EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS | 5. EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS SCHEDULE OF EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS (All amounts in table are expressed in thousands of Canadian dollars) Canada Greenland Post Creek Property Halcyon Property Quetico Claims Lingman Lake Maniitsoq Property Total Acquisition Balance, December 31, 2020 308 238 42 14 46 648 Acquisition costs – cash 5 4 - - - 9 Balance, June 30, 2021 313 242 42 14 46 657 Exploration Balance, December 31, 2020 1,529 252 142 13 36,519 38,455 Administration - - - - 7 7 Property maintenance 1 1 1 - 17 20 Camp operations - - - - (95 ) (95 ) Drilling - - - - 21 21 Geology 5 5 10 - 24 44 Geophysics - - 1 - - 1 Helicopter charter aircraft - Infrastructure - Write-off - 6 6 12 - (26 ) (2 ) Balance, June 30, 2021 1,535 258 154 13 36,493 38,453 Total, June 30, 2021 1,848 500 196 27 36,539 39,110 Notes to the Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements For the six months ended June 30, 2021 (Expressed in Canadian dollars) Canada Greenland Post Creek Property Halcyon Property Quetico Claims Enid Creek Lingman Lake Maniitsoq Property Total Acquisition Balance, December 31, 2019 298 230 42 83 14 42 709 Acquisition costs – cash 5 4 - - - 4 13 Balance, June 30, 2020 303 234 42 83 14 46 722 Exploration Balance, December 31, 2019 1,498 233 39 33 13 36,108 37,924 Administration - - - - - 8 8 Property maintenance 6 5 - - - 17 28 Drilling - - 6 166 - - 172 Geology 10 6 46 83 - 51 196 Geophysics 1 1 21 72 - 3 98 Helicopter charter aircraft - - - - - - - Infrastructure - - - - - - - Write-off - - - (437 ) - - (437 ) 17 12 73 (116 ) - 79 65 Balance, June 30 ,2020 1,515 245 112 (83 ) 13 36,187 37,989 Total, June 30, 2020 1,818 479 154 - 27 36,233 38,711 Notes to the Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements For the six months ended June 30, 2021 (Expressed in Canadian dollars) The following is a description of the Company’s exploration and evaluation assets and the related spending commitments: Post Creek On December 23, 2009 and as last amended on March 12, 2013, the Company completed the required consideration and acquired the rights to a mineral claim known as the Post Creek Property located within the Sudbury Mining District of Ontario. Commencing August 1, 2015, the Company is obligated to pay advances on net smelter return royalties (“NSR”) of $ 10,000 5,000 5,000 During the six months period ended June 30, 2021, the Company incurred $ 10,746 21,927 Halcyon On June 30, 2015, the Company completed the required consideration of the option agreement and acquired rights to a mineral claim known as the Halcyon Property located within the Sudbury Mining District of Ontario, subject to certain NSR and advance royalty payments. Commencing August 1, 2015, the Company is obligated to pay advances on the NSR of $ 8,000 4,000 4,000 During the six months period ended June 30, 2021, the Company incurred $ 9,746 16,254 Quetico On April 26, 2018, the Company acquired the right to certain mineral claims known as Quetico located within the Sudbury Mining District of Ontario. The Company incurred total acquisition and exploration related costs of $ 64,256 The Company had no minimum required exploration commitment for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 as it is not required to file any geoscience assessment work between the initial recording of a mining claim and the first anniversary date of the mining claim and claim anniversary dates were adjusted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2020, the Company applied for a one year exclusion under a COVID-19 relief program offered by the Ontario Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines, thus adjusting the claim anniversary dates to April and May of 2021. The COVID-19 relief program was offered again commencing in 2021, and the Company has applied an additional one year exclusion. By the second anniversary of the recording of a claim and by each anniversary thereafter, a minimum of $400 worth of exploration activity per claim unit must be reported to the Provincial Recording Office. 324,000 39,835 21,948 During the six months period ended June 30, 2021, the Company incurred $ 11,668 72,444 Loveland Nickel (Enid Creek) Property On September 25, 2019, the Company entered into earn in agreement to acquire a 100% 1% 1,525,000 300,000 25,000 300,000 51,000 4,500,000 Notes to the Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements For the six months ended June 30, 2021 (Expressed in Canadian dollars) As of December 31, 2020, the Company incurred an aggregate exploration and acquisition expenditures of $ 437,897 Lingman Lake Property During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company staked certain mineral claims known as Lingman Lake located northwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario. During the six months period ended June 30, 2021, the Company incurred total acquisition and related costs of $ Nil Nil Maniitsoq The Company has been granted certain exploration licenses, by the Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum (“BMP”) of Greenland for exclusive exploration rights of an area comprising the Maniitsoq Property, located near Ininngui, Greenland. The Maniitsoq Property is subject to a 2.5% 1% 2,000,000 60 At the expiration of the first license period, the Company may apply for a