CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited – Prepared by Management)
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and February 28, 2011
Corporate Head Office
2300-1177 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC
Canada
V6E 2K3
Tel: 604-683-6332
INTERNATIONAL TOWER HILL MINES LTD.
March 31, 2012 and February 28, 2011
INTERNATIONAL TOWER HILL MINES LTD. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars - Unaudited) |
March 31, | December 31, | ||||||||
Note | 2012 | 2011 | |||||||
ASSETS | |||||||||
Current | |||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 39,722,163 | $ | 55,642,179 | |||||
Marketable securities | 322,000 | 302,500 | |||||||
Accounts receivable | 97,511 | 468,806 | |||||||
Prepaid expenses | 169,584 | 185,854 | |||||||
Total current assets | 40,311,258 | 56,599,339 | |||||||
Property and equipment | 3 | 116,870 | 124,744 | ||||||
Exploration and evaluation assets | 4 | 163,086,344 | 158,041,441 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 203,514,472 | $ | 214,765,524 | |||||
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY | |||||||||
Current liabilities | |||||||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | 3,761,097 | $ | 10,495,049 | |||||
Non-current liabilities | |||||||||
Derivative liability | 5 | 23,179,120 | 21,153,600 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 26,940,217 | 31,648,649 | |||||||
Shareholders’ equity | |||||||||
Share capital | 215,865,086 | 215,865,086 | |||||||
Contributed surplus | 22,640,851 | 20,673,111 | |||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | (2,095,805 | ) | 82,959 | ||||||
Deficit | (59,835,877 | ) | (53,504,281 | ) | |||||
Total shareholders’ equity | 176,574,255 | 183,116,875 | |||||||
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity | $ | 203,514,472 | $ | 214,765,524 | |||||
Nature of Operations and Liquidity(note 1) | |||||||||
Commitments(note 9) |
On behalf of the Board:
“James Komadina” (signed) | Director | “Anton Drescher”(signed) | Director |
Mr. James J. Komadina | Mr. Anton J. Drescher |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
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INTERNATIONAL TOWER HILL MINES LTD. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars - Unaudited) |
Three Months Ended | |||||||||
March 31, | February 28, | ||||||||
Note | 2012 | 2011 | |||||||
Operating expenses | |||||||||
Consulting fees | 6 | $ | 261,861 | $ | 122,710 | ||||
Depreciation | 7,874 | 8,410 | |||||||
Insurance | 68,245 | 63,559 | |||||||
Investor relations | 6 | 113,511 | 208,791 | ||||||
Office | 44,437 | 77,314 | |||||||
Other | 22,007 | 35,101 | |||||||
Professional fees | 6 | 127,251 | 152,383 | ||||||
Regulatory | 83,710 | 9,966 | |||||||
Rent | 64,864 | 47,747 | |||||||
Travel | 71,412 | 61,148 | |||||||
Wages and benefits | 6 | 3,266,172 | 688,685 | ||||||
Operating loss | (4,131,344 | ) | (1,475,814 | ) | |||||
Other items | |||||||||
Loss on foreign exchange | (20,445 | ) | (154,418 | ) | |||||
Interest income | 84,723 | 269,602 | |||||||
Income from mineral property earn-in | 143,330 | - | |||||||
Spin-out cost | - | (54,655 | ) | ||||||
Unrealized loss on derivative liability | 5 | (2,385,360 | ) | - | |||||
Unrealized loss on marketable securities | (22,500 | ) | (9,500 | ) | |||||
(2,200,252 | ) | 51,029 | |||||||
Net loss for the period | (6,331,596 | ) | (1,424,785 | ) | |||||
Other comprehensive loss | |||||||||
Exchange difference on translating foreign operations | (2,178,764 | ) | (3,234,484 | ) | |||||
Total other comprehensive loss for the period | (2,178,764 | ) | (3,234,484 | ) | |||||
Comprehensive loss for the period | $ | (8,510,360 | ) | $ | (4,659,269 | ) | |||
Basic and fully diluted loss per share | $ | (0.07 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | |||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding | 86,683,919 | 85,412,820 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
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INTERNATIONAL TOWER HILL MINES LTD. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars - Unaudited) |
Accumulated | ||||||||||||||||||
other | ||||||||||||||||||
Number of | Contributed | comprehensive | ||||||||||||||||
shares | Share capital | surplus | income (loss) | Deficit | Total | |||||||||||||
Balance, November 30, 2010 | 84,943,155 | $ | 205,891,349 | $ | 15,284,520 | $ | (1,045,255 | ) | $ | (39,135,304 | ) | $ | 180,995,310 | |||||
Exercise of options | 1,010,000 | 3,725,900 | - | - | - | 3,725,900 | ||||||||||||
Reallocation from contributed surplus | - | 1,809,573 | (1,809,573 | ) | - | - | - | |||||||||||
