EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS | 6. EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS (All amounts in table are expressed in thousands of Canadian dollars) SCHEDULE OF EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS Post Creek Property Halcyon Property Quetico Claims Loveland Nickel (Enid Creek) Lingman Lake Section 35 Property Maniitsoq Property Total Canada US Greenland Post Creek Property Halcyon Property Quetico Claims Loveland Nickel (Enid Creek) Lingman Lake Section 35 Property Maniitsoq Property Total Acquisition Balance, December 31, 2019 298 230 42 83 14 11 42 720 Acquisition costs 10 8 - - - - 4 22 Administration 2 1 - - - - 9 12 Property maintenance 6 5 1 - - - 25 37 Drilling - - 5 167 - - 43 215 Geology 21 13 69 83 - - 56 242 Geophysics 2 - 28 72 - - 3 105 Helicopter charter aircraft - - - - - - 8 8 Infrastructure - - - - - - 13 13 Camp site cleanup - - - - - - 267 267 Impairment - - - (83 ) - - - (83 ) Evaluation assets, gross 31 19 103 (33 ) 13 - 411 531 Balance, December 31, 2020 308 238 42 - 14 11 46 659 Balance, December 31, 2020 308 238 42 - 14 11 46 659 Acquisition costs – cash 10 8 - - - - - 18 Impairment - - (37 ) - (14 ) - - (51 ) Balance, December 31, 2021 318 246 5 - - 11 46 626 Exploration Balance, December 31, 2019 1,498 233 39 33 13 (11 ) 36,108 37,913 Administration 2 1 - - - - 9 12 Property maintenance 6 5 1 - - - 25 37 Drilling - - 5 167 - - 43 215 Geology 21 13 69 83 - - 56 242 Geophysics 2 - 28 72 - - 3 105 Helicopter charter aircraft - - - - - - 8 8 Camp site cleanup - - - - - - 267 267 Impairment - - - (355 ) - - - (355 ) Evaluation assets, gross 31 19 103 (33 ) 13 - 411 531 Balance, December 31, 2020 1,529 252 142 - 13 - 36,519 38,445 Balance 1,529 252 142 - 13 - 36,519 38,445 Administration - - - - - - 7 7 Drilling - - - - - - 42 42 Geology 12 12 10 - - - 55 89 Geophysics - - 1 - - - - 1 Property maintenance 1 1 1 - - - 17 20 Infrastructure - - - - - - 13 13 Camp site cleanup - - - - - - (95 ) (95 ) Impairment - - (35 ) (13 ) (48 ) Evaluation assets, gross 13 13 (23 ) - - - 39 28 Balance, December 31, 2021 1,542 265 119 - - - 36,558 38,473 Total, December 31, 2020 1,837 490 184 - 27 - 36,565 39,103 Total, December 31, 2021 1,860 511 124 - - - 36,604 39,099 Balance 1,860 511 124 - - - 36,604 39,099 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the year ended December 31, 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 10,000 10,000 During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company incurred acquisition and exploration expenditures totalling $ 22,732 (December 31, 2020 - $ 41,004 ) on the Post Creek Property. Halcyon On December 31, 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 8,000 8,000 During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company incurred $ 20,732 27,317 Quetico On April 26 and May 17, 2018, the Company acquired the right to certain mineral claims known as Quetico located within the Sudbury Mining District of Ontario. The Company had no minimum required exploration commitment for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 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 two one-year exclusions were granted 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 Mine (ENDM). The one-year exclusion was granted on September 1, 2020, thus adjusting the work requirement due dates to April and May of 2021. The COVID-19 relief program was offered again in 2021, and the Company lodged a second set of applications on March 29, 2021 and April 21, 2021 to extend the tenure of the claim blocks. The additional one-year exclusions were granted on May 14 and May 20, 2021 thus adjusting the work requirement due dates to April and May of 2022. By the second anniversary of the recording of a claim and by each anniversary thereafter, a minimum of $400 worth of approved exploration activity per claim unit must be reported to the Provincial Recording Office. 324,000 61,783 During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company incurred $ 11,668 102,715 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the year ended December 31, 2021 (Expressed in Canadian dollars) IFRS 6 requires management to assess the exploration and evaluation assets for impairment. Accordingly, at December 31, 2021, management believed that facts and circumstances existed to suggest that the carrying amount of Quetico claims exceeded its recoverable amount. As a result, management determined the Quetico claims should be impaired by $ 71,466 124,348 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 As of December 31, 2020, the Company incurred an aggregate exploration and acquisition expenditures of $ 437,897 437,897 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. The Company incurred total acquisition and related costs of $ Nil (December 31, 2020 - $ Nil ) during the year ended December 31, 2021. As at December 31, 2021, management elected not to proceed with further exploration on the property. Accordingly, all acquisition and exploration related costs were impaired as at December 31, 2021, totalling $ 27,657 . Section 35 Property On January 4, 2016, the Company entered into a 10-year Metallic Minerals Lease (the “Lease”) with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources for an area covering approximately 320 acres. The terms of the Lease required annual rental fees. At the end of the fiscal year 2019, management of the Company made a decision to relinquish the mineral lease. As a result, all cumulative exploration related costs of $ 11,393 13,016 10,000 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. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company spent in aggregate of $ 133,772 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the year ended December 31, 2021 (Expressed in Canadian dollars) During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company has recorded a $ 267,000 94,606 IFRS 6 requires management to assess the exploration and evaluation assets for impairment. No facts or circumstances existed at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 to suggest impairment on the Maniitsoq property. The valuation was based on historical drilling results and management’s future exploration plans on the Maniitsoq Property. The Company intends to plan and budget for further exploration on the Maniitsoq Property in the future. 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 During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company received a license extension, which provides for renewal period until December 31, 2022. 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 56,367,505 The Company had no minimum required exploration commitment for the year ended December 31, 2021 and available credits of DKK 285,866,733 (approximately $ 57,026,697 ) at the end of December 31, 2021. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company had approved exploration expenditures of DKK 1,921,180 (approximately $ 384,236 ). The credits available from each year may be carried forward for 3 years plus a 2-year extension and expire between December 31, 2022 to December 2024 . The Company has no exploration commitment for the 2022 fiscal year. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company spent a total of $ 104,538 (December 31, 2020 - $ 117,756 ) in exploration and license related expenditures on the Sulussugut License and recorded a $ 54,556 camp site cleanup provision recovery. To December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company has completed all obligations with respect to required reduction of the area of the license. Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the year ended December 31, 2021 (Expressed in Canadian dollars) 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 (DKK 32,200 ) upon granting of the Ininngui License. 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, 2021, the Company received a license extension, which provides for a renewal period until December 31, 2023 . 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, 2021. As of December 31, 2021, the Company has spent $ 5,221,333 on exploration costs for the Ininngui License and exceeded the minimum requirement with a total cumulative surplus credits of DKK 30,515,237 (approximately $ 6,087,393 ). The credits available from each year may be carried forward for 3 years plus a 2-year extension and expire between December 31, 2022 to December 2024 . The Company has no exploration commitment for the 2022 fiscal year. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company spent a total of $ 21,755 (December 31, 2020 - $ 19,424 ) in exploration and license related expenditures and recorded a $ 26,700 camp site cleanup provision recovery. 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 (DKK 31,000 ) upon granting of the Carbonatite License. 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, 2021, the Company received a license extension, which provides for renewal period until 2024 . The Company had no minimum required exploration obligation for the year ended December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2021, the Company has spent $ 1,511,400 on exploration costs for the Carbonatite License. To December 31, 2021, the Company’s expenditures exceeded the minimum requirement and the Company has a total surplus credit of DKK 10,577,191 (approximately $ 2,110,012 ). The credit available from each year may be carried forward 3 years plus a 1-year extension and expire between December 31, 2023 to December 2024 . The Company has no exploration commitment for the 2022 fiscal year. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company spent a total of $ 7,083 (December 31, 2020 - $ 6,527 ) 13,350 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 . The Company paid a granting fee of $ 4,301 (DKK 21,900 ). There were $ 396 Nil |