STOCK OPTIONS AND WARRANTS

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2017

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10. STOCK OPTIONS AND WARRANTS

Stock Options

On July 15, 2014, the shareholders approved and adopted at the Annual General Meeting the Company’s 2014 Stock Option Plan. On April 14, 2011, the shareholders approved and adopted at the Annual General Meeting to consolidate the Company’s 2007 Equity compensation plan and the Company’s 2010 Equity Compensation Plan into a new Company 2011 Stock Option Plan. The purpose of these Plans is to advance the interests of the Corporation, through the grant of Options, by providing an incentive mechanism to foster the interest of eligible persons in the success of the Corporation and its affiliates; encouraging eligible persons to remain with the Corporation or its affiliates; and attracting new Directors, Officers, Employees and Consultants.

On November 3, 2014 the Company granted 2,100,000 stock options to directors, officers, and consultant of the Company with an exercise price of $0.10 vested immediately, expiring November 3, 2019.

On November 18, 2014, the Company granted 100,000 stock options to consultant of the Company with an exercise price of $0.10 vested immediately, expiring November 13, 2019.

On October 23, 2015, the Company granted 1,850,000 stock options to directors, officers and consultant of the Company with an exercise price of $0.05 vested immediately, expiring October 23, 2020.

On September 19, 2016, the Company granted 800,000 stock options to consultant of the Company with an exercise price of $0.07 vested immediately, expiring September 19, 2021.

On January 20, 2017, the Company granted 1,535,000 stock options to directors, officers and consultant of the Company with an exercise price of $0.07 vested immediately, expiring January 20, 2022.

On January 31, 2017, the Company granted 1,500,000 stock options to consultant of the Company with an exercise price of $0.07 vested immediately, expiring January 31, 2022.

For the six months ended February 28, 2017, the Company recorded $138,774 (February 29, 2016 – $37,107) stock based compensation expenses which has been included in consulting fees.

A summary of the changes in stock options for the six months ended February 28, 2017 is presented below:

	Options Outstanding
				Weighted Average
	Number of Shares			Exercise Price
Balance, August 31, 2016	3,210,000		$	0.07
Cancelled	(250,000	)		0.06
Granted	3,835,000			0.07
Balance, February 28, 2017	6,795,000		$	0.07

The fair value of options granted has been estimated as of the date of the grant by using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:

	February 28, 2017	August 31, 2016
Expected volatility	139%- 147%	220%- 217%
Risk-free interest rate	1.22%- 1.95%	1.25%- 1.43%
Expected life	5.00 years	5.00 years
Dividend yield	0.00%	0.00%
Estimated fair value per option	$0.03 -$0.04	$0.01 -$0.05

The Company has the following options outstanding and exercisable.

February 28, 2017	Options outstanding				Options exercisable
	Number	Remaining		Exercise	Number		Exercise
Exercise prices	of shares	contractual		Price	of shares		Price
		life			exercisable
$0.07	1,500,000	4.92 years	$	0.07	1,500,000	$	0.07
$0.07	1,535,000	4.89 years	$	0.07	1,535,000	$	0.07
$0.07	800,000	4.56 years	$	0.07	800,000	$	0.07
$0.05	1,460,000	3.65 years	$	0.05	1,560,000	$	0.05
$0.10	1,000,000	2.68 years	$	0.10	1,050,000	$	0.10
$0.06	500,000	1.68 years	$	0.06	500,000	$	0.06
	6,795,000	3.73 years	$	0.07	6,795,000	$	0.07

August 31, 2016	Options outstanding				Options exercisable
	Number	Remaining		Exercise	Number		Exercise
Exercise prices	of shares	contractual		Price	of shares		Price
		life			exercisable
$0.05	100,000	4.43 years	$	0.05	100,000	$	0.05
$0.05	1,560,000	4.14 years	$	0.05	1,560,000	$	0.05
$0.10	1,050,000	3.17 years	$	0.10	1,050,000	$	0.10
$0.06	500,000	2.18 years	$	0.06	500,000	$	0.06
	3,210,000	3.53 years	$	0.07	3,210,000	$	0.07

