CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023
Expressed in Canadian Dollars, unless otherwise noted
ARTEMIS GOLD INC.
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Financial Position
(Unaudited - Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
As at | As at | |
Notes | March 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 |
$ | $ |
Assets | |||
Current assets | 154,512,609 | ||
Cash and cash equivalents | 156,590,674 | ||
Receivables and prepayments | 5,080,312 | 10,234,647 | |
Current portion of restricted cash | 5 | 7,456,551 | - |
Non-current assets | 167,049,472 | 166,825,321 | |
7,492,827 | |||
Investment in Velocity | 4 | 7,585,568 | |
Restricted cash | 5 | 8,814,300 | 15,126,227 |
Capitalized contract costs | 1,955,775 | 1,955,775 | |
Deferred financing costs | 3,895,489 | 10,006,762 | |
Prepayments on non-current assets | 8,645,719 | 15,159,857 | |
Mineral property, plant and equipment | 6 | 1,077,644,939 | 904,114,838 |
TOTAL ASSETS | 1,275,498,521 | 1,120,774,348 | |
Liabilities | |||
Current liabilities | 61,421,342 | ||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 52,814,479 | ||
Current portion of lease liabilities | 7 | 1,843,074 | 1,373,303 |
Current portion of deferred revenue | 11 | 5,745,557 | 2,856,891 |
Derivative liabilities | 14 | 1,777,355 | - |
Non-current liabilities | 70,787,328 | 57,044,673 | |
21,585,501 | |||
Lease liabilities | 7 | 19,967,754 | |
Variable consideration payable | 8 | 48,758,649 | 47,262,688 |
Long-term debt | 9 | 270,999,475 | 143,497,758 |
Asset retirement obligation | 10 | 33,987,470 | 24,204,282 |
Deferred revenue | 11 | 249,219,705 | 247,441,738 |
TOTAL LIABILITIES | 695,338,128 | 539,418,893 | |
Shareholders' equity | 603,200,039 | ||
Share capital | 12 | 599,868,231 | |
Contributed surplus | 12 | 24,426,579 | 22,307,061 |
Accumulated other comprehensive income | 3,622,371 | 3,622,371 | |
Deficit | (51,088,596) | (44,442,208) | |
Total Shareholders' equity | 580,160,393 | 581,355,455 | |
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | 1,275,498,521 | 1,120,774,348 |
Approved for Issuance by the Board of Directors: | |
"Elise Rees" | Director |
"Steven Dean" | Director |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements
ARTEMIS GOLD INC.
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Loss and Comprehensive Loss
(Unaudited - Expressed in Canadian Dollars, except per share amounts and number of shares)
For the three | For the three | ||
months ended | months ended | ||
Notes | March 31, 2024 | March 31, 2023 | |
$ | $ | ||
Operating expenses | 170,340 | ||
Depreciation | 6 | 166,476 | |
Management fees and wages | 13 | 1,887,922 | 1,503,772 |
Investor relations and corporate development | 104,342 | 143,464 | |
Office, insurance and general | 378,217 | 571,757 | |
Professional fees | 304,385 | 341,148 | |
Share-based payments | 12, 13 | 1,847,454 | 744,985 |
Loss from operations | (4,692,660) | (3,471,602) | |
Other (expense) income | (21,300) | ||
Interest expense on lease liability | 7 | (31,528) | |
Accretion expense on asset retirement obligation | 10 | (62,332) | (30,088) |
Equity loss from investment in associate | 4 | (92,741) | (184,978) |
Change in fair value of Gold Collars | 14 | (1,777,355) | - |
Interest income | - | 1,905,109 | |
Net loss and comprehensive loss | (6,646,388) | (1,813,087) | |
Loss per common share | (0.03) | ||
Basic and diluted | (0.01) | ||
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding | 199,480,325 | ||
Basic and diluted | 193,234,801 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements
ARTEMIS GOLD INC.
