FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: Condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2021 (unaudited)
−Removed: Condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 (unaudited)
−Removed: Condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 (unaudited)
−Removed: Condensed consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 (unaudited)
+Added: Condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2022 and June 30, 2022 (unaudited)
+Added: Condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 (unaudited)
+Added: Condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 (unaudited)
+Added: Condensed consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity for the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 (unaudited)
Notes to condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited)
3 unchanged sentences
dollars, except share data) (unaudited)
+Added: September 30,
Prepaid expenses and other
Total current assets
+Added: Deferred transaction costs
Investment in equity securities
7 unchanged sentences
Total current liabilities
−Removed: Convertible debt, net of current
Operating lease liability
3 unchanged sentences
shares outstanding:
−Removed: 268,083,716 at March 31, 2022 and 256,379,931 at June 30, 2021
+Added: 279,393,227 at September 30, 2022 and 276,670,606 at June 30, 2022
Accumulated deficit
2 unchanged sentences
Total liabilities and equity
−Removed: The accompanying notes are an integral part
−Removed: of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
+Added: The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements
NioCorp Developments Ltd.
2 unchanged sentences
dollars, except share and per share data) (unaudited)
−Removed: For the three months ended
−Removed: For the nine months ended
+Added: For the three months ended September 30,
Operating expenses
4 unchanged sentences
Total operating expenses
−Removed: Loss on debt extinguishment
−Removed: Change in financial instrument fair value
−Removed: Foreign exchange (gain) loss
+Added: Foreign exchange loss
Interest expense
−Removed: Other loss (gain) on equity securities
+Added: Other (gain) loss on equity securities
Loss before income taxes
12 unchanged sentences
dollars) (unaudited)
−Removed: For the nine months ended
+Added: For the three months
+Added: ended September 30,
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
1 unchanged sentence
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operations:
−Removed: Change in financial instrument fair value
−Removed: Unrealized loss (gain) on equity securities
+Added: Unrealized (gain) loss on equity securities
Accretion of convertible debt
Noncash lease expense
−Removed: Gain on debt forgiveness
−Removed: Loss on debt extinguishment
−Removed: Foreign exchange loss (gain)
−Removed: Share-based compensation
+Added: Foreign exchange loss
Change in working capital items:
7 unchanged sentences
Proceeds from issuance of common shares
−Removed: Loan repayments
−Removed: Share issuance costs
−Removed: Proceeds from debt issuance, net of expenses
+Added: Share issue costs
Related party debt repayments
9 unchanged sentences
Conversions of debt for common shares
−Removed: Recognition of operating lease liabilities
−Removed: Loan amounts forgiven
−Removed: Accounts payable to convertible debt conversion
−Removed: The accompanying notes are an integral part
−Removed: of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
+Added: Deferred transaction costs, accrued but not paid
+Added: The accompanying notes are an integral
+Added: part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
NioCorp Developments Ltd.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
+Added: (expressed in thousands of U.S.
dollars, except for Common Shares outstanding) (unaudited)
−Removed: For the nine months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021
+Added: For the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021
Comprehensive
2 unchanged sentences
Exercise of options
−Removed: Fair value of warrant granted
Debt conversions
Share issuance costs
−Removed: Share-based compensation
−Removed: Reporting currency presentation
+Added: Reporting currency translation
Loss for the period
−Removed: Balance, March 31, 2021
+Added: Balance, September 30, 2021
Balance, June 30, 2022
2 unchanged sentences
Debt conversions
−Removed: Share-based compensation
−Removed: Reporting currency presentation
−Removed: Loss for the period
−Removed: Balance, March 31, 2022
−Removed: $ ( 106,310 )
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021
−Removed: Comprehensive
−Removed: Balance, December 31, 2020
−Removed: Exercise of warrants
−Removed: Exercise of options
−Removed: Fair value of warrant granted
−Removed: Debt conversions
−Removed: Share-based compensation
−Removed: Reporting currency presentation
−Removed: Loss for the period
−Removed: Balance, March 31, 2021
−Removed: Balance, December 31, 2021
−Removed: $ ( 104,494 )
−Removed: Exercise of options
−Removed: Debt conversions
−Removed: Share-based compensation
−Removed: Reporting currency presentation
+Added: Share issuance costs
+Added: Reporting currency translation
Loss for the period
−Removed: Balance, March 31, 2022
−Removed: $ ( 106,310 )
+Added: Balance, September 30, 2022
The accompanying notes are an integral
2 unchanged sentences
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: March 31, 2022
+Added: September 30, 2022
(expressed in thousands of
1 unchanged sentence
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
−Removed: Developments Ltd.
