
(An Exploration Stage Company)
Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2020
(Unaudited - in U.S. Dollars)
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The Company's independent auditor has not reviewed these condensed interim consolidated financial statements. These statements have been prepared by and are the responsibility of the Company's management. This notice is being provided under National Instrument 51-102 - Continuous Disclosure Obligations.
Quaterra Resources Inc.
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position
(Unaudited-in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
| Note | | March 31, 2020 | | | December 31, 2019 | |
Assets | | | | | | | |
Current assets: | | | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | $ | 1,412 | | $ | 1,812 | |
Other receivables | | | 4 | | | 3 | |
Marketable securities | 3 | | 233 | | | 165 | |
Prepaid and deposit | | | 4 | | | 4 | |
| | | 1,653 | | | 1,984 | |
Non-current assets: | | | | | | | |
Mineral properties | 4 | | 28,805 | | | 28,679 | |
Reclamation bonds | | | 34 | | | 34 | |
| | | 28,839 | | | 28,713 | |
Total Assets | | $ | 30,492 | | $ | 30,697 | |
| | | | | | | |
Liabilities | | | | | | | |
Current liabilities: | | | | | | | |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | | $ | 109 | | $ | 112 | |
Convertible notes | 5 | | 434 | | | 402 | |
Derivative liabilities | 6 | | 105 | | | 150 | |
| | | 648 | | | 664 | |
Non-current liability | | | | | | | |
Derivative liabilities | 6 | | 19 | | | 26 | |
| | | 19 | | | 26 | |
Total Liabilities | | | 667 | | | 690 | |
| | | | | | | |
Shareholders' Equity | | | | | | | |
Share capital | | | 101,459 | | | 101,424 | |
Contributed surplus | | | 19,200 | | | 19,212 | |
Deficit | | | (90,834 | ) | | (90,629 | ) |
| | | 29,825 | | | 30,007 | |
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity | | $ | 30,492 | | $ | 30,697 | |
See the accompanying notes to the condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
Approved on behalf of the Board of Directors on May 7, 2020:
/s/ "Thomas Patton" | /s/"Terrence Eyton" |
Director | Director |
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Quaterra Resources Inc.
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Loss and Comprehensive Loss
(Unaudited- In thousands of U.S. Dollars, except for shares and per share amounts)
| | | | Three months ended March 31, | |
| | Note | | 2020 | | | 2019 | |
General administrative expenses | | | | | | | |
| Consulting | | $ | - | | $ | 29 | |
| General office | | | 9 | | | 15 | |
| Insurance | | | - | | | 2 | |
| Investor relations and corporate development | | | 17 | | | 107 | |
| Professional fees | | | 10 | | | 22 | |
| Rent | | | 29 | | | 38 | |
| Salaries and benefits | | | 204 | | | 217 | |
| Transfer agent and regulatory | | | 21 | | | 23 | |
| Travel | | | 13 | | | 4 | |
| | | | (303 | ) | | (457 | ) |
| | | | | | | | |
Fair value gain (loss) on derivative liabilities | 6 | | 52 | | | (321 | ) |
Foreign exchange loss | | | (2 | ) | | (10 | ) |
Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities | 3 | | 68 | | | (40 | ) |
Interest expense and other | | | (16 | ) | | (80 | ) |
Share-based compensation | | | (4 | ) | | - | |
| | | | 98 | | | (451 | ) |
Loss and comprehensive loss for the period | | $ | (205 | ) | $ | (908 | ) |
Loss per share - basic and diluted | | $ | (0.00 | ) | $ | (0.00 | ) |
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding | | | 217,618,907 | | | 203,771,536 | |
See the accompanying notes to the condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
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Quaterra Resources Inc.
