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MANAGEMENT INFORMATION CIRCULAR As at and Dated November 7, 2024 (Unless otherwise noted)
MANAGEMENT SOLICITATION OF PROXIES
This management information circular ("Information Circular") accompanies the Notice of the 2024 annual general meeting ("Notice of Meeting") of holders of common shares (the "Common Shares") (the "Shareholders") of Riley Gold Corp. (the "Company") scheduled to be held at 2390 - 1055 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, on Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 10:00 A.M. (Pacific Time) (the "Meeting"), and is furnished in connection with the solicitation by management of the Company of proxies to be used at that Meeting and all adjournments or postponements thereof.
The solicitation of proxies will be made primarily by mail but proxies may also be solicited by telephone or other electronic means of communication by officers, directors or regular employees of the Company at nominal cost. Employees of the Company will not receive any extra compensation for such activities. The Company may also retain, and pay a fee to, one or more professional proxy solicitation firms to solicit proxies from the Shareholders of the Company in favour of the matters set forth in the Notice of the Meeting. The Company may pay brokers or other persons holding Common Shares of the Company in their own names, or in the names of nominees, for their reasonable expenses for sending proxies and this Information Circular to beneficial owners of Common Shares and obtaining proxies therefor. The cost of the solicitation of proxies will be borne by the Company.
The information contained herein is given as of November 7, 2024, except as otherwise stated herein. The delivery of this Information Circular shall not, under any circumstances, create an implication that there has not been any change in the information set forth herein since the date of this Information Circular.
APPOINTMENT AND REVOCATION OF PROXIES
The persons named in the form of proxy accompanying this Information Circular are officers and/or directors of the Company. A Registered Shareholder of the Company has the right to appoint a person or company (who need not be a Shareholder of the Company) to represent the Registered Shareholder at the meeting other than the persons designated in the form of proxy accompanying this Information Circular. A Registered Shareholder may exercise this right either by inserting the name of that person or company in the blank space provided in the form of proxy and striking out the other names or by completing another proper form of proxy. To be effective, proxies must be deposited at the office of the Company's registrar and transfer agent, Computershare Trust Company of Canada ("Computershare"), Proxy Dept., 100 University Avenue, 8th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2Y1, Canada, no later than 10:00 AM (Pacific Time) on December 10, 2024. Proxies delivered after that time will not be accepted.
Proxies given by Registered Shareholders ("Registered Shareholders") for use at the Meeting may be revoked at any time before their use. In addition to revocation, if any, or other matters permitted by law, a proxy may be revoked by depositing an instrument in writing, including another completed form of proxy, executed by the Registered Shareholder, or by the Registered Shareholder's attorney duly authorized in writing or where the Registered Shareholder is a Company, by a duly authorized officer or attorney of the Company, and delivered to the head office of the Company at Suite 2390, 1055 West Hastings St., Vancouver, BC, V6E 2E9, Canada, at any time up to and including the last business day preceding the day of the Meeting, or any adjournment or postponement thereof, or with the chair of the Meeting on the day of the Meeting, or any adjournment or postponement thereof, or in any other manner permitted by law. A revocation of a proxy does not affect any matter on which a vote has been taken prior to the revocation.
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VOTING AND DISCRETION OF PROXIES
The Common Shares represented by the proxies solicited by management of the Company pursuant to this Information Circular will be voted or withheld from voting in accordance with the instructions of the person appointing the proxyholder on any ballot that may be taken and where a choice with respect to any matter to be acted upon has been specified in the form of proxy, be voted in accordance with the specification made in such proxy.
ON A POLL, SUCH COMMON SHARES WILL BE VOTED IN FAVOUR OF EACH MATTER FOR WHICH NO CHOICE HAS BEEN SPECIFIED OR WHERE BOTH CHOICES HAVE BEEN SPECIFIED BY THE SHAREHOLDER.
The form of proxy accompanying this Information Circular confers discretionary authority on the persons named therein in respect of amendments or variations to the matters referred to in the Notice of the Meeting and in respect of other matters that may properly come before the Meeting, or any adjournment or postponement thereof.
