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MIRASOL RESOURCES LTD. 

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

June 30, 2018 

Canadian Funds 

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT 

To the Shareholders of 
Mirasol Resources Ltd. 

We  have  audited  the  accompanying  consolidated  financial  statements  of  Mirasol  Resources  Ltd.,  which  comprise  the 
consolidated  statements  of  financial  position  as  at  June  30,  2018  and  2017  and  the  consolidated  statements  of  loss  and 
comprehensive  loss,  changes  in  equity  and  cash  flows  for  the  years  then  ended,  and  a  summary  of  significant  accounting 
policies and other explanatory information. 

Management’s Responsibility for the Consolidated Financial Statements 

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these consolidated financial statements in accordance 
with  International  Financial  Reporting  Standards,  and  for  such  internal  control  as  management  determines  is  necessary  to 
enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or 
error. 

Auditors’ Responsibility  

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our 
audits in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we comply with ethical 
requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements 
are free from material misstatement. 

An  audit  involves  performing  procedures  to  obtain  audit  evidence  about  the  amounts  and  disclosures  in  the  consolidated 
financial  statements.  The  procedures  selected  depend  on  the  auditors’  judgment,  including  the  assessment  of  the  risks  of 
material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, 
the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and  fair presentation of  the consolidated financial 
statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing 
an  opinion  on  the  effectiveness  of  the  entity’s  internal  control.  An  audit  also  includes  evaluating  the  appropriateness  of 
accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall 
presentation of the consolidated financial statements. 

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained in our audits is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit 
opinion. 

Opinion 

In our opinion, these consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Mirasol 
Resources Ltd. as at June 30, 2018 and 2017, and its financial performance and its cash flows  for the  years then ended in 
accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards. 

Vancouver, Canada 

October 26, 2018 

“DAVIDSON & COMPANY LLP” 

Chartered Professional Accountants 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mirasol Resources Ltd. 
Consolidated Statements of Financial Position 
Canadian Funds 
As at 

ASSETS 

Current Assets 

Cash and cash equivalents 
Short-term investments (Note 6) 
Receivables and advances (Note 7) 

Equipment and Software (Note 8) 
Exploration and Evaluation Assets (Note 9) 

LIABILITIES 

Current Liabilities 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (Note 10) 
Advances from JV Partner (Note 9) 

EQUITY 

Share Capital (Note 11) 
Reserves 
Accumulated Other Comprehensive loss 
Deficit 

Nature of Business (Note 1) 
Subsequent Event (Note 14) 

On Behalf of the Board: 

“ Stephen C. Nano ” 

“ Nick DeMare ” 

, 

, 

Director 

Director 

June 30, 
2018 

June 30,  
2017 

$ 

2,892,948  $ 

23,650,478 
733,591 

27,277,377 

4,629,130 
16,792,765 
544,502 

21,966,397 

101,661 

3,000,762 

103,677 

3,000,762 

$ 

30,379,800  $ 

25,070,836 

$  

743,842  $ 

67,892 

811,734 

532,649 
-    

532,649 

57,426,143 
16,615,061 
(28,122) 
(44,445,016) 

48,303,568 
16,361,942 
(23,438) 
(40,103,885) 

29,568,066 

24,538,187 

$ 

30,379,800  $ 

25,070,836 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements  
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Mirasol Resources Ltd. 
Consolidated Statements of Loss and Comprehensive Loss 
For the Years Ended June 30 
Canadian Funds 

Operating Expenses 

Exploration expenditures (Note 9 and 10b) 
Business development 
Share-based payments (Note 11c) 
Management fees (Note 10a) 
Office and miscellaneous 
Marketing and investor communications 
Director’s fees (Note 10a) 
Professional fees (Note 10b) 
Travel  
Transfer agent and filing fees  
Depreciation (Note 8) 

Interest income 
Foreign exchange gain (loss) 

$ 

2018 

2017 

2,762,028  $ 
667,361 
500,620 
478,613 
307,142 
241,370 
186,241 
170,141 
98,369 
40,871 
5,229 

4,105,942 
297,574 
711,454 
320,473 
529,691 
489,116 
135,623 
197,397 
42,153 
58,549 
14,490 

(5,457,985) 

(6,902,462) 

360,756 
756,098 

1,116,854 

157,577 
(200,762) 

(43,185) 

Loss for the Year 

$ 

(4,341,131)  $ 

(6,945,647) 

Other Comprehensive loss to be Reclassified to Profit or Loss in 
Subsequent Periods 

Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations 

Loss and Comprehensive Loss for the Year 

(4,684) 

(159) 

(4,345,815) 

(6,945,806) 

Loss per Share (Basic and Diluted) 

$ 

(0.09)  $ 

(0.15) 

Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding  
(Basic and Diluted) 

49,450,240 

47,781,853 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements 
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Mirasol Resources Ltd. 
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 
Canadian Funds 

Share Capital 
Common Shares 

Reserves 

Accumulated Other 
Comprehensive Loss 

Deficit 

Number 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

Total 

$ 

Balance – June 30, 2016 

44,664,411 

38,393,240 

15,418,454 

(23,279) 

(33,158,238) 

20,630,177 

Shares issued – Rights offering 
Shares issue costs 
Option exercised (Note 11b) 
Share-based payments (Note 11c) 
Foreign currency translation adjustment 
Loss for the year 

4,166,667 
- 
285,000 
- 
- 
- 

10,000,000 
(492,138) 
402,466 
- 
- 
- 

- 
339,700 
(107,666) 
711,454 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 
(159) 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(6,945,647) 

10,000,000 
(152,438) 
294,800 
711,454 
(159) 
(6,945,647) 

Balance – June 30, 2017 

49,116,078 

48,303,568 

16,361,942 

(23,438) 

(40,103,885) 

24,538,187 

Shares issued – Private Placement 
Share issue costs 
Option exercised (Note 11b) 
Share-based payments (Note 11c) 
Foreign currency translation adjustment 
Loss for the year 

4,317,750 
- 
388,800 
- 
- 
- 

8,635,500 
(196,090) 
683,165 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
(247,501) 
500,620 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 
(4,684) 
- 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(4,341,131) 

8,635,500 
(196,090) 
435,664 
500,620 
(4,684) 
(4,341,131) 

Balance – June 30, 2018 

53,822,628 

57,426,143 

16,615,061 

(28,122) 

(44,445,016) 

29,568,066 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements 
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Mirasol Resources Ltd. 
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Cash flows 
For the Years Ended June 30 
Canadian Funds 

Operating Activities 
Loss for the year 
Adjustments for: 

Share-based payments  
Interest income 
Depreciation 
Depreciation included in exploration expenses 
Unrealized foreign exchange 

Changes in non-cash working capital items: 

Receivables and advances 
Due from joint venture partners – receivables and advances  
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 
Advance from joint venture partner 
Income taxes received  

2018 

   2017 

$ 

(4,341,131)  $ 

(6,945,647) 

500,620 
(360,756) 
5,229 
29,562 
91,592 

711,454 
(157,577) 
14,490 
24,431 
18,531 

(4,074,884) 

(6,334,318) 

166,110 
- 
211,193 
67,892 
- 

(125,909) 
- 
(251,804) 
- 
- 

Cash used in operating activities 

(3,629,689) 

(6,712,031) 

Investing Activities 

Short-term investments 
Acquisition of exploration and evaluation assets 
Recovery of exploration and evaluation assets 
Interest received 
Purchase of equipment and software  

Cash used in investing activities 

Financing Activities 

Shares issued, net of issuance costs 
Exercise of incentive share purchase options  

Cash provided by financing activities 

(6,857,713) 
(61,491) 
61,491 
5,197 
(32,775) 

(6,885,291) 

(16,333,765) 
- 
- 
23,476 
(77,333) 

(16,387,622) 

8,439,410 
435,664 

8,875,074 

9,847,562 
294,800 

10,142,362 

Effect of Exchange Rate Change on Cash and Cash Equivalents 

(96,276) 

(18,690) 

Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents 

Cash and Cash Equivalents - Beginning of Year 

(1,736,182) 

(12,975,981) 

4,629,130 

17,605,111 

Cash and Cash Equivalents - End of Year 

$ 

2,892,948 

$ 

4,629,130 

Supplemental Schedule of Non-Cash Investing and Financing 

Transactions: 
Fair value of options exercised  
Fair value of bonus warrants 

Cash and Cash Equivalents Consist of: 

Cash 
Cash equivalents 

$ 
$ 

$ 
$ 
$  

247,501 
- 

$ 
$ 

107,666 
339,700 

2,498,954 
393,994 
2,892,948 

$ 
$ 
$ 

1,415,944 
3,213,186 
4,629,130 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements 
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Mirasol Resources Ltd. 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 
June 30, 2018 
Canadian Funds 

1.  Nature of Business  

Mirasol  Resources  Ltd.  (“Mirasol”  or  the  “Company”)  is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  Province  of  British 
Columbia,  Canada.  The  Company’s  corporate  registered  and  records  office  is  located  at  400  –  725  Granville 
Street, Vancouver, British Columbia and the head office is located at 910 – 850 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, 
British Columbia. 

Mirasol engages in the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties, principally located in Chile and Argentina, 
with the objective of identifying mineralized deposits economically worthy of subsequent development, mining or 
sale. 

The business of mining and exploration involves a high degree of risk and there can be no assurance that current 
exploration programs will result in profitable mining operations. The Company has no source of revenue and has 
significant  cash  requirements  to  meet  its  administrative  overhead  and  maintain  its  exploration  and  evaluation 
assets.  The  recovery  of  the  Company’s  exploration  and  evaluation  assets  is  dependent  on  the  discovery  of 
economically recoverable reserves, the ability of the Company to obtain the necessary financing to complete the 
development of these properties, and future profitable production or proceeds from disposition of exploration and 
evaluation assets. While the Company has been successful in the past with its financing efforts, there can be no 
assurance that it will be able to do so in the future. 

Management estimates that the Company has sufficient working capital to maintain its operations and activities 
for at least next twelve months. 

2.  Basis of Presentation  

Statement of compliance 

The  consolidated  financial  statements  of  the  Company  have  been  prepared  in  accordance  with  International 
Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) and 
interpretations of the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (“IFRIC”). The policies presented 
in Note 3 were consistently applied to all periods presented. The Board of Directors approved the consolidated 
financial statements on October 26th, 2018. 

Basis of measurement 

These  consolidated  financial  statements  have  been  prepared  on  a  historical  cost  basis.  Financial  instruments 
classified as financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss are stated at their fair value. In addition, these 
consolidated financial statements have been prepared using the accrual basis of accounting except for the cash 
flow information. 

3.  Significant Accounting Policies  

a)  Consolidation 

These consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company (the “Parent”) and its subsidiaries. 
The principal subsidiaries of the Company, their activities, and their geographic locations as at June 30, 2018 
were as follows: 

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Mirasol Resources Ltd. 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 
June 30, 2018 
Canadian Funds 

Subsidiary 

Principal activity 

Location 

Minera Mirasol Chile Limitada 
Cabo Sur S.A. 
Australis S.A. 
Minera Del Sol S.A. 
Nueva Gran Victoria S.A. 
La Curva Exploraciones S.A. 
Oroaustral Exploraciones S.A. 
Recursos Mirasol Holdings Ltd. 
MDS Property Holdings Ltd. 

Mineral exploration 
Mineral exploration 
Mineral exploration 
Mineral exploration 
Mineral exploration 
Mineral exploration 
Mineral exploration 
Holding company 
Holding company 

Chile 
Argentina 
Argentina 
Argentina 
Argentina 
Argentina 
Argentina 
British Virgin Islands 
British Virgin Islands 

Proportion of 
interest held 
by the 
Company 
100% 
100% 
100% 
100% 
100% 
100% 
100% 
100% 
100% 

The transactions among the entities in the consolidated group pertain to the transfer of funds and payment of 
third party costs. All inter-group transactions and balances have been eliminated upon consolidation. 

La  Curva  Exploraciones  S.A  and  Oroaustral  Exploraciones  S.A  were  incorporated  as  of  July  10,  2017  and 
December 28, 2017 respectively in order to carry out exploration on joint ventured projects. 

b)  Significant Accounting Estimates and Judgments 

The preparation of financial statements requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions 
that affect the application of policies and reported amounts of assets and liabilities, profit and expenses. The 
estimates and associated  assumptions  are  based on historical experience  and  various  other factors that are 
believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis of making the judgments 
about carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results 
may differ from these estimates. 

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates 
are recognized in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period or in the period 
of the revision and further periods if the review affects both current and future periods. 

Significant accounting estimates and judgments are related to, but are not limited to, the following: 

(i) 

Impairment of exploration and evaluation assets: The capitalized carrying value of each property group is 
reviewed regularly for conditions that are indicators of impairment. This review requires significant judgment 
as  the  Company  does  not  have  any  proven  and  probable  reserves  that  enable  future  cash  flows  to  be 
compared to the carrying values. Factors considered in the assessment of asset impairment include, but 
are not limited to, whether there has been a significant adverse change in the legal, regulatory, accessibility, 
title,  environmental  or  political  factors  that  could  affect  the  claims’  value;  whether  there  has  been  an 
accumulation of costs significantly in excess of the amounts originally expected for the claims’ acquisition, 
or cost of holding; whether exploration activities produced results that are not promising such that no more 
work is being planned in the foreseeable future; and whether the Company has the necessary funds to be 
able to maintain its interest in the mineral claims.  

The Company has concluded that impairment conditions do not exist as at June 30, 2018. 

Ownership of exploration and evaluation assets involves certain risks due to the difficulties of determining 
and obtaining clear title to claims as well as the potential for problems arising from the frequently ambiguous 
conveyance history characteristics of many exploration and evaluation assets.  

The Company has investigated ownership of its exploration and evaluation assets and, to the best of its 
knowledge, ownership of its interests are in good standing. 

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Mirasol Resources Ltd. 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 
June 30, 2018 
Canadian Funds 

(ii)  Valuation  of  share  purchase  options:    The  Company  provides  compensation  benefits  to  its  employees, 
directors and officers through a stock option plan. The fair value of each option award is estimated on the 
date of the grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.  
Expected volatility assumption used in the model is based on the historical volatility of the Company’s share 
price. The Company uses historical data to estimate the period of option exercises and their forfeiture rates 
for use in the valuation model.  

The risk-free interest rate for the expected term of the option is based on the yields of government bonds. 
Changes in these assumptions, especially the volatility and the expected life determination could have a 
material impact on the Company’s profit or loss. All estimates used in the model are based on historical data 
which may not be representative of future results.  

(iii)  Income taxes: The Company is subject to income taxes in numerous jurisdictions. Uncertainties exist with 
respect to interpretations of tax regulations. The Company has recognized current tax refundable based on 
its interpretations of tax regulations, which may differ from the interpretations of the tax authorities (Note 13). 

Judgment  is  required  in  determining  whether  deferred  tax  assets  are  recognized  on  the  statement  of 
financial position. The recognition of deferred tax assets requires management to assess the likelihood that 
the  Company  will  generate  taxable  income  in  future  periods  to  utilize  the  deferred  tax  assets.  Due  to  a 
history of losses deferred tax assets have not be recognized. 

(iv)  Functional  currencies:    The  functional  currency  of  an  entity  is  the  currency  of  the  primary  economic 
environment  in  which  an  entity  operates.  The  determination  of  an  entity’s  functional  currency  requires 
judgement based  on  analysis of relevant factors identified in IAS  21, The Effects of Changes in Foreign 
Exchange Rates (“IAS 21”).  

Except  for  the  Company’s  subsidiaries  in  the  British  Virgin  Islands  (Note  3a)  above),  the  Company  has 
determined  that  its  subsidiaries  in  Chile  and  Argentina  incur  costs  in  United  States  Dollars,  Canadian 
Dollars, Australian dollars as well as the Chilean and Argentine Pesos and therefore do not indicate a single 
primary currency for operating in these jurisdictions. These subsidiaries including the British Virgin Islands 
are financed entirely by its Canadian Parent and therefore act as its extension. The Company has therefore 
determined that the functional currency of all of its subsidiaries is the Canadian Dollar, similar to the Parent. 

c)  Foreign Currencies 

The  functional  currency  of  the  Company  and  its  operating  subsidiaries,  Minera  Del  Sol  S.A.,  Australis  S.A., 
Nueva Gran  Victoria S.A.,  Cabo Sur  S.A.,  La Curva  Exploraciones  S.A., Oroaustral  Exploraciones  S.A.,  and 
Minera Mirasol Chile Limitada, is the Canadian Dollar (“$”). The functional currency of its holding subsidiaries, 
Recursos Mirasol Holdings Ltd., and MDS Property Holdings Ltd. is the United States Dollar. 

Any transactions in currencies other than the functional currency have been translated to the Canadian Dollar in 
accordance with IAS 21. Transactions in currencies other than the functional currency are recorded at the rates 
of  exchange  prevailing  on  dates  of  transactions.  At  the  end  of  each  reporting  period,  monetary  assets  and 
liabilities  that  are  denominated  in  foreign  currencies  are  translated  at  the  rates  prevailing  at  that  date.  Non-
monetary assets and liabilities carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign currencies are translated at 
rates prevailing  at the  date when the fair value  was determined.  All gains  and losses on translation  of these 
foreign currency transactions are included in profit or loss. Non-monetary items that are measured in terms of 
historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated. 

Assets and liabilities of entities with a functional currency other than the Canadian Dollar are translated at the 
period end rates of exchange, and the results of their operations are translated at average rates of exchange for 
the period. The resulting changes are recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”) 
in equity as a foreign currency translation adjustment. 

The Company’s presentation currency is the Canadian Dollar.

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Mirasol Resources Ltd. 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 
June 30, 2018 
Canadian Funds 

d)  Cash and Cash Equivalents 

Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on deposit with banks and short-term interest-bearing investments 
with maturities of three months or less at the purchase date. Deposits with banks and short-term interest-bearing 
investments with original term to maturity greater than three months but less than one year are presented as 
short-term investments.  

e)  Financial Instruments 

All financial instruments are initially recognized at fair value on the statement of financial position. The 
Company has classified each financial instrument into one of the following categories: (1)  financial  assets or 
liabilities at fair value through profit or loss (“FVTPL”), (2) loans and receivables, (3) financial assets available-
for-sale,  (4)  financial  assets  held-to  maturity,  and  (5)  other  financial  liabilities.  Subsequent  measurement  of 
financial instruments is based on their classification. 

Financial  assets  and  liabilities  at  FVTPL  are  subsequently  measured  at  fair  value  with  changes  in  those  fair 
values recognized in profit or loss. Financial assets available-for-sale are subsequently measured at fair value 
with changes in fair value recognized in other comprehensive income loss (“OCI”), net of tax. Financial assets 
and liabilities held-to-maturity, loans and receivables, and other financial liabilities are subsequently measured 
at amortized cost using the effective interest method. Refer to Note 5 for further disclosure. 

f) 

Impairment of Financial Assets 

At  each  reporting  date,  the  Company  assesses  whether  there  is  objective  evidence  that  a  financial  asset  is 
impaired. If such evidence exists, the Company recognizes an impairment loss as follows: 

(i)  Financial  assets  carried  at  amortized  cost:  The  loss  is  the  difference  between  the  amortized  cost  of  the 
asset and the present value of the estimated future cash flows, discounted using the instrument’s original 
effective interest rate. The carrying amount of the asset is reduced by this amount either directly or indirectly 
through the use of an allowance account. 

(ii)  Available-for-sale financial assets: The impairment loss is the difference between the original cost of the 
asset and its fair value at the measurement date, less any impairment losses previously recognized in profit 
or loss. This amount represents the cumulative loss in accumulated OCI that is reclassified to profit or loss.  

Impairment losses on financial assets carried at amortized cost are reversed in subsequent periods if the amount 
of the loss decreases and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment 
was recognized. Impairment losses on available-for-sale financial assets are not reversed. 

g) 

Impairment of Non-Financial Assets 

The carrying amounts of non-financial assets are reviewed for impairment whenever facts and circumstances 
suggest that the carrying amounts may not be recoverable. If there are indicators of impairment, the recoverable 
amount  of  the  asset  is  estimated  in  order  to  determine  the  extent  of  any  impairment.  For  the  purpose  of 
measuring  recoverable  amounts,  assets  are  grouped  at  the  lowest  levels  for  which  there  are  separately 
identifiable cash flows (“cash-generating units” or “CGUs”).  

