EX-99.75 76 tm2034111d1_ex99-75.htm EXHIBIT 99.75

 

Exhibit 99.75

 

 

Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

 

Presented in Canadian dollars

 

 

NOTICE TO READER

 

 

Pursuant to National Instrument 51-102, subsection 4.3(3)(a), we advise that the Company’s auditor has not performed a review of these condensed interim consolidated financial statements.

 

 

ORLA MINING LTD.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

   March 31   December 31 
As at  2019   2018 
ASSETS          
Current assets          
Cash  $9,656   $16,686 
Accounts receivable   224    385 
Prepaid expenses   163    206 
    10,043    17,277 
Restricted cash and reclamation deposits   530    205 
Value added taxes recoverable   1,049    849 
Equipment (note 6)   297    344 
Exploration and evaluation assets (note 5)   166,648    169,282 
TOTAL ASSETS  $178,567   $187,957 
           
LIABILITIES          
Current liabilities          
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (note 7)  $2,596   $3,659 
    2,596    3,659 
Newmont loan (note 8)   9,021    6,103 
Site closure provisions   734    745 
TOTAL LIABILITIES   12,351    10,507 
           
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY          
Share capital   201,291    201,077 
Reserves   27,063    25,960 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss   2,286    4,797 
Accumulated deficit   (64,424)   (54,384)
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY   166,216    177,450 
           
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY  $178,567   $187,957 

 

Nature and continuance of operations (note 1)

 

Authorized for issuance by the Board of Directors on May 9, 2019.

 

  /s/ David Stephens     /s/ Jason Simpson
David Stephens, Director   Jason Simpson, Director

 

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

 

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ORLA MINING LTD.

Consolidated Statements of Loss

(Thousands of Canadian dollars, except per-share amounts)

 

   Three months ended March 31 
   2019   2018 
       restated note 4 
EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION EXPENSES (note 5)          
Assays and analysis  $111   $182 
Drilling   683    311 
Geological   847    1,114 
Engineering   909    57 
Environmental   192    31 
Community and government   245    312 
Land and water use, claims and concessions   3,067    1,817 
Project management   44    43 
Project review   56    21 
Site activities   777    803 
Site administration   572    582 
    7,503    5,273 
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES          
Office and administrative   217    108 
Professional fees   125    136 
Regulatory and transfer agent   41    40 
Salaries and benefits   550    234 
    933    518 
           
OTHER EXPENSES (INCOME)          
Depreciation   39    36 
Share based payments (note 10)   1,253    796 
Interest income   (62)   (86)
Change in fair value of Newmont loan (note 8)   357     
Foreign exchange loss (gain)   13    (6)
Other   4    65 
    1,604    805 
           
LOSS FOR THE PERIOD  $10,040   $6,596 
           
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding (millions)   179.5    169.6 
           
Loss per share - basic and diluted  $0.06   $0.04 

 

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

 

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ORLA MINING LTD.

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss

(Thousands of Canadian dollars, except per-share amounts)

 

   Three months ended March 31 
   2019   2018 
       restated, note 4 
LOSS FOR THE PERIOD  $10,040   $6,596 
           
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (INCOME)          
Items that may in future periods be reclassified to profit or loss          
Foreign currency differences arising on translation of foreign operations   2,511    (6,064)
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE LOSS  $12,551   $532 

 

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

 

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ORLA MINING LTD.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

   Three months ended March 31 
Cash flows provided by (used in):  2019   2018 
       restated, note 4 
OPERATING ACTIVITIES          
Net income (loss) for the period  $(10,040)  $(6,596)
Adjustments for items not affecting cash:          
Depreciation   39    36 
Share based compensation   1,253    796 
Loan proceeds received in excess of fair value, credited to exploration expense (note 8)   (950)    
Change in fair value of Newmont loan   357    62 
Changes in non-cash working capital:          
Accounts receivable   152    (15)
Prepaid expenses   41    181 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities   (1,047)   547 
Cash used in operating activities   (10,195)   (4,991)
           
FINANCING ACTIVITIES          
Proceeds on issuance of common shares, net of issuance costs       29,035 
Advances received on the Newmont loan (note 8)   3,556    3,917 
Cash provided by financing activities   3,556    32,952 
           
INVESTING ACTIVITIES          
Expenditures on exploration and evaluation assets       (1,819)
Purchase of equipment       (20)
Restricted cash and reclamation deposits funded   (328)    
Value added taxes paid, not immediately recoverable   (206)   (64)
Cash used in investing activities   (534)   (1,903)
           
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash   143    203 
           
Net increase (decrease) in cash   (7,030)   26,261 
Cash, beginning of year   16,686    6,142 
Cash, end of period  $9,656   $32,403 
           
Cash consist of:          
Bank current accounts and cash on hand  $9,527   $32,380 
Short term highly liquid investments   129    23 
Cash  $9,656   $32,403 

 

Supplemental cash flow information (note 12)

 

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ORLA MINING LTD.