As at the date of this Information Circular, management knows of no such amendments or variations or other matters that may properly come before the Meeting but, if any such amendments, variations or other matters are properly brought before the Meeting, the persons named in the proxies will vote thereon in accordance with their best judgment.
INFORMATION FOR REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS
Registered Shareholders may wish to vote by proxy whether or not they are able to attend the Meeting in person. Registered Shareholders electing to submit a proxy may do so by:
- completing, dating and signing the enclosed proxy and returning it to the Company's transfer agent, Computershare, by mail or by hand to the 8th Floor, 100 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2Y1, Canada; or
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using a touch-tone phone to transmit voting choices to the toll-free number indicated in the proxy. Registered Shareholders must follow the instructions of the voice response system and refer to the enclosed proxy form for the
Shareholder's account number and the proxy control number; or - using the Internet through the website of the Company's transfer agent atwww.investorvote.com.Registered Shareholders must follow the instructions that appear on the screen and refer to the enclosed proxy form for the
Shareholder's account number and the proxy control number; or - using a Smartphone by scanning the QR code to vote immediately.
In all cases ensuring that the proxy is received at least 48 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) before the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof at which the proxy is to be used.
INFORMATION FOR NON-REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS
Only Registered Shareholders or duly appointed proxyholders are permitted to vote at the Meeting. Most Shareholders of the Company are "non-registered" Shareholders because the Common Shares they own are not registered in their names but are instead registered in the name of the brokerage firm, bank or trust company through which they purchased the Common Shares. More particularly, a person is not a Registered Shareholder in respect of Common Shares which are held on behalf of that person (the "Beneficial Shareholder") but which are registered either: (a) in the name of an intermediary (an "Intermediary") that the Beneficial Shareholder deals with in respect of the Common Shares (Intermediaries include, among other things, banks, trust companies, securities dealers or brokers, and trustees or administrators of self-administeredRRSPs, RRIFs, RESPs and similar plans); or (b) in the name of a clearing agency (such as CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc.) of which the Intermediary is a participant.
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Existing regulatory policy requires brokers and other Intermediaries to seek voting instructions from Beneficial Shareholders in advance of shareholders' meetings. The various Intermediaries have their own mailing procedures and provide their own return instructions to clients, which should be carefully followed by Beneficial Shareholders in order to ensure that their Common Shares are voted at the Meeting. Often the form of proxy supplied to a Beneficial Shareholder by its broker is identical to the form of proxy provided by the Company to its Registered Shareholders. However, its purpose is limited to instructing the Registered Shareholder (i.e., the Intermediary) how to vote on behalf of the Beneficial Shareholder. The majority of Intermediaries now delegate responsibility for obtaining instructions from clients to Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. ("Broadridge"). Broadridge typically prepares a machine-readable voting instruction form ("VIF"), mails the VIFs to the Beneficial Shareholders and asks Beneficial Shareholders to return the forms to Broadridge, or otherwise communicate voting instructions to Broadridge (by way of the Internet or telephone, for example). Broadridge then tabulates the results of all instructions received and provides appropriate instructions respecting the voting of Common Shares to be represented at the Meeting. A Beneficial Shareholder who receives a Broadridge VIF cannot use that form to vote Common Shares directly at the Meeting. The VIF must be returned to Broadridge (or instructions respecting the voting of Common Shares must be communicated to Broadridge) well in advance of the Meeting in order to have the Common Shares voted.
These securityholders' materials are being sent to both Registered and Beneficial Shareholders. If you are a Beneficial Shareholder, and the Company or its agent has sent these materials directly to you, your name and address and information about your holdings of Common Shares have been obtained in accordance with applicable securities regulatory requirements from the Intermediary holding Common Shares on your behalf.
By choosing to send these materials to you directly, the Company (and not the Intermediary holding on your behalf) has assumed responsibility for (i) delivering these materials to you, and (ii) executing your proper voting instructions. Please return your voting instructions as specified in the request for voting instructions.
