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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
This Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) should be read in conjunction with Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.’s (“Wheaton” or the “Company”) unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and related notes thereto which have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34, Interim Financial Reporting (“IAS 34”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. In addition, the following should be read in conjunction with the 2021 audited consolidated financial statements, the related MD&A and the 2021 Annual Information Form as well as other information relating to Wheaton on file with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities and on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Reference to Wheaton or the Company includes the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries. This MD&A contains “forward-looking” statements that are subject to risk factors set out in the cautionary note contained on page 42 of this MD&A as well as throughout this document. All figures are presented in United States dollars unless otherwise noted. This MD&A has been prepared as of May 5, 2022.
Table of Contents
Operational Overview | 4 |
Highlights | 5 |
Outlook | 6 |
Mineral Stream Interests | 7 |
Mineral Royalty Interests | 10 |
Long-Term Equity Investments | 10 |
Convertible Notes Receivable | 11 |
Quarterly Financial Review | 15 |
Results of Operations and Operational Review | 16 |
Liquidity and Capital Resources | 22 |
Share Capital | 27 |
Financial Instruments | 28 |
Future Changes to Accounting Policies | 28 |
Non-IFRS Measures | 30 |
Subsequent Events | 34 |
Controls and Procedures | 34 |
Attributable Reserves and Resources | 35 |
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements | 42 |
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Overview
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. is a precious metal streaming company which generates its revenue primarily from the sale of precious metals (gold, silver and palladium) and cobalt. The Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) and the London Stock Exchange (“LSE) and trades under the symbol WPM.
As of March 31, 2022, the Company has entered into 31 long-term purchase agreements (three of which are early deposit agreements), with 24 different mining companies, for the purchase of precious metals and cobalt (“precious metal purchase agreements” or "PMPA") relating to 23 mining assets which are currently operating, 13 which are at various stages of development and 2 which have been placed in care and maintenance, located in 13 countries. Pursuant to the PMPAs, Wheaton acquires metal production from the counterparties for an initial upfront payment plus an additional cash payment for each ounce or pound delivered which is fixed by contract, generally at or below the prevailing market price. Attributable metal production as referred to in this MD&A and financial statements is the metal production to which Wheaton is entitled pursuant to the various PMPAs. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the per ounce price paid by the Company for the metals acquired under the agreements averaged $477 for gold, $5.10 for silver, $394 for palladium and $5.76 per pound for cobalt. The primary drivers of the Company’s financial results are the volume of metal production at the various mining assets to which the PMPAs relate and the price realized by Wheaton upon the sale of the metals received. Throughout this MD&A, the production and sales volume of gold, silver and palladium are reported in ounces, while cobalt is reported in pounds.
COVID-19 Update
Business Continuity and Employee Health and Safety
In accordance with local government restrictions and guidelines, Wheaton temporarily closed its physical offices in mid-March 2020 and successfully transitioned to telecommuting for all of its employees. During the third quarter of 2020, the physical offices were re-opened on a voluntary basis and currently all employees attend the physical offices on at least a part-time basis.
Partner Operations
Wheaton has completed a thorough review of operations with our counterparties to better understand their policies and procedures around the COVID-19 pandemic. We have been advised that each operation has a crisis management team in place and will make decisions according to their local situation and applicable laws, as well as considering the health and safety of their employees. During the second quarter of 2020, six partner operations located in Mexico and Peru on which the Company has PMPAs were temporarily suspended due to government restrictions focused on reducing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the Constancia, Yauliyacu, San Dimas, Los Filos, Peñasquito and Antamina mines. All these mining operations resumed operations during the third quarter of 2020 and remained in operation for the balance of 2020 and are currently all in operation. There can be no assurance that our partners’ operations that are currently operational will continue to remain operational, or operate at expected levels, for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Operational Overview
| | | Q1 2022 | | | Q1 2021 | | Change |
Units produced | | | | | | | | |
Gold ounces | | | 79,087 | | | 78,529 | | 0.7 % |
Silver ounces | | | 6,206 | | | 6,765 | | (8.3)% |
Palladium ounces | | | 4,488 | | | 5,769 | | (22.2)% |
Cobalt pounds | | | 234 | | | 1,162 | | (79.8)% |
Gold equivalent ounces 2 | | | 171,367 | | | 196,756 | | (12.9)% |
Silver equivalent ounces 2 | | | 12,853 | | | 14,757 | | (12.9)% |
Units sold | | | | | | | | |
Gold ounces | | | 77,901 | | | 75,104 | | 3.7 % |
Silver ounces | | | 5,553 | | | 6,657 | | (16.6)% |
Palladium ounces | | | 4,075 | | | 5,131 | | (20.6)% |
Cobalt pounds | | | 511 | | | 132 | | 286.7 % |
Gold equivalent ounces 2 | | | 166,065 | | | 172,271 | | (3.6)% |
Silver equivalent ounces 2 | | | 12,455 | | | 12,920 | | (3.6)% |
Change in PBND and Inventory 3 | | | | | | | | |
Gold ounces | | | (2,638) | | | (483) | | 2,155 |
Silver ounces | | | (307) | | | (748) | | (441) |
Palladium ounces | | | (95) | | | (224) | | (129) |
Cobalt pounds | | | (293) | | | 952 | | 1,245 |
Gold equivalent ounces 2 | | | (12,210) | | | 6,736 | | 18,946 |
Silver equivalent ounces 2 | | | (916) | | | 505 | | 1,421 |
Per unit metrics | | | | | | | | |
Sales price | | | | | | | | |
Gold per ounce | | $ | 1,870 | | $ | 1,798 | | 4.0 % |
Silver per ounce | | $ | 24.19 | | $ | 26.12 | | (7.4)% |
Palladium per ounce | | $ | 2,339 | | $ | 2,392 | | (2.2)% |
Cobalt per pound | | $ | 34.61 | | $ | 22.19 | | 56.0 % |
Gold equivalent per ounce 2 | | $ | 1,850 | | $ | 1,881 | | (1.6)% |
Silver equivalent per ounce 2 | | $ | 24.67 | | $ | 25.09 | | (1.7)% |
Cash costs 4 | | | | | | | | |
Gold per ounce 4 | | $ | 477 | | $ | 450 | | (6.0)% |
Silver per ounce 4 | | $ | 5.10 | | $ | 6.33 | | 19.4 % |
Palladium per ounce 4 | | $ | 394 | | $ | 427 | | 7.7 % |
Cobalt per pound 4 | | $ | 5.76 | | $ | 4.98 | | (15.7)% |
Gold equivalent per ounce 2 | | $ | 421 | | $ | 457 | | 7.9 % |
Silver equivalent per ounce 2 | | $ | 5.62 | | $ | 6.10 | | 7.9 % |
Cash operating margin 4 | | | | | | | | |
Gold per ounce 4 | | $ | 1,393 | | $ | 1,348 | | 3.3 % |
Silver per ounce 4 | | $ | 19.09 | | $ | 19.79 | | (3.5)% |
Palladium per ounce 4 | | $ | 1,945 | | $ | 1,965 | | (1.0)% |
Cobalt per pound 4 | | $ | 28.85 | | $ | 17.21 | | 67.6 % |
Gold equivalent per ounce 2 | | $ | 1,429 | | $ | 1,424 | | 0.4 % |
Silver equivalent per ounce 2 | | $ | 19.05 | | $ | 18.99 | | 0.3 % |
Total revenue | | $ | 307,244 | | $ | 324,119 | | (5.2)% |
Gold revenue | | $ | 145,675 | | $ | 135,025 | | 7.9 % |
Silver revenue | | $ | 134,332 | | $ | 173,883 | | (22.7)% |
Palladium revenue | | $ | 9,533 | | $ | 12,275 | | (22.3)% |
Cobalt revenue | | $ | 17,704 | | $ | 2,936 | | 503.0 % |
Net earnings | | $ | 157,467 | | $ | 162,002 | | (2.8)% |
Per share | | $ | 0.349 | | $ | 0.360 | | (3.1)% |
Adjusted net earnings 4 | | $ | 158,007 | | $ | 161,132 | | (1.9)% |
Per share 4 | | $ | 0.350 | | $ | 0.358 | | (2.2)% |
Operating cash flows | | $ | 210,540 | | $ | 232,154 | | (9.3)% |
Per share 4 | | $ | 0.467 | | $ | 0.516 | | (9.5)% |
Dividends declared ⁵ | | $ | 67,687 | | $ | 58,478 | | 15.7 % |
Per share | | $ | 0.15 | | $ | 0.13 | | 15.4 % |
1) | All amounts in thousands except gold and palladium ounces produced and sold, per ounce amounts and per share amounts. |
2) | Please refer to the tables on the bottom of pages 16 and 17 for further information on the methodology of converting production and sales volumes to gold-equivalent ounces ("GEOs") and silver-equivalent ounces ("SEOs"). |
3) | Represents the increase (decrease) in payable ounces produced but not delivered (“PBND”) relative to the various mines that the Company derives precious metal from and, for cobalt, the increase (decrease) of payable pounds PBND and inventory on hand. Payable units PBND will be recognized in future sales as they are delivered to the Company under the terms of their contracts. Payable ounces PBND to Wheaton is expected to average approximately two to three months of annualized production for both gold and palladium and two months for silver but may vary from quarter to quarter due to a number of factors, including mine ramp-up and the timing of shipments.1
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4) | Refer to discussion on non-IFRS measures beginning on page 30 of this MD&A.
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5) | Dividends declared in the referenced calendar quarter, relative to the financial results of the prior quarter. |
1 Statements made in this section contain forward-looking information with respect to forecast ounces produced but not yet delivered and readers are cautioned that actual outcomes may vary. Please see “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” for material risks, assumptions and important disclosure associated with this information.
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Highlights
Operations
| • | During the three months ended March 31, 2022, Wheaton generated revenue of $307 million (47% gold, 44% silver, 3% palladium and 6% cobalt). |
| • | During the three months ended March 31, 2022, Wheaton's gold equivalent ounces produced amounted to 171,400 ounces, a decrease of 12.9% relative to the comparable period of the previous year. |
| • | During the three months ended March 31, 2022, Wheaton's gold equivalent ounces sold amounted to 166,100 ounces, a decrease of 3.6% relative to the comparable period of the previous year. |
| • | During the three months ended March 31, 2022, Wheaton generated operating cash flow of $211 million. This represented a decrease of 9% relative to the comparable period of the previous year. |
| • | Relative to the comparable three-month period of the prior year: |
| o | The decrease in attributable gold production was primarily due to lower production at Salobo and 777, with the 777 mine being scheduled to close in June 2022, partially offset by the mining of higher grade material at Constancia. |
| o | The decrease in attributable silver production was primarily due to lower grades at Antamina and the placement of Stratoni into care and maintenance. |
| o | The decrease in attributable cobalt production was primarily due to the comparable period in the prior year including 676,000 pounds of production from prior periods. |
| o | The decrease in adjusted net earnings was primarily due to lower margins resulting from a 4% decrease in the gold equivalent sales volume and higher share based compensation costs resulting from differences in accrued costs associated with the Company’s performance share units (“PSUs”). |
| • | On May 5, 2022, the Board of Directors declared a dividend in the amount of $0.15 per common share. |
Corporate Development
| • | On January 17, 2022, the Company announced that it had entered into a PMPA with Adventus Mining Corporation (“Adventus”) in respect to the Curipamba Project (“Curipamba”) located in Eduador. |
| • | On January 26, 2022, the Company entered into a PMPA with Generation Mining Limited (“Gen Mining”) in respect to the Marathon Project located in Ontario, Canada. |
| • | On February 8, 2022, the Company announced that it had entered into a PMPA with Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. (“Sabina”) in respect to the Goose Project, part of Sabina’s Back River Gold District located in Nunavut, Canada. |
| • | On March 21, 2022, the Company amended its PMPA with Aris Gold Corporation (“Aris Gold”) in respect of the Marmato PMPA, with the amendment including an increase to the Company’s entitlement to gold under the contract from 6.5% to 10.5%. |
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Outlook1
Wheaton's estimated attributable production in 2022 is forecast to be 350,000 to 380,000 ounces of gold, 23.0 to 25.0 million ounces of silver, and 44,000 to 48,000 gold equivalent ounces (“GEOs”) of other metals, resulting in production of approximately 700,000 to 760,000 GEOs2, unchanged from previous guidance. For the five-year period ending in 2026, the Company estimates that average production will amount to 850,000 GEOs2, while for the ten-year period ending in 2031, the Company estimates that average annual production will amount to 910,000 GEOs2, also unchanged from previous guidance.
From a liquidity perspective, the $376 million of cash and cash equivalents as at March 31, 2022 combined with the liquidity provided by the available credit under the $2 billion revolving term loan (“Revolving Facility”) and ongoing operating cash flows positions the Company well to fund all outstanding commitments and known contingencies as well as providing flexibility to acquire additional accretive mineral stream interests.
1 Statements made in this section contain forward-looking information with respect to forecast production, funding outstanding commitments and continuing to acquire accretive mineral stream interests and readers are cautioned that actual outcomes may vary. Please see “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” for material risks, assumptions and important disclosure associated with this information.
2 Gold equivalent forecast production for 2022 and the longer term outlook are based on the following commodity price assumptions: $1,800 / ounce gold, $24 / ounce silver, $2,100 / ounce palladium, $1,000 / ounce platinum and $33.00 / pound of cobalt. Other metal includes palladium, platinum and cobalt. Five- and ten-year guidance do not include optionality production from Pascua Lama, Navidad, Cotabambas, Metates or additional expansions at Salobo outside of the project currently in construction. In addition, five-year guidance also does not include any production from Kutcho, or the Victor project at Sudbury.
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Mineral Stream Interests1
The following table summarizes the mineral stream interests currently owned by the Company:
Mineral Stream Interests | Mine Owner ¹ | Location¹ | Attributable Production | Per Unit Production Payment 2,3 | Total Upfront Consideration Paid to Date ³ | Cash Flow Generated to Date ³ | Units Received & Sold to Date ³ | Q1-2022
Inventory & PBND 3, 4 | Term ¹ | Date of Original Contract |
Gold | | | | | | | | | | |
Salobo | Vale | BRA | 75% | $416 | $ 3,059,360 | $ 1,683,746 | 1,644,818 | 49,937 | LOM | 28-Feb-13 |
Sudbury ⁵ | Vale | CAN | 70% | $400 | 623,572 | 234,181 | 241,429 | 16,718 | 20 years | 28-Feb-13 |
Constancia | Hudbay | PER | 50% ⁶ | $412 | 135,000 | 118,741 | 109,501 | 1,788 | LOM | 8-Aug-12 |
San Dimas | FM | MEX | variable ⁷ | $618 | 220,000 | 163,577 | 163,318 | 2,873 | LOM | 10-May-18 |
Stillwater ⁸ | Sibanye | USA | 100% | 18% of spot | 237,880 | 58,959 | 44,633 | 5,198 | LOM | 16-Jul-18 |
Other | | | | | 796,938 | 526,355 | 528,237 | 5,836 | | |
Minto | MNTO | CAN | 100% ⁹ | 65%² of spot | | | | | LOM | 20-Nov-08 |
Rosemont | Hudbay | USA | 100% | $450 | | | | | LOM | 10-Feb-10 |
777 ¹⁰ | Hudbay | CAN | 50% | $429 | | | | | LOM | 8-Aug-12 |
Marmato ¹¹ | Aris | CO | 10.5% ¹¹ | 18% of spot | | | | | LOM | 5-Nov-20 |
Santo Domingo | Capstone | CHL | 100% ¹² | 18% of spot | | | | | LOM | 24-Mar-21 |
Fenix | Rio2 | CHL | 6% ¹³ | 18% of spot | | | | | LOM | 15-Nov-21 |
Blackwater | Artemis | CAN | 8% ¹⁴ | 35% of spot | | | | | LOM | 13-Dec-21 |
Curipamba | Adventus | ECU | 50% ¹⁵ | 18% of spot | | | | | LOM | 17-Jan-22 |
Marathon | Gen Mining | CAN | 100% ¹⁶ | 18% of spot | | | | | LOM | 26-Jan-22 |
Goose | Sabina | CAN | 4.15% ¹⁷ | 18% of spot | | | | | LOM | 08-Feb-22 |
| | | | | $ 5,072,750 | $ 2,785,559 | 2,731,936 | 82,350 | | |
Silver | | | | | | | | | | |
Peñasquito | Newmont | MEX | 25% | $4.36 | $ 485,000 | $ 1,209,650 | 70,035 | 778 | LOM | 24-Jul-07 |
Antamina | Glencore | PER | 33.75% ¹⁸ | 20% of spot | 900,000 | 558,066 | 37,116 | 1,388 | LOM | 3-Nov-15 |
Constancia | Hudbay | PER | 100% | $6.08 | 294,900 | 167,762 | 13,674 | 134 | LOM | 8-Aug-12 |
Other | | | | | 1,035,735 | 1,437,763 | 99,873 | 1,593 | | |
Los Filos | Equinox | MEX | 100% | $4.53 | | | | | 25 years | 15-Oct-04 |
Zinkgruvan | Lundin | SWE | 100% | $4.53 | | | | | LOM | 8-Dec-04 |
Yauliyacu | Glencore | PER | 100% ¹⁹ | $8.98 | | | | | LOM | 23-Mar-06 |
Stratoni | Eldorado | GRC | 100% | $11.54 | | | | | LOM | 23-Apr-07 |
Neves-Corvo | Lundin | PRT | 100% | $4.38 | | | | | 50 years | 5-Jun-07 |
Aljustrel | Almina | PRT | 100% ²⁰ | 50% of spot | | | | | 50 years | 5-Jun-07 |
Keno Hill | Alexco | CAN | 25% | variable ² | | | | | LOM | 2-Oct-08 |
Minto | MNTO | CAN | 100% | $4.35 | | | | | LOM | 20-Nov-08 |
Pascua-Lama | Barrick | CHL/ARG | 25% | $3.90 | | | | | LOM | 8-Sep-09 |
Rosemont | Hudbay | USA | 100% | $3.90 | | | | | LOM | 10-Feb-10 |
777 ¹⁰ | Hudbay | CAN | 100% | $6.32 | | | | | LOM | 8-Aug-12 |
Navidad | PAAS | ARG | 12.5% | $4.00 | | | | | LOM | n/a ²¹ |
Marmato ¹¹ | Aris | CO | 100% ¹¹ | 18% of spot | | | | | LOM | 5-Nov-20 |
Cozamin | Capstone | MEX | 50% ²² | 10% of spot | | | | | LOM | 11-Dec-20 |
Blackwater | Artemis | CAN | 50% ¹⁴ | 18% of spot | | | | | LOM | 13-Dec-21 |
Curipamba | Adventus | ECU | 75% ¹⁵ | 18% of spot | | | | | LOM | 17-Jan-22 |
| | | | | $ 2,715,635 | $ 3,373,241 | 220,698 | 3,893 | | |
Palladium | | | | | | | | | | |
Stillwater ⁸ | Sibanye | USA | 4.5% ²³ | 18% of spot | $ 262,120 | $ 115,162 | 72,868 | 5,535 | LOM | 16-Jul-18 |
Platinum | | | | | | | | | | |
Marathon | Gen Mining | CAN | 22% ¹⁶ | 18% of spot | $ 9,408 | $ - | - | - | LOM | 26-Jan-22 |
Cobalt | | | | | | | | | | |
Voisey's Bay | Vale | CAN | 42.4% ²⁴ | 18% of spot | $ 390,000 | $ 6,950 | 1,398 | 960 | LOM | 11-Jun-18 |
Total | | | | | $ 8,449,913 | $ 6,280,912 | | | | |
1) | Abbreviations as follows: FM = First Majestic Silver Corp; MNTO = Minto Metals Corp.; PAAS = Pan American Silver Corp; ARG = Argentina; BRA = Brazil; CAN = Canada; CHL = Chile; CO = Colombia; ECU = Ecuador; GRC = Greece; MEX = Mexico; PER = Peru; PRT = Portugal; SWE = Sweden; USA = United States; and LOM = Life of Mine. |
2) | Please refer to the section entitled “Contractual Obligations and Contingencies – Mineral Stream Interests” on page 23 of this MD&A for more information. |
3) | All figures in thousands except gold and palladium ounces and per ounce amounts. The total upfront consideration paid to date excludes closing costs and capitalized interest, where applicable. Please refer to the section entitled “Other Contractual Obligations and Contingencies” on page 25 of this MD&A for details of when the remaining upfront consideration to be paid becomes due. |
4) | Payable gold, silver, palladium and cobalt PBND are based on management estimates. These figures may be updated in the future as additional information is received. |
1 Statements made in this section contain forward-looking information including the timing and amount of estimated future production and readers are cautioned that actual outcomes may vary. Please see “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” for material risks, assumptions and important disclosure associated with this information.
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5) | Comprised of the operating Coleman, Copper Cliff, Garson, Creighton and Totten gold interests as well as the non-operating Stobie and Victor gold interests. As of March 31, 2022, the Company has received approximately $234 million of operating cash flows from the Sudbury stream. Should the market value of gold delivered to Wheaton through the 20-year term of the contract, net of the per ounce cash payment, be lower than the initial $670 million refundable deposit, the Company will be entitled to a refund of the difference at the conclusion of the term. As a result of a labour disruption that lasted from June 1, 2021 to August 9, 2021, the term of the agreement was extended by 69 days. |
6) | On May 10, 2021, Wheaton and Hudbay agreed to amend the Constancia streaming agreement so that Hudbay would no longer be required to deliver an additional 8,020 ounces of gold to Wheaton for not mining four million tonnes of ore from Pampacancha by June 30, 2021. As part of this amendment, Hudbay has agreed to increase the fixed gold recoveries that apply to Constancia ore production from 55% to 70% during the reserve life of Pampacancha. Additionally, as Hudbay mined and processed four million tonnes of ore from the Pampacancha deposit by December 31, 2021, the Company was required to make an additional deposit payment of $4 million to Hudbay, which was paid on December 23, 2021. |
7) | The original San Dimas SPA, entered into on October 15, 2004, was terminated on May 10, 2018 and concurrently the Company entered into the new San Dimas PMPA. Under the terms of the San Dimas PMPA, the Company is entitled to an amount equal to 25% of the payable gold production plus an additional amount of gold equal to 25% of the payable silver production converted to gold at a fixed gold to silver exchange ratio of 70:1 from the San Dimas mine. If the average gold to silver price ratio decreases to less than 50:1 or increases to more than 90:1 for a period of 6 months or more, then the "70" shall be revised to "50" or "90", as the case may be, until such time as the average gold to silver price ratio is between 50:1 to 90:1 for a period of 6 months or more in which event the "70" shall be reinstated. The current ratio is 70:1. |
8) | Comprised of the Stillwater and East Boulder gold and palladium interests. |
9) | The Company is entitled to acquire 100% of the first 30,000 ounces of gold produced per annum and 50% thereafter. |
10) | As of March 31, 2022, the Company has received approximately $362 million of operating cash flows from the 777 stream. Should the market value of gold and silver delivered to Wheaton through the initial 40 year term of the contract, net of the per ounce cash payment, be lower than the initial $455 million upfront consideration, the Company will be entitled to a refund of the difference at the conclusion of the 40 year term. |
11) | Once the Company has received 310,000 ounces of gold and 2.15 million ounces of silver under the Marmato PMPA, the attributable gold and silver production will be reduced to 5.25% and 50% respectively. |
12) | Once the Company has received 285,000 ounces of gold under the Santo Domingo PMPA, the Company’s attributable gold production will be reduced to 67%. |
13) | Once the Company has received 90,000 ounces of gold under the Fenix PMPA, the attributable gold production will reduce to 4% until 140,000 ounces have been delivered, after which the stream drops to 3.5%. |
14) | Once the Company has received 279,908 ounces of gold and 17.8 million ounces of silver under the Blackwater PMPA, the attributable gold and silver production will be reduced to 4% and 33%. |
15) | Once the Company has received 145,000 ounces of gold and 4.6 million ounces of silver under the Curipamba PMPA, the attributable gold and silver production will be reduced to 33% and 50%. |
16) | Once the Company has received 150,000 ounces of gold and 120,000 ounces of platinum under the Marathon PMPA, the attributable gold and platinum production will be reduced to 67% and 15%. |
17) | Once the Company has received 130,000 ounces of gold under the Goose PMPA, the Company’s attributable gold production will be 2.15%, and once the Company has received 200,000 ounces of gold under the agreement, the Company’s attributable gold production will be reduced to 1.5%. |
18) | Once Wheaton has received 140 million ounces of silver under the Antamina PMPA, the Company’s attributable silver production will be reduced to 22.5%. |
19) | Per annum the Company will purchase an amount equal to 100% of the first 1.5 million ounces of silver for which an offtaker payment is due, and 50% of any excess. |
20) | Wheaton only has the rights to silver contained in concentrate containing less than 15% copper at the Aljustrel mine. |
21) | Wheaton and PAAS have not yet finalized the definitive terms of the agreement. |
22) | Once Wheaton has received 10 million ounces of silver under the Cozamin PMPA, the Company’s attributable silver production will be reduced to 33%. |
23) | Once the Company has received 375,000 ounces of palladium under the Stillwater agreement, the Company’s attributable palladium production will be reduced to 2.25%, and once the Company has received 550,000 ounces of palladium under the agreement, the Company’s attributable palladium production will be reduced to 1%. |
24) | Once the Company has received 31 million pounds of cobalt under the Voisey’s Bay agreement, the Company’s attributable cobalt production will be reduced to 21.2%. |
Updates on the Mineral Stream Interests
Acquisition of Curipamba Precious Metals Purchase Agreement
On January 17, 2022, the Company announced that it had entered into a PMPA (the “Curipamba PMPA”) with Adventus Mining Corporation (“Adventus”) in respect of gold and silver production from the Curipamba Project located in Ecuador (the “Curipamba Project”). Under the Curipamba PMPA, Wheaton will purchase an amount of gold equal to 50% of the payable gold production until 145,000 ounces have been delivered, thereafter dropping to 33% of payable gold production for the life of the mine and an amount of silver equal to 75% of the payable silver production until 4.6 million ounces have been delivered, thereafter dropping to 50% for the life of mine. Under the terms of the Curipamba PMPA, the Company is committed to pay Adventus total upfront cash consideration of $175.5 million, $13 million of which is available pre-construction and $500,000 of which will be paid to support certain local community development initiatives around the Curipamba Project. The remainder will be payable in four staged installments during construction, subject to various customary conditions being satisfied. In addition, Wheaton will make ongoing production payments for the gold and silver ounces delivered equal to 18% of the spot prices until the value of gold and silver delivered, net of the production payment, is equal to the upfront consideration of $175.5 million, at which point the production payment will increase to 22% of the spot prices.
In connection with the acquisition of this PMPA, Wheaton also agreed to acquire up to $5M in equity of Adventus, subject to remaining below 10% of the outstanding shares of Adventus. To date, the Company has invested $2 million.
Acquisition of Marathon Precious Metals Purchase Agreement
On January 26, 2022, the Company entered into a PMPA with Gen Mining (the “Marathon PMPA”) in respect of gold and platinum production from the Marathon Project located in Ontario, Canada (the “Marathon Project”). Under the Marathon PMPA, Wheaton will purchase an amount of gold equal to 100% of the payable gold production until 150,000 ounces have been delivered, thereafter dropping to 67% of payable gold production for the life of the mine and an amount of platinum production equal to 22% of the payable platinum production until 120,000 ounces have been delivered, thereafter dropping to 15% for the life of mine. Under the terms of the Marathon PMPA, the Company is committed to pay Gen Mining total upfront cash consideration of $192 million (Cdn$240 million), $32 million (Cdn$40 million) of which will be paid prior to construction to be used for the development of the Marathon Project, with the remainder payable in four staged installments during construction, subject to various customary conditions being satisfied and pre-determined completion tests. Of this amount, $16 million (Cdn$20 million) was paid on March 31, 2022. In addition, Wheaton will make ongoing production payments for the gold and platinum ounces delivered equal to 18% of the spot prices until the value of gold and platinum delivered, net of the production payment, is equal to the upfront consideration of Cdn$240 million, at which point the production payment will increase to 22% of the spot prices.
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Acquisition of Goose Precious Metals Purchase Agreement
On February 8, 2022, the Company announced that it had entered into a PMPA (the “Goose PMPA”) with Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. (“Sabina”) in respect of gold production from the Goose Project, part of Sabina’s Back River Gold District located in Nunavut, Canada (the “Goose Project”). Under the Goose PMPA, Wheaton will purchase an amount of gold equal to 4.15% of the payable gold production until 130,000 ounces have been delivered, dropping to 2.15% until 200,000 ounces have been delivered, and thereafter dropping to 1.5% of the payable gold production for the life of mine. Under the terms of the Goose PMPA, the Company is committed to pay Sabina an upfront payment of $125 million in four equal installments during construction of the Goose Project, subject to customary conditions. In addition, Wheaton will make ongoing production payments for the gold ounces delivered equal to 18% of the spot gold price until the value of gold delivered, net of the production payment, is equal to the upfront consideration of $125 million, at which point the production payment will increase to 22% of the spot gold price.
In connection with the acquisition of this PMPA, Wheaton has agreed to acquire up to $20M in equity of Sabina, subject to remaining below 10% of the outstanding shares of Sabina. To date, the Company has invested $17 million.
Amendment to the Marmato PMPA
On March 21, 2022, the Company amended its PMPA with Aris Gold Corporation (“Aris Gold”) in respect of the Marmato PMPA. Under the terms of the amended agreement, Wheaton will purchase 10.5% of the gold production and 100% of the silver production from the Marmato Upper and Lower mines until 310,000 ounces of gold and 2.15 million ounces of silver have been delivered, after which the stream drops to 5.25% of the gold production and 50% of the silver production for the life of mine. This increases the gold stream from the original Marmato PMPA under which Wheaton was entitled to purchase 6.5% of the gold production until 190,000 ounces were delivered, after which the stream was to drop to 3.25% of the gold production. The silver stream is unchanged. Under the terms of the amended Marmato PMPA, the Company is committed to pay Aris Gold total upfront cash payments of $175 million ($65 million relating to the increase in the gold stream). Of this amount, $53 million ($15 million relating to the increase in the gold stream) has been paid and the remaining amount is payable during the construction of the Marmato Lower Mine, subject to customary conditions.
Salobo – Mill Throughput Expansion
The Salobo mine currently has a mill throughput capacity of 24 million tonnes per annum (“Mtpa”). Vale is currently undertaking the Salobo III mine expansion (the “Salobo Expansion”), which is proposed to include a third concentrator line and will use Salobo’s existing infrastructure. As per Vale’s First Quarter 2022 Performance Report, on January 6, 2022, heavy rainfall in the region of the Salobo III mine expansion caused a landslide that damaged part of a conveyor belt and blocked access to the project site. Vale reports that remediation work on the conveyor is ongoing and is expected to be completed in May. Furthermore, Vale does not foresee the impacts of this event modifying the project delivery date beyond the fourth quarter of 2022. Vale reports that physical completion of the Salobo III mine expansion was 90% at the end of the first quarter.
Sudbury – Temporary Closure of the Totten Mine
As per Vale, on September 26, 2021, a large piece of equipment, called a bucket scoop, blocked and damaged the mine shaft at the Totten Mine resulting in its temporary closure. Vale has reported that production at the Totten Mine, which accounts for approximately 15% to 20% of Company’s gold production from Sudbury, resumed in the first quarter of 2022 and that operations at the Sudbury mines are expected to normalize in the second quarter of 2022.
Voisey’s Bay – Underground Mine Extension
As per Vale’s First Quarter 2022 Performance Report, physical completion of the Voisey’s Bay underground mine extension, which includes developing two underground mines - Reid Brook and Eastern Deeps - was 70% at the end of the first quarter.
777 – End of Mine Life
Consistent with the Company’s expectations, on March 28, 2022, Hudbay reported that the 777 mine is scheduled to close in June 2022 after more than 17 years of steady operations. The mine is expected to operate at approximately 2,700 tonnes per day with a continued focus on mining out the remaining reserves.
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Early Deposit Mineral Stream Interests
Early deposit mineral stream interests represent agreements relative to early stage development projects whereby Wheaton can choose not to proceed with the agreement once certain documentation has been received including, but not limited to, feasibility studies, environmental studies and impact assessment studies. Once Wheaton has elected to proceed with the agreement, the carrying value of the stream will be transferred to Mineral Stream Interests.
The following table summarizes the early deposit mineral stream interests currently owned by the Company:
| Mine Owner | | | | | | | | | | | Attributable Production to be Purchased | | |
Early Deposit Mineral Stream Interests | Location of Mine | | Upfront Consideration Paid to Date 1 | | Upfront Consideration to be Paid 1, 2 | | Total Upfront Consideration¹ | Gold | Silver | Term of Agreement | Date of Original Contract |
Toroparu | GCM | Guyana | | $ | 15,500 | | $ | 138,000 | | $ | 153,500 | 10% | 50% | Life of Mine | 11-Nov-13 |
Cotabambas | Panoro | Peru | | | 12,250 | | | 127,750 | | | 140,000 | 25% ³ | 100% ³ | Life of Mine | 21-Mar-16 |
Kutcho | Kutcho | Canada | | | 16,852 | | | 58,000 | | | 74,852 | 100% | 100% | Life of Mine | 14-Dec-17 |
| | | | $ | 44,602 | | $ | 323,750 | | $ | 368,352 | | | | |
1) | Expressed in thousands; excludes closing costs and capitalized interest, where applicable. |
2) | Please refer to the section entitled “Other Contractual Obligations and Contingencies” on page 25 of this MD&A for details of when the remaining upfront consideration to be paid becomes due. |
3) | Once 90 million silver equivalent ounces attributable to Wheaton have been produced, the attributable production will decrease to 16.67% of gold production and 66.67% of silver production for the life of mine. |
Kutcho – Contract Modifications
As discussed in the Convertible Notes Receivable section of this MD&A, on February 18, 2022, the Company agreed to modify the Kutcho Early Deposit Agreement, including the elimination of the drop-down in attributable gold and silver to 66.7% once certain thresholds had been achieved, and eliminating the requirement to make an additional payment to Kutcho, of up to $20 million, if processing throughput is increased to 4,500 tonnes per day or more within 5 years of attaining commercial production.
Mineral Royalty Interests
On January 5, 2021, the Company paid $3 million for an existing 2.0% net smelter return royalty interest on the first 600,000 ounces of gold mined from ore extracted from the Brewery Creek quartz mineral claims located in the Yukon Territories, Canada owned by Golden Predator Exploration Ltd., a subsidiary of Sabre Gold Mines Corp. (“Golden Predator”) and any mineral tenure derived therefrom, and a 2.75% net smelter returns royalty interest thereafter (the “Brewery Creek Royalty”). The Brewery Creek Royalty agreement provides, among other things, that Golden Predator may reduce the 2.75% net smelter returns royalty interest to 2.125%, on payment of the sum of Cdn$2 million to Wheaton.
Additionally, the Company has a 0.5% net smelter return royalty interest in the Metates properties (the “Metates Royalty”) located in Mexico from Chesapeake Gold Corp. (“Chesapeake”) for the life of mine. The carrying cost of the Metates Royalty is $3 million. The Company also has a right of first refusal on any silver streaming, royalty or any other transaction on the Metates properties.
To date, no revenue has been recognized and no depletion has been taken with respect to these royalty agreements.
Long-Term Equity Investments
The Company will, from time to time, invest in securities of companies for strategic purposes including, but not limited to, exploration and mining companies. The Company held the following investments as at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021:
| March 31 | December 31 |
(in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
Common shares held | $ | 91,344 | $ | 59,941 |
Warrants held | | 850 | | 1,536 |
Total long-term equity investments | $ | 92,194 | $ | 61,477 |
The Company’s long-term investments in common shares (“LTI’s”) are held for long-term strategic purposes and not for trading purposes. As such, the Company has elected to reflect any fair value adjustments, net of tax, as a component of other comprehensive income (“OCI”). The cumulative gain or loss will not be reclassified to net earnings on disposal of these long-term investments but is reclassified to retained earnings.
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While long-term investments in warrants are also held for long-term strategic purposes, they meet the definition of a derivative and therefore are classified as financial assets with fair value adjustments being recorded as a component of net earnings under the classification Other (Income) Expense. Warrants that do not have a quoted market price are valued using a Black-Scholes option pricing model.
By holding these long-term investments, the Company is inherently exposed to various risk factors including currency risk, market price risk and liquidity risk.
A summary of the fair value of these equity investments and the fair value changes recognized as a component of the Company’s OCI during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 is presented below:
Common Shares Held
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |
(in thousands) | Shares Owned (000's) | % of
Outstanding
Shares Owned | Fair Value at Dec 31, 2021 | Cost of Additions | Proceeds of Disposition | Fair Value Adjustment Gains (Losses) 1 | Fair Value at Mar 31, 2022 | Realized Gain on Disposal |
Bear Creek | 13,264 | 10.67% | $ 12,764 | $ - | $ - | $ (1,406) | $ 11,358 | $ - |
Sabina | 28,531 | 5.41% | 13,381 | 17,200 | - | 3,895 | 34,476 | - |
Kutcho | 18,640 | 16.09% | - | 11,721 | - | (3,219) | 8,502 | - |
Other | | | 33,796 | 2,391 | - | 821 | 37,008 | - |
Total | | | $ 59,941 | $ 31,312 | $ - | $ 91 | $ 91,344 | $ - |
1) | Fair Value Gains (Losses) are reflected as a component of Other Comprehensive Income (“OCI”). |
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 |
(in thousands) | Shares Owned (000's) | % of
Outstanding
Shares Owned | Fair Value at Dec 31, 2020 | Cost of Additions | Proceeds of Disposition 1 | Fair Value Adjustment Gains (Losses) 2 | Fair Value at Mar 31, 2021 | Realized Gain on Disposal |
Bear Creek | 13,264 | 10.70% | $ 32,609 | $ - | $ - | $ (9,720) | $ 22,889 | $ - |
Sabina | 11,700 | 3.36% | 30,233 | - | - | (13,392) | 16,841 | - |
First Majestic | - | 0.00% | 95,984 | - | (112,188) | 16,204 | - | 60,530 |
Other | | | 37,415 | - | - | 6,691 | 44,106 | - |
Total | | | $ 196,241 | $ - | $ (112,188) | $ (217) | $ 83,836 | $ 60,530 |
1) | Disposals during 2021 were made in order to capitalize on the share appreciation related to the strong commodity price environment. |
2) | Fair Value Gains (Losses) are reflected as a component of OCI. |
Convertible Notes Receivable
Kutcho Copper Corp.
