EX-99.2 3 prpcf_ex992.htm CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Blueprint
 
  Exhibit 99.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
 
     Unaudited – Prepared by Management
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position
 4
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of  Operations and Comprehensive Loss
 5
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of  Changes in Equity
 6
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of  Cash Flows
 7
 
1
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS
8
2
BASIS OF PRESENTATION
8
3
SEGMENTED INFORMATION
10
4
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
10
5
RIGHT-OF-USE ASSET
11
6
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
11
7
MINERAL PROPERTIES
13
8
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES
18
9
LEASE LIABILITY
18
10
SHARE CAPITAL
18
11
FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
20
12
FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT DISCLOSURES
22
13
RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES
23
14
KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL COMPENSATION
24
15
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
24
16
CONTINGENCIES
24
17
EVENTS AFTER THE REPORTING DATE
25
 
 
 
 
NOTICE OF NO AUDITOR REVIEW OF CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
The accompanying unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared by management of the Company and approved by the Company’s Audit Committee. The Company’s independent auditors have not performed a review of these condensed interim consolidated financial statements in accordance with the standards established for a review of interim financial statements by an entity’s auditors.
 
 
 
 
 

 
PROPHECY DEVELOPMENT CORP.
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) (Unaudited)
 
As at
 
March 31,
 
 
December 31,
 
 
 
2019
 
 
2018
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 $3,652,189 
 $5,304,097 
Receivables
  39,583 
  36,399 
Prepaid expenses
  57,185 
  123,272 
 
  3,748,957 
  5,463,768 
Non-current assets
    
    
Restricted cash equivalents
  34,500 
  34,500 
Reclamation deposits
  21,055 
  21,055 
Right-of-use asset
  49,675 
  - 
Equipment
  89,990 
  101,162 
Mineral properties
  4,758,540 
  3,643,720 
 
 $8,702,717 
 $9,264,205 
Liabilities and Equity
    
    
Current liabilities
    
    
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
 $1,990,834 
 $1,636,786 
 
  1,990,834 
  1,636,786 
Non-current liabilities
    
    
Lease liability
  49,884 
  - 
Provision for closure and reclamation
  265,239 
  265,239 
Tax provision
  7,952,700 
  8,121,918 
 
  10,258,657 
  10,023,943 
Equity
    
    
Share capital
  173,819,546 
  173,819,546 
Reserves
  23,526,487 
  23,413,830 
Deficit
  (198,901,973)
  (197,993,114)
 
  (1,555,940)
  (759,738)
 
 $8,702,717 
 $9,264,205 
 
Approved on behalf of the Board:
 
"John Lee"
John Lee, Director
 
 "Greg Hall"
Greg Hall, Director
 
The accompanying notes form an integral part of these unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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PROPHECY DEVELOPMENT CORP.
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) (Unaudited)
 
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
 
 
2019
 
 
2018
 
General and Administrative Expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
Advertising and promotion
 $134,048 
 $45,378 
Consulting and management fees
  58,552 
  68,278 
Depreciation and accretion
  10,690 
  1,923 
Director fees
  22,500 
  13,500 
Insurance
  21,966 
  13,073 
Office and administration
  16,527 
  34,793 
Professional fees
  58,330 
  56,495 
Salaries and benefits
  296,237 
  90,253 
Share-based payments
  51,085 
  134,928 
Stock exchange and shareholder services
  45,361 
  70,038 
Travel and accommodation
  78,802 
  34,259 
 
  (794,098)
  (562,918)
Other Items
    
    
Costs in excess of recovered coal
  (21,002)
  (38,671)
Foreign exchange gain
  19,549 
  12,370 
Impairment of mineral property
  (113,308)
  - 
 
  (114,761)
  (26,301)
Net Loss for Period
  (908,859)
  (589,219)
Fair value gain/(loss) on marketable securities
  - 
  (54,000)
Comprehensive Loss for Period
 $(908,859)
 $(643,219)
Loss Per Common Share, basic and diluted
 $(0.01)
 $(0.01)
Weighted Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding
  94,257,059 
  74,721,790 
 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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PROPHECY DEVELOPMENT CORP.
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars, except number of shares) (Unaudited)
 
 
 
Number of Shares
 
 
Share Capital
 
 
Reserves
 
 
AccumulatedOtherComprehensive Income
 
 
Deficit
 
 
Total
 
Balance, December 31, 2017
  74,721,790 
 $165,862,805 
 $22,621,202 
 $12,160 
 $(179,808,646)
 $8,687,521 
Share-based payments
  - 
  - 
  184,665 
  - 
  - 
  184,665 
Warrants issued for mineral property
    
    
  89,944 
  - 
  - 
  89,944 
Loss for the year
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  (589,219)
  (589,219)
Unrealized loss on marketable securities
  - 
  - 
  - 
  (54,000)
  - 
  (54,000)
Balance, March 31, 2018
  74,721,790 
 $165,862,805 
 $22,895,811 
 $(41,840)
 $(180,397,865)
 $8,318,911 
Balance, December 31, 2018
  95,316,217 
 $173,819,546 
 $23,413,830 
 $- 
 $(197,993,114)
 $(759,738)
Share-based payments
  - 
  - 
  112,657 
  - 
  - 
  112,657 
Loss for the year
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  (908,859)
  (908,859)
Balance, March 31, 2019
  95,316,217 
 $173,819,546 
 $23,526,487 
 $- 
 $(198,901,973)
 $(1,555,940)
 
 
The accompanying notes form an integral part of these unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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 PROPHECY DEVELOPMENT CORP.
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) (Unaudited)
 
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
 
 
2019
 
 
2018
 
 
 
 
 
Operating Activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss for period
 $(908,859)
 $(589,219)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash flows:
    
    
Depreciation and accretion
  10,690 
  1,923 
Share-based payments
  51,085 
  134,928 
Unrealized foreign exchange (gain)/loss
  (169,218)
  148,218 
Impairment of mineral property
  113,308 
  - 
 
  (902,994)
  (304,150)
Working capital adjustments
    
    
Receivables
  (3,184)
  (943)
Prepaid expenses
  66,087 
  (4,800)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
  (83,412)
  (108,926)
 
  (20,509)
  (114,669)
Cash Used in Operating Activities
  (923,503)
  (418,819)
 
    
    
Investing Activities
    
    
Net purchases of marketable securities
  - 
  (60,940)
Mineral property expenditures
  (719,476)
  (878,127)
Cash Used in Investing Activities
  (719,476)
  (939,067)
 
    
    
Financing Activities
    
    
Lease payments
  (8,929)
  - 
Cash Used in Financing Activities
  (8,929)
  - 
Net Decrease in Cash
  (1,651,908)
  (1,357,886)
Cash - beginning of period
  5,304,097 
  4,100,608 
Cash - end of period
 $3,652,189 
 $2,742,722 
 

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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PROPHECY DEVELOPMENT CORP.
Notes to the Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) (Unaudited)
 
 
 
1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS
 
Prophecy Development Corp. (“Prophecy” or the “Company”) is incorporated under the laws of the province of British Columbia, Canada. The Company’s common shares (the “Shares”) are listed for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”) under the symbol “PCY”, the OTCQX® Best Market under the symbol “PRPCF” and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol “1P2N”.
 