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

(Thousands of Canadian dollars)

 

   Common shares  Reserves          
   Number
of
shares (thousands)
  Amount  Warrants  Options  RSUs, DSUs, and
Bonus
shares
  Total  Accumulated
Other Comprehensive Income
  Retained earnings  Total 
Balances at January 1, 2018, as previously stated   160,441  $174,436  $14,114  $4,944  $118  $19,176  $(8,840) $(14,984) $169,788 
Effect of change in accounting policy                     183   (9,487)  (9,304)
Balances at January 1, 2018, restated   160,441   174,436  $14,114  $4,944  $118  $19,176  $(8,657) $(24,471) $160,484 
Private placement   17,581   27,803   2,964         2,964         30,767 
Shares issued for debt settlement   148   207                     207 
Share issue costs      (1,777)                    (1,777)
Exercise of warrants   388   64   (18)        (18)        46 
Share based payments            741   55   796         796 
Loss for the period                        (6,596)  (6,596)
Other comprehensive income                     6,064      6,064 
Balance at March 31, 2018   178,558  $200,733  $17,060  $5,685  $173  $22,918  $(2,593) $(31,067) $189,991 
                                      
Balance at January 1, 2019   179,315  $201,077  $17,026  $8,020  $914  $25,960  $4,797  $(54,384) $177,450 
Shares issued for Monitor agreement   59   64                     64 
Redemptions of RSUs   120   150         (150)  (150)         
Share based payments            785   468   1,253         1,253 
Loss for the year                        (10,040)  (10,040)
Other comprehensive loss                     (2,511)     (2,511)
Balance at March 31, 2019   179,494  $201,291  $17,026  $8,805  $1,232  $27,063  $2,286  $(64,424) $166,216 

 

For details of the change in accounting policy during 2018, refer to note 3 of the audited consolidated financial statements as at and for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.

 

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

 

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ORLA MINING LTD.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

(Canadian dollars, unless otherwise stated. All currency figures in tables are in thousands, except per-share amounts)

 

1.CORPORATE INFORMATION AND CONTINUANCE OF OPERATIONS

 

Orla Mining Ltd. was incorporated in Alberta in 2007 and has been continued as a federal company under the Canada Business Corporations Act since 2016. The “Company”, “Orla”, “we”, and “our” refer to Orla Mining Ltd. and its subsidiaries. The registered office of the Company is located at Suite 202, 595 Howe Street, Vancouver, Canada.

 

The Company is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties, and holds two material gold projects – the Camino Rojo gold and silver project in Zacatecas State, Mexico, and the Cerro Quema gold project in Panama.

 

These unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the assumption that the Company will continue as a going concern, meaning it will continue in operation for the foreseeable future and will be able to realize assets and discharge liabilities in the ordinary course of operations. Different bases of measurement may be appropriate if the Company is not expected to continue operations for the foreseeable future. As at March 31, 2019, the Company had not advanced any of its properties to commercial production and was not able to fund day-to-day activities through operations. The Company’s continuation as a going concern is dependent upon successful results from our mineral exploration activities and our ability to attain profitable operations and generate cash or raise equity capital or borrowings sufficient to meet current and future obligations. We expect to fund operating costs of the Company over the next twelve months with cash on hand and with further equity or debt financings.

 

2.BASIS OF PREPARATION

 

These condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 «Interim Financial Reporting» and do not include all the information required for full annual financial statements.

 

The Board of Directors approved these condensed interim consolidated financial statements for issue, on May 9, 2019.

 

The preparation of consolidated financial statements requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income and expenses. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

 

These condensed interim consolidated financial statements are presented in Canadian dollars and include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated upon consolidation.

 

3.SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

We applied the same accounting policies in these condensed interim consolidated financial statements as those applied in the Company’s annual audited consolidated financial statements as at and for the year ended December 31, 2018.

 

In preparing these condensed interim consolidated financial statements, the significant judgements we made in applying the Company’s accounting policies and the key sources of estimation uncertainty were the same as those that applied to the annual consolidated financial statements as at and for the year ended December 31, 2018.

 

You should read these condensed interim consolidated financial statements in conjunction with the Company’s annual audited consolidated financial statements as at and for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.