Effective December 14, 2017, in connection with the Kutcho Early Deposit Agreement, the Company advanced to Kutcho $16 million (Cdn$20 million) and received the Kutcho Convertible Note. The Kutcho Convertible Note, which had a seven year term to maturity, carried interest at 10% per annum, compounded and payable semi-annually. Kutcho elected to defer the first seven interest payments. The deferred interest carried interest at 15% per annum, compounded semi-annually.
In addition to the Kutcho Convertible Note, on November 25, 2019, the Company entered into a non-revolving term loan with Kutcho, under which Kutcho had drawn $0.8 million (Cdn$1.0 million). The credit facility carried interest at 15% per annum, compounded monthly.
Effective February 18, 2022, the Company agreed to settle and terminate the Kutcho Convertible Note and the non-revolving term loan with Kutcho in exchange for shares of Kutcho valued at $6.7 million in addition to certain other modifications to the Kutcho Early Deposit Agreement, including the elimination of the drop-down in attributable gold and silver to 66.7% once certain thresholds had been achieved, and eliminating the requirement to make an additional payment to Kutcho, of up to $20 million, if processing throughput is increased to 4,500 tonnes per day or more within 5 years of attaining commercial production.
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Convertible Notes Receivable Valuation Summary
At February 18, 2022, the fair value of the Kutcho Convertible Note, which was not traded in an active market, was determined by reference to the value of the shares the Company would receive if the right to convert the note into shares was exercised.
At March 31, 2021, the Kutcho Convertible Note was estimated by discounting the stream of future interest and principal payments at the rate of interest prevailing at the balance sheet date for instruments of similar term and risk, and adding this value to the value of the convertibility feature which was estimated using a Black-Scholes model based on assumptions including risk free interest rate, expected dividend yield, expected volatility and expected remaining life of the Kutcho Convertible Note.
A summary of the fair value of the Kutcho Convertible Note and the fair value changes recognized as a component of the Company’s net earnings during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 is presented below:
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |
(in thousands) | Fair Value at Dec 31, 2021 | Amount Advanced | Termination
| Fair ValueAdjustment Gains (Losses) | Fair Value at Mar 31, 2022 |
Kutcho | $ 17,086 | $ - | $ (15,706) | $ (1,380) | $ - |
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 |
(in thousands) | Fair Value at Dec 31, 2020 | Amount Advanced | Termination
| Fair Value Adjustment Gains (Losses) | Fair Value at Mar 31, 2021 |
Kutcho | $ 11,353 | $ - | $ - | $ 1,238 | $ 12,591 |
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Summary of Units Produced
| Q1 2022 | Q4 2021 | Q3 2021 | Q2 2021 | Q1 2021 | Q4 2020 | Q3 2020 | Q2 2020 |
Gold ounces produced ² | | | | | | | | |
Salobo | 44,883 | 48,235 | 55,205 | 55,590 | 46,622 | 62,854 | 63,408 | 59,104 |
Sudbury 3 | 6,395 | 4,379 | 148 | 4,563 | 7,004 | 6,659 | 3,798 | 9,257 |
Constancia 7 | 6,311 | 9,857 | 8,533 | 5,525 | 2,453 | 3,929 | 3,780 | 3,470 |
San Dimas 4, 7 | 10,461 | 13,714 | 11,936 | 11,478 | 10,491 | 11,652 | 9,228 | 6,074 |
Stillwater 5 | 2,497 | 2,664 | 2,949 | 2,962 | 3,041 | 3,290 | 3,176 | 3,222 |
Other | | | | | | | | |
Minto | 4,060 | 3,506 | 1,703 | 3,206 | 2,638 | 789 | 1,832 | 2,928 |
777 8 | 4,003 | 4,462 | 4,717 | 5,035 | 6,280 | 2,866 | 5,278 | 4,728 |
Marmato | 477 | 479 | 433 | 1,713 | - | - | - | - |
Total Other | 8,540 | 8,447 | 6,853 | 9,954 | 8,918 | 3,655 | 7,110 | 7,656 |
Total gold ounces produced | 79,087 | 87,296 | 85,624 | 90,072 | 78,529 | 92,039 | 90,500 | 88,783 |
Silver ounces produced 2 | | | | | | | | |
Peñasquito 7 | 2,219 | 2,145 | 2,180 | 2,026 | 2,202 | 2,014 | 1,992 | 967 |
Antamina 7 | 1,260 | 1,366 | 1,548 | 1,558 | 1,577 | 1,930 | 1,516 | 612 |
Constancia 7 | 506 | 578 | 521 | 468 | 406 | 478 | 430 | 254 |
Other | | | | | | | | |
Los Filos 7 | 23 | 37 | 17 | 26 | 31 | 6 | 17 | 14 |
Zinkgruvan | 577 | 482 | 658 | 457 | 420 | 515 | 498 | 389 |
Yauliyacu 7 | 637 | 382 | 372 | 629 | 737 | 454 | 679 | 273 |
Stratoni 9 | - | 129 | 18 | 164 | 165 | 185 | 156 | 148 |
Minto | 45 | 44 | 25 | 33 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 19 |
Neves-Corvo | 344 | 522 | 362 | 408 | 345 | 420 | 281 | 479 |
Aljustrel | 287 | 325 | 314 | 400 | 474 | 440 | 348 | 388 |
Cozamin | 186 | 213 | 199 | 183 | 230 | - | - | - |
Marmato | 11 | 7 | 10 | 39 | - | - | - | - |
Keno Hill | 20 | 30 | 44 | 55 | 27 | - | - | - |
777 8 | 91 | 96 | 81 | 83 | 130 | 51 | 96 | 108 |
Total Other | 2,221 | 2,267 | 2,100 | 2,477 | 2,580 | 2,087 | 2,090 | 1,818 |
Total silver ounces produced | 6,206 | 6,356 | 6,349 | 6,529 | 6,765 | 6,509 | 6,028 | 3,651 |
Palladium ounces produced ² | | | | | | | | |
Stillwater 5 | 4,488 | 4,733 | 5,105 | 5,301 | 5,769 | 5,672 | 5,444 | 5,759 |
Cobalt pounds produced ² | | | | | | | | |
Voisey's Bay | 234 | 381 | 370 | 380 | 1,162 ¹⁰ | - | - | - |
GEOs produced 6 | 171,367 | 184,551 | 183,012 | 190,272 | 196,756 | 185,436 | 177,230 | 144,188 |
SEOs produced 6 | 12,853 | 13,841 | 13,726 | 14,270 | 14,757 | 13,908 | 13,292 | 10,814 |
Average payable rate 2 | | | | | | | | |
Gold | 95.2% | 96.0% | 96.0% | 95.8% | 95.0% | 95.2% | 95.3% | 94.7% |
Silver | 86.1% | 86.0% | 86.6% | 86.9% | 86.6% | 86.3% | 86.1% | 81.9% |
Palladium | 92.7% | 92.2% | 94.5% | 95.0% | 91.6% | 93.6% | 94.0% | 90.8% |
Cobalt | 93.3% | 93.3% | 93.3% | 93.3% | 93.3% | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
GEO 6 | 90.6% | 91.4% | 91.3% | 91.8% | 90.7% | 91.2% | 91.2% | 90.0% |
1) | All figures in thousands except gold and palladium ounces produced. |
2) | Quantity produced represent the amount of gold, silver, palladium and cobalt contained in concentrate or doré prior to smelting or refining deductions. Production figures and payable rates are based on information provided by the operators of the mining operations to which the mineral stream interests relate or management estimates in those situations where other information is not available. Certain production figures and payable rates may be updated in future periods as additional information is received. |
3) | Comprised of the Coleman, Copper Cliff, Garson, Creighton and Totten gold interests. Operations at the Sudbury mines were suspended from June 1, 2021 to August 9, 2021 as a result of a labour disruption by unionized employees. |
4) | Under the terms of the San Dimas PMPA, the Company is entitled to an amount equal to 25% of the payable gold production plus an additional amount of gold equal to 25% of the payable silver production converted to gold at a fixed gold to silver exchange ratio of 70:1 from the San Dimas mine. If the average gold to silver price ratio decreases to less than 50:1 or increases to more than 90:1 for a period of 6 months or more, then the "70" shall be revised to "50" or "90", as the case may be, until such time as the average gold to silver price ratio is between 50:1 to 90:1 for a period of 6 months or more in which event the "70" shall be reinstated. Effective April 1, 2020, the fixed gold to silver exchange ratio was revised to 90:1, with the 70:1 ratio being reinstated on October 15, 2020. For reference, attributable silver production from prior periods is as follows: Q1-2022 - 408,000 ounces; Q4-2021 - 544,000 ounces; Q3-2021 - 472,000 ounces; Q2-2021 - 467,000 ounces; Q1-2021 - 429,000 ounces; Q4-2020 - 485,000 ounces; Q3-2020 - 420,000 ounces; Q2-2020 - 276,000 ounces. |
5) | Comprised of the Stillwater and East Boulder gold and palladium interests. |
6) | GEOs and SEOs, which are provided to assist the reader, are based on the following commodity price assumptions: $1,800 per ounce gold; $24.00 per ounce silver; $2,100 per ounce palladium; and $33.00 per pound cobalt; consistent with those used in estimating the Company's production guidance for 2022. |
7) | Operations at these mines had been temporarily suspended during the second quarter of 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the second half of 2020, all of the operations were restarted. Additionally, operations at Los Filos were suspended from September 3, 2020 to December 23, 2020 as the result of an illegal road blockade by members of the nearby Carrizalillo community and had been temporarily suspended from June 22, 2021 to July 26, 2021 as the result of illegal blockades by a group of unionized employees and members of the Xochipala community. |
8) | Operations at 777 were temporarily suspended from October 11, 2020 to November 25, 2020 as a result of an incident that occurred on October 9th during routine maintenance of the hoist rope and skip. |
9) | The Stratoni mine was placed into care and maintenance during Q4-2021. |
10) | Effective January 1, 2021, the Company was entitled to cobalt production from the Voisey's Bay mine. As per the PMPA with Vale, Wheaton is entitled to any cobalt processed at the Long Harbour Processing Plant as of January 1, 2021, resulting in reported production in the first quarter of 2021 including some material produced at the Voisey's Bay mine in the previous quarter. |
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Summary of Units Sold
| Q1 2022 | Q4 2021 | Q3 2021 | Q2 2021 | Q1 2021 | Q4 2020 | Q3 2020 | Q2 2020 |
Gold ounces sold | | | | | | | | |
Salobo | 42,513 | 47,171 | 35,185 | 57,296 | 51,423 | 53,197 | 59,584 | 68,487 |
Sudbury 2 | 3,712 | 965 | 1,915 | 6,945 | 3,691 | 7,620 | 7,858 | 7,414 |
Constancia 6 | 10,494 | 6,196 | 8,159 | 2,321 | 1,676 | 3,853 | 4,112 | 3,024 |
San Dimas 6 | 10,070 | 15,182 | 11,346 | 11,214 | 10,273 | 11,529 | 9,687 | 6,030 |
Stillwater 3 | 2,628 | 2,933 | 2,820 | 2,574 | 3,074 | 3,069 | 3,015 | 3,066 |
Other | | | | | | | | |
Minto | 3,695 | 2,462 | 1,907 | 2,359 | 2,390 | 1,540 | - | - |
777 | 4,388 | 4,290 | 5,879 | 5,694 | 2,577 | 5,435 | 5,845 | 4,783 |
Marmato | 401 | 423 | 438 | 1,687 | - | - | - | - |
Total Other | 8,484 | 7,175 | 8,224 | 9,740 | 4,967 | 6,975 | 5,845 | 4,783 |
Total gold ounces sold | 77,901 | 79,622 | 67,649 | 90,090 | 75,104 | 86,243 | 90,101 | 92,804 |
Silver ounces sold | | | | | | | | |
Peñasquito 6 | 2,188 | 1,818 | 2,210 | 1,844 | 2,174 | 1,417 | 1,799 | 1,917 |
Antamina 6 | 1,468 | 1,297 | 1,502 | 1,499 | 1,930 | 1,669 | 1,090 | 788 |
Constancia 6 | 644 | 351 | 484 | 295 | 346 | 442 | 415 | 254 |
Other | | | | | | | | |
Los Filos 6 | 42 | 17 | 12 | 42 | 27 | - | 19 | 25 |
Zinkgruvan | 355 | 346 | 354 | 355 | 293 | 326 | 492 | 376 |
Yauliyacu 6 | 44 | 551 | 182 | 601 | 1,014 | 15 | 580 | 704 |
Stratoni | 133 | 42 | 41 | 167 | 117 | 169 | 134 | 77 |
Minto | 31 | 27 | 24 | 29 | 26 | 20 | - | - |
Neves-Corvo | 204 | 259 | 193 | 215 | 239 | 145 | 201 | 236 |
Aljustrel | 145 | 133 | 155 | 208 | 257 | 280 | 148 | 252 |
Cozamin | 177 | 174 | 170 | 168 | 173 | - | - | - |
Marmato | 8 | 8 | 10 | 35 | - | - | - | - |
Keno Hill | 27 | 24 | 51 | 33 | 12 | - | - | - |
777 | 87 | 69 | 99 | 109 | 49 | 93 | 121 | 100 |
Total Other | 1,253 | 1,650 | 1,291 | 1,962 | 2,207 | 1,048 | 1,695 | 1,770 |
Total silver ounces sold | 5,553 | 5,116 | 5,487 | 5,600 | 6,657 | 4,576 | 4,999 | 4,729 |
Palladium ounces sold | | | | | | | | |
Stillwater 3 | 4,075 | 4,641 | 5,703 | 3,869 | 5,131 | 4,591 | 5,546 | 4,976 |
Cobalt pounds sold | | | | | | | | |
Voisey's Bay | 511 | 228 | 131 | 395 | 132 | - | - | - |
GEOs sold 4 | 166,065 | 157,439 | 149,862 | 176,502 | 172,271 | 152,613 | 163,218 | 161,664 |
SEOs sold 4 | 12,455 | 11,808 | 11,240 | 13,238 | 12,920 | 11,446 | 12,241 | 12,125 |
Cumulative payable units PBND 5 | | | | | | | | |
Gold ounces | 82,350 | 84,989 | 80,819 | 66,238 | 70,072 | 70,555 | 75,750 | 79,632 |
Silver ounces | 3,893 | 4,200 | 3,845 | 3,802 | 3,738 | 4,486 | 3,437 | 3,222 |
Palladium ounces | 5,535 | 5,629 | 5,619 | 6,822 | 5,373 | 5,597 | 4,616 | 4,883 |
Cobalt pounds | 550 | 596 | 637 | 777 | 820 | - | - | - |
GEO 4 | 150,794 | 158,477 | 150,317 | 139,145 | 141,206 | 136,894 | 126,968 | 128,291 |
SEO 4 | 11,310 | 11,886 | 11,274 | 10,436 | 10,590 | 10,267 | 9,523 | 9,622 |
Inventory on hand | | | | | | | | |
Cobalt pounds | 410 | 657 | 488 | 134 | 132 | - | - | - |
1) | All figures in thousands except gold and palladium ounces sold. |
2) | Comprised of the Coleman, Copper Cliff, Garson, Creighton and Totten gold interests. |
3) | Comprised of the Stillwater and East Boulder gold and palladium interests. |
4) | GEOs and SEOs, which are provided to assist the reader, are based on the following commodity price assumptions: $1,800 per ounce gold; $24.00 per ounce silver; $2,100 per ounce palladium; and $33.00 per pound cobalt; consistent with those used in estimating the Company's production guidance for 2022. |
5) | Payable gold, silver and palladium ounces PBND and cobalt pounds PBND are based on management estimates. These figures may be updated in future periods as additional information is received. |
6) | Operations at these mines had been temporarily suspended during the second quarter of 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the second half of 2020, all of the operations were restarted. |
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Quarterly Financial Review 1
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | Q1 2022 | Q4 2021 | Q3 2021 | Q2 2021 | Q1 2021 | Q4 2020 | Q3 2020 | Q2 2020 |
Gold ounces sold | | 77,901 | | 79,622 | | 67,649 | | 90,090 | | 75,104 | | 86,243 | | 90,101 | | 92,804 |
Realized price 2 | $ | 1,870 | $ | 1,798 | $ | 1,795 | $ | 1,801 | $ | 1,798 | $ | 1,882 | $ | 1,906 | $ | 1,716 |
Gold sales | $ | 145,675 | $ | 143,187 | $ | 121,416 | $ | 162,293 | $ | 135,025 | $ | 162,299 | $ | 171,734 | $ | 159,272 |
Silver ounces sold | | 5,553 | | 5,116 | | 5,487 | | 5,600 | | 6,657 | | 4,576 | | 4,999 | | 4,729 |
Realized price 2 | $ | 24.19 | $ | 23.36 | $ | 23.80 | $ | 26.69 | $ | 26.12 | $ | 24.72 | $ | 24.69 | $ | 16.73 |
Silver sales | $ | 134,332 | $ | 119,504 | $ | 130,587 | $ | 149,455 | $ | 173,883 | $ | 113,131 | $ | 123,434 | $ | 79,142 |
Palladium ounces sold | | 4,075 | | 4,641 | | 5,703 | | 3,869 | | 5,131 | | 4,591 | | 5,546 | | 4,976 |
Realized price 2 | $ | 2,339 | $ | 1,918 | $ | 2,426 | $ | 2,797 | $ | 2,392 | $ | 2,348 | $ | 2,182 | $ | 1,917 |
Palladium sales | $ | 9,533 | $ | 8,902 | $ | 13,834 | $ | 10,822 | $ | 12,275 | $ | 10,782 | $ | 12,100 | $ | 9,540 |
Cobalt pounds sold | | 511 | | 228 | | 131 | | 395 | | 132 | | n.a. | | n.a. | | n.a. |
Realized price 2 | $ | 34.61 | $ | 28.94 | $ | 23.78 | $ | 19.82 | $ | 22.19 | $ | n.a. | $ | n.a. | $ | n.a. |
Cobalt sales | $ | 17,704 | $ | 6,604 | $ | 3,120 | $ | 7,823 | $ | 2,936 | $ | n.a. | $ | n.a. | $ | n.a. |
Total sales | $ | 307,244 | $ | 278,197 | $ | 268,957 | $ | 330,393 | $ | 324,119 | $ | 286,212 | $ | 307,268 | $ | 247,954 |
Cash cost 2, 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Gold / oz | $ | 477 | $ | 472 | $ | 464 | $ | 450 | $ | 450 | $ | 433 | $ | 428 | $ | 418 |
Silver / oz | $ | 5.10 | $ | 5.47 | $ | 5.06 | $ | 6.11 | $ | 6.33 | $ | 5.51 | $ | 5.89 | $ | 5.23 |
Palladium / oz | $ | 394 | $ | 340 | $ | 468 | $ | 503 | $ | 427 | $ | 423 | $ | 383 | $ | 353 |
Cobalt / lb | $ | 5.76 | $ | 4.68 | $ | 5.15 | $ | 4.41 | $ | 4.98 | $ | n.a. | $ | n.a. | $ | n.a. |
Depletion 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Gold / oz | $ | 321 | $ | 338 | $ | 337 | $ | 390 | $ | 374 | $ | 397 | $ | 404 | $ | 405 |
Silver / oz | $ | 4.78 | $ | 5.57 | $ | 5.21 | $ | 5.40 | $ | 5.82 | $ | 5.16 | $ | 4.36 | $ | 4.01 |
Palladium / oz | $ | 399 | $ | 442 | $ | 442 | $ | 442 | $ | 442 | $ | 428 | $ | 428 | $ | 428 |
Cobalt / lb | $ | 8.17 | $ | 8.17 | $ | 8.17 | $ | 8.17 | $ | 8.17 | $ | n.a. | $ | n.a. | $ | n.a. |
Net earnings | $ | 157,467 | $ | 291,822 | $ | 134,937 | $ | 166,124 | $ | 162,002 | $ | 157,221 | $ | 149,875 | $ | 105,812 |
Per share | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Basic | $ | 0.349 | $ | 0.648 | $ | 0.300 | $ | 0.369 | $ | 0.360 | $ | 0.350 | $ | 0.334 | $ | 0.236 |
Diluted | $ | 0.348 | $ | 0.646 | $ | 0.299 | $ | 0.368 | $ | 0.360 | $ | 0.349 | $ | 0.332 | $ | 0.235 |
Adjusted net earnings 3 | $ | 158,007 | $ | 132,232 | $ | 137,087 | $ | 161,626 | $ | 161,133 | $ | 149,441 | $ | 152,007 | $ | 97,354 |
Per share | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Basic | $ | 0.350 | $ | 0.293 | $ | 0.304 | $ | 0.359 | $ | 0.358 | $ | 0.333 | $ | 0.338 | $ | 0.217 |
Diluted | $ | 0.350 | $ | 0.293 | $ | 0.303 | $ | 0.358 | $ | 0.358 | $ | 0.331 | $ | 0.336 | $ | 0.216 |
Cash flow from operations | $ | 210,540 | $ | 195,290 | $ | 201,287 | $ | 216,415 | $ | 232,154 | $ | 207,962 | $ | 228,099 | $ | 151,793 |
Per share 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Basic | $ | 0.467 | $ | 0.433 | $ | 0.447 | $ | 0.481 | $ | 0.516 | $ | 0.463 | $ | 0.508 | $ | 0.338 |
Diluted | $ | 0.466 | $ | 0.432 | $ | 0.446 | $ | 0.480 | $ | 0.515 | $ | 0.461 | $ | 0.505 | $ | 0.337 |
Dividends declared | $ | 67,687 | $ | 67,580 | $ | 67,541 | $ | 63,009 | $ | 58,478 | $ | 53,914 | $ | 44,896 | $ | 44,861 |
Per share | $ | 0.15 | $ | 0.15 | $ | 0.15 | $ | 0.14 | $ | 0.13 | $ | 0.12 | $ | 0.10 | $ | 0.10 |
Total assets | $ | 6,470,033 | $ | 6,296,151 | $ | 6,046,740 | $ | 5,981,466 | $ | 5,928,412 | $ | 5,957,272 | $ | 6,091,187 | $ | 6,134,044 |
Total liabilities | $ | 120,572 | $ | 46,034 | $ | 42,387 | $ | 38,202 | $ | 104,985 | $ | 242,701 | $ | 539,849 | $ | 717,101 |
Total shareholders' equity | $ | 6,349,461 | $ | 6,250,117 | $ | 6,004,353 | $ | 5,943,264 | $ | 5,823,427 | $ | 5,714,571 | $ | 5,551,338 | $ | 5,416,943 |
1) | All figures in thousands except gold and palladium ounces produced and sold, per unit amounts and per share amounts. |
2) | Expressed as dollars per ounce and for cobalt per pound. |
3) | Refer to discussion on non-IFRS beginning on page 30 of this MD&A. |
Changes in sales, net earnings and cash flow from operations from quarter to quarter are affected primarily by fluctuations in production at the mines, the timing of shipments, changes in the price of commodities, the commencement of operations of mines under construction, as well as acquisitions of PMPAs and any related capital raising activities.
WHEATON PRECIOUS METALS 2022 FIRST QUARTER REPORT [15]
Results of Operations and Operational Review
The operating results of the Company’s reportable operating segments are summarized in the tables and commentary below.
Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |
| Units Produced² | Units Sold | Average Realized Price ($'s Per Unit) | Average Cash Cost ($'s Per Unit) 3 | Average Depletion ($'s Per Unit) | Sales | Net Earnings | Cash Flow From Operations | Total Assets |
Gold | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Salobo | 44,883 | 42,513 | $ | 1,872 | $ | 416 | $ | 334 | $ | 79,564 | $ | 47,684 | $ | 61,869 | $ | 2,423,755 |
Sudbury 4 | 6,395 | 3,712 | | 1,861 | | 400 | | 1,092 | | 6,909 | | 1,370 | | 5,425 | | 303,115 |
Constancia | 6,311 | 10,494 | | 1,872 | | 412 | | 271 | | 19,641 | | 12,471 | | 15,482 | | 100,944 |
San Dimas | 10,461 | 10,070 | | 1,872 | | 618 | | 260 | | 18,846 | | 10,008 | | 12,621 | | 164,110 |
Stillwater | 2,497 | 2,628 | | 1,872 | | 329 | | 429 | | 4,918 | | 2,926 | | 4,054 | | 218,657 |
Other 5 | 8,540 | 8,484 | | 1,862 | | 771 | | 25 | | 15,797 | | 9,048 | | 8,822 | | 404,729 |
| 79,087 | 77,901 | $ | 1,870 | $ | 477 | $ | 321 | $ | 145,675 | $ | 83,507 | $ | 108,273 | $ | 3,615,310 |
Silver | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Peñasquito | 2,219 | 2,188 | $ | 24.10 | $ | 4.36 | $ | 3.57 | $ | 52,727 | $ | 35,387 | $ | 43,188 | $ | 314,217 |
Antamina | 1,260 | 1,468 | | 24.09 | | 4.94 | | 7.06 | | 35,359 | | 17,747 | | 27,759 | | 569,691 |
Constancia | 506 | 644 | | 24.10 | | 6.08 | | 6.33 | | 15,513 | | 7,526 | | 11,913 | | 201,811 |
Other 6 | 2,221 | 1,253 | | 24.52 | | 6.07 | | 3.45 | | 30,733 | | 18,797 | | 23,874 | | 589,875 |
| 6,206 | 5,553 | $ | 24.19 | $ | 5.10 | $ | 4.78 | $ | 134,332 | $ | 79,457 | $ | 106,734 | $ | 1,675,594 |
Palladium | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Stillwater | 4,488 | 4,075 | $ | 2,339 | $ | 394 | $ | 399 | $ | 9,533 | $ | 6,303 | $ | 7,930 | $ | 231,203 |
Platinum | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Marathon | - | - | $ | n.a. | $ | n.a. | $ | n.a. | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 4,820 |
Cobalt | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Voisey's Bay | 234 | 511 | $ | 34.61 | $ | 5.76 | $ | 8.17 | $ | 17,704 | $ | 10,581 | $ | 3,263 | $ | 367,957 |
Operating results | | | | | | | | $ | 307,244 | $ | 179,848 | $ | 226,200 | $ | 5,894,884 |
Other | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
General and administrative | | | | | | | | | | $ | (9,403) | $ | (15,128) | | |
Share based compensation | | | | | | | | | | | (9,902) | | - | | |
Donations and community investments | | | | | | | | | | | (813) | | (430) | | |
Finance costs | | | | | | | | | | | | (1,422) | | (1,077) | | |
Other | | | | | | | | | | | (170) | | 1,007 | | |
Income tax | | | | | | | | | | | | (671) | | (32) | | |
Total other | | | | | | | | | $ | (22,381) | $ | (15,660) | $ | 575,149 |
| | | | | | | | | | | $ | 157,467 | $ | 210,540 | $ | 6,470,033 |
1) | Units of gold, silver and palladium produced and sold are reported in ounces, while cobalt is reported in pounds. All figures in thousands except gold and palladium ounces produced and sold and per unit amounts. |
2) | Quantity produced represent the amount of gold, silver, palladium and cobalt contained in concentrate or doré prior to smelting or refining deductions. Production figures are based on information provided by the operators of the mining operations to which the mineral stream interests relate or management estimates in those situations where other information is not available. Certain production figures may be updated in future periods as additional information is received. |
3) | Refer to discussion on non-IFRS measure (iii) on page 32 of this MD&A. |
4) | Comprised of the operating Coleman, Copper Cliff, Garson, Creighton and Totten gold interests and the non-operating Stobie and Victor gold interests. |
5) | Comprised of the operating 777, Minto and Marmato gold interests as well as the non-operating Rosemont, Santo Domingo, Blackwater, Fenix, Goose, Marathon and Curipamba gold interests. |
6) | Comprised of the operating Los Filos, Zinkgruvan, Yauliyacu, Stratoni, Neves-Corvo, Aljustrel, Minto, Keno Hill, Cozamin, Marmato and 777 silver interests as well as the non-operating Loma de La Plata, Pascua-Lama, Rosemont, Blackwater and Curipamba silver interests. The Stratoni mine was placed into care and maintenance during Q4-2021. |
On a GEO and SEO basis, results for the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2022 were as follows:
Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |
| Ounces Produced 1, 2 | Ounces Sold 2 | Average Realized Price ($'s Per Ounce) | Average Cash Cost ($'s Per Ounce) 3 | Cash Operating Margin ($'s Per Ounce) 4 | Average Depletion ($'s Per Ounce) | Gross Margin ($'s Per Ounce) |
Gold equivalent basis 5 | 171,367 | 166,065 | $ 1,850 | $ 421 | $ 1,429 | $ 346 | $ 1,083 |
Silver equivalent basis 5 | 12,853 | 12,455 | $ 24.67 | $ 5.62 | $ 19.05 | $ 4.61 | $ 14.44 |
1) | Quantity produced represent the amount of gold, silver, palladium and cobalt contained in concentrate or doré prior to smelting or refining deductions. Production figures are based on information provided by the operators of the mining operations to which the mineral stream interests relate or management estimates in those situations where other information is not available. Certain production figures may be updated in future periods as additional information is received. |
2) | Silver ounces produced and sold in thousands. |
3) | Refer to discussion on non-IFRS measure (iii) on page 32 of this MD&A. |
4) | Refer to discussion on non-IFRS measure (iv) on page 33 of this MD&A. |
5) | GEOs and SEOs, which are provided to assist the reader, are based on the following commodity price assumptions: $1,800 per ounce gold; $24.00 per ounce silver; $2,100 per ounce palladium; and $33.00 per pound cobalt; consistent with those used in estimating the Company's production guidance for 2022. |
WHEATON PRECIOUS METALS 2022 FIRST QUARTER REPORT [16]
Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 |
| Units Produced² | Units Sold | Average Realized Price ($'s Per Unit) | Average Cash Cost ($'s Per Unit) 3 | Average Depletion ($'s Per Unit) | Sales | Net Earnings | Cash Flow From Operations | Total Assets |
Gold | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Salobo | 46,622 | 51,423 | $ | 1,796 | $ | 412 | $ | 374 | $ | 92,356 | $ | 51,946 | $ | 71,163 | $ | 2,490,127 |
Sudbury 4 | 7,004 | 3,691 | | 1,812 | | 400 | | 1,024 | | 6,688 | | 1,431 | | 5,219 | | 317,235 |
Constancia | 2,453 | 1,676 | | 1,796 | | 408 | | 315 | | 3,010 | | 1,798 | | 2,326 | | 105,041 |
San Dimas | 10,491 | 10,273 | | 1,796 | | 612 | | 322 | | 18,450 | | 8,851 | | 12,162 | | 178,891 |
Stillwater | 3,041 | 3,074 | | 1,796 | | 329 | | 397 | | 5,521 | | 3,290 | | 4,510 | | 223,090 |
Other 5 | 8,918 | 4,967 | | 1,812 | | 629 | | - | | 9,000 | | 5,878 | | 5,855 | | 7,591 |
| 78,529 | 75,104 | $ | 1,798 | $ | 450 | $ | 374 | $ | 135,025 | $ | 73,194 | $ | 101,235 | $ | 3,321,975 |
Silver | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Peñasquito | 2,202 | 2,174 | $ | 26.21 | $ | 4.29 | $ | 3.55 | $ | 56,983 | $ | 39,940 | $ | 47,655 | $ | 342,857 |
Antamina | 1,577 | 1,930 | | 26.21 | | 5.18 | | 7.53 | | 50,581 | | 26,058 | | 40,591 | | 612,401 |
Constancia | 406 | 346 | | 26.21 | | 6.02 | | 7.56 | | 9,072 | | 4,372 | | 6,988 | | 214,428 |
Other 6 | 2,580 | 2,207 | | 25.95 | | 9.41 | | 6.30 | | 57,247 | | 22,589 | | 39,098 | | 612,237 |
| 6,765 | 6,657 | $ | 26.12 | $ | 6.33 | $ | 5.82 | $ | 173,883 | $ | 92,959 | $ | 134,332 | $ | 1,781,923 |
Palladium | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Stillwater | 5,769 | 5,131 | $ | 2,392 | $ | 427 | $ | 442 | $ | 12,275 | $ | 7,813 | $ | 10,084 | $ | 239,118 |
Cobalt | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Voisey's Bay | 1,162 | 132 | $ | 22.19 | $ | 4.98 | $ | 8.17 | $ | 2,936 | $ | 1,197 | $ | (966) | $ | 225,348 |
Operating results | | | | | | | | $ | 324,119 | $ | 175,163 | $ | 244,685 | $ | 5,568,364 |
Other | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
General and administrative | | | | | | | | | | $ | (9,735) | $ | (12,664) | | |
Share based compensation | | | | | | | | | | | (1,630) | | - | | |
Donations and community investments | | | | | | | | | | | (606) | | (498) | | |
Finance costs | | | | | | | | | | | | (1,573) | | (1,229) | | |
Other | | | | | | | | | | | (119) | | 1,890 | | |
Income tax | | | | | | | | | | | | 502 | | (30) | | |
Total other | | | | | | | | | $ | (13,161) | $ | (12,531) | $ | 360,048 |
| | | | | | | | | | | $ | 162,002 | $ | 232,154 | $ | 5,928,412 |
1) | Units of gold, silver and palladium produced and sold are reported in ounces, while cobalt is reported in pounds. All figures in thousands except gold and palladium ounces produced and sold and per unit amounts. |
2) | Quantity produced represent the amount of gold, silver, palladium and cobalt contained in concentrate or doré prior to smelting or refining deductions. Production figures are based on information provided by the operators of the mining operations to which the mineral stream interests relate or management estimates in those situations where other information is not available. Certain production figures may be updated in future periods as additional information is received. |
3) | Refer to discussion on non-IFRS measure (iii) on page 32 of this MD&A. |
4) | Comprised of the operating Coleman, Copper Cliff, Garson, Creighton and Totten gold interests as well as the non-operating Stobie and Victor gold interests. |
5) | Comprised of the operating Minto, 777 and Marmato gold interests as well as the non-operating Rosemont gold interest. |
6) | Comprised of the operating Los Filos, Zinkgruvan, Yauliyacu, Stratoni, Neves-Corvo, Aljustrel, Minto, Keno Hill, 777, Marmato and Cozamin silver interests as well as the non-operating Loma de La Plata, Pascua-Lama and Rosemont silver interests. |
On a GEO and SEO basis, results for the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2021 were as follows:
Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 |
| Ounces Produced 1, 2 | Ounces Sold 2 | Average Realized Price ($'s Per Ounce) | Average Cash Cost ($'s Per Ounce) 3 | Cash Operating Margin ($'s Per Ounce) 4 | Average Depletion ($'s Per Ounce) | Gross Margin ($'s Per Ounce) |
Gold equivalent basis 5 | 196,756 | 172,271 | $ 1,881 | $ 457 | $ 1,424 | $ 407 | $ 1,017 |
Silver equivalent basis 5 | 14,757 | 12,920 | $ 25.09 | $ 6.10 | $ 18.99 | $ 5.43 | $ 13.56 |
1) | Quantity produced represent the amount of gold, silver, palladium and cobalt contained in concentrate or doré prior to smelting or refining deductions. Production figures are based on information provided by the operators of the mining operations to which the mineral stream interests relate or management estimates in those situations where other information is not available. Certain production figures may be updated in future periods as additional information is received. |
2) | Silver ounces produced and sold in thousands. |
3) | Refer to discussion on non-IFRS measure (iii) on page 32 of this MD&A. |
4) | Refer to discussion on non-IFRS measure (iv) on page 33 of this MD&A. |
5) | GEOs and SEOs, which are provided to assist the reader, are based on the following commodity price assumptions: $1,800 per ounce gold; $24.00 per ounce silver; $2,100 per ounce palladium; and $33.00 per pound cobalt; consistent with those used in estimating the Company's production guidance for 2022. |
WHEATON PRECIOUS METALS 2022 FIRST QUARTER REPORT [17]
Gold Production
For the three months ended March 31, 2022, attributable gold production was 79,100 ounces, with the 600 ounce increase from the comparable period in 2021 being primarily attributable to the following factors:
| • | 3,900 ounce (157%) increase from Constancia, primarily due to higher grades resulting from the commencement of ore production from the Pampacancha satellite deposit and the increase in fixed recoveries from 55% to 70%; partially offset by |
| • | 1,700 ounce (4%) decrease from Salobo, with Vale reporting that during the first quarter of 2022, operations at Salobo were impacted by both planned and corrective maintenance in the mill liners, coupled with above average seasonal rain level in the region during the fourth quarter of 2021 impacting mine plans in the first quarter of 2022. As it relates to throughput, the two 12 mtpa lines operated at an average rate of approximately 80% of capacity during Q1-2022 as compared to 82% during Q1-2021; |
| • | 600 ounce (9%) decrease from Sudbury, due to lower throughput, partially the result of the temporary closure of the Totten Mine after the shaft was damaged (see page 10 of this MD&A for more information); and |
| • | 400 ounce (4%) decrease from Other mines, primarily due to the mining of lower grade material at 777, with this mine being scheduled to close in June 2022. |
Silver Production
For the three months ended March 31, 2022, attributable silver production was 6.2 million ounces, with the 0.6 million ounce decrease from the comparable period in 2021 being primarily attributable to the following factors:
| • | 358,000 ounce (14%) decrease from Other mines, primarily due to lower grades at Aljustrel and the placement of Stratoni into care and maintenance; and |
| • | 317,000 ounce (20%) decrease from Antamina, primarily due to lower grades. |
Palladium Production
For the three months ended March 31, 2022, attributable palladium production was 4,500 ounces, with the 1,300 ounce decrease being primarily attributable to lower throughput.