−Removed: (“NioCorp” or the “Company”) was incorporated on February 27, 1987, under the laws of
−Removed: the Province of British Columbia and currently operates in one reportable operating segment consisting of exploration and development
−Removed: of mineral deposits in North America, specifically, the Elk Creek Niobium/Scandium/Titanium property (the “Elk Creek Project”)
−Removed: located in southeastern Nebraska.
−Removed: financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis that contemplates the realization of assets and discharge of
−Removed: liabilities at their carrying values in the normal course of business for the foreseeable future.
−Removed: These financial statements do
−Removed: not reflect any adjustments that may be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: Company currently earns no operating revenues and will require additional capital in order to advance the Elk Creek Project to
−Removed: construction and commercial operation.
−Removed: As further discussed in Note 3, the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern
−Removed: is uncertain and is dependent upon obtaining sufficient financing, the generation of profits from mineral properties, and maintaining
−Removed: continued support from its shareholders and creditors.
−Removed: BASIS OF PREPARATION
+Added: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
+Added: or the “Company”) was incorporated on February 27, 1987, under the laws of the Province of British Columbia and currently
+Added: operates in one reportable operating segment consisting of exploration and development of mineral deposits in North America, specifically,
+Added: the Elk Creek Niobium/Scandium/Titanium property (the “Elk Creek Project”) located in southeastern Nebraska.
+Added: These consolidated financial
+Added: statements have been prepared on a going concern basis that contemplates the realization of assets and discharge of liabilities
+Added: at their carrying values in the normal course of business for the foreseeable future.
+Added: These financial statements do not reflect
+Added: any adjustments that may be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern.
+Added: The Company currently earns
+Added: no operating revenues and will require additional capital in order to advance the Elk Creek Project to construction and commercial
+Added: As further discussed in Note 4, these matters raised substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a
+Added: going concern, and the Company is dependent upon the generation of profits from mineral properties, obtaining additional financing
+Added: and maintaining continued support from its shareholders and creditors.
BASIS OF PREPARATION
−Removed: and Consolidation
−Removed: accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
−Removed: accounting principles of the United States of America (“US GAAP”) and the rules and regulations of the Securities
−Removed: and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
−Removed: The interim condensed consolidated financial statements include the consolidated
−Removed: accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries with all significant intercompany transactions eliminated.
−Removed: The accounting
−Removed: policies followed in preparing these interim condensed consolidated financial statements are those used by the Company as set
−Removed: out in the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2021.
−Removed: the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary (including reclassifications and normal recurring adjustments)
−Removed: to present fairly the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows at March 31, 2022, and for all periods presented,
−Removed: have been included in these interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: Certain information and footnote disclosures
−Removed: normally included in the consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with US GAAP have been condensed or omitted
−Removed: pursuant to appropriate SEC rules and regulations.
−Removed: These interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in
−Removed: conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2021.
−Removed: The interim results are not necessarily
−Removed: indicative of results for the full year ending June 30, 2022, or future operating periods.
−Removed: Recent Accounting
−Removed: December 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update 2019-12, “Income
−Removed: Taxes (Topic 740):
−Removed: Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes” (“ASU 2019-12”).
−Removed: ASU 2019-12 removes certain
−Removed: exceptions to the general principles in ASC Topic 740.
−Removed: ASU 2019-12 is effective for public entities for fiscal years beginning
−Removed: after December 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted.
−Removed: The Company adopted ASU 2019-12 on July 1, 2021, with no material effect
−Removed: on the Company’ s current financial position, results of operations or financial statement disclosures.
−Removed: and Not Effective
−Removed: August 2020, the FASB issued ASU No.
−Removed: 2020-06, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives
−Removed: and Hedging - Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40) (“ASU 2020-06”), which simplifies the accounting
−Removed: for convertible instruments.
−Removed: ASU 2020-06 removes certain accounting models which separate the embedded conversion features from
−Removed: the host contract for convertible instruments.
−Removed: Either a modified retrospective method of transition or a fully retrospective method
−Removed: of transition is permissible for the adoption of this standard.
−Removed: ASU 2020-06 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December
−Removed: 15, 2021, including interim periods within those fiscal years.
−Removed: The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of the
−Removed: new guidance on our financial statements.
+Added: Basis of Preparation and Consolidation
+Added: The accompanying unaudited interim
+Added: condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles of the
+Added: United States of America (“US GAAP”) and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
+Added: The interim condensed consolidated financial statements include the consolidated accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries
+Added: with all significant intercompany transactions eliminated.
+Added: The accounting policies followed in preparing these interim condensed
+Added: consolidated financial statements are those used by the Company as set out in the audited consolidated financial statements for
+Added: the year ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: Certain transactions include reference to Canadian dollars (“C$”) where applicable.