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Changes in Equity
(Unaudited - Expressed in Canadian Dollars, except number of shares)
Share capital | |||||||
Accumulated other | |||||||
Contributed | comprehensive | Total shareholders' | |||||
Notes | Number of shares | Amount | surplus | income | Deficit | equity | |
# | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||
Balance - January 1, 2024 | 198,706,255 | 599,868,231 | 22,307,061 | 3,622,371 | (44,442,208) | 581,355,455 | |
Exercise of share purchase warrants | 12 | 2,947,500 | 3,183,300 | - | - | - | 3,183,300 |
Exercise of stock options | 12 | 20,000 | 148,508 | (48,308) | - | - | 100,200 |
Shared-based payments | 12 | - | - | 2,167,826 | - | - | 2,167,826 |
Net loss | - | - | - | - | (6,646,388) | (6,646,388) | |
Balance - March 31, 2024 | 201,673,755 | 603,200,039 | 24,426,579 | 3,622,371 | (51,088,596) | 580,160,393 | |
Share capital | |||||||
Contributed | Accumulated other | Total shareholders' | |||||
comprehensive | |||||||
Notes | Number of shares | Amount | surplus | income | Deficit | equity | |
# | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||
Balance - January 1, 2023 | 193,211,701 | 589,253,146 | 17,549,291 | 3,622,371 | (32,997,077) | 577,427,731 | |
Exercise of share purchase warrants | 12 | 33,000 | 35,640 | - | - | - | 35,640 |
Shared-based payments | 12 | - | - | 1,103,694 | - | - | 1,103,694 |
Net loss | - | - | - | - | (1,813,087) | (1,813,087) | |
Balance - March 31, 2023 | 193,244,701 | 589,288,786 | 18,652,985 | 3,622,371 | (34,810,164) | 576,753,978 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements
ARTEMIS GOLD INC.
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited - Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
For the three | For the three | ||
months ended | months ended | ||
Notes | March 31, 2024 | March 31, 2023 | |
$ | $ | ||
Operating activities | (6,646,388) | ||
Net loss and comprehensive loss | (1,813,087) | ||
Items not involving cash: | 170,340 | ||
Depreciation | 166,476 | ||
Share-based payments | 12, 13 | 1,847,454 | 744,985 |
Interest expense on lease liability | 7 | 21,300 | 31,528 |
Accretion expense on asset retirement obligation | 10 | 62,332 | 30,088 |
Equity loss from investment in associate | 4 | 92,741 | 184,978 |
Change in fair value of Gold Collars | 14 | 1,777,355 | - |
Interest income | - | (1,905,109) | |
Net changes in non-cash working capital: | (2,476,406) | ||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | (1,411,840) | ||
Receivables and prepayments | (52,032) | 15,105 | |
Net cash used in operating activities | (5,203,304) | (3,956,876) | |
Investing activities | 1,779,083 | ||
Interest received | 2,029,945 | ||
Purchases of mineral property, plant and equipment | (129,521,368) | (70,807,146) | |
Restricted cash | (1,144,624) | (4,289,300) | |
Net cash used in investing activities | (128,886,909) | (73,066,501) | |
Financing activities | (694,741) | ||
Deferred financing costs | (10,339,132) | ||
Exercise of stock options | 12 | 100,200 | - |
Exercise of share purchase warrants | 12 | 3,183,300 | 35,640 |
Lease payments | 7 | (576,611) | (169,468) |
Proceeds from long-term debt | 9 | 130,000,000 | - |
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | 132,012,148 | (10,472,960) | |
Change in cash and cash equivalents | (2,078,065) | (87,496,337) | |
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning | 156,590,674 | 194,089,372 | |
Cash and cash equivalents, ending | 154,512,609 | 106,593,035 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements
ARTEMIS GOLD INC.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023
(Unaudited - Expressed in Canadian Dollars, unless otherwise noted)
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NATURE OF OPERATIONS
Artemis Gold Inc. ("Artemis Gold" or the "Company") was incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) on January 10, 2019. The Company is a development-stage company focused on the development of the Blackwater Gold Mine ("Blackwater" or the "Blackwater Mine") in central British Columbia. The Company's common shares are traded on the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV") under the symbol "ARTG".
The Company operates a single reportable segment, being the exploration and development of mineral properties. All of the Company's non-current assets are located in Canada.
The Company maintains its head office at 595 Burrard Street, Suite 3083, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. The Company's registered and records office is located at 1133 Melville Street, Suite 3500, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. - BASIS OF PREPARATION
Basis of preparation and measurement
These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements ("Interim Financial Statements") have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34, Interim Financial Reporting ("IAS 34"). They do not include all of the information and footnotes required by IFRS Accounting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ("IFRS") for full annual financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the Company's audited annual consolidated financial statements as at and for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 ("Annual Financial Statements"). The accounting policies applied in the preparation of these Interim Financial Statements are consistent with those applied and disclosed in the Annual Financial Statements except as disclosed below related to new accounting standards.
These Interim Financial Statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis, except for certain financial instruments which have been measured at fair value. In addition, these Interim Financial Statements have been prepared using the accrual basis of accounting, except for cash flow information. These Interim Financial Statements are presented in Canadian dollars, which is the functional currency of the Company and its subsidiaries. References to "US$" are for United States Dollars. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the presentation in the current period.
These Interim Financial Statements were approved by the board of directors on May 6, 2024.
Basis of consolidation
These Interim Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, BW Gold Ltd. and 1337890 B.C. Ltd., all of which are domiciled in Canada. All inter-company balances, transactions, income and expenses have been eliminated upon consolidation.