The recoverable amount is the higher of an asset’s fair value less costs to sell and value in use (being the present 
value of the expected future cash flows of the relevant asset or CGU). An impairment loss is recognized for the 
amount by which the asset’s carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount. 

Non-financial  assets  that  have  been  impaired  in  prior  periods  are  tested  for  possible  reversal  of  impairment 
whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the impairment has reversed. If the impairment has 
reversed, the carrying amount of the asset is increased to its recoverable amount but not beyond the carrying 
amount that  would have  been determined had no impairment loss been recognized for the asset in the prior 
periods. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognized in profit or loss in the period of such reversal.

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Mirasol Resources Ltd. 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 
June 30, 2018 
Canadian Funds 

h)  Equipment and Software 

Equipment and software is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. 
Cost includes expenditures that are directly attributable to the acquisition of the asset. Subsequent costs are 
included  in  the  asset’s  carrying  amount  or  recognized  as  a  separate  asset,  as  appropriate,  only  when  it  is 
probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the Company and the cost can be 
measured reliably. The carrying amount of a replaced asset is derecognized when replaced.  

The Company provides for depreciation as follows: 

•  Exploration equipment: 30% declining balance; 
•  Computer hardware: 30% declining balance; and  
•  Computer software: straight-line over the estimated life of three years. 

The Company allocates the amount initially recognized to each asset’s significant components and depreciates 
each component separately. Residual values, depreciation methods and useful lives of the assets are reviewed 
periodically and adjusted on a prospective basis as required. 

i) 

Exploration and Evaluation Assets 

The Company capitalizes the direct costs of acquiring mineral property interests as exploration and evaluation 
assets. Option payments are considered acquisition costs if the Company has the intention  of exercising the 
underlying option.   

Exploration and evaluation costs are charged to operations in the period incurred until such time as it has been 
determined that a property has economically recoverable reserves, and is technically feasible, in which case the 
balance is tested for impairment and subsequent development costs are capitalized. Exploration costs include 
value-added taxes because the recoverability of these amounts is uncertain. 

The  receipt  of  option  payments  from  the  Company’s  joint  venture  partners  are  applied  first  towards  the 
capitalized  cost  for  the  acquisition  of  pertinent  mineral  property  interests.  Option  payments  in  excess  of  the 
capitalized acquisition costs are netted against the exploration costs for the period. JV management fees are 
included in exploration expenditures on the statement of loss and comprehensive loss. 

j) 

Provisions  

(i)  Decommissioning  and  restoration  provision:  Future  obligations  to  retire  an  asset,  including  dismantling, 
remediation  and  ongoing  treatment  and  monitoring  of  the  site  related  to  normal  operations  are  initially 
recognized and recorded as a liability based on estimated future cash flows discounted at a risk free rate. 
The decommissioning and restoration provision is adjusted at each reporting period for changes to factors 
including the expected amount of cash flows required to discharge the liability, the timing of such cash flows 
and the pre-tax rate for risk specific to the liability.  

The liability is also accreted to full value over time through periodic charges to profit or loss. This unwinding 
of the discount is charged to financing expense in profit or loss. 

The amount of the decommissioning and restoration provision initially recognized is capitalized as part of 
the related asset’s carrying value and depreciated to profit or loss. The method of depreciation follows that 
of  the  underlying  asset.  The  costs  related  to  a  decommissioning  and  restoration  provision  are  only 
capitalized  to  the  extent  that  the  amount  meets  the  definition  of  an  asset  and  can  bring  about  future 
economic benefit.  

For the years presented, the Company does not have any decommissioning or restoration provisions. 

(ii)  Other provisions:   Provisions are recognized  when a  current  legal or constructive obligation  exists,  as a 
result of past events, and it is probable that an outflow of resources that can be reliably estimated will be 
required to settle the obligation. Where the effect is material, the provision is discounted using an appropriate 
pre-tax rate for risk specific to the liability.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 
June 30, 2018 
Canadian Funds 

k) 

Income Taxes 

Income tax expense (recovery) is comprised of current and deferred tax. Income tax is recognized in profit or 
loss except to the extent that it relates to items recognized directly in equity, in which case the income tax is also 
recognized directly in equity. 

Current  tax  is  the  expected  tax  payable  on  the  taxable  income  for  the  year,  using  tax  rates  enacted  or 
substantively enacted, at the end of the reporting period, and any adjustment to tax payable in respect of previous 
years. 

In general, deferred tax is recognized in respect of temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets 
and  liabilities  and  their  carrying  amounts  in  the  consolidated  financial  statements.  Deferred  income  tax  is 
determined on a non-discounted basis using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted 
at the date of statement of financial position and are expected to apply when the deferred tax asset or liability is 
settled. Deferred tax assets are recognized to the extent that it is probable that the assets can be recovered. 

Deferred tax is provided on temporary differences arising on investments in subsidiaries and associates, except, 
in  the  case  of  subsidiaries,  where  the  timing  of  the  reversal  of  the  temporary  difference  is  controlled  by  the 
Company and it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future. 

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are presented as non-current. 

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when there is a legally enforceable right to set off current tax assets 
against current tax liabilities, when they relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority and when 
the Company intends to settle its current tax assets and liabilities on a net basis. 

l) 

Share-based Payments 

The Company grants share options to buy common shares of the Company to directors, officers, employees and 
service providers. The Company recognizes share-based payment expense based on the estimated fair value 
of the options. A fair value measurement is made for each vesting instalment within each option grant and is 
determined using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The fair value of the options is recognized over the 
vesting  period  of  the  options  granted  as  both  share-based  payment  expense  and  reserves.  This  includes  a 
forfeiture  estimate,  which  is  revised  for  actual  forfeitures  in  subsequent  periods.  The  reserves  account  is 
subsequently reduced if the options are exercised and the amount initially recorded is then credited to share 
capital. 

In situations where equity instruments are issued to non-employees and some or all of the goods or services 
received by the entity as consideration cannot be specifically identified, they are measured at fair value of the 
equity instruments issued. Otherwise, such share-based payments are measured at the fair value of goods or 
services received. 

m)  Loss per Share 

Basic loss per share is computed by dividing loss available to common shareholders by the weighted average 
number of common shares outstanding during the year.  

The computation of diluted loss per share assumes the conversion, exercise or contingent issuance of securities 
only when such conversion, exercise or issuance would have a dilutive effect on the loss per share. The dilutive 
effect of convertible securities is reflected in the diluted loss per share by application of the "if converted" method. 
For the year presented, this calculation proved to be anti-dilutive. 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 
June 30, 2018 
Canadian Funds 

n)  Comprehensive Income (Loss) 

Comprehensive  income  (loss)  consists  of  net  income  (loss)  and  other  comprehensive  income  (loss)  and 
represents  the  change  in  equity  which  results  from  transactions  and  events  from  sources  other  than  the 
Company’s shareholders. The Company’s translation of its subsidiaries which have a functional currency other 
than the Canadian Dollar is the only item affecting comprehensive income (loss) for the years presented. 

o)     Share Capital 

Common shares of the Company are classified as equity. Transactions costs directly attributable to the issue of 
common shares and share options are recognized as a deduction from equity, net of any tax effect. 

The Company uses the residual value method with respect to the measurement of shares and warrants issued 
as  private  placement  units.  The  residual  value  method  first  allocates  value  to  the  more  easily  measurable 
component based on fair value and then the residual value, if any, to the less easily measurable component. 

The fair value of the common shares issued in the private placements was determined to be the more easily 
measurable  component  and  were  valued  at  their  fair  value,  as  determined  by  the  quoted  bid  price  on  the 
issuance date. The balance, if material, was allocated to the attached warrants. Any fair value attributed to the 
warrants on exercise is recorded as equity. If the warrants are exercised the related reserves are reclassified 
from reserves to share capital. 

4.  Recent Accounting Pronouncements 

Certain new standards, interpretations, amendments and improvements to existing standards were issued by the 
IASB or IFRIC.   

The following new standards and amendments to standards  which are  applicable to the Company  have  been 
issued with effective dates into the later fiscal years: 

a) 

IFRS 9 Financial Instruments addresses the classification, measurement and recognition of financial assets and 
financial liabilities. The complete version of IFRS 9 was issued in July 2014. It replaces the guidance in IAS 39 
that relates to the classification  and measurement of financial instruments. IFRS  9 retains  but simplifies the 
mixed  measurement  model  and  establishes  three  primary  measurement  categories  for  financial  assets: 
amortized costs, fair value through OCI and FVTPL. The basis of classification depends on entity’s business 
model and the contractual cash flow characteristics of the financial asset. Investments in equity instruments are 
required to be measured at FVTPL with the irrevocable option at inception to present changes in fair value in 
OCI. There is a new expected credit losses model that replaces the incurred loss impairment model used in IAS 
39. For financial liabilities, there were no changes to classification and measurement except for the recognition 
of changes in own credit risk in OCI, for liabilities designated at FVTPL.  

IFRS 9 relaxes the requirements for hedge effectiveness by replacing the bright line hedge effectiveness tests. 
It requires an economic relationship between the hedged item and hedging instrument and for the hedged ratio 
to  be  the  same  as  the  one  management  actually  use  for  risk  management  purposes.  Contemporaneous 
documentation is still required but is different to that currently prepared under IAS 39.  

The standard is effective for accounting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018. Adoption of this standard 
is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company other than increased disclosure. 

b) 

IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers deals with revenue recognition and establishes principles of 
reporting  useful  information  to  the  users  of  financial  statements  about  the  nature,  amount,  timing,  and 
uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from an entity’s contracts with customers.  
Revenue is recognized when the customer obtains control of a good or service and thus has the ability to direct 
the use and obtain the benefits from the good or service. The standard replaces IAS 18 Revenue, and IAS 11 
Construction Contracts and related interpretations. 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 
June 30, 2018 
Canadian Funds 

It is effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018 with earlier application permitted. Adoption 
of this standard is not expected to have an impact on the Company. 

c) 

IFRS  16  is  a  new  standard  that  sets  out  the  principles  for  recognition,  measurement,  presentation,  and 
disclosure  of  leases  including  guidance  for  both  parties  to  a  contract,  the  lessee  and  the  lessor.    The  new 
standard eliminates the classification of leases as either operating or finance leases as is required by IAS 17 
and instead introduces a single lessee accounting model. IFRS 16 specifies how an IFRS reporter will recognize, 
measure,  present  and  disclose  leases.  The  standard  provides  a  single  lessee  accounting  model,  requiring 
lessees  to  recognize  assets  and  liabilities  for  all  leases  unless  the  lease  term  is  12  months  or  less  or  the 
underlying asset has a low value. Lessors continue to classify leases as operating or finance, with IFRS 16’s 
approach to lessor accounting substantially unchanged from its predecessor, IAS 17 Leases.  

The standard was issued in January 2016 and is effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 
2019. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the standard on the Company. 

5.  Financial Instruments 

Categories of financial instruments 

Financial assets 
   Fair Value Through Profit or Loss 
     Cash and cash equivalents 
     Short-term investments 
   Loans and receivables 
     Receivables and advances 

Financial liabilities 
   Other financial liabilities 
      Advances from JV Partner 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 

a)  Fair Value 

June 30, 
 2018 

June 30, 
 2017 

  $ 

2,892,948  $ 

23,650,478 

4,629,130 
16,792,765 

568,692 

396,323 

  $ 

27,112,118  $ 

21,818,218 

  $ 

67,892  $ 

743,842 

  $ 

811,734  $ 

- 
532,649 

532,649 

Financial instruments measured at fair value are classified into one of three levels in the fair value hierarchy 
according to the relative reliability of the inputs used to estimate the fair values. The three levels of the fair value 
hierarchy are: 

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities; 
Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices that are directly or indirectly observable for the asset or liability; and,  
Level 3 – Inputs that are not based on observable market data; 

Level 1 

Cash and cash equivalents 
Short-term investments 

June 30, 
 2018 

June 30, 
 2017 

  $ 
  $ 

2,892,948  $ 
23,650,478  $ 

4,629,130 
16,792,765 

The fair values of the Company’s other financial instruments approximate their carrying values because of the 
short-term nature of these instruments.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 
June 30, 2018 
Canadian Funds 

b)  Management of Capital Risk 

The Company’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Company’s ability to continue as a going 
concern to pursue the development of its exploration and evaluation assets and to maintain a flexible capital 
structure which optimizes the costs of capital at an acceptable risk. In the management of capital, the Company 
includes the components of equity. 

The Company manages the capital structure and adjusts it in light of changes in economic conditions and the 
risk  characteristics  of  the  underlying  assets.  To  maintain  or  adjust  the  capital  structure,  the  Company  may 
attempt to issue new shares, acquire or dispose of assets, enter into joint ventures or obtain debt financing. In 
order  to  facilitate  the  management  of  its  capital  requirements,  the  Company  prepares  annual  expenditure 
budgets that are updated as necessary depending on various factors, including successful capital deployment 
and general industry conditions. 

To maximize ongoing exploration, the Company does not pay out dividends. 

The Company’s investment policy is to invest its cash in highly liquid short-term interest-bearing investments 
with  maturities  of  twelve  months  or  less  from  the  original  date  of  acquisition,  selected  with  regards  to  the 
expected timing of expenditures from continuing operations. The Company is not subject to externally imposed 
capital requirements. There  were  no changes to  the  Company’s approach to capital management during the 
year. 

c)  Management of Financial Risk 

The Company’s financial instruments are exposed to certain financial risks. The risk exposures and the impact 
on the Company's financial instruments are summarized below. 

(i)  Currency risk  

The  Company  is  exposed  to  the  financial  risk  related  to  the  fluctuation  of  foreign  exchange  rates.  The 
Company operates in Canada, Argentina and Chile and a portion of its expenses are incurred in United States 
(“US”) dollars, Australian dollars and in Argentine and Chilean Pesos. A significant change in the currency 
exchange rates between the US and Australian dollar relative to the Canadian dollar and the Argentine and 
Chilean Peso to the Canadian dollar could have an effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial 
position or cash flows. The Company has not hedged its exposure to currency fluctuations.   

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 
June 30, 2018 
Canadian Funds 

At  June  30,  2018,  the  Company  is  exposed  to  currency  risk  through  the  following  assets  and  liabilities 
denominated in US and Australian dollars and Argentine and Chilean Pesos: 

Cash and cash equivalents 
Short-term investments 
Receivables and advances 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 

US  
Dollars 
1,124,657 
8,250,001 
200,000 
(13,763) 

Australian 
Dollars 
128,522 
1,660,252 
- 
(95,570) 

Argentine  
Peso 
12,059,164 

Chilean  
Peso 
139,740,623 

1,819,899 
(4,452,833) 

23,846,893 
(121,721,852) 

Based on the net exposures as at June 30, 2018, and assuming that all other variables remain constant, a 
10% depreciation or appreciation of the Canadian dollar against the US and Australian dollar would result in 
an  increase/decrease  of  $1,273,824  and  $168,972,  respectively  in  the  Company’s  comprehensive  loss.  
Likewise, a 10% depreciation or appreciation of the Canadian dollar against the Argentine and Chilean Peso 
would result in an increase/decrease of $45,228 and $8,582, respectively in the Company’s comprehensive 
loss.  

(ii)  Credit risk  

Credit risk is the risk of an unexpected loss if a customer or third party to a financial instrument fails to meet 
its contractual obligations.  

The  Company’s  cash  and  cash  equivalents  is  held  through  large  financial  institutions.  The  Company’s 
receivables  primarily  consist  of  interest  receivable  due  from  major  financial  institutions  on  short  term 
investments. Management believes that credit risk concentration with respect to receivables is remote. 

(iii)  Liquidity risk 

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due. The 
Company manages liquidity risk through the management of its capital structure and financial leverage as 
outlined  above.  As  at  June  30,  2018,  the  Company’s  financial  liabilities  consist  of  accounts  payable  and 
accrued liabilities totalling $743,842. All of the Company’s obligations are expected to be paid within 90 days. 
Management believes the Company has sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they become due. 

(iv)  Interest rate risk 

Interest  rate  risk  is  the  risk  that  the  fair  value  or  future  cash  flows  of  a  financial  instrument  will  fluctuate 
because of changes in market interest rates. The risk that the Company will realize a loss as a result of a 
decline in the fair value of the short-term investments included in cash and cash equivalents is limited because 
these investments are generally held to maturity. The applicable rates of interest on such investments range 
between 0.05% and 3.25%. 

(v) Price risk 

Price  risk  is  the  risk  that  the  fair  value  or  future  cash  flows  of  a  financial  instrument  will  fluctuate  due  to 
changes  in  market  prices,  other  than  those  arising  from  interest  rate  risk  and  foreign  currency  risk.  The 
Company is not exposed to significant other price risk. 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 
June 30, 2018 
Canadian Funds 

6.  Short-term Investments 

Short  term  investments  comprise  cashable  and  non-cashable  Guaranteed  Investment  Certificates  (“GIC”) 
placed with major Canadian and US financial institutions. Maturity dates of these GIC’s are between three to 
twelve months.  

7.  Receivables and Advances 

Goods and services tax receivable 
Income taxes recoverable 
Interest receivable 
Prepaid expenses and advances 
Due from joint venture partners  

$ 

$ 

June 30, 
2018 
10,134 
- 
199,656 
165,259 
358,902 

$ 

733,951 

$ 

  June 30, 
 2017 
7,961 
23,991 
129,345 
116,227 
266,978 

544,502 

8.  Equipment and Software 

Cost 

Balance as at June 30, 2016  $ 
Additions for the year 
Balance as at June 30, 2017  $ 
Additions for the year 
Balance as at June 30, 2018  $ 

Accumulated Depreciation 

Balance as at June 30, 2016  $ 
Depreciation for the year  

Balance as at June 30, 2017  $ 
Depreciation for the year (i) 

Balance as at June 30, 2018  $ 

  Exploration 
Equipment 

  Computer 
Hardware 

  Computer 
Software 

399,898  $ 

77,333 

477,231  $ 

- 

477,231  $ 

364,670  $ 

22,156 

386,826  $ 

27,122 

413,948  $ 

57,883  $ 

37,834  $ 

- 

57,883  $ 
32,775 

90,658  $ 

38,924  $ 

5,687 

44,611  $ 

7,669 

52,280  $ 

- 

37,834  $ 

- 

37,834  $ 

26,756  $ 
11,078 

37,834  $ 

- 

37,834  $ 

Total 

495,615 
77,333 

572,948 
32,775 

605,723 

430,350 
38,921 

469,271 
34,791 

504,062 

Carrying Amounts 

As at June 30, 2017 

As at June 30, 2018 

$ 

$ 

90,405  $ 

63,283  $ 

13,272  $ 

38,378  $ 

-  $ 

-  $ 

103,677 

101,661 

(i)   Allocated between depreciation expense ($5,229) (2017 - $14,490) and exploration costs ($29,562) (2017- 

$24,431) on the statement of loss and comprehensive loss. 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 
June 30, 2018 
Canadian Funds 

9.  Exploration and Evaluation Assets 

A reconciliation of capitalized acquisition costs is as follows: 

Acquisition Costs 

Chile 

Atlas - Dos Hermanos 
Zeus  
Argentina 

Santa Rita and Virginia 
Pipeline projects 

Balance at  
June 30, 2017 

Cost 

Recoveries 

Balance at  
June 30, 2018 

$ 

171,777  $ 

- 

2,808,819 
20,166 

- 
61,491 

$ 

- 
(61,491) 

$ 

- 
- 

- 
- 

$ 

3,000,762  $ 

61,491 

$ 

(61,491) 

$ 

171,777 
- 

2,808,819 
20,166 

3,000,762 

Chile 

Atlas - Dos Hermanos 

Argentina 

Santa Rita and Virginia 
Pipeline projects 

Balance at  
June 30, 2016 

$ 

$ 

171,777  $ 

2,808,819 
20,166 

3,000,762  $ 

Cost 

Recoveries 

- 

- 
- 

- 

$ 

$ 

- 

- 
- 

- 

Balance at  
June 30, 2017 

$ 

$ 

171,777 

2,808,819 
20,166 

3,000,762 

The Company owns 100% of the mineral exploration rights to a large portfolio of properties focused in two mining 
regions, namely the Atacama region in northern Chile and the Santa Cruz Province in southern Argentina. As well 
the Company holds several other properties in both San Juan and Catamarca provinces of northern Argentina. The 
Company also focuses on generative exploration to identify and acquire new prospects. 

