AI assistant
Viscount Mining Corp. — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2025
Dec 23, 2025
47016_rns_2025-12-23_f5b43ff3-1e2a-45c9-b06d-663a7f21e3bf.pdf
Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement
Open in viewerOpens in your device viewer
Viscount Mining Corp. AGSM
VISCOUNT MINING CORP.
ANNUAL GENERAL AND SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON JANUARY 29, 2026
NOTICE OF MEETING
AND MANAGEMENT PROXY AND INFORMATION CIRCULAR
THIS NOTICE OF MEETING AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION CIRCULAR IS FURNISHED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOLICITATION BY THE MANAGEMENT OF VISCOUNT MINING CORP. OF PROXIES TO BE VOTED AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL AND SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF VISCOUNT MINING CORP. TO BE HELD ON JANUARY 29, 2026
TO BE HELD AT:
1100-1111 Melville Street
Vancouver BC V6E 3V6
At 10:00 am
Viscount Mining Corp. AGSM
VISCOUNT MINING CORP.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL AND SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TAKE NOTICE THAT an Annual General and Special Meeting (the “Meeting”) of the shareholders of Viscount Mining Corp. (the “Corporation”) will be held at 10:00 am (Pacific Time) on Thursday, January 29, 2026, at Suite 1100 - 1111 Melville Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 3V6, for the following purposes:
- to receive and consider the audited financial statements of the Corporation for the financial years ended August 31, 2024 and August 31, 2025, and the reports of the auditor thereon;
- to fix the number of directors of the Corporation to be elected at the Meeting at FOUR (4);
- to elect the Board of Directors of the Corporation for the ensuing year;
- to appoint the auditor of the Corporation for the ensuing year and to authorize the Board of Directors to fix the auditor’s remuneration;
- to consider, and if thought fit with or without variation, approve the ordinary resolution of disinterested shareholders to approve the adoption of a 10% rolling option plan, as more particularly described in the accompanying Management Information Circular; and
- to transact such other business as may be properly brought before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
The accompanying information circular provides additional information relating to the matters to be dealt with at the Meeting and is supplemental to, and expressly made a part of, this Notice of Meeting.
The Company’s Board of Directors has fixed December 19, 2025 as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournment or postponement thereof. Each registered shareholder at the close of business on that date is entitled to such notice and to vote at the Meeting in the circumstances set out in the accompanying Information Circular.
If you are a registered shareholder of the Company and unable to attend the Meeting in person, please complete, date and sign the accompanying form of proxy and deposit it with the Company’s transfer agent, Olympia Trust Company, Suite 1900, 925 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 3L2, by fax to 403-668-8307, by email to [email protected] OR by via internet at https://css.olympiatrust.com/pxlogin and enter the 12-digit control number shown on reverse at least 48 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays recognized in the Province of British Columbia) before the time and date of the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.
If you are a non-registered shareholder of the Company and received this Notice of Meeting and accompanying materials through a broker, a financial institution, a participant, a trustee or administrator of a self-administered retirement savings plan, retirement income fund, education savings plan or other similar self-administered savings or investment plan registered under the Income Tax Act (Canada), or a nominee of any of the foregoing that holds your securities on your behalf (the "Intermediary"), please complete and return the materials in accordance with the instructions provided to you by your Intermediary.
If you hold your Common Shares in a brokerage account, you are a non-registered shareholder ("Beneficial Shareholder"). Beneficial Shareholders who hold their Common Shares through a bank, broker or other
Viscount Mining Corp. AGSM
financial intermediary should carefully follow the instructions found on the form of Proxy or VIF provided to them by their intermediary, in order to cast their vote.
Notice & Access
If you are a beneficial Shareholder, we are making the Information Circular available online instead of mailing it to you, according to a set of rules developed by the Canadian Securities Administrators called notice-and-access. Notice-and-access is a set of rules that allows issuers to post electronic versions of proxy-related materials online, via SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.ca) and one other website, rather than mailing paper copies of such materials to Shareholders. Under notice-and-access, Shareholders 2 still receive a proxy form or voting instruction form enabling them to vote at the Meeting. However, instead of paper copies of the Meeting materials, Shareholders receive this notice which contains information on how they may access the Meeting materials online and how to request paper copies of such documents.
You can download and view the Information Circular and other Meeting materials at https://viscountmining.com/agm- or on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca Shareholders are reminded to review the Information Circular and other proxy-related materials prior to voting.
If you would prefer to receive a paper copy of the Information Circular, please send an email to [email protected] and it will be emailed or mailed to you at no cost. Note that the Company will not mail the proxy form or voting instruction form so please keep the one you received previously. We need to receive your request no later than ten (10) business days before the Meeting if you wish to receive the Information Circular before the Meeting.
SHAREHOLDERS ARE CAUTIONED THAT THE USE OF THE MAIL TO TRANSMIT PROXIES IS AT EACH SHAREHOLDER'S RISK. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND MANAGEMENT REQUEST ALL SHAREHOLDERS VOTE BY PROXY
DATED at Vancouver, BC as of the December 19, 2025
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
signed “Jim MacKenzie”
Jim MacKenzie
Chief Executive Officer and Director
1 | Page
VISCOUNT MINING CORP.
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION CIRCULAR
This Information Circular is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by management of VISCOUNT MINING CORP. . for use at the annual general and special meeting of shareholders to be held on Thursday January 29, 2026 at 10:00 am (Pacific Time) (the “Meeting”) at 1100 – 1111 Melville Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 6V3, and any adjournment thereof, for the purposes set forth in the attached Notice of Annual General and Special Meeting. Except where otherwise indicated, the information contained herein is stated as of December 12 2025.
In this Information Circular, references to the “Corporation”, “we” and “our” refer to Viscount Mining Corp. “Common Shares” or “Shares” means common shares without par value in the capital of the Corporation. “Registered Shareholders” mean shareholders whose names appear on the records of the Corporation as the registered holders of Common Shares. “Beneficial Shareholders” mean shareholders who do not hold Common Shares in their own name. “Intermediaries” refers to brokers, investment firms, clearing houses and similar entities that own securities on behalf of Beneficial Shareholders.
APPOINTMENT OF PROXYHOLDER
The purpose of a proxy is to designate persons who will vote the proxy on a shareholder’s behalf in accordance with the instructions given by the shareholder in the proxy. The persons whose names are printed in the enclosed form of proxy are officers or Directors of the Company (the “Management Proxyholders”).
A shareholder has the right to appoint a person other than a Management Proxyholder, to represent the shareholder at the Meeting by striking out the names of the Management Proxyholders and by inserting the desired person’s name in the blank space provided or by executing a proxy in a form similar to the enclosed form. A proxyholder need not be a shareholder.
VOTING BY PROXY
Only registered shareholders or duly appointed proxyholders are permitted to vote at the Meeting. Shares represented by a properly executed proxy will be voted or be withheld from voting on each matter referred to in the Notice of Meeting in accordance with the instructions of the shareholder on any ballot that may be called for and if the shareholder specifies a choice with respect to any matter to be acted upon, the shares will be voted accordingly.
