
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
September 30, 2016
(Unaudited - in U.S. Dollars, tabular amounts in thousands)
Notice of no auditor review
The accompanying condensed consolidated interim financial statements of Quaterra Resources Inc. for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 were prepared by management and have not been reviewed by its independent auditor.
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Quaterra Resources Inc. |
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Financial Position |
(Unaudited - in thousands of U.S. Dollars) |
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| | Note | | | September 30, 2016 | | | December 31, 2015 | |
Assets | | | | | $ | | | $ | |
Current assets: | | | | | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | | | | 3,852 | | | 4,522 | |
Short-term investments | | | | | 2,000 | | | - | |
Taxes and other receivable | | | | | 2 | | | 5 | |
Amounts due from Freeport-McMoRan Mineral Properties | | 3(d) | | | 500 | | | 1,935 | |
Amounts due from exploration partner | | | | | - | | | 48 | |
Marketable security | | 3(c) | | | 144 | | | - | |
Prepaid and deposits | | | | | 28 | | | 81 | |
| | | | | 6,526 | | | 6,591 | |
Non-current assets: | | | | | | | | | |
Equipment | | | | | 4 | | | 14 | |
Mineral properties | | 3 | | | 28,058 | | | 30,300 | |
Reclamation bonds | | | | | 70 | | | 52 | |
| | | | | 28,132 | | | 30,366 | |
Total Assets | | | | | 34,658 | | | 36,957 | |
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Liabilities | | | | | | | | | |
Current liabilities: | | | | | | | | | |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | | | | | 143 | | | 526 | |
Convertible notes | | 5 | | | 548 | | | 379 | |
Loan payable | | 4 | | | 534 | | | 515 | |
Derivative liability - warrants | | 6 | | | 54 | | | - | |
| | | | | 1,279 | | | 1,420 | |
Non-current liability | | | | | | | | | |
Derivative liability - warrants | | 6 | | | 650 | | | 1,392 | |
| | | | | 650 | | | 1,392 | |
Total Liabilities | | | | | 1,929 | | | 2,812 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Shareholders' Equity | | | | | | | | | |
Share capital | | | | | 100,051 | | | 100,051 | |
Share-based payment reserve | | | | | 18,560 | | | 18,424 | |
Accumulated comprehensive loss | | | | | (19 | ) | | - | |
Deficit | | | | | (85,863 | ) | | (84,330 | ) |
| | | | | 32,729 | | | 34,145 | |
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity | | | | | 34,658 | | | 36,957 | |
(See the accompanying notes to condensed consolidated interim financial statements) | | | | |
Approved on behalf of the Board of Directors on November 10, 2016:
/s/ “Thomas Patton” | /s/“Terrence Eyton” |
Director | Director |
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Quaterra Resources Inc. |
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Loss and Comprehensive Loss |
(Unaudited - in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except for shares and per share amounts) |
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| | | | | Three months ended September 30, | | | Nine months ended September 30, | |
| | Note | | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2016 | | | 2015 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | $ | | | $ | |
General administrative expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Administration and general office expense | | | | | 28 | | | 79 | | | 240 | | | 208 | |
Consulting | | | | | 8 | | | 39 | | | 66 | | | 122 | |
Depreciation | | | | | 4 | | | 2 | | | 10 | | | 8 | |
Investor relations and communications | | | | | 8 | | | 16 | | | 53 | | | 50 | |
Personnel costs | | | | | 193 | | | 164 | | | 451 | | | 577 | |
Professional fees | | | | | 46 | | | 33 | | | 144 | | | 195 | |
Share-based payments | | 7(a) | | | - | | | 196 | | | 136 | | | 208 | |
Transfer agent and regulatory fees | | | | | 5 | | | 27 | | | 40 | | | 53 | |
Travel and promotion | | | | | 11 | | | 24 | | | 51 | | | 57 | |
| | | | | (303 | ) | | (580 | ) | | (1,191 | ) | | (1,478 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Exploration partner fees | | 3(b) | | | - | | | 25 | | | 25 | | | 25 | |
Fair value gain (loss) on derivative liability | | | | | (43 | ) | | 465 | | | 688 | | | (856 | ) |
Foreign exchange gain (loss) | | | | | (44 | ) | | 25 | | | (12 | ) | | 68 | |
General exploration costs | | | | | 5 | | | (8 | ) | | - | | | (16 | ) |
