FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
−Removed: Condensed consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022 (unaudited)
−Removed: Condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the three and six months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 (unaudited)
−Removed: Condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the six months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 (unaudited)
−Removed: Condensed consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity for the three and six months ended December 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)
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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
−Removed: dollars, except share data) (unaudited)
−Removed: As restated (a)
−Removed: Prepaid expenses and other
−Removed: Total current assets
−Removed: Deferred transaction costs
−Removed: Investment in equity securities
−Removed: Right-of-use assets
−Removed: Land and buildings, net
−Removed: Mineral interests
−Removed: Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
−Removed: Related party loan
−Removed: Convertible debt
−Removed: Operating lease liability
−Removed: Total current liabilities
−Removed: Warrant liability
−Removed: Operating lease liability
−Removed: Total liabilities
−Removed: SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
−Removed: Common shares, unlimited shares authorized;
+Added: (expressed in thousands of U.S.
+Added: dollars, except share data)
+Added: expenses and other
+Added: current assets
+Added: Deferred transaction
+Added: in equity securities
+Added: and buildings, net
+Added: payable and accrued liabilities
+Added: lease liability
+Added: current liabilities
+Added: lease liability
+Added: SHAREHOLDERS’
+Added: shares, unlimited shares authorized;
shares outstanding:
−Removed: 28,242,065 at December 31, 2022 and 27,667,060 at June 30, 2022 (b)
−Removed: Accumulated deficit
−Removed: Accumulated other comprehensive loss
−Removed: Total shareholders’ equity
−Removed: Total liabilities and equity
−Removed: (a) Amounts are restated.
−Removed: Note 3 for more information.
+Added: 27,939,322 at September 30,
+Added: 2022 and 27,667,060 at June 30, 2022 (b)
+Added: other comprehensive loss
+Added: shareholders’ equity
+Added: liabilities and equity
+Added: are restated.
+Added: See Note 3 for more information.
(b) Amounts of shares outstanding are restated to give retroactive
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NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive
+Added: Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
(expressed in thousands of
dollars, except share and per share data) (unaudited)
−Removed: For the three months ended
−Removed: For the six months ended
−Removed: As restated (a)
−Removed: As restated (a)
+Added: the three months ended
+Added: September 30,
Operating expenses
−Removed: Employee related costs
−Removed: Professional fees
−Removed: Exploration expenditures
−Removed: Other operating expenses
−Removed: Total operating expenses
−Removed: Change in fair value of warrant liability
−Removed: Loss on debt extinguishment
−Removed: exchange (gain) loss
−Removed: (income) expense
−Removed: Gain on sale of assets
−Removed: Other loss on equity securities
−Removed: Loss before income taxes
−Removed: Income tax benefit
−Removed: Other comprehensive loss:
−Removed: Other comprehensive loss (gain):
−Removed: Reporting currency translation
−Removed: Total comprehensive loss
−Removed: Loss per common share, basic and diluted (b)
−Removed: Weighted average common shares outstanding (b)
−Removed: (a) Amounts are restated.
−Removed: Note 3 for more information.
+Added: related costs
+Added: operating expenses
+Added: operating expenses
+Added: in fair value of warrant liability
+Added: on debt extinguishment
+Added: exchange loss
+Added: (gain) loss on equity securities
+Added: before income taxes
+Added: Other comprehensive
+Added: comprehensive loss (gain):
+Added: currency translation
+Added: comprehensive loss
+Added: per common share, basic and diluted (b)
+Added: average common shares outstanding (b)
+Added: are restated.
+Added: See Note 3 for more information.
(b) Amounts are restated to give effect to the Reverse Stock Split.
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accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
+Added: Developments Ltd.
+Added: Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
+Added: in thousands of U.S.
dollars) (unaudited)
−Removed: For the six months ended
−Removed: As restated (a)
−Removed: CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
−Removed: Net loss for the period
−Removed: Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operations:
−Removed: Unrealized loss on equity securities
−Removed: Accretion of convertible debt
−Removed: Loss on debt extinguishment
−Removed: Gain on sale of assets
−Removed: Change in fair value of warrant liability
−Removed: Noncash lease expense
−Removed: Foreign exchange loss
−Removed: Share-based compensation
−Removed: Change in working capital items:
−Removed: Prepaid expenses and other
−Removed: Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
−Removed: Net cash used in operating activities
−Removed: CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
−Removed: Acquisition of land and buildings
−Removed: Proceeds from sale of assets
−Removed: Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
−Removed: CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
−Removed: Proceeds from issuance of common shares
−Removed: Share issuance costs
−Removed: Payments of deferred transaction costs
−Removed: Related party debt repayments
−Removed: Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
−Removed: Exchange rate effect on cash and cash equivalents
−Removed: Change in cash and cash equivalents during period
−Removed: Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
−Removed: Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
−Removed: Supplemental cash flow information:
−Removed: Amounts paid for interest
−Removed: Amounts paid for income taxes
−Removed: Non-cash financing transactions:
−Removed: Conversions of debt for common shares
−Removed: Deferred transaction costs, accrued but not paid
−Removed: (a) Amounts are restated.
−Removed: See Note 3 for more information.
−Removed: accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of U.S.
−Removed: dollars, except per share amounts or as otherwise stated) (unaudited)
−Removed: For the three months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021
−Removed: Shares Outstanding (b)
−Removed: Common Shares
−Removed: Accumulated Deficit
−Removed: Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
−Removed: Balance, September 30, 2021
−Removed: Exercise of options
−Removed: Debt conversions
−Removed: Share-based compensation
−Removed: Reporting currency translation
+Added: the three months ended
+Added: September 30,
+Added: FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
loss for the period
−Removed: Balance, December 31, 2021
−Removed: Balance, September 30, 2022, as restated
−Removed: Exercise of options
−Removed: Debt conversions
−Removed: Reporting currency translation
−Removed: Loss for the period, as restated (a)
−Removed: Balance, December 31, 2022, as restated
−Removed: Amounts are restated.
+Added: to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operations:
+Added: (gain) loss on equity securities
+Added: of convertible debt
+Added: lease expense
+Added: in fair value of warrant liability
+Added: on debt extinguishment
+Added: exchange loss
+Added: in working capital items:
+Added: expenses and other
+Added: payable and accrued liabilities
+Added: cash used in operating activities
+Added: FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
+Added: of land and buildings
+Added: cash used in financing activities
+Added: FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
+Added: from issuance of common shares
+Added: party debt repayments
+Added: cash provided by financing activities
+Added: rate effect on cash and cash equivalents
+Added: in cash and cash equivalents during period
+Added: and cash equivalents, beginning of period
+Added: and cash equivalent, end of period
+Added: cash flow information:
+Added: paid for interest
+Added: paid for income taxes
+Added: financing transactions:
+Added: of debt for common shares
+Added: transaction costs, accrued but not paid
+Added: are restated.
See Note 3 for more information.
−Removed: (b) Amounts are restated to give retroactive effect to the Reverse Stock Split.
−Removed: See Note 2d for more information.
−Removed: For the six months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021
+Added: accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
+Added: Developments Ltd.
+Added: Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity
+Added: in thousands of U.S.
+Added: dollars, except for Common Shares outstanding) (unaudited)
+Added: the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021
Shares Outstanding (b)
−Removed: Common Shares
−Removed: Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
−Removed: Balance, June 30, 2021
−Removed: Exercise of warrants
−Removed: Exercise of options
−Removed: Debt conversions
−Removed: Share-based compensation
−Removed: Reporting currency translation
−Removed: Loss for the period
−Removed: Balance, December 31, 2021
−Removed: Balance, June 30, 2022
−Removed: Exercise of options
−Removed: Debt conversions
−Removed: Share issuance costs
−Removed: Reporting currency translation
−Removed: Loss for the period, as restated (a)
−Removed: Balance, December 31, 2022, as restated
−Removed: (a) Amounts are restated.
+Added: Other Comprehensive Loss
+Added: June 30, 2021
+Added: currency translation
+Added: for the period
+Added: September 30, 2021
+Added: June 30, 2022
+Added: issuance costs
+Added: currency translation
+Added: for the period, as restated (a)
+Added: September 30, 2022, as restated (a)
+Added: are restated.
See Note 3 for more information.
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accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: December 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
+Added: Developments Ltd.
+Added: to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
+Added: September 30, 2022
+Added: in thousands of U.S.
dollars, except per share amounts or as otherwise stated) (unaudited)
−Removed: DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: or the “Company”) was incorporated on February 27, 1987, under the laws of the Province of British Columbia and currently
−Removed: operates in one reportable operating segment consisting of exploration and development of mineral deposits in North America, specifically,
−Removed: the Elk Creek Niobium/Scandium/Titanium property (the “Elk Creek Project”) located in southeastern Nebraska.
−Removed: These interim condensed consolidated
−Removed: financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis that contemplates the realization of assets and discharge of liabilities
−Removed: at their carrying values in the normal course of business for the foreseeable future.
−Removed: These financial statements do not reflect
−Removed: any adjustments that may be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: The Company currently earns
−Removed: no operating revenues and will require additional capital in order to advance the Elk Creek Project to construction and commercial
−Removed: As further discussed in Note 4, these matters raised substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a
−Removed: going concern, and the Company is dependent upon the generation of profits from mineral properties, obtaining additional financing
−Removed: and maintaining continued support from its shareholders and creditors.
+Added: Developments Ltd.
+Added: (“NioCorp” or the “Company”) was incorporated on February 27, 1987, under the laws of
+Added: the Province of British Columbia and currently operates in one reportable operating segment consisting of exploration and development
+Added: of mineral deposits in North America, specifically, the Elk Creek Niobium/Scandium/Titanium property (the “Elk Creek Project”)
+Added: located in southeastern Nebraska.
+Added: consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis that contemplates the realization of assets and
+Added: discharge of liabilities at their carrying values in the normal course of business for the foreseeable future.