If a shareholder does not specify a choice and the shareholder has appointed one of the Management Proxyholders as proxyholder, the Management Proxyholder will vote in favour of the matters specified in the Notice of Meeting and in favour of all other matters proposed by management at the Meeting.
The enclosed form of proxy also gives discretionary authority to the person named therein as proxyholder with respect to amendments or variations to matters identified in the Notice of the Meeting and with respect to other matters which may properly come before the Meeting. At the date of this Information Circular, management of the Company knows of no such amendments, variations or other matters to come before the Meeting.
COMPLETION AND RETURN OF PROXY
Completed forms of proxy must be deposited at the office of the Company’s registrar and transfer agent, Olympia Trust Company, Suite 1900, 925 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 3L2, by fax to 403-668-8307, by email to [email protected] OR by via internet at https://css.olympiatrust.com/pxlogin and enter the 12-digit control number shown on reverse not later than forty-eight (48) hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, prior to the time of the Meeting, unless the chairman of the Meeting elects to exercise his discretion to accept proxies received subsequently.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR NON-REGISTERED HOLDERS
Only shareholders whose names appear on the records of the Company as the registered holders of shares or duly appointed proxyholders are permitted to vote at the Meeting. Most shareholders of the Company are “nonregistered” shareholders because the shares they own are not registered in their names but instead registered in the name of a nominee such as a brokerage firm through which they purchased the shares; bank, trust company, trustee or administrator of self-administered RRSP’s, RRIF’s, RESP’s and similar plans; or clearing agency such as The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited (a “Nominee”). If you purchased your shares through a broker, you are likely a non-registered holder.
In accordance with securities regulatory policy, the Company has distributed copies of the Meeting materials, being the Notice of Meeting, this Information Circular and the Proxy, to the Nominees for distribution to non-registered holders.
Nominees are required to forward the Meeting materials to non-registered holders to seek their voting instructions in advance of the Meeting. Shares held by Nominees can only be voted in accordance with the instructions of the nonregistered holder. The Nominees often have their own form of proxy, mailing procedures and provide their own return instructions. If you wish to vote by proxy, you should carefully follow the instructions from the Nominee in order that your Shares are voted at the Meeting.
If you, as a non-registered holder, wish to vote at the Meeting in person, you should appoint yourself as proxyholder by writing your name in the space provided on the request for voting instructions or proxy provided by the Nominee and return the form to the Nominee in the envelope provided. Do not complete the voting section of the form as your vote will be taken at the Meeting.
Non-registered holders who have not objected to their Nominee disclosing certain ownership information about themselves to the Company are referred to as "non-objecting beneficial owners ("NOBOs"). Those non-registered holders who have objected to their Nominee disclosing ownership information about themselves to the Company are referred to as "objecting beneficial owners" ("OBOs").
The Company is not sending the Meeting materials directly to NOBOs in connection with the Meeting, but rather has distributed copies of the Meeting materials to the Nominees for distribution to NOBOs. The Company does not intend to pay for Nominees to deliver the Meeting materials and Form 54-101F7 – Request for Voting Instructions Made by Intermediary to OBOs. As a result, OBOs will not receive the Meeting Materials unless their Nominee assumes the costs of delivery.
NOTICE AND ACCESS
The Company has elected to use the “notice and access” provisions under National Instrument 54-101 – Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer (the “Notice and Access Provisions”) for the Meeting. The Notice and Access Provisions are a set of rules developed by the Canadian Securities Administrators intended to reduce the volume of materials which are mailed to shareholders by allowing a reporting issuer to post proxy-related materials in respect of a meeting of its shareholders online.
2 | Page
The Company will not use procedures known as “stratification” in relation to the use of the Notice and Access Provisions, meaning that both registered shareholders and Beneficial Shareholders will be mailed notification of availability of Meeting materials directing them to those websites where they can access the Information Circular and other relevant information (the “Notice and Access Notification”).
If you receive the Notice and Access Notification and would like to receive a paper copy of the Information Circular and the financial statements (the “Financial Statements”) please follow the instructions printed on the Notice and Access Notification and the materials will be mailed to you at the Company’s expense.
The Company anticipates the notice and access will directly benefit the Company through substantial reductions in postage and printing costs. The Company believes that notice-and-access is more environmentally responsible to the extent that it reduces the large volume of paper documents generated by printing proxy-related materials.
Shareholders with questions about notice and access can call Olympia Trust Company toll-free at 1-866-668-8379.
The Meeting materials have been posted on the Company’s website at https://viscountmining.com/agm and on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (“SEDAR+”) under the Company’s profile at www.sedarplus.ca. In order to receive a paper copy of the Information Circular and Financial Statements, requests by shareholders may be made up to one year from the date the Information Circular is posted on the Company’s website by email to Olympia Trust Company at [email protected] or by calling toll-free at 1-866-668-8379.
To ensure that a paper copy of the Information Circular can be delivered to a requesting shareholder in time for such shareholder to receive and review the Information Circular and return the completed instrument of proxy or voting instruction form prior to the deadline of at least 48 hours before the time of the Meeting or any adjournment(s) or postponements(s) thereof, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays as set out under the heading “Return of Proxy” in this Information Circular, it is strongly suggested that a shareholder’s request is received no later than January 5, 2026 The Information Circular will be sent to such shareholders within three business days of their request if such requests are made before the Meeting. Following the Meeting, the Information Circular will be sent to such shareholders within ten days of their request.
Those registered shareholders and Beneficial Shareholders with existing instructions on their account to receive printed materials will receive a printed copy of the Meeting materials.
Beneficial shareholders who are OBOs will not receive the Notice and Access Notification or the proxy materials unless their intermediary assumes the costs of delivery.
REVOCABILITY OF PROXY
Any registered shareholder who has returned a proxy may revoke it at any time before it has been exercised. In addition to revocation in any other manner permitted by law, a registered shareholder, his attorney authorized in writing or, if the registered shareholder is a corporation, a corporation under its corporate seal or by an officer or attorney thereof duly authorized, may revoke a proxy by instrument in writing, including a proxy bearing a later date. The instrument revoking the proxy must be deposited at the registered office of the Company, at any time up to and including the last business day preceding the date of the Meeting, or any adjournment thereof, or with the chairman of the Meeting on the day of the Meeting. Only registered shareholders have the right to revoke a proxy. Non registered holders who wish to change their vote must, at least seven days before the Meeting, arrange for their Nominees to revoke the proxy on their behalf.
3 | Page
VOTING SHARES AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS THEREOF
The Corporation is authorized to issue an unlimited number of Common Shares and an unlimited number of preferred shares, issuable in series. As at the effective date of this Information Circular (the “Effective Date”), which is December 12, 2025 there are 112,727,217 Common Shares issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable. No other shares of any other class are issued or outstanding. The Common Shares are the only shares entitled to be voted at the Meeting and holders of Common Shares are entitled to one vote for each Common Share held.
