UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
November
7, 2018
1610
– 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Attention:
Xx.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, President and Chief Executive Officer
Dear
Xx. Xxxxxxxx:
BMO
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Inc. (the “Underwriter”) hereby offers to
purchase from Prophecy Development Corp. (the “Corporation”), and the Corporation
hereby agrees to issue and sell to the Underwriter, 12,000,000 Common Shares (as defined
herein) of the Corporation (the “Offered Shares”), on an
underwritten basis, at the purchase price of $0.46 per Offered Share (the
“Offering
Price”), for an aggregate purchase price of
$5,520,000.
The
offering of the Offered Shares by the Corporation is referred to
herein as the “Offering”. The price of the
Offered Shares sold under this Agreement shall be the Offering
Price.
The Underwriter may arrange for substituted
purchasers (the “Substituted
Purchasers”) for the
Offered Shares resident in the Selling Jurisdictions (as defined
herein). Each Substituted Purchaser shall purchase the
Offered Shares from the Corporation at the Offering Price, and to
the extent that Substituted Purchasers purchase Offered Shares, the
obligations of the Underwriter to do so will be reduced by the
number of Offered Shares purchased by the Substituted Purchasers
from the Corporation.
The
Offering shall take place in the Selling Jurisdictions, provided,
however, that offers and sales of Offered Shares in the United
States may only be made to Qualified Institutional Buyers through a
U.S. Affiliate (as defined herein) pursuant to and in accordance
with the exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S.
Securities Act (as defined herein) provided by Rule 144A of the
U.S. Securities Act and similar exemptions from the securities laws
of the states of the United States, as applicable in accordance
with United States securities laws and the provisions of Schedule
“C” to this Agreement. The Underwriter and the
Corporation acknowledge that Schedule “C” forms part of
this Agreement.
The Underwriter shall be entitled to appoint a
soliciting dealer group consisting of other dealers in accordance
with applicable Securities Laws (as defined herein) for the
purposes of arranging for purchasers of the Offered Shares. The
Underwriter shall use its best efforts to ensure that any
investment dealer who is a member of any soliciting dealer group
formed by the Underwriter
pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement or
with whom any Underwriter has a contractual relationship with
respect to the Offering, if any, agrees with such Underwriter to
comply with the covenants and obligations given by the Underwriter
herein.
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In
consideration of the services to be rendered by the Underwriter in
connection with the Offering, the Corporation agrees to pay to the
Underwriter the Commission (as defined herein), which shall be due
and payable at the Closing Time (as defined herein).
The
Underwriter may offer the Offered Shares at a price less than the
Offering Price as described in further detail in Section 18 below,
in compliance with Canadian Securities Laws and, specifically, the
requirements of NI 44-101 and the disclosure concerning the same
contained in the Prospectus and the U.S. Private Placement
Memorandum.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The
following are additional terms and conditions of this Agreement
between the Corporation and the Underwriter:
Section
1 Definitions
and Interpretation
(1)
Where used in this
Agreement or in any amendment hereto, the following terms shall
have the following meanings, respectively:
“associate”, “affiliate”, “insider” and “person” have the respective
meanings given to them in the BC Securities Act, as constituted at
the date of this Agreement;
“Agreement” means this underwriting
agreement, as it may be amended from time to time;
“Annual Financial Material” means
(i) the audited consolidated financial statements of the
Corporation as at and for the years ended December 31, 2017 and
December 31, 2016, including the notes to such statements and the
related auditors’ report in respect thereof, and (ii) the
Corporation’s management’s discussion and analysis for
the year ended December 31, 2017, each as included in the Documents
Incorporated by Reference;
“BC Securities Act” means the
Securities Act (British
Columbia);
“Business
Day” means a day, other than a Saturday, a Sunday or
statutory or civic holiday in the city of Vancouver, British
Columbia;
“Canadian Securities Laws” means,
collectively, all applicable securities laws of each of the
Qualifying Jurisdictions and the respective rules and regulations
made under such laws together with applicable published
instruments, notices and orders, including all discretionary orders
or rulings, if any, made in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, of the securities regulatory
authorities in the Qualifying Jurisdictions, including the rules
and policies of the TSX;
“Closing” means the completion of
the sale of the Offered Shares and the purchase by the Underwriter
of the Offered Shares pursuant to this Agreement;
“Closing Date” means November 22,
2018 or such earlier or later date as may be agreed to in writing
by the Corporation and the Underwriter, each acting
reasonably;
“Closing Time” means 8:00 a.m.
(Toronto time) on the Closing Date, or such other time on the
Closing Date as may be agreed to by the Corporation and the
Underwriter;
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“Commission” shall have the meaning
ascribed thereto in Section 14;
“Common Shares” means the common
shares in the capital of the Corporation;
“Credit Facility Agreements” has
the meaning set out in Section 7(w);
“distribution” means distribution
or distribution to the public, as the case may be, for the purposes
of Canadian Securities Laws or any of them;
“Documents Incorporated by
Reference” means all financial statements, related
management’s discussion and analysis, management information
circulars, annual information forms, material change reports,
technical reports or other documents filed by the Corporation,
whether before or after the date of this Agreement, that are
incorporated by reference into the Prospectus in accordance with
Canadian Securities Laws;
“XXXXX” means the Electronic
Data-Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system;
“Employee Plans” shall have the
meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7(ddd);
“Environmental Laws” shall have the
meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7(ee)(i);
“Environmental Permits” shall have
the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7(ee)(ii);
“Final Prospectus” means the
(final) short form prospectus of the Corporation relating to the
Offering, including all of the Documents Incorporated by Reference
and any Supplementary Material thereto, prepared and filed by the
Corporation in accordance with the Passport System and NI 44-101 in
the Qualifying Jurisdictions in respect of the
Offering;
“Final Receipt” means the receipt
issued by the Principal Regulator, evidencing that a receipt has
been, or has been deemed to be, issued for the Final Prospectus in
each of the Qualifying Jurisdictions;
“Financial Statements” means
together, (i) the audited consolidated financial statements of the
Corporation as at and for the years ended December 31, 2017 and
December 31, 2016, including the notes to such statements and the
related auditors’ report in respect thereof, and (ii) the
unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements of
the Corporation for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018
and 2017, each as included in the Documents Incorporated by
Reference;
“Governmental Authority” means and
includes, without limitation, any national, federal government,
province, state, municipality or other political subdivision of any
of the foregoing, any entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining
to government and any corporation or other entity owned or
controlled (through stock or capital ownership or otherwise) by any
of the foregoing;
“Government Official” means (a) any
official, officer, employee, or representative of, or any person
acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of, any
Governmental Authority, (b) any salaried political party official,
elected member of political office or candidate for political
office, or (c) any company, business, enterprise or other entity
owned or controlled by any person described in the foregoing
clauses;
“Hazardous Materials” shall have
the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7(ee)(i);
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“IFRS” means International
Financial Reporting Standards;
“Interim Financial Material” means
(i) the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial
statements of the Corporation for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2018 and 2017, including the notes to such statements, and
(ii) the Corporation’s management’s discussion and
analysis for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, each as
included in the Documents Incorporated by Reference;
“Liens” means any encumbrance or
title defect of whatever kind or nature, regardless of form,
whether or not registered or registrable and whether or not
consensual or arising by law (statutory or otherwise), including
any mortgage, lien, charge, pledge or security interest, whether
fixed or floating, or any assignment, lease, option, right of
pre-emption, privilege, encumbrance, easement, servitude, right of
way, restrictive covenant, right of use or any other right or claim
of any kind or nature whatsoever which affects ownership or
possession of, or title to, any interest in, or right to use or
occupy such property or assets;
“Marketing Materials” shall have
the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4(5);
“Material Adverse Effect” means any
event, change or fact, that has a material and adverse effect on
the business, affairs, capital, results of operation, properties,
permits, assets, liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or
otherwise) or financial condition of the Corporation and the
Material Subsidiaries considered on a consolidated
basis;
“Material Agreements” shall have
the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7(ll) and includes, without
limitation:
(i)
the mineral lease
agreement between the Corporation and Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx dated June
22,2017;
(ii)
the amendment to
the mineral lease agreement between the Corporation and
JanelleDietrich dated April 19, 2018;
(iii)
mineral lease
agreement among the Corporation, Xxxxxxx X XxXxx, Xxxxx X.
Minolettiand Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx dated July 10th, 2017;
(iv)
the royalty
agreement among the Corporation, Xxxxxxx X. XxXxx, Xxxxx X.
Minolettiand Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx dated October 22, 2018;
(v)
the water rights
lease agreement between Vanadium Gibellini Company LLC and JohnC.
Xxxxxxxx dated August 10, 2018; and
(vi)
the memorandum of
agreement between the Corporation and the Bureau of LandManagement,
Mount Xxxxx Field Office dated October 2, 2018.
“material change” means a material
change in or relating to the Corporation for the purposes of
Securities Laws, or any of them, or, where undefined under the
Securities Laws of a Selling Jurisdiction, means a change in or
relating to the business, operations or capital of the Corporation
and its subsidiaries taken as a whole that would reasonably be
expected to have a significant effect on the market price or value
of any securities of the Corporation and includes a decision to
implement such a change made by the board of directors of the
Corporation or by senior management who believe that confirmation
of the decision by the board of directors of the Corporation is
probable;
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“material fact” means a material
fact for the purposes of Securities Laws, or any of them, or, where
undefined under the Securities Laws of a Selling Jurisdiction,
means a fact that would reasonably be expected to have a
significant effect on the market price or value of any securities
of the Corporation;
“Material
Subsidiaries” means the entities set out in Schedule
“A” to this Agreement in which the Corporation directly
or indirectly holds the types and percentages of securities or
other ownership interests therein set forth;
“MI 11-102” means Multilateral
Instrument 11-102 – Passport
System;
“Mineral Property” means the
Gibellini Project: Nevada, USA as described in the
Prospectus;
“Mining Rights” means all
prospecting, exploration, development, ingress, egress and access
rights, mining and mineral rights, licences, permits, consents,
approvals and authorizations in respect of the Mineral
Property;
“misrepresentation” means a
misrepresentation for the purposes of the Securities Laws of a
Selling Jurisdiction, or any of them, or, where undefined under the
Securities Laws of a Selling Jurisdiction, means: (i) an untrue
statement of a material fact, or (ii) an omission to state a
material fact that is required to be stated or that is necessary to
make a statement not misleading in the light of the circumstances
in which it was made;
“NI 43-101” means National
Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral
Projects;
“NI 44-101” means National
Instrument 44-101 - Short Form
Prospectus Distributions;
“Non-Material Properties” means,
collectively (and “Non-Material Property” means any
one of):
(i)
Ulaan
Ovoo Coal Property: Selenge province, Mongolia;
(ii)
Chandgana Tal Coal
Property: Khentii province, Mongolia;
(iii)
Khavtgai Uul Coal
Property: Khentii province, Mongolia;
(iv)
Titan
Vanadium-Titanium-Iron Property: Ontario, Canada; and
(v)
Pulacayo Paca
Silver-Lead-Zinc Property: Quijarro Province, Bolivia,
each as
described in the Prospectus;
“Non-Material Subsidiaries” means
the entities set out in Schedule “B” to this Agreement
in which the Corporation directly or indirectly holds the types and
percentages of securities or other ownership interests therein set
forth;
“NP 11-202” means National Policy
11-202 – Process for
Prospectus Reviews in Multiple Jurisdictions;
“OFAC” shall have the meaning
ascribed thereto in Section 7(vv);
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“Offered Shares” has the meaning
ascribed above;
“Offering” has the meaning ascribed
above;
“Offering Documents” means,
collectively, the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, the
U.S. Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum, the U.S. Final
Private Placement Memorandum and any Supplementary
Material;
“Passport System” means the system
for review of prospectus filings set out in MI 11-102 and NP
11-202;
“Permits” shall have the meaning
ascribed thereto in Section 7(cc);
“Personnel” shall have the meaning
ascribed thereto in Section 13(1);
“Preliminary Prospectus” means the
preliminary short form prospectus of the Corporation dated November
7, 2018, including all of the Documents Incorporated by Reference
and any Supplementary Material thereto, prepared and filed by the
Corporation in accordance with the Passport System and NI 44-101 in
the Qualifying Jurisdictions in respect of the
Offering;
“Preliminary Receipt” means the
receipt issued by the Principal Regulator, evidencing that a
receipt has been, or has deemed to be, issued for the Preliminary
Prospectus in each of the Qualifying Jurisdictions;
“Principal Regulator” means the
British Columbia Securities Commission;
“Prospectus” means, collectively,
the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus (including any
Supplementary Material thereto);
“Public Disclosure Record” means,
collectively, all of the documents which have been filed by or on
behalf of the Corporation prior to the Closing Time with the
relevant Securities Regulators pursuant to the requirements of
Securities Laws, including all documents filed on SEDAR at
xxx.xxxxx.xxx and XXXXX at xxx.xxx.xxx.;
“Purchasers” means, collectively,
each of the purchasers of Offered Shares arranged by the
Underwriter, including the Substituted Purchasers, in connection
with the Offering, including if applicable, the
Underwriter;
“Qualified Institutional Buyer”
means a “qualified institutional buyer” as that term is
defined in Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act;
“Qualifying Jurisdictions” means
all of the provinces and territories of Canada, except
Quebec;
“Regulation S” means Regulation S
adopted by the SEC under the U. S. Securities Act;
“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under
the U.S. Securities Act;
“SEC” means the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission;
“Securities Commissions” means the
securities regulatory authority in each of the Qualifying
Jurisdictions;
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“Securities Laws” means
collectively, Canadian Securities Laws, U.S. Securities Laws and
all applicable securities laws, rules, regulations, policies and
other instruments promulgated by the Securities Regulators in any
of the other Selling Jurisdictions;
“Securities Regulators” means
collectively, the securities regulators or other securities
regulatory authorities in the Selling Jurisdictions;
“SEDAR” means the System for
Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval of the Canadian
Securities Administrators;
“Selling Jurisdictions” means,
collectively, each of the Qualifying Jurisdictions and such states
in the United States and any other jurisdictions outside of Canada
and the United States as mutually agreed to by the Corporation and
the Underwriter, each acting reasonably;
“subsidiary” means a subsidiary for
purposes of the BC Securities Act, as constituted at the date of
this Underwriting Agreement;
“Substituted Purchasers” has the
meaning ascribed above;
“Supplementary Material” means,
collectively, any amendment to the Preliminary Prospectus, the
Final Prospectus or the U.S. Private Placement Memorandum, and any
amendment or supplemental prospectus or ancillary materials that
may be filed by or on behalf of the Corporation under Securities
Laws relating to the distribution of the Offered
Shares;
“Technical Reports” means,
collectively:
(i)
Gibellini Vanadium
Project Eureka County, Nevada, NI 43-101 Technical Report on
Preliminary Economic Assessment;
(ii)
Updated Mineral
Resources Estimate Technical Report for the Pulacayo
Project;
(iii)
Technical Report,
Titan Project Ontario, Canada;
(iv)
Technical Report
Coal Resources and Preliminary Economic Assessment Coal Mine
Component Chandgana Tal Goal Project;
(v)
Ulaan Ovoo
– Pre-Feasibility Study; and
(vi)
Updated Technical
Report on the Coal Resources of the Chandgana Khavtgai Coal
Resource Area, Khentii Aimag, Mongolia,
each as
filed under the Corporation’s profile on SEDAR;
“TSX” means the Toronto Stock
Exchange;
“United States” means the United
States of America, its territories and possessions, any state of
the United States and the District of Columbia;
“U.S. Affiliates” means the United
States broker-dealer affiliates of the Underwriter;
“U.S. Economic Sanctions” shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7(vv);
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“U.S. Exchange Act” means the
United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended;
“U.S. Final Private Placement
Memorandum” means the U.S. private placement
memorandum, in a form satisfactory to the Underwriter and the
Corporation, each acting reasonably, attached to the Final
Prospectus, and any Supplementary Material thereto, to be delivered
to U.S. Purchasers in the United States in accordance with Schedule
“C” hereto;
“U.S. Memoranda” means, together,
the U.S. Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum and the U.S.