Chile 

The Company has a portfolio of gold, silver and copper projects in northern Chile.  

a)  Gorbea Belt - Properties Joint Ventured to Other Companies:  

The Company currently has a 100% interest in precious metals properties that define the Gorbea Belt (the “Gorbea 
Project”). The Gorbea Project is a reconnaissance program engaged in prospect generation and exploration of 
disseminated gold and silver prospects in the region. The Company’s focus along the Gorbea Belt has been on 
the advancement of its Atlas and Titan properties. 

i.  Atlas Property 

The  Company  holds  a  100%  interest  in  the  Atlas  Property  in  northern  Chile,  acquired  by  staking  on  open 
ground.  

ii.  Titan Property 

The Company holds a 100% interest in the Titan Property in northern Chile. The property was acquired by 
staking on open ground. 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 
June 30, 2018 
Canadian Funds 

iii.  Letter Agreement with Yamana Gold Inc. (“Yamana”) 

On March 25, 2015, the had Company entered into a joint venture agreement, granting Yamana the option to 
acquire up to a 75% interest in the Gorbea Project (“the Letter Agreement”). 

The first phase of the Letter Agreement entitled Yamana to earn a 51% interest on the first earn-in by incurring, 
over a period of four years, annual staged expenditures totalling US$10,000,000, and making annual staged 
payments totalling US$2,000,000. After the first earn-in, Yamana could earn up to 75% interest.  

On April 13, 2018, the agreement was terminated.  

b)  Earn-In Joint Venture (“JV”) on Third Party Projects: 

Frontera JV 

In fiscal 2013, the Company signed a definitive exploration and option agreement (the “Agreement”) with an 
arms-length private Chilean company.   

The Frontera JV Agreement provided for the Company to earn a 51% interest in any, or all, of the exploration 
properties by expending US$3 million within a four-year period which commenced on December 26, 2012. On 
March 7, 2017 the Company terminated the agreement. 

c)  Altazor Property 

The Company owns a 100% interest in mining claims of Altazor gold project in Northern Chile. 

On November 7, 2017, the Company signed an exploration and option agreement with Newcrest International 
Pty Limited (“NCM”) on the Altazor property whereby, NCM has been granted the option to acquire up to an 
80% interest in the property, exercisable in stages over a nine-year, or shorter, earn-in period. The agreement 
requires NCM to fund US$1.5 million in exploration expenditures and make a US$100,000 option payment 
(received) in the first year of the option. The Company will serve as operator for exploration during the option 
period in return for 10% management fee. 

NCM can earn up to 51% of the interest of the property by making a one-time US$500,000 cash payment to 
the Company at the start of the earn in period and by spending an additional US$8.5 million in exploration 
within the next four years of the agreement. 

NCM can earn in stages up to a 75% interest in the property by delivering a positive preliminary economic 
assessment (‘PEA’) and a bankable feasibility study (‘BFS’) (total expenditure capped at US$100 million after 
the completion of the PEA stage) and by making US$1.3 million cash payments to the Company within the 
four years after earning the 51% interest.  

The Company can retain a participating 25% interest in the project or 20% funded-to production interest with 
NCM financing the development cost to the production. The agreement is in good standing as of June 30, 
2018. 

d)  Zeus Property 

The Company owns a 100% interest in certain mining claims of which now forms part of the Zeus gold project 
in Northern Chile acquired by way of staking. 

During the year ended June 30, 2018, the Company acquired another project by way of option agreement and 
consolidated to form part of the Zeus project. 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 
June 30, 2018 
Canadian Funds 

The Company can acquire the claims under option agreement by making staged option payments totalling 
US$2.747 million over 5 years with US$2.45 million of the payments due in the 5th year of the option and incur 
US$300,000 in exploration expenditures within 3 years. The property owner will retain 1.5% NSR royalty. The 
Company has a right to buy 0.5% of the royalty for US$3.0 million. Option payments are due as follows: 

On signing (paid) 
On or before October 10, 2018 (paid) 
On or before October 10, 2019 
On or before October 10, 2020 
On or before October 10, 2021 
On or before October 10, 2022 
Total 

US $12,000 
US $30,000 
US $50,000 
US $70,000 
US $90,000 
US $2,495,000 
US $2,747,000 

On February 22, 2018, the Company signed an exploration and option agreement with NCM whereby, NCM 
has been granted the option to acquire up to an 80% interest in the property, exercisable in stages over a nine-
year,  or  shorter,  earn-in  period.  The  agreement  requires  NCM  to  fund  US$1.5  million  in  exploration 
expenditures in the first 18 months and make a US$100,000 option payment (received) upon signing option 
agreement.  The  Company  will  serve  as  operator  for  exploration  during  the  option  period  in  return  for  10% 
management fee. 

NCM can earn up to 51% of the interest of the property by making a one-time US$400,000 cash payment to 
the Company at the start of the earn in period and by spending an additional US$8.0 million in exploration 
within the next four years of the agreement. 

NCM can earn in stages up to a 65% interest in the property by delivering a positive preliminary economic 
assessment (‘PEA’) and a bankable feasibility Study (‘BFS’) (total expenditure capped at US$100 million after 
the completion of the PEA stage) and by making US$1.3 million cash payments to the Company within the 
four years after earning the 51% interest.  

The Company can retain a participating 25% interest in the project or 20% funded-to production interest with 
NCM financing the development cost to the production. The agreement is in good standing as of June 30, 
2018. 

Argentina 

In the Santa Cruz province of Argentina, the Company controls the mineral exploration rights to various precious 
metals properties. 

e)  Claudia Property 

The Company owns a 100% interest in the Claudia property situated in south-central part of the Santa Cruz 
Mining District, Argentina. 

On  October  20,  2017,  the  Company  signed  a  definitive  agreement  with  OceanaGold  Corporation  (“OGC”) 
whereby, OGC has been granted the option to acquire up to a 75% interest in the property, exercisable in 4 
stages  over  an  eight-year,  or  shorter,  earn-in  period.  The  agreement  requires  OGC  to  make  a  first-year 
commitment of US$1.75 million in exploration expenditures, complete 3,000 metres of drilling, and make a 
US$100,000 option payment (received) to the Company on signing the Agreement.  

The first earn-in option for OGC to earn 51% interest over four  years from the date of Agreement requires 
spending US$10.5 million on exploration, making US$1 million in payments to the Company. The Company 
will serve  as operator for exploration for first  year  in return for 5% management  fee and the Company  will 
retain a 30% funded-to production interest in the property. The agreement is in good standing as of June 30, 
2018.

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June 30, 2018 
Canadian Funds 

f)  La Curva Property 

The  Company  owns  a  100%  interest  in  mining  claims  of  La  Curva  property  in  the  Santa  Cruz  Province  of 
Argentina. 

On May 25, 2017, the Company signed an exploration and option agreement with OGC whereby OGC has 
been granted the option to acquire up to a 75% interest in the La Curva Project, exercisable in 5 stages over 
an eight-year, or shorter, earn-in period.  

The agreement requires OGC to make a first-year commitment of US$1.25 million in exploration expenditures, 
complete 3,000 metres of drilling,  and make a US$100,000 (received)  option payment to the Company on 
signing the Agreement.  

The first earn-in option for OGC to earn 51% interest over four  years from the date of Agreement requires 
spending US$7 million on exploration, making US$1.5 million in payments to the Company. The Company will 
serve as operator for exploration for first year in return for 5% management fee and the Company will retain a 
30% funded-to production interest in the property. The agreement is in good standing as of June 30, 2018. 

g)  Santa Rita Property and Virginia Zone 

The  Company  owns  a  100%  interest  in  the  Santa  Rita  property  situated  in  the  Santa  Cruz  Mining  District, 
Argentina.  

The Santa Rita property also hosts the Virginia prospect, thus together Santa Rita and Virginia account for 
total expenditures on the Santa Rita property. 

h)  Pipeline Projects: 

The Company carries out exploration programs on a number of projects which are prospective for gold and/or 
silver mineralization in Chile and Argentina.  

In order to achieve cost efficiencies certain claims without merit were dropped during the year ended June 30, 
2018 resulting in a write-off of $Nil (June 30, 2017 - $Nil). 

i)  Advances to/from joint venture partners: 

The Company is the operator for four joint venture projects. As of June 30, 2018, the Company has $67,892 
(2017-$Nil) of unspent exploration advances. Expense reimbursement receivable of $118,467 is included in 
accounts receivable as of June 30, 2018. 

10.  Related Party Transactions 

Details of the transactions between the Company’s related parties are disclosed below. 

a)  Compensation of key management personnel 

Key management personnel include persons having the authority and responsibility for planning, directing, and 
controlling the activities of the Company as a whole.  

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Mirasol Resources Ltd. 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 
June 30, 2018 
Canadian Funds 

The remuneration of management and independent directors was as follows: 

Management compensation (i)  
Share-based payments (ii) 
Director’s fees (iv) 

          Year Ended June 30, 

2018 

501,273 
261,084 
186,241 

$ 

948,598 

$ 

2017 

514,369 
250,749 
135,623 

900,741 

$ 

$ 

(i)  Management  compensation  is  included  in  Management  fees  (2018  -  $272,046;  2017  -  $211,804)  and  in 

exploration expenditures (2018 - $229,227; 2017 - $302,565).  

(ii)  Share-based payments represent the expense for the years ended June 30, 2018 (Note 11c) and 2017. 

(iii) In February 2016, the Company signed Consulting Agreements, effective July 2015, with each of Global Ore 
Discovery Pty Ltd. (“Global Ore”) and Stephen Nano, to perform the duties of President, CEO and Qualified 
Person for the Company.  

Under  the  terms  of  the  Global  Ore  agreement,  the  Company  has  retained  the  services  of  Global  Ore 
consultants until June 30, 2018, to provide target generation related consulting services to the Company on 
an exclusive basis throughout Chile and Argentina. The Company has agreed to a minimum monthly retainer 
of Australian Dollar (“AUD”) $35,000. The Global Ore contract can be terminated at any time by the Company 
by paying a fee of AUD $225,000.  

The CEO consulting agreement with Mr. Nano is for a term expiring on June 30, 2018 and was renewed on 
a month to month basis upon its expiry and provides for payment of a consulting fee of $25,000 per month. 
The  contract  with  Mr.  Nano  contains  termination  provisions  which  require  payment  of  one-year’s  fees  for 
termination without cause and two years for termination due to a change of control event, as defined. 

(iv)  The independent directors of the Company are paid $2,100 per month (2017 - $2,100 per month) while the 
Chairman of the Board of Directors receives an additional $3,000 per month for serving in this capacity (2017 
- $3,000). On June 14, 2017, the Chairman of the Board was appointed Executive Chairman and is paid an 
additional $4,100 per month.  

b)  Transactions with other related parties 

Certain of the Company’s officers and directors render services to the Company as sole proprietors or through 
companies in which they are an officer, director, or partner.   

The following companies are related parties through association of the Company’s directors and officers: 

Miller Thomson  

Global Ore Discovery Pty Ltd. 

Evrim Resources Corp. (“Evrim”) 

Nature of transactions 

Legal fees 
Project generation, exploration management and 
GIS services  
CFO services, office administration support 
services and office sharing 

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Mirasol Resources Ltd. 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 
June 30, 2018 
Canadian Funds 

The Company incurred the following fees and expenses with related parties as follows: 

Legal fees 
CFO services 
Office sharing and administration services 
Project generation, exploration expenses and GIS services 

$ 

              Year Ended June 30, 

$ 

2018 
189,138 
101,750 
49,440 
711,619 

 2017 
226,101 
72,588 
87,316 
965,443 

$ 

1,051,947 

$ 

1,351,448 

The Company had entered into an agreement with Evrim, a company with common management, to share CFO 
services, Administration services and office space.  The Agreement was renewed on a month to month basis 
upon its expiry on February 28, 2018.  

Included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities at June 30, 2018, is an amount of $153,904 (2017 - $149,287) 
owing to directors and officers of the Company and to companies where the directors and officers are principals.  

11.  Share Capital 

a)  Authorized Share Capital  

The Company’s authorized share capital consists of an unlimited number of common shares without par value. All 
issued common shares are fully paid. 

b)  Changes in Share Capital 

(i)  Financing  

During  the  year  ended  June  30,  2018,  the  Company  completed  a  non-brokered  private  placement  issuing 
4,317,750 units for gross proceeds of $8,635,500. Each unit consisted of one common share and one-half of one 
non-transferable common share purchase warrant. Each full warrant is exercisable into one common share at a 
price of $3.00 for two years from the closing date.  

The Company incurred $126,750 cash finder’s fees, $69,340 for regulatory and other related fees. 

(ii) Rights offering 

  During the year ended June 30, 2017, the Company completed a rights offering for gross proceeds of $10,000,000. 
Bonus warrants of 500,000 were issued to the guarantors of the rights offering. Each bonus warrant is exercisable 
at $2.40 and expired unexercised on March 23, 2017. The fair value of these bonus warrants was estimated to be 
$339,700 using the following weighted average assumptions in the Black-Scholes option pricing model.  

Expected dividend yield 
Expected share price volatility 
Risk-free interest rate 
Expected life of options 

0.0% 
73.06% 
0.58% 
0.5 years 

The Company incurred $152,438 of share issuance costs in connection with the rights offering. 

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Mirasol Resources Ltd. 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 
June 30, 2018 
Canadian Funds 

(iii)  Options exercised 

During the year ended June 30, 2018, the Company issued 388,800 (2017 - 285,000) shares on exercise of share 
purchase option for gross proceeds of $435,664 (2017 - $294,800). The options had a fair value of $247,501 (2017 
- $107,666). 

c)  Share Purchase Options 

The Company has established a share purchase option plan whereby the board of directors may, from time to 
time, grant options to directors, officers, employees or consultants. Options granted must be exercised no later 
than five years from the date of grant or such lesser period as determined by the Company’s board of directors.  
The exercise price of an option is equal to or greater than the closing market price on the TSX Venture Exchange 
(“TSX-V”) on the day preceding the date of grant. The vesting terms for each grant are set by the Board of Directors.  

The  option  plan  provides  that  the  aggregate  number  of  shares  reserved  for  issuance  under  the  plan  shall  not 
exceed 10% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares. At June 30, 2018, a total of 5,382,263 options 
were reserved under the option plan with 3,065,826 options outstanding.    

(i)  Movements in share purchase options during the year 

A summary of the Company’s share purchase options and the changes for the year are as follows: 

Options outstanding as at June 30, 2016 

     Granted  
     Exercised 

        Expired 

Options outstanding as at June 30, 2017 

     Granted  
     Exercised 
     Expired / Forfeited 

Options outstanding as at June 30, 2018 

Options exercisable at June 30, 2018 

Number of Options 

2,553,750 
740,876 
             (285,000) 
       (25,000) 
2,984,626 
935,000 
             (388,800) 
             (465,000) 

3,065,826 

2,840,826 

Weighted Average 
Exercise Price 
$1.07 
$2.81 
                   $1.03 
$1.55 
$1.50 
$1.70 
                   $1.12 
                   $1.08 

$1.67 

$1.68 

(ii)  Fair value of share purchase options granted 

During the year ended June 30, 2018, the Company amended the vesting provisions and adjusted 500,000 options 
issued during 2015 to 100,000 options. As a result, the Company recognized a credit of $74,805 related to stock-
based compensation.  

Total share-based payments recognised for the year ended June 30, 2018 amounted to $500,620 (June 30, 2017 
- $711,454).  

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Mirasol Resources Ltd. 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 
June 30, 2018 
Canadian Funds 

The fair value of options granted, and the incremental fair value of the amended options was estimated on the date 
of the grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, with the following weighted average assumptions: 

Expected dividend yield 
Expected share price volatility 
Risk-free interest rate 
Expected life of options 
Fair value of options granted (per share option) 

                     Year Ended June 30, 

2018 
0.0% 
64.46% 
1.57% 
2.33 years 
$0.65  

2017 
0.0% 
49.19% 
0.576% 
2.13 years 
$0.36  

(iii) Share purchase options outstanding at the end of the year 

A summary of the Company’s options outstanding as at June 30, 2018 is as follows: 

Expiry Date 
December 16, 2018 
March 23, 2019 
August 4, 2019 
May 14, 2018* 
April 29, 2021 
April 29, 2021 
August 26, 2019 
September 12, 2021 
September 12, 2020 
December 19, 2020 
December 20, 2020 

Exercise price 
$ 

           0.88  
           0.88  
           0.88  
           1.28  
           0.88  
           1.38 
           2.85 
           1.80 
           1.80 
           1.61 
           1.65 

Options 
Outstanding 
               3,750  
           165,000  
           142,500  
           238,700  
           545,000  
           320,000 
           715,876 
           150,000 
           235,000 
           200,000 
           350,000 
3,065,826 

Weighted 
Average 
Remaining Life 
of Options 
(years) 

           1.92 

Options 
Exercisable 

         3,750  
     165,000  
     142,500  
     238,700  
    545,000  
    240,000 
    715,876 
      70,000 
    235,000 
    200,000 
    285,000 

 2,840,826 

* As of June 30, 2018, the options remain outstanding as the Company has an obligation to extend the expiry 
date pursuant to the terms of the option.  

d)  Warrants 

On June 8, 2018, the Company issued 2,158,875 of share pruchase warrants with an exercise price of $3.00 
expirying in twenty-four months. These warrants were outstanding as of June 30, 2018 (2017-Nil). During the 
year ended June 30, 2017, 500,000 share purchase warrants were granted with an exercise price of $2.40. The 
share purchase warrants were issued in connection with the Company’s Right offering (Note 11 b (i)) and expired 
on March 23, 2017.  

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Mirasol Resources Ltd. 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 
June 30, 2018 
Canadian Funds 

e)  Restricted Share Unit (“RSU”) Plan 

On April 26th, 2018 the shareholders approved a restricted share unit plan (the “RSU Plan”). The RSU plan was 
also approved by the Board on July 16th 2018 and by the TSX Venture Exchange on July 17, 2018. The RSU 
Plan provides for the issuance of up to 1,000,000 restricted share units (the “RSUs”). Under the RSU Plan, RSUs 
may be granted to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company (excluding investor relations 
consultants) as partial compensation for the services they provide to the Company. The RSU Plan is a fixed 
number plan, and the number of common shares issued under the RSU Plan, when combined with the number 
of  stock  options  available  under  the  Company’s  stock  option  plan,  will  not  exceed  10%  of  the  Company’s 
outstanding common shares. The Company’s Compensation Committee and Board of Directors have approved 
an award of 110,000 RSUs.  Subsequent to June 30, 2018, 30,000 RSU’s were granted. 

12.  Segmented Information 

The  Company’s  business  consists  of  a  single  reportable  segment  being  mineral  property  acquisition  and 
exploration.  Details on a geographical basis are as follows: 

Total Non-Current Assets 
Canada 
Argentina 
Chile 

13.  Income Taxes  

June 30,  
2018 

  $ 

27,983  $ 

2,844,780 
229,660 

  June 30,  
 2017 
7,959 
2,842,013 
254,467 

  $ 

3,102,423  $ 

3,104,439 

The Company is subject to Canadian federal and provincial tax for the estimated taxable income at a rate of 26%. 
The Company has no taxable income in Canada. 

The  tax  expense  at  statutory  rates  for  the  Company  can  be  reconciled  to  the  reported  income  taxes  per  the 
statement of loss and comprehensive loss as follows:  

Year Ended June 
30, 2018 

Year Ended June 
30, 2017 

Net loss before income taxes 
Canadian federal and provincial income tax rates 

t

Expected income tax recovery based on the above 
Non-deductible expenses 
Change in statutory and foreign tax rates 

Tax effect of deferred tax assets for which no tax 
benefit has been recorded 
Foreign exchange and other 
Total income tax recovery 

$ 

$ 

(4,341,131) 
26.50% 

(1,150,400) 
216,756 
710,673 

$ 

$ 

(6,945,647) 
26.00% 

(1,805,868) 
220,512 
(54,013) 

             (2,316,280) 
2,539,251 
                       - 

$ 

              2,865,419 
(1,226,050) 
                       - 

$ 

In September 2017, the British Columbia (BC) Government proposed changes to the general corporate income 
tax rate to increase the rate from 11% to 12% effective January 1, 2018 and onwards.  This change in tax rate 
was substantively enacted on October 26, 2017.  The relevant deferred tax balances have been re-measured to 
reflect the increase in the Company's combined Federal and Provincial (BC) general corporate income tax rate 
from 26% to 27%.   