Holders of Common Shares of record at the close of business on December 19, 2025 (the “Record Date”) are entitled to vote such Common Shares at the Meeting on the basis of one vote for each Common Share held except to the extent that, (a) the holder has transferred the ownership of any of his Common Shares after the Record Date, and (b) the transferee of those Common Shares produces properly endorsed share certificates, or otherwise establishes that he owns the Common Shares, and demands not later than ten days before the day of the Meeting that his name be included in the list of persons entitled to vote at the Meeting, in which case the transferee will be entitled to vote his Common Shares at the Meeting.
To the knowledge of the directors and executive officers of the Corporation, there are no beneficial owners or persons exercising control or direction over Corporation carrying more than 10% of the outstanding voting rights.
As of the date hereof, the directors and executive officers of the Corporation, as a group, owned beneficially, directly or indirectly, or exercised control or direction over, approximately 3,105,351 Common Shares, representing approximately 2.8% of the outstanding Common Shares.
QUORUM
A quorum will be present at the Meeting if there are two (2) Shareholders, or one or more proxyholders representing two members, or one member and a proxyholder representing another member. If there is only one Shareholder entitled to vote at the Meeting, the quorum is one person who is, or who represents by proxy, that Shareholder.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
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 increase shareholder value. The main objective of the compensation program is to recognize the contribution of the executive officers to the overall success and strategic growth of the Corporation. The compensation program is designed to reward management performance by aligning a component of the compensation with the Corporation’s business performance and share value. 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 management and directors to achieve long term objectives through grants of stock options under the Corporation’s stock option plan. Increasing the value of the Corporation’s Common Shares increases the value of the stock options. This incentive closely links the interests of the Named Executive Officers and directors to shareholders of the Corporation.
The Board of Directors is satisfied that there were not any identified risks arising from the Corporation’s compensation plans or policies that would have had any negative or material impact on the Corporation. The Corporation does not have any policy in place to permit an executive officer or director to purchase financial instruments, including, for greater certainty, 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 executive officer or director.
4 | Page
Option-based Awards
The Option Plan has been established to advance the interests of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries and affiliates by encouraging the directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Corporation, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, to acquire Common Shares thereby increasing their proprietary interest in the Corporation, encouraging them to remain with the Corporation, or its subsidiaries or affiliates, and providing them with additional incentive in the conduct of their affairs for and on behalf of the Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates. When granted, the allocation of the number of options granted among the directors and officers of the Corporation is determined by the entire Board of Directors.
Compensation Governance
The Board of Directors has not appointed a Compensation Committee. The Board of Directors 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.
Summary Compensation Table
The following table sets forth all annual and long term compensation for the three (3) most recently completed financial years for services in all capacities to the Corporation and its subsidiaries, if any, in respect of individual(s) who were acting as, or were acting in a capacity similar to, a chief executive officer or chief financial officer and the three most highly compensated executive officers whose total compensation exceeded $150,000 per annum (the "Named Executive Officers").
| Name and Principal Position | Year Ended August 31 | Salary, Consulting fee, retainer or commission ($) | Share Based Awards (1) | Option Based Awards (2) | Bonus ($) | All Other Compensation ($) | Total Compensation ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Mackenzie CEO, President and Director | 2023 | 246,000 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 246,000 |
| 2024 | 251,800 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 251,800 | |
| 2025 | 427,770 | Nil | 63,144 | Nil | Nil | 490,914 | |
| Scott Davis (3) CFO | 2023 | 36,000 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 36,000 |
| 2024 | 72,000 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 72,000 | |
| 2025 | 72,000 | Nil | 37,886 | Nil | Nil | 109,886 | |
| Dr. Grant Devine Director | 2023 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 14,000 | 14,000 |
| 2024 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | |
| 2025 | Nil | Nil | 31,572 | Nil | Nil | 31,572 | |
| Andrew Gertler Director | 2023 | 149,372 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 149,372 |
| 2024 | 155,667 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 155,667 | |
| 2025 | 164,963 | Nil | 63,144 | Nil | Nil | 228,106 | |
| Mark Abrams Director | 2023 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 34,107 | 34,107 |
| 2024 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 13,530 | 13,530 | |
| 2025 | Nil | Nil | 31,572 | Nil | 31,685 | 63,257 |
5 | Page
| Name and Principal Position | Year Ended August 31 | Salary, Consulting fee, retainer or commission ($) | Share Based Awards (1) | Option Based Awards (2) | Bonus ($) | All Other Compensation ($) | Total Compensation ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Macdonald (4) | |||||||
| - Former Director | 2023 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | 4,550 | 4,550 |
| 2024 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 2025 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Notes:
(1) “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.
(2) “Option-Based Award” means an award under an equity incentive plan of options, including, for greater certain share options, share appreciation rights and similar instruments that have option-like features. The “grant date fair value” has been determined by using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.
(3) Mr. Davis was appointed as CFO on February 10, 2023.
(4) Legal fees paid to a firm where William Macdonald is a partner.
William MacDonald Resigned as a director on the 13th of February 2023
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.
6 | Page
Incentive Plan Awards
Outstanding Share-Based Awards and Option-Based Awards
The following table sets forth details of all awards outstanding for each Named Executive Officer and Director of the Corporation as of the most recent financial year end, including awards granted during the period of the record date.
| Option-Based Awards | Share-Based Awards | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and Title | Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) | Option Exercise Price ($) | Option Expiration Date | Value of Unexercised in-the-money (1) Option (2) ($) | Number of Shares or Units of Shares that have not vested (#) | Market or Payout Value of Share Based Awards not vested ($) | Market or payout value of vested share-based awards not paid out or distributed ($) |
| Jim Mackenzie CEO, President and Director (2) | 1,000,000 | 0.40 | Aug. 20, 2025 | 250,000 | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| 150,000 | 0.375 | Jan. 26, 2026 | 41,250 | Nil | Nil | Nil | |
| 500,000 | 0.30 | Jan 22-2030 | 175,000 | Nil | Nil | Nil | |
| Scott Davis CFO | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| 300,000 | 0.30 | Jan 22-2030 | 105,000 | Nil | Nil | Nil | |
| Andrew Gertler Director (2) | 500,000 | 0.40 | Aug.20, 2025 | 125,000 | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| 150,000 | 0.375 | Jan. 26, 2026 | 41,250 | Nil | Nil | Nil | |
| 500,000 | 0.30 | Jan 22-2030 | 175,000 | Nil | Nil | Nil | |
| D. Grant Devine Director (2) | 150,000 | 0.375 | Jan 26, 2026 | 41,250 | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| 200,000 | 0.40 | Aug. 20, 2025 | 50,000 | Nil | Nil | Nil | |
| 250,000 | 0.30 | Jan 22-2030 | 87,500 | Nil | Nil | Nil | |
| Mark Abrams Director (2) | 200,000 | 0.40 | Aug. 20, 2025 | 50,000 | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| 150,000 | 0.375 | Jan. 26, 2026 | 41,250 | Nil | Nil | Nil | |
| 68,134 | 0.30 | Jan 22-2030 | 23,847 | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Notes:
Unexercised "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.
Options originally set to expire August 20, 2025 were extended while insiders are in a Blackout position.
The aggregate of the difference between the market value of the Common Shares as of August 31, 2025, being $0.65 per Common Share, and the exercise price of the options.
