Lion Copper & Gold (OTCQB: LCGMF) highlights 2025 gain but flags going concern risk
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Lion Copper and Gold Corp. files an amended annual report to correct the audit report date while reaffirming its 2025 consolidated financial statements. Total assets were $29.5 million, including cash of $2.4 million, and total liabilities were $6.1 million as of December 31, 2025.
The company reported net income of $4.4 million for 2025, driven mainly by a $26.4 million non‑cash gain on deconsolidation of Falcon Copper Corp., offsetting an operating loss of $16.7 million. Basic earnings per share were $0.04 on a weighted average of about 412 million shares.
LCG remains a pre‑revenue copper explorer with an accumulated deficit of $115.8 million and a working capital deficiency of $3.2 million as of year‑end. Management and the auditor highlight substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue as a going concern, given ongoing cash needs and convertible debt obligations.
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Amended filing confirms 2025 numbers but going concern risk remains high.
Lion Copper and Gold corrected only the audit report date, leaving 2025 results unchanged. The company posted $4.4 million in net income, largely from a non‑cash $26.4 million gain on deconsolidating Falcon Copper Corp., rather than from operations.
Core operations remained loss‑making, with a $16.7 million operating loss and cash used in operating activities of $13.2 million. The balance sheet shows $2.4 million in cash against a working capital deficiency of about $3.2 million as of December 31, 2025.
Both management and the auditor emphasize a material uncertainty related to going concern due to the lack of revenue and the need to service convertible debentures and maintain mineral properties. Future updates on Nuton earn‑in funding and refinancing of $2.1 million of debentures maturing in 2026 will be important for assessing liquidity.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
In addition, pursuant to Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as a result of filing this Amended Report, the Company is refiling the certifications of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer required pursuant to Section 302 and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2022.
PART II
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
Our consolidated Financial Statements for the years ended December 31 2025 and 2024 and the notes thereto are attached to this Amended Report following the signature page.
PART IV
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SCHEDULES
Exhibits
The following table sets out the exhibits filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference.
| Exhibit | Description |
| 3.1(1) | Certificate of Incorporation and Certificates of Change of Name |
| 3.2(2) | Notice of Articles dated July 29, 2025 |
| 3.3(3) | Articles dated June 21, 2018 |
| 4.1(4) | Description of Capital Stock |
| 10.1(5) | 2024 20% Rolling Stock Option Plan |
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| 10.2(6) | Management Contract with John Banning |
| 10.3(5) | Management Contract with Steven Dischler |
| 14.1(5) | Code of Business Conduct and Ethics |
| 19.1(1) | Insider Trading Policy |
| 21.1(8) | List of Subsidiaries |
| 23.1* | Consent of MNP LLP |
| 23.2(8) | Consent of AGP Mining Consultants, Inc. |
| 23.3(8) | Consent of Samuel Engineering Inc. |
| 23.4(8) | Consent of Samuel Engineering Inc. |
| 23.5(8) | Consent of NewFields Mining Design & Technical Services, LLC |
| 23.6(8) | Consent of T. Maunula & Associates Consulting Inc. |
| 23.7(8) | Consent of Independent Mining Consultants, Inc. |
| 23.8(8) | Consent of GSI Environmental Inc. |
| 31.1* | Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of the Principal Executive Officer |
| 31.2* | Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of the Principal Financial Officer |
| 32.1* | Section 1350 Certification of the Principal Executive Officer |
| 32.2* | Section 1350 Certification of the Principal Financial Officer |
| 96.1(7) | Technical Report Summary - Yerington Project dated May 31, 2025 |
| 101.INS* | Inline XBRL Instance Document |
| 101.SCH* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. |
| 101.CAL* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. |
| 101.DEF* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. |
| 101.LAB* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document. |
| 101.PRE* | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. |
| 104* | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101). |
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* Filed herewith.
(1) Previously filed as exhibit to the Form 10-K filed March 31, 2023 and incorporated herein by reference.
(2) Previously filed as exhibit to the Form 10-Q filed August 14, 2025 and incorporated herein by reference.
(3) Previously filed as exhibit to the Form 20-F filed April 30, 2020 and incorporated herein by reference.
(4) Previously disclosed in Item 1 of the Form 8-A filed February 5, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference.
(5) Previously filed as exhibit to the Form 10-K filed March 28, 2025 and incorporated herein by reference.
(6) Previously filed as exhibit to the Form S-1 filed September 30, 2025 and incorporated herein by reference.
(7) Previously filed as exhibit to Form 8-K filed February 18, 2026 and incorporated herein by reference.
(8) Previously filed as exhibit to Form 10-K filed March 31, 2026 and incorporated herein by reference
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
LION COPPER AND GOLD CORP.
| By: | /s/ John Banning |
John Banning
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
Date: April 1, 2026
| By: | /s/ Lei Wang |
Lei Wang
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
Date: April 1, 2026
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Lion Copper and Gold Corp.
Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars except for shares and per share amounts)
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Lion Copper and Gold Corp.
Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Lion Copper and Gold Corp. (the "Company") as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), changes in equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2025, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "consolidated financial statements").
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, and the results of its consolidated operations and its consolidated cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2025, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Material Uncertainty Related to Going Concern
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has not generated revenue and is required to repay its outstanding convertible debt obligations when due, maintain its mineral property interests, and fund ongoing administrative expenses which raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Basis for Opinion
These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Signed:
Chartered Professional Accountants
We have served as the Company's auditor since 2021.