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow
(Unaudited- In thousands of U.S. Dollars)
| | Three months ended March 31, | |
| | 2020 | | | 2019 | |
Operating activities | | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Net loss for the period | $ | (205 | ) | $ | (908 | ) |
Items not involving cash: | | | | | | |
Fair value (gain) loss on derivative liabilities | | (52 | ) | | 321 | |
Foreign exchange loss | | ‐ | | | 10 | |
Interest and convertible accretion | | 32 | | | 77 | |
Unrealized (gain) loss on marketable securities | | (68 | ) | | 40 | |
Share‐based compensation | | 4 | | | ‐ | |
| | (289 | ) | | (460 | ) |
Changes in non‐cash working capital | | | | | | |
Other receivable | | (1 | ) | | (1 | ) |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | | (17 | ) | | (208 | ) |
| | (307 | ) | | (669 | ) |
| | | | | | |
Financing activities | | | | | | |
Shares issued for cash | | 19 | | | 132 | |
Loan repayment | | ‐ | | | (311 | ) |
Related party loan payable | | ‐ | | | (218 | ) |
| | 19 | | | (397 | ) |
| | | | | | |
Investing activities | | | | | | |
Expenditures on mineral properties | | (112 | ) | | (183 | ) |
Net proceeds from water rights sale | | ‐ | | | 5,703 | |
| | (112 | ) | | 5,520 | |
Effect of foreign exchange on cash | | ‐ | | | 4 | |
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | | (400 | ) | | 4,458 | |
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | | 1,812 | | | 47 | |
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ | 1,412 | | $ | 4,505 | |
Supplemental cash flow information | | | | | | |
Exploration expenditures included in accounts payable | $ | 41 | | $ | 15 | |
See the accompanying notes to the condensed interim consolidated 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)
| | Number of shares | | | Share capital | | | Contributed surplus | | | Deficit | | | Total Equity | |
|
Balance, December 31, 2018 | | 200,969,314 | | $ | 100,729 | | $ | 18,820 | | $ | (88,918 | ) | $ | 30,631 | |
Shares issued for cash | | 3,000,000 | | | 113 | | | - | | | - | | | 113 | |
Shares issued for stock options exercised | | 400,000 | | | 35 | | | (16 | ) | | - | | | 19 | |
Net loss for the period | | - | | | - | | | - | | | (908 | ) | | (908 | ) |
Balance, March 31, 2019 | | 204,369,314 | | $ | 100,877 | | $ | 18,804 | | $ | (89,826 | ) | $ | 29,855 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance, December 31, 2019 | | 217,215,610 | | $ | 101,424 | | $ | 19,212 | | $ | (90,629 | ) | $ | 30,007 | |
Shares issued for stock options exercised | | 500,000 | | | 35 | | | (16 | ) | | - | | | 19 | |
Share-based compensation | | - | | | - | | | 4 | | | - | | | 4 | |
Net loss for the period | | - | | | - | | | - | | | (205 | ) | | (205 | ) |
Balance, March 31, 2020 | | 217,715,610 | | $ | 101,459 | | $ | 19,200 | | $ | (90,834 | ) | $ | 29,825 | |
See the accompanying notes to the condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
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Quaterra Resources Inc.
Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2020
(Unaudited - In U.S. Dollars; tabular amounts in thousands except for shares)
1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND LIQUIDITY RISK
Quaterra Resources Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, "Quaterra" or the "Company") is a copper exploration company working on its mineral properties located in Nevada and Alaska, United States. The Company is incorporated in British Columbia, Canada. Its head office is located at 1100 - 1199 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6E 3T5.
The Company acquires mineral properties by way of option or lease agreements and defers all acquisition, exploration and evaluation costs related to the properties. The underlying value of the amounts recorded as mineral properties does not reflect current or future values. The Company's continued existence is dependent upon the existence of economically recoverable mineral reserves and the ability of the Company to acquire new properties and obtain funding to complete the exploration activities.
These condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes that the Company will be able to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business. As of March 31, 2020, the Company had working capital of $1,005,000, and along with the proceeds from its ongoing water rights sale, the Company believes that it has sufficient funds to sustain its operations for at least the next 12 months. However, as the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak is yet to be fully determined, it may have a material effect on the Company's financial position, results of operations and cash flow in future periods.
2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND ACCOUNTING POLICY CHANGE
a. Statement of compliance
These condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared under International Accounting Standard 34, Interim Financial Reporting, using accounting policies consistent with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. The Company's significant accounting policies and critical accounting estimates applied in these financial statements are consistent with those described in Note 2 of the Company's audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019.
b. Accounting estimates and judgments
The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires management to make judgments, estimates, and assumptions that affect the application of policies, reported amounts and disclosures. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Differences may be material.
Judgment is required in assessing whether certain factors would be considered an indicator of impairment. Both internal and external information is considered to determine whether there is an indicator of impairment present and, accordingly, whether impairment testing is required.
3. MARKETABLE SECURITIES
The Company holds 1,942,795 common shares of Grande Portage Resources Ltd. with a market value of $232,801 (December 31, 2019 - $164,542). During the three months ended March 31, 2020, a $68,259 gain was recognized in the statement of loss and comprehensive loss.
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Quaterra Resources Inc.
Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2020
(Unaudited - In U.S. Dollars; tabular amounts in thousands except for shares)
4. MINERAL PROPERTIES
The Company owns a 100% interest in the MacArthur and Yerington properties, has an option to earn a 100% interest in the Bear, Wassuk, and Butte Valley properties in Nevada, and a 90% interest in Groundhog property in Alaska.
