EX-99.1 2 exhibit99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 Amarc Resources Ltd. - Exhibit 99.1 - Filed by newsfilecorp.com

 

 


 

AMARC RESOURCES LTD.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 2017 and 2016

 

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 



Notice to Reader

In accordance with subsection 4.3(3) of National Instrument 51-102, management of the Company advises that the Company's auditors have not performed a review of these interim financial statements.


Amarc Resources Ltd.
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Financial Position
(Unaudited – Expressed in Canadian Dollars)

      December 31,     March 31,  
  Note   2017     2017  
               
ASSETS              
               
Current assets              
   Cash 3 $  1,210,789   $  930,890  
   Amounts receivable and other assets 5   699,303     38,891  
   Marketable securities     100,256     29,468  
      2,010,348     999,249  
Non-current assets              
   Restricted cash 4   173,143     112,815  
               
Total assets   $  2,183,491   $  1,112,064  
               
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY              
               
Current liabilities              
   Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 7 $  83,940   $  14,841  
   Balance due to a related party 10   63,621     175,337  
   Director's loan 8       390,243  
      147,561     580,421  
Non-current liabilities              
   Director's loan 8   736,361     940,257  
               
Total liabilities     883,922     1,520,678  
               
Shareholders' deficiency              
   Share capital 9   63,557,056     59,559,910  
   Reserves 9   5,185,817     5,740,875  
   Accumulated deficit     (67,443,304 )   (65,709,399 )
      1,299,569     (408,614 )
               
Total liabilities and shareholders' deficiency   $  2,183,491   $  1,112,064  
               
Nature of operations and going concern (note 1)              
Event occuring after the reporting period (note 12)              

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

/s/ Robert A. Dickinson /s/ Rene G. Carrier
   
Robert A. Dickinson Rene G. Carrier
Director Director


Amarc Resources Ltd.
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Loss
(Unaudited - Expressed in Canadian Dollars, except for weighted average number of common shares)

      Three months ended       Nine months ended  
      December 31,       December 31,  
  Note   2017       2016       2017       2016  
                                 
Expenses 10,11                              
Exploration and evaluation   $  1,699,311     $  310,653     $  6,061,163     $  2,599,504  
   Assays and analysis     82,542       27,942       187,718       116,794  
   Drilling     218,247             931,006       263,705  
   Equipment rental     22,791       1,080       66,403       24,003  
   Geological     244,256       146,327       1,348,809       741,827  
   Helicopter and fuel     117,160             1,519,029       568,658  
   Property costs and assessments     749,200       64,374       905,070       304,572  
   Site activities     153,422       21,194       801,184       362,966  
   Socioeconomic     91,316       44,596       222,277       188,928  
   Travel and accommodation     20,377       5,140       79,667       28,051  
                                 
Administration     278,714       155,761       830,232       547,336  
   Legal, accounting and audit     54,988       12,498       168,806       34,016  
   Office and administration 11 (b)   159,137       101,401       514,725       436,851  
   Shareholder communication     50,366       27,259       88,846       41,203  
   Travel and accommodation     8,386       2,594       25,295       3,008  
   Trust and regulatory     5,837       12,009       32,560       32,258  
                                 
Cost recoveries     (1,139,552 )     (414,300 )     (5,644,975 )     (2,932,597 )
   Pursuant to IKE agreements 6 (a)   (452,818 )     (414,300 )     (3,162,847 )     (2,932,597 )
   Pursuant to JOY agreement 6 (b)   (686,734 )           (2,482,128 )      
                                 
      838,473       52,114       1,246,420       214,243  
Other items                                
   Finance income     (9,822 )     (1,871 )     (20,191 )     (7,110 )
   Interest expense – director's loans 8   22,685       34,986       105,904       94,643  
   Transaction cost – director’s loans 8   220,173       61,811       405,861       125,692  
   Foreign exchange loss     (3,139 )     43       (4,089 )      
   Gain on disposition of marketable securities                       (14,806 )
Net loss   $  1,068,370     $  147,083     $  1,733,905     $  412,662  
                                 
Basic and diluted loss per common share   $  0.01     $  0.00     $  0.01     $  0.00  
                                 
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding     166,335,502       141,424,061       153,110,486       141,424,061  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.