Gain (loss) on disposal of assets | | | | | 81 | | | - | | | 536 | | | (42 | ) |
Impairments of mineral properties | | 3(c, d) | | | (34 | ) | | - | | | (1,479 | ) | | - | |
Write-off of current assets | | | | | (25 | ) | | - | | | (25 | ) | | - | |
Interest expense | | | | | (64 | ) | | (25 | ) | | (75 | ) | | (61 | ) |
| | | | | (124 | ) | | 482 | | | (342 | ) | | (882 | ) |
Net loss for the period | | | | | (427 | ) | | (98 | ) | | (1,533 | ) | | (2,360 | ) |
Other comprehensive loss | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net change in fair value of marketable security | | | | | (19 | ) | | - | | | (19 | ) | | - | |
Comprehensive loss for the period | | | | | (446 | ) | | (98 | ) | | (1,552 | ) | | (2,360 | ) |
Loss per share - basic and diluted | | | | | (0.00 | ) | | (0.00 | ) | | (0.01 | ) | | (0.01 | ) |
Weighted average number of common sharesoutstanding | | | | | 193,479,416 | | | 193,479,416 | | | 193,479,416 | | | 193,479,416 | |
(See the accompanying notes to condensed consolidated interim financial statements) | | | | | | | |
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Quaterra Resources Inc. |
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Cash Flows |
(Unaudited - in thousands of U.S. Dollars) |
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| | Nine months ended September 30, | |
| | 2016 | | | 2015 | |
| | $ | | | $ | |
Operating activities | | | | | | |
Net loss for the period | | (1,533 | ) | | (2,360 | ) |
Items not involving cash: | | | | | | |
Depreciation | | 10 | | | 8 | |
Fair value (gain) loss on derivative liability | | (688 | ) | | 856 | |
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets | | (536 | ) | | 42 | |
Interest expenses | | 105 | | | 70 | |
Impairments | | 1,479 | | | - | |
Share-based payments | | 136 | | | 208 | |
Write-off of current assets | | 25 | | | - | |
| | (1,002 | ) | | (1,176 | ) |
Changes in non-cash working capital | | | | | | |
Taxes and other receivables | | 3 | | | 2 | |
Prepaid and deposits | | 53 | | | (3 | ) |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | | 57 | | | (250 | ) |
Cash used in operating activities | | (889 | ) | | (1,427 | ) |
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Financing activities | | | | | | |
Loan payable | | - | | | 500 | |
Cash provided by financing activities | | - | | | 500 | |
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Investing activities | | | | | | |
Expenditures on mineral properties | | (4,374 | ) | | (2,073 | ) |
Due from exploration partners | | 48 | | | 6 | |
Proceeds from option agreement | | 3,825 | | | 3,050 | |
Proceeds from sale of mineral properties | | 2,500 | | | 2,500 | |
Net proceeds from disposal of assets | | 343 | | | - | |
Reclamation bonds | | 18 | | | (1 | ) |
Short-term investments | | (2,000 | ) | | - | |
Cash provided by in investing activities | | 360 | | | 3,482 | |
Effect of foreign exchange on cash | | (60 | ) | | (68 | ) |
(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents | | (589 | ) | | 2,487 | |
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | | 4,522 | | | 1,482 | |
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | | 3,933 | | | 3,969 | |
Supplemental cash flow information | | | | | | |
Mineral property expenditures included in accounts payable | | 72 | | | 398 | |
Cash and cash equivalents attributable to Quaterra | | 2,920 | | | 2,911 | |
Cash and cash equivalents attributable to Freeport Nevada | | 932 | | | 1,611 | |
(See the accompanying notes to condensed consolidated interim financial statements) | | | | | | |
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Quaterra Resources Inc. |
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Changes in Equity |
(Unaudited - in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except for shares) |
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| | Common Shares | | | | | | Share-based | | | Accumulated other | | | | | | | |
| | Number of | | | Amounts | | | payment reserve | | | comprehensive loss | | | Deficit | | | Total | |
| | Shares | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | |
Balance, December 31, 2014 | | 193,479,416 | | | 100,051 | | | 17,002 | | | | | | (81,226 | ) | | 35,827 | |
Share-based payments | | | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | | | | 7 | |
Derivative liability - warrants | | | | | | | | 1,280 | | | | | | | | | 1,280 | |