Final Private Placement Memorandum;
“U.S. Preliminary Private Placement
Memorandum” means the U.S. preliminary private
placement memorandum, in a form satisfactory to the Underwriter and
the Corporation, each acting reasonably, attached to the
Preliminary Prospectus, and any Supplementary Material thereto, to
be delivered to U.S. Purchasers in the United States in accordance
with Schedule “C” hereto;
“U.S. Purchaser Letter” means the
letter to be delivered by U.S. Purchasers in the form attached to
the U.S. Memoranda;
“U.S. Purchasers” means Qualified
Institutional Buyers purchasing Offered Shares in the United States
in accordance with Schedule “C” hereto;
“U.S. Securities Act” means the
United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended; and
“U.S. Securities Laws” means all
applicable securities legislation in the United States, including
without limitation, the U.S. Securities Act, the U.S. Exchange Act
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including the
rules and policies of the SEC and any applicable state securities
laws;
(2)
Any reference in
this Agreement to a section or subsection shall refer to a section
or subsection of this Agreement.
(3)
All words and
personal pronouns relating thereto shall be read and construed as
the number and gender of the party or parties referred to in each
case required and the verb shall be construed as agreeing with the
required word and/or pronoun.
(4)
Any reference in
this Agreement to $ or to “dollars” shall refer to the
lawful currency of Canada, unless otherwise specified.
(5)
The following are
the schedules to this Agreement, which schedules are deemed to be a
part hereof and are hereby incorporated by reference
herein:
Schedule
“A” – Material Subsidiaries
Schedule
“B” –Non-Material Subsidiaries
Schedule
“C” –United States Offers and Sales
Schedule
“D” – Form of Lock-Up Agreement
Schedule
“E” – Existing Rights
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Section
2 Attributes
of the Offered Shares.
The
Offered Shares to be sold by the Corporation hereunder shall have
the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions that conform in
all material respects to the rights, privileges, restrictions and
conditions set forth in the Offering Documents.
Section
3 Filing
of Prospectus.
(1)
The Corporation
shall:
(a)
not later than 5:00
p.m. (Toronto time) on the date hereof, have filed the Preliminary
Prospectus pursuant to the Passport System with the Securities
Commissions;
(b)
use commercially
reasonable efforts to promptly resolve all comments made and
deficiencies raised in respect of the Preliminary Prospectus by the
Principal Regulator, and have filed the Final Prospectus and
obtained the Final Receipt not later than 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time)
on November 16, 2018 (or such later date as reasonably agreed to by
the Corporation and the Underwriter), and otherwise fulfilled all
legal requirements to qualify the Offered Shares for distribution
to the public in the Qualifying Jurisdictions through the
Underwriter or any other investment dealer or broker registered to
transact such business in the applicable Qualifying Jurisdictions
contracting with the Underwriter; and
(c)
until the date on
which the distribution of the Offered Shares is completed, promptly
take, or cause to be taken, all additional steps and proceedings
that may from time to time be required under Canadian Securities
Laws to continue to qualify the distribution of the Offered
Shares.
(1)
Prior to the filing
of the Offering Documents and thereafter, during the period of
distribution of the Offered Shares, the Corporation shall have
permitted the Underwriter to participate fully in the preparation
of, and to approve the form and content of, such documents and
shall have allowed the Underwriter to conduct all due diligence
investigations (which shall include the attendance of management of
the Corporation, the auditors and the technical consultants as
requested by the Underwriter at one or more due diligence sessions
to be held) which they may reasonably require in order to fulfill
its obligations as an underwriter and in order to enable them to
responsibly execute the certificate required to be executed by them
at the end of the Prospectus.
Section
4 Deliveries
on Filing and Related Matters.
(1)
The Corporation
shall deliver to the Underwriter prior to or concurrently with the
filing of the Preliminary Prospectus with the Securities
Commissions:
(a)
a copy of the
Preliminary Prospectus manually signed on behalf of the
Corporation, by the persons and in the form signed and certified as
required by Canadian Securities Laws; and
(b)
a copy of any other
document required to be filed with or delivered to, the Securities
Commissions by the Corporation under Canadian Securities Laws in
connection with the Offering, including any Supplementary Material
or Documents Incorporated by Reference in the Preliminary
Prospectus (other than documents already filed publicly with a
Securities Commission).
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Such
deliveries shall also constitute the Corporation’s consent to
the Underwriter’s use of the Offering Documents in connection
with the distribution of the Offered Shares in compliance with this
Agreement and Securities Laws.
(1)
The Corporation
shall deliver to the Underwriter prior to or concurrently with the
filing of the Final Prospectus with the Securities
Commissions:
(a)
a copy of the Final
Prospectus manually signed on behalf of the Corporation, by the
persons and in the form signed and certified as required by
Canadian Securities Laws;
(b)
a copy of any other
document required to be filed with or delivered to, the Securities
Commissions by the Corporation under Canadian Securities Laws in
connection with the Offering, including any Supplementary Material
or Document Incorporated by Reference in the Final Prospectus
(other than documents already filed publicly with a Securities
Commission);
(c)
a
“long-form” comfort letter of Davidson & Company,
LLP dated the date of the Final Prospectus (with the requisite
procedures to be completed by such auditor within two (2) Business
Days of the date of such letter), in form and substance
satisfactory to the Underwriter, acting reasonably, addressed to
the Underwriter and the directors and officers of the Corporation,
with respect to the verification of financial and accounting
information and other numerical data of a financial nature
contained in the Final Prospectus (including all Documents
Incorporated by Reference) and matters involving changes or
developments since the respective dates as of which specific
financial information is given therein, which letter shall be in
addition to the auditors’ consent letter and comfort letter
(if any) addressed to the Canadian Securities Regulators;
and
(d)
a copy of the TSX
conditional approval letter indicating that the application for the
listing and posting for trading on the TSX of the Offered Shares
has been approved, subject only to satisfaction by the Corporation
of the customary conditions that may be satisfied post-closing as
specified by the TSX.
Such
deliveries shall also constitute the Corporation’s consent to
the Underwriter’s use of the Offering Documents in connection
with the distribution of the Offered Shares in compliance with this
Agreement and Securities Laws.
(2)
The Corporation
represents and warrants to the Underwriter with respect to the
Offering Documents that as at their respective dates of delivery to
the Underwriter as set out in sections 4(1) and 4(2)
above:
(a)
all information and
statements in such documents (including information and statements
incorporated by reference) (except information and statements
relating solely to the Underwriter and furnished by them in writing
specifically for use therein) are true and correct, in all material
respects, and contain no misrepresentation and constitute
(together, in the case of any Supplementary Material, with the
Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as applicable)
full, true and plain disclosure of all material facts relating to
the Corporation and the Offered Shares as required by Canadian
Securities Laws; and
(b)
except with respect
to information and statements relating solely to the Underwriter
and furnished by them specifically for use therein, comply fully
with the requirements of the Canadian Securities Laws.
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(1)
The Corporation
shall cause commercial copies of the Preliminary Prospectus, the
Final Prospectus and the U.S. Memoranda, as the case may be, to be
delivered to the Underwriter without charge, in such quantities and
in such cities as the Underwriter may reasonably request, as soon
as possible after the receipt of the Preliminary Receipt and the
Final Receipt, as the case may be, but, in any event on or before
noon (Toronto time) on the next Business Day (or for delivery
points outside of Toronto, on the second Business Day). Such
deliveries shall constitute the consent of the Corporation to the
Underwriter’s use of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final
Prospectus for the distribution of the Offered Shares in the
Qualifying Jurisdictions in compliance with the provisions of this
Agreement and Canadian Securities Laws and of the U.S. Memoranda
for the offer and sale of the Offered Shares in the United States
to U.S. Purchasers in compliance with the provisions of this
Agreement and U.S. Securities Laws. The Corporation shall similarly
cause to be delivered commercial copies of any Supplementary
Material and hereby similarly consents to the Underwriter’s
use thereof. The Corporation shall cause to be provided to the
Underwriter, without cost, such number of copies of any Documents
Incorporated by Reference as the Underwriter may reasonably request
for use in connection with the distribution of the Offered
Shares.
(2)
Each of the Corporation and the Underwriter hereby
approves the template version of the term sheet for the Offering
dated November 1, 2018 agreed to between the parties (the
“Marketing
Materials”). The
Marketing Materials will be incorporated by reference into the
Prospectus, and the Corporation has filed the Marketing Materials
with each of the Securities Commissions.
(3)
Subject to
compliance with Canadian Securities Laws, during the period
commencing on the date hereof and until completion of the
distribution of the Offered Shares, the Corporation will promptly
provide to the Underwriter drafts of any press releases of the
Corporation for review by the Underwriter prior to issuance and
shall obtain the prior approval of the Underwriter as to the
content and form of any press release relating to the Offering
prior to issuance, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed. If required by Securities Laws, any press release
announcing or otherwise referring to the Offering disseminated in
the United States shall comply with the requirements of Rule 135c
under the U.S. Securities Act and any press release announcing or
otherwise referring to the Offering disseminated outside the United
States will comply with Rule 135e under the U.S. Securities Act and
shall include an appropriate notation on each page as follows:
“Not for distribution to the
U.S. news wire services, or dissemination in the United
States”. The Corporation agrees that it will issue a
separate U.S. version of any press release in respect of the
Offering for distribution in the United States that complies with
Rule 135c under the U.S. Securities Act, and shall furnish such
separate U.S. version of the press release to the SEC on the
appropriate Form 6-K.
Section
5 Material
Change.
(1)
During the period
from the date of this Agreement to the completion of the
distribution of the Offered Shares, the Corporation covenants and
agrees with the Underwriter that it shall promptly notify the
Underwriter in writing with full particulars of:
(a)
any material change
(actual, anticipated, contemplated or threatened) in respect of the
Corporation considered on a consolidated basis;
(b)
any material fact
in respect of the Corporation which has arisen or has been
discovered and would have been required to have been stated in any
of the Offering Documents had the fact arisen or been discovered
on, or prior to, the date of such document; and
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(c)
any change in any
material fact (which for the purposes of this Agreement shall be
deemed to include the disclosure of any previously undisclosed
material fact) contained in the Offering Documents which fact or
change is, or may be, of such a nature as to render any statement
in such Offering Document misleading or untrue in any material
respect or which would result in a misrepresentation in the
Offering Document or which would result in any of the Offering
Documents not complying (to the extent that such compliance is
required) with Securities Laws.
The
Corporation shall promptly, and in any event within any applicable
time limitation, comply, to the satisfaction of the Underwriter,
acting reasonably, with all applicable filings and other
requirements under the Canadian Securities Laws as a result of such
fact or change; provided that the Corporation shall not file any
Supplementary Material or other document without first providing
the Underwriter with a copy of such Supplementary Material or other
document and consulting with the Underwriter with respect to the
form and content thereof. The Corporation shall in good faith
discuss with the Underwriter any fact or change in circumstances
(actual, anticipated, contemplated or threatened, financial or
otherwise) which is of such a nature that there is or could be
reasonable doubt whether written notice need be given under this
Section 5.
(1)
If during the
period of distribution of the Offered Shares there shall be any
change in Canadian Securities Laws which, in the opinion of the
Underwriter and its legal counsel, acting reasonably, requires the
filing of any Supplementary Material, upon written notice from the
Underwriter, the Corporation covenants and agrees with the
Underwriter that it shall, to the satisfaction of the Underwriter,
acting reasonably, promptly prepare and file such Supplementary
Material with the appropriate Securities Commissions where such
filing is required.
(2)
During the period
from the date of this Agreement to the completion of the
distribution of the Offered Shares, the Corporation will notify the
Underwriter promptly:
(a)
when any supplement
to the Offering Documents or any Supplementary Material shall have
been filed;
(b)
of any request by
any Securities Commission to amend or supplement the Prospectus or
for additional information;
(c)
of the suspension
of the qualification of the Offered Shares for offering, sale or
grant in any jurisdiction, or of any order suspending or preventing
the use of the Offering Documents (or any Supplementary Material)
or of the institution or, to the knowledge of the Corporation,
threatening of any proceedings for any such purpose;
and
(d)
of the issuance by
any Securities Commission or any stock exchange of any order having
the effect of ceasing or suspending the distribution of the Offered
Shares or the trading in any securities of the Corporation, or of
the institution or, to the knowledge of the Corporation,
threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose. The Corporation
will use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of
any such stop order or of any order preventing or suspending such
use or such order ceasing or suspending the distribution of the
Offered Shares or the trading in the shares of the Corporation and,
if any such order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the
earliest possible time.
