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pursuant to such rules and regulations, these financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial
−Removed: statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, and all amendments thereto.
+Added: statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.
Hill Mining Corp.
16 unchanged sentences
Accrued liabilities
−Removed: Current portion of lease liability (note 8)
Interest payable (note 7)
1 unchanged sentence
Deferred share units liability (note 10)
+Added: Derivative special warrant liability (note 8)
Promissory notes payable (note 7)
1 unchanged sentence
Non-current liabilities
+Added: Bridge loan (note 7)
Series 1 convertible debenture (note 7)
Series 2 convertible debenture (note 7)
+Added: Stream obligation (note 7)
Royalty convertible debenture (note 7)
−Removed: Environment protection agency cost recovery liability, net of discount (note 6)
−Removed: Derivative warrant liability (note 9)
+Added: Environmental protection agency cost recovery liability, net of discount (note 6)
+Added: Deferred tax liability (note 12)
+Added: Derivative warrant liabilities (note 8)
Total liabilities
5 unchanged sentences
Additional paid-in-capital (note 8)
−Removed: Special warrants (note 9)
Accumulated other comprehensive income
8 unchanged sentences
Hill Mining Corp.
−Removed: Interim Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income (Loss)
+Added: Interim Consolidated Statements of (Loss) Income and Comprehensive Income
in United States Dollars)
Three Months Ended
+Added: Six Months Ended
Operating expenses
2 unchanged sentences
Legal and accounting
−Removed: Consulting and wages
Loss from operations
1 unchanged sentence
( 3,979,862 )
+Added: ( 5,522,461 )
+Added: ( 9,466,536 )
Other income or gain (expense or loss)
−Removed: Change in derivative liability (note 9)
−Removed: Gain on FV of convertible debentures (note 7)
−Removed: Gain on modification of warrants (note 9)
−Removed: Gain on foreign exchange
−Removed: Loss on FV of debenture derivative
+Added: Interest income
+Added: Change in derivative liabilities (note 8)
+Added: ( 13,246,561 )
+Added: ( 9,019,987 )
+Added: Gain (loss) on foreign exchange
+Added: (Loss) gain on FV of debentures (note 7)
+Added: ( 1,884,232 )
+Added: Gain on EPA settlement
+Added: Gain on debt settlement (note 5)
+Added: Gain on warrant settlement
Interest expense (note 7)
( 1,388,420 )
−Removed: Financing costs (note 9)
+Added: ( 2,713,049 )
+Added: ( 1,117,607 )
Debenture finance costs
+Added: ( 1,099,051 )
+Added: ( 1,166,485 )
+Added: Finance costs (note 7, 8)
+Added: ( 1,100,881 )
+Added: Loss on debt modification (note 7)
Loss on debt settlement (note 7)
−Removed: Net income (loss) for the period
+Added: (Loss) income for the period pre tax
$ ( 13,349,041 )
−Removed: Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
−Removed: Gain on change in FV on own credit risk (note 7)
−Removed: Other comprehensive income (loss)
−Removed: Comprehensive income (loss)
$ ( 11,557,894 )
+Added: Deferred tax expense (note 12)
+Added: ( 3,508,741 )
+Added: ( 3,508,741 )
+Added: Net (loss) income for the period
+Added: $ ( 16,857,782 )
+Added: $ ( 15,066,635 )
+Added: Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax:
+Added: (loss) gain on change in FV on own credit risk
+Added: Other comprehensive income
+Added: Comprehensive (loss) income
+Added: $ ( 17,231,197 )
+Added: $ ( 14,633,038 )
+Added: Dilutive effect of convertible debentures
+Added: Dilutive effect of derivative warrant liabilities
+Added: Diluted net (loss) income and comprehensive (loss) income for the period
+Added: $ ( 17,231,197 )
+Added: $ ( 14,633,038 )
Net income (loss) per common share – basic
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Operating activities
−Removed: Net income (loss) for the period
+Added: Net (loss) income for the period
$ ( 15,066,635 )
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( 11,223,219 )
−Removed: ( 3,454,008 )
−Removed: Gain on warrant extinguishment
+Added: Deferred tax expense (note 12)
+Added: Gain on warrant settlement
Units issued for services
3 unchanged sentences
Foreign exchange loss (gain) on re-translation of lease
+Added: Loss on debt modification
Loss on debt settlement
−Removed: Amortization of EPA discount
−Removed: (Gain) loss on fair value of derivatives
+Added: loss (gain) on fair value of debentures
( 1,739,987 )
−Removed: Imputed interest expense on convertible debentures
+Added: Amortization of non-current liabilities
+Added: Gain on debt settlement
+Added: ( 7,117,420 )
+Added: Gain on EPA debt settlement
+Added: ( 8,614,103 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable and prepaid expenses
−Removed: Prepaid finance costs
Accounts payable
1 unchanged sentence
Accrued EPA/IDEQ water treatment
+Added: Prepaid finance costs
+Added: Deposit on plant demobilization
+Added: ( 1,000,000 )
EPA cost recovery payable
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Investing activities
−Removed: Deposit on plant
−Removed: Land purchase
−Removed: Bunker Hill mine purchase
+Added: Additions to Bunker Hill Mine and mining interests
( 5,524,322 )
+Added: Land purchase
Process plant
−Removed: Mine improvements
−Removed: Purchase of machinery and equipment
+Added: ( 3,155,362 )
+Added: ( 1,289,477 )
+Added: Purchase of equipment
+Added: Purchase of spare parts inventory
Net cash used in investing activities
( 3,729,493 )
+Added: ( 7,518,361 )
Financing activities
+Added: Proceeds from stream obligation
+Added: Transaction costs stream obligation
Proceeds from convertible debentures
+Added: Proceeds from issuance of shares, net of issue costs
Proceeds from issuance of special warrants
1 unchanged sentence
Proceeds from promissory note
−Removed: Proceeds from subscriptions received
+Added: Repayment of bridge loan
+Added: ( 5,000,000 )
+Added: Repayment of promissory notes
+Added: ( 1,000,000 )
Lease payments
1 unchanged sentence
Net change in cash
−Removed: Cash, beginning of period
−Removed: Cash, end of period
+Added: Cash and restricted cash, beginning of period
+Added: Cash and restricted cash, end of period
Supplemental disclosures
+Added: Cash interest paid
Non-cash activities
−Removed: Accounts payable, accrued liabilities, and promissory notes settled with
−Removed: special warrants issuance
+Added: Accounts payable, accrued liabilities, and promissory notes settled with special warrants issuance
+Added: Mill purchase for shares and warrants
+Added: Units issued to settle DSU/RSU/Bonuses
Interest payable settled with common shares
−Removed: Reconciliation from Cash Flow Statement to Balance
−Removed: Cash and restricted cash
−Removed: end of period
+Added: Reconciliation from Cash Flow Statement to Balance Sheet:
+Added: Cash and restricted cash end of period
Less restricted cash
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Stock-based compensation
−Removed: Stock subscription received for units
Compensation options
−Removed: Shares issued for interest payable
+Added: Shares issued for RSUs vested
Shares issued for warrant exercise
−Removed: Special warrants
−Removed: Gain on fair value from change in credit risk
−Removed: Net income for the period
−Removed: Balance, March 31, 2023
+Added: Shares issued for interest payable
+Added: Net income (loss) for the period
( 15,066,635 )
( 15,066,635 )
−Removed: Balance, December 31, 2021
+Added: Balance, June 30, 2023
$ ( 86,659,194 )
$ ( 36,432,624 )
−Removed: balance value
+Added: Balance, December 31, 2021
$ ( 72,491,150 )
1 unchanged sentence
Stock-based compensation
+Added: Compensation options
+Added: Shares issued for interest payable
+Added: Shares issued for RSUs vested
+Added: Non brokered shares issued for $ 0.30 CAD
Stock subscription received for units
−Removed: Net loss for the period
−Removed: ( 2,880,886 )
+Added: Special warrant shares issued for $ 0.30 CAD
( 1,775,790 )
−Removed: Net income (loss)
+Added: Contractor shares issued for $ 0.30 CAD
+Added: Shares issued for Mill purchase
+Added: Warrant valuation
( 6,246,848 )
( 6,246,848 )
−Removed: Balance, March 31, 2022
+Added: Net income (loss) for the period
+Added: Net income (loss)
+Added: Balance, June 30, 2022
$ ( 63,317,255 )
$ ( 19,447,576 )
−Removed: balance value
$ ( 63,317,255 )
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to the Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
−Removed: Months Ended March 31, 2023
+Added: and Six Months Ended June 30, 2023
in United States Dollars)
−Removed: Nature and Continuance of Operations and Going Concern
+Added: Nature and Continuance of Operations
Hill Mining Corp.
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American Zinc Corp.), an Idaho corporation created to facilitate the work being conducted at the Bunker Hill Mine in Kellogg, Idaho.
−Removed: Company was incorporated for the purpose of engaging in mineral exploration activities.
+Added: Company was incorporated for the purpose of engaging in mineral exploration, and exploitation activities.
It continues to work at developing its project
with a view towards putting it into production.
−Removed: unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.
−Removed: The Company has incurred
−Removed: losses since inception resulting in an accumulated deficit of $ 69,801,410
−Removed: as at March 31, 2023 and further losses are anticipated in the development of its business.
−Removed: The Company does not have sufficient
−Removed: cash to fund normal operations and meet debt obligations for the next 12 months without deferring payment on certain current
−Removed: liabilities and/or raising additional funds.
−Removed: In order to continue to meet its fiscal obligations in the current fiscal year and
−Removed: beyond, the Company must seek additional financing.
−Removed: This raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a
−Removed: going concern.
−Removed: Its ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon the ability of the Company to generate profitable
−Removed: operations in the future and/or to obtain the necessary financing to meet its obligations and repay its liabilities arising from
−Removed: normal business operations when they come due.
