Exhibit 99.32

 

 

GCM Mining Corp.

Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

For the three months ended March 31, 2022


GCM Mining Corp.

Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position

(Unaudited; Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

 

      Notes      As at
March 31, 2022
     As at
December 31, 2021
 

ASSETS

        

Current

        

Cash and cash equivalents

        $    315,064        $    323,565  

Gold bullion

     11c         2,688        4,479  

Accounts receivable and other

     11a         36,542        29,566  

Inventories

     3           21,909        22,412  

Prepaid expenses and deposits

              2,940        1,946  
        379,143        381,968  

Non-current

        

Cash in trust

     9c          829        783  

Mining interests, plant and equipment

     4           476,198        455,778  

Investments and other assets

     5           160,285        159,856  

Total assets

              $  1,016,455        $    998,385  

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

        

Current

        

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     6            $       32,699        $      35,213  

Income tax payable

        18,628        15,739  

Current portion of long-term debt

     7            2,979        8,135  

Current portion of lease obligations

     8            1,870        1,718  

Current portion of provisions

     9            1,788        1,662  

Amounts payable related to acquisitions of mining interests

     19a          1,984        1,848  
        59,948        64,315  

Non-current

        

Long-term debt

     7            308,329        306,131  

Lease obligations

     8            2,108        2,087  

Provisions

     9            23,483        22,655  

Warrant liabilities

     10d          35,928        32,195  

Deferred revenue

        84,000        84,000  

Deferred income taxes

              8,688        8,476  

Total liabilities

              522,484        519,859  

Equity

        

Share capital

     10b          625,785        626,042  

Share purchase warrants

        10,196        10,252  

Contributed surplus

        177,719        177,315  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

        (109,095)        (122,696)  

Deficit

              (210,634)        (212,387)  

Total equity

              493,971        478,526  

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

              $    1,016,455        $    998,385  

 

Commitments and contingencies

  (Note 19)  

Subsequent events

  (Notes 5a, 10b, 10f, 10g, 10h)  

See accompanying notes to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements.


GCM Mining Corp.

Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited; Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except share amounts)

 

 

          Three months ended
March 31,
 
      Notes    2022     2021  

Revenue

   12    $ 101,322     $ 101,919  

Costs and expenses

       

Cost of sales

   13      53,633       57,026  

General and administrative

        7,696       4,094  

Share-based compensation

   10e      1,208       (472)  

Social contributions

   19b      3,100       2,160  

Income from operations

          35,685       39,111  

Other income (expense)

       

Finance income

        507       299  

Finance costs

   14      (6,399)       (3,528)  

Aris Transaction costs

   5a      -       (9,817)  

Gain on loss of control of Aris

   5a      -       56,886  

Loss from equity accounting in associates

   5      (1,032     (2,164)  

Gain on sale of Zancudo Project

   5b      -       8,913  

Gain (loss) on financial instruments

   15      (7,316)       42,848  

Foreign exchange gain (loss)

          (655)       188  
            (14,895)       93,625  

Income before income tax

          20,790       132,736  

Income tax expense

       

Current

        (16,244)       (12,579)  

Deferred

          692       (1,852)  
            (15,552)       (14,431)  

Net income

        $ 5,238     $ 118,305  

Attributed to shareholders of the Company

      $ 5,238     $ 124,563  

Non-controlling interest

          -       (6,258)  
          $ 5,238     $ 118,305  

Net income per share attributed to shareholders of the Company

       

Basic

   17    $ 0.05     $ 2.02  

Diluted

   17      0.05       1.28  

Basic weighted average number of common shares outstanding

        97,786,490       61,728,037  

Diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding

          99,961,040       73,933,724  

See accompanying notes to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements.


GCM Mining Corp.

Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(Unaudited; Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

 

          Three months ended
March 31,
 
      Notes    2022      2021  

Net income

      $ 5,238      $ 118,305  

Other comprehensive income (loss):

        

Items that will not be reclassified to profit in subsequent periods:

        

Unrealized gain (loss) on investment in Amilot, net of $Nil tax (2021 - $Nil)

        2        (1)  

Unrealized (loss) gain on Gold Notes due to change in credit risk, net of $Nil tax (2021 - $Nil)

        -        (75)  

Unrealized (loss) gain on Convertible Debentures due to change in credit risk, net of tax $Nil (2021 - $Nil)

   7b      190        (770)  

Unrealized loss on Aris Gold Notes due to changes in credit risk, net of $Nil tax

        -        (674)  

Unrealized loss on Aris Gold Notes due to change in credit risk associated with non-controlling interest, net of tax

        -        (585)  

Items that may be reclassified to profit in subsequent periods:

        

Equity accounted investees -share of other comprehensive income

   5a,5b      2,069        -  

Foreign currency translation adjustment

        11,340        (16,722)  

Foreign currency translation adjustment associated with non-controlling interest

          -        (1,014)  

Comprehensive income

        $ 18,839      $ 98,464  

Comprehensive income attributable to:

        

Shareholders of the Company

      $ 18,839      $ 106,321  

Non-controlling interest

          -        (7,857)  

Comprehensive income

        $ 18,839      $ 98,464  

See accompanying notes to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements.


GCM Mining Corp.

Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity

(Unaudited; Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

 

          Three months ended
March 31,
 
      Notes    2022      2021  

Common shares

        

Balance, beginning of period

   10    $ 626,042      $ 472,219  

Exercise of options

   10f      -        225  

Exercise of warrants

   10      869        -  

Repurchase of shares

   10b      (1,126)        (3,225)  

Balance, end of period

          625,785        469,219  

Share purchase warrants -equity classified

        

Balance, beginning of period

        10,252        -  

Exercise of warrants

   10      (56)        -  

Balance, end of period

          10,196        -  

Contributed surplus

        

Balance, beginning of period

        177,315        180,498  

Exercise of options

        -        (58)  

Share-based compensation

        404        311  

Elimination of Aris share-based compensation on loss of control of Aris

          -        (4,368)  

Balance, end of period

          177,719        176,383  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

        

Balance, beginning of period

        (122,696)        (115,837)  

Unrealized gain (loss) on investment in Amilot, net of tax

        2        (1)  

Unrealized (loss) gain on Gold Notes due to changes in credit risk, net of tax

        -        (75)  

Unrealized (loss) gain on Convertible Debentures due to changes in credit risk, net of tax

   7b      190        (770)  

Unrealized loss on Aris Gold Notes due to changes in credit risk, net of tax

        -        (674)  

Equity accounted investees -share of other comprehensive income

   5a,5b      2,069        -  

Foreign currency translation adjustment

        11,340        (16,722)  

Recognition of accumulated foreign currency translation adjustment on sale of Zancudo Project

        -        688  

Recognition of accumulated other comprehensive loss on loss of control of Aris

          -        28,578  

Balance, end of period

          (109,095)        (104,813)  

Deficit

        

Balance, beginning of period

        (212,387)        (383,168)  

Dividends declared

   10b      (3,485)        (2,184)  

Recognition of accumulated unrealized gains due to changes in credit risk on Aris Gold Notes on loss of control of Aris

        -        (3,521)  

Net income attributable to shareholders of the Company

          5,238        124,563  

Balance, end of period

          (210,634)        (264,310)  

Non-controlling interest

        

Balance, beginning of period

        -        42,516  

Impact of changes in ownership of Aris in the period

        -        58,870  

Foreign currency translation adjustment

        -        (1,014)  

Unrealized loss on Aris Gold Notes due to change in credit risk, net of tax

        -        (585)  

Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest

        -        (6,258)  

Elimination of non-controlling interest on loss of control of Aris

          -        (93,529)  

Balance, end of period

          -        -  

Total equity

        $ 493,971      $ 276,479  

See accompanying notes to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements.


GCM Mining Corp.

Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited; Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

 

                 Three months ended  
                 March 31,  
      Notes            2022     2021  

  Operating Activities

          

  Net income

         $ 5,238     $ 118,305  

  Adjusted for the following items:

          

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

   4         8,325       7,684  

Share-based compensation

   10e         1,208       (472

Finance costs

   14         6,399       3,528  

Foreign exchange

           213       859  

Loss (gain) on financial instruments

   15         6,866       (42,848

Loss from equity accounting in associates

   5         1,032       2,164  

Provision for environmental fees

   9         22       -  

Environmental fees paid

   9         -       (9

Payments of health obligations

   9         (147     (168

Gain on sale of Zancudo Project

   5b         -       (8,913

Gain on loss of control of Aris

           -       (56,886

Income tax expense

           15,552       14,431  

  Changes in non-cash operating working capital items

   16               (6,088     (9,566

  Operating cash flows before taxes

           38,620       28,109  

  Income taxes paid

                   (14,411     (14,492

  Net cash provided by operating activities

                   24,209       13,617  

  Investing Activities

          

  Additions to mining interests, plant and equipment

   4         (20,257     (11,120

  Aris Gold Notes redemption, including gold premium

   5a         234       -  

  Purchase of Denarius common shares

   5b         (1,316     -  

  Sale of gold bullion

   11c         2,058       -  

  Acquisition of Fellsmere

           -       (7,015

  Reduction in cash on sale of Zancudo Project

           -       (30

  Purchase of Denarius Subscription Receipts

           -       (7,942

  Reduction in cash on loss of control of Aris

                   -       (151,404

  Net cash used in investing activities

                   (19,281     (177,511

  Financing Activities

          

  Payment of lease obligations

   8         (578     (623

  Interest paid

           (10,553     (1,011

  Exercises of stock options

           -       167  

  Exercises of warrants

   10         397       -  

  Repurchases of common shares of the Company under NCIB

   10b         (1,126     (3,225

  Payment of dividends on common shares

   10b         (3,485     (2,183

  Repayment of Gold Notes, including Gold Premium

           -       (4,249

  Decrease in Gold Trust Account

           -       175  

  Release of cash in escrow in connection with Aris Gold Notes and Aris Subscription Receipts

           -       131,345  

  Financing costs incurred in Aris Transaction

                   -       (149

  Net cash (used) provided in financing activities

                   (15,345     120,247  

  Impact of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

                   1,916       (5,152

  Decrease in cash and cash equivalents

           (8,501     (48,799

  Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

                   323,565       122,508  

  Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

        $          315,064     $ 73,709  

See accompanying notes to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements.


GCM Mining Corp.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2022

(Unaudited; Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

1.

NATURE OF OPERATIONS

GCM Mining Corp. (the “Company” or “GCM”) is a publicly listed entity incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia. The head office of the Company is located at 401 Bay Street, Suite 2400, PO Box 15, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 2Y4 and its registered office is at 1166 Alberni Street, Suite 1604, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6E 3Z3. The Company also has offices in Medellin and Bogota, Colombia and Georgetown, Guyana. The Company is primarily engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, and operation of mineral properties in Latin America.

 

2.

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

These interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standards (“IAS”) 34, Interim Financial Reporting, under International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”).

The interim financial statements have been prepared following the same accounting policies and methods of computation as the audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, except as disclosed herein.

The interim financial statements do not include all the disclosures included in the annual audited consolidated financial statements and accordingly should be read in conjunction with the annual audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2021. These interim financial statements were approved by the Audit Committee of the Company for issue on May 12, 2022.

The interim financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost basis, except for certain financial assets and liabilities which are measured at fair value, and are presented in U.S. dollars, rounded to the nearest thousand except when otherwise indicated. They have been prepared on a going concern basis assuming that the Company will be able to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business as they come due for the foreseeable future.

Consolidation

These financial statements comprise the financial results of the Company, including its subsidiaries, at March 31, 2022 as follows:    

 

      Entity    Property/      Registered      Functional      Interest as at  
      function              currency(1)
     March 31, 2022  

GCM Mining Corp.

     Corporate        Canada        USD     

Gran Colombia Gold, S.A. (“GCG Panama”)

     Corporate        Panama        USD        100

Gold X Mining Corp.

     Corporate        Canada        USD        100

Gran Colombia Gold Segovia Sucursal Colombia

     Segovia Operations        Colombia        COP        100

Goldheart Investment Holdings Ltd.

     Toroparu Operations        BVI        USD        100

ETK Inc.

     Toroparu Operations        Guyana        USD        100

Minerales Andinos de Occidente, S.A.S.

     Marmato Zona Alta        Colombia        COP        100

Minera Croesus S.A.S.

     Marmato Zona Alta        Colombia        COP        100

(1) “USD” = U.S. dollar; “COP” = Colombian peso.

           

Intercompany transactions, balances and unrealized gains on transactions between group companies are eliminated. Accounting policies of subsidiaries and associates have been changed where necessary to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the Company.

The consolidated financial statements also include the Company’s equity interests in associates as outlined in Note 5. Investments in Aris Gold Corporation (“Aris”), Denarius Silver Corp. (“Denarius”) and Western Atlas Resources Inc. (“Western Atlas”) are all accounted for using the equity method. As Denarius and Western Atlas are listed on the TSXV, pursuant to which financial reporting typically occurs later than it does for the Company, which is listed on the TSX, the Company uses the financial statements of Denarius and Western Atlas reported for the quarter ended three months earlier in determining its share of the comprehensive income or loss.

 

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GCM Mining Corp.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2022

(Unaudited; Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

The Company adopted the following amendment to accounting standards, effective January 1, 2022:

IAS 16, Property, Plant and Equipment

In May 2020, the IASB issued an amendment to IAS 16, Property, Plant and Equipment (“IAS16”), to prohibit the offsetting to property, plant and equipment of amounts received from selling items produced while preparing an asset for its intended use. Instead, sales proceeds and related costs must be recognized in profit or loss. The amendment requires companies to distinguish between costs associated with producing and selling items before the item of property, plant and equipment is available for use and costs associated with making the item of property, plant and equipment available for its intended use. The Company adopted the revision to IAS 16 when it became effective on January 1, 2022, with no impact on adoption.

New accounting standards issued but not effective

IAS 1 – Presentation of Financial Statements

The IASB has issued an amendment to IAS 1, Presentation of Financial Statements providing a more general approach to the classification of liabilities. The amendment clarifies that the classification of liabilities as current or non-current depends on the rights existing at the end of the reporting period as opposed to management’s intentions or expectations of exercising the right to defer settlement of the liability. Management would classify debt as non-current only when the Company complies with all the conditions at the reporting date. The amendments further clarify that settlement of a liability refers to the transfer of cash, equity instruments, other assets or services to the counterparty.

The amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2024 and are to be applied retrospectively, with early adoption permitted. The extent of the impact of adoption of this standard has not yet been determined.

IAS 8 – Definition of Accountings Estimates

The IASB has issued an amendment to IAS 8 - Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors to introduce a new definition for accounting estimates, clarifying that they are monetary amounts in the financial statements that are subject to measurement uncertainty. The amendments also clarify the relationship between accounting policies and accounting estimates by specifying that a company develops an accounting estimate to achieve the objective set out by an accounting policy.

The amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023, with early adoption permitted. The extent of the impact of adoption of this standard has not yet been determined.

IAS 12 – Income Taxes

The IASB has issued an amendment to IAS 12 – Income Taxes to narrow the scope of the initial recognition exemption (IRE) so that it does not apply to transactions that give rise to equal and offsetting temporary differences.

The amendments are effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023, with early adoption permitted. The extent of the impact of adoption of this standard has not yet been determined.

 

3.

INVENTORIES

          March 31,    December 31,
            2022    2021
   Mineral inventories    $    6,708    $      8,985
     Materials and supplies    15,201    13,427
          $  21,909    $    22,412

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recognized in the statement of operations $25.0 million (2021 – $26.0 million) in materials and supplies and $5.2 million (2021 - $4.7 million) in salaries and employee benefits.

 

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GCM Mining Corp.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2022

(Unaudited; Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

4.

MINING INTERESTS, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

      Mineral
properties
    Plant and
equipment
    ROU
plant and
equipment
    Construction
in progress
    E&E
assets
    Total  

Three months ended March 31, 2022

 

         

Opening net book value

   $ 100,165     $ 53,209     $ 4,357     $ 23,202     $ 274,845     $ 455,778  

Additions

     7,674       2,192       432       2,051       5,699       18,048  

Transfers

     -       9,190       -       (9,190     -       -  

Decrease in reclamation liability (Note 9)

     (744     -       -       -       -       (744

Share-based compensation (Note 10e)

     -       -       -       -       94       94  

Depreciation and amortization

     (4,691     (3,019     (595     -       -       (8,305

Exchange difference

     6,685       3,211       235       846       350       11,327  

Closing net book value

   $ 109,089     $ 64,783     $ 4,429     $ 16,909     $ 280,988     $ 476,198  

As at March 31, 2022

            

Cost

   $ 272,036     $ 101,305     $ 8,055     $ 43,173     $ 460,463     $ 885,032  

Accumulated depreciation, Amortization and impairment

     (162,947     (36,522     (3,626     (26,264     (179,475     (408,834

Net book value

   $ 109,089     $ 64,783     $ 4,429     $ 16,909     $ 280,988     $ 476,198  
A summary of the net book value is as follows:

 

         
      Mineral
properties
   

Plant and

equipment

    ROU
Plant and
equipment
    Construction
in progress
    E&E
assets
    Total  

As at March 31, 2022

            

Segovia Operations

   $ 109,089     $ 59,958     $ 3,948     $ 16,909     $ 6,280     $ 196,184  

Toroparu Project

     -       4,822       468       -       274,708       279,998  

Corporate

     -       3       13       -       -       16  

Total

   $ 109,089     $ 64,783     $ 4,429     $ 16,909     $ 280,988     $ 476,198  

As at December 31, 2021

            

Segovia Operations

   $ 100,165     $ 50,529     $ 3,827     $ 23,202     $ 4,821     $ 182,544  

Toroparu Project

     -       2,676       506       -       270,024       273,206  

Corporate

     -       4       24       -       -       28  

Total

   $ 100,165     $ 53,209     $ 4,357     $ 23,202     $ 274,845     $ 455,778  

As at March 31, 2022, accounts payable and accrued liabilities (Note 6) includes $4.9 million related to capital expenditures (December 31, 2021 - $7.4 million).