+Added: In the opinion of management,
+Added: all adjustments considered necessary (including reclassifications and normal recurring adjustments) for a fair statement of the financial
+Added: position, results of operations, and cash flows at September 30, 2022, and for all periods presented, have been included in these
+Added: interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
+Added: Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the consolidated
+Added: financial statements prepared in accordance with US GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to appropriate SEC rules and regulations.
+Added: These interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial
+Added: statements for the year ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: The interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year ending
+Added: June 30, 2023, or future operating periods.
+Added: Recent Accounting Standards
+Added: Issued and Adopted
+Added: In August 2020, the FASB issued
+Added: 2020-06, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging - Contracts in
+Added: Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40) (“ASU 2020-06”), which simplifies the accounting for convertible instruments.
+Added: ASU 2020-06 removes certain accounting models which separate the embedded conversion features from the host contract for convertible
+Added: Either a modified retrospective method of transition or a fully retrospective method of transition is permissible
+Added: for the adoption of this standard.
+Added: ASU 2020-06 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, including interim
+Added: periods within those fiscal years.
+Added: The Company adopted ASU 2020-06 on July 1, 2022, with no material effect on the Company’
+Added: s current financial position, results of operations or financial statement disclosures.
NioCorp Developments Ltd.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: March 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
+Added: September 30, 2022
+Added: (expressed in thousands of U.S.
dollars, except per share amounts or as otherwise stated) (unaudited)
−Removed: time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the FASB that are adopted by the Company as of the specified effective
−Removed: Unless otherwise discussed, management believes that the impact of recently issued standards did not or will not have a
−Removed: material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements upon adoption.
+Added: Issued and Not Effective
+Added: From time to time, new accounting
+Added: pronouncements are issued by the FASB that are adopted by the Company as of the specified effective date.
+Added: Unless otherwise discussed,
+Added: management believes that the impact of recently issued standards did not or will not have a material impact on the Company’s
+Added: consolidated financial statements upon adoption.
Use of Estimates
−Removed: preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions
−Removed: that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date
−Removed: of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period.
−Removed: The Company regularly evaluates
−Removed: estimates and assumptions related to the deferred income tax asset valuations, convertible debt valuations, and share-based compensation.
−Removed: The Company bases its estimates and assumptions on current facts, historical experience, and various other factors that it believes
−Removed: to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the other sources.
−Removed: actual results experienced by the Company may differ materially and adversely from the Company’s estimates.
−Removed: To the extent
−Removed: there are material differences between estimates and the actual results, future results of operations will be affected.
−Removed: Basic and Diluted
−Removed: Earnings per Share
−Removed: net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of Common Shares outstanding during the
−Removed: Diluted net loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss by the weighted-average number of Common Share
−Removed: equivalents outstanding for the period determined using the treasury stock method or the if-converted method, as applicable.
−Removed: For purposes of this calculation, options to purchase Common Shares (“Options”) and warrants to purchase Common
−Removed: Shares (“Warrants”) are considered to be Common Share equivalents and are only included in the calculation of
−Removed: diluted net loss per share when their effect is dilutive.
−Removed: The following shares underlying Options, Warrants, and outstanding
−Removed: convertible debt were antidilutive due to a net loss in the periods presented and, therefore, were excluded from
−Removed: the dilutive securities computation for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, as indicated
−Removed: of excluded from the dilutive securities
−Removed: potentially dilutive securities (1) :
+Added: The preparation of consolidated
+Added: financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
+Added: amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements,
+Added: and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period.
+Added: The Company regularly evaluates estimates and assumptions related
+Added: to the deferred income tax asset valuations, convertible debt valuations, and share-based compensation.
+Added: The Company bases its estimates
+Added: and assumptions on current facts, historical experience, and various other factors that it believes to be reasonable under the
+Added: circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the other sources.
+Added: The actual results experienced
+Added: by the Company may differ materially and adversely from the Company’s estimates.
+Added: To the extent there are material differences
+Added: between estimates and the actual results, future results of operations will be affected.
+Added: Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share
+Added: Basic net loss per share is computed
+Added: by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of Common Shares outstanding during the period.
+Added: Diluted net loss per share
+Added: is computed by dividing the net loss by the weighted-average number of Common Share equivalents outstanding for the period determined
+Added: using the treasury stock method or the if-converted method, as applicable.
+Added: For purposes of this calculation, options to purchase
+Added: Common Shares (“Options”) and warrants to purchase Common Shares (“Warrants”) are considered to be Common
+Added: Share equivalents and are only included in the calculation of diluted net loss per share when their effect is dilutive.
+Added: The following
+Added: shares underlying Options, Warrants, and outstanding convertible debt were antidilutive due to a net loss in the periods
+Added: presented and, therefore, were excluded from the dilutive securities computation as indicated below.