Adoption of new accounting standards
IAS 1, Presentation of Financial Statements ("IAS 1"): In October 2022, the IASB issued amendments to IAS 1 titled Non- current Liabilities with Covenants. These amendments sought to improve the information that an entity provides when its right to defer settlement of a liability is subject to compliance with covenants within 12 months after the reporting period. These amendments to IAS 1 override but incorporate the previous amendments, Classification of Debt as Current or Non-current, issued in January 2020, which clarified that liabilities are classified as either current or non-current, depending on the rights that exist at the end of the reporting period. Liabilities should be classified as non-current if a company has a substantive right to defer settlement for at least 12 months at the end of the reporting period. Effective January 1, 2024, the Company adopted these amendments, which did not have a material effect on its Interim Financial Statements.
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ARTEMIS GOLD INC.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023
(Unaudited - Expressed in Canadian Dollars, unless otherwise noted)
3. USE OF ESTIMATES AND JUDGMENTS
The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates and assumptions are continuously evaluated and are based on management's experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable in the circumstances. Uncertainty about these judgments, estimates and assumptions could result in outcomes that require a material adjustment to the carrying amount of the asset or liability affected in future periods.
The Company's interim results are not necessarily indicative of its results for a full year. The significant accounting policy judgments and areas of estimation uncertainty that applied in the preparation of these Interim Financial Statements are consistent with those applied and disclosed in Note 4 of the Annual Financial Statements.
4. INVESTMENT IN VELOCITY MINERALS LTD. ("VLC") The Company's investment in VLC is comprised of:
Investment in | |
associate | |
$ | |
Balance, January 1, 2023 | 8,176,317 |
Equity loss on investment in associate | (590,749) |
Balance, December 31, 2023 | 7,585,568 |
Equity loss on investment in associate | (92,741) |
Balance, March 31, 2024 | 7,492,827 |
As at March 31, 2024, the Company held 50,701,138 common shares of VLC (or 26% of VLC's issued and outstanding common shares) with a fair market value of $4.8 million (December 31, 2023 - 50,701,138 VLC shares, or 26% of VLC's issued and outstanding common shares, at a fair value of $5.6 million).
The assets and liabilities of VLC are summarized in the following table and incorporates VLC's most recently available financial information, which was as at December 31, 2023.
December 31, 2023 | ||
$ | ||
Current assets | 3,563,349 | |
Non-current assets | 26,299,852 | |
29,863,201 | ||
Current liabilities | 905,920 | |
Non-current liabilities | 70,571 | |
976,491 | ||
Total net assets attributable to owners of Velocity | 24,148,331 | |
Company's equity share of net assets | 6,240,293 | |
Loss and comprehensive loss for the three months ended December 31, 2023 | 353,443 |
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ARTEMIS GOLD INC.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023
(Unaudited - Expressed in Canadian Dollars, unless otherwise noted)
5. RESTRICTED CASH
As at March 31, 2024, the Company recorded a total of $16.3 million (December 31, 2023 - $15.1 million) of restricted cash on the statements of financial position with respect to cash collateral provided to support surety bonds related to reclamation, fish habitat compensation plans and mining effluent requirements, construction holdbacks and other collateral provided in regard to financial security in support of general corporate accounts, as detailed below:
March 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | ||||||
$ | $ | ||||||
Restricted cash | Surety bond | Restricted cash | Surety bond | ||||
Reclamation and environmental security | 8,698,900 | 120,259,000 | 8,698,900 | 86,989,000 | |||
Construction holdback liability | 7,456,551 | - | 6,311,927 | - | |||
Other | 115,400 | 585,544 | 115,400 | 585,544 | |||
Balance | 16,270,851 | 120,844,544 | 15,126,227 | 87,574,544 | |||
Less: current portion | (7,456,551) | - | |||||
Non-current portion | 8,814,300 | 15,126,227 |
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ARTEMIS GOLD INC.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023
(Unaudited - Expressed in Canadian Dollars, unless otherwise noted)
6. MINERAL PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Mineral | Construction in | Right-of-use | Camp | Equipment | Vehicles | Other | (4) | Total | |
property (1) | Progress (2) | assets (3) | |||||||
$ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||
COST | |||||||||
Balance, January 1, 2023 | 381,131,615 | 46,406,633 | 2,329,600 | 4,802,845 | 1,673,062 | 280,672 | 1,402,480 | 438,026,907 | |
Additions | 107,893,413 | 342,187,242 | 20,621,019 | - | - | - | 61,218 | 470,762,892 | |
Balance, December 31, 2023 | 489,025,028 | 388,593,875 | 22,950,619 | 4,802,845 | 1,673,062 | 280,672 | 1,463,698 | 908,789,799 | |
