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Seahawk Ventures Inc. — Management Reports 2021
Sep 15, 2021
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SEAHAWK GOLD CORP. (Formerly Seahawk Ventures Inc.) Management Discussion and Analysis For the Year Ended May 31, 2021
This discussion and analysis of financial position and results of operations (“MD&A”) is prepared as at September 15, 2021 and should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements for the years ended May 31, 2021 and 2020 of Seahawk Gold Corp. (Formerly Seahawk Ventures Inc.) (the “Company”) with the related notes thereto. Those financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) and Interpretations issued by the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (“IFRIC”). All dollar amounts included therein and in the following MD&A are expressed in Canadian dollars except where noted. Additional information on the Company is available for viewing on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Such information, although considered to be reasonable by the Company’s management at the time of preparation, may prove to be inaccurate and actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in the statements made.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain information included in this discussion may constitute forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or the Company’s future performance, business prospects or opportunities. All statements other than statements of historical fact may be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as "seek", "anticipate", "plan", "continue", "estimate", "expect", "may", "will", "project", "predict", "potential", "targeting", "intend", "could", "might", "should", "believe" and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual events or results to differ from those reflected in the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, risks and uncertainties relating to internet and social media industry (see section “Business Risks” herein) Forward-looking information is in addition based on various assumptions including, without limitation, the expectations and beliefs of management, that the Company can access financing, appropriate equipment and sufficient labour. Should one or more of these risks and uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in forward-looking statements.
Description of Business
Seahawk Gold Corp. (Formerly Seahawk Ventures Inc.) (the “Company”) was incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) on January 16, 2007. The Company's registered and records office is located at suite 1700 – 666 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2X8 and its head office is located at 909 Bowron Street, Coquitlam, BC V3J 7W3.
The Company currently holds a 100% interest in the Mystery Property, Touchdown Property, Xtra Point Property, and Blitz Property, all located in the Urban-Barry Greenstone Belt region within the Abitibi sub-province, Quebec, Canada.
Currently, the principal activity of the Company is the acquisition and exploration of mineral resource properties in Canada.
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Overall Performance
On April 30, 2021, the Company entered into an agreement with Sama Resources Inc. (TSXV: SME) ("Sama") for the acquisition of Sama's Zwedru South Project, StJohn River Gold Project and the Nuon Project, each of which is located in Liberia, Africa (the "Projects"). The acquisition will be effected by the purchase from Sama of its subsidiary Sama Resources Development Corp. (Cayman) ("Sama Cayman"), which holds 100% of the issued and outstanding securities of Sama Resources Liberia Inc. ("Sama Liberia"). Sama Libera holds all rights, title and interest in and to the Projects. In consideration for the purchase of Sama Cayman, the Company will issue 8,500,000 of its common shares to Sama (the "Consideration Shares"), which will result in Sama holding 20.8% of Seahawk's outstanding shares following the issuance of the Consideration Shares. This will not effect a change of control, and there are no finder’s fees payable to this transaction.
The transaction is subject to various closing conditions in favour of Seahawk, including the satisfactory completion of due diligence by Seahawk, and all applicable shareholder, regulatory and stock exchange approvals for the Transaction having been received by the relevant parties
On September 1, 2020, the Company changed its name to Seahawk Gold Corp. The Company's shares will continue to be listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the stock symbol "SHV" and a new CUSIP number (81202L109) and ISIN number (ISIN: CA81202L1094) have been assigned to the Company's shares
On August 14, 2020 the Company closed a non-brokered private placement by issuing 1,569,471 units at a price of $0.25 per unit (the "Units") for gross proceeds of $392,367. Each Unit consists of one common share and one common share purchase warrant entitling the holder to acquire one common share in the capital of the Company at a price of $0.50 per share for three years from the date of issuance.
On August 5, 2020, the Company granted incentive stock options to certain directors and consultants of the Company for the right to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,700,000 common shares of the Company, exercisable at a price of $0.30 per share for a period of 24 months.