Net loss for the period | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (2,360 | ) | | (2,360 | ) |
Balance, September 30, 2015 | | 193,479,416 | | | 100,051 | | | 18,289 | | | | | | (83,586 | ) | | 34,754 | |
Share-based payments | | | | | | | | 201 | | | | | | | | | 201 | |
Derivative liability - warrants | | | | | | | | (66 | ) | | | | | | | | (66 | ) |
Net loss for the period | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (744 | ) | | (744 | ) |
Balance, December 31, 2015 | | 193,479,416 | | | 100,051 | | | 18,424 | | | | | | (84,330 | ) | | 34,145 | |
Share-based payments | | | | | | | | 136 | | | | | | | | | 136 | |
Other comprehensive loss | | | | | | | | | | | (19 | ) | | | | | (19 | ) |
Net loss for the period | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (1,533 | ) | | (1,533 | ) |
Balance, September 30, 2016 | | 193,479,416 | | | 100,051 | | | 18,560 | | | (19 | ) | | (85,863 | ) | | 32,729 | |
(See the accompanying notes to condensed consolidated interim financial statements) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Quaterra Resources Inc. |
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements |
For the nine months ended September 30, 2016 |
(Unaudited - in U.S. Dollars; tabular amounts in thousands except for shares and per share amounts) |
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Quaterra Resources Inc. (“Quaterra” or the “Company”) was incorporated in British Columbia, Canada, under the Business Corporations Act(British Columbia) on May 11, 1993. The Company’s common shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (“TSX-V”) and traded at OTCQX Markets. The principal address of the Company is 1199 West Hastings Street, Suite 1100, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6E 3T5.
The Company is a copper exploration and development company with the primary objective to advance its U.S. subsidiary’s copper projects in the Yerington District, Nevada, United States.
On June 30, 2016, the Company concluded the previously announced sale of its 50% interest in the Nieves project, Mexico, with the payment of the final $1.0 million tranche received (Note 3(b)).
On June 13, 2016, the Company announced that Freeport-McMoRan Nevada LLC (“Freeport Nevada”) had extended the current Stage 2 of the Membership Interest Option Agreement (the “Option Agreement”) for up to two years by making option payments totaling $5.75 million (Note 3(a)).
On January 15, 2016, the Company sold its 100% owned Mexican subsidiary,Minera Agua Tierra S.A. de C.V. to a private Mexican entity for gross proceeds of $500,000. $342,661 was received in January 2016 after tax deduction and transaction costs.
The Company defers all acquisition, exploration and evaluation costs related to the properties on which it is conducting exploration. The underlying value and the recoverability of the amounts recorded as mineral properties is entirely dependent upon the existence of economically recoverable mineral reserves and the ability of the Company to obtain the necessary funding to complete the exploration activities of its mineral properties, or upon the Company’s ability to dispose of its interests on a profitable basis. The carrying value of the Company’s mineral properties does not reflect current or future values.
2. | Basis of Presentation and Consolidation |
These condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standards (“IFRS”) includingInterim Financial Reporting 34 (“IAS 34”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). The Company’s annual financial statements are prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the IASB. The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these interim financial statements are set out in Note 2 of the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015 and have been applied consistently to all the periods presented, unless otherwise stated.
These interim financial statements do not include all of the information required for full annual financial statements and accordingly should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015.
These interim financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars (“USD”), the functional currency of the Company, and incorporate the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries. All material intercompany transactions, balances, and expenses are eliminated on consolidation.