March 31, 2026
| Lion Copper and Gold Corp. Consolidated Balance Sheets As at December 31, 2025 and 2024 (In thousands of U.S. Dollars) |
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| Notes | 2025 | 2024 | |||||
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| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | |||||
| Other receivables | 3 | ||||||
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| Mineral properties | 4 | ||||||
| Reclamation bonds | |||||||
| Investment in associate | 3 | ||||||
| Investment other | 3 | ||||||
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| Total assets | $ | $ | |||||
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| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | $ | |||||
| Nuton LLC deposit | 4 | ||||||
| Convertible debentures | 7 | ||||||
| Derivative liabilities | 8 | ||||||
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| Additional paid-in capital | 10 | ||||||
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| Non-controlling interest | 6 | ||||||
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| Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | $ | $ |
The accompanying notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
On behalf of the Board of Directors on March 31, 2026
| /s/ "Thomas Patton" | /s/ "Tony Alford" |
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| Lion Copper and Gold Corp. Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 (In thousands of U.S. Dollars, except for shares and per share amounts) |
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| Notes | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||
| Operating expenses | |||||||||
| Exploration and evaluation | 4 | $ | $ | ||||||
| General and administrative | 5 | ||||||||
| Share-based compensation | 9 | ||||||||
| Nuton LLC deposit | 4 | ( |
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| Accretion expense | 7 | ( |
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| Fair value (loss) gain on derivative liabilities | 8 | ( |
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| Gain on deconsolidation of Falcon Copper Corp. | 3 | ||||||||
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| Loss on convertible debentures | ( |
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| Share of gain (loss) in associate | ( |
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| Net income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss) for the year | $ | $ | ( |
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| Non-controlling interest | $ | ( |
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| Earnings (loss) per share, basic | $ | $ | ( |
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| Earnings (loss) per share, diluted | $ | $ | ( |
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The accompanying notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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| Number of | Share | Paid-in | Commitment | Controlling | |||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Shares | Capital | Capital | Deficit | to Issue Shares | Interest | Total Equity | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | ( |
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| Shares issued for cash, net of share issue costs | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||
| Shares issued for options exercised | ( |
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| Conversion of convertible debentures | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||
| Share-based compensation | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of warrants | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shares issued by Falcon Copper Corp. | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Issuance of warrants | 3 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||
| Commitment to issue shares for service | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shares issued by Falcon Copper Corp. | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||
| Share-based compensation | 6, 10 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||
| Derecognition of non-controlling interest | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | ( |
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| Net income and comprehensive income for the year | - | - | - | - | ( |
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| Balance, December 31, 2025 | $ | $ | $ | ( |
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The accompanying notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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| Lion Copper and Gold Corp. Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 ( In thousands of U.S. Dollars) |
| Year ended December 31, | ||||||||
| Note | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||
| Operating activities | ||||||||
| Net income (loss) for the year | $ | $ | ( |
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| Non-cash transactions | ||||||||
| Accretion expense | ||||||||
| Fair value gain on derivative liabilities | ( |
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| Loss on convertible debentures | ||||||||
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| Gain on deconsolidation of Falcon Copper Corp. | ( |
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| Changes in non-cash operating assets and liabilities | ||||||||
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| Prepaid expenses and deposit | ( |
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| Mineral properties | 4 | ( |
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| Acquisition of Butte Valley | 3(a) | ( |
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| Cash lost upon deconsolidation | 3(b) | ( |
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| Cash used by investing activities | ( |
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| Proceeds from private placements | ||||||||
| Share issue costs | ( |
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| Convertible debentures | 7 | |||||||
| Repayment of convertible debentures | ( |
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| Proceeds of share issuances Falcon Copper | ||||||||
| Proceeds from warrants and options exercised | ||||||||
| Cash provided by financing activities | ||||||||
| (Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents | ( |
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| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, end of year | $ | $ | ||||||
| Supplemental cash flow information | ||||||||
| Shares issued for convertible debentures | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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Lion Copper and Gold Corp.
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024
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1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND GOING CONCERN
Lion Copper and Gold Corp. ("LCG"), together with its subsidiaries, collectively, the "Company", is engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of copper properties in the United States. The Company is currently advancing its flagship Yerington Copper Project in Nevada toward a Feasibility Study (the "FS"), pursuant to an earn-in agreement executed in March 2022 with Nuton LLC ("Nuton"), a Rio Tinto venture.
LCG was incorporated in British Columbia, Canada on May 11, 1993. Its common shares are listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange ("CSE") under the symbol "LEO" and are quoted for trading on the OTCQB Market under the symbol "LCGMF".
The Company acquires mineral properties through option agreements and claim staking. The carrying value of its mineral properties represents the acquisition costs and does not reflect present or future values. The recoverability of these mineral property interests is dependent on the discovery of mineral reserves, the Company's ability to secure the necessary financing to complete development, and the achievement of future profitable production or proceeds from the disposition of such properties.
These consolidated financial statements ("Financial Statements") have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and discharge of liabilities in the normal course of business for at least twelve months following the date of issuance of the Financial Statements.