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Mirasol Resources Ltd. 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 
June 30, 2018 
Canadian Funds 

The Company’s unrecognized deferred tax assets are as follows: 

Unrecognized deferred income tax assets: 

Non-capital losses   
Exploration and evaluation assets 
Share issue costs 
Other  

Total unrecognized deferred income tax assets 

June 30,  
2018 

June 30,  
2017 

  $ 

  $ 

2,552,000 
3,639,936 
67,051 
12,154 
6,271,140 

$ 

$ 

2,182,224 
6,359,253 
31,707 
14,234 
8,587,418 

In  assessing  the  recoverability  of  deferred  tax  assets  other  than  deferred  tax  assets  resulting  from  the  initial 
recognition of assets and liabilities that do not affect accounting or taxable profit, management considers whether 
it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will be realized. The ultimate realization 
of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation  of future taxable  income during the periods in  which 
those temporary differences become deductible. 

Deductible temporary differences, unused tax losses and unused tax credits: 

June 30,  
2018 

June 30, 
2017 

Expiry date 
Range 

Non-capital losses   
Exploration and evaluation assets 
Share issue costs 
Other 

  $ 

9,403,016  $ 
12,413,823 
248,336 
45,121 

See below 
7,409,201 
18,824,237  Not applicable 
2036 
121,950 
42,533  Not applicable 

As at June 30, 2018, an estimated income tax refund of $Nil (2017 - $23,991) is recognized in receivables and 
advances (Note 7). Income taxes recoverable  includes a recovery  of $Nil (2017 – $23,991 related to realized 
capital losses that are carried back and applied against capital gains reported during the year ended June 30, 
2013 / 2014. 

The  Company  has  non-capital  loss  carry-forwards  of  approximately  $9,403,016  that  may  be  available  for  tax 
purposes. The loss carry-forwards are principally in respect of Canadian, Argentine and Chilean operations and 
expire as follows: 

2019 
2020 
2021 
2022 
2023 
2035 to 2038 
No-expiry 

  $ 

Canada 

-  $ 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6,054,954 
- 

Argentina 

288,009  $ 
504,701 
- 
770,576 
39,642 
- 
- 

  $ 

6,054,954  $ 

1,602,928  $ 

Chile 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,745,134 
1,745,134 

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Mirasol Resources Ltd. 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 
June 30, 2018 
Canadian Funds 

14.  Subsequent Event 

On  October  17,  2018,  the  Company  signed  an  exploration  and  option  agreement  (the  “Agreement”)  with 
Hochschild  Mining  (“HOC”)  on  its  Indra  project  in  Chile.  The  Indra  project  was  generated  through  the 
generative efforts of the Company. 

HOC has been granted the option to acquire up to a 70% interest in the Indra project, exercisable in 5 stages 
over an eight-year, or shorter, earn-in period.  

The  Agreement  requires  HOC  to  make  a  minimum  spend  commitment  of  US$800,000  in  exploration 
expenditures in the first 18-months of the exploration program, and complete 1,500 metres of drilling within 30 
months of the date of the Agreement. In addition, a US$50,000 option payment (received) is to be made to the 
Company upon signing the Agreement.  

The first earn-in option for HOC to earn 51% interest over three years (total 4.5 years) from the date of the 
Agreement requires spending an additional US$5.2 million on exploration and making two staged payments 
totalling US$675,000 to the Company. The Company will retain a 30% funded-to production  interest in the 
Indra project.  

The Company will serve as operator during the option phase in return for a 10% management fee on values 
less than US$250,000 and 5% fee on over US$250,000. 

On July 17, 2018 a total of 60,000 incentive stock options were granted with an exercise price $1.76 per share 
for a period of three years. The options vest 50% on grant with the remaining balance vesting in six months. 

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Management Discussion and Analysis 
For Mirasol Resources Ltd. 
(“Mirasol” or the “Company”) 

INTRODUCTION 
The  Management  Discussion  and  Analysis  (“MD&A”)  is  prepared  as  of  October  26, 2018  and  is 
intended to supplement Company’s annual audited consolidated financial statements for the year 
ended June 30, 2018 (“Current Period”).  All financial information, unless otherwise indicated, has 
been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by 
the  International  Accounting  Standards  Board  (“IASB”).  All  dollar  amounts  referenced,  unless 
otherwise indicated, are expressed in Canadian funds. 

The following discussion of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be 
read in conjunction with its annual audited consolidated financial statements and related notes for 
the year ended June 30, 2018.  

FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATION 

This MD&A contains certain forward-looking statements and information relating to Mirasol that are 
based on the beliefs of its management as well as assumptions made by and information currently 
available to the Company.  When used in this document, the words “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, 
“expect” and similar expressions, as they relate to Mirasol or its management, are intended to identify 
forward-looking  statements.    This  MD&A  contains  forward-looking  statements  relating  to,  among 
other things, the Company’s goals and plans going forward, regulatory compliance, the sufficiency 
of  current  working  capital,  and  the  estimated  cost  and  availability  of  funding  for  the  continued 
exploration and development of the Company’s exploration properties.  Such statements reflect the 
current views of Mirasol with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties 
and  assumptions.    The  material  factors  and  assumptions  used  to  develop  forward-looking 
information include, but are not limited to, the future prices of gold, silver and copper, success of 
exploration  activities,  permitting  time  lines,  currency  exchange  rate  fluctuations,  government 
regulation  of  mining  operations,  environmental  risks,  the  estimation  of  mineral  resources,  capital 
expenditures,  costs  and timing  of  the  development  of  new  discoveries,  unanticipated  reclamation 
expenses,  title  disputes or  claims  and  limitations  on  insurance  coverage,  continued  availability  of 
capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. 

Forward  looking  statements  are  based  on  the  beliefs,  estimates  and  opinions  of  the  Company’s 
management  on  the  date  the  statements  are  made.    The  Company  undertakes  no  obligation  to 
update  these  forward-looking  statements  in  the  event  that  management’s  beliefs,  estimates  or 
opinions, or other factors, should change, except as may be required by applicable law. 

This MD&A also uses the terms pit constrained mineral resources estimate and indicated resource.  
The Company advises that these terms are recognized by Canadian securities regulations (under 
National  Instrument  43-101  “Standards  of  Disclosure  for  Mineral  Projects”),  however  the  US 
Securities and Exchange Commission does not recognize these terms.  Investors are cautioned not 
to assume that any part of or all, of the mineral occurrences in these categories will ever be converted 
into reserves.  Stephen Nano, President and CEO for the Company and a “Qualified Person” under 
National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43-101”), has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical 
information in this MD&A. 

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CORPORATE AND STRATEGIC OVERVIEW 

Mirasol (TSXV-MRZ) is a mineral exploration company focused on the exploration and discovery of   
Au+Ag  and  copper  (Au,  Ag  and  Cu)  deposits  via  the  project  generator  business  model,  in  the 
Atacama-Puna region of northern Chile and Argentina, and in the Santa Cruz Province of southern 
Argentina.  These regions are highly prospective and host many large-scale precious and base metal 
mines, operated by some of the world’s largest mining companies (Figure 1).  Mirasol believes well-
managed and focused exploration can deliver further discoveries within its generative regions and 
increase shareholder value. 

During  2014,  the  Company  recognized  that  the  protracted,  industry-wide  downturn  in  exploration 
expenditures could create a business opportunity for the Company’s generative exploration program.  
While the majority of competitors were inactive, the Mirasol deployed a 3-year countercyclical project 
generation  strategy.    This  strategy  allowed  Mirasol  to  build  a  large  and  diverse  portfolio  of 
prospective Au, Ag and Cu properties in preparation for an upswing in global exploration spending 
and the ensuing increase in demand for quality exploration projects. 

During  2017,  the  Company  noted  that  the  global  precious  metal  exploration  budgets  began  to 
increase again.  This trend was further signaled by improving demand for Mirasol’s projects from 
leading mid-tier and major precious metal producers.  During the Current Period, Mirasol made a 
strategic  decision  to  focus  a  higher  proportion  of  its  budget  on  business  development,  with  the 
objective of maximizing partner-funded exploration spending on the Company’s projects. 

As a result of the improved demand for projects and the Company’s increased business development 
investments, the  company  has  now  secured five  Options  to  Joint  Venture  (“JVs”)  deals  with  both 
major and mid-tier precious metals producers on its projects in Chile and Argentina, including the 
recently announced (October 17th, 2018) JV with Hochschild Mining (“HOC”) in Chile.  Under these 
agreements,  the  JV  partners  fund  all  exploration  and  tenure  holding  costs,  make  staged  option 
payments, and pay management fees to Mirasol for the JVs that Mirasol operates.   

During the Current Period the combined partner expenditures on Mirasol’s JVs totaled approximately 
C$9 million, which delivered approximately 9,000 m of exploration drilling at Claudia, Curva and at 
Gorbea (pre-termination of the JV agreement) and extensive surface geological, geochemical and 
geophysical exploration programs at Altazor and Zeus to define drill targets.  

The  Company  has  also  recently  announced  that  it  is  expanding  the  company’s  business  and 
exploration strategy to include self-funded drilling of selected high-grade Au+Ag projects leveraged 
to near-mine infrastructure and has closed a C$8.6 million non-brokered private placement to fund 
this exploration. The Company will retain the joint venture business model as the central pillar of the 
company’s  business  philosophy  and  as  a  non-dilutive  path  to  discovery.    Our  JV  efforts  will  be 
focused on large, district-scale targets where Mirasol will benefit from partnerships with well-funded 
producers to explore and develop the resulting discoveries.   

The combined outcome of JV partner-funded exploration and income generated from related option 
payments and management fees allows Mirasol to focus its available treasury on further exploration 
and  business  development  activities  while  maximizing  the  potential  for  discovery  with  multiple 
projects being drill tested.   

In Argentina, the Company is monitoring the impact of the recently announced new export tax, and 
the rapid currency devaluation (inflation). To date this has not had a measurable impact on Mirasol’s 
capacity to operate as a project generator and exploration company in Argentina. Our JV partner in 
Santa  Cruz,  OceanaGold  Corporation  (“OGC”),  is  continuing  with  its  exploration  programs  at  the 
Claudia  project  and  has  commenced  a  +2,500  m  drill  program  at  the  Curva  project,  planned  for 
completion in the December quarter of 2018. 

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The Company is also continuing to experience strong broad-based interest in our Argentine projects 
for potential new joint ventures, from major to mid-tier producers, well funded private and listed junior 
resource companies. Notably, expressions of interest are being received from in-country precious 
metal  producers  as  well  as  from  companies  that  are  interested  in  making  new  or  first-time 
investments  in  the  country.    Our  business  development  team  is  focusing  efforts  to  convert  this 
interest into new partner investment in our Argentine projects.  

The Company continually assesses the investment and operation climate in Argentina and will adjust 
its activities in the country in response to the evolving investment and operational environment.  

Our  generative  work  and  JV  funded  exploration  in  Chile  continues  to  provide  opportunity  for 
discovery in this country and balance to our exposure to Argentina. 

Figure 1: Location of Mirasol’s Exploration Projects, Joint Ventures, and Generative Programs. 

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Financial Condition  

Mirasol remains in a strong financial position with cash and short-term investment of $26,543,426 as 
of June 30, 2018, having raised $8,635,500 through a private placement completed on June 8, 2018.  
The annual level of spending by the Company is largely determined by its ability to secure financing 
through the sale of its securities, sales of assets and JV arrangements with its industry partners. 

During  the  Current  Period,  Mirasol  incurred  total  company-wide  net  cash  expenditures  of 
$4,952,135.  The financial statements for the Current Period show a total expenditure of $5,457,985 
of which non-cash items such as share-based payments and depreciation totalled to $505,849. 

For the Current Period, the total net cash expenditure was distributed between head office corporate 
spending of $2,190,108 inclusive of officer’s salaries, board fees, business development, corporate 
administration, investor relations and regulatory compliance; and a total net exploration expenditure 
of $2,762,028.  For the Current Period, the Company has accounted for $6,153,915 in exploration 
reimbursements, $380,845 (US$ 300,000) in option payments and $374,356 in management fees 
income  from  JV  partners,  which  are  offset  against  the  Company’s  exploration  and  in-country 
management and operating costs. 

Mirasol’s Exploration Focus 

Mirasol is a successful project generator with a mission to create shareholder wealth from resource 
discovery.  

The Company maintains a high-quality portfolio of exploration properties with the potential to deliver 
an economic discovery by applying innovative, concept-driven geological techniques integrated with 
detailed  field  work.  Mirasol  strategically  advances  prospects  with  technical  merit  by:  1)  entering 
strong JV earn-in deals with major mining companies, reducing exploration risk while conserving the 
Company’s  treasury;  and  /or  2)  testing  high  priority  targets  with  self-funded  drill  programs  where 
warranted,  thereby  positioning  the  Company  to  monetize  its  assets  in  the  event  of  successful 
exploration  results.  Mirasol’s  Joaquin  and  Virginia  Ag  discoveries  in  Argentina  are  evidence  of 
successful  outcomes  of  these  processes.  Joaquin  was  monetized  through  sale  to  Coeur  d’Alene 
Mines (now Coeur Mining) in 2012.  

Project Generation and Business Development 

Until recently, the primary focus of the Company’s generative efforts has been the Atacama-Puna 
Program  where  Mirasol  is  exploring  world  class  Tertiary  age  mineral  belts  in  northern  Chile.  
However, during 2016 the change to a pro-business government in Argentina, encouraged Mirasol 
to reinitiate exploration on and adjacent to its Santa Cruz projects in Argentina and in some areas 
stake new claims to consolidate its project portfolio.  

During  the  2018  financial  year,  Mirasol  focused  a  larger  proportion  of  its  budget  on  business 
development activities with the objective of securing new JVs for assets within its property portfolio 
and other business opportunities to accelerate drill testing of the Company’s assets. The focus on 
business development was timed to coincide with an upturn in demand for projects from precious 
metal producers, allowing the business development team to secure five new JVs with major and 
mid-tier mining companies in Chile and Argentina over the last 18 months.  

Mirasol is seeing a continuing growth in interest in its Au+Ag and Cu project portfolio from companies 
seeking new JVs and is focused on securing new agreements during the 2019 financial year. 

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Chile/Argentina: Atacama – Puna Generative Region 

The  Company’s  generative  program  in  the  Atacama-Puna  region  encompasses  a  1,700  km-long 
segment of three north-south oriented prolific mineral belts which run through Chile and Argentina 
and host many world-class Cu and Au mines and occurrences, and are of differing ages in millions 
of years (Ma; Figure 2), and from youngest to oldest include:   

•  Miocene to Pliocene (Mio-Pliocene, 23-5 Ma): High-sulfidation epithermal (“HSE”) Au+Ag  

•  Middle Eocene to Early Oligocene (Eocene-Oligocene 40-28 Ma): Porphyry Cu+Mo 

•  Paleocene to Early Eocene (Paleocene, 66-53 Ma): Low-intermediate-sulfidation epithermal 

Au+Ag and porphyry Cu+Mo 

Figure 2: Mirasol’s Atacama - Puna Generative Program. 

Mirasol  uses  its  proprietary  prospectivity  analysis  techniques  to  target  areas  with  heightened 
potential  for  discovery  of  quality  mineral  prospects.    The  Company  also  applies  a  number  of  risk 
qualifying filters to both minimize exposure to and/or increase awareness of areas that may have 
environment and/or community sensitivities. 

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Following are brief explanations of the three metallogenic belts and Mirasol’s target concepts: 

Miocene – Pliocene belt 

This  mineral  belt  in-particular  has  been  the  focus  of  two  recent  substantial  discoveries  of  multi-
million-ounce HSE oxide Au deposits;  

•  Alturas deposit, with Inferred resources of 6.8 Moz Au grading 1.0 g/t Au  contained within 

211 Mt (Barrick 2017 Annual Report; unchanged from 2016). 

•  Salares Norte deposit, with Indicated + Inferred resources of 3.7 Moz Au at 4.89 g/t Au and 
49.5 Moz Ag contained within 23.3 Mt (Gold Fields Ltd. Mineral Resource & Mineral Reserve 
Supplement 2017). 

Alturas and Salares Norte are large-tonnage, near-surface oxidized Au deposits, which are largely 
concealed beneath geochemically barren, but hydrothermally altered, cap rocks (the “steam heated 
cap”)  which  obscured  earlier  recognition  of  these  prospects.    Their  discoveries  were  further 
complicated by their remote location and high elevation.  Mirasol is actively exploring for this type of 
Au  deposit  at  its  Atlas  and Titan  projects  in the Gorbea  property  package  and  at the  Altazor  and 
Zeus projects, where Mirasol recently announced (news release November 21, 2017 and February 
26, 2018) the signing of two Option and Farm-in Agreements with a subsidiary of Newcrest Mining 
Limited (“NCM”).  

In  the  Mio-Pliocene  belt  north  of  the  Maricunga  Belt,  Mirasol  has  approximately  116,000  ha  of 
granted  exploration  claims.    In  the  Mio-Pliocene  aged  “Southern  Porphyry  Belt”,  Mirasol  holds 
exploration rights to approximately 24,000 ha of granted claims and claims applications.  

Middle Eocene – Early Oligocene belt 

The Eocene-Oligocene belt hosts many giant porphyry Cu mines such as Escondida, Chuquicamata 
and  Collahuasi  that  significantly  contribute  to  the  annual  Cu  production  in  Chile.    This  Cu  belt  is 
considered  a  “mature  exploration  terrain”  but  it  is  also  recognized  as  prospective  for  future  Cu 
discoveries.  The continued prospectivity of this belt is attributed to its extensive post-mineral cover, 
and in some cases, its “geochemically barren” alteration caps concealing a substantial proportion of 
the most productive and logistically accessible segments of the belt.  While Cu was not previously 
considered a core commodity for Mirasol, a number of factors point toward possible supply deficits.  
Mirasol considers the supply shortfall as a driver for increased demand for Cu exploration projects 
and accordingly, Mirasol has staked new claims and expanded existing claims holdings in this belt 
to secure quality exploration ground to build a pipeline of Cu exploration projects.  

Mirasol presently holds approximately 42,000 ha in the Cu-rich Eocene-Oligocene belt, including the 
Rubi and Odin projects. 

Paleocene to Early Eocene belt 

This  belt  hosts  significant  mines,  including  BHP’s  Spence  porphyry  Cu+Mo  mine,  and  Yamana 
Gold’s (YRI) El Peñón, a high-grade, low-sulfidation epithermal (“LSE”) Au+Ag deposit.  El Peñón is 
the largest precious metal mine in the Paleocene belt with contained metal of 7 Moz Au and 188 Moz 
Ag (reserves, resources and historic production; SNL Metals & Mining – December 31, 2017).  Here, 
Mirasol  is  targeting  large-scale  multi-million  ounce  epithermal  Au+Ag  and  large  porphyry  Cu 
deposits. Mirasol is actively exploring for this type of Au deposit at its Indra project where Mirasol 
recently  announced  the  signing  of  an  Option  and  Earn-in  Agreements  with  HOC  (news  release 
August 29 and 30, 2018 and October 17th, 2018).  Mirasol presently controls approximately 35,000 
ha of granted exploration claims in Paleocene belt. 

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Mirasol Projects in Atacama-Puna 

Mirasol’s portfolio of projects and JVs in Atacama-Puna Generative Region include:  

•  Altazor-NCM  JV:  Altazor  is  an  HSE  Au  +  project  covering  33,200  ha  located  in  an 
underexplored section of the Mio-Pliocene age mineral belt.  Mirasol has completed a first-
pass reconnaissance sampling over approximately 50% of the project area and reported the 
results on October 11, 2017.  The results show comparable geology, alteration patterns and 
Au  ppb  level  anomalous  assays  in  soil  and  rock  chip  samples  to  those  recorded/reported 
from surface sampling at Gold  Fields’ Salares Norte Project, which has a geological setting 
analogous to that at Altazor in the Mio-Pliocene mineral belt of Chile.   

On November 21, 2017 Mirasol announced the signing of an Option and Farm-in Agreement 
with Newcrest International Pty Limited.  The JV agreement grants NCM the right to acquire 
up  to  an  80%  interest  in  the  Altazor  project  by  making  US$  10  million  in  exploration 
expenditures, delivering a feasibility study and, at Mirasol’s request, funding to commercial 
production the Company’s 20% retained project equity.  The first-year spending commitment 
of US$ 1.5 million has been directed to an aggressive property wide surface exploration and 
geophysics program for drill target definition.  NCM is also required to pay US$ 1.9 million in 
staged option payments to Mirasol over the duration of the agreement. 