A summary of the depreciation recorded during the three-month periods ended March 31 is as follows:

 

      2022      2021  

Cost of sales expense

   $     8,236      $     7,669  

General and administrative expenses

     89        15  

Total charged to operations

     8,325        7,684  

Increase in inventories

     (415)        (421)  

Capitalized depreciation

     395        281  
     $ 8,305      $ 7,544  

 

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GCM Mining Corp.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2022

(Unaudited; Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

5.

INVESTMENTS AND OTHER ASSETS

     Common           Gold    March 31,      December 31,  
      Shares      Warrants    Notes    2022      2021  

Aris

   $     123,970      $      5,844    $    9,689    $     139,503      $     137,867  

Denarius

     14,520      5,687    -      20,207        21,367  

Western Atlas

     561      -    -      561        610  

Amilot(1)

     14      -    -      14        12  

As at March 31, 2022

   $ 139,065      $    11,531    $    9,689    $ 160,285      $ 159,856  

 

(1)

The investments in common shares are accounted for using the equity method, except for Amilot which is accounted for as a financial asset and measured at FVOCI.

The gain (loss) from equity accounting in associates during the three-month periods ended March 31 comprises:

 

      2022      2021  

Aris

   $     1,364      $     2,798  

Gold X

     -        (245)  

Denarius

     (2,361)        (4,713)  

Western Atlas

     (35)        (4)  
     $ (1,032)      $ (2,164)  

a)     Aris

i.     Loss of control in Aris

On February 4, 2021, Aris issued 37,777,778 common shares, decreasing the Company’s equity interest in Aris from 53.5% to 44.3%. The reduction in the Company’s equity interest and the change in management of Aris resulted in a loss of control. Accordingly, the Company derecognized related assets, liabilities and non-controlling interest related to Aris on February 4, 2021. These interim financial statements include the results of Aris from January 1 to February 4, 2021, which is the date of loss of control.

The gain on loss of control in Aris recognized in the statement of operations during the three months ended March 31, 2021 of $56.8 million represents the fair value of the investment on February 4, 2021 less the net assets of Aris, non-controlling interest and accumulated foreign currency translation adjustments.

In addition, as result of the loss of control of Aris, $9.8 million in transaction costs associated with the change of control compensation to the previous management of Aris was recognized within Aris transaction costs in the statements of operations during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and $3.5 million of unrealized gains related to credit risk changes on the Aris Gold Notes accumulated in other comprehensive loss was recognized as a credit to deficit in the consolidated statement of equity during the three months ended March 31, 2021.

ii.     Common shares and financial instruments

 

     Common      Listed     Unlisted     Gold     Total  
      Shares (1)      Warrants     Warrants     Notes         

As at January 1, 2022

   $     120,362      $     5,838     $     1,874     $     9,793     $     137,867  

Change in FVTPL (Note 15)

     -        (1,413     (455     73       (1,795

Principal redeemed

     -        -       -       (177     (177

Gain from equity accounting

     1,364        -       -       -       1,364  

Equity share of other comprehensive income (2)

     2,244        -       -       -       2,244  

As at March 31, 2022

   $ 123,970      $ 4,425     $ 1,419     $ 9,689     $ 139,503  

 

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GCM Mining Corp.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2022

(Unaudited; Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

(1)

On 4 February 2021, the Company entered into an investor agreement with Aris which, for a period of two years, precludes the Company from selling its common shares or warrants of Aris to a third party without prior consent from Aris.

(2)

Recognized in the Company’s consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss) during the three months ended March 31, 2022.

As at March 31, 2022, the Company owns a total of 60,991,445 common shares of Aris representing a 44.3% equity interest in Aris (December 31, 2021 – 44.3%). During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recognized a gain of $1.4 million (2021 - $2.8 million) from its share of Aris’ results and a gain of $2.2 million (2021 - $nil) in other comprehensive income from its share of Aris’ comprehensive income.

As at March 31, 2022, the Company owns a total of 18,444,445 Aris Listed Warrants, 7,500,000 Aris Unlisted Warrants and $9.6 million aggregate principal amount of Aris Gold Notes, described as follows:

Aris Listed Warrants

The Aris Listed Warrants, which trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) under the symbol ARIS.WT, entitle the Company to acquire one common share of Aris until July 29, 2025 at a price of CA$2.75. Aris may accelerate the expiry date of the Aris Listed Warrants after July 29, 2023 in the event that the closing price of the Aris common shares on the TSX is greater than CA$2.75 per share for a period of 20 consecutive trading days. In such case, unless exercised, the Aris Listed Warrants will expire on the 30th day following the date on which such notice is given, and a press release is issued.

The Aris Listed Warrants are derivative instruments and have been designated at FVTPL. As such, they were recognized at fair value on initial recognition and subsequently they are remeasured with the change in fair value being recognized in the statement of operations. The fair value of the Aris Listed Warrants as at March 31, 2022 was determined based on their last traded price, a level 1 fair value input, of CA$0.30 (equivalent to approximately $0.24) per Aris Listed Warrant. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recognized a loss of $1.4 million (2021 - $1.3 million), related to its Aris Listed Warrants (Note 15).

Aris Unlisted Warrants

The Aris Unlisted Warrants entitle the Company to acquire one common share of Aris until December 19, 2024 at a price of CA$3.00. The Aris Unlisted Warrants are derivative instruments and have been designated at FVTPL. As such, they were recognized at fair value and subsequently they are remeasured with the change in fair value being recognized in the statement of operations. As at March 31, 2022, the fair value was determined by reference to Aris Listed Warrants. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recognized a loss of $0.5 million (2021 - $0.4 million), related to its Aris Unlisted Warrants (Note 15).

Aris Gold Notes

The Aris Gold Notes were issued in November 2020 and mature in November 2027. The Aris Gold Notes are secured over all the assets of Aris and receive interest monthly in cash at a rate of 7.5% per annum.

The Aris Gold Notes trade on the NEO Exchange under the symbol “ARIS.NT.U” and are a financial asset designated at FVTPL. The fair value of the Aris Gold Notes as at March 31, 2022 was determined based on their last traded price, a level 1 fair value input, of $100.50. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recorded a gain of less than $0.1 million (2021 - loss of less than $0.1 million), representing the total fair value decrease of the Aris Gold Notes (Note 15).

Quarterly amortizing payments, including principal and gold premium (if applicable), commenced in November 2021 and are scheduled to be paid by Aris in February, May, August and November of each year to maturity. In February 2022, the Company received a quarterly amortizing payment in the amount of approximately $0.2 million.

Aris Debenture

Subsequent to March 31, 2022, the Company acquired a $35.0 million convertible senior unsecured debenture in Aris (“Aris Debenture”) on April 12, 2022. The Aris Debenture is due, in cash, on October 12, 2023. At any time after 12 months, the Aris Debenture may be converted, in whole or in part, at the Company’s sole discretion into common shares of Aris at a conversion price of $1.75 per share. The Aris Debenture will pay interest monthly with an annualized coupon of 7.5%. The ability of the Company to fully execute its conversion rights under the Aris Debenture is subject to disinterested Aris shareholder approval at its next annual meeting of

 

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GCM Mining Corp.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2022

(Unaudited; Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

shareholders expected to take place on June 3, 2022.

b)     Denarius

     Common      Warrants      Total  
      Shares                  

As at January 1, 2022

   $     15,740      $     5,627      $     21,367  

Additions

     1,316        -        1,316  

Loss from equity accounting

     (2,361)        -        (2,361)  

Equity share of other comprehensive loss (1)

     (175)        -        (175)  

Exchange difference

     -        60        60  

As at March 31, 2022

   $ 14,520      $ 5,687      $ 20,207  

 

(1) 

Recognized in the Company’s consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss) during the three months ended March 31, 2022.

On March 29, 2022, the Company acquired 3,430,000 common shares of Denarius at a price of CA$0.475 per share in a block trade on the open market for cash consideration of approximately $1.3 million, increasing its equity interest in Denarius to approximately 28.6% as at March 31, 2022 (December 31, 2021 – 27%). During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recognized a loss from equity accounting of $2.4 million (2021- $4.7 million) from its share of Denarius’s results (2021 - $nil million) due to changes in ownership of Denarius in the period. In addition, the Company recognized a loss of $0.2 million (2021 - $nil) in other comprehensive income from its share of Denarius’s comprehensive loss during the three months ended March 31, 2022.