Section
6 Regulatory
Approvals.
The
Corporation will make all necessary filings, obtain all necessary
consents and approvals (if any) and pay all filing fees required to
be paid in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. The Corporation will cooperate with the Underwriter in
connection with the qualification of the Offered Shares for offer
and sale under the Canadian Securities Laws and in maintaining such
qualifications in effect for so long as required for the
distribution of the Offered Shares.
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Section
7 Representations
and Warranties of the Corporation.
The
Corporation represents and warrants to the Underwriter, and
acknowledges that the Underwriter is relying upon such
representations and warranties in connection with the purchase of
the Offered Shares, that:
(a)
Good Standing of the Corporation. The
Corporation (i) is a corporation existing under the Business Corporations Act (British
Columbia) and is and will at the Closing Time be current and
up-to-date with all material filings required to be made and in
good standing under the Business
Corporations Act (British Columbia), (ii) has all requisite
corporate power and capacity to own, lease and operate its
properties and to conduct its business as now carried on by it as
described in the Offering Documents, and (iii) has all requisite
corporate power and authority to issue and sell the Offered Shares,
and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this
Agreement;
(b)
Good Standing of Material Subsidiaries and
Non-Material Subsidiaries. The Corporation’s only
material subsidiaries are the Material Subsidiaries listed in
Schedule “A” hereto, which schedule is true, complete
and accurate in all respects. All other subsidiaries of the
Corporation are the Non-Material Subsidiaries listed in Schedule
“B” hereto, which schedule is true, complete and
accurate in all respects. The Corporation has no other subsidiaries
other than the Material Subsidiaries and the Non-Material
Subsidiaries. Other than the Material Subsidiaries, no other
subsidiary of the Corporation holds or owns any direct or indirect
interest (including ownership or financial) in any property or
asset material to the Corporation, including in any Mineral
Property. Each of the Material Subsidiaries is a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the jurisdiction set out
in Schedule “A”, respectively, is current and
up-to-date with all material filings required to be made and has
all requisite corporate power and capacity to own, lease and
operate its properties and to conduct its business as is now
carried on by it or proposed to be carried on by it, and is duly
qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by
reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of
business. All of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital
of each Material Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly
issued, are fully paid and are directly or indirectly beneficially
owned by the Corporation, free and clear of any Liens; and none of
the outstanding securities of any Material Subsidiary was issued in
violation of the pre-emptive or similar rights of any security
holder of such subsidiary. There exist no options, warrants,
purchase rights, or other contracts or commitments that could
require the Corporation to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of
any securities of any Material Subsidiary.
(c)
No Proceedings for Dissolution. No act
or proceeding has been taken by or against the Corporation or the
Material Subsidiaries in connection with their liquidation,
winding-up or bankruptcy, or to the knowledge of the Corporation is
pending;
(d)
Share Capital of the Corporation. The
authorized and issued share capital of the Corporation consists of
an unlimited number of Common Shares, of which 80,513,557 Common Shares were issued and
outstanding as at the close of business on November 6, 2018. The
description of the attributes of the authorized and issued share
capital of the Corporation as set out under the heading
“Description of the Securities being
Distributed” in
the Prospectus is true and correct. Neither the Corporation nor its
subsidiaries are party to any agreement, nor is the Corporation
aware of any agreement, which in any manner affects the voting
control of any securities of the Corporation or its
subsidiaries;
(e)
Share Capital of Material Subsidiaries.
The share capital of the Material Subsidiaries as set forth in
Schedule “A” hereto is true and correct;
(f)
Form of Share Certificates. The form of
certificate respecting the Common Shares has been approved and
adopted by the board of directors of the Corporation and does not
conflict with any applicable laws and complies with the rules and
regulations of the TSX;
(g)
Common Shares are Listed. The Common
Shares are listed and posted for trading on the TSX, and the
Corporation has applied to list the Offered Shares on the TSX, and
neither the Corporation nor its subsidiaries has taken any action
which would reasonably be expected to result in the delisting or
suspension of the Common Shares on or from the TSX;
(h)
Stock Exchange Compliance. The
Corporation is, and will at the Closing Time be, in compliance in
all material respects with all the by-laws, rules and regulations
of the TSX;
(i)
No Cease Trade Orders. No order ceasing
or suspending trading in securities of the Corporation or
prohibiting the sale of securities by the Corporation has been
issued by an exchange or securities regulatory authority, and no
proceedings for this purpose have been instituted, or are, to the
Corporation’s knowledge, pending, contemplated or
threatened;
(j)
Reporting Issuer Status. As at the date
hereof, the Corporation is a “reporting issuer” in each
of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario, within the meaning of the
Canadian Securities Laws in such jurisdictions, and is not
currently in default of any requirement of the Canadian Securities
Laws of such jurisdictions and the Corporation is not included on a
list of defaulting reporting issuers maintained by any of the
Securities Commissions of such jurisdictions;
(k)
Offered Shares Valid. The Offered
Shares have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to
this Agreement and when issued and delivered by the Corporation
pursuant to this Agreement, against payment of the consideration
set forth herein, will be validly issued as fully paid and
non-assessable Common Shares. The Offered Shares, upon issuance,
will not be issued in violation of or subject to any pre-emptive
rights or contractual rights to purchase securities issued by the
Corporation;
(l)
Transfer Agent. Computershare Investor Services
Inc. at its offices in Vancouver, British Columbia has been duly
appointed as the transfer agent and registrar for the Common
Shares;
(m)
Absence of Rights. No person has any
right, agreement or option, present or future, contingent or
absolute, or any right capable of becoming a right, agreement or
option, for the issue or allotment of any unissued shares of the
Corporation or any other agreement or option, for the issue or
allotment of any unissued shares of the Corporation or any other
security convertible into or exchangeable for any such shares or to
require the Corporation to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire
any of the issued and outstanding shares of the Corporation except
for the Existing Rights set out in Schedule “E” to this
Agreement;
(n)
Corporate Actions. The Corporation has
taken, or will have taken prior to the Closing Time, all necessary
corporate action (i) to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement, (ii) to authorize the execution and
filing, as applicable, of the Offering Documents, and (iii) to
validly issue and sell the Offered Shares as fully paid and
non-assessable Common Shares;
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(o)
Valid and Binding Documents. This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Corporation and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of, and is
enforceable against, the Corporation in accordance with its terms
(subject to bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws affecting the
rights of creditors generally, the availability of equitable
remedies and the qualification that rights to indemnity and waiver
of contribution may be unenforceable and that enforceability is
subject to the provisions of the Limitation Act (British
Columbia));
(p)
No Consents, Approvals etc. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the fulfilment of the
terms hereof by the Corporation and the issuance, sale and delivery
of the Offered Shares to be issued and sold by the Corporation do
not and will not require the consent, approval, authorization,
registration or qualification of or with any Governmental
Authority, stock exchange or other third party (including under the
terms of any Material Agreements), except: (i) those which have
been obtained or those which may be required and shall be obtained
prior to the Closing Time under the Securities Laws or the rules of
the TSX, including in compliance with the Securities Laws regarding
the distribution of the Offered Shares in the Qualifying
Jurisdictions, and (ii) such customary post-closing notices or
filings required to be submitted within the applicable time frame
pursuant to Securities Laws and any “blue sky laws” in
the United States, as may be required in connection with the
Offering;
(q)
Continuous Disclosure. The Corporation
is in compliance in all material respects with its timely and
continuous disclosure obligations under Canadian Securities Laws,
including insider reporting obligations, and, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, there has been no Material Adverse
Effect that has occurred since December 31, 2016, which has not
been publicly disclosed and the information and statements in the
Public Disclosure Record since December 31, 2016 were true and
correct as of the respective dates of such information and
statements and at the time such documents were filed on SEDAR, and
except as may have been corrected by subsequent disclosure, do not
contain any misrepresentations and no material facts have been
omitted therefrom which would make such information materially
misleading, and the Corporation has not filed any confidential
material change reports since December 31, 2017 which remain
confidential as at the date hereof. To the knowledge of the
Corporation, there are no circumstances presently existing under
which liability is or would reasonably be expected to be incurred
under Part 16.1 – Civil
Liability for Secondary Market Disclosure of the BC
Securities Act and analogous provisions under Securities Laws in
the other Qualifying Jurisdictions;
(r)
Forward-Looking Information. With
respect to forward-looking information contained in the Public
Disclosure Record since December 31, 2016, including for certainty
the Documents Incorporated by Reference:
(i)
the Corporation had
a reasonable basis for the forward-looking information at the time
the disclosure was made;
(ii)
all forward-looking
information is identified as such, and all such documents caution
users of forward-looking information that actual results may vary
from the forward-looking information and identifies material risk
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
the forward-looking information; and states the material factors or
assumptions used to develop forward-looking
information;
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(iii)
all future-oriented
financial information and each financial outlook: (A) has been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in Canada or IFRS, using the accounting policies the
Corporation expects to use to prepare its historical financial
statements for the period covered by the future-oriented financial
information or the financial outlook; (B) presents fully, fairly
and correctly in all material respects the expected results of the
operations for the periods covered thereby; (C) is based on
assumptions that are reasonable in the circumstances, reflect the
Corporation’s intended course of action, and reflects
management’s expectations concerning the most probable set of
economic conditions during the periods covered thereby;
and
(iv)
is limited to a
period for which the information in the future-oriented financial
information or financial outlook can be reasonably
estimated;
(s)
Financial Statements. The Financial
Statements, as at the date of each, and except as may have been
corrected by subsequent disclosure;
(i)
present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of the Corporation
and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis and the statements of
operations, retained earnings, cash flow from operations and
changes in financial information of the Corporation and its
subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the periods specified in
such Financial Statements;
(ii)
have been prepared
in conformity with IFRS, applied on a consistent basis throughout
the periods involved, or as noted therein; and
(iii)
do not contain any
misrepresentations, with respect to the period covered by the
Financial Statements;
(t)
Off-Balance Sheet Transactions. There
are no off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations or
liabilities of the Corporation or its subsidiaries whether direct,
indirect, absolute, contingent or otherwise which are required to
be disclosed and are not disclosed or reflected in the Financial
Statements;
(u)
Accounting Policies. Except as publicly
disclosed, there has been no change in accounting policies or
practices of the Corporation or its subsidiaries since December 31,
2017, other than as required by IFRS and as disclosed in the
Financial Statements;
(v)
Liabilities. Neither the Corporation,
nor any of the Material Subsidiaries has any material liabilities,
obligations, indebtedness or commitments, whether accrued,
absolute, contingent or otherwise, which are not disclosed or
referred to in the Financial Statements or referred to or disclosed
herein or in the Offering Documents, other than liabilities,
obligations, or indebtedness or commitments incurred in the normal
course of business;
(w)
No Lines of Credit. Each of (a) the
line of credit agreement between Red Hill Mongolia LLC and the
Trade Development Bank of Mongolia dated Xxxxxx 00, 0000, (x) the
credit facility agreement between the Corporation and Linx Partners
Ltd. dated March 12, 2015, (c) the amendment to the credit facility
agreement between the Corporation and Linx Partners Ltd. dated May
5, 2015, and (d) the second amendment to the credit facility
agreement between and Linx Partners Ltd. dated February 24, 2016
(the “Credit Facility
Agreements”) have been terminated and neither the
Corporation, any Material Subsidiaries nor any Non-Material
Subsidiaries has any liabilities, obligations, indebtedness or
commitments, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise in
respect of the Credit Facility Agreements;
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(x)
Independent Auditors. The auditors who
reported on and certified the Financial Statements for the fiscal
years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are independent with respect
to the Corporation within the meaning of Canadian Securities Laws
and there has not been a “reportable event” (within the
meaning of National Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations) with
the present auditors of the Corporation during the last five
years;
(y)
Accounting Controls. The Corporation
and each of the Material Subsidiaries maintains a system of
internal accounting controls sufficient to provide assurance that
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with IFRS and to maintain asset accountability, (iii)
access to assets is permitted only in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences. The Corporation maintains disclosure
controls and procedures and internal control over financial
reporting on a consolidated basis as those terms are defined in
National Instrument 52-109 – Certification of Disclosure in Issuers’
Annual Interim Filings, and as at December 31, 2017 and
September 30, 2018, such controls were effective. Since the end of
the Corporation’s most recent audited fiscal year, the
Corporation is not aware of any material weakness in the
Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting
(whether or not remediated) or change in the Corporation’s
internal control over financial reporting that has materially
affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect the
Corporation’s internal control over financial
reporting;
(z)
Purchases and Sales. Neither the
Corporation nor the Material Subsidiaries has approved or has
entered into any binding agreement in respect of:
(i)
the purchase of any
material property or any interest therein or the sale, transfer or
other disposition of any material property or any interest therein
currently owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation or the
Material Subsidiaries whether by asset sale, transfer of shares, or
otherwise;
(ii)
and the Corporation
has no knowledge of, a change of control (by sale or transfer of
Common Shares or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries or otherwise) of the
Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries; or
(iii)
and the Corporation
has no knowledge of, a proposed or planned disposition of Common
Shares by any shareholder who owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or
more of the outstanding Common Shares or shares of the Material
Subsidiaries;
(aa)
Properties and Assets. The Corporation
and the Material Subsidiaries have the rights in respect of the
Mineral Property free and clear of Liens, and, save and except as
otherwise disclosed in the Offering Documents, the information
contained in the Offering Documents relating to the Mineral
Property, the Non-Material Properties and the Mining Rights
constitute a true and accurate description thereof. Except for
payments made to Governmental Authorities to maintain certain
permits and licenses, neither the Corporation nor the Material
Subsidiaries have any obligation to pay any ongoing commission,
license fee or similar payment to any person in respect of their
Mineral Property or Mining Rights, and there are no outstanding
options, rights of first refusal or other pre-emptive rights of
purchase which entitle any person to acquire any of the rights,
title or interests in the Mineral Property or Mining
Rights;
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(bb)
Mineral Property and Mining Rights. The
Mineral Property is the only material property currently owned by
the Corporation, and, except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering
Documents:
(i)
the Corporation and
