EX-99.1 2 exhibit99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 Quaterra Resources Inc. - Exhibit 99.1 - Filed by newsfilecorp.com

 

 

 

(An Exploration Stage Company)

 

Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

June 30, 2017

 (Unaudited – in U.S. Dollars)


Notice of no auditor review

The accompanying condensed interim consolidated financial statements of Quaterra Resources Inc. for the six months ended June 30, 2017 were prepared by management and have not been reviewed by its independent auditor.

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Quaterra Resources Inc.
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position
(Unaudited-in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
 

  Note   June 30, 2017     December 31, 2016  
Assets     $     $  
               
Current assets:              
   Cash and cash equivalents     4,670     6,665  
   Other receivable     58     3  
   Marketable securities 3   155     132  
   Prepaid expenses     28     47  
      4,911     6,847  
Non-current assets:              
   Mineral properties 4   29,298     27,597  
   Reclamation bonds     59     70  
      29,357     27,667  
Total Assets     34,268     34,514  
               
Liabilities              
Current liabilities:              
   Accounts payable and accrued liabilities     482     111  
   Loan payable 5   553     540  
   Convertible notes 6   -     540  
      1,035     1,191  
Non-current liability              
   Derivative liability - warrants 7   656     938  
      656     938  
Total Liabilities     1,691     2,129  
Shareholders' Equity              
   Share capital 8   100,729     100,051  
   Share-based payment reserve     18,729     18,560  
   Accumulated comprehensive loss     (8 )   (31 )
   Deficit     (86,873 )   (86,195 )
      32,577     32,385  
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity     34,268     34,514  

(See the accompanying notes to the condensed interim consolidated financial statements)

Approved on behalf of the Board of Directors on August 10, 2017:

/s/ “Thomas Patton” /s/“Terrence Eyton”  
Director Director  

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Quaterra Resources Inc.
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Loss and Comprehensive Loss
(Unaudited- In thousands of U.S. Dollars, except for shares and per share amounts)
 

      Three months ended June 30,     Six months ended June 30,  
  Note   2017     2016     2017     2016  
        $       $     $     $  
General administrative expenses                          
   Administration and general office expense     77     146     108     240  
   Consultants     (2 )   20     -     30  
   Investor relations and communications     44     23     75     45  
   Personnel costs     103     154     228     258  
   Professional fees     24     50     52     98  
   Share-based payments     169     136     169     136  
   Transfer agent and regulatory fees     10     26     44     35  
   Travel and promotion     33     16     56     40  
      (458 )   (571 )   (732 )   (882 )
                           
Depreciation     -     (5 )   -     (6 )
Fair value gain on derivative liability 7   326     -     282     731  
Foreign exchange gain     31     56     7     32  
Gain on disposal of assets     -     112     -     455  
Loss on settlement of convertible notes 6   -     -     (222 )   -  
Impairment of mineral property     -     (1,445 )   -     (1,445 )
Interest expense     (1 )   37     (13 )   (11 )
Other exploration costs     -     7     -     20  
      356     (1,238 )   54     (224 )
Net loss for the period     (102 )   (1,809 )   (678 )   (1,106 )
Other comprehensive income                          
                           
Items that may be subsequently reclassified to net loss                  
                           
   Net change in fair value of marketable securities 3   8     -     23     -  
                           
Comprehensive loss for the period     (94 )   (1,809 )   (655 )   (1,106 )
Loss per share - basic and diluted     (0.00 )   (0.01 )   (0.00 )   (0.01 )
                           
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding     200,969,314     193,479,416     197,907,146     193,479,416  

(See the accompanying notes to the condensed interim consolidated financial statements)

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Quaterra Resources Inc.
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited- In thousands of U.S. Dollars)
 