+Added: Schedule of excluded from the dilutive securities
+Added: For the three months ended September 30,
+Added: Excluded potentially dilutive securities (1) :
Convertible debt
−Removed: Total potential
−Removed: dilutive securities
−Removed: number of shares is based on the maximum number of shares issuable on exercise or conversion of the related securities as
−Removed: of the period end.
−Removed: Such amounts have not been adjusted for the treasury stock method or weighted average
−Removed: outstanding calculations as required if the securities were dilutive.
−Removed: GOING CONCERN ISSUES
−Removed: Company incurred a loss of $ 7,234 for the nine months ended March 31, 2022 (2021 - $ 3,147 ) and had a working capital deficit of
−Removed: $ 1,379 and an accumulated deficit of $ 106,310 as of March 31, 2022.
−Removed: As an exploration stage entity, the Company has not yet commenced
−Removed: its mining operations and accordingly does not generate any revenue.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2022, the Company had cash of $ 3,464 , which
−Removed: may not be sufficient to fund normal operations and meet debt obligations for the next twelve months without deferring payment
−Removed: on certain current liabilities and raising additional funds.
−Removed: In addition, the Company will be required to raise additional funds
−Removed: for construction and commencement of operations.
−Removed: These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue
−Removed: as a going concern.
+Added: Total potential dilutive securities
+Added: The number of shares is based on the maximum number of shares issuable on exercise or conversion of the related securities as of the period end.
+Added: Such amounts have not been adjusted for the treasury stock method or weighted average outstanding calculations as required if the securities were dilutive.
+Added: As previously reported, the
+Added: Company restated its consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2022 and 2021, and consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive
+Added: income, equity and cash flows for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
+Added: In addition, the restatement impacted the
+Added: first, second and third quarters of our fiscal year ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: The summarized restatement impacts for the comparable
+Added: interim period in fiscal year 2022 are presented below.
+Added: The restatement corrects errors related to the accounting for
+Added: the unamortized deferred financing costs and debt discounts upon extinguishments of debt related to debt conversions.
NioCorp Developments Ltd.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: March 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
+Added: September 30, 2022
+Added: (expressed in thousands of U.S.
dollars, except per share amounts or as otherwise stated) (unaudited)
−Removed: Company’s ability to continue operations and fund its expenditures, which have historically averaged approximately $1,118
−Removed: per quarter, is dependent on management’s ability to secure additional financing.
−Removed: Management is actively pursuing additional
−Removed: sources of financing, and while it has been successful in doing so in the past, there can be no assurance it will be able to do
−Removed: so in the future.
−Removed: The Company did not have any further funding commitments or arrangements for additional financing as of March
−Removed: These consolidated financial statements do not give effect to any adjustments required to realize the Company’s
−Removed: assets and discharge its liabilities in other than the normal course of business and at amounts different from those reflected
−Removed: in the accompanying financial statements.
−Removed: March 2020, several measures have been implemented in the United States, Canada, and the rest of the world in response to the
−Removed: increased impact from the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic.
−Removed: The full extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic
−Removed: and our precautionary measures may continue to impact our business will depend on future developments, which continue to be highly
−Removed: uncertain and cannot be predicted at this time, including, but not limited to, the duration and geographic spread of the pandemic,
−Removed: its severity, the actions to contain the virus or treat its impact, future spikes of COVID-19 infections resulting in additional
−Removed: preventative measures to contain or mitigate the spread of the virus, the effectiveness, distribution and acceptance of COVID-19
−Removed: vaccines, including the vaccines’ efficacy against emerging COVID-19 variants, and how quickly and to what extent normal
−Removed: economic and operating conditions can resume.
−Removed: We believe this could have an adverse impact on our ability to obtain financing,
−Removed: development plans, results of operations, financial position, and cash flows during the current fiscal year.
+Added: Impacts to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss (unaudited)
+Added: Impacts to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss (unaudited)
+Added: For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021
+Added: For the three months ended September 30, 2021
+Added: As Previously Reported
+Added: Foreign exchange loss
+Added: Interest expense
+Added: Loss before income taxes
+Added: Reporting currency translation
+Added: Total comprehensive loss
+Added: Restatement Impacts to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
+Added: Impacts to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (unaudited)
+Added: the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021
+Added: As Previously Reported
+Added: CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
+Added: Total loss for the period
+Added: Accretion of convertible debt
+Added: Foreign exchange loss
+Added: Restatement Impact to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Shareholders' Equity
+Added: Impacts to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Shareholders' Equity (unaudited)
+Added: the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021
+Added: As Previously
+Added: June 30, 2021 opening balance adjustments:
+Added: Accumulated other comprehensive loss
+Added: Total Shareholders’ equity
+Added: Activity adjustments:
+Added: Loss for the period
+Added: Reporting currency translation
+Added: September 30, 2021 ending balance adjustments:
+Added: Accumulated other comprehensive loss
+Added: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
+Added: Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
+Added: September 30, 2022
+Added: (expressed in thousands of U.S.