On December 30, 2019 the Company closed a non-brokered private placement of 463,600 units at a price of $0.25 per unit for gross proceeds of $115,900. Each unit consists of one common share and one common share purchase warrant entitling the holder to acquire one common share at a price of $0.50 per share for three years from the date of issuance.
On December 30, 2019, the Company granted 1,000,000 stock options to certain directors and consultants of the Company. Each option is exercisable into one common share at a price of $0.25 per share for a period of 24 months.
On July 30, 2019, the Company granted to directors, officers and consultants 1,900,000 stock options, exercisable at $0.25 per share for a term of twelve months. These options vested on the date of grant.
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Selected Annual Financial Information
The following table provides a brief summary of the Company’s financial operations. For more detailed information, refer to the audited financial statements.
| Year Ended | Year Ended | Year Ended | ||||
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| May31,2021 | May31,2020 | May31,2019 | ||||
| Interest and other income | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - |
| Loss for the year | (649,572)** | (726,980)* | (291,793) | |||
| Basic and diluted loss per common share | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.01) | |||
| Total assets | 2,406,181 | 2,362,848 | 2,464,054 | |||
| Total long-term liabilities | - | - | - | |||
| Cash dividends | - | - | - |
- During the year ended May 31, 2020, the Company recorded a share-based compensation of $321,915 and writeoff of Skyfall Property of $352,598.
** During the year ended May 31, 2021, the Company recorded a share-based compensation of $323,583.
Technical update
The Company is pleased to report the initial assay results of the fall 2019 grass roots diamond drill program on the company’s Touchdown, and Blitz properties located in the Urban-Barry Gold Camp where Osisko Mining (Windfall) and Bonterra Resources (Moroy and Barry) are evaluating their properties at the advanced exploration stage.
The results below clearly indicate there is an appreciable amount of gold in the mineralizing systems and there is a very high probability of discovering higher grade and wider zones along strike and at depth. The presence of sulphide mineralization is significant.
Highlights of 2019 Exploration Diamond Drill Program
Touchdown Property
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The diamond drilling intersected numerous Au intersections, the best being 5.2 g/t Au over 4.1 m including 7.26 g/t Au over .7 m, 4.5 g/t Au over 1.6 m and 13.78 g/t Au over 1.00 m in Hole TD-19-01.
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Another high grade intersection returned 13.32 g/t Au over 1.6m lower down the hole.
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Numerous highly anomalous (.4 g/t Au to .5 g/t Au) intersections over varying widths were returned in Holes TD-19-01, 02, 06, 07, 08 and 11.
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All the significant Au assays are observed to be associated with sulphide mineralization.
Blitz Property
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The significant intersections were in Hole BE-19-01 which returned 1.1 g/t Au over 4.4 m including 1.53 g/t Au over 1.1 m.
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Wide highly anomalous intersections of .42 g/t Au over 14.7 m or .40 g/t Au over 16.6 m were also intersected in Hole BE-19-01.
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All the significant Au assays are observed to be associated with sulphide mineralization.
The Touchdown Property is located approximately 20 km east of Bonterra’s Gladiator Property, The Blitz Property is located approximately 5 km north-west of the Grevet Mine and 30 km north-north-east of the town of Lebel sur Quevillion in the near northwestern region of Quebec.
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On the Touchdown and Blitz Properties the grass roots diamond drill program was extremely successful in discovering numerous new Au zones in areas where no previous diamond drilling has ever been completed. These Au intersections range from highly anomalous to high grade and vary in width from .1 meters to 4.4 meters.