Sale of Zancudo Project

On February 19, 2021, the Company completed the sale of all of the issued and outstanding shares of GCG Titiribi, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of the Company and owner of the Zancudo Project, in exchange for 27,000,000 common shares of Denarius with an ascribed value of $9.6 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company recognized a gain on sale of the Zancudo Project of $8.9 million.

Denarius Subscription Receipts

On March 17, 2021, the Company acquired 22,222,223 units of Denarius in a non-brokered private placement of 75,000,000 subscription receipts (the “Denarius Subscription Receipts”) at a price of CA$0.45 per unit for a total cash consideration of CA$10.0 million (equivalent to approximately $7.9 million). During the three months ended March 31, 2021 the Company recorded a gain on financial instruments of $4.6 million in the statement of operations (Note 15).

c)     Western Atlas

 

      Common Shares      Warrants  

As at January 1, 2022

     $    595      $     14  

Loss from equity accounting

     (35)        -  

Change in fair value through profit and loss (Note 15)

     -        (14)  

As at March 31, 2022

     $    561      $ -  

As at March 31, 2022, the Company holds a 25.75% equity interest in Western Atlas (December 31, 2021 – 25.77%). During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recognized a loss of less than $0.1 million related to its share in the results of Western Atlas (2021 – less than $0.1 million).

As at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company owned 21,955,294 share purchase warrants (“Western Atlas Warrant”). The Western Atlas Warrants consist of: (i) 7,955,294 share purchase warrants exercisable at CA$0.20 per share that expire in October 2022 and (ii) 14,000,000 share purchase warrants exercisable at CA$0.15 per share that expire in July 2022.

The Western Atlas Warrants are derivative instruments and have been designated at FVTPL. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recorded a loss of less than $0.1 million, (2021 – gain of $0.1

 

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GCM Mining Corp.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2022

(Unaudited; Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

million) representing the total fair value adjustment for the Western Atlas Warrants. The fair value of the Western Atlas Warrants at March 31, 2022 was approximately $nil (December 31, 2021 – $0.1 million), determined using the Black-Scholes pricing model and level 2 fair value inputs, including expected share price volatility averaging of 9.54% (December 31, 2021– 55.23%), risk free interest rate of 2.17% (December 31, 2021 – 0.91%), dividend yield of 0% (December 31, 2021 – 0%), expected average life of 0.4 years (December 31, 2021 – 0.7 years).

 

6.

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES

          March 31,      December 31,  
            2022      2021  
   Trade payables related to operating, general and administrative expenses    $ 15,268      $ 15,537  
   Trade payables related to capital expenditures      4,930        7,449  
   Segovia social contributions payable (Note 19b)      527        777  
   Other non-income taxes payable      3,487        3,782  
   DSU and PSU liabilities (Note 10g and 10h)      5,132        4,179  
   Dividend payable      1,174        1,163  
   Other provisions and accrued liabilities      2,181        2,326  
       
     Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities    $ 32,699      $ 35,213  

 

7.

LONG-TERM DEBT

                    Principal    Interest    March 31,      December  
            Maturity    Currency    Amount    Rate    2022      31, 2021  
   Senior Notes    2026    USD    $300,000    6.875%    $ 291,138      $ 294,800  
     Convertible Debentures    2024    CA    18,000    8.00%      20,170        19,466  
   Total                  311,308        314,266  
     Less: current portion                          2,979        8,135  
     Non-current portion                        $ 308,329      $ 306,131  

a)   Senior Unsecured Notes due 2026 (“Senior Notes”)

 

      Amount  

Carrying value of the debt as at January 1, 2022

   $     295,796  

Interest expense accrued

     5,156  

Interest expense paid

     (10,312)  

Accretion of discount (Note 14)

     561  

Carrying value of the debt as at March 31, 2022

     291,201  

Carrying value of the embedded derivative asset as at January 1, 2022

     996  

Change in FVTPL (Note 15)

     (933)  

Carrying value of the embedded derivative asset as at March 31, 2022

     63  

Total carrying value of the Senior Notes as at March 31, 2022

     291,138  

Less: current portion, represented by accrued interest

     (2,979)  

Non-current portion

   $ 288,159  

On August 9, 2021, the Company issued $300 million face value of Senior Notes for net cash proceeds of $286.0 million after discount and transaction costs. The Senior Notes mature on August 9, 2026. The Senior Notes are denominated in U.S. dollars and bear interest at the rate of 6.875% per annum. Interest is payable in arrears in equal semi-annual instalments on February 9 and August 9 of each year.

The Company’s subsidiaries which directly own the Segovia Operations and the Toroparu Project have provided unsecured guarantees for the Senior Notes.

 

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GCM Mining Corp.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2022

(Unaudited; Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

Prior to August 9, 2023, the Company may redeem some or all of the Notes at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes plus a “make-whole” premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

In addition, prior to August 9, 2023, the Company may, on any one or more occasions, redeem up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes with the net cash proceeds of one or more equity offerings at a redemption price equal to 106.875% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

On and after August 9, 2023, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at the relevant redemption price (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of the Senior Notes) and accrued and unpaid interest on the Senior Notes up to the redemption date. The redemption price for the Senior Notes during the 12-month period beginning on August 9 of each of the following years is: 2023 – 103.438%; 2024 – 101.719%; 2025 and thereafter – 100 %.

The prepayment options are options that represent an embedded derivative asset to the Company and are presented as an offset to the Senior Notes on the consolidated balance sheet. The debt component was initially recognized at $286.8 million, which represents the difference between the fair value of the financial instrument as a whole and the fair value of the embedded derivative and transaction costs. Subsequently, the debt component is recognized at amortized cost using the effective interest rate method. The embedded derivative represents the prepayment option and is considered to be a financial asset at FVTPL. The embedded derivative is recognized at fair value with changes in the fair value recognized in the Company’s statement of earnings.

The discount and transaction costs incurred on issuance of the Senior Notes totaling $14.0 million have been offset against the carrying amount of the Senior Notes and are being amortized to net income using the effective interest method, resulting in an effective interest rate of 7.944%, including the 6.875% coupon.

b)     Convertible Debentures

 

     Number of         
      Debentures      Amount  

As at January 1, 2022

     18,000      $ 19,466  

Change in fair value through profit and loss (Note 15)

     -        681  

Change in FVOCI due to changes in credit risk

     -        (190)  

Exchange difference

     -        213  

As at March 31, 2022, non-current

     18,000      $ 20,170  

As at March 31, 2022, a total of CA$18.0 million in aggregate principal amount (equivalent to approximately $14.4 million) of convertible unsecured subordinated debentures (“Convertible Debentures”) are issued and outstanding. The Convertible Debentures mature on April 5, 2024 and bear interest at a rate of 8.00% per annum, payable monthly in cash in arrears.

The Convertible Debentures are a financial liability and have been designated at FVTPL. At March 31, 2022, the fair value of the Convertible Debentures has been determined using the binomial pricing model and level 2 fair value inputs that capture all the features of the Convertible Debentures, share price volatility of 50.11% (2021 – 58.22%), risk free interest rate of 2.76% (2021 – 1.61%), dividend yield of 3.21% (2021 – 3.58%), and credit spread of 10.39% (2021 – 9.89%).    

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recorded a loss due to changes in fair value of

$0.7 million (three months ended March 31, 2021 – a gain of $7.1 million) in the statement of operations (Note 15) and a gain of $0.2 million (three months ended March 31, 2021 – a loss of $1.0 million) related to the change in credit risk was recognized in the statement of other comprehensive income.

 

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GCM Mining Corp.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2022

(Unaudited; Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

8.

LEASE OBLIGATIONS

               Interest    March 31,      December 31,  
      Maturity    Currency    rate    2022      2021  

Leases

   2022 to 2026    COP    12.12%    $ 3,484      $ 3,265  

Leases

   2022    CA    6.02%      20        32  

Leases

   2022    USD    6.50%      474        508  

Total lease obligations

              3,978        3,805  

Less: current portion

                    1,870        1,718  

Non-current portion

                  $ 2,108      $ 2,087  

The Company’s lease obligations are related primarily to plant and equipment used in mining operations in Colombia and office premises in Canada, Colombia and Guyana, with payments made on a monthly basis.

The table below summarizes the changes in lease obligations during the three months ended March 31, 2022:

 

       Amount  

As at January 1, 2022

   $ 3,805  

Additions

     458  

Accretion (Note 14)

     83  

Lease payments

     (578)  

Exchange difference

     210  

As at March 31, 2022

   $ 3,978  

The undiscounted and discounted future lease payments are as follows:

  
     March 31,  
      2022  

Undiscounted contractual payments

  

Within one year

   $ 2,108  

More than one year

     2,263  

Total undiscounted lease obligations

     4,371  

Amount representing interest

     (393

Lease obligations – discounted

   $ 3,978  

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recognized total payments in the consolidated statement of cash flows in the amount of $0.6 million (2021 - $0.6 million). Scheduled future undiscounted lease payments, comprising principal and interest, are as follows:

 

      2022      2023      2024      2025      Thereafter      Total  

Total payments

   $     2,039      $     1,325      $     582      $     284      $     141      $     4,371  

 

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GCM Mining Corp.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2022

(Unaudited; Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

9.

