Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp.
Notes to the Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023.
(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of US dollars, except share and per share information)
1. Nature of operations
Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp. (“TF Precious Metals”) was incorporated on October 10, 2019 under the Canada Business Corporations Act. TF Precious Metals is domiciled in Canada and the address of its registered office is 161 Bay Street, Suite 4535, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2S1, Canada.
The condensed interim consolidated financial statements of TF Precious Metals for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 comprise TF Precious Metals and its wholly owned subsidiaries (together, the “Company” or “Triple Flag”).
The Company is a precious-metals-focused streaming and royalty company. Its revenues are largely generated from a diversified portfolio of properties in Australia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire, Mexico, Mongolia, Peru, South Africa and the United States.
2. Basis of presentation
These condensed interim consolidated financial statements of TF Precious Metals and its subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS Accounting Standards” or “IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”), applicable to the preparation of interim financial statements, including International Accounting Standard (“IAS”) 34, Interim Financial Reporting.
These condensed interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with TF Precious Metals’ most recently issued audited financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022 (“2023 Annual Financial Statements”), which include information necessary or useful to understanding the Company’s business and financial statement presentation. In particular, the Company’s material accounting policies were presented in Note 3 to the 2023 Annual Financial Statements and have been consistently applied in the preparation of these condensed interim consolidated financial statements. Certain comparative figures have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation. There were no new accounting standards effective January 1, 2024 that had a material impact to the Company’s financial statements as at March 31, 2024. These condensed interim consolidated financial statements were authorized for issuance by the Board of Directors of TF Precious Metals on May 7, 2024.
3. Critical accounting estimates and judgments
The judgments, estimates, assumptions and risks discussed here reflect updates from the 2023 Annual Financial Statements. For judgments, estimates, assumptions and risks related to other areas not discussed in these condensed interim consolidated financial statements, please refer to Note 4 of the 2023 Annual Financial Statements.
Impairment
As at March 31, 2024, the Company identified an indicator of impairment for its stream interest in the Moss mine. As a result, the Company performed an impairment assessment considering relevant production scenarios. The Company concluded that the recoverable amount exceeded the carrying amount and as such, no impairment charge was recognized in the condensed interim consolidated statement of income for the three months ended March 31, 2024.
4. Key developments
Kensington litigation settlement
On March 28, 2024, Triple Flag and Coeur Mining, Inc. (“Coeur”) entered into a settlement agreement to resolve litigation regarding the terms of a royalty held by Triple Flag on Coeur’s Kensington gold mine.