– 2019 Drilling Au Assays Significant Intersections
Touchdown Property
| DDH No. | Core | From | To | Width | Au | Project |
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| Size | (m.) | (m.) | (m) | (g/t) | ||
| TD-19-01 | NQ | 25.1 | 25.8 | 0.70 | 7.29 | Touchdown |
| TD-19-01 | NQ | 24.20 | 25.80 | 1.60 | 4.50 | Touchdown |
| TD-19-01 | NQ | 27.30 | 28.30 | 1.00 | 13.78 | Touchdown |
| TD-19-01 | *WA | 24.20 | 28.30 | 4.10 | 5.20 | Touchdown |
| TD-19-01 | NQ | 74.65 | 74.85 | 0.20 | 1.80 | Touchdown |
| TD-19-01 | NQ | 130.70 | 132.30 | 1.60 | 13.32 | Touchdown |
| TD-19-02 | NQ | 48.20 | 48.32 | 0.12 | 2.00 | Touchdown |
| TD-19-02 | NQ | 60.90 | 61.60 | 0.70 | 0.70 | Touchdown |
| TD-19-02 | NQ | 61.60 | 62.00 | 0.40 | 6.10 | Touchdown |
| TD-19-02 | *WA | 60.90 | 64.00 | 3.10 | 1.10 | Touchdown |
| TD-19-02 | NQ | 137.70 | 139.20 | 1.50 | 5.30 | Touchdown |
| TD-19-07 | NQ | 38.70 | 39.60 | 0.90 | 1.74 | Touchdown |
| TD-19-07 | NQ | 39.60 | 40.65 | 1.05 | 0.81 | Touchdown |
| TD-19-07 | NQ | 45.00 | 45.20 | 0.20 | 0.68 | Touchdown |
| TD-19-07 | NQ | 48.30 | 48.45 | 0.15 | 17.79 | Touchdown |
| TD-19-07 | *WA | 45.00 | 49.45 | 4.45 | 0.65 | Touchdown |
| TD-19-07 | NQ | 58.10 | 58.20 | 0.10 | 7.50 | Touchdown |
| TD-19-07 | NQ | 65.90 | 66.05 | 0.15 | 0.60 | Touchdown |
| TD-19-08 | NQ | 35.50 | 36.50 | 1.00 | 0.72 | Touchdown |
| TD-19-11 | NQ | 148.40 | 148.90 | 0.50 | 0.54 | Touchdown |
| TD-19-11 | NQ | 160.60 | 161.60 | 1.00 | 0.52 | Touchdown |
| *WA - Weighted Average |
Blitz Property
| BE-19-01 | NQ | 72.60 | 73.70 | 1.10 | 1.53 | Blitz |
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| BE-19-01 | NQ | 73.70 | 74.80 | 1.10 | 1.21 | Blitz |
| BE-19-01 | NQ | 74.80 | 75.90 | 1.10 | 0.86 | Blitz |
| BE-19-01 | *WA | 71.50 | 75.90 | 4.40 | 1.10 | Blitz |
| BE-19-01 | NQ | 80.65 | 81.70 | 1.05 | 0.47 | Blitz |
| BE-19-01 | *WA | 68.00 | 82.70 | 14.70 | 0.42 | Blitz |
| BE-19-01 | NQ | 86.70 | 87.20 | 0.50 | 0.95 | Blitz |
| BE-19-01 | *WA | 71.50 | 88.05 | 16.55 | 0.40 | Blitz |
| *WA - Weighted Average |
Laboratoire Expert Inc. of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec completed all of the assaying.
Based on the very significant and encouraging results obtained in the 2019 Grass Roots Diamond Drill program, the company is preparing a multi-discipline exploration program including line cutting, magnetometer and deep
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penetrating Induced Polarization geophysical surveys (to locate the areas of sulphide concentrations along strike and at depth) and a minimum 5,000 meter diamond drill program to further evaluate the Touchdown and Blitz Properties.
The management is extremely pleased and encouraged by the results received to date from the 2019 Diamond Drill Program on the Touchdown and Blitz Properties. We remind shareholders and other investors that these important results are from a Grass Roots Drill Program, evaluating magnetic features on properties that were never drill evaluated in the past.
These results clearly indicate there is an appreciable amount of gold in the mineralizing systems and there is a very high probability of discovering higher grade and wider zones along strike and at depth.
The drill program was completed between October and December 2019 and included 18 diamond drill holes totaling 3,075 meters.
This technical information in this MD&A was reviewed by Mitchell E. Lavery P.Geo., Seahawk Gold Corp. President and non-arm’s length Qualified Person under NI-43-101.