+Added: These financial
+Added: statements do not reflect any adjustments that may be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern.
+Added: Company currently earns no operating revenues and will require additional capital in order to advance the Elk Creek Project to
+Added: construction and commercial operation.
+Added: As further discussed in Note 4, these matters raised substantial doubt about the Company's
+Added: ability to continue as a going concern, and the Company is dependent upon the generation of profits from mineral properties, obtaining
+Added: additional financing and maintaining continued support from its shareholders and creditors.
+Added: OF PREPARATION
Basis of Preparation
−Removed: Basis of Preparation and Consolidation
−Removed: The accompanying unaudited interim
−Removed: condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles of the
−Removed: United States of America (“U.S.
−Removed: GAAP”) and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
−Removed: The interim condensed consolidated financial statements include the consolidated accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries
−Removed: with all significant intercompany transactions eliminated.
−Removed: The accounting policies followed in preparing these interim condensed
−Removed: consolidated financial statements are those used by the Company as set out in the audited consolidated financial statements for
−Removed: the year ended June 30, 2022.
−Removed: Certain transactions include reference to Canadian dollars (“C$”) where applicable.
−Removed: In the opinion of management,
−Removed: all adjustments considered necessary (including reclassifications and normal recurring adjustments) for a fair statement of the
−Removed: financial position, results of operations, and cash flows at December 31, 2022, and for all periods presented, have been included
−Removed: in these interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in
−Removed: the consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S.
−Removed: GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to appropriate
−Removed: SEC rules and regulations.
−Removed: These interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited
−Removed: consolidated financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2022.
−Removed: The interim results are not necessarily indicative of results
−Removed: for the full year ending June 30, 2023, or future operating periods.
−Removed: Recent Accounting Standards
−Removed: Issued and Adopted
−Removed: In August 2020, the Financial
−Removed: Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No.
−Removed: 2020-06, Debt -
−Removed: Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging - Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity
−Removed: (Subtopic 815-40) (“ASU 2020-06”), which simplifies the accounting for convertible instruments.
−Removed: ASU 2020-06 removes
−Removed: certain accounting models which separate the embedded conversion features from the host contract for convertible instruments.
−Removed: Either a modified retrospective method of transition or a fully retrospective method of transition is permissible for the adoption
−Removed: of this standard.
−Removed: ASU 2020-06 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, including interim periods within
−Removed: those fiscal years.
−Removed: The Company adopted ASU 2020-06 on July 1, 2022, with no material effect on the Company’s current financial
−Removed: position, results of operations or financial statement disclosures.
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: December 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
+Added: and Consolidation
+Added: accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
+Added: accounting principles of the United States of America (“U.S.
+Added: GAAP”) and the rules and regulations of the Securities
+Added: and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
+Added: The interim condensed consolidated financial statements include the consolidated
+Added: accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries with all significant intercompany transactions eliminated.
+Added: The accounting
+Added: policies followed in preparing these interim condensed consolidated financial statements are those used by the Company as set
+Added: out in the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: Certain transactions include reference
+Added: to Canadian dollars (“C$”) where applicable.
+Added: the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary (including reclassifications and normal recurring adjustments)
+Added: for a fair statement of the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows at September 30, 2022, and for all periods
+Added: presented, have been included in these interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
+Added: Certain information and footnote disclosures
+Added: normally included in the consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S.
+Added: GAAP have been condensed or omitted
+Added: pursuant to appropriate SEC rules and regulations.
+Added: These interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in
+Added: conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2022.
+Added: The interim results are not necessarily
+Added: indicative of results for the full year ending June 30, 2023, or future operating periods.
+Added: Recent Accounting
+Added: August 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”)
+Added: 2020-06, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts
+Added: in 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’s
+Added: current financial position, results of operations or financial statement disclosures.
+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)
−Removed: Issued and Not Effective
−Removed: From time to time, new accounting
−Removed: pronouncements are issued by the FASB that are adopted by the Company as of the specified effective date.
−Removed: Unless otherwise discussed,
−Removed: management believes that the impact of recently issued standards did not or will not have a material impact on the Company’s
−Removed: consolidated financial statements upon adoption.
+Added: and Not Effective
+Added: time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the FASB that are adopted by the Company as of the specified effective
+Added: Unless otherwise discussed, management believes that the impact of recently issued standards did not or will not have a
+Added: material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements upon adoption.
Use of Estimates
−Removed: The preparation of consolidated
−Removed: financial statements in conformity with U.S.
−Removed: GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
−Removed: amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements,
−Removed: and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period.
−Removed: The Company regularly evaluates estimates and assumptions related
−Removed: to the deferred income tax asset valuations, convertible debt valuations, and share-based compensation.
−Removed: The Company bases its estimates
−Removed: and assumptions on current facts, historical experience, and various other factors that it believes to be reasonable under the
−Removed: circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the other sources.
−Removed: The actual results experienced
−Removed: by the Company may differ materially and adversely from the Company’s estimates.
−Removed: To the extent there are material differences
−Removed: between estimates and the actual results, future results of operations will be affected.
−Removed: Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share
+Added: preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S.
+Added: GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions
+Added: that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date
+Added: of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period.
+Added: The Company regularly evaluates
+Added: estimates and assumptions related to the deferred income tax asset valuations, convertible debt valuations, and share-based compensation.
+Added: The Company bases its estimates and assumptions on current facts, historical experience, and various other factors that it believes
+Added: to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the other sources.
+Added: actual results experienced by the Company may differ materially and adversely from the Company’s estimates.
+Added: To the extent
+Added: there are material differences between estimates and the actual results, future results of operations will be affected.
+Added: Basic and Diluted
+Added: Earnings per Share
On March 17, 2023, the Company
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effect to the Reverse Stock Split.
−Removed: Basic net loss per share is computed
−Removed: by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of the Company’s Common Shares outstanding during the period.
−Removed: net loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss by the weighted-average number of Common Share equivalents outstanding
−Removed: for the period determined using the treasury stock method or the if-converted method, as applicable.
−Removed: For purposes of this calculation,
−Removed: options to purchase Common Shares (“Options”) and warrants to purchase Common Shares (“Warrants”) are considered
−Removed: to be Common Share equivalents and are only included in the calculation of diluted net loss per share when their effect is dilutive.
−Removed: The following shares underlying Options, Warrants, and outstanding convertible debt were antidilutive due to a net loss
−Removed: in the periods presented and, therefore, were excluded from the dilutive securities computation for the three- and six-month periods
−Removed: ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, as indicated below.
−Removed: Schedule of excluded from the dilutive securities
−Removed: For the three and six months ended December 31,
−Removed: Excluded potentially dilutive securities (1) :
+Added: net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of the Company’s Common Shares
+Added: outstanding during the period.
+Added: Diluted net loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss by the weighted-average number
+Added: of Common Share equivalents outstanding for the period determined using the treasury stock method or the if-converted method,
+Added: as applicable.
+Added: For purposes of this calculation, options to purchase Common Shares (“Options”) and warrants to
+Added: purchase Common Shares (“Warrants”) are considered to be Common Share equivalents and are only included in the
+Added: calculation of diluted net loss per share when their effect is dilutive.
+Added: The following shares
+Added: 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: the three months ended
+Added: September 30,
+Added: potentially dilutive securities (1) :
Convertible debt
−Removed: Total potential dilutive securities
−Removed: 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.
−Removed: Such amounts have not been adjusted for the treasury stock method or weighted average outstanding calculations as required if the securities were dilutive.
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: December 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of U.S.
+Added: Total potential
+Added: dilutive securities
+Added: number of shares is based on the maximum number of shares issuable on exercise or conversion of the related securities as
+Added: of the period end.
+Added: Such amounts have not been adjusted for the treasury stock method or weighted average
+Added: outstanding calculations as required if the securities were dilutive.
+Added: On February 16, 2021, the Company
+Added: entered into a Convertible Security Funding Agreement (as amended by Amendment #1 to the Convertible Security Funding Agreement
+Added: dated December 2, 2021, the “CSFA”) with Lind Global Asset Management III, LLC (“Lind”), pursuant to which
+Added: the Company issued a convertible security to Lind (the “Lind III Convertible Security”).
+Added: Pursuant to the CSFA, Lind
+Added: had certain consent and participation rights applicable in connection with the Transaction (as defined below) and the proposed
+Added: financing transactions with Yorkville Advisors Global, LP (“Yorkville”), each as described in Note 13.
+Added: 25, 2022, the Company and Lind entered into a Waiver and Consent Agreement (the “Lind Consent”), which included the
+Added: following principal terms:
+Added: (i) the consent of Lind to the Transaction and the proposed financing transactions with Yorkville,
+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)
−Removed: On February 16, 2021, the Company entered into a Convertible Security Funding Agreement (as amended by
−Removed: Amendment #1 to the Convertible Security Funding Agreement dated December 2, 2021, the “CSFA”) with Lind Global Asset
−Removed: Management III, LLC (“Lind”), pursuant to which the Company issued a convertible security to Lind (the “Lind
−Removed: III Convertible Security”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the CSFA, Lind had certain consent and participation rights applicable in connection
−Removed: with the Transaction (as defined below) and the proposed financing transactions with Yorkville Advisors Global, LP, each as described
−Removed: On September 25, 2022, the Company and Lind entered into a Waiver and Consent Agreement (the “Lind Consent”),
−Removed: which included the following principal terms:
−Removed: (i) the consent of Lind to the Transaction and the proposed financing transactions
−Removed: with Yorkville Advisors Global, LP, including all actions taken by NioCorp as set out in the Business Combination Agreement to
−Removed: permit the completion of the Transaction;
−Removed: (ii) the consent of Lind to NioCorp’s expected cross-listing to The Nasdaq Stock
−Removed: Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) and the consolidation of the Common Shares in order to meet the minimum listing requirements
−Removed: (iii) the waiver of Lind of its participation right for up to 15% of the total offering in the proposed standby equity
−Removed: purchase agreement between NioCorp and Yorkville Advisors Global, LP;
−Removed: and (iv) the waiver of Lind of certain restrictive covenants
−Removed: As consideration for entering
−Removed: into the Lind Consent, Lind received, amongst other things:
−Removed: (i) the right to receive a payment of $ 500 , which would be reduced
−Removed: to $ 200 if the Transaction has not been consummated on or before April 30, 2023 (collectively, the “Consent Payment”);
−Removed: (ii) an extension of its existing participation rights under the CSFA in future financings of NioCorp for a further two-year period,
−Removed: subject to certain exceptions as well as an extension of such participation rights beyond the additional two-year period if Yorkville
−Removed: Advisors Global, LP or any affiliate is a party to any such applicable transaction;
−Removed: and (iii) the right to receive additional Warrants
−Removed: (the “Contingent Consent Warrants”) if on the date that is 18 months following consummation of the Transaction, the
−Removed: closing trading price of the Common Shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”) or such other stock exchange on
−Removed: which such shares may then be listed, is less than C$10.00, subject to adjustments.