+Added: dollars, except per share amounts or as otherwise stated) (unaudited)
+Added: GOING CONCERN ISSUES
+Added: The Company incurred a loss
+Added: of $ 2,554 for the three months ended September 30, 2022 (2021 - $ 2,088 ) and had a working capital deficit of $ 3,130 and an accumulated
+Added: deficit of $ 112,951 as of September 30, 2022.
+Added: As a development stage issuer, the Company has not yet commenced its mining operations
+Added: and accordingly does not generate any revenue.
+Added: As of September 30, 2022, the Company had cash of $ 3,192 which may not be sufficient
+Added: to fund normal operations for the next twelve months without deferring payment on certain liabilities or raising additional funds.
+Added: In addition, the Company will be required to raise additional funds for construction and commencement of operations.
+Added: These factors
+Added: raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
+Added: The Company’s ability
+Added: to continue operations and fund its expenditures, which have historically averaged approximately $ 1,265 per quarter over the preceding three-year period, is dependent
+Added: on management’s ability to secure additional financing.
+Added: Management is actively pursuing additional sources of financing,
+Added: and while it has been successful in doing so in the past, there can be no assurance it will be able to do so in the future.
+Added: than the proposed business combination and potential financing packages discussed in Note 13, the Company did not have any further
+Added: funding commitments or arrangements for additional financing as of September 30, 2022.
+Added: These consolidated financial statements
+Added: do not give effect to any adjustments required to realize the Company’s assets and discharge its liabilities in other than
+Added: the normal course of business and at amounts different from those reflected in the accompanying financial statements.
+Added: Since March 2020, several measures
+Added: have been implemented in the United States, Canada, and the rest of the world in response to the increased impact from the novel
+Added: coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic and subsequent COVID-19 variants.
+Added: In addition, recent worldwide events have created
+Added: general global economic uncertainty as well as uncertainty in capital markets, supply chain disruptions, increased interest rates,
+Added: and the potential for geographic recessions.
+Added: We believe this could have an adverse impact on our ability to obtain financing, development
+Added: plans, results of operations, financial position, and cash flows during the current fiscal year.
+Added: The full extent to which these
+Added: events and our precautionary measures may continue to impact our business will depend on future developments, which continue to
+Added: be highly uncertain and cannot be predicted at this time.
+Added: DEFERRED TRANSACTION COSTS
+Added: The Company has deferred third-party costs, including legal fees, other professional
+Added: and consulting fees, and due diligence fees, incurred in connection with the proposed transaction discussed in Note 13.
+Added: are deferred until closing, at which time a portion of the costs will be recorded against convertible debt to be entered into in connection with the proposed
+Added: transaction, with the remainder treated as a reduction to the value of Common Shares issued.
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES
of account payable and accrued liabilities
−Removed: payable, trade
−Removed: payable to related party
−Removed: Total accounts payable
−Removed: and accrued liabilities
−Removed: CONVERTIBLE DEBT
−Removed: of convertible debt
−Removed: III convertible security
−Removed: Non-current portion
−Removed: III convertible security
+Added: September 30,
+Added: Accounts payable, trade
+Added: Accounts payable accruals
+Added: Consent accrual
+Added: Interest payable to related party
+Added: Other accruals
+Added: Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities
NioCorp Developments Ltd.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: March 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
+Added: September 30, 2022
+Added: (expressed in thousands of U.S.
dollars, except per share amounts or as otherwise stated) (unaudited)
−Removed: in the convertible security (the “Lind III Convertible Security”) issued to Lind Global Asset Management III, LLC,
−Removed: and the convertible note issued to Nordmin Engineering Ltd.
−Removed: (the “Nordmin Note”), are as follows:
−Removed: June 30, 2021
−Removed: March 31, 2022
−Removed: on the Company’s closing Common Share price of C$1.08 as of March 31, 2022, conversion of the remaining Lind III Convertible
−Removed: Security balance, including accrued interest, would require the issuance of approximately 6,329,000 Common Shares.
+Added: CONVERTIBLE DEBT
+Added: Changes in the convertible security
+Added: (the “Lind III Convertible Security”) issued to Lind Global Asset Management III, LLC, are as follows:
+Added: Balance, June 30, 2022
+Added: Accretion expense
+Added: Balance, September 30, 2022
+Added: Based on the Company’s
+Added: closing Common Share price of C$ 1.43 as of September 30, 2022, conversion of the remaining Lind III Convertible Security undiscounted
+Added: face value of $ 815 (including accrued interest) would require the issuance of approximately 1,030,000 Common Shares.