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Mineral Properties
| Mystery | Touchdown | Xtra Point | Skyfall | Blitz | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Property | Property | Property | Property | Property | Total | |
| Balance, May 31, 2019 | $ 430,491 | $ 376,999 | $ 4,200 | $ 229,284 | $ 799,826 | $ 1,840,800 |
| Acquisition - cash | - | - | - | 25,000 | - | 25,000 |
| Acquisition - shares | - | - | - | 36,000 | - | 36,000 |
| Exploration | ||||||
| Assay | - | 9,151 | - | 300 | 1,188 | 10,639 |
| Mining taxes | 8,192 | 2,436 | 287 | 500 | 11,362 | 22,777 |
| Drilling | 82,341 | 231,367 | - | - | 73,863 | 387,571 |
| Equipment rental | 3,035 | 7,064 | - | - | 6,556 | 16,655 |
| Survey | 281 | 4,800 | - | - | 5,400 | 10,481 |
| Project manager | 30,000 | 60,000 | 7,500 | 22,500 | 30,000 | 150,000 |
| Prospecting | 9,454 | 18,500 | 6,548 | 39,014 | 53,230 | 126,746 |
| Write-off of exploration and | ||||||
| evaluation assets | - | - | - | (352,598) | - | (352,598) |
| Balance, May 31, 2020 | 563,794 | 710,317 | 18,535 | - | 981,425 | 2,274,071 |
| Exploration | ||||||
| Mining taxes and filing | - | - | - | - | 1,444 | 1,444 |
| General exploration | 421 | 422 | - | - | 772 | 1,265 |
| Quebec tax credit | (18,868) | (18,868) | - | - | (18,868) | (56,604) |
| Balance,May31,2021 | $545,347 | $691,871 | $18,535 | $- | $964,773 | $2,220,526 |
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Mystery Property, Quebec
On June 9, 2017, the Company entered into a Property Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with RSD Capital Corp. and Michel A. Lavoie (the “Vendors”) to acquire a 100% undivided interest in the Mystery Property comprising 66 mineral claims in the Urban-Barry Greenstone Belt region within the Abitibi sub-province, Quebec, Canada.
The Agreement provides that the Company will acquire a 100% interest in the Mystery Property in consideration for payment to the Vendors of an aggregate of $50,000 (paid), and issuing total of 1,000,000 common shares (issued, valued at $280,000) of the Company. The Vendors will retain a 2% NSR on the Mystery Property. The Company may elect to purchase one-half of the NSR from the Vendors for a payment of $500,000, thereby leaving the Vendors with the remaining 1%.
Touchdown Property, Quebec
On August 2, 2017, the Company entered into a Property Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with RSD Capital Corp. and Michel A. Lavoie (the “Vendors”) to acquire the Touchdown Property comprising 48 mineral claims in the Urban-Barry Greenstone Belt region within the Abitibi sub-province, Quebec, Canada.
The Agreement provides that the Company will acquire a 100% interest in the Touchdown Property in consideration for payment to the Vendors of an aggregate of $60,000 (paid), and issuing total of 400,000 common shares (issued, valued at $156,000) of the Company. The Vendors will retain a 2% NSR on the Touchdown Property. The Company may elect to purchase one-half of the NSR from the Vendors for a payment of $1,000,000, thereby leaving the Vendors with the remaining 1%.
The Company also issued 150,000 shares (valued at $58,500) as finder’s fee in connection with the acquisition.
Xtra Point Property, Quebec
In April 2018, the Company acquired from an arm's length vendor a 100% interest in the Xtra Point Property located in the Urban BarryGold Camp, Barry Township, Québec. In consideration for the Xtra Point Property, the Company has issued the vendor 10,000 common shares (issued, valued at $4,200). The vendor retains a 2% net smelter return royalty on the property. The Company has the option to reduce the royalty to a 0.5% net smelter return royalty for a cash payment to the vendor of $1,000,000.
Blitz Property, Quebec
In August 2018, the Company entered into a property purchase agreement with Mitchell E. Lavery, a director of the Company, to acquire 100% interest in the Blitz Property located in Urban-Barry Greenstone Belt, Quebec. As per the agreement, the Company will pay Mr. Lavery $8,000 in cash and has issued 1,650,000 shares (issued and valued at $627,000), subject to a 2.5% net smelter return royalty.
