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

EXHIBIT 99.1


 
 
 



 
PRETIUM RESOURCES INC.





CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 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
   
June 30, 2014
   
December 31, 2013
 
                   
ASSETS
                 
                   
Current assets
                 
Cash and cash equivalents
        $ 19,738,943     $ 11,575,090  
Receivables and other
          10,925,057       8,029,053  
            30,664,000       19,604,143  
Non-current assets
                     
Restricted cash
  3       1,231,000       1,208,000  
Property, plant and equipment
          7,963,036       8,658,520  
Mineral interests
  3       709,284,399       696,790,071  
            718,478,435       706,656,591  
                       
Total Assets
        $ 749,142,435     $ 726,260,734  
                       
LIABILITIES
                     
                       
Current liabilities
                     
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
        $ 7,019,807     $ 8,385,603  
Flow-through premium
          953,321       -  
            7,973,128       8,385,603  
Non-current liabilities
                     
Decommissioning and restoration provision
          1,918,425       1,900,013  
Deferred income tax
          18,385,068       17,936,121  
Total liabilities
          28,276,621       28,221,737  
                       
EQUITY
                     
                       
Share capital
  4       732,327,553       707,547,196  
Share based payment reserve
  4       57,549,848       53,820,248  
Deficit
          (69,011,587 )     (63,328,447 )
Total equity
          720,865,814       698,038,997  
                       
Total Equity and Liabilities
        $ 749,142,435     $ 726,260,734  

Contingencies 6
Subsequent event 7

These condensed consolidated interim financial statements were authorized for issue by the Board of Directors on August 8, 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 June 30,
   
Six months ended June 30,
 
   
Note
   
2014
   
2013
   
2014
   
2013
 
                               
EXPENSES
                             
 
                             
Amortization
        $ 19,293     $ 15,931     $ 33,903     $ 34,827  
Consulting
          26,701       10,000       42,424       22,250  
General and administrative
          296,908       199,048       554,208       409,985  
Insurance
          87,054       79,099       178,538       153,725  
Investor relations
          252,005       271,919       508,557       493,321  
Listing and filing fees
          35,997       218,034       238,199       483,210  
Professional fees
          570,537       115,287       1,061,348       190,641  
Salaries
          364,212       336,061       753,136       696,582  
Share-based compensation
  4       1,050,614       1,539,870       1,906,348       3,244,562  
Travel and accommodation
          23,032       55,675       52,970       105,678  
                                       
Loss before other items
          2,726,353       2,840,924       5,329,631       5,834,781  
                                       
OTHER ITEMS
                                     
                                       
Accretion of decommissioning and restoration provision
          8,684       7,737       17,363       13,659  
Foreign exchange
          221,650       -       221,650       -  
Interest income
          (26,728 )     (152,461 )     (63,902 )     (238,251 )
                                       
Loss before taxes
          2,929,959       2,969,200       5,504,742       5,610,189  
                                       
Deferred income tax expense
          376,185       1,559,545       178,398       3,376,636  
                                       
Net loss and comprehensive loss for the period
        $ 3,306,144     $ 4,255,745     $ 5,683,140     $ 8,986,825  
 
Basic and diluted loss per common share
        $ 0.03     $ 0.04     $ 0.05     $ 0.09  
 
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding
          108,476,377       100,605,005       107,178,086       100,086,036  














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)

         
Six months ended June 30,
 
   
Note
   
2014
   
2013
 
                   
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
                 
Loss for the period
        $ (5,683,140 )   $ (8,986,825 )
Items not affecting cash:
                     
Accretion of decommissioning and restoration provision
          17,363       13,659  
Amortization
          33,903       34,827  
Deferred income tax expense
          178,398       3,376,636  
Share-based compensation
  4       1,906,348       3,244,562  
Change in non-cash working capital items:
                     
Receivables and other
          (173,634 )     102,056  
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
          388,314       (786,143 )
                       
Net cash used in operating activities
          (3,332,448 )     (3,001,228 )
                       
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
                     
Common shares issued, net
  4       26,004,227       59,483,712  
                       
Net cash generated by financing activities
          26,004,227       59,483,712  
                       
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
                     
Expenditures on mineral interests
  3       (23,022,041 )     (49,015,284 )
Mineral recoveries
  3       8,719,690       -  
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
          (182,575 )     (3,077,524 )
Restricted cash
  3       (23,000 )     (69,000 )
                       
Net cash used in investing activities
          (14,507,926 )     (52,161,808 )
                       
Change in cash and cash equivalents for the period
          8,163,853       4,320,676  
 
                     
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
          11,575,090       28,991,606  
                       
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
        $ 19,738,943     $ 33,312,282  












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  
Shares issued under private placement
          5,780,346       40,000,000       -       -       40,000,000  
Share issue costs
          -       (1,517,198 )     -       -       (1,517,198 )
Deferred income tax on share issuance costs
          -       379,697       -       -       379,697  
Value assigned to options vested
          -       -       5,629,550       -       5,629,550  
Loss for the period
          -       -       -       (8,986,825 )     (8,986,825 )
Balance – June 30, 2013
          102,256,532     $ 681,669,600     $ 50,158,634     $ (55,731,586 )   $ 676,096,648  
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       -       (1,995,793 )     -       -       (1,995,793 )
Deferred income tax on share issuance costs
          -       469,637       -       -       469,637  
Value assigned to options vested
  4       -       -       3,729,600       -       3,729,600  
Loss for the period
          -       -       -       (5,683,140 )     (5,683,140 )
Balance – June 30, 2014
          108,476,377     $ 732,327,553     $ 57,549,848     $ (69,011,587 )   $ 720,865,814  
                                               












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 six months ended June 30, 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 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 six months ended June 30, 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 June 30, 2014.

 
c)
Mineral recoveries

The incidental proceeds from the sale of gold recovered from activities conducted during the exploration and evaluation stage are offset against the carrying value of the associated mineral interests.

 
d)
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.

