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REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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OR
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For fiscal year ended December 31, 2015
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OR
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the transition period from ____ to ______
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OR
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SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Date of event requiring this shell company report:
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Suite 1201 – 1166 Alberni Street
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6E 3Z3
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Suite 1201 – 1166 Alberni Street
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6E 3Z3
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Title of Each Class
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Name of Exchange |
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Common Shares, no par value
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NYSE MKT LLC |
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Large accelerated filer ☐
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Accelerated filer ☐
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Non-accelerated filer
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U.S. GAAP
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International Financial Reporting Standards as issued ☐
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Other ☐
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by the International Accounting Standards Board |
INTRODUCTION
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1
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CURRENCY
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1
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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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1
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CAUTIONARY NOTE TO UNITED STATES INVESTORS
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3
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EXPLANATORY NOTE REGARDING PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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3
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Non-U.S. GAAP Performance Measurement
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3
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Item 1.
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Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers
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11
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Item 2.
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Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable
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11
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Item 3.
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Key Information
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11
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Item 4.
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Information on the Company
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28
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Item 4A.
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Unresolved Staff Comments
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104
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Item 5.
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Operating and Financial Review and Prospects
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104
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Item 6.
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Directors, Senior Management and Employees
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113
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Item 7.
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Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions
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137
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Item 8.
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Financial Information
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138
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Item 9.
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The Offer and Listing
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139
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Item 10.
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Additional Information
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140
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Item 11.
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Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
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152
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Item 12.
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Description of Securities Other than Equity Securities
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153
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Part II.
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154
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Item 13.
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Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies
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154
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Item 14.
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Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds
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154
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Item 15.
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Controls and Procedures
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154
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Item 16.
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[Reserved]
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155
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Item 16A.
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Audit Committee Financial Expert
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155
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Item 16B.
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Code of Ethics
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155
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Item 16C.
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Principal Accountant Fees and Services
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155
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Item 16D.
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Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees
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156
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Item 16E.
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Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
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156
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Item 16F.
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Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant
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156
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Item 16G.
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Corporate Governance
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156
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Item 16H.
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Mine Safety Disclosure.
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157
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Part III.
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157
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Item 17.
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Financial Statements
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157
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Item 18.
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Financial Statements
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157
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Item 19.
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Exhibits
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179
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SIGNATURES
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180
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· | the approval of the 2015 Oyu Tolgoi Feasibility Study by OTLLC and its shareholders; |
· | the timing and cost of the construction and expansion of Oyu Tolgoi mining and processing facilities; |
· | the timing and availability of a long term power source for the Oyu Tolgoi underground mine; |
· | the timing to satisfy all conditions precedent to the first drawdown of Oyu Tolgoi project financing; |
· | the impact of the delay in the funding and development of the Oyu Tolgoi underground mine; |
· | delays, and the costs which would result from delays, in the development of the Oyu Tolgoi underground mine; |
· | production estimates and the anticipated yearly production of copper, gold and silver at the Oyu Tolgoi underground mine; |
· | whether the size, grade and continuity of deposits and resource and reserve estimates have been interpreted correctly from exploration results; |
· | whether the results of preliminary test work are indicative of what the results of future test work will be; |
· | fluctuations in commodity prices and demand; |
· | changing foreign exchange rates; |
· | actions by Rio Tinto, Turquoise Hill and/or OTLLC and by government authorities including the Government of Mongolia; |
· | requirements for additional capital and the availability of funding on reasonable terms; |
· | the impact of changes in interpretation to or changes in enforcement of laws, regulations and government practices, including laws, regulations and government practices with respect to mining, foreign investment, royalties and taxation; |
· | the terms and timing of obtaining necessary environmental and other government approvals, consents and permits; |
· | the availability and cost of necessary items such as power, water, skilled labour, transportation and appropriate smelting and refining arrangements; |
· | misjudgements in the course of preparing forward-looking statements; |
· | risks related to international operations, including legal and political risk in Mongolia; |
· | risks associated with changes in the attitudes of governments to foreign investment; |
· | risks associated with the conduct of joint ventures; |
· | discrepancies between actual and anticipated production, mineral reserves and resources and metallurgical recoveries; |
· | global financial conditions; |
· | changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; |
· | inability to upgrade Inferred mineral resources to Indicated or Measured mineral resources; |
· | inability to convert mineral resources to mineral reserves; |
· | conclusions of economic evaluations; |
· | failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; |
· | accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; |
· | environmental risks; |
· | title disputes; |
· | the potential application of the Government of Mongolia's Resolution 81, Resolution 140 and Resolution 175 to the Shivee Tolgoi and Javhlant licences; |
· | risks related to officers and directors becoming associated with other natural resource companies which may give rise to conflicts of interests; |
· | risks that the Company could be deemed a passive foreign investment company, which could have negative consequences for U.S. investors; |
· | risks related to differences in United States and Canadian reporting of reserves and resources; |
· | risks related to the potential inability of U.S. investors to enforce civil liabilities against the Company or its directors, controlling persons and officers; and |
· | risks related to the Company being a foreign private issuer under U.S securities laws. |
Glossary of Mining Terms
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alteration
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A change in the minerals or chemistry of a rock as a result of chemical reactions with hydrothermal fluids. Alteration zones are areas of altered rock that commonly surround hydrothermal mineral deposits.
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anomaly |
A departure from the norm which may indicate the presence of mineralization in the underlying bedrock. Common anomalies encountered during mineral exploration are: IP, magnetic, and geochemical. |
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assay
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The chemical analysis of an ore, mineral or concentrate of metal to determine the precise quantity of specific metals or elements. |
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block caving
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A method of mining in which large blocks of ore are undercut by tunnels and caverns, causing the ore to break or cave under its own weight. |
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chip sample
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A sample of rock collected by chipping rock fragments continuously along a width of rock exposure in order to collect an equal volume of rock along the length of the sample. |
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claim
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An area of ground in which the mineral rights have been acquired; also called a tenement, exploration licence or exploration concession. |
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concentrate
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Finely ground product of the milling process containing a high percentage of the valuable metal(s). This product is generally sent to smelters for further processing and refining. |
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CuEq
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A copper equivalent is the grade of one commodity converted to the equivalent grade of copper using metal prices and adjusted for mill recovery rates. |
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cut-off grade
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The lowest grade of mineral resources considered economic; used in the calculation of reserves and resources in a given deposit. |
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deposit
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A mineral occurrence of sufficient size and grade that it might, under favorable circumstances, be considered to have economic potential. |
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diamond drilling
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A method of rotary drilling in rock, usually for exploratory purposes, using hollow diamond-crowned bits to obtain core for examination. Provides material for assays and for geological observation. |
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drill core
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A long, continuous cylindrical sample of rock brought to surface by diamond drilling. |
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fault
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A fracture in rock along which the adjacent rock units are relatively displaced. |
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Feasibility Study (FS)
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A comprehensive technical and economic study of the selected development option for a mineral project that includes appropriately detailed assessments of realistically assumed mining, processing, metallurgical, economic, marketing, legal, environmental, social and governmental considerations together with any other relevant operational factors and detailed financial analysis, that are necessary to demonstrate at the time of reporting that extraction is reasonably justified (economically mineable). The results of the study may reasonably serve as the basis for a final decision by a proponent or financial institution to proceed with, or finance, the development of the project. The confidence level of the study will be higher than that of a Pre-Feasibility study. |
flotation
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A milling process by which some mineral particles are induced to become attached to bubbles of froth and to float, and others to sink, so that the valuable minerals are concentrated and separated from those minerals without value. |
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grade
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The relative quantity or the percentage of ore-mineral or metal content in an ore body. |
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gravity
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A method of ground geophysical surveying that measures the gravitational field at a series of different locations. This data determines the different densities of the underlying rock and can show anomalous density or mass deficits that can be used to define targets of interest. |
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heap leach
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A process used for the recovery of oxidized copper or gold from weathered low-grade ore. Crushed mineralized material is "heaped" on impervious pads and leached by the percolation of a leach liquid trickling through the beds and dissolving the metal. The metals are recovered from the solution by conventional methods (see "solvent extraction/electrowinning"). |
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Indicated mineral resource
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That part of a mineral resource for which quantity, grade or quality, densities, shape and physical characteristics, can be estimated with a level of confidence sufficient to allow the appropriate application of technical and economic parameters, to support mine planning and evaluation of the economic viability of the deposit. The estimate is based on detailed and reliable exploration and testing information gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes that are spaced closely enough for geological and grade continuity to be reasonably assumed. |
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induced polarization (IP) |
A method of ground geophysical surveying employing an electrical current to determine indications of mineralization. |
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Inferred mineral resource |
That part of a mineral resource for which quantity, grade or quality can be estimated on the basis of geological evidence and limited sampling and reasonably assumed, but not verified, geological and grade continuity. The estimate is based on limited information and sampling gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes. |
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intrusive/intrusion |
Rock which while molten, penetrated into or between other rocks but solidified before reaching the surface. |
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Measured mineral resource |
That part of a mineral resource for which quantity, grade or quality, densities, shape, and physical characteristics are so well established that they can be estimated with confidence sufficient to allow the appropriate application of technical and economic parameters, to support production planning and evaluation of the economic viability of the deposit. The estimate is based on detailed and reliable exploration, sampling and testing information gathered through appropriate techniques from locations such as outcrops, trenches, pits, workings and drill holes that are spaced closely enough to confirm both geological and grade continuity. |
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metallurgy |
The science that deals with procedures used in extracting metals from their ores, purifying and alloying metals, and creating useful objects from metals. |
mineral reserve
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A mineral reserve is the economically mineable part of a Measured or Indicated mineral resource demonstrated by at least a Pre-Feasibility study. This study must include adequate information on mining, processing, metallurgical, economic and other relevant factors that demonstrate, at the time of reporting, that economic extraction can be justified. A mineral reserve includes diluting materials and allowances for losses that may occur when the material is mined.
Mineral reserves are sub-divided in order of increasing confidence into Probable mineral reserves and Proven mineral reserves. A Probable mineral reserve has a lower level of confidence than a Proven mineral reserve.
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mineral resource |
A concentration or occurrence of diamonds, natural solid inorganic material, or natural solid fossilized organic material including base and precious metals, coal, and industrial minerals in or on the Earth's crust in such form and quantity and of such a grade or quality that it has reasonable prospects for economic extraction. The location, quantity, grade, geological characteristics and continuity of a mineral resource are known, estimated or interpreted from specific geological evidence and knowledge.
Mineral resources are sub-divided, in order of increasing geological confidence, into Inferred, Indicated and Measured categories. An Inferred mineral resource has a lower level of confidence than that applied to an Indicated mineral resource. An Indicated mineral resource has a higher level of confidence than an Inferred mineral resource but has a lower level of confidence than a Measured mineral resource.
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net present value (NPV)
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The present value of the total revenue stream for the proposed mine taking into account a discount rate for future revenue and costs, and current capital costs. |
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net smelter returns (NSR) |
The gross proceeds that the owner of a mining property receives from the sale of products less deductions of certain limited costs including smelting, refining, transportation and insurance costs. |
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NI 43-101 |
National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects of the CSA establishes the standards for disclosure of scientific and technical information regarding mineral projects that is intended to be, or reasonably likely to be, made available to the Canadian public. |
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NSR royalty
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The percentage of net smelter returns that the mine is obligated to pay to the royalty holder. |
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open pit mining
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A form of mining designed to extract minerals that lie near the surface. Waste, or overburden is first removed and the mineral-bearing rock is broken, removed and processed to remove the valuable metal. (Similar terms: opencast mining, open cut mining). |
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ore
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The naturally occurring material from which a mineral or minerals of economic value can be extracted at a reasonable profit. Also, the mineral(s) thus extracted. |
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oxidation
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A chemical reaction caused by exposure to oxygen which results in a change in the chemical composition of a mineral. |
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oxidized or oxide minerals
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Oxide- and carbonate-based minerals formed by the weathering of sulphide minerals. Examples include: malachite, turquoise and chrysocolla. |
porphyry
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An igneous rock of any composition that contains conspicuous, large mineral crystals in a fine-grained groundmass; a porphyritic igneous rock. |
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porphyry copper deposit
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A large mineral deposit, typically within porphyry rocks, that contains disseminated copper sulphide and other minerals. Such deposits are mined in bulk on a large scale, generally in open pits, for copper and possibly by-product molybdenum, gold and silver. |
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Pre-Feasibility study
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A comprehensive study of a range of options for the technical and economic viability of a mineral project that has advanced to a stage where a preferred mining method, in the case of underground mining, or the pit configuration, in the case of an open pit, is established and an effective method of mineral processing is determined. It includes a financial analysis based on reasonable assumptions on mining, processing, metallurgical, economic, marketing, legal, environmental, social and governmental considerations and the evaluation of any other relevant factors which are sufficient for a QP, acting reasonably, to determine if all or part of the mineral resource may be classified as a mineral reserve. |
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Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) |
A study, other than a Pre-Feasibility or Feasibility study, that includes an economic analysis of the potential viability of mineral resources. |
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Probable mineral reserve
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The economically mineable part of an Indicated and, in some circumstances, a Measured mineral resource demonstrated by at least a Pre-Feasibility study. This study must include adequate information on mining, processing, metallurgical, economic, and other relevant factors that demonstrate, at the time of reporting, that economic extraction can be justified. |
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Proven mineral reserve |
The economically mineable part of a Measured mineral resource demonstrated by at least a Pre-Feasibility study. This study must include adequate information on mining, processing, metallurgical, economic, and other relevant factors that demonstrate, at the time of reporting, that economic extraction is justified. |
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Qualified Person (QP) |
An individual defined under NI 43-101 who is an engineer or geoscientist with at least five years of experience in mineral exploration, mine development or operation or mineral project assessment, or any combination of these; has experience relevant to the subject matter of the mineral project and the technical report; and is a member or licensee in good standing of a professional association. |
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quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC)
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Quality assurance is information collected to demonstrate and quantify the reliability of assay data. Quality control consists of procedures used to maintain a desired level of quality in an assay database. |
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reverse circulation (RC) drilling
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A type of percussion drilling where a hammer force is transmitted down a length of steel drill rods to a rotating bit that breaks the rock into chips. The method involves forcing air and/or water down the outer chamber of twin-walled drill rods to the drill bit where the rock chips are picked up and driven back to the surface through the inner chamber of the rods. RC drilling is faster and less expensive than diamond drilling. However, RC drilling only produces fragments and chips of broken rock, so less geological information is available than would be obtained from drill core. |
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smelter
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Any metallurgical operation in which metal is separated by fusion from those impurities with which it may be chemically combined or physically mixed, such as in ores. |
solvent extraction/electrowinning (SX/EW)
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A process to recover metallic copper from acidic heap leach solutions (see "heap leach") by selectively collecting the copper with an organic solvent. Copper is then removed from the organic solution into an electrolytic solution and then metallic (anode) copper produced by applying an electric current across the solution. The heap leach and SX/EW process is generally lower cost than conventional treatment of sulphide ores and can treat lower grades. |
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strip ratio
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The ratio of waste rock that must be removed for every tonne of ore that is mined in an open pit. |
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stripping
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The removal of earth or non-ore rock materials as required to gain access to the desired ore or mineral materials; the process of removing overburden or waste material in a surface mining operation. |
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sulphide mineralization
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Compounds of sulphur with other metallic elements. Common copper examples are chalcopyrite and bornite. |
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tailings
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The fine, sandy material without valuable metals remaining after the treatment of ground ore resulting in the removal of the valuable metals and production of concentrate (see "concentrate"). |
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trench
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In geological exploration, a narrow, shallow ditch cut across a mineral showing or deposit to obtain samples or to observe rock character. |
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underground mining
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Extraction of ores, rocks and minerals from below the surface of the ground. Generally access to the underground mine workings is through an adit (sub-horizontal entrance in the side of a hill), down a sub-vertical mine shaft or through some other tunnel configuration. Generally higher cost than open pit mining. |
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vug |
A small cavity in a rock, usually lined with crystals of a different mineral composition than the enclosing rock. |
Units of Measure
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billion
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B
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billion tonnes
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Bt |
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cubic metre
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m 3 |
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degree
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° |
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degrees Celsius
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°C |
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dollar (U.S.)
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$ |
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dry metric tons
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dmt |
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gram
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g |
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grams per tonne
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g/t |
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greater than
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> |
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hectare (10,000 m
2
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ha |
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kilo troy ounces
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koz |
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kilogram
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kg |
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kilometre
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km |
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kilometres per hour
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km/hr |
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kilovolt
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kV |
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kilowatt hour
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kWh |
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kilowatt hours per tonne (metric) |
kWh/t |
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less than
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< |
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litre
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L |
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litres per second
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L/s |
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litres per tonne
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L/t |
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megawatts
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MW |
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metre
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m |
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metres above sea level
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masl |
A. | Selected Financial Data |
2015
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2014
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2013
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2012
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2011
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Exploration
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$
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5,139,076
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$
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9,018,994
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$
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5,808,316
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$
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7,966,902
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$
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17,532,831
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General and administrative
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4,555,363
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3,936,413
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5,510,641
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4,295,800
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4,921,284
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Interest expense (income)
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412,077
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(30,154
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)
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(171,143
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38,910
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(290,391
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)
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Stock-based compensation
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197,375
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251,390
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1,422,297
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1,207,878
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991,161
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Deferred income tax (recovery) expense
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160,173
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(3,933,392
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(2,381,868
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329,770
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(4,981,884
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)
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Consultancy and advisory fees
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125,000
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830,623
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1,941,130
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-
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-
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Loss from equity investee
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118,712
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107,907
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146,051
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1,012,156
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2,397,085
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Depreciation
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42,528
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65,517
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102,941
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150,654
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196,221
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Current income tax expense (recovery)
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218
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(123,255
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)
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319,112
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-
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152,190
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Fair value adjustment of asset backed commercial papers
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-
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-
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(147,564
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)
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-
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-
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Gain on sale of investments
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-
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-
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-
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-
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(3,326,275
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)
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Impairment of mineral property interests
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-
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552,095
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437,732
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486,746
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531,005
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Gain on sale of mineral property interest
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-
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(28,096
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)
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(451,892
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)
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(104,914
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)
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(1,574,523
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)
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Foreign exchange loss (gain)
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(2,919,459
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)
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(1,978,854
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)
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(1,113,728
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)
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(187,773
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)
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491,504
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Net loss for the year
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7,831,063
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8,669,188
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11,422,025
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15,196,129
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17,140,208
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Net loss per share, basic and diluted
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(0.05
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)
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(0.06
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)
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(0.08
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)
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(0.12
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)
|
(0.15
|
)
|
||||||||||
Total assets
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61,662,485
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79,690,498
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97,395,105
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64,173,530
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74,589,810
|
|||||||||||||||
Total long term liabilities
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39,315,880
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44,269,904
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50,956,860
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15,286,041
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13,720,492
|
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Working capital
(1)
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21,844,252
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32,603,711
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46,394,496
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4,699,256
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19,004,136
|
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Weighted average number of common shares outstanding
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147,036,578
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146,883,700
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143,847,888
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128,650,791
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115,978,815
|
(1) | Working capital is defined as Current Assets less Current Liabilities. |
2015
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
2011
|
|
High for period
|
1.3990
|
1.1643
|
1.0697
|
1.0418
|
1.0604
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Low for period
|
1.1728
|
1.0614
|
0.9839
|
0.9710
|
0.9449
|
End of period
|
1.3840
|
1.1601
|
1.0636
|
0.9949
|
1.0170
|
Average for period
|
1.2787
|
1.1045
|
1.0299
|
0.9996
|
0.9891
|
September
|
October
|
November
|
December
|
January
|
February
|
|
2015
|
2015
|
2015
|
2015
|
2016
|
2016
|
|
High
|
1.3413
|
1.3242
|
1.3360
|
1.3990
|
1.4589
|
1.4040
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Low
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1.3147
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1.2904
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1.3095
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1.3360
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1.3969
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1.3523
|
B. | Capitalization and Indebtedness |
C. | Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds |
D. | Risk Factors |
A. | History and Development of the Company |
B. | Business Overview |
· | An update to the capital estimate will be completed in parallel with other pre-start activities, ahead of final approval of the Oyu Tolgoi project by the Turquoise Hill, Rio Tinto and OTLLC boards. |
· | The preferred engineering, procurement and construction management ("EPCM") contractor has been engaged to complete some critical path detailed engineering and the re-estimate. |
· | Funding for pre-start activities has been approved, including ramp up of the owners and EPCM team, re-estimate activities, detailed engineering and early procurement for plant, equipment and materials that are required for project restart as well as necessary critical works that are key enablers for recommencement of lateral development mining activity. |
· | The funding covers work scheduled to take place before the official 'notice to proceed' is approved, which is expected in early 2016. |
· | The intent of pre-start funding is to ensure the project is ramped back into production as soon as possible, while not making contract commitments ahead of completing the full project approval. Lateral mining development is targeted to restart in mid-2016. |
· | 28.1% of Entrée's share of gold and silver, and 2.1% of Entrée's share of copper, produced from the portion of the Shivee Tolgoi mining licence included in the Entrée/Oyu Tolgoi JV Property (represented by the shaded upper right portion in Figure 1 above); and |
· | 21.3% of Entrée's share of gold and silver, and 2.1% of Entrée's share of copper, produced from the Javhlant mining licence (represented by the lower hatched portion in Figure 1 above). |
C. | Organizational Structure |
D. | Property, Plants and Equipment |
· | Base case, pre-tax net present value (using a 7.5% discount rate) ("NPV7.5") of $1,158 million, internal rate of return ("IRR") of 15.8% and payback of 6.4 years, based on long term metal prices of $3.00/lb copper, $11.00/lb molybdenum, $1,200/oz gold and $20/oz silver (the "Base Case"). |
· | Base Case post-tax NPV7.5 of $770 million, IRR of 13.7% and payback of 6.9 years. |
· | Development capital costs of approximately $1.35 billion, including $103 million contingency. |
· | Pre-production development of three years. |
· | Mine production for 21 years, followed by four years of reclamation (Life of Mine or "LOM"). |
· | Average LOM cash costs (net of by-product sales) pre-tax of $1.49/lb copper (see Non-U.S. GAAP Performance Measurement above). |
· | Average LOM AISC (net of by-product sales) pre-tax of $1.57/lb copper (see Non-U.S. GAAP Performance Measurement above). |
· | Net average pre-tax undiscounted cash flow over Years 1 to 21 of approximately $298 million per year (and post-tax of $238 million per year). |
· | LOM payable production of approximately: |
o | 5.1 billion pounds of copper, |
o | 46 million pounds of molybdenum, |
o | 0.4 million ounces of gold, and |
o | 8.8 million ounces of silver. |
· | Average annual payable production of approximately: |
o | 241 million pounds of copper, |
o | 2.2 million pounds of molybdenum, |
o | 20,000 ounces of gold, and |
o | 421,000 ounces of silver. |
· | Strip ratio of 2.01:1 waste to mineralized material (including pre-strip). |
· | LOM average copper recovery of 92%. |
· | Copper concentrate grading 30% with no penalty elements identified. |
Company
|
Date
|
Exploration Target/Area
|
Exploration Work
|
The Anaconda Company
(after 1977 Atlantic Richfield) |
1956–1981
|
Ann Mason
|
Geophysics, Drilling, Resource
|
Blue Hill
|
Geophysics, Reconnaissance
Mapping, Drilling |
||
Superior Oil
|
1968
|
Blue Hill
|
Geophysics
|
Iso Nevada Limited
|
1970-1971
|
Shamrock
|
Drilling
|
Arizona Metals Company
(Arimetco) |
1990
|
Ann Mason
|
Drilling
|
Phelps Dodge Corporation
|
~1995
|
Blue Hill
|
Drilling
|
Mount Isa Mines
|
2002–2003
|
Ann Mason
|
Mapping, Geophysics, Drilling
|
Giralia Resources NL
|
2003
|
Ann Mason
|
No Exploration Work
|
Lincoln Gold Corporation
|
2004–2005
|
Area approx. 2 km
northwest of Blue Hill |
Soil Geochemistry, Drilling
|
Pacific Magnesium Corporation Ltd.
(PacMag Metals Limited) |
2005–2010
|
Ann Mason
|
Drilling, Resource, Scoping Study
|
Ann South
|
Geophysics
|
||
Blue Hill
|
Drilling
|
||
Buckskin
|
Geophysics
|
||
Minnesota
|
Geophysics, Drilling
|
||
Shamrock
|
Drilling
|
||
Honey Badger Exploration Inc.
(formerly Telkwa Gold Corporation) |
2007–2009
|
Broad area west of
Ann Mason and Blue Hill, incl. Roulette |
Airborne Geophysics,
Rock and Soil Geochemistry |
Bronco Creek Exploration Inc.
(Eurasian Minerals Inc.)* |
2007–2012*
|
Roulette
|
No Historical Exploration Work
|
Note: | *Entrée has an option to acquire an 80% interest in 216 unpatented lode claims formerly known as the Roulette property through an option agreement with Bronco Creek, a subsidiary of Eurasian Minerals Inc. |
· | EG-AM-14-041, located near the centre of the deposit, with 390 metres of 0.35% copper. |
· | EG-AM-14-043, located near the centre of the deposit, with 409 metres of 0.35% copper. |
· | EG-AM-14-046, the eastern-most drill hole, with 112.3 metres of 0.34% copper. |
· | EG-AM-14-050, with 176 metres of 0.35% copper. |
· | EG-AM-14-057, with 327.4 metres of 0.38% copper, including 0.42% copper and 0.12 g/t gold over 200 metres. |
· | EG-AM-14-059, with 466 metres of 0.31% copper. |
· | EG-AM-14-065 with 150 metres of 0.38% copper. |
· | EG-AM-14-067, with 377 metres of 0.32% copper. |
· | EG-AM-14-073, on the northeast rim of the deposit, with 102 metres of 0.36% copper. |
· | EG-AM-14-076, immediately northwest of 043, with 190 metres of 0.34% copper and a separate interval of 180 metres of 0.38% copper. |
Note: | 1 Drill holes overlapping two calendar years are listed within the year started, along with their total lengths |
Exploration Area
|
No. of
Holes |
Length
(m) |
Hole Type
|
|||
Ann Mason
|
deposit
|
77
|
56,163
|
76 diamond, including 63 with RC pre-collar; 1 RC hole
|
||
periphery
|
5
|
2,117
|
3 diamond with RC pre-collar; 2 RC
|
|||
Blue Hill
|
deposit
|
34
|
7,701
|
8 diamond, including 3 with RC pre-collar; 26 RC
|
||
periphery
|
12
|
3,804
|
7 diamond; 5 RC
|
|||
Blackjack IP (Northeast)
|
2
|
871
|
1 diamond with RC pre-collar; 1 RC pre-collar,
|
|||
Roulette
|
7
|
2,308
|
3 diamond with RC pre-collar; 2 diamond daughter holes; 2 RC pre-collar
|
|||
Total
|
137
|
72,963
|
· | Entrée personnel transport the core from the rig in secure covered boxes to Yerington core logging/sampling facility. |
· | Core is washed and photographed. |
· | Geotechnical information includes core recovery, RQD and magnetic susceptibility. |
· | Core logging includes lithology, alteration, mineralization, structure, and veining. |
· | Sample is in 2 metre intervals unless conforming to contacts of major rock or alteration types. |
· | All geotechnical, logging, and sampling data is entered into the Fusion (Datamine) database. |
· | Core is sampled by sawing competent pieces of core in half, or collecting half of the rock in areas of highly broken core; then bagged and sealed. Once logged and split, the core is stored on racks or stacked on pallets in a secure storage facility. |
· | Assay samples are kept in a secure facility prior to being picked up by the laboratory. |
· | Sample shipments are picked up by laboratory personnel. Strict chain of custody procedures are maintained during the transporting of the samples to the labs. Any indication of tampering or discrepancies between samples received and samples shipped would be reported to Entrée by the lab. |
· | Pulps and coarse rejects are returned to Entrée's Yerington facility, where they are catalogued and stored on site. |
· | RC samples are collected at the drill; all RC drilling is conducted with air and/or water as the drilling medium. |
· | Assay samples consist of an approximate quarter-split of all cuttings and water returned from each 5 foot interval, and are collected in an 18" x 24" MicroPor cloth sample bag, resulting in 6 to 10 kilogram samples when dry. |
· | Assay duplicates are collected at the drill by using approximate 1/8 splits for both the assay sample and duplicate. |
· | Samples are allowed to drain at the drill site, and are transported to Entrée's secure core and sample facility by Entrée employees each day. Samples are then allowed to air dry in a fenced and locked facility prior to being submitted to the laboratory for analysis. |
· | Reviewed drilling, logging, sampling, analysis, and data storage procedures. |
· | Reviewed geological interpretations on cross sections and plan maps. |
· | Quick-logged several drill holes and compared with archived drill logs. |
· | Resurveyed several drill collar northings and eastings with a hand-held GPS and compared with database records. |
· | Inspected outcrops and compared with surface geology maps. |
· | Reviewed down hole survey records for unrealistic kinks. |
· | Reproduced statistics assessing sample assay accuracy and precision for several drill campaigns. |
· | overview of the geology and exploration history of the project. |
· | current exploration program on the project. |
· | infill drill program for resource category conversion. |
· | visits to drill site and drill hole collars check survey. |
· | drill rig procedures, including core handling discussion. |
· | surveying (topography, collar, and downhole deviations). |
· | sample collection protocols at the core logging facility. |
· | sample transportation and sample chain of custody and security. |
· | core recovery. |
· | QA/QC program (insertion of standards, blanks, duplicates, etc.). |
· | monitoring of the QA/QC program. |
· | review of diamond drill core, core logging sheets, and core logging procedures (including commentary on typical lithologies, alteration and mineralization styles, and contact relationships at the various lithological boundaries). |
· | specific gravity sample collection and determination. |
· | geological and geotechnical database structure, and all procedures associated with populating the final assay database with information returned from the laboratory. |
· | Metal prices of: $3.74/lb copper, $13.23/lb molybdenum, $1,495/oz gold and $23.58/oz silver. |
· | Metallurgical recovery assumptions of 92% for copper, 50% for molybdenum, 50% for gold and 55% for silver. |
· | Operating costs of $1.09/t for mining (plus $0.02/bench below 1,605 metres); $5.82/t for processing; and $0.30/t for G&A. |
· | Smelting, refining and transportation costs per tonne copper concentrate of $65.00, $0.065 and $90.00, respectively. |
· | Pit slopes of 52 degrees in the overlying volcanics and 44 degrees in the porphyry units. |
· | Mineral resources were tabulated within the pit at a cut-off grade of 0.20% copper. |
· | Domains were modelled in 3D to separate oxide, mixed, and primary mineralization from surrounding waste rock. The domains were modelled to a nominal 0.075% copper cut-off. |
· | High-grade outliers in the drill hole assay database were capped to 0.75% for copper, 0.03 g/t for gold, and 2 g/t for silver prior to compositing. No capping was applied to molybdenum. |
· | Drill hole assays were composited to five metre lengths interrupted by the overall mineralization boundary. |
· | Block grades for copper, molybdenum, gold, and silver were estimated from the drill hole composites using inverse distance weighted to the second power ("ID2") into 40 x 40 x 15 metre blocks coded by domain. Molybdenum, gold, and silver were estimated for sulphide blocks only. |
· | Dry bulk density was estimated globally for each domain from drill core samples collected throughout the deposit. The oxide and mixed zones were assigned a density of 2.57 tonnes per cubic metre ("t/m3") and the sulphide zone was assigned 2.62 t/m3. |
· | All blocks were classified as Inferred mineral resources in accordance to CIM definitions. |
· | average gross metal values of: |
o | $3.32/lb copper for oxide and mixed material, and |
o | $3.16/lb copper, $12.12/lb molybdenum, $1,057/oz gold, and $13.58/oz silver for sulphide material. |
· | metallurgical recoveries of: |
o | 81.7% leachable oxide copper, |
o | 75% for mixed material, and |
o | 92% copper, 50% molybdenum, 50% gold and 55% silver for sulphide material. |
· | mining costs: |
o | oxide and mixed feed material - $1.30/t, |
o | sulphide feed material - $1.13/t, and |
o | all waste costs - $1.13/t. |
· | process and G&A costs of: |
o | $5.06/t for oxide and mixed material, and |
o | $6.22/t for sulphide material. |
· | pit slopes of 40 degrees in both the overlying volcanic and in the mineralized granodiorite. |
Notes: | 1. Mineral resources are classified in accordance with the 2014 CIM Definition Standards for mineral resources and mineral reserves. 2. Mineral resources do not include external dilution, nor was the tabulation of contained metal adjusted to reflect metallurgical recoveries. 3. Tonnages are rounded to the nearest 10,000 tonnes, and grades are rounded to two decimal places. 4. Rounding as required by reporting guidelines may result in apparent summation differences between tonnes, grade, and contained metal content. 5. Material quantities and grades are expressed in metric units, and contained metal in imperial units. |
· | Tertiary volcanics (Domain I). |
· | Granodiorite of the Yerington batholiths (Domain II). |
· | Quartz monzonite porphyry of the Yerington batholiths (Domain II). |
· | Volcanics (Domain I) |
o | inter-ramp angle = 52 degrees, |
o | bench face angle = 67 degrees, |
o | height between safety benches = 30 metres (double benched), and |
o | width of safety bench = 11 metres. |
· | Porphyry (Domain II) |
o | inter-ramp angle = 39 degrees, |
o | bench face angle = 63 degrees, |
o | height between safety benches = 15 metres (single benched), and |
o | width of safety bench = 11 metres. |
· | Future geotechnical studies should focus on geotechnical specific drill holes targeting the proposed wall rocks of the pit. A minimum of four inclined holes should be completed each of which may be up to 800 metres long. All holes should be "triple tube" coring system holes with splits in the core tube. HQ3 diameter core is preferred. |
· | Due to poorer rock mass quality throughout the deposit, all geotechnical holes should be surveyed with a borehole televiewer system. |
· | The hydrogeological system needs to be investigated going forward in the next study. Geotechnical mapping needs to be completed as well. |
· | Future geologic models should include interpretations of the main rock types, alteration zones, depth of weathered zones and major geological structures. |
Phase
|
Measured
(%) |
Indicated
(%) |
Inferred
(%) |
1
|
94.9
|
4.9
|
0.2
|
2
|
73.4
|
24.0
|
2.6
|
3
|
40.5
|
52.7
|
6.8
|
4
|
40.6
|
55.9
|
3.5
|
5
|
23.9
|
66.7
|
9.4
|
Total
|
43.9
|
51.3
|
4.9
|
· | Grindability testing, consisting of Bond Ball Work Index, Bond Rod Work Index, Abrasion Index, SAG Mill Competency, Crushing Work Index, and JK Drop-Weight testing was conducted on selected composites from the program. Results indicated that samples from the deposit are medium to hard when compared with database averages. The variability of results appears moderate and no unusually competent domains or zones of the deposit were identified in the samples tested. The results provide a basis for modeling and design of the comminution circuit. |
· | Initial compositing of gypsum and non-gypsum rejects from the chalcopyrite domain indicated that the presence of gypsum did not have any effect on copper recovery by flotation. Similarly, concentrate grade was found to be more influenced by pyrite content rather than gypsum. The grindability program showed the gypsum sample to be slightly more competent than other samples within the test set. |
· | Flotation flowsheet development was carried out on the domain composites, primarily chalcopyrite. From the baseline conditions established in 2012, the current program improved the flowsheet in two key areas: |
o | coarsening of the primary grind, from a P80 of 120µm to 155 µm, and |
o | simplifying the reagent suite, including elimination of specialty Cytec collector MX-3045. The number of cleaner stages was increased to three, and a small amount of CMC was added to the cleaners to control slimes. |
· | In total, five locked cycle tests were carried out, two each on the chalcopyrite and pyrite composites, and one on the bornite composite. All tests achieved excellent mass and metal accountability, as well as good stability in the last four stages. An average metallurgical projection was generated based on the results of the locked cycle work. |
· | Production composites from the periods Year 1-3 and Year 4-9 were subjected to rougher and cleaner batch flotation tests. The results were comparable to the domain composites, but slightly elevated levels of oxide copper were detected in the Year 1-3 composite. |
· | Variability testing consisted of 11 separate composites representing different spatial zones, as well as lithological and grade differences. Grindability testing of six of the variability composites displayed a relatively tight distribution of results, with Bond Ball Work Index values ranging from 15.2 to 17.5 kWh/t. Flotation tests were conducted on 10 of the variability composites and indicated that copper grade and pyrite content were the most important indicators of copper recovery and final concentrate grade, as observed in the test work on the domain and production composites. |
· | Test work aimed at developing the copper-molybdenum separation circuit has not yet achieved the target final concentrate molybdenum grade of 50% molybdenum. The work was successful at achieving high open circuit molybdenum recovery in both the rougher and cleaner stages, as well as demonstrating excellent rejection of copper to the combined tailings. Excess slimes flotation in the bulk cleaners is believed to be the result of overgrinding of the bulk rougher concentrate as part of the copper cleaning stage. Some graphitic carbon was identified in the final molybdenum concentrate produced in this program, but it is not expected to be a significant impediment to either final grade or saleability of the concentrate product. |
· | Settling and filtration tests were carried out on combined tailings samples of the Year 1-3 and Year 4-9. Both composites responded well to the anionic polyacrylamide flocculant Magnafloc 10, which is widely used in this type of application. The Year 1-3 composite demonstrated poorer settling characteristics, as compared to the later production material, requiring a higher flocculant dose and achieving a lower underflow density. Both composites were successful in reaching final cake moisture concentrations of ~15% during vacuum filtration tests, with the near-surface sample requiring a larger unit filtration area. |
· | Copper concentrate settling and filtration testing indicated that effective settling could be achieved also using Magnafloc 10. Vacuum filtration rates for the concentrate were found to be slow, but improved significantly with the addition of filter aid. |
· | Minor element analysis was conducted on concentrate samples from the domain and production composites. No elements of concern were noted, although a few composites returned slightly elevated mercury concentrations, as high as 14.1 parts per million, which may incur a small penalty depending on the specific terms of the smelter agreement. |
· | Preliminary environmental characterisation was carried out by ABA and TCLP testing on the production composite tailings samples. The results indicated that the tailings tested are potentially non-acid generating (NAG), and did not exceed Schedule 4 limits for toxicity. |
Product
|
Grade
|
Recovery, %
|
||||||
Cu, %
|
Mo, %
|
Au, g/t
|
Ag, g/t
|
Cu
|
Mo
|
Au
|
Ag
|
|
Cu Concentrate
|
30.0
|
0.1
|
1.65
|
36.0
|
92.0
|
17.1
|
57.0
|
55.0
|
Mo Concentrate
|
2.5
|
50.0
|
0.6
|
15
|
0.1
|
50.0
|
0.2
|
0.2
|
Product
|
Grade
|
Recovery, %
|
||||
Cu, %
|
Au, g/t
|
Ag, g/t
|
Cu
|
Au
|
Ag
|
|
Cu Conc – Yr 1-3
|
27.3
|
1.32
|
32.2
|
91.8
|
57.0
|
55.0
|
Cu Conc – Yr 4-9
|
28.5
|
1.81
|
41.6
|
91.6
|
57.0
|
55.0
|
Category
|
Pre-Production and
Year 1 Capital ($M) |
Sustaining Capital
(Years 2-21) ($M) |
Total Capital
($M) |
Open Pit
|
450.6
|
88.7
|
539.3
|
Processing
|
452.2
|
4.5
|
456.7
|
Infrastructure
|
180.7
|
24.5
|
205.1
|
Environmental
|
2.1
|
68.5
|
70.6
|
Owner's and Indirect Costs
|
162.7
|
1.6
|
164.3
|
Contingency
|
102.8
|
3.2
|
106.0
|
Total
|
1,351.0
|
191.0
|
1,542.0
|
Note: | Total reported values in table are rounded. |
Category
|
Mined
($/t) |
Mill Feed
($/t) |
Cu Concentrate
($/t) |
||||
Mining (mill feed and waste)
|
1.50
|
4.13
|
455
|
||||
Processing
|
-
|
4.59
|
506
|
||||
G&A
|
-
|
0.26
|
29
|
||||
Subtotal On-Site Costs
|
-
|
8.98
|
990
|
||||
Transportation, Port Costs, Shipping
|
-
|
0.87
|
96
|
||||
Royalties
|
-
|
0.07
|
7
|
||||
Total Pre-Tax Operating Cost
|
-
|
9.92
|
1,093
|
||||
Taxes
|
-
|
1.42
|
157
|
||||
Total Post-Tax Operating Cost
|
-
|
11.34
|
1,250
|
Metal
|
Unit
|
Low Case
|
Base Case
|
High Case
|
Copper
|
$/lb
|
2.75
|
3.00
|
3.25
|
Molybdenum
|
$/lb
|
9.00
|
11.00
|
13.00
|
Silver
|
$/oz
|
15.00
|
20.00
|
25.00
|
Gold
|
$/oz
|
1,100.00
|
1,200.00
|
1,300.00
|
Cost Category
|
Unit
|
Value
|
|
Mill Feed
|
|||
Rate
|
t/d
|
120,000
|
|
Grade
|
Cu%
|
0.30
|
|
Total Operating Cost
|
($/t mill feed)
|
9.92
|
|
Mine Life
|
(years)
|
21
|
|
Initial Capital Costs (Year -3, Year -2, Year -1)
|
($M)
|
1,177.7
|
|
Year 1 Capital Costs
|
($M)
|
173.4
|
|
Sustaining Capital Cost
|
($M)
|
191.0
|
|
Total Mine Capital
|
($M)
|
1,542.0
|
|
Payable Copper
|
|||
Initial 5 Years Average Annual Production
|
(Mlb)
|
229
|
|
Average Annual Production – LOM
|
(Mlb)
|
241
|
|
Total LOM Production
|
(Mlb)
|
5,065
|
|
Payable Molybdenum
|
|||
Initial 5 Years Average Annual Production
|
(Mlb)
|
2.2
|
|
Average Annual Production – LOM
|
(Mlb)
|
2.2
|
|
Total LOM Production
|
(Mlb)
|
46.0
|
|
Recovered Precious Metals
|
Gold
|
Silver
|
|
Initial 5 years Average Annual Production
|
(oz)
|
13,500
|
302,200
|
Average Annual Production - LOM
|
(oz)
|
21,000
|
434,400
|
Total LOM Production
|
(oz)
|
441,300
|
9,122,800
|
Copper Concentrate
|
|||
Initial 5 Years Average Annual Production
|
(dmt)
|
360,000
|
|
Average Annual Production – LOM
|
(dmt)
|
379,100
|
|
Total LOM Production
|
(dmt)
|
7,961,600
|
|
Molybdenum Concentrate
|
|||
Initial 5 Years Average Annual Production
|
(dmt)
|
1,900
|
|
Average Annual Production – LOM
|
(dmt)
|
1,800
|
|
Total LOM Production
|
(dmt)
|
38,400
|
|
Cash Costs – Year 1 to Year 5
|
Pre-tax
|
Post-tax
|
|
Copper Cash Cost without Credits (Mo, Au, Ag)
|
($/lb)
|
2.08
|
2.13
|
Copper Cash Cost with Credits (Mo, Au, Ag)
|
($/lb)
|
1.89
|
1.94
|
All In Sustaining Cost (AISC) without Credits (Mo, Au, Ag)
|
($/lb)
|
2.28
|
2.32
|
All In Sustaining Cost (AISC) with Credits (Mo, Au, Ag)
|
($/lb)
|
2.09
|
2.13
|
Cash Costs – Year 1 to Year 21
|
Pre-tax
|
Post-tax
|
|
Copper Cash Cost without Credits (Mo, Au, Ag)
|
($/lb)
|
1.72
|
1.96
|
Copper Cash Cost with Credits (Mo, Au, Ag)
|
($/lb)
|
1.49
|
1.74
|
All In Sustaining Cost (AISC) without Credits (Mo, Au, Ag)
|
($/lb)
|
1.78
|
2.03
|
All In Sustaining Cost (AISC) with Credits (Mo, Au, Ag)
|
($/lb)
|
1.56
|
1.81
|
Cash Costs – LOM
|
Pre-tax
|
Post-tax
|
|
Copper Cash Cost without Credits (Mo, Au, Ag)
|
($/lb)
|
1.72
|
1.96
|
Copper Cash Cost with Credits (Mo, Au, Ag)
|
($/lb)
|
1.49
|
1.74
|
All In Sustaining Cost (AISC) without Credits (Mo, Au, Ag)
|
($/lb)
|
1.79
|
2.04
|
All In Sustaining Cost (AISC) with Credits (Mo, Au, Ag)
|
($/lb)
|
1.57
|
1.81
|
Net Annual Cash Flow
|
Pre-tax
|
Post-tax
|
|
Year 1 to Year 5
|
($M)
|
161.6
|
151.3
|
Year 1 to Year 21
|
($M)
|
297.9
|
238.4
|
LOM
|
($M)
|
200.6
|
150.9
|
· | Geotechnical, condemnation, water monitoring and exploration drilling. |
· | Environmental studies (socio-economic, air quality, acid rock drainage, hydrogeological). |
· | Engineering studies (mining, process, geotechnical, infrastructure, tailings, reclamation, operating and capital cost estimation, etc.). |
· | The Entrée/Oyu Tolgoi JV covers 39,807 ha consisting of the eastern portion of the Shivee Tolgoi and all of the Javhlant mining licences. The Entrée/Oyu Tolgoi JV Property is contiguous with, and on three sides (to the north, east, and south) surrounds OTLLC's Oyu Tolgoi mining licence. The Entrée/Oyu Tolgoi JV Property hosts the Hugo North Extension deposit and the Heruga deposit. OTLLC is the manager of the Entrée/Oyu Tolgoi JV. |
· | Shivee West covers an area of 23,114 ha. Shivee West is 100% owned by Entrée, but is subject to a first right of refusal by OTLLC. In October 2015, as part of efforts to manage cash reserves, Entrée voluntarily surrendered the westernmost 12,060 hectares of Shivee West, reducing its area from 35,173 hectares. |
Licence Name
|
Licence Number
|
Date Granted
|
Renewal Date
|
Expiration Date
|
Javhlant
|
15225A
|
October 27, 2009
|
October 27, 2039
|
To Be Determined
|
Shivee Tolgoi
|
15226A
|
October 27, 2009
|
October 27, 2039
|
To Be Determined
|
· |
Entrée has a 20% interest in mineralization extracted from the Hugo North Extension and Heruga deposits.