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Quaterra Resources Inc. |
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements |
For the nine months ended September 30, 2016 |
(Unaudited - in U.S. Dollars; tabular amounts in thousands except for shares and per share amounts) |
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The Company is in the business of exploring and developing its copper assets in Nevada, United States.
On June 13, 2014, the Company entered into an Option Agreement with Freeport Nevada, which sets out terms for exploration of the Company’s copper properties in the Yerington District, Nevada, including MacArthur, Yerington, Bear and Wassuk, collectively the “Yerington Assets”. All Yerington Assets are held in Singatse Peak Services LLC (“SPS”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
Total mineral property acquisition and exploration costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 are listed in the table below; detailed description of the mineral properties are disclosed in Note 5 of the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015.
| | | United States | | | Mexico | | | | |
| Mineral Properties | | MacArthur | | | Yerington | | | Bear | | | Wassuk | | | Other | | | | | | | |
| | | Copper | | | Copper | | | Copper | | | Copper | | | Properties | | | Nieves | | | Total | |
| Acquisition | | $ | | | $ | | | $ | | | $ | | | $ | | | $ | | | $ | |
| Balance, December 31, 2015 | | 3,501 | | | 3,565 | | | 1,178 | | | 660 | | | 153 | | | 636 | | | 9,693 | |
| Additions (disposal) | | 150 | | | 63 | | | 1,276 | | | 152 | | | (82 | ) | | (636 | ) | | 923 | |
| Balance, September 30, 2016 | | 3,651 | | | 3,628 | | | 2,454 | | | 812 | | | 71 | | | - | | | 10,616 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Exploration | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Balance, December 31, 2015 | | 16,907 | | | 6,367 | | | 2,618 | | | - | | | 1,408 | | | 252 | | | 27,552 | |
| Geological | | | | | | | | 699 | | | | | | | | | | | | 699 | |
| Geophysical | | 4 | | | 31 | | | 58 | | | | | | | | | | | | 93 | |
| Geochemical | | 4 | | | | | | 76 | | | | | | | | | | | | 80 | |
| Drilling | | | | | | | | 1,150 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,150 | |
| Environmental | | | | | 284 | | | 82 | | | | | | | | | | | | 366 | |
| Other | | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | |
| Additions (disposal) | | 8 | | | 315 | | | 2,069 | | | - | | | - | | | (252 | ) | | 2,140 | |
| Balance, September 30, 2016 | | 16,915 | | | 6,682 | | | 4,687 | | | - | | | 1,408 | | | - | | | 29,692 | |
| Impairments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (1,479 | ) | | | | | (1,479 | ) |
| Option payments received | | (2,719 | ) | | (942 | ) | | (6,958 | ) | | (152 | ) | | | | | | | | (10,771 | ) |
| Total net acquisition and explorationBalance, September30, 2016 | | 17,847 | | | 9,368 | | | 183 | | | 660 | | | - | | | - | | | 28,058 | |
| exploration Balance, December 31, 2015 | | 18,332 | | | 9,084 | | | (226 | ) | | 660 | | | 1,562 | | | 888 | | | 30,300 | |
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Quaterra Resources Inc. |
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements |
For the nine months ended September 30, 2016 |
(Unaudited - in U.S. Dollars; tabular amounts in thousands except for shares and per share amounts) |
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Pursuant to the terms of the Option Agreement, amended and extended, Freeport Nevada has the right to earn an initial interest of 55% in SPS by funding a total of $40.75 million ($10.9 million received) over three stages in an initial four years, subject to extension, (“Option Period”) starting June 2014.
On June 13, 2016, the current Stage 2 was extended for up to four additional periods of six months each by Freeport Nevada making the following payments to SPS:
| • | $1.8 million on June 13, 2016 (received); |
| • | $1.25 million on December 13, 2016; and |
| • | $1.35 million each on June 13, 2017 and December 13, 2017, respectively. |
SPS intends to use these option payments for property maintenance, general administration and environmental compliance at its Yerington Assets. Details and status of the Option Agreement as of September 30, 2016, are listed below:
| Three Stages | Option Period | Funding Requirement | Funds Received |
| Stage 1 - completed | June 13, 2014 – June 13, 2015 | $2.5 million | $2.5 million |
| Stage 2 - extended | June 13, 2015 – June 13, 2018 | $12.35 million | $8.4 million |
| Stage 3 - optional | June 13, 2018 thereafter | $25.9 million | $Nil |
Freeport Nevada has the right to terminate the Option Agreement at any time with 60 days’ notice. In the event of such a termination, Freeport Nevada would have not earned any interest in the Company’s Yerington Assets.