Amarc Resources Ltd.
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Comprehensive (Income) Loss
(Unaudited - Expressed in Canadian Dollars)

    Three months ended     Nine months ended  
    December 31,     December 31,  
    2017     2016     2017     2016  
                         
Net loss $  1,068,370   $  147,083   $  1,733,905   $  412,662  
                         
Other comprehensive (income) loss:                        
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit and loss:                        
 Revaluation of marketable securities   (70,230 )   2,874     (70,788 )   (7,275 )
Reallocation of the fair value of marketable securities upon disposition               14,806  
Total other comprehensive (income) loss   (70,230 )   2,874     (70,788 )   7,531  
                         
Comprehensive loss $  998,140   $  149,957   $  1,663,117   $  420,193  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.


Amarc Resources Ltd.
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Changes in Deficiency
(Unaudited - Expressed in Canadian Dollars, except for share information)

      Share capital     Reserves              
                  Share-based     Investment     Share              
      Number           payments     revaluation     warrants              
  Note   of shares     Amount     reserve     reserve     reserve     Deficit     Total  
                                             
Balance at April 1, 2016     141,424,061   $  58,967,910   $  2,202,640   $  21,402   $  3,133,363   $  (64,666,751 ) $  (341,436 )
Issuance of share purchase warrants 9 (c)                   607,406         607,406  
Total other comprehensive loss                 (7,531 )           (7,531 )
Loss for the period                         (412,662 )   (412,662 )
Balance at December 31, 2016     141,424,061   $  58,967,910   $  2,202,640   $  13,871   $  3,740,769   $  (65,079,413 ) $  (154,223 )
                                             
Balance at April 1, 2017     145,424,061   $  59,559,910   $  2,202,640   $  29,466   $  3,508,769   $  (65,709,399 ) $  (408,614 )
Issuance of common shares pursuant to a private placement, net of issuance costs 9 (b)   13,045,500     2,481,300                     2,481,300  
Issuance of common shares pursuant to a property option agreement 9 (b)   1,944,444     350,000                     350,000  
Issuance of common shares pursuant to exercise of share purchase warrants 9 (c)   6,555,555     540,000                     540,000  
Reallocation of share warrants reserve to share capital for exercised warrants 9 (c)       625,846             (625,846 )        
Total other comprehensive income                 70,788             70,788  
Loss for the period                         (1,733,905 )   (1,733,905 )
Balance at December 31, 2017     166,969,560   $  63,557,056   $  2,202,640   $  100,254   $  2,882,923   $  (67,443,304 ) $  1,299,569  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.


Amarc Resources Ltd.
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited - Expressed in Canadian Dollars)

      Nine months ended  
      December 31,  
  Note   2017     2016  
               
Operating activities              
Loss for the period   $  (1,733,905 ) $  (412,662 )
Adjustments for:              
 Finance income     (20,191 )   (7,110 )
 Interest expense – director's loans 8   105,904     94,643  
 Transaction cost – director’s loans 8   405,861     125,692  
 Non-cash property payments 6 (b)   350,000      
 Gain on disposition of marketable securities         (14,806 )
               
Changes in working capital items              
 Amounts receivable and other assets     (660,412 )   94,030  
 Restricted cash     (60,328 )   101,674  
 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities     69,099     46,940  
 Balance due to a related party     (111,716 )   (83,926 )
Net cash used in operating activities     (1,655,688 )   (55,525 )
               
Investing activities              
Acquisition of mineral property interest         (505,101 )
Proceeds from disposition of marketable securities         19,805  
Interest received     20,191     7,110  
Net cash provided by investing activities     20,191     (478,186 )
               
Financing activities              
Net proceeds from issuance of common shares pursuant to a private placement 9 (b)   2,481,300      
Net proceeds from issuance of common shares pursuant to exercise of share purchase warrants 9 (c)   540,000      
Proceeds from director's loan         500,000  
Repayment of director's loans 8   (1,000,000 )    
Interest paid on director's loans 8   (105,904 )   (94,644 )
Net cash provided by financing activities     1,915,396     405,356  
               
Net increase in cash     279,899     (128,355 )
Cash, beginning balance     930,890     747,408  
Cash, ending balance 3 $  1,210,789   $  619,053  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.



Amarc Resources Ltd.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016
(Unaudited – Expressed in Canadian Dollars, unless otherwise stated)

1.

NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND GOING CONCERN

   

Amarc Resources Ltd. (the "Company" or "Amarc") is incorporated under the laws of the province of British Columbia ("BC"), and its principal business activity is the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties. Its principal mineral property interests are located in BC. The address of the Company's corporate office is 15th Floor, 1040 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6E 4H1.