• CuEq is copper-equivalent grade, expressed in percent.
|
· | The effective date for the Hugo North Extension resource estimate is March 28, 2014; for Heruga the effective date is March 30, 2010. |
· | The 0.37% CuEq cut-off is equivalent to the underground mineral reserve cut-off as determined by OTLLC. |
· | CuEq has been calculated using assumed metal prices ($3.01/lb for copper, $1,250/oz for gold, $20.37/oz for silver, and $11.90/lb for molybdenum). |
o | Hugo North Extension CuEq% = Cu% + ((Au (g/t) x 1,250 x 0.0321507 x 0.913) + (Ag (g/t) x 20.37 x 0.0321507 x 0. 942)) / (3.01 x 22.0462) |
o | Heruga CuEq% = Cu% + ((Au (g/t) x 1,250 x 0.0321507 x 0.911) + (Ag (g/t) x 20.37 x 0.0321507 x 0. 949) + (Mo (ppm) x 11.9 x 0.0022046 x 0.736)) / (3.01 x 22.0462) |
· | The contained copper, gold, silver and molybdenum in the tables have not been adjusted for metallurgical recovery. |
· | Totals may not match due to rounding. |
· | Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. |
Classification
|
Ore
(Mt)
|
NSR
($/t)
|
Cu
(%)
|
Au
(g/t)
|
Ag
(g/t)
|
Cu
(Mlb)
|
Au
(koz)
|
Ag
(koz)
|
Probable
|
35
|
100.57
|
1.59
|
0.55
|
3.72
|
1,121
|
519
|
3,591
|
Total Entrée/Oyu Tolgoi JV
|
35
|
100.57
|
1.59
|
0.55
|
3.72
|
1,121
|
519
|
3,591
|
· | Entrée has a 20% interest in the reported mineral reserve. |
· | Metal prices used for calculating the Hugo North Extension underground NSR are as follows: copper at $3.01/lb; gold at $1,250/oz; and silver at $20.37/oz, all based on long-term metal price forecasts at the beginning of the mineral reserve work. The analysis indicates that the mineral reserve is still valid at these metal prices. |
· | The NSR has been calculated with assumptions specific to Hugo North Extension for smelter refining and treatment charges, deductions and payment terms, concentrate transport, metallurgical recoveries and royalties. |
· | The block cave shell was defined using a NSR cut-off of $15/t NSR. |
· | For the underground block cave, all mineral resources within the shell have been converted to mineral reserves. This includes low-grade Indicated mineral resources and Inferred mineral resources, which have been assigned a zero grade and treated as dilution. |
· | Only Indicated resources were used to report Probable reserves. |
· | The base case financial analysis has been prepared using the following current long-term metal price estimates: copper at $3.08/lb; gold at $1,304/oz; and silver at $21.46/oz. |
· | The mineral reserves reported above are not additive to the mineral resources. |
Cave
|
Extraction Level
|
Length
(m) |
Width
(m) |
Height
(m) |
|
Above Sea Level (m)
|
Below Surface (m)
|
||||
Lift 1
|
-100
|
1,270
|
2,000
|
280
|
600
|
· | The addition of a fifth ball mill to achieve a finer primary grind P 80 of 150–160 µm for a blend of Hugo North (including Hugo North Extension) and open pit feeds, compared to 180 µm for SOT Southwest Zone. |
· | Additional roughing and cleaner column flotation capacity to process the higher level of concentrate production when processing the higher grade Hugo North (including Hugo North Extension) plant feed. |
· | Additional concentrate dewatering and bagging capacity. |
· | The Environmental Protection Law (1995); |
· | The Law on Environmental Impact Assessment (1998, amended in 2001); and |
· | The Minerals Law (2006). |
Description
|
Unit
|
Total
|
|||
Average Operating Cost
|
$/t Processed
|
34.56
|
Description
|
Unit
|
Total
|
Entrée/Oyu Tolgoi JV Shaft 4
|
$M
|
18
|
Hugo North Extension Lift 1
|
$M
|
417
|
Total
|
$M
|
435
|
· | Mining |
· | Concentration |
· | Tailings |
· | Operational Support Costs |
· | Infrastructure |
· | Depreciation Charge |
· | Administration Fees |
Description
|
Unit
|
LOM Average
|
||
Mine Site Cash Cost
|
$/lb Payable Copper
|
1.11
|
||
TC/RC, Royalties & Transport
|
$/lb Payable Copper
|
0.54
|
||
Total Cash Costs Before Credits
|
$/lb Payable Copper
|
1.66
|
||
Gold Credits
|
$/lb Payable Copper
|
0.60
|
||
Silver Credits
|
$/lb Payable Copper
|
0.06
|
||
Total Cash Costs After Credits
|
$/lb Payable Copper
|
0.99
|
· | Entrée has a 20% interest in Entrée/Oyu Tolgoi JV Property mineralization. Unless otherwise noted above, results are for the entire Entrée/Oyu Tolgoi JV. |
· | Metal prices used for calculating the Hugo North Extension underground NSR are as follows: copper at $3.01/lb; gold at $1,250/oz; and silver at $20.37/oz, all based on long-term metal price forecasts at the beginning of the mineral reserve work. The analysis indicates that the mineral reserve is still valid at these metal prices. |
· | The NSR has been calculated with assumptions specific to Hugo North Extension for smelter refining and treatment charges, deductions and payment terms, concentrate transport, metallurgical recoveries and royalties. |
· | The block cave shell was defined using a NSR cut-off of $15/t NSR. |
· | For the underground block cave, all mineral resources within the shell have been converted to mineral reserves. This includes low-grade Indicated mineral resources and Inferred mineral resources, which have been assigned a zero grade and treated as dilution. |
· | Only Measured mineral resources were used to report Proven mineral reserves and only Indicated resources were used to report Probable reserves. |
· | The financial base case analysis has been prepared using the following current long term metal price estimates: copper at $3.08/lb; gold at $1,304/oz; and silver at $21.46/oz. |
· | The mineral reserves reported are not additive to the mineral resources. |
Discount Rate
|
Net Present Value ($M) Entrée
|
|
Before-Tax
|
After-Tax
|
|
Undiscounted
|
440
|
328
|
5.00%
|
215
|
160
|
6.00%
|
187
|
139
|
7.00%
|
163
|
121
|
8.00%
|
142
|
106
|
9.00%
|
124
|
93
|
10.00%
|
109
|
81
|
· | Hugo North Extension Lift 1 Block Cave | (Reserves) |
· | Hugo North Extension Lift 2 Block Cave | (Resources Indicated and Inferred) |
· | Heruga Block Cave | (Resources Inferred) |
· | LOM 140 : Continuous improvement of plant throughput of 5.0% per year for five years. |
· | LOM 260 : LOM 140 plus a 100% plant expansion after approximately 20 years. |
· | LOM 350 : Progressive expansion of the plant to 350 ktpd. |
· | Lordsburg Property, New Mexico . The Lordsburg claims cover 2,013 ha adjacent to the historic Lordsburg copper-gold-silver district in New Mexico. Drilling at Lordsburg has been successful in discovering a new porphyry copper-gold occurrence in an area previously known only for vein-style gold mineralization. No work was completed in 2015. Future drilling will be directed towards expanding the existing drill defined copper and gold zone. |
· | Blue Rose Joint Venture, Australia . The Blue Rose copper-iron-gold-molybdenum joint venture property covers exploration licence 5129 in the Olary Region of South Australia, 300 kilometres north-northeast of Adelaide. Magnetite iron formations occur in the southern portion of this 716 square kilometre tenement, and a zone of copper oxide mineralization and a gold target (Golden Sophia) are located in the north-central area of the tenement. |
· | Lukkacha Property, Peru . The Lukkacha property is located in Tacna Province of southeastern Peru. The property consists of seven concessions totaling 4,400 ha which cover two large areas of surface alteration, iron oxides and quartz veining approximately 50 kilometres along the structural trend southeast from the giant Toquepala mining operation of Grupo Mexico. The property has never been drilled and represents a unique opportunity for early stage exploration within an under-explored major copper district. The property is situated within 50 kilometres of the international border with Chile, and initiation of further exploration (geophysics and drilling) is subject to Entrée obtaining a Supreme Decree allowing it to work on the property. |
· | Cañariaco Royalty, Peru . The Company has a 0.5% NSR royalty on the Cañariaco project in Peru. The Cañariaco project includes the Cañariaco Norte copper-gold-silver deposit, as well as the adjacent Cañariaco Sur and Quebrada Verde prospects, located within the western Cordillera of the Peruvian Andes in the Department of Lambayeque, Northern Peru. |
A. | Operating Results |
Year Ended December 31, 2015
|
Year Ended December 31, 2014
|
Year Ended December 31, 2013
|
||||||||||
Total Revenues
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||||
Net Loss
|
(7,831,063
|
)
|
(8,669,188
|
)
|
(11,422,025
|
)
|
||||||
Net loss per share, basic and diluted
|
(0.05
|
)
|
(0.06
|
)
|
(0.08
|
)
|
||||||
Working capital
|
21,844,252
|
32,603,711
|
46,394,496
|
|||||||||
Total assets
|
61,662,485
|
79,690,498
|
97,395,105
|
|||||||||
Total long term liabilities
|
39,315,880
|
44,269,904
|
50,956,860
|
|||||||||
(1)
Working Capital is defined as Current Assets less Current Liabilities.
|
Year Ended
December 31,
2015
|
Year Ended
December 31,
2014
|
|||||||
Exploration
|
$
|
5,139,076
|
$
|
9,018,994
|
||||
General and administrative
|
4,555,363
|
3,936,413
|
||||||
Interest expense (income)
|
412,077
|
(30,154
|
)
|
|||||
Stock-based compensation
|
197,375
|
251,390
|
||||||
Deferred income tax expense (recovery)
|
160,173
|
(3,933,392
|
)
|
|||||
Consultancy and advisory fees
|
125,000
|
830,623
|
||||||
Loss from equity investee
|
118,712
|
107,907
|
||||||
Depreciation
|
42,528
|
65,517
|
||||||
Current income tax expense (recovery)
|
218
|
(123,255
|
)
|
|||||
Impairment of mineral property interests
|
-
|
552,095
|
||||||
Gain on sale of mineral property interest
|
-
|
(28,096
|
)
|
|||||
Foreign exchange gain
|
(2,919,459
|
)
|
(1,978,854
|
)
|
||||
Net loss
|
$
|
7,831,063
|
$
|
8,669,188
|
Year Ended
December 31,
2015
|
Year Ended
December 31,
2014
|
||||||||
US
|
$
|
3,507,357
|
$
|
7,066,997
|
|||||
Mongolia
|
1,488,452
|
1,672,341
|
|||||||
Other
|
165,101
|
315,549
|
|||||||
Total costs
|
5,160,910
|
9,054,887
|
|||||||
Less stock-based compensation
|
(21,834
|
)
|
(35,893
|
)
|
|||||
Total expenditures, cash
|
$
|
5,139,076
|
$
|
9,018,994
|
B. | Liquidity and Capital Resources |
Year Ended
December 31,
2015
|
Year Ended
December 31,
2014
|
|||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
|||||||||||||
Exercise of stock options
|
346,532
|
$
|
41,135
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||||||||
346,532
|
$
|
41,135
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
C. | Research and Development, Patents and Licenses, etc. |
D. | Trend Information |
E. | Off-balance Sheet Arrangements |
F. | Tabular Disclosure of Contractual Obligations |
Less than 1 year
|
1-3 Years
|
3-5 years
|
More than 5 years
|
Total
|
|
Office lease
|
$247,906
|
$71,578
|
$Nil
|
$Nil
|
$319,484
|
Total
|
$247,906
|
$71,578
|
$Nil
|
$Nil
|
$319,484
|
G. | Safe Harbor |
A. | Directors and Senior Management |
B. | Compensation |
1. | a chief executive officer ("CEO"); |
2. | a chief financial officer ("CFO"); |
3. | each of the three most highly compensated executive officers, or the three most highly compensated individuals acting in a similar capacity, other than the CEO and CFO, at the end of the most recently completed financial year whose total compensation was, individually, more than C$150,000 for that financial year; and |
4. | any individual who would be a NEO under paragraph (3) but for the fact that the individual was neither an executive officer of the Company, nor acting in a similar capacity, at the end of that financial year. |
Almaden Minerals Ltd.
|
Midas Gold Corp.
|
Asanko Gold Inc.
|
NovaCopper Inc.
|
Augusta Resource Corp.
|
Oracle Mining Corp.
|
Chesapeake Gold Corp.
|
Paramount Gold & Silver Corp.
|
Copper Fox Metals Inc.
|
Pilot Gold Inc.
|
Eco Oro Minerals Corp.
|
Quaterra Resources Inc.
|
Exeter Resource Corp.
|
Redhawk Resources Inc.
|
Lumina Copper Corp.
|
Sabina Gold & Silver Corp.
|
MAG Silver Corp.
|
Wildcat Silver Corp.
|
· | balanced design, between fixed and variable pay and between short-term and long-term incentives; |
· | consistent program design among all executive officers and within the Company as a whole; and |
· | a greater reward opportunity derived from long-term incentives compared to short-term incentives, creating a greater focus on sustained performance over time. |
· | Reviewing and approving on an annual basis corporate goals and objectives relevant to CEO compensation, evaluating the CEO's performance in light of those goals and objectives and setting the CEO's compensation level based on this evaluation. In determining the long-term incentive component of CEO compensation, the Compensation Committee will consider, among such other factors as it may deem relevant, the Company's performance, shareholder returns, the value of similar incentive awards to chief executive officers at comparable companies and the awards given to the CEO in past years; |
· | Reviewing and approving on an annual basis the adequacy and form of compensation and benefits of all other executive officers and directors, and making recommendations to the Board in that regard; |
· | Making recommendations to the Board with respect to the Plan and any other incentive compensation plans and equity-based plans; |
· | Determining the recipients of, and the nature and size of share compensation awards and bonuses granted from time to time, in compliance with applicable securities law, stock exchanges and other regulatory requirements; and |
· | Approving inducement grants, which include grants of options or stock to new employees in connection with a merger or acquisition, as well as any tax-qualified, non-discriminatory employee benefit plans or non-parallel non-qualified plans, to new employees. |
Name and Principal Position
|
Year
|
Salary
(US$) (4) |
Share-based awards
(US$) |
Option-based awards
(1)
(US$) (4) |
Non-equity incentive plan compensation
(US$)
(2) (4)
|
Pension value
(US$)
(2)
|
All other compensation
(US$)
(3) (4)
|
Total compensation
(US$)
(4)
|
|
Annual
incentive plans
|
Long-term
incentive plans
|
||||||||
Gregory Crowe,
President and CEO
(5)
|
2015
|
$205,473
|
Nil
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$471,830
|
$677,303
|
2014
|
$280,148
|
Nil
|
$27,986
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$308,134
|
|
2013
|
$305,566
|
Nil
|
$154,763
|
$141,030
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$22,330
|
$623,689
|
|
Stephen Scott,
Interim CEO
(6)
|
2015
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$77,612
|
$18,064
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$18,763
|
$114,439
|
2014
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$0
|
|
2013
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$0
|
|
Bruce Colwill,
CFO
(7)
|
2015
|
$184,249
|
Nil
|
$18,291
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$202,540
|
2014
|
$211,189
|
Nil
|
$23,321
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$234,510
|
|
2013
|
$230,350
|
Nil
|
$114,094
|
$112,824
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$457,268
|
|
Mona Forster,
Executive Vice President
(8)
|
2015
|
$158,323
|
Nil
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$297,125
|
$455,448
|
2014
|
$210,111
|
Nil
|
$20,989
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$231,100
|
|
2013
|
$229,175
|
Nil
|
$100,538
|
$112,824
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$442,537
|
|
Robert Cann,
Vice President, Exploration
(9)
|
2015
|
$182,081
|
Nil
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$320,215
|
$502,296
|
2014
|
$210,111
|
Nil
|
$20,989
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$231,100
|
|
2013
|
$229,175
|
Nil
|
$95,095
|
$94,020
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$418,290
|
|
Susan McLeod,
Vice President, Legal Affairs & Corporate Secretary
|
2015
|
$182,081
|
Nil
|
$16,096
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$198,177
|
2014
|
$211,189
|
Nil
|
$20,989
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$232,178
|
|
2013
|
$230,350
|
Nil
|
$105,980
|
$112,824
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$449,154
|
|
Robert Cinits,
Vice President,
Corporate Development
|
2015
|
$182,081
|
Nil
|
$16,096
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$198,177
|
2014
|
$198,259
|
Nil
|
$20,989
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$219,248
|
|
2013
|
$192,742
|
Nil
|
$104,595
|
$84,618
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$381,955
|
(1) | The Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model for determining fair value of stock options issued at the grant date. The Company selected the Black-Scholes option-pricing model because it is widely used in estimating option based compensation values by Canadian and U.S. public companies. The practice of the Company is to grant all option based awards in Canadian currency, and then convert the grant date fair value amount to United States currency for reporting the value of the grants in the Company's financials. The conversion rate for each grant is the average of the rates quoted by the Bank of Canada as its noon spot rate of the last day of the three months in the quarter in which the grant is made. The conversion rates for the purpose of the grants in this table are presented below and are based on the applicable conversion rate on the date of grant, each as supplied by the Bank of Canada. |
(2) | The Company does not have a formal annual incentive program, however, bonuses are granted as determined by the Compensation Committee and approved by the Board on an individual basis. The Company does not presently have a pension incentive plan for any of its executive officers, including its NEOs. |
(3) | Other Compensation includes amounts paid out for vacation time earned, but not taken. |
(4) | All compensation is negotiated and settled in Canadian dollars. The exchange rate used to convert 2015 compensation to US$ is 1.3840 (2014 – 1.1601; 2013 – 1.0636). |
(5) | Mr. Crowe ceased to be President and CEO of the Company effective November 13, 2015. Mr. Crowe was also a director of the Company. Mr. Crowe did not receive compensation from the Company for acting as a director, and no portion of the total compensation disclosed above was received by Mr. Crowe as compensation for acting as a director. Mr. Crowe's severance payment resulting from termination of his employment is reported as Other Compensation. |
(6) | Mr. Scott was appointed Interim CEO effective November 16, 2015 under an Independent Contractor Agreement dated November 12, 2015. On November 16, 2015, Mr. Scott was granted options to purchase 500,000 Common Shares at an exercise price of C$0.35. All of the options vested on February 16, 2016. Mr. Scott received a signing bonus of C$25,000 on November 16, 2015. His consulting fee is reported as Other Compensation. |
(7) | Mr. Colwill resigned as an employee of the Company effective March 22, 2016. He continues to serve as the Company's CFO under a consulting agreement dated March 23, 2016. |
(8) | Ms. Forster ceased to be Executive Vice President of the Company effective November 13, 2015. Ms. Forster's severance payment resulting from termination of her employment is reported as Other Compensation. |
(9) | Mr. Cann ceased to be Vice President, Exploration of the Company effective December 31, 2015. Mr. Cann's severance payment resulting from termination of his employment is reported as Other Compensation. |
Name
|
Date of Grant
|
Expiry Date
|
Exercise Price (C$)
|
Options Granted
|
Exchange Rates to US$
|
Gregory Crowe
|
23-Dec-14
|
22-Dec-19
|
$0.21
|
300,000
|
C$1.16/US$1
|
19-Dec-13
|
19-Dec-18
|
$0.30
|
350,000
|
C$1.07/US$1
|
|
15-Mar-13
|
15-Mar-18
|
$0.56
|
450,000
|
C$1.02/US$1
|
|
Stephen Scott
|
16-Nov-15
|
15-Nov-20
|
$0.35
|
500,000
|
C$1.34/US$1
|
Bruce Colwill
|
4-Dec-15
|
3-Dec-20
|
$0.33
|
125,000
|
C$1.34/US$1
|
23-Dec-14
|
22-Dec-19
|
$0.21
|
250,000
|
C$1.16/US$1
|
|
19-Dec-13
|
19-Dec-18
|
$0.30
|
200,000
|
C$1.07/US$1
|
|
15-Mar-13
|
15-Mar-18
|
$0.56
|
375,000
|
C$1.02/US$1
|
|
Mona Forster
|
23-Dec-14
|
22-Dec-19
|
$0.21
|
225,000
|
C$1.16/US$1
|
19-Dec-13
|
19-Dec-18
|
$0.30
|
150,000
|
C$1.07/US$1
|
|
15-Mar-13
|
15-Mar-18
|
$0.56
|
350,000
|
C$1.02/US$1
|
|
Robert Cann
|
23-Dec-14
|
22-Dec-19
|
$0.21
|
225,000
|
C$1.16/US$1
|
19-Dec-13
|
19-Dec-18
|
$0.30
|
150,000
|
C$1.07/US$1
|
|
15-Mar-13
|
15-Mar-18
|
$0.56
|
325,000
|
C$1.02/US$1
|
|
Susan McLeod
|
4-Dec-15
|
3-Dec-20
|
$0.33
|
110,000
|
C$1.34/US$1
|
23-Dec-14
|
22-Dec-19
|
$0.21
|
225,000
|
C$1.16/US$1
|
|
19-Dec-13
|
19-Dec-18
|
$0.30
|
150,000
|
C$1.07/US$1
|
|
15-Mar-13
|
15-Mar-18
|
$0.56
|
375,000
|
C$1.02/US$1
|
|
Robert Cinits
|
4-Dec-15
|
3-Dec-20
|
$0.33
|
110,000
|
C$1.34/US$1
|
23-Dec-14
|
22-Dec-19
|
$0.21
|
225,000
|
C$1.16/US$1
|
|
19-Dec-13
|
19-Dec-18
|
$0.30
|
150,000
|
C$1.07/US$1
|
|
9-Apr-13
|
9-Apr-18
|
$0.32
|
50,000
|
C$1.02/US$1
|
|
15-Mar-13
|
15-Mar-18
|
$0.56
|
325,000
|
C$1.02/US$1
|
Option-based Awards
|
Share-based Awards
|
|||||
Name
|
Number of Securities underlying unexercised options
(#) |
Option exercise price
(C$)
|
Option expiration date
|
Value of unexercised
in-the-money options
(C$) |
Number of shares or
units of shares
that have not vested
(#) |
Market or payout value
of share-based awards
that have not vested
(#) |
Gregory Crowe
|
150,000
|
$1.25
|
January 6, 2017
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
450,000
|
$0.56
|
February 11, 2017
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
350,000
|
$0.30
|
February 11, 2017
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
300,000
|
$0.21
|
February 11, 2017
|
$24,000
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
Stephen Scott
|
500,000
|
$0.35
|
November 15, 2020
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Bruce Colwill
|
200,000
|
$3.47
|
January 4, 2016
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
100,000
|
$2.23
|
July 15, 2016
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
125,000
|
$1.25
|
September 20, 2016
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
375,000
|
$0.56
|
September 20, 2016
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
200,000
|
$0.30
|
September 20, 2016
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
250,000
|
$0.21
|
September 20, 2016
|
$20,000
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
Mona Forster
|
125,000
|
$1.25
|
February 11, 2016
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
350,000
|
$0.56
|
February 11, 2016
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
150,000
|
$0.30
|
February 11, 2016
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
Robert Cann
|
125,000
|
$1.25
|
September 28, 2016
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
325,000
|
$0.56
|
September 28, 2016
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
150,000
|
$0.30
|
September 28, 2016
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
225,000
|
$0.21
|
September 28, 2016
|
$18,000
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
Susan McLeod
|
125,000
|
$1.25
|
January 6, 2017
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
375,000
|
$0.56
|
March 15, 2018
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
150,000
|
$0.30
|
December 19, 2018
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
225,000
|
$0.21
|
December 22, 2019
|
$18,000
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
110,000
|
$0.33
|
December 3, 2020
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
Robert Cinits
|
150,000
|
$2.05
|
July 7, 2016
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
50,000
|
$1.25
|
January 6, 2017
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
325,000
|
$0.56
|
March 15, 2018
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
50,000
|
$0.32
|
April 9, 2018
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
150,000
|
$0.30
|
December 19, 2018
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
225,000
|
$0.21
|
December 22, 2019
|
$18,000
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
110,000
|
$0.33
|
December 3, 2020
|
$0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|
Name
|
Option-based awards –
Value vested during the year
(US$) (1) |
Share-based awards –
Value vested during the year
(US$) |
Non-equity incentive plan compensation –
Value earned during the year
(US$) |
Gregory Crowe
|
$0
(2)
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Stephen Scott
|
$0
(3)
|
Nil
|
$18,064
|
Bruce Colwill
|
$0
(4)
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Mona Forster
|
$0
(2)
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Robert Cann
|
$0
(2)
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Susan McLeod
|
$0
(5)
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Robert Cinits
|
$0
(5)
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
(1) | Value vested during the year is calculated by subtracting the exercise price of the option (being no less than the market price of the Company's Common Shares on the date of grant) from the market price of the Company's Common Shares on the date the option vested (being the closing price of the Company's shares on the TSX on the last trading day prior to the vesting date). |
(2) | No options were awarded or vested during the year. |
(3) | 500,000 options were awarded on November 16, 2015 at an exercise price of C$0.35. $0 vested because none of the options vested during 2015. Mr. Scott received a signing bonus of C$25,000 on November 16, 2015. |
(4) | 125,000 options were awarded on December 4, 2015 at an exercise price of C$0.33. $0 vested because all of the stock options vested in full on the award date. |
(5) | 110,000 options were awarded on December 4, 2015 at an exercise price of C$0.33. $0 vested because all of the stock options vested in full on the award date. |
Name
|
Options Exercised
|
Date Exercised
|
Exercise Price (C$)
|
Mona Forster
|
225,000
|
December 15, 2015
|
$0.21
|
(i) | the sale, transfer or disposition of the Company's assets in complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company; |
(ii) | the Company amalgamates, merges or enters into a plan of arrangement with another company at arm's length to the Company and its affiliates (the " Group " ), other than an amalgamation, merger or plan of arrangement that would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving or resulting entity) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the surviving or resulting entity outstanding immediately after such amalgamation, merger or plan of arrangement; or |
(iii) | any person or combination of persons at arm's length to the Group acquires or becomes the beneficial owner of, directly or indirectly, more than 20% of the voting securities of the Company, whether through the acquisition of previously issued and outstanding voting securities, or of voting securities that have not been previously issued, or any combination thereof, or any other transaction having a similar effect, and such person or combination of persons exercise(s) the voting power attached to such securities in a manner that causes the Incumbent Directors to cease to constitute a majority of the Board. |
(i) | a material change (other than a change that is clearly consistent with a promotion) in the NEO's position or duties, responsibilities, reporting relationship, title or office; |
(ii) | a reduction of the NEO's salary, benefits or any other form of remuneration or any change in the basis upon which such salary, benefits or other form of remuneration payable by the Company is determined; |
(iii) | forced relocation to another geographic area; |
(iv) | any material breach by the Company of a material provision of the employment agreement; or |
(v) | the failure by the Company to obtain an effective assumption of its obligations hereunder by any successor to the Company, including a successor to a material portion of its business. |
Name
(1)
|
Fees earned
(US$) |
Share-based awards
(US$) |
Option-based awards
(US$) (2) |
Non-equity incentive plan compensation
(US$) |
Pension value
(US$) |
All other compensation
(US$) |
Total
(US$) |
||||||||||||
Mark Bailey
|
$
|
21,857
|
Nil
|
$
|
10,975
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
32,832
|
||||||||
James Harris
|
$
|
23,633
|
Nil
|
$
|
21,950
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
45,583
|
||||||||
Michael Howard
|
$
|
62,946
|
Nil
|
$
|
10,975
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
73,921
|
||||||||
Alan Edwards
|
$
|
21,857
|
Nil
|
$
|
10,975
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
32,832
|
||||||||
Lindsay Bottomer
(3)
|
$
|
9,032
|
Nil
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
9,032
|
||||||||
Gorden Glenn
|
$
|
27,095
|
Nil
|
$
|
10,975
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
38,070
|
||||||||
Anna Stylianides
(4)
|
$
|
8,279
|
Nil
|
$
|
25,896
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
$
|
0
|
$
|
34,176
|
||||||||
(1) | In addition to being a director of the Company until his resignation effective November 13, 2015, Gregory Crowe was a NEO. For disclosure regarding Mr. Crowe's compensation, please refer to the Summary Compensation Table above. |
(2) | The Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model for determining fair value of stock options issued at the grant date. The Company selected the Black-Scholes option-pricing model because it is widely used in estimating option based compensation values by Canadian and U.S. public companies. The practice of the Company is to grant all option based awards in Canadian currency, and then convert the grant date fair value amount to U.S. currency for reporting the value of the grants in the Company's financials. The conversion rate for each grant is the average of the rates quoted by the Bank of Canada as its noon spot rate of the last day of the three months in the quarter in which the grant is made. The conversion rates for the purpose of the grants in this table are presented below and are based on the applicable conversion rate on the date of grant, each as supplied by the Bank of Canada. |
(3) | Lindsay Bottomer ceased to be a director of the Company on June 29, 2015. |
(4) | Anna Stylianides was appointed to the Board on July 13, 2015. On July 13, 2015, Ms. Stylianides was granted options to purchase 100,000 Common Shares at an exercise price of C$0.38. 50,000 options vested on July 13, 2015, 25,000 options vested on January 13, 2016 and 25,000 options will vest on July 13, 2016. |
Name
|
Date of Grant
|
Expiry Date
|
Exercise Price (C$)
|
Options Granted
|
Exchange Rates to US$
|
|||||||||
Mark Bailey
|
4-Dec-15
|
3-Dec-20
|
$
|
0.33
|
75,000
|
$
|
C$1.34/US$1
|
|||||||
James Harris
|
4-Dec-15
|
3-Dec-20
|
$
|
0.33
|
150,000
|
$
|
C$1.34/US$1
|
|||||||
Michael Howard
|
4-Dec-15
|
3-Dec-20
|
$
|
0.33
|
75,000
|
$
|
C$1.34/US$1
|
|||||||
Alan Edwards
|
4-Dec-15
|
3-Dec-20
|
$
|
0.33
|
75,000
|
$
|
C$1.34/US$1
|
|||||||
Gorden Glenn
|
4-Dec-15
|
3-Dec-20
|
$
|
0.33
|
75,000
|
$
|
C$1.34/US$1
|
|||||||
Anna Stylianides
|
4-Dec-15
|
3-Dec-20
|
$
|
0.33
|
110,000
|
$
|
C$1.34/US$1
|
|||||||
13-Jul-15
|
12-Jul-20
|
$
|
0.38
|
100,000
|
$
|
C$1.28/US$1
|
Option-based Awards
|
Share-based Awards
|
||||||||||||||
Name
(1)
|
Number of Securities underlying unexercised options
(#) |
Option exercise price
(C$) |
Option expiration date
|
Value of unexercised in-the-money options
(C$) |
Number of shares or units of shares that have not vested
(#) |
Market or payout value of share-based awards that have not vested
(#) |
|||||||||
Mark Bailey
|
100,000
|
$
|
1.25
|
January 6, 2017
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|||||||
230,000
|
$
|
0.56
|
March 15, 2018
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||
75,000
|
$
|
0.30
|
December 19, 2018
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||
100,000
|
$
|
0.21
|
December 22, 2019
|
$
|
8,000
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||
75,000
|
$
|
0.33
|
December 3, 2020
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||
James Harris
|
100,000
|
$
|
1.25
|
January 6, 2017
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|||||||
255,000
|
$
|
0.56
|
March 15, 2018
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||
75,000
|
$
|
0.30
|
December 19, 2018
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||
100,000
|
$
|
0.21
|
December 22, 2019
|
$
|
8,000
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||
150,000
|
$
|
0.33
|
December 3, 2020
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||
Michael Howard
|
100,000
|
$
|
1.25
|
January 6, 2017
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|||||||
255,000
|
$
|
0.56
|
March 15, 2018
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||
150,000
|
$
|
0.34
|
June 27, 2018
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||
100,000
|
$
|
0.30
|
December 19, 2018
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||
100,000
|
$
|
0.21
|
December 22, 2019
|
$
|
8,000
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||
75,000
|
$
|
0.33
|
December 3, 2020
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||
Alan Edwards
|
100,000
|
$
|
2.94
|
March 8, 2016
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|||||||
100,000
|
$
|
1.25
|
January 6, 2017
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||
230,000
|
$
|
0.56
|
March 15, 2018
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||
75,000
|
$
|
0.30
|
December 19, 2018
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||
100,000
|
$
|
0.21
|
December 22, 2019
|
$
|
8,000
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||
75,000
|
$
|
0.33
|
December 3, 2020
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||
Lindsay Bottomer
(2)
|
125,000
|
$
|
1.25
|
September 26, 2016
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|||||||
275,000
|
$
|
0.56
|
September 26, 2016
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||
75,000
|
$
|
0.30
|
September 26, 2016
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||
100,000
|
$
|
0.21
|
September 26, 2016
|
$
|
8,000
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||
Gorden Glenn
|
100,000
|
$
|
0.73
|
June 18, 2017
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|||||||
230,000
|
$
|
0.56
|
March 15, 2018
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||
100,000
|
$
|
0.30
|
December 19, 2018
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||
100,000
|
$
|
0.21
|
December 22, 2019
|
$
|
8,000
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||
75,000
|
$
|
0.33
|
December 3, 2020
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||
Anna Stylianides
|
100,000
|
$
|
0.38
|
July 12, 2020
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|||||||
75,000
|
$
|
0.33
|
December 3, 2020
|
$
|
0
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
(1) | In addition to being a director of the Company until his resignation effective November 13, 2015, Gregory Crowe was a NEO. For disclosure regarding Mr. Crowe's option-based awards, please refer to the incentive plan awards section above. |
(2) | Lindsay Bottomer ceased to be a director of the Company on June 29, 2015. |
Name
(1)
|
Option-based awards – Value vested during the year
(US$) (2) |
Share-based awards – Value vested during the year
(US$) |
Non-equity incentive plan compensation – Value earned during the year
(US$) |
Mark Bailey
|
$0
(3)
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
James Harris
|
$0
(4)
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Michael Howard
|
$0
(3)
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Alan Edwards
|
$0
(3)
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Lindsay Bottomer
|
$0
(5)
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Gorden Glenn
|
$0
(3)
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Anna Stylianides
|
$0
(3) (6)
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
(1) | In addition to being a director of the Company until his resignation effective November 13, 2015, Gregory Crowe was a NEO. For disclosure regarding Mr. Crowe's compensation, please refer to the summary compensation table above. |
(2) | Value vested during the year is calculated by subtracting the exercise price of the option (being no less than the market price of the Company's Common Shares on the date of grant) from the market price of the Company's Common Shares on the date the option vested (being the closing price of the Company's Common Shares on the TSX on the last trading day prior to the vesting date). |
(3) | 75,000 options were awarded on December 4, 2015 at an exercise price of C$0.33. $0 vested because all of the stock options vested in full on the award date . |
(4) | 150,000 options were awarded on December 4, 2015 at an exercise price of C$0.33. $0 vested because all of the stock options vested in full on the award date. |
(5) | No options were awarded or vested during the year. |
(6) | 100,000 options were awarded on July 13, 2015 at an exercise price of C$0.38. 50,000 options vested on July 13, 2015, with the balance vesting in 2016. $0 vested in 2015 because the stock options vested on the award date. |
(a) | monitoring and reporting to the Board regarding the effectiveness of the Board, as well as individual members, in discharging its and their responsibilities; |
(b) | in consultation with the President and CEO and, where appropriate, with other Board members, determining Board and shareholder calendars and agendas; |
(c) | leading the Board's periodic assessment of the job done by the CEO and his management team; |
(d) | taking the lead in the Company's adherence to the highest standards of corporate governance; |
(e) | facilitating an open flow of information between management and the Board; and |
(f) | presiding at meetings of the Board and the shareholders. |
D. | Employees |
E. | Share Ownership |
Name and municipality of residence
|
No. of Common Shares beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, or controlled (1) . |
No. of securities held on a fully-diluted basis
|
|||||
Mark Bailey
(2)
Arizona
U.S.A.