Cobalt Production
For the three months ended March 31, 2022, attributable cobalt production was 234,500 pounds, with the 927,700 pound decrease being primarily attributable to the comparable period in the prior year including material from prior periods. As per the PMPA with Vale, Wheaton is entitled to any cobalt processed at the Long Harbour Processing Plant as of January 1, 2021, resulting in 676,000 pounds of the reported production in the first quarter of 2021 including material from prior periods.
WHEATON PRECIOUS METALS 2022 FIRST QUARTER REPORT [18]
Net Earnings
For the three months ended March 31, 2022, net earnings amounted to $157 million, with the $5 million decrease relative to the comparable period of the prior year being attributable to the following factors:
Net earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2021 | $ | 162,002 |
Variance in gross margin | | |
Variance in revenue due to: | | |
Payable gold production | $ | 1,154 |
Payable silver production | | (13,491) |
Payable palladium production | | (2,218) |
Payable cobalt production | | (19,212) |
Changes in inventory and PBND | | 15,842 |
Prices realized per ounce sold | | 1,050 |
Total decrease to revenue | $ | (16,875) |
Variance in cost of sales due to: | | |
Sales volume | $ | 7,055 |
Sales mix differences | | 12,036 |
Cash cost per ounce | | (1,539) |
Depletion per ounce | | 4,008 |
Total decrease to cost of sales | $ | 21,560 |
Total increase to gross margin | $ | 4,685 |
Other variances | | |
General and administrative expenses (see page 20) | | 332 |
Share based compensation (see page 20) | | (8,272) |
Donation and community investment (see page 20) | | (207) |
Other income / expense (see page 21) | | (51) |
Finance costs (see page 21) | | 151 |
Income taxes (see page 21) | | (1,173) |
Total decrease in net earnings | $ | (4,535) |
Net earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2022 | $ | 157,467 |
WHEATON PRECIOUS METALS 2022 FIRST QUARTER REPORT [19]
General and Administrative
| Three Months Ended March 31 |
(in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
Salaries and benefits | $ 5,345 | $ 4,709 |
Depreciation | 393 | 379 |
Professional fees | 586 | 1,617 |
Regulatory | 599 | 694 |
Insurance | 521 | 387 |
Other | 1,959 | 1,949 |
Total general and administrative | $ 9,403 | $ 9,735 |
For the three months ended March 31, 2022, general and administrative expenses was virtually unchanged relative to the comparable period in the previous year.
Share Based Compensation
| Three Months Ended March 31 |
(in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
Equity settled share based compensation | | |
Stock options | $ 534 | $ 516 |
RSUs | 808 | 809 |
Cash settled share based compensation | | |
PSUs | 8,560 | 305 |
Total share based compensation
| $ 9,902 | $ 1,630 |
For the three months ended March 31, 2022, share based compensation increased by $8 million relative to the comparable period in the previous year with the increase being primarily the result of differences in accrued costs associated with the Company’s performance share units (“PSUs”) due to a 24% increase in the Company’s share price.
Donations and Community Investments
| Three Months Ended March 31 |
(in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
Local donations and community investments | $ 555 | $ 333 |
Partner donations and community investments | 193 | 65 |
COVID-19 and community support and response fund | 65 | 208 |
Total donations and community investments | $ 813 | $ 606 |
WHEATON PRECIOUS METALS 2022 FIRST QUARTER REPORT [20]
Other (Income) Expense
| Three Months Ended March 31 |
(in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
Interest income | $ (82) | $ (2) |
Dividend income | (112) | - |
Foreign exchange loss | 414 | 417 |
(Gain) loss on fair value adjustment of share purchase warrants held | 743 | 950 |
(Gain) loss on fair value adjustment of convertible notes receivable | 1,380 | (1,238) |
Other | (2,173) | (8) |
Total other (income) expense | $ 170 | $ 119 |
Finance Costs
| Three Months Ended March 31 |
(in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
Average principal outstanding during period | $ - | $ 78,022 |
Average effective interest rate during period | n.a. | 1.17% |
Total interest costs incurred during period | $ - | $ 229 |
Costs related to undrawn credit facilities | 1,342 | 1,311 |
Interest expense - lease liabilities | 26 | 33 |
Letter of guarantee | 54 | - |
Total finance costs | $ 1,422 | $ 1,573 |
Income Tax Expense (Recovery)
| Three Months Ended March 31 |
(in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
Current income tax expense (recovery) | $ 899 | $ (5,413) |
Deferred income tax expense (recovery) related to: | | |
Origination and reversal of temporary differences | $ 6,273 | $ 11,513 |
Write down (reversal of write down) or recognition of prior period temporary differences | (6,501) | (6,602) |
Total deferred income tax expense (recovery) | $ (228) | $ 4,911 |
Income tax expense (recovery) recognized in net earnings | $ 671 | $ (502) |
WHEATON PRECIOUS METALS 2022 FIRST QUARTER REPORT [21]
Liquidity and Capital Resources1
As at March 31, 2022, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $376 million (December 31, 2021 - $226 million) and no debt outstanding under its Revolving Facility (December 31, 2021 - $NIL).
A summary of the Company’s cash flow activity is as follows:
Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company generated operating cash flows of $211 million, with the $22 million decrease relative to the comparable period of the prior year being attributable to the following factors:
Operating cash inflow for the three months ended March 31, 2021 | $ | 232,154 |
Variance attributable to revenue (see page 19): | $ | (16,875) |
Increase in accounts receivable | | (14,746) |
Total decrease to cash inflows attributable to sales | $ | (31,621) |
Variance attributable to cost of sales, excluding depletion: | | |
Sales volume | $ | 4,300 |
Sales mix differences | | 6,029 |
Cost per ounce | | (1,539) |
Increase in accounts payable | | 4,346 |
Total decrease to cash outflows attributable to cost of sales | $ | 13,136 |
Total decrease to net cash inflows attributable to gross margin | $ | (18,485) |
Other variances: | | |
General and administrative | | (2,464) |
Donation and community investment | | 68 |
Finance costs | | 152 |
Income taxes | | (2) |
Other | | (883) |
Total decrease to net cash inflows | $ | (21,614) |
Operating cash inflow for the three months ended March 31, 2022 | $ | 210,540 |
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company had net cash inflows from financing activities of $6 million, which was primarily the result of the proceeds from the exercise of stock options in the amount of $6 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company had net cash outflows from financing activities of $190 million, which was primarily the result of repayments under the Company’s Revolving Facility in the amount of $195 million, partially offset by proceeds relative to the exercise of stock options in the amount of $5 million.
Cash Flows From Investing Activities
During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company had net cash outflows from investing activities of $66 million, which was primarily the result of (i) payments for the acquisition of new PMPAs, including a $16 million payment to Gen Mining for the Marathon PMPA, a $25 million payment to Rio2 for the Fenix PMPA and a $4 million payment to Aris for the Marmato PMPA; (ii) a $1 million advance to Panoro in connection with the Cotabambas Early Deposit agreement; and (iii) payments totaling $20 million for the acquisition of long-term equity investments. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company had net cash outflows from investing activities of $43 million which was primarily the result of a $150 million payment to Capstone in connection with the acquisition of the Cozamin silver stream, $3 million payment to Alexco relating to the acquisition of the Brewery Creek Royalty and $1 million advanced to Panoro in connection with the Cotabambas Early Deposit agreement, partially offset by $112 million received relative to proceeds on the disposal of long-term equity investments.
Conclusion
In the opinion of management, the $376 million of cash and cash equivalents as at March 31, 2022, combined with the liquidity provided by the available credit under the $2 billion Revolving Facility and ongoing operating cash flows positions the Company well to fund all outstanding commitments, as detailed on pages 23 and 25 of this MD&A, as well as providing flexibility to acquire additional accretive mineral stream interests.
1 Statements made in this section contain forward-looking information with respect to funding outstanding commitments and continuing to acquire accretive mineral stream interests and readers are cautioned that actual outcomes may vary. Please see “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” for material risks, assumptions and important disclosure associated with this information.
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Contractual Obligations and Contingencies1
Mineral Stream Interests
The following table summarizes the Company’s commitments to make per-ounce cash payments for gold, silver, palladium and platinum and per pound cash payments for cobalt to which it has the contractual right pursuant to the PMPAs:
Mineral Stream Interests | Attributable Payable Production to be Purchased | Per Unit of Measurement Cash Payment 1 | Term of Agreement | Date of Original Contract | |
Gold | Silver | Palladium | Cobalt | Platinum | Gold | Silver | Palladium | Cobalt | Platinum | | |
Peñasquito | 0% | 25% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | n/a | $ | 4.36 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 24-Jul-07 |
Constancia | 50% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | $ | 412 ² | $ | 6.08 ² | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 8-Aug-12 |
Salobo | 75% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | $ | 416 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 28-Feb-13 |
Sudbury | 70% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | $ | 400 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | 20 years | 28-Feb-13 |
Antamina | 0% | 33.75% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | n/a | | 20% | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 3-Nov-15 |
San Dimas | variable ³ | 0% ³ | 0% | 0% | 0% | $ | 618 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 10-May-18 |
Stillwater | 100% | 0% | 4.5% ⁴ | 0% | 0% | | 18% ⁵ | | n/a | | 18% ⁵ | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 16-Jul-18 |
Voisey's Bay | 0% | 0% | 0% | 42.4% ⁶ | 0% | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | | 18% ⁷ | | n/a | Life of Mine | 11-Jun-18 |
Marathon | 100% ⁸ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 22% ⁸ | | 18% ⁵ | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | | 18% ⁵ | Life of Mine | 26-Jan-22 |
Other | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Los Filos | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | n/a | $ | 4.53 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | 25 years | 15-Oct-04 |
Zinkgruvan | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | n/a | $ | 4.53 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 8-Dec-04 |
Yauliyacu | 0% | 100% ⁹ | 0% | 0% | 0% | | n/a | $ | 8.98 ¹⁰ | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 23-Mar-06 |
Stratoni | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | n/a | $ | 11.54 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 23-Apr-07 |
Neves-Corvo | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | n/a | $ | 4.38 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | 50 years | 5-Jun-07 |
Aljustrel | 0% | 100% ¹¹ | 0% | 0% | 0% | | n/a | | 50% | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | 50 years | 5-Jun-07 |
Minto | 100% ¹² | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | 65% ¹³ | $ | 4.35 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 20-Nov-08 |
Keno Hill | 0% | 25% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | n/a | | variable ¹⁴ | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 2-Oct-08 |
Pascua-Lama | 0% | 25% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | n/a | $ | 3.90 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 8-Sep-09 |
Rosemont | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | $ | 450 | $ | 3.90 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 10-Feb-10 |
Loma de La Plata | 0% | 12.5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | n/a | $ | 4.00 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | n/a ¹⁵ |
777 | 50% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | $ | 429 ² | $ | 6.32 ² | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 8-Aug-12 |
Marmato | 10.5% ¹⁶ | 100% ¹⁶ | 0% | 0% | 0% | | 18% ¹⁷ | | 18% ¹⁷ | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 5-Nov-20 |
Cozamin | 0% | 50% ¹⁸ | 0% | 0% | 0% | | n/a | | 10% | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 11-Dec-20 |
Santo Domingo | 100% ¹⁹ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | 18% ⁵ | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 24-Mar-21 |
Fenix | 6% ²⁰ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | 18% ⁵ | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 15-Nov-21 |
Blackwater | 8% ²¹ | 50% ²¹ | 0% | 0% | 0% | | 35% | | 18% ⁵ | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 13-Dec-21 |
Curipamba | 50% ²² | 75% ²² | 0% | 0% | 0% | | 18% ⁵ | | 18% ⁵ | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 17-Jan-22 |
Goose | 4.15% ²³ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | 18% ⁵ | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 8-Feb-22 |
Early Deposit | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Toroparu | 10% | 50% | 0% | 0% | 0% | $ | 400 | $ | 3.90 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 11-Nov-13 |
Cotabambas | 25% ²⁴ | 100% ²⁴ | 0% | 0% | 0% | $ | 450 | $ | 5.90 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 21-Mar-16 |
Kutcho | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | 20% | | 20% | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 14-Dec-17 |
1) | The production payment is measured as either a fixed amount per unit of metal delivered, or as a percentage of the spot price of the underlying metal on the date of delivery. Contracts where the payment is a fixed amount per unit of metal delivered are subject to an annual inflationary increase, with the exception of Loma de La Plata and Sudbury. Additionally, should the prevailing market price for the applicable metal be lower than this fixed amount, the per unit cash payment will be reduced to the prevailing market price, with the exception of Yauliyacu where the per ounce cash payment will not be reduced below $4.48, subject to an annual inflationary factor. |
2) | Subject to an increase to $9.90 per ounce of silver and $550 per ounce of gold after the initial 40-year term. |
3) | Under the terms of the San Dimas PMPA, the Company is entitled to an amount equal to 25% of the payable gold production plus an additional amount of gold equal to 25% of the payable silver production converted to gold at a fixed gold to silver exchange ratio of 70:1 from the San Dimas mine. If the average gold to silver price ratio decreases to less than 50:1 or increases to more than 90:1 for a period of 6 months or more, then the "70" shall be revised to "50" or "90", as the case may be, until such time as the average gold to silver price ratio is between 50:1 to 90:1 for a period of 6 months or more in which event the "70" shall be reinstated. Currently, the fixed gold to silver exchange ratio is 70:1. |
4) | The Company is committed to purchase 4.5% of Stillwater palladium production until 375,000 ounces are delivered to the Company, thereafter 2.25% of Stillwater palladium production until 550,000 ounces are delivered to the Company and 1% of Stillwater palladium production thereafter for the life of mine. |
5) | To be increased to 22% once the market value of metal delivered to Wheaton, net of the per ounce cash payment, exceeds the initial upfront cash deposit. |
6) | Once the Company has received 31 million pounds of cobalt, the Company’s attributable cobalt production will be reduced to 21.2%. |
7) | To be increased to 22% once the market value of cobalt delivered to Wheaton, net of the per pound cash payment, exceeds the initial upfront cash deposit. Additionally, on each sale of cobalt, the Company is committed to pay a variable commission depending on the market price of cobalt. |
8) | Once the Company has received 150,000 ounces of gold and 120,000 ounces of platinum, the attributable gold and platinum production will be reduced to 67% and 15%, respectively. |
9) | Per annum the Company will purchase an amount equal to 100% of the first 1.5 million ounces of silver for which an offtaker payment is due, and 50% of any excess. |
1 Statements made in this section contain forward-looking information and readers are cautioned that actual outcomes may vary. Please see “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” for material risks, assumptions and important disclosure associated with this information.
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10) | Should the market price of silver exceed $20 per ounce, in addition to the $8.98 per ounce, the Company is committed to pay Glencore an additional amount for each ounce of silver delivered equal to 50% of the excess, to a maximum of $10 per ounce, such that when the market price of silver is $40 or above, the Company will pay Glencore $18.98 per ounce of silver delivered. |
11) | Wheaton only has the rights to silver contained in concentrate containing less than 15% copper at the Aljustrel mine. |
12) | The Company is committed to acquire 100% of the first 30,000 ounces of gold produced per annum and 50% thereafter. |
13) | The Company is currently negotiating an amendment to the Minto PMPA such that the cash payment per ounce of gold delivered will be the lower of 65% of the spot price of gold and $1,250. This proposed amended pricing will end on the earlier of (i) January 27, 2023; or (ii) once 27,000 ounces of gold have been delivered to the Company. Once this proposed amended pricing ends, the cash payment per ounce of gold delivered will be the lower of 50% of the spot price of gold and $1,000. In the event that the parties are unable to finalize the terms of the proposed amendment, the production payment will remain as set out in the existing Minto PMPA, being a fixed price of $325 per ounce. |
14) | The price paid per ounce of silver delivered under the Keno Hill PMPA is between 10% of the spot price of silver when the market price of silver is at or above $23.00 per ounce, to 90% of the spot price of silver when the market price of silver is at or below $15.00 per ounce. |
15) | Terms of the agreement not yet finalized. |
16) | Once Wheaton has received 310,000 ounces of gold and 2.15 million ounces of silver under the Marmato PMPA the Company’s attributable gold and silver production will be reduced to 5.25% and 50%, respectively. |
17) | To be increased to 22% of the spot price once the market value of gold and silver delivered to the Company, net of the per ounce cash payment, exceeds the initial upfront cash deposit. |
18) | Once Wheaton has received 10 million ounces under the Cozamin PMPA, the Company’s attributable silver production will be reduced to 33% of silver production for the life of the mine. |
19) | Once the Company has received 285,000 ounces of gold under the Santo Domingo PMPA, the Company’s attributable gold production will be reduced to 67%. |
20) | Once the Company has received 90,000 ounces of gold under the Fenix PMPA, the Company attributable gold production will be reduced to 4% until 140,000 ounces have been delivered, after which the stream drops to 3.5%. |
21) | Once the Company has received 279,908 ounces of gold and 17.8 million ounces of silver under the Blackwater PMPA, the attributable gold and silver production will be reduced to 4% and 33%. |
22) | Once the Company has received 145,000 ounces of gold and 4.6 million ounces of silver under the Curipamba PMPA, the attributable gold and silver production will be reduced to 33% and 50%. |
23) | The Company is committed to purchase 4.15% of Goose gold production until 130,000 ounces are delivered to the Company, thereafter 2.15% of Goose gold production until 200,000 ounces are delivered to the Company and 1.5% of Goose gold production thereafter for the life of mine. |
24) | Once 90 million silver equivalent ounces attributable to Wheaton have been produced, the attributable production will decrease to 16.67% of gold production and 66.67% of silver production for the life of mine. |
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Other Contractual Obligations and Contingencies
| | Obligations With Scheduled Payment Dates | | | | | | |
(in thousands) | 2022 | 2023 - 2024 | 2025 - 2026 | After 2026 | Sub-Total | Other Commitments | Total |
Payments for mineral stream interests | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Rosemont 1 | $ | - | | $ | - | | $ | - | | $ | - | | $ | - | | $ | 231,150 | | $ | 231,150 |
Loma de La Plata | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 32,400 | | | 32,400 |
Marmato | | 15,000 | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 15,000 | | | 122,000 | | | 137,000 |
Santo Domingo | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 260,000 | | | 260,000 |
Salobo 2 | | - | | | 646,000 | | | - | | | - | | | 646,000 | | | - | | | 646,000 |
Fenix Gold | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 25,000 | | | 25,000 |
Blackwater | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 141,000 | | | 141,000 |
Marathon | | 16,004 | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 16,004 | | | 160,040 | | | 176,044 |
Curipamba | | 13,000 | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 13,000 | | | 162,500 | | | 175,500 |
Goose | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 125,000 | | | 125,000 |
Payments for early deposit mineral stream interest | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Toroparu 3 | | - | | | 138,000 | | | - | | | - | | | 138,000 | | | - | | | 138,000 |
Cotabambas | | 750 | | | 1,000 | | | - | | | - | | | 1,750 | | | 126,000 | | | 127,750 |
Kutcho | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 58,000 | | | 58,000 |
Leases liabilities | | 685 | | | 1,852 | | | 318 | | | - | | | 2,855 | | | - | | | 2,855 |
Total contractual obligations | $ | 45,439 | | $ | 786,852 | | $ | 318 | | $ | - | | $ | 832,609 | | $ | 1,443,090 | | $ | 2,275,699 |
1) | Includes contingent transaction costs of $1 million. |
2) | As more fully explained on the following page, assuming the Salobo III expansion project achieves 12 Mtpa of additional processing capacity (bringing total processing capacity at Salobo to 36 Mtpa) by the end of 2023, the Company would expect to pay an estimated expansion payment of between $550 million to $650 million. |
3) | The Company anticipates construction to begin in this period. |
Rosemont
The Company is committed to pay Hudbay total upfront cash payments of $230 million in two installments, with the first $50 million being advanced upon Hudbay’s receipt of permitting for the Rosemont project and other customary conditions and the balance of $180 million being advanced once project costs incurred on the Rosemont project exceed $98 million and certain other customary conditions. Under the Rosemont PMPA, the Company is permitted to elect to pay the deposit in cash or the delivery of common shares. Additionally, the Company will be entitled to certain delay payments, including where construction ceases in any material respect, or if completion is not achieved within agreed upon timelines. Hudbay and certain affiliates have provided the Company with a corporate guarantee and other security.
On August 1, 2019, Hudbay announced that the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona (“Court”) issued a ruling in the lawsuits challenging the U.S. Forest Service’s issuance of the Final Record of Decision (“FROD”) for the Rosemont project in Arizona. The Court ruled to vacate and remand the FROD thereby delaying the expected start of construction of the Rosemont project. On June 22, 2020 Hudbay announced that they had filed the initial brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in relation to appealing this decision. As per Hudbay’s MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2020, final briefs were filed in November 2020 and the oral hearing was completed in early February 2021. As per Hudbay’s MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2021, Hudbay has indicated that they continue to await a decision from the Ninth Circuit.
Loma de La Plata
Under the terms of the Loma de La Plata PMPA, the Company is committed to pay Pan American Silver Corp. (“PAAS”) total upfront cash payments of $32 million following the satisfaction of certain conditions, including PAAS receiving all necessary permits to proceed with the mine construction and the Company finalizing the definitive terms of the PMPA.
Marmato
Under the terms of the Marmato PMPA, the Company is committed to pay Aris Gold total upfront cash payments of $110 million. Of this amount, $34 million was paid on April 15, 2021; $4 million was paid on February 28, 2022; and the remaining amount is payable during the construction of the Marmato Lower Mine development portion of the Marmato mine, subject to customary conditions. Under the amended terms of the Marmato PMPA, the Company is committed to pay Aris Gold additional upfront cash consideration of $65 million, $15 million of which was paid to Aris
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Gold on April 11, 2022 and the remaining $50 million is payable during the construction and development of the Lower Mine.
Santo Domingo
Under the terms of the Santo Domingo PMPA, the Company is committed to pay Capstone total upfront cash payments of $290 million, $30 million of which was paid on April 21, 2021 and the remaining portion of which is payable during the construction of the Santo Domingo project, subject to customary conditions being satisfied, including Capstone attaining sufficient financing to cover total expected capital expenditures.
Salobo
The Salobo mine currently has a mill throughput capacity of 24 Mtpa. In October 2018, Vale’s Board of Directors approved the investment in the Salobo Expansion, which is proposed to include a third concentrator line and will use Salobo’s existing infrastructure. Vale anticipates that the Salobo Expansion, which is scheduled to start up in the second half of 2022 with a 15-month ramp-up period, will result in an increase of throughput capacity from 24 Mtpa to 36 Mtpa.
If actual throughput is expanded above 28 Mtpa, then under the terms of the Salobo PMPA, Wheaton will be required to make an additional set payment to Vale based on the size of the expansion, the timing of completion and the grade of the material processed. The set payment ranges from $113 million if throughput is expanded beyond 28 Mtpa by January 1, 2036 up to $892 million if throughput is expanded beyond 40 Mtpa by January 1, 2023. Assuming the Salobo III expansion project achieves 12 Mtpa of additional processing capacity (bringing total processing capacity at Salobo to 36 Mtpa) during 2023, the Company would expect to pay an estimated expansion payment of between $550 million to $650 million. The actual amount and timing of any expansion payment may significantly differ from this estimate depending on the size, timing and processed grade of any expansion.
Fenix
Under the terms of the Fenix PMPA, the Company is committed to pay total cash consideration of $50 million, of which $25 million was paid on March 25, 2022. The remaining $25 million is payable subject to Rio2’s receipt of its Environmental Impact Assessment for the Fenix Project, and certain other conditions.
Blackwater
Under the terms of the Blackwater Silver PMPA, the Company is committed to pay total upfront consideration of $141 million, which is payable in four equal installments during the construction of the Blackwater Project, subject to customary conditions being satisfied.
Marathon
Under the terms of the Marathon PMPA, the Company is committed to pay total upfront cash consideration of $192 million (Cdn$240 million), $16 million (Cdn$20 million) of which was paid on March 31, 2022, $16 million (Cdn$20 million) of which will be paid prior to construction to be used for the development of the Marathon Project, and the remainder to be paid in four staged installments during construction, subject to various customary conditions being satisfied.
Curipamba
Under the terms of the Curipamba PMPA, the Company is committed to pay total upfront cash consideration of $175.5 million, $13 million of which is available pre-construction and $500,000 of which will be paid to support certain local community development initiatives around the Curipamba Project. The remainder will be payable in four staged installments during construction, subject to various customary conditions being satisfied.
Goose
Under the terms of the Goose PMPA, the Company is committed to pay total upfront cash consideration of $125 million in four equal installments during construction of the Goose Project, subject to customary conditions.
Toroparu
Under the terms of the Toroparu Early Deposit Agreement, the Company is committed to pay Gold X, a subsidiary of GCM, an additional $138 million, payable on an installment basis to partially fund construction of the mine. GCM is to deliver certain feasibility documentation by December 31, 2022. Following the delivery of this documentation (or after December 31, 2022 if the feasibility documentation has not been delivered to Wheaton by such date) Wheaton may elect to (i) not proceed with the agreement or (ii) not pay the balance of the upfront consideration and reduce the gold stream percentage from 10% to 0.909% and the silver stream percentage from 50% to nil. If option (i) is chosen, Wheaton will be entitled to a return of the amounts advanced less $2 million. If Wheaton elects option (ii), Gold X may elect to terminate the agreement and Wheaton will be entitled to a return of the amount of the deposit already advanced less $2 million.
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Cotabambas
Under the terms of the Cotabambas Early Deposit Agreement, the Company is committed to pay Panoro a total cash consideration of $140 million, of which $12 million has been paid to date. Once certain conditions have been met, the Company will advance an additional $2 million to Panoro, spread over up to three years. Following the delivery of a bankable definitive feasibility study, environmental study and impact assessment, and other related documents (collectively, the "Cotabambas Feasibility Documentation"), and receipt of permits and construction commencing, the Company may then advance the remaining deposit or elect to terminate the Cotabambas Early Deposit Agreement. If the Company elects to terminate, the Company will be entitled to a return of the portion of the amounts advanced less $2 million payable upon certain triggering events occurring.
Kutcho
Under the terms of the Kutcho Early Deposit Agreement, the Company is committed to pay Kutcho a total cash consideration of $65 million, of which $7 million has been paid to date. The remaining $58 million will be advanced on an installment basis to partially fund construction of the mine once certain conditions have been satisfied.
Taxes - Canada Revenue Agency – 2013-2016 Taxation Years - Domestic Reassessments 1
The Company received Notices of Reassessment in 2018 and 2019 for the 2013 to 2015 taxation years in which the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) is seeking to change the timing of the deduction of upfront payments with respect to the Company’s PMPAs relating to Canadian mining assets, so that the cost of precious metal acquired under these Canadian PMPAs is equal to the cash cost paid on delivery plus an amortized amount of the upfront payment determined on a units-of-production basis over the estimated recoverable reserves, and where applicable, resources and exploration potential at the respective mine (the “Domestic Reassessments”). In total, the Domestic Reassessments assessed tax, interest and other penalties of $8 million.
During the quarter, the CRA applied the same position to the 2016 taxation year which resulted in an increase to the loss for tax purposes for that year. The Company expects to be able to carry back the additional losses to tax years under the Domestic Reassessments to reduce tax and interest by approximately $2 million.
Management believes the Company’s position, as reflected in its filed Canadian income tax returns and consistent with the terms of the PMPAs, that the cost of the precious metal acquired under the Canadian PMPAs is equal to the market value while a deposit is outstanding, and the cash cost thereafter, is correct. The Company has filed Notices of Objection and paid 50% of the disputed amounts in order to challenge the Domestic Reassessments.
Tax Contingencies
Due to the size, complexity and nature of the Company’s operations, various legal and tax matters are outstanding from time to time, including audits and disputes.
It is not known or determinable by the Company when any ongoing audits by CRA of international and domestic transactions will be completed, or whether reassessments will be issued, or the basis, quantum or timing of any such potential reassessments, and it is therefore not practicable for the Company to estimate the financial effect, if any, of any ongoing audits.
From time to time there may also be proposed legislative changes to law or outstanding legal actions that may have an impact on the current or prior periods, the outcome, applicability and impact of which is also not known or determinable by the Company.
General
By their nature, contingencies will only be resolved when one or more future events occur or fail to occur. The assessment of contingencies inherently involves the exercise of significant judgment and estimates of the outcome of future events. If the Company is unable to resolve any of these matters favorably, there may be a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial performance, cash flows or results of operations. In the event that the Company’s estimate of the future resolution of any of the foregoing matters changes, the Company will recognize the effects of the change in its consolidated financial statements in the appropriate period relative to when such change occurs.
Share Capital
During the three months ended March 31, 2022, a total of 329,480 share purchase options were exercised at a weighted average exercise price of Cdn$28.84 per option, resulting in total cash proceeds to the Company in the
1 The assessment by management of the expected impact of the Domestic Reassessments on the Company is “forward-looking information”. Statements in respect of the impact of the Domestic Reassessments are based on the expectation that the Company will be successful in challenging the Domestic Reassessments. Statements in respect of the Domestic Reassessments and estimates of any future taxes that the CRA may assert are payable are subject to known and unknown risks including that the Company’s interpretation of, or compliance with, tax laws, is found to be incorrect. Please see “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in the MD&A for material risks, assumptions and important disclosure associated with this information.
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amount of $7 million, $2 million of which was received during the second quarter of 2022. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company received cash proceeds of $5 million from the exercise of 258,000 share purchase options at a weighted average exercise price of Cdn$23.24 per option.
During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company released 87,838 RSUs, as compared to 116,180 RSUs during the comparable period of the previous year.
The Company has implemented a dividend reinvestment plan (“DRIP”) whereby shareholders can elect to have dividends reinvested directly into additional Wheaton common shares.
As of May 5, 2022, there were 451,474,044 outstanding common shares, 1,659,023 share purchase options, 351,430 restricted share units and 10,000,000 share purchase warrants.
At the Market Equity Program
The Company has established an at-the-market equity program (the “ATM Program”) that allows the Company to issue up to $300 million worth of common shares from treasury (“Common Shares”) to the public from time to time at the Company’s discretion and subject to regulatory requirements. Any Common Shares sold in the ATM Program will be sold (i) in ordinary brokers’ transactions on the NYSE or another US marketplace on which the Common Shares are listed, quoted or otherwise trade, (ii) in ordinary brokers’ transactions on the TSX, (iii) on another Canadian marketplace on which the Common Shares are listed, quoted or otherwise trade, or (iv) with respect to sales in the United States, at the prevailing market price, a price related to the prevailing market price or at negotiated prices. Since the Common Shares will be distributed at the prevailing market prices at the time of the sale or certain other prices, prices may vary among purchasers and during the period of distribution.
The ATM Program will be effective until the date that all Common Shares available for issue under the ATM Program have been issued or the ATM Program is terminated prior to such date by the Company or the agents under the equity offering sales agreement dated April 16, 2020, as amended.
Wheaton intends that the net proceeds from the ATM Program, if any, will be available as one potential source of funding for stream acquisitions and/or other general corporate purposes including the repayment of indebtedness. As at March 31, 2022, the Company has not issued any shares under the ATM program.
Financial Instruments
The Company owns equity interests in several companies as long-term investments (see page 10 of this MD&A) and therefore is inherently exposed to various risk factors including currency risk, market price risk and liquidity risk.
In order to mitigate the effect of short-term volatility in gold, silver and palladium prices, the Company will occasionally enter into forward contracts in relation to gold, silver and palladium deliveries that it is highly confident will occur within a given quarter. The Company does not hedge its long-term exposure to commodity prices. The Company has not used derivative financial instruments to manage the risks associated with its operations and therefore, in the normal course of business, it is inherently exposed to currency, interest rate and commodity price fluctuations.
Future Changes to Accounting Policies
The International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB") has issued the following new or amended standards:
Amendment to IAS 12 - Deferred Tax related to Assets and Liabilities arising from a Single Transaction
The amendments to IAS 12 clarify that the initial recognition exemption does not apply to transactions in which equal amounts of deductible and taxable temporary differences arise on initial recognition. The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023. Early application of the amendments is permitted. The amendments apply to transactions that occur on or after the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented. In addition, at the beginning of the earliest comparative period the following would be recognized:
| • | a deferred tax asset to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which the deductible temporary difference can be utilized and a deferred tax liability for all deductible and taxable temporary differences associated with right-of-use assets and lease liabilities; and |
| • | the cumulative effect of initially applying the amendments as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings (or other component of equity, as appropriate) at that date. |
The implementation of this amendment is not expected to have a material impact on the Company.
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Amendment to IAS 1- Presentation of Financial statements
The amendments to IAS 1 clarify the presentation of liabilities. The classification of liabilities as current or noncurrent is based on contractual rights that are in existence at the end of the reporting period and is unaffected by expectations about whether an entity will exercise its right to defer settlement. A liability not due over the next twelve months is classified as non-current even if management intends or expects to settle the liability within twelve months. The amendment also introduces a definition of ‘settlement’ to make clear that settlement refers to the transfer of cash, equity instruments, other assets, or services to the counterparty. The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023. The implementation of this amendment is not expected to have a material impact on the Company.
Amendments to IAS 1 and IFRS Practice Statement 2 – Disclosure of Accounting policies
The amendments require that an entity discloses its material accounting policies, instead of its significant accounting policies. Further amendments explain how an entity can identify a material accounting policy. Examples of when an accounting policy is likely to be material are added. To support the amendment, the IASB has also developed guidance and examples to explain and demonstrate the application of the ‘four-step materiality process’ described in IFRS Practice Statement 2. The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the amendment on its financial statements.
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Non-IFRS Measures
Wheaton has included, throughout this document, certain non-IFRS performance measures, including (i) adjusted net earnings and adjusted net earnings per share; (ii) operating cash flow per share (basic and diluted); (iii) average cash costs of gold, silver and palladium on a per ounce basis and cobalt on a per pound basis; and (iv) cash operating margin.