−Removed: The accompanying condensed interim consolidated financial statements do not include
−Removed: any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
−Removed: is considering various financing alternatives including, but not limited to, raising capital through the capital markets, debt, and closing
−Removed: on the multi-metals stream transaction (see note 7).
−Removed: These unaudited interim consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments
−Removed: relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded assets, or the amounts of and classification of liabilities that might
−Removed: be necessary in the event the Company cannot continue in existence.
−Removed: Russia/Ukraine Crisis:
−Removed: Company’s operations could be adversely affected by the effects of the Russia/Ukraine crisis and the effects of sanctions imposed
−Removed: against Russia or that country’s retributions against those sanctions, embargos or further-reaching impacts upon energy prices,
−Removed: food prices and market disruptions.
−Removed: The Company cannot accurately predict the impact the crisis will have on its operations and the ability
−Removed: of contractors to meet their obligations with the Company, including uncertainties relating the severity of its effects, the duration
−Removed: of the conflict, and the length and magnitude of energy bans, embargos and restrictions imposed by governments.
−Removed: In addition, the crisis
−Removed: could adversely affect the economies and financial markets of the United States in general, resulting in an economic downturn that could
−Removed: further affect the Company’s operations and ability to finance its operations.
−Removed: Additionally, the Company cannot predict changes
−Removed: in precious metals pricing or changes in commodities pricing which may alternately affect the Company either positively or negatively.
Significant Accounting Policies :
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis, for the year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: The interim results for the period ended March 31,
+Added: The interim results for the period ended June 30, 2023,
are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full fiscal year.
−Removed: The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial
−Removed: statements are presented in United States dollars, which is the Company’s functional currency.
+Added: The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements
+Added: are presented in United States dollars, which is the Company’s functional currency.
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes for
−Removed: items such as mineral reserves, useful lives and depreciation methods, potential impairment of long-lived assets, deferred income
−Removed: taxes, settlement pricing of commodity sales, fair value of stock based compensation, accrued liabilities, estimation of asset
−Removed: retirement obligations and reclamation liabilities, convertible debentures, and warrants.
−Removed: Estimates are based on historical experience and various other assumptions that
−Removed: the Company believes to be reasonable.
−Removed: Actual results could differ from those estimates.
+Added: items such as mineral reserves, useful lives and depreciation methods, potential impairment of long-lived assets, sale of mineral
+Added: properties for the accounting of the conversion of the royalty convertible debenture (the “RCD”), deferred income taxes,
+Added: settlement pricing of commodity sales, fair value of stock based compensation, accrued liabilities, estimation of asset retirement
+Added: obligations and reclamation liabilities, convertible debentures, stream obligation, and warrants.
+Added: Estimates are based on historical
+Added: experience and various other assumptions that the Company believes to be reasonable.
+Added: Actual results could differ from those
Accounts receivable and prepaid expenses
receivable and prepaid expenses consists of the following:
−Removed: Schedule of Accounts receivable and prepaid expenses
+Added: of Accounts receivable and prepaid expenses
Prepaid expenses and deposits
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Equipment, net
−Removed: total depreciation expense relating to equipment during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022 was $ 44,692
−Removed: and $ 54,015 ,
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: Process Plant Purchase from Teck Resources Limited
−Removed: On May 13, 2022, the Company completed purchase of
−Removed: a comprehensive package of equipment and parts inventory from Teck Resources Limited (“Teck”).
+Added: total depreciation expense relating to equipment during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, was $ 31,732 and $ 76,424 , respectively.
+Added: Compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, was $ 38,692 and $ 77,091 , respectively.
+Added: On May 13, 2022, the Company completed the purchase of a package of equipment
+Added: and parts inventory from Teck Resources Limited’s (“Teck”) Pend Oreille operation.
The package comprises substantially
−Removed: all processing equipment of value located at the Pend Oreille mine site, including complete crushing, grinding and flotation circuits
−Removed: suitable for a planned ~1,500 ton-per-day operation at the Bunker Hill site, and total inventory of nearly 10,000 components and parts
−Removed: for mill, assay lab, conveyer, field instruments, and electrical spares.
−Removed: The purchase of the mill has been valued at:
−Removed: Cash consideration given, comprised of $ 500,000 non-refundable deposit remitted on January 7, 2022 and $ 231,000 sales tax remitted on May 13, 2022, a total of $ 731,000 cash remitted.
−Removed: Value of common shares issued on May 13, 2022 at the market price of that day, a value of $ 1,970,264 .
−Removed: Fair value of the warrants issued together with the inputs, as determined by a binomial model, resulted in a fair value of $ 1,273,032 .
−Removed: As a result, the total value of the mill at the time of purchase was determined to be $ 3,974,296 , including $ 341,004 of spare parts inventory.
−Removed: The process plant was purchased in an assembled
−Removed: state in the seller’s location, and included major processing systems, significant components, and a large inventory of spare
−Removed: The Company has disassembled and transported it to the Bunker Hill site, and will be reassembling it as an integral part of
−Removed: the Company’s future operations.
−Removed: The Company determined that the transaction should be accounted for as an asset acquisition,
−Removed: with the process plant representing a single asset, with the exception of the inventory of spare parts, which has been separated out
−Removed: and appears on the balance sheets as a non-current asset in accordance with a preliminary purchase price allocation.
−Removed: is demobilized, transported and reassembled, installation and other costs associated with these activities will be captured and
−Removed: capitalized as components of the asset.
+Added: all the mineral processing equipment including complete crushing, grinding and flotation circuits suitable for a planned ~1,500 ton-per-day
+Added: operation at the Bunker Hill site, and total inventory of components and parts for the mill, assay lab, conveyer, field instruments, and
+Added: electrical spares.
+Added: purchase of the mill has been valued at:
+Added: consideration given, comprised of $ 500,000 non-refundable deposit remitted on January 7, 2022 and $ 231,000 sales tax remitted on
+Added: May 13, 2022, a total of $ 731,000 cash remitted.
+Added: of common shares issued on May 13, 2022 at the market price of that day, a value of $ 1,970,264 .
+Added: value of the warrants issued together with the inputs, as determined by a binomial model, resulted in a fair value of $ 1,273,032 .
+Added: a result, the total value of the mill at the time of purchase was determined to be $ 3,974,296 , including $ 341,004 of spare parts
+Added: process plant was purchased in an assembled state, and included major processing systems, significant
+Added: components, and a large inventory of spare parts.
+Added: The Company has disassembled and transported it to the Bunker Hill site, and will be
+Added: reassembling it as an integral part of the Company’s future operations.
+Added: The Company determined that the transaction should be accounted
+Added: for as an asset acquisition, with the process plant representing a single asset, with the exception of the inventory of spare parts,
+Added: which has been separated out and appears on the balance sheets as a non-current asset in accordance with the purchase price
+Added: As the plant is demobilized, transported and reassembled, installation and other costs associated with these activities will
+Added: be captured and capitalized as components of the asset.
plant consists of the following:
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Plant purchase price less inventory
+Added: Ball mill purchase
Demobilization
Site preparation costs
−Removed: Pend Oreille plant asset, net
−Removed: August 30, 2022, the Company entered into an agreement to purchase a ball mill from D’Angelo International LLC for $ 675,000 .
−Removed: purchase of the mill is to be made in three cash payments.
−Removed: The first two payments were made as follows:
−Removed: on September 15, 2022 as a non-refundable long-term deposit
−Removed: on October 13, 2022, as a refundable long-term deposit
−Removed: of March 31, 2023, the Company had not made the final payment of $ 475,000 .
+Added: Process Plant
+Added: On June 30, 2023, the Company made the final payment of $ 545,626 to D’Angelo International LLC to complete the purchase of a ball mill for a total $ 745,626 (inclusive of two previously paid deposits of $ 100,000 from the Company to D’Angelo International LLC).
+Added: The ball mill is capable of delivering the 1,800 ton per day
+Added: mine plan envisaged in the Company’s Prefeasibility Study, and subject to future detailed engineering and mine planning, the mill
+Added: could also potentially support a throughput increase.
asset consists of the following:
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Right-of-use asset, net
−Removed: total depreciation expense during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022 was $ 6,384
−Removed: (relating to an expired lease), respectively.
+Added: total depreciation expense during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, was $ 6,385 and $ 12,769 , respectively.
+Added: Compared to the
+Added: three and six months ended June 30, 2022, was $ 24,442 and $ 52,353 , (relating to an expired lease) respectively.
Bunker Hill Mine and Mining Interests
−Removed: Hill Mine Complex
+Added: Hill Mine Purchase
Company purchased the Bunker Hill Mine (the “Mine”) in January 2022, as described below.
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of $ 3,400,000 payable in cash and $ 2,000,000 in Common Shares of the Company.
−Removed: Amended Agreement also required payments pursuant to an agreement with the EPA whereby for so long as the Company leases, owns and/or
−Removed: occupies the Mine, the Company would make payments to the EPA on behalf of Placer Mining in satisfaction of the EPA’s claim for
−Removed: historical water treatment cost recovery in accordance with the Settlement Agreement reached with the EPA in 2018.
−Removed: Immediately prior
−Removed: to the purchase of the Mine, the Company’s liability to EPA in this regard totaled $ 11,000,000 .
+Added: The Amended Agreement also required payments pursuant to an agreement with
+Added: the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) whereby for so long as the Company leases, owns and/or occupies the Mine, the
+Added: Company would make payments to the EPA on behalf of Placer Mining in satisfaction of the EPA’s claim for historical water treatment
+Added: cost recovery as per the Settlement Agreement reached with the EPA in 2018.
+Added: Immediately prior to the purchase of the Mine, the Company’s
+Added: liability to EPA in this regard totaled $11,000,000.
Company completed the purchase of the Mine on January 7, 2022.