•  Zeus-NCM JV:  Zeus is a gold project covering 18,500 ha that is located 40 km east-south-

east of the Salares Norte project.  Zeus presently hosts two recognized breccia Au targets:  
Artemisa and Apollo.  Au grades from rock chip sampling ranging to 1.28 g/t Au have been 
found in a prospective high-level epithermal breccia setting at Apollo.  The reconnaissance 
stage exploration results from both prospects are considered very encouraging for this early 
stage of exploration work.   

On February 26, 2018, Mirasol announced the signing of an Option and Farm-in Agreement 
with NCM.  The JV agreement grants NCM the right to acquire up to an 80% interest in the 
Zeus project by making US$ 9.5 million in exploration expenditures, delivering a feasibility 
study  and,  at  Mirasol’s  request,  funding  to  commercial  production  the  Company’s  20% 
retained  project  equity.    NCM  is  also  required  to  pay  US$  1.0  million  in  staged  option 
payments to Mirasol over the duration of the agreement and committed to spending US$ 1.5 
million over the first 18 months. On April 24, 2018, Mirasol announced the beginning of a US$ 
750,000 surface exploration program on the project. 

• 

Indra-HOC  JV:  Indra  is  a  21,000  ha  epithermal  precious  metals  project  is  located  in  the 
Paleocene Age Mineral Belt, 5 km south of the 1.37 Moz Au equivalent El Guanaco Au + 
mine in northern Chile (reserves, resources and historic production; SNL Metals & Mining – 
December 31, 2017). The project is interpreted to host the upper levels of a large epithermal 
Au+Ag  system.  The  project  is  characterized  by  a  large  carbonate+silica  vein  and  breccia 
system with weakly anomalous Au+Ag rock chip assays and strongly anomalous epithermal 
path finder geochemistry.   

On August 29, 2018, Mirasol announced the signing of a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) for a JV with 
HOC.  The LOI gives HOC the right to acquire, in multiple stages, up to 70% of the project 
by completing a series of exploration and development milestones and making staged option 
payments. Mirasol can elect to contribute its 30% of development expenditures or exercise 
an option for HOC to finance 100% of the development costs through to production, in this 
latter scenario, Mirasol would retain a 25% interest in the project and HOC’s interest would 
be increased to 75%. HOC is also required to pay US$ 725,000 in staged option payments 
to Mirasol over the duration of the agreement and committed to spending US$800,000 over 
the  first  18  months.  On  October  17,  2018,  Mirasol  announced  the  signing  of  a  definitive 
agreement and the beginning of a surface exploration program on the project. 

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•  Gorbea:  Nine precious metal properties totaling approximately 22,200 ha, including the Atlas 
project, were under JV agreement with Yamana Gold (“YRI”), (news release March 26, 2015). 
In  April  2018,  YRI  advised  the  company  of  its  decision  to  terminate the Gorbea  JV  (news 
release April 13, 2018).  Over the term of the JV, YRI invested approximately C$ 10 million 
on exploration at Gorbea, drilling over 11,600 m of targets focused within the Atlas and Titan 
projects.  

•  Rubi project: Rubi is located in the El Salvador Cu-Au mining district, Chile, and hosts the 
Lithocap, Zafiro and Puertozuelo porphyry Cu targets. The El Salvador district hosts large-
scale porphyry Cu mines operated by Codelco, the Chilean national mining company. Mirasol 
has continued to expand its claims holdings to secure possible extensions and new prospect 
areas, resulting in a total claims area of 26,000 ha.   

•  Odin project:  Odin is located 20 km north of the giant Escondida Cu mine.  The Odin claims 
cover  a  previously  unexplored  Mirasol-generated  conceptual  porphyry  Cu  mineralization 
target,  concealed  by  a  strongly  altered  geochemically  barren  lithocap.    In  Q1,  Mirasol 
reported the expansion of claims at Odin from 900 to 5,700 ha (news release July 25, 2017). 

•  Generative Prospect Portfolio:  As of the end of September 2018, and in addition to Gorbea, 
Altazor, Zeus, Rubi and Odin; Mirasol holds approximately 112,000 ha of 100% owned Au, 
Ag, Cu prospects in 28 areas of claims, which provide a prospect “pipeline”. These claims 
have been staked as part of the Company’s ongoing project generation program in the region.  

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Argentina: Santa Cruz Province Generative Region 

The  Company’s  generative  program  in  Argentina  is  focussed  in  Santa  Cruz  Provence  and 
encompasses the area of the Deseado Massif, a 60,000 sq-km region of upper-middle Jurassic age 
volcanics which are recognized as an under-explored terrain with high potential for hosting low- and 
intermediate-sulfidation epithermal Au and Ag deposits.  

The Santa Cruz Province hosts seven operating Au+Ag mines with the recent commissioning of the 
Cerro Morro mine operated by YRI.  Five of the mines are owned and operated by international, mid-
tier  to  major  sized,  precious  metal  producing  companies.    Mineralization  in  Santa  Cruz  typically 
occurs in high-grade vein systems with both Low Sulfidation Epithermal (“LSE”) and Intermediate 
Sulfidation Epithermal (“ISE”) styles.  These deposits are mined by both open-pit and bulk-method 
underground mining techniques.  

Figure 3: Santa Cruz Project Portfolio. 

Mirasol has been exploring in Santa Cruz for over 10 years and has a successful track record of 
targeting, securing and delivering attractive, district-scale projects to precious metal producers as 
demonstrated by the discovery of two Ag deposits: Joaquin, sold to JV partner Coeur Mining in 2012; 
and Virginia which remains 100% owned by the Company.  

The Company’s strategy in Santa Cruz since December 2016, has been to focus on consolidating 
claims  holdings  around  key  mineral  districts  where  Mirasol  already  has  established  projects  and 
where  the  Company’s  exploration  has  confirmed  the  presence  of  and  potential  for,  large-sized 
precious metal systems.  

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On June 8, 2018, the Company closed a private placement to raise funds to expand its exploration 
strategy  and  accelerate  the  drill  testing  of  high  grade  near  mine  infrastructure  projects  in  the 
Company’s portfolio. The self-funded drill testing of these properties will give Mirasol greater deal 
making  leverage  and  a  better  position  to  monetize  its  assets  in  the  event  of  positive  exploration 
results. The Company believes that its new strategy can accelerate the path to discovery and the 
potential for shareholder wealth creation. 

Mirasol Projects in Santa Cruz 

Mirasol’s portfolio of projects in Santa Cruz comprises (Figure 3): 

•  Claudia-OGC JV:  The large Claudia Au+Ag project (approximately 102,000 ha)  comprises 
several drill-ready prospects and is contiguous with the world-class Cerro Vanguardia Au+Ag 
district operated by Cerro Vanguardia S.A., a 92.5 % owned subsidiary of Anglo Gold Ashanti 
(“CVSA”).   

A definitive JV option agreement was signed with OceanaGold Corporation on October 20, 
2017, granting OGC the right to earn up to 75% of the project by spending US$ 10.5 million 
in  exploration  expenditures,  delivering  a  feasibility  study,  a  decision  to  mine  and  funding 
Mirasol’s 25% project equity position to commercial production.  If OGC elects to stay in the 
JV to the 51% earn-in, OGC will have paid Mirasol US$ 1 million in staged cash payments.  
Further, OGC will make a one-off payment to Mirasol of US$ 250,000 if the Au+Ag ounces in 
a  non-NI  43-101  compliant  mineral  inventory,  outlined  in  the  Curahue  prospect  Io  Vein 
preliminary block model by Mirasol’s previous JV partner CVSA, are included by OCG within 
the PEA, or feasibility stage, declaration of resources.  OGC and Mirasol completed a first 
field  exploration  program  at  Claudia  and  reported  drill results  and  new target  definition  on 
September 17, 2018 

•  La Curva-OGC JV:  The La Curva Au project with 36,100 ha  includes three priority drill-ready 
prospects along the La Castora trend and a series of other early stage prospects in the Curva 
West area.   

On  May  18,  2017,  Mirasol  signed  a  definitive  JV  option  agreement  with  OGC  for  a  JV  to 
explore the La Curva project in Santa Cruz Argentina for LSE Au+Ag mineralization.  The 
agreement grants OGC the right to earn up to 75% of the project by spending US$ 7.0 million 
in  exploration  expenditures,  delivering  a  feasibility  study,  a  decision  to  mine  and  funding 
Mirasol 25% project equity position to commercial production.  If OGC elects to stay in the 
JV to the 51% earn-in, OGC will have paid US$ 1.5 million in staged cash payments.  On 
October 26, 2017, OGC and Mirasol announced that they initiated a 2,500 m diamond core 
drill (“DDH”) program to test a series of drill targets along the Castora Au + Trend.  Results 
from the program were announced on February 28, 2018 and September 19, 2018. 

•  Nico:  The  project  is  an  ISE  Au+Ag  target  located  85  km  from  the  Pan  American  Silver 
Manantial Espejo Ag+Au combination open-pit and underground mine.  During the Current 
Period, Mirasol reported “bonanza” high-grade Au+Ag results from sampling the Company’s 
newly discovered Aurora and Resolution vein zones.  Best results to-date from surface chip 
sampling of oxidized typically sub-meter veins containing 35.09 g/t Au and 2,095 g/t Ag (at 
Aurora), and 12.28 g/t Au and 6,181 g/t Ag (at Resolution). Saw-cut channel, and geophysical 
survey were completed on the Resolution prospect to define drill targets (see new release 
from July 5, July 12 and August 27, 2018). On March 2, 2018, the Company also reported 
the delineation of a new Au+Ag vein corridor at the Vittoria Vein Trend.   

•  Virginia:  At this epithermal Ag project, Mirasol has outlined high-grade Ag mineralization in 
seven separate deposits (as vein shoots).  Mirasol’s work at Virginia has delineated an initial  
open pit constrained NI 43-101 compliant mineral resource of Indicated resources totalling 
11.9  Moz  Ag  grading  310  g/t  Ag,  and  additional  Inferred  resources  totalling  3.1  Moz  Ag 

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grading 207 g/t Ag.  Mirasol’s claims holdings have recently been expanded to 70,000 ha 
where  encouraging  reconnaissance  float  rock  sampling  returned  assays  grading  up  to 
6,586.3 g/t  Ag,  outlining a  series  of  aligned float blocks that may  indicate the  presence of 
undiscovered high grade Ag veins under thin post mineral cover. 

•  Exploration portfolio:  The Company’s portfolio of additional quality precious metal properties 
totaling  approximately  125,000  ha,  contains  a  number  with  drill-ready  Au+Ag  targets, 
including the Homenaje, Sascha and Libanesa projects.  

HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE PERIOD JULY 1, 2017 TO OCTOBER 26, 2018 

Exploration Financial Summary 

The Company’s total exploration costs include generative exploration, property retention costs of the 
exploration  project  portfolio,  costs  associated  with  preparing  projects  for  joint  venture,  in-country 
operation  and  management,  and  local  value  added  taxes  (VAT).    For  the  Current  Period  Mirasol 
invested $1,509,158 (Table 3) on exploration in Chile and $1,252,870 in Argentina.  The Company 
received  $6,153,915  in  cost  recoveries  for  the  Current  Period;  claims  fees,  salaries  of  Mirasol 
employees seconded to the JV programs and other operational costs that are covered by the JV 
partners  under  the  terms  of  the  JV  agreements.    Mirasol  earned  $374,356  of  management  fee 
income during the period.   

Mirasol also received JV option payments of US $550,000 comprised of: 

• 

• 

• 

• 

In October 2017, a Claudia JV signing payment from OGC of US$ 100,000 

In December 2017, an Altazor JV signing payment from NCM of US$ 100,000 

In February 2018, a Zeus JV signing payment from NCM of US$ 100,000 

In August 2018, a La Curva JV first anniversary option payment of a US$ 200,000 from OGC 
signalling the continuation of JV into its second year of exploration. 

In October 2018, an Indra JV signing payment from HOC of US$ 50,000. 

Corporate Matters 

On December 19 and 20 of 2017, the Company granted a total of 550,000 incentive stock options 
under its incentive stock option plan to the employees and consultants, directors and officers.  The 
options are exercisable at $1.61 and $1.65 respectively for a period of three years from the date of 
grant.  

On September 12, 2017, the Company granted 385,000 incentive stock options under its incentive 
stock option plan to certain officers, employees and consultants.  All the options are exercisable at 
$1.80 per share, with 235,000 options being exercisable for a period of three years from the date of 
grant, and 150,000 options, which are subject to certain vesting restrictions, being exercisable for a 
period of four years from the date of grant. 

On  April  30,  2018,  the  Company  announced  the  results  of  its  2017  Annual  General  Meeting  of 
shareholders, which was held on April 26, 2018. The shareholders of the Company represented at 
the Meeting elected Stephen C. Nano, Nick DeMare, Borden R. Putnam III, Dana H. Prince, John 
Tognetti  and  Patrick  C.  Evans  as  directors  of  the  Company  for  the  ensuing  year.  Further, 
shareholders  also  approved:  (i)  the  re-appointment  of  Davidson  &  Company  as  the  Company’s 
independent auditor; and (ii) the Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan, as described in the 
Information Circular prepared for the Meeting. 

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On  May  2,  2018,  the  Company  announced  a  non-brokered  private  placement  of  up to  2,500,000 
Units of the Company (“Units”) at a price of $2.00 per Unit, to raise aggregate gross proceeds of up 
to  $5,000,000.  Each  Unit  consisted  of  one  common  share  and  one-half  of  one  non-transferable 
common share purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a “Warrant”). Each warrant is exercisable into 
one additional common share of the Company for a period of 24 months from closing at an exercise 
price of $3.00 per share. A substantial portion of the proceeds from the sale of the Units will be used 
to further explore and test certain prospective Au+Ag projects in the Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, 
and the balance will be used for general working capital. 

On June 8, 2018, the Company announced the closing of the non-brokered private placement. The 
placement was over-subscribed, and the Company issued 4,317,750 Units at a price of $2.00 per 
unit and received gross proceeds of $8,635,500.  

On  June  29,  2018,  the  Company  announced  the  appointment  of  Mathew  Lee  as  Chief  Financial 
Officer effective July 1, 2018. 

On July 17, 2018, the Company announced the appointment of Jonathan Rosset as Vice-President 
Corporate Development and the grant of 60,000 stock options and 110,000 restricted share units 
(“RSUs”) under its Equity Incentive Plan to certain officers, employees and consultants.  The options 
are exercisable at $1.76 per share for a period of three years from the date of grant and are subject 
to  vesting  whereby  50%  shall  be  vesting  immediately  and  the  balance  shall  vest  in  six  months, 
subject to certain contractual conditions.  

The RSUs are also subject to vesting whereby 50% shall vest on the date that new contracts are 
entered into with each recipient, and the balance shall vest 12 months thereafter. The RSUs entitle 
the holder to be issued one common share for each vested RSU. The Company currently has 3.1 
million options allocated of the 5.4 million options available under the Company’s Options Plan.  

JOINT VENTURE, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES 
 FOR THE PERIOD JULY 1, 2017 TO OCTOBER 26, 2018 

Joint Venture Activities 

Altazor-NCM JV: Altazor Au project, northern Chile 

On November 21, 2017, the Company announced that it signed an Option and Farm-in Agreement 
with Newcrest International Pty Limited, a subsidiary of NCM for the Altazor Au + project in 
northern Chile.  NCM has the right to acquire, in multiple stages, up to 80% of the Mirasol owned 
Altazor project by completing a series of exploration and development milestones and making cash 
payments to Mirasol.  The agreement includes the following key terms:   

Option phase: 

•  A US$ 100,000 cash payment upon signing the agreement; 

•  NCM has a minimum commitment to spending US$ 1.5 million in the first-year exploration 

program; 

•  Mirasol will operate the project during the Option phase (1st year) and will receive a 10% 

management fee; and 

•  At the end of the first year, NCM will have the right to exercise the farm-in phase of the 

agreement. 

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JV farm-in phase: 

•  Stage 1: If NCM elects to exercise the option to farm-in, NCM will make a cash payment 
to Mirasol of US$ 500,000, and will have the right to earn 51% of the Project over a 4-
year period (total 5 years) by spending an additional US$ 8.5 million (total US$ 10 million); 

•  Stage 2: If NCM elects to proceed to Stage 2 of the farm-in, it will make a cash payment 
to Mirasol of US$ 650,000 and have the right to earn 65% of the Project over an additional 
2-year period (total 7 years), by funding the delivery of a positive preliminary economic 
assessment  (“PEA”),  in  accordance  with  NI  43-101  on  a  resource  of  not  less  than 
1,000,000 ounces of  Au + at a cut-off grade of 0.30 grams per tonne (g/t); 

•  Stage 3: If NCM elects to proceed to Stage 3 of the farm-in, it will make a cash payment 
to Mirasol of US$ 650,000 and have the right to earn 75% of the Project over an additional 
2-year  period  (total  9  years)  by funding  the  lesser  of  either: (i)  additional  expenditures 
after  the  completion  of  Stage  2  of  US$  100  million;  or  (ii)  the  delivery  of  a  positive 
bankable Feasibility Study (BFS), in accordance with NI 43-101; 

•  Stage  4:  After  completion  of  Stage  3,  Mirasol  can  elect  to  contribute  its  proportionate 
share (25%) of further development expenditures or exercise a financing option requiring 
NCM  to  finance  Mirasol’s  share  of  the  development  costs  through  to  production  in 
exchange for a further 5% interest in the Project.  If Mirasol exercises the financing option: 
(i)  Mirasol’s  interest  will  be  reduced  from  25%  to  20%  and  NCM’s  interest  will  be 
increased from 75% to 80%, and (ii) the loan will have an interest rate of LIBOR + 3% 
and will be repaid from 70% of Mirasol’s share of dividends and be secured against the 
shares  of  the  Mirasol  subsidiary  that  holds  the  interest  in  the  Project  and  its  right  to 
dividends. 

Exploration Program Results 

Mirasol’s initial reconnaissance sampling has been completed over approximately 50% of the project 
area  in  2017.    A  total  of  216  stream  sediment,  395  soils  and  933  rock  chip  samples  have  been 
collected and returned low-level but significantly anomalous Au, Ag, Cu, Pb, Zn and epithermal path 
finder element assays, from sampling in the vicinity, and of mapped breccia bodies (news release 
October 11, 2017).  The Altazor surface results show comparable ppb level anomalous Au + assay 
in soils and rock chips to those recorded at surface at Gold Field’s Salares Norte Project, which lies 
in a geological setting analogous to Altazor. 

The JV has completed an approximately US$1.5 million surface exploration program at Altazor since 
commencement of the JV in November 2017.  This program included geological mapping and rock 
chip  sampling,  alteration  modeling  with  Hyperspectral  alteration  technology,  a  project-wide 
magnetics and soil survey and a large-area Controlled Source Audio-Magnetotellurics (CSAMT) 
geophysical survey.  

Analysis  of  exploration  data  is  currently  being  completed.  Results  and  exploration  plans  for  the 
coming southern hemisphere summer campaign will be reported in the December quarter of 2018.  
The  JV  has recently  staked  an  additional  10,000  ha  of  claims  covering potential  extension  of the 
Altazor alteration system, bringing the total area covered by the project to approximately 32,000 ha.  
NCM assembled a new Chile based exploration team and has elected to take operatorship of the 
exploration program from July 1, 2018. This has freed Mirasol exploration and management teams 
up to peruse new project opportunities for the Company.  

Zeus-NCM JV: Zeus Au project, northern Chile 

On February 26, 2018, the Company announced the signing of an Option and Farm-in Agreement 
with Newcrest International Pty Limited for the Company’s Zeus Au+Ag project in northern Chile.   

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NCM has the right to acquire, in multiple stages, up to 80% of the Mirasol-owned Zeus Project by 
completing  a  series  of  exploration  and  development  milestones  and  making  cash  payments  to 
Mirasol.  

The agreement includes the following key terms in addition to NCM funding the underlying Option 
agreement detailed in the next section. 

Option phase: 

•  A US$ 100,000 cash payment upon signing the agreement; 

•  NCM  has  a  minimum  commitment  to  spending  US$  1.5  million  in  the  first  18-month 

exploration program; 

•  Mirasol  will  operate  the  project  during  the  Option  phase  and  will  receive  a  10% 

management fee; and 

•  At the end of the Option phase, NCM will have the right to exercise the farm-in phase of 

the agreement. 