These non-IFRS measures do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS, and other companies may calculate these measures differently. The presentation of these non-IFRS measures is intended to provide additional information and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS.
| i. | Adjusted net earnings and adjusted net earnings per share are calculated by removing the effects of non-cash impairment charges (if any), non-cash fair value (gains) losses and other one-time (income) expenses as well as the reversal of non-cash income tax expense (recovery) which is offset by income tax expense (recovery) recognized in the Statements of Shareholders’ Equity and OCI, respectively. The Company believes that, in addition to conventional measures prepared in accordance with IFRS, management and certain investors use this information to evaluate the Company’s performance. |
The following table provides a reconciliation of adjusted net earnings and adjusted net earnings per share (basic and diluted).
| Three Months Ended March 31 |
(in thousands, except for per share amounts) | | 2022 | | 2021 |
Net earnings | | $ | 157,467 | | $ | 162,002 |
Add back (deduct): | | | | | | |
(Gain) loss on fair value adjustment of share purchase warrants held | | | 743 | | | 950 |
(Gain) loss on fair value adjustment of convertible notes receivable | | | 1,380 | | | (1,238) |
Income tax expense (recovery) recognized in the Statement of Shareholders' Equity | | | 793 | | | 1,568 |
Income tax expense (recovery) recognized in the Statement of OCI | | | (194) | | | (2,137) |
Other | | | (2,182) | | | (13) |
Adjusted net earnings | | $ | 158,007 | | $ | 161,132 |
Divided by: | | | | | | |
Basic weighted average number of shares outstanding | | | 450,915 | | | 449,509 |
Diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding | | | 451,953 | | | 450,600 |
Equals: | | | | | | |
Adjusted earnings per share - basic | | $ | 0.350 | | $ | 0.358 |
Adjusted earnings per share - diluted | | $ | 0.350 | | $ | 0.358 |
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| ii. | Operating cash flow per share (basic and diluted) is calculated by dividing cash generated by operating activities by the weighted average number of shares outstanding (basic and diluted). The Company presents operating cash flow per share as management and certain investors use this information to evaluate the Company’s performance in comparison to other companies in the precious metal mining industry who present results on a similar basis. |
The following table provides a reconciliation of operating cash flow per share (basic and diluted).
| Three Months Ended March 31 |
(in thousands, except for per share amounts) | | 2022 | | 2021 |
Cash generated by operating activities | | $ | 210,540 | | $ | 232,154 |
Divided by: | | | | | | |
Basic weighted average number of shares outstanding | | | 450,915 | | | 449,509 |
Diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding | | | 451,953 | | | 450,600 |
Equals: | | | | | | |
Operating cash flow per share - basic | | $ | 0.467 | | $ | 0.516 |
Operating cash flow per share - diluted | | $ | 0.466 | | $ | 0.515 |
| | | | | | |
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| iii. | Average cash cost of gold, silver and palladium on a per ounce basis and cobalt on a per pound basis is calculated by dividing the total cost of sales, less depletion, by the ounces or pounds sold. In the precious metal mining industry, this is a common performance measure but does not have any standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS. In addition to conventional measures prepared in accordance with IFRS, management and certain investors use this information to evaluate the Company’s performance and ability to generate cash flow. |
The following table provides a calculation of average cash cost of gold, silver and palladium on a per ounce basis and cobalt on a per pound basis.
| Three Months Ended
March 31 |
(in thousands, except for gold and palladium ounces sold and per unit amounts) | | 2022 | | 2021 |
Cost of sales | | $ | 127,396 | | $ | 148,956 |
Less: depletion | | | (57,402) | | | (70,173) |
Cash cost of sales | | $ | 69,994 | | $ | 78,783 |
Cash cost of sales is comprised of: | | | | | | |
Total cash cost of gold sold | | $ | 37,133 | | $ | 33,774 |
Total cash cost of silver sold | | | 28,314 | | | 42,160 |
Total cash cost of palladium sold | | | 1,603 | | | 2,191 |
Total cash cost of cobalt sold | | | 2,944 | | | 658 |
Total cash cost of sales | | $ | 69,994 | | $ | 78,783 |
Divided by: | | | | | | |
Total gold ounces sold | | | 77,901 | | | 75,104 |
Total silver ounces sold | | | 5,553 | | | 6,657 |
Total palladium ounces sold | | | 4,075 | | | 5,131 |
Total cobalt pounds sold | | | 511 | | | 132 |
Equals: | | | | | | |
Average cash cost of gold (per ounce) | | $ | 477 | | $ | 450 |
Average cash cost of silver (per ounce) | | $ | 5.10 | | $ | 6.33 |
Average cash cost of palladium (per ounce) | | $ | 394 | | $ | 427 |
Average cash cost of cobalt (per pound) | | $ | 5.76 | | $ | 4.98 |
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| iv. | Cash operating margin is calculated by subtracting the average cash cost of gold, silver and palladium on a per ounce basis and cobalt on a per pound basis from the average realized selling price of gold, silver and palladium on a per ounce basis and cobalt on a per pound basis. The Company presents cash operating margin as management and certain investors use this information to evaluate the Company’s performance in comparison to other companies in the precious metal mining industry who present results on a similar basis as well as to evaluate the Company’s ability to generate cash flow. |
The following table provides a reconciliation of cash operating margin.
| Three Months Ended March 31 |
(in thousands, except for gold and palladium ounces sold and per unit amounts) | | 2022 | | 2021 |
Total sales: | | | | | | |
Gold | | $ | 145,675 | | $ | 135,025 |
Silver | | $ | 134,332 | | $ | 173,883 |
Palladium | | $ | 9,533 | | $ | 12,275 |
Cobalt | | $ | 17,704 | | $ | 2,936 |
Divided by: | | | | | | |
Total gold ounces sold | | | 77,901 | | | 75,104 |
Total silver ounces sold | | | 5,553 | | | 6,657 |
Total palladium ounces sold | | | 4,075 | | | 5,131 |
Total cobalt pounds sold | | | 511 | | | 132 |
Equals: | | | | | | |
Average realized price of gold (per ounce) | | $ | 1,870 | | $ | 1,798 |
Average realized price of silver (per ounce) | | $ | 24.19 | | $ | 26.12 |
Average realized price of palladium (per ounce) | | $ | 2,339 | | $ | 2,392 |
Average realized price of cobalt (per pound) | | $ | 34.61 | | $ | 22.19 |
Less: | | | | | | |
Average cash cost of gold 1 (per ounce) | | $ | (477) | | $ | (450) |
Average cash cost of silver 1 (per ounce) | | $ | (5.10) | | $ | (6.33) |
Average cash cost of palladium 1 (per ounce) | | $ | (394) | | $ | (427) |
Average cash cost of cobalt 1 (per pound) | | $ | (5.76) | | $ | (4.98) |
Equals: | | | | | | |
Cash operating margin per gold ounce sold | | $ | 1,393 | | $ | 1,348 |
As a percentage of realized price of gold | | | 74% | | | 75% |
Cash operating margin per silver ounce sold | | $ | 19.09 | | $ | 19.79 |
As a percentage of realized price of silver | | | 79% | | | 76% |
Cash operating margin per palladium ounce sold | | $ | 1,945 | | $ | 1,965 |
As a percentage of realized price of palladium | | | 83% | | | 82% |
Cash operating margin per cobalt pound sold | | $ | 28.85 | | $ | 17.21 |
As a percentage of realized price of cobalt | | | 83% | | | 78% |
| 1) | Refer to discussion on non-IFRS measure (iii) on page 32 of this MD&A. |
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Subsequent Events
Declaration of Dividend
Under the Company’s dividend policy, the quarterly dividend per common share is targeted to equal approximately 30% of the average cash flow generated by operating activities in the previous four quarters divided by the Company’s then outstanding common shares, all rounded to the nearest cent. To minimize volatility in quarterly dividends, the Company has set a minimum quarterly dividend for the duration of 2022 equal to the dividend per common share declared in the prior quarter. The declaration, timing, amount and payment of future dividends remain at the discretion of the Board of Directors.
On May 5, 2022, the Board of Directors declared a dividend in the amount of $0.15 per common share, with this dividend being payable to shareholders of record on May 20, 2022 and is expected to be distributed on or about June 3, 2022. The Company has implemented a dividend reinvestment plan (“DRIP”) whereby shareholders can elect to have dividends reinvested directly into additional Wheaton common shares at a discount of 1% of the Average Market Price, as defined in the DRIP.
Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Wheaton’s management, with the participation of its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the design and effectiveness of Wheaton’s disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Canadian Securities Administrators, as of March 31, 2022. Based on that evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that Wheaton’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2022.
Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
The Company’s management, with the participation of its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, are responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Under the supervision of the Chief Financial Officer, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with IFRS. The Company’s controls include policies and procedures that:
| • | pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; |
| • | provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with IFRS, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of the Company’s management and directors; and, |
| • | provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the annual financial statements or interim financial statements. |
The Company’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting using the framework and criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013), issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this evaluation, management has concluded that the internal control over financial reporting was effective at as of March 31, 2022.
There have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended March 31, 2022 that would materially affect, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Note that as a result of certain operating restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, all employees of the Company are permitted to work remotely on a part-time basis. Management has reviewed its key controls to ensure that they continued to operate effectively.
Limitation of Controls and Procedures
The Company’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, believe that any disclosure controls and procedures or internal control over financial reporting, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, they cannot provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been prevented or detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by unauthorized override of the
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controls. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Accordingly, because of the inherent limitations in a cost effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
Attributable Reserves and Resources
The following tables set forth the estimated Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources (metals attributable to Wheaton only) for the mines relating to which the Company has PMPAs, adjusted where applicable to reflect the Company’s percentage entitlement to such metals, as of December 31, 2021, unless otherwise noted.
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Mineral Reserves Attributable to Wheaton Precious Metals (1,2,3,8,32)
| | December 31, 2021 (6) | December 31, 2020 |
| | Proven | Probable | Proven & Probable | | Proven & Probable |
| | Tonnage | Grade | Contained | Tonnage | Grade | Contained | Tonnage | Grade | Contained | Process Recovery % (7) | Tonnage | Grade | Contained |
Asset | Interest | Mt | g/t / % | Moz / Mlbs | Mt | g/t / % | Moz / Mlbs | Mt | g/t / % | Moz / Mlbs | Mt | g/t / % | Moz / Mlbs |
Gold | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Salobo (10) | 75% | 173.3 | 0.40 | 2.23 | 676.9 | 0.34 | 7.38 | 850.1 | 0.35 | 9.60 | 76% | 867.8 | 0.31 | 8.59 |
Stillwater (13) | 100% | 8.2 | 0.41 | 0.11 | 60.1 | 0.33 | 0.63 | 68.3 | 0.34 | 0.74 | 69% | 58.2 | 0.39 | 0.73 |
Constancia | 50% | 231.3 | 0.07 | 0.50 | 29.2 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 260.5 | 0.07 | 0.55 | 61% | 266.3 | 0.07 | 0.56 |
Sudbury (11) | 70% | 11.4 | 0.46 | 0.17 | 11.4 | 0.45 | 0.17 | 22.8 | 0.45 | 0.33 | 75% | 23.8 | 0.45 | 0.34 |
San Dimas (14) | 25% | 0.6 | 4.42 | 0.08 | 0.4 | 3.02 | 0.04 | 1.0 | 3.87 | 0.12 | 95% | 1.0 | 3.77 | 0.12 |
Marmato (11,15) | 10.5% | 0.1 | 5.14 | 0.01 | 2.0 | 3.11 | 0.20 | 2.1 | 3.19 | 0.21 | 90% | 1.3 | 3.19 | 0.13 |
777 | 50% | 0.2 | 1.78 | 0.013 | - | - | - | 0.2 | 1.78 | 0.01 | 58% | 0.8 | 2.13 | 0.05 |
Minto | 100% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 75% | 2.4 | 0.60 | 0.05 |
Blackwater (11,28) | 8% | 19.3 | 0.74 | 0.46 | 0.5 | 0.80 | 0.01 | 19.8 | 0.74 | 0.47 | 91% | - | - | - |
Toroparu (12,16) | 10% | 3.0 | 1.10 | 0.10 | 9.7 | 0.98 | 0.31 | 12.7 | 1.00 | 0.41 | 89% | 12.7 | 1.00 | 0.41 |
Santo Domingo (11,26) | 100% | 65.4 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 326.9 | 0.03 | 0.34 | 392.3 | 0.04 | 0.51 | 61% | 392.3 | 0.04 | 0.51 |
Marathon (11,29) | 100% | 85.1 | 0.07 | 0.191 | 32.6 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 117.7 | 0.07 | 0.26 | 71% | - | - | - |
Curipamba (11,30) | 50% | 1.6 | 2.83 | 0.14 | 1.7 | 2.23 | 0.12 | 3.2 | 2.52 | 0.26 | 53% | - | - | - |
Goose (11,31) | 4.15% | 0.3 | 5.54 | 0.06 | 0.4 | 6.29 | 0.09 | 0.8 | 5.97 | 0.14 | 93% | - | - | - |
Kutcho (12) | 100% | 6.8 | 0.37 | 0.08 | 10.6 | 0.39 | 0.13 | 17.4 | 0.38 | 0.21 | 41% | 10.4 | 0.37 | 0.12 |
Fenix (11,27) | 6% | 3.1 | 0.51 | 0.05 | 3.8 | 0.47 | 0.06 | 6.9 | 0.49 | 0.11 | 75% | - | - | - |
Metates Royalty (17) | 0.5% | 1.4 | 0.70 | 0.03 | 4.1 | 0.45 | 0.06 | 5.5 | 0.52 | 0.09 | 91% | 5.5 | 0.52 | 0.09 |
Total Gold | | | | 4.41 | | | 9.63 | | | 14.04 | | | | 11.71 |
Silver | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Peñasquito (10) | 25% | 28.8 | 38.3 | 35.4 | 61.8 | 31.8 | 63.1 | 90.5 | 33.8 | 98.5 | 87% | 97.0 | 34.1 | 106.4 |
Constancia | 100% | 462.6 | 3.1 | 45.8 | 58.4 | 3.1 | 5.9 | 521.0 | 3.1 | 51.7 | 70% | 532.5 | 3.0 | 52.0 |
Antamina (11,18) | 33.75% | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Copper | | 44.9 | 7.1 | 10.2 | 27.6 | 8.4 | 7.5 | 72.5 | 7.6 | 17.7 | 71% | 78.6 | 7.2 | 18.3 |
Copper-Zinc | | 17.9 | 13.1 | 7.5 | 23.0 | 14.6 | 10.8 | 40.9 | 14.0 | 18.4 | 71% | 50.3 | 12.9 | 20.8 |
Zinkgruvan | 100% | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Zinc | | 3.1 | 80.0 | 7.8 | 7.2 | 88.0 | 20.4 | 10.3 | 85.6 | 28.3 | 83% | 8.8 | 81.4 | 23.0 |
Copper | | 2.0 | 32.0 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 35.0 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 32.3 | 2.3 | 70% | 3.1 | 30.3 | 3.0 |
Neves-Corvo | 100% | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Copper | | 4.4 | 34.0 | 4.8 | 20.7 | 30.8 | 20.5 | 25.1 | 31.4 | 25.3 | 24% | 29.7 | 30.2 | 28.8 |
Zinc | | 3.8 | 69.0 | 8.4 | 21.0 | 62.0 | 41.8 | 24.8 | 63.1 | 50.2 | 30% | 30.1 | 62.2 | 60.3 |
Yauliyacu (19) | 100% | 1.1 | 67.2 | 2.3 | 7.0 | 86.7 | 19.6 | 8.1 | 84.1 | 22.0 | 83% | 8.2 | 97.4 | 25.6 |
Aljustrel (20) | 100% | 9.7 | 47.4 | 14.8 | 27.4 | 46.9 | 41.4 | 37.2 | 47.1 | 56.2 | 26% | 37.2 | 47.1 | 56.2 |
San Dimas (14) | 25% | 0.6 | 348.0 | 6.5 | 0.4 | 264.7 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 315.3 | 9.7 | 94% | 1.0 | 329.7 | 10.6 |
Cozamin (11,21) | 50% | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Copper | | - | - | - | 5.4 | 45.6 | 8.0 | 5.4 | 45.6 | 8.0 | 86% | 6.3 | 44.4 | 9.0 |
Zinc | | - | - | - | 0.7 | 44.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 44.5 | 1.0 | 86% | 0.7 | 44.3 | 1.1 |
Keno Hill | 25% | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Underground | | - | - | - | 0.4 | 804.3 | 9.3 | 0.4 | 804.3 | 9.3 | 96% | 0.3 | 804.5 | 7.6 |
Los Filos | 100% | 26.2 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 78.1 | 10.2 | 25.5 | 104.2 | 8.5 | 28.5 | 10% | 104.2 | 8.5 | 28.5 |
Marmato (11,15) | 100% | 0.8 | 22.1 | 0.6 | 18.9 | 6.2 | 3.8 | 19.7 | 6.9 | 4.4 | 34% | 19.7 | 6.9 | 4.4 |
777 | 100% | 0.5 | 32.2 | 0.5 | - | - | - | 0.5 | 32.2 | 0.5 | 45% | 1.5 | 31.0 | 1.5 |
Minto | 100% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45% | 2.4 | 5.6 | 0.4 |
Stratoni | 100% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 45% | 0.6 | 148.0 | 2.7 |
Rosemont (22) | 100% | 408.6 | 5.0 | 66.2 | 108.0 | 3.0 | 10.4 | 516.6 | 4.6 | 76.7 | 76% | 516.6 | 4.6 | 76.7 |
Blackwater (11,28) | 50% | 161.9 | 5.8 | 30.1 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 0.9 | 166.5 | 5.8 | 31.0 | 61% | - | - | - |
Kutcho (12) | 100% | 6.8 | 24.5 | 5.4 | 10.6 | 30.1 | 10.2 | 17.4 | 27.9 | 15.6 | 46% | 9.9 | 34.6 | 11.0 |
Curipamba (11,30) | 75% | 2.4 | 41.4 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 49.7 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 45.7 | 7.1 | 63% | - | - | - |
Metates Royalty (17) | 0.5% | 1.4 | 17.2 | 0.8 | 4.1 | 13.1 | 1.7 | 5.5 | 14.2 | 2.5 | 66% | 5.5 | 14.2 | 2.5 |
Total Silver | | | | 255.4 | | | 309.2 | | | 564.6 | | | | 550.3 |
Palladium | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Stillwater (13) | 4.5% | 0.2 | 12.0 | 0.09 | 1.8 | 9.4 | 0.53 | 2.0 | 9.7 | 0.63 | 90% | 1.8 | 11.2 | 0.64 |
Total Palladium | | | | 0.09 | | | 0.53 | | | 0.63 | | | | 0.64 |
Platinum | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Marathon (11,29) | 22% | 18.7 | 0.2 | 0.13 | 7.2 | 0.2 | 0.04 | 25.9 | 0.2 | 0.17 | 84% | - | - | - |
Total Platinum | | | | 0.13 | | | 0.04 | | | 0.17 | | | | - |
Cobalt | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Voisey's Bay (11,23) | 42.4% | 4.9 | 0.13 | 13.5 | 6.5 | 0.12 | 17.8 | 11.4 | 0.12 | 31.4 | 84% | 12.1 | 0.12 | 31.7 |
Total Cobalt | | | | 13.5 | | | 17.8 | | | 31.4 | | | | 31.7 |
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Mineral Resources Attributable to Wheaton Precious Metals (1,2,3,4,5,9,32)
| | December 31, 2021 (6) |
| | Measured | Indicated | Measured & Indicated | Inferred |
| | Tonnage | Grade | Contained | Tonnage | Grade | Contained | Tonnage | Grade | Contained | Tonnage | Grade | Contained |
| Interest | Mt | g/t / % | Moz / Mlbs | Mt | g/t / % | Moz / Mlbs | Mt | g/t / % | Moz / Mlbs | Mt | g/t / % | Moz / Mlbs |
Gold | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Salobo (10) | 75% | 22.7 | 0.17 | 0.12 | 329.6 | 0.25 | 2.65 | 352.3 | 0.24 | 2.77 | 201.7 | 0.29 | 1.88 |
Stillwater (13) | 100% | 15.1 | 0.40 | 0.19 | 19.9 | 0.39 | 0.25 | 35.0 | 0.39 | 0.44 | 113.6 | 0.34 | 1.24 |
Constancia | 50% | 66.5 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 59.9 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 126.4 | 0.05 | 0.19 | 32.1 | 0.09 | 0.09 |
Sudbury (11) | 70% | 0.9 | 0.30 | 0.01 | 6.0 | 0.63 | 0.12 | 6.9 | 0.59 | 0.13 | 2.0 | 0.54 | 0.03 |
San Dimas (14) | 25% | 0.1 | 5.95 | 0.02 | 0.1 | 2.87 | 0.01 | 0.3 | 4.27 | 0.04 | 1.0 | 3.54 | 0.12 |
Marmato (11,15) | 10.5% | 0.2 | 5.95 | 0.03 | 2.7 | 2.77 | 0.24 | 2.8 | 2.94 | 0.27 | 1.6 | 2.59 | 0.13 |
Minto | 100% | - | - | - | 11.1 | 0.53 | 0.19 | 11.1 | 0.53 | 0.19 | 13.0 | 0.49 | 0.21 |
Blackwater (11,28) | 8% | 4.1 | 0.35 | 0.05 | 6.4 | 0.49 | 0.10 | 10.5 | 0.44 | 0.15 | 0.7 | 0.45 | 0.01 |
Toroparu (12,16) | 10% | 3.5 | 2.33 | 0.26 | 2.3 | 2.33 | 0.17 | 5.8 | 2.33 | 0.43 | 1.4 | 2.74 | 0.12 |
Santo Domingo (11,26) | 100% | 1.4 | 0.05 | 0.002 | 120.1 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 121.5 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 31.8 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
Marathon (11,29) | 100% | 19.4 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 66.6 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 86.0 | 0.07 | 0.18 | 22.7 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
Curipamba (11,30) | 50% | - | - | - | 1.2 | 1.63 | 0.06 | 1.2 | 1.63 | 0.06 | 0.4 | 1.62 | 0.02 |
Goose (11,31) | 4.15% | 0.04 | 4.94 | 0.01 | 0.1 | 5.18 | 0.02 | 0.2 | 5.13 | 0.03 | 0.2 | 6.64 | 0.04 |
Kutcho (12) | 100% | 0.4 | 0.20 | 0.003 | 5.0 | 0.38 | 0.06 | 5.4 | 0.37 | 0.06 | 12.9 | 0.25 | 0.10 |
Fenix (11,27) | 6% | 2.9 | 0.34 | 0.03 | 9.3 | 0.33 | 0.10 | 12.3 | 0.33 | 0.13 | 4.8 | 0.32 | 0.05 |
Cotabambas (12,24) | 25% | - | - | - | 29.3 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 29.3 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 151.3 | 0.17 | 0.84 |
Brewery Creek Royalty (25) | 2% | 0.3 | 1.06 | 0.01 | 0.5 | 1.02 | 0.02 | 0.8 | 1.03 | 0.03 | 1.0 | 0.88 | 0.03 |
Metates Royalty (17) | 0.5% | 0.3 | 0.23 | 0.002 | 0.7 | 0.23 | 0.01 | 1.0 | 0.23 | 0.01 | 0.3 | 0.32 | 0.003 |
Total Gold | | | | 0.90 | | | 4.54 | | | 5.44 | | | 4.98 |
Silver | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Peñasquito (10) | 25% | 7.9 | 25.7 | 6.5 | 44.2 | 26.4 | 37.4 | 52.0 | 26.3 | 43.9 | 22.5 | 28.0 | 20.2 |
Constancia | 100% | 133.0 | 2.3 | 9.9 | 119.7 | 2.1 | 8.2 | 252.7 | 2.2 | 18.1 | 64.3 | 3.5 | 7.3 |
Antamina (11,18) | 33.75% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Copper | | 28.5 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 107.8 | 8.5 | 29.4 | 136.2 | 8.2 | 36.0 | 218.2 | 9.0 | 63.1 |
Copper-Zinc | | 12.2 | 20.7 | 8.1 | 50.5 | 18.1 | 29.4 | 62.7 | 18.6 | 37.5 | 100.5 | 15.5 | 50.1 |
Zinkgruvan | 100% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Zinc | | 3.1 | 58.2 | 5.8 | 8.2 | 60.0 | 15.9 | 11.3 | 59.5 | 21.7 | 14.2 | 81.0 | 37.0 |
Copper | | 1.8 | 34.8 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 34.7 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 34.8 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 27.0 | 0.2 |
Neves-Corvo | 100% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Copper | | 4.8 | 51.3 | 7.9 | 31.2 | 50.7 | 50.9 | 36.0 | 50.8 | 58.8 | 12.7 | 34.0 | 13.9 |
Zinc | | 7.0 | 62.6 | 14.0 | 37.7 | 58.8 | 71.2 | 44.6 | 59.4 | 85.3 | 4.1 | 64.0 | 8.4 |
Yauliyacu (19) | 100% | 5.6 | 119.7 | 21.6 | 7.5 | 131.2 | 31.7 | 13.1 | 126.3 | 53.3 | 12.9 | 259.9 | 107.6 |
San Dimas (14) | 25% | 0.1 | 413.8 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 252.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 325.7 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 310.4 | 10.2 |
Aljustrel (20) | 100% | 4.3 | 67.3 | 9.3 | 3.9 | 58.9 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 63.3 | 16.7 | 15.7 | 46.2 | 23.3 |
Cozamin (11,21) | 50% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Copper | | 0.2 | 53.3 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 35.1 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 35.7 | 5.7 | 2.4 | 39.9 | 3.1 |
Zinc | | - | - | - | 1.8 | 32.4 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 32.4 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 38.0 | 2.6 |
Keno Hill | 25% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Underground | | - | - | - | 0.8 | 490.0 | 12.1 | 0.8 | 490.0 | 12.1 | 0.5 | 494.0 | 8.2 |
Elsa Tailings | | - | - | - | 0.6 | 119.0 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 119.0 | 2.4 | - | - | - |
Los Filos | 100% | 88.5 | 5.3 | 15.2 | 133.7 | 8.1 | 35.0 | 222.2 | 7.0 | 50.2 | 98.2 | 6.1 | 19.4 |
Marmato (11,15) | 100% | 1.3 | 27.9 | 1.2 | 22.8 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 24.1 | 7.5 | 5.8 | 15.4 | 3.3 | 1.6 |
Minto | 100% | - | - | - | 11.1 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 11.1 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 13.0 | 4.5 | 1.9 |
Stratoni | 100% | - | - | - | 1.4 | 153.0 | 6.6 | 1.4 | 153.0 | 6.6 | 1.7 | 162.2 | 8.9 |
Rosemont (22) | 100% | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Rosemont | | 112.2 | 3.9 | 14.1 | 358.0 | 2.7 | 31.5 | 470.2 | 3.0 | 45.6 | 68.7 | 1.7 | 3.7 |
Copper World | | - | - | - | 180.0 | 2.7 | 15.6 | 180.0 | 2.7 | 15.6 | 91.0 | 3.8 | 11.1 |
Blackwater (11,28) | 50% | 33.7 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 52.9 | 8.7 | 14.8 | 86.6 | 7.1 | 19.9 | 5.6 | 12.8 | 2.3 |
Kutcho (12) | 100% | 0.4 | 28.0 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 25.7 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 25.9 | 4.5 | 12.9 | 20.0 | 8.3 |
Curipamba (11,30) | 75% | - | - | - | 1.8 | 38.4 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 38.4 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 31.6 | 0.7 |
Pascua-Lama | 25% | 10.7 | 57.2 | 19.7 | 97.9 | 52.2 | 164.4 | 108.6 | 52.7 | 184.1 | 3.8 | 17.8 | 2.2 |
Loma de La Plata | 12.5% | - | - | - | 3.6 | 169.0 | 19.8 | 3.6 | 169.0 | 19.8 | 0.2 | 76.0 | 0.4 |
Toroparu (12,16) | 50% | 55.4 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 37.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 92.5 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 6.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
Cotabambas (12,24) | 100% | - | - | - | 117.1 | 2.7 | 10.3 | 117.1 | 2.7 | 10.3 | 605.3 | 2.3 | 45.4 |
Metates Royalty (17) | 0.5% | 0.3 | 6.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 6.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 6.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 9.0 | 0.1 |
Total Silver | | | | 151.1 | | | 616.7 | | | 767.8 | | | 461.1 |
Palladium | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Stillwater (13) | 4.5% | 0.15 | 11.2 | 0.05 | 0.2 | 10.7 | 0.07 | 0.4 | 10.9 | 0.12 | 1.1 | 9.5 | 0.35 |
Total Palladium | | | | 0.05 | | | 0.07 | | | 0.12 | | | 0.35 |
Platinum | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Marathon (11,29) | 22.0% | 4.39 | 0.2 | 0.03 | 15.0 | 0.1 | 0.07 | 19.4 | 0.2 | 0.10 | 5.1 | 0.1 | 0.02 |
Total Platinum | | | | 0.03 | | | 0.07 | | | 0.10 | | | 0.02 |
Cobalt | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Voisey's Bay (11,23) | 42.4% | 1.7 | 0.04 | 1.5 | - | - | - | 1.7 | 0.04 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.12 | 6.8 |
Total Cobalt | | | | 1.53 | | | - | | | 1.5 | | | 6.8 |
Notes on Mineral Reserves & Mineral Resources:
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1. | All Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources have been estimated in accordance with the 2014 Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) Standards for Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves and National Instrument 43-101 – Standards for Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”), or the 2012 Australasian Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC) Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves. |
2. | Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources are reported above in millions of metric tonnes (“Mt”), grams per metric tonne (“g/t”) for gold, silver, palladium and platinum, percent (“%”) for cobalt, millions of ounces (“Moz”) for gold, silver, palladium and platinum and millions of pounds (“Mlbs”) for cobalt. |
3. | Qualified persons (“QPs”), as defined by the NI 43-101, for the technical information contained in this document (including the Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource estimates) are: |
| a. | Neil Burns, M.Sc., P.Geo. (Vice President, Technical Services); and |
| b. | Ryan Ulansky, M.A.Sc., P.Eng. (Vice President, Engineering), |
both employees of the Company (the “Company’s QPs”).
4. | The Mineral Resources reported in the above tables are exclusive of Mineral Reserves. The Cozamin mine, San Dimas mine, Minto mine, Neves-Corvo mine, Zinkgruvan mine Keno Hill mines, Aljustrel mines, Santo Domingo project, Blackwater project, Kutcho project, Marathon project, Fenix project, Curipamba project, Goose project and Toroparu project (gold only) report Mineral Resources inclusive of Mineral Reserves. The Company’s QPs have made the exclusive Mineral Resource estimates for these mines based on average mine recoveries and dilution. |
5. | Mineral Resources which are not Mineral Reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. |
6. | Other than as detailed below, Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources are reported as of December 31, 2021 based on information available to the Company as of the date of this document, and therefore will not reflect updates, if any, after such date. |
| a. | Mineral Resources for Aljustrel’s Feitais mine are reported as of July 2020, Moinho & St João mines as of August 2020 and the Estação project as of July 2018. |
| b. | Mineral Resources for the Blackwater project are reported as of May 5, 2020 and Mineral Reserves as of September 10, 2021. |
| c. | Mineral Resources for the Brewery Creek project are reported as of January 18, 2022. |
| d. | Mineral Resources for the Cotabambas project are reported as of June 20, 2013. |
| e. | Mineral Resources for the Curipamba project are reported as of October 26, 2021 and Mineral Reserves as of October 22, 2021. |
| f. | Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves for the Fenix project are reported as of August 15, 2019. |
| g. | Mineral Resources for the Goose project are reported as of December 31, 2020 and Mineral Reserves as of January 15, 2021. |
| h. | Mineral Resources for Keno Hill’s Elsa Tailings project are reported as of April 22, 2010, Bellekeno mine Indicated Mineral Resources as of January 1, 2021, Mineral Resources for the Lucky Queen, Flame & Moth and Onek mines as of January 3, 2017 and Bermingham mine as of November 30, 2021. Mineral Reserves are reported as of May 26, 2021. |
| i. | Mineral Resources for the Kutcho project are reported as of July 20, 2021 and Mineral Reserves are reported as of November 8, 2021. |
| j. | Mineral Resources for the Loma de La Plata project are reported as of May 20, 2009. |
| k. | Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves for the Los Filos mine are reported as of October 31, 2018. |
| l. | Mineral Resources for the Marathon project are reported as of June 30, 2020 and Mineral Reserves as of September 15, 2020. |
| m. | Mineral Resources Marmato mine are reported as of June 30, 2021 and Mineral Reserves as of March 17, 2020. |
| n. | Mineral Resources Metates royalty are reported as of May 18, 2021 and Mineral Reserves as of April 29, 2016. |
| o. | Mineral Resources for the Minto mine are reported as of March 31, 2021. |
| p. | Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves for the Neves-Corvo and Zinkgruvan mines are reported as of June 30, 2021. |
| q. | Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves for the Rosemont project are reported as of March 30, 2017 and Mineral Resources for Copper World as of December 1, 2021. |
| r. | Mineral Resources for the Santo Domingo project are reported as of February 13, 2020 and Mineral Reserves as of November 14, 2018. |
| s. | Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves for the Stratoni mine are reported as of September 30, 2021. |
| t. | Mineral Resources for the Toroparu project are reported as of November 1, 2021 and Mineral Reserves are reported as of March 31, 2013. |
7. | Process recoveries are the average percentage of gold, silver, palladium, platinum, or cobalt in a saleable product (doré or concentrate) recovered from mined ore at the applicable site process plants as reported by the operators. |
8. | Mineral Reserves are estimated using appropriate process and mine recovery rates, dilution, operating costs and the following commodity prices: |
| a. | Aljustrel mine – 3.5% zinc cut-off for the Feitais, Moinho and St João mines and 3.0% zinc cut-off for the Estação project. |
| b. | Antamina mine - $6,000 per hour of mill operation cut-off assuming $3.03 per pound copper, $1.07 per pound zinc, $9.40 per pound molybdenum and $18.32 per ounce silver. |
| c. | Blackwater project – CAD $13.00 per tonne NSR cut-off assuming $1,400 per ounce gold and $15.00 per ounce silver. |
| d. | Constancia mine – NSR cut-off of $6.40 per tonne assuming $1,500 per ounce gold, $20.00 per ounce silver, $3.45 per pound copper and $11.00 per pound molybdenum. |
| e. | Cozamin mine - NSR cut-offs of $48.04 per tonne for conventionally backfilled zones for 2020-2022, $51.12 per tonne for conventionally backfilled zones for 2023 and onward, $56.51 per tonne for paste backfilled zones of Vein 10 and $56.12 per tonne for paste backfilled zones of Vein 20, all assuming $2.75 per pound copper, $17.00 per ounce silver, $0.90 per pound lead and $1.00 per pound zinc. |
| f. | Curipamba project - NSR cut-off of $32.99 per tonne assuming $1,630 per ounce gold, $21 per ounce silver, $3.31 per pound copper, $0.92 per pound lead and $1.16 per pound zinc. |
| g. | Fenix project – 0.24 grams per tonne gold cut-off assuming $1.250 per ounce gold. |
| i. | Umwelt – 1.72 grams per tonne for open pit and 3.9 grams per tonne for underground. |
| ii. | Llama – 1.74 grams per tonne for open pit and 4.1 grams per tonne for underground. |
| iii. | Goose Main – 1.70 grams per tonne for open pit and 4.1 grams per tonne for underground. |
| iv. | Echo – 1.60 grams per tonne for open pit and 3.5 grams per tonne for underground. |
| i. | Keno Hill mines - $1,300 per ounce gold, $18.50 per ounce silver, $1.00 per pound lead and $1.15 per pound zinc. |
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| j. | Kutcho project – NSR cut-offs of C$38.40 per tonne for oxide ore and C$55.00 per tonne for sulfide for the open pit and C$129.45 per tonne for the underground assuming $3.50 per pound copper, $1.15 per pound zinc, $20.00 per ounce silver and $1,600 per ounce gold. |
| k. | Los Filos mine - $1,200 per ounce gold and $4.39 per ounce silver. |
| l. | Marathon project - NSR cut-offs ranging from of CAD$18.00 per tonne to CAD$21.33 per tonne assuming $1,500 per ounce palladium, $900 per ounce platinum, $2.75 per pound copper, $1,300 per ounce gold and $16.00 per ounce silver. |
| m. | Marmato mine – 2.23 grams per tonne gold cut-off for the Upper Mine, 1.91 grams per tonne gold cut-off for the Transition Zone and 1.61 grams per tonne gold cut-off for the Lower Mine, all assuming $1,400 per ounce gold. |
| n. | Metates royalty – 0.34 grams per tonne gold equivalent cut-off assuming $1,200 per ounce gold and $19.20 per ounce silver. |
| o. | Neves-Corvo mine – 1.41% copper cut-off for the copper Mineral Reserves and 5.4% zinc cut-off for the zinc Mineral Reserves, both assuming $3.00 per pound copper, $0.95 per pound lead and $1.00 per pound zinc. |
| p. | Peñasquito mine - $1,200 per ounce gold, $20.00 per ounce silver, $0.90 per pound lead and $1.15 per pound zinc. |
| q. | Rosemont project - $6.00 per ton NSR cut-off assuming $18.00 per ounce silver, $3.15 per pound copper and $11.00 per pound molybdenum. |
| r. | Salobo mine – 0.25% copper equivalent cut-off assuming $1,450 per ounce gold and $3.40 per pound copper. |
| s. | San Dimas mine – $1,750 per ounce gold and $22.50 per ounce silver. |
| t. | Santo Domingo project - variable throughput rates and cut-offs assuming $3.00 per pound copper,$1,290 per ounce gold and $100 per tonne iron. |
| u. | Stillwater mines - combined platinum and palladium cut-off of 6.86 grams per tonne for Stillwater and East Boulder sub-level extraction and 1.71 grams per tonne for Ramp & Fill at East Boulder. |
| v. | Sudbury mines - $1,450 per ounce gold, $8.16 per pound nickel, $3.40 per pound copper, $1,200 per ounce platinum, $1,400 per ounce palladium and $22.68 per pound cobalt. |
| w. | Toroparu project – 0.38 grams per tonne gold cut-off assuming $1,070 per ounce gold for fresh rock and 0.35 grams per tonne gold cut-off assuming $970 per ounce gold for saprolite. |
| x. | Voisey’s Bay mines –$3.40 per pound copper, $8.16 per pound nickel and $22.68 per pound cobalt. |
| y. | Yauliyacu mine - $18.32 per ounce silver, $3.03 per pound copper, and $1.07 per pound zinc. |
| z. | Zinkgruvan mine – Full cost breakeven NSR cut-offs of between $72.65 and $92.33 per tonne, assuming $3.00 per pound copper and $0.95 per pound lead and $1.00 per pound zinc. |
| aa. | 777 mine – $1,800 per ounce gold, $24.00 per ounce silver, $4.00 per pound copper and $1.32 per pound zinc. |
9. | Mineral Resources are estimated using appropriate recovery rates and the following commodity prices: |
| a. | Aljustrel mine – 3.5% zinc cut-off for Feitais, Moinho and St João mines and 3.0% zinc cut-off for the Estação project. |
| b. | Antamina mine - $3.30 per pound copper, $1.18 per pound zinc, $11.11 per pound molybdenum and $25.14 per ounce silver. |
| c. | Blackwater project – 0.2 grams per tonne gold equivalent cut-off assuming $1,400 per ounce gold and $15.00 per ounce silver. |
| d. | Brewery Creek project – 0.37 grams per tonne gold cut-off assuming $1,500 per ounce gold. |
| e. | Constancia mine – NSR cut-off of $6.40 per tonne for open pit and 0.65% copper cut-off for underground, both assuming $1,500 per ounce gold, $20.00 per ounce silver, $3.45 per pound copper and $11.00 per pound molybdenum. |
| f. | Cotabambas project – 0.2% copper equivalent cut-off assuming $1,350 per ounce gold, $23.00 per ounce silver, $3.20 per pound copper and $12.50 per pound molybdenum. |
| g. | Cozamin mine - $50 per tonne NSR cut-off assuming $3.25 per pound copper, $20.00 per ounce silver, $1.00 per pound lead and $1.20 per pound zinc. |
| h. | Curipamba project - NSR cut-off of $29.00 per tonne for the open pit and $105 per tonne for the underground assuming $1,800 per ounce gold, $24 per ounce silver, $4.00 per pound copper, $1.05 per pound lead and $1.30 per pound zinc. |
| i. | Fenix project – 0.15 grams per tonne gold cut-off assuming $1,500 per ounce gold. |
| j. | Goose project - 1.4 grams per tonne gold cut-off for open pit and 3.0 grams per tonne for underground for all deposits, assuming a gold price of $1,550 per ounce. |
| i. | Bellekeno mine – Cdn $185 per tonne NSR cut-off assuming $22.50 per ounce silver, $0.85 per pound lead and $0.95 per pound zinc. |
| ii. | Lucky Queen and Flame & Moth mines – Cdn $185 per tonne NSR cut-off assuming $1,300 per ounce gold, $20.00 per ounce silver, $0.94 per pound lead and $1.00 per pound zinc. |
| iii. | Onek mine - Cdn $185 per tonne NSR cut-off assuming $1,250 per ounce gold, $20.00 per ounce silver, $0.90 per pound lead and $0.95 per pound zinc. |
| iv. | Bermingham mine - Cdn $185 per tonne NSR cut-off assuming $20.00 per ounce silver, $0.95 per pound lead, $1.00 per pound zinc and $1,300 per ounce gold. |
| v. | Elsa Tailings project – 50 grams per tonne silver cut-off assuming $17.00 per ounce silver and $1,000 per ounce gold. |
| l. | Kutcho project – 0.45% copper equivalent cut-off for the Main open pit and underground copper equivalent cut-offs of 1.05%, 0.95% and 1.05% for Main, Esso and Sumac respectively, all assuming $3.50 per pound copper, $1.15 per pound zinc, $20.00 per ounce silver and $1,600 per ounce gold. |
| m. | Loma de La Plata project – 50 grams per tonne silver equivalent cut-off assuming $12.50 per ounce silver and $0.50 per pound lead. |
| n. | Los Filos mine - $1,400 per ounce gold and $4.39 per ounce silver. |
| o. | Marathon project - NSR cut-off of CAD$13.00 per tonne assuming $1,600 per ounce palladium, $900 per ounce platinum, $3.00 per pound copper, $1,500 per ounce gold and $18.00 per ounce silver. |
| p. | Marmato mine – 1.9 grams per tonne gold cut-off for the Upper Mine and 1.4 grams per tonne gold cut-off for the Lower Mine and Transition Zone, all assuming $1,600 per ounce gold. |
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| q. | Metates royalty – 0.26 grams per tonne gold equivalent cut-off assuming $1,600 per ounce gold and $20.00 per ounce silver. |
| r. | Minto mine – C$35.00 per tonne NSR cut-off for open pit and C$70 per tonne for underground, assuming $1,500 per ounce gold, $18.00 per ounce silver and $3.10 per pound copper. |
| s. | Neves-Corvo mine – 1.0% copper cut-off for the copper Mineral Resource and 4.5% zinc cut-off for the zinc Mineral Resource, both assuming $3.00 per pound copper, $0.95 per pound lead and $1.00 per pound zinc. |
| t. | Pascua-Lama project – $1,500 per ounce gold, $18.75 per ounce silver and $3.50 per pound copper. |
| u. | Peñasquito mine - $1,400 per ounce gold, $23.00 per ounce silver, $1.10 per pound lead and $1.40 per pound zinc. |
| v. | Rosemont project – $5.70 per ton NSR cut-off assuming $18.00 per ounce silver, $3.15 per pound copper and $11.00 per pound molybdenum for Rosemont and 0.1% copper cut-off assuming $3.45 per pound copper, $20.00 per ounce silver, $11.00 per pound molybdenum for Copper World. |
| w. | Salobo mine – 0.25% copper equivalent cut-off assuming $1,300 per ounce gold and $3.18 per pound copper. |
| x. | San Dimas mine – 165 grams per tonne silver equivalent cut-off assuming $1,800 per ounce gold and $25.00 per ounce silver. |
| y. | Santo Domingo project - 0.125% copper equivalent cut-off assuming $3.50 per pound copper, $1,300 per ounce gold and $99 per tonne iron. |
| z. | Stillwater mines – combined platinum and palladium cut-off of 6.86 grams per tonne for Stillwater and East Boulder sub-level extraction and 1.71 grams per tonne for Ramp & Fill at East Boulder. |
| aa. | Stratoni mine – $200 per tonne NSR cut-off assuming $2.75 per pound copper, $0.91 per pound lead, $1.04 per pound zinc and $17.00 per ounce silver. |
| bb. | Sudbury mines - $1,200 to $1,300 per ounce gold, $6.07 to $8.16 per pound nickel, $2.77 to $3.18 per pound copper, $1,150 to $1,225 per ounce platinum, $750 to $1,093 per ounce palladium and $12.47 to $20.41 per pound cobalt. |
| cc. | Toroparu project – 0.40 grams per tonne gold cut-off for open pit and 1.8 grams per tonne for underground assuming $1,630 per ounce gold. |
| dd. | Voisey’s Bay mines - $2.81 to $2.90 per pound copper, $6.35 per pound nickel and $20.41 per pound cobalt. |
| ee. | Yauliyacu mine – $25.14 per ounce silver, $3.30 per pound copper, and $1.18 per pound zinc. |
| ff. | Zinkgruvan mine – Area dependent margin NSR cut-offs of between $47.56 and $59.05 per tonne for the zinc Mineral Reserve and $47.56 per tonne NSR cut-off for the copper Mineral Reserve, both assuming $3.00 per pound copper and $0.95 per pound lead and $1.00 per pound zinc. |
10. | The scientific and technical information in these tables regarding the Peñasquito mine was sourced by the Company from the following filed documents: |
| a. | Antamina – Teck Resources Annual Information Form dated February 23, 2022. |
| b. | Peñasquito – Newmont’s December 31, 2021 Resources and Reserves press release dated February 24, 2022 and |
| c. | Salobo – Vale has filed a technical report summary for the Salobo Mine, which is available on Edgar at https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000917851/000110465922040322/tm2210823d1_6k.htm. |
The Company QP’s have approved this partner disclosed scientific and technical information in respect of the Company’s Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve estimates for the Antamina mine, Peñasquito mine and Salobo mine.