   

The Company is in the process of exploring its mineral property interests and has not yet determined whether its mineral property interests contain economically recoverable mineral reserves. The Company's continuing operations are entirely dependent upon the existence of economically recoverable mineral reserves, the ability of the Company to obtain the necessary financing to continue the exploration and development of its mineral property interests and to obtain the permits necessary to mine, and on future profitable production or proceeds from the disposition of its mineral property interests.

   

These condensed consolidated interim financial statements (the “Financial Statements”) have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the discharge of liabilities in the normal course of business for the foreseeable future.

   

The Company will need to seek additional financing to meet its working capital requirements. The Company has a reasonable expectation that additional funds will be available when necessary to meet ongoing exploration and development costs. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will continue to be able to obtain additional financial resources or will achieve profitability or positive cash flows. If the Company is unable to obtain adequate additional financing, the Company will be required to re-evaluate its planned expenditures until additional funds can be raised through financing activities. These factors indicate the existence of a material uncertainty that raises significant doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

   

These Financial Statements do not include any adjustments to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

   
2.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

   

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these Financial Statements are described below. These policies have been consistently applied for all years presented, unless otherwise stated.


(a)

Statement of compliance

   

These Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34, Interim Financial Reporting (“IAS 34”), as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB"), and interpretations by the IFRS Interpretations Committee (“IFRIC”). These Financial Statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") for complete financial statements for year-end reporting purposes. These Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s financial statements as at and for the year ended March 31, 2017. Results for the reporting period ended December 31, 2017 are not necessarily indicative of future results. The accounting policies and methods of computation applied by the Company in these Financial Statements are the same as those applied by the Company in its most recent annual financial statements which are filed under the Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.




Amarc Resources Ltd.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016
(Unaudited – Expressed in Canadian Dollars, unless otherwise stated)

The Board of Directors of the Company authorized these Financial Statements for issuance on February 28, 2018.

   
(b)

Basis of presentation and consolidation

   

These Financial Statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis, except for financial instruments classified as available-for-sale which are stated at fair value. In addition, these Financial Statements have been prepared using the accrual basis of accounting, except for cash flow information.

   

These Financial Statements include the financial statements of the Company and its only subsidiary named 1130346 B.C. Ltd. (the “Subco”), incorporated under the laws of BC. The Subco is Amarc’s wholly-owned subsidiary and was incorporated for the purposes of entering into an option agreement (note 6(b)) and as of December 31, 2017 the Subco did not have any asset, liability, income or expense. Intercompany balances and transactions are eliminated in full on consolidation.

   

Certain comparative amounts have been reclassified to conform to the presentation adopted in the current year.

   
(c)

Significant accounting estimates and judgments

   

The critical judgements and estimates applied in the preparation of these Financial Statements are consistent with those applied in the Company’s audited financial statements as at and for the year ended March 31, 2017.

   
(d)

Accounting standards, interpretations and amendments to existing standards

   

Accounting standards issued but not yet effective

   

Effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018:


  IFRS 9, Financial Instruments
  IFRS 15, Revenue from Contracts with Customers

Effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2019:

  IFRS 16, Leases

The Company has not early adopted these new standards or amendments to existing standards and does not expect the impact of these standards on the Company's financial statements to be material.



Amarc Resources Ltd.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016
(Unaudited – Expressed in Canadian Dollars, unless otherwise stated)

3.

CASH

   

The Company's cash is invested in business and savings accounts which are available on demand by the Company.

   
4.

RESTRICTED CASH

   

Restricted cash represents guaranteed investment certificates held in support of exploration permits. The amounts are refundable subject to the consent of regulatory authorities upon the completion of any required reclamation work on the related projects.

   
5.

AMOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND OTHER ASSETS


      December 31,     March 31,  
      2017     2017  
          $    
  Sales tax refundable $  254,328     38,891  
  Contributions receivable (note 6(b))   444,975      
  Total $  699,303   $  38,891  

6.

EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION EXPENSES AND COST RECOVERIES

   

During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2017, the Company’s mineral exploration and evaluation expenses were incurred on its IKE, JOY, PINE and DUKE projects.