Prophecy Development Corp. is an exploration and development stage company focusing on the development of its Gibellini vanadium project, the Company’s only material property. In Nevada, the Company currently holds a 100% interest in the Gibellini Project, which it aims to make the first operating primary vanadium mine in North America. The Company also has a 100% interest in the Titan vanadium-titanium-iron property located in Ontario, Canada, a 100% interest in the Ulaan Ovoo coal property located in Selenge province, Mongolia and a 100% interest in the Chandgana Tal coal property and Khavtgai Uul coal property located in Khentii province, Mongolia. The Company also holds the land use right and construction license for the Chandgana 600MW Coal-Fired Mine Mouth Power Plant project located in Khentii province, Mongolia. The Company also holds a mining joint venture interest in the Pulacayo Paca silver-lead-zinc property located in Quijarro province, Bolivia.
 
The Company maintains its registered and records office at Suite 1610 – 409 Granville Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6C 1T2.
 
These unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared under the assumption that the Company is a going concern. The Company currently does not generate any revenue and is dependent on raising additional funds through of equity, debt, disposition of assets, or some combination thereof, to continue the advancement of the Company’s projects. Existing working capital is expected to be sufficient to cover non-discretionary operating expenditures for the next twelve months.
 
2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION
 
(a)
Statement of compliance
 
These unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34, Interim Financial Reporting. They do not include all the information and disclosures required in the annual financial statements, and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s annual financial statements as at and for the year ended December 31, 2018. However, selected explanatory notes are included to explain events and transactions that are significant to an understanding of the changes in the Company’s financial position and performance since the last annual consolidated financial statements as at and for the year ended December 31, 2018 (“Annual Financial Statements”).
 
These unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements were approved and authorized for issue by the Audit Committee on May 9, 2019.
 
(b)
Use of judgments and estimates
 
In preparing these interim financial statements, management makes judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and expense. Actual results may differ from these estimates. The significant judgements made by management in applying the Company’s accounting policies and the key sources of estimation uncertainty were the same as those that applied to the Annual Financial Statements.
 
 
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2.
BASIS OF PRESENTATION (cont’d…)
 
(c)
Significant accounting policies and changes in accounting standards
 
These interim financial statements follow the same accounting policies and methods of application as the Annual Financial Statements. Accordingly, they should be read in conjunction with the Annual Financial Statements. However, in the current period, the Company, for the first time, has applied IFRS 16 Leases (as issued by the IASB in January 2016) effective January 1, 2019, using the modified retrospective approach. The modified retrospective approach does not require restatement of prior period financial information and continues to be reported under IAS 17, Leases and IFRIC 4, Determining Whether an Arrangement Contains a Lease. IFRS 16 introduces new or amended requirements with respect to lease accounting. It introduces changes to the lessee accounting by removing the distinction between operating and finance leases and requiring the recognition of a right-of-use asset and a lease liability at the lease commencement for all leases, except for short-term leases and leases of low value assets. In contrast to lessee accounting, the requirements for lessor accounting have remained largely unchanged.
 
The Company’s leases consist of corporate office lease arrangements. The Company, on adoption of IFRS 16, recognized lease liabilities in relation to office leases which had previously been classified as operating leases under the principles of IAS 17. In relation, under the principles of the new standard these leases are measured as lease liabilities at the present value of the remaining lease payments, discounted using the Company’s incremental borrowing rate as at January 1, 2019. The associated right-of-use asse has been measured at the amount equal to the lease liability on January 1, 2019. The right-of-use asset is subsequently depreciated from the commencement date to the earlier of the end of the lease term, or the end of the useful life of the asset (refer to Note 5 and Note 9).
Furthermore, the right-of-use asset may be reduced due to impairment losses.
 
The following table reconciles the Company’s operating lease commitments at December 31, 2018, as previously disclosed in the Company’s Annual Financial Statements, to the lease liability recognized on adoption of IFRS 16 at January 1, 2019:
 
 
 
Adoption of IFRS 16
 
Lease commitments as at December 31, 2018
 $124,556 
Less short-term commitments
  (32,313)
 
  92,243 
Impact of discounting
  (37,246)
Lease liability as of January 1, 2019
  54,997 
 
 
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3.
SEGMENTED INFORMATION
 
The Company operates in one operating segment, being the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties. Geographic segmentation of Prophecy’s assets is as follows:
 
 
 
March 31, 2019
 
 
 
Canada
 
 
USA
 
 
Mongolia
 
 
Bolivia
 
 
Total
 
Reclamation deposits
 $- 
 $- 
 $21,055 
 $- 
 $21,055 
Equipment
  14,070 
  21,577 
  26,585 
  27,757 
  89,990 
Mineral properties
  - 
  4,758,540 
  - 
  - 
  4,758,540 
 
 $14,070 
 $4,780,117 
 $47,640 
 $27,757 
 $4,869,585 
 
 
 
December 31, 2018
 
 
 
Canada
 
 
USA
 
 
Mongolia
 
 
Bolivia
 
 
Total
 
Reclamation deposits
 $- 
 $- 
 $21,055 
 $- 
 $21,055 
Equipment
  14,839 
  22,713 
  33,440 
  30,170 
  101,162 
Mineral properties
  - 
  3,643,720 
  - 
  - 
  3,643,720 
 
 $14,839 
 $3,666,433 
 $54,495 
 $30,170 
 $3,765,937 
 
4.
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
 
Cash and cash equivalents of Prophecy are comprised of bank balances and a guaranteed investment certificate which can be readily converted into cash without significant restrictions, changes in value or penalties.
 
