EX-99.1 2 exhibit_99-1.htm CONSENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS exhibit_99-1.htm

EXHIBIT 99.1
 

 












PRETIUM RESOURCES INC.





CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2014 AND 2013

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
(Unaudited)












1600 – 570 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 3P1

Phone: 604-558-1784
Email: invest@pretivm.com

 
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PRETIUM RESOURCES INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
(Unaudited – Expressed in Canadian Dollars)

   
Note
   
March 31, 2014
   
December 31, 2013
 
                   
ASSETS
                 
                   
Current assets
                 
Cash and cash equivalents
        $ 24,706,016      $ 11,575,090  
Receivables and other
          8,523,101       8,029,053  
            33,229,117       19,604,143  
Non-current assets
                     
Restricted cash
    3       1,231,000       1,208,000  
Property, plant and equipment
            8,254,215       8,658,520  
Mineral interests
    3       704,021,239       696,790,071  
              713,506,454       706,656,591  
                         
Total Assets
            746,735,571       726,260,734  
                         
LIABILITIES
                       
                         
Current liabilities
                       
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
           $ 3,452,425      $ 8,385,603  
Flow-through premium
            1,642,948       -  
              5,095,373       8,385,603  
Non-current liabilities
                       
Decommissioning and restoration provision
            1,908,692       1,900,013  
Deferred income tax
            17,319,256       17,936,121  
Total liabilities
            24,323,321       28,221,737  
                         
EQUITY
                       
                         
Share capital
    4       732,507,015       707,547,196  
Share based payment reserve
    4       55,610,678       53,820,248  
Deficit
            (65,705,443 )     (63,328,447 )
Total equity
            722,412,250       698,038,997  
                         
Total Equity and Liabilities
           $ 746,735,571     $ 726,260,734  
                         
Contingencies     6                  

These condensed consolidated interim financial statements were authorized for issue by the Board of Directors on May 14, 2014.

On behalf of the Board:
 
     
“Ross A. Mitchell”
 
“C. Noel Dunn”
 
Ross A. Mitchell
(Chairman of Audit Committee)
 
C. Noel Dunn
(Director)
 

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

 
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PRETIUM RESOURCES INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENTS OF LOSS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(Unaudited – Expressed in Canadian Dollars)

         
Three months ended March 31,
 
   
Note
   
2014
   
2013
 
                   
EXPENSES
                 
 
                 
Amortization
        $ 14,610     $ 18,896  
Consulting
          15,723       12,250  
General and administrative
          257,300       210,937  
Insurance
          91,484       74,626  
Investor relations
          256,552       221,402  
Listing and filing fees
          202,202       265,176  
Professional fees
          490,811       75,354  
Salaries
          388,924       360,521  
Share-based compensation
    4       855,734       1,704,692  
Travel and accommodation
            29,938       50,003  
                         
Loss before other items
            2,603,278       2,993,857  
                         
OTHER ITEMS
                       
                         
Accretion of decommissioning and restoration provision
            8,679       5,922  
Interest income
            (37,174 )     (85,790 )
                         
Loss before taxes
            2,574,783       2,913,989  
                         
Deferred income tax expense (recovery)
            (197,787 )     1,817,091  
                         
Net loss and comprehensive loss for the period
          $ 2,376,996     $ 4,731,080  
Basic and diluted loss per common share
          $ 0.02     $ 0.05  
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding
            105,865,369       95,633,594  

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

 
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PRETIUM RESOURCES INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited – Expressed in Canadian Dollars)

         
Three months ended March 31,
 
   
Note
   
2014
   
2013
 
                   
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
                 
Loss for the period
        $ (2,376,996 )   $ (4,731,080 )
Items not affecting cash:
                     
Accretion of decommissioning and restoration provision
          8,679       5,922  
Amortization
          14,610       18,896  
Deferred income tax expense (recovery)
          (197,787 )     1,817,091  
Share-based compensation
    4       855,734       1,704,692  
Change in non-cash working capital items:
                       
Receivables and other
            (262,026 )     32,854  
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
            637,055       (680,497 )
                         
Net cash used in operating activities
            (1,320,731 )     (1,832,122 )
                         
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
                       
Common shares issued, net
    4       26,183,689       19,523,481  
                         
Net cash generated by financing activities
            26,183,689       19,523,481  
                         
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
                       
Expenditures on mineral interests
    3       (14,859,582 )     (24,386,766 )
Mineral recoveries
            3,194,240       -  
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
            (43,690 )     (1,485,994 )
Restricted cash
    3       (23,000 )     (46,000 )
                         