| (i) | MacArthur Property, Nevada |
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| | The Company entered into an option agreement with North Exploration LLC dated September 2005 for total consideration of $2.2 million (paid), and acquired a 100% interest in the MacArthur property in January 2015. |
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| | The property is subject to a 2% net smelter return royalty (“NSR”), which may be reduced to a 1% NSR royalty for a consideration of $1.0 million. |
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| (ii) | Yerington Property, Nevada |
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| | The Company acquired a 100% interest in the Yerington property on April 27, 2011, by making a $500,000 cash payment and issuing 250,000 common shares of the Company. The property has a 2% NSR royalty capped at $7.5 million on commencement of commercial production. |
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| (iii) | Bear Deposit, Nevada |
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| | Bear Deposit consists of five option agreements covering private land in Yerington, Nevada. Under the terms of these option agreements, the Company is required to make approximately $6.24 million in cash payments over ten years ($2.72 million paid) in order to maintain the exclusive right to purchase the land, mineral rights and certain water rights and to conduct mineral exploration on these properties. Aggregate payments due under the five option agreements by year are as follows: |
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Quaterra Resources Inc. |
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements |
For the nine months ended September 30, 2016 |
(Unaudited - in U.S. Dollars; tabular amounts in thousands except for shares and per share amounts) |
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| • | $329,258 due in 2013 (paid) |
| • | $341,258 due in 2014 (paid) |
| • | $788,258 due in 2015 (paid) |
| • | $1,363,258 due in 2016 ($1,263,258 paid), and |
| • | $3,418,526 in aggregate from 2017 to 2022. |
| (iv) | Wassuk Property, Nevada |
The Company has an option to earn an interest in certain unpatented mining claims in Lyon County, Nevada, over ten years and is required to make $1.51 million in cash payments ($650,000 paid) and incur a work commitment of $300,000 ($nil incurred) by August 1, 2018as below:
| • | $390,000 prior payments before August 23, 2013 (paid) |
| • | $80,000 each on or before August 1, 2014 and 2015 (paid) |
| • | $100,000 on or before August 1, 2016 (paid) |
| • | $200,000 each on or before August 1, 2017 and 2018, and |
| • | $230,000 each on or before August 1, 2019 and 2020. |
The property is subject to a 3% NSR royalty upon commencing commercial production, which can be reduced to a 2% NSR royalty in consideration for $1.5 million.
| b) | Nieves Silver Concessions, Mexico |
On December 29, 2014, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (“Nieves Agreement”) to sell its 50% interest in the Nieves property to its exploration partner Blackberry Ventures 1, LLC (“Blackberry”) for $4.0 million. $1.0 million was paid on December 31, 2014, with $1.0 million each due every six months started on March 1, 2015. Blackberry would earn an additional 12.5% interest in the Nieves property upon each payment.
In February and May 2016, the Company had agreed to reduce the total payment from $4.0 million to $3.5 million, subject to certain conditions. On June 30, 2016, the Nieves Agreement was concluded with payment of the final $1.0 million tranche received from Blackberry.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, Blackberry paid a $25,000 penalty for a delay in payment, $30,000 interest at 6% per annum on the amounts owed, and reimbursed $77,724 geological personnel costs paid by the Company for the period August 1, 2015, to March 31, 2016.
As of September 30, 2016, the Company no longer holds any interest in assets in Mexico.
| c) | Herbert Gold Property, Alaska |
The Company acquired a 100% interest in Herbert Gold property through an option agreement in November 2007, and entered into a joint venture agreement with Grande Portage Resources Ltd. (“Grande Portage”), a publicly listed company on TSX-V, in October 2011. In June 2012 Grande Portage earned its 65% interest in the property by spending $1.25 million in exploration according to the joint venture agreement, and the Company owned the remaining 35% since then.
