to Mr. Vladimir Agapov for his services as Chairman of the Board of the Company.

  • (3) All of these amounts has been accrued and remains unpaid.

  • (4) Fiore Management & Advisory Corp. (“FMAC”) received a total of $120,000 in advisory fees during the financial year ended December 31, 2019. Mr. Keep is the largest shareholder of FMAC. On May 2, 2019, the Company granted 350,000 options to FMAC exercisable at a price of C$0.105 per share until May 2, 2029. These options were valued at $21,595 and the methodology used to calculate this amount was the Black-Scholes model. The Company chose this methodology because it is recognized as the most common methodology used for valuing options and doing value comparisons. The Black-Scholes assumptions used by the Company were: i) annualized volatility: 75%; ii) expected life: 10 years; iii) riskfree interest rate: 1.69%; and iv) dividend yield: 0%; this is consistent with the accounting values used in the Company’s financial statements.

  • (5) On May 2, 2019, the Company granted 1,000,000 options to each of Vladimir Agapov, Jay Kaplowitz, Gordon Keep, Abraham Stein, Peter Hediger and Dmitry Ushakov; all exercisable at a price of C$0.105 per share until May 2, 2029. The methodology used to calculate this amount was the Black-Scholes model. The Company chose this methodology because it is recognized as the most common methodology used for valuing options and doing value comparisons. The Black-Scholes assumptions used by the Company were: i) annualized volatility: 75%; ii) expected life: 10 years; iii) riskfree interest rate: 1.69%; and iv) dividend yield: 0%; this is consistent with the accounting values used in the Company’s financial statements.

Narrative Discussion

All directors who are not considered management of the Company receive a director’s fee every quarter in the amount of $7,500. The Company also pays members of its Executive Committee, other than Andre Agapov, a fee of $5,000 per quarter. Stock options are granted to the directors of the Company as an incentive and appreciation for their time and efforts provided to the Company.

Outstanding Share-Based Awards and Option-Based Awards

The following table sets forth particulars of all outstanding share-based and option-based awards granted to the directors who were not NEOs and which were outstanding at December 31, 2019:

Option-Based Awards Option-Based Awards Option-Based Awards Share-Based Awards(2) Share-Based Awards(2) Share-Based Awards(2)
Name Number of
Securities
underlying
unexercised
options
(#)
Option
exercise
price
($)
Option
expiration
date
Value of
unexercised
in-the-money-
options
($)(1)
Number of
share or units
of shares that
have not
vested
(#)
Market or
payout value
of share-based
awards that
have not
vested
($)
Market or
payout value
of vested
share-based
awards not
paid out or
distributed
($)
Vladimir Agapov 160,0000
1,300,000
400,000
2,955,000
1,000,000
C$0.20
C$0.17
C$0.08
C$0.075
C$0.105
Sept 1, 2020
Feb 3, 2027
Jan 29, 2028
June 27, 2028
May 2, 2029
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil N/A N/A
Option-Based Awards Option-Based Awards Option-Based Awards Share-Based Awards(2) Share-Based Awards(2) Share-Based Awards(2)
Name Number of
Securities
underlying
unexercised
options
(#)
Option
exercise
price
($)
Option
expiration
date
Value of
unexercised
in-the-money-
options
($)(1)
Number of
share or units
of shares that
have not
vested
(#)
Market or
payout value
of share-based
awards that
have not
vested
($)
Market or
payout value
of vested
share-based
awards not
paid out or
distributed
($)
Jay M.
Kaplowitz
550,000
1,200,000
1,600,000
500,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
C$0.20
C$0.05
C$0.17
C$0.08
C$0.075
C$0.105
Sept 1, 2020
Sept 9, 2023
Feb 3, 2027
Jan 29, 2028
June 27, 2028
May 2, 2029
Nil
C$12,000
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil Nil Nil
Gordon Keep 550,000
1,200,000
1,600,000
500,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
C$0.20
C$0.05
C$0.17
C$0.08
C$0.075
C$0.105
Sept 1, 2020
Sept 9, 2023
Feb 3, 2027
Jan 29, 2028
June 27, 2028
May 2, 2029
Nil
C$12,000
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil Nil Nil
Abraham Stein 160,000
800,000
1,300,000
400,000
625,000
1,000,000
C$0.20
C$0.05
C$0.17
C$0.08
C$0.075
C$0.105
Sept 1, 2020
Sept 9, 2023
Feb 3, 2027
Jan 29, 2028
June 27, 2028
May 2, 2029
Nil
C$8,000
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil Nil Nil
Peter Hediger 160,000
800,000
1,300,000
400,000
625,000
1,000,000
C$0.20
C$0.05
C$0.17
C$0.08
C$0.075
C$0.105
Sept 1, 2020
Sept 9, 2023
Feb 3, 2027
Jan 29, 2028
June 27, 2028
May 2, 2029
Nil
C$8,000
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil Nil Nil
Dmitry Ushakov 160,000
700,000
1,300,000
400,000
625,000
1,000,000
C$0.20
C$0.05
C$0.17
C$0.08
C$0.075
C$0.105
Sept 1, 2020
Sept 9, 2023
Feb 3, 2027
Jan 29, 2028
June 27, 2028
May 2, 2029
Nil
C$7,000
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil
Nil Nil Nil

(1) Based on the difference between the exercise price of the options and the closing price of the Company’s common shares on the TSX Venture Exchange on December 31, 2019 of C$0.06.

(2) The Company has not granted any share-based awards.

Incentive Plan Awards – Value Vested or Earned During the Year

No incentive plan awards that were previously granted to directors who were not NEOs vested during the year ended December 31, 2019.

6,000,000 stock options were granted to directors who were not NEOs during the year ended December 31, 2019, however, because the exercise price of these options was equal to or greater than the market price of the Common Shares on the date of vesting, the value vested or earned was nil.