11. | The Company’s attributable Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves for the Antamina silver interest, Cozamin silver interest, Marmato gold and silver interests, Santo Domingo gold interest, Blackwater gold and silver interests, Marathon gold and platinum interests, Sudbury gold interest, Fenix gold interest, Goose gold interest, Curipamba gold and silver interests, Stillwater palladium interest and Voisey’s Bay cobalt interest have been constrained to the production expected for the various contracts. |
12. | The Company has the option in the Early Deposit agreements, to terminate the agreement following the delivery of a feasibility study or if feasibility study has not been delivered within a required time frame. |
13. | The Stillwater precious metals purchase agreement provides that effective July 1, 2018, Sibanye-Stillwater will deliver 100% of the gold production for the life of the mines and 4.5% of palladium production until 375,000 ounces are delivered, 2.25% of palladium production until a further 175,000 ounces are delivered and 1.0% of the palladium production thereafter for the life of the mines. Attributable palladium Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources have been calculated based upon the 4.5% / 2.25% / 1.0% production entitlements. |
The Stillwater mine has been in operation since 1986 and the East Boulder mine since 2002. Individual grades for platinum, palladium, gold and rhodium are estimated using ratios applied to the combined platinum plus palladium grades based upon average historic production results provided to the Company as of the date of this document. As such, the Attributable Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve palladium and gold grades for the Stillwater mines have been estimated using the following ratios:
| a. | Stillwater mine: Pd = (Pt + Pd) / (1/3.51 + 1) and Au = (Pd + Pt) x 0.0238 |
| b. | East Boulder mine: Pd = (Pt + Pd) / (1/3.60 + 1) and Au = (Pd + Pt) x 0.0323 |
14. | Under the terms of the San Dimas PMPA, the Company is entitled to an amount equal to 25% of the payable gold production plus an additional amount of gold equal to 25% of the payable silver production converted to gold at a fixed gold to silver exchange ratio of 70:1 from the San Dimas mine. If the average gold to silver price ratio decreases to less than 50:1 or increases to more than 90:1 for a period of 6 months or more, then the “70” shall be revised to “50” or “90”, as the case may be, until such time as the average gold to silver price ratio is between 50:1 to 90:1 for a period of 6 months or more in which event the “70” shall be reinstated. |
15. | The Marmato PMPA provides that Aris Gold Corp will deliver 10.5% of the gold production until 310 thousand ounces are delivered and 5.25% of gold production thereafter, as well as, 100% of the silver production until 2.15 million ounces are delivered and 50% of silver production thereafter. Attributable reserves and resources have been calculated on the 10.5% / 5.25% basis for gold and 100% / 50% basis for silver. |
16. | The Company’s PMPA with Gold X Mining Corp., a subsidiary of GCM Mining Corp., is an Early Deposit agreement, whereby the Company will be entitled to purchase 10% of the gold production and 50% of the silver production from the Toroparu project for the life of mine. |
17. | The Company’s agreement with Chesapeake Gold Corp (Chesapeake) is a royalty whereby the Company will be entitled to a 0.5% net smelter return royalty. |
18. | The Antamina PMPA in respect to the Antamina mine (November 3, 2015) provides that Glencore will deliver silver equal to 33.75% of the silver production until 140 million ounces are delivered and 22.5% of silver production thereafter, for a 50-year term that can be extended in increments of 10 years at the Company’s discretion. Attributable reserves and resources have been calculated on the 33.75% / 22.5% basis. |
19. | The Yauliyacu mine PMPA provides that Glencore will deliver to the Company a per annum amount equal to the first 1.5 million ounces of payable silver produced at the Yauliyacu mine and 50% of any excess for the life of the mine. |
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20. | The Company only has the rights to silver contained in concentrates containing less than 15% copper at the Aljustrel mine. |
21. | The Cozamin PMPA provides that Capstone will deliver silver equal to 50% of the silver production until 10 million ounces are delivered and 33% thereafter for the life of the mine. Attributable reserves and resources have been calculated on the 50% / 33% basis. |
22. | The Rosemont mine Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves do not include the Oxide material from Rosemont or the Leach material from Copper World. |
23. | The Voisey’s Bay cobalt PMPA provides that effective January 1, 2021, Vale will deliver 42.4% of the cobalt production until 31 million pounds are delivered to the Company and 21.2% of cobalt production thereafter, for the life of the mine. Attributable reserves and resources have been calculated on the 42.4% / 21.2% basis. |
24. | The Company’s PMPA with Panoro is an Early Deposit agreement, whereby the Company will be entitled to purchase 100% of the silver production and 25% of the gold production from the Cotabambas project until 90 million silver equivalent ounces have been delivered, at which point the stream will drop to 66.67% of silver production and 16.67% of gold production for the life of mine. |
25. | The Company’s PMPA with Golden Predator Exploration Ltd., a subsidiary of Sabre Gold Mines Corp., is a royalty, whereby the Company will be entitled to a 2.0% net smelter return royalty for the first 600,000 ounces of gold produced, above which the NSR will increase to 2.75%. Sabre has the right to repurchase 0.625% of the increased NSR by paying the Company Cdn$2.0M. Attributable resources have been calculated on the 2.0% / 2.75% basis. |
26. | The Santo Domingo PMPA provides that Capstone will deliver gold equal to 100% of the gold production until 285,000 ounces are delivered and 67% thereafter for the life of the mine. Attributable reserves and resources have been calculated on the 100% / 67% basis. |
27. | The Fenix PMPA provides that Rio2 will deliver gold equal to 6% of the gold production until 90,000 ounces are delivered, then 4% of the gold production until 140,000 ounces are delivered and 3.5% thereafter for the life of the mine. Attributable reserves and resources have been calculated on this 6% / 4% / 3.5% basis. |
28. | The Blackwater silver and gold stream agreements provide that Artemis will deliver respectively silver and gold equal to (i) 50% of the payable silver production until 17.8 million ounces are delivered and 33% thereafter for the life of the mine, and (ii) 8% of the payable gold production until 279,908 ounces are delivered and 4% thereafter for the life of the mine. Attributable reserves and resources have been calculated on the 50% / 33% basis for silver and 8% / 4% basis for gold. |
29. | The Marathon PMPA provides that Generation will deliver 100% of the gold production until 150 thousand ounces are delivered and 67% thereafter for the life of the mine and 22% of the platinum production until 120 thousand ounces are delivered and 15% thereafter for the life of the mine. Attributable reserves and resources have been calculated on the 100% / 67% basis for gold and 22% / 15% basis for platinum. |
30. | The Curipamba PMPA provides that Adventus will deliver silver and gold equal to 75% of the silver production until 4.6 million ounces are delivered and 50% thereafter for the life of the mine and 50% of the gold production until 150 thousand ounces are delivered and 33% thereafter for the life of the mine. Attributable reserves and resources have been calculated on the 75% / 50% basis for silver and 50% / 33% basis for gold. |
31. | The Goose PMPA provides that Sabina will deliver gold equal to 4.15% of the gold production until 130 thousand ounces are delivered, then 2.15% until 200 thousand ounces are delivered and 1.5% thereafter for the life of the mine. Attributable reserves and resources have been calculated on the 4.15% / 2.15% / 1.5% basis. |
32. | Precious metals and cobalt are by-product metals at all of the Mining Operations, other than gold at the Marmato mine, Toroparu project, Fenix project, Goose project and Blackwater project, silver at the Keno Hill mines and the Loma de La Plata zone of the Navidad project and palladium at the Stillwater mines, and therefore, the economic cut off applied to the reporting of precious metals and cobalt reserves and resources will be influenced by changes in the commodity prices of other metals at the mines. |
Statements made in this section contain forward-looking information. Please see “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” for material risks, assumptions and important disclosure associated with this information.
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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
The information contained herein contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking statements, which are all statements other than statements of historical fact, include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to:
| • | the future price of commodities; |
| • | the estimation of future production from Mining Operations (including in the estimation of production, mill throughput, grades, recoveries and exploration potential); |
| • | the estimation of mineral reserves and mineral resources (including the estimation of reserve conversion rates) and the realization of such estimations); |
| • | the commencement, timing and achievement of construction, expansion or improvement projects by Wheaton’s PMPA counterparties at Mining Operations; |
| • | the payment of upfront cash consideration to counterparties under PMPAs, the satisfaction of each party's obligations in accordance with PMPAs and royalty arrangements and the receipt by the Company of precious metals and cobalt production in respect of the applicable Mining Operations under PMPAs or other payments under royalty arrangements; |
| • | the ability of Wheaton’s PMPA counterparties to comply with the terms of a PMPA (including as a result of the business, mining operations and performance of Wheaton’s PMPA counterparties) and the potential impacts of such on Wheaton; |
| • | future payments by the Company in accordance with PMPAs, including any acceleration of payments; |
| • | the costs of future production; |
| • | the estimation of produced but not yet delivered ounces; |
| • | the impact of epidemics (including the COVID-19 virus pandemic), including the potential heightening of other risks; |
| • | the future sales of Common Shares under, the amount of net proceeds from, and the use of the net proceeds from, the ATM Program; |
| • | continued listing of the Common Shares on the LSE, NYSE and TSX; |
| • | any statements as to future dividends; |
| • | the ability to fund outstanding commitments and the ability to continue to acquire accretive PMPAs; |
| • | projected increases to Wheaton's production and cash flow profile; |
| • | projected changes to Wheaton’s production mix; |
| • | the ability of Wheaton’s PMPA counterparties to comply with the terms of any other obligations under agreements with the Company; |
| • | the ability to sell precious metals and cobalt production; |
| • | confidence in the Company’s business structure; |
| • | the Company's assessment of taxes payable and the impact of the CRA Settlement for years subsequent to 2010; |
| • | possible CRA domestic audits for taxation years subsequent to 2016 and international audits; |
| • | the Company’s assessment of the impact of any tax reassessments; |
| • | the Company’s intention to file future tax returns in a manner consistent with the CRA Settlement; |
| • | the Company’s climate change and environmental commitments; and |
| • | assessments of the impact and resolution of various legal and tax matters, including but not limited to audits. |
Generally, these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “plans”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “projects”, “intends”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, or “believes”, “potential”, or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will be taken”, “occur” or “be achieved”. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Wheaton to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to:
| • | the satisfaction of each party's obligations in accordance with the terms of the Company’s PMPAs or royalty arrangements; |
| • | risks associated with fluctuations in the price of commodities (including Wheaton’s ability to sell its precious metals or cobalt production at acceptable prices or at all); |
| • | risks of significant impacts on Wheaton or the Mining Operations as a result of an epidemic (including the COVID-19 virus pandemic); |
| • | risks related to the Mining Operations (including fluctuations in the price of the primary or other commodities mined at such operations, regulatory, political and other risks of the jurisdictions in which the Mining Operations are located, actual results of mining, risks associated with exploration, development, operating, expansion and improvement at the Mining Operations, environmental and |
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economic risks of the Mining Operations, and changes in project parameters as Mining Operations plans continue to be refined);
| • | absence of control over the Mining Operations and having to rely on the accuracy of the public disclosure and other information Wheaton receives from the owners and operators of the Mining Operations as the basis for its analyses, forecasts and assessments relating to its own business; |
| • | risks related to the uncertainty in the accuracy of mineral reserve and mineral resource estimation; |
| • | risks related to the satisfaction of each party’s obligations in accordance with the terms of the Company’s PMPAs, including the ability of the companies with which the Company has PMPAs to perform their obligations under those PMPAs in the event of a material adverse effect on the results of operations, financial condition, cash flows or business of such companies, any acceleration of payments, estimated throughput and exploration potential; |
| • | risks relating to production estimates from Mining Operations, including anticipated timing of the commencement of production by certain Mining Operations; |
| • | Wheaton’s interpretation of, or compliance with, or application of, tax laws and regulations or accounting policies and rules, being found to be incorrect or the tax impact to the Company’s business operations being materially different than currently contemplated; |
| • | any challenge or reassessment by the CRA of the Company’s tax filings being successful and the potential negative impact to the Company’s previous and future tax filings; |
| • | risks in assessing the impact of the CRA Settlement for years subsequent to 2010 (including whether there will be any material change in the Company's facts or change in law or jurisprudence); |
| • | risks relating to the potential implementation of a 15% global minimum tax; |
| • | counterparty credit and liquidity risks; |
| • | mine operator and counterparty concentration risks; |
| • | indebtedness and guarantees risks; |
| • | competition in the streaming industry risk; |
| • | risks related to claims and legal proceedings against Wheaton or the Mining Operations; |
| • | risks relating to security over underlying assets; |
| • | risks related to governmental regulations; |
| • | risks related to international operations of Wheaton and the Mining Operations; |
| • | risks relating to exploration, development, operating, expansions and improvements at the Mining Operations; |
| • | risks related to environmental regulations; |
| • | risks related to climate change; |
| • | the ability of Wheaton and the Mining Operations to obtain and maintain necessary licenses, permits, approvals and rulings; |
| • | the ability of Wheaton and the Mining Operations to comply with applicable laws, regulations and permitting requirements; |
| • | lack of suitable supplies, infrastructure and employees to support the Mining Operations; |
| • | inability to replace and expand mineral reserves, including anticipated timing of the commencement of production by certain Mining Operations (including increases in production, estimated grades and recoveries); |
| • | uncertainties related to title and indigenous rights with respect to the mineral properties of the Mining Operations; |
| • | risks associated with environmental, social and governance matters; |
| • | the ability of Wheaton and the Mining Operations to obtain adequate financing; |
| • | the ability of the Mining Operations to complete permitting, construction, development and expansion; |
| • | challenges related to global financial conditions; |
| • | risks related to Wheaton’s acquisition strategy; |
| • | risks related to the market price of the common shares of Wheaton (the “Common Shares”); |
| • | risks associated with multiple listings of the Common Shares on the LSE, NYSE and TSX; |
| • | risks associated with a possible suspension of trading of Common Shares; |
| • | risks associated with the sale of Common Shares under the ATM Program, including the amount of any net proceeds from such offering of Common Shares and the use of any such proceeds; |
| • | risks associated with the ability to achieve climate change and environmental commitments at Wheaton and at the Mining Operations; |
| • | equity price risks related to Wheaton’s holding of long‑term investments in other companies; |
| • | risks related to interest rates; |
| • | risks related to the declaration, timing and payment of dividends; |
| • | the ability of Wheaton and the Mining Operations to retain key management employees or procure the services of skilled and experienced personnel; |
| • | risks relating to activist shareholders; |
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| • | risks relating to reputational damage; |
| • | risks relating to unknown defects and impairments; |
| • | risks related to ensuring the security and safety of information systems, including cyber security risks; |
| • | risks related to the adequacy of internal control over financial reporting; |
| • | risks related to fluctuations in commodity prices of metals produced from the Mining Operations other than precious metals or cobalt; |
| • | risks relating to future sales or the issuance of equity securities; and |
| • | other risks discussed in the section entitled “Description of the Business – Risk Factors” in Wheaton’s most recent Annual Information Form available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, and in Wheaton’s Form 40-F and Form 6-Ks, all on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. and available on EDGAR (the "Disclosure”). |
Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions management currently believes to be reasonable, including but not limited to:
| • | that there will be no material adverse change in the market price of commodities; |
| • | that the Mining Operations will continue to operate and the mining projects will be completed in accordance with public statements and achieve their stated production estimates; |
| • | that the mineral reserves and mineral resource estimates from Mining Operations (including reserve conversion rates) are accurate; |
| • | that each party will satisfy their obligations in accordance with the PMPAs; |
| • | that Wheaton will continue to be able to fund or obtain funding for outstanding commitments; |
| • | that Wheaton will be able to source and obtain accretive PMPAs; |
| • | that neither Wheaton nor the Mining Operations will suffer significant impacts as a result of an epidemic (including the COVID-19 virus pandemic); |
| • | that any outbreak or threat of an outbreak of a virus or other contagions or epidemic disease will be adequately responded to locally, nationally, regionally and internationally, without such response requiring any prolonged closure of the Mining Operations or having other material adverse effects on the Company and counterparties to its PMPAs; |
| • | that the trading of the Common Shares will not be adversely affected by the differences in liquidity, settlement and clearing systems as a result of multiple listings of the Common Shares on the LSE, the TSX and the NYSE; |
| • | that the trading of the Company’s Common Shares will not be suspended; |
| • | that expectations regarding the resolution of legal and tax matters will be achieved (including CRA audits involving the Company); |
| • | that Wheaton has properly considered the application of Canadian tax law to its structure and operations; |
| • | that Wheaton has filed its tax returns and paid applicable taxes in compliance with Canadian tax law; |
| • | that Wheaton's application of the CRA Settlement for years subsequent to 2010 is accurate (including the Company's assessment that there has been no material change in the Company's facts or change in law or jurisprudence for years subsequent to 2010); |
| • | that any sale of Common Shares under the ATM Program will not have a significant impact on the market price of the Common Shares and that the net proceeds of sales of Common Shares, if any, will be used as anticipated; |
| • | the estimate of the recoverable amount for any PMPA with an indicator of impairment; and |
| • | such other assumptions and factors as set out in the Disclosure. |
Although Wheaton has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results, level of activity, performance or achievements not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate and even if events or results described in the forward-looking statements are realized or substantially realized, there can be no assurance that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, Wheaton. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and are cautioned that actual outcomes may vary. The forward-looking statements included herein are for the purpose of providing investors with information to assist them in understanding Wheaton’s expected financial and operational performance and may not be appropriate for other purposes. Any forward looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Wheaton does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that are included or incorporated by reference herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
Cautionary Language Regarding Reserves And Resources
For further information on Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources and on Wheaton more generally, readers should refer to Wheaton’s Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2021 and other continuous disclosure
documents filed by Wheaton since January 1, 2022, available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Wheaton’s Mineral
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Reserves and Mineral Resources are subject to the qualifications and notes set forth therein. Mineral Resources which are not Mineral Reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.
Cautionary Note to United States Investors Concerning Estimates of Measured, Indicated and Inferred Resources:
The information contained herein has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the securities laws in effect in Canada, which differ from the requirements of United States securities laws. The terms "mineral reserve", "proven mineral reserve" and "probable mineral reserve" are Canadian mining terms defined in accordance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101") and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (the "CIM") – CIM Definition Standards on Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves, adopted by the CIM Council, as amended (the "CIM Standards"). In addition, the terms "mineral resource", "measured mineral resource", "indicated mineral resource" and "inferred mineral resource" are defined in and required to be disclosed by NI 43-101. Investors are cautioned not to assume that any part or all of the mineral deposits in these categories will ever be converted into reserves. "Inferred mineral resources" have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence and as to their economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an inferred mineral resource will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Under Canadian rules, estimates of inferred mineral resources may not form the basis of feasibility or pre-feasibility studies, except in rare cases. Investors are cautioned not to assume that all or any part of an inferred mineral resource exists or is economically or legally mineable. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. Disclosure of "contained ounces" in a resource is permitted disclosure under Canadian regulations. The SEC has adopted amendments to its disclosure rules to modernize the mineral property disclosure requirements for issuers whose securities are registered with the SEC under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). These amendments became effective February 25, 2019 (the “SEC Modernization Rules”) with compliance required for the first fiscal year beginning on or after January 1, 2021. Under the SEC Modernization Rules, the historical property disclosure requirements for mining registrants included in SEC Industry Guide 7 will be rescinded and replaced with disclosure requirements in subpart 1300 of SEC Regulation S-K. Following the transition period, as a foreign private issuer that is eligible to file reports with the SEC pursuant to the multi-jurisdictional disclosure system, the Company is not required to provide disclosure on its mineral properties under the SEC Modernization Rules and will continue to provide disclosure under NI 43-101. As a result of the adoption of the SEC Modernization Rules, the SEC will recognize estimates of “measured mineral resources”, “indicated mineral resources” and “inferred mineral resources.” In addition, the SEC has amended its definitions of “proven mineral reserves” and “probable mineral reserves” to be “substantially similar” to the corresponding definitions under the CIM Definition Standards that are required under NI 43-101. However, while the above terms are “substantially similar” to CIM Definition Standards, there are differences in the definitions under the SEC Modernization Rules and the CIM Definition Standards. Accordingly, there is no assurance any mineral reserves or mineral resources that the Company may report as “proven mineral reserves”, “probable mineral reserves”, “measured mineral resources”, “indicated mineral resources” and “inferred mineral resources” under NI 43-101 would be the same had the Company prepared the reserve or resource estimates under the standards adopted under the SEC Modernization Rules. Accordingly, information contained herein that describes Wheaton’s mineral deposits may not be comparable to similar information made public by U.S. companies subject to reporting and disclosure requirements under the United States federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. United States investors are urged to consider closely the disclosure in Wheaton’s Form 40-F, a copy of which may be obtained from Wheaton or from http://www.sec.gov/edgar.html.
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Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Earnings
| | Three Months Ended March 31 |
(US dollars and shares in thousands, except per share amounts - unaudited) | Note | 2022 | 2021 |
Sales | 6 | $ | 307,244 | $ | 324,119 |
Cost of sales | | | | | |
Cost of sales, excluding depletion | | $ | 69,994 | $ | 78,783 |
Depletion | 12 | | 57,402 | | 70,173 |
Total cost of sales | | $ | 127,396 | $ | 148,956 |
Gross margin | | $ | 179,848 | $ | 175,163 |
General and administrative expenses | 7 | | 9,403 | | 9,735 |
Share based compensation | 8 | | 9,902 | | 1,630 |
Donations and community investments | 9 | | 813 | | 606 |
Earnings from operations | | $ | 159,730 | $ | 163,192 |
Other (income) expense | 10 | | 170 | | 119 |
Earnings before finance costs and income taxes | | $ | 159,560 | $ | 163,073 |
Finance costs | 18.3 | | 1,422 | | 1,573 |
Earnings before income taxes | | $ | 158,138 | $ | 161,500 |
Income tax (expense) recovery | 24 | | (671) | | 502 |
Net earnings | | $ | 157,467 | $ | 162,002 |
Basic earnings per share | | $ | 0.349 | $ | 0.360 |
Diluted earnings per share | | $ | 0.348 | $ | 0.360 |
Weighted average number of shares outstanding | | | | | |
Basic | 22 | | 450,915 | | 449,509 |
Diluted | 22 | | 451,953 | | 450,600 |
The accompanying notes form an integral part of these unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
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Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
| | Three Months Ended March 31 |
(US dollars in thousands - unaudited) | Note | 2022 | 2021 |
Net earnings | | $ | 157,467 | $ | 162,002 |
Other comprehensive income | | | | | |
Items that will not be reclassified to net earnings | | | | | |
Gain (loss) on LTIs | 16 | $ | 91 | $ | (217) |
Income tax recovery (expense) related to LTIs¹ | 24 | | (194) | | (2,137) |
Total other comprehensive loss | | $ | (103) | $ | (2,354) |
Total comprehensive income | | $ | 157,364 | $ | 159,648 |
1) | LTIs = long-term investments – common shares held. |
The accompanying notes form an integral part of these unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
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Condensed Interim Consolidated Balance Sheets
| Note | As at March 31 | As at December 31 |
(US dollars in thousands - unaudited) | 2022 | 2021 |
Assets | | | | | |
Current assets | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | 23 | $ | 376,163 | $ | 226,045 |
Accounts receivable | 11 | | 27,939 | | 11,577 |
Other | 25 | | 9,875 | | 12,102 |
Total current assets | | $ | 413,977 | $ | 249,724 |
Non-current assets | | | | | |
Mineral stream interests | 12 | $ | 5,894,884 | $ | 5,905,797 |
Early deposit mineral stream interests | 13 | | 45,342 | | 34,741 |
Mineral royalty interest | 14 | | 6,606 | | 6,606 |
Long-term equity investments | 16 | | 92,194 | | 61,477 |
Convertible notes receivable | 15 | | - | | 17,086 |
Property, plant and equipment | 17 | | 5,183 | | 5,509 |
Other | 26 | | 11,847 | | 15,211 |
Total non-current assets | | $ | 6,056,056 | $ | 6,046,427 |
Total assets | | $ | 6,470,033 | $ | 6,296,151 |
Liabilities | | | | | |
Current liabilities | | | | | |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | | $ | 11,861 | $ | 13,935 |
Dividends payable | 19.2 | | 67,687 | | - |
Current portion of performance share units | 21.1 | | 31,413 | | 14,807 |
Current portion of lease liabilities | 18.2 | | 830 | | 813 |
Other | | | 150 | | 136 |
Total current liabilities | | $ | 111,941 | $ | 29,691 |
Non-current liabilities | | | | | |
Lease liabilities | 18.2 | | 1,868 | | 2,060 |
Deferred income taxes | 24 | | 121 | | 100 |
Performance share units | 21.1 | | 3,759 | | 11,498 |
Pension liability | | | 2,883 | | 2,685 |
Total non-current liabilities | | $ | 8,631 | $ | 16,343 |
Total liabilities | | $ | 120,572 | $ | 46,034 |
Shareholders' equity | | | | | |
Issued capital | 19 | $ | 3,711,294 | $ | 3,698,998 |
Reserves | 20 | | 44,304 | | 47,036 |
Retained earnings | | | 2,593,863 | | 2,504,083 |
Total shareholders' equity | | $ | 6,349,461 | $ | 6,250,117 |
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | | $ | 6,470,033 | $ | 6,296,151 |
The accompanying notes form an integral part of these unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
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Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
| | Three Months Ended March 31 |
(US dollars in thousands - unaudited) | Note | 2022 | 2021 |
Operating activities | | | | | |
Net earnings | | $ | 157,467 | $ | 162,002 |
Adjustments for | | | | | |
Depreciation and depletion | | | 57,795 | | 70,649 |
Interest expense | 18.3 | | 26 | | 262 |
Equity settled stock based compensation | | | 1,342 | | 1,325 |
Performance share units | 21.1 | | 8,560 | | 305 |
Pension expense | | | 158 | | 151 |
Income tax expense (recovery) | 24 | | 671 | | (502) |
Loss (gain) on fair value adjustment of share purchase warrants held | 10 | | 743 | | 950 |
Fair value (gain) loss on convertible note receivable | 15 | | 1,380 | | (1,238) |
Investment income recognized in net earnings | | (194) | | (2) |
Other | | | (1,514) | | 593 |
Change in non-cash working capital | 23 | | (15,918) | | (1,972) |
Cash generated from operations before income taxes and interest | | $ | 210,516 | $ | 232,523 |
Income taxes recovered (paid) | | | (32) | | (30) |
Interest paid | | | (26) | | (341) |
Interest received | | | 82 | | 2 |
Cash generated from operating activities | $ | 210,540 | $ | 232,154 |
Financing activities | | | | | |
Bank debt repaid | 18.1 | $ | - | $ | (195,000) |
Share purchase options exercised | 20.2 | | 5,772 | | 4,793 |
Lease payments | 18.2 | | (200) | | (214) |
Cash (used for) generated from financing activities | $ | 5,572 | $ | (190,421) |
Investing activities | | | | | |
Mineral stream interests | 12 | $ | (45,252) | $ | (151,019) |
Early deposit mineral stream interests | 13 | | (750) | | (750) |
Mineral royalty interest | 14 | | - | | (3,561) |
Acquisition of long-term investments | 16 | | (20,135) | | - |
Proceeds on disposal of long-term investments | 16 | | - | | 112,188 |
Dividends received | | | 112 | | - |
Other | | | (36) | | (134) |
Cash (used for) generated from investing activities | $ | (66,061) | $ | (43,276) |
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | $ | 67 | $ | 22 |
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | $ | 150,118 | $ | (1,521) |
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | | 226,045 | | 192,683 |
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | 23 | $ | 376,163 | $ | 191,162 |
The accompanying notes form an integral part of these unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
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Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity
| | | Reserves | | | | |
(US dollars in thousands - unaudited) | Number of Shares (000's) | Issued Capital | Share Purchase Warrants Reserve | Share Purchase Options Reserve | Restricted Share Units Reserve | LTI 1 Revaluation Reserve (Net of Tax) | Total Reserves | Retained Earnings | Total |
At January 1, 2021 | 449,458 | $ | 3,646,291 | $ | 83,077 | $ | 21,855 | $ | 6,815 | $ | 15,135 | $ | 126,882 | $ | 1,941,398 | $ | 5,714,571 |
Total comprehensive income | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net earnings | | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 162,002 | $ | 162,002 |
OCI 1 | | | - | | - | | - | | - | | (2,354) | | (2,354) | | - | | (2,354) |
Total comprehensive income | | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | (2,354) | $ | (2,354) | $ | 162,002 | $ | 159,648 |
Income tax recovery (expense) | | $ | 1,568 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 1,568 |
SBC 1 expense | | | - | | - | | 516 | | 809 | | - | | 1,325 | | - | | 1,325 |
Options 1 exercised | 258 | | 5,741 | | - | | (948) | | - | | - | | (948) | | - | | 4,793 |
RSUs 1 released | 116 | | 2,800 | | - | | - | | (2,800) | | - | | (2,800) | | - | | - |
Dividends (Note 19.2) | | | - | | - | | - | | - | | - | | - | | (58,478) | | (58,478) |
Realized gain on disposal of LTIs ¹ (Note 20.4) | | | - | | - | | - | | - | | (53,119) | | (53,119) | | 53,119 | | - |
At March 31, 2021 | 449,832 | $ | 3,656,400 | $ | 83,077 | $ | 21,423 | $ | 4,824 | $ | (40,338) | $ | 68,986 | $ | 2,098,041 | $ | 5,823,427 |
Total comprehensive income | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net earnings | | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 592,884 | $ | 592,884 |
OCI 1 | | | - | | - | | - | | - | | (13,960) | | (13,960) | | - | | (13,960) |
Total comprehensive income | | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | (13,960) | $ | (13,960) | $ | 592,884 | $ | 578,924 |
Income tax recovery (expense) | | $ | 243 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 243 |
SBC 1 expense | | | - | | - | | 1,550 | | 2,387 | | - | | 3,937 | | - | | 3,937 |
Options 1 exercised | 141 | | 3,784 | | - | | (624) | | - | | - | | (624) | | - | | 3,160 |
RSUs 1 released | 1 | | 15 | | - | | - | | (15) | | - | | (15) | | - | | - |
Dividends (Note 19.2) | 890 | | 38,556 | | - | | - | | - | | - | | - | | (198,130) | | (159,574) |
Realized gain on disposal of LTIs ¹ | | | - | | - | | - | | - | | (11,288) | | (11,288) | | 11,288 | | - |
At December 31, 2021 | 450,864 | $ | 3,698,998 | $ | 83,077 | $ | 22,349 | $ | 7,196 | $ | (65,586) | $ | 47,036 | $ | 2,504,083 | $ | 6,250,117 |
Total comprehensive income | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net earnings | | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 157,467 | $ | 157,467 |
OCI 1 | | | - | | - | | - | | - | | (103) | | (103) | | - | | (103) |
Total comprehensive income | | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | (103) | $ | (103) | $ | 157,467 | $ | 157,364 |
Income tax recovery (expense) | | $ | 793 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 793 |
SBC 1 expense | | | - | | - | | 534 | | 808 | | - | | 1,342 | | - | | 1,342 |
Options 1 exercised | 329 | | 8,969 | | - | | (1,437) | | - | | - | | (1,437) | | - | | 7,532 |
RSUs 1 released | 88 | | 2,534 | | - | | - | | (2,534) | | - | | (2,534) | | - | | - |
Dividends (Note 19.2) | | | - | | - | | - | | - | | - | | - | | (67,687) | | (67,687) |
At March 31, 2022 | 451,281 | $ | 3,711,294 | $ | 83,077 | $ | 21,446 | $ | 5,470 | $ | (65,689) | $ | 44,304 | $ | 2,593,863 | $ | 6,349,461 |
1) Definitions as follows: “OCI” = Other Comprehensive Income (Loss); “SBC” = Equity Settled Stock Based Compensation; “Options” = Share Purchase Options; “RSUs” = Restricted Share Units; “LTI’s” = Long-Term Investments; “Warrants” = Share Purchase Warrants.
The accompanying notes form an integral part of these unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
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1. | Description of Business and Nature of Operations |
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. is a precious metal streaming company which generates its revenue primarily from the sale of precious metals (gold, silver and palladium) and cobalt. Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. (“Wheaton” or the “Company”), which is the ultimate parent company of its consolidated group, is incorporated and domiciled in Canada, and its principal place of business is at Suite 3500 - 1021 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6E 0C3. The Company trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”), the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and the London Stock Exchange (“LSE”) under the symbol WPM.
As of March 31, 2022, the Company has entered into 31 long-term purchase agreements (three of which are early deposit agreements), with 24 different mining companies, for the purchase of precious metals and cobalt (“precious metal purchase agreements” or "PMPA") relating to 23 mining assets which are currently operating, 13 which are at various stages of development and 2 which have been placed in care and maintenance, located in 13 countries. Pursuant to the PMPAs, Wheaton acquires metal production from the counterparties for an initial upfront payment plus an additional cash payment for each ounce or pound delivered which is either a fixed price or fixed percentage of the market price by contract, generally at or below the prevailing market price.