−Removed: of Contingent Consent Warrants to be issued, if any, is based on the Canadian dollar equivalent (based on the then current Canadian
−Removed: to US dollar exchange rate as reported by Bloomberg, LP) of $5,000 divided by the five-day volume weighted average price of the
−Removed: Common Shares on the date of issuance.
−Removed: Further, the number of Contingent Consent Warrants issued will be proportionately adjusted
−Removed: based on the percentage of Warrants currently held by Lind that are exercised, if any, prior to the issuance of any Contingent
+Added: including all actions taken by NioCorp as set out in the Business Combination Agreement to permit the completion
+Added: of the Transaction;
+Added: (ii) the consent of Lind to NioCorp’s expected cross-listing to The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”)
+Added: and the consolidation of the Common Shares in order to meet the minimum listing requirements thereof;
+Added: (iii) the waiver of Lind
+Added: of its participation right for up to 15% of the total offering in the proposed standby equity purchase agreement between NioCorp
+Added: and Yorkville;
+Added: and (iv) the waiver of Lind of certain restrictive covenants in the CSFA.
+Added: consideration for entering into the Lind Consent, Lind received, amongst other things:
+Added: (i) the right to receive a payment of $ 500 ,
+Added: which would be reduced to $ 200 if the Transaction has not been consummated on or before April 30, 2023 (collectively, the “Consent
+Added: (ii) an extension of its existing participation rights under the CSFA in future financings of NioCorp for a further
+Added: two-year period, subject to certain exceptions as well as an extension of such participation rights beyond the additional two-year
+Added: period if Yorkville or any affiliate is a party to any such applicable transaction;
+Added: and (iii) the right to receive additional
+Added: Warrants (the “Contingent Consent Warrants”) if on the date that is 18 months following consummation of the Transaction,
+Added: the closing trading price of the Common Shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”) or such other stock exchange
+Added: on which such shares may then be listed, is less than C$10.00, subject to adjustments.
+Added: number of Contingent Consent Warrants to be issued, if any, is based on the Canadian dollar equivalent (based on the then current
+Added: Canadian to US dollar exchange rate as reported by Bloomberg, LP) of $5,000 divided by the five-day volume weighted average price
+Added: of the Common Shares on the date of issuance.
+Added: Further, the number of Contingent Consent Warrants issued will be proportionately
+Added: adjusted based on the percentage of Warrants currently held by Lind that are exercised, if any, prior to the issuance of any Contingent
Consent Warrants.
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Contingencies.
−Removed: The identification of the need
−Removed: for the restatement arose during the Company’s quarterly close for the quarter ended March 31, 2023.
−Removed: Pursuant to these procedures,
−Removed: the Audit Committee, in consultation with the Company’s management, determined that the Lind Consent should have been evaluated
−Removed: under ASC 470 – Debt (“ASC 470”), which requires an evaluation of the contract amendment under ASC 470 debt modification
+Added: identification of the need for the restatement arose during the Company’s quarterly close for the quarter ended March 31,
+Added: Pursuant to these procedures, the Audit Committee, in consultation with the Company’s management, determined that
+Added: the Lind Consent should have been evaluated under ASC 470 – Debt (“ASC 470”), which requires an evaluation of
+Added: the contract amendment under ASC 470 debt modification guidance.
The Company performed a comparison
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estimated Consent Payment of $200 also be included in the calculation of the gain or loss on debt extinguishment.
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: December 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
+Added: The Company also
+Added: evaluated the Contingent Consent Warrant feature included in the Lind Consent and determined that the Contingent Consent Warrants
+Added: meet the criteria to be considered separate, freestanding instruments, should be accounted for as a liability under ASC Topic 480,
+Added: Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”), and should be booked at fair value on the date of the Lind Consent,
+Added: with subsequent changes in valuation recorded as a non-operating gain or loss in the statement of operations.
+Added: The following table
+Added: summarizes the components of the initial loss on debt extinguishment:
+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)
−Removed: also evaluated the Contingent
−Removed: Consent Warrant feature included in the Lind Consent and determined that the Contingent Consent Warrants meet the criteria to
−Removed: be considered separate, freestanding instruments, should be accounted for as a liability under ASC Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities
−Removed: from Equity (“ASC 480”), and should be booked at fair value on the date of the Lind Consent, with subsequent changes
−Removed: in valuation recorded as a non-operating gain or loss in the statement of operations.
−Removed: The following table summarizes
−Removed: the components of the initial loss on debt extinguishment:
+Added: Of Extinguishment Of Debt
Consent Payment at inception
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Initial loss on debt extinguishment
−Removed: in the fair value of the Contingent Consent Warrants are presented below:
+Added: Changes in the fair value of the Contingent Consent Warrants are presented below:
Initial valuation, September 25, 2022
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Valuation at September 30, 2022
−Removed: Change in valuation
−Removed: Valuation at December 31, 2022
−Removed: Contingent Consent Warrants are classified as a Level 3 financial instrument and were valued utilizing a Monte Carlo simulation
−Removed: pricing model, which calculates multiple potential outcomes for future share prices based on historic volatility of the Common
−Removed: Shares to determine the probability of issuance at 18 months following the applicable valuation date and to determine the value
−Removed: of the Contingent Consent Warrants.
−Removed: The following table discloses the primary inputs into the Monte Carlo model at each valuation
−Removed: date, and the probability of issuance calculated by the model.
−Removed: The following table discloses the primary inputs into the Monte Carlo model at each valuation date, and the probability of issuance calculated
+Added: The Contingent Consent Warrants
+Added: are classified as a Level 3 financial instrument and were valued utilizing a Monte Carlo simulation pricing model, which calculates
+Added: multiple potential outcomes for future share prices based on historic volatility of the Common Shares to determine the probability
+Added: of issuance at 18 months following the applicable valuation date and to determine the value of the Contingent Consent Warrants.
+Added: The following table discloses the primary inputs into the Monte Carlo model at each valuation date, and the probability of issuance
+Added: calculated by the model.
Key Valuation Input
−Removed: September 25, 2022
−Removed: September 30, 2022
Share price on valuation date
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a component of operating costs.
−Removed: correction to the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss also impacts the Company’s
−Removed: condensed consolidated balance sheet, condensed consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity, and certain notes to the
−Removed: condensed consolidated financial statements three months ended September 30, 2022 and for the three and six months ended December 31, 2022 as illustrated in the tables
−Removed: This correction does not impact the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows besides offsetting adjustments between
−Removed: net loss, accretion of convertible debt, and loss on debt extinguishment within the cash flows from operating activities section.
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: December 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
−Removed: dollars, except per share amounts or as otherwise stated) (unaudited)
−Removed: Restatement Impacts to the Condensed
−Removed: Consolidated Balance Sheet (unaudited)
−Removed: As of September 30, 2022
+Added: This correction to the Company’s
+Added: condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss also impacts the Company’s condensed consolidated
+Added: balance sheet, condensed consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity, and certain notes to the condensed consolidated
+Added: financial statements for the three months ended September 30, 2022 as illustrated in the tables below.
+Added: This correction does not
+Added: impact the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows besides offsetting adjustments between net loss, accretion of convertible
+Added: debt, and loss on debt extinguishment within the cash flows from operating activities section.