 

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ORLA MINING LTD.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

(Canadian dollars, unless otherwise stated. All currency figures in tables are in thousands, except per-share amounts)

 

4.CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICIES DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 WHICH EFFECT THE COMPARATIVE FIGURES

 

During the year ended December 31, 2018, we changed certain of our accounting policies. Consequently, we restated the figures presented for the comparative period (namely, the three months ended March 31, 2018). A discussion of the quantitative changes respecting the three months ended March 31, 2018 are presented in this note below. For a qualitative discussion of these changes in accounting policies we refer you to note 3(a) of our annual audited consolidated financial statements as at and for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.

 

(i)Exploration and evaluation (“E&E”) expenditures

 

The Company’s previous accounting policy was to capitalize exploration and evaluation expenditures. In preparation for the possible construction and operation of our mineral projects, we updated our policy with respect to such expenditures. The new policy is to expense such expenditures as incurred.

 

(ii)Site-related administrative costs

 

The Company’s previous accounting policy was to include site-related administrative costs, professional fees, rent, administrative salaries, and travel within “general and administrative expenses”. The new policy is to present these costs within exploration expenditures.

 

(iii)Site-related VAT recoverable amounts

 

The Company’s previous accounting policy was to include site-related value-added taxes (“VAT”) recoverable, such as Mexican IVA, within “exploration and evaluation assets”. The new policy is to present these amounts as receivables, with appropriate current and long term classification. The IVA paid upon the initial acquisition of the Camino Rojo Project continues to be carried as part of acquisition costs.

 

(iv)Corporate administrative costs

 

As a result of the reclassifications in note (ii) above, corporate “rent”, “public and community relations”, and “travel” were not material. Consequently, we grouped them within “office and administrative” expenses.

 

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ORLA MINING LTD.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

(Canadian dollars, unless otherwise stated. All currency figures in tables are in thousands, except per-share amounts)

 

(v)Effects of these changes in accounting policies

 

The effects of the above changes on the results of operations and cash flows are presented here:

 

   Three months
ended
March 31, 2018
 
Effect on income statement of changes in accounting policies     
Exploration and evaluation expenses (“E&E”):     
As originally presented  $5 
E&E charged to expenses, note (i)   5,268 
As restated  $5,273 
      
Office and administration expenses:     
As originally presented  $167 
Site-related adminstrative costs reclassified to E&E, note (ii)   (114)
Corporate public and community relations reclassifed to office and administrative (note (iv))   24 
Corporate rent reclassifed to office and administrative (note (iv))   9 
Corporate travel reclassifed to office and administrative (note (iv))   22 
As restated  $108 
      
Professional fees:     
As originally presented  $203 
Site-related professional fees reclassified to E&E, note (ii)   (67)
As restated  $136 
      
Public and community relations:     
As originally presented  $125 
Site-related public and community relations costs reclassified to E&E, note (ii)   (101)
Corporate public and community relations reclassifed to office and administrative (note (iv))   (24)
As restated  $ 
      
Rent:     
As originally presented  $24 
Site-related rent reclassified to E&E, note (ii)   (15)
Corporate rent reclassifed to office and administrative (note (iv))   (9)
As restated  $ 
      
Salaries and benefits:     
Originally presented as management and directors’ fees  $219 
Originally presented as salaries and benefits   181 
As originally presented, combined   400 
Site-related salaries and benefits reclassified to E&E, note (ii)   (166)
As restated  $234 
      
Travel:     
As originally presented  $61 
Site-related travel reclassified to E&E, note (ii)   (39)
Corporate travel reclassifed to office and administrative (note (iv))   (22)
As restated  $ 

 

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ORLA MINING LTD.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

(Canadian dollars, unless otherwise stated. All currency figures in tables are in thousands, except per-share amounts)

 

    Three months
ended
March 31, 2018
 
Effect on cash flow statement of changes in accounting policies     
      
Cash used in operating activities:     
As originally presented  $(225)
Site-related adminstrative costs, professional fees, rent, administrative salaries, and travel reclassified to E&E, note (ii)   502 
E&E charged to expenses, note (i)   (5,298)
Depreciation included in E&E   30 
As restated  $(4,991)
      
Cash used in investing activities:     
As originally presented  $(6,670)
Site-related adminstrative costs, professional fees, rent, administrative salaries, and travel reclassified to E&E, note (ii)   (502)
E&E charged to expenses, excluding depreciation of $30, note (i)   5,269 
As restated  $(1,903)

 

There were no changes in cash flows provided by financing activities.

 

5.EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION

 

The Company’s exploration and evaluation projects consist of the Camino Rojo Project, the Cerro Quema Project, and the Monitor Gold Project.