the Material Subsidiaries are the absolute legal and beneficial
owners of the Mineral Property and the Mining Rights under valid,
subsisting and enforceable title documents or other recognized and
enforceable agreements or instruments, sufficient to permit the
Corporation and/or the Material Subsidiaries to access, explore
for, extract, exploit, remove, develop, mine, process and refine
the mineral deposits, ore bodies and mineral inventories relating
thereto as is currently conducted or anticipated to be conducted
except those Mining Rights as are anticipated to be obtained in the
ordinary course and consistent with the anticipated timing as set
forth in the Public Disclosure Record;
(ii)
the Mining Rights
of the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries have been validly
registered and recorded in accordance with all applicable laws and
are in good standing, are valid and enforceable, are free and clear
of any Liens or charges and no royalty, net profit or stream is
payable to any third party in respect of any of them;
(iii)
the Corporation and
the Material Subsidiaries have all necessary property rights,
surface or access rights, water rights, rights of way, ingress and
egress rights and other necessary rights and interests relating to
the Mineral Property as are necessary for the conduct of the
Corporation’s or the Material Subsidiaries’ current
operations; and there are no material restrictions on the ability
of the Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries to use, transfer,
access, explore, extract, remove, develop, mine, process, refine or
otherwise exploit any such property rights; and
(iv)
the Corporation or
the Material Subsidiaries are the holders of all Mining Rights
necessary to access and carry on all current activities of the
Corporation and its Material Subsidiaries and such Mining Rights
cover the areas required for such purposes;
(cc)
Possession of Permits and Authorizations. The Corporation and
the Material Subsidiaries have obtained all permits, certificates,
licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations
(collectively, the “Permits”) issued by the
appropriate federal, provincial, regional, state, local or foreign
regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to carry on the business of
the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries as it is currently
conducted and the Corporation expects any additional Permits that
are required to carry out its and the Material Subsidiaries’
planned business activities to be obtained in the ordinary course
and consistent with the anticipated timing as set forth in the
Public Disclosure Record, except where the failure to possess such
Permits would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. The Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries are in
compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Permits. All
of the Permits issued to date are valid and in full force and
effect. Neither the Corporation nor the Material Subsidiaries have
received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of any such Permits or any notice advising of the
refusal to grant any Permit that has been applied for or is in
process of being granted;
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(dd)
Mineral Information. The Corporation is
in compliance with the provisions of NI 43-101 and has filed all
technical reports in respect of its Mineral Property and
Non-Material Properties required thereby, which remain current as
at the date hereof. The Technical Reports comply with the
requirements of NI 43-101 and there is no new material scientific
or technical information concerning the Mineral Property or the
Non-Material Properties since the respective dates thereof that
would require a new technical report in respect of the Mineral
Property or any Non-Material Properties to be issued. The
information set forth in the Offering Documents relating to
scientific and technical information, including the estimates of
the mineral resources of the Mineral Property and the Non-Material
Properties, have been prepared in accordance with Canadian industry
standards set forth in NI 43-101; and the method of estimating the
mineral resources has been verified by mining experts who are
“qualified persons” (within the meaning of NI 43-101)
and the information upon which the estimates of mineral resources
were based, was, at the time of delivery thereof, complete and
accurate in all material respects and there have been no material
changes to such information since the date of delivery or
preparation thereof;
(ee)
Environmental Laws. With respect to the
Mineral Property and the Non-Material Properties:
(i)
each of the
Corporation, the Material Subsidiaries and the Non-Material
Subsidiaries is in material compliance with any and all applicable
federal, provincial, state, local, municipal or foreign statute,
law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or any judicial or
administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or
administrative order, consent decree or judgment, relating to
pollution or protection of human health, the environment
(including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water,
groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife,
including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the
release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants,
contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances,
petroleum or petroleum products (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) or to the
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage,
disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials
(collectively, “Environmental
Laws”);
(ii)
the Corporation,
the Material Subsidiaries and the Non-Material Subsidiaries have
obtained, in respect of the Material Property and the Non-Material
Properties, all licences, permits, approvals, consents,
certificates, registrations and other authorizations under all
applicable Environmental Laws (the “Environmental Permits”) necessary
as at the date hereof for the operation of the business as
currently carried on by the Corporation, the Material Subsidiaries
and the Non-Material Subsidiaries in respect thereof, and the
Corporation expects any additional Environmental Permits that are
required to carry out its and the Material Subsidiaries’
planned business activities to be obtained in the ordinary course
and consistent with the anticipated timing as set forth in the
Public Disclosure Record, and each Environmental Permit is valid,
subsisting and in good standing and neither the Corporation, the
Material Subsidiaries nor the Non-Material Subsidiaries are in
material default or breach of any Environmental Permit and no
proceeding is pending, or to the best of the knowledge of the
Corporation, after due enquiry, threatened to revoke or limit any
Environmental Permit;
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(iii)
neither the
Corporation, any of the Material Subsidiaries nor any of the
Non-Material Subsidiaries have used, except in material compliance
with all Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits, any property
or facility which it owns or leases or previously owned or leased,
to generate, manufacture, process, distribute, use, treat, store,
dispose of, transport or handle any Hazardous Materials, and no
conditions exist at, on or under any property now or previously
owned, operated or leased by the Corporation, the Material
Subsidiaries or the Non-Material Subsidiaries which, with the
passage of time, or the giving of notice or both, would give rise
to liability under any Environmental Laws, individually or in the
aggregate, that has or may reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect;
(iv)
(a) neither the
Corporation, any of the Material Subsidiaries nor any of the
Non-Material Subsidiaries have received any notice of, or been
prosecuted for an offence alleging, non-compliance with any
Environmental Laws, and neither the Corporation, the Material
Subsidiaries nor any of the Non-Material Subsidiaries have settled
any allegation of non-compliance short of prosecution; and (b)
there are no orders or directions relating to environmental matters
requiring any material work, repairs, construction or capital
expenditures to be made with respect to any of the assets of the
Corporation, the Material Subsidiaries or the Non-Material
Subsidiaries, nor has the Corporation, the Material Subsidiaries
nor any of the Non-Material Subsidiaries received notice of any of
the same;
(v)
all exploration,
development and mining operations on the Mineral Property have been
conducted in all material respects in accordance with all
applicable material workers’ compensation and health and
safety and workplace laws, regulations and policies;
(vi)
except as
ordinarily or customarily required by applicable permit, neither
the Corporation, any of the Material Subsidiaries nor any of the
Non-Material Subsidiaries have received any notice wherein it is
alleged or stated that it is potentially responsible for a federal,
provincial, state, municipal or local clean-up site or corrective
action under any law including any Environmental Laws;
(vii)
there are no
environmental audits, evaluations, assessments, studies or tests
relating to the Corporation, the Material Subsidiaries or the
Non-Material Subsidiaries except for ongoing audits, evaluations,
assessments, studies or tests conducted by or on behalf of the
Corporation in the ordinary course;
(ff)
No Aboriginal or Native Claims. (i)
There are no claims or actions with respect to aboriginal or native
rights currently threatened or, to the best knowledge of the
Corporation, after due enquiry, pending, with respect to the
Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries or any of the property
interests of the Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries; and (ii)
the Corporation is not aware of any material land entitlement
claims or aboriginal land claims having been asserted or any legal
actions relating to aboriginal or community issues having been
instituted with respect to the Mineral Property, and no material
dispute between the Corporation or any Material Subsidiary and any
local or aboriginal or native group exists or, to the knowledge of
the Corporation, is threatened or pending with respect to any of
the Corporation’s properties or activities;
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(gg)
Community Relationships. The
Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries maintain good
relationships with the communities and persons affected by or
located on the Mineral Property, and there are no complaints,
issues, proceedings, or discussions, which are ongoing or
anticipated which could have the effect of interfering, delaying or
impairing the ability of the Corporation and the Material
Subsidiaries to develop and operate the Mineral
Property.
(hh)
Government Relationships. The
Corporation and each of the Material Subsidiaries maintain a good
working relationship with all Governmental Authorities in the
jurisdictions in which the Mineral Property and the Non-Material
Properties are located, or in which they otherwise carry on their
business or operations. All such government relationships are
intact and mutually cooperative and, to the knowledge of the
Corporation, there exists no condition or state of fact or
circumstances in respect thereof, that would prevent the
Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries from conducting its
business and all activities in connection with its Mineral Property
as currently conducted or proposed to be conducted and there exists
no actual or, to the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened
termination, limitation, modification or material change in the
Corporation’s or Material Subsidiaries’ working
relationship with any Governmental Authorities;
(ii)
No Expropriation. No part of the
Mineral Property, Mining Rights or Permits have been taken,
revoked, condemned or expropriated by any Governmental Authority
nor has any written notice or proceedings in respect thereof been
given, or to the knowledge of the Corporation, been commenced,
threatened or is pending, nor does the Corporation have any
knowledge of the intent or proposal to give such notice or commence
any such proceedings;
(jj)
No Work Stoppage or Interruptions.
There are no actions, proceedings, inquiries, disruption, protests,
blockades or initiatives by non-governmental organizations,
activist groups or similar entities or persons, that are ongoing or
anticipated which could materially adversely affect the ability of
the Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries from exploring and
developing the Mineral Property;
(kk)
Insurance. The Corporation, its
Material Subsidiaries and the Non-Material Subsidiaries maintain
insurance against such losses, risks and damages to their
properties and assets in such amounts that are customary for the
business in which they are engaged and on a basis consistent with
reasonably prudent persons in comparable businesses, and all of the
policies in respect of such insurance coverage are in good
standing, in full force and effect in all material respects and not
in default. Each of the Corporation, the Material Subsidiaries and
the Non-Material Subsidiaries is in compliance with the terms of
such policies and instruments and there are no claims by the
Corporation, the Material Subsidiaries or the Non-Material
Subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any
insurance company is denying liability or defending under a
reservation of rights clause; the Corporation has no reason to
believe that it will not be able to renew such existing insurance
coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar
coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its
business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect,
and neither the Corporation, any of the Material Subsidiaries nor
any of the Non-Material Subsidiaries has failed to promptly give
any notice of any material claim thereunder;
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(ll)
Material Agreements. All of the
material contracts and agreements of the Corporation and its
subsidiaries (collectively the “Material Agreements”) have been
disclosed in the Prospectus. Each of the Material Agreements is
valid, subsisting, in good standing and in full force and effect,
enforceable in accordance with the terms thereof. The Corporation
and its subsidiaries have performed all obligations (including
payment obligations) in a timely manner under, and are in material
compliance with all terms, conditions and covenants (including all
financial maintenance covenants) contained in each Material
Agreement. Neither the Corporation nor any of its subsidiaries is
in violation, breach or default and has not received any
notification from any party claiming that the Corporation or
subsidiary is in breach, violation or default under any Material
Agreement and no other party, to the knowledge of the Corporation,
is in breach, violation or default of any term under any Material
Agreement;
(mm)
Ulaan Ovoo Lease Agreement. The
Corporation is not aware of any activities undertaken by the lessee
in respect of the Corporation’s Ulaan Ovoo Project that are
in breach of any applicable laws and regulations (including,
without limitation, any Environmental Laws);
(nn)
No Material Changes. Since December 31,
2016, except as disclosed in the Offering Documents, (a) there has
been no material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations
(absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) business, condition
(financial or otherwise), properties, capital or results of
operations of the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise, and (b) there have been no
transactions entered into by the Corporation or the Material
Subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business,
which are material with respect to the Corporation and the Material
Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise;
(oo)
Absence of Proceedings. There is no
action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or
brought by any court or governmental agency, governmental
instrumentality or body, domestic or foreign, now pending or, to
the knowledge of the Corporation, threatened against or affecting
the Corporation, any Material Subsidiary, any Non-Material
Subsidiary, the Mining Property or the Non-Material
Properties;
(pp)
Absence of Defaults and Conflicts.
Neither the Corporation nor the Material Subsidiaries is in
material violation, default or breach of, and the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Offering Documents
and the consummation of the transactions and compliance by the
Corporation with its obligations hereunder and the sale of the
Offered Shares, do not and will not, whether with or without the
giving of notice or passage of time or both, result in a material
violation, default or breach of, or conflict with, or result in a
Repayment Event or the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any
property or assets of the Corporation, or the Material Subsidiaries
under the terms or provisions of (i) any Material Agreements, (ii)
the articles or by-laws or other constating documents or
resolutions of the directors or shareholders of the Corporation or
the Material Subsidiaries, (iii) any existing applicable law,
statute, rule, regulation including applicable Securities Laws and
the rules and regulations of the TSX, (iv) any judgment, order,
writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or
court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the
Corporation, or the Material Subsidiaries or any of their assets,
properties or operations
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As used
herein, a “Repayment
Event” means any event or condition which gives a
third party pursuant to the terms of any Material Agreement, or
otherwise (or any person acting on such third party’s behalf)
the right to require the repurchase, redemption, repayment,
acceleration, default, or cross default of all or a portion of such
indebtedness or other repayments of amounts outstanding that are
owing, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation or the Material
Subsidiaries;
(qq)
Labour Matters. No work stoppage,
strike, lock-out, labour disruption, dispute, grievance,
arbitration, proceeding or other conflict with the employees of the
Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries currently exists or, to
the knowledge of the Corporation, is imminent or pending and the
Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries are in material
compliance with all provisions of all federal, national, regional,
provincial, local and foreign laws and regulations respecting
employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of
employment and wages and hours.