+Added: Restatement Impacts to the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (unaudited)
+Added: of September 30, 2022
As Previously Reported
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Total liabilities and equity
−Removed: Restatement Impacts to the Condensed
−Removed: Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss (unaudited)
−Removed: For the Three Months Ended September
+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: Restatement Impacts to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss (unaudited)
+Added: the Three Months Ended September 30, 2022
As Previously Reported
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Total comprehensive loss
−Removed: Loss per share
−Removed: Weighted average shares outstanding
−Removed: Restatement Impacts to the Condensed
−Removed: Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (unaudited)
+Added: Weighted average shares
+Added: Restatement Impacts to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (unaudited)
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2022
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Change in fair value of warrant liability
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: December 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
−Removed: dollars, except per share amounts or as otherwise stated) (unaudited)
−Removed: Restatement Impacts to the Condensed
−Removed: Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ Equity (unaudited)
−Removed: As of September 30, 2022
+Added: Impacts to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ Equity (unaudited)
+Added: of September 30, 2022
Comprehensive
−Removed: As Previously Reported
+Added: Previously Reported
Balance, June 30, 2022
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$ ( 112,951 )
−Removed: Restatement Impacts
Balance, June 30, 2022
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$ ( 114,274 )
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: December 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
−Removed: dollars, except per share amounts or as otherwise stated) (unaudited)
−Removed: Restatement Impacts to the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (unaudited)
−Removed: As of December 31,
−Removed: As Previously Reported
−Removed: Restatement Impacts
−Removed: Deferred transaction costs
−Removed: Convertible debt
−Removed: Total current liabilities
−Removed: Warrant liability
−Removed: Total liabilities
−Removed: Accumulated deficit
−Removed: Total shareholders’ equity
−Removed: Total liabilities and equity
−Removed: Restatement Impacts to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss (unaudited)
−Removed: For the Three Months
−Removed: Ended December 31, 2022
−Removed: Restatement Impacts to
−Removed: the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss (unaudited)
−Removed: As Previously Reported
−Removed: Restatement Impacts
−Removed: Interest expense (income)
−Removed: Change in fair value of warrant liability
−Removed: Loss before income taxes
−Removed: Total comprehensive loss
−Removed: average shares outstanding
−Removed: Restatement Impacts to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss (unaudited)
−Removed: For the Six Months
−Removed: Ended December 31, 2022
−Removed: As Previously Reported
−Removed: Restatement Impacts
−Removed: Interest expense
−Removed: Loss on debt extinguishment
−Removed: Change in fair value of warrant liability
−Removed: Loss before income taxes
−Removed: Total comprehensive loss
−Removed: Loss per share
−Removed: Weighted average shares outstanding
−Removed: Restatement Impacts to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (unaudited)
−Removed: Months Ended December 31, 2022
−Removed: Restatement Impacts to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (unaudited)
−Removed: As Previously Reported
−Removed: Restatement Impacts
−Removed: CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
−Removed: Net loss for the period
−Removed: Accretion of convertible debt
−Removed: Loss on debt extinguishment
−Removed: Change in financial instrument fair value
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: December 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
−Removed: dollars, except per share amounts or as otherwise stated) (unaudited)
−Removed: Restatement Impacts to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Shareholders' Equity (unaudited)
−Removed: For the Three Months
−Removed: Ended December 31, 2022
−Removed: Comprehensive
−Removed: As Previously Reported
−Removed: Balance, September 30, 2022
−Removed: $ ( 112,951 )
−Removed: Exercise of options
−Removed: Debt conversions
−Removed: Reporting currency translation
−Removed: Loss for the period
−Removed: Balance, December 31, 2022
−Removed: $ ( 115,159 )
−Removed: Restatement Impacts
−Removed: Balance, September 30, 2022
−Removed: Loss for the period
−Removed: Balance, December 31, 2022
−Removed: Balance, September 30, 2022
−Removed: $ ( 114,274 )
−Removed: Exercise of options
−Removed: Debt conversions
−Removed: Reporting currency translation
−Removed: Loss for the period, as restated
−Removed: Balance, December 31, 2022, as restated
−Removed: $ ( 116,703 )
−Removed: Restatement Impacts to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Shareholders'
−Removed: Equity (unaudited)
−Removed: Restatement Impacts to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Shareholders' Equity (unaudited)
−Removed: For the Six Months
−Removed: Ended December 31, 2022
−Removed: Comprehensive
−Removed: As Previously Reported
−Removed: Balance, June 30, 2022
−Removed: $ ( 110,397 )
−Removed: Exercise of warrants
−Removed: Debt conversions
−Removed: Share issuance costs
−Removed: Reporting currency translation
−Removed: Loss for the period
−Removed: Balance, December 31, 2022
−Removed: $ ( 115,159 )
−Removed: Restatement Impacts
−Removed: Balance, June 30, 2022
−Removed: Loss for the period
−Removed: Balance, December 31, 2022
−Removed: Balance, June 30, 2022
−Removed: $ ( 110,397 )
−Removed: Exercise of warrants
−Removed: Debt conversions
−Removed: Share issuance costs
−Removed: Reporting currency translation
−Removed: Loss for the period, as restated
−Removed: Balance, December 31, 2022, as restated
−Removed: $ ( 116,703 )
−Removed: As previously reported, the
−Removed: Company restated its consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2022 and 2021, and consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive
−Removed: income, equity and cash flows for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
−Removed: In addition, the restatement impacted the first,
−Removed: second and third quarters of our fiscal year ended June 30, 2022.
−Removed: The summarized restatement impacts for the comparable interim
−Removed: period in fiscal year 2022 are presented below.
−Removed: The restatement corrects errors related to the accounting for the unamortized
−Removed: deferred financing costs and debt discounts upon extinguishments of debt related to debt conversions.
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: December 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
+Added: previously reported, the Company restated its consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2022 and 2021, and consolidated statements
+Added: of operations and comprehensive income, equity and cash flows for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
+Added: In addition, the restatement impacted
+Added: the 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.
+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)
Restatement Impacts to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss (unaudited)
−Removed: For the Three Months Ended December 31, 2021
−Removed: As Previously Reported
−Removed: Restatement Impacts
−Removed: Interest expense
−Removed: Loss before income taxes
−Removed: Reporting currency translation
−Removed: Total comprehensive loss
−Removed: Loss per share
−Removed: Weighted average shares
−Removed: Restatement Impacts to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Shareholders' Equity (unaudited)
−Removed: For the Three Months Ended December 31, 2021
−Removed: As Previously Reported
−Removed: Restatement Impacts
−Removed: September 30, 2021 opening balance adjustments:
−Removed: $ ( 101,036 )
−Removed: $ ( 101,598 )
−Removed: Accumulated other comprehensive loss
−Removed: Total Shareholders’ equity
−Removed: Activity adjustments:
−Removed: Loss for the period
−Removed: Reporting currency translation
−Removed: December 31, 2021 ending balance adjustments:
−Removed: Accumulated other comprehensive loss
−Removed: Restatement Impacts to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss (unaudited)
−Removed: For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2021
+Added: the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021
As Previously Reported
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Loss per share
−Removed: Weighted average shares outstanding
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: December 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
−Removed: dollars, except per share amounts or as otherwise stated) (unaudited)
+Added: Weighted average shares
Restatement Impacts to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (unaudited)
−Removed: For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2021
+Added: the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021
As Previously Reported
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Restatement Impacts to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Shareholders' Equity (unaudited)
−Removed: For the Six Months Ended December 31, 2021
+Added: the Three Months Ended September 30, 2021
As Previously Reported
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Reporting currency translation
−Removed: December 31, 2021 ending balance adjustments:
+Added: September 30, 2021 ending balance adjustments:
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
GOING CONCERN ISSUES
−Removed: The Company incurred a loss
−Removed: of $ 6,306 for the six months ended December 31, 2022 (2021 - $ 6,080 ) and had a working capital deficit of $ 6,591 and an accumulated
−Removed: deficit of $ 116,703 as of December 31, 2022.
−Removed: As a development stage issuer, the Company has not yet commenced its mining operations
−Removed: and accordingly does not generate any revenue.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, the Company had cash of $ 424 which is not sufficient to
−Removed: fund normal operations for the next twelve months without deferring payment on certain liabilities or raising additional funds.
−Removed: In addition, the Company will be required to raise additional funds for construction and commencement of operations.
−Removed: These factors
−Removed: raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: The Company’s ability
−Removed: to continue operations and fund its expenditures, which have averaged approximately $ 1,400 per quarter over the preceding three-year
−Removed: period, is dependent on management’s ability to secure additional financing.
−Removed: Management is actively pursuing additional sources
−Removed: 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 so in the
−Removed: Other than the proposed business combination and potential financing packages discussed in Notes 14 and 15, the Company
−Removed: did not have any further funding commitments or arrangements for additional financing as of December 31, 2022.
−Removed: These interim condensed
−Removed: consolidated financial statements do not give effect to any adjustments required to realize the Company’s assets and discharge
−Removed: its liabilities in other than the normal course of business and at amounts different from those reflected in the accompanying financial
−Removed: March 2020, several measures have been implemented in the United States, Canada, and the rest of the world in response to the increased
−Removed: impact from the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic and subsequent
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: December 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
+Added: Company incurred a loss of $ 3,877 for the three months ended September 30, 2022 (2021 - $ 2,088 ) and had a working capital deficit
+Added: of $3,289 and an accumulated deficit of $ 114,274 as of September 30, 2022.
+Added: As a development stage issuer, the Company has not
+Added: yet commenced its mining operations and accordingly does not generate any revenue.
+Added: As of September 30, 2022, the Company had cash
+Added: of $ 3,192 which may not be sufficient to fund normal operations for the next twelve months without deferring payment on certain
+Added: liabilities or raising additional funds.
+Added: In addition, the Company will be required to raise additional funds for construction
+Added: and commencement of operations.
+Added: These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
+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)
−Removed: COVID-19 variants.
−Removed: In addition, recent worldwide events have created
−Removed: general global economic uncertainty as well as uncertainty in capital markets, supply chain disruptions, increased interest rates,
−Removed: and the potential for geographic recessions.
−Removed: We believe this could have an adverse impact on our ability to obtain financing, development
−Removed: plans, results of operations, financial position, and cash flows during the current fiscal year.
−Removed: The full extent to which these
−Removed: events and our precautionary measures may continue to impact our business will depend on future developments, which continue to
−Removed: be highly uncertain and cannot be predicted at this time.
−Removed: LAND AND BUILDINGS, NET
−Removed: In October 2022, the Company
−Removed: entered into an agreement with the State of Nebraska (the “State”) to sell a strip of Company-owned land totaling approximately
−Removed: 1.27 acres located adjacent to State Highway 50 in connection with highway improvements to be completed by the State, for $ 21 ,
−Removed: inclusive of estimated fence replacement costs.
−Removed: The Company recorded a gain of $ 13 associated with this sale.
−Removed: DEFERRED TRANSACTION COSTS
−Removed: The Company has deferred third-party
−Removed: costs, including legal fees, other professional and consulting fees, and due diligence fees, incurred in connection with the proposed
−Removed: transaction discussed in Note 14.
−Removed: These costs are deferred until closing, at which time a portion of the directly attributable
−Removed: costs will be recorded against convertible debt to be entered into in connection with the proposed transaction, with the remainder
−Removed: treated as a reduction to the value of Common Shares issued.