Beneficial Shareholders fall into two categories - those who object to their identity being known to the issuers of securities which they own ("Objecting Beneficial Owners", or "OBOs") and those who do not object to their identity being made known to the issuers of the securities they own ("Non-ObjectingBeneficial Owners", or "NOBOs"). Subject to the provisions of National Instrument 54-101, Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer ("NI 54-101"), issuers may request and obtain a list of their NOBOs from Intermediaries via their transfer agents. Pursuant to NI 54-101, issuers may obtain and use the NOBO list for distribution of proxy-related materials directly (not via Broadridge) to such NOBOs.
The Company's OBOs can expect to be contacted by Broadridge or their Intermediary as set out above.
The Company has notadopted the notice and access procedure described in NI 54-101 and National Instrument 51-102, Continuous Disclosure Obligations, to distribute its proxy-related materials to the Registered and Beneficial Shareholders. In addition, the Company has not agreed to pay to distribute the proxy-related materials to the OBOs and, unless the intermediaries acting for such OBOs agree to assume the costs of such delivery, the OBOs will not receive the proxy-related materials for the Meeting.
Although a Beneficial Shareholder may not be recognized directly at the Meeting for the purposes of voting Common Shares registered in the name of his Intermediary, a Beneficial Shareholder may attend the Meeting as proxyholder for the Registered Shareholder and vote the Common Shares in that capacity. Beneficial Shareholders who wish to attend the
Meeting and indirectly vote their Common Shares as proxyholder for the Registered Shareholder should enter their own names in the blank space on the proxy provided to them and return the same to the Intermediary in accordance with the instructions provided by such Intermediary.
All references to Shareholders in this Information Circular and the accompanying form of proxy and Notice of the Meeting are to Shareholders of record, unless specifically stated otherwise.
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INTEREST OF CERTAIN PERSONS OR COMPANIES IN MATTERS TO BE ACTED UPON
Other than as set forth in this Information Circular, no person who has been a director or executive officer of the Company at any time since the beginning of the last financial year, nor any proposed nominee for election as a director of the Company, nor any associate or affiliate of any of the foregoing, has any material interest, directly or indirectly, by way of beneficial ownership of securities or otherwise, in any matter to be acted upon other than the election of directors or the annual approval of the Company's stock option plan (the "Plan").
VOTING SECURITIES AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF VOTING SECURITIES
The record date for the determination of Shareholders entitled to receive notice of and vote at the Meeting has been fixed as November 7, 2024 (the "Record Date").
To the knowledge of the directors and senior officers of the Company, as at November 7, 2024, there are no persons that beneficially own or control or direct, directly or indirectly, Common Shares carrying more than 10% of the voting rights attached to the outstanding shares of the Company.
Shares
The authorized capital of the Company consists of an unlimited number of Common Shares without par value and an unlimited number of preferred shares without par value ("Preferred Shares").
As at the Record Date, 42,182,880 Common Shares are issued and outstanding and no Preferred Shares are issued and outstanding.
Only Shareholders of record holding Common Shares at the close of business on the Record Date, who either personally attend the Meeting or who have duly completed and delivered a form of proxy in the manner and subject to the provisions described above, shall be entitled to vote or to have their Common Shares voted at the Meeting.
Each Common Share entitles the holder of the Common Share to one vote on all matters to come before the Meeting. No group of Shareholders has the right to elect a specified number of directors, nor are there cumulative or similar voting rights attached to the Common Shares.
On a show of hands, every individual who is present and is entitled to vote as a Shareholder or as a representative of one or more corporate Shareholders will have one vote, and on a poll every Shareholder present in person or represented by a proxy, and every person who is a representative of one or more corporate Shareholders, will have one vote for each Common Share registered in that Shareholder's name on the list of Shareholders as at the Record Date, which is available for inspection during normal business hours at Computershare and will be available at the Meeting. Shareholders represented by proxyholders are not entitled to vote on a show of hands.
