OPERATING LEASES AND COMMITMENTS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

OPERATING LEASES AND COMMITMENTS

NOTE 9 - OPERATING LEASES AND COMMITMENTS

NOTE 9 – OPERATING LEASES AND COMMITMENTS

Effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2019, IFRS 16 introduced a new approach to lessee accounting that requires a lessee to recognize assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by leases. IFRS 16 requires a lessee to recognize assets and liabilities for all leases with a term of more than 12 months. The IASB concluded that such an approach will result in a more faithful representation of a lessee’s assets and liabilities and, together with enhanced disclosures, greater transparency of a lessee’s financial leverage and capital employed.

We adopted this standard on January 1, 2019, with an immaterial cumulative adjustment of $11,667 to accumulated deficit rather than retrospectively adjusting prior periods. This adoption approach resulted in a balance sheet presentation that is not comparable to the prior period.

We used an incremental borrowing rate as a discount rate for our operating leases. The discount rate ranges from 4.75% to 5.00% and the average remaining years for our lease are 1.71 years as of December 31, 2021.

In August 2021, the Corporation renewed its operating lease agreements for its US (California) premises, which is effective from August 1, 2021 and will expire on July 31, 2023. This new lease results in the recognition of operating lease assets and liabilities of approximately $184,000 as of August 1,2021.

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The following table provides the changes in the Corporation’s operating lease right-of-use assets for the year ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 respectively:

In Thousands of US Dollars
	Operation lease right-of-use asset
Balances as of January 1, 2021	$	422
Renewed office lease		184
Accumulated amortization		(222	)
Balances as of December 31, 2021	$	384

In Thousands of US Dollars
	Operation lease right-of-use asset
Balances as of January 1, 2020	$	136
Renewed office lease		533
Accumulated amortization		(247	)
Balances as of December 31, 2020	$	422

In Thousands of US Dollars
	Operation lease right-of-use asset
Balances as of January 1, 2019	$	393
Accumulated amortization		(247	)
Other		(4	)
Balances as of December 31, 2019	$	136

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The following table provides the changes in the Corporation’s operating lease liability for the year ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 respectively:

In Thousands of US Dollars
	Total
Balances as of January 1, 2021	$	426
Renewed office lease		184
Repayments of lease liability		(238	)
Other		19
Balances as of December 31, 2021	$	391
Lease liability due within one year	$	228
Lease liability long term	$	163

The total future commitment payment amount for above lease is $409,279 compared to an outstanding lease liability of $391,459 as of December 31, 2021. The difference is due to borrowing rate discount.

In Thousands of US Dollars
	Total
Balances as of January 1, 2020	$	147
Renewed office lease		533
Repayments of lease liability		(265	)
Other		11
Balances as of December 31, 2020	$	426
Lease liability due within one year	$	193
Lease liability long term	$	233

The total future commitment payment amount for above lease is $454,092 compared to an outstanding lease liability of $425,620 as of December 31, 2020. The difference is due to borrowing rate discount.

In Thousands of US Dollars
	Total
Balances as of January 1, 2019	$	405
Repayments of lease liability		(277	)
Other		19
Balances as of December 31, 2019	$	147
Lease liability due within one year	$	144
Lease liability long term	$	3

The total future commitment payment amount for above lease is $151,805 compared to an outstanding lease liability of $147,036 as of December 31, 2019. The difference is due to borrowing rate discount.