|
392,922
|
Shares:
|
392,922
|
||||
Warrants:
|
0
|
||||||
Stock options:
|
580,000
|
||||||
Total:
|
972,922
|
||||||
James Harris
(3)
British Columbia
Canada
|
443,062
|
Shares:
|
443,062
|
||||
Warrants:
|
0
|
||||||
Stock options:
|
680,000
|
||||||
Total:
|
1,123,062
|
||||||
Rt. Honourable Lord Howard of Lympne
London, UK
|
128,800
|
Shares:
|
128,800
|
||||
Warrants:
|
0
|
||||||
Stock options:
|
780,000
|
||||||
Total:
|
908,800
|
||||||
Alan Edwards
(4)
Arizona
U.S.A
|
158,000
|
Shares:
|
158,000
|
||||
Warrants
|
0
|
||||||
Stock options
|
580,000
|
||||||
Total
(5)
:
|
738,000
|
||||||
Gorden Glenn
(5)
Ontario
Canada
|
0
|
Shares:
|
0
|
||||
Warrants
|
0
|
||||||
Stock options
|
605,000
|
||||||
Total:
|
605,000
|
||||||
Anna Stylianides
(6)
California
U.S.A.
|
0
|
Shares:
|
0
|
||||
Warrants
|
0
|
||||||
Stock options
|
175,000
|
||||||
Total:
|
175,000
|
||||||
Stephen Scott
British Columbia
Canada
|
0
|
Shares:
|
0
|
||||
Warrants
|
0
|
||||||
Stock options
|
500,000
|
||||||
Total:
|
500,000
|
||||||
Bruce Colwill
(7)
British Columbia
Canada
|
25,700
|
Shares:
|
25,700
|
||||
Warrants
|
0
|
||||||
Stock options
|
1,175,000
|
||||||
Total
(8)
:
|
1,200,700
|
||||||
Robert Cinits
British Columbia
Canada
|
0
|
Shares:
|
0
|
||||
Warrants:
|
0
|
||||||
Stock Options:
|
1,060,000
|
||||||
Total:
|
1,060,000
|
||||||
Susan McLeod
British Columbia
Canada
|
9,500
|
Shares:
|
9,500
|
||||
Warrants:
|
0
|
||||||
Stock options:
|
985,000
|
||||||
Total:
|
994,500
|
(1) | Meaning an officer of the issuer, or a director or senior officer that has direct or indirect beneficial ownership of, control or direction over, or a combination of direct or indirect beneficial ownership of and control or direction over securities of the issuer carrying more than 10% of the voting rights attached to all the issuer's outstanding securities. |
(2) | Member of the Compensation Committee (chair), Audit Committee and Technical Committee. |
(3) | Member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee (chair) and Compensation Committee. |
(4) | Member of the Technical Committee (chair), Compensation Committee and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. |
(5) | Member of the Audit Committee (chair), Compensation Committee and Technical Committee. |
(6) | Member of the Audit Committee and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. |
(7) | Mr. Colwill resigned as an employee of the Company effective March 22, 2016. He continues to serve as the Company's CFO under a consulting agreement dated March 23, 2016. |
Plan Category
|
Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights
(a) |
Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights
(C$)
(b)
|
Number of securities remaining available for future issuances under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a))
(c)
(1)
|
Equity compensation plans approved by securityholders
|
13,208,000
|
$0.60
|
1,525,091
|
Equity compensation plans not approved by securityholders
|
500,000
(2)
|
N/A
|
Nil
|
Total
|
13,708,000
|
$0.60
|
1,525,091
|
(1) | The maximum aggregate number of Common Shares issuable pursuant to options granted under the Plan and outstanding from time to time may not exceed that number which represents 10% of the issued and outstanding Common Shares from time to time. The Company shall, at all times while the Plan is in effect, reserve a sufficient number of Common Shares to satisfy the requirements of the Plan. The Plan also provides that exercised options will automatically be available for subsequent grants and for the reservation and issuance of additional Common Shares pursuant to such options. Accordingly, the Plan constitutes both a "rolling" plan and an "evergreen" plan, and its renewal must be approved by the Company's shareholders every three years in accordance with the policies of the TSX. The Plan was last approved on June 26, 2014. |
(2) | On November 16, 2015, the Company agreed to grant to Stephen Scott, as an inducement for his service, up to 500,000 Common Shares. The Common Shares are issuable at the discretion of the Board, based on the achievement of certain performance criteria. The grant was made outside the Company's existing shareholder approved equity incentive plans and was approved by the independent members of the Company's Board as a material inducement to Mr. Scott's employment in reliance upon Section 711(a) of the NYSE MKT Company Guide. In the event the Board determines that shares are issuable to Mr. Scott, the Company may, at its option, satisfy its obligation by making a cash payment to Mr. Scott equivalent to the then market price of the Common Shares. |
A. | Major Shareholders |
Shareholder Name
|
Number of Shares
|
Percentage of Issued Shares
|
Rio Tinto International Holdings Limited
|
30,366,129
(1)
|
19.90%
|
Sandstorm Gold Ltd.
|
22,985,746
|
15.10%
|
Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec
|
12,381,400
|
8.10%
|
(1) | Rio Tinto International Holdings Limited holds 16,566,796 Common Shares directly. It also has a beneficial interest in 13,799,333 C ommon Shares held by Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. |
B. | Related Party Transactions |
C. | Interests of Experts and Counsel |
A. | Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information |
· | Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm's Report on Consolidated Financial Statements; |
· | Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2015 and 2014; |
· | Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014, 2013; |
· | Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity, including Balances as of December 31, 2012, December 31, 2013, December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2015; |
· | Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013; and |
· | Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013. |
B. | Significant Changes |
A. | Offer and Listing |
TSX
|
NYSE MKT
|
||||
(Canadian Dollars)
|
(United States Dollars)
|
||||
Last Five Fiscal Years
|
High
|
Low
|
High
|
Low
|
|
2015
|
0.66
|
0.18
|
0.51
|
0.08
|
|
2014
|
0.52
|
0.18
|
0.47
|
0.16
|
|
2013
|
0.62
|
0.25
|
0.62
|
0.22
|
|
2012
|
1.41
|
0.39
|
1.41
|
0.40
|
|
2011
|
3.40
|
1.05
|
3.52
|
1.00
|
Number of Options
|
Exercise Price
(CDN$)
|
Grant Date
|
||
100,000
|
$0.38
|
July 13, 2015
|
||
500,000
|
$0.35
|
November 16, 2015
|
||
1,070,000
|
$0.33
|
December 4, 2015
|
B. | Plan of Distribution |
C. | Markets |
D. | Selling Shareholders |
E. | Dilution |
F. | Expenses of the Issue |
A. | Share Capital |
B. | Memorandum and Articles of Association |
(a) | borrow money in such amount, in such manner, on such security, from such sources and upon such terms and conditions as they think fit; |
(b) | guarantee the repayment of money borrowed by any person or the performance of any obligation of any person; |
(c) | issue bonds, debentures, notes and other debt obligations either outright or as continuing security for any indebtedness or liability, direct or indirect, or obligation of the Company or of any other person; and |
(d) | mortgage, charge (whether by way of a specific or floating charge), grant a security interest in or give other security on the undertaking or on the whole or any part of the property and assets of the Company, both present and future. |
a. | transferring the Company's jurisdiction from British Columbia to another jurisdiction; |
b. | giving financial assistance under certain circumstances; |
c. | certain conflicts of interest by directors; |
d. | disposing of all or substantially all of the Company's undertakings; |
e. | certain alterations of share capital; |
f. | altering any restrictions on the Company's business; and |
g. | certain reorganizations of the Company. |
C. | Material Contracts |
1. | Amended and Restated Equity Participation and Funding Agreement dated February 14, 2013 and amended March 1, 2016 between Entrée Gold Inc. and Sandstorm Gold Ltd. |
2. | Joint Venture Agreement deemed effective June 30, 2008 between Entrée Gold Inc. and Ivanhoe Mines Mongolia Inc. XXK (now OTLLC). |
3. | Equity Participation and Earn-in Agreement dated October 15, 2004, between Entrée Gold Inc. and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (now Turquoise Hill), as amended on November 9, 2004 and subsequently assigned to Ivanhoe Mines Mongolia Inc. XXK (OTLLC) on March 1, 2005. |
D. | Exchange Controls |
E. | Taxation |
· | an individual who is a citizen or resident of the U.S.; |
· | a corporation (or other entity taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) organized under the laws of the U.S., any state thereof or the District of Columbia; |
· | an estate whose income is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or |
· | a trust that (1) is subject to the primary supervision of a court within the U.S. and the control of one or more U.S. persons for all substantial decisions or (2) has a valid election in effect under applicable Treasury Regulations to be treated as a U.S. person. |
F. | Dividends and Paying Agents |
G. | Statement by Experts |
H. | Documents on Display |
I. | Subsidiary Information |
A. | Disclosure Controls and Procedures |
B. | Management's Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting |
C. | Attestation Report of the Registered Public Accounting Firm |
D. | Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting |
2015 (US$)
|
2014 (US$)
|
|||||||
Audit Fees
(1)
|
$
|
36,127
|
$
|
51,720
|
||||
Audit Related Fees
(2)
|
$
|
11,778
|
$
|
19,393
|
||||
Tax Fees
(3)
|
$Nil
|
$Nil
|
||||||
All other fees
(4)
|
$
|
10,838
|
$Nil
|
|||||
Total:
|
$
|
58,743
|
$
|
71,113
|
(1) | Audits of the Company's consolidated financial statements, meetings with the Audit Committee and management with respect to annual filings, consulting and accounting standards and transactions, issuance of consent in connection with Canadian and United States securities filings. |
(2) | Audit-related fees paid for assurance and related services by the auditors that were reasonably related to the performance of the audit or the review of the Company's quarterly financial statements that are not included in Audit Fees . |
(3) | Tax compliance, taxation advice and tax planning for international operations. |
(4) | Surplus calculations for Entrée LLC for the years 2003 to 2014. |
· | Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm's Report on Consolidated Financial Statements; |
· | Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2015 and 2014; |
· | Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013; |
· | Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity, including Balances as of December 31, 2012, December 31, 2013, December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2015; |
· | Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013; and |
· | Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013. |
Vancouver, Canada
|
Chartered Professional Accountants
|
March 30, 2016
|
|
|
ENTRÉE GOLD INC.
|
||||||||||||
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
|
||||||||||||
(Expressed in United States dollars)
|
||||||||||||
Year Ended
December 31,
2015
|
Year Ended
December 31,
2014
|
Year Ended
December 31,
2013
|
||||||||||
EXPENSES
|
||||||||||||
Exploration (Note 6)
|
$
|
5,160,910
|
$
|
9,054,887
|
$
|
6,102,992
|
||||||
General and administration
|
4,730,904
|
4,151,910
|
6,638,262
|
|||||||||
Consultancy and advisory fees
|
125,000
|
830,623
|
1,941,130
|
|||||||||
Impairment of mineral property interests (Note 6)
|
-
|
552,095
|
437,732
|
|||||||||
Depreciation
|
42,528
|
65,517
|
102,941
|
|||||||||
Gain on sale of mineral property interests
|
-
|
(28,096
|
)
|
(451,892
|
)
|
|||||||
Foreign exchange gain
|
(2,919,459
|
)
|
(1,978,854
|
)
|
(1,113,728
|
)
|
||||||
Loss from operations
|
(7,139,883
|
)
|
(12,648,082
|
)
|
(13,657,437
|
)
|
||||||
Interest income (expense)
|
(412,077
|
)
|
30,154
|
171,143
|
||||||||
Loss from equity investee (Note 4)
|
(118,712
|
)
|
(107,907
|
)
|
(146,051
|
)
|
||||||
Fair value adjustment of asset backed commercial paper
|
-
|
-
|
147,564
|
|||||||||
Loss before income taxes
|
(7,670,672
|
)
|
(12,725,835
|
)
|
(13,484,781
|
)
|
||||||
Current income tax recovery (expense) (Note 11)
|
(218
|
)
|
123,255
|
(319,112
|
)
|
|||||||
Deferred income tax recovery (expense) (Note 11)
|
(160,173)
|
3,933,392
|
2,381,868
|
|||||||||
Net loss
|
$
|
(7,831,063
|
)
|
$
|
(8,669,188
|
)
|
$
|
(11,422,025
|
)
|
|||
Comprehensive loss:
|
||||||||||||
Net loss
|
$
|
(7,831,063
|
)
|
$
|
(8,669,188
|
)
|
$
|
(11,422,025
|
)
|
|||
Foreign currency translation adjustment (Note 14)
|
(4,928,225
|
)
|
(3,315,737
|
)
|
(2,787,404
|
)
|
||||||
Comprehensive loss:
|
$
|
(12,759,288
|
)
|
$
|
(11,984,925
|
)
|
$
|
(14,209,429
|
)
|
|||
Basic and diluted net loss per share
|
$
|
(0.05
|
)
|
$
|
(0.06
|
)
|
$
|
(0.08
|
)
|
|||
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding
|
147,036,578
|
146,883,700
|
143,847,888
|
ENTRÉE GOLD INC.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
(Expressed in United States dollars)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of
Shares
|
Common
Stock
|
Additional
Paid-in Capital
|
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
|
Accumulated
Deficit
|
Total
Stockholders' Equity
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2012
|
128,877,243
|
$
|
167,428,814
|
$
|
18,672,864
|
$
|
3,253,019
|
$
|
(141,026,787
|
)
|
$
|
48,327,910
|
||||||||||||
Shares issued:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Private placement
|
17,857,142
|
9,722,897
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
9,722,897
|
||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation
|
-
|
-
|
1,422,297
|
-
|
-
|
1,422,297
|
||||||||||||||||||
Share issuance costs
|
-
|
(86,636
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(86,636
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(2,787,404
|
)
|
-
|
(2,787,404
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
Net loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(11,422,025
|
)
|
(11,422,025
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2013
|
146,734,385
|
$
|
177,065,075
|
$
|
20,095,161
|
$
|
465,615
|
$
|
(152,448,812
|
)
|
$
|
45,177,039
|
||||||||||||
Shares issued:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mineral property interests
|
250,000
|
73,618
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
73,618
|
||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation
|
-
|
-
|
251,390
|
-
|
-
|
251,390
|
||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(3,315,737
|
)
|
-
|
(3,315,737
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
Net loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(8,669,188
|
)
|
(8,669,188
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2014
|
146,984,385
|
$
|
177,138,693
|
$
|
20,346,551
|
$
|
(2,850,122
|
)
|
$
|
(161,118,000
|
)
|
$
|
33,517,122
|
|||||||||||
Shares issued:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise of stock options
|
346,532
|
67,667
|
(26,532
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
41,135
|
|||||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation
|
-
|
-
|
197,375
|
-
|
-
|
197,375
|
||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(4,928,225
|
)
|
-
|
(4,928,225
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
Net loss
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(7,831,063
|
)
|
(7,831,063
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2015
|
147,330,917
|
$
|
177,206,360
|
$
|
20,517,394
|
$
|
(7,778,347
|
)
|
$
|
(168,949,063
|
)
|
$
|
20,996,344
|
ENTRÉE GOLD INC.
|
||||||||||||
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
||||||||||||
(Expressed in United States dollars)
|
||||||||||||
Year Ended
December 31,
2015
|
Year Ended
December 31,
2014
|
Year Ended
December 31,
2013
|
||||||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
|
||||||||||||
Net loss
|
$
|
(7,831,063
|
)
|
$
|
(8,669,188
|
)
|
$
|
(11,422,025
|
)
|
|||
Items not affecting cash:
|
||||||||||||
Depreciation
|
42,528
|
65,517
|
102,941
|
|||||||||
Stock-based compensation
|
197,375
|
251,390
|
1,422,297
|
|||||||||
Loss from equity investee
|
118,712
|
107,907
|
146,051
|
|||||||||
Interest expense
|
279,405
|
264,869
|
260,453
|
|||||||||
Deferred income tax expense (recovery)
|
160,173
|
|
(3,933,392
|
)
|
(2,381,868
|
)
|
||||||
Gain on sale of mineral property interests
|
-
|
(28,096
|
)
|
(451,892
|
)
|
|||||||
Impairment of mineral property interests
|
-
|
552,095
|
437,732
|
|||||||||
Unrealized foreign exchange gain
|
(2,988,185
|
)
|
(1,966,349
|
)
|
(919,289
|
)
|
||||||
Other items not affecting cash
|
11,992
|
38,075
|
44,202
|
|||||||||
Changes in assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||||||
Receivables
|
15,457
|
55,362
|
6,109
|
|||||||||
Prepaid expenses
|
439,319
|
(176,164
|
)
|
(22,569
|
)
|
|||||||
Other assets
|
(2,291
|
)
|
35,451
|
(3,592
|
)
|
|||||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
|
(264,914
|
)
|
784,886
|
760,600
|
||||||||
Deposit on metal credit delivering obligation
|
-
|
-
|
40,000,000
|
|||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
|
(9,821,492
|
)
|
(12,617,637
|
)
|
27,979,150
|
|||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
||||||||||||
Proceeds from issuance of capital stock
|
41,135
|
-
|
9,722,897
|
|||||||||
Share issue costs
|
-
|
-
|
(86,636
|
)
|
||||||||
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
41,135
|
-
|
9,636,261
|
|||||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
|
||||||||||||
Mineral property interests
|
(500,000
|
)
|
(100,000
|
)
|
(50,000
|
)
|
||||||
Reclamation deposits
|
(3,628
|
)
|
17,249
|
115,180
|
||||||||
Acquisition of equipment
|
(12,445
|
)
|
(13,074
|
)
|
(7,623
|
)
|
||||||
Proceeds from sale of royalty interest
|
-
|
-
|
5,000,000
|
|||||||||
Proceeds from sale of mineral property interests
|
-
|
28,096
|
451,892
|
|||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
(516,073
|
)
|
(67,729
|
)
|
5,509,449
|
|||||||
Effect of foreign currency translation on cash and
|
||||||||||||
cash equivalents
|
(435,008
|
)
|
(498,754
|
)
|
(679,152
|
)
|
||||||
Change in cash and cash equivalents
|
||||||||||||
during the year
|
(10,731,438
|
)
|
(13,184,120
|
)
|
42,445,708
|
|||||||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
|
33,517,096
|
46,701,216
|
4,255,508
|
|||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year
|
$
|
22,785,658
|
$
|
33,517,096
|
$
|
46,701,216
|
||||||
Cash paid for interest during the year
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||||
Cash paid for income taxes during the year
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2015
|
December 31, 2014
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated
|
Net Book
|
Accumulated
|
Net Book
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Cost
|
Depreciation
|
Value
|
Cost
|
Depreciation
|
Value
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Office equipment
|
$
|
57,207
|
$
|
46,282
|
$
|
10,925
|
$
|
81,314
|
$
|
60,877
|
$
|
20,437
|
||||||||||||
Computer equipment
|
276,534
|
231,335
|
45,199
|
363,823
|
290,361
|
73,462
|
||||||||||||||||||
Field equipment
|
181,925
|
134,245
|
47,680
|
217,036
|
141,797
|
75,239
|
||||||||||||||||||
Buildings
|
40,053
|
34,673
|
5,380
|
48,762
|
40,334
|
8,428
|
||||||||||||||||||
$
|
555,719
|
$
|
446,535
|
$
|
109,184
|
$
|
710,935
|
$
|
533,369
|
$
|
177,566
|
|
|
December 31,
2015
|
December 31,
2014
|
|||||||
Ann Mason
|
$
|
36,853,690
|
$
|
43,966,474
|
||||
Other
|
860,802
|
453,064
|
||||||
Total
|
$
|
37,714,492
|
$
|
44,419,538
|
Year Ended
December 31,
2015
|
Year Ended
December 31,
2014
|
Year Ended December 31, 2013
|
|||||||||||
US
|
$
|
3,507,357
|
$
|
7,066,997
|
|
$ |
3,940,264
|
||||||
Mongolia
|
1,488,452
|
1,672,341
|
1,355,493
|
||||||||||
Other
|
165,101
|
315,549
|
807,235
|
||||||||||
Total all locations
|
$
|
5,160,910
|
$
|
9,054,887
|
|
$ |
6,102,992
|
|
· | 25.7% of the Company's share of gold and silver, and 2.5% of the Company's share of copper, produced from the portion of the Shivee Tolgoi mining licence included in the Joint Venture Property; and |
· | 33.8% of the Company's share of gold and silver, and 2.5% of the Company's share of copper, produced from the Javhlant mining licence. |
|
Number of Options
|
Weighted Average Exercise Price (C$)
|
|||||||
Balance at December 31, 2012
|
9,223,000
|
1.98
|
||||||
Granted
|
7,560,000
|
0.47
|
||||||
Expired
|
(2,379,500
|
)
|
1.80
|
|||||
Forfeited
|
(3,000
|
)
|
1.25
|
|||||
Balance at December 31, 2013
|
14,400,500
|
1.22
|
||||||
Granted
|
2,815,000
|
0.21
|
||||||
Expired
|
(2,811,500
|
)
|
1.99
|
|||||
Forfeited
|
(625,000
|
)
|
1.43
|
|||||
Balance at December 31, 2014
|
13,779,000
|
0.85
|
||||||
Granted
|
1,670,000
|
0.34
|
||||||
Exercised
|
(346,532
|
)
|
0.22
|
|||||
Cancelled
|
(163,468
|
)
|
0.25
|
|||||
Expired
|
(1,472,500
|
)
|
2.75
|
|||||
Forfeited
|
(258,500
|
)
|
0.61
|
|||||
Balance at December 31, 2015
|
13,208,000
|
0.60
|
|
|
Year Ended
December 31,
2015
|
Year Ended
December 31,
2014
|
Year Ended
December 31,
2013
|
||||||||||
General and administration
|
$
|
175,541
|
$
|
215,497
|
$
|
1,127,621
|
||||||
Exploration
|
21,834
|
35,893
|
294,676
|
|||||||||
$
|
197,375
|
$
|
251,390
|
$
|
1,422,297
|
December 31,
2015
|
December 31,
2014
|
December 31,
2013
|
||||||||||
Risk-free interest rate
|
0.77
|
%
|
1.25
|
%
|
1.30
|
%
|
||||||
Expected life of options (years)
|
4.6
|
4.3
|
4.3
|
|||||||||
Annualized volatility
|
75
|
%
|
65
|
%
|
75
|
%
|
||||||
Dividend rate
|
0.00
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
0.00
|
%
|
||||||
Fair value per option
|
$
|
0.15
|
$
|
0.09
|
$
|
0.19
|
||||||
|
December 31,
2015
|
December 31,
2014
|
|||||||
Identifiable assets
|
||||||||
USA
|
$
|
38,323,231
|
$
|
46,949,474
|
||||
Canada
|
22,501,015
|
31,274,058
|
||||||
Other
|
838,239
|
1,466,966
|
||||||
$
|
61,662,485
|
$
|
79,690,498
|
Year Ended December 31, 2015
|
Year Ended December 31, 2014
|
Year Ended December 31, 2013
|
||||||||||
Loss for the year before income taxes
|
$
|
(7,670,672
|
)
|
$
|
(12,725,835
|
)
|
$
|
(13,484,781
|
)
|
|||
Statutory rate
|
26.00
|
%
|
26.00
|
%
|
25.75
|
%
|
||||||
Expected income tax recovery
|
(1,994,375
|
)
|
(3,308,717
|
)
|
(3,472,331
|
)
|
||||||
Permanent differences and other
|
(44,676
|
)
|
1,645,947
|
(78,811
|
)
|
|||||||
Difference in foreign tax rates
|
247,060
|
1,011,166
|
(366,039
|
)
|
||||||||
Effect of change in future tax rates
|
3,396,564
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Effect of dissolution of subsidiaries
|
6,338,818
|
(4,065,731
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||
Change in valuation allowance
|
(7,783,000
|
)
|
660,688
|
1,611,239
|
||||||||
Withholding taxes
|
-
|
-
|
243,186
|
|||||||||
Total income tax expense (recovery)
|
$
|
160,391
|
$
|
(4,056,647
|
)
|
$
|
(2,062,756
|
)
|
||||
Current income tax expense (recovery)
|
218
|
(123,255
|
)
|
319,112
|
||||||||
Deferred income tax expense (recovery)
|
160,173
|
(3,933,392
|
)
|
(2,381,868
|
)
|
|||||||
Total income taxes
|
$
|
160,391
|
$
|
(4,056,647
|
)
|
$
|
(2,062,756
|
)
|
|
Year Ended December 31, 2015
|
Year Ended December 31, 2014
|
|||||||
Deferred income tax assets:
|
||||||||
Non-capital loss carry forward
|
$
|
13,085,490
|
$
|
19,506,412
|
||||
Resource expenditures
|
4,610,549
|
7,259,556
|
||||||
Equipment
|
131,337
|
152,063
|
||||||
Share issue and legal costs
|
10,757
|
70,341
|
||||||
Other
|
1,925,091
|
5,015,648
|
||||||
19,763,224
|
32,004,020
|
|||||||
Valuation allowance
|
(16,576,867
|
)
|
(24,634,353
|
)
|
||||
Net deferred income tax assets
|
$
|
3,186,357
|
$
|
7,369,667
|
||||
Deferred income tax liabilities:
|
||||||||
Foreign exchange on loan
|
$
|
(306,065
|
)
|
$
|
(1,441,120
|
)
|
||
Mineral property interests
|
(6,447,589
|
)
|
(9,335,671
|
)
|
||||
Net deferred income tax liabilities
|
$
|
(6,753,654
|
)
|
$
|
(10,776,791
|
)
|
||
Net deferred income tax liabilities
|
$
|
(3,567,297
|
)
|
$
|
(3,407,124
|
)
|
|
Year Ended
December 31, 2015 |
Year Ended
December 31, 2014 |
Year Ended
December 31, 2013 |
||||||||||
Accumulated OCI(L), beginning of period:
|
||||||||||||
Currency translation adjustment
|
$
|
(2,850,122
|
)
|
$
|
465,615
|
$
|
3,253,019
|
|||||
OCL for the period:
|
||||||||||||
Currency translation adjustments
|
$
|
(4,928,225
|
)
|
$
|
(3,315,737
|
)
|
$
|
(2,787,404
|
)
|
|||
Accumulated OCI(L), end of period:
|
||||||||||||
Currency translation adjustment
|
$
|
(7,778,347
|
)
|
$
|
(2,850,122
|
)
|
$
|
465,615
|
||||
|
15. | SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE WITH RESPECT TO CASH FLOWS |
|
|
|
|
2016
|
247,906
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2017
|
71,578
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ 319,484
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exhibit Number
|
Name
|
|||
1.1
|
Certificate of Incorporation July 19, 1995 (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed with the SEC on October 12, 2004 (SEC File No.: 0-50982))
|
|||
1.2
|
Memorandum of Incorporation dated July 13, 1995 (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed with the SEC on October 12, 2004 (SEC File No.: 0-50982))
|
|||
1.3
|
Articles of Incorporation dated July 13, 1995 (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed with the SEC on October 12, 2004 (SEC File No.: 0-50982))
|
|||
1.4
|
Form 19 - Special Resolution filed November 5, 1997 (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed with the SEC on October 12, 2004 (SEC File No.: 0-50982))
|
|||
1.5
|
Form 19 - Special Resolution filed February 5, 2001 (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed with the SEC on October 12, 2004 (SEC File No.: 0-50982))
|
|||
1.6
|
Certificate of Name Change dated February 5, 2001 (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed with the SEC on October 12, 2004 (SEC File No.: 0-50982))
|
|||
1.7
|
Form 19 - Special Resolution filed October 9, 2002 (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed with the SEC on October 12, 2004 (SEC File No.: 0-50982))
|
|||
1.8
|
Certificate of Name Change dated October 9, 2002 (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed with the SEC on October 12, 2004 (SEC File No.: 0-50982))
|
|||
1.9
|
Letter regarding continuation to Yukon Territory (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed with the SEC on October 12, 2004 (SEC File No.: 0-50982))
|
|||
1.1
|
Certificate of Continuance (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed with the SEC on October 12, 2004 (SEC File No.: 0-50982))
|
|||
1.11
|
Articles of Continuance (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed with the SEC on October 12, 2004 (SEC File No.: 0-50982))
|
|||
1.12
|
Bylaw No. 1 (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed with the SEC on October 12, 2004 (SEC File No.: 0-50982))
|
|||
1.13
|
Certificate of Amendment dated June 16, 2004 (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form 10-SB filed with the SEC on October 12, 2004 (SEC File No.: 0-50982))
|
|||
4.1
|
Equity Participation and Earn-In Agreement dated October 15, 2004 between Entrée Gold Inc. and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form 10-SB/A filed with the SEC on December 10, 2004 (SEC File No.: 0-50982))
|
|||
Amendment to Equity Participation and Earn-In Agreement dated November, 2004 Entrée Gold Inc. and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.
|
||||
Amended and Restated Equity Participation and Funding Agreement dated February 14, 2013 and amended March 1, 2016 Entrée Gold Inc. and Sandstorm Gold Ltd.
|
||||
List of Subsidiaries
|
||||
Certification of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)
|
||||
Certification of the Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)
|
||||
Certificate of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
|
||||
Certificate of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
|
||||
Consent of Davidson & Company LLP, Chartered Accountants
|
||||
Consent of AGP Mining Consultants Inc.