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The board of directors of the Company (the "Board") presently consists of six (6) directors. Shareholders of the Company will be asked to elect six (6) directors for the ensuing year. The persons named in the form of proxy accompanying this Information Circular intend to vote for the election of the director nominees whose names are set forth below, each of whom is now a director of the Company and has been a director of the Company since the date indicated, unless the Shareholder who has given such proxy has directed otherwise. Management of the Company does not contemplate that any of such nominees will be unable to serve as a director of the Company for the ensuing year but if that should occur for any reason prior to the Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, the persons named in the form of proxy accompanying this Information Circular have the right to vote for the election of the remaining nominees and may vote for the election of a substitute nominee in their discretion. Each director of the Company elected at the Meeting will hold office until the next annual general meeting of the Shareholders of the Company held following his election, unless he resigns or is removed as a director of the Company in accordance with the Articles of the Company or the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (the "Act"), prior to such date.
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The name, province or state and country of residence of each nominee, their position with the Company, their principal occupation during the last five (5) years, the date upon which they became a director of the Company and the number of Common Shares beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by them, or over which control or direction is exercised by them, as of the Record Date, is as follows:
Number of Common | ||||
Name, Province or State | Shares Owned or | |||
and Country of Residence | Principal Occupation | Over Which Control | ||
and Position with the | Director Since | or Direction is | ||
Company (1) | Exercised (1) | |||
WILLIAM LAMB | President & Chief Executive Officer of | July 31, 2014 | 2,581,331(3) | |
British Columbia, Canada | (6.11%) | |||
Lucara Diamond Corp. | ||||
Chairman of the Board | ||||
TODD L. HILDITCH (2) | Management Consultant, Rock | June 3, 2011 | 3,731,436(4) | |
British Columbia, Canada | Management Consulting Ltd., ("RMC") | (8.84%) | ||
Director of Azarga Uranium Corp. | ||||
Chief Executive Officer and | ||||
Director | ||||
CYNDI LAVAL | Partner, Gowling (WLG) Canada | July 31, 2014 | 513,937 | |
LLP, law firm. | ||||
British Columbia, Canada | ||||
(1.21%) | ||||
Director | ||||
(2) | Senior Vice-President of ES Strategies, a | March 5, 2021 | 680,000 | |
RICHARD DELONG | Westland Resources Inc. company effective | |||
Nevada, USA | (1.61%) | |||
October 1, 2021 | ||||
Director | ||||
THOMAS PATTON | Director and Co-Chairman of Lion Copper & | April 6, 2023 | 40,000 | |
Gold | ||||
Washington, USA | (0.09%) | |||
Director | ||||
JOHN SCHAFF | (2) | Vice-President, Exploration for Avidian Gold | April 6, 2023 | 100,000 |
Nevada, USA | (0.23%) | |||
Director | ||||
Notes:
- The information as to province or state, country of residence, principal occupation and Common Shareholdings, not being within the knowledge of the Company, has been furnished by the respective nominee.
- Member of the Audit Committee.
- Of the 2,581,331 Common Shares held by Mr. Lamb, 187,500 Common Shares are held by WLP Consulting Services Ltd ("WLP")., a company controlled by Mr. Lamb.
- Of the 3,731,436 Common Shares held by Mr. Hilditch, 200,000 Common Shares are held in a RESP Account controlled by Mr. Hilditch on behalf of his children and 936,268 are held by RMC, a company controlled by Mr. Hilditch.
Other than the Audit Committee, the Company has no other board committees.