The condensed interim consolidated financial statements of the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2022 were authorized for issue as of May 5, 2022 in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors.
Business Continuity and Employee Health and Safety
In accordance with local government restrictions and guidelines, Wheaton temporarily closed its physical offices in mid-March 2020 and successfully transitioned to telecommuting for all of its employees. During the third quarter of 2020, the physical offices were re-opened on a voluntary basis and currently all employees attend the physical offices on at least a part-time basis.
Partner Operations
During the second quarter of 2020, six partner operations located in Mexico and Peru on which the Company has PMPAs were temporarily suspended due to government restrictions focused on reducing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the Constancia, Yauliyacu, San Dimas, Los Filos, Peñasquito and Antamina mines. All these mining operations resumed operations during the third quarter of 2020 and remained in operation for the balance of 2020 and are currently all in operation. There can be no assurance that our partners’ operations that are currently operational will continue to remain operational, or operate at expected levels, for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. | Basis of Presentation and Statement of Compliance |
These unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis, except for certain financial instruments which have been measured at fair value as at the relevant balance sheet date. The consolidated financial statements are presented in United States (“US”) dollars, which is the Company’s functional currency, and all values are rounded to the nearest thousand US dollars (US$ 000’s) unless otherwise noted. References to “Cdn$” refer to Canadian dollars.
These unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34, Interim Financial Reporting (“IAS 34”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. The accounting policies applied in these unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements are based on International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB") and have been prepared using the same accounting policies and methods of application as disclosed in Note 3 to the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021 and were consistently applied to all the periods presented unless otherwise stated below. These unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements do not include all the information and note disclosures required by IFRS for annual consolidated financial statements and therefore should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021.
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with IAS 34 requires the use of certain accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in applying the Company’s accounting policies. The areas involving a higher degree of judgment or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the financial statements, are disclosed in Note 4.
In the opinion of management, all adjustments (including normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position at March 31, 2022 and the results of operations and cash flows for all periods presented have been made. The interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year.
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During the quarter, the Company changed the classification for stock option expense (Note 20.2), RSU expense (Note 20.3), and PSU expense (Note 21.1) within the Condensed Interim Consolidated Statement of Earnings from General and Administrative expense to Share Based Compensation as management believes this presentation provides more useful information to the readers of the financial statements. Additionally, the Company changed the classification for donations and community investments within the Condensed Interim Consolidated Statement of Earnings from General and Administrative expense to Donations and Community Investments (Note 9).
These changes have been retrospectively applied to all periods presented.
3. | Significant Accounting Policies |
3.1. | Future Changes to Accounting Policies |
The IASB has issued the following new or amended standards:
Amendment to IAS 12 - Deferred Tax related to Assets and Liabilities arising from a Single Transaction
The amendments to IAS 12 clarify that the initial recognition exemption does not apply to transactions in which equal amounts of deductible and taxable temporary differences arise on initial recognition. The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023. Early application of the amendments is permitted. The amendments apply to transactions that occur on or after the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented. In addition, at the beginning of the earliest comparative period the following would be recognized:
| • | a deferred tax asset to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which the deductible temporary difference can be utilized and a deferred tax liability for all deductible and taxable temporary differences associated with right-of-use assets and lease liabilities; and |
| • | the cumulative effect of initially applying the amendments as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings (or other component of equity, as appropriate) at that date. |
The implementation of this amendment is not expected to have a material impact on the Company.
Amendment to IAS 1- Presentation of Financial statements
The amendments to IAS 1 clarify the presentation of liabilities. The classification of liabilities as current or noncurrent is based on contractual rights that are in existence at the end of the reporting period and is unaffected by expectations about whether an entity will exercise its right to defer settlement. A liability not due over the next twelve months is classified as non-current even if management intends or expects to settle the liability within twelve months. The amendment also introduces a definition of ‘settlement’ to make clear that settlement refers to the transfer of cash, equity instruments, other assets, or services to the counterparty. The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023. The implementation of this amendment is not expected to have a material impact on the Company.
Amendments to IAS 1 and IFRS Practice Statement 2 – Disclosure of Accounting policies
The amendments require that an entity discloses its material accounting policies, instead of its significant accounting policies. Further amendments explain how an entity can identify a material accounting policy. Examples of when an accounting policy is likely to be material are added. To support the amendment, the IASB has also developed guidance and examples to explain and demonstrate the application of the ‘four-step materiality process’ described in IFRS Practice Statement 2. The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the amendment on its financial statements.
4. | Key Sources of Estimation Uncertainty and Critical Accounting Judgments |
The preparation of the Company’s condensed interim consolidated financial statements requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates and assumptions are continuously evaluated and are based on management’s experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. However, actual outcomes can differ from these estimates.
Information about significant areas of estimation uncertainty and judgments made by management in preparing the condensed interim consolidated financial statements are described below.
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Key Sources of Estimation Uncertainty
4.1. | Attributable Reserve, Resource and Exploration Potential Estimates |
Mineral stream interests are significant assets of the Company, with a carrying value of $5.9 billion at March 31, 2022. This amount represents the capitalized expenditures related to the acquisition of the mineral stream interests, net of accumulated depletion and accumulated impairment charges, if any. The Company estimates the reserves, resources and exploration potential relating to each agreement. Reserves are estimates of the amount of metals contained in ore that can be economically and legally extracted from the mining properties in respect of which the Company has PMPAs. Resources are estimates of the amount of metals contained in mineralized material for which there is a reasonable prospect for economic extraction from the mining properties in respect of which the Company has PMPAs. Exploration potential represents an estimate of additional reserves and resources which may be discovered through the mine operator’s exploration program. The Company adjusts its estimates of reserves, resources (where applicable) and exploration potential (where applicable) to reflect the Company’s percentage entitlement to metals produced from such mines. The Company compiles its estimates of its reserves and resources based on information supplied by appropriately qualified persons relating to the geological data on the size, density and grade of the ore body, and require complex geological and geostatistical judgments to interpret the data. The estimation of recoverable reserves and resources is based upon factors such as estimates of foreign exchange rates, commodity prices, future capital requirements, and production costs along with geological assumptions and judgments made in estimating the size and grade of the ore body. The Company estimates exploration potential based on assumptions surrounding the ore body continuity which requires judgment as to future success of any exploration programs undertaken by the mine operator. Changes in the reserve estimates, resource estimates or exploration potential estimates may impact upon the carrying value of the Company’s mineral stream interests and depletion charges.
The Company’s mineral stream interests are separately allocated to reserves, resources and exploration potential. The value allocated to reserves is classified as depletable and is depleted on a unit-of-production basis over the estimated recoverable proven and probable reserves at the mine corresponding to the specific agreement. The value associated with resources and exploration potential is the value beyond proven and probable reserves at acquisition and is classified as non-depletable until such time as it is transferred to the depletable category as a result of the conversion of resources and/or exploration potential into reserves. To make this allocation, the Company estimates the recoverable reserves, resources and exploration potential at each mining operation. These calculations require the use of estimates and assumptions, including the amount of contained metals, recovery rates and payable rates. Changes to these assumptions may impact the estimated recoverable reserves, resources or exploration potential which could directly impact the depletion rates used. Changes to depletion rates are accounted for prospectively.
The Company assesses each PMPA at the end of every reporting period to determine whether any indication of impairment or impairment reversal exists. If such an indication exists, the recoverable amount of the PMPA is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment or impairment reversal (if any). The calculation of the recoverable amount requires the use of estimates and assumptions such as long-term commodity prices, discount rates, recoverable ounces of attributable metals, and operating performance.
The price of precious metals and cobalt has been volatile over the past several years. The Company monitors spot and forward metal prices and if necessary re-evaluates the long-term metal price assumptions used for impairment testing. Should price levels decline or increase in the future, either for an extended period of time or due to known macro economic changes, the Company may need to re-evaluate the long-term metal price assumptions used for impairment testing. A significant decrease in long-term metal price assumptions may be an indication of potential impairment, while a significant increase in long-term metal price assumptions may be an indication of potential impairment reversal. In addition, the Company also monitors the estimated recoverable reserves and resources as well as operational developments at the mining properties in respect of which the Company has PMPAs for indications of impairment or impairment reversal. Should the Company conclude that it has an indication of impairment or impairment reversal at any balance sheet date, the Company is required to perform an impairment assessment.
4.4. | Valuation of Stock Based Compensation |
The Company has various forms of stock based compensation, including share purchase options, restricted share units (“RSUs”) and performance share units (“PSUs”). The calculation of the fair value of share purchase options, RSUs and PSUs issued requires the use of estimates as more fully described in Notes 20.2, 20.3, and 21.1, respectively.
Critical Accounting Judgments
Due to the size, complexity and nature of the Company’s operations, various legal and tax matters are outstanding from time to time, including those matters described in Note 27. By their nature, contingencies will only be resolved
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when one or more future events occur or fail to occur. The assessment of contingencies inherently involves the exercise of significant judgment of the outcome of future events. If the Company is unable to resolve any of these matters favorably, there may be a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial performance, cash flows or results of operations. In the event that management’s judgement of the future resolution of these matters changes, the Company will recognize the effects of the changes in its consolidated financial statements in the appropriate period relative to when such changes occur.
The interpretation and application of existing tax laws, regulations or rules in Canada, the Cayman Islands, Barbados, Luxembourg, the Netherlands or any of the countries in which the Company’s subsidiaries or the mining operations are located or to which deliveries of precious metals, precious metal credits or cobalt are made requires the use of judgment. The likelihood that tax positions taken will be sustained is assessed based on facts and circumstances of the relevant tax position considering all available evidence. Differing interpretation of these laws, regulations or rules could result in an increase in the Company’s taxes, or other governmental charges, duties or impositions. Refer to Note 27 for more information.
In assessing the probability of realizing deferred income tax assets, the Company makes estimates related to expectations of future taxable income, including the expected timing of reversals of existing temporary differences. Such estimates are based on forecasted cash flows from operations which require the use of estimates and assumptions such as long-term commodity prices and recoverable metal ounces. The amount of deferred income tax assets recognized on the balance sheet could be reduced if the actual taxable income differs significantly from expected taxable income. The Company reassesses its deferred income tax assets at the end of each reporting period.
5.1. | Capital Risk Management |
The Company manages its capital to ensure that it will be able to continue as a going concern while maximizing the return to stakeholders through the optimization of the debt and equity balance.
The capital structure of the Company consists of debt (Note 18) and equity attributable to common shareholders, comprising of issued capital (Note 19), accumulated reserves (Note 20) and retained earnings.
The Company is not subject to any externally imposed capital requirements with the exception of complying with the minimum tangible net worth covenant under the credit agreement governing bank debt (Note 18).
The Company is in compliance with the debt covenants at March 31, 2022, as described in Note 18.1.
5.2. | Categories of Financial Assets and Liabilities |
The non-revolving term loan, which required regularly scheduled payments of interest and principal, was carried at amortized cost. Trade receivables from sales of cobalt and other receivables are non-interest bearing and are stated at amortized cost, which approximate fair values due to the short terms to maturity. Where necessary, the non-revolving term loan and the other receivables are reported net of allowances for uncollectable amounts. All other financial assets are reported at fair value. Fair value adjustments on financial assets are reflected as a component of net earnings with the exception of fair value adjustments associated with the Company’s long-term investments in common shares held. As these long-term investments are held for strategic purposes and not for trading, the Company has made a one time, irrevocable election to reflect the fair value adjustments associated with these investments as a component of OCI. Financial liabilities are reported at amortized cost using the effective interest method. The following table summarizes the classification of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities:
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| | Note | March 31 | December 31 |
(in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
Financial assets | | | | | |
Financial assets mandatorily measured at FVTNE 1 | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | 23 | $ | 376,163 | $ | 226,045 |
Trade receivables from provisional concentrate sales, net of fair value adjustment | 6, 11 | | 2,135 | | 1,716 |
Long-term investments - warrants held | | | 850 | | 1,536 |
Convertible note receivable | 15 | | - | | 17,086 |
Investments in equity instruments designated at FVTOCI 1 | | | | | |
Long-term investments - common shares held | 16 | | 91,344 | | 59,941 |
Financial assets measured at amortized cost | | | | | |
Non-revolving term loan | 15, 25 | | - | | 816 |
Trade receivables from sales of cobalt | 11 | | 22,372 | | 9,488 |
Other accounts receivable | 11 | | 3,432 | | 373 |
Total financial assets | | $ | 496,296 | $ | 317,001 |
Financial liabilities | | | | | |
Financial liabilities at amortized cost | | | | | |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | | | 11,861 | | 13,935 |
Dividends payable | 19.2 | | 67,687 | | - |
Pension liability | | | 2,883 | | 2,685 |
Total financial liabilities | | $ | 82,431 | $ | 16,620 |
1) | FVTNE refers to Fair Value Through Net Earnings, FVTOCI refers to Fair Value Through Other Comprehensive Income |
Credit risk is the risk that the counterparty to a financial instrument will cause a financial loss for the Company by failing to discharge its obligations. To mitigate exposure to credit risk on financial assets, the Company has established policies to limit the concentration of credit risk, to ensure counterparties demonstrate minimum acceptable credit worthiness and to ensure liquidity of available funds.
The Company closely monitors its financial assets and does not have any significant concentration of credit risk. The Company invests surplus cash in short-term, high credit quality, money market instruments. Additionally, the outstanding accounts receivable from the sales of cobalt are supported by a $15 million letter of credit. Finally, counterparties used to sell precious metals are all large, international organizations with strong credit ratings and the balance of trade receivables on these sales in the ordinary course of business is not significant. Therefore, credit risk associated with trade receivables at March 31, 2022 is considered to be negligible.
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The Company’s maximum exposure to credit risk related to its financial assets is as follows:
| | March 31 | December 31 |
(in thousands) | Note | 2022 | 2021 |
Cash and cash equivalents | 23 | $ | 376,163 | $ | 226,045 |
Trade receivables from provisional concentrate sales, net of fair value adjustment | 11 | | 2,135 | | 1,716 |
Trade receivables from sales of cobalt | 11 | | 22,372 | | 9,488 |
Other accounts receivables | 11 | | 3,432 | | 373 |
Non-revolving term loan | 15, 25 | | - | | 816 |
Convertible notes receivable | 15 | | - | | 17,086 |
Maximum exposure to credit risk related to financial assets | | $ | 404,102 | $ | 255,524 |
The Company has in place a rigorous planning and budgeting process to help determine the funds required to support the Company’s normal operating requirements on an ongoing basis and its expansionary plans. The Company ensures that there are sufficient committed loan facilities to meet its short-term business requirements, taking into account its anticipated cash flows from operations and its holdings of cash and cash equivalents. As at March 31, 2022, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $376 million (December 31, 2021 - $226 million) and working capital of $302 million (December 31, 2021 - $220 million).
The Company holds equity investments of several companies (Note 16) with a combined market value at March 31, 2022 of $92 million (December 31, 2021 - $61 million). The daily exchange traded volume of these shares, including the shares underlying the warrants, is not sufficient for the Company to liquidate its position in a short period of time without potentially affecting the market value of the shares. These shares and warrants are held for strategic purposes and are considered long-term investments and therefore, as part of the Company’s planning, budgeting and liquidity analysis process, these investments are not relied upon to provide operational liquidity.
The following table summarizes the timing associated with the Company’s remaining contractual payments relating to its financial liabilities. The table reflects the undiscounted cash flows of financial liabilities based on the earliest date on which the Company can be required to pay (assuming that the Company is in compliance with all of its obligations). The table includes both interest and principal cash flows.
As at March 31, 2022 |
(in thousands) | 2022 | 2023 - 2024 | 2025 - 2026 | After 2026 | | Total |
Non-derivative financial liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | 11,861 |
| $
| - | | $ | - | | $ | - | | $ | 11,861 |
Performance share units 1 | | 18,552 | | | 16,528 | | | 92 | | | - | | | 35,172 |
Dividends payable | | 67,687 | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 67,687 |
Total | $ | 98,100 | | $ | 16,528 | | $ | 92 | | $ | - | | $ | 114,720 |
1) | Assumes a weighted average performance factor of 188% (see Note 21.1). |
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The Company undertakes certain transactions denominated in Canadian dollars, including certain operating expenses and the acquisition of strategic long-term investments. As a result, the Company is exposed to fluctuations in the value of the Canadian dollar relative to the United States dollar. The carrying amounts of the Company’s Canadian dollar denominated monetary assets and monetary liabilities at the end of the reporting period are as follows:
| | March 31 | | December 31 |
(in thousands) | | 2022 | | 2021 |
Monetary assets | | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | $ | 6,863 | | $ | 1,567 |
Accounts receivable | | | 1,625 | | | 155 |
Long-term investments - common shares held | | | 90,920 | | | 59,517 |
Long-term investments - warrants held | | | 850 | | | 1,536 |
Convertible note receivable | | | - | | | 17,086 |
Non-revolving term loan | | | - | | | 816 |
Other long-term assets | | | 3,585 | | | 3,534 |
Total Canadian dollar denominated monetary assets | | $ | 103,843 | | $ | 84,211 |
Monetary liabilities | | | | | | |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | | $ | 5,080 | | $ | 9,001 |
Performance share units | | | 28,213 | | | 21,079 |
Lease liability | | | 1,818 | | | 1,919 |
Pension liability | | | 2,882 | | | 2,685 |
Total Canadian dollar denominated monetary liabilities | | $ | 37,993 | | $ | 34,684 |
The following tables detail the Company’s sensitivity to a 10% increase or decrease in the Canadian dollar relative to the United States dollar, representing the sensitivity used when reporting foreign currency risk internally to key management personnel and represents management’s assessment of the reasonably possible change in exchange rates.
| As at March 31, 2022 |
| Change in Canadian Dollar |
(in thousands) | 10% Increase | 10% Decrease |
Increase (decrease) in net earnings | $ | (2,507) | $ | 2,507 |
Increase (decrease) in other comprehensive income | | 9,092 | | (9,092) |
Increase (decrease) in total comprehensive income | $ | 6,585 | $ | (6,585) |
| As at December 31, 2021 |
| Change in Canadian Dollar |
(in thousands) | 10% Increase | 10% Decrease |
Increase (decrease) in net earnings | $ | (999) | $ | 999 |
Increase (decrease) in other comprehensive income | | 5,952 | | (5,952) |
Increase (decrease) in total comprehensive income | $ | 4,953 | $ | (4,953) |
The Company is exposed to interest rate risk on its outstanding borrowings and short-term investments. Presently, the Company has no outstanding borrowings, and historically all borrowings have been at floating interest rates. The
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Company monitors its exposure to interest rates and has not entered into any derivative contracts to manage this risk. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the weighted average effective interest rate paid by the Company on its outstanding borrowings was Nil (2021 - 1.17%).
During the three months ended March 31, 2022 and March 31, 2021, a fluctuation in interest rates of 100 basis points (1 percent) would have impacted the amount of interest expensed by approximately $Nil and $0.2 million, respectively.
The Company is exposed to equity price risk as a result of holding long-term investments in common shares of various companies. The Company does not actively trade these investments.
If equity prices had been 10% higher or lower at the respective balance sheet date, other comprehensive income for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 would have increased/decreased by approximately $9 million and $8 million respectively, as a result of changes in the fair value of common shares held.
5.8. | Fair Value Estimation |
The Company classifies its fair value measurements within a fair value hierarchy, which reflects the significance of the inputs used in making the measurements as defined in IFRS 13 – Fair Value Measurements (“IFRS 13”).
Level 1 - Unadjusted quoted prices at the measurement date for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
Level 2 - Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.
Level 3 - Unobservable inputs which are supported by little or no market activity.
The following table sets forth the Company’s financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value by level within the fair value hierarchy. As required by IFRS 13, assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
| | March 31, 2022 |
(in thousands) | Note | Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
Cash and cash equivalents | 23 | $ | 376,163 | $ | 376,163 | $ | - | $ | - |
Trade receivables from provisional concentrate sales, net of fair value adjustment | 11 | | 2,135 | | - | | 2,135 | | - |
Long-term investments - common shares held | 16 | | 91,344 | | 91,344 | | - | | - |
Long-term investments - warrants held | 16 | | 850 | | - | | 850 | | - |
| | $ | 470,492 | $ | 467,507 | $ | 2,985 | $ | - |
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| | December 31, 2021 |
(in thousands) | Note | Total | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
Cash and cash equivalents | 23 | $ | 226,045 | $ | 226,045 | $ | - | $ | - |
Trade receivables from provisional concentrate sales, net of fair value adjustment | 11 | | 1,716 | | - | | 1,716 | | - |
Long-term investments - common shares held | 16 | | 59,941 | | 59,941 | | - | | - |
Long-term investments - warrants held | 16 | | 1,536 | | - | | 1,536 | | - |
Kutcho Convertible Note | 15 | | 17,086 | | - | | - | | 17,086 |
| | $ | 306,324 | $ | 285,986 | $ | 3,252 | $ | 17,086 |
The non-revolving term loan, which required regularly scheduled payments of interest and principal, was carried at amortized cost. Trade accounts receivables, other accounts receivables and accounts payables and accrued liabilities are non-interest bearing and are stated at amortized cost, which approximate fair values due to the short terms to maturity. Where necessary, the non-revolving term loan as well as other receivables are reported net of allowances for uncollectable amounts.
When balances are outstanding, the Company’s bank debt (Note 18.1) is reported at amortized cost using the effective interest method. The carrying value of the bank debt approximates its fair value.
5.8.1. | Valuation Techniques for Level 1 Assets |
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company’s cash and cash equivalents are valued using quoted market prices in active markets and, as such, are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
Long-Term Investments in Common Shares Held
The Company’s long-term investments in common shares held are valued using quoted market prices in active markets and, as such, are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. The fair value of the long-term investments in common shares held is calculated as the quoted market price of the common share multiplied by the quantity of shares held by the Company.
5.8.2. | Valuation Techniques for Level 2 Assets |
Accounts Receivable Arising from Sales of Metal Concentrates
The Company’s trade receivables and accrued liabilities from provisional concentrate sales are valued based on forward prices of gold and silver to the expected date of final settlement (Note 6). As such, these receivables and/or liabilities are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
Long-Term Investments in Warrants Held
The fair value of the Company’s long-term investments in warrants held that are not traded in an active market are determined using a Black-Scholes model based on assumptions including risk free interest rate, expected dividend yield, expected volatility and expected warrant life which are supported by observable current market conditions and as such are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. The use of reasonably possible alternative assumptions would not significantly affect the Company’s results.
5.8.3. | Valuation Techniques for Level 3 Assets |
Convertible Note Receivable
At February 18, 2022 (the date the Kutcho Convertible Note was terminated) and December 31, 2021, the fair value of the Kutcho Convertible Note (Note 15), which is not traded in an active market, was determined by reference to the value of the shares the Company would receive if the right to convert the note into shares was exercised. This convertible note receivable is classified within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy and any changes in fair value are reflected on the Consolidated Statement of Earnings under the classification Other (Income) Expense (Note 10).
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| Three Months Ended March 31 |
(in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
Sales | | | | | | |
Gold credit sales | $ | 145,675 | 47% | $ | 135,025 | 42% |
Silver | | | | | | |
Silver credit sales | $ | 113,531 | 37% | $ | 150,696 | 46% |
Concentrate sales | | 20,801 | 7% | | 23,187 | 7% |
Total silver sales | $ | 134,332 | 44% | $ | 173,883 | 53% |
Palladium credit sales | $ | 9,533 | 3% | $ | 12,275 | 4% |
Cobalt sales | $ | 17,704 | 6% | $ | 2,936 | 1% |
Total sales revenue | $ | 307,244 | 100% | $ | 324,119 | 100% |
Gold, Silver and Palladium Credit Sales
Under certain PMPAs, precious metal is acquired from the mine operator in the form of precious metal credits, which is then sold through bullion banks. Revenue from precious metal credit sales is recognized at the time of the sale of such credits, which is also the date that control of the precious metal is transferred to the customer.
The Company will occasionally enter into forward contracts in relation to precious metal deliveries that it is highly confident will occur within a given quarter. The sales price is fixed at the delivery date based on either the terms of these short-term forward sales contracts or the spot price of precious metal.
Concentrate Sales
Under certain PMPAs, gold and/or silver is acquired from the mine operator in concentrate form, which is then sold under the terms of the concentrate sales contracts to third-party smelters or traders. Where the Company acquires precious metal in concentrate form, final precious metal prices are set on a specified future quotational period (the “Quotational Period”) pursuant to the concentrate sales contracts with third-party smelters, typically one to three months after the shipment date, based on market prices for precious metal. The contracts, in general, provide for a provisional payment based upon provisional assays and quoted gold and silver prices. Final settlement is based upon the average applicable price for the Quotational Period applied to the actual number of precious metal ounces recovered calculated using confirmed smelter weights and settlement assays. Revenues and the associated cost of sales are recorded on a gross basis under these contracts at the time title passes to the customer, which is also the date that control of the precious metal is transferred to the customer. The Company has concluded that the adjustments relating to the final assay results for the quantity of concentrate sold and the retroactive pricing adjustment for the Quotational Period are not significant and do not constrain the recognition of revenue.
Cobalt Sales
Cobalt is sold to a third-party sales agent who then on-sells the cobalt to Wheaton approved third party customers. Revenue from the sale of cobalt is recognized once the third-party customer and sales terms have been agreed to between Wheaton and the third-party sales agent, which is also the date that control of the cobalt is transferred to the third-party sales agent.
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7. | General and Administrative |
| | Three Months Ended March 31 |
(in thousands) |
| 2022 | 2021 |
Salaries and benefits | | $ | 5,345 | $ | 4,709 |
Depreciation | | | 393 | | 379 |
Professional fees | | | 586 | | 1,617 |
Regulatory | | | 599 | | 694 |
Insurance | | | 521 | | 387 |
Other | | | 1,959 | | 1,949 |
Total general and administrative | | $ | 9,403 | $ | 9,735 |
8. | Share Based Compensation |
| | Three Months Ended March 31 |
(in thousands) | Note | 2022 | 2021 |
Equity settled share based compensation 1 | | | | | |
Stock options | 20.2 | $ | 534 | $ | 516 |
RSUs | 20.3 | | 808 | | 809 |
Cash settled share based compensation | | | | | |
PSUs 2 | 21.1 | $ | 8,560 | $ | 305 |
Total share based compensation | | $ | 9,902 | $ | 1,630 |
1) | Equity settled stock based compensation is a non-cash expense. |
2) | The PSU accrual related to the anticipated fair value of the PSUs issued uses a weighted average performance factor of 188% during the three months ended March 31, 2022 as compared to 186% during the comparable period of 2021. |
9. | Donations and Community Investments |
| | Three Months Ended March 31 |
(in thousands) |
| 2022 | 2021 |
Local donations and community investments | | $ | 555 | $ | 333 |
Partner donations and community investments | | | 193 | | 65 |
COVID-19 and community support and response fund | | | 65 | | 208 |
Total donations and community investments
| | $ | 813 | $ | 606 |
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10. | Other (Income) Expense |
| | Three Months Ended March 31 |
(in thousands) | Note | 2022 | 2021 |
Interest income | | $ | (82) | $ | (2) |
Dividends received | | | (112) | | - |
Foreign exchange loss | | | 414 | | 417 |
Net (gain) loss arising on financial assets mandatorily measured at FVTPL ¹ | | | | | |
(Gain) loss on fair value adjustment of share purchase warrants held | | | 743 | | 950 |
(Gain) loss on fair value adjustment of convertible notes receivable | 15 | | 1,380 | | (1,238) |
Other | | | (2,173) | | (8) |
Total other (income) expense | | $ | 170 | $ | 119 |
1) | FVTPL refers to Fair Value Through Profit or Loss |
| | March 31 | December 31 |
(in thousands) | Note | 2022 | 2021 |
Trade receivables from provisional concentrate sales, net of fair value adjustment | 6 | $ | 2,135 | $ | 1,716 |
Trade receivables from sales of cobalt | 6 | | 22,372 | | 9,488 |
Other accounts receivable | | | 3,432 | | 373 |
Total accounts receivable | | $ | 27,939 | $ | 11,577 |
The trade receivables from sales of cobalt generally have extended payment terms with outstanding amounts being supported by a $15 million letter of credit.
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12. | Mineral Stream Interests |
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |
| Cost | Accumulated Depletion & Impairment 1 | Carrying Amount Mar 31, 2022 |
(in thousands) | Balance Jan 1, 2022 | Additions (Reductions) | Balance Mar 31, 2022 | Balance Jan 1, 2022 | Depletion | Balance Mar 31, 2022 |
Gold interests | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Salobo | $ | 3,059,876 | $ | - | $ | 3,059,876 | $ | (621,937) | $ | (14,184) | $ | (636,121) | $ | 2,423,755 |
Sudbury 2 | | 623,864 | | - | | 623,864 | | (316,695) | | (4,054) | | (320,749) | | 303,115 |
Constancia | | 140,058 | | - | | 140,058 | | (36,269) | | (2,845) | | (39,114) | | 100,944 |
San Dimas | | 220,429 | | - | | 220,429 | | (53,706) | | (2,613) | | (56,319) | | 164,110 |
Stillwater 3 | | 239,352 | | - | | 239,352 | | (19,567) | | (1,128) | | (20,695) | | 218,657 |
Other 4 | | 761,334 | | 40,148 | | 801,482 | | (396,542) | | (211) | | (396,753) | | 404,729 |
| $ | 5,044,913 | $ | 40,148 | $ | 5,085,061 | $ | (1,444,716) | $ | (25,035) | $ | (1,469,751) | $ | 3,615,310 |
Silver interests | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Peñasquito | $ | 524,626 | $ | - | | 524,626 | $ | (202,608) | $ | (7,801) | $ | (210,409) | $ | 314,217 |
Antamina | | 900,343 | | - | | 900,343 | | (320,291) | | (10,361) | | (330,652) | | 569,691 |
Constancia | | 302,948 | | - | | 302,948 | | (97,064) | | (4,073) | | (101,137) | | 201,811 |
Other 5 | | 1,438,974 | | 1,006 | | 1,439,980 | | (845,779) | | (4,326) | | (850,105) | | 589,875 |
| $ | 3,166,891 | $ | 1,006 | $ | 3,167,897 | $ | (1,465,742) | $ | (26,561) | $ | (1,492,303) | $ | 1,675,594 |
Palladium interests | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Stillwater 3 | $ | 263,721 | $ | - | $ | 263,721 | $ | (30,891) | $ | (1,627) | $ | (32,518) | $ | 231,203 |
Platinum interests | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Marathon | $ | - | $ | 4,820 | $ | 4,820 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 4,820 |
Cobalt interests | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Voisey's Bay 6 | $ | 393,422 | $ | - | $ | 393,422 | $ | (21,801) | $ | (3,664) | $ | (25,465) | $ | 367,957 |
| $ | 8,868,947 | $ | 45,974 | $ | 8,914,921 | $ | (2,963,150) | $ | (56,887) | $ | (3,020,037) | $ | 5,894,884 |
1) | Includes cumulative impairment charges to March 31, 2022 as follows: Keno Hill silver interest - $11 million; Pascua-Lama silver interest - $338 million; 777 silver interest - $64 million; 777 gold interest - $151 million; and Sudbury gold interest - $120 million. |
2) | Comprised of the Coleman, Copper Cliff, Garson, Stobie, Creighton, Totten and Victor gold interests. |
3) | Comprised of the Stillwater and East Boulder gold and palladium interests. |
4) | Comprised of the Minto, Rosemont, 777, Marmato, Santo Domingo, Fenix, Blackwater, Marathon, Goose and Curipamba gold interests. |
5) | Comprised of the Los Filos, Zinkgruvan, Yauliyacu, Stratoni, Keno Hill, Neves-Corvo, Minto, Aljustrel, Loma de La Plata, Pascua-Lama, Rosemont, 777, Marmato, Cozamin, Blackwater and Curipamba silver interests. |
6) | When cobalt is delivered to the Company it is recorded as inventory until such time as it is sold and the cost of the cobalt is recorded as a cost of sale. Depletion in this table for the Voisey’s Bay cobalt interest is inclusive of depletion relating to inventory. |
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| Year Ended December 31, 2021 |
| Cost | Accumulated Depletion & Impairment 1 | Carrying Amount Dec 31, 2021 |
(in thousands) | Balance Jan 1, 2021 | Additions (Reductions) | Balance Dec 31, 2021 | Balance Jan 1, 2021 | Depletion | Impairment Reversal | Balance Dec 31, 2021 |
Gold interests | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Salobo | $ | 3,059,876 | $ | - | $ | 3,059,876 | $ | (550,532) | $ | (71,405) | $ | - | $ | (621,937) | $ | 2,437,939 |
Sudbury 2 | | 623,864 | | - | | 623,864 | | (302,848) | | (13,847) | | - | | (316,695) | | 307,169 |
Constancia | | 136,058 | | 4,000 | | 140,058 | | (30,489) | | (5,780) | | - | | (36,269) | | 103,789 |
San Dimas | | 220,429 | | - | | 220,429 | | (38,227) | | (15,479) | | - | | (53,706) | | 166,723 |
Stillwater 3 | | 239,352 | | - | | 239,352 | | (15,042) | | (4,525) | | - | | (19,567) | | 219,785 |
Other 4 | | 402,232 | | 359,102 | | 761,334 | | (394,706) | | (1,836) | | - | | (396,542) | | 364,792 |
| $ | 4,681,811 | $ | 363,102 | $ | 5,044,913 | $ | (1,331,844) | $ | (112,872) | $ | - | $ | (1,444,716) | $ | 3,600,197 |
Silver interests | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Peñasquito | $ | 524,626 | $ | - | $ | 524,626 | $ | (174,054) | $ | (28,554) | $ | - | $ | (202,608) | $ | 322,018 |
Antamina | | 900,343 | | - | | 900,343 | | (273,409) | | (46,882) | | - | | (320,291) | | 580,052 |
Constancia | | 302,948 | | - | | 302,948 | | (85,904) | | (11,160) | | - | | (97,064) | | 205,884 |
Other 5 | | 1,281,228 | | 157,746 | | 1,438,974 | | (806,253) | | (39,526) | | - | | (845,779) | | 593,195 |
| $ | 3,009,145 | $ | 157,746 | $ | 3,166,891 | $ | (1,339,620) | $ | (126,122) | $ | - | $ | (1,465,742) | $ | 1,701,149 |
Palladium interests | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Stillwater 3 | $ | 263,721 | $ | - | $ | 263,721 | $ | (22,332) | $ | (8,559) | $ | - | $ | (30,891) | $ | 232,830 |
Cobalt interests | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Voisey's Bay 6 | $ | 393,422 | $ | - | $ | 393,422 | $ | (165,912) | $ | (12,606) | $ | 156,717 | $ | (21,801) | $ | 371,621 |
| $ | 8,348,099 | $ | 520,848 | $ | 8,868,947 | $ | (2,859,708) | $ | (260,159) | $ | 156,717 | $ | (2,963,150) | $ | 5,905,797 |
1) | Includes cumulative impairment charges to December 31, 2021 as follows: Keno Hill silver interest - $11 million; Pascua-Lama silver interest - $338 million; 777 silver interest - $64 million; 777 gold interest - $151 million; and Sudbury gold interest - $120 million. |
2) | Comprised of the Coleman, Copper Cliff, Garson, Stobie, Creighton, Totten and Victor gold interests. |
3) | Comprised of the Stillwater and East Boulder gold and palladium interests. |
4) | Comprised of the Minto, Rosemont, 777, Marmato, Santo Domingo, Fenix and Blackwater gold interests. |
5) | Comprised of the Los Filos, Zinkgruvan, Yauliyacu, Stratoni, Keno Hill, Neves-Corvo, Minto, Aljustrel, Loma de La Plata, Pascua-Lama, Rosemont, 777, Marmato, Cozamin and Blackwater silver interests. |
6) | When cobalt is delivered to the Company it is recorded as inventory until such time as it is sold and the cost of the cobalt is recorded as a cost of sale. Depletion in this table for the Voisey’s Bay cobalt interest is inclusive of depletion relating to inventory. |
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The value allocated to reserves is classified as depletable upon a mining operation achieving first production and is depleted on a unit-of-production basis over the estimated recoverable proven and probable reserves at the mine. The value associated with resources and exploration potential is allocated at acquisition and is classified as non-depletable until such time as it is transferred to the depletable category, generally as a result of the conversion of resources or exploration potential into reserves.
| March 31, 2022 | December 31, 2021 |
(in thousands) | Depletable | Non-Depletable | Total | Depletable | Non-Depletable | Total |
Gold interests | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Salobo | $ | 2,031,281 | $ | 392,474 | $ | 2,423,755 | $ | 2,045,466 | $ | 392,473 | $ | 2,437,939 |
Sudbury 1 | | 264,357 | | 38,758 | | 303,115 | | 244,109 | | 63,060 | | 307,169 |
Constancia | | 94,458 | | 6,486 | | 100,944 | | 96,808 | | 6,981 | | 103,789 |
San Dimas | | 59,705 | | 104,405 | | 164,110 | | 60,574 | | 106,149 | | 166,723 |
Stillwater 2 | | 193,856 | | 24,801 | | 218,657 | | 196,853 | | 22,932 | | 219,785 |
Other 3 | | 27,815 | | 376,914 | | 404,729 | | 28,025 | | 336,767 | | 364,792 |
| $ | 2,671,472 | $ | 943,838 | $ | 3,615,310 | $ | 2,671,835 | $ | 928,362 | $ | 3,600,197 |
Silver interests | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Peñasquito | $ | 240,512 | $ | 73,705 | $ | 314,217 | $ | 237,720 | $ | 84,298 | $ | 322,018 |
Antamina | | 222,617 | | 347,074 | | 569,691 | | 232,977 | | 347,075 | | 580,052 |
Constancia | | 190,290 | | 11,521 | | 201,811 | | 194,364 | | 11,520 | | 205,884 |
Other 4 | | 270,990 | | 318,885 | | 589,875 | | 272,620 | | 320,575 | | 593,195 |
| $ | 924,409 | $ | 751,185 | $ | 1,675,594 | $ | 937,681 | $ | 763,468 | $ | 1,701,149 |
Palladium interests | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Stillwater 2 | $ | 222,496 | $ | 8,707 | $ | 231,203 | $ | 222,859 | $ | 9,971 | $ | 232,830 |
Platinum interests | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Marathon | $ | - | $ | 4,820 | $ | 4,820 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - |
Cobalt interests | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Voisey's Bay | $ | 327,131 | $ | 40,826 | $ | 367,957 | $ | 330,795 | $ | 40,826 | $ | 371,621 |
| $ | 4,145,508 | $ | 1,749,376 | $ | 5,894,884 | $ | 4,163,170 | $ | 1,742,627 | $ | 5,905,797 |
1) | Comprised of the Coleman, Copper Cliff, Garson, Stobie, Creighton, Totten and Victor gold interests. |
2) | Comprised of the Stillwater and East Boulder gold and palladium interests. |
3) | Comprised of the Minto, Rosemont, 777, Marmato, Santo Domingo, Fenix, Blackwater, Marathon, Goose and Curipamba gold interests. |
4) | Comprised of the Los Filos, Zinkgruvan, Yauliyacu, Stratoni, Keno Hill, Neves-Corvo, Minto, Aljustrel, Loma de La Plata, Pascua-Lama, Rosemont, 777, Marmato, Cozamin, Blackwater and Curipamba silver interests. |
Acquisition of Curipamba Precious Metals Purchase Agreement
On January 17, 2022, the Company announced that it had entered into a PMPA (the “Curipamba PMPA”) with Adventus Mining Corporation (“Adventus”) in respect of gold and silver production from the Curipamba Project located in Ecuador (the “Curipamba Project”). Under the Curipamba PMPA, Wheaton will purchase an amount of gold equal to 50% of the payable gold production until 145,000 ounces have been delivered, thereafter dropping to 33% of payable gold production for the life of the mine and an amount of silver equal to 75% of the payable silver production until 4.6 million ounces have been delivered, thereafter dropping to 50% for the life of mine. Under the terms of the Curipamba PMPA, the Company is committed to pay Adventus total upfront cash consideration of $175.5 million, $13 million of which is available pre-construction and $500,000 of which will be paid to support certain local community development initiatives around the Curipamba Project. The remainder will be payable in four staged installments during construction, subject to various customary conditions being satisfied. In addition, Wheaton will make ongoing production payments for the gold and silver ounces delivered equal to 18% of the spot prices until the value of gold and silver delivered, net of the production payment, is equal to the upfront consideration of $175.5 million, at which point the production payment will increase to 22% of the spot prices.