Share issuance costs | - | (35,494 | ) | - | - | - | (35,494 | ) | ||||||||||
Net loss | - | - | - | - | (1,424,785 | ) | (1,424,785 | ) | ||||||||||
Exchange difference on translating foreign operations | - | - | - | (3,234,484 | ) | - | (3,234,484 | ) | ||||||||||
Balance, February 28, 2011 | 85,953,155 | $ | 211,391,328 | $ | 13,474,947 | $ | (4,279,739 | ) | $ | (40,560,089 | ) | $ | 180,026,447 | |||||
Private placement | 230,764 | 1,876,111 | - | - | - | 1,876,111 | ||||||||||||
Exercise of options | 500,000 | 1,821,600 | - | - | - | 1,821,600 | ||||||||||||
Share-based payments | - | - | 7,986,939 | - | - | 7,986,939 | ||||||||||||
Reallocation from contributed surplus | - | 788,775 | (788,775 | ) | - | - | - | |||||||||||
Share issuance costs | - | (12,728 | ) | - | - | - | (12,728 | ) | ||||||||||
Net loss | - | - | - | - | (12,944,192 | ) | (12,944,192 | ) | ||||||||||
Exchange difference on translating foreign operations | - | - | - | 4,362,698 | - | 4,362,698 | ||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2011 | 86,683,919 | $ | 215,865,086 | $ | 20,673,111 | $ | 82,959 | $ | (53,504,281 | ) | $ | 183,116,875 | ||||||
Share-based payments | - | - | 1,967,740 | - | - | 1,967,740 | ||||||||||||
Net loss | - | - | - | - | (6,331,596 | ) | (6,331,596 | ) | ||||||||||
Exchange difference on translating foreign operations | - | - | - | (2,178,764 | ) | - | (2,178,764 | ) | ||||||||||
Balance, March 31, 2012 | 86,683,919 | $ | 215,865,086 | $ | 22,640,851 | $ | (2,095,805 | ) | $ | (59,835,877 | ) | $ | 176,574,255 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
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INTERNATIONAL TOWER HILL MINES LTD. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS |
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars - Unaudited) |
Three Months Ended | |||||||||
March 31, | February 28, | ||||||||
Note | 2012 | 2011 | |||||||
Operating Activities | |||||||||
Loss for the period | $ | (6,331,596 | ) | $ | (1,424,785 | ) | |||
Add items not affecting cash: | |||||||||
Depreciation | 7,874 | 8,410 | |||||||
Share-based payments | 6 | 1,967,740 | - | ||||||
Mineral property earn-in | (42,000 | ) | - | ||||||
Unrealized loss on derivative liability | 5 | 2,385,360 | - | ||||||
Unrealized loss on marketable securities | 22,500 | 9,500 | |||||||
Loss on foreign exchange | 20,445 | 154,418 | |||||||
Changes in non-cash items: | |||||||||
Accounts receivable | 371,295 | (55,002 | ) | ||||||
Prepaid expenses | 19,308 | 1,650 | |||||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | (28,003 | ) | (517,793 | ) | |||||
Cash used in operating activities | (1,607,077 | ) | (1,823,602 | ) | |||||
Financing Activities | |||||||||
Issuance of share capital | - | 3,725,900 | |||||||
Share issuance costs | - | (35,494 | ) | ||||||
Cash provided by financing activities | - | 3,690,406 | |||||||
Investing Activities | |||||||||
Expenditures on exploration and evaluation assets | (14,242,742 | ) | (7,493,136 | ) | |||||
Expenditures on property and equipment | - | (43,739 | ) | ||||||
Cash used in investing activities | (14,242,742 | ) | (7,536,875 | ) | |||||
Effect of foreign exchange on cash | (70,197 | ) | 1,201,650 | ||||||
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents | (15,920,016 | ) | (4,468,421 | ) | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period | 55,642,179 | 123,732,627 | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period | $ | 39,722,163 | $ | 119,264,206 | |||||
Supplemental cash flow information(note 10) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
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INTERNATIONAL TOWER HILL MINES LTD. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and February 28, 2011 |
(Expressed in Canadian dollars - Unaudited) |
1. | NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND LIQUIDITY |
International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. (“ITH” or the "Company") is incorporated under the laws of British Columbia, Canada. The Company’s head office address is 2300-1177 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. consists of ITH and its wholly owned subsidiaries Tower Hill Mines, Inc. (“TH Alaska”) (an Alaska corporation), Tower Hill Mines (US) LLC (“TH US”) (a Colorado limited liability company), Livengood Placers, Inc. (“LPI”) (a Nevada corporation), and 813034 Alberta Ltd. (an Alberta corporation). The Company is in the business of acquiring, exploring and evaluating mineral properties, and either joint venturing or developing these properties further or disposing of them when the evaluation is completed. At March 31, 2012, the Company was in the exploration stage and controls a 100% interest in its Livengood project in Alaska, U.S.A. | |