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Corporate Cease Trade Orders or Bankruptcies
Except as disclosed herein, no proposed director (or any of such director's personal holding companies) of the Company:
- is, as at the date of this Information Circular, or has been within 10 years before the date of this Information Circular, a director, chief executive officer or chief financial officer of any company, including the Company, that:
- was subject to an order that was issued while the proposed director was acting in the capacity as director, executive officer or chief financial officer; or
- was subject to an order that was issued after the proposed director ceased to be a director, chief executive officer or chief financial officer and which resulted from an event that occurred while that person was acting in the capacity as director, executive officer or chief financial officer; or
- is as at the date of this Information Circular or has been within the 10 years before the date of this Information Circular, a director or executive officer of any company, including the Company, that while that person was acting in that capacity, or within a year of that person ceasing to act in that capacity, became bankrupt, made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency or was subject to or instituted any proceedings, arrangement or compromise with creditors or had a receiver, receiver manager or trustee appointed to hold its assets; or
- has, within the 10 years before the date of this Information Circular, become bankrupt, made a proposal under any legislation relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, or become subject to or instituted any proceedings, arrangements or compromise with creditors, or had a receiver, receiver manager as trustee appointed to hold the assets of that individual.
No proposed director (or any of such director's personal holding companies) has been subject to:
- any penalties or sanctions imposed by a court relating to securities legislation or by a securities regulatory authority or has entered into a settlement agreement with a securities regulatory authority; or
- any other penalties or sanctions imposed by a court or regulatory body that would likely be considered important to a reasonable securityholder in deciding whether to vote for a proposed director.
The foregoing information, not being within the knowledge of the Company, has been furnished by the respective directors.
INDEBTEDNESS OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
At no time during the Company's last completed financial year or as of the Record Date, was any director, executive officer, employee, proposed director nominee for election as a director of the Company nor any associate of any such director, executive officer, or proposed director nominee of the Company or any former director, executive officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries indebted to the Company or any of its subsidiaries exceeding $50,000 or indebted to another entity where such indebtedness is or has been the subject of a guarantee, support agreement, letter of credit or other similar arrangement or understanding provided by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than routine indebtedness.
INTEREST OF INFORMED PERSONS IN MATERIAL TRANSACTIONS
Other than as set out in this Information Circular, and other than transactions carried out in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, none of the directors or executive officers of the Company, a director or executive officer of a person or company that is itself an informed person or subsidiary of the Company, nor any Shareholder beneficially owning, directly or indirectly, Common Shares, or exercising control or direction over Common Shares of the
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Company, or a combination of both, carrying more than 10% of the voting rights attached to the outstanding Common Shares of the Company nor an associate or affiliate of any of the foregoing persons has since January 1, 2023 (being the commencement of the Company's last completed financial year) any material interest, direct or indirect, in any transactions which materially affected or would materially affect the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
APPOINTMENT OF AUDITOR AND REMUNERATION OF AUDITOR
Management of the Company proposes to nominate as auditor of the Company D&H Group LLP, Chartered Accountants, of Vancouver, British Columbia, to serve until the close of the next annual general meeting of the Company, and to authorize the directors to fix the remuneration of the auditor so appointed. D&H Group LLP was first appointed auditor of the Company on October 27, 2014. See "Particulars of Matters To Be Acted On - Appointment of Auditor".
STATEMENT OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
For the purposes of this Statement, "Named Executive Officers" or "NEOs" means each of the following individuals:
- each individual who, in respect of the Company, during any part of the financial year ended December 31, 2023, served as chief executive officer, including an individual performing functions similar to a chief executive officer ("CEO") of the Company;
- each individual who, in respect of the Company, during any part of the financial year ended December 31, 2023, served as chief financial officer, including an individual performing functions similar to a chief financial officer ("CFO") of the Company;
- in respect of the Company and its subsidiaries, the most highly compensated executive officer other than the individuals identified in paragraphs (a) and (b) at the end of the financial year ended December 31, 2023 whose total compensation was more than $150,000, as determined in accordance with subsection 1.3(5) for that financial year;
- each individual who would be an NEO under paragraph (c) but for the fact that the individual was neither an executive officer of the Company, nor acting in a similar capacity, as at December 31, 2023.
During the financial year ended December 31, 2023, the Company had two NEOs: namely, Todd L. Hilditch, CEO and Bryan McKenzie, CFO.
Director and NEO Compensation, excluding Compensation Securities
The compensation, excluding compensation securities, for the NEOs and directors for the Company's two most recently completed financial years is as set out below.