On July 14, 2016, the Company announced the sale of its 35% interest in the Herbert Gold property to Grande Portage for a consideration of 1,182,331 common shares of Grande Portage. In anticipation of this transaction, the Company recorded a $1.45 million impairment on June 30, 2016.
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Quaterra Resources Inc. |
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements |
For the nine months ended September 30, 2016 |
(Unaudited - in U.S. Dollars; tabular amounts in thousands except for shares and per share amounts) |
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On July 29, 2016, the Company completed the sale and received those Grande Portage shares with a fair value of $163,005. As a result, $80,625 gain was recognized in the net loss at closing of the transaction.
These shares are classified as available-for-sale and recorded at fair market value determined by reference to their closing share price at each reporting date. Any fair value gain or loss is recognized in the other comprehensive income (loss) at each reporting date.
On October 3, 2014, Freeport-McMoRan Mineral Properties Inc. (“FMMP”) acquired the remaining interests in three of the Company’s mineral properties for $5 million and 19 million share purchase warrants. $1.0 million was received on Oct 3, 2014, the remaining $4.0 million was payable in $500,000 tranches every three months commenced January 1, 2015. The Company discounted the value of the $5 million at 5% and accretes interest to income on the effective interest method.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company received $1.5 million and accrued $79,788 interest income related to the receivable. Subsequent to the quarter end, the final tranche of $500,000 was received and the 19 million warrants were fully vested on October 4, 2016.
As of September 30, 2016, $34,324 Reveille gold property was written off due to its inactive status with no foreseeable exploration plan.
On May 8, 2015, the Company entered into a $500,000 secured note (“Loan Payable”) with Freeport Nevada in order to facilitate a real property interest acquisition within the Bear Deposit.
The Loan Payable bears a simple interest at a rate of 5% per annum and is due 180 days following written notice of termination of the Option Agreement by Freeport Nevada. The Company can extend the 180 days by paying an extension fee of 5% of the outstanding principal and provided the interest accrued does exceed $100,000.
In the event Freeport Nevada elects to enter Stage 3 of the Option Agreement, the $500,000 may be credited to the Freeport Nevada future funding obligation.
On July 2, 2014, the Company closed a non-brokered private placement of 500 units for gross proceeds of $500,000. Each unit was priced at $1,000 and comprised of one non-transferable convertible redeemable promissory note (“Note”) and 11,442 non-transferable warrants. Each warrant entitles the holders to purchase one common share of the Company at a price of CAD$0.16 per share until January 2, 2017 (extended), subject to an acceleration provision.
The Notes bear a simple interest rate of 10% per annum. Interest may be paid in cash or shares at the option of the Company, subject to any required exchange approvals in the case of share payments.
The Notes provide the following terms as to conversion or redemption:
| (i) | The outstanding principal amount of each Note may be converted by the Note holder into common shares of the Company at the rate of CAD$0.10 per share at any time until maturity. |
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Quaterra Resources Inc. |
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements |
For the nine months ended September 30, 2016 |
(Unaudited - in U.S. Dollars; tabular amounts in thousands except for shares and per share amounts) |
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| (ii) | The Notes automatically convert into common shares at CAD$0.10 per share in the event the closing price of the shares is CAD$0.12 or higher for 10 consecutive trading days. |
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| (iii) | The Company may, prior to conversion, redeem the principal amount of the notes outstanding by paying to the holders the principal amount of the Notes together with interest in cash at the rate of 15% per annum calculated to the date of such redemption. |
The conversion feature in the notes is an embedded derivative liability requiring separate accounting (Note 6). At inception, the notes were recorded at a fair value of $298,000 and will be accreted to their face value over time at an effective interest rate of 35%.
| | | September 30, | | | December 31, | |
| | | 2016 | | | 2015 | |
| | | $ | | | $ | |
| Fair value of convertible note at maturity | | 500 | | | 500 | |
| | | | | | | |
| Fair value of convertible note at date of issue | | 298 | | | 298 | |
| Cumulative accretion | | 446 | | | 277 | |
| Change on extension of expiry date | | (196 | ) | | (196 | ) |
| Balance at reporting date | | 548 | | | 379 | |
Derivative liability includes conversion feature for the notes and share purchase warrants issued with an exercise price denominated in a currency other than the Company’s functional currency. As such they are classified as financial liabilities measured at fair value and are re-measured each reporting period with all changes recorded as a component of net loss.