These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared on a going-concern basis, which presume the realization of assets and discharge of liabilities in the normal course of business for the foreseeable future. | |
The business of mining and exploration involves a high degree of risk and there can be no assurance that current exploration programs will result in profitable mining operations. The Company has no source of revenue, and has significant cash requirements to meet its administrative overhead and maintain its mineral property interests. The recoverability of amounts shown for exploration and evaluation assets is dependent on several factors. These include the discovery of economically recoverable reserves, the ability of the Company to obtain the necessary financing to complete the development of these properties, and future profitable production or proceeds from disposition of exploration and evaluation assets. The success of the above initiatives cannot be assured. In the event that the Company is unable to obtain the necessary financing in the short-term, it may be necessary to defer certain discretionary expenditures and other planned activities. | |
2. | BASIS OF PREPARATION |
These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard (“IAS”) 34, “Interim Financial Reporting”. These condensed consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2011, which have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). | |
Accounting policies | |
The policies applied in these condensed consolidated interim financial statements are based on IFRS issued and outstanding as at March 31, 2012. The accounting policies followed in these condensed consolidated interim financial statements are the same as those applied in the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2011. The Board of Directors approved these condensed consolidated interim financial statements on May 10, 2012. | |
The Company changed its fiscal year end from May 31 to December 31 during 2011. This change was made to better align the Company’s financial reporting with its operational and budgeting cycle as well as to align the financial reporting to those of other industry participants in the mineral resource exploration, development and production sectors. As a result of the Company changing its fiscal year end to December 31, these condensed consolidated interim financial statements are for the three month period ended March 31, 2012 and are presented in comparative form with the three month period ended February 28, 2011. Due to the change in year end, amounts presented in these condensed consolidated interim financial statements may not be comparable and therefore these condensed consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2011. |
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INTERNATIONAL TOWER HILL MINES LTD. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and February 28, 2011 |
(Expressed in Canadian dollars - Unaudited) |
2. | BASIS OF PREPARATION (cont’d) |
Basis of consolidation | |
These condensed consolidated interim financial statements include the accounts of ITH and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. | |
Basis of measurement | |
These condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis except for financial assets and financial liabilities (including derivative instruments) at fair value through profit or loss. In addition, these condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared using the accrual basis of accounting, except for cash flow information. | |
These condensed consolidated interim financial statements are presented in Canadian dollars. | |
Changes in accounting policy and disclosures | |
The following is a brief summary of the new Standards and Interpretations that are relevant to the Company. The Company has not yet begun the process of assessing the impact that the new and amended standards will have on its financial statements or whether to early adopt any of the new requirements. | |
IFRS 7 Financial instruments: Disclosures | |
The Standard was amended to enhance disclosure requirements related to offsetting of financial assets and financial liabilities. Effective for years beginning on or after January 1, 2013. | |
IFRIC 20/ IFRS 1 Stripping costs in the production phase of a surface mine | |