    Six months ended June 30,  
    2017     2016  
         
Operating activities            
Net loss for the period   (678 )   (1,106 )
Items not involving cash:            
       Depreciation   -     6  
       Fair value gain on derivative liability   (282 )   (731 )
       Gain on disposal of assets   -     (455 )
       Loss on settlement of convertible notes   222     -  
       Interest expense   20     66  
       Impairment of mineral property   -     1,445  
       Share-based payments   169     136  
    (549 )   (639 )
Changes in non-cash working capital            
       Other receivable   (4 )   -  
       Prepaid expenses   19     43  
       Accounts payable and accrued liabilities   4     (105 )
Cash used in operating activities   (530 )   (701 )
             
Investing activities            
       Expenditures on mineral properties   (2,892 )   (3,654 )
       Exploration recovery   -     48  
       Proceeds from option agreement   1,566     3,825  
       Proceeds from sale of mineral properties   -     2,000  
       Net proceeds from disposal of assets   -     455  
       Reclamation bonds   11     (18 )
       Short-term investments   -     (2,000 )
Cash (used) provided by in investing activities   (1,315 )   656  
Effect of foreign exchange on cash   (150 )   (132 )
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents   (1,995 )   (177 )
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period   6,665     4,522  
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period   4,670     4,345  
Supplemental cash flow information            
   Exploration expenditures included in accounts payable $  447   $  36  
   Interest paid in cash $  53   $  -  
   Shares issued for interest $  80   $  -  
   Non-cash financing activities: shares issued for convertible notes $  540   $  -  

(See the accompanying notes to the condensed interim consolidated financial statements)

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Quaterra Resources Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Changes in Equity
(Unaudited - In thousands of U.S. Dollars, except for shares)
 

      Common Shares     Share-     Accumulated              
                  based     other              
                  payment     comprehensive              
      Number of     Amounts     reserve      loss     Deficit     Total  
  Note   Shares     ($)     ($)     ($)     ($)     ($)  
Balance, December 31, 2015     193,479,416     100,051     18,424     -     (84,330 )   34,145  
   Share-based payments     -     -     136     -     -     136  
   Net loss for the period     -     -     -     -     (1,106 )   (1,106 )
Balance, June 30, 2016     193,479,416     100,051     18,560     -     (85,436 )   33,175  
                                       
Balance, December 31, 2016     193,479,416     100,051     18,560     (31 )   (86,195 )   32,385  
   Shares issued to settle convertible notes     7,489,898     678     -     -     -     678  
   Share-based payments     -     -     169     -     -     169  
   Other comprehensive income     -     -     -     23     -     23  
   Net loss for the period     -     -     -     -     (678 )   (678 )
Balance, June 30, 2017     200,969,314     100,729     18,729     (8 )   (86,873 )   32,577  

(See the accompanying notes to the condensed interim consolidated financial statements)

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Quaterra Resources Inc.
Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
For the six months ended June 30, 2017
(Unaudited - In U.S. Dollars; tabular amounts in thousands except for shares)
 

1.

NATURE OF OPERATIONS

   

Quaterra Resources Inc. (“Quaterra” or the “Company”) was incorporated in British Columbia, Canada, under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) on May 11, 1993. The Company is a copper exploration company with a primary objective to advance its copper projects in the Yerington District, Nevada, United States.

   

The Company defers all acquisition, exploration and evaluation costs related to the properties on which it is conducting exploration. The nature of the Company’s operations requires significant expenditures for the acquisition, exploration, and development of those mineral properties. To date, the Company has not earned significant revenue and is considered to be in the exploration stage. The underlying value of the amounts recorded as mineral properties and the Company’s continued existence is dependent upon the existence of economically recoverable mineral reserves and the ability of the Company to acquire new properties and obtain funding to complete the exploration activities. The carrying value of the Company’s mineral properties does not reflect current or future values.

   

The primary office of the Company is located at 1199 West Hastings Street, Suite 1100, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6E 3T5.

   
2.

BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND CONSOLIDATION

   

These condensed consolidated interim financial statements (“Financial Statements”) have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) including IAS 34, Interim Financial Reporting (“IAS 34”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. The accounting policies applied in the preparation of these Financial Statements are set out in Note 2 of the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016 and have been applied consistently to all the periods presented, unless otherwise stated.

