Related-Party Transactions | NOTE 3 - RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS The following amounts were due to related parties as at: January 31, 2021 January 31, 2020 Due to a company owned by an officer (a) $ 17,481 $ 110 Due to a company controlled by directors (a) 12,731 7,172 Due to the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) (a), (b) 27,543 - Due to the Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) (a), (b) 8,042 - Due to a major shareholder (a), (b) 2,500 - Due to a company controlled by a director (a) 2,217 - Total due to related parties $ 70,514 $ 7,282 (a) Amounts are unsecured, due on demand and bear no interest. (b) On July 29, 2020, Polymet entered into mining royalty agreements (the “NSR Agreements”) with the Company’s CEO, CFO, and the major shareholder to sell net smelter returns (the “NSR”) on its mineral concessions. NSR range from 0.3% to 1.25% depending on particular concession and the purchaser. The Company’s CEO agreed to acquire NSR for $1,500, CFO agreed to acquire the NSR for $1,000, and the major shareholder agreed to acquire his NSR for $2,500. The NSR will be paid quarterly once commercial exploitation begins and will be paid on gold, silver, copper and cobalt sales. If, within two years, the Company does not commence commercial exploitation of the mineral properties, an annual payment of $10,000 per purchaser will be paid. Pursuant to Chilean law, the NSR agreements will come in force only when registered against the land title in Chile. Due to temporary safety restriction associated with COVID-19 pandemic, the registration of the NSR Agreements has been deferred, therefore the payments made by the CEO, CFO, and the major shareholder, have been recorded as advances on the books of the Company and will be applied towards the agreements, once they are fully legalized. The following amounts were due under the notes payable the Company issued to related parties: January 31, 2021 January 31, 2020 Note payable to CEO (c) $ 581,233 $ 502,575 Note payable to CFO (c) 10,380 9,583 Note payable to a company controlled by directors (c) 123,355 109,984 Note payable to a major shareholder (c) 378,449 93,700 Total notes payable to related parties $ 1,093,417 $ 715,842 (c) The notes payable to related parties are based on Level 2 inputs in the ASC 820 fair value hierarchy. The notes payable to related parties accumulate interest at a rate of 8% per annum, are unsecured, and are payable on or after August 31, 2022. During the year ended January 31, 2021, the Company accrued $78,032 (January 31, 2020 - $58,787) in interest expense on the notes payable to related parties. Transactions with Related Parties During the year ended January 31, 2021, the Company incurred the following expenses with related parties: January 31, 2021 Consulting fees to a company owned by the CFO $ 16,041 Consulting fees to CFO 6,875 Consulting fees to CEO and President 22,916 Rent fees accrued to a company controlled by directors 4,583 Legal fees to a company controlled by a director 2,088 Total transactions with related parties $ 52,503 During the year ended January 31, 2020, the Company did not incur any expenses with related parties. |