As of December 31, 2025, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $
The Company has not generated revenue and is required to repay its outstanding convertible debt obligations when due, maintain its mineral property interests, and fund ongoing administrative expenses. Although the Company has historically been successful in raising capital, there can be no assurance that additional financing will be available on acceptable terms, or at all. These conditions and events raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
The Financial Statements do not include any adjustments to the carrying amounts and classifications of assets and liabilities, or to reported expenses that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. If the Company were unable to continue as a going concern, such adjustments could be material.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
a) Statement of compliance and consolidation
The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("U.S. GAAP") and are presented in United States dollars ("$" or "USD"), unless otherwise indicated.
The Financial Statements include the accounts of LCG and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Quaterra Alaska Inc. (“QTA”) which holds a
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The Company consolidates an entity when it has a controlling financial interest in that entity. A controlling financial interest exists when the Company has the power to direct the activities that most significantly affect the entity's economic performance, is exposed to variable returns from its involvement with that entity and can affect those returns through its power over that entity.
Upon the occurrence of certain significant events, the Company reassesses whether a subsidiary in which the Company has control over. The reassessment process considers whether the Company has acquired or divested the power to direct the activities of a subsidiary. The reassessment also considers whether the Company has acquired or disposed of a financial interest that could be significant to a subsidiary, or whether an interest in a subsidiary has become significant or is no longer significant. The consolidation status of the entities with which the Company is involved may change as a result of such reassessments. Changes in consolidation status are applied prospectively, with assets and liabilities initially recorded at fair value. A gain or loss may be recognized upon deconsolidation of a subsidiary, depending on the carrying amounts of deconsolidated assets and liabilities compared to the fair value of retained interests and ongoing contractual arrangements.
b) Accounting estimates and judgments
The preparation of these Financial Statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and exercise judgments that affect the application of policies, reported amounts and disclosures. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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The Company applied significant judgement in determining the appropriate accounting treatment for its investment in Falcon Copper Corp. as of December 31, 2025.
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Loss of Control Assessment: The Company evaluated whether it continued to have a controlling financial interest in FCC in accordance with ASC 810, Consolidation. This assessment requires evaluating governance rights, ownership interests, and the Company's ability to direct the activities that most significantly impact FCC's economic performance. Based on these factors, management concluded that the Company no longer controlled FCC effective December 31, 2025, and accordingly deconsolidated FCC from its consolidated financial statements. |
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Fair Value of Retained Investment: The Company measured its retained investment in FCC at fair value at the deconsolidation date in accordance with ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement. As FCC is a private entity, the fair value measurement was based on Level 3 inputs. The key input is FCC’s share price of $0.31, which is determined using the price of FCC’s most recent financing of $ |
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Given the significance of the deconsolidation and the use of Level 3 inputs in valuing the retained investment, this represents the most significant area of judgment for the year ended December 31, 2025.
Key sources of estimation uncertainty that have a significant risk of causing material adjustment to the amounts recognized in the consolidated financial statements exist as follows:
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Valuation of warrants: the Company granted warrants pursuant to the closing of convertible debenture financings during 2025 and 2024. The Black Scholes option pricing model was used to determine fair value for the warrants and required significant assumptions to be made by management. FCC also granted warrants pursuant to the acquisition transaction described in Note 3(a) using the Monte Carlo simulation method which also required significant assumptions to be made by management. |
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Valuation of derivative liabilities: During the year ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company completed multiple tranches of convertible debenture financing and/or restructuring. The convertible debentures include certain conversion features which were valued using the option pricing model and required significant assumptions to be made by management to value. |
Estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognized in the year in which the estimates are revised and in any future years affected.
Significant judgments used in the preparation of these Financial Statements include, but are not limited to:
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Mineral properties: Judgment is required in assessing whether certain factors would be considered an indicator of impairment. Both internal and external information is considered to determine whether there is an indicator of impairment present and, accordingly, whether impairment testing is required. Judgment is also required in assessing what is deemed an acquisition cost. Management has determined that only costs pursuant to option agreements constitute an acquisition cost.
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Going concern: In the determination of the Company's ability to meet its ongoing obligations and future contractual commitments, management relies on the Company's planning, budgeting and forecasting process to help determine the funds required to support the Company's normal operations on an ongoing basis and its expansionary plans. The key inputs used by the Company in this process include forecasted capital deployment, results from operations, results from the exploration and development of its properties and general industry conditions.
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Control over Blue Copper Royalties LLC: During the year ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company's ownership in Blue Copper Royalties LLC did not change.
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Falcon Butte acquisition: the Company assessed whether the acquisition of Falcon Butte Minerals constitutes a business combination or an asset acquisition under ASC 805 – Business Combination. Management determined that the transaction is an asset acquisition, as substantially all the fair value is attributable to a single mineral property and the acquired entity did not include a substantive process. Specifically, Falcon Butte is an early-stage exploration entity with no production activities, no organized workforce, and limited operational processes capable of generating outputs. |
c) Business Combination / asset acquisition
The Company applies the provisions of ASC 805, "Business Combination" and allocates the fair value of purchase consideration to the tangible assets acquired, liabilities assumed, and intangible assets acquired based on their estimated fair values. The excess of the fair value of purchase consideration over the fair values of these identifiable assets and liabilities is recorded as goodwill. When determining the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, management makes significant estimates and assumptions, especially with respect to intangible assets.