   

These Financial Statements do not include all of the information required for full annual financial statements and accordingly should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016.

   

These Financial Statements include accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. All amounts are presented in United States dollars (“$”), which is the functional currency of the Company and each of the Company’s subsidiaries. References to CAD$ are to Canadian dollars. All inter-company balances, transactions, and expenses have been eliminated.

   
3.

MARKETABLE SECURITIES

   

The Company holds 1,182,331 common shares of Grande Portage Resources Ltd. (“Grande Portage”), as a result of the sale of the Company’s 35% interest in the Herbert Gold project on July 29, 2016. These Grande Portage shares are recorded as marketable securities, classified as available-for-sale, and recorded at fair market value determined by reference to their closing share price at each reporting date. Any fair value gain or loss is recognized in the other comprehensive income (loss) at each reporting date.

   

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, a $22,802 gain was recognized in other comprehensive income (loss).

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Quaterra Resources Inc.
Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
For the six months ended June 30, 2017
(Unaudited - In U.S. Dollars; tabular amounts in thousands except for shares)
 

4.

MINERAL PROPERTIES

   

On April 25, 2017, the Company announced it signed a lease agreement with Chuchuna Minerals Company (“Chuchuna”), an Alaska corporation, giving it an option to acqurie a 90% interest in the Groundhog copper prospect, located 200 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. To earn the 90% interest, the Company is required to fund a total of $5.0 million of exploration expenditure over five years, of which $1.0 million ($0.27 million incurred) is committed in the first year, and to make a lump sum payment to Chuchuna of $3.0 million by the end of the fifth year.

   

The Company has a 100% interest in four copper properties, MacArthur, Yerington, Bear and Wassuk, collectively the “Yerington Assets”, which are located in the Yerington District, Nevada, and held by its wholly owned subsidiary, Singatse Peak Services LLC (“SPS”).

   

On June 16, 2014, the Company announced a Membership Interest Option Agreement (the “Option Agreement”) with Freeport-McMoRan Nevada LLC (“Freeport Nevada”) whereby Freeport Nevada could earn an initial 55% interest in SPS by funding a three-stage exploration work program totaling $40.75 million ($13.7 million funded). On June 13, 2016, Freeport Nevada extended its option for up to four additional periods of six months each by making total $5.75 million ($3.725 million received) payments to SPS.

   

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company received $1.56 million from Freeport Nevada including $0.89 million related to the 2017 drilling program. Subsequent to the period end, $423,000 was reimbursed for drilling costs incurred in June 2017.

   

Funds received were credited to the carrying value of the Yerington Assets, and were used for mineral property maintenance, environmental compliance, exploration drilling and office overhead in Yerington. As of June 30, 2017, $0.46 million cash was remaining from the Option Agreement funding received.

   

Total mineral property maintenance and exploration costs are listed in the table below:


  MacArthur Yerington Bear* Wassuk Groundhog Total
Mineral properties ($) ($) ($) ($) ($)  ($)
Net balance, December 31, 2016 17,537 9,400 - 660 - 27,597
   Additions:            
         Acquisition & maintenance - - 795 - 58 853
         Assay & labs 26 23 - - - 49
         Camp & field expenses - - - - 12 12
         Community support - - - - 35 35
         Drilling 297 822 4 76 - 1,199
         Environmental - 93 34 - - 127
         Exploration overhead 40 248 - 12 68 368
         Geological & mapping - 282 30 - 27 339
         Geophysical & survey 12 193 - - 27 232
         Permitting - - - - 19 19
         Transportation - - - - 34 34
  375 1,661 863 88 280 3,267
   Option payments (223) (668) (675) - - (1,566)
Net balance, June 30, 2017 17,689 10,393 188 748 280 29,298

*Expenditures of $3.5 million incurred as of December 31, 2016 had been fully recovered from the Option Agreement funding.