Farm-in phase: 

•  Stage 1: If NCM elects to exercise the option to farm-in, NCM will make a cash payment 
to Mirasol of US$ 400,000 and will have the right to earn 51% of the Project over a 4-year 
period (total  5.5  years) by  spending  an  additional  US$  8 million  (total  US$  10  million); 
During  the  Stage1  period,  NCM  will  incur  a  minimum  USD$  750,000  per  year  in 
exploration expenditure. 

•  Stage 2: If NCM elects to proceed to Stage 2 of the farm-in, it will make a cash payment 
to Mirasol of US$ 500,000 and have the right to earn 65% of the Project over an additional 
2-year period (total 7.5 years), by funding the delivery of a positive preliminary economic 
assessment  (“PEA”),  in  accordance  with  NI  43-101  on  a  resource  of  not  less  than 
1,000,000 ounces of  Au + at a cut-off grade of 0.30 grams per tonne (g/t); 

•  Stage 3: If NCM elects to proceed to Stage 3 of the farm-in, it will have the right to earn 
75% of the Project over an additional 2-year period (total 9.5 years) by funding the lesser 
of either: (i) additional expenditures after the completion of Stage 2 of US$ 100 million; 
or (ii) the delivery of a positive bankable Feasibility Study (BFS), in accordance with NI 
43-101; 

•  Stage  4:  After  completion  of  Stage  3,  Mirasol  can  elect  to  contribute  its  proportionate 
share (25%) of further development expenditures or exercise a financing option requiring 
NCM  to  finance  Mirasol’s  share  of  the  development  costs  through  to  production  in 
exchange for a further 5% interest in the Project.  If Mirasol exercises the financing option: 
(i)  Mirasol’s  interest  will  be  reduced  from  25%  to  20%  and  NCM’s  interest  will  be 
increased from 75% to 80%, and (ii) the loan will have an interest rate of 12-month LIBOR 
+ 3% and will be repaid from 70% of Mirasol’s share of dividends and be secured against 
the shares of the Mirasol subsidiary that holds the interest in the Project and its right to 
dividends. 

Underlying Ladera Option agreement  

•  2,500 ha of claims that form part of the 18,480 ha Zeus project is controlled by Mirasol 

via a 5-year option to purchase agreement with the underlying property owner.   
The  remainder  of  the  project  is  100%  owned  by  Mirasol.  On  its  election,  Mirasol  can 
acquire  100%  of  these  claims  by  making  staged  option  payments  totalling  US$  2.75 
million over the 5 years with US$ 2.45 million of the payments due in the 5th year of the 
option.   

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•  The property owner will retain 1.5% NSR royalty; Mirasol has a right to buy 0.5% of that 
royalty for US$ 3.0 million. These option payments are being funded by NCM as part of 
the Mirasol – NCM Zeus option agreement. 

Exploration Program Results 

A US$ 750,000 surface exploration program was announced on April 24, 2018.  The program focus 
was on the known breccia bodies of the Apollo and Artemisa prospects, and included detailed 
mapping, gridded systematic soil and rock chip sampling geochemistry, CoreScan alteration 
mapping and 32 line-km of CSAMT geophysics.  

Analysis  of  exploration  data  is  currently  being  completed.  Results  and  exploration  plans  for  the 
coming southern hemisphere summer campaign will be reported in the December quarter of 2018.  
NCM assembled a new Chile based exploration team and has elected to take operatorship of the 
exploration program from July 1, 2018. This has freed Mirasol exploration and management teams 
up to peruse new project opportunities for the Company. Zeus hosts two breccia-hosted Au + targets: 
Artemisa and Apollo (news release January 16, 2018): 

•  Artemisa:  Mirasol’s exploration has outlined an 800 m diameter zone of advanced argillic 
alteration  developed  in  a  breccia  where  reconnaissance  level  soil  sampling  has  defined  a 
low-level  coincident  Au+Ag+As+Cu+Pb+Sb+Mo  geochemical  anomaly,  which  overlies  the 
edge of the mapped breccia body.   

•  Apollo:  Mirasol has identified a 0.6 x 1.2 km crescent-shaped zone of advanced-stage argillic 
and intermediate-argillic altered pyroclastic breccias and epiclastic sediments which outcrop 
through an erosional window through post-mineral (late) lava flows.  Mirasol interprets this 
alteration  to  be  hosted  within  a  phreatomagmatic  breccia  and  flow-dome  complex,  which, 
while poorly exposed, presents a geological setting favorable for hosting HSE occurrences.  
Mirasol has undertaken initial mapping, rock chip sampling and alteration modelling from 218 
samples  collected  throughout  the  Apollo  “alteration  window”.    Assay  results  show  wide-
spread strongly anomalous Ag, As, Ba, Hg, Sb, with 38 of 218 samples collected in the altered 
window returning Au assays in the range 0.1 to 1.28 g/t Au.   

Indra-HOC JV: Indra Precious Metals project, Northern Chile 

On October 17, 2018, the Company announced the signing of an Option and Earn-in Agreement 
with HOC for the Company’s Indra precious metals project in northern Chile.  HOC has the right to 
acquire, in multiple stages, up to 70% of the Mirasol-owned Indra project by completing a series of 
exploration and development milestones and making cash payments to Mirasol. The agreement 
includes the following key terms:   

Option phase: 

•  A US$ 50,000 cash payment upon signing the agreement; 

•  A minimum commitment for HOC to spend US$ 800,000 in the first 18-month exploration 
program and to drill a minimum 1,500m within 30 months of the date of the agreement; 

•  Mirasol  will  operate  the  Project  during  the  Option  phase  and  will  receive  a  10% 
management fee from exploration contracts with values of less than US$ 250,000 and 
5% from contracts with values of more than US$ 250,000; and 

•  At the end of the 18-month period, HOC will have the right to exercise the earn-in phase 

of the agreement. 

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Earn-in phase: 

•  Stage 1: If HOC elects to exercise the option to earn-in, HOC will have the right to earn 
51% of the project over a 3-year period (total 4.5 years) by spending no less than US$ 
5.2 million (total US$ 6 million) and making two staged payments totalling US$ 675,000; 

•  Stage 2: If HOC elects to proceed to Stage 2 of the earn-in, HOC will have the right to 
earn 60% of the project over an additional 3-year period (total 7.5 years), by funding the 
delivery of a positive preliminary economic assessment, in accordance with NI 43-101 on 
a resource of not less than 1,000,000 ounces of  Au + at a cut-off grade of 0.50 grams 
per tonne (g/t); 

•  Stage 3: If HOC elects to proceed to Stage 3 of the earn-in, HOC will have the right to 
earn 70% of the project over an additional 3-year period (total 10.5 years) by funding the 
delivery of a feasibility study, in accordance with NI 43-101; 

•  Stage  4:  After  completion  of  Stage  3,  Mirasol  can  elect  to  contribute  its  proportionate 
share (30%) of further development expenditures or exercise a financing option requiring 
HOC  to  finance  Mirasol’s  share  of  the  development  costs  through  to  production  in 
exchange for a further 5% interest in the project. If Mirasol exercises the financing option 
Mirasol’s interest will be reduced from 30% to 25% and HOC’s interest will be increased 
from 70% to 75%. 

The  LOI  contains  other  customary  terms  including  extension  rights  to  increase  the 
duration of each stage 1, 2 or 3 for cash payments to Mirasol and 2% NSR dilution royalty, 
triggered upon dilution of a party’s interest to 10% or below, if the agreement proceeds 
beyond 51% earn-in. 

Exploration Program Results 

The  Indra  project  was  staked  by  Mirasol  as  an  outcome  of  the  Company’s  Atacama  –  Puna 
Generative exploration program and encompasses what Mirasol interprets may be the upper levels 
of a large epithermal Au-Ag system. Mirasol has identified a limited number of prospect pits at Indra 
estimated to be from the 1900’s however, there is no evidence of modern exploration at the project 
despite year-round access and its location adjacent to an operating mine (see news release August 
30, 2018). 

The project is located in Paleocene Age Mineral Belt of northern Chile.  The Belt hosts a number of 
world class mines, including YRI’s El Penon (LSE) Au–Ag mine (6.95 Moz Au and 188.1 Moz Ag) 
and  BHP  Billiton’s  Spence  porphyry-copper mine  (14  Mt  of  Cu) (reserves,  resources  and  historic 
production; SNL Metals & Mining – June 30, 2018). 

The project hosts the following encouraging prospects: 

•  Agni, with a large chalcedony and opal silica alteration system and associated silica – 

barite structures; and 

• 

Indra, with a large carbonate-silica vein and vein-breccia zone. 

The  initial  program  comprises  of  detailed  geological  mapping  and  surface  rock  and  trench 
geochemical  sampling,  along  with  a  2,100  line  km  ground  magnetic  and  additional  electrical 
geophysical surveys to define drill targets at the project.   

On  October  17,  2018,  Mirasol  announced  that  it  initiated  work  on  the  Indra  project.  Mirasol  is 
operating the Indra exploration program and currently has a team of 3 geologists, field technicians 
and a geophysical crew undertaking detailed mapping, reconnaissance and progressing the ground 
magnetics survey.  

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This phase of the exploration program is scheduled to be completed during the December quarter 
of  2018  and  is  designed  to  identify  focus  areas  for  potential  trenching  and  deep  penetrating 
geophysics prior to drill testing.   

Gorbea-YRI JV Termination: Gorbea Au Belt, northern Chile 

On April 13, 2018 the Company announced the termination of the Gorbea Joint Venture with YRI. 
Since inception of the JV Agreement, YRI has incurred exploration expenditures in-excess of 
C$ 10 million on the properties  which includes 11,640  m of drilling; YRI has  also made  US 
$580,000 in option payments to Mirasol.   

Exploration Program Results 

During the 2017-2018 exploration season (third year of JV) YRI re-commenced drilling at Atlas with 
a  seven-hole,  2,600  m  DDH  program  (see  news  release  November  14,  2017),  and  initiated 
reconnaissance level surface exploration at the Ventura, Orion and Siro projects.  

On September 11, 2017, the Company reported results from the second season of drilling by YRI at 
the Atlas Project.  The best results from this drill campaign include: 

•  1.07 g/t Au and 1.78 g/t Ag over 114.1 m (including 2.49 g/t Au and 3.08 g/t Ag over 36 m; 

DDH 15); and 

•  0.32 g/t Au and 0.81 g/t Ag over 45.8 m (DDH 16). 

Information gathered from the second season of exploration indicate that the mineralization at Atlas 
is  hosted  in  a  cluster  of phreatomagmatic  and  hydrothermal  breccia  bodies  that  when  combined, 
outline  a  larger  breccia complex.    Preliminary geological  models  show  mineralization  identified at 
Atlas is hosted in both the breccia bodies and in stratabound zones of vuggy silica developed in the 
wall rock adjoining the breccia.   

Yamana drilling at the Atlas project through to the end of the second season outlined precious metal 
mineralization at the SHZ prospect over an area of 650 x 125 m and a vertical depth in excess of 
200 m (see Table 1; news release September 11, 2017). The SHZ mineralized zone is open at depth 
and  laterally  in  all  directions  beyond  the  area  of  current  drilling.    As  defined  to-date,  the  top  of 
mineralization is located between approximately 255 to 310 m depth beneath altered cap rocks, a 
characteristic in-common with other recent, HSE Au discoveries elsewhere on this same mineral belt 
in Chile. 

Results from the 2017-2018 third season of drilling and surface exploration, were reported to Mirasol 
at termination of the YRI JV. An integrated analysis of all results generated by the JV is in progress 
and  will  be  reported  along  with  the  Company’s  future  plans  for  the  Gorbea  Project  during  the 
December 2018 quarter.  

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Table 1: Atlas Key DDH Intersections to Date (as at September 2017) 

La Curva-OGC JV: La Curva Au Project, Santa Cruz, Argentina 

Mirasol’s  exploration  at  the  Curva  project  outlined  three  priority  drill  ready  prospects,  the  Cerro 
Chato,  Loma  Arthur  and  SouthWest  prospects.  The  geological  setting  of  the  La  Curva  project  is 
prospective  for  high-grade  LSE  breccia/sheeted  veinlet,  and  fissure  vein  styles  of  Au+Ag 
mineralization.  

Mirasol signed an LOI with OGC on January 24, 2017 (see news release January 30, 2017), and the 
definitive  JV  option  agreement  signed  on  May  18,  2017  and  the  first  JV  option  payment  of  US$ 
100,000  was  received  by  Mirasol  (news  release  May  25,  2017).  Mirasol  operates  this  JV  and  is 
receiving a 5% management fee.   

The JV completed 2,550 m of drilling in the first JV year at the Castora trend. On October 9, 2018 
the JV commenced second season drilling with a + 2,500 m drill program at the project to follow-up 
and test additional targets at the Castora Trend and to test new targets at the Curva West prospect.  

Exploration Program Results 

On February 28, 2018, Mirasol announced the results from the first season of drilling at Curva. The 
18-hole, 2,550 m, DDH program provided an initial test of three prospects on the Castora Trend:  
Cerro  Chato,  Loma  Arthur  and  SouthWest.    Drilling  intersected  widespread  pervasive  argillic 
alteration, silicification and Au+Ag mineralization indicative of a large LSE Au+Ag system (Table 2).   

Highlights include: 

•  0.48 g/t Au and 2.1 g/t Ag over 47.9 m (CC-DDH-01) 

•  0.61 g/t Au and 2.7 g/t Ag over 106.2 m (SW-DDH-02) 

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Presently,  two  distinct  stages  of  Au  mineralization  are  recognized:    Stage  1)  broad  zones  (up to 
106.2 m downhole) of lower-grade, early quartz+pyrite mineralization; and Stage 2) an overprinting 
phase of higher-grade multi-pulse epithermal veins and veinlets with individual assays up to 12.72 
g/t Au and 145.4 g/t Ag over 0.8 m (SW-DDH-02).   The better DDH intersections include:   

•  0.72 g/t Au and 2.6 g/t Ag over 0.8 m (including 6.12 g/t Au and 18.6 g/t Ag over 19.65 
m); and 1.24 g/t Au and 2.0 g/t Ag over 5.75 m (including 5.99 g/t Au and 5.9 g/t Ag over 
0.85 m; CC-DDH-01) 

•  1.22 g/t Au and 0.7 g/t Ag over 13 m (including 1.81 g/t Au and 0.7 g/t Ag over 7.4 m; 

LA-DDH-04). 

•  2.33 g/t Au and 31.1 g/t Ag over 6.2 m (including 6.88 g/t Au and 84.9 g/t Ag over 1.8 
m), and 0.82 g/t Au and 2.2 g/t Ag over 26.7 m (including 3.5 g/t Au and 11.3 g/t Ag 
over 1.45 m; SW-DDH-02). 

Preliminary geological interpretation suggests the Castora Trend prospects represent a series of 
intrusive flow dome related maar diatreme breccias. 

On  September  19,  2018,  Mirasol  announced  the  receipt  of  the  US$  200,000  option  payment 
confirming that OCG will continue into the 2nd year of the La Curva JV.  OGC has met the first-year 
minimum JV commitments spending approximately US$ 1.50 million to the end of May 2018 (against 
US$ 1.25 million committed) and drilling 3,020 m at the Castora Trend (see news release May 25, 
2017).  A  follow-up  deep  stratigraphic  drill  hole  was  also  completed  to  test  for  the  presence  of 
permissive hosts rocks a depth at the Cerro Chato prospect. Additional surface work also confirmed 
the  presence  of  a  prospective  geological  environment  for  epithermal  Au+Ag  mineralization  at  the 
undrilled Curva West and the Castora Trend SouthWest prospects. 

Table 2: La Curva JV, Castora Trend Length-weighted Averaged Assay Composites  
(February 2018) 

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Claudia-OGC JV: Claudia Au+Ag Project, Santa Cruz, Argentina 

The  large  Claudia  project  adjoins  the  southern  boundary  of  CVSA’s  Cerro  Vanguardia  mining 
property.  Mirasol’s exploration has outlined five large-scale epithermal Au+Ag vein prospects at Rio 
Seco, Laguna Blanca, Ailen, Cilene and Curahue. At Curahue, six separate vein trends have been 
identified:  Io,  Europa,  Ganymede,  Callisto,  Sinope  and  Themisto,  along  a  15  km  corridor  (news 
release July 27, 2015). A series of drill ready targets are defined at Rio Seco, Ailen and the large 
Curahue zone.   

Mirasol signed a LOI, dated August 31, 2017, with OGC with respect to an option joint venture 
agreement for the Claudia Project.  On October 20, 2017, the Definitive JV Option Agreement with 
OGC was signed and the 1st option payment of US$ 100,000 was received by Mirasol. 

Key terms include: 

•  First  year  exploration  spending  commitment  by  OGC  of  US$  1.75  million  that  includes  a 

minimum 3,000 m of drilling. 

•  OGC option to earn 51% over a 4-year period by making cumulative exploration investments 

totaling US$ 10.5 million, plus staged option payments to Mirasol of US$ 1 million. 

•  OGC options to earn 60%, 65% and 70% over two additional 2-year periods (cumulative 8 
years)  by  delivering  a  preliminary  economic  assessment  and  feasibility  study  that  is 
“bankable” and delivering a decision to mine, both prepared in accordance with NI 43-101. 

•  Mirasol will receive a one-off payment of US$ 250,000 if the ounces of Au+Ag in a non-NI 
43-101  compliant  mineral  inventory,  outlined  in  the  Curahue  prospect  Io  Vein  preliminary 
block model by Mirasol’s previous JV partner CVSA, are included in the PEA or feasibility 
stage resources. 

•  At decision to mine, Mirasol can elect to fund its pro-rata 30% share of the mine development 
costs or require OGC to finance Mirasol’s proportion of the development costs for a further 
5%  of  the  project,  with  Mirasol  retaining  25%  of  the  project  and  OGC  owning  75%  of  the 
project. 

•  OGC has the option to extend each of the 60% and 70% earn-in stages by one year per earn-

in stage by making one-off payments to Mirasol. 

•  Mirasol  will  operate  the  JV  during  the  first  year  and  will  be  paid  a  5%  fee  to  cover 

administrative and overhead costs. 

Exploration Program Results 

On September 17, 2018 Mirasol reported the first season exploration results for the Claudia-OCG 
JV. Highlights from exploration include: 

•  Drilling  Results:  Since  inception  of  the  OGC  Joint  Venture  12  diamond  core  holes  (DDH) 
totaling  2,529  m  have  been  drilled,  testing  targets  at  the  Curahue  and  Cilene  prospects. 
Assays from the Curahue prospect, Europa and Io trends include 0.6 m at 0.08 g/t Au and 
610.0 g/t Ag, and 0.55 m at 1.15 g/t Au and 22.9 g/t Ag; and from the Cilene prospect 0.9 m 
at 1.95 g/t Au and 5.7 g/t Ag; 

•  Geophysical  Surveys:  A  combined  114.5  line-km  of  gradient  array  and  IP  electrical 
geophysics surveys have been completed at the Rio Seco, Curahue and Cilene prospects; 

•  Geophysical Models: 3D models have been generated from existing ground magnetics and 
from combined new and existing electrical geophysical data sets for the NW end of Curahue 
and for Rio Seco; 

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•  Reconnaissance: Prospecting of the large property package has progressed with rock chip 
sampling returning Au + assays up to 7.26 g/t Au and 124 g/t Ag from extensions or new vein 
and  veinlet  zones  at  Europa  and  Themisto  Trends  at  Curahue,  and  new  Volcan  prospect 
located 7 km to the east of the Cerro Vanguardia Mine; 

Integrated analysis of this season’s data with existing data, is providing new geological insight into 
the controls on mineralization at the Curahue and Rio Seco prospects, guiding exploration program 
design for Southern Hemisphere spring and summer exploration season. 

Claudia-CVSA JV Termination: Claudia Au+Ag Project, Santa Cruz, Argentina 

On August 31, 2017, the Company announced completion of the exit process from the JV agreement 
with Cerro Vanguardia S.A (“CVSA”).  Mirasol received a US$ 205,000 payment from CVSA in-lieu 
of certain uncompleted exploration commitments. CVSA had completed 7,526 m of drilling and spent 
$US 1.97 million and developed a preliminary block model for the Io vein structure outlining a small 
non-NI 43-101 Au+Ag mineral inventory.   