|
||||
Consent of OreWin Pty Ltd
|
||||
99.4
|
Consent of Amec Foster Wheeler Americas Limited
|
|||
99.5
|
Consent of Robert Cinits
|
|
Entrée Gold Inc. | |
|
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Stephen Scott |
|
|
|
|
Name: | Stephen Scott |
|
|
|
|
Title:
|
Interim Chief Executive Officer |
|
|
|
|
Date: | March 30, 2016 |
A. | Ivanhoe and Entrée are parties to an Equity Participation and Earn-in Agreement dated as of the 15 th day of October, 2004 (the "Earn-in Agreement"); and |
B. | the parties wish to amend the Earn-in Agreement on the terms hereinafter provided; |
1. | Capitalized terms used in these recitals without definition have the meanings assigned to them in the Earn-in Agreement. |
2. | The parties hereby agree that the Joint Venture Agreement to be entered into by the parties pursuant to the terms of the Earn-in Agreement will be in the form attached hereto as Appendix "A", that all references in the Earn-in Agreement to the Joint Venture Agreement will be deemed to be a reference to the form of agreement attached hereto as Appendix"A" and that the condition in Section 7.3(b) of the Earn-in Agreement that the parties must have agreed to the form of the Joint Venture Agreement within 30 days of execution of the Earn-in Agreement has been satisfied. |
3. | Schedule "B" is hereby deleted from the Earn-in Agreement. |
4. | Section 5.5(a) of the Earn-in Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced by the following: |
1. | DEFINITIONS AND CROSS-REFERENCES |
1.1. | Definitions . |
1.2. | Cross-References |
1.3. | Exhibits |
2. | NAME, PURPOSES AND TERM |
2.1. | General. |
2.2. | Name |
2.3. | Purposes |
(a) | to conduct Exploration within the area of the Properties; |
(b) | to acquire additional real property and other interests within the area of the Properties; |
(c) | to evaluate the possible Development and Mining of the Properties, and, if justified, to engage in Development and Mining; |
(d) | to engage in Operations on the Properties; |
(e) | to engage in marketing Products, to the extent provided by Article 12; |
(f) | to complete and satisfy all Environmental Compliance obligations and Continuing Obligations affecting the Properties; and |
(g) | to perform any other activity necessary, appropriate, or incidental to any of the foregoing. |
2.4. | Limitation |
2.5. | Term |
2.6. | Mongolian Subsidiary |
3. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; INDEMNITIES |
3.1. | Representations and Warranties of Both Participants |
(a) | it is a corporation duly organized and in good standing in its jurisdiction of incorporation and is qualified to do business and is in good standing in those jurisdictions where necessary in order to carry out the purposes of this Agreement; |
(b) | it has the capacity to enter into and perform this Agreement and all transactions contemplated herein and that all corporate, board of directors and shareholder actions required to authorize it to enter into and perform this Agreement have been properly taken; |
(c) | it will not breach any other agreement or arrangement by entering into or performing this Agreement; |
(d) | it is not subject to any governmental order, judgment, decree, debarment, sanction or Laws that would preclude the permitting or implementation of Operations under this Agreement; and |
(e) | this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by it and is valid and binding upon it in accordance with its terms. |
3.2. | No Encumbrances |
3.3. | Disclosures |
3.4. | Record Title |
3.5. | Loss of Title |
3.6. | Royalties, Production Taxes and Other Payments Based on Production |
3.7. | Indemnities/Limitation of Liability |
(a) | Each Participant shall indemnify the other Participant, its directors, officers, employees, agents and attorneys, or Affiliates (collectively "Indemnified Participant") from and against the entire amount of any Loss. A " Loss" shall mean all costs, expenses, damages or liabilities, including attorneys' fees and other costs of litigation (either threatened or pending) arising out of or based on a breach by a Participant ("Indemnifying Participant") of any representation, warranty or covenant contained in this Agreement, including without limitation: |
(i) | any failure by a Participant to determine accurately and make timely payment of its proportionate share of required royalties, production taxes and other payments out of production to third parties as required by Section 3.6; |
(ii) | any action taken for or obligation or responsibility assumed on behalf of the other Participant, its directors, officers, employees, agents and attorneys, or Affiliates by a Participant, any of its directors, officers, employees, agents and attorneys, or Affiliates, in violation of Section 4.1; |
(iii) | failure of a Participant or its Affiliates to comply with the provisions of Section 13.5 or Article 14; and |
(iv) | failure of a Participant or its Affiliates to comply with the pre-emptive right under Section 17.3 and Exhibit H. |
(b) | If any claim or demand is asserted against an Indemnified Participant in respect of which such Indemnified Participant may be entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, written notice of such claim or demand shall promptly be given to the Indemnifying Participant. The Indemnifying Participant shall have the right, but not the obligation, by notifying the Indemnified Participant within thirty (30) days after its receipt of the notice of the claim or demand, to assume the entire control of (subject to the right of the Indemnified Participant to participate, at the Indemnified Participant's expense and with counsel of the Indemnified Participant's choice), the defense, compromise, or settlement of the matter, including, at the Indemnifying Participant's expense, employment of counsel of the Indemnifying Participant's choice. Any damages to the assets or business of the Indemnified Participant caused by a failure by the Indemnifying Participant to defend, compromise, or settle a claim or demand in a reasonable and expeditious manner requested by the Indemnified Participant, after the Indemnifying Participant has given notice that it will assume control of the defense, compromise, or settlement of the matter, shall be included in the damages for which the Indemnifying Participant shall be obligated to indemnify the Indemnified Participant. Any settlement or compromise of a matter by the Indemnifying Participant shall include a full release of claims against the Indemnified Participant which has arisen out of the indemnified claim or demand. |
4. | RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTICIPANTS |
4.1. | No Partnership |
4.2. | Taxation |
4.3. | Other Business Opportunities |
4.4. | Waiver of Rights to Partition or Other Division of Assets |
4.5. | Transfer or Termination of Rights to Properties |
4.6. | Implied Covenants |
4.7. | No Third Party Beneficiary Rights |
5. | INTERESTS OF PARTICIPANTS |
5.1. | Participants' Initial Contributions |
5.2. | Value of Initial Contributions |
5.3. | Initial Participating Interests |
i) | In the circumstances described in section 4.5(a) of the Earn-in Agreement the blanks are completed Ivanhoe - 51% and Entrée - 49%. |
ii) | In the circumstances described in section 4.5(b) of the Earn-in Agreement the blanks are completed Ivanhoe - 60% and Entrée - 40%. |
iii) | In the circumstances described in section 4.5(c) of the Earn-in Agreement the blanks are completed Ivanhoe - 80% and Entrée - 20% and add the following text: |
5.4. | Additional Contributions |
5.5. | Changes in Participating Interests |
(a) | upon deemed withdrawal or termination as provided in Section 5.6, and Article 13; |
(b) | upon an election by either Participant pursuant to Section 8.5 to contribute less to an adopted Program and Budget than the percentage equal to its Participating Interest, or to contribute nothing to an adopted Program and Budget or an election by Entrée pursuant to Section 4.6(b) of the Earn-in Agreement to sole fund the first $400,000 of costs under the first adopted Program and Budget; |
(c) | in the event of default by either Participant in making its agreed-upon contribution to an adopted Program and Budget, followed by an election by the other Participant to invoke any of the remedies in Section 9.5; |
(d) | upon Transfer by either Participant of part or all of its Participating Interest in accordance with Article 17; or |
(e) | upon acquisition by either Participant of part or all of the Participating Interest of the other Participant, however arising, including without limitation pursuant to Section 4.6 or Section 4.7 of the Earn-in Agreement. |
5.6. | Elimination of Minority Interest |
(a) | A Reduced Participant whose Recalculated Participating Interest becomes less than ten percent (10%) shall be deemed to have withdrawn from the Business and shall relinquish its entire Participating Interest free and clear of any Encumbrances arising by, through or under the Reduced Participant, except any such Encumbrances listed in Paragraph 1.1 of Exhibit A or to which the Participants have agreed. Such relinquished Participating Interest shall be deemed to have accrued automatically to the other Participant. The Reduced Participant shall have the right to receive two percent (2%) of Net Smelter Returns, if any. |
(b) | The relinquishment, withdrawal and entitlements for which this Section provides shall be effective as of the effective date of the recalculation under Sections 8.5 or 9.5. However, if the final adjustment provided under Section 8.5 for any recalculation under Section 8.6 results in a Recalculated Participating Interest of greater than ten percent (10%): (i) the Recalculated Participating Interest shall be deemed, effective retroactively as of the first day of the Program Period, to have automatically revested; (ii) the Reduced Participant shall be reinstated as a Participant, with all of the rights and obligations pertaining thereto; (iii) the right to Net Smelter Returns under Subsection 5.6(a) shall terminate; and (iv) the Manager, on behalf of the Participants, shall make any necessary reimbursements, reallocations of Products, contributions and other adjustments as provided in Subsection 8.6(d). Similarly, if such final adjustment under Section 8.6 results in a Recalculated Participating Interest for either Participant of ten percent (10%) or less for a Program Period as to which the provisional calculation under Section 8.5 had not resulted in a Participating Interest of ten percent (10%) or less, then such Participant, at its election within thirty (30) days after notice of the final adjustment, may contribute an amount resulting in a revised final adjustment and resultant Recalculated Participating Interest which is greater than ten percent (10%). If no such election is made, such Participant shall be deemed to have withdrawn under the terms of Subsection 5.6(a) as of the beginning of such Program Period, and the Manager, on behalf of the Participants, shall make any necessary reimbursements, reallocations of Products, contributions and other adjustments as provided in Subsection 8.6(d), including of any Net Smelter Returns to which such Participant may be entitled for such Program Period. |
5.7. | Continuing Liabilities Upon Adjustments of Participating Interests |
5.8. | Documentation of Adjustments to Participating Interests |
5.9. | Grant of Lien and Security Interest |
(a) | Subject to Section 5.10, each Participant grants to the other Participant a lien upon and a security interest in its Participating Interest, including all of its right, title and interest in the Assets, whenever acquired or arising, and the proceeds from and accessions to the foregoing. |
(b) | The liens and security interests granted by Subsection 5.9(a) shall secure every obligation or liability of the Participant granting such lien or security interest created under this Agreement, including the obligation to repay a Cover Payment in accordance with Section 9.4. Each Participant hereby agrees to take all action necessary to perfect such lien and security interest and hereby appoints the other Participant its attorney-in-fact to execute, file and record all financing statements and other documents necessary to perfect or maintain such lien and security interest. |
5.10. | Subordination of Interests |
6. | MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE |
6.1. | Organization and Composition |
6.2. | Decisions |
6.3. | Meetings |
(a) | The Management Committee shall hold regular meetings at least quarterly in Vancouver, British Columbia or at other agreed places. The Manager shall give thirty (30) days notice to the Participants of such meetings. Additionally, either Participant may call a special meeting upon seven (7) days notice to the other Participant. In case of an emergency, reasonable notice of a special meeting shall suffice. There shall be a quorum if at least one member representing each Participant is present; provided, however, that if a Participant fails to attend two consecutive properly called meetings, then a quorum shall exist at the second meeting if the other Participant is represented by at least one appointed member, and a vote of such Participant shall be considered the vote required for the purposes of the conduct of all business properly noticed even if such vote would otherwise require unanimity. |
(b) | If business cannot be conducted at a regular or special meeting due to the lack of a quorum, either Participant may call the next meeting upon seven (7) days notice to the other Participant. |
(c) | Each notice of a meeting shall include an itemized agenda prepared by the Manager in the case of a regular meeting or by the Participant calling the meeting in the case of a special meeting, but any matters may be considered if either Participant adds the matter to the agenda at least five (5) days before the meeting or with the consent of the other Participant. The Manager shall prepare minutes of all meetings and shall distribute copies of such minutes to the other Participant within thirty (30) days after the meeting. Either Participant may electronically record the proceedings of a meeting with the consent of the other Participant. The other Participant shall sign and return or object to the minutes prepared by the Manager within thirty (30) days after receipt, and failure to do either shall be deemed acceptance of the minutes as prepared by the Manager. The minutes, when signed or deemed accepted by both Participants, shall be the official record of the decisions made by the Management Committee. Decisions made at a Management Committee meeting shall be implemented in accordance with adopted Programs and Budgets. If a Participant timely objects to minutes proposed by the Manager, the members of the Management Committee shall seek, for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days from receipt by the Manager of notice of the objections, to agree upon minutes acceptable to both Participants. If the Management Committee does not reach agreement on the minutes of the meeting within such thirty (30) day period, the minutes of the meeting as prepared by the Manager together with the other Participant's proposed changes shall collectively constitute the record of the meeting. If personnel employed in Operations are required to attend a Management Committee meeting, reasonable costs incurred in connection with such attendance shall be charged to the Business Account. All other costs shall be paid by the Participants individually. |
6.4. | Action Without Meeting in Person |
6.5. | Matters Requiring Approval |
7. | MANAGER |
7.1. | Appointment |
7.2. | Powers and Duties of Manager |
(a) | the Manager shall manage, direct and control Operations, and shall prepare and present to the Management Committee proposed Programs and Budgets as provided in Article 8; |
(b) | the Manager shall implement the decisions of the Management Committee, shall make all expenditures necessary to carry out adopted Programs, and shall promptly advise the Management Committee if it lacks sufficient funds to carry out its responsibilities under this Agreement; |
(c) | the Manager shall use reasonable efforts to: |
(i) | purchase or otherwise acquire all material, supplies, equipment, water, utility and transportation services required for Operations, such purchases and acquisitions to be made to the extent reasonably possible on the best terms available, taking into account all of the circumstances; |
(ii) | obtain such customary warranties and guarantees as are available in connection with such purchases and acquisitions; and |
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(iii) | keep the Assets free and clear of all Encumbrances, except any such Encumbrances listed in Paragraph 1.1 of Exhibit A and those existing at the time of, or created concurrent with, the acquisition of such Assets, or mechanic's or materialmen's liens (which shall be contested, released or discharged in a diligent matter) or Encumbrances specifically approved by the Management Committee. |
(d) | the Manager shall conduct such title examinations of the Properties and cure such title defects pertaining to the Properties as may be advisable in its reasonable judgment; |
(e) | the Manager shall: |
(i) | make or arrange for all payments required by leases, licenses, permits, contracts and other agreements related to the Assets, |
(ii) | pay all taxes, assessments and like charges on Operations and Assets except taxes determined or measured by a Participant's sales revenue or net income and taxes, including production taxes, attributable to a Participant's share of Products, and shall otherwise promptly pay and discharge expenses incurred in Operations; provided, however, that if authorized by the Management Committee, the Manager shall have the right to contest (in the courts or otherwise) the validity or amount of any taxes, assessments or charges if the Manager deems them to be unlawful, unjust, unequal or excessive, or to undertake such other steps or proceedings as the Manager may deem reasonably necessary to secure a cancellation, reduction, readjustment or equalization thereof before the Manager shall be required to pay them, but in no event shall the Manager permit or allow title to the Assets to be lost as the result of the non-payment of any taxes, assessments or like charges, and |
(iii) | do all other acts reasonably necessary to maintain the Assets; |
(f) | the Manager shall: |
(i) | apply for all necessary permits, licenses and approvals, |
(ii) | comply with all Laws, |
(iii) | notify promptly the Management Committee of any allegations of substantial violation thereof, and |
(iv) | prepare and file all reports or notices; |
(g) | the Manager shall prosecute and defend, but shall not initiate without consent of the Management Committee, all litigation or administrative proceedings arising out of Operations. The non-managing Participant shall have the right to participate, at its own expense, in such litigation or administrative proceedings. The non-managing Participant shall approve in advance any settlement involving payments, commitments or obligations in excess of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in cash or value; |
(h) | the Manager shall provide insurance for the benefit of the Participants as provided in Exhibit F or as may otherwise be determined from time to time by the Management Committee; |
(i) | the Manager may dispose of Assets, whether by abandonment, surrender, or Transfer in the ordinary course of business, except that Properties may be abandoned or surrendered only as provided in Article 15. Without prior authorization from the Management Committee, however, the Manager shall not: |
(i) | dispose of Assets in any one transaction (or in any series of related transactions) having a value in excess of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), |
(ii) | enter into any sales contracts or commitments for Product, except as permitted in Section 12.2, |
(iii) | begin a liquidation of the Business, or |
(iv) | dispose of all or a substantial part of the Assets necessary to achieve the purposes of the Business; |
(j) | the Manager shall have the right to carry out its responsibilities hereunder through agents, Affiliates or independent contractors; |
(k) | the Manager shall perform or cause to be performed any and all work and make any and all filings and do all such other lawful things, and shall pay all Governmental Fees required by Law, in order to maintain the Properties in good standing; |
(l) | the Manager shall keep and maintain all required accounting and financial records pursuant to the procedures described in Exhibit B and in accordance with customary cost accounting practices in the mining industry, and shall ensure appropriate separation of accounts unless otherwise agreed by the Participants; |
(m) | the Manager shall maintain Equity Accounts for each Participant. Each Participant's Equity Account shall be credited with the value of its Initial Contribution under Sections 5.2 and shall be credited with amounts contributed by such Participant under Section 5.4. Each Participant's Equity Account shall be charged with the cash and the fair market value of property distributed to such Participant (net of liabilities assumed by such Participant and liabilities to which such distributed property is subject). Contributions and distributions shall include all cash contributions or distributions plus the agreed value (expressed in dollars) of all in-kind contributions or distributions. Solely for purposes of determining the Equity Account balances of the Participants, the Manager shall reasonably estimate the fair market value of all Products distributed to the Participants, and such estimated value shall be used regardless of the actual amount received by each Participant upon disposition of such Products; |
(n) | the Manager shall keep the Management Committee advised of all Operations by submitting in writing to the members of the Management Committee: |
(i) | monthly progress reports that include statements of expenditures and comparisons of such expenditures to the adopted Budget, |
(ii) | quarterly summaries of data acquired, |
(iii) | copies of reports concerning Operations, |
(iv) | a detailed final report within sixty (60) days after completion of each Program and Budget, which shall include comparisons between actual and budgeted expenditures and comparisons between the objectives and results of Programs, and |
(v) | such other reports as any member of the Management Committee may reasonably request. |
(o) | the Manager shall prepare an Environmental Compliance plan for all Operations consistent with the requirements of any applicable Laws or contractual obligations and shall include in each Program and Budget sufficient funding to implement the Environmental Compliance plan and to satisfy the financial assurance requirements of any applicable Law or contractual obligation pertaining to Environmental Compliance. To the extent practical, the Environmental Compliance plan shall incorporate concurrent reclamation of Properties disturbed by Operations; |
(p) | the Manager shall undertake to perform Continuing Obligations when and as economic and appropriate, whether before or after termination of the Business. The Manager shall have the right to delegate performance of Continuing Obligations to persons having demonstrated skill and experience in relevant disciplines. As part of each Program and Budget submittal, the Manager shall specify in such Program and Budget the measures to be taken for performance of Continuing Obligations and the cost of such measures. The Manager shall keep the other Participant reasonably informed about the Manager's efforts to discharge Continuing Obligations. Authorized representatives of each Participant shall have the right from time to time to enter the Properties to inspect work directed toward satisfaction of Continuing Obligations and audit books, records, and accounts related thereto; |
(q) | the funds that are to be deposited into the Environmental Compliance Fund shall be maintained by the Manager in a separate, interest bearing cash management account, which may include, but is not limited to, money market investments and money market funds, and/or in longer term investments if approved by the Management Committee. Such funds shall be used solely for Environmental Compliance and Continuing Obligations, including the committing of such funds, interests in property, insurance or bond policies, or other security to satisfy Laws regarding financial assurance for the reclamation or restoration of the Properties, and for other Environmental Compliance requirements; |
(r) | if Participating Interests are adjusted in accordance with this Agreement the Manager shall propose from time to time one or more methods for fairly allocating costs for Continuing Obligations; |
(s) | the Manager shall undertake all other activities reasonably necessary to fulfil the foregoing, and to implement the policies, objectives, procedures, methods and actions determined by the Management Committee pursuant to Section 6.1. |
7.3. | Standard of Care |
7.4. | Resignation; Deemed Offer to Resign |
(a) | the aggregate Participating Interest of the Manager and its Affiliates becomes less than fifty percent (50%); |
(b) | the Manager fails to perform a material obligation imposed upon it under this Agreement and such failure continues for a period of sixty (60) days after notice from the other Participant demanding performance; |
(c) | the Manager fails to pay or contest in good faith its bills and Business debts as such obligations become due; |
(d) | a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for a substantial part of its assets is appointed and such appointment is neither made ineffective nor discharged within sixty (60) days after the making thereof, or such appointment is consented to, requested by, or acquiesced in by the Manager; |
(e) | the Manager commences a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect; or consents to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law or to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of any substantial part of its assets; or makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or takes corporate or other action in furtherance of any of the foregoing; or |
(f) | entry is made against the Manager of a judgment, decree or order for relief affecting its ability to serve as Manager, or a substantial part of its Participating Interest or its other assets by a court of competent jurisdiction in an involuntary case commenced under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law of any jurisdiction now or hereafter in effect. |
7.5. | Payments To Manager |
7.6. | Transactions With Affiliates |
7.7. | Activities During Deadlock |
8. | PROGRAMS AND BUDGETS |
8.1. | Operations Pursuant to Programs and Budgets |
8.2. | Programs which Benefit Oyu Tolgoi |
(a) | Ivanhoe shall bear and pay for one hundred percent (100%) of such costs allocated to the Oyu Tolgoi Property and all associated liabilities including for Environmental Compliance; and |
(b) | the balance of such costs shall be borne and paid by the Participants in accordance with their respective Participating Interests, subject to any elections made under Subsection 8.5(a). |
8.3. | Presentation of Programs and Budgets |
8.4. | Review and Adoption of Proposed Programs and Budgets |
(a) | notice that the Participant approves any or all of the components of the proposed Program and Budget; |
(b) | modifications proposed by the Participant to the components of the proposed Program and Budget; or |
(c) | notice that the Participant rejects any or all of the components of the proposed Program and Budget. |
8.5. | Election to Participate |
(a) | By notice to the Management Committee within twenty (20) days after the final vote adopting a Program and Budget, and notwithstanding its vote concerning adoption of a Program and Budget, a Participant may elect to participate in the approved Program and Budget: |
(i) | in proportion to its respective Participating Interest, |
(ii) | in some lesser amount than its respective Participating Interest, or |
(iii) | not at all; |
(b) | If a Participant elects to contribute to an adopted Program and Budget some lesser amount than in proportion to its respective Participating Interest, or not at all, and the other Participant elects to fund all or any portion of the deficiency, the Participating Interest of the Reduced Participant shall be provisionally recalculated as follows: |
(i) | for an election made before Payout, by dividing: (A) the sum of (1) the amount credited to the Reduced Participant's Equity Account with respect to its Initial Contribution under Section 5.2, (2) the total of all of the Reduced Participant's contributions under Section 5.4, and (3) the amount, if any, the Reduced Participant elects to contribute to the adopted Program and Budget; by (B) the sum of (1), (2) and (3) above for both Participants; and then multiplying the result by one hundred; or |
(ii) | for an election made after Payout, by reducing its Participating Interest in an amount equal to two (2) times the amount by which it would have been reduced under Subsection 8.5(b)(i) if such election were made before Payout. |
(c) | Whenever the Participating Interests are recalculated pursuant to this Section 8.5, the Equity Accounts of both Participants shall be revised to bear the same ratio to each other as their recalculated Participating Interests. |
8.6. | Recalculation or Restoration of Reduced Interest Based on Actual Expenditures |
(a) | If a Participant makes an election under Subsection 8.5(a)(ii) or (iii), then within thirty (30) days after the conclusion of such Program and Budget, the Manager shall report the total amount of money expended plus the total obligations incurred by the Manager for such Budget. |
(b) | If the Manager expended or incurred obligations that were more or less than the adopted Budget, the Participating Interests shall be recalculated pursuant to Subsection 8.5(b) by substituting each Participant's actual contribution to the adopted Budget for that Participant's estimated contribution at the time of the Reduced Participant's election under Subsection 8.5(a). |
(c) | If the Manager expended or incurred obligations of less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the adopted Budget, within ten (10) days of receiving the Manager's report on expenditures, the Reduced Participant may notify the other Participant of its election to reimburse the other Participant for the difference between any amount contributed by the Reduced Participant to such adopted Program and Budget and the Reduced Participant's proportionate share (at the Reduced Participant's former Participating Interest) of the actual amount expended or incurred for the Program, plus interest on the difference accruing at the rate described in Section 9.3 plus four (4) percentage points. The Reduced Participant shall deliver the appropriate amount (including interest) to the other Participant with such notice. Failure of the Reduced Participant to so notify and tender such amount shall result in dilution occurring in accordance with this Article 8 and shall bar the Reduced Participant from its rights under this Subsection 8.5(c) concerning the relevant adopted Program and Budget. |
(d) | All recalculations under this Article 8 shall be effective as of the first day of the Program Period for the Program and Budget. The Manager, on behalf of both Participants, shall make such reimbursements, reallocations of Products, contributions and other adjustments as are necessary so that, to the extent possible, each Participant will be placed in the position it would have been in had its Participating Interests as recalculated under this Article 8 been in effect throughout the Program Period for such Program and Budget. If the Participants are required to make contributions, reimbursements or other adjustments pursuant to this Section, the Manager shall have the right to purchase or sell a Participant's share of Products in the same manner as under Section 12.2 and to apply the proceeds of such sale to satisfy that Participant's obligation to make such contributions, reimbursements or adjustments. |
(e) | Whenever the Participating Interests are recalculated pursuant to this Article 8, the Participants' Equity Accounts shall be revised to bear the same ratio to each other as their Recalculated Participating Interests. |
8.7. | Pre-Feasibility Study Program and Budgets |
(a) |
At such time as either Participant is of the good faith and reasonable opinion that economically viable Mining Operations may be possible on the Properties, the Participant may propose to the Management Committee that a Pre-Feasibility Study Program and Budget, or a Program and Budget that includes Pre-Feasibility Studies, be prepared. Such proposal shall be made in writing to the other Participant, shall reference the data upon which the proposing Participant bases its opinion, and shall call a meeting of the Management Committee pursuant to Section 6.3. If such proposal is adopted by the Management Committee, the Manager shall prepare or have prepared a Pre-Feasibility Study Program and Budget as approved by the Management Committee and shall submit the same to the Management Committee within thirty (30) days following adoption of the proposal or such other period of time as the Management Committee may prescribe based on a good faith pre-estimate of the time actually required under the circumstances.
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(b) | Pre-Feasibility Studies may be conducted by the Manager, Feasibility Contractors, or both, or may be conducted by the Manager and audited by Feasibility Contractors, as the Management Committee determines. A Pre-Feasibility Study Program shall include the work necessary to prepare and complete the Pre-Feasibility Study approved in the proposal adopted by the Management Committee, which may include some or all of the following: |
(i) | analyses of various alternatives for mining, processing and beneficiation of Products; |
(ii) | analyses of alternative mining, milling, and production rates; |
(iii) | analyses of alternative sites for placement of facilities (i.e., water supply facilities, transport facilities, reagent storage, offices, shops, warehouses, stock yards, explosives storage, handling facilities, housing, public facilities); |
(iv) | analyses of alternatives for waste treatment and handling (including a description of each alternative of the method of tailings disposal and the location of the proposed disposal site); |
(v) | estimates of recoverable proven and probable reserves of Products and of related substances, in terms of technical and economic constraints (extraction and treatment of Products), including the effect of grade, losses, and impurities, and the estimated mineral composition and content thereof, and review of mining rates commensurate with such reserves; |
(vi) | analyses of environmental impacts of the various alternatives, including an analysis of the permitting, environmental liability and other Environmental Law implications of each alternative, and costs of Environmental Compliance for each alternative; |
(vii) | conduct of appropriate metallurgical tests to determine the efficiency of alternative extraction, recovery and processing techniques, including an estimate of water, power, and reagent consumption requirements; |
(viii) | conduct of hydrology and other studies related to any required dewatering; and |
(ix) | conduct of other studies and analyses approved by the Management Committee. |
(c) | The Manager shall have the discretion to base its and any Feasibility Contractors' Pre-Feasibility Study on the cumulative results of each discipline studied, so that if a particular portion of the work would result in the conclusion that further work based on these results would be unwarranted for a particular alternative, the Manager shall have no obligation to continue expenditures on other Pre-Feasibility Studies related solely to such alternative. |
8.8. | Completion of Pre-Feasibility Studies and Selection of Approved Alternatives |
(a) | the results of the analyses of the alternatives and other matters evaluated in the conduct of the Pre-Feasibility Programs; |
(b) | reasonable estimates of capital costs for the Development and start-up of the mine, mill and other processing and ancillary facilities required by the Development and Mining alternatives evaluated (based on flowsheets, piping and instrumentation diagrams, and other major engineering diagrams), which cost estimates shall include reasonable estimates of: |
(i) | capitalized pre-stripping expenditures, if an open pit or surface mine is proposed, |
(ii) | expenditures required to purchase, construct and install all machinery, equipment and other facilities and infrastructure (including contingencies) required to bring a mine into commercial production, including an analysis of costs of equipment or supply contracts in lieu of Development costs for each Development and Mining alternative evaluated, |
(iii) | expenditures required to perform all other related work required to commence commercial production of Products and, if applicable, process Products (including reasonable estimates of working capital requirements), and |
(iv) | all other direct and indirect costs and general and administrative expenses that may be required for a proper evaluation of the Development and Mining alternatives and annual production levels evaluated. The capital cost estimates shall include a schedule of the timing of the estimated capital requirements for each alternative; |
(c) | a reasonable estimate of the annual expenditures required for the first year of Operations after completion of the capital program described in Subsection 8.8(b) for each Development alternative evaluated, and for subsequent years of Operations, including estimates of annual production, processing, administrative, operating and maintenance expenditures, taxes (other than income taxes), working capital requirements, royalty and purchase obligations, equipment leasing or supply contract expenditures, work commitments, Environmental Compliance costs, post-Operations Environmental Compliance and Continuing Obligations funding requirements and all other anticipated costs of such Operations. This analysis shall also include an estimate of the number of employees required to conduct such Operations for each alternative; |
(d) | a review of the nature, extent and rated capacity of the mine, machinery, equipment and other facilities preliminarily estimated to be required for the purpose of producing and marketing Products under each Development and Mining alternative analyzed; |
(e) | an analysis (and sensitivity analyses reasonably requested by either Participant), based on various target rates of return and price assumptions requested by either Participant, of whether it is technically, environmentally, and economically feasible to place a prospective ore body or deposit within the Properties into commercial production for each of the Development and Mining alternatives analyzed (including a discounted cash flow rate of return investment analysis for each alternative and net present value estimate using various discount rates requested by either Participant); and |
(f) | such other information as the Management Committee deems appropriate. |
8.9. | Programs and Budges for Feasibility Study |
8.10. | Development Programs and Budgets; Project Financing |
(a) | Unless otherwise determined by the Management Committee, the Manager shall not submit to the Management Committee a Program and Budget including Development of the mine described in a completed Feasibility Study until thirty (30) days following the receipt by Manager of the Feasibility Study. The Program and Budget, which includes Development of the mine described in the completed Feasibility Study, shall be based on the estimated cost of Development described in the Feasibility Study for the Approved Alternative, unless otherwise directed by the Management Committee. |
(b) | Promptly following adoption of the Program and Budget, which includes Development as described in a completed Feasibility Study, but in no event more than sixty (60) days thereafter, the Manager shall submit to the Management Committee a report on material bids received for Development work ("Bid Report"). If bids described in the Bid Report result in the aggregate cost of Development work exceeding twenty percent (20%) of the Development cost estimates that formed the basis of the Development component of the adopted Program and Budget, the Program and Budget, which includes relevant Development, shall be deemed to have been resubmitted to the Management Committee based on the aggregate costs as described in the Bid Report on the date of receipt of the Bid Report and shall be reviewed and adopted in accordance with Sections 6.2 and 8.4. |
(c) | If the Management Committee approves the Development of the mine described in a Feasibility Study and also decides to seek Project Financing for such mine, each Participant shall, at its own cost, cooperate in seeking to obtain Project Financing for such mine; provided, however, that all fees, charges and costs (including attorneys and technical consultants fees) paid to the Project Financing lenders shall be borne by the Participants in proportion to their Participating Interests, unless such fees are capitalized as a part of the Project Financing. |
8.11. | Expansion or Modification Programs and Budgets |
8.12. | Budget Overruns; Program Changes |
8.13. | Emergency or Unexpected Expenditures |
8.14. | Entrée Observer |
9. | ACCOUNTS AND SETTLEMENTS |
9.1. | Monthly Statements |
9.2. | Cash Calls |
9.3. | Failure to Meet Cash Calls |
9.4. | Cover Payment |
9.5. | Remedies |
(a) | the defaulting Participant grants to the non-defaulting Participant a power of sale as to all or any portion of its interest in any Assets or in its Participating Interest that is subject to the lien and security interest granted in Section 5.7 (whether or not such lien and security interest has been perfected), upon a default under Sections 9.3 or 9.4. Such power shall be exercised in the manner provided by applicable Law or otherwise in a commercially reasonable manner and upon reasonable notice. If the non-defaulting Participant elects to enforce the lien or security interest pursuant to the terms of this Subsection, the defaulting Participant shall be deemed to have waived any available right of redemption, any required valuation or appraisal of the secured property prior to sale, any available right to stay execution or to require a marshalling of assets, and any required bond in the event a receiver is appointed, and the defaulting Participant shall be liable for any deficiency; |
(b) | the non-defaulting Participant may elect to have the defaulting Participant's Participating Interest diluted or eliminated as follows: the Reduced Participant's Participating Interest shall be recalculated by dividing: (X) the sum of (1) the value of the Reduced Participant's Initial Contribution under Section 5.2, (2) the total of all of the Reduced Participant's contributions under Section 5.4, and (3) the amount, if any, the Reduced Participant contributed to the adopted Program and Budget with respect to which the default occurred; by (Y) the sum of (1), (2) and (3) above for both Participants; and then multiplying the result by one hundred. The Participating Interest of the other Participant shall be increased by the amount of the reduction in the Participating Interest of the Reduced Participant. |
(c) | dilution under Subsection 9.5(b) shall be effective as of the date of the original default, and Section 9.6 shall not apply. The amount of any Cover Payment under Section 9.4 and interest thereon, or any interest accrued in accordance with Section 9.3, shall be deemed to be amounts contributed by the non-defaulting Participant, and not as amounts contributed by the defaulting Participant; |
(d) | whenever the Participating Interests are recalculated pursuant to Subsection 9.5(b), the Equity Accounts of both Participants shall be adjusted to bear the same ratio to each other as their recalculated Participating Interests; |
(e) | if a Participant has defaulted in meeting a cash call or repaying a loan, and if the non-defaulting Participant has made a Cover Payment, then, in addition to a reduction in the defaulting Participant's Participating Interest effected pursuant to Subsection 9.5(b), the non-defaulting Participant shall have the right, if the indebtedness arising from a default or Cover Payment is not discharged within sixty (60) days of the default and upon not less than thirty (30) days advance notice to the defaulting Participant, to elect to purchase all the right, title, and interest, whenever acquired or arising, of the defaulting Participant in the Assets, including but not limited to its Participating Interest or interest in Net Smelter Returns, together with all proceeds from and accessions of the foregoing (collectively the "Defaulting Participant's Entire Interest") at a purchase price equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the fair market value thereof as determined by a qualified independent appraiser appointed by the non-defaulting Participant. If the defaulting Participant conveys notice of objection to the person so appointed within ten (10) days after receiving notice thereof, then an independent and qualified appraiser shall be appointed by the joint action of the appraiser appointed by the non-defaulting Participant and a qualified independent appraiser appointed by the defaulting Participant; provided, however, that if the defaulting Participant fails to designate a qualified independent appraiser for such purpose within ten (10) days after giving notice of such objection, then the person originally designated by the non-defaulting Participant shall serve as the appraiser; provided further, that if the appraisers appointed by each of the Participants fail to appoint a third qualified independent appraiser within five (5) days after the appointment of the last of them, then an appraiser shall be appointed by a judge of a court of competent jurisdiction in the state in which the Assets are situated upon the application of either Participant. There shall be withheld from the purchase price payable, upon transfer of the Defaulting Participant's Entire Interest, the amount of any Cover Payment under Section 9.4 and unpaid interest thereon to the date of such transfer, or any unpaid interest accrued in accordance with Section 9.3 to the date of such transfer. Upon payment of such purchase price, the defaulting Participant shall be deemed to have relinquished all of the Defaulting Participant's Entire Interest to the non-defaulting Participant, but shall remain liable to the extent provided in Section 5.7. |
9.6.
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Audits
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(a) | Within sixty (60) days after the end of each calendar year, at the request of a Participant, an audit shall be completed by certified public accountants selected by, and independent of, the Manager. The audit shall be conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall cover all books and records maintained by the Manager pursuant to this Agreement, all Assets and Encumbrances, and all transactions and Operations conducted during such calendar year, including production and inventory records and all costs for which the Manager sought reimbursement under this Agreement, together with all other matters customarily included in such audits. All written exceptions to and claims upon the Manager for discrepancies disclosed by such audit shall be made not more than three (3) months after receipt of the audit report, unless either Participant elects to conduct an independent audit pursuant to Subsection 9.6(b) which is ongoing at the end of such three (3) month period, in which case such exceptions and claims may be made within the period provided in Subsection 9.6(b). Failure to make any such exception or claim within such period shall mean the audit is deemed to be correct and binding upon the Participants. The cost of all audits under this Subsection shall be charged to the Business Account. |
(b) | Notwithstanding the annual audit conducted by certified public accountants selected by the Manager, each Participant shall have the right to have an independent audit of all Business books, records and accounts, including all charges to the Business Account. This audit shall review all issues raised by the requesting Participant, with all costs borne by the requesting Participant. The requesting Participant shall give the other Participant thirty (30) days prior notice of such audit. Any audit conducted on behalf of either Participant shall be made during the Manager's normal business hours and shall not interfere with Operations. Neither Participant shall have the right to audit records and accounts of the Business relating to transactions or Operations more than twenty-four (24) months after the calendar year during which such transactions, or transactions related to such Operations, were charged to the Business Account. All written exceptions to and claims upon the Manager for discrepancies disclosed by such audit shall be made not more than three (3) months after completion and delivery of such audit, or they shall be deemed waived. |
10. | LOANS BY IVANHOE |
10.1. |
As and when requested from time to time by Entrée, Ivanhoe will contribute to approved Programs and Budgets, onto Entrée's behalf funds in an amount sufficient to enable Entrée to participate in such approved Programs and Budgets as Entrée may elect from time to time pursuant to Section 8.5. Each and every such contribution made by Ivanhoe on Entrée's behalf will be treated as a loan (a "Loan") advanced by Ivanhoe to Entrée.
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10.2. | Interest on each advance of the Loans shall accrue at an annual rate from the date of advance to the date of repayment equal to Ivanhoe's actual cost of capital or the Prime Rate plus two percent (2%) per annum, whichever is less, as at the date of the advance. Cost of capital means the weighted average interest rate payable by Ivanhoe on arm's length long-term debt. |
10.3. | The Loans may be prepaid in whole or in part from time to time. Subject to any Project Financing restrictions, the Loans will be repayable by Entrée monthly from (and only from) ninety percent (90%) of the Available Cash Flow arising from the sale of its share of Products. Such amounts shall be applied firstly to payment of accrued interest and then to repayment of principal, with the oldest advances repaid first. "Available Cash Flow" means all net proceeds of sale of Entrée's share of Products in a month less Entrée's share of costs of Operations for the month that are operating costs under Canadian generally accepted accounting principles. |
10.4. | Entrée will use the proceeds of the Loans only to meet its obligations under this Agreement. |
10.5. | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Entrée will not be in default of any obligation under this Agreement, including without limitation under Articles 8 and 9, if it has requested funds from Ivanhoe which Ivanhoe has failed to advance. |
11. | PROCESSING FACILITES |
11.1. | Any mill, smelter and other processing facilities and related infrastructure on the Properties ("Ivanhoe Facilities") will be owned exclusively by Ivanhoe and not by Entrée; Ivanhoe Facilities are specifically excluded from Assets and the use and operation of them is specifically excluded from Operations; and all costs of constructing and operating Ivanhoe Facilities will be solely for the account of Ivanhoe, and will not be included in Programs and Budgets or taken into account under this Agreement in calculating or adjusting the respective Participating Interests of Ivanhoe and Entrée. Ivanhoe will pay all such costs when due and will keep the Assets free from any Encumbrances pertaining to Ivanhoe Facilities. |
11.2. | Entrée's share of Products will unless Entrée otherwise agrees be processed at Ivanhoe Facilities by paying milling and smelting charges. Ivanhoe confirms that the Ivanhoe Facilities are not intended to be profit centres and therefore, minerals from the Joint Venture will be processed through such facilities at cost (using industry standards for calculation of cost including an amortization of capital costs). The amortization allowance for capital costs will be calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles determined yearly based on the estimated quantity of minerals to be processed for Entrée's account during that year relative to the total design capacity of the processing facilities over their useful life. Ivanhoe will also make Ivanhoe Facilities available to Entrée at on the same terms if spare processing capacity exists to process other suitable ores from Entrée's Lookout Hill concession, outside the area comprised in the Properties. |
11.3. | Ivanhoe will indemnify and hold harmless Entrée and its Affiliates and its and their respective officers, directors and employees from and against any and all claims, debts, demands, suits, actions and causes of action whatsoever, including legal costs incurred in defending same, which may be brought or made against one or more of them by any person, firm or corporation and all loss, cost, damages, expenses and liabilities, including without limitation environmental liabilities, which may be suffered or incurred by them arising out of or in connection with or in any way referable to, whether directly or indirectly, the Ivanhoe Facilities or the use or operation thereof by Ivanhoe including without limitation bodily injuries or death at any time resulting therefrom or damage to property. In constructing and operating Ivanhoe Facilities, Ivanhoe will comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations and the terms of the Existing Licenses in accordance with generally accepted mining practice and will perform all reclamation and site-remediation work as may be required. |
11.4. | In respect of the Ivanhoe Facilities, Ivanhoe will at all times maintain, with insurance companies approved by Entrée, insurance including commercial general liability insurance and environmental liability insurance against such risks and with such limits and deductibles as a prudent operator would maintain in the circumstances. All policies will be endorsed: |
12. | DISPOSITION OF PRODUCTION |
12.1. | Taking In Kind |
12.2. | Failure of Participant to Take In Kind |
12.3. | Hedging |
13. | TERMINATION |
13.1. | Termination by Expiration or Agreement |
13.2. | Termination by Deadlock |
13.3. | Continuing Obligations and Environmental Liabilities |
13.4. | Disposition of Assets on Termination |
13.5. | Non-Compete Covenants |
13.6. | Right to Data After Termination |
13.7. | Continuing Authority |
14. | ACQUISITIONS WITHIN AREA OF THE PROPERTIES |
14.1. | General |
14.2. | Notice to Non-Acquiring Participant |
14.3. | Option Exercised |
14.4. | Option Not Exercised |
15. | ABANDONMENT AND SURRENDER OF PROPERTIES |
16. | SUPPLEMENTAL BUSINESS AGREEMENT |
16.1. | At any time during the term of this Agreement, the Management Committee may determine by unanimous vote of both Participants that it is appropriate to segregate the Area of Interest into areas subject to separate Programs and Budgets for purposes of conducting further Exploration, Pre-Feasibility or Feasibility Studies, Development, or Mining. At such time, the Management Committee shall designate which portion of the Properties will comprise an area of interest under a separate business arrangement ("Supplemental Business"), and the Participants shall enter into a new agreement ("Supplemental Business Agreement") for the purpose of further exploring, analyzing, developing, and mining such portion of the Properties. The Supplemental Business Agreement shall be in substantially the same form as this Agreement, with rights and interests of the Participants in the Supplemental Business identical to the rights and interests of the Participants in this Business at the time of the designation, unless otherwise agreed by the Participants, and with the Participants agreeing to new Capital and Equity Accounts and other terms necessary for the Supplemental Business Agreement to comply with the nature and purpose of the designation. Following execution of the Supplemental Business Agreement, this Agreement shall terminate insofar as it affects the Properties covered by the Supplemental Business Agreement. |
17. | TRANSFER OF INTEREST; PRE-EMPTIVE RIGHT |
17.1. | General |
17.2. | Limitations on Free Transferability |
(a) | neither Participant shall Transfer any interest in this Agreement or the Assets (including, but not limited to, any royalty, profits, or other interest in the Products) except in conjunction with the Transfer of part or all of its Participating Interest; |
(b) | no transferee of all or any part of a Participant's Participating Interest shall have the rights of a Participant unless and until the transferring Participant has provided to the other Participant notice of the Transfer, and, except as provided in Subsections 17.2(f) and 17.2(g), the transferee, as of the effective date of the Transfer, has committed in writing to assume and be bound by: |
(i) | this Agreement to the same extent as the transferring Participant ; and |
(ii) | if Ivanhoe holds Surface Access Rights in respect of any area of the Properties, such Surface Access Rights to the same extent as Entrée; |
(c) | neither Participant, without the consent of the other Participant, shall make a Transfer that shall violate any Law, or result in the cancellation of any permits, licenses, or other similar authorization; |
(d) | no Transfer permitted by this Article 17 shall relieve the transferring Participant of its share of any liability, whether accruing before or after such Transfer, which arises out of Operations conducted prior to such Transfer or exists on the Effective Date; |
(e) | in the event of a Transfer of less than all of a Participating Interest, the transferring Participant and its transferee shall act and be treated as one Participant; provided however, that in order for such Transfer to be effective, the transferring Participant and its transferee must first: |
(i) | agree, as between themselves, that one of them is authorized to act as the sole agent ("Agent") on their behalf with respect to all matters pertaining to this Agreement and the Business; and |
(ii) | notify the other Participant of the designation of the Agent, and in such notice warrant and represent to other Participant that: |
A. | the Agent has the sole authority to act on behalf of, and to bind, the transferring Participant and its transferee with respect to all matters pertaining to this Agreement and the Business; |
B. | the other Participant may rely on all decisions of, notices and other communications from, and failures to respond by, the Agent, as if given (or not given) by the transferring Participant and its transferee; and |
C. | all decisions of, notices and other communications from, and failures to respond by, the other Participant to the Agent shall be deemed to have been given (or not given) to the transferring Participant and its transferee. |
(f) | if the Transfer is the grant of an Encumbrance in a Participating Interest to secure a loan or other indebtedness of either Participant in a bona fide transaction, other than a transaction approved unanimously by the Management Committee or Project Financing approved by the Management Committee, such Encumbrance shall be granted only in connection with such Participant's financing payment or performance of that Participant's obligations under this Agreement and shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement and the rights and interests of the other Participant hereunder (including without limitation under Section 6.7). Any such Encumbrance shall be further subject to the condition that the holder of such Encumbrance ("Chargee") first enter into a written agreement with the other Participant in form satisfactory to the other Participant, acting reasonably, binding upon the Chargee, to the effect that: |
(i) | the Chargee shall not enter into possession or institute any proceedings for foreclosure or partition of the encumbering Participant's Participating Interest and that such Encumbrance shall be subject to the provisions of this Agreement; |
(ii) | the Chargee's remedies under the Encumbrance shall be limited to the sale of the whole (but only of the whole) of the encumbering Participant's Participating Interest to the other Participant, or, failing such a sale, at a public auction to be held at least thirty (30) days after prior notice to the other Participant, such sale to be subject to the purchaser entering into a written agreement with the other Participant whereby such purchaser assumes all obligations of the encumbering Participant under the terms of this Agreement. The price of any pre-emptive sale to the other Participant shall be the remaining principal amount of the loan plus accrued interest and related expenses, and such pre-emptive sale shall occur within sixty (60) days of the Chargee's notice to the other Participant of its intent to sell the encumbering Participant's Participating Interest. Failure of a sale to the other Participant to close by the end of such period, unless failure is caused by the encumbering Participant or by the Chargee, shall permit the Chargee to sell the encumbering Participant's Participating Interest at a public sale; and |
(iii) | the charge shall be subordinate to any then-existing debt, including Project Financing previously approved by the Management Committee, encumbering the transferring Participant's Participating Interest; |
(g) | if a sale or other commitment or disposition of Products or proceeds from the sale of Products by either Participant upon distribution to it pursuant to Article 12 creates in a third party a security interest by Encumbrance in Products or proceeds therefrom prior to such distribution, such sales, commitment or disposition shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement including, without limitation, Section 5.10. |
17.3. |
Pre-emptive Right
Any Transfer by either Participant under Section 17.1 and any Transfer by an Affiliate of Control of either Participant shall be subject to a pre-emptive right of the other Participant to the extent provided in Exhibit H. Failure of a Participant's Affiliate to comply with this Article 17 and Exhibit H shall be a breach by such Participant of this Agreement. Any Transfer by Entrée of its interest in the geographical areas, other than the Properties, that are subject to the Existing Licenses or any successor licenses shall also be subject to a pre-emptive right of Ivanhoe to extent provided in Exhibit H.