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Quaterra Resources Inc.
Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
For the six months ended June 30, 2017
(Unaudited - In U.S. Dollars; tabular amounts in thousands except for shares)
 

  a)

MacArthur Copper, Nevada


 

The Company earned a 100% interest in the MacArthur property in January 2015.

     
 

The property is subject to a 2% net smelter return royalty (“NSR”), which may be reduced to a 1% NSR royalty for a consideration of $1.0 million.

     
  b)

Yerington Copper, Nevada

     
 

The Company acquired a 100% interest in the Yerington property from the Arimetco bankruptcy proceedings in April 2011 for $500,000 cash and 250,000 common shares of Quaterra.

     
 

The acquisition followed years of due-diligence studies and negotiations with state and federal agencies and the receipt of Bona Fide Prospective Purchase (“BFPP”) letters from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (“NDEP”) and the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) to protect SPS from liability emanating from activities of the former mine owners and operations.

     
 

The property has a 2% NSR royalty capped at $7.5 million on commencement of commercial production.

     
  c)

Bear Copper, Nevada

     
 

Bear Deposit consists of five option agreements covering private land in Yerington, Nevada. Under the terms of these option agreements, the Company is required to make approximately $6.24 million in cash payments over ten years ($3.62 million paid) in order to maintain the exclusive right to purchase the land, mineral rights and certain water rights and to conduct mineral exploration on these properties. Aggregate payments due under the five option agreements by year are as follows:


  $329,258 due in 2013 (paid);
  $341,258 due in 2014 (paid);
  $788,258 due in 2015 (paid);
  $1,363,258 due in 2016 (paid);
  $895,258 due in 2017 ($795,258 paid);
  $975,258 due in 2018;
  $1,012,000 due in 2019;
  $512,000 due in 2020, and
  $12,000 each due in 2021 and 2022, respectively.

  d)

Wassuk Copper, Nevada

     
 

The Company has an option to earn an interest in certain unpatented mining claims in Yerington, over ten years and is required to make $1.51 million in cash payments ($0.65 million paid) and incur a work commitment of $300,000 ($87,288 incurred) by August 1, 2018 as below:


  $390,000 prior payments before August 23, 2013 (paid);
  $80,000 each on or before August 1, 2014 and 2015 (paid);
  $100,000 on or before August 1, 2016 (paid);
  $200,000 each on or before August 1, 2017 and 2018; and
  $230,000 each on or before August 1, 2019 and 2020, respectively.

The property is subject to a 3% NSR royalty upon commencing commercial production, which can be reduced to a 2% NSR royalty in consideration for $1.5 million.

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Quaterra Resources Inc.
Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
For the six months ended June 30, 2017
(Unaudited - In U.S. Dollars; tabular amounts in thousands except for shares)
 

5.

LOAN PAYABLE

   

On May 8, 2015, the Company entered into a $500,000 secured note (“Loan Payable”) with Freeport Nevada in order to facilitate a real property interest acquisition within the Bear Deposit area.

   

The Loan Payable bears a simple interest at a rate of 5% per annum and is due 180 days following written notice of termination of the Option Agreement by Freeport Nevada. The Company can extend repayment by 180 days by paying an extension fee of 5% of the outstanding principal and provided the interest accrued does not exceed $100,000 ($52,671 accrued to June 30, 2017).

   

In the event Freeport Nevada elects to enter Stage 3 of the Option Agreement, the $500,000 may be credited to the Freeport Nevada future funding obligation.

   
6.

CONVERTIBLE NOTES

   

On July 2, 2014, the Company closed a non-brokered private placement of 500 units for gross proceeds of $500,000. Each unit comprised of one non-transferable convertible redeemable promissory note (“Notes”) and 11,442 non-transferable warrants. The Notes bear simple interest at a rate of 10% per annum. Interest may be paid in cash or shares at the option of the Company, subject to any required exchange approvals in the case of share payments.

