SHARE CAPITAL | 9. SHARE CAPITAL a) Authorized: Unlimited common shares without par value. b) Share capital transactions: 2024 Transactions During the year ended April 30, 2024, the Company issued 1,265,000 common shares in an underwritten public offering, including 165,000 common shares issued pursuant to the full exercise by the underwriter of its over-allotment option. The public offering price for each common share, before the underwriter's discount and commissions, was U.S.$ 1.00 . During the year ended April 30, 2024, the Company established an at-the-market equity offering facility with Clear Street LLC ("ATM Facility"), replacing its previous at-the-market equity offering facility with Jefferies LLC, which was terminated on February 1, 2024. An Open Market Sales Agreement ("ATM Agreement") was entered into with Clear Street LLC, as sole sales agent ("Agent") on February 23, 2024. The Company is entitled, at its discretion and from time-to-time during the term of the ATM Agreement, to sell, through the Agent common shares of the Company. On February 23, 2024, in connection with the ATM Facility, the Company filed a prospectus supplement permitting the sales of common shares having an aggregate gross sales price of up to U.S.$ 60.0 million. On July 29, 2024, the Company filed an amendment to the prospectus supplement to reduce the aggregate gross sales price of Common Shares under the Clear Street ATM Facility to U.S.$ 8.8 million. Sales of the common shares will be made in transactions that are deemed to be "at-the-market distributions" as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) of the U.S. Securities Act, including, without limitation, sales made directly on Nasdaq or any other existing trading market for the common shares in the United States. Common shares will only be sold on the facilities of an exchange or market outside Canada to purchasers who the Company has no reason to believe are resident in Canada and, in all others cases, to purchasers who are not located or resident in Canada. The Company will determine, at its sole discretion, the date, minimum price and maximum number of common shares to be sold under the ATM Facility. The common shares will be distributed from time to time in negotiated transactions, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices relating to such prevailing market prices, and/or in any other manner permitted by applicable law. As such, the prices may vary between purchasers over time. The Company is not required to sell any common shares at any time during the term of the ATM Facility. During the year ended April 30, 2024, 629,240 common shares were sold under the ATM with proceeds net of commissions of $ 1.8 million. 2025 Transactions During the three months ended July 31, 2024, the Company sold 357,760 common shares between the dates of May 1, 2024 through July 26, 2024, they were sold under the ATM Facility with proceeds net of commissions of $ 0.5 million. c) Options The following table summarizes stock option awards during the three months ended July 31, 2024 and the year ended April 30, 2024, including the grant date fair value determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model: Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model Inputs Grant date Stock options granted Exercisable price/option Awarded to Share price on grant date Dividend yield Expected volatility Risk-free rate Expected life Fair value January 19, 2024 (1) 240,000 1.48 Directors 1.48 (2) 0 % 77 % 3.64 % 5.0 years $ 0.4 million January 4, 2023 (1) 8,000 1.47 Employees 1.47 (2) 0 % 77 % 3.68 % 10 years $ 12 thousand January 23, 2023 (1) 8,000 1.47 Employees 1.47 (2) 0 % 77 % 3.68 % 10 years $ 12 thousand March 1, 2023 (1) 8,000 1.47 Employees 1.47 (2) 0 % 77 % 3.68 % 10 years $ 12 thousand March 15, 2023 (1) 4,000 1.47 Employees 1.47 (2) 0 % 77 % 3.68 % 10 years $ 6 thousand April 2, 2023 (1) 4,000 1.47 Employees 1.47 (2) 0 % 77 % 3.68 % 10 years $ 6 thousand May 8, 2023 (1) 4,000 1.47 Employees 1.47 (2) 0 % 77 % 3.68 % 10 years $ 6 thousand May 23, 2023 (1) 4,000 1.47 Employees 1.47 (2) 0 % 77 % 3.68 % 10 years $ 6 thousand June 11, 2023 (1) 8,000 1.47 Employees 1.47 (2) 0 % 77 % 3.68 % 10 years $ 12 thousand August 8, 2023 (1) 4,000 1.47 Employees 1.47 (2) 0 % 77 % 3.68 % 10 years $ 6 thousand November 13, 2023 (1) 8,000 1.47 Employees 1.47 (2) 0 % 77 % 3.68 % 10 years $ 12 thousand January 1, 2024 (1) 12,000 1.47 Employees 1.47 (2) 0 % 77 % 3.68 % 10 years $ 18 thousand February 1, 2024 (1) 4,000 1.47 Employees 1.47 (2) 0 % 77 % 3.68 % 10 years $ 6 thousand February 19, 2024 (1) 12,000 1.47 Employees 1.47 (2) 0 % 77 % 3.68 % 10 years $ 18 thousand February 20, 2024 (1) 4,000 1.47 Employees 1.47 (2) 0 % 77 % 3.68 % 10 years $ 6 thousand (1) Vesting conditions are as follows: one-fourth one year from hire date; one thirty-sixth each month after hire date . (2) Priced in U.S.$ Expected volatility of options granted is based on the historical volatility of the company from January 1, 2019 to the option grant date. During the three months ended July 31, 2024 the Company has recorded $ 0.2 million (2023 - $ 0.8 million) of share-based payments expense. The changes in the stock options for the three months ended July 31, 2024 and the year ended April 30, 2024 are as follows: Number of Weighted Weighted Balance, April 30, 2023 (outstanding) 1,884,428 8.03 3.27 Granted 332,000 2.02 — Expired ( 577,335 ) 7.15 — Forfeited ( 117,726 ) 4.15 — Balance, April 30, 2024 (outstanding) 1,521,367 8.29 2.88 Expired ( 20,000 ) 14.50 — Forfeited ( 10,751 ) 1.45 — Balance, July 31, 2024 (outstanding) 1,490,616 7.14 3.19 Unvested ( 429,428 ) 3.39 4.84 Exercisable, July 31, 2024 1,061,188 8.66 2.53 Details of the options outstanding as at July 31, 2024 are as follows: Expiry Date Exercise Remaining Options Unvested Vested September 1, 2025 8.50 1.09 220,000 - 220,000 January 6, 2026 20.30 1.44 146,000 - 146,000 January 2, 2026 6.89 1.42 5,650 - 5,650 January 7, 2027 7.94 2.44 235,000 - 235,000 May 15, 2027 8.30 2.45 16,000 - 16,000 February 19, 2027 (1) 5.79 2.79 64,000 - 64,000 February 19, 2028 (1) 5.68 2.56 7,265 - 7,265 January 19, 2034 (2) 5.68 3.56 475,452 158,484 316,968 January 4, 2033 (3) 2.05 4.47 240,000 204,444 35,556 January 23, 2033 (3) 2.04 8.44 8,000 5,167 2,833 March 1, 2033 (3) 2.04 8.49 8,000 5,167 2,833 March 15, 2033 (3) 2.04 8.59 8,000 5,500 2,500 April 2, 2033 (3) 2.04 8.63 1,249 - 1,249 May 8, 2033 (3) 2.04 8.68 4,000 2,833 1,167 May 23, 2033 (3) 2.04 8.78 4,000 2,917 1,083 June 11, 2033 (3) 2.04 8.82 4,000 2,917 1,083 August 8, 2033 (3) 2.04 8.87 8,000 6,000 2,000 November 13, 2033 (3) 2.04 9.03 4,000 4,000 — January 1, 2034 (3) 2.04 9.29 8,000 8,000 — February 1, 2034 (3) 2.04 9.43 12,000 12,000 — February 19, 2034 (3) 2.04 9.51 4,000 4,000 — February 20, 2034 (3) 2.04 9.56 8,000 8,000 — 7.14 3.19 1,490,616 429,428 1,061,188 (1) Exercise price of U.S. $ 4.10 . The figure in the table above is translated at the July 31, 2024 rate. (2) Exercise price of U.S. $ 1.48 . The figure in the table above is translated at the July 31, 2024 rate. (3) Exercise price of U.S. $ 1.47 . The figure in the table above is translated at the July 31, 2024 rate. d) Finder’s Warrants There were no changes in the finder's warrants during the three months ended July 31, 2024. Details of the finder’s warrants outstanding as at July 31, 2024 are as follows: Number of Weighted average Weighted average life Balance, April 30, 2023 130,111 22.77 2.77 Issued 56,650 1.37 4.61 Balance, April 30, 2024 186,761 16.44 2.62 Exercised — — — Balance, July 31, 2024 186,761 16.63 2.38 Details of the finder's warrants outstanding as at April 30, 2024 are as follows: Expiry Date Exercise price Remaining life Warrants February 3, 2026 (1) 23.27 1.51 130,111 December 8, 2028 (2) 1.38 4.37 56,650 (1) Exercise price of U.S. $ 16.81 . The figure in the table above is translated at the July 31, 2024 rate. (2) Exercise price of U.S. $ 1.00 . The figure in the table above is translated at the July 31, 2024 rate. |