IFRIC 20 provides guidance on the accounting for overburden waste removal in the production phase of a mine. Effective for years beginning on or after January 1, 2013. IFRS 1 has also been amended to allow first-time adopters of IFRS to apply the provisions of IFRIC 20 with an effective date of January 1, 2013 or the beginning of the first IFRS reporting period, whichever is later. | |
IAS 1 Presentation of items of other comprehensive income (“OCI”) | |
IAS 1 is amended to change the disclosure of items presented in OCI, including a requirement to separate items presented in OCI into two groups based on whether or not they may be recycled to profit or loss in the future. Effective for years beginning on or after July 1, 2012. | |
IFRS 13 Fair value measurement and disclosure requirements | |
Provides a single source of guidance on how to measure fair value where its use is already required or permitted by other IFRS and enhances disclosure requirements for information about fair value measurements. Effective for years beginning on or after January 1, 2013. | |
3. | PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT |
Furniture | ||||||||||||||||
and | Computer | Computer | Leasehold | |||||||||||||
Equipment | Equipment | Software | Improvements | Total | ||||||||||||
Cost | ||||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2011 | $ | 54,407 | $ | 188,252 | $ | 89,476 | $ | 17,061 | $ | 349,196 | ||||||
Additions | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||
Disposals | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||
Balance at March 31, 2012 | $ | 54,407 | $ | 188,252 | $ | 89,476 | $ | 17,061 | $ | 349,196 |
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INTERNATIONAL TOWER HILL MINES LTD. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and February 28, 2011 |
(Expressed in Canadian dollars - Unaudited) |
3. | PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT (cont’d) |
Furniture and | Computer | Computer | Leasehold | |||||||||||||
Equipment | Equipment | Software | Improvements | Total | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and impairment losses: | ||||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2011 | $ | (14,219 | ) | $ | (103,696 | ) | $ | (89,476 | ) | $ | (17,061 | ) | $ | (224,452 | ) | |
Depreciation for the period | (1,919 | ) | (5,955 | ) | - | - | (7,874 | ) | ||||||||
Disposals | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||
Balance at March 31, 2012 | $ | (16,138 | ) | $ | (109,651 | ) | $ | (89,476 | ) | $ | (17,061 | ) | $ | (232,326 | ) | |
Carrying amountsAt December 31, 2011 | $ | 40,188 | $ | 84,556 | $ | - | $ | $ | 124,744 | |||||||
At March 31, 2012 | $ | 38,269 | $ | 78,601 | $ | - | $ | $ | 116,870 |
4. | EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS |
Total | ||||
Balance, November 30, 2010 | $ | 59,030,711 | ||
Deferred exploration costs: | ||||
Advance to contractors | 239,208 | |||
Assay | 639,151 | |||
Contract services | 2,308,749 | |||
Drilling | 1,592,660 | |||
Equipment rental | 172,097 | |||
Field costs | 1,233,307 | |||
Land maintenance & tenure | 484,725 | |||
Transportation and travel | 95,934 | |||
Total expenditures for the period | 6,765,831 | |||
Cumulative translation adjustments | (3,296,072 | ) | ||
Balance, February 28, 2011 | $ | 62,500,470 |
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INTERNATIONAL TOWER HILL MINES LTD. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and February 28, 2011 |
(Expressed in Canadian dollars - Unaudited) |
4. | EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS (cont’d) |
Total | ||||
Balance, December 31, 2011 | $ | 158,041,441 | ||
Acquisition costs: | ||||
Cash consideration | 1,998,200 | |||
Deferred exploration costs: | ||||
Advance to contractors | 472,082 | |||
Aircraft services | 13,915 | |||
Assay | 271,551 | |||
Drilling | 639,152 | |||
Environmental | 620,979 | |||
Equipment rental | 429,170 | |||
Field costs | 1,618,617 | |||
Geological/geophysical | 1,431,640 | |||
Land maintenance & tenure | 18,105 | |||
Legal | 15,058 | |||
Surveying and mapping | 60,379 | |||
Transportation and travel | 15,876 | |||
5,606,524 | ||||
Total expenditures for the period | 7,604,724 | |||
Cumulative translation adjustments | (2,559,821 | ) | ||
Balance, March 31, 2012 | $ | 163,086,344 |
Livengood Property
The Livengood property is located in the Tintina gold belt approximately 110 kilometres north of Fairbanks, Alaska. The property is approximately 145 square kilometres and consists of fee land leased from the Alaska Mental Health Trust, a number of smaller private mineral leases, Alaska state mining claims purchased or located by the Company and patented ground held by the Company.