 
 
March 31,
2019
 
 
December 31,
2018
 
Cash
 $552,189
 $804,097 
Cash equivalents
  3,100,000 
  4,500,000 
Restricted cash equivalents
  34,200 
  34,500 
 
 $3,686,689 
 $5,338,597 
 
Restricted Cash Equivalents
 
As at March 31, 2019, a guaranteed investment certificate of $34,500 (2018 - $34,500) has been pledged as collateral for the Company’s credit card.
 
 
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5.
RIGHT-OF-USE ASSET
 
During the first-time application of IFRS 16 to operating leases, the right to use the leased asset was generally measured at the amount of the lease liability using the Company current incremental borrowing rate of 10%. The following table present the right-of-use-asset as at January 1, 2019 and March 31, 2019:
 
Initial recognition, January 1, 2019
 $54,997 
Additions
  - 
Depreciation
  (5,322)
Balance at March 31, 2019
 $49,675 
 
6.
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
 
During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company wrote-off $425,925 of mining equipment in Bolivia that was no longer in use.
 
On October 10, 2018, the Company signed a lease agreement (the “Lease”) with an arms-length private Mongolian company (the “Lessee”) whereby the Lessee plans to perform mining operations at Prophecy’s Ulaan Ovoo coal mine and will pay Prophecy USD2.00 (the “Production Royalty”) for every tonne of coal shipped from the Ulaan Ovoo site premises. The Lessee paid Prophecy USD100,000 in cash (recorded as other income on the consolidated statement of operations) as a non-refundable advance royalty payment and is preparing, at its own and sole expense, to restart and operate the Ulaan Ovoo mine with its own equipment, supplies, housing and crew. The Lease is valid for 3 years with an annual advance royalty payment (“ARP”) for the first year of USD100,000 which paid upon signing, and USD150,000 and USD200,000 due on the 1st and 2nd anniversary of the Lease, respectively. The ARP can be credited towards the USD2.00 per tonne Production Royalty payments to be made to Prophecy as the Lessee starts to sell Ulaan Ovoo coal. The 3-year Lease can be extended upon mutual agreement.
 
The impaired value of $Nil for deferred development costs at Ulaan Ovoo property at March 31, 2019 remains unchanged.
 
 
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PROPHECY DEVELOPMENT CORP.
Notes to the Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) (Unaudited)
 
 
6.
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
 
 
 
Computer
 
 
Furniture &
 
 
Computer
 
 
 
 
 
Mining
 
 
 
 
 
 
Equipment
 
 
Equipment
 
 
Software
 
 
Vehicles
 
 
Equipment
 
 
Total
 
Cost
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, December 31, 2017
 $100,074 
 $276,830 
 $197,813 
 $172,692 
 $1,314,829 
 $2,062,238 
Additions/Disposals
  3,180 
  2,015 
  - 
  - 
  24,476 
  29,671 
Impairment charge
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  (1,314,829)
  (1,314,829)
Balance, December 31, 2018
 $103,254 
 $278,845 
 $197,813 
 $172,692 
 $24,476 
 $777,080 
Accumulated depreciation
    
    
    
    
    
    
Balance, December 31, 2017
 $96,695 
 $217,073 
 $197,813 
 $129,842 
 $888,904 
 $1,530,327 
Depreciation for period
  1,316 
  16,351 
  - 
  13,337 
  3,491 
  34,495 
Impairment charge
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  (888,904)
  (888,904)
Balance, December 31, 2018
 $98,011 
 $233,424 
 $197,813 
 $143,179 
 $3,491 
 $675,918 
Carrying amount
    
    
    
    
    
    
At December 31, 2017
 $3,379 
 $59,757 
 $- 
 $42,850 
 $425,925 
 $531,911 
At December 31, 2018
 $5,243 
 $45,421 
 $- 
 $29,513 
 $20,985 
 $101,162 
Cost
    
    
    
    
    
    
Balance, December 31, 2018
 $103,254 
 $278,845 
 $197,813 
 $172,692 
 $24,476 
 $777,080 
Additions/Disposals
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
Balance, March 31, 2019
 $103,254 
 $278,845 
 $197,813 
 $172,692 
 $24,476 
 $777,080 
Accumulated depreciation
    
    
    
    
    
    
Balance, December 31, 2018
 $98,011 
 $233,424 
 $197,813 
 $143,179 
 $3,491 
 $675,918 
Depreciation for period
  3,630 
  3,456 
  - 
  3,037 
  1,049 
  11,172 
Balance, March 31, 2019
 $101,641 
 $236,880 
 $197,813 
 $146,216 
 $4,540 
 $687,090 
Carrying amount
    
    
    
    
    
    
At December 31, 2018
 $5,243 
 $45,421 
 $- 
 $29,513 
 $20,985 
 $101,162 
At March 31, 2019
 $1,613 
 $41,965 
 $- 
 $26,476 
 $19,936 
 $89,990 
 
 
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7.
MINERAL PROPERTIES
 
 
 
Gibellini
 
 
Chandgana Tal
 
 
Khavtgai Uul
 
 
Pulacayo Paca
 
 
Total
 
Balance, December 31, 2017
 $490,356 
 $- 
 $- 
 $12,809,550 
 $13,299,906 
Additions:
    
    
    
    
    
Acquisition cost
 $425,605 
 $- 
 $- 
 $- 
 $425,605 
Deferred exploration costs:
    
    
    
    
    
Licenses, tax, and permits
  387,149 
  1,271 
  261,168 
  - 
  649,588 
Geological and consulting
  1,509,587 
  - 
  - 
  51,112 
  1,560,699 
Personnel, camp and general
  831,023 
  20,590 
  3,741 
  847,538 
  1,702,892 
 
  2,727,759 
  21,861 
  264,909 
  898,650 
  3,913,179 
Impairment
  - 
  (21,861)
  (264,909)
  (13,708,200)
  (13,994,970)
Balance, December 31, 2018
 $3,643,720 
 $- 
 $- 
 $- 
 $3,643,720 
Additions:
    
    
    
    
    
Acquisition cost
 $- 
 $- 
 $- 
 $- 
 $- 
Deferred exploration costs:
    
    
    
    
    
Licenses, tax, and permits
  - 
    
    
  - 
 $- 
Geological and consulting
  779,770 
  - 
  - 
  5,128 
 $784,898 
Personnel, camp and general
  335,050 
  - 
  - 
  108,180 
 $443,230 
 
  1,114,820 
  - 
  - 
  113,308 
 $1,228,128 
Impairment
  - 
  - 
  - 
  (113,308)
 $(113,308)
Balance, March 31, 2019
 $4,758,540 
 $- 
 $- 
 $- 
 $4,758,540 
 
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PROPHECY DEVELOPMENT CORP.
Notes to the Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars) (Unaudited)
 
 
7.
MINERAL PROPERTIES (cont’d…)
 
Gibellini Project, Nevada, United States
 
Gibellini Project
 
The Gibellini Project consists of a total of 354 unpatented lode mining claims that include: the Gibellini group of 40 claims, the VC Exploration group of 105 claims, and the Prophecy group of 209 claims. All the claims are located in Eureka County, Nevada, USA.
 