Net cash used in investing activities
            (11,732,032 )     (25,918,760 )
                         
Change in cash and cash equivalents for the period
            13,130,926       (8,227,401 )
 
                       
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
            11,575,090       28,991,606  
                         
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
          $ 24,706,016     $ 20,764,205  














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

 
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PRETIUM RESOURCES INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
 (Unaudited – Expressed in Canadian Dollars)

   
Note
   
Number
of shares
   
Amount
   
Share-based
payments
reserve
   
Deficit
   
Total
 
Balance – December 31, 2012
          94,827,636     $ 623,469,609     $ 44,529,084     $ (46,744,761 )   $ 621,253,932  
Shares issued under flow-through agreement
          1,648,550       19,337,492       -       -       19,337,492  
Share issue costs
          -       (1,477,429 )     -       -       (1,477,429 )
Deferred income tax on share issuance costs
          -       369,357       -       -       369,357  
Value assigned to options vested
          -       -       3,082,255       -       3,082,255  
Loss for the period
          -       -       -       (4,731,080 )     (4,731,080 )
Balance – March 31, 2013
          96,476,186       641,699,029       47,611,339       (51,475,841 )     637,834,527  
Balance – December 31, 2013
          105,051,050       707,547,196       53,820,248       (63,328,447 )     698,038,997  
Shares issued under
flow-through agreement
    4       3,425,327       26,306,513       -       -       26,306,513  
Share issue costs
    4       -       (1,816,331 )     -       -       (1,816,331 )
Deferred income tax on share issuance costs
            -       469,637       -       -       469,637  
Value assigned to options vested
    4       -       -       1,790,430       -       1,790,430  
Loss for the period
            -       -       -       (2,376,996 )     (2,376,996 )
Balance – March 31, 2014
            108,476,377       732,507,015       55,610,678       (65,705,443 )     722,412,250  
                                                 
                                                 












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

 
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PRETIUM RESOURCES INC.
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013
(Unaudited – Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
 
 
1. 
NATURE OF OPERATIONS

Pretium Resources Inc. (the "Company") was incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada on October 22, 2010.  The address of the Company’s registered office is 1600 – 570 Granville St., Vancouver, BC, V6C 3P1.

The Company owns the Brucejack and Snowfield Projects (the “Projects”) located in Northwest British Columbia, Canada.  The Company is in the process of advancing the Brucejack Project, which has been determined to contain economically recoverable mineral reserves as communicated through our National Instrument 43-101 compliant “Feasibility Study and Technical report for the Brucejack Project” and exploring the Snowfield Project.  The Company’s continuing operations and the underlying value and recoverability of the amount shown for the mineral interests are entirely dependent upon the existence of economically recoverable mineral reserves and resources, the ability of the Company to obtain the necessary financing to complete the exploration and development of the Projects, the ability to obtain the necessary permits to mine, and on future profitable production or proceeds from the disposition of the Projects.

2. 
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 
a)
Statement of Compliance

These condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) applicable to the preparation of interim financial statements, including IAS 34, Interim Financial Reporting. Accordingly, these Financial Statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by IFRS for complete financial statements for year-end reporting purposes. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2013, which have been prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB.

The accounting policies applied by the Company in these financial statements are the same as those applied by the Company in its most recent annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2013.

 
b)
Critical accounting estimates and judgments

The preparation of financial statements requires management to use judgment in applying its accounting policies and estimates and assumptions about the future. Estimates and other judgments are continuously evaluated and are based on management’s experience and other factors, including expectations about future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. The following discusses the most significant accounting judgments and estimates that the Company has made in the preparation of the financial statements.





 
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PRETIUM RESOURCES INC.
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013
(Unaudited – Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
 

2.
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont’d)

 
b)
Critical accounting estimates and judgments (cont’d)

 
·
Impairment

The Company considers both external and internal sources of information in assessing whether there are any indicators that mineral interests are impaired.  External sources of information include changes in the market, and the economic and legal environment in which the Company operates.  Internal sources of information include the manner in which mineral interests are being used or are expected to be used.  Management has assessed impairment indicators on the Company’s mineral interests and has concluded that no impairment indicators existed as of March 31, 2014.

 
c)
New accounting standards and recent pronouncements

There are no IFRS or IFRIC interpretations that are effective January 1, 2014 that are expected to have a material impact on the Company.

3. 
MINERAL INTERESTS

The Company’s mineral interests consist of gold/copper/silver exploration and evaluation projects located in northwest British Columbia.
 