−Removed: ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED
−Removed: Schedule of account payable and accrued liabilities
−Removed: Accounts payable, trade
−Removed: Accounts payable accruals
−Removed: Consent accrual
−Removed: Interest payable to related party
−Removed: Other accruals
−Removed: Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities
−Removed: CONVERTIBLE DEBT
−Removed: Changes in the Lind III Convertible
−Removed: Security are as follows:
−Removed: Lind III Convertible Security
+Added: Company’s ability to continue operations and fund its expenditures, which have historically averaged approximately $ 1,265
+Added: per quarter over the preceding three-year period, is dependent on management’s ability to secure additional financing.
+Added: is actively pursuing additional sources of financing, and while it has been successful in doing so in the past, there can be no
+Added: assurance it will be able to do so in the future.
+Added: Other than the proposed business combination and potential financing packages
+Added: discussed in Note 13, the Company did not have any further funding commitments or arrangements for additional financing as of
+Added: September 30, 2022.
+Added: These consolidated financial statements do not give effect to any adjustments required to realize the Company’s
+Added: assets and discharge its liabilities in other than the normal course of business and at amounts different from those reflected
+Added: in the accompanying financial statements.
+Added: March 2020, several measures have been implemented in the United States, Canada, and the rest of the world in response to the
+Added: increased impact from the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic and subsequent COVID-19 variants.
+Added: In addition, recent
+Added: worldwide events have created general global economic uncertainty as well as uncertainty in capital markets, supply chain disruptions,
+Added: increased interest rates, and the potential for geographic recessions.
+Added: We believe this could have an adverse impact on our ability
+Added: to obtain financing, development plans, results of operations, financial position, and cash flows during the current fiscal year.
+Added: The full extent to which these events and our precautionary measures may continue to impact our business will depend on future
+Added: developments, which continue to be highly uncertain and cannot be predicted at this time.
+Added: DEFERRED TRANSACTION
+Added: Company has deferred third-party costs, including legal fees, other professional and consulting fees, and due diligence fees,
+Added: incurred in connection with the proposed transaction discussed in Note 13.
+Added: These costs are deferred until closing, at which time
+Added: a portion of the costs will be recorded against convertible debt to be entered into in connection with the proposed transaction,
+Added: with the remainder treated as a reduction to the value of Common Shares issued.
+Added: PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES
+Added: of account payable and accrued liabilities
+Added: payable, trade
+Added: payable accruals
+Added: payable to related party
+Added: Total accounts payable
+Added: and accrued liabilities
+Added: in the Lind III Convertible Security are as follows:
+Added: III Convertible Security
Balance, June 30,
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Fair value increase due to debt extinguishment
−Removed: Balance, December 31, 2022
−Removed: Based on the Company’s
−Removed: closing Common Share price of C$ 10.00 as of December 31, 2022, conversion of the remaining Lind III Convertible Security undiscounted
−Removed: face value of $ 515 (including accrued interest) would require the issuance of approximately 81,600 Common Shares.
−Removed: For each C$ 0.10 change in the fair value of one Common Share, the total Common Shares the Company would be obligated to issue would change by approximately 800 shares.
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: December 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
+Added: Balance, September
+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)
−Removed: COMMON SHARES
−Removed: Stock Options
−Removed: Schedule of stock option
+Added: on the Company’s closing Common Share price of C$ 14.30 as of September 30, 2022, conversion of the remaining Lind III Convertible
+Added: Security undiscounted face value of $ 815 (including accrued interest) would require the issuance of approximately 103,000 Common
+Added: For each C$ 0.10 change in the fair value of one Common Share, the total Common Shares the Company would be obligated to
+Added: issue would change by approximately 800 shares.
+Added: of stock option
Number of Options
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Cancelled/expired
−Removed: Balance, December 31, 2022
−Removed: following table summarizes information about Options outstanding at December 31, 2022:
−Removed: Schedule of information about stock options outstanding
−Removed: Exercise Price
−Removed: Number Outstanding
−Removed: Aggregate Intrinsic Value
−Removed: Number Exercisable
−Removed: Aggregate Intrinsic Value
−Removed: September 18, 2023
−Removed: November 15, 2023
−Removed: December 14, 2023
−Removed: December 16, 2023
−Removed: December 17, 2024
−Removed: The aggregate intrinsic value
−Removed: in the preceding table represents the total intrinsic value, based on the Company’s closing Common Share price of C$ 10.00
−Removed: as of December 31, 2022, that would have been received by the Option holders had all Option holders exercised their Options as
−Removed: of that date.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, there was $ 0 of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested share-based compensation
−Removed: arrangements granted under the Option plans.
−Removed: Schedule of warrant transactions
−Removed: Number of Warrants
−Removed: Weighted Average Exercise Price
−Removed: Balance, June 30, 2022
−Removed: Cancelled/expired
−Removed: Balance, December 31, 2022
−Removed: At December 31, 2022, the Company
−Removed: had outstanding exercisable Warrants, as follows:
−Removed: Schedule of outstanding exercisable warrants
−Removed: Exercise Price
+Added: Balance, September 30, 2022
+Added: following table summarizes information about Options outstanding at September 30, 2022:
+Added: Intrinsic Value
+Added: Intrinsic Value
+Added: aggregate intrinsic value in the preceding table represents the total intrinsic value, based on the Company’s closing Common
+Added: Share price of C$ 14.30 as of September 30, 2022, that would have been received by the Option holders had all Option holders exercised
+Added: their Options as of that date.
+Added: There were no in-the-money Options vested and exercisable as of September 30, 2022.
+Added: As of September
+Added: 30, 2022, there was $ 0 of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested share-based compensation arrangements granted under
+Added: the Option plans.
+Added: of warrant transactions
+Added: Average Exercise Price
June 30, 2022
−Removed: February 19, 2025
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: December 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
+Added: Cancelled/expired
+Added: September 30, 2022
+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)
−Removed: RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
−Removed: Borrowings under the non-revolving
−Removed: credit facility agreement (the “Smith Credit Facility”) with Mark Smith, Chief Executive Officer, President, and Executive
−Removed: Chairman of NioCorp, bear interest at a rate of 10 % and drawdowns from the Smith Credit Facility are subject to a 2.5 % establishment
−Removed: Amounts outstanding under the Smith Credit Facility are secured by all of the Company’s assets pursuant to a general
−Removed: security agreement.
−Removed: The Smith Credit Facility contains financial and non-financial covenants customary for a facility of its size
+Added: September 30, 2022, the Company had outstanding exercisable Warrants, as follows:
+Added: PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND BALANCES
+Added: under the non-revolving credit facility agreement (the “Smith Credit Facility”) with Mark Smith, Chief Executive Officer,
+Added: President, and Executive Chairman of NioCorp, bear interest at a rate of 10 % and drawdowns from the Smith Credit Facility are
+Added: subject to a 2.5 % establishment fee.
+Added: Amounts outstanding under the Smith Credit Facility are secured by all of the Company’s
+Added: assets pursuant to a general security agreement.
+Added: The Smith Credit Facility contains financial and non-financial covenants customary
+Added: for a facility of its size and nature.
The maturity date for the Smith Credit Facility is June 30, 2023.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022, the
−Removed: principal amount outstanding under the Smith Credit Facility was $ 2,000 and accounts payable and accrued liabilities as of December
−Removed: 31, 2022, include accrued interest of $ 102 payable under the Smith Credit Facility.
−Removed: EXPLORATION EXPENDITURES
−Removed: Schedule of exploration expenditures
−Removed: For the Three Months Ended December 31,
−Removed: For the Six Months Ended December 31,
−Removed: Technical studies and engineering
−Removed: Field management and other
−Removed: Metallurgical development
−Removed: Geologists and field staff
+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.
+Added: of exploration expenditures
+Added: the Three Months Ended September 30,
+Added: studies and engineering
+Added: management and other
+Added: Metallurgical
+Added: and field staff
Company incurred lease costs as follows:
−Removed: For the Three Months Ended December 31,
−Removed: For the Six Months Ended December 31,
−Removed: Operating Lease Cost:
−Removed: Fixed rent expense
−Removed: Variable rent expense
−Removed: Short-term lease cost
−Removed: Sublease income
−Removed: Net lease cost – other operating expense
−Removed: The maturities of lease liabilities
−Removed: are as follows at December 31, 2022:
−Removed: Future Lease Maturities
−Removed: Total remaining lease payments
−Removed: Less portion of payments representing interest
−Removed: Present value of lease payments – current lease liability
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: December 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
+Added: the Three Months Ended September 30,
+Added: term lease cost
+Added: lease cost – other operating expense
+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)
−Removed: FAIR VALUE MEASURMENTS
−Removed: The Company measures the fair
−Removed: value of financial assets and liabilities based on U.S.
−Removed: GAAP guidance which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring
−Removed: fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements.
−Removed: The Company classifies financial
−Removed: assets and liabilities as held-for-trading, available-for-sale, held-to-maturity, loans and receivables, or other financial liabilities
−Removed: depending on their nature.
−Removed: Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognized at fair value on their initial recognition.
−Removed: Financial assets and liabilities
−Removed: classified as held-for-trading are measured at fair value, with gains and losses recognized in net income.
+Added: maturities of lease liabilities are as follows at September 30, 2022:
+Added: Year Lease Maturities
+Added: lease payments – through September 2023
+Added: portion of payments representing interest
+Added: value of lease payments – current lease liability
+Added: VALUE MEASUREMENTS
+Added: Company measures the fair value of financial assets and liabilities based on U.S.
+Added: GAAP guidance which defines fair value, establishes
+Added: a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements.
+Added: Company classifies financial assets and liabilities as held-for-trading, available-for-sale, held-to-maturity, loans and receivables,
+Added: or other financial liabilities depending on their nature.
+Added: Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognized at fair value
+Added: on their initial recognition.
+Added: assets and liabilities classified as held-for-trading are measured at fair value, with gains and losses recognized in net income.
+Added: Financial assets classified as held-to-maturity, loans and receivables, and financial liabilities other than those classified
+Added: as held-for-trading are measured at amortized cost, using the effective interest method of amortization.