None of the awards disclosed in the table above have been transferred at other than fair market value.
Incentive Plan Awards - Value Vested or Earned During the Year
There were no option-based awards or share-based awards which vested or were earned during the most recently completed financial year for each Named Executive Officer.
Narrative Discussion
The Corporation has a stock option plan (the "Plan") previously approved by the shareholders of the Corporation on June 3, 2021. The significant terms of the Plan are disclosed in this Management Information Circular under "PARTICULARS OF MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON - Re-approval of Stock Option Plan". Pension Plan Benefits
7 | Page
The Corporation does not have in place 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 Named Executive Officer 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 Named Executive Officer's responsibilities other than the following:
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
During the financial year ended August 31, 2024 and 2025, the Corporation had Four (4) directors, one (1) of which was also a Named Executive Officers. For a description of the compensation paid to the Named Executive Officers of the Corporation who also act as a directors of the Corporation, see “EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION”. Incentive Plan Awards - Value Vested or Earned During the Year
There were no option-based awards or share-based awards which vested or were earned during the most recently completed financial year for Outside Directors of the Corporation.
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 $10,000 or greater per individual.
SECURITIES AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE UNDER EQUITY COMPENSATION PLANS
The following table sets forth securities of the Corporation that are authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans as at the end of the Corporation's most recently completed financial year.
| Plan Category | Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights | Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights ($) | Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding outstanding securities reflected in Column 1) (1) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity compensation plans approved by securityholders | 7,768,134 | $0.35 | 3,504,588 |
| Equity compensation plans not approved by securityholders | NIL | NIL | NIL |
| Total | 7,768,134 | $0.35 | 3,504,588 |
Note:
(1) The aggregate number of Common Shares that may be reserved for issuance under the Plan shall not exceed 10% of the Corporation's issued and outstanding shares.
8 | Page
9 | Page
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 such person 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
Other than as set forth herein, or as previously disclosed, the Corporation is not aware of any material interests, direct or indirect, by way of beneficial ownership of securities or otherwise, of any director or executive officer, proposed nominee for election as a director or any shareholder holding more than 10% of the voting rights attached to the Common Shares or any associate or affiliate of any of the foregoing in any transaction in the preceding financial year or any proposed or ongoing transaction of the Corporation which has or will materially affect the Corporation.
MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS
Other than as set forth herein, 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.
INTEREST 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.
AUDIT COMMITTEE
Audit Committee Terms of Reference
The text of the Corporation’s Audit Committee charter is set out here under Schedule “A” attached hereto.
Audit Committee Composition
The following are the members of the Audit Committee, as at the date thereof:
| Grant Devine | Independent (1) | Financially literate (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Gertler | Independent (1) (2) | Financially literate (1) |
| James Mackenzie | Non-Independent (1) | Financially literate (1) |
Notes:
(1) As defined by National Instrument 52-110 (“NI 52-110”).
(2) Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Relevant Education and Experience
| MEMBER | Skills and Experience |
|---|---|
| Grant Devine | Dr. Grant Devine has had a distinguished career in academics, business and served as Premier of Saskatchewan from May 1982 to November 1991. While Premier he presided over the privatization of Potash Corp. which became the world’s largest producer of potash and the third largest producer of nitrogen and phosphate, and Cameco which is the world’s largest publicly traded uranium company. Dr. Devine also served on the Board of Agrium for ten years. |
| Andrew Gertler | Mr. Gertler has served as a director and officer of a number of reporting issuers listed on the TSX or quoted on the OTCBB. Up until July 2013 he was a director of Hunt Mining Corp., a TSX Venture Exchange listed issuer. Mr. Gertler received his Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) degree from McGill University in 1982 and in 1984 received his Master of Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario. |
| James MacKenzie | Mr. Mackenzie is an expert in the development, structure, operation and financing of private/public companies with a successful track record of raising equity. |
All of the members of the Audit Committee have been either directly or indirectly involved in the preparation of the financial statements, filing of quarterly and annual financial statements, dealing with auditors, or as a member of the Audit Committee. All members of the Audit Committee have the ability to read, analyze and understand the complexities surrounding the issuance of financial statements.
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 of Directors.
Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures
The Audit Committee had adopted specific policies and procedures for the engagement of non-audit services as described above under the heading “Audit Committee Terms of Reference - External Auditors”.
External Auditor Service Fees
The aggregate fees billed by the Corporation’s external auditors in each of the last two fiscal years for audit and other fees are as follows:
| Financial Year Ending (Aug 31) | Audit Fees | Audit-Related Fees | Tax Fees | All Other Fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $49,598 | $Nil | $9,100 | $Nil |
| 2024 | $33,171 | $Nil | $Nil | $Nil |
| 2025 | $26,500 | $Nil | $Nil | $Nil |
10 | Page
11 | Page
Exemption
The Corporation is relying upon the exemption in section 6.1 of NI 52-110, the exemption for Venture issuers in relation to the requirement that every audit committee member be independent.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Corporate governance relates to the activities of the Board of Directors, the members of which are elected by and are accountable to the shareholders and takes into account the role of the individual members of management who are appointed by the Board of Directors and who are charged with the day-to-day management of the Corporation. The Board of Directors is committed to sound corporate governance practices which are both in the interest of its shareholders and contribute to effective and efficient decision making. To achieve this goal, the Corporation has implemented an Audit Committee Terms of Reference, a Whistle Blower Policy, an Insider Trading and Reporting Policy, and a Disclosure and Confidentiality Policy.
Pursuant to National Instrument 58-101 Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices ("NI 58-101"), the Corporation is required to disclose its corporate governance practices as summarized below.
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is currently comprised of four members. All of these individuals are nominated for re-election including, Grant Devine, Andrew Gertler, and Mark Abrams are the independent directors of the Corporation.
Jim MacKenzie, the Chief Executive Officer and President; is currently a member of management and, as a result, not an independent director.
NI 58-101 suggests that the board of directors of a public company should be constituted with a majority of individuals who qualify as "independent" directors. 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 of directors, reasonably interfere with the exercise of a director's independent judgement. As disclosed above, the Board of Directors is comprised of a majority of independent directors. The independent judgement of the Board of Directors in carrying out its responsibilities is the responsibility of all directors. The Board of Directors of the Corporation facilitates independent supervision of management through meetings of the Board of Directors and through frequent informal discussions among independent members of the Board of Directors and management. In addition, the Board of Directors have free access to the Corporation's external auditors, legal counsel and to any of the Corporation's officers.
Directorships
The following directors of the Corporation are presently directors of other reporting issuers:
| Director | Other Reporting Issuers |
|---|---|
| Mark Abrams | Black Mammoth Metals Corporation TSX-V |
| Bayhorse Silver Inc. TSX-V | |
| Jim Mackenzie | Crestview Exploration Inc.- CSE |
| Andrew Gertler | Solid Impact Investments Corp. - TSX-V |
| FUSE Battery Metals Inc. - TSX-V | |
| AC/DC Battery Metals Inc. TSX |
12 | Page
Orientation and Continuing Education
Each new director is given an outline of the nature of the Corporation’s business, its corporate strategy and current issues with the Corporation. New directors are also expected to meet with management of the Corporation to discuss and better understand the Corporation’s business and are advised by counsel to the Corporation of their legal obligations as directors of the Corporation. New directors are also given copies of the Corporation’s policies.
