As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 24, 2021
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SNOW LAKE RESOURCES LTD. |
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
Manitoba, Canada | Not Applicable | |
(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.) |
242 Hargrave Street, #1700 Winnipeg, Manitoba | R3C 0V1 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
SNOW LAKE RESOURCES LTD. 2021 AMENDED AND RESTATED STOCK OPTION PLAN |
(Full title of the plan) |
Cogency Global Inc. 122
East 42nd Street, 18th Floor (800)221-0102 (Names, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Louis A. Bevilacqua, Esq. BEVILACQUA PLLC 1050 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 500 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 869-0888 |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ☐ | Accelerated filer ☐ | |
Non-accelerated filer ☒ | Smaller reporting company ☒ | |
Emerging growth company ☒ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be registered | Amount to be registered(1) | Proposed maximum offering price per share(3) | Proposed maximum aggregate offering price | Amount of registration fee | ||||||||||||
Common Shares, no par value per share (2) | 2,406,732 | $ | 7.825 | $ | 18,832,677.90 | $ | 1,745.79 |
(1) | This Registration Statement covers a total of 2,406,732 common shares, no par value per share (the “Common Shares”) of Snow Lake Resources Ltd., issuable upon exercise of options outstanding under the Snow Lake Resources Ltd. 2021 Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan (the “Option Plan”) as of the date of this Registration Statement. Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional Common Shares which become issuable under the Option Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding Common Shares. |
(2) | Represents Common Shares reserved for issuance pursuant to future awards under the Plan. |
(3) | Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based upon the average of the high and low prices of the registrant’s common shares reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market on November 23, 2021. |
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this Registration Statement are not being filed with or included in this Registration Statement (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), and will be sent or given to all persons who participate in the Option Plan, as specified by Form S-8 and Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. These documents are not required to be filed with the Commission as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed with the Commission by Snow Lake Resources Ltd., a corporation formed under the laws of the Province of Manitoba (the “Company” or “Snow Lake”), are incorporated by reference herein:
(1) The Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1 (Commission File No. 333-254755), originally filed with the Commission on March 26, 2021, and the Prospectus related thereto, dated November 18, 2021, filed with the Commission on November 22, 2021 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (Commission File No. 333- 254755), which contains the Company’s audited financial statements for the latest fiscal year for which such statements have been filed and the accompanying report of independent auditors issued with respect thereto dated October 15, 2021, and
(2) The description of the Company’s Common Shares contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-41085) filed with the Commission on November 18, 2021, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicate that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with the rules of the Commission shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Under The Corporations Act (Manitoba), or MCA, we may indemnify our current or former directors or officers or another individual who acts or acted at our request as a director or officer, or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity which the Company is or was a shareholder or creditor of, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by the individual in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which the individual is involved because of his or her association with us or another entity. The MCA also provides that we may also advance moneys to a director, officer or other individual for costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with such a proceeding; provided that such individual shall repay the moneys if the individual does not fulfill the conditions described below.
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However, indemnification is prohibited under the MCA unless the individual:
● | acted honestly and in good faith with a view to our best interests, or the best interests of the other entity for which the individual acted as director or officer or in a similar capacity at our request; and |
● | in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, the individual had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her conduct was lawful. |
Our bylaws require us to indemnify each of our current or former directors or officers and each individual who acts or acted at our request as a director or officer of another entity which the Company is or was a shareholder or creditor of, as well as their respective heirs and successors, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by him or her in respect of any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which he or she is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer, except as may be prohibited by the MCA.
We have entered into separate indemnity agreements with our directors and officers to indemnify each of them against certain liabilities and expenses incurred by such persons in connection with claims made by reason of their being such a director or officer.
We have maintained directors’ and officers’ liability insurance for our directors and officers since November 2021.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us under the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
* | Filed herewith. |
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Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) | The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: |
(1) | To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: |
(i) | To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; |
(ii) | To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. |
(iii) | To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement. |
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in the periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) | That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
(3) | To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. |
(b) | The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
(c) | Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on the 24th day of November of 2021.