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purchase of the mine has been valued on January 7, 2022:
−Removed: Contract purchase price of $ 7,700,000 less $ 300,000 credit by seller for prior maintenance payments.
−Removed: Net present value of water treatment cost recovery liability assumed of $ 6,402,425 .
−Removed: Capitalized legal and closing costs of $ 444,785 .
−Removed: As a result, the total
−Removed: value of the mine at the time of purchase was determined to be $ 14,247,210 .
−Removed: The carrying cost of the Mine is comprised of the
+Added: purchase price of $ 7,700,000 less $ 300,000 credit by seller for prior maintenance payments.
+Added: present value of water treatment cost recovery liability assumed of $ 6,402,425 .
+Added: legal and closing costs of $ 444,785 .
+Added: a result, the total value of the mine at the time of purchase was determined to be $ 14,247,210 .
+Added: Company completed the purchase of the Mine on January 7, 2022.
+Added: The terms of the purchase price were modified to $ 5,400,000 in cash,
+Added: from $ 3,400,000 of cash and $ 2,000,000 of Common Shares.
+Added: Concurrent with the purchase of the Mine, the Company assumed incremental
+Added: liabilities of $ 8,000,000 to the EPA, consistent with the terms of the amended Settlement Agreement with the EPA that was executed
+Added: in December 2021 (see “EPA Settlement Agreement” section below).
+Added: Management has determined the purchase to be an acquisition
+Added: of a single asset.
+Added: Capitalized Development
+Added: Commencing on October 1, 2022, the Company capitalizes
+Added: mine development.
+Added: Through June 30, 2023, a total of $ 1,517,526 had been capitalized.
+Added: of Mineral Properties
+Added: June 23, 2023, as consideration for the extinguishment of the RCD, as described in note 7, the Company granted a royalty for 1.85 % of life-of-mine
+Added: gross revenue (the “Royalty”) from mining claims considered to be historically worked, contiguous to current accessible underground
+Added: development, and covered by the Company’s 2021 ground geophysical survey.
+Added: A 1.35% rate will apply to claims outside of these areas.
+Added: transaction is treated as a sale of mineral interest to Sprott.
+Added: The portion of the mineral interest sold was determined based on an
+Added: analysis of discounted life-of-mine royalty payments relative to discounted future cash flows generated from the mine net of capital
+Added: and operating costs, applied to the carrying value of the Bunker Hill Mine as of June 23, 2023 before consideration of the sale of
+Added: mineral properties.
+Added: This analysis utilized a discount rate of 13% and long-term metal prices of $1.09/lb, $0.98/lb and $25.51/oz for
+Added: zinc, lead and silver respectively, consistent with assumptions utilized in the valuation of the RCD at
+Added: extinguishment.
+Added: The Company has recognized a gain of $ 6,980,932 in
+Added: the condensed interim consolidated condensed interim consolidated statements of (loss) income and comprehensive income.
+Added: carrying cost of the Mine is comprised of the following:
of Mining Interests
−Removed: Bunker Hill Mine and Mining interests
+Added: Bunker Hill Mine purchase
Capitalized development
−Removed: Pend Oreille plant asset, net
−Removed: has determined the purchase to be an acquisition of a single asset.
−Removed: purchase and leases
+Added: Sale of mineral properties (royalty)
+Added: ( 1,973,840 )
+Added: Bunker Hill mine
+Added: purchase and lease
March 3, 2022, the Company purchased a 225-acre surface land parcel for $ 202,000 which includes the surface rights to portions of 24
patented mining claims, for which the Company already owns the mineral rights.
−Removed: During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company entered into
−Removed: a lease agreement with C & E Tree Farm LLC for the lease of a land parcel overlaying a portion of the Company’s existing mineral
−Removed: claims package.
−Removed: The Company is committed to making monthly payments of $ 10,000 through February 2026.
−Removed: The Company has the option to purchase
−Removed: the land parcel through March 1, 2026, for $ 3,129,500 less 50% of the payments made through the date of purchase.
+Added: the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company entered into a lease agreement with C & E Tree Farm LLC for the lease of a land parcel
+Added: overlaying a portion of the Company’s existing mineral claims package.
+Added: The Company is committed to making monthly payments of $ 10,000
+Added: through February 2026.
+Added: The Company has the option to purchase the land parcel through March 1, 2026, for $ 3,129,500 less 50% of the payments
+Added: made through the date of purchase.
Environmental Protection Agency and Water Treatment Liabilities (“EPA”)
−Removed: Historical Cost Recovery Payables - EPA
−Removed: a part of the lease of the Mine, the Company was required to make payments pursuant to an agreement with the EPA whereby for so long
−Removed: as the Company leases, owns and/or occupies the Mine, the Company was required to make payments to the EPA on behalf of Placer
+Added: Cost Recovery Payables - EPA
+Added: a part of the lease of the Mine with Placer Mining the Company was required to make payments pursuant to an agreement with the EPA whereby for so
+Added: long as the Company leases, owns and/or occupies the Mine, it was required to make payments to the EPA on behalf of Placer
Mining in satisfaction of the EPA’s claim for cost recovery related to historical treatment costs paid by the EPA from 1995 to
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The agreement called for payments starting with $ 1,000,000
−Removed: 30 days after a fully ratified agreement was signed (which payment was made) followed by $ 2,000,000
+Added: 30 days after an agreement was signed (which payment was made) followed by $ 2,000,000
on November 1, 2018, and $ 3,000,000
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payment on November 1, 2024.
−Removed: The November 1, 2018, November 1, 2019, November 1, 2020, and November
−Removed: 1, 2021, payments were not made.
−Removed: As a result, a total of $ 11,000,000 was outstanding as of December 31, 2021, accounted for within current liabilities.
−Removed: As the purchase
−Removed: of the Bunker Hill Mine (which would trigger the immediate recognition of the remaining liabilities due through November 1, 2024) had
−Removed: not yet taken place, the remaining $ 8,000,000 cost recovery liabilities were not recognized on the Company’s consolidated balance
−Removed: sheets as of December 31, 2021.
−Removed: Through 2021, the Company engaged in discussions with the EPA to reschedule these payments in
−Removed: ways that enable the sustainable operation of the Mine as a viable long-term business.
+Added: The November 1, 2018, November 1, 2019, November 1, 2020, and November 1, 2021, payments were not made.
+Added: As a result, a total of $ 11,000,000
+Added: was outstanding as of December 31, 2021, accounted for within current liabilities.
+Added: As the purchase of the Bunker Hill Mine (which
+Added: would trigger the immediate recognition of the remaining liabilities due through November 1, 2024) had not yet taken place, the
+Added: remaining $ 8,000,000
+Added: cost recovery liabilities were not recognized on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2021.
+Added: Prior to the purchase of the Mine, the Company engaged in discussions with the EPA to reschedule these payments in ways that enable the sustainable operation of the
+Added: Mine as a viable long-term business.
December 19, 2021, the Company entered into an amended Settlement Agreement between the Company, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality,
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The Amended Settlement modified the payment schedule and
−Removed: payment terms for recovery of the aforementioned historical environmental response costs.
+Added: payment terms for recovery of the historical environmental costs.
Pursuant to the terms of the Amended Settlement,
−Removed: upon purchase of the Bunker Hill Mine and the satisfaction of financial assurance commitments (as described below), the $ 19,000,000
−Removed: of cost recovery liabilities will be paid by the Company to the EPA on the following dates:
+Added: upon purchase of the Bunker Hill Mine and the satisfaction of financial assurance commitments (as described below), the $ 19,000,000 of
+Added: cost recovery liabilities will be paid by the Company to the EPA on the following dates:
of Amended Settlement Environmental Protection Agency Agreement
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addition to the changes in payment terms and schedule, the Amended Settlement included a commitment by the Company to secure $ 17,000,000
−Removed: of financial assurance in the form of performance
−Removed: bonds or letters of credit deemed acceptable to the EPA within 180 days from the effective date of the Amended Settlement.
−Removed: place, the financial assurance can be drawn on by the EPA in the event of non-performance by the Company of its payment obligations under
−Removed: the Amended Settlement (the “Financial Assurance”).
−Removed: The amount of the bonds will decrease over time as individual payments
−Removed: Company completed the purchase of the Mine (see note 5) and made the initial $ 2,000,000
−Removed: cost recovery payment on January 7, 2022.
−Removed: with the purchase of the Mine, the
−Removed: Company assumed the balance of the EPA liability totaling $ 17,000,000 , an increase of $ 8,000,000 .
−Removed: This was capitalized as $ 6,402,425
−Removed: to the carrying value of the Bunker Hill Mine at time of purchase, comprised of $ 3,000,000 of incremental current liabilities and $ 5,000,000
−Removed: of non-current liabilities (discounted to $ 3,402,425 ).
−Removed: During the year ended 2022, the financial assurance was put into place, enabling the restructuring
−Removed: of the payment stream under the Amendment Settlement with the entire $ 17,000,000 liability being recognized as long-term in nature.
−Removed: of March 31, 2023 (unchanged from December 31, 2022), the Company had two payment bonds of $ 9,999,000 and $ 5,000,000 , and
−Removed: a $ 2,001,000 letter of credit, in place to secure this liability.
−Removed: The collateral for the payment bonds is comprised of two letters of credit of $ 4,475,000 in aggregate, as well as land pledged by third parties with whom the company has entered into a financing cooperation
−Removed: agreement that contemplates a monthly fee of $ 20,000 (payable in cash or common shares of the Company, at the Company’s election).
−Removed: The letters of credit of $ 6,476,000 in aggregate are secured by cash deposits under an agreement with a commercial bank, which comprise
−Removed: the $ 6,476,000 of restricted cash shown within current assets as of March 31, 2023 .
−Removed: Company recorded discount amortization expense of $ 374,306 on the discounted liability, bringing the net liability to
−Removed: $ 8,315,772 (inclusive of interest payable of $ 156,343 ).