Warrants

On December 16, 2015, the Company submitted to the CSE the Form 13 for extending two classes of warrants by two years with all other terms and conditions remaining the same. The Company approved the expiry extension from January 31, 2016 till January 31, 2018 on 2,167,160 warrants that remain outstanding as of November 30, 2016 from the non-brokered private placement that closed on January 31, 2014. The Company approved the expiry extension from February 13, 2016 till February 13, 2018 on 7,227,340 warrants that remain outstanding as of November 30, 2016 from the non-brokered private placement that closed on February 13, 2014. The warrants were evaluated against ASC 815 Derivatives and Hedging, and determined to be equity instrument at initial recognition.

On September 23, 2016, the Company closed the final tranche of a private placement of 3,858,571 units at a price of CAD$0.035 per unit for gross proceeds of CAD$135,050. Each unit consists of one common share of the Company and one non-transferable share purchase warrant, each full warrant entitling the holder to purchase one additional common share of the Company for a period of 24 months from the date of issuance, at a purchase price $0.07. A cash finders’ fee of CAD$4,830 and 138,000 full broker warrants that expire September 23, 2018 was paid to Canacorrd Genuity and Leede Financial.

On January 20, 2017, the Company closed the first tranche of a private placement of 1,000,000 units at a price of CAD$0.04 per unit for gross proceeds of CAD $40,000. Each unit consists of one common share of the Company and one-nontransferable share purchase warrant, each full warrant entitling the holder to purchase one additional common share of the Company for a period of 24 months from the date of issuance, at a purchase price of $0.06. A cash finders’ fee of CAD$800 and 20,000 full broker warrants that expire January 20, 2019 was paid to Leede Jones Gable Inc.

On February 28, 2017, the Company closed the first tranche of a private placement of 4,250,000 units at a price of CAD$0.04 per unit for gross proceeds of CAD $170,000. Each unit consists of one common share of the Company and one-nontransferable share purchase warrant, each full warrant entitling the holder to purchase one additional common share of the Company for a period of 24 months from the date of issuance, at a purchase price of $0.06. A cash finders’ fee of CAD$11,100 and 227,500 full broker warrants that expire February 28, 2019 was paid to Leede Jones Gable Inc., Canaccord Genuity and Duncan McKay.

On February 28, 2017, the Company signed a Letter of Engagement with Adam Mogil and issued 1,000,000 warrant options to convert to 1,000,000 common shares to Adam Mogil to provide corporate services. The warrants have an exercise price of $0.09 and expire August 28, 2017.

A summary of warrants as at February 28, 2017 and August 31, 2016 is as follows:

	Warrant Outstanding
				Weighted Average
	Number of warrant			Exercise Price
Balance, August 31, 2016	29,412,139		$	0.09
Expired	(2,906,800	)		0.10
Issued	10,494,071			0.07
Balance, February 28, 2017	36,999,410		$	0.09

Number	Exercise	Expiry
Outstanding 1	Price	Date
4,477,500	$0.06	February 28, 2019
1,000,000	$0.09	August 28, 2017
1,020,000	$0.06	January 20,2019
2,167,160	$0.15	January 31, 2018
7,227,340	$0.15	February 13, 2018
1,787,640	$0.10 and $0.15 after 24 months	January 30, 2018
637,200	$0.10 and $0.15 after 24 months	March 12, 2018
6,882,666	$0.05 and $0.10 after 18 months	May 20, 2019
3,303,333	$0.05 and $0.10 after 18 months	June 8, 2019
4,500,000	$0.07	August 9, 2018
3,996,571	$0.07	September 23, 2018
36,999,410

1. Each warrant entitles a holder to purchase one common share.