second license period (years 6-10), and the Company may apply for a further 3 3 The Company may terminate the licenses at any time, however any unfulfilled obligations according to the licenses will remain in force, regardless of the termination. Future required minimum exploration expenditures will be adjusted each year on the basis of the change to the Danish Consumer Price Index. On January 7, 2021, the Company announced that it has received notification from the Greenland government that surplus assessment credits from exploration conducted on the Company’s exclusive mineral exploration licenses located on the southwest coast of Greenland have been extended by one year. Mineral licenses that received one-year credit extension include exploration license 2011/54, exploration license 2012/28 and exploration license 2018/21. During the six months period ended June 30, 2021, the Company spent in aggregate of $ 69,169 83,191 During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company has recorded a $ 267,000 172,394 94,606 Further details on the licenses comprising the Maniitsoq Property and related expenditures are outlined below: Sulussugut License (2011/54) (All references to amounts in Danish Kroners, “DKK”) Effective August 15, 2011, the Company was granted an exploration license (the “Sulussugut License”) by the BMP of Greenland for exclusive exploration rights of an area located near Sulussugut, Greenland. The Company paid a license fee of $ 5,742 31,400 5 7,982 40,400 Notes to the Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements For the six months ended June 30, 2021 (Expressed in Canadian dollars) During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company received one year period license extension, which provides for renewal period until 2021. To December 31, 2015, under the terms of a preliminary license, the Company completed the exploration requirements of an estimated minimum of DKK 83,809,340 15,808,386 26,115,831 56,262,968 The Company had no minimum required exploration commitment for the year ended December 31, 2020 and available credits of DKK 283,945,553 58,776,729 865,100 179,076 The credits available from each year may be carried forward for 3 years plus 1 year extension and expire between December 31, 2022 to December 2024. The Company has no exploration commitment for 2021 year. During the six months period ended June 30, 2021, the Company spent a total of $ 49,445 66,139 To December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company has completed all obligations with respect to required reduction of the area of the license. Ininngui License (2012/28) Effective March 4, 2012, the Company was granted an exploration license (the “Ininngui License”) by the BMP of Greenland for exclusive exploration rights of an area located near Ininngui, Greenland. The Company paid a license fee of $ 5,755 32,200 The Ininngui License was valid for an initial 5 years until December 31, 2016, with December 31, 2012 being the first year. The license was extended for a further 5 years, until December 31, 2021, with December 31, 2017 being the first year. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company received one year period license extension, which provides for renewal period until 2022. The Ininngui License is contiguous with the Sulussugut License. Should the Company not incur the minimum exploration expenditures on the license in any one year from years 2-5, the Company may pay 50% The Company had no minimum required exploration commitment for the year ended December 31, 2020. As of December 31, 2020, the Company has spent $ 5,199,578 30,424,551 6,297,882 The credits available from each year may be carried forward for 3 years plus 1 year extension and expire between December 31, 2022 to December 2024. The Company has no exploration commitment for 2021 year. During the six months period ended June 30, 2021, the Company spent a total of $ 14,306 13,491 Carbonatite License (2018/21) Effective May 4, 2018, the Company was granted an exploration license (the “Carbonatite License”) by the BMP of Greenland for exclusive exploration rights of an area located near Maniitsoq in West Greenland. The Company paid a license fee of $ 6,523 31,000 The Carbonatite License is valid for 5 years until December 31, 2022, with December 31, 2020 being the third year. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company received one year period license extension, which provides for renewal period until 2023. The Company has no minimum required exploration obligation for the year ended December 31, 2020. As of December 31, 2020, the Company has spent $ 1,504,317 10,544,473 2,182,706 The credit available from each year may be carried forward 3 years plus 1 year extension and expire between December 31, 2023 to December 2024. The Company has no exploration commitment for 2021 year. Notes to the Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements For the six months ended June 30, 2021 (Expressed in Canadian dollars) During the six months period ended June 30, 2021, the Company spent a total of $ 5,022 3,561 West Greenland Prospecting License (2020/05) On February 18, 2020, the Company was granted new prospective license No. 2020/05, by the BMP of Greenland for a period of 5 years ending December 31, 2024. 4,301 21,900 During the six months period ended June 30, 2021, the Company spent a total of $ 396 4,301 |