(a)

IKE Project

   

The IKE Project is located in south-central BC. In July 2017, the Company announced it had entered into a Mineral Property Farm-In Agreement with Hudbay Minerals Inc. (“Hudbay”), pursuant to which Hudbay may acquire, through a staged investment process, up to a 60% ownership interest in the IKE Project. The Company records the amount of contributions received or receivable from Hudbay pursuant to the IKE Property Farm-In Agreement as cost recoveries in the Statement of Loss to the extent it incurs expenditures against such contributions.

   

Relinquished Option Agreement

   

During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2016, the Company recorded a gross amount of cost recovery of $414,300 and $2,932,597, respectively, representing contributions received pursuant to a definitive agreement with Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. (“Thompson Creek”) dated February 2016, whereby the latter had an option to acquire, through a staged investment process within five years, a 30% ownership interest in the mineral claims and crown grants covering the IKE Project.




Amarc Resources Ltd.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016
(Unaudited – Expressed in Canadian Dollars, unless otherwise stated)

In January 2017, Thompson Creek (having been taken over by Centerra Gold Inc.) relinquished its option and elected to exchange its 10% participating interest for a 1% Conversion Net Smelter Royalty from mine production, capped at a total of $5 million. As a result, the Company maintained a 100% interest in the IKE Project.

   
(b)

JOY Project

   

The JOY Project, located in north-central BC, comprises the JOY and PINE properties, and certain adjacent claims (the “Staked Claims”) acquired directly by Amarc. In November 2016, the Company entered into a purchase agreement with a private company wholly owned by one of its directors (note 10(c)) to purchase 100% of the JOY property at the vendor’s direct acquisition costs of $335,299. In addition, Amarc concluded agreements with each of Gold Fields Toodoggone Exploration Corporation (“GFTEC”) and Cascadero Copper Corporation (“Cascadero”) in mid-2017 pursuant to which Amarc can purchase 100% of the PINE property. Subsequently, Hudbay and Amarc agreed to include both the PINE property and the Staked Claims into the JOY Project.

   

In August 2017, the Company announced that it had entered into a Mineral Property Farm-In Agreement with Hudbay, pursuant to which Hudbay may acquire, through a staged investment process, up to a 60% ownership in the JOY Project. The Company records the amount of contributions received or receivable from Hudbay pursuant to the Farm-In Agreement as cost recoveries in the Statement of Loss to the extent it incurs expenditures against such contributions.

   
(c)

DUKE Project

   

In November 2016, the Company entered into a purchase agreement with a privately company wholly owned by one of its directors (note 10(c)) to purchase a 100% interest in the DUKE property at the vendor’s direct acquisition costs of $168,996. The DUKE property is located in central BC.


7.

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES


      December 31,     March 31,  
      2017     2017  
  Accounts payable $  83,940   $  14,841  



Amarc Resources Ltd.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016
(Unaudited – Expressed in Canadian Dollars, unless otherwise stated)

8.

DIRECTOR’S LOANS


      Nine months ended     Year ended  
  Unsecured loans payable to a director   December 31, 2017     March 31, 2017  
  Opening balance $  1,330,500   $  1,234,849  
  Net amount advanced       500,000  
  Transaction costs       (607,406 )
  Repayments   (1,000,000 )    
  Amortisation of transaction costs   405,861     203,057  
  Closing balance $  736,361   $  1,330,500  

      December 31,     March 31,  
      2017     2017  
  Current portion $  –   $  390,243  
  Non-current portion   736,361     940,257  
  Total $  736,361   $  1,330,500  

      Three months ended     Nine months ended  
  Transaction costs   December 31,     December 31,  
      2017     2016     2017     2016  
  Interest on director’s loan $  22,685   $  34,986   $  105,904   $  94,643  
  Amortization of transaction costs   220,173     61,811     405,861     125,692  
  Total $  242,858   $  96,797   $  511,765   $  220,335  

2015-Loan Agreement
In September 2015, the Company entered into a loan agreement (the “2015-Loan Agreement”) with its Director and Chairman, Robert Dickinson (the “Lender”) pursuant to which the Lender advanced to the Company a principal sum of $500,000 with a two-year term and at an interest rate of 7% per annum. Pursuant to the 2015-Loan Agreement, the Company issued 5,555,555 common share purchase warrants (note 9(c)) to the Lender with an expiry term of two years and exercise price of $0.09.

The 2015-Loan Agreement was fully repaid in September 2017.