−Removed: Water Treatment Charges – IDEQ
−Removed: to the cost recovery liabilities outlined above, the
−Removed: Company is responsible for the payment of ongoing water treatment charges.
−Removed: Water treatment charges incurred through December 31,
−Removed: 2021 were payable to the EPA, and charges thereafter are payable to the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (“IDEQ”) given a handover
−Removed: of responsibilities for the Central Treatment Plant from the EPA to the IDEQ as of that date.
+Added: of financial assurance in the form of performance bonds or letters of credit deemed acceptable to the EPA within 180 days from the effective
+Added: date of the Amended Settlement.
+Added: Once in place, the financial assurance can be drawn on by the EPA in the event of non-performance
+Added: by the Company of its payment obligations under the Amended Settlement (the “Financial Assurance”).
+Added: The amount of the bonds
+Added: will decrease over time as individual payments are made.
+Added: Company completed the purchase of the Mine (see note 5) and made the initial $ 2,000,000 cost recovery payment on January 7, 2022.
+Added: with the purchase of the Mine, the Company assumed the balance of the EPA liability totaling $ 17,000,000 , an increase of $ 8,000,000 .
+Added: This was capitalized as $ 6,402,425 to the carrying value of the Bunker Hill Mine at time of purchase, comprised of $ 3,000,000 of incremental
+Added: current liabilities and $ 5,000,000 of non-current liabilities (discounted to $ 3,402,425 ).
+Added: the year ended 2022, the financial assurance was put into place, enabling the restructuring of the payment under the Amendment
+Added: Settlement with the entire $ 17,000,000 liability being recognized as long-term.
+Added: As of June 30, 2023 (unchanged from December
+Added: 31, 2022), the Company had two payment bonds of $ 9,999,000 and $ 5,000,000 , and a $ 2,001,000 letter of credit, in place to secure this
+Added: The collateral for the payment bonds is comprised of two letters of credit of $ 4,475,000 in aggregate, as well as land pledged
+Added: by third parties with whom the company has entered into a financing cooperation agreement that contemplates a monthly fee of $ 20,000
+Added: (payable in cash or common shares of the Company, at the Company’s election).
+Added: The letters of credit of $ 6,476,000 in aggregate
+Added: are secured by cash deposits under an agreement with a commercial bank, which comprise the $ 6,476,000 of restricted cash shown within
+Added: current assets as of June 30, 2023.
+Added: Company recorded accretion expense on the liability of $ 396,663
+Added: and $ 770,969
+Added: for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively, bringing the net liability to $ 8,712,435
+Added: (previously accrued interest of $ 154,743 )
+Added: as of June 30, 2023.
+Added: Treatment Charges – Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
+Added: to the cost recovery liability outlined above, the Company is responsible for the payment of ongoing water treatment charges.
+Added: treatment charges incurred through December 31, 2021, were payable to the EPA, and charges thereafter are payable to the Idaho Department
+Added: of Environmental Quality (“IDEQ”) following a handover of responsibilities for the Central Treatment Plant from the EPA to the
+Added: IDEQ as of that date.
Company currently makes monthly payments of $ 100,000 to the IDEQ as instalments toward the cost of treating water at the Central Treatment
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cost of water treatment.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2023 a prepaid expense of $ 30,000 (December 31, 2022:
−Removed: $ 170,729 ) represents the difference between the estimated cost of water
−Removed: treatment and net payments made by the Company to the IDEQ to date.
−Removed: This balance has been recognized on the consolidated balance sheets
−Removed: as accounts receivable and prepaid expenses.
+Added: As of June 30, 2023, a prepaid expense of $ 60,000 (December 31, 2022:
+Added: $ 170,729 ) represents the difference between
+Added: the estimated cost of water treatment and net payments made by the Company to the IDEQ to date.
+Added: This balance has been recognized on the
+Added: condensed interim balance sheets as accounts receivable and prepaid expenses.
Promissory Notes Payable and Convertible Debentures
−Removed: Promissory Notes
−Removed: September 22, 2021, the Company issued a non-convertible promissory note in the amount of $ 2,500,000
+Added: September 22, 2021, the Company issued a non-convertible promissory note of $ 2,500,000
bearing interest of 15 %
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The Company purchased a land parcel for approximately $ 202,000
−Removed: on March 3, 2022, which may be used as security
−Removed: for the promissory note.
−Removed: The promissory note was originally scheduled to mature on March 15, 2022, however was extended multiple times and is currently due on
−Removed: June 15, 2023 .
−Removed: Principal payments of $ 1,000,000 in aggregate were made in the year ended December 31, 2022.
−Removed: March 31, 2023, the Company owes $ 1,500,000 in
−Removed: promissory notes payable, which is included in current liabilities on the condensed interim consolidated balance sheets.
−Removed: expense for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 was $ 55,479 and
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: At March 31, 2023 financing costs of $ 439,521 ($ 384,041
−Removed: at December 31, 2022) is included in interest payable on the condensed consolidated balance sheet.
−Removed: The effective interest rate of the promissory note is 15 % .
−Removed: On February 21, 2023, the Company issued a non-convertible
−Removed: promissory note to a related party in the amount of $ 120,000 , and a separate non-convertible promissory note in the amount of $ 120,000
−Removed: to another party.
−Removed: Each promissory note bore fixed interest of $ 18,000 per annum, payable at maturity, which was the earlier of one year
−Removed: or the receipt of an equity or debt financing.
−Removed: Both promissory notes, including interest, were settled on March 27, 2023.
+Added: on March 3, 2022, which may be used as security for the promissory note.
+Added: The promissory note was originally scheduled to mature on
+Added: March 15, 2022, however, was extended multiple times and is currently due on December
+Added: Principal payments of $ 1,000,000
+Added: in aggregate were made in the year ended December 31, 2022.
+Added: Principal payment of $ 504,315
+Added: was made during the 6 months ended June 30, 2023.
+Added: The Company incurred a one-time penalty of 10 %
+Added: of the outstanding principal on June 30, 2023, of $ 99,569
+Added: which is included in loss on modification of debt in the condensed interim consolidated statements of income.
+Added: February 21, 2023, the Company issued a non-convertible promissory note to a related party of $ 120,000 , and a separate
+Added: non-convertible promissory note of $ 120,000 to another party.
+Added: Each promissory note bore fixed interest of $ 18,000 per annum,
+Added: payable at maturity, which was the earlier of one year or the receipt of an equity or debt financing.
+Added: Both promissory notes, including
+Added: interest, were settled on March 27, 2023.
+Added: June 2023, the Company issued a non-convertible promissory note in the amount of $ 150,000 .
+Added: The promissory note bore fixed interest of
+Added: $ 15,000 per annum, payable at maturity, which was the earlier of one year or the receipt of an equity or debt financing.
+Added: The promissory
+Added: note, including interest, was settled in June 2023.
+Added: June 30, 2023, the Company owes $ 1,095,253 in promissory notes payable, which is included in current liabilities on the condensed interim
+Added: consolidated balance sheets.
+Added: Interest expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, was $ 54,931 and $ 110,411 respectively.
+Added: Compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, was $ 92,466 and $ 167,877 respectively.
+Added: At June 30, 2023 financing costs of
+Added: $ 3,151 ($ 384,041 at December 31, 2022) is included in interest payable on the condensed interim balance sheet.
+Added: The effective interest
+Added: rate of the promissory note is 15 %.
Finance Package with Sprott Private Resource Streaming & Royalty Corp.
−Removed: December 20, 2021, the Company executed a non-binding term sheet outlining a $ 50,000,000 project finance package with Sprott Private
−Removed: Resource Streaming and Royalty Corp.
+Added: December 20, 2021, the Company executed a non-binding term sheet outlining a $ 50,000,000 project finance package with SRSR.
non-binding term sheet with SRSR outlined a $ 50,000,000 project financing package that the Company expected to fulfill the majority of
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The term sheet consisted of an $ 8,000,000 royalty convertible debenture (the “RCD”),
−Removed: a $ 5,000,000 convertible debenture (the “CD1”), and a multi-metals stream of up to $ 37,000,000 (the “Stream”).
+Added: a $ 5,000,000 convertible debenture (the “CD1”), and a multi-metals Stream of up to $ 37,000,000 .
The CD1 was subsequently increased to $ 6,000,000 , increasing the project financing package to $ 51,000,000 .
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funding from SRSR was further increased to $ 66,000,000 including the RCD, CD1, CD2 and the Stream (together, the “Project Financing
+Added: On May 23, 2023, the Company announced an upsized
+Added: and improved $ 67,000,000 project finance package with SRSR, consisting of a $ 46,000,000 stream and a $ 21,000,000 new debt facility.
+Added: newly proposed $ 46,000,000 stream (the “Stream”) was envisaged to have the same economic terms as the previously proposed
+Added: $ 37,000,000 stream, with a $ 9,000,000 increase in gross proceeds received by the Company, resulting in a lower cost of capital for the
+Added: The Company also announced a new $ 21,000,000 new debt facility (the “Debt Facility”), available for draw at the Company’s
+Added: election for two years.
+Added: As a result, total funding commitments from SRSR was envisaged to increase to $ 96,000,000 including the RCD, CD1,
+Added: CD2, Stream and debt facility (together, the “Project Financing Package”).
+Added: The Bridge Loan, as previously envisaged, was to
+Added: be repaid from the proceeds of the Stream.
+Added: The parties also agreed to extend the maturities of the CD1 and CD2 to March 31, 2026, when
+Added: the full $ 6 million and $ 15 million, respectively, will become due.
+Added: On June 23, 2023, the Project Financing
+Added: Package and related transactions closed, consistent with the Company’s announcement of May 23, 2023.
+Added: The Company incurred
+Added: of financing costs on the condensed interim consolidated statements of (loss) income and comprehensive income relating to the
+Added: modification of CD1, CD2, the extinguishment of RCD and the closing of the $ 21,000,000
+Added: debt facility.