(rr)
Employment Standards. There are no
complaints against the Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries
before any employment standards branch or tribunal or human rights
tribunal, nor, to the knowledge of the Corporation, any complaints
or any occurrence which would reasonably be expected to lead to a
complaint under any human rights legislation or employment
standards legislation. There are no outstanding decisions or
settlements or pending settlements under applicable employment
standards legislation which place any material obligation upon the
Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries to do or refrain from
doing any act. The Corporation and Material Subsidiaries are
currently in compliance with all workers’ compensation,
occupational health and safety and similar legislation, including
payment in full of all amounts owing thereunder, and there are no
pending claims or outstanding orders against any of them under
applicable workers’ compensation legislation, occupational
health and safety or similar legislation nor has any event occurred
which may give rise to any such claim;
(ss)
Collective Bargaining Agreements. The
Corporation and/or its Material Subsidiaries are not party to any
collective bargaining agreement with their employees, and, to the
knowledge of the Corporation, no action has been taken or is being
contemplated to organize or unionize any employees of the
Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries;
(tt)
Taxes. All tax returns, reports,
elections, remittances and payments of the Corporation and the
Material Subsidiaries required by applicable law to have been filed
or made in any applicable jurisdiction, have been filed or made (as
the case may be) and are true, complete and correct, and all taxes
of the Corporation and of the Material Subsidiaries have been paid
or accrued in the Financial Statements (except as any extension may
have been requested or granted). To the best of the knowledge of
the Corporation, no examination of any tax return of the
Corporation or the Material Subsidiaries is currently in progress
and there are no material issues or disputes outstanding with any
governmental authority respecting any taxes that have been paid, or
may be payable, by the Corporation or the Material
Subsidiaries;
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(uu)
Anti-Bribery Laws. Neither the
Corporation, any of the Material Subsidiaries, any of the
Non-Materials Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the
Corporation, any director, officer, employee, consultant,
representative, agent or associate of the foregoing, has (i)
violated any anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws applicable to the
Corporation, the Material Subsidiaries or the Non-Material
Subsidiaries, including but not limited to the United States
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Canada’s Corruption of Foreign Public
Officials Act, or (ii) offered, paid, promised to pay, or
authorized the payment of any money, or offered, given, promised to
give, or authorized the giving of anything of value: (X) to any
Government Official, whether directly or through any other person,
for the purpose of influencing any act or decision of a Government
Official in his or her official capacity; inducing a Government
Official to do or omit to do any act in violation of his or her
lawful duties; securing any improper advantage; inducing a
Government Official to influence or affect any act or decision of
any Governmental Authority; or assisting any representative of the
Corporation, the Material Subsidiaries or the Non-Material
Subsidiaries in obtaining or retaining business for or with, or
directing business to, any person; or (Y) to any person in a manner
which would constitute or have the purpose or effect of public or
commercial bribery, or the acceptance of or acquiescence in
extortion, kickbacks, or other unlawful or improper means of
obtaining business or any improper advantage. Neither the
Corporation, the Material Subsidiaries nor the Non-Material
Subsidiaries nor to the knowledge of the Corporation, any director,
officer, employee, consultant, representative, agent or associate
of foregoing, has (i) conducted or initiated any review, audit, or
internal investigation that concluded the Corporation, a Material
Subsidiary, a Non-Material Subsidiary or any director, officer,
employee, consultant, representative or agent of the foregoing
violated such laws or committed any wrongdoing, or (ii) made a
voluntary, directed, or involuntary disclosure to any Governmental
Authority responsible for enforcing anti-bribery or anti-corruption
laws, in each case with respect to any alleged act or omission
arising under or relating to non-compliance with any such laws, or
received any notice, request, or citation from any person alleging
non-compliance with any such laws;
(vv)
No Sanctions. To the knowledge of
Corporation, neither the Corporation, any of the Material
Subsidiaries nor any Non-Material Subsidiaries nor any director,
officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Corporation, any of
its Material Subsidiaries or any of its Non-Material Subsidiaries
has had any sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets
Control of the U.S. Treasury Department ("OFAC") imposed upon such person; and
neither the Corporation, any of its Material Subsidiaries nor any
of its Non-Material Subsidiaries is in violation of any of the
economic sanctions of the United States administered by OFAC or any
law or executive order relating thereto (the "U.S. Economic Sanctions") or is
conducting business with any person subject to any U.S. Economic
Sanctions.
(ww)
No Acquisition or Disposition. The
Corporation has not completed any “significant
acquisition” nor is it proposing any “probable
acquisitions” (as such terms are defined in National
Instrument 51-102 – Continuous Disclosure Obligations) that
would require the inclusion or incorporation by reference of any
additional financial statements or pro forma financial statements in the
Prospectus or the filing of a business acquisition report pursuant
to Canadian Securities Laws;
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(xx)
Corporation Short Form Eligible. The
Corporation is eligible to file a short form prospectus in each of
the Qualifying Jurisdictions pursuant to applicable Canadian
Securities Laws and on the date of and upon filing of the Final
Prospectus there will be no documents required to be filed under
the Canadian Securities Laws in connection with the distribution of
the Offered Shares that will not have been filed as
required;
(yy)
Status in the U.S. The Corporation
makes the representations, warranties and covenants applicable to
it in Schedule “C” hereto and acknowledges that the
terms and conditions of the representations, warranties and
covenants of the parties contained in Schedule “C” form
part of this Agreement;
(zz)
Compliance with Laws. The Corporation
has complied, or will have complied, in all material respects with
all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements required to be
complied with prior to the Closing Time in connection with the
Offering. Neither the Corporation nor its subsidiaries are aware of
any legislation or proposed legislation, which they anticipate will
have a Material Adverse Effect;
(aa)
No Loans. Neither the Corporation nor
the Material Subsidiaries have made any loans to or secured or
guaranteed the obligations of any person other than the Corporation
and its subsidiaries;
(bb)
Directors and Officers. None of the
directors or officers of the Corporation are now, or have ever
been, subject to an order or ruling of any securities regulatory
authority or stock exchange prohibiting such individual from acting
as a director or officer of a public company or of a company listed
on a particular stock exchange;
(cc)
Minute Books and Records. The minute
books and records of the Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries
made available to counsel for the Underwriter in connection with
their due diligence investigation of the Corporation are all of the
minute books and records of the Corporation and the Material
Subsidiaries and contain copies of all proceedings (or certified
copies thereof or drafts thereof pending approval) of the
shareholders, the directors and all committees of directors of the
Corporation and the Material Subsidiaries to the date of review of
such corporate records and minute books and there have been no
other meetings, resolutions or proceedings of the shareholders,
directors or any committees of the directors of the Corporation and
the Material Subsidiaries to the date hereof not reflected in such
minute books and other records, other than those which are not
material in the context of the Corporation and the Material
Subsidiaries;
(dd)
Employee Plans. The Documents
Incorporated by Reference disclose, to the extent required by
applicable Canadian Securities Laws, each material plan for
retirement, bonus, stock purchase, profit sharing, stock option,
deferred compensation, severance or termination pay, insurance,
medical, hospital, dental, vision care, drug, sick leave,
disability, salary continuation, legal benefits, unemployment
benefits, vacation, incentive or otherwise contributed to, or
required to be contributed to, by the Corporation for the benefit
of any current or former director, officer, employee or consultant
of the Corporation (the “Employee Plans”), each of which
has been maintained in all respects with its terms and with the
requirements prescribed by any and all statutes, orders, rules and
regulations that are applicable to such Employee
Plans;
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(ee)
Dividends. The Corporation has not,
directly or indirectly, declared or paid any other dividend or
declared or made any other distribution on any of its shares or
securities of any class, or, directly or indirectly, redeemed,
purchased or otherwise acquired any of its Common Shares or
securities or agreed to do any of the foregoing. There are no
restrictions upon or impediment to, the declaration or payment of
dividends by the directors of the Corporation or the payment of
dividends by the Corporation in the constating documents or in any
Material Agreements;
(ff)
Fees and Commissions. Other than the
Underwriter (and its selling group members) pursuant to this
Agreement, there is no other person acting at the request of the
Corporation, or to the knowledge of the Corporation, purporting to
act who is entitled to any brokerage, agency or other fiscal
advisory or similar fee in connection with the Offering or
transactions contemplated herein;
(gg)
Entitlement to Proceeds: Other than the
Corporation, there is no person that is or will be entitled to
demand some or any part of the net proceeds of the Offering;
and
(hh)
Related Parties. None of the directors,
officers or employees of the Corporation, any known holder of more
than 10% of any class of securities of the Corporation or
securities of any person exchangeable for more than 10% of any
class of securities of the Corporation, or any known associate or
affiliate of any of the foregoing persons or companies (as such
terms are defined in the BC Securities Act), has had any material
interest, direct or indirect, in any material transaction or any
proposed material transaction involving the Corporation or any
Material Subsidiary. Neither the Corporation nor the Material
Subsidiaries has any material loans or other indebtedness
outstanding which has been made to any of its shareholders,
officers, directors or employees, past or present, or any person
not dealing at “arm’s length” (as such term is
used in the Income Tax Act
(Canada)) with them.
Section
8 Covenants
of the Corporation
The
Corporation covenants and agrees with the Underwriter, and
acknowledges that the Underwriter is relying on such covenants in
connection with the purchase of the Offered Shares,
that:
(1)
Notification of Filings. The
Corporation will advise the Underwriter, promptly after receiving
notice thereof, of the time when the Offering Documents have been
filed and receipts, as applicable, therefor have been obtained and
will provide evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter of
each such filing and copies of such receipts;
(2)
Standstill. The Corporation will not
directly or indirectly, issue or announce its intention to issue,
or negotiate or enter into an agreement to issue, any Common
Shares, or any securities convertible or exchangeable into Common
Shares, for a period commencing on the date of this Agreement and
ending 90 days after the Closing Date, without the prior written
consent of the Underwriter, except in conjunction with (i) the
Offering, (ii) the grant or exercise of stock options, share units
and other similar issuances pursuant to the Corporation’s
stock option plan or long-term equity plan of the Corporation and
other share compensation arrangements, including, for greater
certainty, the sale of any shares issued thereunder, and (iii)
obligations in respect of existing agreements as at the date of
this Agreement;
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(3)
Validly Issued Securities. The
Corporation will, provided it receives payment therefor, ensure
that at the Closing Time the Offered Shares have been duly and
validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable Common
Shares;
(4)
Use of Proceeds. The Corporation will
use the proceeds of the Offering in the manner specified in the
Prospectus under the heading “Use of
Proceeds”;
(5)
Consents and Approvals. The Corporation
will have made or obtained, as applicable, at or prior to the
Closing Time, all consents, approval, permits, authorizations or
filings as may be required by the Corporation under Securities Laws
necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated
herein, other than customary post-closing filings required to be
submitted within the applicable time frame pursuant to Securities
Laws, “blue sky laws” in the United States and the
rules of the TSX; and
(6)
Closing Conditions. The Corporation
will have, at or prior to the Closing Time, fulfilled or caused to
be fulfilled, each of the conditions set out in Section 10
hereof.
Section
9 Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of the Underwriter
(1)
The Underwriter
hereby represents and warrants to the Corporation the
following:
(a)
Registration. The Underwriter is, and
will remain so, until the completion of the Offering, appropriately
registered under applicable Securities Laws so as to permit it to
lawfully fulfill its obligations hereunder;
(b)
Authority. The Underwriter has good and
sufficient right and authority to enter into this Agreement and
complete the transactions contemplated under this Agreement on the
terms and conditions set forth herein.
(c)
Marketing Materials. Other than the
Marketing Materials, the Underwriter has not provided any
“marketing materials” (as such term is defined in
National Instrument 41-101 – General Prospectus Requirements) to any
potential investors in connection with the Offering.
(1)
The Underwriter
hereby covenants and agrees with the Corporation, the
following:
(a)
Jurisdictions and Offering Price.
During the period of distribution of the Offered Shares by or
through or arranged by the Underwriter, the Underwriter will (i)
offer and sell Offered Shares (other than sales in the United
States) to the public only in the Selling Jurisdictions or where
they may lawfully be offered for sale upon the terms and conditions
set forth in the Prospectus, and (ii) offer and arrange for the
sale of Offered Shares in the United States through a U.S.
Affiliate in accordance with and upon the terms and conditions set
forth herein and in the U.S. Memoranda and, in each case, in
accordance with this Agreement either directly or through other
registered investment dealers and brokers. The Underwriter shall be
entitled to assume that the Offered Shares are qualified for
distribution in any Qualifying Jurisdiction where the Final Receipt
shall have been obtained following the filing of the
Prospectus.
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(b)
Compliance with Securities Laws. The
Underwriter will comply with applicable Securities Laws in
connection with the offer and sale and distribution of the Offered
Shares.
(c)
U.S. Sales. The Underwriter will not
directly or indirectly, solicit offers to purchase or sell the
Offered Shares or deliver any Offering Document to purchasers so as
to require registration of the Offered Shares or filing of a
prospectus or registration statement with respect to those Offered
Shares under the laws of any jurisdiction (including, without
limitation, the United States), other than the Qualifying
Jurisdictions. Any offer or sales of Offered Shares (including any
unsold allotment of Offered Shares) in the United States will be
made in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in this
Agreement and the U.S. Memorandum. The terms and conditions and the
representations and warranties and covenants of the parties
contained in Schedule “C” form part of this
Agreement.
(d)
Completion of Distribution. The
Underwriter will use its commercially reasonable efforts to
complete the distribution of the Offered Shares as promptly as
possible after the Closing Time. The Underwriter will notify the
Corporation when it has ceased the distribution of the Offered
Shares, and, within thirty (30) days after completion of the
distribution, will provide the Corporation, in writing, with a
breakdown of the number of Offered Shares distributed (i) in each
of the Qualifying Jurisdictions, and (ii) in any other Selling
Jurisdictions.
(e)
Liability on Default. Neither the
Underwriter nor any U.S. Affiliate shall be liable to the
Corporation under this section with respect to a breach or default
by the other nor by any selling group members appointed by the
other.