Financial assets classified
−Removed: as held-to-maturity, loans and receivables, and financial liabilities other than those classified as held-for-trading are measured
−Removed: at amortized cost, using the effective interest method of amortization.
−Removed: Financial assets classified as available-for-sale, including
−Removed: investments in equity securities, are measured at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses being recognized in income.
−Removed: Financial instruments including
−Removed: receivables, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, and related party loans are carried at amortized cost, which management
−Removed: believes approximates fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments.
−Removed: The following tables present
−Removed: information about the assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2022, and
−Removed: June 30, 2022, respectively, and indicate the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques the Company utilized to determine
−Removed: such fair value.
−Removed: In general, fair values determined by Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for
−Removed: identical instruments.
−Removed: Fair values determined by Level 2 inputs utilize data points that are observable, such as quoted prices,
−Removed: interest rates, and yield curves.
−Removed: Fair values determined by Level 3 inputs are unobservable data points for the financial instrument
−Removed: and include situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the instrument.
−Removed: Schedule of fair values determined by level 3 inputs are unobservable data
−Removed: As of December 31, 2022
−Removed: Cash and cash equivalents
−Removed: Investment in equity securities
−Removed: Warrant liability
−Removed: As of June 30, 2022
−Removed: Cash and cash equivalents
−Removed: Investment in equity securities
−Removed: The Lind III Convertible
−Removed: Security discussed in Note 8 was initially recorded at fair value, which represented a nonrecurring fair value measurement using
−Removed: a Level 3 input.
−Removed: At December 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022, the estimated fair value of this instrument approximated carrying value
−Removed: given that the instrument was adjusted to fair value on September 25, 2022 and has a short remaining life until maturity.
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: December 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
−Removed: dollars, except per share amounts or as otherwise stated) (unaudited)
−Removed: PROPOSED TRANSACTION
−Removed: On September 25, 2022, the Company,
−Removed: GX Acquisition Corp.
−Removed: II, a Delaware corporation (“GXII”), and Big Red Merger Sub Ltd (“Merger Sub”), a
−Removed: Delaware corporation incorporated in September 2022, and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a business
−Removed: combination agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, as the
−Removed: result of a series of transactions, GXII will become a subsidiary of the Company (as successor by merger to the Company’s
−Removed: subsidiary, Elk Creek Resources Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ECRC”)), with the pre-combination public shareholders
−Removed: of GXII receiving Common Shares based on a fixed exchange ratio of 1.11829212 (the “Exchange Ratio”) Common Shares
−Removed: for each GXII Class A common share held and not redeemed, and the GXII founders receiving shares in GXII (as successor by merger
−Removed: to ECRC) based on the Exchange Ratio.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, after closing of the Transaction (as defined
−Removed: below) (the “Transaction Closing”), the GXII founders will have the right to exchange such shares for Common Shares
−Removed: on a one-for-one basis under certain conditions.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, the Company will also assume the
−Removed: obligations under the issued and outstanding GXII warrants, which will be converted into Warrants following the Transaction Closing.
−Removed: The Business Combination Agreement contemplates that the Company will undertake a reverse stock split of the Common Shares at the
−Removed: time of the Transaction Closing in connection with an expected cross-listing to the Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”).
−Removed: In addition, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, post-closing, the Company’s Board of Directors will include
−Removed: two directors from pre-combination GXII.
−Removed: The transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and the ancillary
−Removed: agreements thereto are referred to collectively as the “Transaction.”
−Removed: As currently structured, the
−Removed: Business Combination Agreement is expected to be accounted for as a recapitalization in accordance with U.S.
−Removed: Under this method
−Removed: of accounting, GXII will be treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes.
−Removed: Accordingly, the transaction
−Removed: is treated as the equivalent of NioCorp issuing Common Shares for the net assets of GXII, accompanied by a recapitalization.
−Removed: net assets of GXII will be stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded.
−Removed: The proposed Transaction is
−Removed: expected to close in the first calendar quarter of 2023, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain customary closing conditions
−Removed: contained in the Business Combination Agreement, including, among other things, (i) obtaining required approvals of the Transaction
−Removed: and related matters by the respective shareholders of NioCorp and GXII, (ii) the effectiveness of the registration statement on
−Removed: Form S-4 that the Company originally filed on November 7, 2022, and amended on December 22, 2022, January 17, 2023, January 31,
−Removed: 2023, and February 6, 2023, and was declared effective by the SEC on February 8, 2023, (iii) receipt of approval for listing on
−Removed: Nasdaq of the Common Shares to be issued in connection with the Transaction, (iv) receipt of approval for listing on Nasdaq of
−Removed: the Warrants to be issued in exchange for the GXII warrants that NioCorp has agreed to assume, (v) receipt of approval from the
−Removed: TSX with respect to the issuance and listing of the Common Shares issuable in connection with the Transaction, (vi) that NioCorp
−Removed: and its subsidiaries (including GXII, as successor by merger to ECRC) will have at least $ 5.000001 million of net tangible assets
−Removed: upon the consummation of the Transaction, after giving effect to any redemptions by GXII public stockholders and after payment
−Removed: of underwriters’ fees or commissions, (vii) that, at the Transaction Closing, NioCorp and its subsidiaries (including GXII,
−Removed: as successor by merger to ECRC) will have received cash in an amount equal to or greater than $ 15 .0 million, subject to certain
−Removed: adjustments, and (viii) the absence of any injunctions enjoining or prohibiting the consummation of the Business Combination Agreement.
−Removed: The proposed additional financings contemplated by the LOIs will also be subject to the approval of the TSX and the Company’s
−Removed: shareholders.
−Removed: In addition, in connection with
−Removed: the entry into the Business Combination Agreement, the Company announced the signing of non-binding letters of intent for two separate
−Removed: financing packages with Yorkville Advisors Global, LP.
−Removed: As discussed in Note 15, on January 26, 2023, the Company entered into definitive
−Removed: agreements with respect to these financings.
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: December 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
−Removed: dollars, except per share amounts or as otherwise stated) (unaudited)
−Removed: SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
−Removed: Yorkville Financings
−Removed: On January 26, 2023, NioCorp
−Removed: entered into definitive agreements with respect to two previously announced financings with YA II PN, Ltd., an investment fund
−Removed: managed by Yorkville Advisors Global, LP (together with YA II PN, Ltd., “Yorkville”).
−Removed: The financings contemplated by
−Removed: the definitive agreements include (i) up to $ 16 .0 million aggregate principal amount of unsecured convertible debentures of NioCorp
−Removed: (the “Convertible Debentures”) convertible into Common Shares and Common Share purchase warrants (the “Financing
−Removed: Warrants”) entitling the holders thereof to purchase additional Common Shares (the “Yorkville Convertible Debt Financing”);
−Removed: and (ii) a standby equity purchase facility pursuant to which NioCorp will have the right, but not the obligation, subject to the
−Removed: conditions set out therein, to sell Common Shares to Yorkville with a maximum aggregate value of up to $ 65 .0 million over a period
−Removed: of up to 36 months (the “Yorkville Equity Facility Financing” and, together with the Yorkville Convertible Debt Financing,
−Removed: the “Yorkville Financings”).
−Removed: The Yorkville Financings are
−Removed: expected to become effective on the date of the Transaction Closing, as previously announced on September 26, 2022.
−Removed: NioCorp intends to use the proceeds
−Removed: from the Yorkville Financings to advance its efforts to launch construction of the Elk Creek Project and move it to commercial
−Removed: operation, and to satisfy the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transaction, if required.
−Removed: Completion of the Yorkville
−Removed: Financings is subject to certain conditions, including the completion of the Transaction Closing, the receipt of the approval of
−Removed: the TSX, and the approval of NioCorp’s shareholders in accordance with the rules of the TSX.
−Removed: Yorkville Convertible Debt
−Removed: On January 26, 2023, NioCorp
−Removed: entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Yorkville Convertible Debt Financing Agreement”), by and between
−Removed: NioCorp and Yorkville.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Yorkville Convertible Debt Financing Agreement, Yorkville, and any investor that exercises
−Removed: its contractual right previously granted by NioCorp to participate in the Yorkville Convertible Debt Financing (collectively with
−Removed: Yorkville, the “Investors”), will advance an initial total amount of $9.6 million to NioCorp in consideration of the
−Removed: issuance by NioCorp to the Investors of $10.0 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Debentures at the time of the Transaction
−Removed: Closing (the “First Debenture Closing”), and an additional total amount of $5.76 million to NioCorp in consideration
−Removed: of the issuance by NioCorp to the Investors of $6.0 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Debentures on a date to be
−Removed: determined at the election of NioCorp, but which may not be prior to the later to occur of (i) the date of filing of the Convertible
−Removed: Debt Financing Registration Statement (as defined below) and (ii) the date of the Transaction Closing (together with the First
−Removed: Debenture Closing, the “Debenture Closings”) .
−Removed: Each Convertible Debenture issued
−Removed: under the Yorkville Convertible Debt Financing will be an unsecured obligation of NioCorp, will have an 18 -month term from the
−Removed: First Debenture Closing, which may be extended for one six-month period in certain circumstances at the option of NioCorp, and
−Removed: will incur a simple interest rate obligation of 5.0 % per annum (which will increase to 15.0 % per annum upon the occurrence of an
−Removed: event of default).
−Removed: The outstanding principal amount of, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, and premium, if any, on the Convertible
−Removed: Debentures must be paid by NioCorp in cash when the same becomes due and payable under the terms of the Convertible Debentures
−Removed: at their stated maturity, upon their redemption or otherwise.