Additions | 38,508,012 | 133,992,002 | 2,317,894 | - | - | - | - | 174,817,908 | |
Balance, March 31, 2024 | 527,533,040 | 522,585,877 | 25,268,513 | 4,802,845 | 1,673,062 | 280,672 | 1,463,698 | 1,083,607,707 | |
Balance, January 1, 2023 | - | - | (799,109) | (1,066,081) | (212,950) | (71,336) | (165,492) | (2,314,968) | |
Depreciation | - | - | (1,648,164) | (433,731) | (99,781) | (53,704) | (124,613) | (2,359,993) | |
Balance, December 31, 2023 | - | - | (2,447,273) | (1,499,812) | (312,731) | (125,040) | (290,105) | (4,674,961) | |
Depreciation | - | - | (1,109,200) | (108,432) | (24,492) | (14,030) | (31,653) | (1,287,807) | |
Balance, March 31, 2024 | - | - | (3,556,473) | (1,608,244) | (337,223) | (139,070) | (321,758) | (5,962,768) | |
NET BOOK VALUE | |||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2023 | 489,025,028 | 388,593,875 | 20,503,346 | 3,303,033 | 1,360,331 | 155,632 | 1,173,593 | 904,114,838 | |
Balance, March 31, 2024 | 527,533,040 | 522,585,877 | 21,712,040 | 3,194,601 | 1,335,839 | 141,602 | 1,141,940 | 1,077,644,939 |
- Mineral property primarily includes expenditures related to technical services, environmental regulatory and compliance, capitalized interest, accretion of variable consideration payable, accretion of deferred revenue, discounted future reclamation costs (Note 10), capitalized stock-based compensation and capitalized interest on lease liabilities.
- Construction in Progress consists of costs associated with the Blackwater Mine, which includes the engineering, procurement and construction ("EPC") contract for the processing plant.
- Right-of-useassets consist of the initial construction and mining fleet related to the Blackwater Mine, as well as corporate office leases.
- "Other" includes furniture, buildings and land.
Total depreciation recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $1.3 million (three months ended March 31, 2023 - $0.3 million), of which $0.2 million was expensed in the condensed consolidated interim statements of loss and comprehensive loss (three months ended March 31, 2023 - $0.2 million). The remaining depreciation charges were capitalized to mineral property.
The amount of capitalized interest included in mineral property during the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $10.2 million (three months ended March 31, 2023 - $5.0 million). The amounts of capitalized interest include the accretion of variable consideration payable and deferred revenue, as well as commitment fees and interest expense net of interest income associated with the PLF and master lease agreement. Capitalized interest included in mineral
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ARTEMIS GOLD INC.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023
(Unaudited - Expressed in Canadian Dollars, unless otherwise noted)
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MINERAL PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (CONTINUED)
property during the three months ended March 31, 2024 includes $1.6 million of interest income associated with the cash proceeds from the PLF.
The additions to mineral property during the three months ended March 31, 2024 includes $9.7 million in changes in the asset retirement obligation estimate (three months ended March 31, 2023 - $0.4 million). - LEASE LIABILITIES
The Company's lease liabilities are primarily related to construction equipment required for the execution of the owner- performed scope of major works construction activities at the Blackwater Mine. The Company's lease liabilities have interest rates that vary between 6.0% to 10.1%.
The following table summarizes the changes in lease liabilities:
March 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |
$ | $ | |
Opening balance | 21,341,057 | 1,712,564 |
Additions | 2,329,079 | 20,537,403 |
Lease payments | (576,611) | (1,277,934) |
Interest | 335,050 | 369,024 |
Closing balance | 23,428,575 | 21,341,057 |
Less: current portion | (1,843,074) | (1,373,303) |
Non-current portion | 21,585,501 | 19,967,754 |
Total interest incurred on lease liabilities during the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $0.3 million (three months ended March 31, 2023 - $0.1 million), which was primarily capitalized to mineral property.
Future scheduled lease payments, comprising principal and interest are disclosed in Note 14.
8. VARIABLE CONSIDERATION PAYABLE
The Company's variable consideration payable is associated with the gold stream arrangement ("Gold Stream") the Company entered into as part of the consideration associated with the acquisition of Blackwater. The initial fair value of the financial liability was determined using a discount rate of 12.5%.
The following table summarizes the changes in variable consideration payable:
Carrying amount | |||
$ | |||
Balance, January 1, 2023 | 41,709,665 | ||
Accretion expense capitalized to mineral property, plant and equipment | 5,553,023 | ||
Balance, December 31, 2023 | 47,262,688 | ||
Accretion expense capitalized to mineral property, plant and equipment | 1,495,961 | ||
Balance, March 31, 2024 | 48,758,649 | ||
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