Section
10 Conditions
of Closing
The
Underwriter’s obligation to purchase the Offered Shares
pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject to the following
conditions:
(1)
the Underwriter
receiving at the Closing Time favourable legal opinions from Blake,
Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel to the Corporation (who may
rely, to the extent appropriate in the circumstances, on the
opinions of local counsel acceptable to counsel to the Underwriter
as to the qualification of the Offered Shares for sale to the
public, certain corporate matters and as to other matters governed
by the laws of jurisdictions in Canada other than the provinces and
territories in which they are qualified to practice and may rely,
to the extent appropriate in the circumstances, as to matters of
fact on certificates of officers, public and exchange officials or
of the auditor or transfer agent of the Corporation), to the effect
set forth below:
(a)
the Corporation is
a corporation incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (British
Columbia) and is a valid and existing company and is, with respect
to filing annual reports, in good standing and has all requisite
corporate power and capacity to own and lease its properties and
assets as described in the Offering Documents;
(b)
the Corporation has
all necessary corporate power and capacity to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under this Agreement and to issue and sell
the Offered Shares;
(c)
the authorized and
issued capital of the Corporation;
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(d)
all necessary
corporate action has been taken by the Corporation to authorize the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of its
obligations hereunder and this Agreement has been executed and
delivered by the Corporation and constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Corporation enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and
other laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and subject
to such other standard assumptions and qualifications including the
qualifications that equitable remedies may be granted in the
discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction and that
enforcement of rights to indemnity, contribution and waiver of
contribution set out in this Agreement may be limited by applicable
law;
(e)
the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the fulfilment of the terms hereof
by the Corporation and the issuance, sale and delivery of the
Offered Shares, do not and will not result in a breach or violation
of the notice of articles or articles of the Corporation or will
not result in any violation of any law of the Province of British
Columbia or the federal laws of Canada applicable
therein;
(f)
all necessary
corporate action has been taken by the Corporation to authorize the
execution and delivery of each of the Preliminary Prospectus and
the Final Prospectus (and any Supplementary Material) and the
filing thereof with the Securities Commissions;
(g)
the Offered Shares
have been validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable shares in
the capital of the Corporation;
(h)
all necessary
documents have been filed, all necessary proceedings have been
taken and all necessary authorizations, approvals, permits,
consents and orders have been obtained under Canadian Securities
Laws to qualify the issuance, distribution and sale of the Offered
Shares in the Qualifying Jurisdictions by or through investment
dealers or brokers duly registered under the applicable Canadian
Securities Laws who comply with the relevant provisions of such
laws and the terms of such registration;
(i)
subject to the
qualifications set out in the Prospectus under the heading
“Eligibility for Investment”, the Offered Shares will,
on the Closing Date, be qualified investments under the
Income Tax Act (Canada) for
trusts governed by registered retirement savings plans, registered
education savings plans, registered retirement income funds,
deferred profit sharing plans, registered disability savings plans
and tax free savings accounts;
(j)
subject only to the
customary listing conditions, the Offered Shares have been
conditionally listed or approved for listing on the TSX;
and
(k)
to such other
matters as may reasonably be requested by the
Underwriter;
in a
form acceptable to counsel to the Underwriter, acting
reasonably.
(1)
the Underwriter
receiving, at the Closing Time, the favourable legal opinion dated
the Closing Date from Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, United States
counsel for the Corporation, to the effect that the offer and sale
of Offered Shares in the United States in accordance with the U.S.
Memoranda and this Agreement (including Schedule “C”
hereto) will not be required to be registered under the U.S.
Securities Act, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Underwriter and its counsel, acting reasonably;
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(2)
the Underwriter
receiving at the Closing Time title opinions from legal counsel
acceptable to the Underwriter, regarding the right to or ownership
of the Gibellini Project in a form acceptable to the Underwriter
and its counsel, acting reasonably;
(3)
the Underwriter
receiving at the Closing Time favourable legal opinions from legal
counsel to the Corporation acceptable to the Underwriter, regarding
the Material Subsidiaries in a form acceptable to the Underwriter
and its counsel, acting reasonably, to the effect set out
below:
(a)
the Material
Subsidiary having been incorporated and existing under its
jurisdiction of incorporation;
(b)
the Material
Subsidiary having the corporate capacity and power to own and lease
its properties and assets and to conduct its business as described
in the Offering Documents; and
(c)
as to the
authorized and issued share capital of the Material Subsidiary and
to the ownership thereof;
(1)
the Underwriter
having received certificates dated the Closing Date and signed by
two senior officers of the Corporation as may be acceptable to the
Underwriter, acting reasonably, in form and content satisfactory to
the Underwriter, acting reasonably, with respect to:
(a)
the constating
documents of the Corporation;
(b)
the resolutions of
the directors of the Corporation relevant to the Offering
Documents, the sale of the Offered Shares, and the authorization of
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein;
and
(c)
the incumbency and
signatures of signing officers for the Corporation;
(1)
the Underwriter
receiving certificates of status and/or compliance, where issuable
under applicable law, for the Corporation and the Material
Subsidiaries, each dated within one (1) Business Day prior to the
Closing Date, or as close to the Closing Date as practicable in the
relevant jurisdictions;
(2)
the Underwriter
receiving, at the Closing Time, a “bring down” auditors
comfort letter dated the Closing Date from the auditors of the
Corporation, Davidson & Company, LLP, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Underwriter, acting reasonably, bringing
forward to a date not more than two Business Days prior to the
Closing Date the information contained in the comfort letter
referred to in Section 4(2)(c) hereof;
(3)
the Underwriter
receiving from the Corporation at the Closing Time, a certificate
dated the Closing Date and signed by the Chief Executive Officer
and the Chief Financial Officer or such other senior officer(s) of
the Corporation as may be acceptable to the Underwriter, certifying
for and on behalf of the Corporation and without personal
liability, after having made due enquiries, that:
(a)
no
order, ruling or determination having the effect of suspending the
distribution or ceasing the trading or prohibiting the distribution
of the Offered Shares or any other securities of the Corporation
(including the Common Shares) has been issued by any regulatory
authority and is continuing in effect and no proceedings for that
purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of
such officers, contemplated or threatened by any regulatory
authority
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(b)
there has been no
material change (actual, anticipated, contemplated or threatened,
whether financial or otherwise) in the business, affairs,
operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise),
prospects or capital of the Corporation on a consolidated basis, or
new material fact, or change in any material fact (which includes
the disclosure of any previously undisclosed material fact)
contained in the Final Prospectus, which fact or change is, or may
be, of such a nature as to render any statement in the Final
Prospectus misleading or untrue in any material respect or which
would result in a misrepresentation in the Final Prospectus or
which would result in the Final Prospectus not complying with
applicable Securities Laws or which would require an amendment to
the Final Prospectus;
(c)
the representations
and warranties of the Corporation contained in this Agreement, and
in any certificates of the Corporation delivered pursuant to or in
connection with this Agreement, are true and correct in all
material respects as of the Closing Time as if such representations
and warranties were made as at the Closing Time, after giving
effect to the transactions contemplated hereby; and
(d)
the Corporation has
complied in all material respects with all the covenants and
satisfied in all material respects all the terms and conditions of
this Agreement on its part to be complied with and satisfied at or
prior to the Closing Time.
(1)
the Corporation's
directors and officers shall each have entered into lock-up
agreements, substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule
“D”;
(2)
the Underwriter
having received, at the Closing Time, a certificate from
Computershare Investor Services Inc. as to the number of Common
Shares issued and outstanding as at the end of Business Day on the
date prior to the Closing Date;
(3)
at the Closing
Time, no order, ruling or determination having the effect of
ceasing or suspending trading in any securities of the Corporation
or prohibiting the distribution of the Offered Shares or any of the
Corporation’s issued securities being issued and no
proceeding for such purpose being pending or, to the knowledge of
the Corporation, threatened by any securities regulatory authority
or the TSX;
(4)
the Corporation
having delivered to the Underwriter evidence of the approval (or
conditional approval) of the listing and posting for trading of the
Offered Shares on the TSX, subject only to satisfaction by the
Corporation of customary listing conditions;
(5)
the Corporation
complying with all of its covenants and obligations under this
Agreement required to be satisfied at or prior to the Closing
Time;
(6)
the Commission
having been paid in accordance with Section 14 of this
Agreement;
(7)
the Underwriter not
having exercised any rights of termination set forth herein;
and
(8)
the Underwriter
having received at the Closing Time such further certificates,
opinions of counsel and other documentation from the Corporation
contemplated herein.
Section
11 Closing
(1)
Location of Closing. The Offering will
be completed at the offices of Blake, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP in
Vancouver, British Columbia at the Closing Time on the Closing
Date.
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(2)
Certificate(s). At the Closing Time,
subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement,
the Corporation shall deliver to the Underwriter in Vancouver,
British Columbia, the Offered Shares in electronic or certificated
form, registered as directed by the Underwriter in writing not less
than 24 hours prior to the Closing Time, against payment to the
Corporation by the Underwriter of the aggregate Offering Price for
the Offered Shares being issued and sold hereunder by wire transfer
net of the Commission and expenses of the Underwriter payable by
the Corporation as set out in this Agreement.
Section
12 Reserved.
Section
13 Indemnification
and Contribution
(1)
The Corporation
hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Underwriter, and/or any of
its respective affiliates (collectively for the purposes of this
Section 13, the “Underwriters”) and each of the
directors, officers, employees and agents of the Underwriters
(collectively, the “Personnel”) harmless from and
against any
and all expenses, losses (other than loss of profits, indirect or
consequential damages), claims, actions, damages or liabilities,
whether joint or several (including the aggregate amount paid with
the Corporation’s prior consent in reasonable settlement of
any actions, suits, proceedings or claims), and the reasonable fees
and expenses of its counsel that may be incurred in advising with
respect to and/or defending any claim that may be made against the
Underwriters and/or the Personnel, to which the Underwriters and/or
their Personnel may become subject or otherwise involved in any
capacity under any statute or common law or otherwise insofar as
such expenses, losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions
arise out of or are based, directly or indirectly, upon the
performance of professional services rendered to the Corporation by
the Underwriters and/or their Personnel or otherwise in connection
with the matters referred to in this Agreement, including, without
limitation, in any way caused by, or arising directly or indirectly
from, or in consequence of:
(a)
any misrepresentation
or alleged misrepresentation contained in this Agreement or any of
the Offering Documents, including for certainty any Documents
Incorporated by Reference;
(b)
any information or
statement (except any information or statement relating solely to
the Underwriters and furnished by them in writing expressly for
inclusion therein) contained in any certificate of the Corporation
delivered under or pursuant to this Agreement which at the time and
in light of the circumstances under which it was made contains or
is alleged to contain a misrepresentation;
(c)
any misrepresentation or alleged misrepresentation, in any
certificate of the Corporation delivered under or pursuant to this
Agreement; or
(d)
any non-compliance by
the Corporation with any requirements of the BC Securities
Act or
other applicable Securities Laws.
(1)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this
indemnity shall not apply to the extent that a court of competent
jurisdiction in a final judgment that has become non-appealable
shall determine that:
(a)
the Underwriters or their Personnel have been grossly negligent or
have committed any fraudulent or illegal act in the course of the
performance of professional services rendered to the Corporation by
the Underwriters and/or their Personnel or otherwise in connection
with the Offering pursuant to this Agreement; and
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(b)
the expenses, losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as to which
indemnification is claimed, were directly caused by the negligence,
fraud or illegality referred to in (a) immediately
above.
If for any reason
(other than the occurrence of any of the events itemized in 2(a)
and (b) above), the foregoing indemnification is unavailable to the
Underwriters or insufficient to hold them harmless, then the
Corporation shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the
Underwriters as a result of such expense, loss, claim, damage or
liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only
the relative benefits received by the Corporation on the one hand
and the Underwriters on the other hand but also the relative fault
of the Corporation and the Underwriters, as well as any relevant
equitable considerations; provided that the Corporation shall, in
any event, contribute to the amount paid or payable by the
Underwriters as a result of such expense, loss, claim, damage or
liability, any excess of such amount over the amount of the
Commission received by the Underwriters pursuant to this
Agreement.
(2)
The Corporation agrees
that in case any legal proceeding shall be brought against the
Corporation and/or the Underwriters by any governmental commission
or regulatory authority or any stock exchange or other entity
having regulatory authority, either domestic or foreign, shall
investigate the Corporation and/or the Underwriters and any
Personnel of the Underwriters shall be required to testify in
connection therewith or shall be required to respond to procedures
designed to discover information regarding, in connection with, or
by reason of the performance of professional services rendered to
the Corporation by the Underwriters, the Underwriters shall have
the right to employ their own counsel in connection therewith, and
the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel as well as the
reasonable costs (including an amount to reimburse the Underwriters
for time spent by their Personnel in connection therewith) and
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by their Personnel in connection
therewith shall, subject to the right of indemnity, be paid by the
Corporation as they occur.
(3)
Promptly after receipt
of notice of the commencement of any legal proceeding against the
Underwriters or any of their Personnel or after receipt of notice
of the commencement of any investigation, which is based, directly
or indirectly, upon any matter in respect of which indemnification
may be sought from the Corporation, the Underwriters will notify
the Corporation in writing of the commencement thereof and,
throughout the course thereof, will provide copies of all relevant
documentation to the Corporation, will keep the Corporation advised
of the progress thereof and will discuss with the Corporation all
significant actions proposed. The omission so to notify the
Corporation shall not relieve the Corporation of any liability
which the Corporation may have to the Underwriters except only to
the extent that any such delay in giving or failure to give notice
as herein required materially prejudices the defence of such
action, suit, proceeding, claim or investigation or results in any
material increase in the liability which the Corporation would
otherwise have under this indemnity had the Underwriters not so
delayed in giving or failed to give the notice required
hereunder.
(4)
The Corporation shall
be entitled, at its own expense, to participate in and, to the
extent it may wish to do so, assume the defence thereof, provided
such defence is conducted by experienced and competent counsel.
Upon the Corporation notifying the Underwriters in writing of its
election to assume the defence and retaining counsel, the
Corporation shall not be liable to the Underwriters for any legal
expenses subsequently incurred by them in connection with such
defence. If such defence is assumed by the Corporation, the
Corporation throughout the course thereof will provide copies of
all relevant documentation to the Underwriters, will keep the
Underwriters advised of the progress thereof and will discuss with
the Underwriters all significant actions proposed.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing paragraph, any Underwriter shall have the right, at the
Corporation’s expense, to employ counsel of such
Underwriter’s choice, in respect of the defence of any
action, suit, proceeding, claim or investigation if: (a) the
employment of such counsel has been authorized by the Corporation;
or (b) the Corporation has not assumed the defence and employed
counsel therefor within a reasonable time after receiving notice of
such action, suit, proceeding, claim or investigation; or (c)
counsel retained by the Corporation or the Underwriter(s) has
advised the Underwriters that representation of both parties by the
same counsel would be inappropriate for any reason, including
without limitation because there may be legal defences available to
the Underwriters which are different from or in addition to
those available to the Corporation (in which event and to that
extent, the Corporation shall not have the right to assume or
direct the defence on the Underwriter’s behalf) or that there
is a conflict of interest between the Corporation and the
Underwriters or the subject matter of the action, suit, proceeding,
claim or investigation may not fall within the indemnity set forth
herein (in either of which events the Corporation shall not have
the right to assume or direct the defence on the
Underwriters’ behalf).