For each C$ 0.01
−Removed: change in the fair value of one Common Share, the total Common Shares the Company would be obligated to issue would change by
−Removed: approximately 59,000 shares .
+Added: change in the fair value of one Common Share, the total Common Shares the Company would be obligated to issue would change by approximately
+Added: 8,000 shares.
+Added: COMMON SHARES
+Added: a) Stock Options
Schedule of stock option
−Removed: Exercise Price
−Removed: June 30, 2021
+Added: Balance, June 30, 2022
Cancelled/expired
−Removed: March 31, 2022
−Removed: December 17, 2021, the Company granted 3,975,000 options to purchase Common Shares (“Options”) at a fair value price
−Removed: of $C0.50 per Option, based on Black-Scholes models with an average risk-free rate of 1.18%, average share price volatility of
−Removed: 53.9%, and a three-year expected option life.
−Removed: following table summarizes information about Options outstanding at March 31, 2022:
+Added: Balance, September 30, 2022
+Added: The following table summarizes
+Added: information about Options outstanding at September 30, 2022:
+Added: Schedule of information about stock options outstanding
+Added: Exercise Price
Intrinsic Value
−Removed: aggregate intrinsic value in the preceding table represents the total intrinsic value, based on the Company’s closing Common
−Removed: Share price of C$1.08 as of March 31, 2022, that would have been received by the Option holders had all Option holders exercised
−Removed: their Options as of that date.
−Removed: There were 10,114,000 in-the-money Options vested and exercisable as of March 31, 2022.
−Removed: 31, 2022, there was $0 of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested share-based compensation arrangements granted under
−Removed: the Option plans.
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: March 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
+Added: Intrinsic Value
+Added: November 9, 2022
+Added: September 18, 2023
+Added: November 15, 2023
+Added: December 14, 2023
+Added: December 16, 2023
+Added: December 17, 2024
+Added: The aggregate intrinsic value
+Added: in the preceding table represents the total intrinsic value, based on the Company’s closing Common Share price of C$ 1.43
+Added: as of September 30, 2022, that would have been received by the Option holders had all Option holders exercised their Options as
+Added: of that date.
+Added: There were no in-the-money Options vested and exercisable as of September 30, 2022.
+Added: As of September 30, 2022, there
+Added: was $ 0 of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested share-based compensation arrangements granted under the Option plans.
+Added: Developments Ltd.
+Added: to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
+Added: in thousands of U.S.
dollars, except per share amounts or as otherwise stated) (unaudited)
Schedule of warrant transactions
−Removed: June 30, 2021
−Removed: March 31, 2022
−Removed: March 31, 2022, the Company had outstanding exercisable Common Share purchase warrants (“Warrants”), as follows:
+Added: Balance, June 30, 2022
+Added: Cancelled/expired
+Added: Balance, September 30, 2022
+Added: September 30, 2022, the Company had outstanding exercisable Common Share purchase warrants (“Warrants”), as follows:
+Added: Schedule of outstanding exercisable warrants
PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND BALANCES
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for a facility of its size and nature.
−Removed: On December 13, 2021, the maturity date for the Smith Credit Facility was extended from
−Removed: December 15, 2021, to June 30, 2022.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2022, the principal amount outstanding under the Smith Credit Facility was
−Removed: July 23, 2021, the Company paid Mr.
−Removed: Smith $ 40 related to accrued interest outstanding on the Smith Credit Facility.
−Removed: Accounts payable
−Removed: and accrued liabilities as of March 31, 2022, include accrued interest of $ 158 payable under the Smith Credit Facility.
+Added: The maturity date for the Smith Credit Facility is June 30, 2023.
+Added: of September 30, 2022, the principal amount outstanding under the Smith Credit Facility was $ 2,000 and accounts payable and accrued
+Added: liabilities as of September 30, 2022, include accrued interest of $ 51 payable under the Smith Credit Facility.
Schedule of exploration expenditures
−Removed: the Three Months Ended
−Removed: the Nine Months Ended
−Removed: studies and engineering
−Removed: management and other
−Removed: Metallurgical
−Removed: and field staff
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: March 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
+Added: For the Three Months
+Added: Ended September 30,
+Added: Technical studies and engineering
+Added: Field management and other
+Added: Metallurgical development
+Added: Geologists and field staff
+Added: Developments Ltd.