Skyfall Property, Quebec
On July 9, 2018, the Company entered into an option agreement to acquire from Hinterland Metals Inc. a 100% interest in the Skyfall Property located at Urban-Barry mining area in the Abitibi region of Quebec. To obtain the 100% interest in the Skyfall Property, the Company will pay the optionor a total of $100,000 cash, issue 800,000 shares and incur $800,000 in exploration expenditures in the next 3 years, scheduled as follows:
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| Date | Cash | Shares | Exploration |
|---|---|---|---|
| expenditures | |||
| On or before July 14, 2018 | $25,000 (paid) | 200,000 (issued and valued at $74,000) | $Nil |
| On or before July 9, 2019 | $25,000 (paid) | 200,000 (issued and valued at $36,000) | $200,000 |
| On or before July 9, 2020 | $25,000 | 200,000 | $100,000 |
| On or before July 9, 2021 | $25,000 | 200,000 | $500,000 |
The vendor retains a 2% net smelter return royalty on the property.
The Company notified the optionor it would not be proceeding with the option agreement. The Company as a result wrote off the Skyfall Property in its entirety during the year ended May 31, 2020.
Results of Operations
During the year ended May 31, 2021, the Company incurred a net loss of $649,572 compared with a loss of $726,980 during the year ended May 31, 2020. The loss is mainly comprised of the following items:
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Management fees of $111,000 (2020 - $Nil) consisted of $75,000 (2020 - $Nil) accrued to CEO and $36,000 (2020 - $Nil) accrued to CFO.
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Professional fees of $57,060 (2020 - $64,088) was legal fees, auditing fees, and accounting fees.
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Share-based compensation of $323,583 (2020 - $321,915) is the valuation of 1,700,000 (2020 – 2,900,000) stock options granted during the year.
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Shareholder cost and corporate communication of $116,206 (2020 - $48,948) were mainly costs associated with news filing, AGM and marketing activities. The increase is due to the Company’s activities at OTC Market.
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Transfer agent and filing fees of $43,350 (2020 - $15,164) included SEDAR filing and CSE filing. The increase in the current period is due to filings with OTC Market.
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During the comparative year ended May 31, 2020, the Company recorded a flow-through share premium recovery of $95,878 in relation with the tax benefit renounced to flow-through share investors. There is no such amount in the current year ended May 31, 2021.
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During the comparative year ended May 31, 2020, the Company decided not to proceed with the Skyfall Property option agreement and as a result, wrote off the Skyfall Property of $352,598. There is no such amount in the current year ended May 31, 2021.
Fourth quarter Results
During the three months ended May 31, 2021, the Company recorded a loss of $73,153 compared with a loss of $67,150 during the three months ended May 31, 2020. The loss for the three months ended May 31, 2021 was mainly comprised of the following items:
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Management fees of $21,000 (2020 - $Nil) consisted of $15,000 (2020 - $Nil) accrued to CEO and $6,000 (2020 - $Nil) accrued to CFO.
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Professional fees of $27,949 (2020- $22,080) was mainly for year end legal accrual of $20,000 (2020 - $20,000) and tax service fee of $6,500 (2020 -$Nil).
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Transfer agent and filing fees of $3,548 (2020 - $3,506) were for the AGM, monthly transfer agent maintenance, monthly CSE fees, and SEDAR filing fees;
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Shareholder costs of $20,262 (2020 - $10,037) were for marketing activities in Europe and North America;
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- During the comparative three months ended May 31, 2020, the Company further wrote off $23,000 of exploration and evaluation assets due to invoices related to the Skyfall Property received in the three month period. There is no such amount in the current three months ended May 31, 2021.