 

(a)Camino Rojo Project

 

The Camino Rojo Project lies 190 km NE of the city of Zacatecas, 48 km S-SW of the town of Concepcion del Oro, and 54 km S-SE of Newmont Goldcorp Corporation’s (“Newmont”) Peñasquito Mine and consists of eight concessions covering in aggregate 205,936 hectares. As currently understood, Camino Rojo is comprised of a near-surface oxide gold and silver deposit, a deeper sulphide zone containing gold, silver, zinc and lead mineralization, and a large area with exploration potential.

 

In November 2017, we acquired the Camino Rojo Project, a gold and silver oxide heap leach project located in Zacatecas State, Mexico, from Goldcorp Inc. (a predecessor company to Newmont) by:

 

·issuing 31,860,141 common shares of Orla,

 

·granting a 2% net smelter royalty (the “Royalty”) on the sale of all metal production from Camino Rojo, and

 

·paying certain obligations, including Mexican value-added taxes, of approximately $4,923,000.

 

In addition, the Company and Goldcorp (now, Newmont) entered into an option agreement regarding the potential development of sulphide operations at Camino Rojo. Pursuant to the option agreement, Newmont will, subject to the applicable sulphide project meeting certain thresholds, have an option to acquire a 60% or 70% interest in the applicable sulphide project. The Royalty excludes revenue on the sale of metals produced from a sulphide project where Newmont has exercised its Sulphide Option.

 

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ORLA MINING LTD.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

(Canadian dollars, unless otherwise stated. All currency figures in tables are in thousands, except per-share amounts)

 

We maintain a right of first refusal on the sale if Newmont elects to sell the Royalty, in whole or in part.

 

(b)Cerro Quema Project

 

The Cerro Quema Project is located on the Azuero Peninsula in Los Santos Province, in south western Panama, about 45 kilometres southwest of the city of Chitre and about 190 kilometres southwest of Panama City. The project is at the exploration and development stage for a proposed open-pit mine with process by heap leaching.

 

In December 2016, we acquired 100% of the Cerro Quema Project by acquiring Pershimco Resources Inc. through the issuance of a combination of Orla common shares and warrants, and the assumption of Pershimco’s long term debt, which we subsequently paid off. We own the mineral rights as well as the surface rights over the current mineral resource areas, proposed mine development areas, and priority drill target areas.

 

The original 20-year terms for these concessions expired in February and March of 2017. The Company has applied for the prescribed ten year extension to these concessions as it is entitled to under Panamanian mineral law. In March 2017, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry provided written confirmation to the Company that the extension applications had been received and that exploration work could continue while the Company awaits renewal of the concessions. As of the date of these financial statements, final concession renewals have not been received. However, we continue to receive ongoing drilling, water use, environmental and other permits, and have paid concession taxes, in the normal course.

 

(c)Monitor Gold Project

 

The Monitor Gold Project consists of three separate option agreements consisting of 422 claims covering 3,416 hectares in Nye County, Nevada, USA.

 

To maintain the options, minimum payments and work commitments are required for each year to 2038. In 2019, these consist of US$50,000 in share issuances (completed in January 2019), US$20,000 in advance royalty payments (completed in March 2019)), and US$30,000 in work commitments. For 2020, these payments and work commitments consist of US$40,000 in advance royalty payments, and US$75,000 in work commitments.

 

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ORLA MINING LTD.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

(Canadian dollars, unless otherwise stated. All currency figures in tables are in thousands, except per-share amounts)

 

(d)Exploration and evaluation assets

 

Capitalized initial acquisition costs of our active mineral properties are as follows:

 

   Camino
Rojo
   Cerro
Quema
   Monitor
Gold
   Other   Total 
Acquisition costs at historical rates                    
At December 31, 2018  $54,258   $109,474   $407   $   $164,139 
Additions                    
At March 31, 2019  $54,258   $109,474   $407   $   $164,139 
                          
Accumulated foreign exchange on translation                         
At December 31, 2018  $2,145   $2,976   $22   $   $5,143 
Due to changes in exchange rates   (325)   (2,300)   (9)       (2,634)
At March 31, 2019  $1,820   $676   $13   $   $2,509 
                          
Acquisition costs                         
At December 31, 2018  $56,403   $112,450   $429   $   $169,282 
At March 31, 2019  $56,078   $110,150   $420   $   $166,648 

 

(e)Exploration and evaluation expense

 

Three months ended March 31, 2019  Camino
Rojo
   Cerro
Quema
   Monitor
Gold
   Other   Total 
Assays and analysis  $80   $31   $   $   $111 
Drilling   683                683 
Geological   369    369    5        743 
Engineering   909                909 
Environmental   192                192 
Community and government   118    127            245 
Land, water use, and claims   2,963    2    102        3,067 
Project management   44                44 
Project review               106    106 
Site activities   309    468            777 
Site administration   217    409            626 
   $5,884   $1,406   $107   $106   $7,503 