Details of the leases are as follows:
a lease of the Alaska State mineral rights having an initial term of three years, commencing July 1, 2004 (subject to extension for two extensions of three years each) and requires work expenditures of USD 10/acre/year in years 1 – 3, USD 20/acre/year in years 4 – 6 and USD 30/acre/year in years 7 – 9 and advance royalty payments of USD 5/acre/year in years 1 – 3, USD 15/acre/year in years 4 – 6 and USD 25/acre/year in years 7 – 9. An NSR production royalty of between 2.5% and 5.0% (depending upon the price of gold) is payable to the lessor with respect to the lands subject to this lease. In addition, an NSR production royalty of 1% is payable to the lessor with respect to the unpatented federal mining claims subject to the lease below.
a lease of US federal unpatented claims having an initial term of ten years, commencing on April 21, 2003 and for so long thereafter as mining related activities are carried out. The lease requires an advance royalty of USD 50,000 on or before April 21 during each year of the initial term. An NSR production royalty of between 2% and 3% (depending on the price of gold) is payable to the lessors. The Company may purchase 1% of the royalty for USD 1,000,000.
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INTERNATIONAL TOWER HILL MINES LTD. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and February 28, 2011 |
(Expressed in Canadian dollars - Unaudited) |
4. | EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS (cont’d) |
a lease of patented federal claims having an initial term of ten years, and for so long thereafter as the Company pays the lessors the minimum royalties required under the lease. The lease requires minimum advance royalties of USD 20,000 on or before each of January 18, 2011 through January 18, 2016 (paid USD 40,000) and an additional USD 25,000 on each subsequent January 18 thereafter during the term (all of which minimum royalties are recoverable from production royalties). An NSR production royalty of 3% is payable to the lessors. The Company may purchase all interests of the lessors in the leased property (including the production royalty) for USD 1,000,000 (less all minimum and production royalties paid to the date of purchase), of which USD 500,000 is payable in cash over four years following the closing of the purchase and the balance of USD 500,000 is payable by way of the 3% NSR production royalty.
a mining lease of unpatented federal lode mining and federal unpatented placer claims having an initial term of ten years, commencing on March 28, 2007, and for so long thereafter as mining related activities are carried out. The lease requires payment of advance royalties USD 15,000 on or before each March 28 during the initial term (all of which minimum royalties are recoverable from production royalties). The Company is required to pay the lessor the sum of USD 250,000 upon making a positive production decision. An NSR production royalty of 2% is payable to the lessor. The Company may purchase all interest of the lessor in the leased property (including the production royalty) for USD 1,000,000.
Livengood land purchases
In December 2011, the Company completed a transaction to acquire certain mining claims and related rights in the vicinity of the Livengood Project. This acquisition included both mining claims and all of the shares of LPI. These assets were purchased for aggregate consideration of USD 36,600,000 allocated between cash consideration of USD 13,500,000 and a contingent consideration with an estimated fair value of USD 23,100,000. The contingent consideration has been accounted for as a derivative liability based on the five-year average daily gold price per troy ounce (“Average Gold Price”) from the date of the acquisition (see note 5). The contingent consideration (payable in December 2016) is USD 23,148 for every dollar that the Average Gold Price exceeds USD 720/oz. If the Average Gold Price is less than USD 720/oz, there will be no additional contingent payment. The subject ground was previously vacant or was used for placer gold mining.
Mineral property title
The acquisition of title to mineral properties is a detailed and time-consuming process. The Company has taken reasonable steps to verify title to mineral properties in which it has an interest. Although the Company has taken every reasonable precaution to ensure that legal title to its properties is properly recorded in the name of the Company, there can be no assurance that such title will ultimately be secured.