Gibellini Group
 
The Gibellini group of claims was acquired on June 22, 2017, through lease from the claimant (the “Gibellini Lessor”) and includes an area of approximately 771 acres. Under the Gibellini Mineral Lease Agreement (the Gibellini MLA”) Prophecy leased the Gibellini group of claims which originally constituted the Gibellini Project by among other things, agreeing to pay to the Gibellini Lessor, US$35,000 (paid), annual advance royalty payments which will be tied, based on an agreed formula (not to exceed US$120,000 per year), to the average vanadium pentoxide price of the prior year. Upon commencement of production, Prophecy will maintain its acquisition through lease of the Gibellini group of claims by paying to the Gibellini Lessor, a 2.5% NSR until a total of US$3,000,000 is paid. Thereafter, the NSR will be reduced to 2% over the remaining life of the mine (and referred to thereafter, as “production royalty payments”). All advance royalty payments made, will be deducted as credits against future production royalty payments. The lease is for a term of 10 years, which can be extended for an additional 10 years at Prophecy’s option.
 
On April 23, 2018, the Company announced an amendment to the Gibellini MLA, whereby Prophecy has been granted the right to cause the Gibellini Lessor of the Gibellini mineral claims to transfer their title to the claims to Prophecy. With the amendment, Prophecy will have the option to, at any time during the term of the Gibellini MLA, require the Gibellini Lessor to transfer title over all of the leased, unpatented lode mining claims (excluding four claims which will be retained by the Gibellini Lessor (the “Transferred Claims”) to Prophecy in exchange for US$1,000,000, to be paid as an advance royalty payment (the “Transfer Payment”). A credit of US$99,027 in favour of Prophecy towards the Transfer Payment is already paid upon signing of the amendment, with the remaining US$900,973 portion of the Transfer Payment due and payable by Prophecy to the Gibellini Lessor upon completion of transfer of the Transferred Claims from the Gibellini Lessor to Prophecy. The advance royalty obligation and production royalty will not be affected, reduced or relieved by the transfer of title.
 
On June 22, 2018, the Company paid US$101,943 of the annual royalty payment to the Gibellini Lessor.
 
VC Exploration Group
 
On July 13, 2017, the Company acquired (through lease under the mineral lease agreement “Louie Hill MLA”) from the holders (the “Former Louie Hill Lessors”) 10 unpatented lode claims totaling approximately 207 acres that comprised the Louie Hill group of claims located approximately 500 metres south of the Gibellini group of claims. These claims were subsequently abandoned by the holders, and on March 11, 2018 and March 12, 2018, the Company’s wholly owned US subsidiaries, Vanadium Gibellini Company LLC and VC Exploration (US) Inc., staked the area within and under 17 new claims totaling approximately 340 gross acres which now collectively comprise the expanded Louie Hill group of claims.
 
Under the Louie Hill MLA, the Company is required to make payments as follows: cash payment of US$10,000 (paid), annual advance royalty payments which will be tied, based on an agreed formula (not to exceed US$28,000 per year), to the average vanadium pentoxide price for the prior year. Upon commencement of production, Prophecy will pay to the Former Louie Hill Lessors, a 2.5% NSR of which, 1.5% of the NSR may be purchased at any time by Prophecy for US$1,000,000, leaving the total NSR to be reduced to 1% over the remaining life of the mine (and referred to thereafter, as “production royalty payments”). All advance royalty payments made, will be deducted as credits against future production royalty payments. The lease will be for a term of 10 years, which can be extended for an additional 10 years at Prophecy’s option.
 
 
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MINERAL PROPERTIES (cont’d...)
 
Gibellini Project, Nevada, United States (cont’d…)
  
On October 22, 2018, the Company and Former Louie Hill Lessors entered into a royalty agreement (the “Royalty Agreement”) that terminated the Louie Hill MLA and provides for the Company to pay the following royalties to the Former Louie Hill Lessors  as an advance royalty: (i) US$75,000 upon the Company achieving Commercial Production (as defined in the Royalty Agreement) at its Gibellini Project; (ii) US$50,000 upon the Company selling, conveying, transferring or assigning all or any portion of certain claims defined in the Royalty Agreement to any third party and (iii) annually upon the anniversary date of July 10, 2018 and the like day thereafter during the term of the Royalty Agreement: (a) if the average vanadium pentoxide price per pound as quoted on www.metalbulletin.com (the “Metal Bulletin”) or another reliable and reputable industry source as agreed by the parties, remains below US$7.00/lb during the preceding 12 months, US$12,500; or (b) if the average vanadium pentoxide price per pound as quoted on Metal Bulletin or another reliable and reputable industry source as agreed by the parties, remains equal to or above US$7.00/lb during the preceding 12 months, US$2,000 x average vanadium pentoxide price per pound up to a maximum annual advance royalty payment of US$28,000. Further, the Company will pay to the Former Louie Hill Lessors a production royalty of 2.5% of the net smelter returns of vanadium produced from the royalty area and sold. Prophecy has an option to purchase 1.5% of the 2.5% of the production royalty from the Former Louie Hill Lessors for US$1,000,000.
 
On February 15, 2018, the Company acquired 105 unpatented lode mining claims located adjacent to its Gibellini Project through the acquisition of 1104002 B.C. Ltd. and its Nevada subsidiary VC Exploration (US) Inc. (“VC Exploration”) by paying a total of $335,661 in cash and issuing 500,000 Share purchase warrants (valued at
$89,944) to arm’s-length, private parties. Each warrant entitles the holder upon exercise, to acquire one Share of the Company at a price of $0.50 per Share until February 15, 2021. The acquisition of the VC Exploration has been accounted for as an asset acquisition as their activities at the time of the acquisition consisted of mineral claims only.
 