Royalty Convertible Debenture
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for as a modification.
+Added: On June 23, 2023, the funding date of the Stream, the RCD was repaid by
+Added: the Company granting a royalty for 1.85% of life-of-mine gross revenue (the “Royalty”) from mining claims historically worked
+Added: as described above.
+Added: A 1.35% rate will apply to claims outside of these areas.
+Added: The Company recorded a gain on sale of mineral properties
+Added: of $6,980,932 in the condensed interim consolidated statements of income (loss).
+Added: Additionally, on settlement of the RCD, $347,499 of previously
+Added: deferred to other comprehensive income was recognized in the net income (loss on FV of convertible debentures) on the condensed interim
+Added: consolidated statement of income (loss).
+Added: The Royalty Put Option permits SRSR Streaming to resell the royalty to the Company for $8 million
+Added: upon default under the Series 1 Convertible Debentures or Series 2 Convertible Debentures until such time that they are repaid in full.
+Added: The Company has accounted for the Royalty as a sale of mineral properties (refer to Note 5 for further detail).
Convertible Debenture (CD1)
−Removed: Company closed the $ 6,000,000 CD1 on January 28, 2022, which was increased from the previously-announced $ 5,000,000 .
−Removed: The CD1 bears interest
−Removed: at an annual rate of 7.5 %, payable in cash or shares at the Company’s option, and matures on July 7, 2023 (subsequently amended,
−Removed: as described below).
−Removed: The CD1 is secured by a pledge of the Company’s properties and assets.
−Removed: Until the closing of the Stream, the
−Removed: CD1 was to be convertible into Common Shares at a price of C$ 0.30 per Common Share, subject to stock exchange approval (subsequently
−Removed: amended, as described below).
−Removed: Alternatively, SRSR may elect to retire the CD1 with the cash proceeds from the Stream.
−Removed: The Company may
−Removed: elect to repay the CD1 early;
−Removed: if SRSR elects not to exercise its conversion option at such time, a minimum of 12 months of interest would
−Removed: with the funding of the CD2 in June 2022, the Company and SRSR agreed to a number of amendments to the terms of the CD1, including that
−Removed: the maturity date would be amended from July 7, 2023 to March 31, 2025 , and that the CD1 would remain outstanding until the new maturity
−Removed: date regardless of whether the Stream is advanced, unless the Company elects to exercise its option of early repayment.
−Removed: The Company determined
−Removed: that the amendments in the terms of the CD1 should not be treated as an extinguishment of the CD1, and have therefore been accounted
−Removed: for as a modification.
+Added: Company closed the $ 6,000,000
+Added: CD1 on January 28, 2022, which was increased from the previously announced $ 5,000,000 .
+Added: The CD1 bears interest at an annual rate of 7.5 %,
+Added: payable in cash or shares at the Company’s option, and initially had a maturity date of the earlier of July 7, 2023
+Added: (subsequently amended, as described below) or the closing of the $ 37,000,000 stream that was announced on December 20, 2021.
+Added: is secured by a pledge of the Company’s properties and assets, and is convertible into Common Shares at a price of C$ 0.30
+Added: per Common Share at SRSR’s election at any time through the maturity date.
+Added: Company may elect to repay the CD1 early;
+Added: if SRSR elects not to exercise its conversion option at such time, a minimum of 12 months
+Added: of interest would apply.
+Added: with the funding of the CD2 in June 2022, the Company and SRSR agreed to a number of amendments to the terms of the CD1, including
+Added: that the maturity
+Added: date would be amended from July 7, 2023 to March 31, 2025 , and that the CD1 would remain outstanding until the new maturity
+Added: date regardless of whether the stream is advanced, unless the Company elects to exercise its option of early repayment or SRSR elects to exercise its share conversion option.
+Added: determined that the amendments in the terms of the CD1 should not be treated as an extinguishment of the CD1, and have therefore
+Added: been accounted for as a modification.
+Added: with the funding of the Stream in June 2023, the Company and SRSR agreed to amend the maturity date of CD1 from March 31, 2025, to March
+Added: 31, 2026, and that CD1 would remain outstanding until the new maturity date unless the company elects to exercise its option of early
+Added: The Company determined that the amendments to the terms of the CD1 should not be treated as an extinguishment of the CD1 and
+Added: have therefore been accounted for as a modification.
Series 2 Convertible Debenture (CD2)
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The CD2 bears interest at an annual rate of 10.5 %, payable in cash or shares at
−Removed: the Company’s option, and matures on March 31, 2025.
−Removed: The CD2 is secured by a pledge of the Company’s properties and assets.
+Added: the Company’s option, and matured on March 31, 2025.
+Added: The CD2 is secured by a pledge of the Company’s properties and assets, and is convertible into Common Shares at a price of C$ 0.29 per Common Share at SRSR’s election at any time
+Added: through the maturity date.
The repayment terms include 3 quarterly payments of $ 2,000,000 each beginning June 30, 2024, and $ 9,000,000 on the maturity date.
−Removed: light of the Series 2 Convertible Debenture financing, the previously permitted additional senior secured indebtedness of up to $ 15 million
−Removed: for project finance has been removed.
+Added: with the funding of the Stream in June 2023, the Company and SRSR agreed to amend the maturity date of the CD2 from 3 quarterly
+Added: payments of $ 2,000,000 each beginning June 30, 2024, and $ 9,000,000 on March 31, 2025, to payment in full on March 31, 2026, and
+Added: that the CD2 would remain outstanding until the new maturity date unless the company elects to exercise its option of early
+Added: repayment or SRSR elects to exercise its share conversion option.
+Added: The Company determined that the amendments to the terms of the CD2 should not be treated as an extinguishment of the CD2
+Added: and have therefore been accounted for as a modification.
Company determined that in accordance with ASC 815 derivatives and hedging, each debenture will be valued and carried as a single instrument,
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adjusted rate
−Removed: CD1 note(3) (2)(4)(5)(3)
−Removed: RCD note (2)(4)(5)
−Removed: CD2 note(3) (2)(4)(5)(3)
−Removed: CD1 note(3) (2)(4)(5)(3)
−Removed: RCD note (2)(4)(5)
−Removed: CD2 note(3) (2)(4)(5)(3)
−Removed: CD1 carried a Discount for Lack of Marketability (“DLOM”) of 5.0 % as of the issuance date and as of March 31, 2022.
−Removed: CD2 carried a DLOM of 10.0 % as of the issuance date and June 30, 2022
+Added: CD1 carried a Discount for Lack of Marketability (“DLOM”) of 5.0 %
+Added: as of the issuance date and as of June 30, 2023.
+Added: The CD2 carried a DLOM of 10.0 %
+Added: as of the issuance date and June 30, 2023
and RCD carry an instrument-specific spread of 7.23 %, CD2 carries an instrument-specific spread of 9.32 %
−Removed: conversion price of the CD1 is $ 0.219 and CD2 is $ 0.212 as of December 31, 2022
+Added: conversion price of the CD1 is $ 0.219 and CD2 is $ 0.226 as of June 30, 2023, and $ 0.219 and CD2 is $ 0.212 as of December 31, 2022
project risk rate of 13.0 % was used for all scenarios of the RCD fair value computations
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This results in an implied probability of the RCD being converted to the royalty, in the event that the Stream
−Removed: Based on this methodology, as of December 31, 2022, the implied probability of the RCD being converted to a 1.85 % royalty,
+Added: Based on this methodology, as of June 30, 2023 (pre-modification), the implied probability of the RCD being converted to a 1.85 % royalty,
in the event that the Stream is advanced, was 77 %.
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There are immaterial differences in these inputs for the scenario where the Stream
−Removed: As of March 31, 2023, these were 11.38 %, 4.85 %, and 22.18 % respectively for the Scenario where the Stream is advanced
−Removed: resulting fair values of the CD1, RCD, and CD2 at March 31, 2023, and as of December 31, 2022, were as follows:
+Added: resulting fair values of the CD1, RCD, and CD2 at June 30, 2023, and as of December 31, 2022, were as follows:
of Fair Value Derivative Liability
Instrument Description
−Removed: total gain on fair value of debentures recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022, was $ 1,689,701
+Added: total (loss) gain on fair value of debentures recognized during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 was ($ 1,884,232 ) and
($ 194,531 ) , respectively,
−Removed: The portion of changes in fair value that is attributable to changes in the Company’s credit risk is accounted
−Removed: for within other comprehensive income.
−Removed: During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022, the Company recognized
−Removed: respectively, within other comprehensive income.
−Removed: Interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 was $ 676,849
+Added: and $ 1,813,456 and
+Added: $ 1,739,987 for
+Added: the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively .
+Added: The portion of changes in fair value attributable to changes in the Company’s credit risk is accounted for within
+Added: other comprehensive (loss) income during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 was ($ 373,415 ) and
+Added: $ 433,597, respectively.
+Added: Compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 was $ 371,255 and
+Added: $ 371,255, respectively.
+Added: Interest expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 was $ 670,562 and
+Added: $ 1,347,411, respectively.
+Added: Compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 was $ 348,574 and
+Added: $ 588,738, respectively.
+Added: At June 30, 2023 interest of $ nil ($ 691,890 at
+Added: December 31, 2022) is included in interest payable on the consolidated balance sheets.
+Added: For the three and six months ended June 30,
+Added: 2023 the Company recognized $ 18,803 and
+Added: $ 268,889 , respectively,
+Added: loss on debt settlement in the condensed interim consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss) as a
+Added: result of settling interest by issuance of shares.
+Added: Compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 was $ nil and
+Added: $ nil , respectively.
+Added: Company performs quarterly testing of the covenants in the CD1 and CD2 and was in compliance with all such covenants as of June 30, 2023.
+Added: December 6, 2022, the Company closed a $ 5,000,000
+Added: loan facility with Sprott (the “Bridge Loan”).