Environmental Expenditures
The operations of the Company may in the future be affected from time to time in varying degrees by changes in environmental regulations, including those for future removal and site restoration costs. Both the likelihood of new regulations and their overall effect upon the Company vary greatly and are not predictable. The Company’s policy is to meet standards set by relevant legislation by application of technically proven and economically feasible measures.
The Company has not recorded any material provisions for environmental rehabilitation as of March 31, 2012.
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INTERNATIONAL TOWER HILL MINES LTD. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and February 28, 2011 |
(Expressed in Canadian dollars - Unaudited) |
5. | DERIVATIVE LIABILITY |
As discussed in note 4 above, the Company acquired certain mining claims and related rights in the vicinity of the Livengood Project located near Fairbanks, Alaska. If the Average Gold Price is less than USD 720/oz, there will be no additional contingent payment. The additional contingent payment is accounted for as a derivative liability and is recognized at fair value through profit or loss (“FVTPL”). | |
The key assumption used in the valuation of the derivative is the estimate of the Average Gold Price. The estimate of the Average Gold Price was determined using a forward curve on future gold prices as published by the CME Group. The CME Group represents the merger of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and its commodity exchange division, Commodity Exchange, Inc. (COMEX). Based on the inputs and assumptions used in valuing the derivative liability, it has been classified as a Level 2 financial instrument. As the derivative liability is classified as FVTPL, the change in fair value at each reporting period is recognized as a gain or loss in the condensed consolidated interim statements of comprehensive loss. | |
The fair value of the derivative liability and the estimated Average Gold Price in USD/oz. are as follows: |
Total | Average Gold | |||||||
USD | Price (USD/oz.) | |||||||
Derivative value at December 13, 2011 | $ | 23,100,000 | $ | 1,720 | ||||
Unrealized (gain) loss for the period | (2,300,000 | ) | ||||||
Derivative value at December 31, 2011 | 20,800,000 | $ | 1,619 | |||||
Unrealized (gain) loss for the period | 2,400,000 | |||||||
Derivative value at March 31, 2012 | $ | 23,200,000 | $ | 1,722 |
6. | SHARE CAPITAL |
Authorized | |
500,000,000 common shares without par value. | |
Share issuances | |
There were no share issuances during the three months ended March 31, 2012. | |
Stock options | |
On January 9, 2012 the Company granted incentive stock options to an employee of the Company to purchase 30,000 common shares in the capital of the Company. The options are exercisable on or before January 9, 2017 at a price of $4.60 and will vest as to 10,000 shares on January 9, 2012, 10,000 shares on January 9, 2013 and the balance on January 9, 2014. | |
On January 3, 2012, the Company granted incentive stock options to an officer of the Company to purchase 650,000 common shares in the capital stock of the Company. The options are exercisable on or before January 3, 2017 at a price of $4.43 per share and will vest as to 216,666 shares on January 3, 2012, 216,666 shares on January 3, 2013 and the balance on January 3, 2014. |
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INTERNATIONAL TOWER HILL MINES LTD. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and February 28, 2011 |
(Expressed in Canadian dollars - Unaudited) |
6. | SHARE CAPITAL (cont’d) |
A summary of the status of the stock option plan as of March 31, 2012, and December 31, 2011 and changes is presented below: |
Three Months Ended | Year Ended | ||||||||||||
March 31, 2012 | December 31, 2011 | ||||||||||||
Weighted | Weighted | ||||||||||||
Number of | Average | Number of | Average | ||||||||||
Options | Exercise Price | Options | Exercise Price | ||||||||||
Balance, beginning of the period | 7,215,000 | $ | 7.48 | 4,600,000 | $ | 7.24 | |||||||
Granted | 680,000 | $ | 4.44 | 2,700,000 | $ | 7.87 | |||||||
Exercised | - | $ | - | (35,000 | ) | $ | (6.57 | ) | |||||
Canceled | (250,000 | ) | $ | (7.95 | ) | (50,000 | ) | $ | (6.96 | ) | |||
Balance, end of the period | 7,645,000 | $ | 7.20 | 7,215,000 | $ | 7.48 |
The weighted average remaining life of options outstanding at March 31, 2012 was 1.67 years.