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Acquisition-related expenses are recognized separately from the business combination and are expensed as incurred.
The Company accounts for a transaction as an asset acquisition when substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or group of similar identifiable assets, or otherwise does not meet the definition of a business. Asset acquisition-related direct costs are capitalized as part of the asset or assets acquired.
d) Investment in associate
The Company accounts for investments in entities over which it has significant influence using the equity method of accounting. The investment is initially recorded at cost and subsequently adjusted for the Company's share of investee's net earnings or losses, which are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations.
The Company evaluates its investments for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable and records a write-down if any decline in value is other than temporary.
e) Translation of foreign currencies
The functional currency for the Company and each of the Company's subsidiaries is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates. Determination of functional currency may involve certain judgments to determine the primary economic environment, and the Company reconsiders the functional currency of its entities if there is a change in events and conditions that determined the primary economic environment. The Company's presentation currency is the U.S. dollar ("$" or "USD"). The functional currency of the Company and its significant subsidiaries is the USD. In preparing the financial statements, transactions in currencies other than an entity's functional currency ("foreign currencies") are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At each balance sheet date, monetary assets and liabilities are translated using the year-end foreign exchange rate. Non-monetary assets and liabilities are translated using the historical rate on the date of the transaction. All gains and losses on translation of these foreign currency transactions are included in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.
f) Mineral properties
Direct costs related to the acquisition of mineral properties held or controlled by the Company are capitalized on an individual property basis until the property transitions to the development stage, is sold, abandoned, or determined to be impaired. Exploration and evaluation costs are expensed as incurred. The Company classifies its mineral properties as exploration and evaluation assets until the technical feasibility and commercial viability of extracting a mineral resource are demonstrable. At this point, the mineral properties' carrying value is tested for impairment and subsequently transferred to property and equipment. The establishment of technical feasibility and commercial viability of a mineral property is assessed based on a combination of factors, such as the extent of established mineral reserves, the results of feasibility and technical evaluations, the status of mineral leases or permits, and additional regulatory approvals such as environmental and mineral access rights. Proceeds from the sale of properties are accounted for as reductions to the capitalized acquisition costs.
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Cash proceeds received from farm-out option agreements are recorded as a liability once received and reduced as the obligation to incur expenditures related to the agreement are met. Funds received for expenditures incurred are recorded as a recovery in the consolidated statements of operations or as a reduction to the capitalized acquisition costs, depending on the nature of the expenditure incurred.
g) Impairment
The Company assesses the carrying costs of the capitalized mineral properties for impairment indicators under ASC 360-10, "Impairment of long-lived assets". If impairment indicators are identified, the Company evaluates its carrying value under ASC 930-360, "Extractive Activities - Mining". An impairment is recognized if the sum of the expected undiscounted future cash flows is less than the carrying amount of mineral properties. Impairment losses, if any, are measured as the excess of the carrying amount of mineral properties over its estimated fair value.
Based on the Company's assessment, no impairment indicators were identified on the mineral properties for 2025 and 2024.
h) Share-based payments
The fair value of stock options granted to directors, officers, employees and consultants is calculated using the Black Scholes option pricing model and is expensed over the vesting periods. If and when stock options are exercised, the value attributable to the stock options is transferred to share capital.
i) Cash and cash equivalents
Cash consists of cash on hand and short-term investments with a maturing term of less than 90 days. As of December 31, 2025, the Company held $
j) Financial instruments
Financial instruments are recognized in the balance sheet when the Company becomes a party to a contractual obligation. At initial recognition, the Company classifies and measures its financial instruments as one of the following:
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Financial assets are derecognized when the rights to receive cash flows from the assets have expired or have been transferred, and the Company has transferred all risks and rewards of ownership. Financial liabilities are derecognized when the obligations specified in the contract are discharged, cancelled, or expire.
The Company's cash, other receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, convertible debentures, and Nuton LLC deposit approximate fair value due to their short-term nature.
The Company's derivative liabilities and investment other are measured at fair value through profit and loss.
k) Provisions
Provisions are recognized when a present legal or constructive obligation exists as a result of past events where it is probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation, and the amount of the obligation can be reliably estimated. The amount recognized as a provision is the best estimate of the consideration required to settle the present obligation at the reporting date, considering the risks and uncertainties surrounding the obligation. The Company had no material provisions as of December 31, 2025 and 2024.
l) Earnings (loss) per share
Basic earnings (loss) per share is calculated using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year. The Company uses the treasury stock method to compute the dilutive effect of options, warrants and similar instruments. Under this method, the dilutive effect on earnings per share is calculated, presuming the exercise of in-the-money outstanding options, warrants and similar instruments. It assumes that the proceeds of such exercise would be used to repurchase common shares at the average market price during the year. However, the calculation of diluted loss per share excludes the effects of various conversions and exercise of options and warrants that would be anti-dilutive.
m) Income tax
Income tax comprises current and deferred tax. Income tax is recognized in net loss, except to the extent it is related to items recognized directly in equity or other comprehensive loss. Deferred tax is recognized in respect of temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the consolidated financial statements. Deferred tax is determined on a non-discounted basis using tax rates and laws that have been enacted by the reporting date and are expected to apply when the deferred tax asset or liability is settled. Deferred tax assets are recognized to the extent that their recovery is more likely than not.
n) Asset retirement obligations
Liabilities for asset retirement obligations are recognized at the time of environmental disturbance, in amounts equal to the discounted value of expected future mine reclamation and closure costs. The provision for asset retirement obligations represents management's best estimate of the present value of the future cash outflows required to settle the liability.