Prophecy Group
 
During 2017 and 2018, the Company expanded the land position at the Gibellini Project, by staking a total of 209 new claims immediately adjacent to the Gibellini Project covering 4091 acres.
 
Impairment of Pulacayo Paca Property, Bolivia
 
The Pulacayo property, a silver-lead-zinc project located in southwestern Bolivia, was acquired on January 2, 2015 through the acquisition of 100% of Apogee’s interest in ASC Holdings Limited and ASC Bolivia LDC, which together, hold ASC Bolivia LDC Sucursal Bolivia (“ASC”), which in turn, holds a joint venture interest in the Pulacayo Project.
 
ASC controls the mining rights to the Pulacayo Project through a joint venture agreement entered into between itself and the Pulacayo Ltda. Mining Cooperative on July 30, 2002 (the “ASC Joint Venture”). The ASC Joint Venture has a term of 23 years which commenced the day the ASC Joint Venture was entered into. Pursuant to the ASC Joint Venture, ASC is committed to pay monthly rent of US$1,000 to the state-owned Mining Corporation of Bolivia, COMIBOL and US$1,500 monthly rent to the Pulacayo Ltda. Mining Cooperative until the Pulacayo Project starts commercial production.
 
During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company determined there were several indicators of potential impairment of the carrying value of the Pulacayo Paca property. The indicators of potential impairment were as follows:
 
 
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MINERAL PROPERTIES (cont’d...)
 
Impairment of Pulacayo Paca Property, Bolivia (cont’d...)
 
(i)
change in the Company’s primary focus to the Gibellini Project;
(ii)
management’s decision to suspend further exploration activities; and
(iii)
no positive decision from the Bolivian Government to grant mining production contract to develop the project.
 
As result, in accordance with IFRS 6, Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources and IAS 36, Impairment of Assets, at December 31, 2018, the Company assessed the recoverable amount of the Pulacayo Paca property exploration costs and determined that its value in use is $nil. As at December 31, 2018, the recoverable amount of $nil resulted in an impairment charge of $13,708,200 against the value of the deferred exploration costs, which was reflected on the consolidated statement of operations. As at and for the three months ended March 31, 2019, there were no changes to the impairment assessment and accordingly costs incurred during the period of $113,308 were written off.
 
Previously Impaired Properties
 
Chandgana Properties, Mongolia
 
Chandgana Tal
 
In March 2006, the Company acquired a 100% interest in the Chandgana Tal property, a coal exploration property consisting of two exploration licenses located in the northeast part of the Nyalga coal basin, approximately 290 kilometers east of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
 
In March 2011, the Company obtained a mine permit from Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy for the Chandgana Tal coal project.
 
Khavtgai Uul Property, Mongolia
 
In 2007, the Company acquired a 100% interest in the Chandgana Khavtgai property, a coal exploration property consisting of one license located in the northeast part of the Nyalga coal basin.
 
Impairment of Chandgana Properties
 
During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company determined there were several indicators of potential impairment of the carrying value of the Chandgana Tal and Khavtgai Uul properties. The indicators of potential impairment were as follows:
 
(iv)
decreased coal demand from local customers;
(v)
no positive decision from the Mongolian Government to construct the Chandgana Power Plant;
(vi)
management’s decision to suspend further exploration activities; and
(vii)
change in the Company primary focus to Gibellini Project.
 
As result, in accordance with IFRS 6, Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources and IAS 36, Impairment of Assets, at December 31, 2017, the Company assessed the recoverable amount of the Chandgana Properties deferred exploration costs and determined that its value in use is $nil. As at December 31, 2017, the recoverable
amount of $nil resulted in an impairment charge of $14,733,067 against the value of the deferred exploration costs, which was reflected on the consolidated statement of operations. As at and for the year ended December 31, 2018, there were no changes to the impairment assessment and accordingly all costs incurred during the year ended December 31, 2018, were written off.
 
 
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7.
MINERAL PROPERTIES (cont’d...)
 
Previously Impaired Properties (cont’d...)
 
Titan Property, Ontario, Canada
 
The Company has a 100% interest in the Titan property, a vanadium-titanium-iron project located in Ontario, Canada. In January 2010, the Company entered into an option agreement with Randsburg International Gold Corp. (“Randsburg”) whereby Prophecy Resource Corp. had the right to acquire an 80% interest in the Titan property by paying Randsburg an aggregate of $500,000 (paid), and by incurring exploration expenditures of $200,000 by
 
December 31, 2010. Pursuant to the option agreement, Randsburg has the option to sell the remaining 20% interest in the Titan property to the Company for $150,000 cash or 400,000 Shares of the Company.
 
At December 31, 2014, due to market conditions, the Company impaired the value of the property to $nil. On February 10, 2017, the Company negotiated with Randsburg to acquire the remaining 20% title interest of Randsburg in the Titan project by issuing to Randsburg 200,000 Shares at a value of $0.48 per Share. As there were no benchmark or market changes from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2018, the impaired value of $nil for Titan property remains unchanged.
 
Therefore, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $96,200 on the acquisition of the remaining title interest in Titan which was reflected on the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss during the year ended December 31, 2017.
 
Okeover Property, British Columbia, Canada
 
The Company had a 60% interest in the Okeover property, a copper-molybdenum project in the Vancouver Mining Division of southwestern British Columbia, Canada.
 
At December 31, 2014, due to market conditions and the difficulty to raise additional financing, as well as Prophecy’s inactivity on the Okeover property in recent years, the Company impaired the value to $nil.
 
On September 22, 2016, the Company sold its 60% interest in the Okeover property to Lorraine Copper Corp. (“Lorraine”). Under the terms of the agreement, Lorraine issued 2,200,000 common shares of Lorraine (valued at $0.08/share) to Prophecy and assumed Prophecy’s $19,079 payment obligation to Eastfield Resources Ltd. under such parties’ existing joint venture agreement. Prophecy will additionally be entitled to receive 30% of any payments or proceeds resulting from third party agreements related to the project entered into within five years, which payments shall be limited to a maximum amount payable to Prophecy, of $1,000,000. Upon completion of the sale, the Company recorded a mineral property recovery of $195,079 in the statement of operations.
 