Business Development Activities 

Since  the  beginning  of  July 2017,  Mirasol  has  signed  confidentiality  agreements,  distributed  data 
sets and conducted field reviews with selected Au and Cu companies to secure potential new JV’s 
for many of its projects including;  

•  Santa Cruz: Nico and Sascha Au Ag Projects, Libanesa, Homenaje and Virginia Ag Projects 

in Argentina.  

•  Eocene-Oligocene Belt: Odin and Rubi Cu Projects in Chile. 

•  Mio  Pliocene  Belt:  Gorbea  Project  and  other  Mio-Pliocene  pipeline  projects  in  Chile  and 

Argentina. 

The Company is also focusing its exploration activities on its Mio-Pliocene “pipeline” properties to 
advance them to drill-ready status in preparation for JV.  

Project Exploration Activities On 100% Owned Mirasol Claims 

Exploration: Chile 

Odin Cu Project, Atacama Puna 

Mirasol expanded the claims at Odin from 900 to 5,667 ha, securing significant extensions to the 
district scale alteration system previously reported at the project (news release July 25, 2017). 

Mirasol expanded reconnaissance rock chip sampling outward from the original Odin target into the 
new claims.  Initial results have returned encouraging Cu + Mo + Au assays.  These areas will be 
the focus of future exploration. 

Rubi Cu Project, Atacama Puna 

Mirasol completed field evaluation and targeting programs at Rubi identifying three large-scale Cu + 
Mo  +  Au  targets  at  the  Lithocap,  Zafiro,  and  Portezuelo  prospects.    The  targets  were  defined  by 
integrated analysis, including re-logging of drill samples and the re-interpretation of geophysics and 
geochemistry from previous JV partner exploration at Rubi.  This was combined with recent Mirasol 
geological mapping, rock chip sampling and target vector modelling from field-based measurements 
of alteration minerology (news release July 24, 2017). 

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The Company has systematically consolidated claims holdings at Rubi over the past 12 months and 
has expanded the claim area to a total of nearly 26,000 ha (news release July 24, 2017). 

Exploration: Argentina 

Nico Au Ag Project, Santa Cruz 

Mirasol  has  been  actively  exploring  the  Nico  project  and reporting results  throughout  the  Current 
Period.  

On August 8, 2017, Mirasol reported that reconnaissance mapping and sampling at the Nico claims, 
approximately 12 km to the east of the Aurora prospect, led to the discovery of a new high-grade 
epithermal  vein  at  the  Resolution  prospect  where  reconnaissance  rock  chip  sampling  returned 
assays ranging to 4.79 g/t Au and 6,181 g/t Ag.  This mineralization is contained within oxidized veins 
and  veinlets  of  a  grey,  chalcedonic  silica  with  localized  zones  of  banded  saccharoidal  silica  and 
breccia textures all hosted within dacitic subvolcanic rocks (news release August 8, 2017). 

On  March  2,  2018,  Mirasol  announced  the  upgrade  of  the  Resolution  Trend,  upon  receipt  of 
additional Ag+Au rock chip assay results of up to 5.73 g/t Au and 528 g/t Ag, identifying new parallel 
vein  echelon  mineralized  structures  with  intervening  zones  of  sheeted  and  stockwork  veinlets.  At 
that time and as defined by anomalous Ag+Au rock chip assays, the Resolution Trend was a 1.25 
km long zone, defined by parallel 0.1 to 1.0 m wide veins and intervening stockwork veinlets, that 
combine up to 80 m wide zones of veining and stockwork.   

On  July  5,  2018,  Mirasol  announced  that  a  1.7  sq-km,  100  m  line-spacing  geophysical  survey 
outlined a 1.4 km long chargeability anomaly coincident with the down-dip projection of the previously 
reported high-grade Ag+Au bearing vein breccias (see news releases, March 2, 2018 and August 8, 
2017). Geological mapping outlined a prospective setting of outcropping mineralized structures with 
a defined cumulative strike length in excess of 1.5 km, hosted within a porphyritic sub-volcanic dacite 
dome unit 

On July 12, 2018, the Company reported systematic rock chip outcrop and float sampling returns of 
“bonanza”  grade  Ag+Au  assays  from  a  1.2  km  long  section  of  Resolution  Trend.  Assay  results 
support recently reported anomalous electrical geophysics survey results from the Resolution Trend 
include these highest grades from outcrop samples (see news release July 5, 2018): 

•  1,435.9 g/t Ag and 1.37 g/t Au (25.3 g/t AuEq601) and 456.9 g/t Ag and 1.76 g/t Au (9.4 g/t 

AuEq60). 

•  2,332.3 g/t Ag and 9.62 g/t Au (48.5 g/t AuEq60) and 1,484.7 g/t Ag and 8.15 g/t Au (32.9 g/t 

AuEq60) 

On  August  27,  2018,  the  Company  announced  the  receipt  of  208  rock  chip  samples  from  the 
Resolution Prospect that returned assays of up to 544.9 g/t Ag and 0.87 g/t Au, with the top 79 Ag 
samples averaging 127.6 g/t Ag.  These samples were collected from structures peripheral to the 
core of the prospect and expand the known area of mineralization.  

In  addition,  saw-cut  channel  samples  from  the  Resolution  Main  and  peripheral  structures  return 
length-weighted average assays that include 1.34 m at 155 g/t Ag and 0.04 g/t Au (2.6 g/t AuEq60), 
0.7 m at 369.5 g/t Ag and 1.41 g/t Au (7.6 g/t AuEq60) and 0.3 m at 950 g/t Ag and 4.27 g/t Au (20.1 
g/t AuEq60) at an AuEq60 1.0 g/t cut off. 55 rock chip samples of oxidized vein-breccia from these 
trends, averaged 44.46 g/t Ag and 4.03 g/t Au and (4.8 g/t AuEq60), with a peak assay of 454.1 g/t 
Ag and 21.40 g/t Au (28.9 g/t AuEq60). 

1 AuEq60 is the sum of the value of Au + and Ag in a given interval represented as a Au + equivalent g/t value 
calculated via the formula: Au assay in g/t + (Ag assay in g/t ÷ 60) 

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Mirasol also completed reconnaissance exploration work at the Aurora prospect identifying new high-
grade  Ag+Au  vein-breccia  trends.  To  date,  9  priority  targets  have  been  defined  at  the  Aurora 
prospect. The work completed comprised geological mapping, detailed ground magnetics and rock 
chip  sampling,  which  defined  a  system  of structurally-hosted  epithermal silica-iron  oxide  breccias 
and chalcedonic silica veinlets, developed in multiple interpreted mineralized trends over a 4.0 by 
2.1 km area (news releases August 27, 2018, June 12, 2017 and July 5, 2017). 

A new Ag+Au vein corridor was delineated at the Vittoria Vein Trend, that to date has been traced 
over a 1.6 km strike length. The Vittoria Vein Trend as known to date, ranges from sub-meter to 
locally up to 10 m wide trend, characterized by multiple parallel 0.3-0.5 m wide chalcedonic quartz 
vein outcrops and sub-cropping blocks, that have returned rock chip assays of up to 1.44 g/t Au 
and 174 g/t Ag. (news release March 2, 2018). 

Mirasol increased the area of the Nico Project by staking of new claims to secure extensions of the 
volcanic complex interpreted to relate to the mineralization, bringing the total project area to over 
77,700 ha (news release August 8, 2017). 

On  September  25,  2018  Mirasol  recommenced  exploration  at  the  Nico  project  for  the  2018-19 
southern  hemisphere  summer  exploration  season.  Mirasol’s  field  teams  are  engaged  in  detailed 
mapping and sampling of the Aurora prospect, with geophysical teams planned to start IP pole dipole 
survey of key zones at this prospect in late October 2018.  The Company will complete an integrated 
analysis of the Aurora and Resolution prospects to identify targets for potential drill testing.    

Virginia Ag Project, Santa Cruz  

The Virginia high-grade, Ag vein zone was discovered by Mirasol in late 2009. In the 2015 financial 
year, Mirasol reported an initial mineral resource estimate for the Virginia project. The report presents 
a conceptual, open-pit constrained, mineral resource estimate focused exclusively on the high-grade 
vein/breccia component of the mineralization as previously reported (Figure 4; and see news release 
February 7, 2013).  The mineral resource estimate contains Indicated resources totalling 11.9 Moz 
Ag  at  310  g/t,  and  Inferred  material  totalling  3.1  Moz  Ag  at  207  g/t,  all  contained  within  seven 
outcropping veins of high-grade Ag mineralization (see news release January 28, 2015). 

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Figure 4: Virginia expanded Claims and new sampling, May 2018. 

On March 29, 2016, Mirasol filed an amended technical report on SEDAR dated February 29, 2016. 
The  Amended  Report  addressed  specific  technical  comments  received  from  the  BC  Securities 
Commission (“BCSC”) following their routine review of technical disclosure.  The base case Mineral 
Resource estimate contained in the Original Report remains unchanged in the Amended Report.  

Mirasol’s  holdings  at  Virginia  were  consolidated  and  preliminary  prospecting  south  of  the  limit  of 
Mirasol drilling on the newly acquired claims identified quartz vein and vein breccia “float”, scattered 
along a 2 km trend (news release September 14, 2016). 

During the Current Period prospecting and reconnaissance mapping on the newly acquired claims 
resulted in the discovery of additional high-grade Ag mineralization (news release May 10, 2018). 
Surface  Ag  mineralization  at  Margarita  was  extended  over  a  450  m  strike-length.  The  newly 
recognized  Julia  South Dome Trend  is  defined by  intermittent  vein  and vein-breccia  subcrop  and 
float samples which extend 2.15 km south from the limits of drilling defining the resources at Virginia. 
The new East Zone target covers a 1.2 km x 600 m area where rock chip sampling of subcropping 
epithermal vein-breccia and aligned float blocks have returned high-grade Ag assays.  

Detailed  exploration,  including  surface  electrical  geophysics,  trenching  and  shallow  drilling  are 
required to further test these new target areas to confirm if shallow cover is concealing undiscovered 
Ag veins that are the source of the float. 

Other Properties  

Mirasol holds several additional drill-ready and early-stage exploration properties, which are 
prospective for Au and/or Ag and Cu mineralization in southern Argentina and northern Chile. 

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS  

Table 3: Exploration expenditures per projects under active exploration (following page)  

 For the Twelve Months Ended June 30, 

2018

2017

 CHILE  

Yamana Gorbea  - Joint Venture

Camp and general
Contractors and consultants
Geophysics
Mining rights and fees
Exploration costs recovered
Travel & accommodation
Option Income
Resource Studies
Professional fees

Altazor - Joint Venture

Assays and sampling
Camp and general
Contractors and consultants
Exploration costs recovered
Geophysics
Management fees
Mining rights and fees
Professional fees
Travel & accommodation
Resource Studies
Option income

Zeus  - Joint Venture

Assays and sampling
Camp and general
Contractors and consultants
Exploration costs recovered
Geophysics
Professional fees
Management fees
Mining rights and fees
Option Income
Resource Studies
Travel & accommodation

46,011
107,399
-
11,064
-
6,970
-
5,574
5,851
182,869

98,779
114,383
530,338
(1,696,669)
416,730
154,243
106,687
1,240
162,591
33,774
(126,040)
(203,944)

35,229
240,934
158,669
(759,113)
138,539
198
69,010
44,328
(66,762)
75,565
15,484
(47,919)

540
108,145
3,256
239,127
(209,550)
4,689
(545,664)

-
361
(399,096)

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Total - Properties joint ventured to other companies

(68,994)

(399,096)

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Chile Pipeline Projects

Assays and sampling
Camp and general
Contractors and consultants
Geophysics
Mining rights and fees
Travel & accommodation

Rubi

Assays and sampling
Camp and general
Contractors and consultants
Geophysics
Mining rights and fees
Travel & accommodation

 For the Twelve Months Ended June 30, 

2018

2017

29,212
22,087
166,077
565
351,488
20,552
589,981

824
2,719
13,341
-
186,335
1,041
204,260

61,417
58,512
383,393
5,469
306,932
51,345
867,068

7,020
15,154
207,219
8,089
225,206
13,333
476,021

Total - 100% owned properties

794,241

1,343,089

Frontera  - Joint Venture
Assays and sampling
Camp and general
Contractors and consultants
Environmental
Geophysics
Mining rights and fees
Travel & accommodation

Total - Earn-in joint venture on third party projects

Project Generation

Management Fee Income

Corporate Operation & Management - Chile

-

-
-

-
-

8

48

56

56

11,043

(223,253)

996,065

461
-
38,722
-
452
41,380
633
81,648

81,648

796,156

-

549,921

Total Chile

1,509,158

2,371,718

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Claudia - Joint Venture

Assays and Sampling
Option income
Camp and general
Contractors and consultants
Drilling
Environmental
Exploration costs recovered
Geophysics
Interest
Mining rights and fees
Management fees
Professional fees
Travel & accommodation

La Curva - Joint Venture
Assays and Sampling
Camp and general
Contractors and consultants
Exploration costs recovered
Environmental
Geophysics
Management fees
Option Income
Drilling
Interest
Mining rights and fees
Professional fees
Travel & accommodation

 For the Twelve Months Ended June 30, 

2018

2017

75,629
(126,552)
266,217
342,261
572,498
11,947
(1,667,369)
29,761
53
199,766
70,488
4,719
44,261
(176,321)

97,823
306,606
460,662
(2,030,764)
8,941
-
80,615
-
733,654
133
61,036
6,026
52,903
(222,365)

379
-
12,494
88,333
-

9
(422,367)

-
-
194,882
-
5,109
9,861
(111,300)

9,325
15,352
145,787
-
5,493
8,825
-

(136,140)

-
-
17,641
42,154
5,344
113,781

Total - Properties joint ventured to other companies

(398,686)

2,481

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Santa Rita and Virginia

Assays and sampling
Camp and general
Contractors and consultants
Mining rights and fees
Environmental
Travel & accommodation

Argentina Pipeline Projects
Assays and sampling
Camp and general
Contractors and consultants
Environmental
Geophysics
Mining rights and fees
Professional fees
Travel & accommodation

Total - 100% owned properties

Project Generation

Management Fee Income

Corporate Operation & Management - Argentina

Total Argentina

 For the Twelve Months Ended June 30, 

2018

2017

-
28,800
16,588
33,903
2,783
8
82,082

108,374
47,992
139,615
11,374
6,214
119,668
1,060
44,952
479,249

561,331

57

(151,103)

1,241,269

1,252,870

27,359
83,732
91,312
39,208
-
5,300
246,911

66,084
83,552
264,993
1,011
14,140
127,751
133,565
34,374
725,470

972,381

18,925

-

740,437

1,734,226

Total Exploration and Evaluation Costs

2,762,028

4,105,942

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FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2018, AS COMPARED TO THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2017  

The Company’s net comprehensive loss for the year ended June 30, 2018 (“2018”) was $4,345,815 
or $0.09 per share compared to $6,945,806 or $0.15 per share for the year ended June 30, 2017 
(“2017”), a decrease of $2,599,991. 

The reason for the decrease in net loss during 2018 is due to decrease in exploration expenditures 
and redirection of resources towards business development goals of the Company. 

The Company’s total operating expenses were $5,457,985 in 2018 compared to $6,902,462 in 2017.  

As  presented  in  Table  3  above,  the  Company  incurred  exploration  costs  of  $2,762,028  in  2018, 
compared  to  $4,105,942  in  2017.    Reduction  in  generative  exploration  and  increased  JV  project 
management in Argentina and Chile during 2018 resulted in reduction in exploration expenses. 

Stock-based  payments  and  depreciation  are  non-cash  items.  Excluding  the  above  and  the 
exploration cost, the Company incurred $2,190,108 in 2018 compared to $2,070,576 in 2017.  The 
increase of $119,532 is attributable to the increase in management fees, directors fees and business 
development redirection of company objectives.  

Reductions  in  transfer  agent  and  filing  fees,  marketing  and  office  and  miscellaneous  in  2018 
compared to 2017, were attributable to reduction in rates and the services obtained and efficient cost 
management.  

The Company also recorded a foreign exchange gain of $756,098 during 2018 compared to the loss 
of  $200,762  in  2017.  The  periodic  variance  in  foreign  exchange  gain  or  loss  recorded  by  the 
Company is primarily the result of the movement in the value of the US dollar relative to the Canadian 
dollar, due to the significant US dollar asset holding by the Company.  

FOURTH QUARTER ANALYSIS 

The Company carried out its limited generative exploration work during the fourth quarter. The net 
loss  for  the  quarter  ended  June  30,  2018  (“Current  Quarter”)  was  $14,623  compared  to  net  loss 
$1,388,787 for the quarter ended June 30, 2017 (Comparative Quarter).  As for the current quarter 
the reason for the decrease in the loss is due to decrease in exploration expenditures and gain on 
the foreign exchange during the quarter. 

The operating cost for the Current Quarter was less than the Comparative quarter due to a decrease 
in  the  exploration  costs,  marketing  and  investor  communications  and  office  and  miscellaneous 
related to the operations.  Allocation of resources to business development, professional fees and 
director’s fees resulted in an increase in the related costs during the Current Quarter compared to 
the Comparative Quarter.   

During  the  fourth  quarter,  the  Company  completed  a  non-brokered  private  placement.  The 
placement was over-subscribed, and the Company issued 4,317,750 Units at a price of $2.00 per 
unit and received gross proceeds of $8,635,500.  

SELECTED ANNUAL INFORMATION AND SUMMARY OF QUARTERLY RESULTS  

The following  table  sets out  selected  annual financial  information  of  the Company  and  is  derived 
from the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the years ended June 30, 2018, 2017 and 
2016. 

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Sales 
Income (loss) for the Year 
Earnings (loss) per share – Basic 
Earnings (loss) per share – Diluted 
Total Assets 
Total Long-term Liabilities 
Dividends Declared 

2018 
$ 

- 
(4,341,131) 
(0.09) 
(0.09) 
30,379,800 
- 
- 

2017 
$ 

- 
(6,945,647) 
(0.15) 
(0.15) 
25,070,836 
- 
- 

2016 
$ 

- 
(6,017,003) 
(0.14) 
(0.14) 
21,414,630 
- 
- 

The following table sets out selected unaudited quarterly financial information of the Company and 
is derived from unaudited quarterly consolidated financial statements prepared by management in 
accordance with IAS 34 and accounting policies consistent with IFRS. 

Income (Loss) 
from Continued 
Operations 
$ 
(14,623) 
(1,491,031) 
(1,010,958) 
(1,824,519) 
(1,388,787) 
(1,789,281) 
(1,669,075) 
(2,098,504) 

Basic Income 
(Loss) per Share 
from Continued 
Operations 
$ 
(0.001) 
(0.03) 
(0.02) 
(0.04) 
(0.03) 
(0.04) 
(0.03) 
(0.05) 

Diluted Income 
(Loss) per Share 
from Continued 
Operations 
$ 
(0.001) 
(0.03) 
(0.02) 
(0.04) 
(0.03) 
(0.04) 
(0.03) 
(0.05) 

Revenues 
$ 
Nil 
Nil 
Nil 
Nil 
Nil 
Nil 
Nil 
Nil 

Period 

4th Quarter 2018 
3rd Quarter 2018 
2nd Quarter 2018 
1st Quarter 2018 
4th Quarter 2017 
3rd Quarter 2017 
2nd Quarter 2017 
1st Quarter 2017 

The Company’s quarterly results will vary primarily in accordance with the Company’s exploration 
and business development activities.  To finance its operations, the Company also grants incentive 
stock  options  to  its  directors,  management,  employees,  and  consultants,  which  will  also  cause 
variation in the Company’s results from period to period.  

The  movement  in  the  value  of  the  US  dollar  relative  to  the  Canadian  dollar  could  also  have  a 
significant impact on the Company’s results from one period to the next as the Company primarily 
holds its working capital in US dollars. 

INVESTING ACTIVITIES 

Company  continued  to  invest  Canadian,  Australian  and  US  dollars  in  interest-bearing  financial 
instruments  maturing  up  to  one  year.  The  total  amount  invested  was  CAD$23,650,478.  The 
Company received interest income of $360,756 during 2018 compared to $157,577 in 2017.  

FINANCING ACTIVITIES 

During  2018,  the  Company  completed  a  private  placement  for  gross  proceeds  of  $8,635,500.  The 
Company in the prior year end 2017 completed a rights offering for gross proceeds of $10,000,000. 

CAPITAL RESOURCES AND LIQUIDITY 

In  order  to finance  the  Company’s  exploration  programs  and  to  cover  administrative  and  overhead 
expenses,  the  Company  primarily  raises  money  through  equity  sales  and  from  the  exercise  of 
convertible securities (share purchase options and warrants).   