On December 19, 2019, the Company announced two separate purchase and sale agreements to sell certain primary ground water rights to Desert Pearl and Desert Hills Dairy, LLC for $1,880,000, subject to relevant governmental approval.
As of March 31, 2020, total mineral property maintenance and exploration costs are listed in the table below:
(In thousands of U.S. Dollars) | | | | | | | Total |
MacArthur | Yerington | Bear | Wassuk | Groundhog | Butte Valley |
Balance, December 31, 2019 | 18,504 | 5,187 | 1,267 | 1,215 | 2,320 | 186 | 28,679 |
Property maintenance | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 5 |
Geological & mapping | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
Environmental | - | 50 | - | - | - | - | 50 |
Field support & overhead | - | 3 | - | - | 6 | - | 9 |
Technical study | 53 | - | - | - | 5 | - | 58 |
| 57 | 56 | 1 | - | 11 | 1 | 126 |
Balance, March 31, 2020 | 18,561 | 5,243 | 1,268 | 1,215 | 2,331 | 187 | 28,805 |
a) Bear Deposit, Nevada
The Bear Deposit consists of five option agreements covering private land in Yerington, Nevada. Under the terms of these option agreements, as amended, the Company is required to make approximately $5,423,290 in cash payments over 11 years ($4,644,290 paid) to maintain the exclusive right to purchase the land, mineral rights, and certain water rights and to conduct mineral exploration on these properties.
Outstanding payments due under the five option agreements by year are as follows:
- $193,000 due in 2020 ($1,000 paid);
- $193,000 each due in 2021 and 2022 respectively, and
- $201,000 due in 2023.
b) Wassuk, Nevada
The Company has an option, as amended, to earn a 100% interest in certain unpatented mining claims in Lyon County, Nevada, over ten years and is required to make $1,515,000 in cash payments ($955,000 paid) and incur a work commitment of $300,000 ($92,112 incurred) by August 1, 2021. The remaining option balance is due on each anniversary August 1, 2020, and 2021 in the amounts of $60,000 and $500,000, respectively.
The property is subject to a 3% NSR royalty upon commencing commercial production, which can be reduced to a 2% NSR royalty in consideration of $1,500,000.
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Quaterra Resources Inc.
Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2020
(Unaudited - In U.S. Dollars; tabular amounts in thousands except for shares)
c) Groundhog, Alaska
On April 25, 2017, the Company announced it signed a five-year lease agreement, amended to six years, with Chuchuna Minerals Company ("Chuchuna") to earn a 90% interest in the Groundhog copper prospect, located 200 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. To earn the 90% interest, the Company is required to fund a total of $5,000,000 ($2,331,000 funded) of exploration expenditure and to make a lump sum payment to Chuchuna of $3,000,000 by the end of the sixth year.
The Company is required to fund a minimum of $500,000 each year with excessive funding in any one year carried forward to the following year. The Company had met the annual work commitments up to year-end 2019 and will do so in 2020. The Company can terminate the agreement at its discretion.
d) Butte Valley, Nevada
On August 22, 2019, the Company entered into an option agreement with North Exploration, LLC, to earn a 100% interest in 600 unpatented mining claims in White Pine County, Nevada, for $600,000 over five years. North Exploration will retain a 2.5% NSR, of which 1% can be purchased for $1,000,000. A further 0.5% NSR can be purchased within the first ten years for $5,000,000.
On December 3, 2019, the Company entered another option agreement with Nevada Select Royalty, Inc., to purchase a 100% interest in 78 unpatented claims associated with the Butte Valley project, for $250,000 over five years. Nevada Select Royalty will retain a 2% NSR, of which 1% can be purchased by Quaterra for $10,000,000.
Aggregate payments to maintaining the two option agreements by year are as follows:
- $20,000 due 2019 (paid);
- $80,000 due in 2020;
- $100,000 due in 2021;
- $150,000 due in 2022; and
- $250,000 each due in 2023 and 2024.
5. CONVERTIBLE NOTES
On August 28, 2018, and September 20, 2018, the Company completed non-brokered private placements in tranches by way of convertible debentures for gross proceeds of $550,000 and Canadian dollars ("CAD") CAD 550,000 each. The convertible debentures bear simple interest at a rate of 10% per annum, payable in arrears, and mature 18 months from the closing date. Interest may be paid in cash or shares at the option of the noteholders, subject to regulatory approvals in the case of share payments.