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(5)
No admission of
liability and no settlement of any action, suit, proceeding, claim
or investigation shall be made without the consent of the
Underwriters affected. No admission of liability shall be made and
the Corporation shall not be liable for any settlement of any
action, suit, proceeding, claim or investigation made without its
consent.
(6)
The indemnity and
contribution obligations of the Corporation shall be in addition to
any liability which the Corporation may otherwise have, shall
extend upon the same terms and conditions to the Personnel of the
Underwriters and shall be binding upon and enure to the benefit of
any successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives of the
Corporation, the Underwriters and any of the Personnel of the
Underwriters. The foregoing provisions shall survive the completion
of professional services rendered under this Agreement or any
termination of the authorization given by this
Agreement.
(7)
The indemnity provided
by this Section 13 shall not be assignable by any party hereto
without the prior written consent of each other party hereto and no
waiver, amendment or other modification of this indemnity shall be
effective unless in writing and signed by each of the parties
hereto.
Section
14 Compensation
of the Underwriter
The
Corporation shall pay to the Underwriter a fee (the
“Commission”) at
the Closing Time equal to 6.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds
received from the sale of the Offered Shares in consideration of
the services to be rendered by the Underwriter in connection with
the Offering. The Commission will be netted out of the gross
proceeds of the Offering.
Section
15 Expenses
Whether
or not the purchase and sale of the Offered Shares shall be
completed, all costs and expenses of or incidental to the Offering
shall be borne by the Corporation, including, without limitation,
(a) all reasonable expenses of or incidental to the creation issue,
sale or distribution of the Offered Shares and the filing of the
Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus (and any
Supplementary Material), (b) the reasonable costs and expenses of
the Corporation’s legal counsel, (c) all reasonable costs
incurred in connection with the preparation of documentation
relating to the Offering, (d) all reasonable costs and expenses of
the Underwriter, and (e) all reasonable fees, disbursements and
applicable taxes thereon of the Underwriter’s legal counsel
(not to exceed $75,000 plus HST). All reasonable costs and expenses
incurred by the Underwriter or on its behalf shall be payable by
the Corporation immediately upon receiving an invoice therefor. At
the option of the Underwriter, the Underwriter’s costs and
expenses may be deducted from the gross proceeds of the Offering
otherwise payable to the Corporation at the Closing
Time.
Section
16 All
Terms to be Conditions
The
Corporation agrees that the conditions contained in this Agreement
will be complied with insofar as the same relate to acts to be
performed or caused to be performed by the Corporation and each of
the Corporation and the Underwriter will use its respective
commercially reasonable efforts to cause all such conditions to be
complied with. It is understood that the Underwriter may waive, in
whole or in part, or extend the time for compliance with, any of
such terms and conditions without prejudice to the rights of the
Underwriter in respect of any such terms and conditions or any
other or subsequent breach or non-compliance, provided that to be
binding on the Underwriter any such waiver or extension must be in
writing.
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Section
17 Termination
by Underwriter in Certain Events
(1)
The Underwriter
shall be entitled to terminate its obligation to purchase the
Offered Shares by written notice to that effect given to the
Corporation at or prior to the Closing Time if:
(a)
there should occur
any material change (actual, anticipated, contemplated or
threatened, financial or otherwise) in the business, affairs,
operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise), capital
or control of the Corporation or a change in any material fact
(other than a material fact related solely to the Underwriter as
provided by the Underwriter in writing in connection with and
solely for the purposes of inclusion in the Offering Documents), or
the Underwriter becomes aware of any undisclosed material fact or
information (other than a material fact or information related
solely to the Underwriter as provided by the Underwriter in writing
in connection with and solely for the purposes of inclusion in the
Offering Documents), which in the opinion of the Underwriter,
acting reasonably, could be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the market price or value of the Offered Shares;
or
(b)
there should
develop, occur or come into effect or existence, or be announced,
any event, action, state, condition or major financial occurrence,
catastrophe, accident, natural disaster, public protest, war or act
of terrorism of national or international consequence or any new
law or regulation or a change thereof or other occurrence of any
nature whatsoever which, in the opinion of the Underwriter, acting
reasonably, seriously adversely effects, or involves, or is
expected to seriously adversely effect, or involve, financial
markets in Canada or the United States generally or the business,
operations, assets, liabilities (contingent or otherwise), capital
or control of the Corporation; or
(c)
there should occur
or commence or be announced or threatened any inquiry, action,
suit, investigation or other proceeding (whether formal or
informal) or any order or ruling is issued under or pursuant to any
statute of Canada or the United States or of any province or
territory of Canada, or state of the United States (including,
without limitation, the British Columbia Securities Commission, the
securities regulatory authority in any of the other Selling
Jurisdictions, the TSX or the SEC) (other than any such inquiry,
action, suit, investigation or other proceeding or order relating
solely to the Underwriter), which, in the reasonable opinion of the
Underwriter, would be expected to operate to prevent or materially
restrict trading in or distribution of the Offered Shares or would
have a Material Adverse Effect on the market price or value of the
Offered Shares; or
(d)
the Corporation is
in breach of any term, condition or covenant of this Agreement or
any representation or warranty given by the Corporation in this
Agreement becomes or is false.
(1)
If this Agreement
is terminated by the Underwriter pursuant to Section 17(1), there
shall be no further liability on the part the Underwriter or of the
Corporation to the Underwriter, except in respect of any liability
which may have arisen or may thereafter arise under Sections 13 and
15.
(2)
The right of the
Underwriter to terminate its obligations under this Agreement is in
addition to such other remedies as it may have in respect of any
default, act or failure to act of the Corporation in respect of any
of the matters contemplated by this Agreement.
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Section
18 Reduced
Price Distributions.
The
Underwriter proposes to offer the Offered Shares at the Offering
Price specified above. After a reasonable effort has been made to
sell all of the Offered Shares at the Offering Price, the
Underwriter may, in compliance with Canadian Securities Laws and,
specifically, the requirements of NI 44-101 and the disclosure
concerning the same contained in the Prospectus and the U.S.
Private Placement Memorandum, subsequently reduce and thereafter
change, from time to time, the price at which the Offered Shares
are offered to an amount not greater than the Offering
Price.
Section
19 Notices
Any
notice or other communication required or permitted to be given
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered,
in the
case of the Corporation, to:
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
0000
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Attention: Xx.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, President and Chief Executive Officer
Email:
xxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx
Fax: (000)
000-0000
with a
copy of any such notice to (which shall not constitute
notice):
Blake,
Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
0000
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Email:
xxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
Fax: (000)
000-0000
in the
case of the Underwriter:
BMO
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Inc.
Suite
1700 – 000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Attention: Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Email:
xxxxxx.xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx
Fax: (000)
000-0000
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with a
copy of any such notice to (which shall not constitute
notice):
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx LLP
Suite
2200 – 000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Attention: Xxxxxx
Xxxx
Email:
xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Fax: (000)
000-0000
The
Corporation and the Underwriter may change their respective
addresses for notices by notice given in the manner aforesaid. Any
such notice or other communication shall be in writing, and unless
delivered personally to the addressee or to a responsible officer
of the addressee, as applicable, shall be given by facsimile or
other electronic transmission and shall be deemed to have been
given when: (i) in the case of a notice delivered personally to a
responsible officer of the addressee, when so delivered; and (ii)
in the case of a notice delivered or given by facsimile or other
electronic transmission on the day of sending (with written
confirmation of receipt from the sending machine) if prior to 4:00
p.m. (local time at place of receipt) on a Business Day and,
otherwise, on the next Business Day following the sending thereof
and, if given by courier service when delivered.
Section
20 Miscellaneous
(a)
Successors and Assigns. This Agreement
shall enure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the
Underwriter and the Corporation and their respective successors and
legal representatives.
(b)
Governing Law. This Agreement shall be
governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the
Province of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada
applicable therein and the parties hereto
hereby irrevocably attorn to the jurisdiction of the court of the
Province of British Columbia.
(c)
Time of the Essence. Time shall be of
the essence hereof and, following any waiver or indulgence by any
party, time shall again be of the essence hereof.
(d)
Interpretation. The words,
“hereunder”, “hereof” and similar phrases
mean and refer to the Agreement formed as a result of the
acceptance by the Corporation of this offer by the Underwriter to
purchase the Offered Shares.
(e)
Survival. All representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements of the Corporation and/or the
Underwriter herein contained or contained in documents submitted
pursuant to this Agreement and in connection with the transaction
of purchase and sale herein contemplated shall survive for a period
ending on the date that is three years following the Closing Date,
and the Corporation and the Underwriter will be entitled to rely
thereon, regardless of any subsequent disposition of the Offered
Shares or any investigation by or on behalf of the Underwriter with
respect thereto. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, Section 13
shall survive the purchase and sale of the Offered Shares and the
termination of this Agreement and shall continue in full force and
effect for the benefit of the Underwriter or the Corporation, as
the case may be, regardless of any subsequent disposition of the
Offered Shares or any investigation by or on behalf of the
Underwriter with respect thereto without limitation other than any
limitation requirements of applicable law.
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(f)
Electronic Copies. Each of the parties
hereto shall be entitled to rely on delivery of a facsimile or PDF
copy of this Agreement and acceptance by each such party of any
such facsimile or PDF copy shall be legally effective to create a
valid and binding agreement between the parties hereto in
accordance with the terms hereof.
(g)
Severability. If one or more of the
provisions contained herein shall, for any reason, be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision
of this Agreement, but this Agreement shall be construed as if such
invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision or provisions had never
been contained herein.
(h)
Counterparts. This Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so
executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when
taken together shall constitute one and the same
agreement.
(i)
Market Stabilization Activities. In
connection with the distribution of the Offered Shares, the
Underwriter may effect transactions which stabilize or maintain the
market price of the Common Shares at levels other than those which
might otherwise prevail in the open market, but in each case as
permitted by Canadian Securities Laws. Such stabilizing
transactions, if any, may be discontinued by the Underwriter at any
time.
(j)
No Fiduciary Duty. The Corporation
acknowledges that in connection with the Offering: (i) the
Underwriter has acted at arm’s length, is not an agents of,
and owes no fiduciary duties to, the Corporation or any other
person, (ii) the Underwriter owes the Corporation only those duties
and obligations set forth in this Agreement, and (iii) the
Underwriter may have interests that differ from those of the
Corporation. The Corporation waives to the full extent permitted by
applicable law any claims it may have against the Underwriter
arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with
the Offering.
(k)
Entire Agreement. This Agreement
constitutes the only agreement between the parties with respect to
the subject matter hereof and shall supersede any and all prior
negotiations and understandings in respect of the Offering,
including the engagement letter dated November 1, 2018. This
Agreement may be amended or modified in any respect by written
instrument only.
(l)
Further Assurances. Each of the parties
hereto shall do or cause to be done all such acts and things and
shall execute or cause to be executed all such documents,
agreements and other instruments as may reasonably be necessary or
desirable for the purpose of carrying out the provisions and intent
of this Agreement.
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If this
Agreement accurately reflects the terms of the transactions which
we are to enter into and are agreed to by you, please communicate
your acceptance by executing the enclosed copies of this Agreement
where indicated and returning them to us.
Yours
very truly,
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By:
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"Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx"
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Name:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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The
foregoing is hereby accepted and agreed to by the undersigned as of
the date first written above.
By:
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Xxxxxxxx"
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Name:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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President and CEO
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SCHEDULE “A”
This is Schedule “A” to the underwriting agreement
dated November 7, 2018 between Prophecy Development Corp. and BMO
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Inc.
MATERIAL SUBSIDIARIES
Name
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Jurisdiction of
Incorporation
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Number and
Percentage of Issued and Outstanding Shares
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Holder of Issued
and Outstanding Shares
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1104002
B.C. Ltd.
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British
Columbia
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100%
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VC
Exploration (US) Inc.
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Nevada
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100%
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1104002 B.C. Ltd.
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Vanadium
Gibellini Company LLC
|
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Nevada
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100%
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SCHEDULE “B”
This is Schedule “B” to the underwriting agreement
dated November 7, 2018 between Prophecy Development Corp. and BMO
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Inc.
NON-MATERIAL SUBSIDIARIES
Name
|
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Jurisdiction of
Incorporation
|
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Number and
Percentage of Issued and Outstanding Shares
|
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Holder of Issued
and Outstanding Shares
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0912601
B.C. Ltd.
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British
Columbia
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100%
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0912603
B.C. Ltd.
|
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British
Columbia
|
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100%
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Red
Hill Mongolia LLC
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Mongolia
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100%
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Prophecy Development Corp.
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Prophecy
Power Generation LLC
|
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Mongolia
|
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100%
|
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Prophecy Development Corp.
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Chandgana
Coal LLC
|
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Mongolia
|
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100%
|
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Prophecy Development Corp.
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UGL
Enterprises LLC
|
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Mongolia
|
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100%
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Prophecy Development Corp.
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1420
PSR PTE. LTD.
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Singapore
|
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100%
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Prophecy Development Corp.
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ASC
Holdings Limited
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Cayman
Islands
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100%
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Prophecy Development Corp.
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ASC
Bolivia LDC
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Cayman
Islands
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1%
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Prophecy Development Corp.
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99%
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ASC Holdings Limited
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ASC
Bolivia LDC Sucursal Bolivia
|
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Bolivia
|
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1%
|
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ASC Holdings Limited
|
|
|
|
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99%
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ASC Bolivia LDC
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Apogee
Minerals Bolivia S.A.
|
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Bolivia
|
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98%
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Prophecy Development Corp.
|
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1%
|
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Xxxx Xxx
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1%
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Xxxx Xxxx
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SCHEDULE “C”
This is Schedule “C” to the underwriting agreement
dated November 7, 2018 between Prophecy Development Corp. and BMO
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Inc.