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To the extent a legal obligation exists, an asset retirement obligation is recorded at its estimated fair value and accretion expense is recognized over time as the discounted liability is accreted to its expected settlement value. Because asset retirement obligations represent financial obligations to be settled in the future, uncertainties exist in estimating timing and amount of the associated costs to be incurred. As at December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company does not believe it has any significant asset retirement obligations.
o) Unit Offerings
Proceeds from unit placements are allocated between shares and warrants issued using the residual method. The residual method first allocates fair value to the component with the best evidence of fair value and then the residual value, if any, to the less easily measurable component. If the attached warrants do not meet the definition of a derivative liability, the fair value of the common shares, measured on date of issue, are determined to be the component with the best evidence of fair value. The balance, if any, is allocated to the attached warrants. If the attached warrants meet the definition of a derivative liability under ASC 470, the proceeds are first allocated to the fair value of the warrants and then the residual value, if any, is allocated to the common shares. Costs directly identifiable with share capital financings are charged against share capital.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements and Disclosures Not Yet Adopted
ASU 2024-03, Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures and ASU 2025-01, (Subtopic 220-40): Clarifying the Effective Date
In November 2024, FASB issued an Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") which will require entities to provide disaggregated disclosure of specified categories of expenses that are included on the face of the income statement, including: purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, amortization and depletion. In January 2025, FASB clarified the effective dates of this ASU, which becomes effective January 1, 2027. The Company is assessing the impact of this ASU, and upon adoption, may be required to include certain additional disclosures in the notes to its consolidated financial statements.
3. INVESTMENTS
a) Falcon Butte Minerals Corp. ("Falcon Butte")
Falcon Butte is a privately held company incorporated in British Columbia, Canada on April 22, 2021.
In April 2022, the Company assigned its two option agreements, originally entered in 2019 to acquire the Butte Valley project located in White Pine County, Nevada, to Falcon Butte. In consideration of the assignment, the Company received:
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Summarized financial information of Falcon Butte and a reconciliation of the carrying amount of the investment in the Interim Financial Statements are set out below:
Summarized balance sheet:
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On December 1, 2025, Falcon Butte entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with Falcon Copper Corp. to sell all its membership interests in Freeport Butte Valley, LLC, which holds the Butte Valley property, the sole asset of Falcon Butte. Falcon Butte’s interest in Freeport Butte Valley, LLC, is held in it’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Falcon Butte America. The total consideration for the transaction consisted of $
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Following closing, Falcon Butte distributed the excess cash and FCC warrants to its security holders on a pro rata basis. Accordingly, the Company recorded $
The cash distribution and the fair value of the FCC warrants received were recorded as a reduction in the carrying value of the Company's investment in Falcon Butte. A further impairment on the investment of $
The FCC warrants were initially recognized at a fair value of $
a) the price per warrant share equal to the valuation cap of $
b) the price per warrant share equal to a 20% discount to specified future equity financing; and
c) A 20% discount to the 5-day volume-weighted average price (VWAP) of the common shares upon the closing of a corporate event.
b) Falcon Copper Corp. ("FCC")
Falcon Copper Corp., formerly Blue Copper Resources Corp, is a privately held company incorporated in Wyoming, United States.
In December 2022, QTA transferred to FCC its:
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In August 2023, Blue Copper Royalties LLC, or BCR, was incorporated in Wyoming, United States. In September 2023, FCC transferred the Butte Valley royalty and its Nieves interest to BCR. Following this transfer, the Company has held a
As at December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company's ownership in FCC was reduced to
On December 31, 2025, FCC restructured its board of directors such that LCG directors no longer constituted a majority. As a result, the Company reassessed its relationship with FCC in accordance with ASC 810, Consolidation, and determined that it no longer maintained a controlling financial interest due to changes in governance and decision-making authority. Accordingly, FCC was deconsolidated effective December 31, 2025.
Upon deconsolidation, the Company derecognized the assets, liabilities and non-controlling interests of FCC and recognized its retained investment in FCC at fair value. The Company recorded a gain on deconsolidation of $
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Summary of derecognized net assets of FCC as at December 31, 2025:
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The gain represents a non-cash accounting adjustment primarily arising from the remeasurement of the Company’s retained interest in FCC to its fair value of $
Subsequent to deconsolidation, the Company accounts for its investment in FCC using the equity method as the Company holds
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4. MINERAL PROPERTIES
Total mineral property acquisition costs are listed in the table below:
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Total exploration expenditures recorded on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) are listed in the tables below:
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a) Earn-In Agreement with Nuton LLC ("Nuton")
On March 18, 2022, the Company entered into an earn-in agreement, as amended, with Nuton, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, pursuant to which Nuton has the exclusive option to earn an initial
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As of December 31, 2025, the Company had received cumulative funding of $
In November 2025, Nuton elected to proceed to the feasibility study stage and project permitting for the Yerington Copper Project and is expected to provide the remaining Stage 3 funding of $
Upon completion of the feasibility study, Nuton and the Company will decide whether to create an investment vehicle into which the Mining Assets will be transferred, with Nuton holding not less than
Funds received under the Earn-In Agreement do not represent revenue to the Company. Accordingly, such amounts are recorded as a deposit liability until eligible project expenditures are incurred in accordance with the staged work programs. As expenditure is incurred, the deposit liability is reduced, with corresponding amounts recognized as associated expenses or capitalized to mineral properties, consistent with the Company's accounting policies.