In connection with the convertible note issued on July 2, 2014, and an Asset Purchase Agreement with FMMP on October 3, 2014, the Company issued 5.721 million and 19 million share purchase warrants to the holders. As these warrants are either exercisable in a different currency from the Company’s functional currency, or the number of shares to be issued upon exercising are subject to foreign exchange fluctuation, they are classified as derivative liabilities and carried at fair value. The warrants are therefore required to be revalued at each reporting date.
As of September 30, 2016, the derivative liabilities were revalued at the weighted average assumptions: volatility of 116%, expected term of 1.2 year, discount rate of 0.54% and dividend yield of 0%.
The following table sets out the changes in derivative liability:
| | | Number of | | | Fair value | |
| | | Warrants | | | assigned ($) | |
| At December 31, 2014 | | 48,810,000 | | | 1,293 | |
| Warrants extension | | (29,810,000 | ) | | (1,280 | ) |
| Change in fair value estimates | | - | | | 1,207 | |
| Change in contract of warrant | | 5,721,000 | | | 172 | |
| At December 31, 2015 | | 24,721,000 | | | 1,392 | |
| Change in fair value estimates | | | | | (688 | ) |
| At September 30, 2016 | | 24,721,000 | | | 704 | |
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Quaterra Resources Inc. |
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements |
For the nine months ended September 30, 2016 |
(Unaudited - in U.S. Dollars; tabular amounts in thousands except for shares and per share amounts) |
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The Company has a stock option plan under which the Company is authorized to grant stock options of up to 10% of the number of common shares issued and outstanding of the Company at any given time.
The following table presents changes in stock options outstanding and exercisable:
| | | September 30, 2016 | | | December 31, 2015 | |
| | | Number of | | | Weighted Average | | | Number of | | | Weighted Average | |
| | | Options | | | Exercise Price (CAD$) | | | Options | | | Exercise Price (CAD$) | |
| Outstanding, beginning of period | | 15,765,000 | | | 0.38 | | | 15,400,000 | | | 0.55 | |
| Granted | | 3,025,000 | | | 0.07 | | | 2,635,000 | | | 0.12 | |
| Expired | | (2,780,000 | ) | | (1.20 | ) | | (2,270,000 | ) | | (1.25 | ) |
| Exercised | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | |
| Outstanding, end of period | | 16,010,000 | | | 0.18 | | | 15,765,000 | | | 0.38 | |
| Exercisable, end of period | | 15,610,000 | | | 0.18 | | | 15,765,000 | | | 0.38 | |
The following table summarizes stock options outstanding by expiry dates with exercise and fair value at the date of recording in Canadian dollars:
| Exercise Price | | Number of Options Outstanding |
| (CAD$) | Expiry Date | September 30, 2016 | December 31, 2015 |
| 1.60 | March 24, 2016 | - | 200,000 |
| 1.25 | August 9, 2016 | - | 2,370,000 |
| 0.90 | October 24, 2016 | 300,000 | 300,000 |
| 0.50 | March 27, 2017 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
| 0.45 | June 28, 2017 | 2,400,000 | 2,520,000 |
| 0.16 | September 19, 2018 | 3,760,000 | 3,810,000 |
| 0.10 | June 25, 2019 | 2,815,000 | 2,830,000 |
| 0.05 | December 31, 2019 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| 0.05 | March 26, 2020 | 200,000 | 200,000 |
| 0.13 | July 16, 2020 | 2,410,000 | 2,435,000 |
| 0.065 | April 14, 2021 | 3,025,000 | - |
| | | 16,010,000 | 15,765,000 |
Subsequent to September 30, 2016, 300,000 stock options exercisable at CAD$0.90 expired unexercised.