+Added: The Bridge Loan is secured by the same security package in place for the
+Added: RCD, CD1, and CD2.
+Added: Bridge Loan bears interest of 10.5% per annum and matures at the earlier of (i) the advance of the Stream, or (ii) June
+Added: In addition, the minimum quantity of metal delivered under the Stream, if advanced, would increase by 5 %
+Added: relative to amounts previously announced.
+Added: June 23, 2023 the Company repaid the outstanding principal and interest on the Bridge Loan recognizing a loss on extinguishment of
+Added: debt of $ 222,754
+Added: in the condensed interim consolidated statements of (loss) income.
+Added: At June 30, 2023 interest of $ nil
+Added: at December 31, 2022) is included in interest payable on the condensed interim balance sheets.
+Added: Interest expense for three and six months
+Added: ended June 30, 2023, was $ 168,166
and $ 346,550
respectively.
−Removed: At March 31, 2023 interest of $ nil
−Removed: at December 31, 2022) is included in interest payable on the consolidated balance sheets.
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2023,
−Removed: and March 31, 2022, the Company recognized $ 250,086
−Removed: respectively, loss on debt settlement in the condensed interim consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive
−Removed: income (loss) as a result of settling interest by issuance of shares.
−Removed: Company performs quarterly testing of the covenants in the RCD, CD1 and CD2, and was in compliance with all such covenants as of March
−Removed: $5,000,000 Bridge
−Removed: December 6, 2022, the Company closed a new $ 5,000,000 loan facility with Sprott (the “Bridge Loan”).
−Removed: The Bridge Loan is secured
−Removed: by the same security package that is in place with respect to the RCD, CD1, and CD2.
−Removed: The Bridge Loan bears interest at a rate of 10.5%
−Removed: per annum and matures at the earlier of (i) the advance of the Stream, or (ii) June 30, 2024 .
−Removed: In addition, the minimum quantity of metal
−Removed: delivered under the Stream, if advanced, would increase by 5 % relative to amounts previously announced.
−Removed: Interest expense for three months
−Removed: ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 was $ 178,383 and $ nil respectively.
−Removed: At March 31, 2023 interest of $ 131,250 ($ 53,985 at December 31, 2022)
−Removed: is included in interest payable on the consolidated balance sheets.
−Removed: minimum of $ 27,000,000 and a maximum of $ 37,000,000 (the “Stream Amount”) will be made available under the Stream, at the
−Removed: Company’s option, once the conditions of availability of the Stream have been satisfied, including confirmation of full project
−Removed: funding by an independent engineer appointed by SRSR.
−Removed: If the Company draws the maximum funding of $ 37,000,000 , the Stream would apply
−Removed: to 10% of payable metals sold until a minimum quantity of metal is delivered consisting of, individually, 55 million pounds of zinc,
−Removed: 35 million pounds of lead, and 1 million ounces of silver (subsequently amended, as described below).
−Removed: Thereafter, the Stream would apply
−Removed: to 2% of payable metals sold.
−Removed: If the Company elects to draw less than $37,000,000 under the Stream, the percentage and quantities of
−Removed: payable metals streamed will adjust pro-rata.
+Added: Compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, was $ nil
+Added: respectively.
+Added: June 23, 2023, all conditions were met for the closing of the Stream, and $ 46,000,000
+Added: was advanced to the Company.
+Added: The Stream applies to 10% of all payable metals sold until a
+Added: minimum quantity of metal is delivered consisting of, individually, 63.5 million pounds of zinc, 40.4 million pounds of lead, and 1.2
+Added: million ounces of silver (subsequently amended, as described below).
+Added: Thereafter, the Stream would apply to 2% of payable metals
The delivery price of streamed metals will be 20% of the applicable spot price.
−Removed: may buy back 50% of the Stream Amount at a 1.40x multiple of the Stream Amount between the second and third anniversary of the date of
−Removed: funding, and at a 1.65x multiple of the Stream Amount between the third and fourth anniversary of the date of funding.
−Removed: As of March 31,
−Removed: 2023, the Stream had not been advanced .
−Removed: Lease liability
−Removed: Company has operating leases for a loader.
−Removed: Below is a summary of the Company’s lease liability as of March 31, 2023:
−Removed: Schedule of Operating Lease Liability
−Removed: Balance, December 31, 2022
−Removed: Interest expense
−Removed: Lease payments
−Removed: Balance, March 31, 2023
+Added: The Company may buy back 50% of the Stream
+Added: Amount at a 1.40x multiple of the Stream Amount between the second and third anniversary of the date of funding, and at a 1.65x
+Added: multiple of the Stream Amount between the third and fourth anniversary of the date of funding .
+Added: The Company incurred $ 824,156
+Added: of transactions costs directly related to the Stream which were capitalized against the initial recognition of the Stream of $ 45,175,844
+Added: on the condensed interim consolidated balance sheets.
+Added: The Company determined that in accordance with ASC 815 derivatives and hedging, the Stream does not meet the criteria
+Added: for treatment as a derivate instrument as the quantities of metal to be sold thereunder are not subject to a minimum quantity, and therefore
+Added: a notional amount is not determinable.
+Added: The Company has therefore determined that in accordance with ASC 470, the stream obligation should
+Added: be treated as a liability based on the indexed debt rules thereunder.
+Added: The initial recognition has been made at fair value based on cash
+Added: received, net of transaction costs, and the discount rate calibrated so that the future cash flows associated with the Stream, using forward
+Added: commodity prices, equal the cash received.
+Added: The measurement of the stream obligation is accounted for at amortized cost with accretion
+Added: at the discount rate.
+Added: Subsequent changes to the expected cash flows associated with the Stream will result in the adjustment of the carrying
+Added: value of the stream obligation using the same discount rate, with changes to the carrying value recognized in the condensed interim consolidated
+Added: statements of income.
+Added: The Company determined the effective interest rate of the Stream obligation
+Added: to be 11.6 % and recorded accretion expense on the liability of $ 85,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 ($ nil for the
+Added: three and six months 2022), bringing the liability to $ 45,260,844 as of June 30, 2023.
+Added: $21,000,000 Debt Facility
+Added: On June 23, 2023 the Company closed a $ 21,000,000
+Added: debt facility with SRSR which is available for draw at the Company’s election for a period of 2
+Added: As of June 23, 2023, and June 30, 2023, the company has not drawn on the facility.
+Added: Any amounts drawn will bear interest of 10 %
+Added: per annum, payable annually in cash or capitalized until three years from closing of the Debt Facility at the Company’s
+Added: election, and thereafter payable in cash only.
+Added: maturity date of any drawings under the Debt Facility will be June
+Added: For every $ 5
+Added: million or part thereof advanced under the Debt Facility, the Company will grant a new 0.5% life-of-mine gross revenue royalty, on
+Added: the same terms as the Royalty, to a maximum of 2.0% on the Primary Claims and 1.4% on the Secondary Claims.
+Added: The Company may buy back
+Added: 50% of these royalties for $ 20
+Added: The Company determined that no recognition is required on the financial statements as of June 30, 2023.
Capital Stock, Warrants and Stock Options
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and outstanding
−Removed: March 2023, the Company amended the exercise price and expiry date of 10,416,667
−Removed: warrants which were previously issued in a private placement to Teck Resources (“Teck”) on May 13, 2022 in consideration
−Removed: for the Company’s acquisition of the Pend Oreille process plant.
−Removed: The warrant entitled the holder thereof to purchase one share
−Removed: of Common Share of the Company at an exercise price of C$ 0.37
−Removed: per Warrant at any time on or prior to May 12, 2025.
−Removed: The Company amended the exercise price of the warrants from C$ 0.37
−Removed: per Warrant and the expiry date from May 12, 2025, to March
−Removed: 31, 2023 , resulting in a gain on modification of warrants of $ 214,714 .
−Removed: In March 2023, Teck exercised all 10,416,667
−Removed: warrants at an exercise price of C$ 0.11 ,
−Removed: for aggregate gross proceeds of C$ 1,145,834
−Removed: to the Company.
−Removed: During the quarter the Company recognized a change in derivative liability of $ 400,152 relating to the Teck warrants
−Removed: using the following assumptions:
+Added: March 2023, the Company amended the exercise price and expiry date of 10,416,667 warrants previously issued in a private placement
+Added: to Teck Resources (“Teck”) on May 13, 2022 in consideration for the Company’s acquisition of the Pend Oreille processing
+Added: The warrant entitled the holder to purchase one Common Share of the Company at an exercise price of C$ 0.37 per
+Added: Warrant at any time on or prior to May 12, 2025.
+Added: The Company amended the exercise price from C$ 0.37 to C$ 0.11 per Warrant
+Added: and the expiry date from May 12, 2025, to March 31, 2023 , resulting in a gain on modification of warrants of $ 214,714 .
+Added: In March 2023,
+Added: Teck exercised all 10,416,667 warrants at an exercise price of C$ 0.11 , for aggregate gross proceeds of C$ 1,145,834 to the Company.
+Added: the quarter the Company recognized a change in derivative liability of $ 400,152 relating to the Teck warrants using the following assumptions:
volatility of 120 %, stock price of C$ 0.11 , interest rate of 3.42 % to 4.06 %, and dividend yield of 0 %.
−Removed: In March 2023, the Company closed a brokered
−Removed: private placement of special warrants of the Company (the “March 2023 Offering”), issuing 51,633,727
−Removed: special warrants of the Company (“March 2023 Special Warrants”) at C$ 0.12
−Removed: per March 2023 Special Warrant for $ 4,536,020
−Removed: (C$ 6,196,047 ),
−Removed: of which $ 3,661,822 was received in cash and $ 874,198 was applied towards settlement of accounts payable, accrued liabilities and promissory notes.