PROVISIONS

A summary of changes to provisions during the three months ended March 31, 2022 is as follows:

 

     

Reclamation

and rehabilitation

     Environmental
fees
     Health plan
obligations
     Total  

  As at January 1, 2022

     $      8,424        $        5,732        $      10,161        $      24,317  

Payments in the period

     -        -        (147)        (147)  

Effect of changes in estimates

     (744)        -        -        (744)  

Recognized in the period

     -        22        -        22  

Accretion of discount (Note 14)

     100        21        214        335  

Exchange difference

     495        359        634        1,488  

  As at March 31, 2022

     8,275        6,134        10,862        25,271  

  Less: current portion

     49        1,099        640        1,788  

  Non-current portion

     $      8,226        $        5,035        $      10,222        $      23,483  

 

a)

Reclamation and rehabilitation provision (“ARO”)

The ARO provision recorded by the Company represents management’s best estimate of the future reclamation and remediation obligation for its Segovia Operations and does not include any future costs related to reclamation and remediation in the Toroparu Project still to be constructed. The estimated amount, and timing thereof, of the future reclamation and remediation costs is inherently uncertain and will be revised as further information becomes available. Actual future expenditures and timing may therefore differ materially from the amounts currently provided.

Environmental obligations for the Company’s Segovia Operations are governed by an environmental management plan which has been filed with the local environmental authority and is updated periodically. Although the Company is not currently required under its environmental management plan to prepare a comprehensive closure plan for its Segovia Operations, the Company has estimated the undiscounted costs to be incurred with respect to mine closure cost and reclamation activities, including tailings storage facilities, to be approximately COP 50.6 billion, equivalent to approximately $13.5 million at the March 31, 2022 exchange rate (December 31, 2021 – COP 50.6 billion, equivalent to $12.7 million).

Estimated costs underlying the Company’s ARO provision have been discounted to their present value using the following assumptions:

 

      Expected date of
expenditures
     Inflation rate     Pre-tax
risk free rate
    Undiscounted
cash flow
 

Segovia Operations

     2022-2030        3.01     9.51   $  13,512  

 

b)

Environmental fees

The Company’s mining and exploration activities are subject to Colombian laws and regulations governing the protection of the environment. Colombian regulations provide for fees applicable to entities discharging effluents to river basins.

In July 2013, Corantioquia, the local environmental authority, issued a resolution assessing fees totalling COP 29.5 billion (equivalent to approximately $7.9 million at the March 31, 2022 exchange rate) for environmental discharges in 2010 and 2011 at tariff rates that significantly exceeded the applicable rates that the Company believes were in effect for those particular periods. In November 2013, after further appeal to Corantioquia to appropriately amend the assessments, the Company initiated proceedings in the Colombian judicial system to seek a reduction in the assessed fees. The matter is currently still in process in the judicial system. The Company has a provision in the amount of COP 13.7 billion (approximately $3.6 million at the March 31, 2022 exchange rate) related to the present value of its best estimate of the potential liability for these fees (December 31, 2021 – COP 13.7 billion equivalent to approximately $3.4 million).

The Company’s operations are monitored by Corantioquia in accordance with its environmental management plan and may be subject to investigations of its performance under the plan. The Company has taken steps over the years through capital investments in its gold processing plant, a water treatment facility and the

 

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GCM Mining Corp.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2022

(Unaudited; Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

expansion of its tailings storage facilities to minimize and eliminate effluent discharges and improve atmospheric emissions. In September 2021, the Company received notice from Corantioquia of a sanction in the amount of COP 5.1 billion (equivalent to approximately $1.3 million) related to an investigation of effluent discharges in 2016 that is currently under appeal from the Company. At March 31, 2022, the Company has a provision in the amount of $2.4 million (December 31, 2021 - $2.3 million) related to the present value of its best estimate of the potential liability for fees associated with this sanction and other investigations currently in process related to incidents in 2016 to 2018 for which Corantioquia has not yet reached a conclusion. There can be no assurance that ongoing or future investigations of the Company’s performance under its environmental management plan will not result in the assessment of fees and/or fines. In such cases, the Company will review the basis of environmental assessments and file appeals, if deemed appropriate for the circumstances, to reduce or cancel the amounts assessed.

 

c)

Health plan obligations

The Company has an obligation in connection with the 2010 acquisition of the assets of the Segovia Operations, as part of its purchase consideration, to fund the obligatory ongoing health premiums related to the participants of the previous owner’s pension plan. The health plan obligation of COP 40.5 billion (approximately $10.2 million) is based on an actuarial report prepared as at December 31, 2021 with an inflation rate of 3.4% and a discount rate of 8.5%. The Company is currently paying approximately COP 0.2 billion (approximately less than $0.1 million) monthly to fund the obligatory health plan contributions. At March 31, 2022, non-current cash in trust includes approximately $0.7 million deposited in a restricted cash account as security against this obligation (December 31, 2021 - $0.6 million).

 

10.

SHARE CAPITAL

 

a)

Authorized

Unlimited number of common shares with no par value.

 

b)

Issued and fully paid

As at March 31, 2022, the Company had 97,900,187 common shares issued and outstanding (December 31, 2021 – 98,000,774 common shares).

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company issued a total of 38,214 common shares for Gold X Warrants exercised and 145,400 common shares for Listed Warrants exercised.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company issued a total of 83,333 common shares for the exercise of stock options.

Normal Course Issuer Bid (“NCIB”)

The Company currently has a NCIB for its common shares in place pursuant to which it may purchase for cancellation up to 9,570,540 common shares over a 12-month period from October 20, 2021 through October 19, 2022. Daily purchases are limited to 86,301 common shares, other than block purchase exceptions. Common shares purchased under the NCIB will be cancelled. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company purchased a total of 284,201 common shares for cancellation at an average price of CA$4.99, representing a total cost of approximately $1.1 million.

Subsequent to March 31, 2022, the Company purchased a total of 100,000 common shares in April 2022 for cancellation at an average price of CA$5.44, representing a total cost of approximately $0.4 million.

 

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GCM Mining Corp.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2022

(Unaudited; Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

Dividends

 

  Declaration date    Payment date      Per share     

Amount Paid or

Payable in CA

    

Amount Recorded

in Deficit

 

  December 15, 2021

     January 17, 2022        CA$0.015        $      1,470        $      1,163  

  January 17, 2022

     February 15, 2022        CA$0.015        1,467        1,154  

  February 15, 2022

     March 15, 2022        CA$0.015        1,466        1,157  

  Total paid in the period

           4,403        3,474  

  March 15, 2022 (1)

     April 18, 2022        CA$0.015        1,469        1,174  

  Total

                       $      5,872        $      4,648  

 

  (1)

Included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities as at March 31, 2022 (Note 6).

 

c)

Share purchase warrants – equity classified

 

      Number        Amount  

 As at January 1, 2022

     9,338,965        $ 10,252  

Exercised in the period (1)

     (55,000)          (56)  

 As at March 31, 2022

     9,283,965        $ 10,196  

 

(1)

Resulted in the issuance of 38,214 common shares of the Company based on the Exchange Ratio at the acquisition date. The exercise price per Gold X Warrant exercised averaged CA$3.16.

The table below summarizes information about the Gold X Warrants issued and outstanding as at March 31, 2022:

 

Expiry date    Gold X Warrants    Common shares    Exercise price
      outstanding    issuable    (CA$/Gold X Warrant)

October 12, 2022

   2,046,500    1,421,908    $4.00

January 23, 2023

   154,590    107,409    4.00

July 20, 2023

   2,678,000    1,860,674    3.20

June 12, 2024

   1,190,750    827,333    1.32

August 27, 2024

   3,214,125    2,233,174    2.80
     9,283,965    6,450,498    $3.01

 

d)

Share purchase warrants – liability classified

The following table summarizes the changes in the number of issued and outstanding warrants and the associated warrant liabilities for warrants issued by the Company:

 

     Listed Warrants      Unlisted Warrants           
      Warrants (GCM.WT.B)      2019 PP Warrants      2020 PP Warrants        Total  
      Number        Amount      Number        Amount      Number        Amount        Amount  
     

 As at January 1, 2022

     10,304,455        $ 25,440        3,260,870        $ 3,695        7,142,857        $ 3,060        $  32,195  

Exercised

     (145,400)          (416)        -          -        -          -          (416)  

Change in FVTPL
(Note 15)

     -          3,747        -          (218)        -          235          3,764  

Exchange difference

     -          313        -          36        -          36          385  
     

 As at March 31, 2022

     10,159,055        $       29,084        3,260,870        $       3,513        7,142,857        $       3,331        $
 
 
      35,928
 
 

Listed Warrants (GCM.WT.B)

The Listed Warrants expire on April 30, 2024 and represent a financial liability as the exercise price of CA$2.21 per share is denominated in Canadian dollars, different from the Company’s US dollar functional currency. As

 

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GCM Mining Corp.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2022

(Unaudited; Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

such, they were recognized at fair value at inception and subsequently they are remeasured with the change in fair value being recognized in the statement of operations. The fair value of the Listed Warrants as at March 31, 2022 was determined based on their last traded price, a level 1 fair value input, of CA$3.58 (equivalent to approximately $2.86) per 2024 Warrant.

