Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp.
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023
(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of US dollars, except share and per share information)
petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court of the District of Nevada on June 10, 2024.
Triple Flag identified the above as an indicator of impairment as of June 30, 2024. Management performed an impairment analysis for the Nevada Copper stream interest in accordance with IAS 36, and for the loan receivables under IFRS 9. As of June 30, 2024, Triple Flag had funded a cumulative total of $20.0 million to Nevada Copper, $15.1 million through the Tranche A-2 secured loan receivable and $4.9 million through unsecured funding. The funding was provided as part of the restart financing package for operations at the Pumpkin Hollow underground mine, and for working capital purposes.
Triple Flag considered a variety of factors to determine the recoverable amount of the Nevada Copper stream and the recoverability of the loan receivable, including expected cash flows to be recovered from the Chapter 11 process under various scenarios, the contractual terms of the stream agreement in a Chapter 11 process, and Triple Flag’s security and position in Nevada Copper’s creditor rankings relative to other secured creditors. Triple Flag concluded that there is no reasonable expectation of recovery of the loan receivables and determined that the recoverable amount of the Nevada Copper gold and silver stream was nil as of June 30, 2024, resulting in an impairment charge of $104.1 million.
Triple Flag also has a 2.0% NSR royalty on the Pumpkin Hollow open pit project and a 2.0% NSR royalty on the Tedeboy exploration project. Management performed impairment analysis over these royalty interests by considering a variety of factors, including relevant production and commodity price scenarios, various production start date scenarios, and relevant contractual rights of the royalty agreements at a discount rate of 5%. Triple Flag concluded that the recoverable amount exceeded the carrying amount of $46.2 million, and as such, no impairment charge was recognized related to Triple Flag’s royalty interests in the consolidated statements of income.
Concurrent with the Chapter 11 process, a sale process in accordance with Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code was initiated by Nevada Copper. On August 9, 2024, Nevada Copper entered into an asset purchase agreement with an affiliate of Kinterra Capital Corp, (“buyer”), pursuant to which the buyer agreed to purchase substantially all of the assets of Nevada Copper and its subsidiaries. The transaction was approved by order of the United States Bankruptcy Court, entered on September 27, 2024. The transaction closed on October 9, 2024, the stream was eliminated upon the acquisition and Triple Flag did not recover a material amount from the sales proceedings. The royalties were unaffected by the conclusion of the Chapter 11 sale process.
Triple Flag acquired the 100% silver stream on the Moss mine, operated by Elevation Gold, as part of the Maverix acquisition in January 2023. In conjunction with this transaction, Triple Flag also acquired a loan receivable from Elevation Gold, which had an outstanding balance receivable of $17.7 million as of December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, Triple Flag also had promissory and demand notes receivable from Elevation Gold of $6.5 million and recorded a provision for expected credit losses of $9.7 million against these loans. The loan receivable accrued interest at an interest rate of 10% per annum and was repayable on or before February 28, 2025.
As at March 31, 2024, Triple Flag 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 and commodity price 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. As at March 31, 2024, Triple Flag had a total of $30.7 million loan receivable and promissory and demand notes receivable from Elevation Gold, and a total provision for expected credit losses of $16.6 million related to the loan receivables.