   
Six months ended June 30, 2014
 
   
Brucejack
   
Snowfield
   
Total
 
Acquisition
                 
Balance, beginning of period
  $ 143,109,910     $ 309,067,638     $ 452,177,548  
Additions in the period
    127,133       -       127,133  
Balance, end of period
  $ 143,237,043     $ 309,067,638     $ 452,304,681  
                         
Exploration
                       
Balance, beginning of period
  $ 243,190,077     $ 1,422,446     $ 244,612,523  
Costs incurred in the period
                       
Project
    14,817,319       -       14,817,319  
Feasibility
    5,087,689       147,026       5,234,715  
Road infrastructure
    1,755,925       -       1,755,925  
Salaries, benefits & other
    2,633,926       -       2,633,926  
Recoveries
                       
BC METC
    (1,155,000 )     -       (1,155,000 )
Gold sales
    (10,919,690 )     -       (10,919,690 )
Balance, end of period
  $ 255,410,246     $ 1,569,472     $ 256,979,718  
Balance, June 30, 2014
  $ 398,647,289     $ 310,637,110     $ 709,284,399  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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PRETIUM RESOURCES INC.
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the six months ended June 30, 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 – BC METC
    (7,803,308 )     -       (7,803,308 )
Balance, end of year
  $ 243,190,077     $ 1,422,446     $ 244,612,523  
Balance, December 31, 2013
  $ 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.

See also Note 7.

 
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PRETIUM RESOURCES INC.
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the six months ended June 30, 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 six months ended June 30:
   
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
    510,000       7.44       185,000       6.62  
Forfeited/expired
    -       -       (100,000 )     9.70  
Outstanding, June 30
    10,351,950     $ 8.57       8,626,950     $ 9.07  

The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding and exercisable at June 30, 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       6,185,000       2.49       5,081,250     $ 6.06  
$8.00 - $9.99       528,750       2.52       483,750       9.46  
$10.00 - $11.99       2,023,200       2.22       2,023,200       11.53  
$12.00 - $13.99       1,395,000       3.42       1,395,000       13.69  
$14.00 - $15.99       95,000       2.85       95,000       14.70  
$16.00 - $17.99       125,000       2.58       125,000       16.48  
Outstanding, June 30
      10,351,950       2.57       9,203,200     $ 8.83  

The total stock based compensation for the six month period ended June 30, 2014 is $3,729,600 of which $1,906,348 has been expensed in the statement of loss and $1,823,252 has been capitalized to mineral interests.

The following are the weighted average assumptions employed to estimate the fair value of options granted for the six month periods ended June 30, 2014 and June 30, 2013 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model:

   
Six months ended June 30
 
   
2014
   
2013
 
Risk-free interest rate
    1.63 %     1.15 %
Expected volatility
    59.2 %     66.49 %
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 six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013
(Unaudited – Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
 


5.
RELATED PARTIES

 
Transactions with directors and key management personnel

   
Six months ended June 30
 
   
2014
   
2013
 
Salaries and management fees
  $ 787,061     $ 604,071  
Share based compensation
    2,794,312       2,752,856  
Total management compensation
  $ 3,581,373     $ 3,356,927  

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.  In the Wong Action, the class period is between November 22, 2012 and October 22, 2013.   In the Tahzibi Action, the class period is between July 23, 2013 and October 21, 2013.

 
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PRETIUM RESOURCES INC.
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the six months ended June 30, 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 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 Brucejack Project.  All five actions were filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

In January 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.  The Court has appointed as lead plaintiffs in the consolidated action three individuals who are suing on behalf of a putative class of shareholders who purchased the Company’s common shares between June 11, 2013 and October 22, 2013.

In March 2014, plaintiffs filed a consolidated amended class action complaint, which the Company moved to dismiss in May 2014.  In July 2014, the plaintiffs filed a second consolidated amended class action complaint (“Second Amended Complaint”).  The Company’s time to respond to the Second Amended Complaint has not yet run.

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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PRETIUM RESOURCES INC.
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013
(Unaudited – Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
 
 
7.
SUBSEQUENT EVENT
 
On July 22, 2014, the Company announced that it had entered into an underwriting agreement to offer 8,280,000 common shares at a price of US$7.25 per common share for gross proceeds of US$49,524,750 for the Company and US$10,505,250 for Silver Standard Resources Inc. (“Silver Standard”).  The Company will offer 6,831,000 of the common shares in the offering and the remaining 1,449,000 of the common shares will be offered by Silver Standard pursuant to its existing registration rights that permit Silver Standard to participate in offerings of securities by the Company.  The offering will be made under a prospectus supplement dated July 22, 2014 to the Company’s short form base shelf prospectus dated July 16, 2014.  The Company and Silver Standard have also proportionately granted the underwriters an over-allotment option to purchase up to an additional aggregate of 1,242,000 common shares at the offering price exercisable for a period of 30 days following closing.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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