+Added: to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
+Added: in thousands of U.S.
dollars, except per share amounts or as otherwise stated) (unaudited)
Company incurred lease costs as follows:
−Removed: the Three Months Ended
−Removed: the Nine Months Ended
−Removed: term lease cost
−Removed: cost – other operating expense
−Removed: cost – exploration expenditures
−Removed: maturities of lease liabilities are as follows at March 31, 2022:
−Removed: Year Lease Maturities
−Removed: and thereafter
−Removed: lease payments
+Added: For the Three Months
+Added: Ended September 30,
+Added: Operating Lease Cost:
+Added: Fixed rent expense
+Added: Variable rent expense
+Added: Short term lease cost
+Added: Sublease income
+Added: Net lease cost – other operating expense
+Added: maturities of lease liabilities are as follows at September 30, 2022:
+Added: Lease Maturities
+Added: lease payments – through September 2023
portion of payments representing interest
−Removed: value of lease payments
−Removed: current portion of lease liability
−Removed: lease liability
+Added: value of lease payments – current lease liability
VALUE MEASUREMENTS
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cost, which management believes approximates fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments.
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: March 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
−Removed: dollars, except per share amounts or as otherwise stated) (unaudited)
following tables present information about the assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as
−Removed: of March 31, 2022, and June 30, 2021, respectively, and indicate the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques the Company
−Removed: utilized to determine such fair value.
+Added: of September 30, 2022, and June 30, 2022, respectively, and indicate the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques the
+Added: Company utilized to determine such fair value.
In general, fair values determined by Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted)
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for the financial instrument and include situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the instrument.
+Added: Developments Ltd.
+Added: to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
+Added: in thousands of U.S.
+Added: dollars, except per share amounts or as otherwise stated) (unaudited)
Schedule of fair values determined by level 3 inputs are unobservable data
−Removed: of March 31, 2022
−Removed: cash equivalents
−Removed: of June 30, 2021
−Removed: cash equivalents
−Removed: Lind III Convertible Security discussed in Note 5 was initially recorded at fair value, which represented a nonrecurring fair
−Removed: value measurement using a Level 3 input.
−Removed: At March 31, 2022, the estimated fair value of this instrument approximates carrying
−Removed: value given that the instrument was issued in fiscal 2021 and has a short time period until maturity.
+Added: As of September 30, 2022
+Added: Cash and cash equivalents
+Added: Equity securities
+Added: As of June 30, 2022
+Added: Cash and cash equivalents
+Added: Equity securities
+Added: Lind III Convertible Security discussed in Note 7 was initially recorded at fair value, which represented a nonrecurring
+Added: fair value measurement using a Level 3 input.
+Added: At September 30, 2022 and June 30, 2022, the estimated fair value of this instrument
+Added: approximated carrying value given that the instrument was issued in fiscal 2021 and has a short time period until
+Added: September 25, 2022, the Company, GX Acquisition Corp.
+Added: II, a Delaware corporation (“GXII”), and Big Red Merger Sub
+Added: Ltd (“Merger Sub”), a Delaware corporation incorporated in September 2022, and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary
+Added: of the Company, entered into a business combination agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”).
+Added: the Business Combination Agreement, as the result of a series of transactions, GXII will become a subsidiary of the Company
+Added: (as successor by merger to the Company’s subsidiary, Elk Creek Resources Corporation, a Delaware corporation
+Added: (“ECRC”)), with the pre-combination public shareholders of GXII receiving Common Shares based on a fixed exchange
+Added: ratio of 11.1829212 (the “Exchange Ratio”) Common Shares for each GXII Class A common share held and not
+Added: redeemed, and the GXII founders receiving shares in GXII (as successor by merger to ECRC) based on the Exchange Ratio.
+Added: Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, after closing, the GXII founders will have the right to exchange such shares
+Added: for Common Shares on a one-for-one basis under certain conditions.
+Added: Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, the
+Added: Company will also assume the obligations under the issued and outstanding GXII warrants, which will be converted into
+Added: warrants exercisable into Common Shares following closing of the Transaction.
+Added: The Business Combination Agreement contemplates
+Added: that the Company will undertake a reverse stock split of the Common Shares at the time of close in connection with an
+Added: expected cross-listing to the Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”).
+Added: In addition, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement,
+Added: post-closing, the Company’s Board will include two directors from pre-combination GXII.
+Added: The transactions contemplated
+Added: by the Business Combination Agreement and the ancillary agreements thereto are referred to collectively as the
+Added: “Transaction.”
+Added: As currently structured, the Business Combination Agreement is expected to be accounted for as a recapitalization in accordance
+Added: Under this method of accounting, GXII will be treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting
+Added: Accordingly, the transaction is treated as the equivalent of NioCorp issuing Common Shares for the net assets of GXII,
+Added: accompanied by a recapitalization.
+Added: The net assets of GXII will be stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible
+Added: assets recorded.
+Added: addition, in connection with the entry into the Business Combination Agreement, the Company announced the signing of non-binding
+Added: letters of intent (“LOIs”) for two separate financing packages with Yorkville Advisors Global, LP (“Yorkville”).
+Added: Subject to entering into definitive agreements, these financings could provide the Company with access to up to an additional
+Added: $ 81.0 million to help advance the Elk Creek Project.