Quarterly Information
| Three months | Three months | Three months | Three months | Three months | Three months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ended May 31, | ended February | ended November | ended August 31, | |||
| 2021 | 28,2021 | 30,2020 | 2020(4) | |||
| Total Assets | $ | 2,406,181 | $ 2,440,614 | $ 2,512,248 | $ | 2,647,533 |
| Working capital (deficiency) | (464,725) | (446,381) | (365,078) | (239,613) | ||
| Net loss for the period | (73,153) | (83,684) | (131,264) | (361,471) | ||
| Net lossper share | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.01) | ||
| Three months | Three months | Three months | Three months | |||
| ended May 31, | ended February | ended November | ended August 31, | |||
| 2020 | 29,2020(3) | 30,2019(2) | 2019(1) | |||
| Total Assets | $ | 2,362,848 | $ 2,228,792 | $ 2,569,641 | $ | 2,486,894 |
| Working capital (deficiency) | (586,217) | (387,248) | (453,147) | (11,660) | ||
| Net income (loss) for the | ||||||
| period | (67,150) | (505,730) |
53,575 |
(207,675) | ||
| Net income(loss) per share | (0.00) | (0.02) | 0.00 | (0.01) |
(1) During the three months ended August 31, 2019, the Company recorded share-based compensation of $182,626.
(2) During the three months ended November 30, 2019, the Company recorded a flow-through share premium recovery of $95,878.
- (3) During the three months ended February 29, 2020, the Company recorded share-based compensation of $139,289 and wrote off exploration and evaluation assets of $329,598.
(4) During the three months ended August 31, 2020, the Company recorded share-based compensation of $323,583.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company commenced fiscal 2021 with a working capital deficiency of $586,217 and cash of $22,319. As at May 31, 2021, the Company had a working capital deficiency of $464,725 and cash of $119,713.
Net cash used in operating activities for the current year was $182,421 (2020 - $114,216). The net cash used in operating activities for the period consists primarily of the operating loss and a change in non-cash working capital items.
Net cash used in investing activity during the current year mainly consisted of the payment of $92,246 (2020 - $430,906) on mineral property acquisition and exploration expenses.
During the year ended May 31, 2021, the Company raised $392,367 by issuing 1,569,471 share units at $0.25 per unit. The Company paid $5,250 of cash commission, $12,000 of finders’ fees and $3,056 of legal and filing fees. During the comparative year ended May 31, 2020, the Company raised $115,900 by issuing 463,600 share units at $0.25 per unit.
The Company will need to raise funds through debt or equity offerings in order to have sufficient working capital to sustain its operations for the next 12 months.
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Related Party Transactions
During the year ended May 31, 2021, the Company entered into the following transactions with related parties:
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(a) The Company paid or accrued management fees of $36,000 (2020 - $Nil) to the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”). As of May 31, 2021, $154,000 (May 31, 2020 - $138,000) is owed to the CFO.
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(b) The Company paid or accrued management fees of $75,000 (2020 - $Nil) to the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”). As at May 31, 2021, $256,500 (May 31, 2020 - $202,500) is owed to the CEO of the Company.
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(c) The Company accrued or paid to the President $Nil (2020 - $150,000) of project management fee, $Nil (2020 - $3,200) of consulting fees and $Nil (2020 - $4,200) of equipment rental that are recorded in exploration and evaluation. As of May 31, 2021, $168,500 (May 31, 2020 - $202,951) is owed to the President.
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(d) The Company granted 650,000 stock options (2020 – 825,000) to directors and officers of the Company. The stock options were valued at $123,723 (2020 - $100,883) at the date of grant.
Amounts due to related parties were due to companies controlled by directors and officers, were unsecured, were non-interest bearing and had no specific terms of repayment.
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
The Company has no off Balance Sheet arrangements.
Commitments
The Company has no commitments.
Financial and Capital Risk Management
Fair value
As at May 31, 2021, the Company’s financial instruments comprise cash, amounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities and due to related parties. The carrying values of amounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, and accounts payable to related parties approximate their fair values due to the relatively short periods to maturity of these financial instruments.
The Company’s risk exposures and the impact on the Company’s financial instruments are summarized below:
Credit Risk
Credit risk is the risk of financial loss because a counter party to a financial instrument fails to discharge its contractual obligations.
The carrying amount of the Company’s financial instruments best represents the maximum exposure to credit risk.