     Three months ended March 31, 2014  
   
Brucejack
   
Snowfield
   
Total
 
 
Acquisition
                 
Balance, beginning of period
  $ 143,109,910     $ 309,067,638     $ 452,177,548  
Additions in the period
    126,133       -       126,133  
Balance, end of period
  $ 143,236,043       309,067,638       452,303,681  
                         
Exploration
                       
Balance, beginning of period
  $ 243,190,077     $ 1,422,446     $ 244,612,523  
Costs incurred in the period
                       
Project
    6,582,474       -       6,582,474  
Feasibility
    2,311,928       105,912       2,417,840  
Road infrastructure
    961,831       -       961,831  
Salaries, benefits & other
    1,266,130       -       1,266,130  
Recoveries
    (4,123,240 )     -       (4,123,240 )
Balance, end of period
  $ 250,189,200       1,528,358       251,717,558  
Balance, March 31, 2014
  $ 393,425,243       310,595,996       704,021,239  
 
 
 
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PRETIUM RESOURCES INC.
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013
(Unaudited – Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
 
 
3.
MINERAL INTERESTS (Cont’d)
 
     Year ended December 31, 2013  
   
Brucejack
   
Snowfield
   
Total
 
 
Acquisition
                 
Balance, beginning of year
  $ 142,949,319     $ 309,067,638     $ 452,016,957  
Additions in the year
    160,591       -       160,591  
Balance, end of year
  $ 143,109,910     $ 309,067,638     $ 452,177,548  
                         
Exploration
                       
Balance, beginning of year
  $ 143,602,828     $ 539,057     $ 144,141,885  
Costs incurred in the year
                       
Project
    72,550,481       -       72,550,481  
Feasibility
    9,997,091       883,389       10,880,480  
Road infrastructure
    12,122,368       -       12,122,368  
Salaries, benefits & other
    12,720,617       -       12,720,617  
Recoveries
    (7,803,308 )     -       (7,803,308 )
Balance, end of year
  $ 243,190,077     $ 1,422,446     $ 244,612,523  
Balance, December 31, 2012
  $ 386,299,987     $ 310,490,084     $ 696,790,071  

Snowfield and Brucejack Projects

In relation to the Brucejack Project, the Company has $1,231,000 of restricted cash which includes $889,000 in the form of Guaranteed Investment Certificates as security deposits with various government agencies in relation to close down and restoration provisions for the Projects.

The Brucejack Project is subject to a 1.2% net smelter returns royalty on production in excess of 503,386 ounces of gold and 17,907,080 ounces of silver.

4. 
CAPITAL AND RESERVES

Authorized Share Capital

In the first quarter of 2014, the Company closed a private placement of 568,182 Investment Tax Credit flow-through common shares at a price of $8.80 per flow-through share and 2,857,145 Canadian Exploration Expense flow-through common shares at a price of $8.05 per flow-through share for aggregate proceeds of $28 million.  The Company bifurcated the gross proceeds between share capital of $26,306,513 (before share issue costs of $1,816,330) and flow-through share premium of $1,693,507.


 
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PRETIUM RESOURCES INC.
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013
(Unaudited – Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
 

4.
CAPITAL AND RESERVES (Cont’d)

Share Option Plan

The following table summarizes the changes in stock options for the three months ended March 31:
 
     2014     2013  
   
Number of options
   
Weighted average exercise price
   
Number of options
   
Weighted average exercise price
 
Outstanding, January 1
    9,841,950     $ 8.63       8,541,950     $ 9.13  
Granted
    360,000       7.26       35,000       7.56  
Exercised
    -       -       (15,000 )     (13.70 )
Outstanding, March 31
    10,201,950     $ 8.58       8,561,950     $ 9.11  

The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding and exercisable at March 31, 2014:
 
      Stock options outstanding     Stock options exercisable  
Exercise prices
   
Number of options outstanding
   
Weighted average years to expiry
   
Number of options exercisable
   
Weighted average exercise price
 
$ 5.85 – $7.99       6,035,000     $ 1.58       4,672,500     $ 6.06  
$ 8.00 - $9.99       528,750       0.14       483,750       9.46  
$ 10.00 - $11.99       2,023,200       0.49       2,023,200       11.53  
$ 12.00 - $13.99       1,395,000       0.50       1,073,750       13.68  
$ 14.00 - $15.99       95,000       0.03       95,000       14.70  
$ 16.00 - $17.99       125,000       0.04       125,000       16.48  
Outstanding, March 31
      10,201,950     $ 2.78       8,473,200     $ 8.78  

The total stock option expense for the three month period ended March 31, 2014 is $1,790,430 of which $855,734 has been expensed in the statement of loss and $934,696 has been capitalized to mineral interests.