 

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ORLA MINING LTD.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

(Canadian dollars, unless otherwise stated. All currency figures in tables are in thousands, except per-share amounts)

 

Three months ended March 31, 2018 
(restated)
  Camino
Rojo
   Cerro
Quema
   Monitor
Gold
   Other   Total 
Assays and analysis  $91   $91   $   $   $182 
Drilling       311            311 
Geological and geophysical   210    880    24        1,114 
Engineering   57                57 
Environmental   31                31 
Community and government   36    276            312 
Land, water use, and claims   1,817                1,817 
Project management   43                43 
Project review               21    21 
Site activities   331    472            803 
Site administration   59    523            582 
   $2,675   $2,553   $24   $21   $5,273 

 

6.EQUIPMENT

 

   Equipment   Office
equipment
   Computer
equipment
   Vehicles   Total 
Cost                         
At December 31, 2018  $427   $44   $185   $29   $685 
Additions (disposals)   5    2    (11)       (4)
Effect of movements in exchange rates   (6)   (1)   (2)   (1)   (10)
At March 31, 2019  $426   $45   $172   $28   $671 
                          
Accumulated depreciation                         
At December 31, 2018  $207   $17   $101   $16   $341 
Charged in the year   23    1    12    3    39 
Effect of movements in exchange rates   (4)       (2)       (6)
At March 31, 2019  $226   $18   $111   $19   $374 
                          
Net book value                         
At December 31, 2018  $220   $27   $84   $13   $344 
At March 31, 2019  $200   $27   $61   $9   $297 

 

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ORLA MINING LTD.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

(Canadian dollars, unless otherwise stated. All currency figures in tables are in thousands, except per-share amounts)

 

7.ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES

 

   March 31,
2019
   December 31,
2018
 
Trade payables  $755   $1,341 
Payroll related liabilities   285    402 
Accrued liabilities   1,556    1,916 
   $2,596   $3,659 

 

8.NEWMONT LOAN

 

   Three months ended March 31, 2019 
   Mexican
pesos
 (thousands)
   Mexican
pesos
(thousands)
   Canadian
dollars
(thousands)
 
   Undiscounted   Discounted     
At December 31, 2018   121,865    87,917   $6,103 
Advances received   51,357    37,634    3,569 
Advances received in excess of fair value, credited to exploration expense           (963)
Change in fair value during the period       5,152    357 
Foreign exchange           (45)
At March 31, 2019   173,222    130,703   $9,021 

 

9.SHARE CAPITAL

 

Issued share capital

 

On January 15, 2019, the Company issued 120,000 common shares of the Company in settlement of restricted share units which had vested.

 

On January 28, 2019, the Company issued 58,895 common shares pursuant to the Monitor agreements (note 5(c)).

 

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ORLA MINING LTD.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

(Canadian dollars, unless otherwise stated. All currency figures in tables are in thousands, except per-share amounts)

 

10.SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS

 

The Company has four different forms of share-based payments for eligible recipients – stock options, restricted share units (“RSUs”), deferred share units (“DSUs”), and bonus shares.

 

Share based payments expense  Three months ended
March 31
 
   2019   2018 
Stock options (note 10(a))  $785   $741 
Restricted share units (note 10(b))   50     
Deferred share units (note 10(c))   254     
Bonus shares (note 10(d))   164    55 
Share based payments expense  $1,253   $796 

 

(a)Stock options

 

Stock options outstanding  Number   Weighted
average
exercise price
 
As at January 1, 2018   6,276,748   $1.13 
Granted   3,841,505    1.26 
Exercised   (657,000)   0.21 
Expired or cancelled   (337,248)   1.77 
As at December 31, 2018   9,124,005    1.23 
Granted   1,978,660    1.06 
As at March 31, 2019   11,102,665   $1.20 
           
Vested, December 31, 2018   5,426,005   $1.17 
Vested, March 31, 2019   6,085,558   $1.16 

 

The options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2019 had an aggregate grant date fair value of $932,000 which was determined using a Black Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:

 

·expected volatility 50%, expected life 5 years, Canadian dollar risk free interest rate 1.5%, dividends nil.

 

The options granted during the year ended December 31, 2018 had an aggregate grant date fair value of $2,202,000 which was determined using a Black Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:

 

·expected volatility 50%, expected life 5 years, Canadian dollar risk free interest rate 2.1%, dividends nil.