Stock options outstanding are as follows:
March 31, 2012 | December 31, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
Exercise Number of | Exercise | Number of | |||||||||||||||||
Expiry Date | Price | Options | Exercisable | Price | Options | Exercisable | |||||||||||||
January 12, 2012 | - | - | - | $ | 7.95 | 250,000 | 250,000 | ||||||||||||
April 14, 2012 | $ | 7.34 | 2,635,000 | 2,635,000 | $ | 7.34 | 2,635,000 | 2,635,000 | |||||||||||
August 19, 2012 | $ | 6.57 | 1,365,000 | 1,365,000 | $ | 6.57 | 1,365,000 | 1,365,000 | |||||||||||
January 10, 2013 | $ | 9.15 | 265,000 | 265,000 | $ | 9.15 | 265,000 | 198,750 | |||||||||||
July 28, 2013 | $ | 7.47 | 950,000 | 950,000 | $ | 7.47 | 950,000 | 950,000 | |||||||||||
May 9, 2016 | $ | 8.35 | 1,000,000 | 333,333 | $ | 8.35 | 1,000,000 | 333,333 | |||||||||||
August 23, 2016 | $ | 8.07 | 650,000 | 216,667 | $ | 8.07 | 650,000 | 216,667 | |||||||||||
November 15, 2016 | $ | 5.64 | 100,000 | 33,333 | $ | 5.64 | 100,000 | 33,333 | |||||||||||
January 3, 2017 | $ | 4.43 | 650,000 | 216,667 | $ | - | - | - | |||||||||||
January 9, 2017 | $ | 4.60 | 30,000 | 10,000 | $ | - | - | - | |||||||||||
7,645,000 | 6,025,000 | 7,215,000 | 5,982,083 |
Share-based payments
During the three month period ended March 31, 2012, the Company granted 680,000 stock options with a fair value of $1,799,345, calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Share-based payment charges for the three months ended March 31, 2012 totaled $1,967,740 (February 28, 2011 - $nil).
During the seven month period ended December 31, 2011, the Company granted 2,700,000 stock options with a fair value of $10,894,938, calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Share-based payment charges for the seven months ended December 31, 2011 totaled $7,475,071 for continuing operations.
The following weighted average assumptions were used for the Black-Scholes option pricing model calculations:
March 31, | December 31, | ||||||
2012 | 2011 | ||||||
Expected life of options | 4 years | 4 years | |||||
Risk-free interest rate | 1.31% | 1.77% | |||||
Annualized volatility | 68.18% | 71.80% | |||||
Dividend rate | 0.00% | 0.00% | |||||
Exercise price | $ | 4.44 | $ | 7.87 |
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INTERNATIONAL TOWER HILL MINES LTD. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and February 28, 2011 |
(Expressed in Canadian dollars - Unaudited) |
6. | SHARE CAPITAL (cont’d) |
The expected volatility used in the Black-Scholes option pricing model is based on the historical volatility of the Company’s shares. | |
Share-based payment charges of $1,967,740 (February 28, 2011 - $nil) were allocated as follows: |
Before | ||||||||||
allocation of | After allocation | |||||||||
share-based | Share-based | of share-based | ||||||||
payment | payment | payment | ||||||||
Three months ended March 31, 2012 | charges | charges | charges | |||||||
Consulting fees | $ | 224,872 | $ | 36,989 | $ | 261,861 | ||||
Investor relations | 112,031 | 1,480 | 113,511 | |||||||
Professional fees | 126,856 | 395 | 127,251 | |||||||
Wages and benefits | 1,337,296 | 1,928,876 | 3,266,172 | |||||||
$ | 1,967,740 |
7. | RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND BALANCES |
During the three month periods ended March 31, 2012 and February 28, 2011, the Company entered into the following transactions with related parties: | |
Management compensation | |
Key management includes those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the entity and include the Company’s non-employee Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel, as well as certain other officers. Key management personnel compensation comprised: |
March 31, 2012 | February 28, 2011 | ||||||
Fees, wages and benefits | $ | 555,250 | $ | 397,539 | |||
Share-based payments | 1,861,491 | - | |||||
$ | 2,416,741 | $ | 397,539 |
Transactions with other related parties
Paid or accrued $9,600 (February 28, 2011 - $16,007) in rent and administration to a company with common officers and directors.