 
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8.
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES
 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities of the Company consist of amounts outstanding for trade and other purchases relating to development and exploration, along with administrative activities. The usual credit period taken for trade purchases is between 30 to 90 days.
 
 
 
March 31,
2019
 
 
December 31,
2018
 
Trade accounts payable
 $1,990,834 
 $1,536,786
Accrued liabilities
  - 
 100,000
 
 $1,990,834 
 $1,636,786
 
9.
LEASE LIABILITY
 
As at March 31, 2019, the Company recorded $49,884 of lease liability. The incremental borrowing rate for lease liability initially recognized as of January 1, 2019 was 10%.
 
IFRS 16 adoption as at January 1, 2019
 $54,997 
Cash flows:
    
  Lease payments for period
  (8,929)
Non-cash changes:
    
  Accretion expense for period
  3,816 
Balance at March 31, 2019
 $49,884 
 
 
The Company does not face a significant liquidity risk with regard to its lease liability. Lease liability is monitored within the Company treasury function.
 
10.
  SHARE CAPITAL
 
(a)
 Authorized
 
The authorized share capital consists of an unlimited number of common shares without par value (the “Shares”). There are no authorized preferred shares. At March 31, 2019, the Company had 95,316,217 (December 31, 2018 – 95,316,217) common shares issued and outstanding.
 
(b)
 Equity issuances
 
There was no share issuance during the three months ended March 31, 2019.
 
(c)
  Equity-based compensation plans
 
The following is a summary of the changes in Prophecy’s stock options from December 31, 2017 to March 31, 2019:
 
 
 
Number of Options
 
 
Weighted Average Exercise Price
 
Outstanding, December 31, 2017
  8,248,340 
 $0.46 
Granted
  4,040,000 
 $0.31 
Expired
  (349,720)
 $1.21 
Cancelled
  (1,815,120)
 $0.45 
Forfeited
  (445,000)
 $1.04 
Exercised
  (87,500)
 $0.28 
Outstanding, December 31, 2018
  9,591,000 
 $0.34 
Cancelled
  (745,000)
 $0.28 
Outstanding, March 31, 2019
  8,846,000 
 $0.35 
 
 
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  SHARE CAPITAL (cont’d…)
 
(c)
  Equity-based compensation plans (cont’d…)
 
 As of March 31, 2019, the following Prophecy share purchase options were outstanding:
 
 
Exercise
 
Expiry
 
Options Outstanding
 
 
Exercisable
 
 
Unvested
 
 
Price
 
Date
 
March 31,
 
 
December 31,
 
 
March 31,
 
 
March 31,
 
 
 
 
 
 
2019
 
 
2018
 
 
2019
 
 
2019
 
 $0.65 
November 14, 2023
  200,000 
  200,000 
  25,000 
  175,000 
 $0.33 
October 17, 2023
  808,750 
  940,000 
  101,094 
  707,656 
 $0.26 
October 10, 2023
  68,750 
  550,000 
  8,594 
  60,155 
 $0.22 
July 23, 2023
  400,000 
  400,000 
  100,000 
  300,000 
 $0.31 
May 1, 2023
  200,000 
  200,000 
  75,000 
  125,000 
 $0.28 
April 6, 2023
  1,150,000 
  1,225,000 
  431,250 
  718,750 
 $0.31 
February 20, 2023
  200,000 
  200,000 
  100,000 
  100,000 
 $0.35 
September 1, 2022
  1,212,500 
  1,250,000 
  909,375 
  303,125 
 $0.33 
June 12, 2022
  1,205,000 
  1,225,000 
  1,054,375 
  150,625 
 $0.49 
January 12, 2022
  820,000 
  820,000 
  820,000 
  - 
 $0.20 
June 2, 2021
  1,420,000 
  1,420,000 
  1,420,000 
  - 
 $0.50 
June 22, 2020
  311,000 
  311,000 
  311,000 
  - 
 $0.50 
April 7, 2020
  535,000 
  535,000 
  535,000 
  - 
 $0.65 
May 1, 2019
  315,000 
  315,000 
  315,000 
  - 
 
  8,846,000 
  9,591,000 
  6,205,688 
  2,640,312 
 
The three months ended March 31, 2019, included $51,085 (same period 2018 - $134,928) in share based payment costs related to stock options expensed as general and administrative expenses and 61,572 (same period 2018 – $49,737) capitalized to mineral properties.
 
(d)
Share purchase warrants
 
The following is a summary of the changes in Prophecy’s Share purchase warrants from December 31, 2017 to March 31, 2019.
 
 
 
Number of Warrants
 
 
Weighted Average Exercise Price
 
Outstanding, December 31, 2017
  25,758,030 
 $0.44 
Issued
  5,061,417 
 $0.40 
Exercised
  (3,445,420)
 $0.39 
Expired
  (56,000)
 $0.40 
Outstanding, December 31, 2018
  27,318,027 
 $0.44 
Outstanding, March 31, 2019
  27,318,027 
 $0.44 
 
 
 
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  SHARE CAPITAL (cont’d…)
 
(d)
  Equity-based compensation plans (cont’d…)
 
As of March 31, 2019, the following Prophecy share purchase warrants were outstanding:
 
 
Exercise Price
 
Expiry Date
 
Number of Warrants at March 31, 2019
 
 $0.50 
June 13, 2022
  596,590 
 $0.50 
April 12, 2022
  1,032,500 
 $0.40 
January 13, 2022
  499,990 
 $0.44 
August 29, 2021
  1,013,670 
 $0.40 
August 13, 2021
  198,237 
 $0.40 
July 6, 2021
  3,863,180 
 $0.40 
June 2, 2021
  7,500,000 
 $0.30 
April 23, 2021
  100,000 
 $0.50 
February 15, 2021
  500,000 
 $0.40 
January 25, 2021
  650,000 
 $0.40 
December 18, 2020
  211,250 
 $0.70 
November 13, 2020
  625,000 
 $0.40 
October 16, 2020
  2,533,020 
 $0.70 
September 30, 2020
  1,112,000 
 $0.40 
September 20, 2020
  4,534,920 
 $0.60 
June 24, 2020
  1,147,670 
 $0.50 
May 22, 2020
  1,200,000 
 
  27,318,027 
 
11.
  FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
 
Fair Value Measurements
 
Fair value hierarchy
 
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. The fair value hierarchy establishes three levels to classify the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. Level 1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 inputs are quoted prices in markets that are not active, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (for example, interest rate and yield curves observable at commonly quoted intervals, forward pricing curves used to value currency and commodity contracts and volatility measurements used to value option contracts), or inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data or other means. Level 3 inputs are unobservable (supported by little or no market activity). The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs and the lowest priority to Level 3 inputs. Prophecy utilizes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value as follows:
 
Level 1 – quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
 
 
 
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  FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (cont’d…)
 
Fair Value Measurements (cont’d…)
 
Fair value hierarchy (cont’d…)
 
Level 2 – inputs are quoted prices in markets that are not active, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (for example, interest rate and yield curves observable at commonly quoted intervals, forward pricing curves used to value currency and commodity contracts and volatility measurements used to value option contracts), or inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data or other means; and
 
Level 3 – inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).
 