   

On February 25, 2017, the Company’s shares had achieved a minimum closing price of CAD$0.12 for a 10- consecutive trading day period on the TSXV, and the principal of the Notes was automatically converted into 6,609,000 shares at a rate of CAD$0.10 per share. Of the interest due, $79,977 was paid by issuing 880,898 shares, and the remaining interest $53,315 was paid in cash.

   

The convertible notes were settled by issuing 7,489,898 shares and making a cash payment of $53,315 on March 16, 2017. As a result, a $0.22 million loss on the settlement of the convertible notes was recorded in the statement of loss and comprehensive loss.

   
7.

DERIVATIVE LIABILITY

   

In connection with the convertible note issue on July 2, 2014 and an Asset Purchase Agreement with FMMP on October 3, 2014, the Company issued 5,721,000 and 19,000,000 share purchase warrants to the note holders and FMMP, respectively.

   

These warrants are derivative liabilities as they are either currently or were at the time of issue exercisable in a different currency from the Company’s functional currency. They are carried at fair value and revalued at each reporting date.

   

As of June 30, 2017, the derivative warrants were recorded at $655,910 using the following: weighted average assumptions: volatility of 118%, expected term of 1.85 years, discount rate of 0.62% and dividend yield of 0%.

   
8.

SHARE CAPITAL

   

The Company is authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares without par value.

   

On March 16, 2017, the Company settled the convertible debt including principal and portion of the interest accrued by issuing a total of 7,489,898 common shares (Note 6).

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Quaterra Resources Inc.
Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
For the six months ended June 30, 2017
(Unaudited - In U.S. Dollars; tabular amounts in thousands except for shares)
 

9.

SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS

     
a)

Stock options

     

The Company has a stock option plan under which the Company is authorized to grant stock options of up to 10% of the number of common shares issued and outstanding of the Company at any given time.

     

The following table presents changes in stock options as of June 30, 2017:


          Weighted Average  
    Number of Options     Exercise Price (CAD$)  
Outstanding, beginning of period   15,710,000     0.16  
   Granted   2,900,000     0.095  
   Expired   (2,500,000 )   (0.46 )
   Forfeiture   (60,000 )   (0.10 )
Outstanding, end of period   16,050,000     0.11  
Exercisable, end of period   15,850,000     0.11  

The following table summarizes stock options outstanding by expiry dates with the exercise price in Canadian dollars:

Exercise Price   Number of Options Outstanding
(CAD$) Expiry Date June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
0.50 March 27, 2017 - 100,000
0.45 June 28, 2017 - 2,400,000
0.16 September 19, 2018 3,760,000 3,760,000
0.10 June 25, 2019 2,815,000 2,815,000
0.05 December 31, 2019 1,000,000 1,000,000
0.05 March 26, 2020 200,000 200,000
0.13 July 16, 2020 2,380,000 2,410,000
0.065 April 14, 2021 2,995,000 3,025,000
0.095 June 23, 2022 2,900,000 -
    16,050,000 15,710,000

The Company applies the fair value method of accounting for stock options. Option pricing models require the input of highly subjective assumptions including expected price volatility. Changes in the subjective input assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate.

The Company used the following assumptions in the Black-Scholes option pricing model: volatility 85% (141% 2016), risk-free rate 0.6% (0.6% 2016), 5-year life and 0% forfeiture rate as well as 0% expected dividend yield.

Share-based payment expenses were allocated as follows:

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Quaterra Resources Inc.
Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
For the six months ended June 30, 2017
(Unaudited - In U.S. Dollars; tabular amounts in thousands except for shares)
 

    Three months ended June 30,     Six months ended June 30,  
    2017     2016     2017     2016  
    $     $     $     $  
Consultants   55     31     55     31  
Directors and officers   88     85     88     85  
Employees   26     20     26     20  
    169     136     169     136  

  b)

Share purchase warrants

     
 

The following table summarizes information about warrants outstanding as of June 30, 2017:


Expiry date Exercise price Number of Warrants
January 2, 2018 CAD 0.16 5,721,000
September 13, 2018 $ 0.15 29,810,000
October 3, 2019 $ 0.16 19,000,000
    54,531,000