The introduction and education process will be reviewed on an annual basis by the Board of Directors and will be revised as necessary.
Ethical Business Conduct
The Board of Directors has considered adopting a written code of business conduct and ethics and has decided that it is not necessary to adopt such a code at the present time.
The Board of Directors has established a Whistle Blower Policy, which establishes the complaint procedure for concerns about any aspect of the Corporation’s activities and operations. The Corporation has also adopted on Insider Trading and Reporting Policy which establishes procedures for when insiders may trade securities of the Corporation. The Corporation has also adopted a Disclosure and Confidentiality Policy which establishes procedures for ensuring adequate disclosure and compliance with disclosure requirements as well as procedures for maintaining confidentiality.
The Board of Directors has found that the fiduciary duties placed on individual directors by the Corporation’s governing corporate legislation and the common law and the restrictions placed by applicable corporate legislation on an individual director’s participation in decisions of the Board of Directors in which the director has an interest have been sufficient to ensure that the Board of Directors 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, as the directors of the Corporation also serve as directors and officers of other companies engaged in similar business activities, directors must comply with the conflict of interest provisions of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), as well as the relevant securities regulatory instruments, in order to ensure that directors exercise independent judgment in considering transactions 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 of Directors have not appointed a nominating committee. The Board of Directors determine new nominees to the Board of Directors although no formal process has been adopted. The nominees are generally the result of recruitment efforts by the Board of Directors members including both formal and informal discussions among the Board of Directors members and officers.
Compensation
The Board of Directors has not appointed a Compensation Committee. See “EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION - Compensation Governance” above.
Other Board of Directors Committees
The Corporation has no standing Committees at this time other than the Audit Committee and the Corporate Governance and Compensation Committee, as discussed above.
Assessments
The Board of Directors have not implemented a formal process for assessing its effectiveness or the effectiveness of its individual members or its committees. As a result of the Corporation's size, its stage of development and the limited number of individuals on the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors consider a formal assessment process to be unnecessary at this time. The Board of Directors plans to continue evaluating its own effectiveness on an ad hoc basis.
PARTICULARS OF MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON
To the knowledge of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, the only matters to be brought before the meeting are those matters set forth in the accompanying Notice of Meeting.
- Report and Financial Statements
The Board of Directors of the Corporation has approved all of the information in the audited financial statements of the Corporation for the years ended August 31, 2024 and August 31, 2025, and the reports of the auditor thereon copies of which are available on request or on SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.ca).
No approval or other action needs to be taken at the Meeting in respect of these documents.
- Fix Number of Directors to be Elected at the Meeting
Shareholders of the Corporation will be asked to consider and, if thought appropriate, to approve and adopt an ordinary resolution fixing the number of directors to be elected at the Meeting. In order to be effective, an ordinary resolution requires the approval of a majority of the votes cast by shareholders who vote in respect of the resolution.
At the Meeting, it will be proposed that four (4) 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 four (4).
The Corporation’s management recommends the Shareholders vote in favour of the resolution fixing the number of directors at FOUR (4). Unless given instructions to the contrary, the management proxyholders intend to vote FOR the resolution fixing the number of directors at FOUR.
- Election of Directors
The Corporation currently has four (4) directors being nominated for re-election. The following table sets forth the name of each of the four (4) persons proposed to be nominated for election as a director, all positions and offices in the Corporation presently held by such nominee, the nominee's municipality of residence, principal occupation at the present and during the preceding five years, the period during which the nominee has served as a director, and the number and percentage of Common Shares of the Corporation that the nominee has advised are beneficially owned by the nominee, directly or indirectly, or over which control or direction is exercised, as of the Effective Date.
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 of Directors. Management does not contemplate that any of such nominees will be unable to serve as directors; however, if for any reason any of the proposed nominees do not stand for election or are unable to serve as such, proxies held by Management Designees will be voted for another nominee in their discretion unless the shareholder has specified in his form of proxy that his Common Shares are to be withheld from voting in the election of directors. 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.
13 | Page
DIRECTORS FOR NOMINATION
| Name of Nominee; Current Position with the Corporation and Province or State and Country of Residence | Position with and Name and Principal Business of each Corporation/Employer(1) | Director Since | Number of Common Shares beneficially owned, directly, or indirectly, or controlled or directed(2) |
|---|---|---|---|
| D. Jim MacKenzie | |||
| North Vancouver, BC | |||
| President, Chief Executive Officer, Director | President, Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Viscount Mining Corp. | July 23, 2013 | 1,529,708 Shares | |
| 1,150,000 options | |||
| 440,000 warrants | |||
| 1.4 % undiluted | |||
| 2.8 % fully diluted | |||
| Andrew Gertler (2) | |||
| Westmont, QC | |||
| Director | Businessman and Corporate Consultant for Public and Private corporations | July 23, 2013 | 1,099,584 shares (3) |
| 650,000 options | |||
| 220,000 warrants | |||
| 1.0% undiluted | |||
| 1.7% fully diluted | |||
| Dr. D. Grant Devine (2) | |||
| Moose Jaw, SK | |||
| Director | Former Premier of Saskatchewan, | ||
| President of Grant Devine Farms and Consulting Services Ltd . | June 7, 2015 | 220,000 Shares | |
| 350,000 options | |||
| 200,000 warrants | |||
| 0.2% undiluted | |||
| 0.5% fully diluted | |||
| Mark J. Abrams | |||
| Reno, Nevada, USA | |||
| Director | Professional Geologist and Mining Consultant for Public and Private corporations | January 27, 2017 | 130,193 shares |
| 255,000 options | |||
| 92,000 warrants | |||
| 0.1% undiluted | |||
| 0.4% fully diluted |
Notes:
(1) The information as to Common Shares beneficially owned, not being within the knowledge of Viscount, has been obtained from SEDI or furnished by the proposed directors individually. Does not include Shares issuable upon exercise of options or warrants.
(2) Member of the audit committee of the Board (the "Audit Committee"). Mr. Gertler is the Chairman of the Audit Committee
(3) Includes 80,000 Shares held in a spousal RRSP Account
14 | Page
Cease Trade Orders
To the best of management’s knowledge, other than described herein, no proposed director is, or has been within the last ten years, a director or executive officer of any company that:
a) while that person was acting in that capacity was the subject of a cease trade or similar order or an order that denied the relevant company access to any exemption under securities legislation, for a period of more than 30 consecutive days; or
b) after the director or executive officer ceased to be a director or executive officer, was the subject of a cease trade or similar order or an order which resulted from an event that happened while the director acted in that capacity that denied the relevant company access to any exemption under securities legislation, for a period of more than 30 consecutive days; or
c) while that person was acting in that capacity or within a year of that person 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.
To the best of management’s knowledge, no proposed director has, within the ten years before the date of this Information 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.
None of our directors have 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.
Bankruptcies
No proposed director, within 10 years before the date of this Management Information 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.