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18. | ARBITRATION |
18.1. | Single Arbitrator |
18.2. | Notice of Intent to Arbitrate |
18.3. | Effect of Lack of Agreement on Arbitration |
18.4. | Procedural Matters |
19. | CONFIDENTIALITY, OWNERSHIP, USE AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION |
19.1. | Confidential Information |
19.2. | Permitted Disclosure of Confidential Information |
(a) | a party's officers, directors, partners, members, employees, Affiliates, shareholders, agents, attorneys, accountants, consultants, contractors, subcontractors or advisors, for the sole purpose of such party's performance of its obligations under this Agreement; |
(b) | any actual or potential lender, underwriter or investor for the sole purpose of evaluating whether to make a loan to or investment in the disclosing party; |
(c) | a third party with whom the disclosing party contemplates any independent business activity or operation; or |
(d) | a third party to whom the disclosing party contemplates a sale or other disposition of the whole or part of its Participating Interest. |
19.3. | Disclosure Required By Law |
(a) | such disclosure is legally required to be made in a judicial, administrative or governmental proceeding pursuant to a valid subpoena or other applicable order; or |
(b) | such disclosure is legally required to be made pursuant to the applicable securities laws, rules and regulations or, the rules or regulations of a stock exchange or similar trading market applicable to the disclosing party. |
19.4. | Public Announcements |
19.5. | Information pertaining to Oyu Tolgoi |
20. | GENERAL PROVISIONS |
20.1. | Notices |
20.2. | Gender |
20.3. | Currency |
20.4. | Headings |
20.5. | Waiver |
20.6. | Modification |
20.7. | Force Majeure |
20.8. | Rule Against Perpetuities |
20.9. | Governing Law |
20.10. | Further Assurances |
20.11. | Entire Agreement; Status of Earn-in Agreement |
20.12. | Successors and Assigns |
20.13. | Memorandum |
20.14. | Counterparts |
A
106 36 00, 43 00 00
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N
106 38 00, 42 57 00
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B
106 47 30, 43 00 00
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O
106 38 00, 42 55 30
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C
106 47 30, 42 58 30
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P
106 36 00, 42 55 30
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D
106 55 00, 42 58 30
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Q
106 30 00, 43 00 00
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E
106 55 00, 43 00 00
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R
106 30 00, 43 08 00
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F
107 00 00, 43 00 00
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S
107 00 00, 43 08 00
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G
107 00 00, 42 55 30
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T
106 55 00, 43 03 00
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H
106 55 00, 42 55 30
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U
106 47 30, 43 03 00
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I
106 55 00, 42 57 30
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V
106 04 00, 43 16 00
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J
106 51 30, 42 57 30
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W
106 30 00, 43 16 00
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K
106 51 30, 42 55 30
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X
106 04 00, 43 00 00
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L
106 44 00, 42 55 30
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M
106 44 00, 42 57 00
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AA
106 47 30, 43 08 00
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20.1. | GENERAL PROVISIONS |
20.2. | General Accounting Records |
20.3. | Cash Management Accounts |
20.4. | Statements and Billings |
21. | CHARGES TO BUSINESS ACCOUNT |
21.1. | Property Acquisition Costs, Rentals, Royalties and Other Payments |
21.2. | Labor and Employee Benefits |
(a) | Salaries and wages of the Manager's employees directly engaged in Operations, including salaries or wages of employees who are temporarily assigned to and directly employed by same. |
(b) | The Manager's cost of holiday, vacation, sickness and disability benefits, and other customary allowances applicable to the salaries and wages chargeable under Subparagraph 2.2(a) and Paragraph 2.12. Such costs may be charged on a "when and as paid basis" or by "percentage assessment" on the amount of salaries and wages. If percentage assessment is used, the rate shall be applied to wages or salaries excluding overtime and bonuses. Such rate shall be based on the Manager's cost experience and it shall be periodically adjusted at least annually to ensure that the total of such charges does not exceed the actual cost thereof to the Manager. |
(c) | The Manager's actual cost of established plans for employees' group life insurance, hospitalization, pension, retirement, stock purchase, thrift, bonus (except production or incentive bonus plans under a union contract based on actual rates of production, cost savings and other production factors, and similar non-union bonus plans customary in the industry or necessary to attract competent employees, which bonus payments shall be considered salaries and wages under Subparagraph 2.2(a) or Paragraph 2.12 rather than employees' benefit plans) and other benefit plans of a like nature applicable to salaries and wages chargeable under Subparagraphs2.2(a) or Paragraph 2.12, provided that the plans are limited to the extent feasible to those customary in the industry. |
(d) | Cost of assessments imposed by governmental authority that are applicable to salaries and wages chargeable under Subparagraph 2.2(a) and Paragraph 2.12, including all penalties except those resulting from the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Manager. |
21.3. | Materials, Equipment and Supplies |
21.4. | Equipment and Facilities Furnished by Manager |
21.5. | Transportation |
21.6. | Contract Services and Utilities |
21.7. | Insurance Premiums |
21.8. | Damages and Losses |
21.9. | Legal and Regulatory Expense |
21.10. | Audit |
21.11. | Taxes |
21.12. | District and Camp Expense (Field Supervision and Camp Expenses) |
21.13. | Administrative Charge |
(a) | Each month, the Manager shall charge the Business Account a sum for each phase of Operations as provided below, which shall be a liquidated amount to reimburse the Manager for its home office overhead and general and administrative expenses to conduct each phase of Operations, and which shall be in lieu of any management fee and for taxes based on production of Products: |
(i) | Exploration Phase – (A) two percent (2%) of Allowable Costs under third-party contracts which contain an allowance for contract administration or overhead by the third-party; (B) five percent (5%) of Allowable Costs under third-party contracts not included in (A) which provide for aggregate contract expenditures of more than $50,000; and (C) ten percent (10%) of all other Allowable Costs. |
(ii) | Development Phase – two percent (2%) of Allowable Costs. |
(iii) | Major Construction Phase – one percent (1%) of Allowable Costs. |
(iv) | Mining Phase – two and one-half percent (2.5%) of Allowable Costs. |
(b) | The term "Allowable Costs" as used in this Paragraph for a particular phase of Operations shall mean, subject to the provisions in Article 11 of the Agreement, all charges to the Business Account excluding: |
(i) | the administrative charge referred to herein; |
(ii) | depreciation, depletion or amortization of tangible or intangible Assets; |
(iii) | amounts charged in accordance with Paragraphs 2.1 and 2.9, and |
(iv) | marketing costs. |
A. | the Exploration Phase shall cover those Operations conducted to ascertain the existence, location, extent or quantity of any deposit of ore or mineral, |
B. | the Development Phase shall cover those Operations, including Pre-Feasibility and Feasibility Study Operations, conducted to assess a commercially feasible ore body or to extend production of an existing ore body, and to construct or install related fixed Assets, |
C. | the Major Construction Phase shall include all Operations involved in the construction of a mill, smelter or other ore processing facilities, |
D. | the Mining Phase shall include all other Operations activities not otherwise covered above, including activities conducted after Mining Operations have ceased. |
(c) | Various phases of Operations may be conducted concurrently, in which event the administrative charge shall be calculated separately for Allowable Costs attributable to each phase. |
(d) | The monthly administration charge determined for each phase of Operations shall be a liquidated amount to reimburse Manager for its home office overhead and general and administrative expenses for its conduct of Operations, and shall be equitably apportioned among all of the properties served during such monthly period on the basis of a ratio approved by the Management Committee. |
(e) | The following is a representative list of items that constitute the Manager's principal business office expenses that are expressly covered by the administrative charge provided in this Paragraph, except to the extent that such items are directly chargeable to the Business Account under other provisions of this Article II: |
(i) | administrative supervision, which includes all services rendered by managers, department supervisors, officers and directors of the Manager for Operations; |
(ii) | accounting, data processing, personnel administration, billing and record keeping in accordance with governmental regulations and the provisions of the Agreement, and preparation of reports; |
(iii) | the services of tax counsel and tax administration employees for all tax matters, including any protests, except any outside professional fees which the Management Committee may approve as a direct charge to the Business Account; |
(iv) | routine legal services rendered by outside sources and the Manager's legal staff not otherwise charged to the Business Account under Paragraph 2.9, including property acquisition, attorney management and oversight, and support services provided by Manager's legal staff concerning any litigation; and |
(v) | rentals and other charges for office and records storage space, telephone service, office equipment and supplies. |
(f) | The Management Committee shall annually review the administrative charges and shall amend the methodology or rates used to determine such charges if they are found to be insufficient or excessive based on the principles that the Manager shall not make a profit or suffer a loss and that it should be fairly and adequately compensated for its costs and expenses. |
21.14. | Environmental Compliance Fund |
21.15. | Other Expenditures |
22. | BASIS OF CHARGES TO BUSINESS ACCOUNT |
22.1. | Purchases |
22.2. | Material Furnished by a Participant for Use in the Business |
(a) | New Material : New Material furnished by either Participant shall be priced F.O.B. the nearest reputable supply store or railway receiving point, where like Material is available, at the current replacement cost of the same kind of Material, exclusive of any available cash discounts, at the time it is furnished (herein called "New Price"). |
(b) | Used Material . |
(i) | Used Material in sound and serviceable condition and suitable for reuse without reconditioning shall be priced as follows: |
A. | used Material furnished by either Participant shall be priced at seventy-five percent (75%) of the New Price; |
B. | used Material distributed to either Participant shall be priced (i) at seventy-five percent (75%) of the New Price if such Material was originally charged to the Business Account as new Material, or (ii) at sixty-five percent (65%) of the New Price if such Material was originally charged to the Business Account as good used Material at seventy-five percent (75%) of the New Price. |
(ii) | Other used Material that, after reconditioning, will be further serviceable for original function as good secondhand Material, or that is serviceable for original function but not substantially suitable for reconditioning, shall be priced at fifty percent (50%) of New Price. The cost of any reconditioning shall be borne by the transferee. |
(iii) | Bad-Order Material which is no longer usable for its original purpose without excessive repair cost but further usable for some other purpose shall be priced on a basis comparable with items normally used for that purpose. |
(iv) | All other Material, including junk, shall be priced at a value commensurate with its use or at prevailing prices. |
(c) | Obsolete Material . Any Material that is serviceable and usable for its original function, but its condition is not equivalent to that which would justify a price as provided above, shall be priced by the Management Committee. Such price shall be set at a level that will result in a charge to the Business Account equal to the value of the service to be rendered by such Material. |
22.3. | Premium Prices |
22.4. | Warranty of Material Furnished by the Manager or Participants |
23. | DISPOSAL OF MATERIAL |
23.1. | Disposition Generally |
23.2. | Distribution to Participants |
23.3. | Sales |
24. | INVENTORIES |
24.1. | Periodic Inventories, Notice and Representations |
24.2. | Reconciliation and Adjustment of Inventories |
1. | Definitions and Interpretation |
1.1. | "Business Day" means a day on which banks are open for business in Vancouver, British Columbia. |
1.2. | "Commercial Production" shall mean the mining, extraction, processing and recovery for sale of Minerals from the Properties, excluding the taking of Minerals from the Properties for the purpose of bulk sampling or determining the amenability of the Minerals to beneficiation processes or mining. |
1.3. | "Deemed Gross Sale Proceeds" of all Sales occurring in respect of the disposition of Minerals consisting of gold, silver, platinum and palladium shall mean and be determined by multiplying the total number of troy ounces of the particular Minerals deemed sold or otherwise disposed of within that last completed calendar quarter by the following: |
(a) | in the case of gold, platinum and palladium, the arithmetic mean of the daily London Bullion Market afternoon fixing for the calendar quarter per ounce of the respective Minerals; |
(b) | in the case of silver, the arithmetic mean of the weekly Handy & Harman price per ounce of silver as quoted in "Metals Week" for the last two (2) weeks which conclude within that calendar quarter, but in the event "Metals Week" is not published or if for any reason such quotation is not available the arithmetic mean of the Handy & Harman base price quote as published in the "Wall Street Journal" for the calendar quarter will be utilized. |
1.4. | "Encumbrances" means any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, licence, privilege, security interest, royalty or other encumbrance. |
1.5. | "Gross Sale Proceeds" in respect of the disposition of Minerals shall mean and be determined as follows: |
(a) | for gold, silver, platinum and palladium, the Deemed Gross Sale Proceeds in respect of such Minerals at the time of the Sale of such Minerals; and |
(b) | for all Minerals other than gold, silver, platinum and palladium, the actual proceeds of sale to an independent refinery, smelter or other unaffiliated third-party purchaser of such Minerals during a calendar quarter. |
1.6. | "Minerals" shall mean all minerals, ores, concentrates, metals and other materials produced from the Property. |
1.7. | "Net Smelter Returns" shall mean Gross Sales Proceeds less Permissible Deductions, except where Minerals other than gold, silver, platinum or palladium are finally disposed of by the Payor by means other than a sale to an independent refinery, smelter of other unaffiliated third-party purchaser of such Minerals during a calendar quarter, then Net Smelter Returns shall be determined as follows: |
(a) | the metallurgically recoverable marketable content of such Minerals in the ores and concentrates produced from the Properties shall be determined in accordance with commonly accepted industry standards using assays or other accurate analyses regularly taken for ores or concentrates; |
(b) | the recoverable marketable content of such Minerals shall be multiplied by the closing price for each of the respective Minerals on the day of disposition of the subject ores and concentrates as quoted on the New York Commodity Exchange; and |
(c) | the result in Paragraph 1.7(b) be reduced by all applicable charges, royalties, taxes, costs and penalties which the Payor actually incurs with respect to the disposition of the subject ores and concentrates. |
1.8. | "NSR Royalty" has the meaning assigned to it in Paragraph 2.1. |
1.9. | "Payee" means the party entitled to a royalty pursuant to the provisions in Section 5.6 and "Payor" means the party required to pay same. |
1.10. | "Permissible Deductions" shall mean the aggregate of the following costs and charges, without duplication and to the extent not previously deducted or accrued in computing Gross Sales Proceeds, that accrue or are paid in each quarterly period: |
(a) | all smelting, refining, treatment, assaying, sampling, umpiring, selling and other costs, charges and penalties charged by any refinery, smelter or other unaffiliated third-party purchaser of Minerals; |
(b) | all taxes paid on production of Minerals, except Payor's income taxes, including, but not limited to, production, severance, sales and privilege taxes, and all local, provincial and federal royalties that are based on the production of Minerals; |
(c) | all costs of loading, securing, insuring and transporting Minerals from the Property to the place of beneficiation, processing or treatment and, if applicable, thence to the place of delivery thereafter, including shipping, freight, handling and forwarding expenses, and export and import taxes, if applicable; |
(d) | all costs or charges of any nature for or in connection with insurance, storage or representation at a smelter or refinery for ores and Minerals; and |
(e) | all actual sales and brokerage costs on ores and Minerals; |
1.11. | "Sales" shall mean and be deemed to have occurred, without regard to when or to whom they actually are made, upon the earliest to occur of the following: |
(a) | when such Minerals (other than refined bullion, ore or concentrates) are shipped by the Payor from the Properties to an independent refinery, smelter or other unaffiliated third-party purchaser; |
(b) | with respect to refined bullion produced by the Payor, the day the final, refined bullion was produced; |
(c) | with respect to ore produced by the Payor, three Business Days after the ore was produced; and |
(d) | with respect to other concentrates produced by the Payor, 30 days after those concentrates have been produced. |
2. | Grant of Royalty |
2.1. | Payor hereby grants and agrees to pay to Payee a royalty (the "NSR Royalty") in perpetuity equal to two percent (2.0%) of the Net Smelter Returns. |
3. | Payment of Royalty |
3.1. | The NSR Royalty shall be calculated and paid net of any applicable withholding taxes required by law within 25 days after the end of each calendar quarter in which Sales have occurred, at the option of the Payee exercised by written notice to the Payor before the first day of any applicable quarter, either: |
(a) | by cheque, cash or draft, mailed or delivered to the Payee; or |
(b) | if and to the extent that the Minerals in respect of which the NSR Royalty is payable consist of bullion or other refined Minerals, by delivery of bullion or such other refined minerals to the Payee at an account maintained for the Payee at an independent refinery, or at such other place as may be designated by the Payee (the cost of such delivery to be borne by the Payee); |
3.2. | In the event that final amounts required for the calculation of the NSR Royalty are not available within the time period referred to in Paragraph 3.1, then provisional amounts shall be established, the NSR Royalty shall be paid on the basis of such provisional amounts and positive or negative adjustments shall be made to the payment in the succeeding quarter, as necessary. |
3.3. | The parties will cooperate so as to reduce or avoid withholding taxes on the payment of the NSR Royalty to the extent possible and practicable in accordance with applicable law. |
4. | Sales of Minerals |
4.1. | All profits and losses resulting from the Payor engaging in any commodity futures trading, option trading, metals trading, gold loans or any combination thereof, and any other hedging transactions with respect to mineral products (collectively, " Hedging Transactions ") are specifically excluded from calculations of the NSR Royalty, it being understood by the parties that both the Payor and Payee may engage in speculative hedging trading activities for their own account. All Hedging Transactions by the Payor and all profits or losses associated therewith, if any, shall be solely for the Payor's account, irrespective of whether or not mineral products are delivered in fulfilment of such obligations. |
4.2. | The Payor may, but is not obligated to, beneficiate, mill, sort, concentrate, refine, smelt, or otherwise process and upgrade Minerals prior to sale, transfer, or conveyance to a purchaser, user or consumer. The Payor shall not be liable for mineral values lost in such processing under sound practices. |
4.3. | The Payor shall not dispose of Minerals other than gold, silver, platinum and palladium except by way of sale to an arm's length third party for cash proceeds equal to the fair market value thereof at the time of sale. |
4.4. | All Minerals for which a Net Smelter Return Royalty is payable shall be weighed or measured, sampled and analyzed in accordance with sound mining and metallurgical practices. After such measurement, the Payor may mix or commingle such ores, materials or products with ores, materials or products from other property. |
5. | Books; Records; Inspections |
5.1. | The Payor will keep true and accurate books and records of all of its operations and activities with respect to the Properties and the Minerals, prepared on an accrual basis in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied. Payee may, from time to time, perform audits or other examinations of all of the books and records of the Payor to confirm the calculation of the NSR Royalty and compliance with the terms of the Agreement including this Appendix. The reasonable expenses of any audit or other examination permitted hereunder shall be paid by Payee, unless the results of such audit or other examination permitted hereunder disclose a deficiency in respect of the NSR Royalty payments paid to Payee hereunder greater than $5,000, in which event the costs of such audit or other examination shall be paid by the Payor. |
5.2. | Without limiting Paragraph 5.1, upon not less than five Business Days' notice to Payor, Payee , or its authorized agents or representatives, may, under the direction and control of Payor, enter upon all surface and subsurface portions of the Properties for the purpose of inspecting the Properties, all improvements thereto and operations thereon, and all production records and data pertaining to all production activities and operations on or with respect to the Properties, including without limitation, records and data that are electronically maintained. |
5.3. | Within 60 days following the end of each calendar year, the Payor will provide Payee with an annual report of Minerals mined, Minerals milled or processed, recoveries, grades, and capital and development expenses with respect to the Properties during such calendar year. Such annual report shall include estimates of proposed expenditures upon, anticipated production from and estimated remaining Mineral reserves on the Properties for the succeeding calendar year and any changes to, or replacements of, the mine plan or any "life of mine plan" with respect to the Properties. The Payor will provide Payee with a copy of any "life of mine plan", if produced, within 30 days of its approval by Payor and any changes to, or replacements of, any such "life of mine plan" or any mine plan within 30 days after such change or replacement thereof. |
6. | Stockpiling and Commingling |
6.1. | The Payor may stockpile and commingle Minerals with ores, concentrates or other products not mined from the Properties. The Payor shall, prior to such stockpiling or commingling, measure, weigh and analyze samples of such commingled materials in accordance with sound mining and metallurgical practices and the Payor shall keep accurate records as a basis for computing any NSR Royalty payments. In determining which commingled materials are sold from a commingled stockpile, a first-in, first-out system shall be used. |
7. | Tailings and Waste |
7.1. | All tailings or waste material shall be the property of the Payor and the Payor shall have no obligation to process or extract substances therefrom. If the Payor elects to extract Minerals of value therefrom and utilizes or sells the same, the Payee shall receive payments in respect of the NSR Royalty during Commercial Production of such Minerals. If the Payor commingles the tailings or waste material produced from the Properties with tailings and waste material not produced from the Properties, the Payor shall record the tonnage amount and source of such tailings and waste material prior to commingling and the NSR Royalty payments, if any, shall be based upon the recoverable pro rata portion of the minerals in the tailings or waste material derived from the Properties. The records of the Payor shall be deemed conclusive as to the tailings or waste material attributable to each source. |
8. | Compliance with Laws; Environmental Obligations |
8.1. | The Payor will indemnify and save Payee and its Affiliates harmless from any loss, cost or liability including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees arising from a claim against Payee in respect of any failure by the Payor to at all times comply with all Laws. |
8.2. | The Payor will indemnify and save Payee and its Affiliates harmless from any loss, cost or liability (including, without limitation, reasonably legal fees) arising from a claim against Payee in respect of: |
(a) | any failure by the Payor to timely and fully perform all abandonment, restoration, remediation and reclamation required by all governmental authorities pertaining or related to the operations or activities of by the Payor on or with respect to the Properties or required under the Agreement; |
(b) | the Payor causing, suffering, or permitting any condition or activity at, on or in the vicinity of the Properties which constitutes a nuisance; or |
(c) | any failure by the Payor which results in a violation of or liability under any Laws. |
9. | Conduct of Operations |
9.1. | All decisions concerning methods, the extent, times, procedures and techniques of any exploration, development, mining, leaching, milling, processing, extraction treatment, if any, and the materials to be introduced into the Properties or produced therefrom, and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement all decisions concerning the sale or other disposition of Minerals (including, without limitation, decisions as to buyers, times of sale, whether to store or stockpile Minerals for a reasonable length of time without selling the same) shall be made by the Payor, acting reasonably and in accordance with good mining and engineering practice in the circumstances. |
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The Payor will not at any time permit any person with which it does not deal at arm's length, to smelt, refine or otherwise process Minerals, without the prior written consent of Payee. |
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Insurance |
10.1. | Payor shall purchase or otherwise arrange at its own expense and shall keep in force at all times insurance (including, without limitation, comprehensive general public liability insurance) against claims for bodily injury or death or property damage arising out of or resulting from activities or operations on or with respect to the Properties and in respect of loss, theft or destruction of Minerals, in such amounts as will adequately protect the Payor, Payee, the NSR Royalty, and the Properties from any and all claims, liabilities and damages which may arise with respect to the Properties and as will adequately protect the Payor and Payee from loss, theft and destruction of Minerals. Payee shall be named as a loss payee on all property, liability and other insurance policies held by Payor and relating to the Properties, the Minerals or the NSR Royalty. |
11. | Maintenance of Properties |
11.1. | The Payor shall do all things and make all payments necessary or appropriate to maintain the right, title and interest of the Payor and Payee in the Properties and the Minerals and to maintain the Properties in good standing. The Payor shall be entitled, from time to time, to abandon or surrender or allow to lapse or expire any part or parts of any mineral claims or mining leases relating to or comprising the Properties if the Payor determines, acting reasonably, that such part or parts are not economically viable or otherwise have insufficient value to warrant continued maintenance. |
11.2. | Notwithstanding Paragraph 11.1, the Payor shall not abandon or surrender, or allow to lapse or expire, any mining claims or leases relating to or comprising the Properties for the purpose of permitting any third party to restake such claim and avoid the NSR Royalty; and if the Payor, or any person with which the Payor does not deal at arm's length or joint venturer, restakes any expired claims or leases relating to or comprising the Properties, this Agreement shall include any such new claims. |
11.3. | Payor will not sell, assign or transfer the Properties or any right, title or interest that it now has or may hereafter have therein, in whole or in part, to any person, firm or corporation, or agree to do so or grant any person, firm or corporation an option or right to acquire the Properties or any right, title or interest that it now has or may hereafter have therein, in whole or in part, unless the intended transferee first provides an acknowledgement in writing to Payee, in form and content to the reasonable satisfaction of Payee, that it assumes this Agreement and the obligations of Payor hereunder as if a named party in the first instance. |
12. | Nature of Royalty Interest |
12.1. | The NSR Royalty creates a direct real property interest in the Minerals and the Properties in favour of Payee, provided such interest shall be satisfied in respect of any particular Minerals by the payment to Payee of the NSR Royalty in respect thereof. |
13. | Term |
13.1. | This Agreement shall continue in perpetuity, it being the intent of the parties hereto that the NSR Royalty shall constitute a covenant running with the Properties and all successions thereof, whether created privately or through governmental action, and including, without limitation, any leasehold interest. If any right, power or interest of either party under this Agreement would violate the rule against perpetuities, then such right, power or interest shall terminate at the expiration of 20 years after the death of the last survivor of all the lineal descendants of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II of England, living on the date of this Agreement. |
14. | General Provisions |
14.1. | Registration of Interest |
14.2. | Time |
(i) | comprehensive public liability and property damage; |
(ii) | automobile insurance; and |
(iii) | adequate and reasonable insurance against risk of fire and other risks ordinarily insured against in similar operations. |
1. | Mutual Preemptive Rights |
1.1. | If either Participant intends to Transfer all or any part of its Participating Interest, or an Affiliate of either Participant intends to Transfer Control of such Participant ("Transferring Entity"), such Participant shall promptly notify the other Participant of such intentions. The notice shall state the price and all other pertinent terms and conditions of the intended Transfer, and shall be accompanied by a copy of the offer or the contract for sale. If the consideration for the intended transfer is, in whole or in part, other than monetary, the notice shall describe such consideration and its monetary equivalent (based upon the fair market value of the nonmonetary consideration and stated in terms of cash or currency). The other Participant shall have 15 days from the date such notice is delivered to notify the Transferring Entity (and the Participant if its Affiliate is the Transferring Entity) whether it elects to acquire the offered interest at the same price (or its monetary equivalent in cash or currency) and on the same terms and conditions as set forth in the notice. If it does so elect, the acquisition by the other Participant shall be consummated promptly after notice of such election is delivered; |
1.2. | If the other Participant fails to so elect within the period provided for above, the Transferring Entity shall have 90 days following the expiration of such period to consummate the Transfer to a third party at a price and on terms no less favorable to the Transferring Entity than those offered by the Transferring Entity to the other Participant in the aforementioned notice; |
1.3. | If the Transferring Entity fails to consummate the Transfer to a third party within the period set forth above, the preemptive right of the other Participant in such offered interest shall be deemed to be revived. Any subsequent proposal to Transfer such interest shall be conducted in accordance with all of the procedures set forth in this Paragraph.. |
2. | Exceptions to Mutual Preemptive Right |
2.1. | transfer by either Participant of all or any part of its Participating Interest to an Affiliate; |
2.2. | incorporation of either Participant, or corporate consolidation or reorganization of either Participant by which the surviving entity shall possess substantially all of the stock or all of the property rights and interests, and be subject to substantially all of the liabilities and obligations of that Participant; |
2.3. | corporate merger or amalgamation involving either Participant by which the surviving entity or amalgamated company shall possess substantially all of the stock or substantially all of the property rights and interests, and be subject to substantially all of the liabilities and obligations of that Participant; |
2.4. | the transfer of Control of either Participant by an Affiliate to such Participant or to another Affiliate; |
2.5. | subject to Subsection 17.2(g) of the Agreement, the grant by either Participant of a security interest in its Participating Interest by Encumbrance; |
2.6. | the creation by any Affiliate of either Participant of an Encumbrance affecting its Control of such Participant; |
2.7. | a sale or other commitment or disposition of Products or proceeds from sale of Products by either Participant upon distribution to it pursuant to Article 12 of the Agreement; |
2.8. | a sale by Ivanhoe of its Participating Interest in conjunction with a bona fide sale of its entire interest in the Oyu Tolgoi Property; |
2.9. | the transfer of Control of either Participant by an Affiliate in the course of or as a result of a take-over bid made for shares of a Participant or a compromise or arrangement to which a Participant is a party; or |
2.10. | a transfer by an Affiliate of either Participant of Control of such Participant to a third party where the value of such Participant's Equity Account (after adding back amounts that were charged to such Equity Account pursuant to Section 7.2(m) of the Agreement) does not exceed 50% of the Net Worth of the transferring Affiliate, or does not exceed 50% of the Net Worth of Transferee. |
3. | Ivanhoe Preemptive Right |
3.1. | If Entrée intends to directly or indirectly dispose of any interest, other than its Participating Interest, in any geographical areas that are the subject of the Existing Licenses or Mineral Exploration License number 3136X or any successor licenses in whole or in part (the interest intended to be sold being hereinafter called an "Interest") to a bona fide arm's length third party (a "Third Party") by way of a sale, joint venture or other mode of disposition, then in any such case Entrée will give Notice (the "Transfer Notice") to Ivanhoe, offering the Interest to Ivanhoe on substantially the same terms upon which Entrée proposes to convey the Interest to the Third Party. |
3.2. | Ivanhoe may exercise its right to acquire all, but not less than all, of the Interest for the consideration stipulated in the Transfer Notice (provided that if all or any part of the consideration offered by the Third Party is non-monetary, Ivanhoe may elect to furnish the same non-monetary consideration or to pay to Entrée an amount of money equal to the fair market value of the non-monetary consideration offered by the Third Party) by providing Notice (the "Exercise Notice") within fifteen (15) days of receipt by Ivanhoe of the Transfer Notice (the "Exercise Period"). |
3.3. | If Ivanhoe does not exercise its right to acquire the Interest prior to the expiry of the Exercise Period, Entrée will have the right for a period of ninety (90) days following the Exercise Period (the "Closing Period") to convey the Interest to the Third Party for consideration having a value equal to or higher than the value of the consideration for which Entrée offered the Interest to Ivanhoe. If Entrée does not convey the Interest to the Third Party by the expiry of the Closing Period, Ivanhoe's preemptive right in such Interest shall be deemed to be revived. Any subsequent proposal to dispose of such Interest shall be conducted in accordance with all of the procedures set forth in this Paragraph.. |
4. | Exceptions to Ivanhoe Preemptive Right |
Paragraph 3.1 above shall not apply to the following: |
4.1. | transfer by Entrée of an Interest to an Affiliate provided that such Affiliate agrees in writing with Ivanhoe to be bound by Entrée's obligations in Paragraphs 3.1 through 3.3 in respect of the transferred Interest; |
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corporate consolidation, reorganization, merger or amalgamation involving Entrée by which the surviving entity will possess substantially all of the stock, or all of the property rights and interests, and be subject to substantially all of the liabilities and obligations of Entrée;
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the grant by Entrée of a security interest by mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien or other encumbrance and any transfer of such interest by reason of exercise of the rights granted to the secured party; or
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a sale or other commitment or disposition of Products or proceeds from sale of Products by Entrée.
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1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION | 1 |
2. | EQUITY INVESTMENT AND RELATED OBLIGATIONS | 20 |
3. | AGREEMENT OF PURCHASE AND SALE | 21 |
4. |
REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT AND RELATED MATTERS
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5. |
TERM
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6. |
COVENANTS OF ENTRÉE
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7. |
MONTHLY REPORTS AND ANNUAL REPORTS
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8. |
CONDITIONS SATISFACTION
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9. |
DELIVERY OF MINERALS AND PAYMENTS
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10. |
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND TERMINATION
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11. |
OFFTAKE AGREEMENTS
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12. |
BOOKS; RECORDS; INSPECTIONS
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13. |
CONDUCT OF MINING OPERATIONS, ETC.
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14. |
RESTRICTED TRANSFER RIGHTS OF ENTRÉE AND ENTRÉE LLC
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15. |
TRANSFER RIGHTS OF SANDSTORM
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16. |
CONFIDENTIALITY
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17. |
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
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18. |
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SANDSTORM
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ENTRÉE
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20. |
ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ENTRÉE
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21. |
INDEMNITY OF SANDSTORM
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INDEMNITY OF ENTRÉE
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23. |
TAXES
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FINANCE SECURITY INTEREST
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25. |
GENERAL PROVISIONS
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A. | Entrée and its Affiliates hold or have an interest, either directly or indirectly in, various mineral properties located in, among other places, the United States of America, Australia and Mongolia (collectively, the " Entrée Mineral Properties "). |
B. | Entrée and its Affiliates are, either themselves or in conjunction with other Persons, undertaking, among other things, exploration and development activities on or with respect to the Entrée Mineral Properties. |
C. | Entrée and its Affiliates require additional funding to maintain or advance (as the case may be) the exploration and development activities being conducted on or with respect to the Entrée Minerals Properties. |
D. | Sandstorm has agreed to provide funding to Entrée by subscribing for common shares of Entrée and by making a refundable deposit to and in favour of Entrée, on the terms and conditions hereinafter provided. |
E. | Entrée will use revenues derived from production from the Entrée Mineral Properties to acquire and deliver refined metals (in the form of metal credits) to Sandstorm in an amount indexed to production from certain of the Entrée Mineral Properties and Sandstorm has agreed to purchase and pay for such refined metals, all on and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter provided. |
1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
1.1 | Unless the context otherwise requires, in this Agreement: |
(1) | " Affiliate " means any Person which directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, a Person. |
(2) | " Ag " means silver. |
(3) | " Agreement " or " this Agreement " means this document including any schedule or appendix to it. |
(4) | [redacted] . |
(5) | " Annual Report " means a written report, in relation to any calendar year, detailing on an Apportioned Basis: |
(a) | the gross number of ounces and pounds of Production, including without limitation, the ounces and pounds, delivered to an Offtaker in the applicable calendar year; |
(b) | the names and addresses of each Offtaker to which the Production referred to in section 1.1(5)(a) was delivered, if the Offtaker is not OTL or its Affiliates; |
(c) | the gross number of ounces and pounds of Sandstorm Payable Metals which have resulted or which are estimated to result from the Production referred to in section 1.1(5)(a); |
(d) | the gross number of ounces and pounds of Sandstorm Payable Metals which have been delivered to Sandstorm with respect to the Production referred to in section 1.1(5)(a), in accordance with the provisions of Article 9; |
(e) | a reconciliation between any provisional number of ounces and pounds of Sandstorm Payable Metals specified in an Annual Report for a preceding calendar year and the final number of ounces and pounds of Sandstorm Payable Metals for the applicable calendar year; |
(f) | a reconciliation between any gross number of ounces and pounds of Production which constitute Entrée's Share of Production specified in an Annual Report for a preceding calendar year and the gross number of ounces and pounds delivered to Sandstorm for the applicable calendar year; |
(g) | the gross number of ounces and pounds of Production for which Entrée has not yet received payment or compensation, as at the end of the applicable calendar year; |
(h) | the amount of the OTL Financed Costs that have been advanced and the OTL Interest Costs that have accrued and the amount of the OTL Financed Costs and OTL Interest Costs that have been repaid as at the end of the applicable calendar year; |
(i) | any and all information received by Entrée from OTL with respect to the OTL Financed Costs that are estimated to be advanced during the next succeeding calendar year; |
(j) | any and all information received by Entrée from OTL with respect to the OTL Financing Commitment; |
(k) | any and all information received by Entrée from OTL with respect to distributions to OTL in repayment of the OTL Financed Costs and the OTL Interest Costs; |
(l) | the amount of Sandstorm Accrued Metals and Sandstorm Expropriated Metals as at the end of the applicable calendar year; |
(m) | subject to the provision of the same by the Operator, a summary of the status of any and all permits and permit applications with respect to the Property and mining operations to be conducted thereon; |
(n) | the [redacted] and a calculation of how the [redacted] during the applicable calendar year; and |
(o) | subject to provision of the same by the Operator, an updated mine operating and development plan and budget with respect to the Property which includes updated reserves and resources, forecasted production and any planned drilling and exploration activities within the Property. |
(6) | " Apportioned Basis " means Au, Ag and Cu contained in the Property broken down on the basis of Au, Ag and Cu contained in the Upper Level and Au, Ag and Cu contained in the Lower Level. |
(7) | " Au " means gold. |
(8) | " Audit Dispute Notice " has the meaning set forth in section 7.3(1). |
(9) | " BCICAC " has the meaning set forth in section 17.4(1). |
(10) | " Business Day " means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day that is a statutory holiday in Vancouver, British Columbia. |
(11) | " Confidential Information " has the meaning set forth in section 16.1. |
(12) | " Control " means, in relation to any Person, possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause direction of management and policies of that Person through ownership of voting securities, contract, voting trust or otherwise. |
(13) | [redacted] . |
(14) | [redacted] . |
(15) | " Cu " means copper. |
(16) | " Current Resource " means the Production which is estimated in the LOM Case, being 8,584,119 ounces of Au, 40,321,123 ounces of Ag and 9,087,567,000 pounds of Cu. |
(17) | " Deductions " means any and all deductions (excluding Payable Deductions), refining, reprocessing, processing, capital allowance costs included in the processing costs, treatment and other charges, penalties, adjustments, shipping expenses and/or expenses pertaining to and/or in respect of Production and charged by an Offtaker and/or charged in respect of delivery costs to Sandstorm or to the final customer of Entrée, OTL or their respective Affiliates and/or Sandstorm, as the case may be, or, charged to Entrée, OTL or their respective Affiliates as and by way of royalty payments. |
(18) | " Deed of Adherence " means [redacted] . |
(19) | " Dispute " has the meaning set forth in section 17.2. |
(20) | " Dispute Notice " has the meaning set forth in section 17.2. |
(21) | " Earn-in Agreement " has the meaning set forth in section 20.1(3). |
(22) | " Earn-in Date " has the meaning set forth in section 20.1(5). |
(23) | " Encumbrances " means any and all liens, charges, mortgages, hypothecs, encumbrances, pledges, security interests, prior claims, royalties, taxes, proxies and third party rights or any other encumbrances of any nature whatsoever, whether registered or unregistered. |
(24) | " Entrée Default Fee " has the meaning set forth in section 10.3. |
(25) | " Entrée Event of Default " has the meaning set forth in section 10.2. |
(26) | " Entrée Indemnified Person " has the meaning set forth in Article 21. |
(27) | " Entrée Mineral Properties " has the meaning set forth in Introduction A. |
(28) | " Entrée's Economic Interest " means: |
(a) | the economic value of Entrée's Share of Production including, but not limited to, Production Payments from Entrée's Share of Production; or |
(b) | Entrée's Share of Production. |
(29) | " Entrée's Joint Venture Interest " means the participating interest of Entrée in, among other things, the assets of the Joint Venture which is currently operating pursuant to the Joint Venture Conduct and on the basis of the terms and conditions of the Joint Venture Agreement (which participating interest includes an ownership interest in the Property that, as at the Execution Date, is held through Entrée LLC). |
(30) | " Entrée's Limited Share of Production " has the meaning set forth in section 20.1(8). |
(31) | " Entrée LLC " means Entrée LLC, a limited liability company formed under the Company Law of Mongolia. |
(32) | " Entrée Material Adverse Change " in respect of Entrée or Entrée LLC means any one or more changes, events or occurrences which, in either case, either individually or in the aggregate are material and adverse to Entrée or Entrée LLC, other than any change, effect, event or occurrence: |
(a) | relating to the global economy or securities markets in general; |
(b) | affecting the worldwide Au, Ag or Cu mining industry in general and which does not have a materially disproportionate effect on Entrée or Entrée LLC; |
(c) | resulting from changes in the price of Au, Ag or Cu; or |
(d) | relating to the rate at which Canadian dollars can be exchanged for the currency of any other nation, including the United States or vice versa, and references in this Agreement to dollar amounts are not intended to be, and shall not be deemed to be, interpretive of the amount used for the purpose of determining whether an " Entrée Material Adverse Change " has occurred and such defined terms and all other references to materiality in this Agreement shall be interpreted without reference to any such amounts. |
(33) | " Entrée's Effective New Share of Production " means Entrée's or Entrée LLC's (or both) effective new percentage share of: |
(a) | the Refined Au, Refined Ag and Refined Cu produced from the Hugo North Extension (which Au, Ag and Cu were contained in the Lower Level); |
(b) | the Refined Au, Refined Ag and Refined Cu produced from the Hugo North Extension (which Au, Ag and Cu were contained in the Upper Level); |
(c) | the Refined Au, Refined Ag and Refined Cu produced from the Heruga Deposit (which Au, Ag and Cu were contained in the Lower Level); and |
(d) | the Refined Au, Refined Ag and Refined Cu produced from the Heruga Deposit (which Au, Ag and Cu were contained in the Upper Level); |
(34) | " Entrée's Share of Production " means: |
(a) | 20% of the Refined Au, Refined Ag and Refined Cu produced from the Hugo North Extension (which Au, Ag and Cu were contained in the Lower Level); |
(b) | 30% of the Refined Au, Refined Ag and Refined Cu produced from the Hugo North Extension (which Au, Ag and Cu were contained in the Upper Level); |
(c) | 20% of the Refined Au, Refined Ag and Refined Cu produced from the Heruga Deposit (which Au, Ag and Cu were contained in the Lower Level); and |
(d) | 30% of the Refined Au, Refined Ag and Refined Cu produced from the Heruga Deposit (which Au, Ag and Cu were contained in the Upper Level). |
(35) | " Event " means [redacted] . |
(36) | " Excess Sandstorm Payable Metals " has the meaning set forth in section 4.9(4). |
(37) | " Execution Date " means February 14, 2013. |
(38) | " Existing Investment Agreement " means the investment agreement dated as of October 6, 2009 among the Government, Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (formerly Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.), OTL and Rio Tinto International Holdings Ltd. with respect to, among other things, OTL's interest in the Property. |
(39) | " Expert " means an expert appointed under and acting pursuant to section 17.11. |
(40) | " Expropriation Event " means an Event (or portion thereof) which deprives Entrée or Entrée LLC (or both) of more than 34% of Entrée's Economic Interest (as the 34% shall be treated as a Government Acquisition Event). For greater certainty, after taking into account all Government Acquisition Events, only the expropriation of a portion of the remaining 66% of Entrée's Economic Interest shall be deemed to be an Expropriation Event and treated in accordance with sections 4.4 through 4.10. |