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In connection with the acquisition of this PMPA, Wheaton also agreed to acquire up to $5M in equity of Adventus, subject to remaining below 10% of the outstanding shares of Adventus. To date, the Company has invested $2 million.
Acquisition of Marathon Precious Metals Purchase Agreement
On January 26, 2022, the Company entered into a PMPA with Gen Mining (the “Marathon PMPA”) in respect of gold and platinum production from the Marathon Project located in Ontario, Canada (the “Marathon Project”). Under the Marathon PMPA, Wheaton will purchase an amount of gold equal to 100% of the payable gold production until 150,000 ounces have been delivered, thereafter dropping to 67% of payable gold production for the life of the mine and an amount of platinum production equal to 22% of the payable platinum production until 120,000 ounces have been delivered, thereafter dropping to 15% for the life of mine. Under the terms of the Marathon PMPA, the Company is committed to pay Gen Mining total upfront cash consideration of $192 million (Cdn$240 million), $32 million (Cdn$40 million) of which will be paid prior to construction to be used for the development of the Marathon Project, with the remainder payable in four staged installments during construction, subject to various customary conditions being satisfied and pre-determined completion tests. Of this amount, $16 million (Cdn$20 million) was paid on March 31, 2022. In addition, Wheaton will make ongoing production payments for the gold and platinum ounces delivered equal to 18% of the spot prices until the value of gold and platinum delivered, net of the production payment, is equal to the upfront consideration of Cdn$240 million, at which point the production payment will increase to 22% of the spot prices.
Acquisition of Goose Precious Metals Purchase Agreement
On February 8, 2022, the Company announced that it had entered into a PMPA (the “Goose PMPA”) with Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. (“Sabina”) in respect of gold production from the Goose Project, part of Sabina’s Back River Gold District located in Nunavut, Canada (the “Goose Project”). Under the Goose PMPA, Wheaton will purchase an amount of gold equal to 4.15% of the payable gold production until 130,000 ounces have been delivered, dropping to 2.15% until 200,000 ounces have been delivered, and thereafter dropping to 1.5% of the payable gold production for the life of mine. Under the terms of the Goose PMPA, the Company is committed to pay Sabina an upfront payment of $125 million in four equal installments during construction of the Goose Project, subject to customary conditions. In addition, Wheaton will make ongoing production payments for the gold ounces delivered equal to 18% of the spot gold price until the value of gold delivered, net of the production payment, is equal to the upfront consideration of $125 million, at which point the production payment will increase to 22% of the spot gold price.
In connection with the acquisition of this PMPA, Wheaton has agreed to acquire up to $20M in equity of Sabina, subject to remaining below 10% of the outstanding shares of Sabina. To date, the Company has invested $17 million.
Amendment to the Marmato PMPA
On March 21, 2022, the Company amended its PMPA with Aris Gold Corporation (“Aris Gold”) in respect of the Marmato PMPA. Under the terms of the amended agreement, Wheaton will purchase 10.5% of the gold production and 100% of the silver production from the Marmato Upper and Lower mines until 310,000 ounces of gold and 2.15 million ounces of silver have been delivered, after which the stream drops to 5.25% of the gold production and 50% of the silver production for the life of mine. This increases the gold stream from the original Marmato PMPA under which Wheaton was entitled to purchase 6.5% of the gold production until 190,000 ounces were delivered, after which the stream was to drop to 3.25% of the gold production. The silver stream is unchanged. Under the terms of the amended Marmato PMPA, the Company is committed to pay Aris Gold total upfront cash payments of $175 million ($65 million relating to the increase in the gold stream). Of this amount, $53 million ($15 million relating to the increase in the gold stream) has been paid and the remaining amount is payable during the construction of the Marmato Lower Mine, subject to customary conditions.
13. | Early Deposit Mineral Stream Interests |
Early deposit mineral stream interests represent agreements relative to early stage development projects whereby Wheaton can choose not to proceed with the agreement once certain documentation has been received including, but not limited to, feasibility studies, environmental studies and impact assessment studies (please see Note 27 for more information). Once Wheaton has elected to proceed with the agreement, the carrying value of the stream will be transferred to Mineral Stream Interests.
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The following table summarizes the early deposit mineral stream interests currently owned by the Company:
| Mine Owner | | | | | | | | Attributable Production to be Purchased | |
Early Deposit Mineral Stream Interests | Location of Mine | Upfront Consideration Paid to Date 1 | Upfront Consideration to be Paid 1, 2 | Total Upfront Consideration¹ | Gold | Silver | Term of Agreement |
Toroparu | GCM | Guyana | $ | 15,500 | $ | 138,000 | $ | 153,500 | 10% | 50% | Life of Mine |
Cotabambas | Panoro | Peru | | 12,250 | | 127,750 | | 140,000 | 25% ³ | 100% ³ | Life of Mine |
Kutcho | Kutcho | Canada | | 16,852 | | 58,000 | | 74,852 | 100% | 100% | Life of Mine |
| | | $ | 44,602 | $ | 323,750 | $ | 368,352 | | | |
1) | Expressed in thousands of United States dollars; excludes closing costs and capitalized interest, where applicable. |
2) | Please refer to Note 27 for details of when the remaining upfront consideration to be paid becomes due. |
3) | Once 90 million silver equivalent ounces attributable to Wheaton have been produced, the attributable production will decrease to 16.67% of gold production and 66.67% of silver production for the life of mine. |
Kutcho – Contract Modifications
As discussed in Note 13, on February 18, 2022, the Company agreed to modify the Kutcho Early Deposit Agreement, including the elimination of the drop-down in attributable gold and silver to 66.7% once certain thresholds had been achieved, and eliminating the requirement to make an additional payment to Kutcho, of up to $20 million, if processing throughput is increased to 4,500 tonnes per day or more within 5 years of attaining commercial production.
14. | Mineral Royalty Interests |
On January 5, 2021, the Company paid $3 million for an existing 2.0% net smelter return royalty interest on the first 600,000 ounces of gold mined from ore extracted from the Brewery Creek quartz mineral claims located in the Yukon Territories, Canada owned by Golden Predator Exploration Ltd., a subsidiary of Sabre Gold Mines Corp. (“Golden Predator”) and any mineral tenure derived therefrom, and a 2.75% net smelter returns royalty interest thereafter (the “Brewery Creek Royalty”). The Brewery Creek Royalty agreement provides, among other things, that Golden Predator may reduce the 2.75% net smelter returns royalty interest to 2.125%, on payment of the sum of Cdn$2 million to Wheaton.
Additionally, the Company has a 0.5% net smelter return royalty interest in the Metates properties (the “Metates Royalty”) located in Mexico from Chesapeake Gold Corp. (“Chesapeake”) for the life of mine. The carrying cost of the Metates Royalty is $3 million. The Company also has a right of first refusal on any silver streaming, royalty or any other transaction on the Metates properties.
To date, no revenue has been recognized and no depletion has been taken with respect to these royalty agreements.
15. | Convertible Notes Receivable |
Kutcho Copper Corp.
Effective December 14, 2017, in connection with the Kutcho Early Deposit Agreement, the Company advanced to Kutcho $16 million (Cdn$20 million) and received the Kutcho Convertible Note. The Kutcho Convertible Note, which had a seven year term to maturity, carried interest at 10% per annum, compounded and payable semi-annually. Kutcho elected to defer the first seven interest payments. The deferred interest carried interest at 15% per annum, compounded semi-annually.
In addition to the Kutcho Convertible Note, on November 25, 2019, the Company entered into a non-revolving term loan with Kutcho, under which Kutcho had drawn $0.8 million (Cdn$1.0 million). The credit facility carried interest at 15% per annum, compounded monthly.
Effective February 18, 2022, the Company agreed to settle and terminate the Kutcho Convertible Note and the non-revolving term loan with Kutcho in exchange for shares of Kutcho valued at $6.7 million in addition to certain other modifications to the Kutcho Early Deposit Agreement, including the elimination of the drop-down in attributable gold and silver to 66.7% once certain thresholds had been achieved, and eliminating the requirement to make an additional payment to Kutcho, of up to $20 million, if processing throughput is increased to 4,500 tonnes per day or more within 5 years of attaining commercial production.
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Convertible Notes Receivable Valuation Summary
The fair value of the Kutcho Convertible Note, which was not traded in an active market, was determined by reference to the value of the shares the Company would receive if the right to convert the note into shares was exercised.
A summary of the fair value of the Kutcho Convertible Note and the fair value changes recognized as a component of the Company’s net earnings during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 is presented below:
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |
(in thousands) | Fair Value at Dec 31, 2021 | Amount Advanced | Termination
| Fair Value Adjustment Gains (Losses) | Fair Value at Mar 31, 2022 |
Kutcho | $ 17,086 | $ - | $ (15,706) | $ (1,380) | $ - |
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 |
(in thousands) | Fair Value at Dec 31, 2020 | Amount Advanced | Termination | Fair Value Adjustment Gains (Losses) | Fair Value at Mar 31, 2021 |
Kutcho | $ 11,353 | $ - | $ - | $ 1,238 | $ 12,591 |
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16. | Long-Term Equity Investments |
| March 31 | December 31 |
(in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
Common shares held | $ | 91,344 | $ | 59,941 |
Warrants held | | 850 | | 1,536 |
Total long-term equity investments | $ | 92,194 | $ | 61,477 |
Common Shares Held
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |
(in thousands) | Shares Owned (000's) | % of Outstanding Shares Owned | Fair Value at Dec 31, 2021 | Cost of Additions | Proceeds of Disposition | Fair ValueAdjustment Gains (Losses) 1 | Fair Value at Mar 31, 2022 | Realized Gain on Disposal |
Bear Creek | 13,264 | 10.67% | $ 12,764 | $ - | $ - | $ (1,406) | $ 11,358 | $ - |
Sabina | 28,531 | 5.41% | 13,381 | 17,200 | - | 3,895 | 34,476 | - |
Kutcho | 18,640 | 16.09% | - | 11,721 | - | (3,219) | 8,502 | - |
Other | | | 33,796 | 2,391 | - | 821 | 37,008 | - |
Total | | | $ 59,941 | $ 31,312 | $ - | $ 91 | $ 91,344 | $ - |
1) | Fair Value Gains (Losses) are reflected as a component of OCI. |
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 |
(in thousands) | Shares Owned (000's) | % of Outstanding Shares Owned | Fair Value at Dec 31, 2020 | Cost of Additions | Proceeds of Disposition 1 | Fair Value Adjustment Gains (Losses) 2 | Fair Value at Mar 31, 2021 | Realized Gain on Disposal |
Bear Creek | 13,264 | 10.70% | $ 32,609 | $ - | $ - | $ (9,720) | $ 22,889 | $ - |
Sabina | 11,700 | 3.36% | 30,233 | - | - | (13,392) | 16,841 | - |
First Majestic | - | 0.00% | 95,984 | - | (112,188) | 16,204 | - | 60,530 |
Other | | | 37,415 | - | - | 6,691 | 44,106 | - |
Total | | | $ 196,241 | $ - | $ (112,188) | $ (217) | $ 83,836 | $ 60,530 |
1) | Disposals of shares classified as Other were initiated as the holdings were no longer considered to have strategic value. |
2) | Fair Value Gains (Losses) are reflected as a component of OCI. |
The Company’s long-term investments in common shares (“LTI’s”) are held for long-term strategic purposes and not for trading purposes. As such, the Company has elected to reflect any fair value adjustments, net of tax, as a component of other comprehensive income (“OCI”). The cumulative gain or loss will not be reclassified to net earnings on disposal of these long-term investments but is reclassified to retained earnings.
By holding these long-term investments, the Company is inherently exposed to various risk factors including currency risk, market price risk and liquidity risk.
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17. | Property, Plant and Equipment |
| March 31, 2022 |
(in thousands) | Leasehold Improvements | Right of Use Assets - Property | Other | Total |
Cost | | | | | | | | |
Balance - January 1, 2022 | $ | 4,382 | $ | 4,793 | $ | 4,856 | $ | 14,031 |
Additions | | - | | - | | 71 | | 71 |
Disposals | | - | | - | | (5) | | (5) |
Balance - March 31, 2022 | $ | 4,382 | $ | 4,793 | $ | 4,923 | $ | 14,097 |
Accumulated Depreciation | | | | | | | | |
Balance - January 1, 2022 | $ | (3,226) | $ | (2,196) | $ | (3,100) | $ | (8,522) |
Disposals | | - | | - | | 5 | | 5 |
Depreciation | | (81) | | (191) | | (125) | | (397) |
Balance - March 31, 2022 | $ | (3,307) | $ | (2,387) | $ | (3,220) | $ | (8,914) |
Net book value - March 31, 2022 | $ | 1,075 | $ | 2,406 | $ | 1,703 | $ | 5,183 |
| December 31, 2021 |
(in thousands) | Leasehold Improvements | Right of Use Assets - Property | Other | Total |
Cost | | | | | | | | |
Balance - January 1, 2021 | $ | 4,382 | $ | 4,793 | $ | 4,131 | $ | 13,306 |
Additions | | - | | - | | 730 | | 730 |
Disposals | | - | | - | | (5) | | (5) |
Balance - December 31, 2021 | $ | 4,382 | $ | 4,793 | $ | 4,856 | $ | 14,031 |
Accumulated Depreciation | | | | | | | | |
Balance - January 1, 2021 | $ | (2,906) | $ | (1,444) | $ | (2,667) | $ | (7,017) |
Disposals | | - | | - | | 5 | | 5 |
Depreciation | | (320) | | (752) | | (438) | | (1,510) |
Balance - December 31, 2021 | $ | (3,226) | $ | (2,196) | $ | (3,100) | $ | (8,522) |
Net book value - December 31, 2021 | $ | 1,156 | $ | 2,597 | $ | 1,756 | $ | 5,509 |
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| March 31 | December 31 |
(in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
Current portion | $ | - | $ | - |
Long-term portion | | - | | - |
Gross bank debt outstanding 1 | $ | - | $ | - |
1) | There is $5 million unamortized debt issue costs associated with the Revolving Facility which have been recorded as a long-term asset under the classification Other (see Note 26). |
The Company’s $2 billion revolving term loan (“Revolving Facility”) matures on June 9, 2026.
The Company’s Revolving Facility has financial covenants which require the Company to maintain: (i) a net debt to tangible net worth ratio of less than or equal to 0.75:1; and (ii) an interest coverage ratio of greater than or equal to 3.00:1. Only cash interest expenses are included for the purposes of calculating the interest coverage ratio. The Company is in compliance with these debt covenants as at March 31, 2022.
At the Company’s option, amounts drawn under the Revolving Facility incur interest based on the Company’s leverage ratio at either (i) LIBOR plus 1.00% to 2.05%; or (ii) the Bank of Nova Scotia’s Base Rate plus 0.00% to 1.05%. Upon the anticipated discontinuance of the LIBOR benchmark rate, amounts drawn under the Revolving Facility will incur interest based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) or an alternate benchmark rate. Under both options, the interest rate shall not be less than 0%.
The Revolving Facility, which is classified as a financial liability and reported at amortized cost using the effective interest method, can be drawn down at any time to finance acquisitions, investments or for general corporate purposes.
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The lease liability on the Company’s offices located in Vancouver, Canada and the Cayman Islands is as follows:
| March 31 | December 31 |
(in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
Current portion | $ | 830 | $ | 813 |
Long-term portion | | 1,868 | | 2,060 |
Total lease liabilities | $ | 2,698 | $ | 2,873 |
The maturity analysis, on an undiscounted basis of these leases is as follows:
| March 31 |
(in thousands) | 2022 |
Not later than 1 year | $ | 911 |
Later than 1 year and not later than 5 years | | 1,944 |
Later than 5 years | | - |
Total lease liabilities | $ | 2,855 |
A summary of the Company’s finance costs associated with the above facilities during the period is as follows:
| | Three Months Ended March 31 |
(in thousands) | Note | 2022 | 2021 |
Interest Expense During Period | | | | | |
Average principal outstanding during period | | $ | - | $ | 78,022 |
Average effective interest rate during period | 18.1 | | n.a. | | 1.17% |
Total interest expense incurred during period | | $ | - | $ | 229 |
Costs related to undrawn credit facilities | 18.1 | | 1,342 | | 1,311 |
Interest expense - lease liabilities | 18.2 | | 26 | | 33 |
Letters of guarantee | 5.3 | | 54 | | - |
Total finance costs | | $ | 1,422 | $ | 1,573 |
| Note | March 31 | December 31 |
(in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
Issued capital | | | | | |
Share capital issued and outstanding: 451,281,270 common shares (December 31, 2021: 450,863,952 common shares) | 19.1 | $ | 3,711,294 | $ | 3,698,998 |
The Company is authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares having no par value and an unlimited number of preference shares issuable in series. As at March 31, 2022, the Company had no preference shares outstanding.
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A continuity schedule of the Company’s issued and outstanding common shares from January 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022 is presented below:
| Number of Shares | Weighted Average Price |
At January 1, 2021 | 449,458,394 | |
Share purchase options exercised 1 | 258,000 | Cdn$23.24 |
Restricted share units released 1 | 116,180 | Cdn$0.00 |
At March 31, 2021 | 449,832,574 | |
Share purchase options exercised 1 | 140,880 | Cdn$28.11 |
Restricted share units released 1 | 700 | Cdn$0.00 |
Dividend reinvestment plan 2 | 889,798 | US$43.33 |
At December 31, 2021 | 450,863,952 | |
Share purchase options exercised 1 | 329,480 | Cdn$28.84 |
Restricted share units released 1 | 87,838 | Cdn$0.00 |
At March 31, 2022 | 451,281,270 | |
1) | The weighted average price of share purchase options exercised and restricted share units released represents the respective exercise price. |
2) | The Company has implemented a dividend reinvestment plan (“DRIP”) whereby shareholders can elect to have dividends reinvested directly into additional Wheaton common shares. The weighted average price for common shares issued under the DRIP represents the volume weighted average price of the common shares on the five trading days preceding the dividend payment date, less a discount of 1%. |
At the Market Equity Program
The Company has established an at-the-market equity program (the “ATM Program”) that allows the Company to issue up to $300 million worth of common shares from treasury (“Common Shares”) to the public from time to time at the Company’s discretion and subject to regulatory requirements. Any Common Shares sold in the ATM Program will be sold (i) in ordinary brokers’ transactions on the NYSE or another US marketplace on which the Common Shares are listed, quoted or otherwise trade, (ii) in ordinary brokers’ transactions on the TSX, (iii) on another Canadian marketplace on which the Common Shares are listed, quoted or otherwise trade, or (iv) with respect to sales in the United States, at the prevailing market price, a price related to the prevailing market price or at negotiated prices. Since the Common Shares will be distributed at the prevailing market prices at the time of the sale or certain other prices, prices may vary among purchasers and during the period of distribution.
The ATM Program will be effective until the date that all Common Shares available for issue under the ATM Program have been issued or the ATM Program is terminated prior to such date by the Company or the agents under the equity offering sales agreement dated April 16, 2020, as amended.
Wheaton intends that the net proceeds from the ATM Program, if any, will be available as one potential source of funding for stream acquisitions and/or other general corporate purposes including the repayment of indebtedness. As at March 31, 2022, the Company has not issued any shares under the ATM program.
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| Three Months Ended March 31 |
(in thousands, except per share amounts) | 2022 | 2021 |
Dividends declared per share | $ | 0.15 | $ | 0.13 |
Average number of shares eligible for dividend | | | | 449,828 |
Total dividends declared | $ | 67,687
| $ | 58,478 |
1) | The Company has implemented a DRIP whereby shareholders can elect to have dividends reinvested directly into additional Wheaton common shares. |
2) | As at March 31, 2022, cumulative dividends of $1,591 million have been declared by the Company. |
| Note | March 31 | December 31 |
(in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
Reserves | | | | | |
Share purchase warrants | 20.1 | $ | 83,077 | $ | 83,077 |
Share purchase options | 20.2 | | 21,446 | | 22,349 |
Restricted share units | 20.3 | | 5,470 | | 7,196 |
Long-term investment revaluation reserve, net of tax | 20.4 | | (65,689) | | (65,586) |
Total reserves | | $ | 44,304 | $ | 47,036 |
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20.1. | Share Purchase Warrants |
The Company’s share purchase warrants (“warrants”) are presented below:
| Number of Warrants | Weighted Average Exercise Price | Exchange Ratio | Share Purchase Warrants Reserve |
Warrants outstanding | 10,000,000 | $ 43.75 | 1.00 | $ | 83,077 |
The warrants expire on February 28, 2023. Each warrant entitles the holder the right to purchase one of the Company’s common shares.
20.2. | Share Purchase Options |
The Company has established an equity settled share purchase option plan whereby the Company’s Board of Directors may, from time to time, grant options to employees or consultants. The maximum term of any share purchase option may be ten years, but generally options are granted with a term to expiry of five to seven years. The exercise price of an option is not less than the closing price on the TSX on the last trading day preceding the grant date. The vesting period of the options is determined at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors at the time the options are granted, but generally vest over a period of two or three years.
Each share purchase option converts into one common share of Wheaton on exercise. No amounts are paid or payable by the recipient on receipt of the option. The options do not carry rights to dividends or voting rights. Options may be exercised at any time from the date of vesting to the date of their expiry, subject to certain black-out periods.
The Company expenses the fair value of share purchase options that are expected to vest on a straight-line basis over the vesting period using the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value for each option at the date of grant. The Black-Scholes model was developed for use in estimating the fair value of traded options that have no vesting restrictions. The model requires the use of subjective assumptions, including expected share price volatility. Historical data has been considered in setting the assumptions. Expected volatility is determined by considering the trailing 30-month historic average share price volatility. The weighted average fair value of share purchase options granted and principal assumptions used in applying the Black-Scholes option pricing model are as follows:
| Three Months Ended March 31 |
| 2022 | 2021 |
Black-Scholes weighted average assumptions | | |
Grant date share price and exercise price | Cdn$60.00 | Cdn$49.86 |
Expected dividend yield | 1.32% | 1.53% |
Expected volatility | 35% | 35% |
Risk-free interest rate | 1.72% | 0.51% |
Expected option life, in years | 3.0 | 3.0 |
Weighted average fair value per option granted | Cdn$13.84 | Cdn$10.69 |
Number of options issued during the period | 283,440 | 317,560 |
Total fair value of options issued (000's) | $ 3,069 | $ 2,720 |
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A continuity schedule of the Company’s outstanding share purchase options from January 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022 is presented below:
| Number of Options Outstanding | Weighted Average Exercise Price |
At January 1, 2021 | 1,786,817 | Cdn$29.54 |
Granted (fair value - $3 million or Cdn$10.69 per option) | 317,560 | 49.86 |
Exercised | (258,000) | 23.24 |
At March 31, 2021 | 1,846,377 | Cdn$33.90 |
Exercised | (140,880) | 28.11 |
At December 31, 2021 | 1,705,497 | Cdn$34.40 |
Granted (fair value - $3 million or Cdn$13.84 per option) | 283,440 | 60.00 |
Exercised | (329,480) | 28.84 |
At March 31, 2022 | 1,659,457 | Cdn$38.59 |
As it relates to share purchase options, during the three months ended March 31, 2022, the weighted average share price at the time of exercise was Cdn$60.32, as compared to Cdn$49.23 per share during the comparable period in 2021.
20.3. | Restricted Share Units (“RSUs”) |
The Company has established an RSU plan whereby RSUs will be issued to eligible employees or directors as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors or the Company’s Compensation Committee. RSUs give the holder the right to receive a specified number of common shares at the specified vesting date. RSUs generally vest over a period of two to three years. Compensation expense related to RSUs is recognized over the vesting period based upon the fair value of the Company’s common shares on the grant date and the awards that are expected to vest. The fair value is calculated with reference to the closing price of the Company’s common shares on the TSX on the business day prior to the date of grant.
RSU holders receive a cash payment based on the dividends paid on the Company’s common shares in the event that the holder of a vested RSU has elected to defer the release of the RSU to a future date. This cash payment is reflected as a component of net earnings under the classification Share Based Compensation.
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A continuity schedule of the Company’s restricted share units outstanding from January 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022 is presented below:
| Number of RSUs Outstanding | Weighted Average
Intrinsic Value at Date Granted |
At January 1, 2021 | 370,258 | $22.40 |
Granted (fair value - $4 million) | 96,680 | 39.95 |
Released | (116,180) | 24.10 |
At March 31, 2021 | 350,758 | $26.68 |
Released | (700) | 22.12 |
At December 31, 2021 | 350,058 | $26.69 |
Granted (fair value - $4 million) | 89,210 | 46.93 |
Released | (87,838) | 28.85 |
At March 31, 2022 | 351,430 | $31.28 |
20.4. | Long-Term Investment Revaluation Reserve |
The Company’s long-term investments in common shares (Note 16) are held for long-term strategic purposes and not for trading purposes. The Company has chosen to designate these long-term investments in common shares as financial assets with fair value adjustments being recorded as a component of OCI as it believes that this provides a more meaningful presentation for long-term strategic investments, rather than reflecting changes in fair value as a component of net earnings. As some of these long-term investments are denominated in Canadian dollars, changes in their fair value is affected by both the change in share price in addition to changes in the Cdn$/US$ exchange rate.
Where the fair value of a long-term investment in common shares held exceeds its tax cost, the Company recognizes a deferred income tax liability. To the extent that the value of the long-term investment subsequently declines, the deferred income tax liability is reduced. However, where the fair value of the long-term investment decreases below the tax cost, the Company does not recognize a deferred income tax asset on the unrealized capital loss unless it is probable that the Company will generate future capital gains that will offset the loss.
A continuity schedule of the Company’s long-term investment revaluation reserve from January 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022 is presented below:
| | | | |
(in thousands) | | Change in Fair Value | Deferred Tax Recovery (Expense) | Total |
At January 1, 2021 | | $ 22,103 | $ (6,968) | $ 15,135 |
Unrealized gain (loss) on LTIs 1 | | (217) | (2,137) | (2,354) |
Reallocate reserve to retained earnings upon disposal of LTIs 1 | | (60,530) | 7,411 | (53,119) |
At March 31, 2021 | | $ (38,644) | $ (1,694) | $ (40,338) |
Unrealized gain (loss) on LTIs 1 | | (13,783) | (177) | (13,960) |
Reallocate reserve to retained earnings upon disposal of LTIs 1 | | (13,048) | 1,760 | (11,288) |
At December 31, 2021 | | $ (65,475) | $ (111) | $ (65,586) |
Unrealized gain (loss) on LTIs 1 | | 91 | (194) | (103) |
At March 31, 2022 | | $ (65,384) | $ (305) | $ (65,689) |
1) | LTIs refers to long-term investments in common shares held. |
21. | Share Based Compensation |
The Company’s share based compensation consists of share purchase options (Note 20.2), restricted share units (Note 20.3) and performance share units (Note 21.1). The accrued value of share purchase options and restricted
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share units are reflected as reserves in the shareholder’s equity section of the Company’s balance sheet while the accrued value associated with performance share units is reflected as an accrued liability.
21.1. | Performance Share Units (“PSUs”) |
The Company has established a Performance Share Unit Plan (“the PSU plan”) whereby PSUs will be issued to eligible employees as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors or the Company’s Compensation Committee. PSUs issued under the PSU plan entitle the holder to a cash payment at the end of a three year performance period equal to the number of PSUs granted, multiplied by a performance factor and multiplied by the fair market value of a Wheaton common share on the expiry of the performance period. The performance factor can range from 0% to 200% and is determined by comparing the Company’s total shareholder return to those achieved by various peer companies, the Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index and the price of gold and silver.
Compensation expense for the PSUs is recorded on a straight-line basis over the three year vesting period. The amount of compensation expense is adjusted at the end of each reporting period to reflect (i) the fair value of common shares; (ii) the number of PSUs anticipated to vest; and (iii) the anticipated performance factor.
A continuity schedule of the Company’s outstanding PSUs (assuming a performance factor of 100% is achieved over the performance period) and the Company’s PSU accrual from January 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022 is presented below:
(in thousands, except for number of PSUs outstanding) | Number of PSUs Outstanding | PSU accrual liability |
At January 1, 2021 | 593,150 | $ | 29,081 |
Granted | 134,180 | | - |
Accrual related to the fair value of the PSUs outstanding | - | | 305 |
Foreign exchange adjustment | - | | 292 |
At March 31, 2021 | 727,330 | $ | 29,678 |
Accrual related to the fair value of the PSUs outstanding | - | | 13,699 |
Foreign exchange adjustment | - | | (143) |
Paid | (213,820) | | (16,929) |
At December 31, 2021 | 513,510 | $ | 26,305 |
Granted | 129,140 | | - |
Accrual related to the fair value of the PSUs outstanding | - | | 8,625 |
Foreign exchange adjustment | - | | 307 |
Forfeited | (3,970) | | (65) |
At March 31, 2022 | 638,680 | $ | 35,172 |
A summary of the PSUs outstanding at March 31, 2022 is as follows:
Year of Grant | Year of Maturity | Number outstanding | Estimated Value Per PSU at Maturity | Anticipated Performance Factor at Maturity | Percent of Vesting Period
Complete at
Mar 31, 2022 | PSU Liability at Mar 31, 2022 |
2019 | 2022 | 186,730 | $49.72 | 200% | 100% | 18,552 |
2020 | 2023 | 192,600 | $49.80 | 197% | 68% | 12,861 |
2021 | 2024 | 130,210 | $49.22 | 165% | 35% | 3,667 |
2022 | 2025 | 129,140 | $48.57 | 100% | 1% | 92 |
| | 638,680 | | | | $ 35,172 |
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22. | Earnings per Share (“EPS”) and Diluted Earnings per Share (“Diluted EPS”) |
Diluted earnings per share is calculated using the treasury method which assumes that outstanding share purchase options and warrants, with exercise prices that are lower than the average market price of the Company’s common shares for the relevant period, are exercised and the proceeds are used to purchase shares of the Company at the average market price of the common shares for the relevant period.
Diluted EPS is calculated based on the following weighted average number of shares outstanding:
| Three Months Ended March 31 |
(in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
Basic weighted average number of shares outstanding | 450,915 | 449,509 |
Effect of dilutive securities | | |
Share purchase options | 623 | 718 |
Share purchase warrants | 63 | - |
Restricted share units | 352 | 373 |
Diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding | 451,953 | 450,600 |
The following table lists the number of share purchase options and share purchase warrants excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because the exercise prices exceeded the average market value of the common shares of Cdn$55.02, compared to Cdn$50.25 for the comparable period in 2021.
| Three Months Ended March 31 |
(in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
Share purchase options | 283 | - |
Share purchase warrants | - | 10,000 |
Total | 283 | 10,000 |
23. | Supplemental Cash Flow Information |
Change in Non-Cash Working Capital
| Three Months Ended March 31 |
(in thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
Change in non-cash working capital | | | | |
Accounts receivable | $ | (14,602) | $ | (212) |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | | (2,213) | | (1,879) |
Other | | 897 | | 119 |
Total change in non-cash working capital | $ | (15,918) | $ | (1,972) |
Non-Cash Transactions – Termination of Convertible Note Receivable and Non-Revolving Term Loan
As more fully described in notes 13, 15 and 16, on February 18, 2022, the Company terminated the Kutcho Convertible Note and non-revolving term loan in exchange for shares of Kutcho valued at $6.7 million in addition to certain other modifications to the Kutcho Early Deposit Agreement (Note 13).
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Cash and Cash Equivalents
| | March 31 | December 31 |
(in thousands) |
| 2022 | 2021 |
Cash and cash equivalents comprised of: | | | | | |
Cash | | $ | 146,163 | $ | 126,053 |
Cash equivalents | | | 230,000 | | 99,992 |
Total cash and cash equivalents | | $ | 376,163 | $ | 226,045 |
Cash equivalents include short-term deposits, treasury bills, commercial paper, bankers’ depository notes and bankers’ acceptances with terms to maturity at inception of less than three months.
A summary of the Company’s income tax expense (recovery) is as follows:
Income tax recognized in net earnings is comprised of the following:
| | Three Months Ended March 31 |
(in thousands) | | 2022 | 2021 |
Current income tax expense (recovery) | | $ | 899 | $ | (5,413) |
Deferred income tax expense (recovery) related to: | | | | | |
Origination and reversal of temporary differences | | $ | 6,273 | $ | 11,513 |
Write down (reversal of write down) or recognition of prior period temporary differences | | | (6,501) | | (6,602) |
Total deferred income tax expense (recovery) | | $ | (228) | $ | 4,911 |
Income tax expense (recovery) recognized in net earnings | | $ | 671 | $ | (502) |
Income tax recognized as a component of OCI is comprised of the following:
| | | | | |
| | Three Months Ended March 31 |
(in thousands) | | 2022 | 2021 |
Income tax expense (recovery) related to LTIs - common shares held | | $ | 194 | $ | 2,137 |
Income tax recognized directly in equity is comprised of the following:
| | Three Months Ended March 31 |
(in thousands) | | 2022 | 2021 |
Income tax expense (recovery) recognized in equity | | $ | (793) | $ | (1,568) |
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The provision for income taxes differs from the amount that would be obtained by applying the statutory income tax rate to consolidated earnings before income taxes due to the following:
| | Three Months Ended March 31 |
(in thousands) | | 2022 | 2021 |
Earnings before income taxes | | $ | 158,138 | $ | 161,500 |
Canadian federal and provincial income tax rates | | | 27.00% | | 27.00% |
Income tax expense (recovery) based on above rates | | $ | 42,697 | $ | 43,605 |
Non-deductible portion of capital losses (non-taxable portion of capital gains) | | | (1,052) | | - |
Non-deductible stock based compensation and other | | | 472 | | 763 |
Differences in tax rates in foreign jurisdictions | | | (38,879) | | (42,442) |
Current period unrecognized temporary differences | | | 3,934 | | 4,174 |
Write down (reversal of write down) or recognition of prior period temporary differences | | | (6,501) | | (6,602) |
Income tax expense (recovery) | | $ | 671 | $ | (502) |
The majority of the Company’s income generating activities, including the sale of precious metals, is conducted by its 100% owned subsidiary, Wheaton Precious Metals International Ltd., which operates in the Cayman Islands and is not subject to income tax.