Personal Bankruptcies
No proposed director has, within 10 years before the date of this Management Information 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 such proposed director.
The Corporation’s Board of Directors recommends a vote “FOR” the appointment of each of the nominees as Directors. In the absence of a contrary instruction, the persons designated by management of the Corporation in the enclosed form of proxy intend to vote FOR the election of the directors set out in the table above.
15 | Page
16 | Page
4. Appointment of Auditor
The shareholders of the Corporation will be asked to vote for the appointment of De Visser Gray LLP Chartered Accountants as auditor of the Corporation. 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 De Visser Gray LLP, Chartered Accountants, as auditor of the Corporation, to hold office until the close of the next annual general meeting of shareholders or until De Visser Gray LLP, Chartered Accountants 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 of Directors to fix the compensation of the auditor.
The persons named in the enclosed Proxy will vote for the appointment of De Visser Gray LLP, Chartered Accountants of Vancouver, British Columbia, as our auditor to hold office until the next annual general meeting of the shareholders, at a remuneration to be fixed by the directors.
5. Approval of Stock Option Plan
The Corporation has a stock option plan (the "Plan") which was previously approved by the shareholders of the Corporation on June 3, 2021. In November 2021, the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") amended Policy 4.4 with respect to equity-based compensation and which requires that rolling stock option plans must receive shareholder approval yearly, at an issuer's annual general meeting.
The Corporation did not issue any options during the financial year ended August 31, 2024 but did issue a total of 3,750,000 options during the Financial year ended August 31, 2025 and is seeking approval for those options as noted below.
The Plan shall be administered by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or if appointed, by a special committee of directors appointed from time to time by the Board of Directors (the "Board"). The aggregate number of Common Shares which may be reserved for issuance under the Plan shall not exceed 10% of the Corporation's issued and outstanding Common Shares.
At the Meeting, Shareholders will be asked to approve the adoption of a new 10% rolling incentive stock option plan (the "Option Plan") as attached hereto as Schedule "B". The Option Plan was approved by the Board on September 1, 2023.
The purpose of the Option Plan is to, among other things: (i) provide the Corporation with a mechanism to attract, retain and motivate qualified directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Corporation and its subsidiaries; (ii) reward directors, officers, employees and consultants that have been granted stock options (each, an "Option") under the Option Plan for their contributions toward the long-term goals and success of the Corporation; and (iii) enable and encourage such directors, officers, employees and consultants to acquire Shares of the Corporation as long-term investments and proprietary interests in the Corporation.
A summary of certain provisions of the Option Plan is set out below, and a full copy of the Option Plan is available on SEDAR+ or can be requested from the Corporation. This summary is qualified in its entirety to the full copy of the Option Plan.
SUMMARY OF THE OPTION PLAN
ELIGIBILITY
The Option Plan allows the Corporation to grant Options to attract, retain and motivate qualified directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Option Plan Participants").
NUMBER OF SHARES ISSUABLE
The aggregate number of Shares that may be issued to Option Plan Participants under the Option Plan will be that number of Shares equal to 10% of the issued and outstanding Shares on the particular date of grant of the Option, inclusive of the 5,900,000 outstanding options under the previous option plan.
LIMITS ON PARTICIPATION
The Option Plan provides for the following limits on grants, for so long as the Corporation is subject to the requirements of the Exchange, unless disinterested Shareholder approval is obtained or unless permitted otherwise pursuant to the policies of the Exchange:
(i) the maximum number of Shares that may be issued to any one Option Plan Participant (and where permitted pursuant to the policies of the Exchange, any company that is wholly owned by the Option Plan Participant) under the Option Plan, together with any other security based compensation arrangements, within a twelve (12) month period, may not exceed 5% of the issued Shares calculated on the date of grant;
(ii) the maximum number of Shares that may be issued to insiders collectively under the Option Plan, together with any other security-based compensation arrangements, within a twelve (12) month period, may not exceed 10% of the issued Shares calculated on the date of grant; and
(iii) the maximum number of Shares that may be issued to insiders collectively under the Option Plan, together with any other security-based compensation arrangements, may not exceed 10% of the issued Shares at any time.
For so long as such limitation is required by the Exchange, the maximum number of Options which may be granted within any twelve (12) month period to Option Plan Participants who perform investor relations activities must not exceed 2% of the issued and outstanding Shares, and such Options must vest in stages over twelve (12) months with no more than 25% vesting in any three (3) month period. In addition, the maximum number of Shares that may be granted to any one consultant under the Option Plan, together with any other security-based compensation arrangements, within a twelve (12) month period, may not exceed 2% of the issued Shares calculated on the date of grant.
ADMINISTRATION
The plan administrator of the Option Plan (the "Option Plan Administrator") will be the Board or a committee of the Board, if delegated. The Option Plan Administrator will, among other things, determine which directors, officers, employees or consultants are eligible to receive Options under the Option Plan; determine conditions under which Options may be granted, vested or exercised, including the expiry date, exercise price and vesting schedule of the Options; establish the form of option certificate ("Option Certificate"); interpret the Option Plan; and make all other determinations and take all other actions necessary or advisable for the implementation and administration of the Option Plan.
Subject to any required regulatory or shareholder approvals, the Option Plan Administrator may also, from time to time, without notice to or without approval of the Shareholders or the Option Plan Participants, amend, modify, change, suspend or terminate the Options granted pursuant thereto as it, in its discretion, determines appropriate, provided that no such amendment, modification, change, suspension or termination of the Option Plan or any Option granted pursuant thereto may materially impair any rights of an Option Plan Participant or materially increase any obligations of an Option Plan Participant under the Option Plan without the consent of such Option Plan Participant, unless the Option Plan Administrator determines such adjustment is required or desirable in order to comply with any applicable securities laws or stock exchange requirements or as otherwise permitted pursuant to the Option Plan.
All of the Options are subject to the conditions, limitations, restrictions, vesting, exercise and forfeiture provisions determined by the Option Plan Administrator, in its sole discretion, subject to such limitations provided in the Option Plan and will be evidenced by an Option Certificate. In addition, subject to the limitations provided in the Option Plan and in accordance with applicable law, the Option Plan Administrator may accelerate the vesting of Options, cancel or modify outstanding Options and waive any condition imposed with respect to Options or Shares issued pursuant to Options.
Page
EXERCISE OF OPTIONS
Options shall be exercisable as determined by the Option Plan Administrator at the time of grant, provided that no Option shall have a term exceeding ten (10) years so long as the Shares are listed on the Exchange.
Subject to all applicable regulatory rules, the vesting schedule for an Option, if any, shall be determined by the Option Plan Administrator. The Option Plan Administrator may elect, at any time, to accelerate the vesting schedule of an Option, and such acceleration will not be considered an amendment to such Option and will not require the consent of the Option Plan Participant in question. However, no acceleration to the vesting schedule of an Option granted to an Option Plan Participant performing investor relations services may be made without prior acceptance of the Exchange.
The exercise price of an Option shall be determined by the Option Plan Administrator and cannot be lower than the greater of: (i) the minimum price required by the Exchange; and (ii) the market value of the Shares on the applicable grant date.