SNOW LAKE RESOURCES LTD. | ||
By: | /s/ Philip Gross | |
Name: | Philip Gross | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Philip Gross and Mario Miranda as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the foregoing, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Philip Gross | Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal | November 24, 2021 | ||
Philip Gross | Executive Officer) | |||
/s/ Mario Miranda | Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and | November 24, 2021 | ||
Mario Miranda | Accounting Officer) | |||
/s/ Louie Simens | Chairman of the Board | November 24, 2021 | ||
Louie Simens | ||||
/s/ Dale Schultz | Director and VP of Resource Development | November 24, 2021 | ||
Dale Schultz | ||||
/s/ Nachum Labkowski | Independent Director | November 24, 2021 | ||
Nachum Labkowski | ||||
/s/ Hadassah Slater | Independent Director | November 24, 2021 | ||
Hadassah Slater | ||||
/s/ Allan David Engel | Independent Director | November 24, 2021 | ||
Allan David Engel |
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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES
Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of Snow Lake Resources Ltd. has signed this registration statement or amendment thereto in New York on November 24, 2021.
Authorized U.S. Representative | ||
By: | /s/ Colleen A. De Vries | |
Name: | Ms. Colleen A. De Vries | |
Title: | Senior Vice President on behalf of Cogency Global Inc. |
Exhibit 5.1
November 24, 2021
SNOW LAKE RESOURCES LTD.
1700 – 242 Hargrave Street
Winnipeg MB R3C 0V1
Re: Snow Lake Resources Ltd.
Dear Sirs/Mesdames:
We have acted as special legal counsel to Snow Lake Resources Ltd., a Manitoba corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) to be filed by Snow Lake Resources Ltd. (the “Corporation”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to an aggregate of up to 2,406,732 common shares in the capital of the Corporation (the “Common Shares”) issuable pursuant to awards granted or to be granted pursuant to the Corporation’s amended and restated stock option plan dated effective October 26, 2021 (the “Plan”).
We have made such examination of the corporate records of the Corporation and applicable laws as we have considered necessary or appropriate in the circumstances. For purposes of certain factual matters relevant to the opinion below, we have relied on a certificate of an officer of the Corporation, dated the date hereof.
We are qualified to practise law only in the Province of Manitoba. Our opinion below is limited to the existing laws of the Province of Manitoba and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein as of the date of this opinion and should not be relied upon, nor are they given, in respect of the laws of any other jurisdiction. In particular, we express no opinion as to United States federal or state securities laws or any other laws, rule or regulation, federal or state, applicable to the Corporation.
In rendering the opinion below that the Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of options granted under the Plan will be “fully paid and non-assessable”, such opinion indicates that the holder of such shares cannot be required to contribute any further amounts to the Corporation by virtue of his, her or its status as holder of such shares, either in order to complete payment for the Common Shares, to satisfy claims of creditors or otherwise. No opinion is expressed as to the adequacy of any consideration received for such Common Shares.
Based and relying upon and subject to the foregoing and the qualifications expressed herein, we are of the opinion that the Common Shares, when issued upon the exercise of such options in accordance with the terms of the Plan, and upon payment of the purchase price therefor, will be validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable shares in the capital of the Corporation.
We hereby consent to the reference to the filing of this opinion with the SEC as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
This opinion letter is furnished to you at your request in accordance with the requirements of Item 8 of Form S-8 in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement, and is not to be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise relied upon for any other purpose. No opinion is expressed as to the contents of the Registration Statement, other than the opinions expressly set forth herein. This opinion is expressed as of the date hereof unless otherwise expressly stated, and we disclaim any undertaking to advise you of any subsequent changes in the facts stated or assumed herein or of any subsequent changes in applicable laws.
Yours truly,
/s/ THOMPSON DORFMAN SWEATMAN LLP
THOMPSON DORFMAN SWEATMAN LLP
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Snow Lake Resources Ltd. of our report dated October 15, 2021 relating to the financial statements of Snow Lake Resources Ltd. for the year ended June 30, 2021 and 2020.
November 24, 2021
/s/ De Visser Gray LLP
“De Visser Gray LLP”
CHARTERED PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS
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