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recognized a fair value loss of $3.7 million associated with the Listed Warrants (2021 – fair value gain of $18.3 million).

Unlisted Warrants

The Company has unlisted share purchase warrants outstanding related to a private placement completed in 2019 (the “2019 PP Warrants”) and the 2020 PP Warrants. These unlisted warrants represent a financial liability as the exercise price is denominated in Canadian dollars, different from the Company’s US dollar functional currency. As such, they were recognized at fair value at inception and, subsequently, they are remeasured with the change in fair value being recognized in the statement of operations.

At March 31, 2022, the fair value of the Company’s Unlisted Warrants was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model and the following inputs:

 

Expiry date    February 6, 2023     

November 5,

2023

 

Number of warrants

     7,142,857        3,260,870  

Exercise price

     CA$6.50        CA$5.40  

Expected volatility

     40.10%        43.50%  

Risk free interest rate

     2.17%        2.17%  

Expected dividend yield

     3.08%        3.08%  

Remaining life in years

     0.9        1.6  

Fair value

     $     3,331        $     3,513  

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recognized a fair value loss of less than $0.1 million associated with the Unlisted Warrants (2021 – fair value gain of $15.4 million) (Note 15).

 

e)

Share-based compensation expense (recovery)

 

     Three months ended
March 31,
 
      2022        2021  

  Stock options granted by the Company (Note 10f)

   $ 311        $ -  

  DSUs granted by the Company (Note 10g)

     396          (586)  

  PSUs granted by the Company (Note 10h)

     501          (326)  

  Stock options granted by Aris

     -          311  

  DSUs granted by Aris

     -               129  

  Total share-based compensation expense

   $      1,208        $ (472)  

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company also capitalized approximately $0.1 million of share-based compensation related to stock option grants to E&E assets.

 

f)

Stock option plan

The Company has a “rolling” Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”) whereby the maximum number of common shares reserved for issuance may not exceed 10% of the total number of issued and outstanding common shares and, to any one option holder, may not exceed 5% of the issued common shares on a yearly basis. The exercise price of each stock option will not be less than the market price of the Company’s stock at the date of grant. Each stock option vesting period and expiry is determined on a grant-by-grant basis. To-date, almost all stock options granted have a five-year term from the date of grant.

 

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GCM Mining Corp.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2022

(Unaudited; Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

A summary of the change in the stock options outstanding for the three months ended March 31, 2022 is as follows:

 

      Outstanding     Exercise
price (CA)(1)
 

  Balance, January 1, 2022

     2,482,332     $ 4.49  

  Granted during the period

     600,000       5.45  

  Cancelled during the period

     (52,000     5.59  

  Balance, March 31, 2022

     3,030,332     $      4.66  

 

  (1)

Amounts represent the weighted average exercise price per common share.

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, 600,000 stock options were granted to management associated with the Toroparu Project, with an exercise price of CA$5.45 (2021 – nil), of which 50% of the stock options vest in one year and the remaining 50% vest in two years.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, 83,333 stock options were exercised at an exercise price of CA$2.55 per share for proceeds of $0.2 million.

A summary of the stock options granted and the share-based compensation cost recorded by the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2022, including the inputs used in the determination of the fair values of the stock options using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, is as follows:

 

Expiry date    January 26, 2027  

Number of stock options granted

     600,000  

Term

     5 years  

Vesting

     2 years  

Share-based compensation capitalized

     $         94  

Grant date fair value per option

     $1.27  

Weighted average Black-Scholes option pricing model inputs:

  

Market price of the shares at grant date

   CA$ 5.45  

Exercise price

   CA$ 5.45  

Dividends expected

     3.30%  

Expected volatility

     55.33%  

Risk-free interest rate

     1.22%  

Expected life of options

     2.5 years  

The table below summarizes information about the stock options granted by the Company that are outstanding and vested as at March 31, 2022:

 

  Expiry date    Outstanding and
exercisable options
     Options
vested
     Remaining contractual
life in years
     Exercise price
(CA$/share)
 

  April 3, 2022

     194,999        194,999        0.0      $ 2.55  

  December 12, 2022

     53,333        53,333        0.7        2.55  

  June 14, 2023

     475,000        475,000        1.2        3.16  

  April 1, 2024

     265,000        265,000        2.0        3.67  

  April 1, 2025

     520,000        520,000        3.0        4.05  

  July 2, 2025

     50,000        50,000        3.3        6.88  

  April 1, 2026

     912,000        -        4.0        6.04  

  January 26, 2027

     560,000        -        4.8        5.45  
       3,030,332        1,558,332        3.04      $ 4.66  

Subsequent to March 31, 2022, the Company granted a total of 1,091,000 stock options on April 1, 2022 to executive officers and management of the Company at an exercise price of CA$5.84 and a five-year term expiring April 1, 2027, of which 1,061,000 will vest on April 1, 2023 and 30,000 will vest on April 1, 2024.

Subsequent to March 31, 2022, a total of 194,999 stock options were exercised in April 2022 for gross proceeds of CA$497,000.

 

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GCM Mining Corp.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2022

(Unaudited; Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

g)

Deferred Share Units (“DSUs”)

A summary of changes to the DSU liability during the three months ended March 31, 2022 is as follows:

 

      Amount  

 Balance, January 1, 2022

   $ 2,979  

Share-based compensation expense (Note 10e)

  

DSUs recognized in the period

     112  

Change in fair value

     284  

Exchange difference

     35  

 Balance, March 31, 2022

   $      3,410  

The DSU liability at March 31, 2022 was determined based on the Company’s closing share price, a level 1 fair value input, of CA$5.84 per share (equivalent to approximately $4.67 per share) (December 31, 2021 – CA$5.33 per share equivalent to approximately $4.22 per share). As at March 31, 2022, the Company had 639,763 vested DSUs, 78,075 DSUs that will vest on April 1, 2022 and 20,316 DSUs that will vest on August 1, 2022.

Subsequent to March 31, 2022, the Company granted a total of approximately $0.7 million of DSUs on April 1, 2022 to its six non-executive directors representing a total of 141,216 DSUs at a price of CA$5.84 per share which will vest on April 1, 2023.

 

h)

Performance Share Units (“PSUs”)

As at March 31, 2022, the Company had 398,040 PSUs outstanding (December 31, 2021 – 378,618). During the three months ended March 31, 2022, a total of 2,993 Dividend Equivalent Units were added to the holders’ accounts. A total of 133,849 PSUs vested on March 31, 2022 and the Company paid a total of approximately $0.6 million in April 2022 in settlement of these PSUs. Of the remaining PSUs, 148,269 PSUs will vest on March 31, 2023 and 115,922 PSUs will vest on March 31, 2024.

The changes to the PSU liability during the three months ended March 31, 2022 are summarized as follows:

 

      Total  

 Balance, January 1, 2022

   $       1,200  

Share-based compensation expense (Note 10e)

     501  

Exchange difference

     21  

 Balance, March 31, 2022

   $       1,722  

The fair value of the PSU liability at March 31, 2021 was determined using the actual value of the PSUs which vested on March 31, 2022 and, for the PSUs that will vest in 2023 and 2024, using Monte Carlo simulations that capture all the features of the PSUs and level 2 fair value inputs.

Subsequent to March 31, 2022, a total of 163,686 PSUs were granted on April 1, 2022 to executive officers and senior management at a price of CA$5.84 per share which will vest on March 31, 2025.

 

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GCM Mining Corp.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2022

(Unaudited; Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

11.

FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

The nature of the acquisition, exploration, development and operation of gold properties exposes the Company to risks associated with fluctuations in commodity prices, foreign currency exchange rates and credit risk. The Company may at times enter into risk management contracts to mitigate these risks. It is the Company’s policy that no speculative trading in derivatives shall be undertaken.