The continuity of the Company's Nuton LLC deposit is as follows:
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b) MacArthur and Yerington Properties, Nevada
Located in the historic copper district of Yerington, Nevada, the Company's MacArthur and Yerington are
The MacArthur property consists of unpatented lode claims and placer claims and covers lands administered by the U.S. Department of Interior - Bureau of Land Management ("BLM"). It is subject to a
The Yerington property is centered on the former Anaconda open pit copper mine. This includes fee simple parcels and patented mining claims as well as unpatented lode and placer claims on lands administered by BLM. The Yerington deposit is subject to a
On March 13, 2025, the Company announced the successful negotiation of a Settlement Agreement with the Nevada Division of Water Resources and the Nevada State Engineering (collectively, the "State") to reinstate 3,452.8 ac-ft of previously forfeited water rights essential for the development of the Yerington Copper project. As a result, the State has officially rescinded its notice of forfeiture, thus restoring all the Company's 6,014.5 ac-ft of water rights to good standing. This Settlement Agreement effectively terminates the legal proceedings initiated by the Company to defend its water rights.
c) Bear Deposit, Nevada
The Bear deposit consists of private land located to the northeast of the Yerington deposit.
The Company has five option agreements, entered from March 2013 to May 2015, subsequently amended, to acquire a
The outstanding payments required to keep the option agreements in good standing are as follows:
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These five option agreements include purchase provisions for cash payments ranging from $
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d) Hunewill, Nevada
In November 2025, the Company acquired a parcel of land adjacent to its Yerington Copper Project for total cash consideration of $
The transaction was accounted for as an asset acquisition, and the entire purchase price was capitalized as mineral property costs and allocated to the Hunewill property.
e) Wassuk, Nevada
The Wassuk property consists of unpatented lode claims on land administered by the BLM. The property is subject to a
f) Copper Canyon, Nevada
On August 21, 2023, the Company purchased the title to the Copper Canyon claims from Convergent Mining, LLC and paid $
g) Blue Copper Project, Montana
The Blue Copper Project, located in Powell County and Lewis & Clark County in Montana, USA, was acquired in 2021 and is held through FCC.
h) Schell Creek, Nevada
The Schell Creek project was formed pursuant to a joint venture agreement entered in November 2023 between Kennecott Exploration Company ("Kennecott"), a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, and FCC. The project includes the adjacent Cabin and Munchy properties. Under the terms of the agreement, FCC has work commitments totalling $
Following the deconsolidation of FCC as of December 31, 2025, the Blue Copper and Schell Creek projects were removed from the Company's mineral properties (note 3).
5. GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Certain general and administrative expenses were funded by Nuton LLC. and included salaries of $
A detailed breakdown of general and administrative expenses is provided below:
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6. NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST ("NCI")
During the year ended December 31, 2024, FCC issued a total of
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7. CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES
For the year ended December 31, 2025, FCC entered into convertible loan agreements amounting to $
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On July 24, 2025 and August 20, 2025, FCC issued convertible notes with face amounts totaling $
In connection with the issuance of the notes, each note holder received bonus preferred shares of FCC equal to 20% of the note proceeds. The bonus preferred shares are non-redeemable and are convertible into shares of FCC for a period of 24 months from the date of issuance.
Both the notes and bonus preferred shares are convertible into FCC common shares at the lowest of the following prices:
a) The price per share equal to a 20% discount to the price of the specified future equity financing;
b) The price per share equal to the valuation cap ($60,000,000) divided by the total number of common and preferred shares outstanding; or
c) A 20% discount to the 5-day volume-weighted average price (VWAP) of the common shares upon the closing of a corporate event.
Based on the terms of the July 24 and August 20 notes, the convertible notes were determined to be a financial instrument comprising a host debt component, with a conversion feature with a variable conversion price classified as a derivative liability, and preferred shares classified as equity.
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On November 14, 2025 and December 18, 2025, FCC issued convertible notes with face amounts totaling $
In connection with the issuance of the notes, each note holder received bonus preferred shares of FCC equal to 20% of the note proceeds. The bonus preferred shares are non-redeemable and are convertible into shares of FCC for a period of 24 months from the date of issuance.
Both the notes and bonus preferred shares are convertible into FCC common shares at the lowest of the following prices:
a) The price per share equal to a 20% discount to the price of the specified future equity financing;
b) The price per share equal to the valuation cap ($250,000,000) divided by the total number of common and preferred shares outstanding; or
c) A 20% discount to the 5-day volume-weighted average price (VWAP) of the common shares upon the closing of a corporate event.
Based on the terms of the November 14, and December 18 notes, the convertible notes were determined to be a financial instrument comprising a host debt component, with a conversion feature with a variable conversion price classified as a derivative liability, and preferred shares classified as equity.
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The Company engaged a third-party valuation firm to value the components of the convertible note financings completed on July 24, 2025, August 20, 2025, November 14, 2025, and December 18, 2025.
