UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of December 2022
Commission File Number: 000-14740
Premium Nickel Resources Ltd.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
130 Spadina Avenue, Suite 401
Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2L4
Canada
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
x Form 20-F | ¨ Form 40-F |
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ¨
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Premium Nickel Resources Ltd. | ||
(Registrant) | ||
Date: December 21, 2022 | By: | /s/ Keith Morrison |
Name: Keith Morrison | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
Form 6-K Exhibit Index
Exhibit Number | Document Description | |
99.1 | Notice of Change of Auditor (National Instrument 51-102) |
Exhibit 99.1
December 15, 2022
British
Columbia Securities Commission
Alberta Securities Commission
Manitoba Securities Commission
Ontario Securities Commission
Re: | Premium Nickel Resources Ltd. (the "Corporation") – Change of Auditor |
In accordance with National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations, please find enclosed herewith the Reporting Package comprised of the following documents:
1. | Notice of Change of Auditor dated December 5, 2022 from the Corporation, a copy of which is annexed as Schedule "A" hereto (the "Notice"); |
2. | Letter from the successor auditor, MNP LLP, dated December 5, 2022, a copy of which is annexed as Schedule "B" hereto (the "Successor Auditor Letter"); |
3. | Letter from the predecessor auditor, Dale Matheson Carr-Hilton LaBonte LLP, dated December 14, 2022, a copy of which is annexed as Schedule "C" hereto (the "Predecessor Auditor Letter"); and |
4. | Confirmation from the Audit Committee of the board of directors of the Corporation, that the Audit Committee has reviewed the Notice, the Successor Auditor Letter and the Predecessor Auditor Letter, a copy of which is annexed as Schedule "D" hereto. |
Yours truly, | |
/s/ Sarah Zhu | |
Sarah
Zhu Chief Financial Officer |
SCHEDULE "A"
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF AUDITOR
See attached.
A-1
PREMIUM NICKEL RESOURCES LTD.
NOTICE
OF CHANGE OF AUDITOR
(National Instrument 51-102)
TO: | Dale Matheson Carr-Hilton Labonte LLP |
AND TO: | MNP LLP |
AND TO: | The securities regulatory authorities in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Ontario |
RE: | Notice Regarding Change of Auditor Pursuant to Section 4.11 of National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations ("NI 51-102") |
Notice is hereby given of a change of the auditor of Premium Nickel Resources Ltd. (the "Corporation") pursuant to section 4.11 of NI 51-102.
(a) | Dale Matheson Carr-Hilton Labonte LLP, the former auditor of the Corporation, has notified the Corporation of its resignation effective August 31, 2022, which resignation was triggered by the requirements of the Canadian Public Accountability Board. |
(b) | MNP LLP has been appointed as successor auditor of the Corporation, effective December 5, 2022, to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation. |
(c) | The resignation of Dale Matheson Carr-Hilton Labonte LLP and the determination to appoint MNP LLP as auditor of the Corporation was considered and approved by both the audit committee and board of directors of the Corporation. |
(d) | Dale Matheson Carr-Hilton Labonte LLP did not express a modified opinion in any of its reports for the audits of the two most recently completed fiscal years of the Corporation. |
(e) | No "reportable events" (as defined in section 4.11(1) of NI 51-102) have occurred. |
A-2
DATED this 5th day of December, 2022.
PREMIUM NICKEL RESOURCES LTD. | ||
By: | /s/ Sarah Zhu | |
Name: Sarah Zhu Title: Chief Financial Officer |
A-3
SCHEDULE "B"
SUCCESSOR AUDITOR LETTER
See attached.
B-1
December 5, 2022
Ontario Securities Commission
The Manitoba Securities Commission
Alberta Securities Commission
British Columbia Securities Commission
Dear Sirs/Mesdames:
Re: Premium Nickel Resources Ltd. — Change of Auditor
Pursuant to National Instrument 51-102 — Continuous Disclosure Obligations, we have reviewed the information contained in the Notice of Change of Auditor of Premium Nickel Resources Ltd. dated December 5, 2022 (the “Notice”) and, based on our knowledge of such information at this time we agree with the statements made in the Notice pertaining to our firm. We advise that we have no basis to agree or disagree with the comments in the Notice relating to Dale Matheson Carr-Hilton Labonte LLP:
Yours very truly,
/s/ MNP LLP
Chartered
Professional Accountants
Ottawa, Ontario
B-2
SCHEDULE "C"
PREDECESSOR AUDITOR LETTER
See attached.
C-1
December 14, 2022
Dear Sirs:
Re: | Premium
Nickel Resources Ltd. (the “Company”) Notice Pursuant to National Instrument 51-102 - Change of Auditor |
As required by the National Instrument 51-102 and in connection with our resignation as auditor of the Company, we have reviewed the information contained in the Company’s Notice of Change of Auditor, dated December 5, 2022 and agree with the information contained therein, based upon our knowledge of the information relating to the said notice and of the Company at this time.
Yours very truly, | |
/s/ DMCL |
DALE
MATHESON CARR-HILTON LABONTE LLP
CHARTERED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS
C-2
SCHEDULE "D"
AUDIT COMMITTEE CONFIRMATION
See attached.
D-1
December 15, 2022
British
Columbia Securities Commission
Alberta Securities Commission
Manitoba Securities Commission
Ontario Securities Commission
Re: | Premium Nickel Resources Ltd. (the "Corporation") – Change of Auditor |
I, John Hick, Chair of the audit committee of the board of directors of the Corporation (the "Audit Committee"), hereby confirm, in accordance with National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations, that on December 15, 2022 the Audit Committee reviewed the Notice of Change of Auditor dated December 5, 2022, the reply letter from MNP LLP dated December 5, 2022, and the reply letter from Dale Matheson Carr-Hilton LaBonte LLP dated December 14, 2022.
Yours truly, | |
/s/ John Hick | |
John
Hick Chair, Audit Committee |
D-2