 

a)

Credit risk

 

      March 31,
2022
     December 31,
2021
 

  Trade accounts receivable

   $ 507      $ 80  

  VAT receivable

     34,726        27,230  

  Other, net of allowance for doubtful accounts

     1,309        2,256  

  Total accounts receivable and other

   $       36,542      $       29,566  

The exposure to credit risk arises through the failure of a third party to meet its contractual obligations to the Company. The Company’s exposure to credit risk arises primarily from the Company’s cash balances, which are held with highly rated Canadian, U.S. and Colombian financial institutions, VAT and accounts receivable. Timing of collection for the VAT receivables is in accordance with the local tax authority’s regulations. As at March 31, 2022, the Company expects to recover the outstanding amount in the next 12 months.

The Company delivers all of its production under a refining agreement with an international customer from whom it receives 99.5% of the sales proceeds upon delivery of its production to an agreed upon transfer point in Colombia and the balance within a short settlement period thereafter. In the event that this customer is unable to perform under the contractual arrangement, the Company does have other avenues through which it can sell its production.

 

b)

Foreign currency risk

The Company is exposed to foreign currency fluctuations. Such exposure arises primarily from:

 

 

translation of foreign currency components that have a functional currency, such as COP, which differ from the USD functional currency of the Company. The impact of such exposure is recorded through Other Comprehensive Income per IAS 21.    

 

 

translation of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, such as the Canadian dollar (“CA”) and Guyanese Dollar (“GYD”). The impact of such exposure is recorded in the statement of operations.

The following table summarizes, in USD equivalents, the Company’s major currency exposures as at March 31, 2022:

 

      CA      COP      GYD  

 Cash

   $ 855      $ 25,603      $           542  

 Accounts receivable

     9              36,408        -  

 Cash in trust, non-current

     -        690        -  

 Warrants in associates

           11,531        -        -  

 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities, including amounts
payable related to acquisitions of mining interests

     (6,876)        (22,362)        (197)  

 Income tax payable

     -        (18,628)        -  

 Convertible Debentures

     (20,170)        -        -  

 Warrant liabilities

     (35,928)        -        -  

 Lease obligations

     (20)        (3,484)        (474)  

 Net financial liabilities

   $ (50,599)      $ 18,227      $ (129)  

Based on the net exposure at March 31, 2022, a 10% depreciation or appreciation of the CA against the USD would result in a $5.1 million increase or decrease in the Company’s after-tax net income and a 10% depreciation or appreciation of the COP against the USD would result in a $1.8 million decrease or increase in the Company’s other comprehensive income.

 

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GCM Mining Corp.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2022

(Unaudited; Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

c)

Price risk

Price risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of the Company’s financial instruments will fluctuate because of changes in market prices. Gold and silver prices can be subject to volatile price movements, which can be material and can occur over short periods of time and are affected by numerous factors, all of which are beyond the Company’s control. The Company has not designated commodity hedging contracts as accounting hedges under IFRS 9. As at March 31, 2022, the Company holds 1,500 ounces of gold bullion with a carrying value of approximately $2.7 million.

In January and early February 2022, the Company entered into a price protection program on 35,000 ounces of future gold production through zero cost collars, spread equally over the period from February 2022 through August 2022. The floor price of the gold collars varies with a range between $1,775 per ounce to $1,850 per ounce (a weighted average of $1,789 per ounce) and the ceiling price of the gold collars varies with a range between $1,875 per ounce to $1,950 per ounce (a weighted average of $1,889 per ounce). The gold collars represent European-style put and call options that are settled in cash as they expire at the end of each month. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, call options on 10,000 ounces of gold were exercised by the option holder and the Company recorded loss on commodity hedging contracts of approximately $0.5 million (Note 15).

 

d)

Fair value risk

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

IFRS requires an entity to classify financial assets and liabilities that are recognized in the statement of financial position at fair value in a hierarchy that is based on significance of the inputs used in making the measurements. The levels in the hierarchy are:

 

   

Level 1 - Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

   

Level 2 - Inputs other than quoted prices included within level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (that is, as prices) or indirectly (that is, derived from prices); and

 

   

Level 3 - Inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (that is, unobservable inputs).

For financial instruments that are recognized at fair value on a recurring basis, the Company determines whether transfers have occurred between levels in the hierarchy by re-assessing their classification (based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement as a whole) at the end of each reporting period. The fair values of cash and cash equivalents, cash in escrow, cash in trust, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, and taxes payable, approximate their carrying values due to the short term to maturity of these financial instruments.

 

e)

Capital management

The Company’s objectives, when managing capital, are to safeguard cash as well as maintain financial liquidity and flexibility in order to preserve its ability to meet financial obligations and deploy capital to develop its mining properties into production and to maintain investor, creditor and market confidence to sustain the future development of the business. The Company considers its capital structure to include equity attributable to its shareholders and non-controlling interest of $494.0 million (2021 – $478.5 million) and its debt of $311.3 million (2021 – $314.3 million).

The Company’s financial strategy is designed to maintain a flexible capital structure consistent with the objectives stated above and to respond to business growth opportunities and changes in economic conditions. In order to maintain or adjust its capital structure, the Company may, from time to time, issue new shares, issue new debt (secured, unsecured, convertible and/or other types of debt instruments), acquire or dispose of assets or adjust its capital spending to manage its ability to continue as a going concern. As of March 31, 2022, other than certain restrictive covenants related to incurring additional indebtedness under the terms of the Senior Notes, the Company is not subject to any externally imposed capital requirements.

 

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GCM Mining Corp.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2022

(Unaudited; Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

f)

Liquidity risk

The Company manages its liquidity risk by continuously monitoring forecast cash flow requirements. The Company’s financial obligations currently consist of the following:

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities: These arise during the normal course of business and are paid from operating cash flow, and except under certain exceptions, are usually due within no later than one month. The Company from time to time may also enter into payment plans to pay these amounts over extended periods, typically less than 12 months.

 

 

Amounts payable for acquisitions of mining interests: Principally represents compensation agreements with artisanal miners in Zona Alta at Marmato. Payments related to these compensation agreements have been suspended by the Company since 2013 and the Company is currently evaluating its options with respect to these compensation agreements.

 

 

Lease obligations: These obligations represent lease payments related to ROU assets over the life of the lease contracts (Note 8).

 

 

Long-term debt: The Senior Notes are carried at amortized cost. The Convertible Debentures are carried at fair value and no principal repayment is required until the date of maturity on April 5, 2024.

The carrying value of accounts payable and accrued liabilities and amounts payable for acquisitions of mining interests approximates their respective fair values as they are short-term in nature.

The following table summarizes the Company’s financial instruments that are carried at fair value in accordance with the classification of fair value input hierarchy in IFRS 13, Financial Instruments – Disclosures.

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

 As at March 31, 2022

           

 Financial assets

           

Investments and other assets (Note 5)

   $ 19,801      $ 1,419      $ -      $ 21,220  

Embedded derivative (Note 7a)

     -        63        -        63  

 Financial liabilities

           

Convertible Debentures (Note 7b)

     -        20,170        -        20,170  

Listed Warrants (Note 10d)

           29,084        -        -        29,084  

Unlisted Warrants (Note 10d)

     -        6,844              -        6,844  

Deferred revenue

     -            84,000        -              84,000  

DSU liability (Note 10g)

     3,410        -        -        3,410  

PSU liability (Note 10h)

     -        1,722        -        1,722  

 

12.

REVENUE

 

             Three months ended  
               March 31,  
      2022      2021  

Gold

   $ 99,783      $ 100,241  

Silver

     1,539        1,678  
     $       101,322      $       101,919  

 

13.

COST OF SALES

 

             Three months ended  
               March 31,  
      2022      2021  

Production costs

   $ 42,146      $ 45,998  

Production taxes

     3,229        3,359  

Provision for environmental fees

     22        -  

Depreciation, depletion, and amortization

     8,236        7,669  
     $           53,633      $           57,026  

 

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GCM Mining Corp.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2022

(Unaudited; Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

14.

FINANCE COSTS

 

             Three months ended  
                 March 31  
      2022        2021  

 Interest expense

   $ 5,420        $ 1,553  

 Gold Premium payment

     -          1,361  

 Accretion of Senior Notes (Note 7a)

     561          -  

 Financing fees related with Aris Transaction

     -          149  

 Accretion of lease obligation (Note 8)

     83          119  

 Accretion of provisions (Note 9)

     335          346  
     $       6,399        $       3,528  

 

15.

