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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) of North American Nickel Inc. (“North American Nickel” or the “Company”) is designed to enable the reader to assess material changes in the financial condition of the Company between March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, and the results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2019 (“Q1 2019”) and for the three months ended March 31, 2018 (“Q1 2018”). The MD&A should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 (“FY 2018”). In this MD&A, references to the Company are also references to North American Nickel and its wholly-owned subsidiary.

 

The financial statements, and the financial information contained in this MD&A were prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), including International Accounting Standard, Interim Financial Reporting (“IAS 34”).

 

All amounts in the discussion are expressed in thousands of Canadian dollars and in thousands of Danish Kroners (“DKK”) where applicable, except per share data and unless otherwise indicated. All amounts in tables are expressed in thousands of Canadian dollars, unless otherwise indicated.

 

This MD&A contains forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation (see “Forward-looking Information” below for full discussion on the nature of forward-looking information). Information regarding the adequacy of cash resources to carry out the Company’s exploration and development programs or the need for future financing is forward-looking information. All forward-looking information, including information not specifically identified herein, is made subject to cautionary language at the end of this document. Readers are advised to refer to the cautionary language included at the end of this MD&A under the heading “Forward-looking Information” when reading any forward-looking information. This MD&A is prepared in accordance with F1-102F1 and has been approved by the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) prior to release.

 

This report is dated May 24, 2019. Readers are encouraged to read the Company’s other public filings, which can be viewed on the SEDAR website under the Company’s profile at www.sedar.com. Other pertinent information about the Company can be found on the Company’s website at www.northamericannickel.com.

 

Company Overview and Highlights

 

North American Nickel is an international mineral exploration and resource development company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (“TSXV”) as at May 3, 2011 trading under the symbol NAN. The Company is focused on the exploration and development of a diversified portfolio of nickel-copper-cobalt-precious metals sulphide projects that should be economically feasible assuming conservative long-term commodity prices. The Company’s principal asset is its Maniitsoq Property, in southwestern Greenland, a district scale land position.

 

North American Nickel was incorporated under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada, by filing of Memorandum and Articles of Association on September 20, 1983, under the name Rainbow Resources Ltd.

 

Since 2011 the Company has continued the advancement of its camp scale Maniitsoq Project in south-western Greenland and the Post Creek Property in Sudbury, Ontario. The 2018 exploration and drilling program at its Maniitsoq project was completed in September with a total 14,287 metres of drilling, representing an increase of 5,520 metres from the previous program in 2017. The drilling was focused on testing a geochemical strategy within several of the main Maniitsoq intrusions and has confirmed the presence of melanorite and re-affirmed the significance of the high magnesium oxide (MgO) control on NiS mineralization.

 

Post Creek project has been held as an asset since 2010 because of its prospective location. The Company has been exploring the project with a combination of geophysics, prospecting, trenching, mapping. A two-hole drill program was completed in 2018 with the objective of assessing magnetic and electromagnetic anomalies within a corridor of breccias and quartz diorite extending radially away from the Whistle Offset and to provide a platform for downhole geophysics. Base metal massive sulphide-type high-grade zinc with silver mineralization were discovered.

 

 

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Maniitsoq Nickel-Copper-PGM Project, Southwest Greenland

 

The Greenland properties currently being explored for nickel-copper-cobalt-PGM sulphide by the Company have no mineral resources or reserves. The Maniitsoq project is centered 100 kilometres north of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland which is a safe, stable, mining-friendly jurisdiction. The centre of the project is located at 65 degrees 18 minutes north and 51 degrees 43 minutes west and has an arctic climate. It is accessible year-round either by helicopter or by boat from Nuuk or Maniitsoq, the latter located on the coast approximately 15 kilometres to the west. The deep-water coastline adjacent to Maniitsoq is typical of Greenland’s southwest coast which is free of pack ice with a year-round shipping season. The optimum shipping conditions are due the warming Gulf Stream flowing continuously past the south west coastline of Greenland. There is no infrastructure on the property; however, the Seqi deep water port and a quantified watershed for hydropower are located peripheral to the project.

 

The Maniitsoq property consists of four exploration licenses, No. 2011/54 and No. 2012/28 comprising 2,689 and 296 square kilometres, respectively and the recently acquired Carbonatite property No. 2018/21 (63 km2) and the Ikertoq property No. 2018/31 (33 km2). The Maniitsoq property is centred on the 75 kilometre by 15 kilometre Greenland Norite Belt which hosts numerous high-grade nickel-copper sulphide occurrences associated with mafic and ultramafic intrusions.

 

Between 1995 and 2011, various companies carried out exploration over portions of the project area. The most extensive work was carried out by Kryolitselskabet Øresund A/S Company (KØ) who explored the project area from 1959 to 1973. KØ discovered numerous surface and near surface nickel-copper sulphide occurrences and this work was instrumental in demonstrating the nickel prospectivity of the Greenland Norite Belt.

 

The Company acquired the Maniitsoq project because it has potential for the discovery of significant magmatic sulfide deposits in a camp-scale belt. The company believed that modern, time-domain, helicopter-borne electromagnetic (EM) systems would be more effective at detecting nickel sulphide deposits in the rugged terrain of Maniitsoq than previous, older airborne fixed wing geophysical surveys available to previous explorers. In addition, modern, time domain surface and borehole EM systems could be used to target mineralization in the sub-surface.

 

Effective August 15, 2011, the Company was granted an exploration license, No. 2011/54 (the “Sulussugut License”), by the Bureau of Minerals and Petroleum (“BMP”) of Greenland for exclusive exploration rights of an area located near Sulussugut, Greenland. The Sulussugut License was valid for 5 years until December 31, 2015, with December 31, 2011 being the first year providing the Company meets the terms of the license, which includes that specified eligible exploration expenditures must be made. The application for another 5-year term on the Sulussugut License was submitted to the Greenland Mineral License & Safety Authority (MLSA) which was effective on April 11, 2016, with December 31, 2018 being the eighth year.

 

The Greenland MLSA for the year 2018 has adjusted the minimum required exploration expenditures to zero. There will be an annual license fee on the Sulussugut License for year 8 and forward of approximately DKK 41.

 

Details of required work expenditures and accrued work credits are tabulated and given below:

 

 

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Table 1: Sulussugut License – 2011/54 (All amounts in table are expressed in thousands of DKK)

 

Exploration Commitment     2013   2014   2015   2016   2017   2018 
Fixed amount      310    313    317    -    650    659 
4841 km2 of DKK 1.460 per km2                                 
4841 km2 of DKK 1.490 per km2                                 
3336 km2 of DKK 7.760 per km2      25,887                          
2689 km2 of DKK 7.830 per km2           21,055                     
2689 km2 of DKK 7.940 per km2                21,351                
2689 km2 of DKK 16.260 per km2                          43,723      
2689 km2 of DKK 16.500 per km2                               44,369 
                                  
Exploration obligation      26,197    21,368    21,668    -    44,374    - 
Approved exploration expenditures      37,349    55,509    59,150    61,109    85,094    79,604 
Exploration obligation      (26,198)   (21,368)   (21,668)   -    -    - 
Credit from previous year      17,530    28,681    62,822    100,304    161,413    246,507 
                                  
Total Credit  DKK   28,681    62,822    100,304    161,413    246,507    326,111 
                                  
Average Annual Rate DKK to CAD      0.1834    0.1968    0.1901    0.1969    0.1968    0.2053 

 

The accumulated exploration credits held at the end of 2018, DKK 326,111 (approximately $66,951) can be carried forward as follows:

 

  Carry forward period:
   
  a) DKK 246,507 from 2017 until December 31, 2021
  b) DKK 79,604 from 2018 until December 31, 2021

 

The Company has fulfilled the minimum exploration requirements and the Sulussugut License area was not reduced in 2018.

 

Ininngui License - 2012/28

 

Effective March 4, 2012, the Company was granted an additional exploration license, No. 2012/28 (the “Ininngui License”), by the BMP of Greenland for exclusive exploration rights over an area near Ininngui, Greenland. The Ininngui License is contiguous with the Sulussugut License. The Ininngui License was valid for 5 years until June 30, 2017. The application for another 5-year term on the Ininngui License was submitted to the Greenland Mineral Licence & Safety Authority (MLSA) which was effective March 14, 2017, with December 31, 2018 being the seventh year.

 

Details of required work expenditures and accrued work credits are tabulated and given below.

 

 

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Table 2: Ininngui License - 2012/28 (All amounts in table are expressed in thousands of DKK)

 

Exploration Commitment  2013   2014   2015   2016   2017   2018 
Fixed amount      155    313    318    323    -    659 
142 km2 of DKK 1.490 per km2                                 
265 km2 of DKK 1.550 per km2      411                          
265 km2 of DKK 7.830 per km2           2,075                     
296 km2 of DKK 7.940 per km2                2,350                
296 km2 of DKK 8.080 per km2                     2,392           
296 km2 of DKK 8.080 per km2                          -    - 
296 km2 of DKK 16.500 per km2                               4,884 
                                  
Exploration obligation      566    2,388    2,668    2,715    -    - 
Total Credits Available                                 
Approved exploration expenditures      2,966    5,470    6,276    6,790    9,367    10,465 
Exploration obligation      (576)   (2,388)   (2,668)   (2,715)   -    - 
Credit from previous year      2,512    4,902    7,984    11,592    15,667    25,044 
                                  
Total Credit  DKK   4,902    7,984    11,592    15,667    25,044    35,509 
                                  
Average Annual Rate DKK to CAD      0.1834    0.1968    0.1901    0.1969    0.1968    0.2053 

 

  Carry forward period:
   
  a) DKK 25,044 from 2017 until December 31, 2021
  b) DKK 10,465 from 2018 until December 31, 2021

 

The Company has fulfilled the minimum exploration requirements and the Ininngui License area was not reduced in 2018.

 

For both licenses, future required minimum eligible exploration expenses will be adjusted each year on the basis of the change to the Danish Consumer Price Index.

 

For both licenses, at the expiration of the second license period (years 6-10), the Company may apply for a new 3-year license for years 11 to 13. Thereafter, the Company may apply 3 times for additional 3-year licenses for a total of 9 additional years. The Company will be required to pay additional license fees and will be obligated to incur minimum eligible exploration expenses for such years.

 

Carbonatite License - 2018/21

 

Effective May 4, 2018, the Company was granted an exploration license (the “Carbonatite License”) by the BMP of Greenland for exclusive exploration rights of an area located near Maniitsoq in West Greenland. The Company paid a license fee of $7 (DKK 31) upon granting of the Carbonatite License. The Carbonatite License is valid for 5 years until December 31, 2022, with December 31, 2018 being the first year.

 

Details of required work expenditures and accrued work credits are tabulated and given below.

 

 

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Table 3: - Carbonatite License 2018/21 (All amounts in table are expressed in thousands of DKK)

 

Exploration Commitment  2017   2018 
Fixed amount   -    165 
63 km2 of DKK 1.650 per km2        104 
           
Exploration obligation   -    269 
Approved exploration expenditures   -    10,099 
Exploration obligation        - 
Credit from previous year   -    - 
           
Total CreditDKK  -    9,830 
           
Average Annual Rate DKK to CAD        0.2053 

 

Carry forward period:
 
a) DKK 9,830 from 2018 until December 31, 2021

 

The Company may terminate the licenses at any time; however, any unfulfilled obligations according to the licenses will remain in force, regardless of the termination.

 

Exploration and Development Activities

 

The Company undertook numerous exploration activities and completed various mineralogical studies during the period from 2012 to 2016, including 9,596 metres of drilling in 2016. A National Instrument 43-101 was completed on the Maniitsoq property in March 2016 and QEMSCAN mineralogical analyses on drill core samples documenting favourable liberation and recovery characteristics for Maniitsoq mineralization was reported in April 2016.

 

Exploration program for the year 2017 commenced in May with the opening of the exploration base camp at Puiattoq Bay and was completed in September. The objective was step-out drilling at the Imiak Hill Complex (IHC), Fossilik and P-013SE, to advance one or more areas to the delineation drilling stage for 2018 (Figures 1 and 2). Infrastructure, environmental baseline studies and ongoing corporate social responsibility initiatives were also undertaken. 11,000 metres of diamond drilling were targeted for 2017 building on 2015 and 2016 exploration results. Borehole gyro, electromagnetic (BHEM), optical tele-viewer and physical properties surveys, surface electromagnetic and Induced Polarization (“IP”) geophysical surveys, mapping, prospecting, sampling, structural geological studies and 3D modeling accompanied drilling.

 

Twenty-three drill holes totalling 8,767 metres were completed to test mineralized zones and geophysical targets. The 2017 program of drilling on the mineral zones of the IHC and Fossilik areas indicate that the plunging zones of mineralization in the IHC and Fossilik areas extend to depth, but these zones do not increase significantly in width and/or lateral extent, and they are often offset by shallow fault zones. Some of the zones are open and untested at depth, so there is some possibility that these zones link to more extensive zones of mineralization, but the strategy of following these zones with drilling and borehole geophysics was reconsidered as an outcome of the 2017 program of work.

 

Based on field mapping, prospecting and re-examination of exploration results, the high-MgO parts of the larger Norite Province Intrusions with proximal zones of mineralization (e.g. P-004, P-058, Imiak Hill Complex occurrences) were identified as a possible source for the high nickel grade and tenor mineralization. The larger melanorite (> ~12.5 wt MgO) domains have the capacity to host more extensive zones of breccia and semi-massive sulphide mineralization in association with disseminated sulphides. Although the intrusions are extensively modified by deformation and metamorphism, the contacts and keels of the larger bodies provided focus to next phase of exploration work.

 

 

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2018 Exploration

 

Exploration work in 2018 focussed on targeting the outer contacts and keels of differentiated intrusions containing significant amounts of melanorite. Work was prioritized intrusions at Fossilik, the Imiak Hill Complex, P-030, P-032, P-008 and Pingo which are believed to have good potential to host economic accumulations of Ni-Cu-Co-PGM sulphide mineralization. Exploration in 2018 utilized:

 

  ● Surface electromagnetic surveys targeting of the melanorite “keel” structures which may contain larger sulfide accumulations from which the known mineral zones were structurally detached;
     
  ● A targeted 12,500 metres of diamond drilling, including borehole electromagnetic (BHEM) surveys, and
     
  ● Mapping, prospecting, sampling, structural geological studies and 3D modeling

 

Systematic analysis of geochemical data indicates that melanorites are an important host to disseminated sulphide mineralization and this rock type also hosts thick zones of breccia and semi-massive sulphides. The known mineral lenses at P-004, P-058, and Spotty Hill are adjacent to under-explored intrusions containing melanorite. The melanorite keels of large mineralized intrusions such as Fossilik and target G-025 therefore represent an important geological environment to explore for large tonnage, high grade mineralization.

 

Figure 1-2 summarizes 2018 drill targets and drill holes including the location of P-008 and the newly identified mineral zone.

 

The 2018 exploration program commenced in June and was completed in September with 14,288 m of drilling that targeted the roots of large intrusions with thick intervals of melanorite. The total meterage is an increase of 5,520 m from the 2017 program and surpassed the initial planned program of 12,500 m.

 

A small but important intrusion comprising melanorite at the P-008 target south of Fossilik (Figure 1) was identified. Two holes (MQ-18-162, MQ-18-163) were drilled to test the surface EM target and both intersected significant sulphide mineralization. A third hole, MQ-18-167, followed-up on holes MQ-18-162 and MQ-18-163 and indicate that the zone is more extensive at depth and extends into the footwall at the north wall of the intrusion. A BHEM survey has identified further targets at depth that were tested with DDH MQ-18-177. This hole deviated and was drilled outside of the plunge of the mineralization. Selected Drill and assay results are summarised in Table 4.

 

Melanorite is the host for the majority of the highest-grade nickel mineralization comprising heavily disseminated, net-textured, breccia and massive sulphide mineralization. Targeting of these holes was accomplished using optimized deep-penetrating surface electromagnetic methods including borehole EM surveys to target the melanorite and keel zones of prioritized intrusions at Fossilik, P-030-31-32, P-008, Pingo and in the footprint of the Imiak Hill Complex (Figure 2). The extensive program of work has generated the data and samples required to add significant value to the Maniitsoq database and provides a basis to refine future exploration strategies.

 

 

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Figure 1. Location of 2018 drill targets.

 

 

 

 

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Figure 2. Location of 2018 drilling.

 

 

 

 

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Table 4. Summary of drill and assay results, MQ-18-167.

 

Target  Drill Hole  Location  Intercept
P-008  MQ-18-167  Fossilik  7.50m @ 1.26% nickel, 0.24% copper,
         0.05% Co and 0.47 g/t Pt+Pd+Au
         including
         5.10m @ 1.68% nickel, 0.29% copper,
         0.06% cobalt and 0.63 g/t Pt+Pd+Au

 

Drilling and electromagnetic (EM) data have indicated a 335-metre dip-extent to the P-008 mineralization that remains open down dip and along strike. It comprises high tenor (6.5-7.7%Ni), strongly conductive high-grade remobilized sulphide and, less conductive disseminated to blebby sulphide that is typical of the Maniitsoq style of mineralization.

 

New Mineral Licenses – Carbonatite and Ikertoq

 

On May 4, 2018 the Company was awarded an exploration license (2018/21; “Carbonatite”) over a highly prospective block of ground to the west of the Fossilik Intrusion in an area which has very limited nickel exploration and contains the Qeqertassaq carbonatite complex. The work program for 2018 has consisted of compilation, field work, surface sampling for geochemistry, surface EM work in areas with possible norite-associated mineralization modified by the carbonatite complex and drilling to evaluate the potential for strategic metals (Nb, Ta, and rare earth elements) in areas outside of the focus areas of historic drilling.

 

Compilation work and re-interpretation of historic data for the 15 km2 Qeqertassaq Carbonatite Complex, part of the Greenland Norite Belt, was commenced on September 10. The purpose was to identify norite-hosted nickel sulphide targets and focus exploration on the potential for rare and strategic metals. Ground EM surveys were undertaken over targets identified from a 1995 GEOTEM airborne survey. Two drill holes for a total of 553 m were drilled to test resultant conductive responses for potential nickel targets intersected stringers of barren pyrrhotite within a carbonate-magnetite host rock in association with a thick interval of magnetite. A surface rock sampling and drilling program was initiated to assess the strategic metal potential for pyrochlore-hosted tantalum (Ta) and niobium (Nb). A total of 284 rock samples were collected from a zone of elevated Ta and Nb correlated with historic airborne radiometric and magnetic anomalies at the margin of the Qeqertassaq Carbonatite Complex. Four holes were also drilled for a total of 1,305 m to assess this zone. Assay results are pending. A report on the strategic metal potential of the Qeqertassaq carbonatite was commissioned, and emphasis was placed on understanding the upside potential of the light rare earth element vein system, the Nb mineralization, and the potential for Ta mineralization is association with soeviite series rocks.

 

A second new exploration license (2018/31; “Ikertoq”) was awarded to the Company on May 4, 2018 in an area approximately 110 km north of the Maniitsoq project. This area was intermittently explored by Kryolitselskabet Øresund (“KO”), Greenland Gold Resources and Northern Shield Resources. A program of field work was undertaken in July of 2018 centered on the differentiated ultramafic Ikertoq Intrusion and within the footprint of potential ultramafic rocks identified as a result of processing of a Worldview-2 satellite image of the license. The high Ni-tenor sulfide mineralization associated with the center of the Ikertoq Intrusion was shown to be related to localized veins of coarse-grained late felsic micaceous pematatites that have locally incorporated nickel to form pentlandite. No evidence of primary magmatic concentrations of Ni-Co sulfide were found either rin association with the Ikertoq Intrusion or in association with the colour anomalies identified from the Worldview-2 satellite image. As of December 31, 2018, the license was relinquished due to no further plans to carry exploration work.

 

CSR, Environment and Infrastructure

 

Hydropower Development – A watershed prospecting license for the assessment and development of hydropower resources at Maniitsoq was awarded by the Ministry of Industry, Labour, Trade and Energy of the Greenland Government in March 2017. The two-year license provides for the exclusive right to assess and develop potential hydropower resources with an option for a three-year extension. EFLA Consulting Engineers completed a feasibility analysis of hydropower development within watershed 0.6H in January 2018. The analysis of hydropower within watershed 0.6H identifies two subordinate watersheds 7038-001 F03 and 7038-001 F04 with the capacity to supply a 12 MW base load and an 18 MW maximum load and generate 96 GWh per annum for the Maniitsoq Project. The two watersheds included in this assessment have the capacity to supply the required hydroelectricity at an installed cost of $5.621 USD/kW and $5.049 USD/kW respectively at a CAPEX of between $101.2 and $90.9 million USD respectively. Operating expenses are 1-2% of CAPEX. Both watersheds encapsulate or are close to priority nickel sulphide mineralized zones and the Seqi Port.

 

 

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Corporate Social Responsibility - The 2018 program for Corporate Social Responsibility was completed on August 24 with community presentations in Sisimiut, Maniitsoq, Atammik and Napasoq and presentations to the Mineral Licencing and Safety Authority and the Ministry of Industry and Energy of the Greenland government in Nuuk. The National Association for Hunters and Fishers (KNAPF) also located in Nuuk was updated on 2018 exploration activities. The Company has renewed its support for the annual Greenland mineral hunt with a donation of $2.

 

Environmental Surveys – Sampling to establish baseline geochemical values for low total dissolved solids freshwaters, fauna and flora was continued in areas of active exploration and in the area of watershed 0.6H. Watershed survey area surveys were undertaken in support of ongoing hydropower assessments that are ongoing. All surveys have been undertaken by qualified personnel of Golder Associates (Copenhagen). Final reports have been received for both environmental surveys and weather station databases. Weather stations have been removed from the field as sufficient data has been acquired to prepare a model for wind-related particulate dispersion in the Maniitsoq area.

 

Tailings Facility - Discussions were held with the MLSA and the Greenland Department of Nature, Environment and Energy regarding the process for selecting and developing a tailings facility to support nickel mining and milling activities. This process is required to be undertaken as part of the submission of an exploitation license for extraction of nickel ore.

 

Outlook – Exploration and Development for 2019

 

Management is developing a three-year exploration plan for Maniitsoq with the objective of maximizing the potential value of the asset while extending the period that the Company maintains control of the project.

 

2019 – Apply NAN’s cumulative knowledge to Maniitsoq and other areas of western Greenland and identify the geoscience data gaps to effective targeting.

 

2020 - Acquire the additional required geoscience data and additional properties of merit; conduct test drilling if any priority targets are identified and drill ready.

 

2021 – Execute a major drill campaign of prioritized targets.

 

This three-year plan will allow for the generation of priority drill targets while drawing down on the three years of exploration credits (Table 1 & 2). The drilling expenditure in 2021 would extend NAN’s 100% ownership of the Maniitsoq project until 2024.

 

Canada Nickel Projects - Sudbury, Ontario

 

Post Creek Property

 

The Company entered into an option agreement in April 2010, subsequently amended in March 2013, to acquire rights to Post Creek Property located within the Sudbury Mining District of Ontario. On August 1, 2015, the company has completed the required consideration and acquired 100% interest in the property. the Company is obligated to pay advances on the NSR of $10 per annum, which will be deducted from any payments to be made under the NSR.

 

The property is located 35 kilometres east of Sudbury in Norman, Parkin, Alymer and Rathburn townships and consists of 39 unpatented mining claims in two separate blocks, covering a total area of 912 hectares held by the Company. The center of the property occurs at UTM coordinates 513000mE, 5184500mN (WGS84, UTM Zone 17N). The Post Creek property lies adjacent to the Whistle Offset Dyke Structure which hosts the past–producing Whistle Offset and Podolsky Cu-Ni-PGM mines. Post Creek lies along an interpreted northeast extension of the corridor containing the Whistle Offset Dyke. Offset Dykes and Footwall deposits account for a significant portion of all ore mined in the Sudbury nickel district and, as such, represent favourable exploration targets. Key lithologies are Quartz Diorite related to Offset Dykes and Sudbury Breccia associated with Footwall rocks of the Sudbury Igneous Complex which both represent potential controls on mineralization.

 

 

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Exploration Activities

(All drill intercepts described in this section refer to core lengths not true widths)

 

Previous operators completed geological, geophysical and Mobile Metal Ion soil geochemical surveys. Highlights of this work included:

 

  ● A drill intersection returning 0.48% copper, 0.08% nickel, 0.054 grams/tonne palladium, 0.034 grams/tonne platinum and 0.020 grams/tonne gold over a core length of 0.66 metres; and
     
  ● A grab sample from broken outcrop which returned 0.83% nickel, 0.74% copper, 0.07% cobalt, 2.24 grams/tonne Pt and 1.05 grams/tonne Pd.

 

A NI 43-101 compliant Technical Report was completed by Dr. Walter Peredery, formerly of INCO, in 2011 and subsequently accepted by the Securities Commission.

 

During the period of 2011 to 2016, the Company carried out exploration programs comprising ground geophysics (magnetics and electromagnetics), diamond drilling (1,533 metres in 7 drill holes), borehole electromagnetic surveys, georeferencing of selected claim posts, prospecting, trenching, geological mapping, sampling and petrographic studies. This work has identified new occurrences of Quartz Diorite dyke and Sudbury Breccia, both of which are geologically significant lithologies known to host ore deposits associated with the Sudbury structure. Ground traverses, trenching and mapping carried out in 2016 outlined a Sudbury Breccia belt of at least 300 metres by 300 metres in size which lies along the same trend at the Whistle Offset Dyke located on KGHM property to the southwest. These findings support the potential for the Post Creek property to host both Footwall and Offset Dyke type deposits.

 

In 2017, the Company initiated support for a two-year MITAC project whereby an MSc student will be carrying out field and laboratory study aimed at understanding the mineral resource potential of the Post Creek Property. The Company’s support for this project includes internship payments of $7.5 per annum for two years and access to company exploration data.

 

A two-hole drill program was completed in 2018 with the objectives of assessing magnetic and electromagnetic anomalies within a corridor of breccias and quartz diorite extending radially away from the Whistle Offset and to provide a platform for downhole geophysics (Figure 3).

 

Figure 3. Location of the Post Creek Project and the Sudbury Breccia Zone.

 

 

 

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

Hole PC-18-21 was drilled beneath an outcrop of quartz diorite to establish the depth extent of the dyke and hole PC-18-22 tested the breccia belt immediately to the north of the Whistle Offset Dyke (Figure 4). Both drill holes encountered a thick sequence of mafic volcanic rocks however quartz diorite, partially melted country rocks or Footwall-style mineralization were not encountered. DDH PC-18-21 did intersect a thick interval of volcanogenic massive sulphide-type sphalerite mineralization including:

 

7.50m @ 3.55% zinc and 0.82ppm silver including

 

  ● 3.70m @ 4.66% zinc and 0.58ppm silver and
  ● 0.8m @ 10.96% zinc and 3.05ppm silver

 

Multiple BHEM anomalies were detected both north and south of the zinc mineralization and are potential drill targets.

 

Hole PC-18-022 tested the possible strike extension of the Whistle Offset in a broad corridor of Sudbury Breccia and was collared in an area of anomalous copper values in outcrop within a well-defined ground magnetic anomaly. A thick sequence of mafic volcanic rocks overprinted with locally developed shear and breccia zones were intersected. One of the shear zones hosted vein-type chalcopyrite mineralization. A strongly magnetic, highly altered ultramafic unit is responsible for the observed magnetic anomaly.

 

Figure 4. Location of the Post Creek VTEM magnetic and electromagnetic (EM) anomalies, 2018 drill holes and significant assay results.

 

 

 

Corporate Social Responsibility

 

The Company has established excellent working relationships with the Wahnapitae First Nation (WFN) at Capreol (Ontario) commencing with a community presentation in May and followed up with ongoing contact with the Resource and Environmental officer. Prior to the initiation of drilling all drill sites and access routes to drill sites were reviewed by the WFN and no issues were identified. A post-drilling review of the drill sites indicated no problems related to drilling. A donation of $2 was made to the WFN in support of their 2018 Pow Wow celebrations.

 

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

Prospecting on the property is ongoing with the assistance of casual labour hired from the WFN community.

 

Outlook – Exploration and Development for 2019

 

The Company plans to review and synthesize all newly obtained data to formulate a work plan aimed at defining the overall extents footwall breccia zones and quartz diorite dykes and identifying geological and/or geophysical drill targets.

 

Ongoing work continues to improve the geological understanding and provide focus for exploration on the Post Creek Property at the NE margin of the Sudbury Basin. The property lies along the extension of the Whistle Offset dyke structure. Surface mapping and petrology has identified pods of quartz diorite and extensive domains of Sudbury Breccia along strike from the Whistle Offset. Geologic mapping, geochemistry and petrologic studies are ongoing as part of a M.Sc. thesis project being undertaken at the University of Western Ontario (London).

 

Halcyon Property

 

As at the date of this MD&A, the company holds 100% interest in Halcyon Property and is obligated to pay advances on the NSR of $8 per annum, which will be deducted from any payments to be made under the NSR.

 

The property is located 35 Km northeast of Sudbury in the Parkin and Aylmer townships, and consists of 53 unpatented mining claims for a total of 864 hectares. It is readily accessible by paved and all-weather gravel road. Halcyon is adjacent to the Post Creek property and is approximately 2 km north of the producing Podolsky Mine of FNX Mining. Previous operators on the property defined numerous conductive zones based on induced polarization (I.P.) surveys with coincident anomalous Mobile Metal Ions soil geochemistry. Base and precious metal mineralization have been found in multiple locations on the property but follow-up work was never done. The former producing Jon Smith Mine (nickel-copper-cobalt-platinum) is situated 1 Km North of the property.

 

Exploration Activities

 

During the period 2011 to 2016, the Company carried out a small amount of exploration including ground geophysics (magnetics and electromagnetics), diamond drilling (301 metres in 1 drill hole), a borehole electromagnetic survey, georeferencing of selected claim posts, prospecting, geological mapping, sampling and petrographic studies. The single hole located on the southeast corner of the property was drilled with the purpose of providing geological information and to provide a platform for borehole pulse EM (“BHPEM”). No anomalies were detected although quartz diorite breccia and partial melt material with 2-3% disseminated pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite was intersected over short core lengths. The property is strategically located adjacent to the Company’s Post Creek property, located immediately to the south, where new occurrences of both Quartz Diorite and Sudbury Breccia have been identified.

 

Work completed on the property during the year ending December 31, 2016 consisted of geological traverses, prospecting and sampling and was carried out on the southern portion of the Halcyon Property. This program was carried out concurrently with similar work on the Post Creek Property. Assay, whole rock and thin section samples were collected for analysis and study. Results have been received and are being compiled.

 

In November 2016, a georeferencing program was completed involving the acquisition of DGPS coordinates for claim posts for selected claims. This work will potentially qualify for assessment work credits and was filed with the government in June 2017.

 

Outlook – Exploration and Development for 2019

 

Further work of the Halcyon Property will be rationalized with work programs on the adjacent Post Creek Property.

 

Quetico Property

 

During FY 2018, the Company acquired 757 claims known as Quetico located within the Sudbury Mining District of Ontario. The Company incurred total acquisition and exploration related costs of $64.

 

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

US Nickel Project - Michigan

 

Section 35 Property

 

On January 4, 2016, the Company entered into a 10-year Metallic Minerals Lease (the “Lease”) with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources for an area covering approximately 320 acres. The terms of the Lease require an annual rental fee at a rate of US $3.00 per acre for years 1-5 and at a rate of US $6.00 per acre for years 6-10. The Company shall pay a minimum royalty at a rate of US $10.00 per acre for the 11th year onwards, with an increase of an additional US $5.00 per acre per year up to a maximum of US $55.00 per acre per year. A production royalty of between 2% - 2.5% is payable from production of minerals and/or mineral products from an established mining operation area. To date, the Company paid the rental fees for two years (2016 and 2017), plus the required reclamation deposit of US $10,000. The Department of Natural Resources shall annually review the level of the reclamation deposit and shall require the amount to be increased or decreased to reflect changes in the cost of future reclamation of the leased premises.

 

There was no exploration work performed during FY 2018.

 

Project Pipeline

 

Due to long term nickel market forecasts indicating a supply deficit developing, the Company believes that it is a good time to acquire nickel exploration and development projects that could be developed assuming conservative long-term nickel prices. The company maintains a nickel project generation activity focusing on high prospectivity projects in counties with the Rule of Law and reasonable development economics.

 

In the context of rising nickel prices and positive developments in the electric vehicle market, the Company will look to enhance shareholder value by aggressively expanding its nickel sulphide project pipeline. The Company’s staff are proceeding with compilation work on prospective geological environments related to North American Archean craton margins where structural space controls the development of mafic-ultramafic intrusions. The objective of this work is to identify underexplored or unexplored open system intrusions where large zones of high-grade sulphide mineralization are controlled within the footprints of very small intrusions. The development of a Moroccan-based subsidiary company is proceeding and will provide an opportunity to assess nickel sulphide potential throughout the country.

 

Financial Capability

 

The Company is an exploration and development stage entity and has not yet achieved profitable operations. The business of the Company entails significant risks. The recoverability of amounts shown for mineral property costs is dependent upon several factors including environmental risk, legal and political risk, the existence of economically recoverable mineral reserves, confirmation of the Company’s interests in the underlying mineral claims, the ability of the Company to obtain necessary financing to complete exploration and development, and to attain sufficient net cash flow from future profitable production or disposition proceeds.

 

At the end of Q1 2019, the Company had working capital of $1,600 (Q1 2018 - $1,211) and reported accumulated deficit of $29,903 (Q1 2018 - $27,363). The Company will require additional funds to continue its planned operations and meet its obligations.

 

As at March 31, 2019, the Company had $1,847 in available cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments (December 31, 2018— $2,839). There are no sources of operating cash flows. Given the Company’s current financial position and the ongoing exploration and evaluation expenditures, the Company will need to raise additional capital through the issuance of equity or other available financing alternatives to continue funding its operating, exploration and evaluation activities, and eventual development of the mineral properties. Although the Company has been successful in its past fund-raising activities, there is no assurance as to the success of future fundraising efforts or as to the sufficiency of funds raised in the future.

 

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

Selected Financial Information

 

The amounts are derived from the condensed interim consolidated financial statements prepared under IFRS.

 

   Three months ended March 31, 
In thousands of CDN dollars, except per share amounts  2019   2018 
         
Net loss   560    838 
Basic and diluted loss per share   0.00    0.00 
Share capital   87,947    73,598 
Common shares issued   787,928,500    554,595,167 
Weighted average shares outstanding   787,928,500    554,595,167 
Total assets   66,768    52,444 
Investment in exploration and evaluation assets   395    1,129 

 

Results of Operations

 

Net loss of $560 in Q1 2019 was lower by $278 compared to a loss of $838 in Q1 2018. The lower loss in Q1 2019 was mainly driven by share-based payments of $287 in Q1 2018, which were not incurred in Q1 2019 offset by higher interest income of $18 in Q1 2019 and higher property investigation costs of $41 in Q1 2019 compared to $nil in Q1 2018.

 

Total Assets

 

Total assets during Q1 2019 decreased by a net of $732 from the end of FY 2018. The decrease is mainly attributed to a decrease in cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments of $992 and decrease to property, plant and equipment of $3, offset by an increase to exploration and evaluation assets of $259 and increase in receivables and other current assets of $4.

 

Investment in Exploration and Evaluation Assets

 

Investment in exploration and evaluation assets relates primarily to the Greenland property. During Q1 2019, the Company spent a total of $259 in additions to exploration and evaluation assets, of which $231 related to Greenland and $28 to other properties located in Canada and in USA.

 

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

Quarterly Results of Operations

 

In thousands of CDN dollars, except per share amounts 

2019

1st quarter

  

2018

4th quarter

  

2018

3rd quarter

  

2018

2nd quarter

 
Statement of Loss                    
                     
Interest income   18    22    31    21 
Net loss   560    814    645    725 
Net loss per share - basic and diluted   0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00 
                     
Statement of Financial Position                    
                     
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments   1,847    2,839    5,372    14,773 
Total assets   66,768    67,500    69,391    71,078 
Net assets   66,384    66,944    67,763    68,658 
Share capital   87,947    87,947    88,543    88,793 
Common shares issued   787,928,500    787,928,500    787,928,500    787,928,500 
Weighted average shares outstanding   787,928,500    787,928,500    787,928,500    739,210,551 

 

In thousands of CDN dollars, except per share amounts 

2018

1st quarter

  

2017

4th quarter

  

2017

3rd quarter

  

2017

2nd quarter

 
Statement of Loss                    
                     
Interest income   -    12    11    4 
Net loss   838    653    600    672 
Net loss per share - basic and diluted   0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00 
                     
Statement of Financial Position                    
                     
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments   859    2,898    5,850    10,511 
Total assets   52,444    53,697    55,057    52,593 
Net assets   52,177    52,728    53,366    50,997 
Share capital   73,598    73,598    74,266    71,727 
Common shares issued   554,595,167    554,595,167    554,595,167    513,612,719 
Weighted average shares outstanding   554,595,167    554,595,167    436,049,679    403,644,285 

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019, and March 31, 2018

 

A net loss of $560 in Q1 2019 compared to a net loss of $838 in Q1 2018 resulted in a decreased loss of $278 quarter-over-quarter and was due to the following events with share-based payments being the most significant:

 

  ● Share-based payments expense was $nil amount in Q1 2019 compared to $287 in Q1 2018.
     
  ● Foreign exchange gain totaled $1 in Q1 2019 and was higher by $8 compared to a foreign exchange loss of $7 in Q1 2018.
     
  ● General and administrative costs of $535 in Q1 2019 were lower by $5 compared to $540 expenses in Q1 2018.
     
  ● Amortization expense was $3 in Q1 2019 compared to $4 amount in Q1 2018.
     
  ● Interest income was $18 in Q1 2019 compared to $nil amount of interest income in Q1 2018.

 

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

The lower loss in Q1 2019 was offset by the following higher expenditures in Q1 2019 compared to Q1 2018:

 

  ● New properties investigation costs were $41 in Q1 2019 compared to a $nil amount in Q1 2018.

 

Liquidity, Capital Resources and Going Concern

 

Liquidity

 

The Company has financed its operations to date primarily through the issuance of common shares and exercise of stock options and warrants. The Company continues to seek capital through various means including the issuance of equity and/or debt and the securing of joint venture partners where appropriate.

 

The Company’s principal requirements for cash over the next twelve months will be to fund the ongoing exploration costs at its mineral properties, general corporate and administrative costs and to service the Company’s current trade and other payables.

 

Working Capital

 

As at March 31, 2019, The Company had working capital of $1,600 (March 31, 2018 - $1,211), calculated as total current assets less total current liabilities. The increase in working capital is mainly due to lower trade payable and accrued liabilities expenses at the end of Q1 2019.

 

Going Concern

 

As at March 31, 2019 the Company had accumulated losses totaling $29,903. The continuation of the Company is dependent upon the continued financial support of shareholders, its ability to raise capital through the issuance of its securities, and/or obtaining long-term financing.

 

When managing capital, the Company’s objective is to ensure the entity continues as a going concern as well as to maintain optimal returns to shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders. Management adjusts the capital structure as necessary in order to support the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties.

 

The properties in which the Company currently has an interest are in the exploration stage. As such, the Company is dependent on external financing to fund its activities. In order to carry out the planned exploration and pay for administrative costs, the Company will spend its existing working capital and raise additional amounts as needed. The Company will continue to assess new properties and seek to acquire an interest in additional properties if it feels there is sufficient geologic or economic potential and if it has adequate financial resources to do so.

 

Contractual Obligations and Contingencies

 

Post Creek

 

Commencing August 1, 2015, the Company is obligated to pay advances on the NSR of $10 per annum. During Q1 2019, the Company paid $5 which will be deducted from any payments to be made under the NSR.

 

Halcyon

 

Commencing August 1, 2015, the Company is obligated to pay advances on the NSR of $8 per annum. During Q1 2019, the Company paid $4 which will be deducted from any payments to be made under the NSR.

 

The Company had no contingent liabilities as at March 31, 2019.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

There are no off-balance sheet arrangements as at March 31, 2019.

 

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

Financial Instruments

 

In thousands of CDN dollars  Fair Value at
March 31, 2019		   Basis of Measurement  Associated Risks
Cash and cash equivalents   347   Loans and receivables  Credit and foreign exchange
Short term investments   1,500   Loans and receivables  Credit
Receivable and other current assets   137   Loans and receivables  Credit, foreign exchange
Trade, payables and accrued liabilities   384   Amortized cost  Foreign exchange

 

Loans and receivables— Cash and cash equivalents, short-term deposits, accounts receivables and other current assets, trade, other payables and accrued liabilities mature in the short term and their carrying values approximate their fair values.

 

Future Accounting Standards and Pronouncements

 

Amendments to References to the Conceptual Framework in IFRS Standards

 

On March 29, 2018 the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) issued a revised version of its Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting (the Framework), that underpins IFRS Standards. The IASB also issued Amendments to References to the Conceptual Framework in IFRS Standards (the Amendments) to update references in IFRS Standards to previous versions of the Conceptual Framework. Both documents are effective from January 1, 2020 with earlier application permitted.

 

Some Standards include references to the 1989 and 2010 versions of the Framework. The IASB has published a separate document which contains consequential amendments to affected Standards so that they refer to the new Framework, with the exception of IFRS 3 Business Combinations which continues to refer to both the 1989 and 2010 Frameworks. The Company does not intend to adopt the Amendments in its financial statements before the annual period beginning on January 1, 2020. The extent of the impact of the change has not yet been determined.

 

IAS 1 - Presentation of Financial Statements and IAS 8 - Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors

 

In October 2018, the IASB issued amendments to International Accounting Standard (“IAS”) 1, Presentation of Financial Statements and IAS 8, Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors. The amendments are to clarify the definition of ‘material’ and to align the definition used in the Conceptual Framework and the standards themselves. The amendments are effective January 1, 2020. The Company is evaluating the impact of the adoption of these amendments.

 

Risk and Uncertainties

 

The business of the Company entails significant risks that may have a material and adverse impact on the future operations and financial performance of the Company and the value of the common shares of the Company. These risks that are widespread risks associated with any form of business and specific risks associated with involvement in the exploration and mining industry. Hence, investment in the securities of the Company should be considered highly speculative. An investment in the securities of the Company should only be undertaken by persons who have sufficient financial resources to enable them to assume such risks.

 

The following is a general description of all material risks and uncertainties:

 

  ● The Company has negative operating cash flows and might not be able to continue as a going concern;
     
  ● The Company will require additional funding in the future and no assurances can be given that such funding will be available on the terms acceptable to the Company or at all;
     
  ● The speculative nature of resource exploration and development projects;
     
  ● The uncertainty of mineral resource estimates and the Company’s lack of mineral reserves;

 

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

  ● The Company’s ability to successfully establish mining operations and profitable production;
     
  ● Operations of the Company are carried out in geographical areas that are subject to various other risk factors;
     
  ● The economic uncertainty of operating in a developing country such as PNG, such as the availability of local labour, local and outside contractors and equipment when required to carry out the Company’s exploration and development activities;
     
  ● Other foreign operations risks; potential changes in applicable laws and government or investment policies;
     
  ● The Company is not insured against all possible risks;
     
  ● Environmental risks and hazards;
     
  ● The title of the Company’s mineral properties cannot be guaranteed and may be subject to prior unregistered agreements, transfers and other defects, and the risk of obtaining a mining permit and the successful renewal of currently pending renewal applications;
     
  ● The commodity prices may affect the Company’s value, changes in and volatility of commodity prices and its hedging policies;
     
  ● Increased competition in the mineral resource sector;
     
  ● The Company may have difficulty recruiting and retaining key personnel;
     
  ● Currency fluctuations risk;
     
  ● Repatriation of earnings, no assurances that Greenland or any other foreign country that the Company may operate in the future will not impose restrictions on repatriation of earnings to foreign entities;
     
  ● No production revenues;
     
  ● Stock exchange prices;
     
  ● Conflicts of interest;
     
  ● Ability to exercise statutory rights and remedies under Canadian securities law;
     
  ● Enforceability of foreign judgements;
     
  ● Unforeseen litigation;
     
  ● The Company’s future sales or issuance of common shares;
     
  ● Risk of suspension of public listing due to failure to comply with local securities regulations;
     
  ● The Company’s auditors have indicated that U.S. reporting standards would require them to raise a concern about the company’s ability to continue as a going concern;
     
  ● Risk of fines and penalties; and
     
  ● Risk of improper use of funds in local entity.

 

Share Capital Information

 

As of the date of this MD&A the following number of common shares of the Company and other securities of the Company exercisable for common shares of the Company are outstanding:

 

Securities  Common shares
on exercise		 
Common shares   787,928,500 
Preferred shares   590,931 
Stock options   25,945,500 
Warrants   257,972,836 
Fully diluted share capital   1,072,437,767 

 

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Management has established processes to provide them sufficient knowledge to support representations that they have exercised reasonable diligence that (i) the consolidated financial statements do not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated or that is necessary to make a statement not misleading in light of the circumstances under which it is made, as of the date of and for the periods presented by the consolidated financial statements; and (ii) the consolidated financial statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company, as of the date of and for the periods presented.

 

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

In contrast to the certificate required for non-venture issuers under National Instrument 52-109 Certification of Disclosure in Issuers’ Annual and Interim Filings (NI 52-109), this Venture Issuer Basic Certificate does not include representations relating to the establishment and maintenance of disclosure controls and procedures (“DC&P”) and internal control over financial reporting (“ICFR”), as defined in NI 52-109. In particular, the certifying officers filing this certificate are not making any representations relating to the establishment and maintenance of:

 

  i. controls and other procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the issuer in its annual filings, interim filings or other reports filed or submitted under securities legislation is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in securities legislation; and
     
  ii. a process to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with the issuer’s accounting policies.

 

The issuer’s certifying officers are responsible for ensuring that processes are in place to provide them with sufficient

knowledge to support the representations they are making in this certificate. Investors should be aware that inherent limitations on the ability of certifying officers of a venture issuer to design and implement on a cost-effective basis DC&P and ICFR as defined in NI 52-109 may result in additional risks to the quality, reliability, transparency and timeliness of interim and annual filings and other reports provided under securities legislation.

 

Caution Regarding Forward Looking Statements

 

Statements contained in this MD&A that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements (within the meaning of the Canadian securities legislation and the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the future price of metals; the estimation of mineral reserves and resources, the realization of mineral reserve estimates; the timing and amount of estimated future production, costs of production, and capital expenditures; costs and timing of the development of new deposits; success of exploration activities, permitting time lines, currency fluctuations, requirements for additional capital, government regulation of mining operations, environmental risks, unanticipated reclamation expenses, title disputes or claims, limitations on insurance coverage and the timing and possible outcome of pending litigation. In certain cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “plans”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, or “believes”, or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will be taken”, “occur” or “be achieved”. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such risks and other factors include, among others, risks related to the integration of acquisitions; risks related to operations; risks related to joint venture operations; actual results of current exploration activities; actual results of current reclamation activities; conclusions of economic evaluations; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; future prices of metals; possible variations in ore reserves, grade or recovery rates; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of development or construction activities, as well as those factors discussed in the sections entitled “Risks and Uncertainties” in this MD&A. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could affect the Company and may cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this MD&A speak only as of the date hereof. The Company does not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

 

Forward-looking statements and other information contained herein concerning the mining industry and general expectations concerning the mining industry are based on estimates prepared by the Company using data from publicly available industry sources as well as from market research and industry analysis and on assumptions based on data and knowledge of this industry which the Company believes to be reasonable. However, this data is inherently imprecise, although generally indicative of relative market positions, market shares and performance characteristics. While the Company is not aware of any misstatements regarding any industry data presented herein, the industry involves risks and uncertainties and is subject to change based on various factors.

 

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

Additional Information

 

Additional information about the Company and its business activities is available under the Company’s profile on the Canadian SEDAR website at www.sedar.com.

 

Qualified Person and Technical Information

 

The scientific and technical information contained in this MD&A was prepared by or under the supervision of and reviewed and approved by Peter C. Lightfoot, PhD, P. Geo, the qualified person for the Company under National Instrument 43-101. Dr. Lightfoot is a “Qualified Person” as defined by NI 43-101. Dr. Lightfoot verified the data underlying the information in this MD&A.

 

For further information relating to the Maniitsoq Project in southwest Greenland, please see the technical report titled Updated Independent Technical Report for the Maniitsoq Nickel-Copper-Cobalt-PGM Project, Greenland” dated March 17, 2017 prepared by SRK Consulting (US) Inc. which is available under the Company’s issuer profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com as well as the company website at www.northamericannickel.com

 

 

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