The valuation firm determined the fair value of each component as follows:
Host Debt:
| Instrument | Measurement Date |
Principal Amount |
Fair value | Allocated value |
Effective Interest rate |
Finder's fee allocation |
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| November | ||||||||||||||||||
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$ | $ | $ | $ |
Derivative Liability:
| Instrument | Initial recognition |
Principal Amount |
Fair value | Allocated value |
Finder’s fee allocation |
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| July Tranche |
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$ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| August Tranche |
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$ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| November Tranche |
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$ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| December Tranche |
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$ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Instrument | Measurement date | Principal Amount | Fair value | |||||||||
| July Tranche |
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$ | $ | |||||||||
| August Tranche |
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$ | $ | |||||||||
| November Tranche |
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$ | $ | |||||||||
| December Tranche |
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$ | $ | |||||||||
Preferred Share:
| Instrument | Measurement Date | Principal Amount |
Fair value | Allocated value |
Finder’s fee allocation |
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| July Tranche |
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$ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||
| August Tranche |
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$ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||
| November Tranche |
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$ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||
| December Tranche |
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$ | $ | $ | $ |
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Finder's fees allocated to the host debt was accounted for as a direct reduction to the carrying amount of debt and amortized to accretion expense over the term of the debt, while finder's fees allocated to preferred shares were accounted for as a direct reduction to equity. The finder's fees allocated to the derivative liability were expensed immediately in financing costs in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
On November 6, 2025, the Company completed a non-brokered private placement of convertible debentures (the "Debentures") with a principal amount of $
In relation to the completed convertible debenture financing, the Company granted
Under ASC 470-20, as amended by ASU 2020-06, the conversion feature does not require bifurcation. Therefore, both the debt and the conversion option is accounted for as a single liability carried at book value plus accrued interest whereas the warrants were accounted for as equity. The liability component is recorded at amortized cost using the effective interest method, and the equity component is recorded in shareholders’ equity at the date of issuance.
Accordingly, the proceeds were allocated between the liability and equity components using the relative fair value method, with $
The warrants were valued using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing model and the following assumptions:
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Risk-free interest rate |
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On February 16, 2024, the Company issued 12-month convertible debentures with a principal amount of $
In December 2024, the Company repaid $
The following table summarizes the continuity of the convertible debentures, including those issued by FCC:
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| Balance as at December 31, 2023 | $ | ||
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| Extinguished debt - fair value of conversion feature | ( |
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| Extinguished debt - fair value of warrants | ( |
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| Modified debt - fair value of warrants | ( |
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| Converted | ( |
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| Balance as at December 31, 2024 | $ | ||
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| Converted | ( |
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| Repayment | ( |
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| Deconsolidation of FCC | ( |
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| Balance as at December 31, 2025 | $ |
8. DERIVATIVE LIABILITIES
During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company issued certain share purchase warrants and convertible debt that can be exercised and converted in USD or CAD. The warrants and the conversion feature were classified as derivative liabilities, carried at fair value and revalued at each reporting date.
In conjunction with the Company's CSE listing on September 19, 2024,
During the year ended December 31, 2025, FCC issued certain convertible debt with a variable conversion price (Note 7). Under ASC 815, the conversion feature was classified as a derivative liability, carried at fair value and revalued at each reporting date.
During the year ended December 31, 2025, the FCC issued certain share purchase warrants with a variable exercise price (Note 3). The warrants were classified as a derivative liability, carried at fair value and revalued at each reporting date.
The following table summarizes the continuity of the derivative liabilities, including those related to FCC:
| Balance December 31, 2023 | $ | ||
| Issuance of warrants for private placement | |||
| Issuance of warrants upon conversion of existing debentures | |||
| Issuance of contingent warrants upon conversion of existing debentures | |||
| Issuance of warrants and conversion for extinguishment debentures | |||
| Modification of warrants upon restructuring of debentures | |||
| Modification of conversion feature upon restructuring of debentures | |||
| Issuance of warrants - equity | ( |
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| Fair value change on derivative liabilities | ( |
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| Balance December 31, 2024 | $ | ||
| Issuance of convertible debentures with variable conversion price | |||
| Deconsolidation of Falcon Copper | ( |
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| Fair value change on derivative liabilities | |||
| Balance December 31, 2025 | $ |
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9. SHARE CAPITAL
The Company is authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares without par value.
In June and August 2025 During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company issued a total of
In February and March 2024, the Company issued
In March and November 2024, the Company completed private placements of
10. ADDITIONAL PAID-IN CAPITAL
a) Stock options
The Company is authorized to grant stock options to directors, employees, and consultants pursuant to its stock option plan for up to
The exercise price of each option cannot be lower than the closing market share price of the Company's common shares on the trading day preceding the grant. Most options are granted for a term of
The following table summarizes the continuity of the number of stock options issued and outstanding:
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As of December 31, 2025, all stock options were fully vested except for
On April 4, 2025, the Company granted
The performance options were valued using a Monte Carlo simulation model with the following inputs: Volatility:
On July 26, 2024, the Company granted
The following table summarizes the Company's stock options outstanding as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the weighted-average remaining contractual life of the options outstanding was
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| Exercise | ||||
| Grant Date | Price (CAD) | Expiry Date | December 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 |
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For 2025, the Company recognized shared-based compensation expense of $
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b) Share purchase warrants
The following table summarizes the continuity of the number of warrants issued and outstanding:
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Number of warrants |
Weighted average exercise price |
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| Outstanding, end of year | $ | $ | ||||||||||
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On November 6, 2025, the Company issued
The following table summarizes warrants outstanding as of December 31, 2025 and 2024:
| Grant Date | Exercise Price ($) |
Expiry Date | December 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 |
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11. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Company's key management personnel consist of its directors and executive officers. Compensation for key management personnel was as below:
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| Salaries and bonuses | $ | $ | ||||
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| $ | $ | |||||
Certain officers are entitled to payment upon a change of control in accordance with their employment agreements. Share-based compensation represents the fair value of stock options granted to directors and officers during the year.