The principal amount is convertible at $0.05 or CAD 0.065 per unit in the first 12 months, and $0.075 or CAD 0.10 thereafter until the maturity date. Each unit is to consist of one common share and one warrant of the Company. Each warrant is to entitle the holder to purchase one common share of the Company at $0.05 or CAD 0.065 per share, expiring August 28, 2022, and September 20, 2022. The convertible notes are secured against the assets of the Company.
In August 2019, $550,000 and CAD 50,000 notes were converted into units at $0.05 and CAD 0.065, comprising 11,769,230 shares and 11,769,230 warrants.
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Quaterra Resources Inc.
Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2020
(Unaudited - In U.S. Dollars; tabular amounts in thousands except for shares)
The remaining principal balance of CAD 500,000 is convertible into units at CAD 0.1 per unit, amended to expire on August 28, 2020. In the event that the Company's water rights sale has not completed by August 28, 2020, the maturity date will be further extended to February 28, 2021. There are no other changes to the term of the convertible notes.
The Company evaluated the convertible debentures and determined the conversion feature is a derivative liability based on the fact the conversion into units could result in a variable number of shares to be issued.
Interest and accretion expense on the convertible notes for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was $31,707 (March 31, 2019 - $77,265).
6. DERIVATIVE LIABILITIES
The conversion of the remaining convertible notes into units could result in a variable number of shares to be issued; the Company also has certain warrants exercisable in a different currency from the Company's functional currency. The conversion feature and the warrants are classified as derivative liabilities carried at fair value and revalued at each reporting date.
As of March 31, 2020, the derivative liabilities were related to the remaining CAD 500,000 convertible notes and 769,230 warrants with CAD exercise prices and were revalued using the weighted average assumptions: volatility of 105%, the expected term of 2.5 years, a discount rate of 1.69% and a dividend yield of 0%.
7. WARRANTS AND STOCK OPTIONS
a) Share purchase warrants
The Company had the following warrants outstanding:
Expiry date | Exercise price | | | March 31, 2020 | | | December 31, 2019 | |
August 28, 2022 | $ | 0.05 | | | 11,000,000 | | | 11,000,000 | |
September 20, 2022 | CAD | 0.065 | | | 769,230 | | | 769,230 | |
| | | | | 11,769,230 | | | 11,769,230 | |
b) Stock options
The Company has a stock option plan under which it 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.
During the three months ended March 31, 2020, 500,000 stock options exercised at CAD 0.05, including 400,000 exercised on December 31, 2019, which shares were issued on January 3, 2020, due to holiday season.
The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding by expiry dates with an exercise price in Canadian dollars:
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Quaterra Resources Inc.
Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2020
(Unaudited - In U.S. Dollars; tabular amounts in thousands except for shares)
| Exercise Price (CAD$) | Number of Options Outstanding |
Expiry Date | March 31, 2020 | December 31, 2019 |
March 26, 2020 | 0.05 | - | 200,000 |
July 16, 2020 | 0.13 | 2,380,000 | 2,380,000 |
April 14, 2021 | 0.065 | 2,795,000 | 2,795,000 |
June 23, 2022 | 0.095 | 2,900,000 | 2,900,000 |
September 20, 2023 | 0.06 | 2,370,000 | 2,370,000 |
June 21, 2024 | 0.065 | 2,950,000 | 2,950,000 |
August 8, 2024 | 0.06 | 500,000 | 500,000 |
| | 13,895,000 | 14,095,000 |
$3,671 share-based compensation represented the 20% vesting of the 500,000 stock options granted on August 8, 2019.
8. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
a) Key management comprises directors and executive officers. In the event of a change of control, certain executive officers are entitled to termination benefits equal to the amount that would have been paid during the unexpired term of their employment agreement, and others to the equivalent of either one or two years' salary. The Company has no post-employment benefits and other long-term employee benefits. Compensation awarded to key management was as follows:
(In thousands of U.S. Dollars) | | Three months ended March 31, | |
| 2020 | | | 2019 | |
Salaries | $ | 98 | | $ | 106 | |
Directors' fees | | 9 | | | 9 | |
| $ | 107 | | $ | 115 | |
b) Manex Resource Group ("Manex") is a private company owned by the Company's Corporate Secretary Mr. Lawrence Page. Under a service agreement dated April 1, 2019, Manex provides the Company's Vancouver office space at CAD 7,500 per month. Either party can terminate the service agreement at any time with 60 days written notice.
9. CAPITAL MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT RISKS
There has been no change in the Company's approach to capital management, the financial instrument risks or management's approach to those risks during the period ended March 31, 2020.