The recognized deferred income tax assets and liabilities are offset on the balance sheet and relate to Canada, except for the foreign withholding tax. The movement in deferred income tax assets and liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and the year ended December 31, 2021 is shown below:
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |
| Opening Balance | Recovery (Expense) Recognized In Net Earnings | Recovery (Expense) Recognized In OCI | Recovery (Expense) Recognized In Shareholders' Equity | Closing Balance |
Recognized deferred income tax assets and liabilities |
Deferred tax assets | | | | | | | | | | |
Non-capital loss carryforward 1 | $ | 6,967 | $ | 1,418 | $ | - | $ | (55) | $ | 8,330 |
Other 2 | | 1,325 | | (50) | | 192 | | - | | 1,467 |
Deferred tax liabilities | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest capitalized for accounting | | (87) | | - | | - | | - | | (87) |
Debt financing fees 3 | | (737) | | 11 | | - | | - | | (726) |
Kutcho Convertible Note | | - | | 112 | | (112) | | - | | - |
Unrealized gains on long-term investments | | (170) | | 28 | | (274) | | - | | (416) |
Mineral stream interests 4 | | (7,298) | | (1,270) | | - | | - | | (8,568) |
Foreign withholding tax | | (100) | | (21) | | - | | - | | (121) |
Total | $ | (100) | $ | 228 | $ | (194) | $ | (55) | $ | (121) |
1) | As at March 31, 2022, the Company had recognized the tax effect on $31 million of non-capital losses against deferred tax liabilities. |
2) | Other includes capital assets, cobalt inventory, charitable donation carryforward, and PSU and pension liabilities. |
3) | Debt and share financing fees are deducted over a five year period for Canadian income tax purposes. For accounting purposes, debt financing fees are deducted over the term of the credit facility and share financing fees are charged directly to issued capital. |
4) | The Company’s position, as reflected in its filed Canadian income tax returns and consistent with the terms of the PMPAs, is that the cost of the precious metal acquired under the Canadian PMPAs is equal to the market value while a deposit is outstanding (where applicable to an agreement), and the cash cost thereafter. For accounting purposes, the cost of the mineral stream interests is depleted on a unit-of-production basis as described in Note 4.2. |
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| Year Ended December 31, 2021 |
| Opening Balance | Recovery (Expense) Recognized In Net Earnings | Recovery (Expense) Recognized In OCI | Recovery (Expense) Recognized In Shareholders' Equity | Closing Balance |
Recognized deferred income tax assets and liabilities |
Deferred tax assets | | | | | | | | | | |
Non-capital loss carryforward | $ | 5,894 | $ | 967 | $ | - | $ | 106 | $ | 6,967 |
Capital loss carryforward | | 761 | | - | | (761) | | - | | - |
Other | | 5,500 | | (4,175) | | - | | - | | 1,325 |
Deferred tax liabilities | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest capitalized for accounting | | (87) | | - | | - | | - | | (87) |
Debt and share financing fees | | (728) | | (9) | | - | | - | | (737) |
Unrealized gains on long-term investments | | (7,808) | | 20 | | 7,618 | | - | | (170) |
Mineral stream interests | | (3,532) | | (3,766) | | - | | - | | (7,298) |
Foreign withholding tax | | (214) | | 114 | | - | | - | | (100) |
Total | $ | (214) | $ | (6,849) | $ | 6,857 | $ | 106 | $ | (100) |
Deferred income tax assets in Canada not recognized are shown below:
| | March 31 | December 31 |
(in thousands) | | 2022 | 2021 |
Non-capital loss carryforward 1 | | $ | 14,961 | $ | 19,293 |
Mineral stream interests | | | 42,592 | | 41,642 |
Other | | | 9,000 | | 8,149 |
Kutcho Convertible Note | | | - | | 901 |
Unrealized losses on long-term investments | | | 9,847 | | 9,593 |
Total | | $ | 76,400 | $ | 79,578 |
1) | As at March 31, 2022, the Company had not recognized the tax effect on $55 million of non-capital losses as a deferred tax asset. |
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The composition of other current assets is shown below:
| | March 31 | December 31 |
(in thousands) | Note | 2022 | 2021 |
Non-revolving term loan | 15 | $ | - | $ | 816 |
Prepaid expenses | | | 2,425 | | 2,525 |
Cobalt inventory | | | 7,400 | | 8,712 |
Other | | | 50 | | 49 |
Total other current assets | | $ | 9,875 | $ | 12,102 |
26. | Other Long-Term Assets |
The composition of other long-term assets is shown below:
| | March 31 | December 31 |
(in thousands) | Note | 2022 | 2021 |
Intangible assets | | $ | 2,557 | $ | 2,652 |
Debt issue costs - Revolving Facility | 18.1 | | 5,306 | | 5,620 |
Other | | | 3,984 | | 6,939 |
Total other long-term assets | | $ | 11,847 | $ | 15,211 |
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27. | Commitments and Contingencies |
Mineral Stream Interests
The following table summarizes the Company’s commitments to make per-ounce cash payments for gold, silver, palladium and platinum and per pound cash payments for cobalt to which it has the contractual right pursuant to the PMPAs:
Mineral Stream Interests | Attributable Payable Production to be Purchased | Per Unit of Measurement Cash Payment 1 | Term of Agreement
| Date of Original Contract | |
Gold | Silver | Palladium | Cobalt | Platinum | Gold | Silver | Palladium | Cobalt | Platinum | | |
Peñasquito | 0% | 25% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | n/a | $ | 4.36 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 24-Jul-07 |
Constancia | 50% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | $ | 412 ² | $ | 6.08 ² | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 8-Aug-12 |
Salobo | 75% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | $ | 416 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 28-Feb-13 |
Sudbury | 70% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | $ | 400 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | 20 years | 28-Feb-13 |
Antamina | 0% | 33.75% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | n/a | | 20% | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 3-Nov-15 |
San Dimas | variable ³ | 0% ³ | 0% | 0% | 0% | $ | 618 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 10-May-18 |
Stillwater | 100% | 0% | 4.5% ⁴ | 0% | 0% | | 18% ⁵ | | n/a | | 18% ⁵ | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 16-Jul-18 |
Voisey's Bay | 0% | 0% | 0% | 42.4% ⁶ | 0% | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | | 18% ⁷ | | n/a | Life of Mine | 11-Jun-18 |
Marathon | 100% ⁸ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 22% ⁸ | | 18% ⁵ | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | | 18% ⁵ | Life of Mine | 26-Jan-22 |
Other | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Los Filos | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | n/a | $ | 4.53 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | 25 years | 15-Oct-04 |
Zinkgruvan | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | n/a | $ | 4.53 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 8-Dec-04 |
Yauliyacu | 0% | 100% ⁹ | 0% | 0% | 0% | | n/a | $ | 8.98 ¹⁰ | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 23-Mar-06 |
Stratoni | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | n/a | $ | 11.54 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 23-Apr-07 |
Neves-Corvo | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | n/a | $ | 4.38 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | 50 years | 5-Jun-07 |
Aljustrel | 0% | 100% ¹¹ | 0% | 0% | 0% | | n/a | | 50% | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | 50 years | 5-Jun-07 |
Minto | 100% ¹² | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | 65% ¹³ | $ | 4.35 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 20-Nov-08 |
Keno Hill | 0% | 25% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | n/a | | variable ¹⁴ | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 2-Oct-08 |
Pascua-Lama | 0% | 25% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | n/a | $ | 3.90 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 8-Sep-09 |
Rosemont | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | $ | 450 | $ | 3.90 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 10-Feb-10 |
Loma de La Plata | 0% | 12.5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | n/a | $ | 4.00 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | n/a ¹⁵ |
777 | 50% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | $ | 429 ² | $ | 6.32 ² | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 8-Aug-12 |
Marmato | 10.5% ¹⁶ | 100% ¹⁶ | 0% | 0% | 0% | | 18% ¹⁷ | | 18% ¹⁷ | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 5-Nov-20 |
Cozamin | 0% | 50% ¹⁸ | 0% | 0% | 0% | | n/a | | 10% | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 11-Dec-20 |
Santo Domingo | 100% ¹⁹ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | 18% ⁵ | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 24-Mar-21 |
Fenix | 6% ²⁰ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | 18% ⁵ | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 15-Nov-21 |
Blackwater | 8% ²¹ | 50% ²¹ | 0% | 0% | 0% | | 35% | | 18% ⁵ | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 13-Dec-21 |
Curipamba | 50% ²² | 75% ²² | 0% | 0% | 0% | | 18% ⁵ | | 18% ⁵ | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 17-Jan-22 |
Goose | 4.15% ²³ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | 18% ⁵ | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 8-Feb-22 |
Early Deposit | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Toroparu | 10% | 50% | 0% | 0% | 0% | $ | 400 | $ | 3.90 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 11-Nov-13 |
Cotabambas | 25% ²⁴ | 100% ²⁴ | 0% | 0% | 0% | $ | 450 | $ | 5.90 | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 21-Mar-16 |
Kutcho | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | | 20% | | 20% | | n/a | | n/a | | n/a | Life of Mine | 14-Dec-17 |
1) | The production payment is measured as either a fixed amount per unit of metal delivered, or as a percentage of the spot price of the underlying metal on the date of delivery. Contracts where the payment is a fixed amount per unit of metal delivered are subject to an annual inflationary increase, with the exception of Loma de La Plata and Sudbury. Additionally, should the prevailing market price for the applicable metal be lower than this fixed amount, the per unit cash payment will be reduced to the prevailing market price, with the exception of Yauliyacu where the per ounce cash payment will not be reduced below $4.48, subject to an annual inflationary factor. |
2) | Subject to an increase to $9.90 per ounce of silver and $550 per ounce of gold after the initial 40-year term. |
3) | Under the terms of the San Dimas PMPA, the Company is entitled to an amount equal to 25% of the payable gold production plus an additional amount of gold equal to 25% of the payable silver production converted to gold at a fixed gold to silver exchange ratio of 70:1 from the San Dimas mine. If the average gold to silver price ratio decreases to less than 50:1 or increases to more than 90:1 for a period of 6 months or more, then the "70" shall be revised to "50" or "90", as the case may be, until such time as the average gold to silver price ratio is between 50:1 to 90:1 for a period of 6 months or more in which event the "70" shall be reinstated. Currently, the fixed gold to silver exchange ratio is 70:1. |
4) | The Company is committed to purchase 4.5% of Stillwater palladium production until 375,000 ounces are delivered to the Company, thereafter 2.25% of Stillwater palladium production until 550,000 ounces are delivered to the Company and 1% of Stillwater palladium production thereafter for the life of mine. |
5) | To be increased to 22% once the market value of metal delivered to Wheaton, net of the per ounce cash payment, exceeds the initial upfront cash deposit. |
6) | Once the Company has received 31 million pounds of cobalt, the Company’s attributable cobalt production will be reduced to 21.2%. |
7) | To be increased to 22% once the market value of cobalt delivered to Wheaton, net of the per pound cash payment, exceeds the initial upfront cash deposit. Additionally, on each sale of cobalt, the Company is committed to pay a variable commission depending on the market price of cobalt. |
8) | Once the Company has received 150,000 ounces of gold and 120,000 ounces of platinum, the attributable gold and platinum production will be reduced to 67% and 15%, respectively. |
9) | Per annum the Company will purchase an amount equal to 100% of the first 1.5 million ounces of silver for which an offtaker payment is due, and 50% of any excess. |
10) | Should the market price of silver exceed $20 per ounce, in addition to the $8.98 per ounce, the Company is committed to pay Glencore an additional amount for each ounce of silver delivered equal to 50% of the excess, to a maximum of $10 per ounce, such that when the market price of silver is $40 or above, the Company will pay Glencore $18.98 per ounce of silver delivered. |
11) | Wheaton only has the rights to silver contained in concentrate containing less than 15% copper at the Aljustrel mine. |
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12) | The Company is committed to acquire 100% of the first 30,000 ounces of gold produced per annum and 50% thereafter. |
13) | The Company is currently negotiating an amendment to the Minto PMPA such that the cash payment per ounce of gold delivered will be the lower of 65% of the spot price of gold and $1,250. This proposed amended pricing will end on the earlier of (i) January 27, 2023; or (ii) once 27,000 ounces of gold have been delivered to the Company. Once this proposed amended pricing ends, the cash payment per ounce of gold delivered will be the lower of 50% of the spot price of gold and $1,000. In the event that the parties are unable to finalize the terms of the proposed amendment, the production payment will remain as set out in the existing Minto PMPA, being a fixed price of $325 per ounce. |
14) | The price paid per ounce of silver delivered under the Keno Hill PMPA is between 10% of the spot price of silver when the market price of silver is at or above $23.00 per ounce, to 90% of the spot price of silver when the market price of silver is at or below $15.00 per ounce. |
15) | Terms of the agreement not yet finalized. |
16) | Once Wheaton has received 190,000 ounces of gold and 2.15 million ounces of silver under the Marmato PMPA the Company’s attributable gold and silver production will be reduced to 3.25% and 50%, respectively. |
17) | To be increased to 22% of the spot price once the market value of gold and silver delivered to the Company, net of the per ounce cash payment, exceeds the initial upfront cash deposit. |
18) | Once Wheaton has received 10 million ounces under the Cozamin PMPA, the Company’s attributable silver production will be reduced to 33% of silver production for the life of the mine. |
19) | Once the Company has received 285,000 ounces of gold under the Santo Domingo PMPA, the Company’s attributable gold production will be reduced to 67%. |
20) | Once the Company has received 90,000 ounces of gold under the Fenix PMPA, the Company attributable gold production will be reduced to 4% until 140,000 ounces have been delivered, after which the stream drops to 3.5%. |
21) | Once the Company has received 279,908 ounces of gold and 17.8 million ounces of silver under the Blackwater PMPA, the attributable gold and silver production will be reduced to 4% and 33%. |
22) | Once the Company has received 145,000 ounces of gold and 4.6 million ounces of silver under the Curipamba PMPA, the attributable gold and silver production will be reduced to 33% and 50%. |
23) | The Company is committed to purchase 4.15% of Goose gold production until 130,000 ounces are delivered to the Company, thereafter 2.15% of Goose gold production until 200,000 ounces are delivered to the Company and 1.5% of Goose gold production thereafter for the life of mine. |
24) | Once 90 million silver equivalent ounces attributable to Wheaton have been produced, the attributable production will decrease to 16.67% of gold production and 66.67% of silver production for the life of mine. |
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Other Contractual Obligations and Contingencies
| | Obligations With Scheduled Payment Dates | | | | | | |
(in thousands) | 2022 | 2023 - 2024 | 2025 - 2026 | After 2026 | Sub-Total | Other Commitments | Total |
Payments for mineral stream interests | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Rosemont 1 | $ | - | | $ | - | | $ | - | | $ | - | | $ | - | | $ | 231,150 | | $ | 231,150 |
Loma de La Plata | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 32,400 | | | 32,400 |
Marmato | | 15,000 | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 15,000 | | | 122,000 | | | 137,000 |
Santo Domingo | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 260,000 | | | 260,000 |
Salobo 2 | | - | | | 646,000 | | | - | | | - | | | 646,000 | | | - | | | 646,000 |
Fenix Gold | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 25,000 | | | 25,000 |
Blackwater | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 141,000 | | | 141,000 |
Marathon | | 16,004 | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 16,004 | | | 160,040 | | | 176,044 |
Curipamba | | 13,000 | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 13,000 | | | 162,500 | | | 175,500 |
Goose | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 125,000 | | | 125,000 |
Payments for early deposit mineral stream interest | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Toroparu 3 | | - | | | 138,000 | | | - | | | - | | | 138,000 | | | - | | | 138,000 |
Cotabambas | | 750 | | | 1,000 | | | - | | | - | | | 1,750 | | | 126,000 | | | 127,750 |
Kutcho | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 58,000 | | | 58,000 |
Leases liabilities | | 685 | | | 1,852 | | | 318 | | | - | | | 2,855 | | | - | | | 2,855 |
Total contractual obligations | $ | 45,439 | | $ | 786,852 | | $ | 318 | | $ | - | | $ | 832,609 | | $ | 1,443,090 | | $ | 2,275,699 |
1) | Includes contingent transaction costs of $1 million. |
2) | As more fully explained on the following page, assuming the Salobo III expansion project achieves 12 Mtpa of additional processing capacity (bringing total processing capacity at Salobo to 36 Mtpa) by the end of 2023, the Company would expect to pay an estimated expansion payment of between $550 million to $650 million. |
3) | The Company anticipates construction to begin in this period. |
Rosemont
The Company is committed to pay Hudbay total upfront cash payments of $230 million in two installments, with the first $50 million being advanced upon Hudbay’s receipt of permitting for the Rosemont project and other customary conditions and the balance of $180 million being advanced once project costs incurred on the Rosemont project exceed $98 million and certain other customary conditions. Under the Rosemont PMPA, the Company is permitted to elect to pay the deposit in cash or the delivery of common shares. Additionally, the Company will be entitled to certain delay payments, including where construction ceases in any material respect, or if completion is not achieved within agreed upon timelines. Hudbay and certain affiliates have provided the Company with a corporate guarantee and other security.
On August 1, 2019, Hudbay announced that the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona (“Court”) issued a ruling in the lawsuits challenging the U.S. Forest Service’s issuance of the Final Record of Decision (“FROD”) for the Rosemont project in Arizona. The Court ruled to vacate and remand the FROD thereby delaying the expected start of construction of the Rosemont project. On June 22, 2020 Hudbay announced that they had filed the initial brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in relation to appealing this decision. As per Hudbay’s MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2020, final briefs were filed in November 2020 and the oral hearing was completed in early February 2021. As per Hudbay’s MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2021, Hudbay has indicated that they continue to await a decision from the Ninth Circuit.
Loma de La Plata
Under the terms of the Loma de La Plata PMPA, the Company is committed to pay Pan American Silver Corp. (“Pan American”) total upfront cash payments of $32 million following the satisfaction of certain conditions, including Pan American receiving all necessary permits to proceed with the mine construction and the Company finalizing the definitive terms of the PMPA.
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Marmato
Under the terms of the Marmato PMPA, the Company is committed to pay Aris Gold total upfront cash payments of $110 million. Of this amount, $34 million was paid on April 15, 2021; $4 million was paid on February 28, 2022; and the remaining amount is payable during the construction of the Marmato Lower Mine development portion of the Marmato mine, subject to customary conditions. Under the amended terms of the Marmato PMPA, the Company is committed to pay Aris Gold an additional cash consideration of $65 million, $15 million of which was paid to Aris Gold on April 11, 2022 and the remaining $50 million is payable during the construction and development of the Lower Mine.
Santo Domingo
Under the terms of the Santo Domingo PMPA, the Company is committed to pay Capstone total upfront cash payments of $290 million, $30 million of which was paid on April 21, 2021 and the remaining portion of which is payable during the construction of the Santo Domingo project, subject to customary conditions being satisfied, including Capstone attaining sufficient financing to cover total expected capital expenditures.
Salobo
The Salobo mine currently has a mill throughput capacity of 24 Mtpa. In October 2018, Vale’s Board of Directors approved the investment in the Salobo Expansion, which is proposed to include a third concentrator line and will use Salobo’s existing infrastructure. Vale anticipates that the Salobo Expansion, which is scheduled to start up in the second half of 2022 with a 15-month ramp-up period, will result in an increase of throughput capacity from 24 Mtpa to 36 Mtpa.
If actual throughput is expanded above 28 Mtpa, then under the terms of the Salobo PMPA, Wheaton will be required to make an additional set payment to Vale based on the size of the expansion, the timing of completion and the grade of the material processed. The set payment ranges from $113 million if throughput is expanded beyond 28 Mtpa by January 1, 2036 up to $892 million if throughput is expanded beyond 40 Mtpa by January 1, 2023. Assuming the Salobo III expansion project achieves 12 Mtpa of additional processing capacity (bringing total processing capacity at Salobo to 36 Mtpa) during 2023, the Company would expect to pay an estimated expansion payment of between $550 million to $650 million. The actual amount and timing of any expansion payment may significantly differ from this estimate depending on the size, timing and processed grade of any expansion.
Fenix
Under the terms of the Fenix PMPA, the Company is committed to pay total cash consideration of $50 million, of which $25 million was paid on March 25, 2022. The remaining $25 million is payable subject to Rio2’s receipt of its Environmental Impact Assessment for the Fenix Project, and certain other conditions.
Blackwater
Under the terms of the Blackwater Silver PMPA, the Company is committed to pay total upfront consideration of $141 million, which is payable in four equal installments during the construction of the Blackwater Project, subject to customary conditions being satisfied.
Marathon
Under the terms of the Marathon PMPA, the Company is committed to pay total upfront cash consideration of $192 million (Cdn$240 million), $16 million (Cdn$20 million) of which was paid on March 31, 2022, $16 million (Cdn$20 million) of which will be paid prior to construction to be used for the development of the Marathon Project, and the remainder to be paid in four staged installments during construction, subject to various customary conditions being satisfied.
Curipamba
Under the terms of the Curipamba PMPA, the Company is committed to pay total upfront cash consideration of $175.5 million, $13 million of which is available pre-construction and $500,000 of which will be paid to support certain local community development initiatives around the Curipamba Project. The remainder will be payable in four staged installments during construction, subject to various customary conditions being satisfied.
Goose
Under the terms of the Goose PMPA, the Company is committed to pay total upfront cash consideration of $125 million in four equal installments during construction of the Goose Project, subject to customary conditions.
Toroparu
Under the terms of the Toroparu Early Deposit Agreement, the Company is committed to pay Gold X, a subsidiary of GCM, an additional $138 million, payable on an installment basis to partially fund construction of the mine. GCM is to deliver certain feasibility documentation by December 31, 2022. Following the delivery of this documentation (or after
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December 31, 2022 if the feasibility documentation has not been delivered to Wheaton by such date) Wheaton may elect to (i) not proceed with the agreement or (ii) not pay the balance of the upfront consideration and reduce the gold stream percentage from 10% to 0.909% and the silver stream percentage from 50% to nil. If option (i) is chosen, Wheaton will be entitled to a return of the amounts advanced less $2 million. If Wheaton elects option (ii), Gold X may elect to terminate the agreement and Wheaton will be entitled to a return of the amount of the deposit already advanced less $2 million.
Cotabambas
Under the terms of the Cotabambas Early Deposit Agreement, the Company is committed to pay Panoro a total cash consideration of $140 million, of which $12 million has been paid to date. Once certain conditions have been met, the Company will advance an additional $2 million to Panoro, spread over up to three years. Following the delivery of a bankable definitive feasibility study, environmental study and impact assessment, and other related documents (collectively, the "Cotabambas Feasibility Documentation"), and receipt of permits and construction commencing, the Company may then advance the remaining deposit or elect to terminate the Cotabambas Early Deposit Agreement. If the Company elects to terminate, the Company will be entitled to a return of the portion of the amounts advanced less $2 million payable upon certain triggering events occurring.
Kutcho
Under the terms of the Kutcho Early Deposit Agreement, the Company is committed to pay Kutcho a total cash consideration of $65 million, of which $7 million has been paid to date. The remaining $58 million will be advanced on an installment basis to partially fund construction of the mine once certain conditions have been satisfied.
Canada Revenue Agency – Canada Revenue Agency – 2013-2016 Taxation Years - Domestic Reassessments
The Company received Notices of Reassessment in 2018 and 2019 for the 2013 to 2015 taxation years in which the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) is seeking to change the timing of the deduction of upfront payments with respect to the Company’s PMPAs relating to Canadian mining assets, so that the cost of precious metal acquired under these Canadian PMPAs is equal to the cash cost paid on delivery plus an amortized amount of the upfront payment determined on a units-of-production basis over the estimated recoverable reserves, and where applicable, resources and exploration potential at the respective mine (the “Domestic Reassessments”). In total, the Domestic Reassessments assessed tax, interest and other penalties of $8 million.
During the quarter, the CRA applied the same position to the 2016 taxation year which resulted in an increase to the loss for tax purposes for that year. The Company expects to be able to carry back the additional losses to tax years under the Domestic Reassessments to reduce tax and interest by approximately $2 million.
Management believes the Company’s position, as reflected in its filed Canadian income tax returns and consistent with the terms of the PMPAs, that the cost of the precious metal acquired under the Canadian PMPAs is equal to the market value while a deposit is outstanding, and the cash cost thereafter, is correct. The Company has filed Notices of Objection and paid 50% of the disputed amounts in order to challenge the Domestic Reassessments.
Tax Contingencies
Due to the size, complexity and nature of the Company’s operations, various legal and tax matters are outstanding from time to time, including audits and disputes.
It is not known or determinable by the Company when any ongoing audits by CRA of international and domestic transactions will be completed, or whether reassessments will be issued, or the basis, quantum or timing of any such potential reassessments, and it is therefore not practicable for the Company to estimate the financial effect, if any, of any ongoing audits.
From time to time there may also be proposed legislative changes to law or outstanding legal actions that may have an impact on the current or prior periods, the outcome, applicability and impact of which is also not known or determinable by the Company.
General
By their nature, contingencies will only be resolved when one or more future events occur or fail to occur. The assessment of contingencies inherently involves the exercise of significant judgment and estimates of the outcome of future events. If the Company is unable to resolve any of these matters favorably, there may be a material adverse impact on the Company’s financial performance, cash flows or results of operations. In the event that the Company’s estimate of the future resolution of any of the foregoing matters changes, the Company will recognize the effects of the change in its consolidated financial statements in the appropriate period relative to when such change occurs.
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Operating Segments
The Company’s reportable operating segments, which are the components of the Company’s business where discrete financial information is available and which are evaluated on a regular basis by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), who is the Company’s chief operating decision maker, for the purpose of assessing performance, are summarized in the tables below:
Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 |
| Sales | Cost of Sales | Depletion | Net Earnings | Cash Flow From Operations | Total Assets |
(in thousands) |
Gold | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Salobo | $ | 79,564 | $ | 17,696 | $ | 14,184 | $ | 47,684 | $ | 61,869 | $ | 2,423,755 |
Sudbury 1 | | 6,909 | | 1,485 | | 4,054 | | 1,370 | | 5,425 | | 303,115 |
Constancia | | 19,641 | | 4,325 | | 2,845 | | 12,471 | | 15,482 | | 100,944 |
San Dimas | | 18,846 | | 6,225 | | 2,613 | | 10,008 | | 12,621 | | 164,110 |
Stillwater | | 4,918 | | 864 | | 1,128 | | 2,926 | | 4,054 | | 218,657 |
Other 2 | | 15,797 | | 6,538 | | 211 | | 9,048 | | 8,822 | | 404,729 |
Total gold interests | $ | 145,675 | $ | 37,133 | $ | 25,035 | $ | 83,507 | $ | 108,273 | $ | 3,615,310 |
Silver | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Peñasquito | $ | 52,727 | $ | 9,539 | $ | 7,801 | $ | 35,387 | $ | 43,188 | $ | 314,217 |
Antamina | | 35,359 | | 7,251 | | 10,361 | | 17,747 | | 27,759 | | 569,691 |
Constancia | | 15,513 | | 3,914 | | 4,073 | | 7,526 | | 11,913 | | 201,811 |
Other 3 | | 30,733 | | 7,610 | | 4,326 | | 18,797 | | 23,874 | | 589,875 |
Total silver interests | $ | 134,332 | $ | 28,314 | $ | 26,561 | $ | 79,457 | $ | 106,734 | $ | 1,675,594 |
Palladium | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Stillwater | $ | 9,533 | $ | 1,603 | $ | 1,627 | $ | 6,303 | $ | 7,930 | $ | 231,203 |
Platinum | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Marathon | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 4,820 |
Cobalt | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Voisey's Bay | $ | 17,704 | $ | 2,944 | $ | 4,179 | $ | 10,581 | $ | 3,263 | $ | 367,957 |
Total mineral stream interests | $ | 307,244 | $ | 69,994 | $ | 57,402 | $ | 179,848 | $ | 226,200 | $ | 5,894,884 |
Other | | | | | | | | | | | | |
General and administrative | | | | | | $ | (9,403) | $ | (15,128) | | |
Share based compensation | | | | | | | (9,902) | | - | | |
Donations and community investments | | | | | | (813) | | (430) | | |
Finance costs | | | | | | | | (1,422) | | (1,077) | | |
Other | | | | | | | | (170) | | 1,007 | | |
Income tax | | | | | | | | (671) | | (32) | | |
Total other | | | | | | | $ | (22,381) | $ | (15,660) | $ | 575,149 |
Consolidated | | | | | | | $ | 157,467 | $ | 210,540 | $ | 6,470,033 |
1) | Comprised of the operating Coleman, Copper Cliff, Garson, Creighton and Totten gold interests as well as the non-operating Stobie and Victor gold interests. |
2) | Where a gold interest represents less than 10% of the Company’s sales, gross margin or aggregate asset book value and is not evaluated on a regular basis by the Company’s CEO for the purpose of assessing performance, the gold interest has been summarized under Other gold interests. Other gold interests are comprised of the operating 777, Minto and Marmato gold interests as well as the non-operating Rosemont, Santo Domingo, Fenix, Blackwater, Marathon, Curipamba and Goose gold interests. |
3) | Where a silver interest represents less than 10% of the Company’s sales, gross margin or aggregate asset book value and is not evaluated on a regular basis by the Company’s CEO for the purpose of assessing performance, the silver interest has been summarized under Other silver interests. Other silver interests are comprised of the operating Los Filos, Zinkgruvan, Yauliyacu, Stratoni, Neves-Corvo, Aljustrel, Minto, Keno Hill, Cozamin, Marmato and 777 silver interests as well as the non-operating Loma de La Plata, Pascua-Lama, Rosemont, Blackwater and Curipamba silver interests. |
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Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 |
| Sales | Cost of Sales | Depletion | Net Earnings | Cash Flow From Operations | Total Assets |
(in thousands) |
Gold | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Salobo | $ | 92,356 | $ | 21,193 | $ | 19,217 | $ | 51,946 | $ | 71,163 | $ | 2,490,127 |
Sudbury 1 | | 6,688 | | 1,476 | | 3,781 | | 1,431 | | 5,219 | | 317,235 |
Constancia | | 3,010 | | 684 | | 528 | | 1,798 | | 2,326 | | 105,041 |
San Dimas | | 18,450 | | 6,288 | | 3,311 | | 8,851 | | 12,162 | | 178,891 |
Stillwater | | 5,521 | | 1,011 | | 1,220 | | 3,290 | | 4,510 | | 223,090 |
Other 2 | | 9,000 | | 3,122 | | - | | 5,878 | | 5,855 | | 7,591 |
Total gold interests | $ | 135,025 | $ | 33,774 | $ | 28,057 | $ | 73,194 | $ | 101,235 | $ | 3,321,975 |
Silver | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Peñasquito | $ | 56,983 | $ | 9,328 | $ | 7,715 | $ | 39,940 | $ | 47,655 | $ | 342,857 |
Antamina | | 50,581 | | 9,990 | | 14,533 | | 26,058 | | 40,591 | | 612,401 |
Constancia | | 9,072 | | 2,084 | | 2,616 | | 4,372 | | 6,988 | | 214,428 |
Other 3 | | 57,247 | | 20,758 | | 13,900 | | 22,589 | | 39,098 | | 612,237 |
Total silver interests | $ | 173,883 | $ | 42,160 | $ | 38,764 | $ | 92,959 | $ | 134,332 | $ | 1,781,923 |
Palladium | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Stillwater | $ | 12,275 | $ | 2,191 | $ | 2,271 | $ | 7,813 | $ | 10,084 | $ | 239,118 |
Cobalt | | | | | | | | | �� | | | |
Voisey's Bay | $ | 2,936 | $ | 658 | $ | 1,081 | $ | 1,197 | $ | (966) | $ | 225,348 |
Total mineral stream interests | $ | 324,119 | $ | 78,783 | $ | 70,173 | $ | 175,163 | $ | 244,685 | $ | 5,568,364 |
Other | | | | | | | | | | | | |
General and administrative | | | | | | $ | (9,735) | $ | (12,664) | | |
Share based compensation | | | | | | | (1,630) | | - | | |
Donations and community investments | | | | | | (606) | | (498) | | |
Finance costs | | | | | | | | (1,573) | | (1,229) | | |
Other | | | | | | | | (119) | | 1,890 | | |
Income tax | | | | | | | | 502 | | (30) | | |
Total other | | | | | | | $ | (13,161) | $ | (12,531) | $ | 360,048 |
Consolidated | | | | | | | $ | 162,002 | $ | 232,154 | $ | 5,928,412 |
1) | Comprised of the operating Coleman, Copper Cliff, Garson, Creighton and Totten gold interests as well as the non-operating Stobie and Victor gold interests. |
2) | Where a gold interest represents less than 10% of the Company’s sales, gross margin or aggregate asset book value and is not evaluated on a regular basis by the Company’s CEO for the purpose of assessing performance, the gold interest has been summarized under Other gold interests. Other gold interests are comprised of the operating 777, Minto and Marmato gold interests as well as the non-operating Rosemont gold interest. |
3) | Where a silver interest represents less than 10% of the Company’s sales, gross margin or aggregate asset book value and is not evaluated on a regular basis by the Company’s CEO for the purpose of assessing performance, the silver interest has been summarized under Other silver interests. Other silver interests are comprised of the operating Los Filos, Zinkgruvan, Yauliyacu, Stratoni, Aljustrel, Neves-Corvo, Minto, Keno Hill, 777, Marmato and Cozamin silver interests as well as the non-operating Loma de La Plata, Pascua-Lama and Rosemont silver interests. |
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Geographical Areas
The Company’s geographical information, which is based on the location of the mining operations to which the mineral stream interests relate, are summarized in the tables below:
| Sales | | | Carrying Amount at March 31, 2022 |
(in thousands) | Three Months Ended Mar 31, 2022 | Gold Interests | Silver Interests | Palladium Interests | Platinum Interests | Cobalt Interests | Total |
North America | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Canada | $ | 43,054 | 14% | $ | 622,106 | $ | 28,111 | $ | - | $ | 4,820 | $ | 367,957 | $ | 1,022,994 |
United States | | 14,452 | 5% | | 218,657 | | 566 | | 231,203 | | - | | - | | 450,426 |
Mexico | | 76,858 | 25% | | 164,108 | | 451,667 | | - | | - | | - | | 615,775 |
Europe | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Greece | | 3,353 | 1% | | - | | - | | - | | - | | - | | - |
Portugal | | 8,457 | 3% | | - | | 18,768 | | - | | - | | - | | 18,768 |
Sweden | | 8,990 | 3% | | - | | 30,775 | | - | | - | | - | | 30,775 |
South America | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Argentina/Chile 1 | | - | 0% | | - | | 253,514 | | - | | - | | - | | 253,514 |
Argentina | | - | 0% | | - | | 10,889 | | - | | - | | - | | 10,889 |
Chile | | - | 0% | | 56,385 | | - | | - | | - | | - | | 56,385 |
Brazil | | 79,564 | 26% | | 2,423,754 | | - | | - | | - | | - | | 2,423,754 |
Peru | | 71,573 | 23% | | 100,945 | | 873,848 | | - | | - | | - | | 974,793 |
Ecuador | | - | 0% | | 485 | | 175 | | - | | - | | - | | 660 |
Colombia | | 943 | 0% | | 28,870 | | 7,281 | | - | | - | | - | | 36,151 |
Consolidated | $ | 307,244 | 100% | $ | 3,615,310 | $ | 1,675,594 | $ | 231,203 | $ | 4,820 | $ | 367,957 | $ | 5,894,884 |
1) | Includes the Pascua-Lama project, which straddles the border of Argentina and Chile. |
| Sales | | | Carrying Amount at March 31, 2021 |
(in thousands) | Three Months Ended Mar 31, 2021 | Gold Interests | Silver Interests | Palladium Interests | Platinum Interests | Cobalt Interests | Total |
North America | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Canada | $ | 20,876 | 6% | $ | 324,762 | $ | 28,382 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 225,348 | $ | 578,492 |
United States | | 17,796 | 5% | | 223,090 | | 566 | | 239,118 | | - | | - | | 462,774 |
Mexico | | 80,666 | 25% | | 178,889 | | 492,528 | | - | | - | | - | | 671,417 |
Europe | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Greece | | 2,941 | 1% | | - | | - | | - | | - | | - | | - |
Portugal | | 12,802 | 4% | | - | | 19,929 | | - | | - | | - | | 19,929 |
Sweden | | 7,444 | 2% | | - | | 32,565 | | - | | - | | - | | 32,565 |
South America | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Argentina/Chile 1 | | - | 0% | | - | | 253,514 | | - | | - | | - | | 253,514 |
Argentina | | - | 0% | | - | | 10,889 | | - | | - | | - | | 10,889 |
Chile | | - | 0% | | 65 | | - | | - | | - | | - | | 65 |
Brazil | | 92,356 | 28% | | 2,490,128 | | - | | - | | - | | - | | 2,490,128 |
Peru | | 89,238 | 29% | | 105,041 | | 943,169 | | - | | - | | - | | 1,048,210 |
Colombia | | - | 0% | | - | | 381 | | - | | - | | - | | 381 |
Consolidated | $ | 324,119 | 100% | $ | 3,321,975 | $ | 1,781,923 | $ | 239,118 | $ | - | $ | 225,348 | $ | 5,568,364 |
1) | Includes the Pascua-Lama project, which straddles the border of Argentina and Chile. |
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Declaration of Dividend
Under the Company’s dividend policy, the quarterly dividend per common share is targeted to equal approximately 30% of the average cash flow generated by operating activities in the previous four quarters divided by the Company’s then outstanding common shares, all rounded to the nearest cent. To minimize volatility in quarterly dividends, the Company has set a minimum quarterly dividend for the duration of 2022 equal to the dividend per common share declared in the prior quarter. The declaration, timing, amount and payment of future dividends remain at the discretion of the Board of Directors.
On May 5, 2022, the Board of Directors declared a dividend in the amount of $0.15 per common share, with this dividend being payable to shareholders of record on May 20, 2022 and is expected to be distributed on or about June 3, 2022. The Company has implemented a dividend reinvestment plan (“DRIP”) whereby shareholders can elect to have dividends reinvested directly into additional Wheaton common shares at a discount of 1% of the Average Market Price, as defined in the DRIP.
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CORPORATE
INFORMATION
CANADA – HEAD OFFICEWHEATON PRECIOUS METALS CORP.
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T: 1 604 684 9648
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Wheaton Precious Metals International Ltd.
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DIRECTORS
GEORGE BRACK
JOHN BROUGH
PETER GILLIN
CHANTAL GOSSELIN
DOUGLAS HOLTBY, Chairman
GLENN IVES
CHARLES JEANNES
EDUARDO LUNA
MARILYN SCHONBERNER
RANDY SMALLWOOD
OFFICERS
RANDY SMALLWOOD
President & Chief Executive Officer
CURT BERNARDI
Senior Vice President,
Legal & Corporate Secretary
GARY BROWN
Senior Vice President
& Chief Financial Officer
PATRICK DROUIN
Senior Vice President,
Sustainability & Investor Relations
HAYTHAM HODALY
Senior Vice President,
Corporate Development
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