−Removed: Subject to certain limitations
−Removed: contained within the Yorkville Convertible Debt Financing Agreement and the Convertible Debentures, including those as described
−Removed: below, holders of the Convertible Debentures will be entitled to convert the principal amount of, and accrued and unpaid interest,
−Removed: if any, on each Convertible Debenture, in whole or in part, from time to time over their term, into a number of Common Shares equal
−Removed: to the quotient of the principal amount and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, being converted divided by the
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: December 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
−Removed: dollars, except per share amounts or as otherwise stated) (unaudited)
−Removed: Conversion Price.
−Removed: The “Conversion Price” means, as of any Conversion Date (as defined below) or other date of determination, the greater
−Removed: of (i) 90% of the average of the daily U.S.
−Removed: dollar volume-weighted average price (“VWAP”) of the Common Shares on the
−Removed: principal U.S.
−Removed: market for the Common Shares as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets during the five consecutive trading days
−Removed: immediately preceding the date on which the holder exercises its conversion right in accordance with the requirements of the Yorkville
−Removed: Convertible Debt Financing Agreement (the “Conversion Date”) or other date of determination, unless NioCorp consents
−Removed: to conversion at a lower price, and (ii) the five-day VWAP of the Common Shares on the TSX (or on the principal U.S.
−Removed: the majority of the trading volume and value of the Common Shares occurred on the Nasdaq during the relevant period) for the five
−Removed: consecutive trading days immediately prior to the Conversion Date or other date of determination less the maximum applicable discount
−Removed: allowed by the TSX.
−Removed: Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time it shall be a condition to listing or continued listing of the
−Removed: Common Shares on the Nasdaq or such other principal U.S.
−Removed: market for the Common Shares that the Conversion Price be not less than
−Removed: a minimum price (the “Floor Price”), then NioCorp and the holders will negotiate in good faith to amend the Convertible
−Removed: Debentures to provide that the Conversion Price shall not be less than a Floor Price that satisfies such condition.
−Removed: Any Floor Price
−Removed: will be subject to adjustment to give effect to any stock dividend, stock split or recapitalization.
−Removed: The terms of the Convertible
−Removed: Debentures restrict the number of Convertible Debentures that may be converted during each calendar month by an Investor at a Conversion
−Removed: Price below a fixed price equal to the quotient of (i) ten dollars divided by (ii) 1.11829212 (being the number of Common Shares
−Removed: that will be exchanged for each share of GXII at the Transaction Closing), subject to adjustment to give effect to any stock dividend,
−Removed: stock split or recapitalization.
−Removed: The Convertible Debentures will be subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments.
−Removed: Pursuant to the terms of the
−Removed: Convertible Debentures, following certain trigger events, and until a subsequent cure event, NioCorp will be required to redeem
−Removed: $1.125 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Debentures (the “Triggered Principal Amount”) each month by
−Removed: making cash payments to the Investors, on a pro rata basis, in an amount equal to the Triggered Principal Amount, plus accrued
−Removed: and unpaid interest thereon, if any, plus a redemption premium of 7% of the Triggered Principal Amount.
−Removed: Such monthly prepayments
−Removed: under the terms of the Convertible Debentures are triggered (i) at the time when NioCorp has issued 95% of the total amount of
−Removed: Common Shares pursuant to the Yorkville Convertible Debt Financing that it may issue under applicable TSX and Nasdaq rules or (ii)
−Removed: when NioCorp has delayed or suspended the effectiveness or use of the Convertible Debt Financing Registration Statement for more
−Removed: than 20 consecutive calendar days, and such monthly prepayment obligations will continue until, with respect to (i) above, shareholder
−Removed: approval is obtained or, with respect to (ii) above, the Investors may once again resell Common Shares under the Convertible Debt
−Removed: Financing Registration Statement, respectively.
−Removed: The Convertible Debentures may
−Removed: also be redeemed at NioCorp’s option at any time and from time to time over their term at a redemption price equal to 110 %
−Removed: of the principal amount being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.
−Removed: The Convertible Debentures contain
−Removed: events of default customary for instruments of their type (with customary grace periods, as applicable) and provide that, upon
−Removed: the occurrence of an event of default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to NioCorp, all outstanding
−Removed: Convertible Debentures will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice.
−Removed: If any other type of event of
−Removed: default occurs and is continuing, then any holder may declare all of its Convertible Debentures to be due and payable immediately.
−Removed: In conjunction with each Debenture
−Removed: Closing, NioCorp will issue to the Investors Financing Warrants to purchase a number of Common Shares as is equal to the quotient
−Removed: of the principal amount of Convertible Debentures issued in such Debenture Closing divided by the “Exercise Price”,
−Removed: which is equal to the greater of:
−Removed: (a) the quotient of ten dollars divided by 1.11829212;
−Removed: or (b) the average of the daily VWAPs
−Removed: of the Common Shares on the principal U.S.
−Removed: market for the Common Shares during regular trading hours as reported by Bloomberg Financial
−Removed: Markets during the five consecutive trading days ending on the trading day immediately prior to such Debenture Closing, in each
−Removed: case subject to any adjustment to give effect to any stock dividend, stock split or recapitalization.
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: December 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands of
−Removed: dollars, except per share amounts or as otherwise stated) (unaudited)
−Removed: The Financing Warrants will
−Removed: be exercisable, in whole or in part, but not in increments of less than $ 50 aggregate Exercise Price (unless the remaining aggregate
−Removed: Exercise Price is less than $ 50 ), beginning on the earlier of (a) six months following the issuance of the applicable Financing
−Removed: Warrants or (b) the effective date of the initial Convertible Debt Financing Registration Statement and may be exercised at any time prior to their expiration.
−Removed: Holders of the Financing Warrants may exercise their Financing Warrants,
−Removed: at their election, by paying the Exercise Price in cash or on a cashless exercise basis.
−Removed: On each of the first 12 monthly anniversaries
−Removed: of the later of (a) the date that is six months following the issuance of the applicable Financing Warrants and
−Removed: (b) the effective date of the initial Convertible Debt Financing Registration Statement, 1/12th of the Financing Warrants will expire.
−Removed: The Financing Warrants will
−Removed: have customary anti-dilution adjustments to be determined in accordance with the requirements of the applicable stock exchanges,
−Removed: including the TSX.
−Removed: The terms of the Convertible
−Removed: Debentures and the Financing Warrants restrict the conversion of Convertible Debentures or exercise of Financing Warrants by an
−Removed: Investor if such a conversion or exercise would cause the Investor to exceed certain beneficial ownership thresholds in NioCorp
−Removed: or such a conversion or exercise would cause the aggregate number of Common Shares issued pursuant to the Yorkville Convertible
−Removed: Debt Financing to exceed the thresholds for issuance of Common Shares under the rules of the TSX and Nasdaq, unless prior shareholder
−Removed: approval is obtained.
−Removed: The Yorkville Convertible Debt
−Removed: Financing Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, conditions and indemnification obligations by each party.
−Removed: representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Yorkville Convertible Debt Financing Agreement were made only for purposes
−Removed: of the Yorkville Convertible Debt Financing Agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such
−Removed: agreement and are subject to certain important limitations.
−Removed: The Yorkville Convertible Debt
−Removed: Financing Agreement also contains certain covenants that, among other things, limit NioCorp’s ability to use the proceeds
−Removed: from the Yorkville Convertible Debt Financing to repay related party debt or to enter into any variable rate transaction other
−Removed: than with Yorkville, subject to certain exceptions.
−Removed: The Yorkville Convertible Debt
−Removed: Financing Agreement will terminate automatically if the Business Combination Agreement is terminated.
−Removed: Also, the Investors will
−Removed: have the right to terminate the Yorkville Convertible Debt Financing Agreement if the First Debenture Closing does not occur on
−Removed: or prior to March 22, 2023.
−Removed: NioCorp will have the right to terminate the Yorkville Convertible Debt Financing Agreement at any
−Removed: time prior to the First Debenture Closing, provided that it will be required to pay a cash termination fee of $ 1.6 million to the
−Removed: Investors, on a pro rata basis.
−Removed: On January 26, 2023, in connection
−Removed: with the Yorkville Convertible Debt Financing Agreement, NioCorp and Yorkville also entered into a registration rights agreement
−Removed: (the “Convertible Debt Financing Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which NioCorp has agreed to file with
−Removed: the SEC a registration statement (the “Convertible Debt Financing Registration Statement”) registering the resale by
−Removed: the Investors of the Common Shares issuable upon the conversion of the Convertible Debentures and the exercise of the Financing
−Removed: Warrants under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), as soon as practicable but no later than 21 calendar
−Removed: days following the Transaction Closing, and to use its reasonable best efforts to have the Convertible Debt Financing Registration
−Removed: Statement declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but in no event later than the 45th calendar day
−Removed: following the filing date thereof.
−Removed: NioCorp further agreed to use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Convertible Debt Financing
−Removed: Registration Statement to remain continuously effective for a period that will terminate upon the first date on which all of the
−Removed: Common Shares issuable upon the conversion of the Convertible Debentures and the exercise of the Financing Warrants may be sold
−Removed: without restriction,
−Removed: including volume and manner-of-sale restrictions, pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or have been sold by
−Removed: NioCorp also granted to the Investors certain demand rights for underwritten shelf takedowns and piggyback
−Removed: registration rights with respect to the Common Shares issuable upon the conversion of the Convertible Debentures and the
−Removed: exercise of the Financing Warrants.
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: December 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands
+Added: as available-for-sale, including investments in equity securities, are measured at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses
+Added: being recognized in income.
+Added: instruments including receivables, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, and related party loans are carried at amortized
+Added: cost, which management believes approximates fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments.
+Added: following tables present information about the assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as
+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.
+Added: In general, fair values determined by Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted)
+Added: in active markets for identical instruments.
+Added: Fair values determined by Level 2 inputs utilize data points that are observable,
+Added: such as quoted prices, interest rates, and yield curves.
+Added: Fair values determined by Level 3 inputs are unobservable data points
+Added: for the financial instrument and include situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the instrument.