(41) | " Expropriation Event Abeyance Period " means the 12 month period commencing upon the commencement of a Partial Expropriation Event or a Full Expropriation Event, as the case may be. |
(42) | "Expropriation Event Expiration Date " has the meaning set forth in section 4.9. |
(43) | " Expropriation Percentage Adjustment " has the meaning set forth in section 4.9(3). |
(44) | " Extended Expropriation Event Abeyance Period " means the period commencing at the end of the 12 month period that commences upon the commencement of a Partial Expropriation Event or a Full Expropriation Event, as the case may be and that terminates as unilaterally determined by Sandstorm. |
(45) | " Extended Term " has the meaning set forth in section 5.2. |
(46) | " Extension Date " means that date which is the last day of the Expropriation Event Abeyance Period. |
(47) | " Finance Security Interest " means, subject to any existing Permitted Encumbrances and section 24.2, [redacted ]. |
(48) | " Fixed Price " means: |
(a) | until the Property has produced the Current Resource with respect to Au, US$220 per ounce of Au; |
(b) | until the Property has produced the Current Resource with respect to Ag, US$5 per ounce of Ag; |
(c) | until the Property has produced the Current Resource with respect to Cu, US$0.50 per pound of Cu; |
(d) | after the Property has produced the Current Resource with respect to Au, US$500 per ounce of Au; |
(e) | after the Property has produced the Current Resource with respect to Ag, US$10 per ounce of Ag; and |
(f) | after the Property has produced the Current Resource with respect to Cu, US$1.10 per pound of Cu. |
(49) | " Full Expropriation Event " means [redacted] . |
(50) | " Future Agreements " has the meaning set forth in section 6.1. |
(51) | " Future Agreement Offer " has the meaning set forth in section 6.2(1). |
(52) | " Future Agreements Right of First Refusal " has the meaning set forth in section 6.2(1). |
(53) | " Government " means the Government of Mongolia. |
(54) | " Government Acquisition Event " means an Event (or portion thereof) which, individually or cumulatively with other Events, deprives Entrée or Entrée LLC (or both) of up to and including 34% of Entrée's Economic Interest. For greater certainty, each Event that occurs shall be treated first as a Government Acquisition Event in accordance with section 4.11, until such time as cumulatively, Entrée or Entrée LLC (or both) is deprived of 34% of Entrée's Economic Interest. Thereafter, to the extent that Entrée or Entrée LLC (or both) is deprived of more than 34% of Entrée's Economic Interest, such additional amount shall be deemed to be as a result of an Expropriation Event and treated in accordance with sections 4.4 through 4.10. |
(55) | " Government Acquisition Event Date " means the later of (a) the date that the Government Acquisition Event takes effect and (b) the date Entrée provides written notice to Sandstorm of the Government Acquisition Event. |
(56) | " Grantee " has the meaning set forth in section Error! Reference source not found. . |
(57) | " Hedging Arrangement " means any arrangement proposed to be entered into by Entrée or its Affiliates pursuant to which the risk of the future price of Production is sold to a third Person, including as and by way of netting and collateral arrangements under International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. protocols and mandates. |
(58) | " Heruga Deposit " means, for the purposes of this Agreement, the economic mineralization, whether existing as at the Execution Date or discovered during the Term or the Extended Term (as the case may be), on Javhlant Mining Licence 15225A, as identified and depicted in Schedule "B" hereto including, without limitation, the Heruga deposit. |
(59) | " Hugo North Extension " means, for the purposes of this Agreement, the economic mineralization, whether existing as at the Execution Date or discovered during the Term or the Extended Term (as the case may be), on that portion of Shivee Tolgoi Mining Licence 15226A, as identified and depicted in Schedule "C" hereto including, without limitation, the Hugo North Extension deposit. |
(60) | " Inflation Adjustment " means 1% per year. |
(61) | " Inflation Adjustment Commencement Date for the Initial Fixed Price " means the fourth anniversary of the date that Sandstorm has commenced receiving Sandstorm Payable Metals under this Agreement. |
(62) | " Inflation Adjustment Commencement Date for the Subsequent Fixed Price " means the first anniversary of the date upon which the Fixed Price that is paid for Sandstorm Payable Metals is adjusted from the Initial Fixed Price to the Subsequent Fixed Price. |
(63) | " Initial Fixed Price " means those prices set forth in sections 1.1(48)(a), 1.1(48)(b) and 1.1(48)(c) of the definition of Fixed Price. |
(64) | " Insolvency Event " means, in relation to Entrée or Entrée LLC, any one or more of the following events or circumstances: |
(a) | proceedings are commenced for the winding-up, liquidation or dissolution of it, unless it in good faith actively and diligently contests such proceedings within 15 days of the commencement of such proceedings resulting in a dismissal or stay of such proceedings within 30 days; |
(b) | if a Take Over has occurred, and proceedings are commenced for the winding-up, liquidation or dissolution of it, unless it in good faith actively and diligently contests such proceedings within 10 days of the commencement of such proceedings, resulting in a dismissal or stay of such proceedings within 30 days; |
(c) | a decree or order of a court of competent jurisdiction is entered adjudging it to be bankrupt or insolvent, or a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement or adjustment of or in respect of it is approved under applicable laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or relief of debtors; |
(d) | it makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or petitions or applies to any court or tribunal for the appointment of a receiver or trustee for itself or any substantial part of its property, or commences for itself or acquiesces in or approves or has filed or commenced against it any proceeding under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement (other than any reorganization or arrangement that is generally understood not to be consummated within the context of an insolvency) or readjustment of debt law or statute or any proceeding for the appointment of a receiver or trustee for itself or any substantial part of its assets or property, or has a liquidator, administrator, receiver, trustee, conservator or similar Person appointed with respect to it or any substantial portion of its property or assets; or |
(e) | a resolution is passed for the winding-up or liquidation of it. |
(65) | " Investment Agreement " means an agreement that parties carrying on business in Mongolia enter into with the Government, to, among other things, stabilize the taxation and operational environment and cap the royalties and other fees, expenses, levies and costs that such parties must pay to the Government by reason of their carrying on mining operations or any business in Mongolia, including by such parties conceding to the Government ownership of an undivided interest in the applicable interest in a property, the joint venture or the company that carries on the applicable joint venture. |
(66) | " Joint Venture " has the meaning set forth in section 20.1(2). |
(67) | " Joint Venture Agreement " means the joint venture agreement attached to the Earn-In Agreement as Appendix A, any amendments thereto, and any agreement which may supersede or replace such joint venture agreement including without limitation a shareholders' agreement, a partnership agreement or a members' agreement. |
(68) | " Joint Venture Conduct " means [redacted] . |
(69) | " Joint Venture Confidential Information " has the meaning set forth in section 16.2. |
(70) | [redacted] . |
(71) | " LOM Case " means the IDP-10 LOM Case which is contained in the technical report prepared for Entrée with respect to the Lookout Hill Property by AMEC Minproc dated June, 2010. |
(72) | " Losses " means any and all damages, claims, losses, lost profits, liabilities, fines, injuries, costs, penalties and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) and whether present or future, fixed or unascertained, actual or contingent and whether at law, in equity, under statute, contract or otherwise. |
(73) | " Lower Level " means, with respect to Minerals in the Property, those contained 560 metres and below in depth. |
(74) | " Market Price " means: |
(a) | for each ounce of Sandstorm Payable Metals that is Au and that is delivered and sold to Sandstorm pursuant to this Agreement, the London p.m. fix for Au as quoted in United States dollars by the London Bullion Market Association (or any successor metals exchange) on the Business Day prior to the date the Sandstorm Payable Metals that is Au is delivered and sold to Sandstorm; |
(b) | for each ounce of Sandstorm Payable Metals that is Ag and that is delivered and sold to Sandstorm pursuant to this Agreement, the London p.m. fix for Ag as quoted in United States dollars by the London Bullion Market Association (or any successor metals exchange) on the Business Day prior to the date the Sandstorm Payable Metals that is Ag is delivered and sold to Sandstorm; and |
(c) | for each pound of Sandstorm Payable Metals that is Cu and that is delivered and sold to Sandstorm pursuant to this Agreement, the London p.m. fix for Cu as quoted in United States dollars by the London Metals Exchange (or any successor metals exchange) on the Business Day prior to the date the Sandstorm Payable Metals that is Cu is delivered and sold to Sandstorm. |
(75) | " Minerals " means any and all economic, marketable metal bearing material, in whatever form or state. |
(76) | " Monthly Report " means a written report or reports, in relation to a calendar month, detailing on an Apportioned Basis: |
(a) | the gross number of ounces and pounds of Production, including those ounces and pounds delivered to an Offtaker in the applicable calendar month; |
(b) | the names and addresses of each Offtaker to which the Production referred to in section 1.1(76)(a) was delivered, if the Offtaker is not OTL or an Affiliate of OTL; |
(c) | the gross number of ounces and pounds of Sandstorm Payable Metals which have resulted or which are estimated to result from the Production referred to in section 1.1(76)(a); |
(d) | the gross number of ounces and pounds of Sandstorm Payable Metals which have been delivered to Sandstorm with respect to the Production referred to in section 1.1(76)(a), in accordance with the provisions of Article 9; |
(e) | a reconciliation between any provisional number of ounces and pounds of Sandstorm Payable Metals specified in a Monthly Report pursuant to section 1.1(76)(c) for a preceding calendar month and the final number of ounces and pounds of Sandstorm Payable Metals for the applicable calendar month; |
(f) | a reconciliation between any gross number of ounces and pounds produced by Entrée's Share of Production specified in a Monthly Report pursuant to section 1.1(76)(c) and the gross number of ounces and pounds delivered to Sandstorm for the applicable calendar month; |
(g) | the gross number of ounces and pounds of Production for which Entrée has not yet received payment or compensation as of the applicable calendar month; |
(h) | the amount of the OTL Financed Costs that have been advanced and the OTL Interest Costs that have accrued and the amount of the OTL Financed Costs and the OTL Interest Costs that have been repaid as at the end of the applicable calendar month; |
(i) | any and all information received by Entrée from OTL with respect to the OTL Financed Costs estimated to be advanced during the next succeeding calendar month; |
(j) | any and all information received in the applicable calendar month by Entrée from OTL with respect to the OTL Financing Commitment; |
(k) | any and all information received in the applicable calendar month by Entrée from OTL with respect to distributions in repayment of the OTL Financed Costs and the OTL Interest Costs; |
(l) | the [redacted] in such calendar month and the [redacted] ; |
(m) | the amount of Sandstorm Accrued Metals and Sandstorm Expropriated Metals as at the end of the applicable calendar month; and |
(n) | any material changes from the previous Monthly Report relating to anticipated quarterly Production for the remainder of the current calendar year. |
(77) | [redacted] . |
(78) | " NYSE " means the NYSE MKT LLC. |
(79) | " Offtaker " means the counterparty to an Offtake Agreement which may include, as applicable, the manager of the Joint Venture, appointed pursuant to the Joint Venture Agreement or the Joint Venture Conduct. |
(80) | " Offtake Agreement " means any refining, marketing or processing agreement entered into by the Operator or by Entrée or its Affiliates with respect to Production. |
(81) | " Operator " means the manager of the Property including, as appointed by the Joint Venture pursuant to the Joint Venture Agreement or any successor manager. |
(82) | " Original Sandstorm Payable Metals " means Refined Metals in an amount equal to: |
(a) | 6.77% of the Refined Au and Refined Ag which comprise part of Production produced from the Hugo North Extension (which Au and Ag were contained in the Lower Level); |
(b) | 10.15% of the Refined Au and Refined Ag which comprise part of Production produced from the Hugo North Extension (which Au and Ag were contained in the Upper Level); |
(c) | 5.13% of the Refined Au and Refined Ag which comprise part of Production produced from the Heruga Deposit (which Au and Ag were contained in the Lower Level); |
(d) | 7.7% of the Refined Au and Refined Ag which comprise part of Production produced from the Heruga Deposit (which Au and Ag were contained in the Upper Level); |
(e) | 0.50% of the Refined Cu which comprises part of Production produced from the Hugo North Extension (which Cu was contained in the Lower Level); |
(f) | 0.75% of the Refined Cu which comprises part of Production produced from the Hugo North Extension (which Cu was contained in the Upper Level); |
(g) | 0.50% of the Refined Cu which comprises part of Production produced from the Heruga Deposit (which Au and Ag were contained in the Lower Level); and |
(h) | 0.75% of the Refined Cu which comprises part of Production produced from the Heruga Deposit (which Au and Ag were contained in the Upper Level). |
(83) | " OTL " means Oyu Tolgoi LLC, a corporation incorporated pursuant to the laws of Mongolia and as of the Execution Date owned by Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. and the Government (through Erdenes Oyu Tolgoi LLC) (on a 66%/34% basis). |
(84) | " OTL Financed Costs " has the meaning set forth in section 20.1(7). |
(85) | " OTL Financing Commitment " has the meaning set forth in section 20.1(7). |
(86) | " OTL Interest Costs " has the meaning set forth in section 20.1(7). |
(87) | " OTL Repayment Date " means the date upon which OTL is repaid any tranche of the OTL Financed Costs and the OTL Interest Costs. |
(88) | " OTL Share of Entrée's Share of Production " has the meaning set forth in section 20.1(8). |
(89) | " Partial Expropriation Event means [redacted] . |
(90) | " Parties " means Entrée and Sandstorm and " Party " means any one of Entrée or Sandstorm, as the context requires. |
(91) | " Payable Deductions " has the meaning set forth in section 3.4. |
(92) | " Permitted Encumbrances " means the Encumbrances described in Schedule "D". |
(93) | " Person " means and includes individuals, corporations, bodies corporate, limited or general partnerships, joint stock companies, limited liability corporations, joint ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust companies, governments or any other type of organization, whether or not a legal entity. |
(94) | " Place of Delivery " has the meaning set forth in section 9.1. |
(95) | " Private Placement " has the meaning set forth in section 2.1. |
(96) | " Production " means Au, Ag and Cu produced from the Property. |
(97) | " Production Payment " means a cash payment, distribution or dividend received by Entrée pursuant to the Joint Venture Agreement on account of Entrée's Share of Production or Entrée's Limited Share of Production, as the case may be, net of any deductions or withholdings imposed or levied by applicable law or any government or governmental authority or agency, and all cash payments or distributions subsequently received by Entrée on account of any such deductions or withholdings. |
(98) | " Property " has the meaning set forth in section 20.1(2). |
(99) | " Purchase Price " per ounce or pound, as the case may be, of Sandstorm Payable Metals means: |
(a) | subject to section 1.1(99)(b), the Market Price, [redacted] ; and |
(b) | [redacted] , the lesser of the Fixed Price and the Market Price, payable in cash. |
(100) | [redacted] . |
(101) | " Receiving Party " has the meaning set forth in section 23.2. |
(102) | " Refined Ag " means the Ag portion of marketable metal bearing material in the form of Ag that meets the specifications for Good Delivery Silver Bars under the Good Delivery Rules as published by the London Bullion Market Association from time to time, being at the Execution Date, among other things, a purity of at least 99.9% . |
(103) | " Refined Au " means the Au portion of marketable metal bearing material in the form of Au that meets the specifications for Good Delivery Gold Bars under the Good Delivery Rules as published by the London Bullion Market Association from time to time, being at the Execution Date, among other things, a purity of at least 99.5% . |
(104) | " Refined Cu " means the Cu portion of marketable metal bearing material in the form of Cu that is refined to standards meeting or exceeding commercial standards for the sale of refined Cu, that meets the specifications for Grade A Copper as published by the London Metals Exchange from time to time being at the Execution Date, among other things , a purity of at least 99.9935%. |
(105) | " Refined Metals " means Refined Au, Refined Ag and Refined Cu and " Refined Metal " means any one of Refined Au, Refined Ag or Refined Cu, as the context requires. |
(106) | " Refundable Deposit " as of the Execution Date means the sum of US$40.0 million, and as of and from March 1, 2016, means the sum of US$33.2 million, subject to adjustment or readjustment from time to time in accordance with section 4.8, 4.9(1) or 4.11(2). |
(107) | " Refundable Deposit Funding Conditions " means the following conditions which are solely for the benefit of Sandstorm and may be waived by Sandstorm as contemplated in section 4.1: |
(a) | Entrée shall have provided Sandstorm with a certified copy of the executed Earn-In Agreement, which shall be acceptable to Sandstorm, acting reasonably; |
(b) | Entrée shall have provided Sandstorm with a duly executed officer's certificate (signed by a senior officer) which shall set forth all amounts that OTL has funded pursuant to the Earn-In Agreement and shall set forth all amounts from and after the Earn-In Date, that OTL has advanced by way of OTL Financed Costs, broken down to indicate the then outstanding advanced amount of the OTL Financed Costs and the OTL Interest Costs, which officer's certificate and the contents thereof shall be acceptable to Sandstorm, acting reasonably; |
(c) | Sandstorm shall have received a legal opinion, acceptable to Sandstorm, acting reasonably, subject to reasonable qualifications, as to: |
(i) | [redacted] ; |
(ii) | the ability of Entrée to sell Sandstorm Payable Metals as contemplated by this Agreement during the Term and the Extended Term; |
(iii) | the enforceability of the Finance Security Interest, subject to any existing Permitted Encumbrances and section 24.2, the first priority of the Finance Security Interest and the creation and perfection of the Finance Security Interest under applicable law; and |
(iv) | Entrée having received all required regulatory, legal and third party approvals and consents required to be acquired by Entrée in order to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement as at the Execution Date and the Finance Security Interest; |
(d) | Sandstorm shall have received a duly executed copy of the Finance Security Interest and proof that the Finance Security Interest has been duly registered as a first priority Encumbrance pursuant to applicable law in the Province of British Columbia, acceptable to Sandstorm, acting reasonably; |
(e) | the representations and warranties of Entrée contained in Articles 19 and 20 shall be true and correct, in all material respects, at the time of the payment of the Refundable Deposit and Sandstorm shall have received a certificate from a duly authorized senior officer of Entrée to such effect; |
(f) | Sandstorm shall, acting reasonably, be satisfied that Entrée shall not have suffered an Entrée Material Adverse Change between the Execution Date and the Refundable Deposit Funding Date; |
(g) | [redacted] ; |
(h) | [redacted] ; |
(i) | [redacted] ; |
(j) | Entrée shall have complied in all material respects with the terms of this Agreement and Sandstorm shall have received a certificate from a duly authorized senior officer of Entrée to such effect; |
(k) | Sandstorm shall have received all requisite regulatory approvals and third party consents to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement; and |
(l) | Entrée shall have received all requisite regulatory approvals and third party consents to the execution and delivery of this Agreement necessary as at the Execution Date and the Finance Security Interest and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement as at the Execution Date and the Finance Security Interest, including the consent of the TSX and the NYSE. |
(108) | " Refundable Deposit Funding Date " means the date that is three Business Days after the last of the Refundable Deposit Funding Conditions has been satisfied or waived by Sandstorm as long as such date is on or before the Refundable Deposit Funding Date Deadline. |
(109) | " Refundable Deposit Funding Date Deadline " means February 28, 2013. |
(110) | " Refunded Deposit " has the meaning set forth in section 4.8. |
(111) | " Rules " has the meaning set forth in section 17.4(2). |
(112) | " Sandstorm Accrued Metals " means that portion of the Sandstorm Payable Metals which Sandstorm is entitled to purchase in a particular month that cannot be delivered to Sandstorm due to the fact that OTL shall retain a portion of the relevant Production Payment on account of the OTL Share of Entrée's Share of Production, which Sandstorm Payable Metals shall therefore accrue pro rata (i.e. based on the various percentages of the Refined Au, Refined Ag and Refined Cu to be purchased by Sandstorm as set forth in the definition of Sandstorm Payable Metals) for the benefit of Sandstorm. |
(113) | " Sandstorm Audit " has the meaning set forth in section 7.4. |
(114) | " Sandstorm Audit Report " has the meaning set forth in section 7.4. |
(115) | " Sandstorm Expropriated Metals " means all or part (as the case may be) of the amount of Sandstorm Payable Metals which Sandstorm is entitled to purchase in a particular month and that amount of Sandstorm Accrued Metals which Sandstorm is entitled to purchase in the same month, that cannot be delivered by Entrée as a result of an Expropriation Event (whether a Full Expropriation Event or a Partial Expropriation Event) and which shall therefore accrue for the benefit of Sandstorm. |
(116) | " Sandstorm Indemnified Person " has the meaning set forth in Article 22. |
(117) | " Sandstorm Material Adverse Effect " in respect of Sandstorm means any one or more changes, events or circumstances, which, in each case, either individually or in the aggregate, are, or would reasonably be expected to be, material and adverse to expected future amounts of Sandstorm Payable Metals to be delivered to and purchased by Sandstorm pursuant to this Agreement, to payments due and owing to Sandstorm under this Agreement, or to the business, operations, assets, liabilities, financial condition or continued ownership of the assets of Sandstorm, taken as a whole, other than any change, effect, event or occurrence: |
(a) | relating to the global economy or securities markets in general; |
(b) | (save and except for a Full Expropriation Event), affecting the worldwide Au or Ag mining industry in general, which does not have a materially disproportionate effect on Sandstorm; |
(c) | resulting from changes in the price of Au, Ag or Cu; or |
(d) | relating to the rate at which Canadian dollars can be exchanged for the currency of any other nation, including the United States or vice versa, and references in this Agreement to dollar amounts are not intended to be, and shall not be deemed to be, interpretive of the amount used for the purpose of determining whether a " Sandstorm Material Adverse Effect " has occurred and such defined terms and all other references to materiality in this Agreement shall be interpreted without reference to any such amounts. |
(118) | " Sandstorm Payable Metals " means Refined Metals in an amount equal to: |
(a) | 5.619% of the Refined Au and Refined Ag which comprise part of Production produced from the Hugo North Extension (which Au and Ag were contained in the Lower Level); |
(b) | 8.425% of the Refined Au and Refined Ag which comprise part of Production produced from the Hugo North Extension (which Au and Ag were contained in the Upper Level); |
(c) | 4.258% of the Refined Au and Refined Ag which comprise part of Production produced from the Heruga Deposit (which Au and Ag were contained in the Lower Level); |
(d) | 6.391% of the Refined Au and Refined Ag which comprise part of Production produced from the Heruga Deposit (which Au and Ag were contained in the Upper Level); |
(e) | 0.415% of the Refined Cu which comprises part of Production produced from the Hugo North Extension (which Cu was contained in the Lower Level); |
(f) | 0.623% of the Refined Cu which comprises part of Production produced from the Hugo North Extension (which Cu was contained in the Upper Level); |
(g) | 0.415% of the Refined Cu which comprises part of Production produced from the Heruga Deposit (which Au and Ag were contained in the Lower Level); and |
(h) | 0.623% of the Refined Cu which comprises part of Production produced from the Heruga Deposit (which Au and Ag were contained in the Upper Level). |
(119) | " Selling Party " has the meaning set forth in section 6.1. |
(120) | " Shares " means fully paid common shares without par value in the capital of Entrée. |
(121) | " Share Price " means the VWAP for the 10 Trading Days immediately preceding the Execution Date. |
(122) | " Shortfall " has the meaning set forth in section 4.11(2)(a)(ii)(C). |
(123) | " Shortfall Shares " has the meaning set forth in section 4.11(2)(a)(ii)(C)(II). |
(124) | " Subscription Agreement " means a subscription agreement between Entrée and Sandstorm in the form set forth in Schedule "A" to this Agreement. |
(125) | " Subscription Date " means that date which is the later of (i) the 10th Business Day after the Execution Date; or (ii) the Refundable Deposit Funding Date. |
(126) | " Subsequent Fixed Price " means those fixed prices set forth in sections 1.1(48)(d), 1.1(48)(e) and 1.1(48)(f) of the definition of Fixed Price. |
(127) | " Take Over " means a transaction with respect to Entrée or its successor which results in the beneficial owners of the shares and other securities of Entrée or its successor immediately prior to such transaction, ceasing to beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the voting rights (on a fully-diluted basis) of Entrée or its successor, and for greater certainty includes any transaction in which persons who are not the beneficial owners of shares or other securities of Entrée or its successor carrying more than 50% of the voting rights (on a fully diluted basis) prior to such transaction, becoming the beneficial owners of shares or other securities of Entrée or its successor, carrying more than 50% of the voting rights (on a fully diluted basis) after the transaction. |
(128) | " Term " has the meaning set forth in section 5.1. |
(129) | " Termination Notice " has the meaning set forth in section 5.2. |
(130) | " Third Party Offer " has the meaning set forth in section 6.2. |
(131) | " Time of Delivery " has the meaning set forth in section 9.4. |
(132) | " Trading Day " means a day on which the Shares are able to be traded on TSX. |
(133) | " Transfer " when used as a verb, means to sell, grant, assign, encumber, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise dispose of or commit to dispose of, directly or indirectly, including through mergers, arrangements, amalgamations, consolidations, asset sales or spin-out transactions. When used as a noun, " Transfer " means a sale, grant, assignment, pledge or disposal or the commitment to do any of the foregoing, directly or indirectly, including through mergers, arrangements, amalgamations, consolidations, asset sales or spin-out transactions. |
(134) | " Transfer Conditions " has the meaning set forth in section 14.1. |
(135) | " TSX " means the Toronto Stock Exchange. |
(136) | " Unearned Balance " means [redacted] . |
(137) | [redacted] . |
(138) | [redacted] . |
(139) | " Upper Level " means, with respect to Minerals in the Property, those contained above 560 metres in depth. |
(140) | " VWAP " means the weighted average trading price of the Shares on the TSX over a relevant period, calculated by dividing the total value of all Shares traded on the TSX during the relevant period by the total number of Shares traded in that period. |
1.2 | Unless the context otherwise expressly requires, in this Agreement: |
(1) | the singular includes the plural and conversely and a gender includes all genders; |
(2) | if a word or phrase is defined, its other grammatical forms have a corresponding meaning; |
(3) | a reference to an Article, section or schedule is a reference to an Article or section of or a schedule to this Agreement; |
(4) | a reference to any party (including a Party) includes that party's substitutes, successors and permitted assigns; |
(5) | a reference to an agreement or document (including a reference to this Agreement) is to the agreement or document as amended, varied, supplemented, novated or replaced except to the extent prohibited by this Agreement or that other agreement or document; |
(6) | a reference to legislation or to a provision of legislation includes a modification or re-enactment of it, a legislative provision substituted for it and a regulation, code, by-law, ordinance or statutory instrument issued under it; |
(7) | a reference to "US$" or "USD" is to the currency of the United States of America; |
(8) | a reference to "C$" or "CAD" is to the currency of Canada; |
(9) | a reference to writing includes a facsimile or electronic mail transmission and any means of reproducing words in a tangible and permanently visible form; |
(10) | the word "including" means "including without limitation" and "include" and, "includes" will be construed similarly; |
(11) | headings and any table of contents or index are for convenience only and do not form part of this Agreement or affect its interpretation; |
(12) | a provision of this Agreement shall not be construed to the disadvantage of a Party merely because that Party was responsible for the preparation of this Agreement or the inclusion of the provision in this Agreement; and |
(13) | if an act is prescribed to be done on a specified day which is not a Business Day, it must be done instead on the next Business Day. |
1.3 | The following schedules are attached to and incorporated in this Agreement: |
(1) | Schedule "A" – Subscription Agreement; |
(2) | Schedule "B" – Heruga Deposit; |
(3) | Schedule "C" – Hugo North Extension; and |
(4) | Schedule "D" – Permitted Encumbrances. |
2. | EQUITY INVESTMENT AND RELATED OBLIGATIONS |
2.1 | On the Subscription Date and pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, Sandstorm shall subscribe for and purchase, and Entrée shall issue and sell C$10.0 million worth of Shares (the " Private Placement ") at the Share Price. |
2.2 | Each Party shall execute and deliver the Subscription Agreement in respect of the Private Placement concurrently with the execution of this Agreement on the Execution Date. |
2.3 | Subject to section 2.5, Sandstorm covenants and agrees that, for as long as it holds Shares during the Term or any Extended Term, Sandstorm shall: |
(1) | vote its Shares as the board of directors of Entrée specifies with respect to any proposed Take Over, provided that if Entrée specifies that Sandstorm vote its Shares in support of any proposed Take Over, Sandstorm shall only be required to do so if, prior to or concurrently with any vote by the holders of Shares to approve the proposed Take Over, the Person or Persons who are to acquire control of Entrée upon completion of the Take Over irrevocably agree with Sandstorm in writing (in form and substance satisfactory to Sandstorm) to execute and deliver a Deed of Adherence to Sandstorm on or before the completion of the Take Over; |
(2) | not, without the prior consent of the board of directors of Entrée, dispose of, agree to dispose of or tender its Shares in connection with any proposed Take Over; and |
(3) | not, without the prior consent of the board of directors of Entrée, engage in any discussions or negotiations, or enter into any agreement, commitment or understanding, or otherwise act jointly or in concert, with any third party in order to propose or effect any: |
(a) | Take Over, or |
(b) | acquisition or disposition of all or substantially all of Entrée's assets. |
2.4 | During the period commencing on the Subscription Date and ending on the four-month anniversary of the Subscription Date, Sandstorm shall not Transfer any of the Shares. |
2.5 | Section 2.3 shall cease to apply if an Entrée Event of Default has occurred and all relevant notice and cure periods contained in this Agreement in respect of that Entrée Event of Default have expired without the Entrée Event of Default having been remedied. |
2.6 | For greater certainty, references to Shares in Section 2.3 mean Shares whenever and however acquired by Sandstorm, and are not limited to Shares subscribed for and purchased under the Private Placement. |
3. | AGREEMENT OF PURCHASE AND SALE |
3.1 | Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, from and after the date that Sandstorm has delivered the Refundable Deposit to Entrée, in consideration of the Purchase Price, Entrée shall sell to Sandstorm and Sandstorm shall purchase from Entrée the Sandstorm Payable Metals, which shall be clear of all Encumbrances once sold to Sandstorm. The obligations of Entrée under this Agreement shall be to deliver and sell the Sandstorm Payable Metals in a manner consistent with the terms of this Agreement. |
3.2 | Unless the Parties otherwise agree in writing, Entrée shall not sell Production to Sandstorm. |
3.3 | It is understood and agreed as follows: |
(1) | while OTL is receiving the OTL Share of Entrée's Share of Production, in each month of the Term and the Extended Term, as the case may be, if the Production Payment that was received by Entrée for that month together with the payment for Sandstorm Payable Metals that was received by Entrée for the preceding month is insufficient to purchase and deliver the Sandstorm Payable Metals to be delivered to Sandstorm in that month, then the amount of the Sandstorm Payable Metals to be delivered by Entrée to Sandstorm for that month shall be limited to the maximum amount of Sandstorm Payable Metals that Entrée can deliver to Sandstorm having regard to the Production Payment and the payment for Sandstorm Payable Metals received by Entrée in the preceding month and any remaining amount of Sandstorm Payable Metals, not so delivered to Sandstorm for that month, shall accrue and shall constitute Sandstorm Accrued Metals; and |
(2) | as at and from any OTL Repayment Date, in each month of the Term and the Extended Term, as the case may be, Sandstorm shall purchase, in addition to the Sandstorm Payable Metals, the Sandstorm Accrued Metals; however, in each month the aggregate of the Sandstorm Payable Metals, the Sandstorm Accrued Metals and the Sandstorm Expropriated Metals required to be delivered by Entrée shall not, unless Entrée agrees otherwise, exceed the maximum amount of Refined Metals that Entrée can deliver having regard to the Production Payment that was received by Entrée for that month and the payment for Sandstorm Payable Metals received by Entrée in the month preceding such month. Sandstorm shall continue to additionally purchase Sandstorm Accrued Metals until such time as the balance of the Sandstorm Accrued Metals shall be zero. Sandstorm shall also, if applicable, purchase Sandstorm Expropriated Metals as contemplated by section 4.6. |
3.4 | For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, Sandstorm Payable Metals shall not include any ounces or pounds of Au, Ag or Cu, respectively, delivered to an Offtaker in respect of which Entrée does not receive payment as a result of metallurgical recovery rates of less than 100% or other payable metal (but not cash) deductions (the " Payable Deductions ") applied by an Offtaker pursuant to the terms of the applicable Offtake Agreement. |
4. | REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT AND RELATED MATTERS |
4.1 | If the Refundable Deposit Funding Conditions are satisfied or waived by Sandstorm before the Refundable Deposit Funding Date Deadline, Sandstorm shall pay the Refundable Deposit to Entrée in cash by wire transfer on the Refundable Deposit Funding Date. |
4.2 | If, by the expiry or earlier termination of the Term or the Extended Term, if applicable, Entrée has not sold and delivered Sandstorm Payable Metals to Sandstorm in a sufficient quantity so as to [redacted] . |
4.3 | Within 90 days of the end of each fiscal year of Entrée, Entrée shall prepare a detailed statement setting out the calculations of the Unearned Balance on an annual basis [redacted] . The annual [redacted] may be included in the applicable Annual Report. Entrée shall also prepare a final [redacted] within 90 days of the expiry or earlier termination of the Term or the Extended Term, if applicable. Each successive [redacted] shall include the aggregate information from previous [redacted] , including disputes settled in accordance with Article 17. Sandstorm shall have 90 days from the date of delivery of each [redacted] to dispute by written notice the accuracy of an item therein. If Sandstorm and Entrée are unable to resolve any dispute, then Sandstorm and Entrée shall have 90 days (or such greater period of time as Sandstorm and Entrée may mutually agree) from the date the dispute notice is delivered by Sandstorm to resolve the dispute, and failing such resolution, the dispute shall be resolved in accordance with Article 17. If Sandstorm has not disputed the accuracy of an item in an [redacted] within 90 days after the delivery thereof, then Sandstorm will be deemed to have agreed with the [redacted] . |
4.4 | [redacted] . |
4.5 | [redacted] . |
4.6 | Subject to section 4.9, commencing on: |
(1) | the date upon which the applicable Expropriation Event terminates or abates; or |
(2) | the date upon which Sandstorm has amended the Sandstorm Payable Metals pursuant to section 4.9 (with respect to a Partial Expropriation Event, after the end of the term of the Expropriation Event Abeyance Period or Extended Expropriation Event Abeyance Period), |
4.7 | Sandstorm shall have the unilateral right to extend the term of the Expropriation Event Abeyance Period with respect to both a Full Expropriation Event and a Partial Expropriation Event (which unilateral right shall be deemed to have been exercised by Sandstorm without any further or other act by Sandstorm, unless Sandstorm shall provide written notice to Entrée that the Expropriation Event Abeyance Period has terminated), until such time as Sandstorm unilaterally elects to terminate such extended term (i.e. the Extended Expropriation Event Abeyance Period) by written notice of such termination given to Entrée. If the term of the Expropriation Event Abeyance Period shall be so extended, then: |
(1) | in the case of a Full Expropriation Event, from and after the Extension Date and during the Extended Expropriation Event Abeyance Period, Sandstorm Payable Metals and, if applicable, Sandstorm Accrued Metals and Sandstorm Expropriated Metals shall no longer continue to accrue in accordance with this Agreement; |
(2) | in the case where the Extended Expropriation Event Abeyance Period relates to a Partial Expropriation Event, on the Extension Date the Expropriation Percentage Adjustment shall be made in accordance with section 4.9(3) (without, at that time, the requirement for Entrée to refund a portion of the Refundable Deposit in accordance with section 4.9(1)) and such adjustment shall apply during the Extended Expropriation Event Abeyance Period notwithstanding the fact that the Expropriation Event Expiration Date has not transpired; |
(3) | subject to section 4.7(2) and from the Extension Date until the date that the Extended Expropriation Event Abeyance Period is at an end, sections 4.9, 4.10, and 10.2(7) shall not be operative or applicable; |
(4) | in the case of a Partial Expropriation Event, if at any time after the Expropriation Event Expiration Date, and after the application of the Expropriation Percentage Adjustment in section 4.9, an event shall occur such that Entrée's share of Production from the Property shall increase and be readjusted, then Sandstorm shall further adjust or readjust, as the case may be, the Sandstorm Payable Metals to be delivered by Entrée on or after the date of such event by an amount determined by the application of the following formula, not to exceed 0.66 multiplied by the numbers set forth in each of sections 1.1(82)(a) through 1.1(82)(h): Entrée's newly increased or readjusted share of Production from the Property divided by Entrée's Effective New Share of Production from the Property, multiplied by the numbers set forth in each of sections 1.1(118)(a) through 1.1(118)(h) in the definition of Sandstorm Payable Metals as adjusted from time to time; and |
(5) | in the case of a Partial Expropriation Event, if at any time after the Expropriation Event Expiration Date, Entrée shall receive cash or other readily measurable consideration as compensation for damages or losses suffered as a result of the Partial Expropriation Event, then forthwith upon receipt of such cash or other readily measurable consideration, Entrée shall pay to Sandstorm in cash without set off, deduction or defalcation an amount equal to the cash or other readily measurable consideration that Entrée has received, multiplied by the Sandstorm Payable Metals that Sandstorm would have received had the Partial Expropriation Event not occurred, divided by the amount of Entrée's Share of Production that Entrée would have received had the Partial Expropriation Event not occurred, less the Purchase Price Entrée would have received for such Sandstorm Payable Metals. |
4.8 | If sections 4.7(4) or 4.7(5) apply and a portion of the Refundable Deposit has been refunded by Entrée pursuant to section 4.9(1) (the " Refunded Deposit ") then: |
(1) | in the case where section 4.7(4) applies and the Partial Expropriation Event is overturned or unwound in its entirety, then the Refunded Deposit shall be credited in the manner set out in section 4.9(4)(b) (excluding section 4.9(4)(b)(i)) as if a reference to Excess Sandstorm Payable Metals was a reference to the Refunded Deposit; |
(2) | in the case where section 4.7(4) applies and the Partial Expropriation Event is partially overturned or unwound, then a proportionate amount of the Refunded Deposit shall be credited in the manner set out in section 4.9(4)(b) (excluding section 4.9(4)(b)(i)) as if a reference to Excess Sandstorm Payable Metals was a reference to the Refunded Deposit; |
(3) | in the case where section 4.7(5) applies, then all or a proportionate amount (as the case may be) of the Refunded Deposit shall be credited in the manner set out in section 4.9(4)(b) (excluding section 4.9(4)(b)(i)) as if a reference to Excess Sandstorm Payable Metals was a reference to the Refunded Deposit. |
4.9 | In the case of a Partial Expropriation Event, if, at the end of the Expropriation Event Abeyance Period or the Extended Expropriation Event Abeyance Period (the " Expropriation Event Expiration Date "), the Partial Expropriation Event shall remain in effect, then: |
(1) | if an Unearned Balance exists as at the Expropriation Event Expiration Date, within 10 Business Days, Entrée shall, upon receipt of written notice from Sandstorm to do so, refund a portion of the Refundable Deposit in cash to Sandstorm equal to the Refundable Deposit multiplied by (0.66 minus the Expropriation Percentage Adjustment), up to a maximum amount that is the then Unearned Balance; |
(2) | if Entrée shall not make such refund to Sandstorm within the 10 Business Days referred to in section 4.9(1), then Entrée shall be deemed to be in default of this Agreement pursuant to Article 10 and the provisions of Article 10, including as to the payment of the Entrée Default Fee, shall be applicable; |
(3) | if an Unearned Balance exists as at the Expropriation Event Expiration Date, after Sandstorm shall have received the partial refund of the Refundable Deposit set forth in section 4.9(1) and in any other case upon the Expropriation Event Expiration Date, Sandstorm shall adjust or readjust (as the case may be) the Sandstorm Payable Metals by an amount determined by the application of the following formula: Entrée's Effective New Share of Production from the Property divided by Entrée's Share of Production from the Property (the " Expropriation Percentage Adjustment ") multiplied by the numbers set forth in each of sections 1.1(82)(a) through 1.1(82)(h) in the definition of Original Sandstorm Payable Metals. For further clarification and the avoidance of doubt, it is intended that this equation shall result in the amount of the Sandstorm Payable Metals being adjusted by the same percentage that Entrée's Effective New Share of Production from the Property has been adjusted by the Partial Expropriation Event measured as a percentage of Entrée's Share of Production from the Property. The new percentages derived as a result of the calculation of the Expropriation Percentage Adjustment set forth in this section shall be effective retroactively from the beginning of the Expropriation Event Abeyance Period. A Partial Expropriation Event shall not adjust the amount of Sandstorm Accrued Metals to be delivered to Sandstorm; and |
(4) | if as a result of the Expropriation Percentage Adjustment Entrée determines that during the term of the Expropriation Event Abeyance Period it has delivered to Sandstorm an amount of Sandstorm Payable Metals greater than the amount of Sandstorm Payable Metals Entrée would have delivered to Sandstorm had the Expropriation Percentage Adjustment taken effect at the commencement of the Expropriation Event Abeyance Period (the " Excess Sandstorm Payable Metals ") then: |
(a) | Entrée shall promptly give notice in writing to Sandstorm which notice shall detail the amount of the Excess Sandstorm Payable Metals claimed and how that amount has been calculated; and |
(b) | unless Sandstorm, in accordance with Article 17, disputes all or a portion of the amount of the Excess Sandstorm Payable Metals specified in the notice given by Entrée under section 4.9(4)(a), the Excess Sandstorm Payable Metals or the portion of the Excess Sandstorm Payable Metals not in dispute (as the case may be) shall be credited as follows: |
(i) | firstly, set off against the refund set forth in section 4.9(1); |
(ii) | secondly, against the amount (if any) of Sandstorm Accrued Metals then outstanding; |
(iii) | thirdly, against the amount (if any) of Sandstorm Expropriated Metals then outstanding; and |
(iv) | thereafter, against future deliveries of Sandstorm Payable Metals to be made by Entrée to Sandstorm under this Agreement. |
4.10 | If, at the end of an Expropriation Event Abeyance Period or the Extended Expropriation Event Abeyance Period (as the case may be), a Full Expropriation Event shall remain in existence, then Entrée shall be deemed to be in default of this Agreement pursuant to section 10.2(7) and the provisions of Article 10, including as to the payment of the Entrée Default Fee, shall be applicable. |
4.11 | If during the Term or the Extended Term, as the case may be, a Government Acquisition Event shall occur, then the following shall apply: |
(1) | to the extent the Government Acquisition Event deprives Entrée or Entrée LLC (or both) of up to and including 17% of Entrée's Economic Interest, this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect with no changes to the Sandstorm Payable Metals, the Refundable Deposit or the Alternative Default Amount, notwithstanding the reduction in Entrée's Economic Interest; |
(2) | if the Government Acquisition Event deprives Entrée or Entrée LLC (or both) of more than 17% (whether as a result of one Event or cumulative Events) of Entrée's Economic Interest, then to the extent the expropriation is between 17% up to and including 34% of Entrée's Economic Interest, the expropriation in excess of 17% shall be treated as follows: |
(a) | if an Unearned Balance exists as at the Government Acquisition Event Date, then, unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties: |
(i) | if elected by Sandstorm by written notice delivered to Entrée within 20 Business Days of the Government Acquisition Event Date, and agreed to by Entrée by written notice delivered to Sandstorm within 7 days of Sandstorm's election, this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect with no changes to the Sandstorm Payable Metals, the Refundable Deposit or the Alternative Default Amount, notwithstanding the reduction in Entrée's Economic Interest; or if such election and agreement are not made then |
(ii) | Entrée shall refund to Sandstorm a portion of the Refundable Deposit in cash or Shares or any combination thereof in Entrée's sole discretion, equal to US$40.0 million multiplied by (0.83 minus Entrée's Effective New Share of Production measured as a percentage of Entrée's Share of Production from the Property), up to a maximum amount that is the then Unearned Balance: |
(A) | if Entrée determines that a portion of the Refundable Deposit shall be refunded in Shares, the value of each Share shall be equal to the VWAP of the Shares for the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding the 90 th day after the Expropriation Event Date; |
(B) | Entrée must advise Sandstorm in writing within 91 days of the Government Acquisition Event Date of the manner in which the portion of the Refundable Deposit shall be refunded, and if some or all of the refund shall be in Shares, the number of Shares that shall be issued; |
(C) | in no case shall Entrée issue a number of Shares to Sandstorm under this section 4.11(2)(a)(ii) that would cause Sandstorm to become a "control person" of Entrée as defined under applicable Canadian securities laws. In the event that the number of Shares specified in Entrée's written notice to Sandstorm under section 4.11(2)(a)(ii)(B), when combined with all other Shares then held by Sandstorm, would cause Sandstorm to become a "control person" of Entrée, Sandstorm shall, within two Business Days, advise Entrée of the maximum number of Shares that may be issued to Sandstorm without having Sandstorm become a "control person" of Entrée. The aggregate value of the balance of the Shares specified in Entrée's written notice (the " Shortfall ") shall be treated as follows: |
(I) | Entrée shall cease to be under any obligation to refund 50% of the Shortfall; |
(II) | the balance of the Shortfall shall be reimbursed in Shares as follows. Six months following the Government Acquisition Event Date, and every six months thereafter until the entire balance of the Shortfall is refunded, Entrée shall calculate the number of Shares that it would need to issue to refund the remaining balance of the Shortfall (the " Shortfall Shares "), based on the VWAP of the Shares for the five (5) Trading Days immediately preceding the relevant six month anniversary. Within 15 Business Days of the relevant six month anniversary, Entrée shall issue the maximum number of Shortfall Shares possible without causing Sandstorm to become a "control person"; |
(III) | notwithstanding section 4.11(2)(a)(ii)(C)(II), Entrée shall have the right, at any time, to refund the balance of the Shortfall amount to Sandstorm in cash. |