In 2025, members of the Board were granted stock options of FCC with a fair value of $
During the year ended December 31, 2025, an immediate family member of an executive officer was employed by the Company as a temporary employee and received salary. In addition, a firm affiliated with this individual provided services to the Company and related parties. Total compensation and service fees for the year were $
In connection with the Falcon Butte acquisition (Note 3(a)), Falcon Butte declared and paid dividends directly to its shareholders, including two directors of the Company. The Company did not fund these payments and the amounts received by the two directors were not material.
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The Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of FCC received salaries of $
During 2025 and 2024, certain directors and officers participated in financing transactions with the Company.
During 2025, $
On February 16, 2024, certain directors and officers of the Company restructured $
On March 8, 2024, certain directors and a former officer converted $
On March 8, 2024, certain directors and a former officer subscribed for
12. SEGMENTED INFORMATION
The Company operates as a single operating segment focused on exploration and development in the United States. Although general and administrative expenses are incurred across multiple legal entities, the chief operating decision maker ("CODM"), the Company's board of directors, evaluates performance and allocates resources on a consolidated basis. The accounting policies used to measure the profit and loss of the segment are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies.
The measure of segment assets is reported on the consolidated balance sheet as total assets.
13. COMMITMENTS
To acquire certain mineral property interests as per Note 4, the Company must make optional acquisition expenditures to satisfy the terms of existing option agreements, failing which the rights to such mineral properties will revert to the property vendors.
14. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT RISKS
The board of directors has overall responsibility for establishing and oversight of the Company's risk management framework. The Company examines the various financial instrument risks to which it is exposed and assesses the impact and likelihood of those risks. Financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, lease liabilities, Nuton LLC deposit, convertible debentures, derivative liabilities.
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Financial instruments recorded at fair value on the consolidated statements of financial position are classified using a fair value hierarchy that reflects the significance of the inputs used in making the measurements. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are:
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The Company's activities expose it to financial risks of varying degrees of significance, which could affect its ability to achieve its strategic objectives for growth and stockholder returns. The principal financial risks to which the Company is exposed are liquidity risk, currency risk, interest rate risk, credit risk and commodity price risk. The Board of Directors has overall responsibility for the establishment and oversight of the Company's risk management framework and reviews the Company's policies on an ongoing basis.
The carrying values of cash, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and Nuton LLC deposit approximate their fair values because of their immediate or short term to maturity and the Company's convertible debentures and lease liabilities are recorded at amortized cost.
The Company's derivative liabilities are measured at its fair value at the end of each reporting period and is categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy based on the use of observable indirect market data like government bond yields to estimate risk-free rates and dividend yields based on historical dividend patterns. The Company's investment in associate and other are categorized as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy (Note 3(b) and Note 3(a), respectively).
a) Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due. The Company manages liquidity risk through the management of its capital structure. To mitigate this risk, the Company has a planning and budgeting process in place to determine the funds required to support its ongoing operations and capital expenditures. The Company ensures that sufficient funds are raised from equity offerings or debt financing to meet its operating requirements, after considering existing cash and expected exercise of stock options and share purchase warrants. See Note 1 for further discussion.
b) Currency risk
Foreign exchange risk is the risk that the fair value of future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in foreign exchange rates. The Company operates in the United States and Canada; and is exposed to currency risk from transactions denominated in CAD. Currently, the Company does not have any foreign exchange hedge programs and manages its operational CAD requirements through spot purchases in the foreign exchange markets. Based on CAD financial assets and liabilities' magnitude, the Company does not have material sensitivity to CAD to USD exchange rates.
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c) 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 is exposed to the interest rate risk on its liabilities through its outstanding borrowings and the interest earned on cash balances. The Company monitors its exposure to interest rates and maintains an investment policy that focuses primarily on the preservation of capital and liquidity.
d) Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk of a financial loss to the Company if a customer or counterparty to a financial instrument fails to meet its contractual obligations. The Company is exposed to credit risk through its cash and cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents are held in large Canadian and US financial institutions that have high credit ratings assigned by international credit rating agencies.
15. DEFERRED INCOME TAX
A Reconciliation of income tax provision computed at Canadian statutory rates to the reported income tax provision is provided as follows:
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2024 | Percent % |
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The tax effect of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities as at December 31, 2025 and 2024 respectively are presented below.:
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| Non-capital loss and net operating loss carryforward | $ | $ | ||||
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The Company's unused tax losses expire as follows:
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| 2026 | $ | $ | ||||
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| $ | $ |
The Company's unused capital losses of $
16. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
a) On January 21, 2026, the Company received $
b) Subsequent to year end, the Company issued
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