The following are the weighted average assumptions employed to estimate the fair value of options granted for the three month periods ended March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model:
 
   
Three months ended March 31
 
   
2014
   
2013
 
Risk-free interest rate
    1.34 %     1.25 %
Expected volatility
    54.92 %     65.34 %
Expected life
 
5 years
   
5 years
 
Expected dividend yield
 
Nil
   
Nil
 

Option pricing models require the input of subjective assumptions including the expected price volatility, and expected option life. Changes in these assumptions may have a significant impact on the fair value calculation.


 
 

 
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PRETIUM RESOURCES INC.
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013
(Unaudited – Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
 
 
5.
RELATED PARTIES

 
Transactions with directors and key management personnel
 
   
Three months ended March 31
 
   
2014
   
2013
 
Salaries and management fees
  $ 364,833     $ 300,250  
Share based compensation
    1,297,838       1,534,323  
Total management compensation
  $ 1,662,671     $ 1,834,573  

Subsidiaries

Name of Subsidiary
Place of Incorporation
 
Proportion of Ownership Interest
 
Principal Activity
Pretium Exploration Inc.
British Columbia, Canada
    100%
Holds interest in the Brucejack and Snowfield Projects
0890696 BC Ltd.
British Columbia, Canada
    100%
Holds real estate in
Stewart, BC

 
6.
CONTINGENCIES
 
 
a)
 Canadian Class Actions

On October 29, 2013, David Wong, a shareholder of the company, filed a proposed class action against the Company, Robert Quartermain (a director, the President and the CEO of the Company) and Snowden Mining Industry Consultants Ltd. (the “Wong Action”). 

A similar proposed class action was filed by Roksana Tahzibi, a shareholder of the Company, on November 1, 2013 (the “Tahzibi Action”).  The defendants in the Tahzibi Action are the Company, Mr. Quartermain, Joseph Ovsenek (an officer and director of the Company), Kenneth McNaughton (an officer of the Company), Ian Chang (an officer of the Company) and Snowden Mining Industry Consultants Ltd.    

The Wong Action and Tahzibi Action (together, the “Ontario Actions”) were filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

The plaintiffs in the Ontario Actions seek certification of a class action on behalf of a class of persons, wherever they reside, who acquired the Company’s securities commencing on November 22, 2012 (in the case of the Wong Action) or November 20, 2012 (in the case of the Tahzibi Action) and ending on October 22, 2013.  


 
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PRETIUM RESOURCES INC.
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013
(Unaudited – Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
 
 
6.
CONTINGENCIES (Cont’d)

The plaintiffs in the Ontario Actions allege that certain of the Company’s disclosures contained material misrepresentations or omissions regarding Brucejack, including statements with respect to probable mineral reserves and future gold production at Brucejack.  The plaintiffs further allege that until October 22, 2013 the Company failed to disclose alleged reasons provided by Strathcona Mineral Services Ltd. for its resignation as an independent qualified person overseeing the bulk sample program.  According to the plaintiffs in the Ontario Actions, these misrepresentations and omissions are actionable under Ontario’s Securities Act, other provincial securities legislation and the common law.  The Tahzibi Action also includes a claim for unjust enrichment as against Mr. McNaughton.     

The Wong Action claims $60 million in general damages.  The Tahzibi Action claims $250 million in general damages. The plaintiffs in the Ontario Actions have asked for the appointment of a case management judge.  There have been no further steps in the Ontario Actions. 

The Company believes that the allegations made against it in Ontario Actions are meritless and will vigorously defend them, although no assurance can be given with respect to the ultimate outcome of the Ontario Actions.
 
 
 b)
United States Class Actions

Between October 25, 2013 and November 18, 2013, five putative class action complaints were filed in the United States against the Company and certain of its officers and directors, alleging that defendants violated the United States securities laws by misrepresenting or failing to disclose material information concerning the Company’s Brucejack Project.  All five actions were filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

On January 22, 2014, the Court ordered that these actions be consolidated into a single action, styled In re Pretium Resources Inc. Securities Litigation, Case No. 13-CV-7552 (PGG).  The Court has appointed as lead plaintiff in the consolidated action a group of shareholders designated as the “Pretium Investor Group,”  which consists of three individuals (Gary Martin, Merton K.W. Chang and Sandra Lee Reyes-Troyer) suing on behalf of a putative class of shareholders who purchased or otherwise acquired the Company’s securities between January 19, 2011 and October 21, 2013

The Company believes that the allegations made against it in these actions are meritless and will vigorously defend the matter, although no assurance can be given with respect to the ultimate outcome of such proceedings.
 
 
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