Liquidity Risk
The Company’s approach to managing liquidity risk is to ensure that it will have sufficient liquidity to meet liabilities when due. As at May 31, 2021, the Company had a cash balance of $119,713 (May 31, 2020 - $22,319) and current liabilities of $650,380 (May 31, 2020 - $674,994).
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The Company has historically relied on equity and debt financings to satisfy its capital requirements and will continue to depend heavily upon equity capital and debt to finance its activities. There can be no assurance the Company will be able to obtain the required financing in the future on acceptable terms.
Interest rate risk
The Company is not exposed to risk in the event of interest rate fluctuations. The Company has not entered into any interest rate swaps or other financial arrangements that mitigate the exposure to interest rate fluctuations.
Foreign currency risk
The Company's functional currency is the Canadian dollar and the majority of its purchases are transacted in Canadian dollars. From time to time, the Company funds certain operations, exploration and administrative expenses in US dollars on a cash call basis using US currency converted from its Canadian dollar bank accounts held in Canada. Management believes the foreign exchange risk derived from currency conversions is not significant and therefore does not hedge its foreign exchange risk.
Capital management
The Company’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern in order to pursue the identification and evaluation of assets or a business and once identified or evaluated, to negotiate an acquisition or participation in a business subject to receipt of shareholder approval and acceptance by regulatory authorities. The Company relies mainly on equity issuances and loans from related parties to raise new capital. In the management of capital, the Company includes the components of shareholders’ equity (deficiency). The Company prepares annual estimates of operating expenditures and monitors actual expenditures compared to the estimates in an effort to ensure that there is sufficient capital on hand to meet ongoing obligations. The Company’s investment policy is to negotiate premium interest rates on savings accounts or to invest its cash in highly liquid short-term deposits with terms of one year or less and which can be liquidated at any time without interest penalty. The Company will require additional financing in order to provide working capital to fund costs for the current year. These financing activities may include issuances of additional debt or equity securities.
The Company currently is not subject to externally imposed capital requirements. There were no changes in the Company’s approach to capital management.
Significant Accounting Policies, Critical Judgments and Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those estimates. Estimates are reviewed on an ongoing basis based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant under the circumstances. Revisions to estimates on the resulting effects of the carrying amounts of the Company’s assets and liabilities are accounted for prospectively. All of the Company’s significant accounting policies and estimates are included in Notes 2 and 3 of its audited financial statements for the year ended May 31, 2021.
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Subsequent events
In August 2021, the Company issued 50,000 shares pursuant to the exercise of 50,000 stock options at $0.25 per share.
Outstanding Share Data
The following table summarizes the Company’s outstanding share data as of the date of this MD&A:
| Number of shares | |
|---|---|
| Issued or issuable | |
| Common shares | 32,337,417 |
| Stock options | 2,650,000 |
| Warrants | 2,033,071 |
Impact of COVID-19
The Company’s business is exploring mineral properties in Quebec. The management doesn’t think that COVID-19 will have a strong impact on the Company’s financial results. The Company’s financing plan may be delayed and as a result, the Company may delay its 2021 summer exploration plan accordingly. However, the Company has no payment commitments on its mineral properties.
Corporate Governance
The Company’s Board of Directors follows recommended corporate governance guidelines for public companies to ensure transparency and accountability to shareholders. The Audit Committee of the Company fulfills its role of ensuring the integrity of the reported information through its review of the interim and audited annual financial statements prior to their submission to the Board of Directors for approval.
The Audit Committee, comprised of three directors, all of whom are independent, meets with management of the Company on a quarterly basis to review the financial statements, including the MD&A, and to discuss other financial, operating and internal control matters as required
Directors and Officers: (as at the date of this MD&A):
Giovanni Gasbarro: Chief Executive Officer and Director Bruno Gasbarro: Chief Financial Officer and Director Mitchell E. Lavery: President and Director Salvatore Giantomaso: Director Blair Holiday: Director
Company contact: Bruno Gasbarro @ 604-725-2700
On behalf of the Board of Directors
“Bruno Gasbarro”
Bruno Gasbarro – September 15, 2021
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