+Added: The financings contemplated by the LOIs include $ 16.0 million in convertible
+Added: debentures that are expected to be funded at the closing of the Transaction, and subject to certain limitations can be repaid
+Added: by the Company in either cash or Common Shares, and a standby equity purchase facility pursuant to which the Company will have
+Added: the ability to
+Added: Developments Ltd.
+Added: to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
+Added: in thousands of U.S.
+Added: dollars, except per share amounts or as otherwise stated) (unaudited)
+Added: require Yorkville, subject to the conditions set out in the definitive agreements, to purchase up to $ 65.0 million
+Added: of its Common Shares.
+Added: proposed Transaction is expected to close in the first calendar quarter of 2023, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain
+Added: customary closing conditions contained in the Business Combination Agreement, including, among other things, (i) obtaining required
+Added: approvals of the Transaction and related matters by the respective shareholders of NioCorp and GXII, (ii) the effectiveness of
+Added: the registration statement on Form S-4 that the Company originally filed on November 7, 2022, (iii) receipt of approval for listing
+Added: on Nasdaq of the NioCorp Common Shares to be issued in connection with the Transaction, (iv) receipt of approval for listing on
+Added: Nasdaq of the NioCorp warrants to be issued in exchange for the GXII warrants that NioCorp has agreed to assume, (v) receipt of
+Added: approval from the TSX with respect to the issuance and listing of the NioCorp Common Shares issuable in connection with the Transaction,
+Added: (vi) that NioCorp and its subsidiaries (including GXII, as successor by merger to ECRC) will have at least $ 5.000001 million of
+Added: net tangible assets upon the consummation of the Transaction, after giving effect to any redemptions by GXII public stockholders
+Added: and after payment of underwriters’ fees or commissions, (vii) that, at closing, NioCorp and its subsidiaries (including
+Added: GXII, as successor by merger to ECRC) will have received cash in an amount equal to or greater than $ 15.0 million, subject to
+Added: certain adjustments, and (viii) the absence of any injunctions enjoining or prohibiting the consummation of the Business Combination
+Added: The proposed additional financings contemplated by the LOIs will also be subject to the approval of the TSX and the
+Added: Company’s shareholders.
+Added: September 25, 2022, the Company and Lind entered into an agreement (the “Lind Consent”), which included the following
+Added: principal terms:
+Added: (i) the consent of Lind to the Transaction and Yorkville financing transactions, including all actions taken
+Added: by NioCorp as set out in the Business Combination Agreement to permit the completion of the Transaction;
+Added: (ii) the consent of Lind
+Added: to NioCorp’s expected Nasdaq listing and the consolidation of the NioCorp Common Shares in order to meet the minimum listing
+Added: requirements thereof;
+Added: (iii) the waiver of Lind of its participation right for up to 15 % of the total offering in the proposed
+Added: standby equity purchase agreement between NioCorp and Yorkville;
+Added: and (iv) the waiver of Lind of certain restrictive covenants
+Added: in the Lind III Convertible Security.
+Added: consideration for entering into the Lind Consent, Lind received, amongst other things:
+Added: (i) the right to receive payment of $ 500 ,
+Added: which will be reduced to $ 200 if the Transaction have not been consummated on or before April 30, 2023 (collectively, the Consent
+Added: (ii) an extension of its existing participation rights under the Lind III Convertible Security in future financings
+Added: of NioCorp for a further two year period, subject to certain exceptions as well as an extension of such participation rights beyond
+Added: the additional two year period if Yorkville or any affiliate is a party to any such applicable transaction;
+Added: and (iii) the right
+Added: to receive additional warrants (the “Consent Warrants”) if on the date that is eighteen months following consummation
+Added: of the Transaction, the closing trading price of the NioCorp Common Shares on the TSX or such other stock exchange on which such
+Added: shares may then be listed, is less than C$ 1.00 , subject to adjustments.
+Added: The number of Consent Warrants to be issued is based on
+Added: the Canadian dollar equivalent (based on the then current Canadian to US dollar exchange rate as reported by Bloomberg, LP) of
+Added: $ 5.0 million divided by the five-day VWAP of NioCorp Common Shares on the date of issuance.
+Added: Further, the number of Consent Warrants
+Added: issued will be proportionately adjusted based on the percentage of warrants currently held by Lind that are exercised, if any,
+Added: prior to the issuance of any Consent Warrants.
+Added: final Consent Payment value and the issuance of Consent Warrants under the Lind Consent, if any, are subject to shareholders’
+Added: approval of the Transaction, an event which is outside of management control.
+Added: Therefore, pending shareholders’ approval
+Added: of the Transaction, the Company has included the minimum $ 200 payment at September 30, 2022, as an accrued liability (see Note
+Added: 6) with a corresponding increase in deferred transaction costs.
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