10.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

     
a)

Key management comprises directors and executive officers. In the event of a change of control, certain executive officers are entitled to termination benefits equal to the amount that would have been paid during the unexpired term of their employment agreement, and others to the equivalent of either one or two years’ salary. The Company has no post-employment benefits and other long-term employee benefits. Compensation awarded to key management was as follows:


    Three months ended June 30,     Six months ended June 30,  
    2017     2016     2017     2016  
    $     $     $     $  
Salaries   106     98     212     145  
Directors' fees   9     9     18     18  
Share-based payments   114     85     114     85  
    229     192     344     248  

  b)

Manex Resource Group (“Manex”) is a private company owned by the Company’s Corporate Secretary Mr. Lawrence Page. It provides office space and general office and administrative services for a monthly fee of CAD$13,000 of which CAD$5,000 can be cancelled with a 30-day notice.

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Quaterra Resources Inc.
Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
For the six months ended June 30, 2017
(Unaudited - In U.S. Dollars; tabular amounts in thousands except for shares)
 

11.

SEGMENTED INFORMATION

     

The Company has one business segment, the exploration of mineral properties. As of June 30, 2017, all the Company’s significant non-current assets are located in the United States.

     
12.

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

     
a)

The Company has a five-year service agreement with Manex ending on August 31, 2017, at a monthly rate of CAD$8,000 plus CAD$5,000 cancellable with 30-day notice. Should the Company terminate the service agreement as of June 30, 2017, it would be required to pay CAD$16,000 to Manex.

     
b)

To acquire certain mineral property interests in Nevada and Alaska (Note 4), the Company must make optional acquisition expenditures in order to satisfy the terms of existing option agreements, failing which the rights to such mineral properties will revert back to the property vendors.


13.

CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

     

The Company considers its capital to be equity, comprising share capital, reserves and deficit. The Company’s objectives are to ensure sufficient financial flexibility to achieve the ongoing business objectives including funding of future growth opportunities, and pursuit of accretive acquisitions; and to maximize shareholder return through enhancing the share value.

     

The Company manages capital through its budgeting and forecasting processes. The Company reviews its working capital and forecasts its future cash flows based on operating expenditures, and other investing and financing activities. To maintain its objectives, the Company may issue new shares, adjust capital spending, acquire or dispose of assets. There is no assurance that these initiatives will be successful.

     

There was no change in the Company’s approach to capital management during the period ended June 30, 2017.

     

The Company is not subject to any externally imposed capital requirements.

     
14.

FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

     

The Company examines the various financial instrument risk to which it is exposed and assesses the impact and likelihood of those risks.

     
a)

Foreign currency risk

     

Foreign currency risk is the risk that fair value of financial instruments or future cash flows will fluctuate as a result of changes in foreign exchange rates. The Company operates in Canada and the United States and is therefore exposed to foreign currency risk arising from transactions denominated in Canadian dollars. Certain amounts of the Company’s accounts payable and accrued liabilities are denominated in Canadian dollars. The Company monitors its net exposure to foreign currency fluctuations and adjusts its cash held in Canadian dollars accordingly.

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Quaterra Resources Inc.
Notes to Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
For the six months ended June 30, 2017
(Unaudited - In U.S. Dollars; tabular amounts in thousands except for shares)
 

  b)

Interest rate risk

     
 

The Company’s cash is held in bank accounts that earn interest at variable interest rates. Due to the short-term nature of these financial instruments, fluctuations in market rates do not have a significant impact on the estimated fair value as of June 30, 2017. The Company manages interest rate risk by maintaining an investment policy that focuses primarily on preservation of capital and liquidity.

     
  c)

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 by forecasting cash flows. Cash is invested in highly liquid investments which are available to discharge obligations when they come due.

     
  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 which are held in large Canadian financial institutions that have high credit ratings assigned by international credit ratings agencies. The Company believes this credit risk is insignificant.

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