(iii) | subject to section 4.11(2)(a)(ii)(C), Entrée must refund the portion of the Refundable Deposit to Sandstorm within 111 days of the Government Acquisition Event Date, failing which Entrée shall be deemed to be in default of this Agreement pursuant to Article 10 and the provisions of Article 10, including as to the payment of the Entrée Default Fee, shall be applicable; |
(iv) | immediately following any refund of a portion of the Refundable Deposit in cash or Shares, the amount of the Refundable Deposit for the purposes of the definition set forth in section 1.1(106)) shall be reduced accordingly, and: |
(A) | a reduction shall be made to the Sandstorm Payable Metals by an amount that is equal to the numbers set forth in each of sections 1.1(82)(a) through 1.1(82)(h) in the definition of Original Sandstorm Payable Metals multiplied by (the value amount of the Refundable Deposit refunded divided by US$40.0 million); |
(B) | a reduction shall be made to the Alternative Default Amount that is equal to US$80.0 million multiplied by (the value amount of the Refundable Deposit refunded divided by US$40.0 million); and |
(C) | for greater certainty, in the event that Entrée ceases to be under any obligation to refund 50% of the Shortfall pursuant to section 4.11(2)(a)(ii)(C)(I), then with respect to that portion of the Refundable Deposit, no changes to the Sandstorm Payable Metals, the Refundable Deposit or the Alternative Default Amount shall be made notwithstanding the reduction in the economic value of Entrée's Share of Production or Entrée's Share of Production or Production Payments; and |
(b) | if no Unearned Balance exists as at the Government Acquisition Event Date, then Sandstorm shall immediately reduce the Sandstorm Payable Metals by an amount that is equal to the numbers set forth in each of sections 1.1(118)(a) through 1.1(118)(h) in the definition of Sandstorm Payable Metals multiplied by (one minus the cumulative % reduction to Entrée's Share of Production or Production Payments). For greater certainty, a Government Acquisition Event shall not adjust the amount of Sandstorm Accrued Metals to be delivered to Sandstorm. |
5. | TERM |
5.1 | The term of this Agreement shall commence on the Execution Date and subject to section 5.2 and Articles 8 and 10, shall continue until the date that is 50 years after the Execution Date (the " Term "). |
5.2 | Sandstorm may terminate this Agreement at the end of the Term by providing to Entrée, not less than 90 days prior to the expiry of the Term, written notice of its intention to terminate (a " Termination Notice "). If Sandstorm has not delivered a Termination Notice within 90 days prior to the expiry of the Term, then this Agreement shall continue in force for successive ten year periods (each, an " Extended Term ") until the date upon which the Extended Term is terminated in accordance with section 5.3. Any extension under this section 5.2 will be on the terms and conditions of this Agreement. |
5.3 | Sandstorm may terminate an Extended Term by providing to Entrée prior to the end of such Extended Term, written notice of its intention to terminate the Extended Term, which termination shall be effective immediately upon receipt of such notice of termination. |
5.4 | Subject to this Agreement, the termination of this Agreement pursuant to section 5.2 or section 5.3 (as the case may be) does not derogate from, affect or prejudice: |
(1) | any rights of the Parties that have accrued prior to the date of termination; and |
(2) | the rights and obligations of the Parties under any Article or section of this Agreement which, expressly or by implication, is intended to continue after the date of termination. |
6. | COVENANTS OF ENTRÉE |
6.1 | During the Term and the Extended Term, as the case may be, Entrée and its Affiliates (each a " Selling Party ") shall not enter into any future Mineral stream agreements, royalty agreements or other agreements that are similar to either a Mineral stream agreement or a royalty agreement (excluding Hedging Arrangements) in respect of Entrée's Share of Production from the Property (the " Future Agreements ") unless: |
(1) | the Selling Party has complied with the Future Agreements Right of First Refusal as provided in section 6.2; |
(2) | [redacted] ; and |
(3) | [redacted] . |
6.2 | During the Term and the Extended Term, as the case may be, if at any time a Selling Party intends to accept an offer from a proposed purchaser with respect to a Future Agreement (the " Third Party Offer "), then the following provisions shall apply: |
(1) | the Selling Party shall forthwith forward a copy of the Third Party Offer to Sandstorm and shall send a written offer to Sandstorm to enter into a Future Agreement on the same terms and conditions (subject to section 6.2(2)) as the Third Party Offer (the " Future Agreement Offer "). Sandstorm shall have the right, by notice to the Selling Party within 16 Business Days after receipt of such Future Agreement Offer or, if applicable, the determination of the cash equivalent of the non-cash consideration (which forms part of the Future Agreement Offer) in accordance with section 6.2(3), whichever is the later, to elect to accept the Future Agreement Offer (the " Future Agreements Right of First Refusal ). The Selling Party shall deliver to Sandstorm at the time of delivery of the Future Agreement Offer, the same confidential information that was provided to the proposed purchaser to the extent that such confidential information has not already been provided to Sandstorm in any Annual Report or Monthly Report. Additionally, it is understood and agreed that during such 16 Business Day period, Sandstorm may request from the Selling Party further confidential information that directly pertains to the subject matter of the Future Agreement Offer. Any such confidential information shall constitute Confidential Information for the purposes of Article 16; |
(2) | the price payable or other consideration under any proposed Future Agreement Offer shall be expressed in U.S. dollars. If the terms and conditions of a Third Party Offer provides for any consideration to be payable to the Selling Party other than in cash, then the Future Agreement Offer shall include the Selling Party's reasonable estimate of the cash equivalent of the non-cash consideration; |
(3) | within five Business Days after receipt of a Future Agreement Offer, Sandstorm may object in writing to the Selling Party's estimate of the cash value of the non-cash consideration set out in the Future Agreement Offer and upon such an objection being made, the Selling Party and Sandstorm shall seek to agree upon that cash value but if they cannot reach agreement within five Business Days after the date of objection, then that cash value will constitute a Dispute to be resolved in accordance with Article 17 (the cost of which determination shall be borne, if the cash value determined is less than that estimated by the Selling Party, by the Selling Party and in any other case, the cost of such determination shall be borne by Sandstorm); |
(4) | within a reasonable period of time after Sandstorm has accepted the Future Agreement Offer in accordance with section 6.2(1), and not later than 120 days after the date of such acceptance, the Selling Party and Sandstorm shall enter into such proposed Future Agreement on the terms and conditions of such proposed Future Agreement Offer. Sandstorm shall act in a reasonable and timely manner with respect to closing matters; however if the proposed Future Agreement is not entered into within 120 days after the date of such acceptance, as a result of the Selling Party, not acting in a timely manner, then Sandstorm shall have the right, acting reasonably, to extend the period of 120 days in order to accommodate such delays (provided that it is understood and agreed that Sandstorm shall not have the right to extend the period of 120 days if the failure to enter into the proposed Future Agreement is occasioned solely by acts or omissions of Sandstorm, such as the failure by Sandstorm to obtain requisite financing or board or regulatory approvals or Sandstorm seeking to incorporate into the Future Agreement any terms and conditions which were not contained in the Future Agreement Offer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any of the proposed terms and conditions of the proposed Future Agreement would be in violation of this Agreement then Sandstorm may seek to incorporate additional terms and conditions into the Future Agreement to the extent necessary to ensure that the provisions of the Future Agreement are not in violation of this Agreement); and |
(5) | if Sandstorm does not accept the Future Agreement Offer within the period of 16 Business Days referred to in section 6.2(1) or complete the proposed Future Agreement within the periods prescribed in section 6.2(4), then the Selling Party may enter into and complete the proposed Future Agreement with a counterparty on terms no more favourable to the counterparty than the terms of the Future Agreement Offer and not later than 120 days after the expiration of the period referred to in section 6.2(1) or 6.2(4), as applicable. If the Selling Party does not enter into and complete the proposed Future Agreement with a counterparty by that date or if the terms of the Future Agreement to be entered into with the counterparty would be more favourable to the counterparty than those offered to Sandstorm and contained in the Future Agreement Offer, then the provisions of this section 6.2 shall again apply and no Future Agreement may be made or entered into or completed in reliance upon this section 6.2 without the Selling Party again complying with its provisions. |
6.3 | Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and for the avoidance of doubt, the Future Agreements Right of First Refusal shall not apply to: |
(1) | any royalties, rents or levies imposed by, or payable to, any government or governmental or regulatory authority, agency, department, ministry, board, tribunal, organization, entity or bureau or branch of any of the foregoing whether pursuant to applicable law, agreement (including an Investment Agreement) or otherwise; |
(2) | spot sales of Minerals or Production; |
(3) | internal transfers of Minerals or Production among Entrée and any of its Affiliates; |
(4) | [redacted] ; |
(5) | any Minerals, Production or royalty which are the subject of any pre-emptive right, right of first refusal, right of first offer or similar right under the Joint Venture or Joint Venture Agreement, to the extent the same exists under the Joint Venture or the Joint Venture Agreement; |
(6) | [redacted] ; |
(7) | any Minerals or Production which are the subject of any Offtake Agreement, so long as such Offtake Agreement or parts thereof are not substantially similar in nature to a Future Agreement; |
(8) | any sale, transfer or other disposition of any Minerals or Production as a consequence of or in connection with any Permitted Encumbrance; or |
(9) | [redacted] . |
6.4 | Subject to Article 14, Entrée shall and, Entrée shall cause Entrée LLC (for so long as Entrée LLC has any interest in the Joint Venture, the Property, the Joint Venture Agreement, Entrée's Share of Production or Entrée's Joint Venture Interest), to at all times during the Term and the Extended Term, as the case may be, do and cause to be done all things necessary to: |
(1) | maintain their respective corporate existence; |
(2) | [redacted] ; |
(3) | maintain the Finance Security Interest in good standing; |
(4) | [redacted] ; and |
(5) | [redacted] . |
6.5 | [redacted] . |
6.6 | [redacted] . |
6.7 | During the Term and the Extended Term, as the case may be [redacted] . |
6.8 | During the Term and the Extended Term, as the case may be, Entrée shall forthwith advise Sandstorm in writing upon the occurrence or the anticipated occurrence of an Expropriation Event or a Government Acquisition Event. |
6.9 | [redacted] . |
6.10 | [redacted] . |
6.11 | During the Term and the Extended Term, as the case may be, Entrée shall, and shall cause Entrée LLC to, advise Sandstorm in writing of the execution and delivery of the Joint Venture Agreement or any other agreement with respect to the Joint Venture, the Property, Entrée's Share of Production and Entrée's Joint Venture Interest, including, as soon as Entrée has knowledge of the same, any operating or management agreement, Investment Agreement or revisions to the Existing Investment Agreement. |
6.12 | During the Term and the Extended Term, as the case may be, Entrée shall, and shall cause Entrée LLC to, deliver to Sandstorm all correspondence received from the Government and from OTL that pertains to the Property, Entrée's Share of Production or Entrée's Joint Venture Interest and which could reasonably be considered to affect or potentially affect Sandstorm in a material way. For greater certainty and without limitation, Sandstorm does hereby agree that any such correspondence shall be deemed to be Confidential Information for the purposes of section 16.1. |
6.13 | During the Term and the Extended Term, as the case may be, Entrée shall cause the Finance Security Interest to be properly renewed as required by applicable law in the jurisdiction in which the Finance Security Interest is registered and renewed six months before its expiry date to ensure that at all times throughout the Term and the Extended Term, as the case may be, the Finance Security Interest remains in full force and effect and duly registered as required by applicable law in the jurisdiction in which the Finance Security Interest is registered. Entrée shall provide proof acceptable to Sandstorm, acting reasonably, of each such re-registration and renewal on or before the date that is six months before each expiry date of the Finance Security Interest, failing which Sandstorm shall have the right to proceed with such renewal, with Entrée to be responsible for all costs and fees related thereto . |
6.14 | Subject to section 4.5 and Article 14, during the Term and the Extended Term, as the case may be, if Entrée materially defaults in the performance of its obligations under section 6.4(5) and all relevant notice and cure periods in Article 10 have expired, then Sandstorm shall, [redacted] under this section 6.14 Sandstorm shall: |
(1) | at all times act in good faith and reasonably so as to minimize or avoid any prejudice to Entrée's rights and interests with respect to the Joint Venture, the Property, OTL, Entrée's Share of Production and Entrée's Joint Venture Interest; |
(2) | regularly consult with Entrée in respect of the [redacted] and provide to Entrée all information and documents (including pleadings, briefs, memorials and advices of counsel) relating to or prepared for the [redacted] as Entrée may from time to time request; |
(3) | permit Entrée and its counsel to consult with the counsel of Sandstorm in respect of the [redacted] and ensure that any counsel appointed by it to act as solicitors of record for Entrée in any court action or arbitral proceedings have no conflict of interest; and |
(4) | notwithstanding anything in this section 6.14 to the contrary, Sandstorm shall not [redacted] , without the prior written consent of Entrée and if Entrée shall fail or refuse to give its written consent then the appropriateness of any such [redacted] , within the context of this Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Parties hereunder shall be a Dispute to be determined by an Expert pursuant to sections 17.10 to 17.15. |
6.15 | [redacted] . |
6.16 | During the Term and the Extended Term, as the case may be, and without limiting any rights or other obligations of Sandstorm under this Agreement, Sandstorm shall promptly give written notice to Entrée if at any time Sandstorm considers that any one or more changes, events or circumstances or anything done or omitted to be done by Entrée or Entrée LLC has caused or is likely to cause a Sandstorm Material Adverse Effect under this Agreement. Such notice shall specify in reasonable detail: |
(1) | the changes, events or circumstances or things done or omitted to be done by Entrée or Entrée LLC which have caused or which are likely to cause a Sandstorm Material Adverse Effect; and |
(2) | the steps, measures or other actions, if any, that Entrée could take to avoid, abate or minimize the Sandstorm Material Adverse Effect or to the extent reasonably estimable, the extent and consequences of the Sandstorm Material Adverse Effect. |
7. | MONTHLY REPORTS AND ANNUAL REPORTS |
7.1 | During the Term and the Extended Term, as the case may be, Entrée shall deliver to Sandstorm a Monthly Report on or before the 15th Business Day after the last day of each calendar month. If Entrée shall receive operating reports from the Operator less frequently than monthly (for example, quarterly), then Entrée shall deliver the contents of the Monthly Report that are impacted by such operating reports to Sandstorm as and when Entrée shall receive the same from the Operator and to the extent that such contents are provided by the Operator. If any such contents are not provided by the Operator to Entrée in time for inclusion in any Monthly Report and are thereafter provided by the Operator to Entrée, Entrée shall deliver the same to Sandstorm forthwith after the receipt of same. Entrée shall continue to deliver Monthly Reports to Sandstorm for items which are not impacted by the contents of the operating reports. |
7.2 | During the Term and the Extended Term, as the case may be, Entrée shall deliver to Sandstorm an Annual Report on or before 60 days after the last day of each fiscal year, to the extent that the contents of the Annual Report are provided by the Operator to Entrée and if any such contents are not provided by the Operator to Entrée in time for inclusion in the Annual Report and are thereafter provided by the Operator to Entrée, Entrée shall deliver the same to Sandstorm forthwith after the receipt of same. |
7.3 | Sandstorm shall have the right to dispute an Annual Report. If Sandstorm disputes an Annual Report: |
(1) | Sandstorm shall notify Entrée in writing within 90 days after the delivery of the applicable Annual Report or within 90 days after delivery of any subsequently provided material contents of the Annual Report referred to in section 7.2, as applicable, that it disputes the accuracy of that Annual Report (or any part of the Annual Report) (the " Audit Dispute Notice "); |
(2) | Sandstorm and Entrée shall have 90 days from the date the Audit Dispute Notice is delivered by Sandstorm to resolve the dispute. If Sandstorm and Entrée have not resolved the dispute within such 90 day period, then such dispute shall be resolved in accordance with Article 17. Sandstorm and Entrée may mutually agree to extend the 90 day period in this section 7.3(2) in order to allow the Parties additional time to resolve the dispute; |
(3) | if it is determined in arbitration conducted in accordance with Article 17 that the actual number of ounces and pounds, as applicable, of Sandstorm Payable Metals varies by two percent or less from the number of ounces and pounds, as applicable, of Sandstorm Payable Metals set out in the Annual Report, then the cost of the arbitration shall be borne by Sandstorm; and |
(4) | if it is determined in arbitration conducted in accordance with Article 17 that the number of ounces and pounds, as applicable, of Sandstorm Payable Metals varies by more than two percent from the number of ounces and pounds, as applicable, of Sandstorm Payable Metals set out in the Annual Report, then the cost of the arbitration shall be borne by Entrée. |
7.4 | If Entrée does not deliver a (draft or final) Monthly Report or an Annual Report as required pursuant to this Article 7, then Sandstorm shall have the right to perform or to cause its representatives or agents to perform, at the cost and expense of Entrée, an audit of the books and records of Entrée and Entrée LLC relevant to the production and delivery of Sandstorm Payable Metals produced during the calendar month or calendar year in question (the " Sandstorm Audit ") in conjunction with the provisions of Article 12. Entrée shall grant Sandstorm or its representatives or agents access to all such books and records on a timely basis. In order to exercise this right, Sandstorm must provide not less than 14 days' written notice to Entrée of its intention to conduct the Sandstorm Audit. If within seven days of receipt of such notice, Entrée delivers the applicable (draft or final) Monthly Report or Annual Report, as the case may be, then Sandstorm shall have no right to perform the Sandstorm Audit. If Entrée delivers the applicable (draft or final) Monthly Report or Annual Report, as the case may be, before the delivery of the report prepared in connection with the Sandstorm Audit (the " Sandstorm Audit Report "), then the applicable (draft or final) Monthly Report or Annual Report, as the case may be, shall be taken as final and conclusive, subject to the rights of Sandstorm as set forth in section 7.3. Otherwise, absent any manifest or gross error in the Sandstorm Audit Report, the Sandstorm Audit Report shall, subject to the provisions of Article 17, be final and conclusive. |
8. | CONDITIONS SATISFACTION |
8.1 | [redacted] . If the Refundable Deposit Funding Conditions have not been satisfied or waived [redacted] , then either Party, on written notice to the other Party, may terminate this Agreement and each of the Parties shall, subject to section 8.2, be released from all of their obligations hereunder. If the Refundable Deposit Funding Conditions have not been satisfied as a result of acts or omissions of Sandstorm, then on the Refundable Deposit Funding Deadline Entrée may terminate this Agreement and each of the Parties shall, subject to section 8.2, be released from all of their obligations hereunder. |
8.2 | The following Articles and sections shall survive termination under this Article 8: this Article, Articles 16, 17, 21, 22 as well as any other provision of this Agreement which expressly or by implication from its nature is intended to survive the termination of this Agreement. It is understood and agreed that Sandstorm, in its sole discretion, shall have the right to waive compliance with any of the Refundable Deposit Funding Conditions, in its sole and absolute discretion. |
9. | DELIVERY OF MINERALS AND PAYMENTS |
9.1 | Commencing from and after the Refundable Deposit Funding Date, and as long as Sandstorm has paid the Refundable Deposit to Entrée, during the Term and the Extended Term, Entrée shall deliver and sell to Sandstorm in consideration of the Purchase Price all Sandstorm Payable Metals to be delivered and sold under this Agreement to [redacted] (the " Place of Delivery "). |
9.2 | Entrée shall notify Sandstorm in writing at least one Business Day before any delivery and credit to the Place of Delivery of the number of ounces and pounds (as applicable) of Sandstorm Payable Metals to be delivered and credited to the Place of Delivery and the estimated date and time of delivery. |
9.3 | Subject to sections 3.3 and 4.5, within five Business Days of the receipt by Entrée of any Production Payment, Entrée shall deliver and credit Sandstorm Payable Metals to the Place of Delivery in an amount equal to the number of ounces and pounds (as applicable) of Sandstorm Payable Metals specified in any previous Monthly Report for which such Sandstorm Payable Metals have not yet been delivered to Sandstorm but for which a Production Payment has been received by Entrée. |
9.4 | Delivery of Sandstorm Payable Metals shall be deemed to have been made at the time Sandstorm Payable Metals is credited to the Place of Delivery (the " Time of Delivery "). |
9.5 | Title to and risk of loss of Sandstorm Payable Metals shall pass from Entrée to Sandstorm at the Time of Delivery. |
9.6 | All Deductions relating to each delivery and credit of Sandstorm Payable Metals and all costs and expenses pertaining to the delivery of Refined Metals to the Place of Delivery shall be borne by Entrée. |
9.7 | At the Time of Delivery, Entrée shall deliver to Sandstorm an invoice setting out the number of ounces and pounds, as applicable, of Sandstorm Payable Metals so delivered and credited and the Purchase Price for such Sandstorm Payable Metals. |
9.8 | If Sandstorm disputes the accuracy of any invoice, Sandstorm shall notify Entrée within 90 days from the earlier of the date of receipt by Sandstorm of such invoice and the date of delivery to the Place of Delivery of the Refined Metals that comprise the applicable Sandstorm Payable Metals but no dispute with respect to the accuracy of any invoice matters in this Article shall relieve Entrée from its delivery and sale obligations hereunder nor Sandstorm from its payment obligations hereunder pending resolution of such dispute. If Sandstorm and Entrée are unable to resolve any dispute, then Sandstorm and Entrée shall have 90 days (or such greater period of time as Sandstorm and Entrée may mutually agree) from the date the dispute notice is delivered to Entrée to resolve the dispute, and failing such resolution, the dispute shall be resolved in accordance with Article 17. |
9.9 | Sandstorm shall promptly pay for each delivery of Sandstorm Payable Metals and in any event not later than five Business Days after the Time of Delivery and receipt of any invoice for such Sandstorm Payable Metals. |
9.10 | All payments for Sandstorm Payable Metals by Sandstorm to Entrée shall be made in US Dollars and shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the bank account or accounts designated by Entrée in writing from time to time, without deduction or set-off. |
9.11 | Any payment not made on or by the applicable payment date referred to in this Article 9 shall incur interest until such payment is made at a rate equal to 8% per annum. |
9.12 | [redacted] . |
10. | EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND TERMINATION |
10.1 | The Parties may terminate this Agreement at any time by mutual written consent. |
10.2 | In addition, Sandstorm shall have the right to terminate this Agreement, effective upon ten days' prior written notice to Entrée (save and except as provided in section 10.2(16) below) if, any of the following shall occur (each, an " Entrée Event of Default "): |
(1) | Entrée defaults in any material respect in the performance of any of its covenants or obligations contained in this Agreement or the Finance Security Interest (except as otherwise provided for in this Section 10.2) and such default is not remedied within: |
(a) | 90 days after receipt of written notice of such default by Entrée from Sandstorm; or |
(b) | [redacted] ; |
(2) | upon the occurrence of any Insolvency Event of Entrée or Entrée LLC (with respect to Entrée LLC, subject to the provisions of Article 14, for so long as Entrée LLC has any interest in the Joint Venture, the Property, the Joint Venture Agreement, Entrée's Share of Production or Entrée's Joint Venture Interest); |
(3) | If: |
(a) | the Finance Security Interest shall, other than as a consequence of acts or omissions of Sandstorm, cease to be a valid, binding and enforceable obligation of Entrée in whole or in material part, in accordance with its terms; |
(b) | the validity, enforceability or, subject to section 10.2(3)(c), priority of the Finance Security Interest is contested in any manner by Entrée; and/or |
(c) | subject to the existing Permitted Encumbrances, section 24.2 , and Encumbrances arising by operation of law or as previously consented to in writing by Sandstorm, the Finance Security Interest does not constitute a first ranking, priority Encumbrance on the collateral charged thereby; |
(4) | except as: |
(a) | permitted by Article 14; or |
(b) | as a result of a Government Acquisition Event or an Expropriation Event (including during an Expropriation Event Abeyance Period and an Extended Expropriation Event Abeyance Period); |
(5) | [redacted] ; |
(6) | except as a consequence of [redacted] , and other than any termination by reason of a Full Expropriation Event, a Transfer permitted by Article 14, or the expiry of tenure rights in and to the Property (such expiry not including by reason of a Full Expropriation Event), the Joint Venture shall terminate for any reason whatsoever or by any means whatsoever; |
(7) | there shall occur a Full Expropriation Event which has not been remedied within the Expropriation Event Abeyance Period or the Extended Expropriation Event Abeyance Period; |
(8) | Entrée shall not refund a portion of the Refundable Deposit to Sandstorm within the time frame set forth in and as contemplated in section 4.9 or 4.11, as applicable; |
(9) | except as permitted by Article 14 or in the circumstances contemplated by section 10.2(7), Entrée's Joint Venture Interest shall no longer be owned directly or indirectly by Entrée, or Entrée shall no longer have any direct or indirect rights to Entrée's Share of Production or to receive compensation or payment on account of Entrée's Share of Production, including by reason of the exercise of any rights granted to and in favour of OTL pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Joint Venture, the Joint Venture Agreement or the Joint Venture Conduct; |
(10) | if the Joint Venture Agreement shall be executed and delivered containing amendments or revisions or any other joint venture agreement shall be executed and delivered [redacted] and as a result, Sandstorm, acting reasonably, determines that it would be likely to suffer a Sandstorm Material Adverse Effect; |
(11) | except as permitted by Article 14 or in the circumstances contemplated by section 10.2(7), Entrée LLC transfers the Property other than to an Affiliate or pursuant to the Joint Venture Agreement; |
(12) | if Entrée or Entrée LLC shall be in default of any of their respective material obligations pursuant to any debt agreements or instruments to which Entrée or Entrée LLC is a party or by which the assets and properties of Entrée or Entrée LLC are bound and such default has not been remedied within applicable cure periods and as a result, Sandstorm, acting reasonably, determines that it would be likely to suffer a Sandstorm Material Adverse Effect; |
(13) | if Entrée or Entrée LLC shall be in default of any material obligations due and owing to OTL under the Joint Venture Agreement or with respect to Entrée's Joint Venture Interest or with respect to Production and such default has not been remedied within applicable cure periods and as a result, Sandstorm, acting reasonably, determines that it would be likely to suffer a Sandstorm Material Adverse Effect; |
(14) | Sandstorm is precluded from purchasing Sandstorm Payable Metals by reason of actions taken by any of Entrée, Entrée LLC, OTL or the Operator and such actions are not authorized by this Agreement or the Permitted Encumbrances; |
(15) | [redacted] ; or |
(16) | [redacted] . |
10.3 | [redacted] . |
10.4 | [redacted] . |
10.5 | Upon demand from Sandstorm, which demand shall include a calculation of the Entrée Default Fee, Entrée shall promptly deliver the Entrée Default Fee to Sandstorm without setoff, deduction or defalcation. If Sandstorm elects to demand payment of the Entrée Default Fee this Agreement shall be deemed terminated upon the payment by or on behalf of Entrée of the Entrée Default Fee. After receipt by Sandstorm of the Entrée Default Fee, save and except for the confidentiality obligations set forth in Article 16 which shall survive termination, Sandstorm releases and discharges Entrée and its Affiliates from further performance of their obligations under this Agreement and shall have no further or other claim (whether in contract, at law or in equity or otherwise) for Losses as against Entrée or Entrée LLC or their respective Affiliates arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or its termination and the Finance Security Interest will be released upon receipt by Sandstorm of the Entrée Default Fee. For greater certainty and without limitation, in the event Entrée is required to pay the Entrée Default Fee to Sandstorm, the provisions set forth in section 4.2 requiring the [redacted] will no longer be of any force or effect. |
10.6 | The Parties hereby acknowledge that: |
(1) | Sandstorm will be damaged by an Entrée Event of Default; and |
(2) | the Entrée Default Fee is in the nature of liquidated damages, not a penalty and is fair and reasonable. |
10.7 | Termination of this Agreement under this Article shall not terminate any payment or delivery obligation under this Agreement that arose or accrued prior to the date of termination. |
11. | OFFTAKE AGREEMENTS |
11.1 | Subject to section 11.2, Entrée shall, to the extent that it has the ability to do so pursuant to the Joint Venture Agreement, ensure that each Offtake Agreement is on arm's length commercial terms, consistent with normal industry standards and practice with respect to the payable adjustment factor. [redacted] . |
11.2 | Section 11.1 will not apply to the extent that the terms of any Offtake Agreement are expressly prescribed by the Joint Venture Agreement. |
11.3 | Entrée shall, if such terms are within its possession or are readily available to Entrée, promptly disclose to Sandstorm the terms of any Offtake Agreement and any amendments to the material terms and conditions of any Offtake Agreement (including the Joint Venture Agreement) that may affect Sandstorm and any refining, smelting or other purchase agreements in respect of Production. |
12. | BOOKS; RECORDS; INSPECTIONS |
13. | CONDUCT OF MINING OPERATIONS, ETC. |
13.1 | Sandstorm expressly acknowledges and agrees that all decisions concerning methods, the nature and extent, times, procedures and techniques of any exploration, development, mining, treating, milling, refining, smelting and other operations related to the Property shall be made by the Operator, in its sole and absolute discretion. |
13.2 | Sandstorm has no rights (whether contractual or otherwise) relating to the development or operation of any of the operations with respect to the Property and Entrée's Joint Venture Interest or any of the other properties of Entrée or Entrée LLC and Sandstorm shall not be required to contribute to any capital or expenditures in respect of operations at the Property or pursuant to Entrée's Joint Venture Interest. Sandstorm has no interest (whether legal, beneficial or otherwise) in the Property or the Minerals produced or extracted from the Property and neither this Agreement nor the Finance Security Interest shall grant or confer on Sandstorm an interest (whether legal, beneficial or otherwise) in the Property or the Minerals produced or extracted from the Property, but Sandstorm does have rights of ownership, as herein provided, in and to Sandstorm Payable Metals. |
13.3 | Sandstorm is not entitled to any form or type of compensation or payment (including Losses) if the Operator discontinues or ceases operations from the Property save and except as provided in Article 4. |
13.4 | Entrée shall, to the extent permitted pursuant to the Joint Venture Agreement, monitor the performance of the Operator to verify that all processing operations and activities in respect of the Property are conducted in a good, workmanlike and efficient manner, in accordance with sound mining and other applicable industry standards and practices, and in accordance with applicable laws. |
13.5 | At reasonable times, to the extent permitted pursuant to the Joint Venture Agreement and subject to the applicable agreement with the mill, smelter, concentrator or other processing facility, Sandstorm, at its sole risk and expense, shall have a right of access by its representatives to the Property and any mill, smelter, concentrator or other processing facility that is used to process Minerals produced or extracted from the Property for the purpose of enabling Sandstorm to monitor compliance by Entrée with the terms of this Agreement [redacted] . |
13.6 | [redacted] . |
13.7 | Entrée shall use its good faith commercial efforts to ensure that the Operator grants Sandstorm the access rights contemplated by section 13.5 [redacted] as long as Sandstorm has agreed in writing to be bound by any related confidentiality obligations to which Entrée or Entrée LLC may be subject, to and in favour of OTL. Entrée shall use its good faith commercial efforts to ensure that the operational and accounting records accurately reflect the Minerals produced from the Property to ensure that Sandstorm may calculate the Sandstorm Payable Metals. In the event that under applicable Canadian securities laws, US securities laws or stock exchange rules and policies. [redacted] . |
14. | RESTRICTED TRANSFER RIGHTS OF ENTRÉE AND ENTRÉE LLC |
14.1 | During the Term or the Extended Term, as the case may be, Entrée may Transfer, in whole or in part: |
(1) | Entrée's Joint Venture Interest; |
(2) | Entrée's Share of Production; |
(3) | Entrée's interest in Entrée LLC; |
(4) | Entrée's interest in the Joint Venture or the Joint Venture Agreement; |
(5) | Entrée's rights in and to the OTL Financing Commitment; or |
(6) | its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Finance Security Interest, |
14.2 | The Transfer Conditions are as follows: |
(1) | Entrée shall provide Sandstorm with at least 30 days prior written notice of the intent of Entrée to undertake any Transfer that is described in section 14.1; |
(2) | [redacted] ; and |
(3) | [redacted] . |
14.3 | For greater certainty and without limitation, it is understood and agreed that: |
(1) | a transfer of the title to the Property from Entrée LLC to OTL in its capacity as Operator under the Joint Venture Agreement and as contemplated by the Joint Venture Agreement which does not result in a change in the beneficial ownership of the Property, shall not be a Transfer that is restricted pursuant to the provisions of this Article 14; and |
(2) | subject to section 14.4 and except in the case of a Transfer under section 14.2(2) or section 14.2(3), if the Transfer Conditions are satisfied in respect of a Transfer, upon completion of the Transfer, Entrée shall be released from its obligations under this Agreement. |
14.4 | [redacted] . |
14.5 | [redacted] . |
15. | TRANSFER RIGHTS OF SANDSTORM |
15.1 | During the Term or the Extended Term, as the case may be, Sandstorm shall have the right to Transfer in whole or in part, its rights and obligations under this Agreement to another party upon the delivery to Entrée of 10 Business Days prior written notice. In such a case, provided that such other party has agreed in writing with Entrée to be bound by such Transferred rights and obligations under this Agreement Sandstorm shall be released from such Transferred obligations under this Agreement which arise or accrue on or after the date of such Transfer. |
15.2 | [redacted] . |
15.3 | Notwithstanding any Transfer by Sandstorm [redacted] to one or more lenders, Entrée shall not be or become liable to deliver Sandstorm Payable Metals to, or to otherwise deal in respect of this Agreement with, more than one Person. If the interests of Sandstorm under this Agreement are at any time Transferred by Sandstorm by way of encumbrance pursuant to section 15.2 to one or more lenders, such Persons shall, as a condition of receiving delivery of Sandstorm Payable Metals under this Agreement, nominate one Person to act as agent and common trustee for receipt of delivery of Sandstorm Payable Metals and to otherwise deal with Entrée in respect of such interests and no such Persons shall be entitled to administer or enforce any provisions of this Agreement except through such agent and trustee. Entrée shall, after receipt of notice which records the nomination of such agent and trustee, thereafter make and be entitled to make delivery of Sandstorm Payable Metals under this Agreement to such agent and trustee and to otherwise deal with such agent and trustee as if it were Sandstorm. |
16. | CONFIDENTIALITY |
16.1 | Subject to section 16.2, neither Party shall, without the express written consent of the other Party, disclose any non-public information received under or in connection with this Agreement (the " Confidential Information "), other than to its respective directors, employees, agents, bankers, consultants, requisite regulatory authorities or prospective transferees (which in the case of Entrée includes OTL) and neither Party shall issue any press releases concerning this Agreement without the consent of the other Party, after the other Party has first reviewed the terms of such press release (to the extent practicable). Each Party agrees to disclose Confidential Information only to its respective directors, employees, agents, bankers, consultants or prospective transferees who reasonably require and have a bona fide need to access the Confidential Information, who are informed of the confidential nature of the Confidential Information and who agree to comply strictly with the terms of this Article 16 as if they were bound by it. In addition, neither Party shall use any Confidential Information disclosed to it by the other Party for its own use or benefit except for the purpose of enforcing its rights under this Agreement. |
16.2 | Without limiting and in addition to section 16.1, if any Confidential Information disclosed by Entrée or its Affiliates to Sandstorm consists of or is comprised of information that constitutes "Confidential Information" for the purposes of the Joint Venture Agreement (the " Joint Venture Confidential Information ") Sandstorm shall, in respect of any such Joint Venture Confidential Information, comply with the provisions of Article 19 of the Joint Venture Agreement as if Sandstorm was bound by the provisions of Article 19 of the Joint Venture Agreement. |
16.3 | Notwithstanding section 16.1: |
(1) | Sandstorm and Entrée shall be entitled to publicly file a copy of this Agreement in such manner as may be required by applicable securities laws (subject to such redactions permitted under such laws as a Party shall require); |
(2) | each Party may disclose Confidential Information obtained under this Agreement if required to do so for compliance with applicable laws, rules, regulations or orders of any governmental authority or stock exchange having jurisdiction over such Party or to allow a current or potential bona fide provider of finance to conduct due diligence as long as the other Party shall be given the right to review and object to any of the Confidential Information to be disclosed prior to any public release and to require any reasonable changes to the Confidential Information to be disclosed; and |
(3) | each Party may disclose Confidential Information for the purposes of any arbitration proceeding commenced under Article 17. |
16.4 | This Article 16 shall survive any termination of this Agreement. |
17. | DISPUTE RESOLUTION |
17.1 | The Parties agree that there will be no litigation or arbitration between them until the Parties have complied with, and except to the extent set out in, this Article 17. |
17.2 | In the event of a dispute, controversy or claim in relation to this Agreement, including the existence, interpretation, validity, performance, breach or termination of this Agreement or any matter arising under this Agreement, including whether any matter is subject to arbitration (the " Dispute ") either Party may give to the other Party a written notice (the " Dispute Notice ") specifying: |
(1) | the Dispute; |
(2) | reasonable particulars of the Dispute, including the nature of the allegations and the issues in dispute and the amount or value involved (if applicable) and the remedy requested; and |
(3) | the position which the Party believes is correct and the relevant facts and provisions of this Agreement supporting its position. |
17.3 | Subject to section 17.10, within 10 Business Days of delivery of the Dispute Notice (or any other period agreed in writing between the Parties) by one Party to the other Party, the Parties (or their nominees) shall negotiate diligently and in good faith in an attempt to resolve the Dispute. If the Parties have not resolved the Dispute within 10 Business Days after the Dispute Notice (or any other period agreed in writing between the Parties), then if a Party requires a binding resolution of the Dispute that Party shall, by notice to the other Party, submit the Dispute to arbitration for final resolution in accordance with sections 17.4 to 17.9 (inclusive). |
17.4 | The Parties agree that: |
(1) | any Dispute shall be finally resolved by arbitration in accordance with the then current domestic commercial arbitration rules of the British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre (the " BCICAC "); |
(2) | the appointing authority shall be the BCICAC and the arbitration shall be administered by the BCICAC in accordance with its Domestic Commercial Arbitration Rules of Procedure (the " Rules "); |
(3) | the seat of the arbitration shall be Vancouver and the language of the arbitration will be English; |
(4) | the Parties shall mutually agree upon one single qualified arbitrator within 10 Business Days of submission of the Dispute by either Party to arbitration pursuant to section 17.3, failing which either Party may request the BCICAC to appoint one qualified arbitrator; |
(5) | the arbitrator shall be a senior practicing lawyer and a disinterested person who has no connection with either Party or the performance of this Agreement and shall be qualified by experience to hear and determine the Dispute to be arbitrated; |
(6) | the arbitrator may determine all questions of law and jurisdiction (including questions as to whether or not a Dispute is arbitrable) and all matters of procedure relating to the arbitration; |
(7) | the arbitrator shall have the right to grant legal and equitable relief and to award costs (including legal fees and the costs of arbitration) and interest; |
(8) | the arbitrator may make an interim order, including injunctive relief and other provisional, protective or conservatory measures, as well as orders seeking assistance from a court in taking or compelling evidence or preserving and producing documents regarding the subject matter of the Dispute; |
(9) | the costs of any arbitration shall be borne by the Parties in the manner specified by the arbitrator in its determination, if applicable; |
(10) | no later than 15 Business Days after hearing the representations and evidence of the Parties, the arbitrator shall make its determination in writing in English and shall deliver one copy to each Party; |
(11) | the written decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding upon the Parties in respect of all matters relating to the arbitration, the procedure, the conduct of the Parties during the proceedings and the final determination of the issues in the arbitration; and |
(12) | there shall be no appeal from the determination of the arbitrator to any court and the decision made by the arbitrator may be entered into any court for enforcement purposes. |
17.5 | If for any reason the BCICAC cannot or does not make the appointment or appointments required under the Rules, either Party may apply to the Supreme Court of British Columbia to appoint the arbitrator or arbitrators, as the case may be. |
17.6 | No arbitration proceeding may be commenced under this Article 17 unless commenced within the time period permitted for actions by the applicable statute of limitations. |
17.7 | To the extent permitted by the nature of the Dispute, during the existence of any Dispute the Parties shall continue to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement without prejudice to their position in respect of such Dispute, unless the Parties otherwise agree. |
17.8 | All papers, notices or process pertaining to an arbitration under this Agreement may be served on a Party in accordance with section 25.6. |
17.9 | The Parties shall treat as Confidential Information, in accordance with the provisions of Article 16, the existence of the arbitral proceedings; written notices, pleadings and correspondence in relation to the arbitration; reports, summaries, witness statements, memorials, briefs and other documents prepared in respect of the arbitration; contemporaneous or historical documents exchanged or produced for the purposes of the arbitration; and the contents of any award or ruling made in respect of the arbitration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Party may disclose such Confidential Information in judicial proceedings to enforce, nullify, modify or correct an award or ruling and as permitted under this Article 17. |
17.10 | If: |
(1) | there is any Dispute which any provision of this Agreement state shall be determined by an Expert; or |
(2) | whenever during the Term or the Extended Term, as the case may be, the Parties agree that a Dispute will be resolved by an Expert, |
17.11 | The procedure for the appointment of an Expert shall be as follows: |
(1) | the Party wishing the appointment to be made shall give notice in writing to that effect to the other Party and give details of the Dispute which it proposes will be resolved by the Expert; |
(2) | if the matter to be referred to the Expert is not resolved by the Parties within 5 Business Days from the date of the notice referred to in section 17.11(1), then the Parties shall meet and endeavour to agree upon a single Expert (who must be independent of the Parties and must have qualifications and experience appropriate to the subject matter of the Dispute) to whom the Dispute will be referred for determination; and |
(3) | if within ten Business Days of the notice referred to in section 17.11(1) the Parties fail to agree upon the appointment of a single Expert, then the Parties shall request the then President of the Law Society of British Columbia to appoint the Expert or if that person declines to appoint the Expert, then Parties shall request the then Governing Trustee of the BCICAC to appoint the Expert. If for any reason the Governing Trustee of the BCICAC cannot or does not make the appointment of the Expert, either Party may apply to the Supreme Court of British Columbia to appoint the Expert. |
17.12 | The Expert shall be instructed to: |
(1) | determine the Dispute within the shortest practicable time; and |
(2) | deliver a report stating its determination with respect to the matters in dispute setting out the reasons for the decision. |
17.13 | The Expert shall determine the procedures for the conduct of the process in order to resolve the Dispute and shall provide each Party with a fair opportunity to make written submissions in relation to the Dispute. |
17.14 | Any process or determination of the Dispute by the Expert shall be made as an expert and not as an arbitrator and the determination of the Expert shall be final and binding on the Parties without appeal so far as the law allows except in the case of manifest error or where either Party has not been provided with a fair opportunity to make submissions in relation to the Dispute. |
17.15 | Each Party shall bear its own costs of and incidental to any proceedings under sections 17.11 to 17.15. The costs of the Expert shall be borne by the Parties in equal shares. |
18. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SANDSTORM |
18.1 | Sandstorm acknowledging that Entrée is entering into this Agreement in reliance thereon, hereby represents and warrants to Entrée as follows: |
(1) | Sandstorm is a corporation duly and validly existing under the laws of its governing jurisdiction and Sandstorm is up to date in respect of all filings required by law or by any governmental authority; |
(2) | Sandstorm has the requisite corporate power and capacity to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this Agreement. Sandstorm has received all requisite board of director approvals and has taken all action (whether corporate or otherwise) necessary for the execution and delivery of this Agreement; |
(3) | this Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Sandstorm and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Sandstorm enforceable against Sandstorm in accordance with its terms subject to laws generally affecting creditors' rights and to principles of equity; |
(4) | Sandstorm has not made an assignment for the benefit of creditors, nor is Sandstorm the voluntary or involuntary subject of any proceedings under any bankruptcy or insolvency law, no receiver or receiver/manager has been appointed for all or any substantial part of the properties or business of Sandstorm and the corporate existence of Sandstorm has not been terminated by voluntary or involuntary dissolution or winding up (other than by way of amalgamation or reorganization) and Sandstorm is not aware of any circumstance which, with notice or the passage of time, or both, would give rise to any of the foregoing; |
(5) | Sandstorm is in compliance in all material respects with the rules, policies and regulations of the TSX; |