 

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ORLA MINING LTD.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

(Canadian dollars, unless otherwise stated. All currency figures in tables are in thousands, except per-share amounts)

 

(b)Restricted Share Units (“RSUs”)

 

RSUs outstanding:      Number vesting or settling in the year 
   Number   2019   2020   2021   2022 
Outstanding, January 1, 2019   368,000    202,666    82,667    82,667     
Settled   (120,000)   (120,000)            
Awarded   849,639        283,214    283,214    283,211 
Outstanding, March 31, 2019   1,097,639    82,666    365,881    365,881    283,211 

 

On January 15, 2019, we issued 120,000 common shares in settlement of 120,000 RSU’s which had vested.

 

(c)Deferred Share Units (“DSUs”)

 

DSUs outstanding:    
   Number 
Outstanding, January 1, 2018    
Awarded   180,000 
Outstanding, December 31, 2018   180,000 
Awarded   240,566 
Outstanding, March 31, 2019   420,566 

 

(d)Bonus shares

 

During 2017, the Board of Directors awarded 500,000 common shares to the non-executive Chairman of the Company as bonus shares. The bonus shares are subject to a vesting period from June 19, 2017 to June 18, 2020 (the “Eligibility Period”). If the non-executive Chairman ceases to be the director of the Company before the Eligibility Period ends, the bonus shares will be forfeited. The bonus shares will become issuable (1) after the Eligibility Period on the date that the non-executive Chairman ceases to act as a director of the Company, or (2) upon a change of control of the Company.

 

We estimated the fair value of the bonus shares ($1.31 each) based on the market price of the common shares at the date of Board approval. Accordingly, the amount of $655,000 is being recognized on a straight-line basis over the Eligibility Period.

 

On November 13, 2018, the Board of Directors awarded 1,000,000 bonus shares to the incoming Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The bonus shares vest in four tranches of 250,000 bonus shares each, issuable upon the achievement of certain share price thresholds particular to each tranche. We estimated that these market condition tranches will vest in various periods from December 2019 to March 2022, and consequently, the award date fair value ($537,000, or $0.537 per bonus share) is being recognized over these periods.

 

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ORLA MINING LTD.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

(Canadian dollars, unless otherwise stated. All currency figures in tables are in thousands, except per-share amounts)

 

11.RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

The Company’s related parties include:

 

Related party Nature of the relationship
Key management personnel (“KMP”) Key management personnel are the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, and members of the Board of Directors of the Company.
   
Quantum Advisory Partners LLP (“Quantum”)

Registered limited liability partnership, of which Paul Robertson, the former Chief Financial Officer of the Company, is an incorporated partner.

 

The Company did not employ Mr. Robertson directly, and he provided services as Chief Financial Officer pursuant to a professional services agreement with Quantum.

 

Besides providing the services of Mr. Robertson, Quantum provided bookkeeping and accounting services to the Company at agreed monthly quantities and rates, with additional charges for excess usage. Pricing is at normal commercial terms, with prices negotiated annually.

 

Quantum ceased to be a related party on April 30, 2018.

 

(a)Key Management Personnel

 

Compensation to key management personnel was as follows:

 

   Three months ended March 31 
   2019   2018 
Short term incentive plans          
Salaries, management services, and consulting fees  $231   $176 
Directors’ fees   41    43 
    272    219 
Share based payments   1,009    615 
Total  $1,281   $834 

 

The Company is committed to making severance payments amounting to approximately $3,300,000 (December 31, 2018 – $3,225,000) to certain officers and management in the event of a change in control. As the likelihood of these events taking place is not determinable, we have not reflected such amounts in these financial statements.

 

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ORLA MINING LTD.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

(Canadian dollars, unless otherwise stated. All currency figures in tables are in thousands, except per-share amounts)

 

(b)Transactions

 

The following related party transactions are included in compensation to key management personnel, above.

 

   Three months ended March 31 
   2019   2018 
Quantum Advisory Partners LLP – management services  $   $52 

 

The Company had no other material transactions with related parties other than key management personnel during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018.

 

(c)Outstanding balances at the Reporting Date

 

At March 31, 2019, estimated accrued short term incentive compensation totaled $500,000 and was included in accrued liabilities (December 31, 2017 – $324,000). Such amounts are not legally enforceable liabilities until actually resolved by the Board to be paid.

 

Subsequent to the reporting period, $292,000 in respect of these amounts was paid to KMPs.

 

12.SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION

 

The non-cash investing and financing activities of the Company include the following:

 

   Three months ended March 31 
   2019   2018 
Shares issued for debt settlement  $   $207 
Reclassification from reserves to share capital upon exercise of options       18 
           

 

13.SEGMENT INFORMATION

 

(a)Reportable segments

 

The operating segments of the Company are based on the reports which are reviewed by the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) in making strategic resource allocation decisions. These operating segments are the Panamanian projects, the Mexican projects, and the corporate office. The projects are each managed by a dedicated General Manager and management team. Additionally, the corporate office oversees the plans and activities of early stage exploration projects, such as the Monitor Gold project.