During the Company's financial year ended December 31, 2023, there were no arrangements under which directors were compensated in cash by the Company and its subsidiaries for their services in their capacity as directors.
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Table of Compensation excluding compensation securities
Name and Position | Year | Salary, | Bonus | Committee or | Value of | Value of all | Total |
Consulting | ($) | meeting Fees | Perquisites | other | Compensation | ||
Fee, retainer | ($) | ($) | Compensation | ($) | |||
or | ($) | ||||||
Commission | (1)(2) | ||||||
($) | |||||||
WILLIAM LAMB(3) | 2023 | 12,000 | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | 12,000 |
Chairman of the Board | |||||||
2022 | 48,000 | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | 48,000 | |
TODD HILDITCH(3) | 2023 | 192,000 | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | 192,000 |
Chief Executive Officer | |||||||
and Director | 2022 | 192,000 | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | 192,000 |
BRYAN MCKENZIE(3) | 2023 | 150,000 | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | 150,000 |
Chief Financial Officer | |||||||
and Corporate Secretary | 2022 | 150,000 | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | 150,000 |
CYNDI LAVAL(3) | 2023 | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
Director | |||||||
2022 | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | |
RICHARD DELONG(3) | 2023 | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
Director | |||||||
2022 | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | |
THOMAS PATTON(3) | 2023 | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
Director | |||||||
2022 | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | |
JOHN SCHAFF(3) | 2023 | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL |
Director | |||||||
2022 | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | NIL | |
Notes:
- The Company does not currently have a non-equity incentive plan or a long-term incentive plan for any of its directors, Executive officers or its NEO.
- The Company does not have any pension, retirement or deferred compensation plans, including defined contribution plan.
- Messrs. Lamb, Hilditch, McKenzie, Patton, Schaff and DeLong have not received any compensation relating their roles as a director. Ms. Laval has not received any compensation relating to her role as a director.
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Ms. Cyndi Laval, a director of the Company is a partner of Gowling (WLG) Canada LLP which provides the Company with legal services. During the year ended December 31, 2023, Gowling (WLG) Canada LLP charged $1,525 (2022-$10,731) for legal services.
STOCK OPTIONS AND OTHER COMPENSATION SECURITIES
The table below discloses all compensation securities granted to each NEO and the directors by the Company for services provided, directly or indirectly to the Company during the financial year ended December 31, 2023:
Number of | Closing | Closing | |||||||
Type of | compensati | Date | Issue, | price of | price of | Expiry Date | |||
Name and position | compensation | on | of | conversion | security or | security or | |||
security | securities, | issue | or exercise | underlying | underlying | ||||
(1)(2)(3)(4) | number of | or | price ($) | security on | security as | ||||
underlying | grant | date of | at December | ||||||
securities, | grant($) | 31, | |||||||
and | 2023 ($) | ||||||||
percentage | |||||||||
of class | |||||||||
WILLIAM LAMB (5) | Stock Options | 50,000 | April 6, | $0.21 | $0.21 | $0.16 | April 6, | ||
Chairman of the | 2023 | 2028 | |||||||
Board | |||||||||
TODD L. HILDITCH (6) | Stock Options | 100,000 | April 6, | $0.21 | $0.21 | $0.16 | April 6, | ||
CEO and Director | 2023 | 2028 | |||||||
BRYAN MCKENZIE (7) | Stock Options | 85,000 | April 6, | $0.21 | $0.21 | $0.16 | April 6, | ||
CFO, Corporate Secretary | 2023 | 2028 | |||||||
CYNDI LAVAL (8) | Stock Options | 50,000 | April 6, | $0.21 | $0.21 | $0.16 | April 6, | ||
Director | 2023 | 2028 | |||||||
RICHARD DELONG(9) | Stock Options | 50,000 | April 6, | $0.21 | $0.21 | $0.16 | April 6, | ||
Director | 2023 | 2028 | |||||||
THOMAS PATTON(10) | Stock Options | 100,000 | April 6, | $0.21 | $0.21 | $0.16 | April 6, | ||
Director | 2023 | 2028 | |||||||
JOHN SCHAFF(11) | Stock Options | 100,000 | April 6, | $0.21 | $0.21 | $0.16 | April 6, | ||
Director | 2023 | 2028 | |||||||
Notes: | |||||||||
(1) | There has been no compensation security that has been re-priced, cancelled and replaced, had its term extended, or otherwise been materially | ||||||||
modified, in the most recently completed financial year. |
- There are no restrictions or conditions for converting, exercising or exchanging on the compensation securities granted in the most recently completed financial year.