2016-Loan Agreement
In November 2016, the Company and the Lender entered into another loan agreement (the “2016-Loan Agreement”), pursuant to which a previous loan agreement for a principal sum of $1,000,000 and with a due date of November 26, 2016 was extended for three years on customary conditions, and the principal sum was increased to $1,500,000 by way of an additional advance of $500,000 to fund mineral property acquisitions (note 6(b) and (c)). The 2016-Loan Agreement is subject to a fixed interest at 9% per annum. Pursuant to the 2016-Loan Agreement, the Company issued to the Lender a loan bonus comprising of 10,000,000 common share purchase warrants (note 9(c)) with a three-year term and an exercise price of $0.08 per share.



Amarc Resources Ltd.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016
(Unaudited – Expressed in Canadian Dollars, unless otherwise stated)

During the current period, $500,000 of the 2016-Loan Agreement was repaid to the Lender, leaving a balance outstanding as at December 31, 2017 of $1,000,000.

   

These advances were measured as financial liabilities at their (cash) transaction values, with the unamortized balance of directly applicable costs, comprised of the fair values of the bonus warrants granted, representing a partially offsetting asset balance. Such costs are being expensed pro-rata over the term of the debt, with the effect on the balance sheet presentation being that the aggregate debt is accreted towards its face value.

   
9.

CAPITAL AND RESERVES


(a)

Authorized and outstanding share capital

   

The Company's authorized share capital consists of an unlimited number of common shares (“Common Shares”) without par value and an unlimited number of preferred shares. All issued Common Shares are fully paid. No preferred shares have been issued.

   

As at December 31, 2017, there were 166,969,560 Common Shares outstanding (March 31, 2017: 145,424,061).

   
(b)

Share issuance

   

In September 2017, the Company announced a private placement financing, issuing 13,045,500 Common Shares at a price of $0.20 per Common Share for gross proceeds of $2,609,100, and incurred share issuance costs of $127,800 for net proceeds of $2,481,300.

   

In October 2017, pursuant to a property option agreement (note 6(b)), the Company issued 1,944,444 Common Shares.

   
(c)

Share purchase warrants

   

The following common share purchase warrants were outstanding at December 31, 2017 and March 31, 2017:


      Exercise     December 31,     March 31,  
      price     2017     2017  
  Issued pursuant to:                  
       the 2015-Loan Agreement(i) $0.09         1,555,555  
       the 2016-Loan Agreement(ii) $0.08     5,000,000     10,000,000  
  Total         5,000,000     11,555,555  

  (i)

In September 2015, 5,555,555 share-purchase warrants were issued pursuant to the 2015-Loan Agreement (note 8); the fair value of these warrants at issue was determined to be $322,143 at $0.058 per warrant, using the Black Scholes option pricing model and based on the following assumptions: risk-free rate of 0.51%; expected volatility of 130%; the underlying’s market price of $0.09, expiry term of 2 years; and dividend yield of nil. In March 2017, 4,000,000 of these warrants were exercised and in September 2017, the remainder of 1,555,555 warrants were exercised.




Amarc Resources Ltd.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016
(Unaudited – Expressed in Canadian Dollars, unless otherwise stated)

  (ii)

In November 2016, 10,000,000 share-purchase warrants were issued pursuant to the 2016-Loan Agreement (note 8); the fair value of these warrants at issue was determined to be $607,406 at $0.061 per warrant, using the Black Scholes option pricing model and based on the following assumptions: risk-free rate of 0.79%; expected volatility of 135%; the underlying’s market price of $0.08, expiry term of 3 years; and dividend yield of nil. These warrants expire in November 2019. In September 2017, 5,000,000 of these warrants were exercised.


10.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS


  Balances due to related parties   December 31,     March 31,  
      2017     2017  
  Hunter Dickinson Services Inc. (note 10(b)) $  63,621   $  157,282  
  United Mineral Services Ltd. (note 10(c))       18,055  
    $  63,621   $  175,337  

(a)

Transactions with key management personnel

   

Key management personnel (“KMP”) are those persons that have the authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Company, directly and indirectly, and by definition include all directors of the Company.

   

Note 8 includes the details of a director’s loans. Note 6 includes the details of the acquisition of mineral property interests from a private entity wholly-owned by one of the Company’s directors.

   

During the nine months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company’s President and Director, Chief Financial Officer, and Corporate Secretary provided services to the Company under a service agreement with Hunter Dickinson Services Inc. (note 10(b)). There was no other transaction with KMP during the nine months ended December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

   
(b)

Balances and transactions with Hunter Dickinson Inc.