(6) | Sandstorm has filed all documents required to be filed by it under all applicable securities laws in connection with its status as a public company and the policies of the TSX, and such documents as of the date they were filed, comply in all material respects with requisite securities laws, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated in such documents or necessary to make the statements in such documents in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; |
(7) | this Agreement and the exercise of the rights and performance of the obligations of Sandstorm under it do not and will not (with or without the lapse of time, the giving of notice or both) contravene, conflict with or result in a breach of or default under: |
(a) | any agreement, mortgage, bond or other instrument to which either Sandstorm is a party or which is binding on its assets; |
(b) | its constating or constitutive documents; or |
(c) | any writ, order or injunction, judgment, law, rule or regulation to which it is a party or is subject or by which it or any of its property is bound; and |
(8) | no regulatory or third party consents or approvals are required to be obtained by Sandstorm in connection with the execution and delivery or the performance by Sandstorm of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. |
19. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ENTRÉE |
19.1 | Entrée acknowledging that Sandstorm is entering into this Agreement in reliance thereon, hereby represents and warrants to Sandstorm as follows: |
(1) | each of Entrée and Entrée LLC is a corporation duly and validly existing under the laws of its respective governing jurisdiction and each of Entrée and Entrée LLC is up to date in respect of all filings required by law or by any governmental authority; |
(2) | Entrée has the requisite corporate power and capacity to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this Agreement. Entrée has received all requisite board of director approvals and has taken all action (whether corporate or otherwise) necessary for the execution and delivery of this Agreement; |
(3) | this Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Entrée and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Entrée enforceable against Entrée in accordance with its terms subject to laws generally affecting creditors' rights and to principles of equity; |
(4) | neither Entrée nor Entrée LLC has made an assignment for the benefit of creditors nor is Entrée or Entrée LLC the voluntary or involuntary subject of any proceedings under any bankruptcy or insolvency law, no receiver or receiver/manager has been appointed for all or any substantial part of their respective properties or business and their respective corporate existence has not been terminated by voluntary or involuntary dissolution or winding up (other than by way of amalgamation or reorganization) and neither Entrée nor Entrée LLC is now aware of any circumstance which, with notice or the passage of time, or both, would give rise to any of the foregoing; |
(5) | this Agreement and the exercise of the rights and performance of the obligations of Entrée under it do not and will not (with or without the lapse of time, the giving of notice or both) contravene, conflict with or result in a breach of or default under: |
(a) | any agreement, mortgage, bond or other instrument to which Entrée is a party or which is binding on its assets; |
(b) | its constating or constitutive documents; or |
(c) | any writ, order or injunction, judgment, law, rule or regulation to which it is a party or is subject or by which it or any of its property is bound; and |
(6) | except for TSX and NYSE approval of the Private Placement and any issuance of Shares pursuant to section 4.11, no further regulatory or third party consents or approvals are required to be obtained by Entrée in connection with the execution and delivery or the performance by Entrée of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby; |
(7) | Entrée is in compliance in all material respects with the rules, policies and regulations of the TSX; and |
(8) | Entrée has filed all documents required to be filed by it under all applicable securities laws in connection with its status as a public company and the policies of the TSX, and such documents as of the date they were filed, comply in all material respects with requisite securities laws, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated in such documents or necessary to make the statements in such documents in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. |
20. | ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ENTRÉE |
20.1 | The Parties acknowledge and agree that as some of the rights and entitlements of Sandstorm under this Agreement are referable and indexed to, among other things, Entrée's Share of Production, Entrée hereby represents and warrants to Sandstorm as follows: |
(1) | Entrée owns 100% of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of Entrée LLC; |
(2) | Entrée is a participant in a joint venture (the " Joint Venture ") with OTL with respect to the Hugo North Extension and the Heruga Deposit (collectively defined in this Agreement as the " Property "), each of which are accurately described, respectively, in Schedule "B" and Schedule "C"; |
(3) | pursuant to an equity participation and earn-in agreement dated as of October 15, 2004 between Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (then known as Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.) and Entrée, as amended November 9, 2004 and assigned by Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. to OTL on March 1, 2005 (the " Earn-In Agreement "), Entrée and OTL agreed to the form of joint venture agreement which shall govern the Property and the Joint Venture and which would be executed and delivered by Entrée and OTL, which form of joint venture agreement is attached to the Earn-In Agreement as Appendix "A" (the " Joint Venture Agreement "); |
(4) | [redacted] ; |
(5) | OTL has satisfied all earn-in obligations with respect to the Property and the earn-in funding requirements (which are not treated as a carry in and to Entrée) aggregating US$35 million as at June 30, 2008 (the " Earn-In Date "); |
(6) | [redacted] ; |
(7) | pursuant to the Joint Venture Agreement and the Joint Venture Conduct, 100% of Entrée's share of all exploration, operating and capital costs incurred from time to time (and on a revolving basis) in connection with the Property (the " OTL Financed Costs ") from and after the Earn-In Date, at Entrée's election (which election has been made), are to be contributed solely by OTL (the " OTL Financing Commitment ") and, interest thereon shall be the lesser of OTL's actual cost of capital and the prime rate set by the Royal Bank of Canada plus 2% (as defined in the Joint Venture Agreement) (the " OTL Interest Costs "). As at December 31, 2012, the OTL Financed Costs aggregate US$5,109,339; |
(8) | the Joint Venture Agreement and the Joint Venture Conduct provide that the OTL Financed Costs will be repayable by Entrée from (and only from) 90% of the Available Cash Flow (as defined in the Joint Venture Agreement) arising from the sale of Entrée's Share of Production (the " OTL Share of Entrée's Share of Production ") and Entrée shall be entitled to receive the remaining 10% of Available Cash Flow (as defined in the Joint Venture Agreement) arising from the sale of Entrée's Share of Production (the " Entrée's Limited Share of Production "); |
(9) | except as provided in the Joint Venture Agreement or by applicable law, no Person (other than Entrée or its Affiliates) has any agreement, option, right of first refusal or right, title or interest or right capable of becoming an agreement, option, right of first refusal or right, title or interest, in any part of Entrée's Joint Venture Interest or Entrée's Share of Production; |
(10) | Entrée has all necessary corporate power to own Entrée's Joint Venture Interest and Entrée's Share of Production. To the knowledge of Entrée, each of Entrée LLC and OTL is in material compliance with all material applicable laws and licences, registrations, permits, consents and qualifications to which the Property is subject; |
(11) | at each Time of Delivery, Entrée: |
(a) | will be the legal and beneficial owner of the Sandstorm Payable Metals delivered to the Place of Delivery; |
(b) | will have good, valid and marketable title to such Sandstorm Payable Metals and exclusive ownership of and title in and to, the Sandstorm Payable Metals delivered to Sandstorm; and |
(c) | such Sandstorm Payable Metals will be free and clear of all Encumbrances; |
(12) | as at the Execution Date, neither Entrée nor Entrée LLC is in material default of any credit facility or material contract it has executed and delivered, to which its assets are subject or by which its assets are bound; |
(13) | [redacted] ; |
(14) | [redacted] ; |
(15) | [redacted] ; |
(16) | subject to the Joint Venture Agreement and any Encumbrances which arise under or pursuant to the Joint Venture Agreement, Entrée is the owner of a 100% undivided interest in Entrée's Joint Venture Interest and Entrée's Share of Production free and clear of any and all Encumbrances and no dispute or legal claim or action exists with respect thereto; |
(17) | as at the Execution Date to the knowledge of Entrée, [redacted] ; |
(18) | Entrée and Entrée LLC have made available and provided to Sandstorm all correspondence and other communications in their possession received from the Government that pertains to the Property, which could reasonably be expected to affect or potentially affect Sandstorm; |
(19) | no joint venture or other similar agreement has been executed and delivered by Entrée or Entrée LLC and OTL with respect to the Property; and |
(20) | [redacted] . |
21. | INDEMNITY OF SANDSTORM |
22. | INDEMNITY OF ENTRÉE |
23. | TAXES |
23.1 | [redacted] . |
23.2 | [redacted] . |
23.3 | The amount of any deduction or withholding required under applicable law shall not reduce the amount of the [redacted] . The Parties agree to reasonably cooperate to ensure that no more taxes, duties or other charges are payable than is required under applicable law. |
24. | FINANCE SECURITY INTEREST |
24.1 | During the Term and the Extended Term, as the case may be, Entrée shall not amend, supplement, waive, restate, supersede, terminate, cancel or release or otherwise consent to a breach of the provisions of the Finance Security Interest without the prior written consent of Sandstorm, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. |
24.2 | If, after the Finance Security Interest has been executed and delivered to Sandstorm, the terms of any Permitted Encumbrance charge all or some of the same collateral that is described in subsections (ii) and (iii) of the definition of Finance Security Interest and that is charged by the Finance Security Interest and the counterparty to the Permitted Encumbrance expressly requires that the Permitted Encumbrance be a first ranking priority Encumbrance in respect of such collateral then Sandstorm shall, in good faith, promptly do all acts and things reasonably necessary (including negotiating and executing all documents) to subordinate its security interest in and to such collateral to and in favour of the grantee of the Permitted Encumbrance. |
25. | GENERAL PROVISIONS |
25.1 | Each Party shall execute all such further instruments and documents and shall take all such further actions as may be necessary to effect the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, in each case at the cost and expense of the Party requesting such further instrument, document or action, unless expressly indicated otherwise in this Agreement. |
25.2 | Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to create, expressly or by implication, a joint venture, agency relationship, fiduciary relationship, mining partnership, commercial partnership or other partnership relationship between Sandstorm and Entrée. |
25.3 | This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada applicable in the Province of British Columbia. |
25.4 | Time is of the essence of this Agreement. |
25.5 | If any provision of this Agreement is wholly or partially invalid, this Agreement shall be interpreted as if the invalid provision had not been a part of this Agreement so that the invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this Agreement which shall be construed as if this Agreement had been executed without the invalid portion. |
25.6 | Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or transmitted by facsimile transmission or electronic format addressed to: |
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25.7 | This Agreement may not be changed, amended or modified in any manner, except pursuant to an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each Party. The failure by a Party to enforce at any time any of the provisions of this Agreement shall in no way be construed to be a waiver of any such provision unless such waiver is acknowledged in writing, nor shall such failure affect the validity of this Agreement or any part of this Agreement or the right of a Party to enforce each and every provision. No waiver or breach of this Agreement shall be held to be a waiver of any other or subsequent breach. |
25.8 | Where any representation or warranty contained in this Agreement is expressly qualified by reference to the "best of the knowledge of" (or similar expressions) of Entrée, it shall be deemed to refer to the actual knowledge of any director or officer of Entrée, and all knowledge which each such person would have if such person made due enquiry into the relevant subject matter. |
25.9 | Following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, each Party will co-operate reasonably with the other Party in implementing any proposed adjustments to the structure of this Agreement to facilitate tax planning, provided that such adjustments have no material adverse impact on the non-proposing Party and that such adjustments shall not result in the non-proposing Party incurring any significant costs. |
25.10 | This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by the Parties in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier or electronic format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. |
25.11 | This Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and shall be binding on and shall be enforceable by the Parties and their respective, successors and permitted assigns. |
25.12 | This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties pertaining to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all prior agreements, negotiations, discussions and understandings, written or oral, among the Parties. |
25.13 | The Parties may agree to enter into other financial instruments or agreements to supplement the pricing in this Agreement. |
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To: | Entrée Gold Inc. (the "Issuer") of 1166 Alberni Street, Suite 1201, Vancouver, BC V6E 3Z3 |
Number of Common Shares: |
17,857,142 |
Total Purchase Price at Cdn.$0.56 per Common Share:
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Cdn.$9,999,999.52
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1.1. | In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires: |
(a) | "1933 Act" means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended; |
(b) | " Agreement" means this Subscription Agreement as the same may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, including the appendices hereto; |
(c) | "B.C. Act" means the Securities Act (British Columbia), the regulations and rules made thereunder and all published written instruments, policy statements, blanket orders, notices, directions and rulings issued or adopted by the British Columbia Securities Commission, all as amended; |
(d) | "Closing" means the day Common Shares are issued to the Subscriber; |
(e) | "Commission" means the British Columbia Securities Commission; |
(f) | "Common Shares" means the previously unissued common shares in the capital of the Issuer, as presently constituted; |
(g) | " BCBCA" means the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) ; |
(h) | "Disclosure Record" means all financial statements, information circulars, press releases, material change reports and other documents filed by or on behalf of the Issuer within the past 12 months with the Exchanges and the Commission; |
(i) | "Equity Participation and Funding Agreement" means the Equity Participation and Funding Agreement between the Issuer and the Subscriber dated February 14, 2013; |
(j) | "Exchanges" means the Toronto Stock Exchange and the NYSE MKT; |
(k) | "Issuer" means Entrée Gold Inc., a company continued under the BCBCA; |
(l) | " National Instrument 45-102" means National Instrument 45-102 "Resale of Securities" published by the Canadian Securities Administrators; |
(m) | "National Instrument 45-106" means National Instrument 45-106 "Prospectus and Registration Exemptions" published by the Canadian Securities Administrators; |
(n) | "Parties" or "Party" means the Subscriber, the Issuer or both, as the context requires; |
(o) | "Person" means an individual, a firm, a corporation, a syndicate, a partnership, a trust, an association, an unincorporated organization, a joint venture, an investment club, a government or an agency or political subdivision thereof and every other form of legal or business entity of whatsoever nature or kind; |
(p) | "Private Placement" means the offering of the Common Shares; |
(q) | "Regulation S" means Regulation S promulgated under the 1933 Act; |
(r) | "Regulatory Authorities" means the Commission and the Exchanges; |
(s) | "S ubscriber's Shares" means those Common Shares which the Subscriber has agreed to purchase under this Agreement; |
(t) | "Subscription Proceeds" means the total gross proceeds from the sale of Common Shares under the Private Placement; |
(u) | "United States" has that meaning ascribed to it in Regulation S; and |
(v) | "U.S. Person" has that meaning ascribed to it in Regulation S. |
1.2 | Time is of the essence of this Agreement and will be calculated in accordance with the provisions of the Interpretation Act (British Columbia). |
1.3 | This Agreement is to be read with all changes in gender or number as required by the context. |
1.4 | The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and do not affect the interpretation of this Agreement. |
1.5 | Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar amounts referred to in this Agreement are in lawful currency of Canada. |
1.6 | This Agreement is governed by, subject to and interpreted in accordance with the laws prevailing in the Province of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, and the courts of the Province of British Columbia will have the exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising in connection with this Agreement. |
2. | REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, COVENANTS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF THE SUBSCRIBER |
2.1 | The Subscriber acknowledges, represents, warrants and covenants to and with the Issuer that, as at the date of this Agreement and at the Closing: |
(a) | the Issuer is relying on an exemption from the requirements to provide it with a prospectus and to sell securities through a person registered to sell securities under applicable securities legislation (including securities legislation of British Columbia) and, as a consequence of acquiring the Common Shares pursuant to this exemption, certain protections, rights and remedies provided by applicable securities legislation (including securities legislation of British Columbia), including statutory rights of rescission or damages, will not be available to it; |
(b) | the Subscriber certifies that it is resident in the jurisdiction set out on page 2 of this Agreement; |
(c) | the Subscriber is purchasing the Subscriber's Shares as principal for its own account and not for the benefit of any other person or is deemed under the B.C. Act to be purchasing the Subscriber's Shares as principal, and in either case is purchasing the Subscriber's Shares for investment only and not with a view to the resale or distribution of all or any of the Subscriber's Shares; |
(d) | the Subscriber has completed and executed, and is delivering concurrently with this Subscription Agreement, a Certificate of Accredited Investor in the form attached to this Subscription Agreement as Schedule "A"; |
(e) | no person has made to the Subscriber any written or oral representations: |
(i) | that any person will resell or repurchase any of the Common Shares; |
(ii) | that any person will refund the purchase price of any of the Common Shares; or |
(iii) | as to the future price or value of any of the Common Shares; |
(f) | the Subscriber is not a "control person" and will not become a control person by virtue of the purchase of the Subscriber's Shares, and does not intend to act in concert with any other person to form a control group of the Issuer; |
(g) | to the knowledge of the Subscriber, this subscription has not been solicited in any manner contrary to the B.C. Act or the 1933 Act; |
(h) | the Subscriber is not a "U.S. Person" (as defined under Regulation S, which definition includes an individual resident in the United States and an estate or trust of which any executor or administrator or trustee, respectively, is a U.S. Person) and is not acquiring the Subscriber's Shares for the account or benefit of a "U.S. Person" and the Subscriber acknowledges that the Common Shares have not been registered under the 1933 Act or the securities laws of any state of the United States and may not be offered or sold in the United States unless registered under the 1933 Act and the securities laws of all applicable states of the United States or an exemption from such registration requirements is available, and that the Issuer has no obligation or present intention of filing a registration statement under the 1933 Act in respect of any of the Common Shares; |
(i) | the Subscriber acknowledges and agrees and the Subscriber represents and warrants that: |
(i) | the offer to purchase the Subscriber's Shares was not made to the Subscriber when the Subscriber was in the United States and, at the time the Subscriber's buy order was made, the Subscriber was outside the United States; |
(ii) | the Subscriber was outside the United States at the time this Agreement was executed and delivered; |
(iii) | the Subscriber is not and will not be purchasing the Common Shares for the account or benefit of any person in the United States; |
(iv) | the current structure of this transaction and all transactions and activities contemplated hereunder is not a scheme to avoid the registration requirements of the 1933 Act; and |
(v) | the Subscriber has no intention to distribute either directly or indirectly any of the Common Shares in the United States, except in compliance with the 1933 Act and the securities laws of all applicable states of the United States or an exemption from such registration requirements; |
(j) | the offer made by this subscription is irrevocable and requires only acceptance by the Issuer and approval of the Exchanges; |
(k) | the Issuer will have the right to accept this subscription offer in whole or in part and the acceptance of this subscription offer will be conditional upon the sale of the Subscriber's Shares to the Subscriber being exempt from the prospectus requirements of the relevant securities legislation; |
(l) | the Subscriber has the legal capacity and competence to enter into and execute this Agreement and to take all actions required pursuant hereto, and it is duly incorporated and validly subsisting under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, and all necessary approvals by its directors, shareholders and others have been given to authorize the execution of this Agreement on behalf of the Subscriber; |
(m) | the entering into of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby will not result in the violation of any of the terms or provisions of any law applicable to, or the constating documents of, the Subscriber or of any agreement, written or oral, to which the Subscriber may be a party or by which it is or may be bound; |
(n) | this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Subscriber and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Subscriber enforceable against the Subscriber; |
(o) | the Subscriber has been independently advised as to the applicable hold periods imposed in respect of the Common Shares by applicable securities legislation and regulatory policies and confirms that no representations by the Issuer have been made respecting the hold periods applicable to the Common Shares, and is aware of the risks and other characteristics of the Common Shares and of the fact that the Subscriber may not be able to resell the Common Shares purchased by it except in accordance with the applicable securities legislation and regulatory policies and that the Common Shares will be subject to resale restrictions and will bear legends to this effect and the Subscriber is solely responsible (and the Issuer is not responsible) for compliance with applicable resale restrictions; |
(p) | if required by applicable securities legislation, policy or order or by any securities commission, stock exchange or other regulatory authority having jurisdiction, the Subscriber will execute, deliver, file and otherwise assist the Issuer in filing, such reports, undertakings and other documents with respect to the issue of the Common Shares as may be required; |
(q) | the Subscriber has not purchased the Common Shares as a result of any form of general solicitation or general advertising, including advertisements, articles, notices or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over radio, television or internet or any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by general solicitation or general advertising; |
(r) | the Subscriber's investment in the Common Shares is speculative and involves a high degree of risk, substantial financing for the Issuer may be required in the future, and there is no assurance that any such additional financing can be obtained, and the Subscriber hereby represents that the Subscriber is able to bear such risks; |
(s) | the Subscriber has such knowledge in financial and business affairs as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment and is able to bear the economic risks of an investment in the Common Shares, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the risk of losing part or all of the Subscriber's investment, and the inability to sell, convert, exchange or transfer the Common Shares for a lengthy period of time or at a price which would enable the Subscriber to recoup its investment in the Common Shares; and |
(t) | the Subscriber agrees that the above representations, warranties, covenants and acknowledgements in this subsection will be true and correct both as of the execution of this Agreement and as of the day of Closing. |
2.2 | The foregoing representations, warranties, covenants and acknowledgements are made by the Subscriber with the intent that they be relied upon by the Issuer in determining its suitability as a purchaser of Common Shares, and the Subscriber hereby agrees to indemnify the Issuer against all losses, claims, costs, expenses and damages or liabilities which it may suffer or incur as a result of reliance thereon. The Subscriber undertakes to notify the Issuer immediately of any change in any representation, warranty or other information relating to the Subscriber set forth herein which takes place prior to the Closing. |
3. | REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, COVENANTS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF THE ISSUER |
3.1 | The Issuer hereby represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Subscriber as follows and acknowledges that the Subscriber is relying on such representations and warranties in connection with the transactions contemplated herein: |
(a) | the Issuer and its subsidiaries are valid and subsisting corporations duly incorporated and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are incorporated, continued or amalgamated; |
(b) | as of February 14, 2013, the authorized capital of the Issuer consists of an unlimited common shares without par value of which 128,877,243 common shares are issued and outstanding as fully paid and non-assessable; |
(c) | the execution of this Agreement and the issue and sale of the Common Shares by the Issuer does not and will not conflict with, and does not and will not result in a breach of, any of the terms of the Issuer's incorporating documents or any agreement or instrument to which the Issuer is a party; |
(d) | this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Issuer and duly executed and delivered by the Issuer, and constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Issuer enforceable against the Issuer, and the Issuer has full corporate power and authority to undertake the Private Placement; |
(e) | the Issuer is a "reporting issuer" within the meaning of the B.C. Act and is not in material default of any of the requirements of the B.C. Act or any of the written administrative policies or notices of the Regulatory Authorities; |
(f) | the Issuer has complied and will comply fully with the requirements of all applicable corporate and securities laws in all matters relating to the Private Placement; |
(g) | there are no judgments against the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries, if any, which are unsatisfied, nor are there any consent decrees or injunctions to which the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is subject; |
(h) | the common shares of the Issuer are listed for trading on the Exchanges and the Issuer is in material compliance with the rules and regulations of the Exchanges; |
(i) | no order ceasing or suspending trading in securities of the Issuer nor prohibiting the sale of such securities has been issued to and is outstanding against the Issuer or its directors, officers or promoters or against any other companies that have common directors, officers or promoters and, to the best of the Issuer's knowledge, no investigations or proceedings for such purposes are pending or threatened; |
(j) | neither the Issuer nor any subsidiary thereof has taken any action which would be reasonably expected to result in the delisting or suspension of the common shares of the Issuer on or from the Exchanges; |
(k) | there has not been any "reportable event" (within the meaning of National Instrument 51-102 of the Canadian Securities Administrators) with the present or any former auditor of the Issuer; |
(l) | the Issuer maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: |
(i) | transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorizations; |
(ii) | transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in United States and to maintain asset accountability; and |
(iii) | access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; |
(m) | the Issuer is not a party to any agreement, other than the Equity Participation and Funding Agreement, or aware of any agreement, which in any manner affects the voting control of any of the securities of the Issuer; |
(n) | the Disclosure Record is true and correct in all material respects, taken as a whole, and did not contain any misrepresentation (as defined in the Securities Act (British Columbia)) as at the respective dates of such filings and complies in all material respects with all applicable securities laws; |
(o) | since the date of the most recently filed financial statements of the Issuer except as disclosed in the Disclosure Record: |
(i) | there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Issuer; and |
(ii) | the Issuer has carried on its business in the ordinary course; |
(p) | the Issuer is in compliance with the provisions of National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101"), and has filed all reports required thereby, as applicable, all of which reports are in compliance with the requirements of NI 43-101; |
(q) | none of the Issuer nor any of its employees or agents has made any unlawful contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any federal, state or provincial or foreign office, or failed to disclose fully any contribution, in violation of any law, or made any payment to any foreign, Canadian or provincial or state governmental officer or official, or other person charged with similar public or quasi-public duties, other than payments required permitted by applicable laws; |
(r) | the financial statements of the Issuer contained in the Disclosure Record, filed with the Commission have all been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles and accurately reflect the financial position and all known material liabilities (accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) of the Issuer in all material respects as of the date thereof, and no adverse material changes in the financial position of the Issuer have taken place since the date of the most recently filed audited consolidated financial statements of the Issuer, other than as has been disclosed in the Disclosure Record; |
(s) | subject to the representations and warranties of the Subscriber herein contained being accurate and truthful in all respects and the Subscriber fulfilling all of its covenants and obligations herein contained, the Issuer has complied and will comply fully with the requirements of all applicable corporate and securities laws and administrative policies and directions, including, without limitation, the securities laws and the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) in relation to all matters relating to the private placement herein provided; |
(t) | there is not presently any material change, as defined in the securities laws, relating to the Issuer or change in any material fact, as defined in the securities laws, relating to any of the purchased securities, which has not been fully disclosed in accordance with the requirements of the securities laws and the policies of the Exchanges; and |
(u) | the Issuer will within the required time, file with the Regulatory Authorities, any documents, reports and information, in the required form, required to be filed by applicable securities laws in connection with this Private Placement, together with any applicable filing fees and other materials. |
3.2 | The Issuer shall indemnify, defend and hold the Subscriber harmless against any and all liabilities, loss, cost or damage, together with all reasonable costs and expenses related thereto (including reasonable legal and accounting fees and expenses), arising from, relating to, or connected with an untrue, inaccurate or breached statement, representation, warranty or covenant of the Issuer contained herein. |
3.3 | The representations and warranties contained in sections 2 and 3 of this Agreement will survive the Closing for a period of two years. |
4. | CLOSING |
4.1 | The Closing will take place on March 31, 2013, or such other date as the Parties to this Agreement may determine, at such time and place as the Parties to this Agreement may determine. |
4.2 | At or before Closing, the Subscriber will deliver to the Issuer: |
(a) | pages 2 and 3 of this Agreement, completed and fully executed; |
(b) | a certified cheque, bank draft or wire transfer for the total price of the Subscriber's Shares made payable to the Issuer; and |
(c) | a fully executed Certificate in the form set out in Appendix I. |
4.3 | At or before Closing, the Issuer will deliver to the Subscriber: |
(a) | page 3 of this Agreement, duly executed; and |
(b) | the certificate(s) representing the Subscriber's Shares registered in the name of the Subscriber. |
5. | RESALE RESTRICTIONS |
5.1 | The Subscriber understands and acknowledges that the Common Shares will be subject to certain resale restrictions under the B.C. Act and the Toronto Stock Exchange's policies, the terms of which will be endorsed on the certificates representing such Common Shares, and the Subscriber agrees to comply with such resale restrictions. The Subscriber also acknowledges that it has been advised to consult its own independent legal advisor with respect to the applicable resale restrictions and the Subscriber is solely responsible for complying with such restrictions and the Issuer is not in any manner responsible for ensuring compliance by the Subscriber with the applicable resale restrictions. |
5.2 | The Subscriber understands and acknowledges that the Issuer has not covenanted to register the Common Shares under the 1933 Act and that absent registration or exemption therefrom, the Common Shares may not be offered for sale, sold or otherwise transferred or assigned, directly or indirectly, in the United States or to a U.S. Person. |
6. | MISCELLANEOUS |
6.1 | The Subscriber (on its own behalf and, if applicable, on behalf of any person for whose benefit the Subscriber is subscribing) acknowledges and consents to the collection by the Issuer of the Subscriber's (and any beneficial purchaser's) personal information for the purpose of completing the Subscriber's subscription. The Subscriber (on its own behalf and, if applicable, on behalf of any person for whose benefit the Subscriber is subscribing) acknowledges and consents to the Issuer retaining the personal information for as long as permitted or required by applicable law or business practices. The Subscriber (on its own behalf and, if applicable, on behalf of any person for whose benefit the Subscriber is subscribing) further acknowledges and consents to the Issuer disclosing as required by applicable securities laws, stock exchange rules, and IDA rules to regulatory authorities any personal information provided by the Subscriber respecting itself (and any beneficial purchaser). The Subscriber represents and warrants that it has the authority to provide the consents and acknowledgements set out in this paragraph on behalf of all beneficial purchasers. The Subscriber consents to the filing of any documents that may be required to be filed with any stock exchange or securities regulatory authority in connection with the Private Placement. |
6.2 | Without limitation, this subscription and the transactions contemplated hereby are conditional upon and subject to the Issuer receiving approval of the Exchanges of this subscription and the transactions contemplated hereby. |
6.3 | This Agreement, which includes any interest granted or right arising under this Agreement, may not be assigned or transferred. |
6.4 | Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, the Equity Participation and Funding Agreement and in the agreements, instruments and other documents contemplated or provided for herein, this Agreement contain the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the Common Shares and there are no other terms, conditions, representations or warranties whether expressed, implied, oral or written, by statute, by common law, by the Issuer or by anyone else. |
6.5 | The Subscriber hereby authorizes the Issuer to correct any minor errors in, or complete any minor information missing from any document which has been executed by the Subscriber and delivered to the Issuer with respect to this subscription. |
6.6 | The Parties may amend this Agreement only in writing. |
6.7 | This Agreement enures to the benefit of and is binding upon the Parties and, as the case may be, their respective heirs, executors, administrators and, successors. |
6.8 | A Party will give all notices or other written communications to the other Party concerning this Agreement by hand or by registered mail addressed to such other Party's respective address which is noted on page 2 of this Agreement. |
6.9 | The Agreement, any amendment, addendum or supplement thereto, and all matters arising with respect thereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the Province of British Columbia, and the laws of Canada applicable therein, governing contracts made and to be performed wholly therein, and without reference to its principles governing the choice or conflict of laws. The parties hereto irrevocably attorn and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of British Columbia, sitting in the City of Vancouver, with respect to any dispute related to or arising out of this Agreement. |
6.10 | This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which when delivered will be deemed to be an original and all of which together will constitute one and the same document and the Issuer will be entitled to rely on delivery by facsimile machine of an executed copy of this subscription, and acceptance by the Issuer of such facsimile copy will be equally effective to create a valid and binding agreement between the Subscriber and the Issuer as if the Issuer had accepted the subscription originally executed by the Subscriber. |
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the Subscriber is resident in Canada;
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the Subscriber is purchasing the Subscriber's Shares as principal for its own account;
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the Subscriber is an "accredited investor" within the meaning of National Instrument 45-106 "Prospectus and Registration Exemptions", by virtue of satisfying the indicated criterion as set out in Schedule A to this certificate
(YOU MUST ALSO INITIAL SCHEDULE A TO THIS CERTIFICATE)
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the above representations, warranties and covenants will be true and correct both as of the execution of this certificate and as of the closing time of the purchase and sale of the Subscriber's Shares and will survive the completion of the issue of the Subscriber's Shares; and
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the foregoing representations, warranties and covenants are made by the undersigned with the intent that they be relied upon in determining the suitability of the undersigned as a purchaser of the Subscriber's Shares and the undersigned undertakes to immediately notify the Issuer of any change in any statement or other information relating to the Subscriber set forth herein which takes place prior to the closing time of the purchase and sale of the Subscriber's Shares.
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Print name of Subscriber
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By:
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Signature
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Title
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(please print name of individual whose signature appears above, if different from name of purchaser printed above)
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(a)
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a Canadian financial institution, or a Schedule III Bank,
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(b)
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the Business Development Bank of Canada incorporated under the
Business Development Bank of Canada Act
(Canada),
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(c)
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a subsidiary of any person referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b), if the person owns all of the voting securities of the subsidiary, except the voting securities required by law to be owned by directors of that subsidiary,
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(d)
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a person registered under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada as an adviser or dealer, other than a person registered solely as a limited market dealer under one or both of the
Securities Act
(Ontario) or the
Securities Act
(Newfoundland and Labrador),
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(e)
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an individual registered or formerly registered under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada as a representative of a person referred to in paragraph (d),
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the Government of Canada or jurisdiction of Canada, or any crown corporation, agency or wholly owned entity of the Government of Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada,
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a municipality, public board or commission in Canada and a metropolitan community, school board, the Comité de gestion de la taxe scolaire de l'île de Montréal or an intermunicipal management board in Québec;
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any national, federal, state, provincial, territorial or municipal government of or in any foreign jurisdiction, or any agency of that government,
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a pension fund that is regulated by either the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada) or a pension commission or similar regulatory authority of a jurisdiction of Canada,
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an individual who, either alone or with a spouse, beneficially owns financial assets
having an aggregate realizable value that before taxes, but net of any related liabilities, exceeds $1,000,000,
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an individual whose net income before taxes exceeded $200,000 in each of the two most recent calendar years or whose net income before taxes combined with that of a spouse exceeded $300,000 in each of the two most recent calendar years and who, in either case, reasonably expects to exceed that net income level in the current calendar year,
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an individual who, either alone or with a spouse, has net assets of at least $5,000,000,
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a person, other than an individual or investment fund, that has net assets of at least $5,000,000 as shown on its most recently prepared financial statements,
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an investment fund that distributes or has distributed its securities only to
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a person that is or was an accredited investor at the time of the distribution,
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a person that acquires or acquired securities in the circumstances referred to in sections 2.10 [
Minimum amount investment
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Additional investment in investment funds
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a person described in paragraph (i) or (ii) that acquires or acquired securities under section 2.18 [
Investment fund reinvestment
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an investment fund that distributes or has distributed securities under a prospectus in a jurisdiction of Canada for which the regulator or, in Québec, the securities regulatory authority, has issued a receipt,
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a trust company or trust corporation registered or authorized to carry on business under the
Trust and Loan Companies Act
(Canada) or under comparable legislation in a jurisdiction of Canada or a foreign jurisdiction, acting on behalf of a fully managed account managed by the trust company or trust corporation, as the case may be,
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A person acting on behalf of a fully managed account managed by that person, if that person
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is registered or authorized to carry on business as an adviser or the equivalent under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada or a foreign jurisdiction, and
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in Ontario, is purchasing a security that is not a security of an investment fund;
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a registered charity under the
Income Tax Act
(Canada) that, in regard to the trade, has obtained advice from an eligibility adviser or an adviser registered under the securities legislation of the jurisdiction of the registered charity to give advice on the securities being traded,
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an entity organized in a foreign jurisdiction that is analogous to any of the entities referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) or paragraph (i) in form and function,
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a person in respect of which all of the owners of interests, direct, indirect or beneficial, except the voting securities required by law to be owned by directors, are persons that are accredited investors,
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an investment fund that is advised by a person registered as an adviser or a person that is exempt from registration as an adviser, or
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a person that is recognized or designated by the securities regulatory or, except in Ontario or Quebec, the regulator as
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an accredited investor, or
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an exempt purchaser in Alberta or British Columbia after NI 45-106 comes into force;
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NOTE: | The investor should initial beside the portion of the above definition applicable to it. |
(i) | the grant by OTL and Entrée to each other of a lien upon and a security interest in each others participating interest in the Joint Venture, (including all of OTL's and Entrée's respective right, title and interest in the assets of the Joint Venture, whenever acquired or arising, and the proceeds from and accessions to the foregoing) as contemplated by the Joint Venture Agreement; |
(ii) | any Encumbrance that is created or arises under or in connection with the Joint Venture Agreement including any Encumbrance that has been granted against the Property for the purposes of project financing as contemplated by the Joint Venture Agreement or that is created or arises under or in connection with the Existing Investment Agreement or an Investment Agreement; |
(iii) | any reservations, limitations, exceptions, provisos and conditions expressed in the licenses, permits or other instruments relating to the Property in existence on the Execution Date; |
(iv) | any royalties, rents or levies of general application which are imposed on the Property or on Production by any government or governmental or regulatory authority, agency, department, ministry, board, tribunal, organization, entity or bureau or branch of any of the foregoing or by the terms of the Existing Investment Agreement or an Investment Agreement; |
(v) | minor discrepancies in the legal description of the Property or any adjoining properties which would be disclosed in an up to date survey which do not materially detract from the value of, or materially impair the use of the Property for the purpose of conducting and carrying out mining operations on the Property; |
(v) | any minor encumbrance, such as easements, rights-of-way, servitudes or other similar rights in land granted to or reserved by other Persons, rights-of-way for sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines, oil and natural gas pipelines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions applicable to the property's use of real property within the Property that do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of such property or materially impair its use in the operation of the Property; and |
(vi) | inchoate or statutory liens for taxes not at the time due or payable, or being contested in good faith through appropriate proceedings. |
Date: March 30, 2016
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/s/ Stephen Scott | |
Stephen Scott
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Interim Chief Executive Officer
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Date: March 30, 2016
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/s/ Bruce Colwill | |
Bruce Colwill
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Chief Financial Officer
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1. | the Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
2. | the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
/s/ Stephen Scott |
1. | the Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and |
2. | the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
/s/
Bruce Colwill
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Vancouver, Canada
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Chartered Professional Accountants
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March 30, 2016
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/s/ Bernard Peters
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