The weighted average remaining contractual life for options outstanding at September 30, 2016, was 2.72 years (December 31, 2015 – 2.65 years).
The Company used the following assumptions in the Black-Scholes option pricing model: volatility 141% (143% -2015), risk-free rate 0.6% (0.5% - 2015), 5 year life and 0% forfeiture rate as well as expected dividend yield.
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Quaterra Resources Inc. |
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements |
For the nine months ended September 30, 2016 |
(Unaudited - in U.S. Dollars; tabular amounts in thousands except for shares and per share amounts) |
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Share-based payment expenses were allocated as follows:
| Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, |
| 2016 | 2015 | 2016 | 2015 |
| $ | $ | $ | $ |
| Consultants | 34 | 31 | 38 |
| Directors and officers | 138 | 85 | 146 |
| Employees | 24 | 20 | 24 |
| - | 196 | 136 | 208 |
| b) | Share purchase warrants |
As of September 30, 2016, and December 31, 2015, 54.531 million warrants were outstanding at a weighted average exercise price of $0.14. The following table summarizes information about warrants outstanding by expiry dates:
| | | Number of Warrants |
| Expiry date | Exercise price | September 30, 2016 | December 31, 2015 |
| January 2, 2017 | CAD 0.16 | 5,721,000 | 5,721,000 |
| September 13, 2018 | $ 0.15 | 29,810,000 | 29,810,000 |
| October 3, 2019 | $ 0.16 | 19,000,000 | 19,000,000 |
| | | 54,531,000 | 54,531,000 |
8. | Related Party Transactions |
| a) | Key management comprises directors and executive officers. Certain executive officers are entitled to termination benefits equal to up to two years’ gross salary amounting to $300,000 and CAD$450,000 in the event of a change of control. The Company has no post-employment benefits and other long-term employee benefits. Compensation awarded to key management was as follows: |
| | | Three months ended September 30, | | | Nine months ended September 30, | |
| | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2016 | | | 2015 | |
| | | $ | | | $ | | | $ | | | $ | |
| Salaries | | 107 | | | 138 | | | 264 | | | 421 | |
| Directors' fees | | 9 | | | 9 | | | 27 | | | 9 | |
| Share-based payments | | - | | | 138 | | | 85 | | | 146 | |
| | | 116 | | | 285 | | | 376 | | | 576 | |
Director fees were re-instated beginning July 1, 2015, at a total amount of CAD$47,500 per annum payable equally on a quarterly basis.
| b) | Manex Resource Group (“Manex”) is a private company owned by the Company’s Corporate Secretary Mr. Lawrence Page. It provides office space and general office and administrative services for a monthly fee of CAD$13,000 of which CAD$5,000 can be cancelled with a 30-day notice. |
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Quaterra Resources Inc. |
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements |
For the nine months ended September 30, 2016 |
(Unaudited - in U.S. Dollars; tabular amounts in thousands except for shares and per share amounts) |
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9. | Segmented Information |
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| The Company has one business segment, the exploration of mineral properties. As of September 30, 2016, all the Company’s significant non-current assets are located in the United States. |
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10. | Financial Instruments |
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| The recorded amount for cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, amounts due, receivables, marketable security, and accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their fair values due to their short- term nature. The carrying values of reclamation bonds approximate their fair values, as these balances are redeemable on demand. |
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| The derivative liability is measured at fair value and categorized in Level 3 at $703,939 (December 31, 2015 - $1,391,956). The fair value of the derivative liability is based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model inputs disclosed in Note 6, as determined at the reporting date. |
11. | Commitments and Contingencies |
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| a) | The Company has a five-year service agreement with Manex ending on August 31, 2017, at a monthly rate of CAD$8,000. The Company may terminate the service agreement by paying Manex the lesser of CAD$96,000 or the total fee owing for the remainder of the service agreement. |
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| b) | To acquire certain mineral property interests in Nevada (Note 3), the Company must make optional acquisition expenditures in order to satisfy the terms of existing option agreements, failing which the rights to such mineral properties will revert back to the property vendors. |
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