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Many factors influence the Company’s ability to raise funds, including the health of the resource market, 
the climate for mineral exploration investment, the Company’s track record and the experience and 
calibre of its management.  

The  Company  has  no  operations  that  generate  cash  flow  and  its  long-term  financial  success  is 
dependent on management’s ability to discover economically viable mineral deposits. The Company 
applies  the  Project  Generator  model  where  it  seeks  and  presents  partners  with  an  option  to  joint 
venture the Company’s projects, in order to have those partners fund the exploration of the project to 
earn an interest.  In some agreements, the Company receives cash option payments or common stock 
of the joint venture partner, as a portion of the partner’s cost to earn an interest.  If any of its exploration 
programs are successful and the partners complete their earn-ins, the Company would have to provide 
its share of ongoing exploration and development costs in order to maintain its interests; and if not, 
reduce  its  equity  interest  through  a  monetization  transaction  or  dilution  of  its  ownership  interest  or 
conversion  to  a  royalty  interest.    The  Company  does  not  anticipate  mining  revenues  from  sale  of 
mineral production in the foreseeable future. 

With working capital of approximately $26 million on June 30, 2018, the Company believes it has more 
than sufficient funds to conduct its administrative, business development, and discretionary exploration 
activities over the next twelve months.  Actual funding requirements may vary from those planned due 
to several factors, including the Company’s joint venture partners encountering difficulty in financing 
exploration programs on the optioned properties.  The Company further believes it has the ability to 
raise equity capital to meet its foreseeable longer-term working capital needs but recognizes that the 
ability to raise capital in the future involves risks beyond its control. 

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS 

The Company has no significant off-balance sheet arrangements. 

PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS 

The Company has no proposed transactions. 

TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES 

Details of the transactions between the Company’s related parties are disclosed below. 

Compensation of key management personnel 

Key  management  personnel  include  persons  having  the  authority  and  responsibility  for  planning, 
directing, and controlling the activities of the Company as a whole.  

The remuneration of the management and the independent directors was as follows: 

The remuneration of management and independent directors was as follows: 

Management compensation (i)  
Share-based payments (ii) 
Director’s fees (iv) 

          Year Ended June 30, 

2018 

501,273 
261,084 
186,241 
948,598 

$ 

$ 

2017 

514,369 
250,749 
135,623 
900,741 

$ 

$ 

(i)  Management  compensation  is  included  in  Management  fees  (2018  -  $272,046;  2017  - 

$211,804) and in exploration expenditures (2018 - $229,227; 2017 - $302,565).  

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(ii) Share-based payments represent the expense for the years ended June 30, 2018 (Note 11c) 

and 2017. 

(iii) In  February  2016,  the  Company  signed  Consulting  Agreements,  effective  July  2015,  with 
each of Global Ore Discovery Pty Ltd. (“Global Ore”) and Stephen Nano, to perform the duties 
of President, CEO and Qualified Person for the Company.  

Under  the  terms  of the Global  Ore  agreement,  the  Company  has  retained  the  services  of 
Global Ore consultants until June 30, 2018, to provide target generation related consulting 
services  to  the  Company  on  an  exclusive  basis  throughout  Chile  and  Argentina.  The 
Company has agreed to a minimum monthly retainer of Australian Dollar (“AUD”) $35,000. 
The Global Ore contract can be terminated at any time by the Company by paying a fee of 
AUD $225,000.  

The CEO consulting agreement with Mr. Nano is for a term expiring on June 30, 2018 and 
was  renewed  on  a  month  to  month  basis  upon  its  expiry  and  provides  for  payment  of  a 
consulting  fee  of  $25,000  per  month.  The  contract  with  Mr.  Nano  contains  termination 
provisions which require payment of one-year’s fees for termination without cause and two 
years for termination due to a change of control event, as defined. 

(iv) The independent directors of the Company are paid $2,100 per month (2017 - $2,100 per 
month) while the Chairman of the Board of Directors receives an additional $3,000 per month 
for serving in this capacity (2017 - $3,000). On June 14, 2017, Dana Prince was appointed 
Executive Chairman and is paid an additional $4,100 per month.  

Transactions with other related parties 

Certain of the Company’s officers and directors render services to the Company as sole proprietors 
or through companies in which they are an officer, director, or partner.  

The  following  companies  are  related  parties  through  association  of  the  Company’s  directors  and 
officers: 

Miller Thomson  
Chase Management Ltd. 

Global Ore Discovery Pty Ltd. 

Evrim Resources Corp. (“Evrim”) 

Nature of transactions 

Legal fees 
Professional fees 
Project generation, exploration management and 
GIS services  
CFO services, office administration support 
services and office sharing 

The Company incurred the following fees and expenses with related parties as follows: 

Legal fees 
CFO services 
Office sharing and administration services 
Project generation, exploration expenses and GIS services 

              Year Ended June 30, 

2018 
189,138 
101,750 
49,440 
711,619 
1,051,947 

$ 

$ 

 2017 
226,101 
72,588 
87,316 
965,443 
1,351,448 

$ 

$ 

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The Company had entered into an agreement with Evrim, a company with common management, 
to share CFO services, Administration services and office space.  The Agreement was renewed on 
a month to month basis upon its expiry on February 28, 2018.  

Included  in  accounts  payable  and  accrued  liabilities  at  June  30,  2018,  is  an  amount  of  $153,904 
(2017  -  $149,287)  owing  to  directors  and  officers  of  the  Company  and  to  companies  where  the 
directors and officers are principals. 

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES 

The  details  of  the  Company’s  accounting  policies  are  presented  in  Note  3  of  the  Company’s 
consolidated  financial  statements  for  the  year  ended  June  30,  2018.  The  following  policies  are 
considered by management to be essential to the understanding of the processes and reasoning 
that go into the preparation of the Company’s financial statements and the uncertainties that could 
have a bearing on its financial results. 

The Company did not adopt any significant new accounting policies during the reporting period. 

EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS 

The Company capitalizes the direct costs of acquiring mineral property interests as exploration and 
evaluation  assets.  Option  payments  are  considered  acquisition  costs  if  the  Company  has  the 
intention of exercising the underlying option.   

Exploration and evaluation costs are charged to operations in the period incurred until such time as 
it  has  been  determined that  a  property  has  economically  recoverable  reserves,  and  is  technically 
feasible, in which case the balance is tested for impairment and subsequent development costs are 
capitalized.  Exploration  costs  include  value-added  taxes  because  the  recoverability  of  these 
amounts is uncertain. 

The receipt of option payments from the Company’s joint venture partners are applied first towards 
the capitalized  cost for  the  acquisition  of  pertinent mineral  property  interests. Option  payments  in 
excess of the capitalized acquisition costs are netted against the exploration costs for the period. JV 
management  fees  are  included  in  exploration  expenditures  on  the  statement  of  loss  and 
comprehensive loss. 

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS 

Certain new standards, interpretations, amendments and improvements to existing standards were 
issued by the IASB or IFRIC. 

The following new standards and amendments to standards which are applicable to the Company 
have been issued with effective dates into the later fiscal years: 

a)  IFRS  9  Financial  Instruments  addresses  the  classification,  measurement  and  recognition  of 
financial  assets  and  financial  liabilities.  The  complete  version  of  IFRS  9  was  issued  in  July 
2014. It replaces the guidance in IAS 39 that relates to the classification and measurement of 
financial  instruments.  IFRS  9  retains  but  simplifies  the  mixed  measurement  model  and 
establishes three primary measurement categories for financial assets: amortized costs, fair 
value through OCI and FVTPL. The basis of classification depends on entity’s business model 
and the contractual cash flow characteristics of the financial asset.  

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Investments in equity instruments are required to be measured at FVTPL with the irrevocable 
option  at  inception  to  present  changes  in  fair  value  in  OCI.  There  is  a  new  expected  credit 
losses model that replaces the incurred loss impairment model used in IAS 39.  

For financial liabilities, there were no changes to classification and measurement except for the 
recognition of changes in own credit risk in OCI, for liabilities designated at FVTPL.  

IFRS  9  relaxes  the  requirements for  hedge  effectiveness  by  replacing  the bright  line  hedge 
effectiveness tests. It requires an economic relationship between the hedged item and hedging 
instrument and for the hedged ratio to be the same as the one management actually use for 
risk management purposes. Contemporaneous documentation is still required but is different 
to that currently prepared under IAS 39.  

The  standard  is  effective  for  accounting  periods  beginning  on  or  after  January  1,  2018. 
Adoption of this standard is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company other 
than increased disclosure. 

b)  IFRS  15  Revenue  from  Contracts  with  Customers  deals  with  revenue  recognition  and 
establishes principles of reporting useful information to the users of financial statements about 
the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from an entity’s 
contracts with customers.  

Revenue is recognized when the customer obtains control of a good or service and thus has 
the  ability  to  direct  the  use  and  obtain  the  benefits  from  the  good  or  service.  The  standard 
replaces IAS 18 Revenue, and IAS 11 Construction Contracts and related interpretations.  

It is effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018 with earlier application 
permitted. Adoption of this standard is not expected to have an impact on the Company. 

c)  IFRS  16  is  a  new  standard  that  sets  out  the  principles  for  recognition,  measurement, 
presentation,  and  disclosure  of  leases  including guidance  for  both  parties to  a  contract, the 
lessee  and  the  lessor.    The  new  standard  eliminates  the  classification  of  leases  as  either 
operating or finance leases as is required by IAS 17 and instead introduces a single lessee 
accounting model. IFRS 16 specifies how an IFRS reporter will recognize, measure, present 
and  disclose  leases.  The  standard  provides  a  single  lessee  accounting  model,  requiring 
lessees to recognize assets and liabilities for all leases unless the lease term is 12 months or 
less or the underlying asset has a low value. Lessors continue to classify leases as operating 
or  finance,  with  IFRS  16’s  approach  to  lessor  accounting  substantially  unchanged  from  its 
predecessor, IAS 17 Leases.  

The standard was issued in January 2016 and is effective for annual periods beginning on or 
after January 1, 2019. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the standard on the 
Company. 

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND JUDGEMENTS 

The  preparation  of financial  statements  requires management  to make  judgments,  estimates  and 
assumptions  that  affect  the  application  of  policies  and  reported  amounts  of  assets  and  liabilities, 
profit and expenses. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience 
and various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of 
which form the basis of making the judgments about carrying values of assets and liabilities that are 
not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates. 

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The  estimates  and  underlying  assumptions  are  reviewed  on  an  ongoing  basis.  Revisions  to 
accounting  estimates  are  recognized  in  the  period  in  which  the  estimate  is  revised  if  the  revision 
affects only that period or in the period of the revision and further periods if the review affects both 
current and future periods. 

Significant accounting estimates and judgments are related to, but are not limited to, the following: 

(i) 

Impairment  of  exploration  and  evaluation  assets:  The  capitalized  carrying  value  of  each 
property group is reviewed regularly for conditions that are indicators of impairment.  
This review requires significant judgment as the Company does not have any proven and 
probable  reserves  that  enable  future  cash  flows  to  be  compared  to  the  carrying  values. 
Factors considered in the assessment of asset impairment include, but are not limited to, 
whether there has been a significant adverse change in the legal, regulatory, accessibility, 
title, environmental or political factors that could affect the claims’ value; whether there has 
been an accumulation of costs significantly in excess of the amounts originally expected for 
the  claims’  acquisition,  or cost  of holding;  whether  exploration  activities produced  results 
that are not promising such that no more work is being planned in the foreseeable future; 
and whether the Company has the necessary funds to be able to maintain its interest in the 
mineral claims.  

The Company has concluded that impairment conditions do not exist as at June 30, 2018. 

Ownership of exploration and evaluation assets involves certain risks due to the difficulties 
of determining and obtaining clear title to claims as well as the potential for problems arising 
from the frequently ambiguous conveyance history characteristics of many exploration and 
evaluation assets.  

The Company has investigated ownership of its exploration and evaluation assets and, to 
the best of its knowledge, ownership of its interests are in good standing. 

(ii)  Valuation of share purchase options:  The Company provides compensation benefits to its 
employees, directors and officers through a stock option plan. The fair value of each option 
award is estimated on the date of the grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.  
Expected volatility assumption used in the model is based on the historical volatility of the 
Company’s share price. The Company uses historical data to estimate the period of option 
exercises and their forfeiture rates for use in the valuation model.  

The  risk-free  interest  rate  for  the  expected  term  of  the  option  is  based  on  the  yields  of 
government  bonds.  Changes  in  these  assumptions,  especially  the  volatility  and  the 
expected life determination could have a material impact on the Company’s profit or loss. 
All  estimates  used  in  the  model  are  based  on  historical  data  which  may  not  be 
representative of future results.  

(iii)  Income  taxes:  The  Company  is  subject  to  income  taxes  in  numerous  jurisdictions. 
Uncertainties  exist  with  respect  to  interpretations  of  tax  regulations.  The  Company  has 
recognized current tax refundable based on its interpretations of tax regulations, which may 
differ from the interpretations of the tax authorities (Note 13). 

Judgment  is  required  in  determining  whether  deferred  tax  assets  are  recognized  on  the 
statement of financial position. The recognition of deferred tax assets requires management 
to assess the likelihood that the Company will generate taxable income in future periods to 
utilize the deferred tax assets. Due to a history of losses deferred tax assets have not be 
recognized. 

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(iv)  Functional currencies:  The functional currency of an entity is the currency of the primary 
economic  environment  in  which  an  entity  operates.  The  determination  of  an  entity’s 
functional currency requires judgement based on analysis of relevant factors identified in 
IAS 21, The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates (“IAS 21”).  

Except for the Company’s subsidiaries in the British Virgin Islands (Note 3a) above), the 
Company has determined that its subsidiaries in Chile and Argentina incur costs in United 
States Dollars, Canadian Dollars, Australian dollars as well as the Chilean and Argentine 
Pesos  and  therefore  do  not  indicate  a  single  primary  currency  for  operating  in  these 
jurisdictions.  

These subsidiaries including the British Virgin Islands are financed entirely by its Canadian 
Parent and therefore act as its extension. The Company has therefore determined that the 
functional currency of all its subsidiaries is the Canadian Dollar, similar to the Parent. 

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS 

The Company’s financial instruments as at June 30, 2018, consist of cash and cash equivalents, 
interest  receivable,  accounts  payable  and  accrued  liabilities  and  advances  from  joint  venture 
partners.  The fair value of all these instruments approximates their carrying value.  There are no off-
balance sheet financial instruments. 

The Company’s financial instruments are exposed to certain financial risks. The risk exposures and 
the impact on the Company's financial instruments are summarized below. 

(i)  Currency risk  

The Company is exposed to the financial risk related to the fluctuation of foreign exchange 
rates. The Company operates in Canada, Argentina and Chile and a portion of its expenses 
are incurred in United States (“US”) dollars, Australian dollars and in Argentine and Chilean 
Pesos. A significant change in the currency exchange rates between the US and Australian 
dollar relative to the Canadian dollar and the Argentine and Chilean Peso to the Canadian 
dollar could have an effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial position or cash 
flows. The Company has not hedged its exposure to currency fluctuations.   

At June 30, 2018, the Company is exposed to currency risk through the following assets and liabilities 
denominated in US and Australian dollars and Argentine and Chilean Pesos: 

Cash and cash equivalents 
Short-term investments 
Receivables and advances 
Accounts payable and accrued 
liabilities 

US  
Dollars 
1,124,657 
8,250,001 
200,000 

Australian 
Dollars 
128,522 
1,660,252 
- 

Argentine  
Peso 
12,059,164 

Chilean  
Peso 
139,740,623 

1,819,899 

23,846,893 

(13,763) 

(95,570) 

(4,452,833) 

(121,721,852) 

Based  on  the  net  exposures  as  at  June  30,  2018,  and  assuming  that  all  other  variables  remain 
constant, a 10% depreciation or appreciation of the Canadian dollar against the US and Australian 
dollar  would  result  in  an  increase/decrease  of  $1,273,824  and  $168,972,  respectively  in  the 
Company’s  comprehensive  loss.    Likewise,  a  10%  depreciation  or  appreciation  of  the  Canadian 
dollar against the Argentine and Chilean Peso would result in an increase/decrease of $45,228 and 
$8,582, respectively in the Company’s comprehensive loss.  

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(ii)  Credit risk  

Credit risk is the risk of an unexpected loss if a customer or third party to a financial instrument 
fails to meet its contractual obligations.  

The Company’s cash and cash equivalents is held through large financial institutions.  
The Company’s receivables primarily consist of interest receivable due from major financial 
institutions  on  short  term  investments.  Management  believes  that credit  risk  concentration 
with respect to receivables is remote. 

(iii) Liquidity risk 

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will not be able to meet its financial obligations as 
they  fall  due.  The  Company  manages  liquidity  risk  through  the  management  of  its  capital 
structure  and  financial  leverage  as  outlined  above.  As  at  June  30,  2018,  the  Company’s 
financial liabilities consist of accounts payable and accrued liabilities totalling $743,842. All 
of the Company’s obligations are expected to be paid within 90 days. Management believes 
the Company has sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they become due. 

(iv) Interest rate risk 

Interest rate risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will 
fluctuate because of changes in market interest rates. The risk that the Company will realize 
a loss as a result of a decline in the fair value of the short-term investments included in cash 
and  cash  equivalents  is limited  because  these  investments  are generally  held  to maturity. 
The applicable rates of interest on such investments range between 0.05% and 3.25%. 

(v) Price risk 

Price  risk  is  the  risk  that  the  fair  value  or  future  cash  flows  of  a  financial  instrument  will 
fluctuate due to changes in market prices, other than those arising from interest rate risk and 
foreign currency risk. The Company is not exposed to significant other price risk. 

The  Company  appointed  a  special  treasury  committee  comprising  of  three  board  members  to 
consider management’s recommendations to mitigate the exposure to foreign currency risk.  The 
committee accepted the consideration that the management maintain a ratio of 70:15:15 for US$: 
CAD$: AUD$ of the treasury whenever practical. 

MANAGEMENT OF CAPITAL RISK 

The Company’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Company’s ability to continue 
as  a  going  concern,  to  pursue  the  development  of  its  exploration  and  evaluation  assets  and  to 
maintain a flexible capital structure which optimizes the costs of capital at an acceptable risk.  In the 
management of capital, the Company includes the components of equity. 

The  Company  manages  the  capital  structure  and  adjusts  it  considering  changes  in  economic 
conditions and the risk characteristics of the underlying assets.  To maintain or adjust the capital 
structure, the Company may attempt to issue new shares, acquire or dispose of assets, enter into 
joint ventures or obtain debt financing.  To facilitate the management of its capital requirements, the 
Company  prepares  annual  and  quarterly  expenditure  budgets  that  are  updated  as  necessary 
depending  on  various  factors,  including  successful  capital  deployment  and  general  industry 
conditions. 

To maximize ongoing development efforts, the Company does not pay out dividends. 

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The  Company’s  investment  policy  is  to  invest  its  cash  in  highly  liquid  short-term  interest-bearing 
investments with maturities of twelve months or less from the original date of acquisition, selected 
with regards to the expected timing of expenditures from continuing operations.   

The  Company  does  not  invest  in  commercial  paper.  The  Company  is  not  subject  to  externally 
imposed capital requirements. 

ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE FOR VENTURE ISSUERS WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT REVENUE 

Additional  disclosure  concerning  the  Company’s  operating  expenses  is  provided  above,  in  the 
Company’s consolidated statements of (income) loss of the audited annual consolidated financial 
statements  for  the  period  ended  June  30,  2018  that  is  available  on  the  Company’s  website  at 
www.mirasolresources.com or on its SEDAR company page accessed through www.sedar.com. 

OUTSTANDING SHARE DATA  

As of the date of this MD&A, the Company had 53,837,628 issued and outstanding common shares. 
In  addition,  the  Company  has  3,096,876  options  outstanding  that  expire  through  December  20th, 
2020, and 2,158,875 warrants outstanding that expire through June 1st, 2020. The Company had 
15,000 of the 30,000 RSU’s granted outstanding as of the date of the MD&A. Details of issued share 
capital are included in Note 11 of the audited consolidated financial statements for the years ended 
June 30, 2018 and 2017. 

APPROVAL 

The Audit Committee of the Company has approved the disclosure contained in this MD&A.  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

Additional information relating to the Company is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on 
the Company’s website at www.mirasolresources.com.  

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