 

None of these segments as yet generate revenue from external customers, and each of the projects are focused on the exploration and evaluation of mineral properties.

 

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ORLA MINING LTD.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

(Canadian dollars, unless otherwise stated. All currency figures in tables are in thousands, except per-share amounts)

 

(b)Geographic segments

 

We conduct our activities in four geographic areas: Mexico, Panama, the United States, and Canada.

 

   Mexico   Panama   USA   Canada   Total 
At March 31, 2019                         
Restricted cash  $   $530   $   $   $530 
Equipment   188    92        17    297 
Exploration and evaluation assets   56,078    110,150    420        166,648 
                          
At December 31, 2018                         
Restricted cash  $   $205   $   $   $205 
Equipment   193    117        34    344 
Exploration and evaluation assets   56,403    112,450    429        169,282 

 

   Mexico   Panama   USA   Canada   Total 
Three months ended March 31, 2019                         
Exploration expense  $5,884   $1,406   $107   $106   $7,503 
                          
Three months ended March 31, 2018                         
Exploration expense  $2,675   $2,553   $24   $21   $5,273 

 

14.CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

 

Our objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern in order to pursue the exploration and evaluation of our mineral properties and to maintain a flexible capital structure. In the management of capital, we include long term loans and share capital.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2019, we included long term loans in our policy for capital management, as they did not exist in prior years. Other than that inclusion, there were no changes to our policy for capital management during the year.

 

We manage our capital structure and make adjustments to it in light of changes in economic conditions and the risk characteristics of the underlying assets. To maintain or adjust the Company’s capital structure, we may issue new shares, acquire or dispose of assets, or adjust the amount of cash and short-term investments. In order to maximize ongoing development efforts, we do not currently pay dividends. The Company and its subsidiaries are not subject to any externally imposed capital requirements.

 

Loan advances from Newmont are used within a few weeks of receipt to pay land holding costs pursuant to the loan agreement governing these advances.

 

Our investment policy is to invest the Company’s excess cash in low risk financial instruments such as term deposits and higher yield savings accounts with major Canadian banks. By using this strategy, the Company preserves its cash resources and is able to marginally increase these resources through the yields on these investments. Our financial instruments are exposed to certain financial risks, which include currency risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and interest rate risk.

 

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ORLA MINING LTD.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

(Canadian dollars, unless otherwise stated. All currency figures in tables are in thousands, except per-share amounts)

 

Our ability to carry out our long range strategic objectives in future years depends on our ability to raise financing from lenders, shareholders and other investors. We continue to regularly review and consider financing alternatives to fund the Company’s ongoing exploration and development activities.

 

15.FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

(a)Fair value hierarchy

 

To provide an indication of the reliability of the inputs used in determining fair value, we classify our financial instruments into the three levels prescribed by the accounting standards.

 

Level 1The fair value of financial instruments traded in active markets (such as publicly traded equity securities) is based on quoted (unadjusted) market prices as at the reporting date. The quoted market price used for financial assets held by the Company is the closing trading price on the reporting date. Such instruments are included in Level 1.

 

Level 2The fair value of financial instruments that are not traded in an active market is determined using valuation techniques. These valuation techniques maximize the use of observable market data where it is available and rely as little as possible on entity specific estimates. If all significant inputs required to fair value an instrument are observable, we include that instrument in Level 2.

 

Level 3If one or more of the significant inputs is not based on observable market data, the instrument is included in Level 3. We have no financial assets or liabilities included in Level 3 of the hierarchy.

 

At March 31, 2019, the carrying values and fair values of our financial instruments by category were as follows:

 

          Fair value 
   Classification  Carrying
value
   Quoted
prices in
active market
for identical
assets
(Level 1)
   Significant
other
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
   Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
   Fair value 
Financial assets                            
Cash  FVTPL  $9,656   $9,656   $   $        —   $9,656 
Restricted cash  FVTPL   329    329            329 
Accounts receivable  Amortized cost   153        153        153 
Reclamation deposits  Amortized cost   200        200        200 
      $10,338    9,985   $353   $   $10,338 
                             
Financial liabilities                            
Trade payables  Amortized cost  $734   $   $734   $   $734 
Newmont loan  FVTPL   9,021        9,021        9,021 
      $9,755   $   $9,755   $   $9,755 

 

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ORLA MINING LTD.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

(Canadian dollars, unless otherwise stated. All currency figures in tables are in thousands, except per-share amounts)

 

At December 31, 2018, the carrying values and fair values of our financial instruments by category were as follows:

 

