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Shareholders Equity On May 16, 2022, 2022 "2022 2011 2022 2022 2011 2011 2022 1,936,074 shares of common stock reserved under the terms of our 2011 “2011 2022 2022 2022 first first January 1 2022 January 1 ten 2022 Under the terms of the 2022 may ten September 30, 2024, 2022 (a) Stock options: A summary of our stock option activity is as follows: Outstanding Options Number of Shares Weighted Average Exercise Price (Per Share) Balance at January 1, 2024 11,407,772 $ 0.26 Options granted 2,200,000 0.24 Options exercised (136,250 ) 0.27 Options forfeited/expired (1,451,875 ) 0.29 Balance at September 30, 2024 12,019,647 $ 0.25 Exercisable, September 30, 2024 5,676,126 $ 0.27 Vested and expected to vest 11,392,535 $ 0.25 Outstanding Options Number of Shares Weighted Average Exercise Price Balance at January 1, 2023 3,369,332 $ 0.41 Options granted 9,659,000 0.23 Options forfeited/expired (1,461,185 ) 0.37 Balance at September 30, 2023 11,567,147 $ 0.26 Exercisable, September 30, 2023 3,730,065 $ 0.33 Vested and expected to vest 9,713,264 $ 0.27 (b) Restricted stock awards: In May 2023, three In 2024, five five January 1, 2024. 2024; 2024. June 30, 2024, September 30, 2024, December 31, 2024. A summary of our restricted stock activity for the nine September 30, 2024 Restricted Shares Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value per share Weighted-Average Contractual Life (years) Non-vested restricted stock at January 1, 2024 600,000 $ 0.26 - Granted 2,797,959 0.14 Vested (2,698,467 ) 0.16 Cancelled/expired - - Non-vested restricted stock at September 30, 2024 699,492 $ 0.14 9.3 (c) Stock-based compensation expense: Stock-based compensation expense is recognized using the straight-line attribution method over the employees’ requisite service period, or the non-employee's service period based on the term of the contract. We recognize compensation expense for only the portion of stock options or restricted stock expected to vest. Therefore, we apply estimated forfeiture rates that are derived from historical employee attrition. If the actual number of forfeitures differs from those estimated by management, additional adjustments to stock-based compensation expense may At September 30, 2024, The following table summarizes the stock-based compensation expense (in thousands): Three months ended September 30, Nine months ended September 30, 2024 2023 2024 2023 Stock options $ 175 $ 68 $ 523 $ 399 Warrants 18 - 18 - Common stock award - - - 17 Restricted stock 174 - 445 192 $ 367 $ 68 $ 986 $ 608 Income statement account: Selling and marketing $ 31 $ (20 ) $ 83 $ 25 General and administrative 336 88 903 583 $ 367 $ 68 $ 986 $ 608 In 2023, 2022 We employ the following key weighted-average assumptions in determining the fair value of stock options, using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and the simplified method to estimate the expected term of “plain vanilla” options: Nine months ended September 30, 2024 2023 Expected dividend yield — — Expected stock price volatility 89.3 % 87.5 % Risk-free interest rate 4.2 % 3.9 % Expected term (in years) 5.9 5.8 Weighted-average grant date fair-value 0.18 0.17 The aggregate intrinsic value of stock options outstanding at September 30, 2024 nine September 30, 2024 (d) Closing of the Pinestar Gold Inc. - Plan of Arrangement: On February 15, 2022, one one In connection with the Plan of Arrangement, Pinestar completed a subscription receipt offering for aggregate net proceeds of $7,152,000, at a price per subscription receipt equal to $0.50. As part of the closing of the Plan of Arrangement, each such subscription receipt automatically converted into one one 1:1 The issuance of shares of our common stock to the holders of Pinestar Shares (including Pinestar Shares received upon the conversion of the subscription receipts issued in the Pinestar subscription receipt offering) in the Plan of Arrangement was exempt from the registration requirements under the United States Securities Act of 1933, 3 10 one There are no outstanding warrants as of September 30, 2024. (e) Private Placement Offering: The Company issued 7,535,000 units (“Units”) on July 26, 2024, July 31, 2024, August 21, 2024 one‐half one 24 30 five may In connection with the offering, the Company paid Dominari Securities LLC (“Dominari”), who acted as exclusive placement agent for the offering, an aggregate of $166,158.40 in cash commission, representing 4.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds raised in the offering, and issued to Dominari an aggregate of 440,400 warrants as compensation for Dominari’s services. The Units were offered and sold in the offering: (i) in the United States to accredited investors in reliance on Rule 506 In connection with the issuance of the Units, the Company signed a registration rights agreement with each of the purchasers of the Units. Pursuant to the terms of this registration rights agreement, the Company is required to file a registration statement with the SEC within 30 July 26, 2024, may 1 August 23, 2024, August 30, 2024. There were 5,945,400 warrants outstanding as of September 30, 2024. |