The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs and the lowest priority to Level 3 inputs. The following table sets forth Prophecy’s financial assets measured at fair value by level within the fair value hierarchy.
 
 
 
Level 1
 
 
Level 2
 
 
Level 3
 
 
Total
 
Financial assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash, March 31, 2019
 $3,652,189 
 $- 
 $- 
 $3,652,189 
Cash, December 31, 2018
 $5,304,097 
 $- 
 $- 
 $5,304,097 
 
Categories of financial instruments
 
The fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities approximate their carrying amounts in the condensed interim consolidated balance sheet. The Company does not offset financial assets with financial liabilities. There were no changes to the method of fair value measurement during the period. The Company’s financial assets and financial liabilities are categorized as follows:
 
 
 
March 31,
2019
 
 
December 31,
2018
 
Fair value through profit or loss
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash
 $3,652,189 
 $5,304,097 
Amortized cost
    
    
Receivables
 $39,583 
 $36,399 
Restricted cash equivalents
 $34,500 
 $34,500 
 
 $3,726,272 
 $5,374,996 
Amortized cost
    
    
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
 $1,990,834 
 $1,636,786 
 
 $1,990,834 
 $1,636,786 
 
 
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12.
  FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT DISCLOSURES
 
(a)
Liquidity risk
 
Liquidity risk is the risk that an entity will be unable to meet its financial obligations as they fall due. The Company manages liquidity risk by preparing cash flow forecasts of upcoming cash requirements. As at March 31, 2019, the Company had a cash balance of $3,652,189 (December 31, 2018 – $5,304,097). As at March 31, 2019, the Company had accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $1,990,834 (December 31, 2018 - $1,636,786), which have contractual maturities of 90 days or less.
 
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 FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT DISCLOSURES (cont’d…)
 
(b)
Credit risk
 
Credit risk is the risk that one party to a financial instrument will fail to discharge an obligation and cause the other party to incur a financial loss. The Company is exposed to credit risk primarily associated to cash and restricted cash equivalents and receivables, net of allowances. The significant concentration of credit risk is situated in Mongolia. The carrying amount of assets included on the statements of financial position represents the maximum credit exposure.
 
(c)
Market risk
 
The significant market risks to which the Company is exposed are interest rate risk, foreign currency risk, and commodity and equity price risk. The objective of market risk management is to manage and control market risk exposures within acceptable limits, while maximizing returns.
 
(i)
Interest rate risk
 
Interest rate risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate due to changes in market interest rates. The Company’s cash and restricted cash equivalents primarily include highly liquid investments that earn interest at market rates that are fixed to maturity. Due to the short term nature of these financial instruments, fluctuations in market rates do not have significant impact on the fair values of the financial instruments as of March 31, 2019.
 
(ii)
Foreign currency risk
 
The Company is exposed to foreign currency risk to the extent that monetary assets and liabilities held by the Company are not denominated in Canadian dollars.
 
The Company has exploration and development projects in the United States, Mongolia and Bolivia and undertakes transactions in various foreign currencies. The Company is therefore exposed to foreign currency risk arising from transactions denominated in a foreign currency and the translation of financial instruments denominated in US dollars, Mongolian tugrik, and Bolivian boliviano into its functional and reporting currency, the Canadian dollar.
 
Based on the above, net exposures as at March 31, 2019, with other variables unchanged, a 10% (December 31, 2018 – 10%) strengthening (weakening) of the Canadian dollar against the Mongolian tugrik would impact net loss with other variables unchanged by $100,000. A 10% strengthening (weakening) of the Canadian dollar against the Bolivian boliviano would impact net loss with other variables unchanged by $740,000. A 10% strengthening (weakening) of the US dollar against the Canadian dollar would impact net loss with other variables unchanged by $44,000. The Company currently does not use any foreign exchange contracts to hedge this currency risk.
 
(iii)
 Commodity and equity price risk
 
Commodity price risk is defined as the potential adverse impact on earnings and economic value due to commodity price movements and volatilities. Commodity prices fluctuate on a daily basis and are affected by numerous factors beyond the Company’s control. The supply and demand for these commodities, the level of interest rates, the rate of inflation, investment decisions by large holders of commodities including governmental reserves and stability of exchange rates can all cause significant fluctuations in prices. Such external economic factors are in turn influenced by changes in international investment patterns and monetary systems and political developments.
 
 
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 FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT DISCLOSURES (cont’d…)
 
(c)
Market risk (cont’d…)
 
(iii)
 Commodity and equity price risk (cont’d…)
 
The Company is also exposed to price risk with regards to equity prices. Equity price risk is defined as the potential adverse impact on the Company’s earnings due to movements in individual equity prices or general movements in the level of the stock market
 
The Company closely monitors commodity prices, individual equity movements and the stock market to determine the appropriate course of action to be taken by the Company. Fluctuations in value may be significant.
 
13.
 RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES
 
Prophecy had related party transactions with the following companies, related by way of directors and key management personnel:
 
Linx Partners Ltd., a private company controlled by John Lee, Director, CEO and Executive Chairman of Prophecy, provides management and consulting services to the Company.
 
MaKevCo Consulting Inc., a private company 50% owned by Greg Hall, Director of Prophecy, provides consulting services to the Company.
 