UNITED STATES OFFERS AND SALES
Capitalized
terms used in this Schedule “C” and not defined shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Underwriting Agreement to
which this Schedule is annexed and the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
(a)
“Directed Selling Efforts” means
“directed selling efforts” as that term is defined in
Rule 902(c) of Regulation S. Without limiting the foregoing, but
for greater clarity in this Schedule, it means, subject to the
exclusions from the definition of directed selling efforts
contained in Regulation S, any activity undertaken for the purpose
of, or that could reasonably be expected to have the effect of,
conditioning the market in the United States for any of the Shares
and includes the placement of any advertisement in a publication
with a general circulation in the United States that refers to the
Offering;
(b)
“FINRA” means the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.;
(c)
“Foreign Issuer” means
“foreign issuer” as that term is defined in Rule 902(e)
of Regulation S;
(d)
“General Solicitation” and
“General
Advertising” mean “general solicitation”
and “general advertising”, respectively, as used in
Rule 502(c) of Regulation D, including advertisements, articles,
notices or other communications published in any newspaper,
magazine, the internet or similar media or broadcast over radio or
television, or the internet or any seminar or meeting whose
attendees had been invited by general solicitation or general
advertising;
(e)
“Qualified Institutional Buyer”
means a “qualified institutional buyer” as that term is
defined in Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act;
(f)
“Regulation D” means Regulation D
adopted by the SEC under the U.S. Securities Act;
(g)
“Regulation S” means Regulation S
adopted by the SEC under the U.S. Securities Act;
(h)
“SEC” means the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission;
(i)
“Shares” means the Offered
Shares;
(j)
“Substantial U.S. Market Interest”
means “substantial U.S. market interest” as that term
is defined in Rule 902(j) of Regulation S; and
(k)
“U.S. Exchange Act” means the
United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
Underwriter
The
Underwriter acknowledges that the Shares have not been and will not
be registered under the U.S. Securities Act or any U.S. state
securities laws and may be offered and sold only in transactions
exempt from or not subject to the registration requirements of the
U.S. Securities Act and U.S. state securities laws. Accordingly,
the Underwriter represents, warrants and covenants to the
Corporation that:
1.
It has not offered
and sold, and will not offer and sell, any Shares as a part of the
distribution except (a) in an “offshore transaction” in
accordance with Rule 903 of Regulation S, or (b) in the United
States as provided in paragraphs 2 through 10 below. Neither the
Underwriter nor any of its affiliates nor any person acting on its
or their behalf, has engaged or will engage in any Directed Selling
Efforts in the United States with respect to the
Shares.
2.
It has not entered
and will not enter into any contractual arrangement with respect to
the distribution of the Shares, except with its affiliates, any
selling group members or with the prior written consent of the
Corporation. It shall require each selling group member to agree,
for the benefit of the Corporation, to comply with, and shall use
its reasonable best efforts to ensure that each selling group
member complies with, the same provisions of this Schedule as apply
to such Underwriter as if such provisions applied to such selling
group member.
3.
All offers and
sales of Shares in the United States have been and will be made or
arranged through the Underwriter’s U.S. registered broker
dealer affiliate (“U.S.
Affiliate”) in compliance with all applicable U.S.
requirements governing the registration and conduct of
broker-dealers.
4.
Offers and sales of
Shares in the United States have not been and will not be made by
any form of General Solicitation or General Advertising or in any
manner involving a public offering within the meaning of section
4(a)(2) of the U.S. Securities Act.
5.
Offers to sell and
solicitations of offers to buy the Shares in the United States
shall be made in a manner consistent with Rule 144A of the U.S.
Securities Act to persons with whom such Underwriter has a
pre-existing relationship and who are or are reasonably believed by
them to be Qualified Institutional Buyers.
6.
All purchasers of
the Shares that are in the United States shall be informed that the
Shares have not been and will not be registered under the U.S.
Securities Act or any state securities laws and are being offered
and sold to such purchasers by the Corporation in reliance on the
exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities
Act provided by Rule 144A of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable
state securities laws.
7.
Each offeree of
Shares that is in the United States has been or shall be provided
with a copy of the U.S. Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum in
respect of the Preliminary Prospectus. Each purchaser of Shares
that is in the United States will have received at or prior to the
time of purchase of any Shares the U.S. Final Private Placement
Memorandum including the Final Prospectus.
8.
Prior to any sale
of Shares in the United States, each purchaser thereof will be
required to execute a U.S. Purchaser’s Letter in the form
attached to the U.S. Memoranda.
9.
Prior to the
Closing Date, it will provide the Corporation with a list of all
purchasers of the Shares that are in the United States. Prior to
the Closing Time, it will provide the Corporation with copies of
all U.S. Purchaser’s Letters.
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10.
On the Closing
Date, each Underwriter arranging for sales of Shares to Qualified
Institutional Buyers will together with its U.S. Affiliate provide
to the Corporation a certificate in the form of Exhibit A to this
Schedule “C” relating to the manner of the offer and
sale of the Shares in the United States or will be deemed to have
represented that neither it nor its U.S. Affiliate offered, or sold
Shares in the United States.
Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the
Corporation
The
Corporation represents, warrants, covenants and agrees
that:
1.
The Corporation is
a Foreign Issuer with no Substantial U.S. Market Interest in the
Shares and is not now and as a result of the sale of Shares
contemplated hereby will not be required to be registered as an
investment company under the United States Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended.
2.
Neither the
Corporation, its subsidiaries nor any of its affiliates, nor any
person acting on its or their behalf (except the Underwriter, its
affiliates and any persons acting on any of their behalf, in
respect of which no representation is made) (a) has made or will
make any Directed Selling Efforts with respect to any of the
Shares, (b) has engaged in or will engage in any form of General
Solicitation or General Advertising with respect to offers or sales
of the any of the Shares in the United States, or (c) has taken or
will take any other action that would cause the exemptions or
exclusions from registration provided by Rule 144A of the U.S.
Securities Act and Regulation S to be unavailable with respect to
offers and sales of the Shares pursuant to this Schedule
“C”.
3.
The Corporation
will, within prescribed time periods, prepare and file any forms or
notices required under the U.S. Securities Act or applicable blue
sky laws in connection with the offer and sale of the
Shares.
4.
The Shares are not,
and as of the Closing Time will not be, and no securities of the
same class as the Shares are or will be: (i) listed on a national
securities exchange in the United States registered under Section 6
of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; (ii)
quoted in a “U.S. automated inter-dealer quotation
system”, as such term is used for purposes of Rule 144A; or
(iii) convertible or exchangeable into, or exercisable for,
securities so listed or quoted at an effective conversion or
exercise premium (calculated as specified in paragraph (a)(6) and
(a)(7) of Rule 144A) of less than ten percent for securities so
listed or quoted.
5.
The Corporation
will, within the prescribed time periods, prepare and file any
forms or notices required under the U.S. Securities Act or any
state securities laws in connection with the sale of the Offered
Shares.
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ANNEX 1 TO SCHEDULE “C”
UNDERWRITER’S CERTIFICATE
In
connection with the private placement in the United States of
common shares (the “Offered
Shares”) of Prophecy Development Corp. (the
“Corporation”)
pursuant to the underwriting agreement dated as of November 7,
2018, between the Corporation and the Underwriter (the
“Underwriting
Agreement”), each of the undersigned does hereby
certify that:
(a)
all offers and
sales of the Shares in the United States were effected by or
through the undersigned U.S. broker-dealer affiliate (the
“U.S.
Affiliate”) and have been made in accordance with all
applicable United States federal and state securities (including
broker-dealer) laws;
(b)
the U.S. Affiliate
is a duly registered broker or dealer pursuant to Section 15(b) of
the U.S. Exchange Act, and under the laws of each applicable state
of the United States (unless exempted from the respective
state’s broker-dealer registration requirements) and is a
member of and in good standing with FINRA on the date
hereof;
(c)
each offeree and
purchaser that was in the United States was provided with a copy of
the U.S. Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum in respect of the
Preliminary Prospectus and, prior to the sale of Shares to such
purchaser, each such purchaser was provided with a copy of the U.S.
Final Private Placement Memorandum including the Final
Prospectus;
(d)
immediately prior
to our transmitting the U.S. Memoranda to such offerees, we had
reasonable grounds to believe and did believe that each offeree was
a Qualified Institutional Buyer and, on the date hereof, we
continue to believe that each offeree in the United States
purchasing the Shares through us is a Qualified Institutional
Buyer;
(e)
no form of General
Solicitation or General Advertising was used by us, including
advertisements, articles, notices or other communications published
in any newspaper, magazine, the internet or similar media or
broadcast over radio, television or the internet, or any seminar or
meeting whose attendees had been invited by general solicitation or
general advertising, in connection with the offer or sale of the
Shares in the United States;
(f)
prior to any sale
of Shares by the Corporation to a Qualified Institutional Buyer we
caused each U.S. purchaser thereof to execute a U.S.
Purchaser’s Letter in the form attached to the U.S.
Memoranda; and
(g)
the offering of the
Shares in the United States has been conducted by us in accordance
with the Underwriting Agreement, including Schedule “C”
thereto.
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Terms
used in this certificate have the meanings given to them in the
Underwriting Agreement unless otherwise defined
herein.
Dated
this ____ day of _______________, 2018.
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SCHEDULE D
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
[●],
2018
[●]
Re: Prophecy Development Corp. - Lock-Up Agreement
The
undersigned, a director or officer of Prophecy Development Corp.
(the “Corporation”), understands that
BMO Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Inc. (the “Underwriter”) has entered into an
underwriting agreement with the Corporation providing for an
offering in Canada and the United States (the “Offering”) of common shares of the
Corporation. The undersigned also acknowledges that the Underwriter
has requested that the undersigned enter into this agreement as a
condition of completion of the Offering and that, in consideration
of the Offering and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby expressly acknowledged
by the undersigned, the undersigned has agreed to enter into this
agreement (the “Lock-Up
Agreement”) in favour of the Underwriter.
The
undersigned represents and agrees that during the period beginning
from the date hereof and ending 90 days from the closing date of
the Offering (the “Lock-Up
Period”), he, she or it shall not (and shall cause its
affiliates not to) directly or indirectly, offer, sell, contract to
sell, transfer, assign, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make
any short sale or otherwise dispose of or monetize any common
shares of the Corporation, or any options or warrants to purchase
any common shares of the Corporation, or any securities convertible
into, exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive,
common shares of the Corporation, now owned directly or indirectly
by the undersigned, or under control or direction of the
undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has beneficial
ownership as set out in Appendix "1" attached hereto (collectively,
the “Undersigned’s
Securities”), or subsequently acquired, directly or
indirectly by the undersigned, or under control or direction of the
undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned acquires
beneficial ownership (together with the Undersigned’s
Securities, the “Locked-up
Securities”) or enter into any swap, forward or other
arrangement that transfers all or a portion of the economic
consequences associated with the ownership of the Locked-up
Securities (regardless of whether any such arrangement is to be
settled by the delivery of securities of the Corporation,
securities of another person, cash or otherwise) or agree to do any
of the foregoing or publicly announce any intention to do any of
the foregoing.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the undersigned may offer, sell, contract to sell,
transfer, assign, pledge, grant an option to purchase, make any
short sale or otherwise dispose of any of the Locked-up Securities,
or enter into any swap, forward or other arrangement that transfers
all or a portion of the economic consequences associated with the
ownership of the Locked-up Securities, whether directly or
indirectly, during the Lock-Up Period:
1.
with the prior
written consent of the Underwriter, such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld;
2.
without the consent
of the Underwriter, in order for the undersigned to sell, transfer
or tender the Locked-up Securities (or any of them) to a bona fide
take-over bid made to all holders of common shares of the
Corporation or in connection with a merger, business combination,
arrangement, consolidation, reorganization, restructuring or
similar transaction (a “reorganization”) involving the
Corporation; provided, however, that in such case it shall be a
condition of the sale, transfer or tender that if such take-over
bid or reorganization is not completed during the Lock-Up Period,
any Locked-up Securities subject to this Lock-Up Agreement shall
remain subject to the restrictions herein;
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3.
without the consent
of the Underwriter, where the undersigned exercises any options or
warrants provided that any underlying securities issued by the
Corporation on such exercise remain part of the Locked-up
Securities for purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement; and
4.
without the consent
of the Underwriter, directly or indirectly, (A) pursuant to gifts
and transfers by will or intestacy and (B) pursuant to transfers to
(i) the undersigned’s members, partners, affiliates,
associates or immediate family or (ii) a trust or Registered
Retirement Savings Plan, the beneficiaries of which are the
undersigned and/or members of the undersigned's immediate family;
provided in each such case that, as a pre-condition to (A) and (B)
the donee or transferee agrees in writing to be bound by the
foregoing in the same manner as it applies to the undersigned.
“Immediate family” shall mean spouse, lineal
descendants, father, mother, brother or sister of the transferor
and father, mother, brother or sister of the transferor’s
spouse.
The
undersigned understands that the Corporation and the Underwriter
are relying upon this Lock-Up Agreement in proceeding toward
consummation of the Offering. The undersigned further understands
that this Lock-Up Agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding
upon the undersigned’s legal representatives, successors, and
assigns, and shall enure to the benefit of the Corporation, the
Underwriter and their legal representatives, successors and
assigns. This Lock-Up Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia and
the laws of Canada applicable therein and the parties hereto hereby
agree to attorn to the non-exclusive jurisdictions of the court of
the Province of British Columbia in connection with any dispute or
claim hereunder.
DATED
this
day
of
, 2018
Very
truly yours,
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Appendix “1” to the Lock-Up Agreement
UNDERSIGNED'S CURRENT SECURITY HOLDINGS OF
PROPHECY DEVELOPMENT CORP.
The
undersigned hereby confirms that the undersigned owns, directly or
indirectly, or has control or direction over the following
securities of the Corporation:
Common
Shares:
_____________________
Options:
_____________________
Warrants:
_____________________
Other
(specify)
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SCHEDULE E
EXISTING RIGHTS
Options:
The
Corporation has an aggregate number of 9,391,000 options to acquire
Common Shares pursuant to the Corporation’s stock option plan
that expire between May 2019 and October 2023, with exercise prices
of such options ranging from the equivalent of $0.20 to
$0.65.
Warrants:
The
Corporation has an aggregate number of 30,120,597 warrants to
acquire Common Shares that expire between May 2020 and June 2022,
with exercise prices of such options ranging from the equivalent of
$0.30 to $0.70.
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