An Option Plan Participant may exercise the Options in whole or in part through any one of the following forms of consideration, subject to applicable laws, prior to the expiry date of such Options, as determined by the Option Plan Administrator:
- the Option Plan Participant may send a wire transfer, certified cheque or bank draft payable to the Corporation in an amount equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares being purchased pursuant to the exercise of the Option;
- subject to approval from the Option Plan Administrator and the Shares being traded on the Exchange, a brokerage firm may be engaged to loan money to the Option Plan Participant in order for the Option Plan Participant to exercise the Options to acquire the Shares, subsequent to which the brokerage firm shall sell a sufficient number of Shares to cover the exercise price 10 of such Options to satisfy the loan. The brokerage firm shall receive an equivalent number of Shares from the exercise of the Options, and the Option Plan Participant shall receive the balance of the Shares or cash proceeds from the balance of such Shares; and
- subject to approval from the Option Plan Administrator and the Shares being traded on the Exchange, consideration may be paid by reducing the number of Shares otherwise issuable under the Options, in lieu of a cash payment to the Corporation, an Option Plan Participant, excluding those providing investor relations services, only receives the number of Shares that is equal to the quotient obtained by dividing: (i) the product of the number of Options being exercised multiplied by the difference between the volume-weighted average trading price of the Shares and the exercise price of the Options, by (ii) the volume-weighted average trading price of the Shares.
If an exercise date for an Option occurs during a trading black-out period imposed by the Corporation to restrict trades in its securities, then, notwithstanding any other provision of the Option Plan, the Option shall be exercised no more than ten business days after the trading black-out period is lifted by the Corporation, subject to certain exceptions.
Any Options granted to an Option Plan Participant under the Option Plan shall terminate at a date no later than twelve (12) months from the date such Option Plan Participant ceases to be an Option Plan Participant.
18 | Page
TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICES AND CHANGE IN CONTROL
The following describes the impact of certain events that may, unless otherwise determined by the Option Plan Administrator or as set forth in an Option Certificate, lead to the early expiry of Options granted under the Option Plan.
| Termination by the Corporation for cause: | Forfeiture of all unvested Options. The Option Plan Administrator may determine that all vested Options shall be forfeited, failing which all vested Options shall be exercised in accordance with the Option Plan. |
|---|---|
| Voluntary resignation of an Option Plan Participant: | Forfeiture of all unvested Options. Exercise of vested Options in accordance with the Option Plan. |
| Termination by the Corporation other than for cause: | Acceleration of vesting of a portion of unvested Options in accordance with a prescribed formula as set out in the Option Plan. Forfeiture of the remaining unvested Options. Exercise of vested Options in accordance with the Option Plan. |
| Death or disability of an Option Plan Participant: | Acceleration of vesting of all unvested Options. Exercise of vested Options in accordance with the Option Plan. |
| Termination or voluntary resignation for Exercise of vested good reason within twelve (12) months of a change in control: | Acceleration of vesting of all unvested Options. Options in accordance with the Option Plan. |
In the event of a triggering event, which includes a change in control, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, a material alteration of the capital structure of the Corporation and a disposition of all or substantially all of the Corporation's assets, the Option Plan Administrator may, without the consent of the Option Plan Participant, cause all or a portion of the Options granted to terminate upon the occurrence of such event.
AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF THE OPTION PLAN
Subject to any necessary regulatory approvals, the Option Plan may be suspended or terminated at any time by the Option Plan Administrator, provided that no such suspension or termination shall alter or impact any rights or obligations under an Option previously granted without the consent of the Option Plan Participant.
The following limitations apply to the Option Plan and all Options thereunder as long as such limitations are required by the Exchange:
- any adjustment to Options, other than in connection with a security consolidation or security split, is subject to prior Exchange acceptance;
- any amendment to the Option Plan is subject to prior Exchange acceptance, except for amendments to reduce the number of Shares issuable under the Option Plan, to increase the exercise price of Options or to cancel Options;
- any amendments made to the Option Plan shall require regulatory and Shareholder approval, except for amendments to: (i) fix typographical errors; and (ii) clarify existing provisions of the Option Plan and which do not have the effect of altering the scope, nature and intent of such provisions; and;
- the exercise price of an Option previously granted to an insider must not be reduced, or the extension of the expiry date of an Option held by an insider may not be extended, unless the Corporation has obtained disinterested shareholder approval to do so in accordance with Exchange policies.
19 | Page
Subject to the foregoing limitations and any necessary regulatory approvals, the Option Plan Administrator may amend any existing Options or the Option Plan or the terms and conditions of any Option granted thereafter, although the Option Plan Administrator must obtain written consent of the Option Plan Participant (unless otherwise excepted out by a provision of the Option Plan) where such amendment would materially decrease the rights or benefits accruing to an Option Plan Participant or materially increase the obligations of an Option Plan Participant.
CORPORATION OPTION PLAN RESOLUTION
At the Meeting, the Shareholders of the Corporation will be asked to consider and approve an ordinary resolution, in substantially the following form, in order to approve the continuation of the Option Plan, which resolution requires approval of greater than 50% of the votes cast by the Shareholders who, being entitled to do so, vote, in person or by proxy, on the ordinary resolution at the Meeting:
"BE IT RESOLVED, AS AN ORDINARY RESOLUTION, THAT:
a) subject to final acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSXV"), the Corporation's 10% rolling stock option plan (the "Option Plan"), is hereby approved;
b) The Options issued during the Year ended August 31, 2025 are hereby approved;
c) the directors of the Corporation or any committee of the board of directors of the Corporation are hereby authorized to grant stock options (each, an "Option") pursuant to the Option Plan to those eligible to receive Options thereunder;
d) any one (1) director or officer of the Corporation is hereby authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Corporation all such documents and instruments and to do all such other acts and things as in such director's opinion may be necessary to give effect to the matters contemplated by these resolutions; and
e) notwithstanding that this resolution be passed by the shareholders of the Corporation, the continuation of the 10% rolling stock option plan is conditional upon receipt of final approval of the TSXV, and the directors of the Corporation are hereby authorized and empowered to revoke this resolution, without any further approval of the shareholders of the Corporation, at any time if such revocation is considered necessary or desirable to the directors."
RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD
The Board has determined that the Option Plan is in the best interests of the Corporation and the Shareholders and unanimously recommends that the Shareholders vote in favour of approving the Option Plan. In the absence of any contrary directions, it is the intention of management to vote proxies in the accompanying form FOR the foregoing resolution.
The Board reserves the right to amend any terms of the Option Plan or not to proceed with the Option Plan at any time prior to the Meeting if the Board determines that it would be in the best interests of the Corporation and the Shareholders and to do so in light of any subsequent event or development occurring after the date of the Information Circular
6. Other Business
While there is no other business other than that business mentioned in the Notice of Meeting to be presented for action by the 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.