(LOSS) GAIN ON FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Company has recorded (losses) gains from changes in fair value of the following items recorded at FVTPL:

 

             Three months ended  
               March 31  
      2022        2021  

 Financial assets

       

Gold X Warrants

   $ -        $ 924  

Western Atlas Warrants (note 5c)

     (14)          96  

Aris Listed Warrants held by the Company (Note 5a)

     (1,413)          (1,288)  

Aris Unlisted Warrants held by the Company (Note 5a)

     (455)          (516)  

Aris Gold Notes held by the Company (Note 5a)

     73          (200)  

Premium received on Aris Gold Note redemption

     57          -  

Denarius Subscription Receipts (Note 5b)

     -                4,636  

Gold bullion

           266          (287)  

Embedded derivative asset in Senior Notes (Note 11a)

     (933)          -  

Commodity hedging contracts (Note 11c)

     (450)          -  
       (2,869)          3,365  

 Financial liabilities

       

Gold Notes

     -          1,136  

Convertible Debentures (Note 7b)

     (681)          7,112  

Company’s Listed Warrant liability (Note 10d)

     (3,747)          18,254  

Company’s Unlisted Warrant liability (Note 10d)

     (19)                15,424  

Aris Listed Warrants

     -          (1,241)  

Aris Unlisted Warrants

               -          (129)  

Aris Gold Notes

     -          1,428  

Aris Subscription Receipts

     -          (2,501)  
       (4,447)          39,483  

Net (loss) gain on financial instruments

   $ (7,316)        $ 42,848  

 

16.

CHANGES IN NON-CASH OPERATING WORKING CAPITAL ITEMS

 

             Three months ended  
               March 31  
      2022        2021  

 Accounts receivable

   $ (4,942)        $ (4,254)  

 Inventories

           1,651                4,818  

 Prepaid expenses and deposits

     (884)          612  

 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     (1,913)          (10,742)  
     $ (6,088)        $ (9,566)  

 

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GCM Mining Corp.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2022

(Unaudited; Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

17.

EARNINGS PER SHARE

The basic weighted earnings per share amounts are calculated by dividing the net income for the period by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period.

 

             Three months ended  
                 March 31  
      2022        2021  

 Net income attributed to the shareholders of the Company

   $ 5,238        $ 124,563  

 Basic weighted average number of shares

     97,786,490          61,728,037  

 Basic earnings per common share

   $ 0.05        $ 2.02  

The basic earnings per share amounts are calculated by dividing the net income for the period by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period.

Diluted earnings per share amounts are calculated by adjusting the basic earnings per share to take into account the after-tax effect of interest and other finance costs associated with dilutive convertible debentures as if they were converted at the beginning of the period, and the effects of potentially dilutive stock options and share purchase warrants calculated using the treasury stock method. When the impact of potentially dilutive securities increases the earnings per share or decreases the loss per share, they are excluded for purposes of the calculation of diluted earnings per share.

The following table sets forth the computation of diluted earnings per share:

 

             Three months ended  
                 March 31  
      2022        2021  

 Net income attributed to the shareholders of the Company

   $ 5,238        $ 124,563  

 Add (deduct):

       

Interest on Convertible Debentures

     -          317  

Fair value gain on Convertible Debentures

     -          (7,112)  

Fair value gain on Listed Warrants

     -          (18,254)  

Fair value gain on Unlisted Warrants

     (218)          (5,032)  
     $ 5,020        $ 94,482  

 Basic weighted average number of shares

     97,786,490          61,728,037  

 Effective of dilutive securities:

       

Stock options

     574,862          702,402  

Convertible Debentures

     -          4,210,526  

Listed Warrants

     -          6,871,152  

Unlisted Warrants

     1,599,688          481,607  

 Diluted weighted average number of shares

     99,961,040          73,993,724  

 Diluted income per share

   $ 0.05        $ 1.28  

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, the diluted weighted average number of shares does not include the potential dilution from a total of 8,722,174 shares associated with certain stock options and Gold X Warrants, the 2020 PP Warrants and the Convertible Debentures as they would be anti-dilutive.

 

18.

SEGMENT DISCLOSURES

Each of the Company’s reportable operating segments generally consists of an individual mining property or cash generating unit managed by a single general manager and operations management team. The Company owns and operates its Segovia Operations in Colombia and its Toroparu Project in Guyana.

For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and the period up to the loss of control of Aris on February 4, 2021, the Company’s reportable operating segments also included the Marmato Project in Colombia and the Juby Project in Ontario, both of which are owned and operated by Aris.

 

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GCM Mining Corp.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2022

(Unaudited; Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, all the Company’s sales were made to one customer under a long-term supply agreement in the Colombian segment. There were no sales or revenue earned from the other segments.

The following table shows the Company’s reportable segments and its geographic locations:

 

      Colombia      Guyana      Colombia            Total  
     Segovia      Toroparu      Marmato              
      Operations      Project      Project     Corporate         

 Three months ended March 31, 2022

            

Net income (loss)

   $ 27,147      $ -      $ -     $ (21,909   $ 5,238  

Capital expenditures

     11,179        6,869        -       -       18,048  

 As at March 31, 2022

            

Total assets

   $ 304,050      $ 283,050      $ -     $ 429,355     $   1,016,455  

Total liabilities

     78,168        85,262        -       359,054       522,484  

 Three months ended March 31, 2022

            

Net income (loss)

   $ 26,596      $ -      $ (13,469   $ 105,178     $ 118,305  

Capital expenditures

     8,967        -                2,153       3,275       11,120  

 As at December 31, 2021

            

Total assets

   $     276,298      $     279,380      $ -     $     442,707     $ 998,385  

Total liabilities

     79,126        85,367        -       355,366       519,859  

 

19.

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

a)

Marmato Project – Zona Alta and Echandia Commitments

(i) Mining title contracts – title transfers approved: As at March 31, 2022, the Company has a total of COP 0.8 billion, equivalent to $0.2 million (December 31, 2021 – COP 0.8 billion; $0.2 million), remaining to be paid under agreements to purchase additional mining titles related to the Marmato property which is included in amounts payable for acquisition of mining interests in current liabilities.

(ii) Mining title contracts – title transfers pending approval: the Company has three mining title contracts for which the approval for the transfer of title has not yet been obtained from the government authorities. If government approval is not obtained, the Company will no longer be required to make further payments. As at March 31, 2022, the Company has commitments under these contracts to spend an additional COP 14.9 billion ($4.0 million) (December 31, 2021 – COP 14.9 billion or $3.7 million) which has not been included in amounts payable for acquisition of mining interests.

(iii) Amounts payable related to acquisition of mining interests: As at March 31, 2022, a total of COP 7.0 billion ($1.8 million) including interest, is included in amounts payable for acquisition of mining interests related to agreements to compensate artisanal miners who would be required to cease mining activities at the Company’s Marmato Project (December 31, 2021 – COP 7.0 billion; $1.7 million). Payments related to these agreements have been suspended since 2013 and the Company is continuing to seek a resolution to the outstanding obligations.

 

b)

Segovia social contributions

With respect to Segovia Operations, the Company makes contributions to a trust account to fund local social programs in each quarter in which it produces a minimum of 15,000 ounces of gold. The contribution rate is $4 per ounce of gold production at the minimum gold price of $700 per ounce and increases by $2 per ounce for each $50 increment in the price of gold. Based on the Company’s gold production during the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company incurred a total expense for social contributions of $2.6 million (2021 – $2.1 million).

 

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GCM Mining Corp.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2022

(Unaudited; Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

c)

Arbitration Proceedings under Free Trade Agreement

In May 2018, as a consequence of ongoing impediments to establishing mining operations in Zona Alta and Echandia at Marmato due to the presence of illegal miners who have not only impeded mining operations in the area by the Company but also curtailed access to it, along with certain related matters associated with its Segovia Operations, the Company filed a request for institution of arbitration proceedings with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes against the Republic of Colombia (“FTA Claim”). The arbitration proceedings center on claims against Colombia for its non-compliance with its obligations under the Free Trade Agreement which effectively continues to preclude the Company from establishing operations in Zona Alta and Echandia. The arbitration proceedings are in process; however, a decision on the matter is expected to be more than 12 months away.

 

d)

Claims

In the ordinary course of business, the Company is involved in and potentially subject to legal actions and proceedings. The Company records provisions for such claims when considered material and an outflow of resources is considered probable. No such provisions have been recorded by the Company.

The Company is subject to tax audits from various tax authorities on an ongoing basis. As a result, from time to time, tax authorities may disagree with the positions and conclusions taken by the Company in its tax filings or legislation could be amended or interpretations of current legislation could change, any of these events could lead to reassessments. The Company records provisions for such claims when an outflow of resources is considered probable. No such provisions have been recorded by the Company.

 

e)

Commitments

As at March 31, 2022 the Company has future purchase commitments of approximately $6.3 million related to capital expenditures associated with the Toroparu Project

In 2013, ETK, Inc., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Gold X, entered into an agreement for consulting services to be provided by the former owner of the Toroparu property. The agreement provides a payment of $1.0 million (“Base Payment”) on an annual basis for eight years commencing on the first anniversary after the Company receives sufficient cash flow from the Toroparu Project to pay back its actual costs incurred in developing and constructing the Toroparu Project plus financing costs incurred. The Base Payment will be indexed to increases in the average monthly gold price up to a maximum of $2.0 million per annum. After the eight-year period, an annual payment of up to a maximum of $1.0 million per annum will be payable on annual basis in each of the following five years if the price of gold averages more than $1,750 per ounce for some or all of each of the respective years.

 

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