+Added: March 2023, the Company closed a brokered private placement of special warrants (the “March 2023 Offering”),
+Added: issuing 51,633,727 special warrants of the Company (“March 2023 Special Warrants”) at C$ 0.12 per March 2023 Special Warrant
+Added: for $ 4,536,020 (C$ 6,196,047 ), of which $ 3,661,822 was received in cash and $ 874,198 was applied towards settlement of accounts payable,
+Added: accrued liabilities and promissory notes.
connection with the Offering, each March 2023 Special Warrant is automatically exercisable (without payment of any further consideration
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Unit being comprised of 1.2 Unit Shares and 1.2 Warrants.
+Added: Notice of such effectiveness was received on July 11, 2023, eliminating the potential for issuance of the Penalty
connection with the March 2023 Offering, the Company incurred share issuance costs of $ 846,661 and issued 2,070,258 compensation options
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into one Unit Share and one Warrant Share.
−Removed: each financing, the Company has accounted for the warrants in accordance with ASC Topic 815.
−Removed: The warrants are considered derivative instruments
−Removed: as they were issued in a currency other than the Company’s functional currency of the U.S.
−Removed: The estimated fair value of
−Removed: warrants accounted for as liabilities was determined on the date of issue and marks to market at each financial reporting period.
−Removed: change in fair value of the warrant is recorded in the condensed interim consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive income
−Removed: (loss) as a gain or loss and is estimated using the Binomial model.
−Removed: fair value of the warrant liabilities related to the various tranches of warrants issued during the period were estimated using the Binomial
−Removed: model to determine the fair value using the following assumptions as at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022:
+Added: Refer to note 15 subsequent events for details on the effectiveness of the registration statement and conversion into units.
+Added: The Special Warrants issued on March
+Added: 27, 2023 were converted to 51,633,727
+Added: Common Shares and common stock purchase warrants in the third quarter of 2023.
+Added: As of June 30, 2023, the common shares and common
+Added: stock purchase warrants had not been issued.
+Added: The Company determined that in accordance with ASC 815 derivatives and hedging, each
+Added: Special Warrant will be valued and carried as a single instrument, with the periodic changes to fair value accounted through
+Added: earnings, profit and loss until the common shares and common stock purchase warrants are issued.
+Added: The fair value of the Special Warrant is determined through the valuation of the Unit Share based on the observed
+Added: price of the Company’s Common Shares, a Level 1 input, together with a valuation of the warrant component of the March 2023 Unit
+Added: using the Binomial model calibrated with inputs as shown in the table below.
+Added: Consistent with the approach above, the following table summarizes the
+Added: key valuation inputs as at applicable valuation dates:
+Added: of Estimated Fair Value of Special Warrant Liabilities
+Added: March 2023 special warrants
+Added: Expected life
+Added: Risk free interest rate
+Added: Dividend yield
+Added: Share price (C$)
+Added: Change in derivative liability
+Added: For prior financings, excluding the March 2023 Special Warrants, the Company has accounted for warrants in accordance
+Added: with ASC 815 derivatives and hedging.
+Added: The warrants are considered derivative instruments as they were issued in a currency other than
+Added: the Company’s functional currency of the U.S.
+Added: The estimated fair value of warrants accounted for as liabilities was determined
+Added: on the date of issue and marked to market at each financial reporting period.
+Added: The change in fair value of the warrant is recorded in the
+Added: condensed interim consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss) as a gain or loss and is estimated using the
+Added: Binomial model.
+Added: fair value of the warrant liabilities related to the various tranches of outstanding warrants during the period were
+Added: estimated using the Binomial model to determine the fair value using the following assumptions as at June 30, 2023 and December 31,
Schedule of Estimated Using the Binomial Model to Determine the Fair Value of Warrant Liabilities
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Change in derivative liability
−Removed: $ ( 1,231,441 )
April 2022 non-brokered issuance
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Change in derivative liability
−Removed: $ ( 653,416 )
August 2020 issuance
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Change in derivative liability
−Removed: $ ( 387,129 )
August 2019 issuance
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Change in derivative liability
−Removed: $ ( 594,970 )
−Removed: warrants at March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022 were as follows:
+Added: warrants at June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022 were as follows:
Schedule of Warrant Activity
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Balance, December 31, 2021
−Removed: Balance, March 31, 2022
+Added: Balance, June 30, 2022
Balance, December 31, 2022
( 10,416,667 )
−Removed: Balance, March 31, 2023
−Removed: During the three months ended March 31, 2023, 10,416,667 May 2022 Teck
−Removed: warrants were exercised.
−Removed: the three months ended March 31, 2022, 239,284 February 2020 broker warrants expired.
−Removed: March 31, 2023, the following warrants were outstanding:
+Added: Balance, June 30, 2023
+Added: the six months ended June 30, 2023, 10,416,667 May 2022 Teck warrants were exercised.
+Added: During the six months ended June 30, 2022, 239,284
+Added: February 2020 broker warrants expired.
+Added: June 30, 2023, the following warrants were outstanding:
Schedule of Warrants Outstanding Exercise Price
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April 1, 2025
−Removed: 2023 Special Warrants
−Removed: Company closed a private placement of the March 2023 Special Warrants on March 27, 2023, which will convert to Common Shares and common
−Removed: stock purchase warrants in the third quarter of 2023 as described above.
−Removed: As a result, as of March 31, 2023, the Common Shares and common
−Removed: stock purchase warrants had not been issued.
−Removed: In accordance with its accounting policies, the Company has determined the fair value of
−Removed: the March 2023 Special Warrants as of March 31, 2023, through the valuation of the underlying Common Shares and common stock purchase
−Removed: of March 31, 2023, there were 51,633,727 March 2023 Special Warrants outstanding ($nil as of December 31, 2022).
−Removed: The fair value of the
−Removed: underlying warrant liability related to the March 2023 Special Warrants was estimated using the Binomial model to determine the fair
−Removed: value using the following assumptions as at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022:
−Removed: of Estimated Fair Value of Special Warrant Liabilities
−Removed: March 2023 special warrants issuance
−Removed: Expected life
−Removed: Risk free interest rate
−Removed: Dividend yield
−Removed: Share price (C$)
−Removed: Change in derivative liability
−Removed: March 31, 2023, the following broker options were outstanding:
+Added: June 30, 2023, the following broker options were outstanding:
of Compensation Options
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Issued – March 2023 Compensation Options
−Removed: Balance, March 31, 2023
−Removed: grant date fair value of the March 2023 Compensation Options were estimated at $ 111,971 using the Black-Scholes valuation model with
−Removed: the following underlying assumptions:
+Added: Balance, June 30, 2023
+Added: grant date fair value of the March 2023 Compensation Options were estimated at $ 111,971
+Added: using the Black-Scholes
+Added: valuation model with the following underlying assumptions:
Schedule of Estimated Using Black-Scholes Valuation Model for Fair Value of Broker Options
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March 27, 2026 (v)
−Removed: Exercisable into one August 2020 Unit
−Removed: Exercisable into one February 2021 Unit
−Removed: Exercisable into one April 2022 Unit
−Removed: Exercisable into one March 2023 Unit
−Removed: following table summarizes the stock option activity during the three months ended March 31, 2023:
−Removed: Schedule of Stock Options
+Added: into one August 2020 Unit
+Added: into one February 2021 Unit
+Added: into one April 2022 Unit
+Added: into one March 2023 Unit
+Added: following table summarizes the stock option activity during the six months ended June 30, 2023:
+Added: of Stock Options
exercise price
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Balance, December 31, 2022
−Removed: Balance, March 31, 2023
−Removed: following table reflects the actual stock options issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2023:
+Added: Balance, June 30, 2023
+Added: following table reflects the actual stock options issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2023:
of Actual Stock Options Issued and Outstanding
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fair value ($)
+Added: The vesting of stock options during the three and
+Added: six months ending June 30, 2023, resulted in stock based compensation expenses of $ 34,441 and $ 93,140 respectively ($ 66,384 and $ 168,994
+Added: for the three and six months ending June 30, 2022, respectively).
Restricted Share Units
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key employees and consultants.
−Removed: following table summarizes the RSU activity during the three months ended March 31, 2023:
+Added: following table summarizes the RSU activity during the six months ended June 30, 2023:
Schedule of Restricted Share Units
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Unvested as at December 31, 2022
−Removed: Unvested as at March 31, 2023 (ii)
−Removed: January 10, 2022, the Company granted 500,000 RSUs to a consultant of the Company, vested
−Removed: The vesting of these RSUs resulted in stock-based compensation of $ 122,249 for
−Removed: the year ended December 31, 2022, which is included in operation and administration expenses
−Removed: on the consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss).
−Removed: (ii) Includes
−Removed: 1,507,580 RSU’s which had vested as of March 31, 2023 but had not been converted to
−Removed: Common Shares.
+Added: ( 5,767,218 )
+Added: Unvested as at June 30,
+Added: January 10, 2022, the Company granted 500,000
+Added: RSUs to a consultant of the Company, vested immediately.
+Added: The vesting of these RSUs resulted in stock-based compensation of $ 122,249
+Added: for the six months ended June 30, 2022, which is included in operation and administration expenses on the condensed consolidated
+Added: statements of (loss) income and comprehensive (loss) income.
+Added: April 29, 2022, the Company granted
+Added: 76,750 RSUs to certain consultants of the Company, vested immediately.
+Added: The vesting of these RSUs resulted in stock-based
+Added: compensation of $ 16,800
+Added: for the year ended December, 2022, which is included in operation and administration expenses on the consolidated statements of
+Added: (loss) income and comprehensive (loss) income.
+Added: On June 30, 2022, the
+Added: Company granted 15,000
+Added: RSUs to a consultant of the Company, vested immediately.
+Added: The vesting of these RSUs resulted in stock-based compensation of $ 2,328
+Added: for the year ended December 31, 2022, which is included in operation and administration expenses on the consolidated statements of
+Added: (loss) income and comprehensive (loss) income.
