Precious & Other Metals ExplorationNOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTSExpressed in Canadian DollarsFor the year-ended December 31, <strong>2011</strong>Reference:IAS 24.17c) Key Management CompensationKey management personnel are persons responsible for planning, directing and controlling the activities of anentity, and include executive and non-executive directors. Key management personnel compensationcomprised:December 31,<strong>2011</strong>$’000December 31,2010$’000Short term employee benefits and director fees $ xxx $ xxxShare-based payments xxx xxx$ xxx $ xxxd) Loans to Key Management PersonnelNo loans were made to Directors or any other key management personnel, including personally relatedentities during the reporting year.19. SEGMENTAL REPORTING<strong>IFRS</strong> 8.20The Company is organized into business units based on mineral properties and has one reportable operatingsegment, being that of acquisition and exploration and evaluation activities.20. L OSS PER SHAREBasic loss per share amounts are calculated by dividing the net profit for the year by the weighted averagenumber of ordinary shares outstanding during the year.IAS 33.70<strong>2011</strong>$’0002010$’000Loss attributable to ordinary shareholders $xxx $xxxWeighted average number of common shares xxx xxxBasic and diluted loss per share $x.xx $x.xxWeighted Average Number of Common Shares:<strong>2011</strong>0002010000Issued common shares at January 1 xxx xxxEffect of shares issued in MONTH 20XX xxx xxxEffect of stock options exercised xxx xxxEffect of stock options on issue xxx xxxEffect of share warrants on issue xxx xxxWeighted average number of common shares (basic and diluted)at December 31xxxxxxThe basic and diluted loss per share are the same as there are no instruments that have a dilutive effect onearnings.The brokered private placement which occurred on February 12, 2012 consists of one flow-through share andone non-transferrable share purchase warrants exercisable at a price of $x.xx for each warrant. Thistransaction, which occurred between the reporting date and the date of completion of these financialstatements, has an impact on the number of ordinary and potential ordinary shares.PAGE 28 OF 35<strong>BDO</strong> CANADA LLP
Precious & Other Metals ExplorationNOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTSExpressed in Canadian DollarsFor the year-ended December 31, <strong>2011</strong>Reference:IAS 10.2121. EVENT S AFTER THE REPORT ING DATEPrivate Placement FinancingOn February 12, 2012, the Company obtained a brokered private placement for total proceeds of $xxxconsisting of xxx flow-through units at a price of $x.xx. Each flow-through unit consisted of one flow-throughshare and one non-transferrable share purchase warrant exercisable at a price of $x.xx for each warrant.22. F IRST T IME ADOPTION OF INT ERNAT IONAL F INANCIAL REPORTING ST ANDARDS<strong>IFRS</strong> 1.23-28The Company’s financial statements for the year-ending December 31, <strong>2011</strong> are the first annual financialstatements prepared in accordance with <strong>IFRS</strong>. <strong>IFRS</strong> 1, First Time Adoption of International <strong>Financial</strong> ReportingStandards (“<strong>IFRS</strong> 1”), requires that comparative financial information be provided. As a result, the first dateat which the Company has applied <strong>IFRS</strong> was January 1, 2010 (the “Transition Date”). <strong>IFRS</strong> 1 requires first-timeadopters to retrospectively apply all effective <strong>IFRS</strong> standards as of the reporting date, which for the Companywill be December 31, <strong>2011</strong>. Therefore, the financial statements for the year-ended December 31, <strong>2011</strong>, thecomparative information presented in these financial statements for the year-ended December 31, 2010 andthe opening <strong>IFRS</strong> statement of financial position at January 1, 2010 are prepared in accordance with <strong>IFRS</strong>standards effective at the reporting date. However, <strong>IFRS</strong> 1 also provides for certain optional exemptions andcertain mandatory exceptions for first time <strong>IFRS</strong> adopters. Prior to transition to <strong>IFRS</strong>, the Company preparedits financial statements in accordance with pre-changeover Canadian Generally Accepted AccountingPrinciples (“pre-changeover Canadian GAAP”).In preparing the Company’s opening <strong>IFRS</strong> financial statements, the Company has adjusted amounts reportedpreviously in the financial statements prepared in accordance with pre-changeover Canadian GAAP.An explanation of how the transition from pre-changeover Canadian GAAP to <strong>IFRS</strong> has affected theCompany’s financial position, financial performance and cash flows is set out in the following notes andtables:OPTIONAL EXE MPT IONS<strong>IFRS</strong> 1.C1-C5<strong>IFRS</strong> 1.D2<strong>IFRS</strong> 1.D18<strong>IFRS</strong> 1.D21<strong>IFRS</strong> 1.D23Business CombinationsThe Company elected not to retrospectively apply <strong>IFRS</strong> 3 Business Combinations to any business combinationsthat may have occurred prior to its Transition Date and such business combinations have not been restated.Share-based Payment TransactionsThe Company has elected not to retrospectively apply <strong>IFRS</strong> 2 Share-based Payments to equity instruments thatwere granted and had vested before the Transition Date. As a result of applying this exemption, the Companywill apply the provisions of <strong>IFRS</strong> 2 only to all outstanding equity instruments that are unvested as at theTransition Date to <strong>IFRS</strong>.Compound <strong>Financial</strong> InstrumentsThe Company has elected not to retrospectively separate the liability and equity components of compoundinstruments for which the liability component is no longer outstanding at the date of transition to <strong>IFRS</strong>.Changes in Existing Decommissioning, Restoration and Similar LiabilitiesThe Company has elected to apply the exemption from full retrospective application of decommissioningprovisions as allowed under <strong>IFRS</strong> 1. As a result the Company has re-measured the provisions at January 1, 2010under IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets and estimated the amount to be includedin the cost of the related asset by discounting the liability to the date at which the liability first arose.Borrowing CostsThe Company has elected to apply the transitional provisions of IAS 23 Borrowing Costs which permitsprospective capitalization of borrowing costs on qualifying assets from the Transition Date.PAGE 29 OF 35<strong>BDO</strong> CANADA LLP