          Fair value 
   Classification  Carrying
value
   Quoted
prices in
active market
for identical
assets
(Level 1)
   Significant
other
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
   Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
   Fair value 
Financial assets                            
Cash  FVTPL  $16,686   $16,686   $   $        —   $16,686 
Accounts receivable  Amortized cost   385        385        385 
Reclamation deposits  Amortized cost   205        205        205 
      $17,276    16,686   $590   $   $17,276 
                             
Financial liabilities                            
Trade payables  Amortized cost  $1,341   $   $1,341   $   $1,341 
Newmont loan  FVTPL   6,103        6,103        6,103 
      $7,444   $   $7,444   $   $7,444 

 

Our policy is to recognize transfers into and transfers out of fair value hierarchy levels as at the end of the reporting period. As at March 31, 2019, we had no financial assets or financial liabilities which we measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis.

 

(b)Financial Risk Management

 

(i)Credit risk

 

Credit risk is the risk of an unexpected loss if a customer or third party to financial instruments fails to meet its contractual obligations. The Company’s exposure to credit risk is limited to cash and reclamation deposits.

 

Our cash is held at large Canadian financial institutions in interest bearing accounts. Our reclamation deposits are held with large banks in the countries where they have been lodged. We believe that the credit risk related to our cash and reclamation deposits is negligible.

 

The Company’s maximum exposure to credit risk is the carrying value of cash and reclamation deposits.

 

(ii)Liquidity risk

 

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will encounter difficulty in meeting obligations associated with its financial liabilities.

 

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ORLA MINING LTD.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

(Canadian dollars, unless otherwise stated. All currency figures in tables are in thousands, except per-share amounts)

 

At March 31, 2019, our financial liabilities had expected maturity dates as follows:

 

   Fair value   Less than
3 months
   Between
3 months and
1 year
   Between
1 year and
3 years
   More than
3 years
 
Financial liabilities                         
Trade payables  $734   $734   $   $   $ 
Newmont loan   9,021            9,021     
   $9,755   $734   $   $9,021   $ 

 

We manage liquidity by anticipating and maintaining adequate cash balances to meet liabilities as they become due. We review cash forecasts on a regular basis to determine whether the Company will have sufficient cash to meet future working capital needs.

 

(iii)Market risk

 

Market risk is the risk that the fair value of the Company’s financial instruments will fluctuate due to changes in market prices. The significant market risks to which the Company’s financial instruments are exposed are currency risk and interest rate risk.

 

(A)Currency risk

 

The Company is exposed to currency risk to the extent that monetary assets and liabilities held by the Company are not denominated in Canadian dollars. We have not entered into any foreign currency contracts or similar arrangements to mitigate this risk.

 

Our financial instruments are held in Canadian dollars (“CAD”), US dollars (“USD”), and Mexican pesos (“MXN”). As such, our US- and Mexican-currency accounts and balances are subject to fluctuation against the Canadian dollar. Our financial instruments were denominated in the following currencies as at March 31, 2019:

 

   Canadian
dollars
(thousands)
   US dollars
(thousands)
   Mexican pesos
(thousands)
 
Cash  $8,148   $1,012   $2,255 
Restricted cash       246     
Accounts receivable       100    274 
Reclamation deposits       150     
Trade payables   (596)   (30)   (1,434)
Newmont loan           (130,703)
Total foreign currency   7,552    1,478    (129,608)
Exchange rate   1.0000    1.3363    0.0690 
Equivalent Canadian dollars  $7,552   $1,975   $(8,946)

 

Based on the above net exposures as at March 31, 2019, and assuming that all other variables remain constant:

 

·a 10% appreciation of the US dollar against the Canadian dollar would decrease loss by $54,000 and
·a 10% appreciation of the Mexican peso against the Canadian dollar would increase loss by $1,434,000.

 

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ORLA MINING LTD.

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018

(Canadian dollars, unless otherwise stated. All currency figures in tables are in thousands, except per-share amounts)

 

(B)Interest rate risk

 

Interest rate risk is the risk that the fair value or the future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market interest rates. Our cash and our reclamation deposits are held mainly in saving accounts and term deposits and therefore there is currently minimal interest rate risk. Because of the short-term nature of these financial instruments, fluctuations in market rates do not have a significant impact on estimated fair values compared to carrying value.

 

The Company’s interest rate risk arises principally from the changes in interest rates related to term deposits where our cash and reclamation deposits are held. A one percent change increase in interest rates would result in a decrease of approximately $32,000 to the Company’s loss for the three months ended March 31, 2019.

 

The fair value of the Newmont loan is subject to interest rate risk as it is marked to market at each reporting date. The fair value would have decreased by $155,000 had interest rates been 1% higher.

 

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