+Added: of fair values determined by level 3 inputs are unobservable data
+Added: of September 30, 2022
+Added: cash equivalents
+Added: of June 30, 2022
+Added: cash equivalents
+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)
−Removed: Equity Facility Financing
−Removed: January 26, 2023, NioCorp entered into a Standby Equity Purchase Agreement, (the “Yorkville Equity Facility Financing Agreement”),
−Removed: by and between NioCorp and Yorkville.
−Removed: Pursuant to the Yorkville Equity Facility Financing Agreement, NioCorp will have the right,
−Removed: but not the obligation, to sell Common Shares to Yorkville with a maximum aggregate value of up to $ 65 .0 million (the “Commitment
−Removed: Amount”) for a period commencing at the Transaction Closing and ending on the earliest of (i) the first day of the month
−Removed: next following the 36-month anniversary of the Transaction Closing, (ii) the date on which Yorkville shall have made payment of
−Removed: the full Commitment Amount and (iii) the date that the Yorkville Equity Facility Financing Agreement otherwise terminates in accordance
−Removed: with its terms (the "Commitment Period"), and will issue to Yorkville $ 0.65 million aggregate principal amount of Common
−Removed: Shares for no additional consideration.
−Removed: Additionally, NioCorp will pay to Yorkville an aggregate fee of $ 1.5 million in cash (the
−Removed: “Cash Fee”), including $0.5 million on the date of the Transaction Closing and the remainder in installments over
−Removed: a 12-month period following the date of the Transaction Closing, provided that, NioCorp will have the right to prepay without
−Removed: penalty all or part of the Cash Fee at any time.
−Removed: Each right to sell Common Shares under the Yorkville Equity Facility Financing
−Removed: Agreement is referred to as an “Advance.”
−Removed: to certain limitations, including those as described below, and adjustments contained within the Yorkville Equity Facility Financing
−Removed: Agreement, NioCorp will have the option to sell Common Shares to Yorkville at a purchase price equal to (a) 97% of the VWAP of
−Removed: the Common Shares on the principal U.S.
−Removed: market for the Common Shares during the applicable pricing period, which is a period during
−Removed: a single trading day defined based on when NioCorp submits written notice (an “Advance Notice”) to Yorkville exercising
−Removed: its right to an Advance (“Purchase Price Option #1”);
−Removed: or (b) 97% of the average of the daily VWAPs of the Common Shares
−Removed: on the principal U.S.
−Removed: market for the Common Shares during a pricing period of three consecutive trading days commencing on the
−Removed: trading day an Advance Notice is received by Yorkville, if it is received by 9:30 a.m., New York City time, or the immediately
−Removed: following trading day if it is received after 9:30 a.m., New York City time (“Purchase Price Option #2”).
−Removed: Price Option # 2 will be used whenever any Convertible Debentures issued to Yorkville pursuant to the Yorkville Convertible Debt
−Removed: Financing Agreement are outstanding, unless waived by Yorkville.
−Removed: Yorkville Equity Facility Financing Agreement limits the number of Common Shares that may be issued to Yorkville in each Advance
−Removed: to the greater of (a) 500,000 Common Shares and (b) the number of Common Shares equal to 100% of the average daily volume traded
−Removed: of the Common Shares on the Nasdaq during the five trading days prior to an Advance , provided that, if any Convertible Debentures
−Removed: are outstanding when an Advance Notice is delivered, then the maximum number of Common Shares that may be issued will be computed
−Removed: in accordance with (b) only (the “Maximum Advance Amount”).
−Removed: Notwithstanding this, NioCorp and Yorkville may agree
−Removed: to an issuance of a number of Common Shares in excess of the Maximum Advance Amount in any given Advance.
−Removed: Further, for as long
−Removed: as the Convertible Debentures issued to Yorkville are outstanding, the Yorkville Equity Facility Financing Agreement provides
−Removed: for certain limitations on the amount of Advances that NioCorp may request, including that NioCorp shall not effect more than
−Removed: two Advances in any month.
−Removed: The Yorkville Equity Facility Financing Agreement also restricts the sale of Common Shares to Yorkville
−Removed: if such a sale would cause Yorkville to exceed certain beneficial ownership thresholds in NioCorp or such issuance would cause
−Removed: the aggregate number of Common Shares issued pursuant to the Yorkville Equity Facility Financing to exceed the thresholds for
−Removed: issuance of Common Shares under the rules of the TSX and Nasdaq, unless prior shareholder approval is obtained.
−Removed: to certain other conditions, NioCorp may deliver an Advance Notice only after the completion of the preceding Advance and only
−Removed: so long as the Equity Facility Financing Registration Statement (as defined below) is effective and Yorkville is permitted to
−Removed: utilize the prospectus thereunder to resell all of the Common Shares issuable pursuant to such Advance Notice.
+Added: Lind III Convertible Security discussed in Note 7 was initially recorded at fair value, which represented a nonrecurring fair
+Added: value measurement using a Level 3 input.
+Added: At September 30, 2022, the estimated fair value of this instrument approximated carrying
+Added: value given that the instrument was adjusted to fair value on September 25, 2022 and has a short remaining life until maturity.
+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 of
+Added: the Company, entered into a business combination agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”).
Pursuant to the
−Removed: Yorkville Equity Facility Financing Agreement, NioCorp must prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement registering
−Removed: the resale in the United States of the Common Shares issuable pursuant to the Yorkville Equity Facility Financing Agreement (the
−Removed: “Equity Facility Financing Registration Statement”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the Yorkville Equity Facility Financing Agreement,
−Removed: NioCorp in its sole discretion may choose when to file the Equity Facility Financing Registration Statement.
−Removed: Once effective, NioCorp
−Removed: has agreed to use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the Equity Facility Financing Registration
−Removed: Statement at all times until the earliest to occur of (i) receipt of notice
−Removed: NioCorp Developments Ltd.
−Removed: Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
−Removed: December 31, 2022
−Removed: (expressed in thousands
+Added: Business Combination Agreement, as the result of a series of transactions, GXII will become a subsidiary of the Company (as successor
+Added: by merger to the Company’s subsidiary, Elk Creek Resources Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ECRC”)), with
+Added: the pre-combination public shareholders of GXII receiving Common Shares based on a fixed exchange ratio of 1.11829212 (the “Exchange
+Added: Ratio”) Common Shares for each GXII Class A common share held and not redeemed, and the GXII founders receiving shares in
+Added: GXII (as successor by merger to ECRC) based on the Exchange Ratio.
+Added: Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, after closing,
+Added: the GXII founders will have the right to exchange such shares for Common Shares on a one-for-one basis under certain conditions.
+Added: Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, the Company will also assume the obligations under the issued and outstanding
+Added: GXII warrants, which will be converted into warrants exercisable into Common Shares following closing of the Transaction.
+Added: Business Combination Agreement contemplates that the Company will undertake a reverse stock split of the Common Shares at the
+Added: time of close in connection with an expected cross-listing to the Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”).
+Added: In addition, pursuant
+Added: to the Business Combination Agreement, post-closing, the Company’s Board will include two directors from pre-combination
+Added: The transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and the ancillary agreements thereto are referred to
+Added: collectively as the “Transaction.”
+Added: currently structured, the Business Combination Agreement is expected to be accounted for as a recapitalization in accordance with
+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.
+Added: Subject to entering into definitive
+Added: agreements, these financings could provide the Company with access to up to an additional $ 81 .0 million to help advance the Elk
+Added: Creek Project.
+Added: The financings contemplated by the LOIs include $ 16 .0 million in convertible debentures that are expected to be
+Added: funded at the closing of the Transaction, and subject to certain limitations can be repaid by the Company in either cash or Common
+Added: Shares, and a standby equity purchase facility pursuant to which the Company will have the ability to require Yorkville, subject
+Added: to the conditions set out in the definitive agreements, to purchase up to $ 65 .0 million 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 ,
+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)
−Removed: that Yorkville has completed resales of the full Commitment
−Removed: Amount pursuant to the Equity Facility Financing Registration Statement, (ii) the 180th day following the latest closing of an
−Removed: Advance that has occurred and (iii) the 180th day following the termination of the Yorkville Equity Facility Financing Agreement
−Removed: in accordance with its terms.
−Removed: Yorkville Equity Facility Financing Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, conditions and indemnification obligations
−Removed: by each party.
−Removed: The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Yorkville Equity Facility Financing Agreement were
−Removed: made only for purposes of the Yorkville Equity Facility Financing Agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit
−Removed: of the parties to such agreement and are subject to certain important limitations.
−Removed: Yorkville Equity Facility Financing Agreement will terminate automatically following the expiration of the Commitment Period.
−Removed: In addition, the Yorkville Equity Facility Financing Agreement will terminate automatically if the Business Combination Agreement
−Removed: is terminated.
−Removed: Also, NioCorp will have the right to terminate the Yorkville Convertible Debt Financing Agreement effective upon
−Removed: five trading days' prior written notice to Yorkville, as long as there are no outstanding unsettled Advances and provided that
−Removed: it will be required to pay all amounts owed to Yorkville thereunder, including, without limitation, any unpaid portion of the
−Removed: The parties may also terminate the Yorkville Equity Facility Financing Agreement by mutual written consent.
−Removed: Convertible Debentures, the Financing Warrants, the Common Shares issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Debentures and upon
−Removed: exercise of the Financing Warrants, the Common Shares issuable pursuant to an Advance and the $0.65 million worth of Common Shares
−Removed: issuable to Yorkville for no additional consideration will not be qualified for distribution by prospectus in any jurisdiction
−Removed: of Canada, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred in any jurisdiction of Canada except pursuant to a prospectus
−Removed: or exemption from the prospectus requirement under applicable securities laws in Canada.
−Removed: Yorkville will not be permitted to offer
−Removed: or sell any such securities directly or indirectly to any person whom, to Yorkville's knowledge, is resident or located in a jurisdiction
−Removed: of Canada or acquiring such Common Shares for the benefit of another person resident or located in a jurisdiction of Canada, or
−Removed: on any marketplace in Canada.
+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.
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