   

Hunter Dickinson Inc. (“HDI”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Hunter Dickinson Services Inc. ("HDSI") are private companies established by a group of mining professionals engaged in advancing mineral properties for a number of publicly-listed exploration companies, one of which is the Company. The Company has two Directors in common with HDSI, namely: Robert Dickinson and Ronald Thiessen. In addition, the Company’s President and Director, Chief Financial Officer, and Corporate Secretary are employees of HDSI and work for the Company under an employee secondment arrangement between the Company and HDSI.

   

HDSI provides technical, geological, corporate communications, regulatory compliance, and administrative and management services to the Company, on an as-needed and as-requested basis from the Company. Because of this relationship, the Company has ready access to a range of diverse and specialized expertise on a regular basis, without having to engage or hire full-time experts. Services from HDSI are provided on a non-exclusive basis. The Company is not obligated to acquire any minimum amount of services from HDSI. The value of services received from HDSI is determined based on a charge-out rate for each employee performing the service and for the time spent by the employee. Such charge-out rates are agreed and set annually in advance.




Amarc Resources Ltd.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016
(Unaudited – Expressed in Canadian Dollars, unless otherwise stated)

HDSI also incurs third-party costs on behalf of the Company; such third-party costs are reimbursed by the Company to HDSI at cost without any markup and such costs include, for example, directors and officers insurance, travel, conferences, and communication services.

The following is a summary of transactions with HDSI that occurred during the reporting period:

      Three months ended     Nine months ended  
  Transactions with HDSI   December 31,     December 31,  
      2017     2016     2017     2016  
  Services received from HDSI and as requested by Amarc $  382,000   $  240,000   $  1,068,000   $  803,000  
  Information technology-infrastructure and support services   15,000     15,000     45,000     45,000  
  Reimbursement , at cost, of 3rd party expenses incurred by HDSI on behalf of Amarc $  17,000   $  3,000   $  89,000   $  24,000  

(c)

Balances and transactions with United Mineral Services Ltd.

   

United Mineral Services Ltd. (“UMS”) is a privately held company wholly-owned by one of the Company’s Directors. UMS is engaged in the acquisition and exploration of mineral property interests. In November 2016, the Company acquired from UMS a 100% interest in two mineral property interests, namely JOY and DUKE, for aggregate acquisition costs of $504,295 (note 6(b) and 6(c)). Subsequent to the acquisition of the properties, UMS has incurred third-party costs on behalf of the Company, for example, mineral property claims paid on behalf of the Company. These third-party costs are reimbursed by the Company at a 5% markup.

   

The following is a summary of transactions with UMS that occurred during the reporting period:


      Three months ended     Nine months ended  
      December 31,     December 31,  
      2017     2016     2017     2016  
  Acquisition of mineral property interests $  –   $  504,295   $  –   $  504,295  
  Services received from UMS and as requested by Amarc           10,080      
  Reimbursement of third-party expenses incurred by UMS on behalf of Amarc           9,349      



Amarc Resources Ltd.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016
(Unaudited – Expressed in Canadian Dollars, unless otherwise stated)

11.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION TO STATEMENT OF LOSS


(a)

Employee salaries and benefits

   

The employees’ salaries and benefits included in exploration and evaluation expenses and administration expenses are as follows:


      Three months ended     Nine months ended  
      December 31,     December 31,  
      2017     2016     2017     2016  
  Salaries and benefits included in the following:                        
   Exploration and evaluation expenses $  267,000   $  143,000   $  859,000   $  581,000  
   General and administration expenses(i)   173,000     113,000     415,000     336,000  
  Total $  440,000   $  256,000   $  1,274,000   $  917,000  

  (i)

This amount includes salaries and benefits included in office and administration expenses (note 11(b)) as well as other expenses classified as general and administration expenses.


(b)

Office and administration expenses

   

Office and administration expenses include the following:


      Three months ended     Nine months ended  
      December 31,     December 31,  
      2017     2016     2017     2016  
  Salaries and benefits $  134,000   $  84,000   $  347,000   $  307,000  
  Insurance   5,000         111,000     79,000  
  Data processing and retention   16,000     16,000     46,000     46,000  
  Other office expenses   5,000     1,000     10,000     4,000  
  Total $  160,000   $  101,000   $  514,000   $  436,000  

12.

EVENT AFTER THE REPORTING PERIOD

   

After the end of the reporting period, in January 2018, the Company issued 1,816,667 Common Shares pursuant to the PINE Property option agreements (note 6(b)).