20 | Page
21 | Page
GENERAL
Unless otherwise directed, it is management’s intention to vote proxies in favour of the resolutions set forth herein. All special resolutions to be brought before the Meeting require, for the passing of the same, a two-thirds majority of the votes cast at the Meeting by the holders of Common Shares. 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. All approvals by disinterested shareholders require the approval of the shareholders not affected by, or interested in, the matter to be approved.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Additional information relating to the Corporation is available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca. Financial information of the Corporation’s most recently completed financial year is provided, or will be provided, in the Corporation’s comparative financial statements and management discussion and analysis available on SEDAR+.
To obtain a copy of the Corporation’s most recent financial statements and management discussion and analysis Shareholders may contact the Corporation at:
VISCOUNT MINING CORP.
1100-1111 Melville Street
Vancouver BC V6C3V6
BOARD APPROVAL
The contents and the sending of this Management Information Circular have been approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
DATED at Vancouver, British Columbia on the 19th day of December 2025
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
cs// “Jim MacKenzie”
Jim MacKenzie
Chief Executive Officer and Director
22 | Page
Schedule "A"
Audit Committee Charter Mandate
The primary function of the audit committee (the Committee) is to assist the Board of Directors in fulfilling its financial oversight responsibilities by reviewing the financial reports and other financial information provided by the Corporation to regulatory authorities and shareholders, the Corporation's systems of internal controls regarding finance and accounting and the Corporation's auditing, accounting and financial reporting processes. The Committee's primary duties and responsibilities are to:
a) serve as an independent and objective party to monitor the Corporation's financial reporting and internal control system and review the Corporation's financial statements;
b) review and appraise the performance of the Corporation's external auditor;
c) provide an open avenue of communication among the Corporation's auditor, financial and senior management and the Board of Directors; and
d) report regularly to the Board of Directors the results of its activities.
Composition
The Committee shall be comprised of a minimum three directors as determined by the Board of Directors. If the Corporation ceases to be a "venture issuer" (as that term is defined in National Instrument 52 110 – Audit Committees), then all of the members of the Committee shall be free from any material relationship with the Corporation that, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, would interfere with the exercise of their independent judgment as a member of the Committee.
If the Corporation ceases to be a venture issuer then all members of the Committee shall also have accounting or related financial management expertise. All members of the Audit Committee should have the ability to read and understand a set of financial statements that present a breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues that are generally comparable to the breadth and complexity of the issues that can reasonably be expected to be raised by the Corporation's financial statements.
The members of the Committee shall be elected by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual shareholders' meeting or until their successors are duly elected. Unless a Chair is elected by the full Board of Directors, the members of the Committee may designate a Chair by a majority vote of the full Committee membership.
Meetings
The Committee shall meet at least once quarterly, or more frequently as circumstances dictate or as may be prescribed by securities regulatory requirements. As part of its job to foster open communication, the Committee will meet at least annually with the Chief Financial Officer and the external auditor in separate sessions.
Responsibilities and Duties
To fulfill its responsibilities and duties, the Committee shall:
- Documents/Reports Review
(a) review and update this Audit Committee Charter annually;
(b) review the Corporation’s financial statements, MD&A and any annual and interim earnings press releases before the Corporation publicly discloses this information and any reports or other financial information (including quarterly financial statements), which are submitted to any governmental body, or to the public, including any certification, report, opinion, or review rendered by the external auditor; and
(c) review regular summary reports of directors and officers expense account claims at least annually. Establish and review approval policies for expense reports and, as required, request audits of expense claims and policies for expense approval and reimbursements. The Chairman of the Audit Committee or of the Compensation Committee to approve expense reports of the President and the CEO and the CEO to approve those of the directors and officers.
2. External Auditor
(a) review annually, the performance of the external auditor who shall be ultimately accountable to the Board of Directors and the Committee as representatives of the shareholders of the Corporation;
(b) obtain annually, a formal written statement of external auditor setting forth all relationships between the external auditor and the Corporation;
(c) review and discuss with the external auditor any disclosed relationships or services that may impact the objectivity and independence of the external auditor;
(d) take, or recommend that the Board of Directors take, appropriate action to oversee the independence of the external auditor, including the resolution of disagreements between management and the external auditor regarding financial reporting;
(e) recommend to the Board of Directors the selection and, where applicable, the replacement of the external auditor nominated annually for shareholder approval;
(f) recommend to the Board of Directors the compensation to be paid to the external auditor;
(g) at each meeting, where desired, consult with the external auditor, without the presence of management, about the quality of the Corporation’s accounting principles, internal controls and the completeness and accuracy of the Corporation’s financial statements;
(h) review and approve the Corporation’s hiring policies regarding partners, employees and former partners and employees of the present and former external auditor of the Corporation;
(i) review with management and the external auditor the audit plan for the year-end financial statements; and
(j) review and pre-approve all audit and audit-related services and the fees and other compensation related thereto, and any non-audit services, provided by the Corporation’s external auditor. The pre-approval requirement is waived with respect to the provision of non-audit services if:
(i) the aggregate amount of all such non-audit services that were not pre-approved is reasonably expected to constitute not more than five percent of the total amount of feeds paid by the Corporation to its external auditor during the fiscal year in which the non-audit services are provided,
(ii) such services were not recognized by the Corporation at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services, and
23 | Page
(iii) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Committee by the Corporation and approved prior to the completion of the audit by the Committee or by one or more members of the Committee to whom authority to grant such approvals has been delegated by the Committee.
Provided the pre-approval of the non-audit services is presented to the Committee’s first scheduled meeting following such approval, such authority may be delegated by the Committee to one or more independent members of the Committee.
3. Financial Reporting Processes
(a) in consultation with the external auditor, review with management the integrity of the Corporation’s financial reporting process, both internal and external;
(b) consider the external auditor’s judgments about the quality and appropriateness of the Corporation’s accounting principles as applied in its financial reporting;
(c) consider and approve, if appropriate, changes to the Corporation’s auditing and accounting principles and practices as suggested by the external auditor and management;
(d) review significant judgments made by management in the preparation of the financial statements and the view of the external auditor as to appropriateness of such judgments;
(e) following completion of the annual audit, review separately with management and the external auditor any significant difficulties encountered during the course of the audit, including any restrictions on the scope of work or access to required information;
(f) review any significant disagreement among management and the external auditor in connection with the preparation of the financial statements;
(g) review with the external auditor and management the extent to which changes and improvements in financial or accounting practices have been implemented;
(h) review any complaints or concerns of the Corporation about any questionable accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters;
(i) review certification process;
(j) establish a procedure for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by the Corporation regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters;
(k) establish a procedure for the confidential, anonymous submission by employees of the Corporation of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters; and
(l) on at least an annual basis, review with the Corporation’s counsel, any legal matters that could have a significant impact on the Corporation’s financial statements, the Corporation’s compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and inquiries received from regulators or government agencies.
24 | Page
- Authority
The Audit Committee will have the authority to:
(a) review any related-party transactions;
(b) engage independent counsel and other advisors as it determines necessary to carry out its duties;
(c) to set and pay compensation for any independent counsel and other advisors employed by the Committee;
(d) communicate directly with the internal and external auditors; and
(e) conduct and authorize investigations into any matters within the Committee’s scope of responsibilities. The Committee shall be empowered to retain independent counsel and other professionals to assist in the conduct of any investigation.
25 | Page