Sophir Asia Ltd., a private company controlled by Masa Igata, Director of Prophecy, provides consulting services to the Company
 
A summary of amounts paid or accrued to related parties is as follows:
 
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
Related parties
 
2019
 
 
2018
 
Directors and officers
 $467,463 
 $117,163 
Linx Partners Ltd.
  84,000 
  105,012 
MaKevCo Consulting Inc.
  5,700 
  4,700 
Sophir Asia Ltd.
  5,400 
  4,400 
 
 $562,563 
 $231,275 
 
A summary of the transactions by nature among the related parties is as follows:
 
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
Related parties
 
2019
 
 
2018
 
Consulting and management fees
 $106,950 
 $55,512 
Directors' fees
  22,500 
  13,500 
Mineral properties
  175,910 
  93,763 
Salaries
  257,203 
  68,500 
 
 $562,563 
 $231,275 
 
As at March 31, 2019, amounts due to related parties totaled $Nil (December 31, 2018 – $4,634).
 
 
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KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL COMPENSATION
 
Key management personnel are those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Company, including directors of the Company.
 
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
Key Management Personnel
 
2019
 
 
2017
 
Salaries and short term benefits
 $289,919 
 $70,912 
Share-based payments
  121,096 
  132,544 
 
 $411,015 
 $203,456 
 
 
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SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
 
 
 
        Three months ended March, 31
 
 
 
2019
 
 
2018
 
Supplementary information
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-Cash Financing and Investing Activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
Warrants issued for mineral property
 $- 
 $89,944 
Depreciation included in mineral property
 $9,621 
 $26,616 
Property and equipment expenditures included in accounts payable
 $489,890 
 $546,471 
Fair value loss/gain on marketable securities
 $- 
 $54,000 
Mineral property expenditures included in accounts payable
 $1,505,207 
 $613,666 
Share-based payments capitalized in mineral properties
 $61,572 
 $49,737 
 
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CONTINGENCIES
 
ASC tax claim
 
On January 2, 2015, the Company acquired ASC Holdings Limited and ASC Bolivia LDC (which together, hold ASC Bolivia LDC Sucursal Bolivia, which in turn, held Apogee Silver Ltd.’s (“Apogee”) joint venture interest in the Pulacayo Project) and Apogee Minerals Bolivia S.A. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, Prophecy agreed to assume all liabilities of these former Apogee subsidiaries, including legal and tax liabilities associated with the Pulacayo Project.  During Apogee’s financial year ended June 30, 2014, it received notice from the Servicio de Impuestos Nacionales, the national tax authority in Bolivia, that ASC Bolivia LDC Sucursal Bolivia, now the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, owed approximately Bs42,000,000 ($7,952,700) in taxes, interest and penalties relating to a historical tax liability in an amount originally assessed at approximately $760,000 in 2004, prior to Apogee acquiring the subsidiary in 2011. 
 
Apogee disputed the assessment and disclosed to the Company that it believed the notice was improperly issued.  The Company continued to dispute the assessment and hired local legal counsel to pursue an appeal of the tax authority’s assessment on both substantive and procedural grounds. On May 26, 2015, the Company received a positive Resolution issued by the Bolivian Constitutional Court that among other things, declared null and void the previous Resolution of the Bolivian Supreme Court issued in 2011 (that imposed the tax liability on ASC Bolivia LDC Sucursal Bolivia) and sent the matter back to the Supreme Court to consider and issue a new Resolution. The Company plans to continue to vigorously defend its position and make submissions to the Supreme Court during the new hearing.   Based on these developments, the tax claim amount of $7,952,700 (December 31, 2018 - $8,121,918) was classified as non-current liabilities.
 
 
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CONTINGENCIES (cont’d…)
 
Red Hill tax claim
 
During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Red Hill Mongolia LLC (“Red Hill”) was issued a letter from the Sukhbaatar District Tax Division notifying it of the results of the Sukhbaatar District Tax Division’s VAT inspection of Red Hill’s 2009-2013 tax imposition and payments that resulted in validating VAT credits of only MNT235,718,533 from Red Hill’s claimed VAT credit of MNT2,654,175,507. Red Hill disagreed with the Sukhbaatar District Tax Division’s findings as the tax assessment appeared to the Company to be unfounded.  The Company disputed the Sukhbaatar District Tax Division’s assessment and submitted a complaint to the Capital City Tax Tribunal.  On March 24, 2015, the Capital City Tax Tribunal resolved to refer the matter back to the Sukhbaatar District Tax Division for revision and separation of the action between confirmation of Red Hill’s VAT credit, and the imposition of the penalty/deduction for the tax assessment.
 
The Sukhbaatar District Tax Division appealed the Capital City Tax Tribunal’s resolution to the General Tax Tribunal office but was denied on June 4, 2015 on procedural grounds.  As a result, the Sukhbaatar District Tax Division implemented the Capital City Tax Tribunal’s resolution on June 25, 2015, finding: (1) with respect to confirmation of Red Hill’s VAT credit, that after inspection the amount was to be MNT235,718,533; and (2) with respect to the imposition of the penalty/deduction for the tax assessment, that no penalty was to be issued but that Red Hill’s loss to be depreciated and reported was to be MNT1,396,668,549 in 2010 and MNT4,462,083,700 in 2011.  The Company continued to dispute the Sukhbaatar District Tax Division’s assessment and delivered a complaint to Capital City Tax Tribunal on July 24, 2015. Due to the uncertainty of realizing the VAT balance, the Company has recorded an impairment charge for the full VAT balance in the year ended December 31, 2015.
 
At this time there is no change in the VAT claim. Red Hill has submitted a complaint concerning this long delay to the General Tax office and the Ministry of Finance. Following the submittal, the City tax tribunal officer responded and informed Red Hill that a hearing will be scheduled soon. Red Hill is working with its external lawyer to give additional documents to the City tax tribunal before the hearing to solidify the case.
 
As there were no changes from December 31, 2018 to March 31, 2019, the impaired value of $Nil for the VAT receivable remains unchanged.
 
17.
EVENTS AFTER THE REPORTING DATE
 
On March 7, 2019, the Company announced the appointment of Michael Doolin as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer and interim Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2019 and granted to Mr. Doolin 500,000 incentive stock options exercisable at a price of $0.21 per Share for a term of five years expiring on April 1, 2024 and which vest at 12.5% per quarter for the first two years following the date of grant.  On May 1, 2019, the Company granted to Mr. Doolin 500,000 bonus Shares pursuant to the terms of Mr. Doolin’s employment agreement with the Company.
 
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