+Added: June 1, 2023, the Company granted 4,067,637
+Added: RSUs to executives and employees of the Company, vested immediately.
+Added: The vesting of these RSUs resulted in stock-based compensation
+Added: for the six months ended June 30, 2023, which is included in operation and administration expenses on the consolidated statements of
+Added: (loss) income and comprehensive (loss) income.
+Added: On June 4, 2023, the
+Added: Company granted 42,000
+Added: RSUs to a consultant of the Company, vested immediately.
+Added: The vesting of these RSUs resulted in stock-based compensation of $ 7,825
+Added: for the six months ended June 30, 2023, which is included in operation and administration expenses on the consolidated statements of
+Added: (loss) income and comprehensive (loss) income.
+Added: The vesting of RSU’s during the three and six
+Added: months ending June 30, 2023, resulted in stock based compensation expense of $ 419,754 and $ 594,724 respectively ($ 15,922 and $ 38,859 for
+Added: the three and six months ending June 30, 2022, respectively).
Deferred Share Units
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of the Company’s Common Share on the date of redemption in exchange for cash.
−Removed: following table summarizes the DSU activity during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022:
+Added: following table summarizes the DSU activity during the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022:
Schedule of Deferred Share Units
Unvested as at December 31, 2021
−Removed: Unvested as at March 31, 2022
−Removed: Unvested as at December 31 2022 and March 31, 2023
+Added: ( 3,125,000 )
+Added: Unvested as at June 30, 2022
+Added: Unvested as at December 31, 2022
+Added: ( 1,250,000 )
+Added: Unvested as at December 31 2022 and June 30, 2023
March 31, 2022, the Board approved the early vesting of 625,000 DSUs for one of the Company’s Directors.
+Added: During the three months
+Added: ended June 30, 2022, the director redeemed 2,500,000 DSUs for C$ 750,000 , and elected to use net proceeds to subscribe for 375,000
+Added: units in the Company’s April 2022 special warrant issuance at C$ 0.30 per unit, with the balance of the redeemed amount payable
+Added: in cash after applicable withholding tax deductions.
+Added: April 21, 2023, 1,250,000 DSUs for one of the Company’s Directors vested.
+Added: The vesting of DSU’s during the three and six months ending June 30, 2023, resulted in stock based compensation expense of $ 486,602
+Added: and $ 287,324 , respectively (stock based recovery of $ 695,494 and $ 895,416 for the three and six months ending June 30, 2022, respectively).
Commitments and Contingencies
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to pay for the actual costs regardless of the periodic required estimated accruals and payments made each year.
−Removed: July 28, 2021, a lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the District of Idaho brought by Crescent Mining, LLC (“Crescent”).
+Added: July 28, 2021, a lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the District of Idaho brought by Crescent Mining, LLC
+Added: (“Crescent”).
The named defendants include Placer Mining, Robert Hopper Jr., and the Company.
−Removed: The lawsuit alleges that Placer Mining and Robert Hopper
−Removed: intentionally flooded the Crescent Mine during the period from 1991 and 1994, and that the Company is jointly and severally liable
−Removed: with the other defendants for unspecified past and future costs associated with the presence of AMD in the Crescent Mine.
−Removed: The plaintiff
−Removed: has requested unspecified damages.
−Removed: On September 20, 2021, the Company filed a motion to dismiss Crescent’s claims against it, contending
−Removed: that such claims are facially deficient.
−Removed: On March 2, 2022, Chief US District Court Judge, David C.
−Removed: Nye granted in part and denied
−Removed: in part the Company’s motion to dismiss.
−Removed: The court granted the Company’s motion to dismiss Crescent’s Cost Recovery
−Removed: claim under CERCLA Section 107(a), Declaratory Judgment, Tortious Interference, Trespass, Nuisance and Negligence claims.
−Removed: were dismissed without prejudice.
−Removed: The court denied the motion to dismiss filed by Placer Mining Corp.
−Removed: for Crescent’s trespass,
−Removed: nuisance and negligence claims.
−Removed: Crescent later filed an amended complaint on April 1, 2022.
+Added: The lawsuit alleges that
+Added: Placer Mining and Robert Hopper Jr.
+Added: intentionally flooded the Crescent Mine during the period from 1991 and 1994, and that the
+Added: Company is jointly and severally liable with the other defendants for unspecified past and future costs associated with the presence
+Added: of Acid Mine Drainage in the Crescent Mine.
+Added: The plaintiff has requested unspecified damages.
+Added: On September 20, 2021, the Company filed a motion to
+Added: dismiss Crescent’s claims against it, contending that such claims are facially deficient.
+Added: On March 2, 2022, Chief US
+Added: District Court Judge, David C.
+Added: Nye granted in part and denied in part the Company’s motion to dismiss.
+Added: The court granted the
+Added: Company’s motion to dismiss Crescent’s Cost Recovery claim under CERCLA Section 107(a), Declaratory Judgment, Tortious
+Added: Interference, Trespass, Nuisance and Negligence claims.
+Added: These claims were dismissed without prejudice.
+Added: The court denied the motion
+Added: to dismiss filed by Placer Mining Corp.
+Added: for Crescent’s trespass, nuisance and negligence claims.
+Added: Crescent later filed an
+Added: amended complaint on April 1, 2022.
Placer Mining Corp.
−Removed: and Bunker Hill Mining
−Removed: Corp are named as co-defendants.
−Removed: Bunker Hill responded to the amended filing, refuting and denying all allegations made in the complaint
−Removed: except those that are assertions of fact as a matter of public record.
−Removed: The Company believes Crescent’s lawsuit is without merit
−Removed: and intends to vigorously defend itself, as well as Placer Mining Corp.
−Removed: pursuant to the Company’s indemnification of Placer Mining
−Removed: Corp in the Sale and Purchase agreement executed between the companies for the Mine on December 15, 2021.
−Removed: During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company entered into
−Removed: a lease agreement with C & E Tree Farm LLC for the lease of a land parcel overlaying a portion of the Company’s existing mineral
−Removed: claims package.
−Removed: The Company is committed to making monthly payments of $ 10,000 through February 2026.
+Added: and Bunker Hill Mining Corp are named as co-defendants.
+Added: The Company responded to the amended filing, refuting and denying all allegations made in the complaint except those
+Added: that are assertions of fact as a matter of public record.
+Added: The Company believes the lawsuit against Placer Mining Corp.
+Added: without merit and intends to defend Placer Mining Corp.
+Added: vigorously pursuant to the
+Added: Company’s indemnification of Placer Mining Corp in the Sale and Purchase agreement executed between the companies for the Mine
+Added: on December 15, 2021.
+Added: the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company entered into a lease agreement with C & E Tree Farm LLC for the lease of a land
+Added: parcel overlaying a portion of the Company’s existing mineral claims package.
+Added: The Company is committed to making monthly payments
+Added: of $ 10,000 through February 2026.
+Added: Deferred tax liability
+Added: The Company incurred income tax
+Added: expense of $ 3.5 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, and incurred no income tax expense for
+Added: the three and six months ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: The Company’s effective income tax rate for the first six months of 2023 was
+Added: - 30.29 % compared to 0.0 % for the first six months of 2022.
+Added: The effective tax rate during the first six months of 2023 rate differed
+Added: from the statutory rate primarily due to the income tax treatment of the Stream proceeds as deferred revenue compared to its
+Added: treatment as debt under U.S.
+Added: GAAP thereby resulting in a decrease of the existing valuation allowance against deferred tax assets
+Added: related to the utilization of $ 32.3 million of net operating losses not previously benefitted.
+Added: The Company maintains a valuation
+Added: allowance against net operating losses subject to Section 382 and other deferred tax assets.
+Added: The effective tax rate during the first
+Added: six months of 2022 rate differed from the statutory rate primarily due to changes in the valuation allowance established to offset
+Added: net deferred tax assets.
+Added: A valuation allowance is provided for deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that the related tax
+Added: benefits will not be realized.
+Added: The Company analyzes its deferred tax assets and, if it is determined that the Company will not realize
+Added: all or a portion of its deferred tax assets, it will record or increase a valuation allowance.
+Added: Conversely, if it is determined that the
+Added: Company will likely ultimately be able to realize all or a portion of the related benefits for which a valuation allowance
+Added: has been provided, all or a portion of the related valuation allowance will be reduced.
Related party transactions
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Schedule of Related Party Transactions
−Removed: March 31, 2023
−Removed: March 31, 2022
−Removed: Consulting Fees and Salaries
−Removed: March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022, $ 248,533 and $ 825,776 respectively is owed to key management personnel with all amounts included in
+Added: Consulting fees & wages
+Added: June 30, 2023 and June 30, 2022, $ 52,148 and $ 1,049,304 , respectively is owed to key management personnel with all amounts included in
accounts payable and accrued liabilities.
Subsequent Events
+Added: Conversion of March 2023 Special Warrants
+Added: 24, 2023 , the “March 2023, Special Warrants” automatically converted into one share of common stock of the company
+Added: and one common stock purchase warrant of the company which entitles each warrant holder to acquire one share of common stock of
+Added: the Company at an exercise price of $ 0.15 per warrant share until March 27, 2026.
+Added: July 4, 2023, 6,735,354 RSU’s were granted to employees and executives of the Company.
+Added: The RSU awards vest in one-third increments
+Added: on March 31 of 2024, 2025 and 2026.
+Added: July 4, 2023, 1,611,826 DSU’s were granted to directors of the Company.
+Added: The DSU awards vest immediately.
+Added: July 6, 2023, 245,454
+Added: DSU’s were granted to a director of the
+Added: The DSU award vests on July 6, 2024 .
Compared sentence by sentence after normalising whitespace, quotation marks, case and digits, so re-formatting and restated figures do not read as changed language. Wording changes appear as one removal and one addition. The current filing and the prior one are authoritative.