Paid or accrued $3,000 (February 28, 2011 - $nil) in rent to an officer.
At March 31, 2012, included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities was $28,338 (December 31, 2011 -$10,946) in expenses owing to officers and directors of the Company and $nil (December 31, 2011 - $53,988) to companies related by common directors and officers.
The Company has entered into a retainer agreement dated August 1, 2008 with Lawrence W. Talbot Law Corporation (“LWTLC”), pursuant to which LWTLC agrees to provide legal services to the Company. Pursuant to the retainer agreement, the Company has agreed to pay LWTLC an annual retainer of $50,000 (plus applicable taxes and disbursements). The retainer agreement may be terminated by LWTLC on reasonable notice, and by the Company on one year’s notice (or payment of one year’s retainer in lieu of notice). An officer of the Company is a director and shareholder of LWTLC.
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INTERNATIONAL TOWER HILL MINES LTD. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and February 28, 2011 |
(Expressed in Canadian dollars - Unaudited) |
8. | SEGMENTED INFORMATION |
The Company has one operating segment, being the exploration and development of mineral properties. The Company’s assets are located in the United States and Canada. |
Canada | United States | Total | ||||||||
March 31, 2012 | ||||||||||
Exploration and evaluation assets | $ | - | $ | 163,086,344 | $ | 163,086,344 | ||||
Property and equipment | 15,275 | 101,595 | 116,870 | |||||||
Current assets | 38,767,395 | 1,543,863 | 40,311,258 | |||||||
Total assets | $ | 38,782,670 | $ | 164,731,802 | $ | 203,514,472 | ||||
Current liabilities | $ | 166,130 | $ | 3,594,967 | $ | 3,761,097 | ||||
Non-current liabilities | - | 23,179,120 | 23,179,120 | |||||||
Total liabilities | $ | 166,130 | $ | 26,774,087 | $ | 26,940,217 | ||||
December 31, 2011 | ||||||||||
Exploration and evaluation assets | $ | - | $ | 158,041,441 | $ | 158,041,441 | ||||
Property and equipment | 16,514 | 108,230 | 124,744 | |||||||
Current assets | 47,907,054 | 8,692,285 | 56,599,339 | |||||||
Total assets | $ | 47,923,568 | $ | 166,841,956 | $ | 214,765,524 | ||||
Current liabilities | $ | 310,484 | $ | 10,184,565 | $ | 10,495,049 | ||||
Non-current liabilities | - | 21,153,600 | 21,153,600 | |||||||
Total liabilities | $ | 310,484 | $ | 31,338,165 | $ | 31,648,649 |
Three months ended | March 31, 2012 | February 28, 2011 | |||||
Net loss for the period – Canada | $ | (2,384,829 | ) | $ | (507,915 | ) | |
Net loss for the period - United States | (3,946,767 | ) | (916,870 | ) | |||
Net loss for the period | $ | (6,331,596 | ) | $ | (1,424,785 | ) |
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INTERNATIONAL TOWER HILL MINES LTD. |
(An Exploration Stage Company) |
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012 and February 28, 2011 |
(Expressed in Canadian dollars - Unaudited) |
9. | COMMITMENTS | |
a) | Commitments for exploration and evaluation assets (note 4). | |
b) | The Company has entered into several office and warehouse lease agreements with options to renew expiring on July 31, 2013. Total rental to that date is $182,418. Future minimum lease payments for the next five fiscal years are as follows: |
2013 | $ | 215,282 | ||
2014 | 105,118 | |||
2015 | 6,087 | |||
2016 | 6,087 | |||
2017 | 6,087 | |||
2018 and thereafter | 6,087 | |||
$ | 344,748 |
10. | SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION |
March 31, | February 28, | ||||||
2012 | 2011 | ||||||
Interest paid | $ | - | $ | - | |||
Income taxes paid | $ | 149,690 | $ | - | |||
Non-cash investing and financing transactions: | |||||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities included in exploration and evaluation assets | $ | 3,315,416 | $ | 2,844,327 |
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