- Each outstanding stock option of the Company entitles the holder thereof to acquire, upon exercise, one Common Share.
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- All outstanding stock options granted vested 25% on the date of the grant and 25% on each of the dates that is 6, 12, and 18 months after the date of grant.
- As at December 31, 2023, Mr. Lamb held 535,000 stock options of the Company entitling him to acquire, upon exercise 535,000 Common Shares. As of December 31, 2023, 510,000 stock options held by Mr. Lamb have vested.
- As at December 31, 2023, Mr. Hilditch held 674,000 stock options of the Company entitling him to acquire, upon exercise 674,000 Common Shares. As of December 31, 2023, 624,000 stock options held by Mr. Hilditch have vested.
- As at December 31, 2023, Mr. McKenzie held 453,000 stock options of the Company entitling him to acquire, upon exercise 453,000 Common Shares. As of December 31, 2023, 410,500 stock options held by Mr. McKenzie have vested.
- As at December 31, 2023, Ms. Laval held 238,000 stock options of the Company entitling her to acquire, upon exercise 238,000 Common Shares. As of December 31, 2023, 213,000 stock options held by Ms. Laval have vested.
- As at December 31, 2023, Mr. DeLong held 150,000 stock options of the Company entitling him to acquire, upon exercise 150,000 Common Shares. As of December 31, 2023, 125,000 stock options held by Mr. DeLong have vested.
- As at December 31, 2023, Mr. Patton held 100,000 stock options of the Company entitling him to acquire, upon exercise 100,000 Common Shares. As of December 31, 2023, 50,000 stock options held by Mr. Patton have vested.
- As at December 31, 2023, Mr. Schaff held 100,000 stock options of the Company entitling him to acquire, upon exercise 100,000 Common Shares. As of December 31, 2023, 50,000 stock options held by Mr. Schaff have vested.
During the financial year ended December 31, 2023, there were no exercises by a director or NEO of compensation securities.
Stock Option Plan
On October 17, 2014, the Board adopted the Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). The Shareholders of the Company approved the Plan on December 5, 2017 and in accordance with the policies of the Exchange "rolling 10% plans" must be approved annually at the Company's annual meeting by the Shareholders of the Company. Accordingly, the Company received the approval of its Shareholders to the ratification of the Plan at the Annual General Meeting held on December 7, 2023. The Board of Directors approved the Plan on November 7, 2024.
The purpose of the Plan is to attract and motivate directors, employees and consultants to the Corporation and its subsidiaries, and thereby advance the Corporation's interests, by affording such persons with an opportunity to acquire an equity interest in the Corporation through the issuance of stock options.
The Plan is required to be approved by the Shareholders of the Corporation and the Exchange and once approved. While all existing grants of options under the Plan will continue to be exercisable in accordance with their terms, all future grants of options will be made pursuant to the Plan.
The terms of the Plan authorize the Board to grant stock options to the Optionees on the following terms (all capitalized terms have the meaning as defined in the Plan):
- The aggregate maximum number of Common Shares which may be issued pursuant to options granted under the Plan, unless otherwise approved by the Shareholders, may not exceed that number which is equal to 10% of the number of Common Shares issued and outstanding at the time of the option grant.
- The number of Common Shares under each option will be determined by the Board provided that the aggregate maximum number of Common Shares reserved for issuance pursuant to options granted during any twelve (12) month period to:
