UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
6-K
Report
of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For
the month of May 2024
Commission
File Number 001-42015
Solaris
Resources Inc.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Suite
555, 999 Canada Place
Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada V6C 3E1
(Address
of principal executive offices)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40F:
Form
20-F ☐ Form 40-F ☒
The
following documents are being submitted herewith:
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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Solaris
Resources Inc. |
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(Registrant) |
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Date: May
9, 2024 |
By: |
/s/
Purni Parikh |
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Name: |
Purni
Parikh |
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Title: |
SVP
Corporate Affairs and
Corporate Secretary |
Exhibit
99.1
Solaris
Resources Inc.
Condensed
Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023
(Unaudited)
Solaris Resources Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Financial
Position
(Unaudited – In thousands of United States
dollars)
| |
Note | |
March 31, 2024 | | |
December 31,
2023 | |
| |
| |
| | |
| |
Assets | |
| |
| | |
| |
Current assets | |
| |
| | |
| |
Cash and cash equivalents | |
| |
$ | 28,773 | | |
$ | 38,865 | |
Prepaids and other | |
3, 13 | |
| 1,494 | | |
| 523 | |
| |
| |
| 30,267 | | |
| 39,388 | |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Restricted cash | |
5 | |
| 571 | | |
| 571 | |
Exploration and evaluation assets | |
4 | |
| 19,929 | | |
| 19,929 | |
Property, plant and equipment | |
| |
| 2,022 | | |
| 1,932 | |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Total assets | |
| |
$ | 52,789 | | |
$ | 61,820 | |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Liabilities and Equity | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Current liabilities | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | |
| |
$ | 6,941 | | |
$ | 5,274 | |
Lease liability | |
| |
| 89 | | |
| 88 | |
| |
| |
| 7,030 | | |
| 5,362 | |
Long-term liabilities | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Lease liability | |
| |
| 44 | | |
| 3 | |
Reclamation provision | |
5 | |
| 1,869 | | |
| 1,529 | |
Loans and borrowings | |
6 | |
| 30,366 | | |
| 29,363 | |
Other long-term liability | |
| |
| 123 | | |
| 137 | |
Total liabilities | |
| |
| 39,432 | | |
| 36,394 | |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Shareholders’ equity | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Common shares | |
7 | |
| 206,360 | | |
| 206,357 | |
Reserves | |
7 | |
| 17,404 | | |
| 16,724 | |
Deficit | |
| |
| (218,297 | ) | |
| (205,566 | ) |
Equity attributable to shareholders of the Company | |
| |
| 5,467 | | |
| 17,515 | |
Non-controlling interests | |
| |
| 7,890 | | |
| 7,911 | |
Total shareholders’ equity | |
| |
| 13,357 | | |
| 25,426 | |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Total liabilities and equity | |
| |
$ | 52,789 | | |
$ | 61,820 | |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Nature of operations and going concern (Note 1) Commitments (Notes 6(c), 8, 11(c), 13, 14) | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
The accompanying notes form an integral part
of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
Solaris Resources Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Net
Loss and Comprehensive Loss
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Unaudited – In thousands of United States
dollars, except share and per share amounts)
| |
| |
For the three months ended
March 31, | |
| |
Note | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
| |
| |
| | |
| |
Exploration expenses | |
8 | |
$ | 10,193 | | |
$ | 9,401 | |
General and administrative expenses | |
9 | |
| 2,146 | | |
| 2,632 | |
Loss from operations | |
| |
| 12,339 | | |
| 12,033 | |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Change in fair value of derivatives | |
| |
| – | | |
| 105 | |
Finance cost | |
| |
| 1,027 | | |
| 13 | |
Interest and other income | |
| |
| (614 | ) | |
| (173 | ) |
Net loss | |
| |
$ | 12,752 | | |
$ | 11,978 | |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Other comprehensive income | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Items that may be reclassified to profit or loss: | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Foreign currency translation | |
| |
| 147 | | |
| (227 | ) |
Total comprehensive loss | |
| |
$ | 12,899 | | |
$ | 11,751 | |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Net loss attributable to: | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Shareholders of the Company | |
| |
$ | 12,731 | | |
$ | 11,959 | |
Non-controlling interest | |
| |
| 21 | | |
| 19 | |
| |
| |
$ | 12,752 | | |
$ | 11,978 | |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Total comprehensive loss attributable to: | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Shareholders of the Company | |
| |
$ | 12,878 | | |
$ | 11,732 | |
Non-controlling interest | |
| |
| 21 | | |
| 19 | |
| |
| |
$ | 12,899 | | |
$ | 11,751 | |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Net loss per share attributable to shareholders of the Company | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Basic and diluted | |
| |
$ | 0.08 | | |
$ | 0.10 | |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Weighted average number of shares outstanding | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Basic and diluted | |
| |
| 150,813,530 | | |
| 124,027,698 | |
The accompanying notes form an integral part of
these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
Solaris Resources Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Cash
Flows
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Unaudited – In thousands of United States
dollars)
| |
| |
For the three months ended March 31, | |
| |
Note | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
| |
| |
| | |
| |
Cash provided by (used in): | |
| |
| | |
| |
Operations | |
| |
| | |
| |
Net loss for the period | |
| |
$ | (12,752 | ) | |
$ | (11,978 | ) |
Adjustments for: | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Change in fair value of derivatives | |
| |
| – | | |
| 105 | |
Finance cost | |
| |
| 1,027 | | |
| 13 | |
Finance income | |
| |
| (469 | ) | |
| (125 | ) |
Foreign exchange and other | |
| |
| (79 | ) | |
| (30 | ) |
Share-based compensation | |
7 | |
| 829 | | |
| 1,540 | |
Amortization | |
| |
| 235 | | |
| 221 | |
Reclamation provision | |
| |
| 333 | | |
| 172 | |
Other | |
| |
| – | | |
| 2 | |
Net changes in non-cash working capital items: | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Prepaids and other | |
| |
| (671 | ) | |
| (176 | ) |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | |
| |
| 1,518 | | |
| (1,150 | ) |
Reclamation provision settlement | |
| |
| (1 | ) | |
| (45 | ) |
Other long-term liability | |
| |
| (14 | ) | |
| 11 | |
| |
| |
| (10,044 | ) | |
| (11,440 | ) |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Financing | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Share issue and finance costs paid | |
| |
| (5 | ) | |
| – | |
Deferred share issue costs paid | |
| |
| (184 | ) | |
| – | |
Proceeds from exercise of Equinox Warrants, warrants and stock options | |
7 | |
| 2 | | |
| 20,803 | |
Payment of lease liability | |
| |
| (44 | ) | |
| (40 | ) |
Finance income received, net | |
| |
| 458 | | |
| 121 | |
| |
| |
| 227 | | |
| 20,884 | |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Investing | |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Restricted cash contribution | |
5 | |
| – | | |
| (258 | ) |
Capital expenditures | |
| |
| (242 | ) | |
| (19 | ) |
| |
| |
| (242 | ) | |
| (277 | ) |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | |
| |
| (33 | ) | |
| 257 | |
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | |
| |
| (10,092 | ) | |
| 9,424 | |
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | |
| |
| 38,865 | | |
| 14,770 | |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | |
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | |
| |
$ | 28,773 | | |
$ | 24,194 | |
Supplemental cash flow information (Note
15)
The accompanying notes form an integral part
of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
Solaris Resources Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Changes
in Equity
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Unaudited – In thousands of United States
dollars, except number of shares)
| |
| |
Share Capital | | |
Reserves | | |
| | |
| | |
| |
| |
Note | |
Number of
Shares | | |
Amount | | |
Options,
RSUs
and
warrants | | |
Foreign
currency
translation | | |
Total | | |
Deficit | | |
Non-controlling
interest | | |
Total
equity | |
Balance, December 31, 2023 | |
| |
| 150,811,195 | | |
$ | 206,357 | | |
$ | 15,148 | | |
$ | 1,576 | | |
$ | 16,724 | | |
$ | (205,566 | ) | |
$ | 7,911 | | |
$ | 25,426 | |
Share issue costs | |
| |
| – | | |
| (1 | ) | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| (1 | ) |
Shares issued on exercise of stock options | |
7 | |
| 4,166 | | |
| 4 | | |
| (2 | ) | |
| – | | |
| (2 | ) | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 2 | |
Share-based compensation | |
7 | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 829 | | |
| – | | |
| 829 | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 829 | |
Net loss and comprehensive loss | |
| |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| (147 | ) | |
| (147 | ) | |
| (12,731 | ) | |
| (21 | ) | |
| (12,899 | ) |
Balance, March 31, 2024 | |
| |
| 150,815,361 | | |
| 206,360 | | |
| 15,975 | | |
| 1,429 | | |
| 17,404 | | |
| (218,297 | ) | |
| 7,890 | | |
| 13,357 | |
| |
| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Balance, December 31, 2022 | |
| |
| 122,660,841 | | |
$ | 169,952 | | |
$ | 13,880 | | |
$ | 1,044 | | |
$ | 14,924 | | |
$ | (164,558 | ) | |
$ | 7,912 | | |
$ | 28,230 | |
Shares issued on exercise of stock options | |
7 | |
| 336,500 | | |
| 249 | | |
| (103 | ) | |
| – | | |
| (103 | ) | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 146 | |
Shares issued on exercise of Solaris warrants and Equinox Warrants | |
| |
| 23,524,333 | | |
| 24,250 | | |
| (3,535 | ) | |
| – | | |
| (3,535 | ) | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 20,715 | |
Share-based compensation | |
7 | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 1,540 | | |
| – | | |
| 1,540 | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 1,540 | |
Net loss and comprehensive loss | |
| |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 227 | | |
| 227 | | |
| (11,959 | ) | |
| (19 | ) | |
| (11,751 | ) |
Balance, March 31, 2023 | |
| |
| 146,521,674 | | |
$ | 194,451 | | |
$ | 11,782 | | |
$ | 1,271 | | |
$ | 13,053 | | |
| (176,517 | ) | |
$ | 7,893 | | |
$ | 38,880 | |
The accompanying notes form an integral part
of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
Solaris Resources Inc.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial
Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Unaudited – In thousands of United States
dollars, unless otherwise noted)
Solaris Resources Inc. (the “Company”
or “Solaris”) was incorporated under the Business Corporations Act of British Columbia on June 18, 2018 as a wholly owned
subsidiary of Equinox Gold Corp. (“Equinox”). Equinox subsequently completed a spin-out of Solaris pursuant to a plan of arrangement
(the “Arrangement”). Solaris’ common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and trade under the symbol “SLS”
as well as on the NYSE American LLC stock exchange under the symbol “SLSR”.
The Company is engaged in the acquisition,
exploration and development of mineral property interests. The Company’s assets consist primarily of the Warintza property (“Warintza”)
in Ecuador, the 60% owned La Verde property (“La Verde”) in Mexico and the Tamarugo property (“Tamarugo”) in Chile.
The Company has not yet determined whether the properties contain mineral reserves where extraction is both technically feasible and commercially
viable. The business of mining and exploration for minerals involves a high degree of risk and there can be no assurance that such activities
will result in profitable mining operations.
These condensed consolidated interim
financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes that the Company will be able to realize its assets and
discharge its liabilities in the normal course of operations as they come due for the foreseeable future. The Company does not generate
operating cash flow from a producing mine and has incurred operating losses to date. The Company has relied on cash received from share
issuances and advances from the senior secured debt facility (the “Senior Loan”) to fund its business activities, including
planned corporate expenditures, exploration expenses, as well as the development activities for the Warintza project. The Company’s
ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon the successful execution of its business plan, meeting certain Warintza project
milestones, raising additional capital and/or evaluating strategic alternatives for its mineral property interests. The Company expects
to continue to raise the necessary funds primarily through the issuance of common shares and/or advances from the Senior Loan (see below)
in support of its business objectives. While the Company has been successful in securing financing to date, there can be no assurances
that future equity financing, debt facilities or strategic alternatives will be available on acceptable terms to the Company or at all.
As at March 31, 2024, the Company had
cash and cash equivalents of $28,773. In December 2023, the Company entered into definitive agreements to a financing package consisting
of up to $80,000 in financing including a $60,000 Senior Loan of which $30,000 was received on closing and the remaining amount to be
made available in two tranches based on achieving certain milestones. The Company also received in December 2023 $10,000 on issuance of
common shares with an additional $10,000 of equity financing available if certain conditions are met. There are no guarantees that the
Company will meet the conditions to receive the additional amounts under the financing package. In addition, the Senior Loan has a financial
covenant which requires the Company to maintain an unrestricted cash balance of $5,000 in Canada. In January 2024, the Company entered
into a subscription agreement for approximately C$130,000 of common shares. Closing of this transaction is subject to customary conditions
precedent and applicable regulatory approvals including (i) receipt of the requisite approval of the TSX, (ii) receipt of regulatory approval
under the Investment Canada Act, and (iii) receipt of regulatory approval from the relevant authorities in the People’s Republic
of China. It is currently uncertain when the required approvals will be received or if the approvals will be received at all.
Based on its current forecasted expenditures,
the Company requires the additional financing from the Senior Loan and the equity financings or additional new financing to fund ongoing
operations for the next twelve months and to ensure it meets the covenant requirement under the Senior Loan. As a result, material uncertainty
exists that may cast significant doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. These condensed consolidated
interim financial statements do not reflect the adjustments to the carrying values of assets and liabilities, the reported expenses and
the condensed consolidated interim statement of financial position classifications that would be necessary if the going concern assumption
was inappropriate. These adjustments could be material.
Statement of compliance
These condensed consolidated interim
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Accounting Standard 34 (“IAS 34”), Interim
Financial Reporting, and do not include all of the information required for annual financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS
Accounting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”).
Solaris Resources Inc.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial
Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Unaudited – In thousands of United States
dollars, unless otherwise noted)
However, selected explanatory notes
are included to explain events and transactions that are significant to an understanding of the changes in the Company’s financial
position and performances since the last annual financial statements.
These condensed consolidated interim
financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s most recent annual audited financial statements for the year
ended December 31, 2023. The accounting policies, significant judgments made by management in applying these policies and key sources
of estimation uncertainty are the same as those applied in the Company’s annual audited consolidated financial statements for the
year ended December 31, 2023.
These condensed consolidated interim
financial statements were approved and authorized for issuance by the Board of Directors on May 9, 2024.
Amended IFRS standards effective
January 1, 2024
In January 2020, the IASB issued Classification
of Liabilities as Current or Non-current (Amendments to IAS 1, Presentation of Financial Statements (“IAS 1”)), which amended
IAS 1 to clarify the requirements for presenting liabilities in the statement of financial position. The amendments specify that the Company
must have the right to defer settlement of a liability for at least 12 months after the reporting period for the liability to be classified
as non-current.
In addition, the amendments clarify
that: (a) the Company’s right to defer settlement must exist at the end of the reporting period; (b) classification is unaffected
by management’s intentions or expectations about whether the Company will exercise its right to defer settlement; (c) if the Company’s
right to defer settlement is subject to the Company complying with specified conditions, the right exists at the end of the reporting
period only if the Company complies with those conditions at the end of the reporting period, even if the lender does not test compliance
until a later date; and (d) the term settlement includes the transfer of the Company’s own equity instruments to the counterparty
that results in the extinguishment of the liability, except when the settlement of the liability with the Company transferring its own
equity instruments is at the option of the counterparty and such option has been classified as an equity instrument, separate from the
host liability.
In October 2022, the IASB issued Non-current
Liabilities with Covenants, which amended IAS 1 to clarify that if the Company’s right to defer settlement of a liability for at
least 12 months is subject to the Company complying with covenants after the reporting period, those covenants would not affect whether
the Company’s right to defer settlement exists at the end of the reporting period for the purposes of classifying a liability as
current or non-current. The amendments also increased the disclosure requirement relating to such covenants to include: (i) the nature
of the covenants and the date by which the Company must comply with the covenants; (ii) whether the Company would comply with the covenants
based on its circumstances at the reporting date; and (iii) whether and how the Company expects to comply with the covenants by the date
on which they are contractually required to be tested.
The Company adopted the Amendments
to IAS 1 effective January 1, 2024 but did not result in a change in the presentation of the Company’s liabilities. The required
disclosures, where applicable, have been included in Note 6.
Certain other new standards, interpretations,
and amendments to existing standards have been issued by the IASB or the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee.
However, these updates either are not applicable to the Company or are not material to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
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Note | |
March 31, 2024 | | |
December 31, 2023 | |
Prepaid expenses and deposits | |
| |
$ | 765 | | |
$ | 230 | |
Deferred share issue costs | |
| |
| 297 | | |
| 28 | |
Supplies inventory | |
| |
| 160 | | |
| 95 | |
Taxes recoverable | |
| |
| 158 | | |
| 118 | |
Amounts receivable and other | |
| |
| 21 | | |
| 27 | |
Due from a related party | |
13 | |
| 93 | | |
| 25 | |
| |
| |
$ | 1,494 | | |
$ | 523 | |
Solaris Resources Inc.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial
Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Unaudited – In thousands of United States
dollars, unless otherwise noted)
| 4. | Exploration and evaluation assets |
| |
Note | |
March 31, 2024 | | |
December 31, 2023 | |
La Verde (Mexico) | |
a) | |
$ | 19,741 | | |
$ | 19,741 | |
Warintza (Ecuador) | |
b) | |
| 188 | | |
| 188 | |
| |
| |
$ | 19,929 | | |
$ | 19,929 | |
La Verde is situated in the Sierra Madre
del Sur west of Mexico City in Michoacán State, Mexico and consists of the Unificación Santa Maria claim. The project is
held 60% by the Company and 40% by a subsidiary of Teck Resources Ltd. The joint venture agreement governing the operation and funding
of La Verde was formalized effective February 28, 2015 (the “Agreement”). The Agreement provides that Solaris is the operator
of the project. The Agreement further provides for dilution of either party’s ownership should funding not be provided in accordance
with their respective participating interests. La Verde is subject to a 0.5% net smelter royalty held by Minera CIMA, S.A. de C.V.
The Company owns a 100% interest in
Warintza. Warintza is located in southeastern Ecuador in the province of Morona Santiago, Canton Limon Indanza. It consists of nine mining
concessions (the “Concessions”) covering a total of 26,774 hectares. The Concessions have a term of 25 years and can be renewed
for additional periods of 25 years. South32 Royalty Investments Pty Ltd holds a 2% net smelter royalty on the original four concessions
covering a total of 10,000 hectares.
Tamarugo is a grass-roots copper porphyry
target strategically located in northern Chile approximately 85 kilometres northeast of Copiapo and approximately 65 kilometres southwest
of Codelco’s El Salvador Copper Mine. The Company owns a 100% interest in Tamarugo, which consists of claim blocks covering a total
of approximately 7,600 hectares.
Solaris has earn-in agreements on certain
other projects including the Capricho and Paco Orco projects in Peru. The Capricho project is a 4,200-hectare copper-molybdenum-gold property.
The Paco Orco project is a 4,400-hectare lead, zinc and silver property.
| |
March 31, 2024 | | |
December 31,
2023 | |
Balance, start of period | |
$ | 1,529 | | |
$ | 1,271 | |
Additions | |
| 369 | | |
| 291 | |
Accretion | |
| 8 | | |
| 23 | |
Settlement | |
| (1 | ) | |
| (69 | ) |
Change in estimate | |
| (36 | ) | |
| 13 | |
Balance, end of period | |
$ | 1,869 | | |
$ | 1,529 | |
The reclamation provision represents
the estimated costs for restoration and rehabilitation for environmental disturbances at Warintza, estimated to be incurred in the year
2027. The total undiscounted estimated cash flows required to settle these obligations as at March 31, 2024 are $2,213 (December 31, 2023
– $1,786), which have been inflated at an average rate of 2.10% per annum (December 31, 2023 – 2.10%) and discounted at an
average rate of 4.31% (December, 31, 2023 – 3.93%).
Restricted cash of $571 (December
31, 2023 – $571) represents funds being used to collateralize guarantees issued to support environmental bonding requirements with
respect to the environmental disturbances at Warintza.
Solaris Resources Inc.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial
Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Unaudited – In thousands of United States
dollars, unless otherwise noted)
| 6. | WARINTZA PROJECT FINANCING |
On December 11, 2023, the Company
entered into a financing package with OMF Fund IV SPV D LLC and OMF Fund IV SPV E LLC (collectively “OMF”), entities managed
by Orion Mine Finance Management LP, to provide up to approximately $80,000 in aggregate funding for the advancement of the Warintza project
in Ecuador. The financing package is comprised of a $60,000 Senior Loan, a subscription for $10,000 in common shares with a commitment
for $10,000 in additional equity financing and a copper offtake agreement to purchase concentrate produced by the Warintza project. On
December 19, 2023, the Company also signed a molybdenum offtake agreement with OMF.
| a) | Senior Loan – OMF Fund IV SPV D LLC |
A first advance of $30,000 was received
on December 21, 2023. Two subsequent advances of $15,000 each will be made available upon (a) the approval and adoption of a pre-feasibility
study by the Company's Board of Directors; and (b) the submission of an environmental and social impact assessment approved by an independent
environmental and social consultant to progress the Warintza project to the exploitation phase.
The following table sets out the details
of the Company’s loans and borrowings.
| |
March 31, 2024 | | |
December 31,
2023 | |
Balance, start of period | |
$ | 29,363 | | |
$ | – | |
Advances | |
| – | | |
| 30,000 | |
Transaction costs | |
| (4 | ) | |
| (727 | ) |
Accrued interest | |
| 986 | | |
| 87 | |
Amortization of transaction cost | |
| 21 | | |
| 3 | |
Balance, end of period | |
$ | 30,366 | | |
$ | 29,363 | |
Amounts drawn on the Senior Loan bears
interest payable quarterly at the higher of (a) adjusted term secured overnight financing rate (“SOFR”) and (b) 2.00%, plus
either 7.00% per annum in the case of interest paid in cash, or 7.50% in the case of interest that is accrued to the loan balance in accordance
with the Senior Loan agreement. At March 31, 2024, the Senior Loan is measured at amortized cost using an effective interest rate of 13.74%
(December 31, 2023 – 13.76%).
The Company has the option quarterly
to elect to pay the interest in cash or accruing it to the principal amount of the Senior Loan and paying it upon maturity. The quarterly
interest for the three months ended March 31, 2024 was accrued to the principal amount of the Senior Loan. The principal amount and all
accrued and unpaid interest are due on its maturity date on December 11, 2027. The Company may prepay all or any part of the principal
amount owing at any time without any premium or penalty.
Any net proceeds received by the Company
from the sale of particular assets, the issuance of securities, or compensation for liquidated damages must be allocated toward repaying
a portion or all of the Senior Loan, along with accrued interest. However, this repayment requirement does not apply to net proceeds raised
from the issuance of securities, provided such net proceeds are: (i) used in connection with the Warintza project; or (ii) used for general
corporate and administrative expenses unrelated to the Warintza project in an amount up to $2,500 annually.
The Senior Loan is secured by a first-priority
security ranking over the Warintza property and all the presently held and acquired undertakings, property, and assets including the equity
interests in Lowell Mineral Exploration Ecuador S.A. and Lowell Copper Holdings Inc. but excluding subsidiaries and assets that are not
related to the Warintza project. The Company must comply with certain covenants including maintaining a minimum unrestricted balance of
$5,000 in cash in Canada. As at March 31, 2024, the Company was in compliance with all covenants.
| b) | Equity subscription agreement – OMF Fund IV SPV E LLC (the “Investor”) |
Under the terms of the subscription
agreement, OMF has committed to provide and the Company may elect to proceed with an additional $10,000 in equity financing when either
(a) the Company publishes a pre-feasibility study; or (b) a separate third-party equity financing takes place in an amount of at least
$10,000. The Company’s right to proceed with the second tranche expires ten business days after either of these conditions have
been met but, in any event, no later than December 11, 2026. The Company may waive its right to elect to proceed with the second tranche.
Solaris Resources Inc.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial
Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Unaudited – In thousands of United States
dollars, unless otherwise noted)
Under the terms of the offtake agreements,
OMF will purchase the greater of (i) 20% of the copper and molybdenum concentrates produced from the Warintza project in each contract
year, and (ii) the percentage of production of concentrates required to deliver a minimum 30,000 tonnes of copper and 1,500 tonnes of
molybdenum in each contract year as well as the corresponding amount of gold and silver contained in the copper concentrate.
The offtake agreements will expire 20
years after the achievement of commercial production as defined in the agreements. If commercial production has not been achieved by December
31, 2027, then the term will extend by one year for each calendar year that commercial production has not been achieved, and if commercial
production has not been achieved by December 31, 2032, then the term is extended for the duration of the mine life as defined in the offtake
agreements.
If prior to the 18-month anniversary
of the Senior Loan closing date a change of control transaction (as defined in the offtake agreements) is approved by the Company’s
board and announced, either party may terminate the offtake agreements prior to the end of the term which will require the Company to
then pay $27,000 to OMF to terminate the copper offtake agreement and $3,000 to terminate the molybdenum offtake agreement.
Authorized: Unlimited common shares,
with no par value
Issued and fully paid: 150,815,361
(December 31, 2023 – 150,811,195)
For the three months ended March 31,
2024, the Company recognized a share-based compensation expense included in general and administrative expenditures of $829 (three months
ended March 31, 2023 – $1,540). The following table shows the change in the shares issuable for Arrangement options and Solaris
options during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023:
For the three months ended March 31, | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Balance, start of period | |
| 10,556,688 | | |
| 8,131,226 | |
Granted | |
| 900,000 | | |
| 2,950,000 | |
Exercised | |
| (4,166 | ) | |
| (336,500 | ) |
Forfeited | |
| (285,000 | ) | |
| (43,122 | ) |
Balance, end of period | |
| 11,167,522 | | |
| 10,701,604 | |
The weighted average exercise price
per share issuable of options granted, exercised and forfeited during the three months ended March 31, 2024 was C$3.79, C$0.80 and C$5.03,
respectively. The weighted average exercise price per share issuable of options granted, exercised and forfeited during the three months
ended March 31, 2023 was C$5.94, C$0.59 and C$1.20, respectively.
The assumptions used in the Black-Scholes
option pricing model for the options granted in the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 were as follows.
Weighted average | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Exercise price per share issuable | |
C$ | 3.79 | | |
C$ | 5.94 | |
Expected term (years) | |
| 5 | | |
| 5 | |
Volatility1 | |
| 59 | % | |
| 61 | % |
Expected dividend yield | |
| – | | |
| – | |
Risk-free interest rate | |
| 3.55 | % | |
| 3.59 | % |
Weighted average fair value per share | |
| 2.06 | | |
| 3.06 | |
1 | The expected volatility of Solaris
is based on the historical volatility of the shares of a comparative peer group of companies. |
Solaris Resources Inc.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial
Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Unaudited – In thousands of United States
dollars, unless otherwise noted)
Arrangement options
Pursuant to the Arrangement under which
Equinox distributed the shares of the Company to its shareholders, option holders of Equinox received options of Solaris which were proportionate
to, and reflective of the terms of, their existing options of Equinox (“Arrangement options”). As at March 31, 2024, a total
of 325,194 (December 31, 2023 – 325,194) Arrangement options are outstanding with each option entitling the holder to one-tenth
of a Solaris share. As at March 31, 2024, a total of 32,522 shares (December 31, 2023 – 32,522) are issuable by Solaris upon exercise
of the Arrangement options.
Exercise
price per
Arrangement option (C$)2 | | |
Number of Arrangement options outstanding | | |
Number of shares
issuable | | |
Remaining contractual
life (years) | |
$ | 0.12 | | |
| 325,194 | | |
| 32,522 | | |
| 0.21 | |
| 2 | Exercise price per Arrangement
option for 1/10th of a Solaris share. |
The exercise price of the Arrangement
options exercisable at March 31, 2024, attributable to the issuance of a whole Solaris share was C$1.20 (December 31, 2023 – C$1.20).
Solaris options
The following is a summary of the Company’s
outstanding and exercisable options as at March 31, 2024:
Outstanding | |
Exercisable | |
Grant date | |
Exercise price (C$) | | |
Number of options | | |
Weighted average remaining contractual life (years) | | |
Number of options | | |
Weighted average remaining contractual life (years) | |
August 9, 2019 | |
$ | 0.50 | | |
| 400,000 | | |
| 0.36 | | |
| 400,000 | | |
| 0.36 | |
November 18, 2019 | |
| 0.80 | | |
| 700,000 | | |
| 0.64 | | |
| 700,000 | | |
| 0.64 | |
November 21, 2019 | |
| 0.80 | | |
| 200,000 | | |
| 0.64 | | |
| 200,000 | | |
| 0.64 | |
January 2, 2020 | |
| 0.80 | | |
| 350,000 | | |
| 0.76 | | |
| 350,000 | | |
| 0.76 | |
March 20, 2020 | |
| 0.80 | | |
| 100,000 | | |
| 0.97 | | |
| 100,000 | | |
| 0.97 | |
May 27, 2020 | |
| 0.80 | | |
| 2,510,000 | | |
| 1.16 | | |
| 2,510,000 | | |
| 1.16 | |
November 2, 2020 | |
| 4.90 | | |
| 2,050,000 | | |
| 1.59 | | |
| 2,050,000 | | |
| 1.59 | |
March 16, 2021 | |
| 7.24 | | |
| 300,000 | | |
| 1.96 | | |
| 300,000 | | |
| 1.96 | |
September 15, 2021 | |
| 13.11 | | |
| 400,000 | | |
| 2.46 | | |
| 200,000 | | |
| 2.46 | |
November 10, 2021 | |
| 12.45 | | |
| 150,000 | | |
| 2.61 | | |
| 75,000 | | |
| 2.61 | |
August 9, 2022 | |
| 7.36 | | |
| 300,000 | | |
| 3.36 | | |
| 75,000 | | |
| 3.36 | |
February 24, 2023 | |
| 5.94 | | |
| 2,775,000 | | |
| 3.90 | | |
| 1,143,750 | | |
| 3.90 | |
February 23, 2024 | |
| 3.79 | | |
| 900,000 | | |
| 4.90 | | |
| – | | |
| – | |
| |
| 4.02 | | |
| 11,135,000 | | |
| 2.29 | | |
| 8,103,750 | | |
| 1.63 | |
Pursuant to the Arrangement, holders
of Equinox restricted share units (“RSUs”) or RSUs with non-market-based performance vesting conditions (“pRSUs”)
received RSUs or pRSUs of Solaris (“Arrangement RSUs”), which were proportionate to, and reflective of the terms of, their
existing RSUs or pRSUs of Equinox. The holder of the Arrangement RSUs acquires one-tenth of a Solaris share upon vesting. During the three
months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, there were no RSUs redeemed under the provision of the Company’s RSU plan and as of March
31, 2024, 260,836 RSUs and pRSUs are outstanding with 26,085 of Solaris shares issuable.
Solaris Resources Inc.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial
Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Unaudited – In thousands of United States
dollars, unless otherwise noted)
| 8. | Exploration expenditures |
The Company’s exploration expenditures
by activity are as follows:
For the three months ended March 31, | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Salaries, geological consultants and support, and travel | |
$ | 2,928 | | |
$ | 2,332 | |
Site preparation, supplies, field and general | |
| 2,288 | | |
| 2,078 | |
Drilling and drilling related costs | |
| 1,501 | | |
| 1,233 | |
Assay and analysis | |
| 144 | | |
| 175 | |
Community relations, environmental and permitting | |
| 1,934 | | |
| 2,677 | |
Concession fees | |
| 452 | | |
| 472 | |
Studies | |
| 378 | | |
| 41 | |
Reclamation provision | |
| 333 | | |
| 172 | |
Amortization | |
| 235 | | |
| 221 | |
| |
$ | 10,193 | | |
$ | 9,401 | |
Pursuant to agreements with local communities,
the Company is required to make certain monthly community support payments.
The Company’s exploration expenditures
by jurisdiction are as follows:
For the three months ended March 31, | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Ecuador | |
$ | 9,872 | | |
$ | 8,956 | |
Chile | |
| 2 | | |
| 196 | |
Mexico | |
| 52 | | |
| 47 | |
Peru and other | |
| 267 | | |
| 202 | |
| |
$ | 10,193 | | |
$ | 9,401 | |
| 9. | General and administrative expenditures |
For the three months ended March 31, | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Share-based compensation | |
$ | 829 | | |
$ | 1,540 | |
Salaries and benefits | |
| 462 | | |
| 407 | |
Office and other | |
| 242 | | |
| 188 | |
Filing and regulatory fees | |
| 75 | | |
| 77 | |
Professional fees | |
| 357 | | |
| 318 | |
Marketing and travel | |
| 181 | | |
| 102 | |
| |
$ | 2,146 | | |
$ | 2,632 | |
The Company has determined that it
has one operating segment, being the exploration of mineral properties.
Information about the Company’s
non-current assets by jurisdiction is detailed below:
| |
March 31,
2024 | | |
December 31,
2023 | |
Mexico | |
$ | 19,753 | | |
$ | 19,755 | |
Ecuador | |
| 2,636 | | |
| 2,627 | |
Chile | |
| 10 | | |
| 12 | |
Peru | |
| 117 | | |
| 32 | |
Canada | |
| 6 | | |
| 6 | |
| |
$ | 22,522 | | |
$ | 22,432 | |
Information about the Company’s
exploration expenditures by jurisdiction is detailed in Note 8.
Solaris Resources Inc.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial
Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Unaudited – In thousands of United States
dollars, unless otherwise noted)
| 11. | Financial instrument risk exposure and risk management |
The Company is exposed in varying degrees
to a variety of financial instrument related risks. The Board of Directors approves and monitors the risk management process.
Credit risk is the risk of financial
loss to the Company if a counterparty to a financial instrument fails to meet its contractual obligations and arises principally from
the Company’s financial assets.
The Company is primarily exposed to
credit risk on its cash and cash equivalents and amounts receivable. Credit risk exposure is limited through maintaining its cash with
high-credit quality financial institutions. The carrying value of these financial assets of $29,616 represents the maximum exposure to
credit risk.
Interest rate risk is the risk that
the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market interest rates. The Company’s
exposure to the risk of changes in market interest rates relates primarily to the Senior Loan which has a floating interest rate.
With all other variables held constant,
a 1% change in SOFR would have changed net loss by approximately $75 for the three months ended March 31, 2024 (three months ended March
31, 2023 – nil).
Liquidity risk is the risk that the
Company will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they become due. The Company ensures that there is sufficient capital in
order to meet short term business requirements after taking into account the Company’s holdings of cash.
At March 31, 2024, the Company had
contractual cash flow commitments as follows:
| |
< 1 Year | | |
1-3 Years | | |
4-5 Years | | |
> 5 Years | | |
Total | |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | |
$ | 6,941 | | |
$ | – | | |
$ | – | | |
$ | – | | |
$ | 6,941 | |
Lease liabilities | |
| 89 | | |
| 44 | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 133 | |
Senior loan principal and interest1 | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 50,633 | | |
| – | | |
| 50,633 | |
Other long-term liability | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 123 | | |
| 123 | |
Office rent obligations | |
| 285 | | |
| 275 | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 560 | |
Exploration expenses and other | |
| 842 | | |
| 1,796 | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 2,638 | |
| |
$ | 8,157 | | |
$ | 2,115 | | |
$ | 50,633 | | |
$ | 123 | | |
$ | 61,028 | |
1 | The interest is calculated using the interest rate in effect
at March 31, 2024. |
The Company is exposed to currency
risk on transactions and balances in currencies other than the functional currency. At March 31, 2024, the Company had not entered into
any contracts to manage foreign exchange risk.
The functional currency of the Company
is the Canadian dollar, therefore, the Company is exposed to currency risk from the assets and liabilities denominated in the US dollar.
As at March 31, 2024, cash of $27,713 (December 31, 2023 – $37,245), loans and borrowings of $30,366 (December 31, 2023 –
$29,363), and accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $619 (December 31, 2023 - $94) are denominated in the US dollar. For the three
months ended March 31, 2024, if the US dollar to Canadian dollar currency exchange rate changes by 5% with all other variables held constant,
the impact on the Company’s net loss is $164 (three months ended March 31, 2023 – $17).
The Company is also exposed to currency
risk on financial assets and liabilities denominated in Peruvian soles, Chilean pesos, Mexican pesos and Guatemalan quetzals. However,
the impact on such exposure is not currently material.
Solaris Resources Inc.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial
Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Unaudited – In thousands of United States
dollars, unless otherwise noted)
| 12. | Fair value measurements |
The carrying values of cash and cash
equivalents, amounts receivable, due from related parties, restricted cash and accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate fair
value due to their short terms to maturity. The fair value of loans and borrowings is $31,073. There were no transfers between fair value
levels in the periods presented.
| 13. | Related party transactions |
Compensation of key management personnel
Key management personnel include those
persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Company, and comprises the Company’s
Executive Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President Corporate
Affairs and Corporate Secretary and Directors.
Key management compensation
for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 is comprised of the following:
For the three months ended March 31, | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Share-based compensation | |
$ | 655 | | |
$ | 1,327 | |
Salaries and benefits | |
| 223 | | |
| 167 | |
Professional fees | |
| 41 | | |
| 93 | |
| |
$ | 919 | | |
$ | 1,587 | |
During 2021, the Company entered an
agreement with Augusta Capital Corporation (“Augusta”) for consulting services. The owner of Augusta Capital Corporation is
the Chairman and a major shareholder of the Company. Total amount charged by Augusta for the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $41
(three months ended March 31, 2023 – $93).
Related party transactions
On January 2, 2020, the Company entered
into an arrangement to share office space, equipment, personnel, consultants and various administrative services with other companies
related by virtue of certain directors and management in common. These services have been provided through a management company equally
owned by each company party to the arrangement. Costs incurred by the management company are allocated and funded by the shareholders
of the management company based on time incurred and use of services. All of the parties have jointly entered into a rental agreement
for office space. If the Company’s participation in the arrangement is terminated, the Company will be obligated to pay its share
of the rent payments for the remaining term of the office space rental agreement. The Company’s obligation for future rental payments
if the Company’s participation in the arrangement was terminated on March 31, 2024 was approximately $558 (December 31, 2023 –
$656), determined based on the Company’s average share of rent paid in the immediately preceding 12 months.
The Company was charged for the following
with respect to these arrangements in the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023:
For the three months ended March 31, | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Salaries and benefits | |
$ | 367 | | |
$ | 413 | |
Office and other | |
| 116 | | |
| 104 | |
Filing and regulatory fees | |
| – | | |
| 9 | |
Marketing and travel | |
| 5 | | |
| 6 | |
| |
$ | 488 | | |
$ | 532 | |
At March 31, 2024, amounts in prepaids
and other include $93 due from a related party (December 31, 2023 – $25) with respect to this arrangement.
Solaris Resources Inc.
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial
Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Unaudited – In thousands of United States
dollars, unless otherwise noted)
The Company is committed to payments
for office leases premises through 2026 in the total amount of approximately $560 based on the Company’s current share of rent paid.
Payments by fiscal year are:
2024 | |
| 244 | |
2025 | |
| 165 | |
2026 | |
| 151 | |
The Company is committed to payments
related to exploration expenses and other of $553 in 2024, $796 in 2025, $721 in 2026 and $568 in 2027.
| 15. | Supplemental cash flow information |
For the three months ended March 31, | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Non-cash items: | |
| | |
| |
Accrued deferred share issue costs | |
$ | 113 | | |
$ | – | |
Capitalized interest expense | |
$ | 986 | | |
$ | – | |
Right of use asset acquired | |
$ | 83 | | |
$ | – | |
Exhibit 99.2
Solaris
Resources Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
For the three months ended March 31,
2024 and 2023
Solaris
Resources Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars,
unless otherwise noted)
Introduction
This management’s discussion and analysis
(“MD&A”) of Solaris Resources Inc. (the “Company”, “Solaris”, “we”, “us”,
or “our”) covers the three months ended March 31, 2024, with comparative information for the three months ended March 31,
2023. This MD&A is dated May 9, 2024 and takes into account information available up to and including that date. This MD&A should
be read in conjunction with the Company’s condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the three months ended March 31,
2024 and the annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, which are available on the Company’s
website at www.solarisresources.com and on the SEDAR+ website at www.sedarplus.ca.
Additional information relating to the Company, including the Company’s Annual Information Form, is also set out on the SEDAR+ website
at www.sedarplus.ca.
The Company has prepared the condensed consolidated
interim financial statements in accordance with International Financial Accounting Standard 34 (“IAS 34”), Interim Financial
Reporting, and do not include all of the information required for annual financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting
Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). These condensed consolidated
interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s most recent annual audited financial statements for
the year ended December 31, 2023.
All dollar amounts reported herein are expressed
in thousands of US dollars unless indicated otherwise.
Solaris was incorporated under the Business Corporations
Act of British Columbia on June 18, 2018 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Equinox Gold Corp. (“Equinox”). Equinox subsequently
completed a spin-out of Solaris pursuant to a plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”). Solaris’ common shares are listed
on the Toronto Stock Exchange and trade under the symbol “SLS” as well as on the NYSE American LLC (“NYSE American”)
stock exchange under the symbol “SLSR”.
Cautionary Note
Regarding Forward-Looking Information
Certain information contained in this document
constitutes forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, are forward looking statements, including
but not limited to statements with respect to future plans and objectives of Solaris; Solaris’ exploration plans, including plans
for follow-up drilling and other work, that exploration activities continue to target growth of the MRE, timing of such exploration plans,
and potential results of such exploration plans; the Company’s plans for the ensuing year; the timing, content, and results of the
Company’s upcoming MRE; use of proceeds from the Company’s financings; closing of the C$130,000 private placement with an
affiliate of Zijin; closing of the portions of the Orion financing that have not closed; timing of submission of the Environmental Impact
Assessment for the Warintza Project; that the Company is funded for its 2024 and 2025 exploration and development programs with the offtake
financing package announced in December 2023, with plans to expand activities and continue to consolidate the surrounding district with
funds from closing the strategic investment with Zijin; entry into a definitive framework agreement with Enami EP regarding the award
of the option to acquire ten new exploration concessions, the potential terms of such agreement and the exploration potential of such
concessions; that the EIA for the exploitation phase of the Warintza Project will be finalized and submitted for regulatory review and
approval, and timing of such finalization and submission; a PFS is on track for completion, with support of leading international consulting
firms, and timing of such completion; that further plans include following up on the recent Patrimonio discovery in pursuit of the unidentified
source of its replacement-style mineralization that dips to the west and to test an area of significantly stronger soil anomalism to the
south; the timing of the Company’s reporting on the results of exploration work; that the Company requires the additional financing
from the Senior Loan and the equity financings or additional new financing to fund ongoing operations for the next twelve months and to
ensure it meets the covenant requirement under the Senior Loan; potential mineralization; exploration results; the availability of financial
resources; capital, operating and cash flow estimates; and intentions for its Warintza Project in Ecuador. Forward-looking statements
are often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as may, will, seek, anticipate, believe, plan, estimate, budget, schedule,
forecast, project, expect, intend, or similar expressions.
Solaris
Resources Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars,
unless otherwise noted)
The forward-looking statements are based on a
number of assumptions which, while considered reasonable by the Company, are subject to risks and uncertainties, including assumptions
made about the Company satisfying all closing conditions for the unclosed portions of the $80,000 financing; satisfaction of all conditions
required to close the C$130,000 private placement with Zijin, including receipt of the requisite approval of the TSX, receipt of regulatory
approval under the Investment Canada Act, and receipt of regulatory approval from the relevant authorities in the People’s Republic
of China; the Company’s ability to advance exploration and development efforts at its projects; the results of such exploration
and development efforts; copper, gold and other base and precious metal prices; cut-off grades; accuracy of mineral resource estimates
and resource modeling; timing and reliability of sampling and assay data; representativeness of mineralization; timing and accuracy of
metallurgical test work; anticipated political and social conditions; expected government policy, including reforms; ability to successfully
raise additional capital; that the Company will be able to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of operations
as they come due for the foreseeable future; and other assumptions used as a basis for preparation of the Company’s current technical
reports. The Company cautions readers that forward-looking statements involve and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed in or implied
by such forward-looking statements and forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results, performance or achievement. These
risks, uncertainties and factors include that there are a number of conditions to closing the unclosed portion of the $80,000 financing;
that the conditions required to close the proposed C$130,000 private placement are not satisfied; the ability to raise funding to continue
exploration, development and mining activities; debt risk; share price fluctuation; global economic conditions; limited supplies, supply
chain disruptions, and inflation; the Russia-Ukraine conflict; negative operating cash flow; uncertainty of future revenues or of a return
on investment; no defined mineral reserves with no mineral properties in production or under development; speculative nature of mineral
exploration and development; risk of global outbreaks and contagious diseases; risk that the proposed spin-out does not occur in a timely
fashion (if at all); risks from international operations; risk associated with an emerging and developing market; relationships with,
and claims by, local communities and indigenous groups; geopolitical risk; risks related to obtaining future environmental licenses for
exploitation; permitting risk; Ecuadorian constitutional court rulings suspending licenses risk; anti-mining sentiment; failure to comply
strictly with applicable laws, regulations and local practices may have a material adverse impact on the Company’s operations or
business; the Company’s concessions are subject to pressure from artisanal and illegal miners; the inherent operational risks associated
with mining, exploration and development, many of which are beyond the Company’s control; land title risk; surface rights and access
risk; fraud and corruption; ethics and business practices; risks related to the tax regime in Ecuador; Solaris may in the future become
subject to legal proceedings; Solaris’ mineral assets are located outside Canada and are held indirectly through foreign affiliates;
commodity price risk; exchange rate fluctuations; joint ventures; property commitments; infrastructure; properties located in remote areas;
lack of availability of resources; dependence on highly skilled personnel; competition; significant shareholders; reputational risk; conflicts
of interests; uninsurable risks; information systems; public company obligations; internal controls provide no absolute assurances as
to reliability of financial reporting and financial statement preparation, and ongoing evaluation may identify areas in need of improvement;
the Company’s foreign subsidiary operations may impact its ability to fund operations efficiently, as well as the Company’s
valuation and stock price; the value of the Company’s common shares, as well as its ability to raise equity capital, may be impacted
by future issuances of shares; future sales of common shares by existing shareholders; costs of land reclamation; measures to protect
endangered species may adversely affect the Company’s operations; environmental risks and hazards; and changes in climate conditions.
Although the Company has attempted to identify
important risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual performance, achievements, actions, events, results or conditions
to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking information, there may be other risks, uncertainties and
other factors that cause performance, achievements, actions, events, results or conditions to differ from those anticipated, estimated
or intended. Unless otherwise indicated, forward-looking statements contained herein are as of the date hereof and the Company disclaims
any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether due to new information, future events or results or otherwise, except
as required by applicable law.
Solaris
Resources Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars,
unless otherwise noted)
Description of
Business
Solaris is advancing a portfolio of copper and
gold assets in the Americas, which includes a copper resource with expansion and discovery potential at the Warintza Project (“Warintza”
or the “Project”) in Ecuador; a series of grassroots exploration projects with discovery potential at its Capricho and Paco
Orco projects in Peru and Tamarugo Project (“Tamarugo”) in Chile; and significant leverage to increasing copper prices through
its 60% interest in the La Verde joint-venture project (“La Verde”) with a subsidiary of Teck Resources Ltd. in Mexico.
Highlights and
Activities
The following activities and developments were
achieved during the quarter:
| ● | Announced a preview of 2024
plans including the intent to list on the NYSE American to satisfy the appetite of U.S. retail and institutional investors seeking to
add exposure to Solaris. In addition, the Company noted that a mineral resource update is expected in late second quarter of 2024 to
update the prior mineral resource estimate (“MRE”1
or “Resource”) at the Warintza Project that was reported in April 2022. |
| ● | The
updated mineral resource estimate is expected to deliver major growth through expansion of the deposit
in extensional drilling at Warintza Central, Warintza East, and through the inclusion of the recent discovery of Warintza Southeast within
a common pit shell, further extensional and infill drilling programs, as well as further Warintza and regional exploration. |
| ● | The Company entered into a
subscription agreement in respect of an approximately C$130,000 private placement of common shares of Solaris by an affiliate of Zijin
Mining Group Co., Ltd. (“Zijin”) at a subscription price of C$4.55 per common share. Closing of the private placement is
subject to customary conditions precedent and applicable regulatory approvals, including (i) receipt of the requisite approval of the
TSX, (ii) receipt of regulatory approval under the Investment Canada Act, and (iii) receipt of regulatory approval from the relevant
authorities in the People’s Republic of China. The common shares will be subject to a statutory hold period in accordance with
applicable securities laws. |
| ● | Announced a corporate update
including the commencement of the 2024 drilling and regional exploration program at the Warintza Project. |
| ● | Announced a trilateral cooperation
agreement with the Interprovincial Federation of Shuar Centers (“FICSH”) and the Alliance for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
(“AEI”) of Ecuador. The agreement aims to promote the economic and social development of Shuar communities represented by
FICSH, including the communities of Warints and Yawi which host the Warintza Project on their lands, with programs in health, education,
skills training, entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainable mineral resource development. |
Subsequent to quarter-end:
| ● | Received approval to list its
common shares on the NYSE American and commenced trading on Friday, April 19, 2024 under the symbol “SLSR”. The Company remains
listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “SLS”. |
| ● | Signed an updated Impact and
Benefits Agreement (“IBA”) for Warintza to reflect the continued growth and advancement of the Project. The updated IBA reaffirms
certainty of community support for the responsible development of the Project. |
1 | The corresponding Technical Report disclosing the MRE has
been prepared by Mario E. Rossi, an independent qualified person under National Instrument 43- 101 – Standards of Disclosure
for Mineral Projects, is titled “NI 43-101 Technical Report for the Warintza Project, Ecuador (Amended)” with an effective
date of April 1, 2022, and is available on the Company’s website at www.solarisresrouces.com and on SEDAR+ under the Company’s
profile at www.sedarplus.ca. |
Solaris
Resources Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars,
unless otherwise noted)
| ● | Reported the first drill results
from its 2024 drilling program and an exploration update at the Warintza Project. Drilling activities ramped up through the first quarter
rainy season with six rigs now in operation at Warintza Central, Warintza East and Warintza Southeast and drilling is expected to continue
throughout the year in support of expanding and upgrading resources. In addition, follow-up exploration drilling is set to commence at
the Patrimonio discovery and regional exploration is underway at the promising Caya epithermal gold target. The Company is funded for
its 2024 and 2025 exploration and development programs with the offtake financing package announced in December 2023, with plans to aggressively
expand activities and consolidate the surrounding district with funds from closing the strategic investment with Zijin. |
| ● | Announced that the Company
has been awarded an option to acquire up to a 100% interest in 10 new explorations concessions by the Ecuadorian state-owned mining company,
Empresa Nacional Minera (“ENAMI EP”). These concessions comprise a land package of ~40,000 hectares adjacent to the
Warintza Project and the San Carlos-Panantza porphyry copper-molybdenum deposits within the prolific Zamora belt that hosts Ecuador’s
largest copper and gold mines to the south. The new concessions are interpreted to host porphyry copper and epithermal gold potential,
with fieldwork set to commence in May. The award follows a process established by ENAMI EP pursuant to which credentialed bidders submit
non-binding proposals for proposed minimum investments on the new concessions. The award is subject to entry into a definitive framework
agreement for the concessions, with the terms expected to include: (i) an upfront payment to ENAMI EP of $250; (ii) a proposed exploration
program of up to $25,000 over the exploration phase; and (iii) the exclusive option to acquire the claims from ENAMI EP at a price to
be determined by independent experts. |
| ● | Provided an operations update
for the Warintza Project, including site optimization efforts that have resulted in significantly improved productivity and cost savings
under new Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Javier Toro, as well as the appointment of leading independent consultants in support of the Environmental
Impact Assessment (“EIA”) in the second half of 2024 and Pre-Feasibility Study (“PFS”) in the second half of
2025. |
OUTLOOK
Drilling activities at the Warintza Project continue
to focus on growing the MRE, which was based on drilling to the end of November 2021. Drilling since that point has focused on pursuing
open extensions of near surface, high-grade mineralization in the northeast extension of Warintza Central, expanding the Warintza East
deposit, and later the Warintza Southeast deposit after its discovery.
An updated mineral resource estimate is on track
for completion at the end of June for release in early July, presenting these three deposits as a single resource in a common pit shell,
by Mr. Mario E. Rossi, FAusIMM, SME, IAMG, of Geosystems International Inc. who is a leading porphyry specialist and completed the prior
MRE.
Drilling is expected to continue through the updated
mineral resource estimate with a focus on pursuing the open extension of the Warintza Southeast deposit, drilling untested areas on the
southern side of the pit shell and infill drilling existing mineral resources. This drilling is expected to total at least 30km from approximately
90 new platforms, taking advantage of additional permitted locations to optimize the drilling pattern, and with some of these holes doubling
to provide technical data for mine design and mine planning purposes to support technical studies.
Solaris
Resources Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars,
unless otherwise noted)
The Company has engaged ESSAM Cía. Ltda.
(“ESSAM”), an Ecuadorian environmental consultant accredited by the Ministry of Environment of Ecuador, to assist in finalizing
and submitting the EIA for the exploitation phase of the Warintza Project for regulatory review and approval in the second half of 2024,
after more than three years of baseline environmental monitoring, data collection and studies from prior permitting efforts. ESSAM has
been involved with Ecuador’s largest copper and gold mines supporting in environmental audits, monitoring and studies.
A PFS is on track for completion in the second
half of 2025, with support of leading international consulting firms, including: Ausenco Engineering for infrastructure and processing;
Knight Piésold Consulting for technical studies and engineering designs; and AMC Consultants and Minsys Mining Systems for mining.
In addition, the Company has completed field work
in support of defining high-impact targets within the Warintza porphyry cluster. Further plans include following up on the recent Patrimonio
discovery in pursuit of the unidentified source of its replacement-style mineralization that dips to the west and to test an area of significantly
stronger soil anomalism to the south.
Beyond the Warintza cluster, regional exploration
programs have been successful in identifying a number of new porphyry, skarn and high sulphidation targets for further exploration work.
In particular, field crews have recently been active at the Caya target, where stream sediment sampling has identified a 5km x 3km gold
anomaly, 6km northeast of Warintza East. Soil sampling has defined an open-ended area of 0.7km x 1.3km in which anomalous gold and other
epithermal pathfinder elements are concentrated and obscured by an overlying stratigraphic unit. Recent sampling has extended the soil
grid to the west to cover an area of historical disturbance from past artisanal mining and additional spectral work is being done to refine
the alteration zoning in the volcanosedimentary layers that overlie the target. The Company expects to report on the results of this work
in more detail in June.
The Company recently announced an option to acquire
up to a 100% interest in 10 new explorations concessions, comprising a land package of ~40,000 hectares adjacent to the Warintza Project
and the San Carlos-Panantza porphyry copper-molybdenum deposits within the prolific Zamora belt that hosts Ecuador’s largest copper
and gold mines to the south. The new concessions are interpreted to host porphyry copper and epithermal gold potential, with fieldwork
set to commence in May.
Solaris is funded for its planned 2024 and 2025
exploration and development programs. Upon closing the approximately C$130,000 strategic investment by Zijin, the Company plans to expand
its 2024 and 2025 programs and continue consolidation of the surrounding district.
Warintza
Warintza is a large-scale porphyry copper-molybdenum-gold
project located in southeastern Ecuador in the province of Morona Santiago, Canton Limon Indanza, north of the Mirador copper-gold mine
(owned by CRCC-Tongguan) and the Fruta del Norte gold mine (owned by Lundin Gold) and adjacent to the San Carlos-Panantza copper project
(owned by CRCC-Tongguan).
The property includes nine metallic mineral concessions
covering 26,774 hectares. Four concessions with an area of 9,997 hectares are permitted for exploration activities including drilling
and path construction. South32 Royalty Investments Pty Ltd holds a 2% net smelter royalty on the original four concessions. Concessions
have a term of 25 years and can be renewed for additional periods of 25 years. As at March 31, 2024, the Company has incurred approximately
$156,660 in exploration expenses at Warintza.
Solaris
Resources Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars,
unless otherwise noted)
Warintza enjoys the support of its local Shuar
Centres of Warints and Yawi with whom the Company shares an IBA, which was first signed in September 2020 and most recently updated in
April 2024 reflecting the continued growth and advancement of the Project. The IBA provides certainty of community support for the responsible
advancement of the Warintza Project from exploration and development through to production and is a major milestone in the Company’s
innovative corporate social responsibility program. This was the first IBA established in Ecuador and set the precedent for industry best
practice for inclusive and mutually beneficial resource development in partnership with Indigenous Peoples. The IBA formalizes commitments
toward supporting partner communities in their social and cultural practices. It also provides for eliminating or mitigating adverse impacts,
employment, contracting and business opportunities supported by a robust program of education, skills and training together with community
infrastructure development and financial benefits to maximize community participation and positive outcomes for Indigenous Peoples.
In March 2024, Solaris announced a trilateral
cooperation agreement with FICSH, the highest authority and largest Shuar indigenous organization legally established by statute of the
Ministry of Social Welfare of Ecuador in 1964 and includes 50 associations comprising 500 Shuar communities and approximately 143,000
Shuar indigenous people, and with the AEI of Ecuador. The agreement aims to promote the economic and social development of Shuar communities
represented by FICSH, including the communities of Warints and Yawi, with programs in health, education, skills training, entrepreneurship,
innovation and sustainable mineral resource development.
In April 2022, the
Company reported the results of the MRE for the Warintza deposit, with Indicated mineral resources of 579 Mt at 0.59% CuEq2
(0.47% Cu, 0.03% Mo, 0.05 g/t Au) and Inferred mineral resources of 887 Mt at 0.47% CuEq2 (0.39%
Cu, 0.01% Mo, 0.04 g/t Au). The Company also completed metallurgical test work demonstrating high recoveries expected for copper at 90%
and molybdenum at 80% based on rougher flotation, cleaner flotation and locked cycle testing, with high-grade concentrates expected free
of deleterious elements.
The Warintza Project successfully completed a
phase change of the environmental license from initial exploration to advanced exploration following the completion of an EIA and community
consultation process for advanced exploration in late 2022. The Company continues to work with the Government of Ecuador on obtaining
key permits and licenses for the advancement of the Project and anticipates finalizing and submitting the EIA for the exploitation phase
of the Warintza Project for regulatory review and approval in the second half of 2024, after more than three years of baseline environmental
monitoring, data collection and studies from prior permitting efforts. In addition, a PFS is on track for completion in the second half
of 2025 with the support of leading international consulting firms.
In December 2022, Solaris and the Government of
Ecuador signed an Investment Contract for the Warintza Project which provides for the following protections and incentives for the duration
of the title of the Project which extends with renewal to 2066: security of investment, stability of mining law, stability of taxes at
a reduced income tax rate of 20% (25% previously), exemption from capital outflow tax (5% previously), exemption from import duties (up
to 5% previously), and detailed procedures for dispute resolution and international arbitration protection.
2 | Copper-equivalence is calculated as: CuEq (%) = Cu (%) +
4.0476 × Mo (%) + 0.487 × Au (g/t), utilizing metal prices of US$3.50/lb Cu, US$15.00/lb Mo, and US$1,500/oz Au and assumes
recoveries of 90% Cu, 85% Mo, and 70% Au based on preliminary metallurgical test work. |
Solaris
Resources Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars,
unless otherwise noted)
Warintza
Drill Program
Drilling
has returned long intervals of high-grade copper mineralization, with the highest-grade intervals within each hole starting at or near
surface, extending to 1km+ depths with grades up to 1.64% CuEq3. An MRE was published in April 2022 based on eighteen months
of drilling to the end of November 2021, primarily within the Warintza Central deposit, one of the six major discoveries made on the
property to date. The MRE is set within a cluster of copper porphyries where additional discoveries have been made at Warintza West (February
2021), Warintza East (July 2021), Warintza South (January 2022), and most recently Warintza Southeast (May 2023) and Patrimonio (June
2023), each with a similar or larger footprint to Warintza Central.
Since the completion of the MRE, ongoing mineral
resource growth drilling has successfully expanded the Northeast Extension zone at Warintza central, an area of high-grade near surface
mineralization, and increased certainty of targeted volumes at Warintza Central within the MRE envelope, and expanded the Warintza East
deposit, where only eight holes were included in the MRE after its discovery. Follow-up drill results at Warintza East have significantly
expanded the drilled dimensions to the north, east and south, and represent a major target for potential future mineral resource growth.
Most recently, the Company confirmed the discovery of Warintza Southeast, a distinct, higher-grade porphyry center to the south of Warintza
East beyond the limit of the MRE offering the potential to add higher-grade mineral resources. An updated mineral resource estimate is
on track for completion at the end of June for release in early July to deliver major growth at Warintza Central, Warintza East and the
recent discovery of Warintza Southeast within a common pit shell.
Warintza West is located 1km west of and outside
the areas contained in the MRE that was reported in April 2022. The initial reconnaissance holes from a centralized platform have outlined
a broad zone of porphyry mineralization measuring 1.2km x 0.7km that remains open. Subsequent geochemical sampling has provided vectors
toward potential higher-grade mineralization to the north for step-out drilling. See the Company’s news release dated February 13,
2023.
El Trinche is an area that forms the southern,
low-grade margin of Warintza Central where a near surface intercept of high-grade mineralization within a broader low-grade interval has
been interpreted as a dyke with veinlet orientations and alteration suggesting it may form a high level expression of a potentially deeper,
higher grade system that has not yet been located where the Company plans to follow-up. See the Company’s news release dated January
8, 2024.
Patrimonio is a significant new porphyry deposit
located immediately southwest of Warintza Central and just outside the MRE shell. Patrimonio is defined by an elongated north-south molybdenum
anomaly measuring 1.5km x 0.5km enveloped by a copper anomaly extending west, with outcropping porphyry displaying pervasive potassic
alteration and stockwork veining, located on the western side of an interpreted major north-south fault adjacent to Warintza Central.
Observations from drill core suggest the epidote-magnetite (skarn) mineralization was derived from a different and, as yet, unidentified
source than the dacite porphyry opening up intriguing potential for the discovery of additional skarn mineralization and/or its intrusive
source within the anomaly. Exploration drilling is underway at Patrimonio to follow up on the discovery holes while field crews expand
sampling coverage over the highest grade part of the anomaly to the south and down-dip of the replacement mineralization to locate the
potential porphyry source. See the Company’s news release dated September 12, 2023.
Warintza South is
an entirely separate porphyry deposit located approximately 3kms south of Warintza Central. The first drill hole returned 606m of 0.41%
CuEq3 (0.32% Cu, 0.02% Mo, 0.02 g/t Au) of continuous porphyry copper mineralization from
near surface. The Company has since completed additional surface sampling and has identified an area of strong soil anomalism approximately
1.5km north of the discovery hole for follow-up drilling. See the Company’s news release dated January 18, 2022.
In addition, the Company continues to advance
its regional exploration program testing newly identified porphyry, skarn and high sulphidation targets in support of drilling. Summarized
drilling results from Warintza Central, Warintza West, Warintza East, Warintza South, Warintza Southeast and Patrimonio are listed on
the Company’s website. The Company continues to reorient its drilling fleet to pursue a mineral resource growth strategy via step-out,
extensional and infill drilling in 2024 and beyond.
3 | Prior to the MRE, Solaris defined copper equivalent calculation
for reporting purposes only. Copper-equivalence is calculated as: CuEq (%) = Cu (%) + 3.33 × Mo (%) + 0.73 × Au (g/t), utilizing
metal prices of US$3.00/lb Cu, US$10.00/lb Mo, and US$1,500/oz Au. No adjustments were made for recovery as the Project is an early-stage
exploration project and metallurgical data to allow for estimation of recoveries was not yet available. |
Solaris
Resources Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars,
unless otherwise noted)
La Verde
La Verde is situated in the Sierra Madre del Sur
west of Mexico City in Michoacán State, Mexico and consists of the Unificación Santa Maria claim. The project is accessible
year-round by paved roads and is strategically located next to key infrastructure with easy access to water, power and rail.
The project is held 60% by the Company and 40%
by a subsidiary of Teck Resources Ltd.
The joint venture agreement governing the operation
and funding of La Verde was formalized effective February 28, 2015 (the “La Verde Agreement”). The La Verde Agreement provides
that Solaris is the operator of the project. The La Verde Agreement further provides for dilution of either parties’ ownership should
funding not be provided in accordance with their respective participating interests. La Verde is subject to a 0.5% net smelter royalty
held by Minera CIMA, S.A. de C.V.
Tamarugo
Tamarugo is a grass-roots copper porphyry target
strategically located in northern Chile approximately 85 kilometres northeast of Copiapo and approximately 65 kilometres southwest of
Codelco’s El Salvador Copper Mine. The Company owns a 100% interest in Tamarugo, which consists of claim blocks covering a total
of approximately 7,600 hectares.
Other projects
Solaris has earn-in agreements on certain other
projects including the Capricho and Paco Orco projects in Peru. The Capricho project is a 4,200-hectare copper-molybdenum-gold property.
The Paco Orco project is a 4,400-hectare lead, zinc and silver property. Solaris is focused on obtaining surface access agreements with
local landholders and communities for the purposes of permitting exploration programs at both Capricho and Paco Orco.
Exploration expenses
The following tables
summarize exploration expenses by activity and jurisdiction.
For the three months ended March 31, 2024:
| |
Ecuador | | |
Mexico | | |
Chile | | |
Peru and
other | | |
Total | |
Salaries, geological consultants and support, and travel | |
$ | 2,754 | | |
$ | – | | |
$ | – | | |
$ | 174 | | |
$ | 2,928 | |
Site preparation, supplies, field and general | |
| 2,222 | | |
| 19 | | |
| – | | |
| 47 | | |
| 2,288 | |
Drilling and drilling related costs | |
| 1,501 | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 1,501 | |
Assay and analysis | |
| 144 | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 144 | |
Community relations, environmental and permitting | |
| 1,896 | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 38 | | |
| 1,934 | |
Concession fees | |
| 420 | | |
| 32 | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 452 | |
Studies | |
| 378 | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 378 | |
Reclamation provision | |
| 333 | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 333 | |
Amortization | |
| 224 | | |
| 1 | | |
| 2 | | |
| 8 | | |
| 235 | |
| |
$ | 9,872 | | |
$ | 52 | | |
$ | 2 | | |
$ | 267 | | |
$ | 10,193 | |
Solaris Resources Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars,
unless otherwise noted)
For the three months ended March 31, 2023:
| |
Ecuador | | |
Mexico | | |
Chile | | |
Peru and
other | | |
Total | |
Salaries, geological consultants and support, and travel | |
$ | 2,203 | | |
$ | – | | |
$ | – | | |
$ | 129 | | |
$ | 2,332 | |
Site preparation, supplies, field and general | |
| 1,973 | | |
| 18 | | |
| 51 | | |
| 36 | | |
| 2,078 | |
Drilling and drilling related costs | |
| 1,233 | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 1,233 | |
Assay and analysis | |
| 175 | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 175 | |
Community relations, environmental and permitting | |
| 2,646 | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 31 | | |
| 2,677 | |
Concession fees | |
| 301 | | |
| 28 | | |
| 143 | | |
| – | | |
| 472 | |
Studies | |
| 41 | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 41 | |
Reclamation provision | |
| 172 | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 172 | |
Amortization | |
| 212 | | |
| 1 | | |
| 2 | | |
| 6 | | |
| 221 | |
| |
$ | 8,956 | | |
$ | 47 | | |
$ | 196 | | |
$ | 202 | | |
$ | 9,401 | |
The increase in exploration expenses to $10,193
for the three months ended March 31, 2024, from $9,401 for the three months ended March 31, 2023 was primarily related to the increase
in the drilling activities at Warintza in Ecuador with the start of the 2024 drilling program in January 2024, offset by the decreased
expenses in Chile due to the termination of the Ricardo concessions.
Salaries, geological
consulting and support, and travel costs were higher in Ecuador for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to the same period
in 2023, mainly due to the increase in geological consultants’ costs in support of drilling activities, as well as the mobilization
of supplies, materials and personnel to and within the site.
The increase in site
preparation, supplies, field and general costs is commensurate with the increase in drilling activities with more drilling platforms,
civil works and site infrastructure, as well as an increase in supplies and materials consumed at the Warintza Project.
Drilling and drilling
related costs at Warintza increased for the three months ended March 31, 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, as the Company conducted
higher volume of drilling activities in the current quarter to provide for the update of MRE in late second quarter of 2024.
Community relations,
environmental and permitting costs decreased primarily due to higher regulatory permitting fees incurred to obtain the advanced exploration
environmental license for the Warintza Project in the first quarter of 2023.
Reclamation provision
represents the estimated costs for restoration and rehabilitation for environmental disturbances at Warintza. The cost of reclamation
provision increased for the three months ended March 31, 2024 compared to the same period in 2023 mainly due to the additions in the period,
offset by impact of the change in cost estimates and the settlement of reclamation costs.
Solaris Resources Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars,
unless otherwise noted)
Loss
from Operations
Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 Compared
to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2023
The Company incurred exploration expenses of $10,193
for the three months ended March 31, 2024 (March 31, 2023 – $9,401). The increase is mainly attributable to increased drilling activities
at Warintza in 2024.
The Company incurred general and administrative
expenses of $2,146 for the three months ended March 31, 2024 (March 31, 2023 – $2,632). The decrease is mainly due to lower share-based
compensation, a non-cash cost, of $829 for the three months ended March 31, 2024 (March 31, 2023 – $1,540), as a result of a lower
amount of new options granted in the first quarter of 2024.
The change in fair value of derivative resulted
in a nil balance for the three months ended March 31, 2024 compared to a loss of $105 for the three months ended March 31, 2023, a non-cash
cost, due to the mark-to-market adjustment on the derivative instrument related to the Company’s obligation to issue shares on exercise
of Equinox Warrants. As at March 31, 2024, there are no remaining Equinox warrants outstanding as all of the Equinox warrants were exercised
by their expiry date on May 7, 2023.
Summary of Quarterly
Financial Information
The Company’s quarterly
financial statements are reported under IFRS issued by the IASB, as applicable to interim financial reporting. The following table provides
highlights from the quarterly results of the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the past
eight quarters.
| |
2024 Q1 | | |
2023 Q4 | | |
2023 Q3 | | |
2023 Q2 | |
Exploration expenses | |
$ | 10,193 | | |
$ | 6,869 | | |
$ | 7,001 | | |
$ | 7,682 | |
General and administration expenses | |
| 2,146 | | |
| 2,778 | | |
| 2,323 | | |
| 2,485 | |
Impairment of exploration and evaluation assets | |
| – | | |
| 251 | | |
| – | | |
| – | |
Net loss | |
| 12,752 | | |
| 10,049 | | |
| 9,060 | | |
| 9,996 | |
Comprehensive loss | |
| 12,899 | | |
| 9,873 | | |
| 9,311 | | |
| 9,616 | |
Net loss attributable to Solaris shareholders | |
| 12,731 | | |
| 10,037 | | |
| 9,039 | | |
| 9,973 | |
Net loss per share – basic and diluted | |
$ | 0.08 | | |
$ | 0.07 | | |
$ | 0.06 | | |
$ | 0.06 | |
| |
2023 Q1 | | |
2022 Q4 | | |
2022 Q3 | | |
2022 Q2 | |
Exploration expenses | |
$ | 9,401 | | |
$ | 11,197 | | |
$ | 12,152 | | |
$ | 13,838 | |
General and administration expenses | |
| 2,632 | | |
| 2,580 | | |
| 2,048 | | |
| 1,919 | |
Change in fair value of derivatives – loss (gain) | |
| 105 | | |
| 23 | | |
| (212 | ) | |
| (634 | ) |
Net loss | |
| 11,978 | | |
| 13,634 | | |
| 13,889 | | |
| 15,191 | |
Comprehensive loss | |
| 11,751 | | |
| 13,466 | | |
| 14,688 | | |
| 15,442 | |
Net loss attributable to Solaris shareholders | |
| 11,959 | | |
| 13,622 | | |
| 13,871 | | |
| 15,178 | |
Net loss per share – basic and diluted | |
$ | 0.10 | | |
$ | 0.11 | | |
$ | 0.12 | | |
$ | 0.14 | |
Solaris Resources Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars,
unless otherwise noted)
The Company has not generated
any income to date other than interest income. Exploration expenses decreased from the second quarter of 2022 to the fourth quarter of
2023, given the completion of the mineral resource growth drilling with the reporting of the MRE in April 2022. Exploration expenses increased
in the first quarter of 2024 as a result of the start of the 2024 Drilling Program at the Warintza Project to provide for the MRE update
in the late second quarter of 2024.
The increase in the general
and administrative expenses in the fourth quarter of 2023 primarily reflects an increase in share-based compensation, a non-cash cost
for stock options granted to employees and directors.
The impairment of exploration
and evaluation assets in the fourth quarter of 2023 was attributed to the non-renewal of the annual concession fees for Ricardo.
The gain or loss recognized
from the change in fair value of derivatives, a non-cash item, was attributed to the mark-to-market adjustments on the derivative instrument
related to the Company’s obligation to issue shares on exercise of Equinox Warrants, which were fully exercised by their expiry
date on May 7, 2023.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
| |
March 31, 2024 | | |
December 31,
2023 | |
Cash and cash equivalents | |
$ | 28,773 | | |
$ | 38,865 | |
Prepaids and other | |
| 1,494 | | |
| 523 | |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | |
| 6,941 | | |
| 5,274 | |
Lease liability – current | |
| 89 | | |
| 88 | |
Total current assets | |
| 30,267 | | |
| 39,388 | |
Total current liabilities | |
$ | 7,030 | | |
$ | 5,362 | |
Cash used in operating
activities during the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $10,044 (March 31, 2023 – $11,440). The decreased use of cash during
the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to the same period in 2023, is primarily attributable to the timing of receipts and payments
from non-cash working capital items, primarily accounts payable and accrued liabilities.
Cash inflow from financing activities during the
three months ended March 31, 2024 was $227 (March 31, 2023 – $20,884). Cash inflow from financing activities during the three months
ended March 31, 2024 relates primarily to the finance income received of $458, compared to the proceeds from the exercise of warrants,
Equinox warrants and stock options of $20,803 received during the three months ended March 31, 2023.
Cash outflow from investing activities during
the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $242 (March 31, 2023 – $277). Cash outflow from investing activities during the three
months ended March 31, 2024 relates to the purchases of equipment and infrastructure at Warintza of $242, compared to the contribution
to restricted cash of $258 to collateralize guarantees issued to support environmental bonding requirements as well as purchases of equipment
and infrastructure of $19 during the three months ended March 31, 2023.
The Company does not
generate operating cash flow from a producing mine and has incurred operating losses to date. The Company has relied on cash received
from share issuances and loan financing to fund its business activities, including planned corporate expenditures, exploration expenses,
as well as the development activities for the Warintza Project.
Solaris Resources Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars,
unless otherwise noted)
The condensed consolidated
interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with IFRS applicable to a going concern, which assumes that the Company
will be able to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of operations as they come due for the foreseeable
future.
As at March 31, 2024,
the Company has cash and cash equivalents of $28,773. In December 2023, the Company entered into definitive agreements with OMF Fund IV
SPV D LLC and OMF Fund IV SPV E LLC, entities managed by Orion Mine Finance Management LP (collectively, "Orion") of a financing
package consisting of up to $80,000, including a $60,000 senior secured debt facility (the “Senior Loan”) of which $30,000
was received on closing and the remaining amount to be made available in two tranches based on achieving certain milestones. The Company
also received $10,000 on issuance of common shares with an additional $10,000 of equity financing available if certain conditions are
met. There are no guarantees that the Company will meet the conditions to receive the additional amounts under the financing package.
In addition, the Senior Loan has a financial covenant which requires the Company to maintain an unrestricted cash balance of $5,000 in
Canada.
In January 2024, the
Company entered into a subscription agreement for approximately C$130,000 of common shares with Zijin. Closing of this transaction is
subject to certain regulatory approvals including (i) receipt of the requisite approval of the TSX, (ii) receipt of regulatory approval
under the Investment Canada Act, and (iii) receipt of regulatory approval from the relevant authorities in the People’s Republic
of China. It is currently uncertain when the required approvals will be received or if the approvals will be received at all. Based on
its current forecasted expenditures, the Company requires the additional financing from the Senior Loan and the equity financings or additional
new financing to fund ongoing operations for the next twelve months and to ensure it meets the covenant requirement under the Senior Loan.
Management is committed
to diligently managing its liquidity and capital resources, including prioritizing spending in the areas of the business with the highest
impact, such as advancing the development of the Company’s Warintza Project. Should it be necessary, management has the ability
to relatively quickly curtail cash outflows, including exploration expenditures, and to prudently manage the Company’s liquidity
position to conserve cash resources.
The Company’s ability
to continue as a going concern is dependent upon the successful execution of its business plan, raising additional capital and/or evaluating
strategic alternatives for its mineral property interests.
The Company expects to
continue to raise the necessary funds primarily through the issuance of common shares and/or advances from the Senior Loan in support
of its business objectives. While the Company has been successful in securing financing to date, there can be no assurances that future
equity financing, debt facilities or strategic alternatives will be available on acceptable terms to the Company or at all, and therefore,
a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
Warintza
Project Financing Use of Proceeds
In December 2023, the Company completed a financing
package with Orion, consisting of up to $80,000 in financing for the advancement of the Warintza Project in Ecuador. The Orion financing
package includes a $60,000 Senior Loan of which $30,000 was received on closing and the remaining amount to be made available in two tranches
based on achieving certain milestones, and $10,000 received on issuance of common shares with an additional $10,000 of equity financing
available if certain conditions are met.
Solaris Resources Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars,
unless otherwise noted)
In relation to the $30,000 Senior Loan and $10,000
equity financing received by the Company, funds were spent in the following manner, as compared with the planned use of proceeds.
Planned use of proceeds of $40,000 |
|
Warintza Project |
|
Approximate use of
proceeds spent to
March 31,
2024 |
|
The intended use of proceeds is (i) to fund the development and working capital requirements of the Warintza Project, including exploration, infill drilling, technical and environmental programs and studies, permitting and community social relations programs, and (ii) general corporate and administrative expenses of the Company in respect of the Warintza Project, while maintaining a minimum unrestricted cash balance of $5,000 in Canada. |
|
Salaries, geological consultants and support, and travel |
|
$ |
3,474 |
|
Site preparation, supplies, field and general |
|
|
2,952 |
|
Drilling and drilling related costs |
|
|
1,660 |
|
Assay and analysis |
|
|
184 |
|
Community relations, environmental and permitting |
|
|
2,546 |
|
Concession fees |
|
|
420 |
|
Studies |
|
|
378 |
|
Property, plant and equipment |
|
|
233 |
|
Payment of lease liability |
|
|
53 |
|
Working capital changes |
|
|
(102 |
) |
Total |
|
$ |
11,798 |
|
For the three months
ended March 31, 2024, the Company has used the proceeds as intended, with approximately $11,798 of total spent to-date since the receipt
of the proceeds to fund the development and working capital requirements of the Warintza Project, including exploration, environmental
programs and studies, community social relations programs and general corporate and administrative expenses of the Company.
Commitments
and Contingencies
At March 31, 2024, the Company had contractual
cash flow commitments as follows:
| |
< 1 Year | | |
1-3 Years | | |
4-5 Years | | |
> 5 Years | | |
Total | |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | |
$ | 6,941 | | |
$ | – | | |
$ | – | | |
$ | – | | |
$ | 6,941 | |
Lease liabilities | |
| 89 | | |
| 44 | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 133 | |
Senior loan principal and interest1 | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 50,633 | | |
| – | | |
| 50,633 | |
Other long-term liability | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 123 | | |
| 123 | |
Office rent obligations | |
| 285 | | |
| 275 | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 560 | |
Exploration expenses and other | |
| 842 | | |
| 1,796 | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| 2,638 | |
| |
$ | 8,157 | | |
$ | 2,115 | | |
$ | 50,633 | | |
$ | 123 | | |
$ | 61,028 | |
1 | The interest is calculated using the interest rate in effect
at March 31, 2024. |
Solaris Resources Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars,
unless otherwise noted)
Share Capital
Information
As at May 9, 2024, the Company had the following
securities issued and outstanding:
| ● | 150,830,639 common shares |
| ● | 11,152,244 shares issuable pursuant to exercise of stock options1 |
| ● | 26,085 shares issuable pursuant to redemption of restricted share units2 |
1 | There are 172,419 Arrangement options outstanding exercisable into 17,244 Solaris shares and 11,135,000
Solaris options outstanding exercisable into 11,135,000 Solaris shares. |
2 | These restricted share units have vested and issuance of the related Solaris shares has been deferred
by the holders of the restricted share units. |
Proposed Transactions
There are no undisclosed proposed transactions
that will materially affect the performance of the Company.
Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangements
The Company does not have any material off-balance
sheet arrangements, other than the Company’s obligation for future rental payments described in “Related Party Transactions”.
Related Party
Transactions
Compensation of key management personnel
Key management personnel include those persons
having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Company, and comprises the Company’s
Executive Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President Corporate
Affairs and Corporate Secretary and Directors.
Key management compensation for the three months
ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 is comprised of the following:
For the three months ended March 31, | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Share-based compensation | |
$ | 655 | | |
$ | 1,327 | |
Salaries and benefits | |
| 223 | | |
| 167 | |
Professional fees | |
| 41 | | |
| 93 | |
| |
$ | 919 | | |
$ | 1,587 | |
During 2021, the Company entered an agreement
with Augusta Capital Corporation (“Augusta”) for consulting services. The owner of Augusta Capital Corporation is the Chairman
and a major shareholder of the Company. Total amount charged by Augusta for the three months ended March 31, 2024, was $41 (three months
ended March 31, 2023 – $93).
Solaris Resources Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars,
unless otherwise noted)
Related party transactions
On January 2, 2020, the Company entered into an
arrangement to share office space, equipment, personnel, consultants and various administrative services with other companies related
by virtue of certain directors and management in common. These services have been provided through a management company equally owned
by each company party to the arrangement. Costs incurred by the management company are allocated and funded by the shareholders of the
management company based on time incurred and use of services. All of the parties have jointly entered into a rental agreement for office
space. If the Company’s participation in the arrangement is terminated, the Company will be obligated to pay its share of the rent
payments for the remaining term of the office space rental agreement. The Company’s obligation for future rental payments if the
Company’s participation in the arrangement was terminated on March 31, 2024 was approximately $558 (December 31, 2023 – $656),
determined based on the Company’s average share of rent paid in the immediately preceding 12 months.
The Company was charged for the following with
respect to these arrangements in three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023:
For the three months ended March 31, | |
2024 | | |
2023 | |
Salaries and benefits | |
$ | 367 | | |
$ | 413 | |
Office and other | |
| 116 | | |
| 104 | |
Filing and regulatory fees | |
| – | | |
| 9 | |
Marketing and travel | |
| 5 | | |
| 6 | |
| |
$ | 488 | | |
$ | 532 | |
At March 31, 2024, amounts in prepaids and other
include $93 due from a related party (December 31, 2023 – $25) with respect to this arrangement.
MATERIAL Accounting
Policies and Estimates
In preparing the accompanied condensed consolidated
interim financial statements in conformity with IFRS, management has made judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the application
of the Company’s accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income and expense. Actual results may differ.
All estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions are recognized in the period in which the estimates
are revised and in any future periods affected. Information about critical judgements and estimates in applying accounting policies that
have the most significant effect on amounts recognized in the condensed consolidated interim financial statements are the same as those
described in the consolidated annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023.
Amended IFRS standards effective January 1, 2024
In January 2020, the IASB issued Classification
of Liabilities as Current or Non-current (Amendments to IAS 1, Presentation of Financial Statements (“IAS 1”)), which amended
IAS 1 to clarify the requirements for presenting liabilities in the statement of financial position. The amendments specify that the Company
must have the right to defer settlement of a liability for at least 12 months after the reporting period for the liability to be classified
as non-current.
In addition, the amendments clarify that: (a)
the Company’s right to defer settlement must exist at the end of the reporting period; (b) classification is unaffected by management’s
intentions or expectations about whether the Company will exercise its right to defer settlement; (c) if the Company’s right to
defer settlement is subject to the Company complying with specified conditions, the right exists at the end of the reporting period only
if the Company complies with those conditions at the end of the reporting period, even if the lender does not test compliance until a
later date; and (d) the term settlement includes the transfer of the Company’s own equity instruments to the counterparty that results
in the extinguishment of the liability, except when the settlement of the liability with the Company transferring its own equity instruments
is at the option of the counterparty and such option has been classified as an equity instrument, separate from the host liability.
Solaris Resources Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars,
unless otherwise noted)
In October 2022, the IASB issued Non-current Liabilities
with Covenants, which amended IAS 1 to clarify that if the Company’s right to defer settlement of a liability for at least 12 months
is subject to the Company complying with covenants after the reporting period, those covenants would not affect whether the Company’s
right to defer settlement exists at the end of the reporting period for the purposes of classifying a liability as current or non-current.
The amendments also increased the disclosure requirement relating to such covenants to include: (i) the nature of the covenants and the
date by which the Company must comply with the covenants; (ii) whether the Company would comply with the covenants based on its circumstances
at the reporting date; and (iii) whether and how the Company expects to comply with the covenants by the date on which they are contractually
required to be tested.
The Company adopted the Amendments to IAS 1 effective
January 1, 2024 but did not result in a change in the presentation of the Company’s liabilities. The required disclosures, where
applicable, have been included in Note 6 of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
Certain new standards, interpretations and amendments
to existing standards have been issued by the IASB or IFRIC (“International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee”).
However, these updates either are not applicable to the Company or are not material to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
Financial Instrument
Risk Exposure and Risk Management
The Company is exposed in varying degrees to a
variety of financial instrument related risks. The Board of Directors approves and monitors the risk management process.
Credit risk is the risk of financial
loss to the Company if a counterparty to a financial instrument fails to meet its contractual obligations and arises principally from
the Company’s financial assets.
The Company is primarily exposed to
credit risk on its cash and cash equivalents and amounts receivable. Credit risk exposure is limited through maintaining its cash with
high-credit quality financial institutions. The carrying value of these financial assets of $29,616 represents the maximum exposure to
credit risk.
Interest rate risk is the risk that
the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market interest rates. The Company’s
exposure to the risk of changes in market interest rates relates primarily to the Senior Loan which has a floating interest rate.
With all other variables held constant,
a 1% change in secured overnight financing rate would have changed net loss by approximately $75 for the three months ended March 31,
2024 (three months ended March 31, 2023 – nil).
Liquidity risk is the risk that the
Company will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they become due. The Company ensures that there is sufficient capital in
order to meet short term business requirements after taking into account the Company’s holdings of cash (discussed in Note 1 of
the condensed consolidated interim financial statements).
Solaris Resources Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars,
unless otherwise noted)
The Company is exposed to currency
risk on transactions and balances in currencies other than the functional currency. At March 31, 2024, the Company had not entered into
any contracts to manage foreign exchange risk.
The functional currency of the Company
is the Canadian dollar, therefore, the Company is exposed to currency risk from the assets and liabilities denominated in US dollar. As
at March 31, 2024, cash of $27,713 (December 31, 2023 – $37,245), loans and borrowings of $30,366 (December 31, 2023 – $29,363),
and accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $619 (December 31, 2023 – $94) are denominated in the US dollar.
For the three months ended March 31,
2024, if the US dollar to Canadian dollar currency exchange rate changes by 5% with all other variables held constant, the impact on the
Company’s net loss is $164 (three months ended March 31, 2023 – $17).
The Company is also exposed to currency
risk on financial assets and liabilities denominated in Peruvian soles, Chilean pesos, Mexican pesos and Guatemalan quetzals. However,
the impact on such exposure is not currently material.
Capital management
The Company’s primary objective when managing
capital is to ensure that it will be able to continue as a going concern and that it has the ability to satisfy its capital obligations
and ongoing operational expenses, as well as having sufficient liquidity to fund suitable business opportunities as they arise.
The capital of the Company includes the components
of equity attributable to shareholders of the Company and loans and borrowings, net of cash and cash equivalents. Capital is summarized
in the following table:
| |
March 31, 2024 | | |
December 31, 2023 | |
Equity attributable to shareholders of the Company | |
$ | 5,467 | | |
$ | 17,515 | |
Loans and borrowings | |
| 30,366 | | |
| 29,363 | |
| |
| 35,833 | | |
| 46,878 | |
Less: Cash and cash equivalents | |
| (28,773 | ) | |
| (38,865 | ) |
| |
$ | 7,060 | | |
$ | 8,013 | |
The Company manages its capital structure and
makes adjustments to it as necessary in light of economic conditions. In order to maintain the capital structure, the Company may, from
time to time, issue or buy back equity, repay debt, or sell assets. The Company, upon approval from its Board of Directors, intends to
balance its overall capital structure through a combination of equity financing, debt and other forms of financing.
The Company did not have any externally imposed
restrictions as at March 31, 2024 other than those imposed by the Senior Loan. To effectively manage its capital requirements, the Company
has in place a planning and budgeting process to help determine the funds required to ensure the Company has appropriate liquidity to
meet its business activities, including planned corporate expenditures, exploration expenses, as well as the development activities for
the Warintza Project.
Solaris Resources
Inc.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
For the three months ended March 31, 2024 and
2023
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars,
unless otherwise noted)
Risks and Uncertainties
The risks related to Solaris’ business and
those that are reasonable likely to affect the Company’s financial statements in the future, are described in the Company’s
annual MD&A dated March 28, 2024, which is filed on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.
Disclosure Controls
and Procedures and Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
The Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”)
and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) have designed or caused to be designed under their supervision the Company’s disclosure
controls and procedures ("DC&P") to provide reasonable assurance that material information regarding the Company is accumulated
and communicated to the Company's management, including its CEO and CFO, in a timely manner. In addition, the CEO and CFO have designed
or caused to be designed under their supervision internal control over financial reporting ("ICFR") to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements, as well as an evaluation on whether there
were changes to its ICFR during most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect,
the Company's ICFR.
The control framework used to design the Company’s
ICFR is based on the 2013 control framework developed by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
For the three months ended March 31, 2024, the
DC&P have been designed effectively to provide reasonable assurance that material information relating to the Company is made known
to the CEO and CFO, particularly during the period in which the relevant annual filings are prepared and the information required to be
disclosed by the Company in its filings or other reports filed or submitted by it under securities legislation is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported within the time periods specified. In addition, the ICFR has also been designed effectively to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements.
A control system, no matter how well conceived
and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that its objectives are met. Due to inherent limitations in all such
systems, no evaluations of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues, if any, within a company are detected on a
timely basis. Accordingly, our DC&P and ICFR are effective in providing reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of
our control systems have been met.
Changes in Internal
Control Over Financial Reporting
National Instrument 52-109
– Certification of Disclosure in Issuers' Annual and Interim Filings requires Canadian public companies to disclose any changes
in ICFR during the most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, ICFR. No material
changes were made to internal controls in the three months ended March 31, 2024.
Qualified Person
The technical information contained in this document
related to the MRE was based upon the technical report titled “NI 43-101 Technical Report for the Warintza Project, Ecuador (Amended)”
with an effective date of April 1, 2022, prepared by Mario E. Rossi, FAusIMM,RM-SME, Principal Geostatistician of Geosystems International
Inc., who is a “Qualified Person” as defined in National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral
Projects. The remaining technical information contained in this document has been reviewed and approved by Jorge Fierro, M.Sc., DIC,
PG, Vice President Exploration of Solaris who is a “Qualified Person” as defined in National Instrument 43-101 - Standards
of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. Jorge Fierro is a Registered Professional Geologist through the SME (registered member #4279075).
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Exhibit 99.3
Form 52-109F2
Certification of Interim Filings
Full Certificate
I, Daniel Earle, President and Chief Executive Officer of Solaris
Resources Inc., certify the following:
1. | Review: I have reviewed the interim financial report and interim MD&A (together, the “interim filings”)
of Solaris Resources Inc. (the “issuer”) for the interim period ended March 31, 2024. |
2. | No misrepresentations: Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the interim filings do not contain
any untrue statement of a 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 was made, with respect to the period covered by the interim filings. |
3. | Fair presentation: Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the interim financial report together
with the other financial information included in the interim filings fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
financial performance and cash flows of the issuer, as of the date of and for the periods presented in the interim filings. |
4. | Responsibility: The issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
disclosure controls and procedures (DC&P) and internal control over financial reporting (ICFR), as those terms are defined in National
Instrument 52-109 Certification of Disclosure in Issuers’ Annual and Interim Filings, for the issuer. |
5. | Design: Subject to the limitations, if any, described in paragraphs 5.2 and 5.3, the issuer’s other certifying
officer(s) and I have, as at the end of the period covered by the interim filings |
| (a) | designed DC&P, or caused it to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance that |
| (i) | material information relating to the issuer is made known to us by others, particularly during the period in which the interim filings
are being prepared; and |
| (ii) | information required to be disclosed by the issuer in its annual filings, interim filings or other reports filed or submitted by it
under securities legislation is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in securities legislation;
and |
| (b) | designed ICFR, or caused it to be designed under our supervision, 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 GAAP. |
5.1 | Control framework: The control framework the issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I used to design the issuer’s
ICFR is Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) published by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
Commission (COSO). |
5.2 | ICFR – material weakness relating to design: N/A |
5.3 | Limitation on scope of design: N/A |
6. | Reporting changes in ICFR: The issuer has disclosed in its interim MD&A any change in the issuer’s ICFR that
occurred during the period beginning on January 1, 2024 and ended on March 31, 2024 that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuer’s ICFR. |
Date: May 9, 2024
/s/ Daniel Earle
| |
Daniel Earle |
|
President and Chief Executive Officer |
|
Exhibit 99.4
Form 52-109F2
Certification of Interim Filings
Full Certificate
I, Sunny Lowe, Chief Financial Officer of Solaris Resources Inc.,
certify the following:
1. | Review: I have reviewed the interim financial report and interim MD&A (together, the “interim filings”)
of Solaris Resources Inc. (the “issuer”) for the interim period ended March 31, 2024. |
2. | No misrepresentations: Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the interim filings do not contain
any untrue statement of a 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 was made, with respect to the period covered by the interim filings. |
3. | Fair presentation: Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the interim financial report together
with the other financial information included in the interim filings fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
financial performance and cash flows of the issuer, as of the date of and for the periods presented in the interim filings. |
4. | Responsibility: The issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
disclosure controls and procedures (DC&P) and internal control over financial reporting (ICFR), as those terms are defined in National
Instrument 52-109 Certification of Disclosure in Issuers’ Annual and Interim Filings, for the issuer. |
5. | Design: Subject to the limitations, if any, described in paragraphs 5.2 and 5.3, the issuer’s other certifying
officer(s) and I have, as at the end of the period covered by the interim filings |
| (a) | designed DC&P, or caused it to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance that |
| (i) | material information relating to the issuer is made known to us by others, particularly during the period in which the interim filings
are being prepared; and |
| (ii) | information required to be disclosed by the issuer in its annual filings, interim filings or other reports filed or submitted by it
under securities legislation is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in securities legislation;
and |
| (b) | designed ICFR, or caused it to be designed under our supervision, 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 GAAP. |
5.1 | Control framework: The control framework the issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I used to design the issuer’s
ICFR is Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) published by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
Commission (COSO). |
5.2 | ICFR – material weakness relating to design: N/A |
5.3 | Limitation on scope of design: N/A |
6. | Reporting changes in ICFR: The issuer has disclosed in its interim MD&A any change in the issuer’s ICFR that
occurred during the period beginning on January 1, 2024 and ended on March 31, 2024 that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuer’s ICFR. |
Date: May 9, 2024
/s/ Sunny Lowe |
|
Sunny Lowe |
|
Chief Financial Officer |
|
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