UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

            

FORM 6-K


REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 AND 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


For the Period   April 2015            File No.    0-30720


Radius Gold Inc.

(Name of Registrant)


200 Burrard Street, Suite 650, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6C 3L6

(Address of principal executive offices)



1.

Annual Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2014.

2.

Management Discussion and Analysis


Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

FORM 20-F x

FORM 40-F ¨


Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.     

Yes ¨

No x

SIGNATURE


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Form 6-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


Radius Gold Inc.

(Registrant)


Dated:  April 30, 2015

By:  /s/ Simon Ridgway

           Simon Ridgway

           President and Director











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(An Exploration Stage Company)


CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014


(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)








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BDO Canada LLP

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925 West Georgia Street

Vancouver BC  V6C 3L2  Canada




 

Independent Auditor’s Report

 


To the shareholders of Radius Gold Inc.


We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of Radius Gold Inc. and its subsidiaries, which comprise the consolidated statements of financial position as at December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss), changes in equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2014, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.


Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), 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.


Auditor's 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 and the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). 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 auditor's 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 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, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Radius Gold Inc. and its subsidiaries as at December 31, 2014 and 2013, and its financial performance and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2014, in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, as issued by the IASB.


(signed) “BDO CANADA LLP”


Chartered Accountants

Vancouver, Canada

April 27, 2015


BDO Canada LLP, a Canadian limited liability partnership, is a member of BDO International Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, and forms part of the international BDO network of independent member firms.






RADIUS GOLD INC.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)

As at:

December 31,

December 31,

 

2014

2013

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

   

Current assets

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents (Note 5)

 $          1,238,372

 $          1,560,788

Available-for-sale investments (Note 6)

5,561,555

8,687,428

Advances and other receivables (Note 9)

867,837

63,293

Taxes receivable

10,881

11,426

Due from related parties (Note 14)

-

33,817

Prepaid expenses and deposits (Note 14)

72,277

143,981

Total current assets

7,750,922

10,500,733

 

 

 

Non-current assets

 

 

Long-term deposits

143,464

134,623

Property and equipment (Note 7)

114,271

153,102

Exploration and evaluation assets  (Note 9)

563,391

531,369

Investment in associates (Note 8)

473,001

1

Total non-current assets

1,294,127

819,095

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

 $         9,045,049

 $        11,319,828

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (Note 14)

 $             121,590

 $             103,059

Total liabilities

121,590

103,059

 

 

 

Shareholders' equity

 

 

Share capital  (Note 11)

56,592,613

56,592,613

Other equity reserve

6,636,658

6,636,658

Accumulated deficit

 (54,506,920)

 (53,137,013)

Accumulated other comprehensive income

201,108

1,124,511

Total shareholders' equity

8,923,459

11,216,769

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

 $          9,045,049

 $        11,319,828


Commitments – Note 10

Events after the reporting date – Note 19


APPROVED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUE ON APRIL 27, 2015 BY:


   “Simon Ridgway”                                   , Director

   “William Katzin”                                , Director

Simon Ridgway

William Katzin


The accompanying notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.








RADIUS GOLD INC.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF PROFIT OR LOSS AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


 

2014

2013

2012

 

 

 

 

EXPLORATION EXPENDITURES (Note 14)

 $         1,354,815

 $         1,039,309

 $          884,966

GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

 

 

 

Amortization

45,338

47,738

53,865

Consulting fees (Note 14)

-

28,000

127,826

Legal and audit fees

76,025

99,698

186,062

Management fees (Note 14)

102,000

79,500

141,000

Office and miscellaneous (Note 14)

197,982

143,875

152,795

Property investigations (Note 14)

147,638

101,009

19,685

Public relations (Note 14)

19,948

34,792

68,301

Salaries and benefits (Note 14)

108,828

248,635

264,951

Share-based compensation (Notes 12 and 14)

-

-

385,320

Transfer agent and regulatory fees (Note 14)

14,396

18,302

17,192

Travel and accommodation (Note 14)

46,407

42,507

81,621

 

758,562

844,056

1,498,618

Loss before other (expenses)/income

(2,113,377)

 (1,883,365)

 (2,383,584)

OTHER (EXPENSES) INCOME

 

 

 

Share of post-tax losses of associate (Note 8)

(57,000)

 (493,318)

 (366,950)

Impairment on shares held in associate (Note 8)

-

-

(855,632)

Foreign currency exchange (loss) gain

 (4,410)

 4,007

 (13,062)

Gain on sale of properties (Note 9)

-

-

16,278,410

Loss on disposal of property (Note 9)

 -

 -

 (3,823,118)

Loss on disposal of property and equipment

 -

 -

 (41,780)

Gain on sale of marketable securities

1,289,708

81,217

46,065

Impairment on available-for-sale investments (Note 6)

 (441,320)

 (5,934,443)

 (20,148)

Gain from mineral property option agreements

-

98,590

101,564

Investment income

43,245

22,141

8,883

Write off of exploration and evaluation costs (Note 9)

(86,753)

(171,815)

-

Write off of receivables

 -

 (10,777)

 (1,291)

Net (loss) income for the year

 $      (1,369,907)

 $      (8,287,763)

 $       8,929,357

Other comprehensive (loss) income

 

 

 

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss:

 

 

 

Fair value (losses) gains on available-for-sale investments

   (Note 6)

(923,403)

517,005

97,132

Total comprehensive (loss) income

 $      (2,293,310)

 $      (7,770,758)

 $       9,026,489

Basic and diluted (loss) earnings per share (Note 3)

 $(0.02)

 $(0.10)

 $0.10

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding

86,675,617

86,675,617

86,675,617



The accompanying notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.







RADIUS GOLD INC.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)



 

Number of

common shares

Share capital

Other equity

reserve

Accumulated other

comprehensive

income

Accumulated

deficit

Total

Balance, December 31, 2011

86,675,617

  $       56,592,613

$          6,251,338

$               510,374

$       (53,778,607)

$           9,575,718

Income for the year

-

                              -

-

                              -

               8,929,357

               8,929,357

Available-for-sale investments

-

                              -

-

                    97,132

                              -

                    97,132

Share-based compensation

-

                              -

385,320

                              -

                              -

                  385,320

Balance, December 31, 2012

86,675,617

             56,592,613

6,636,658

                  607,506

 (44,849,250)

             18,987,527

Loss for the year

-

                              -

-

                              -

 (8,287,763)

 (8,287,763)

Available-for-sale investments

-

                              -

-

              517,005

                              -

 517,005

Balance, December 31, 2013

86,675,617

             56,592,613

6,636,658

1,124,511

 (53,137,013)

             11,216,769

Loss for the year

-

                              -

-

                              -

 (1,369,907)

 (1,369,907)

Available-for-sale investments

-

                              -

-

              (923,403)

                              -

 (923,403)

Balance, December 31, 2014

           86,675,617

 $       56,592,613

 $          6,636,658

 $                201,108

 $      (54,506,920)

 $           8,923,459



The accompanying notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.







RADIUS GOLD INC.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)



 

2014

2013

2012

Cash provided by (used in):

 

 

 

OPERATING  ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

Net (loss) income for the year

 $         (1,369,907)

 $         (8,287,763)

 $         8,929,357

Items not involving cash:

 

 

 

Amortization

45,338

47,738

53,865

Gain from mineral property option agreements

-

 (98,590)

 (101,564)

Gain on sale of exploration and evaluation asset (Note 9)

 -

 -

 (16,278,410)

Loss from disposal of exploration and evaluation asset (Note 9)

-

-

3,823,118

Loss from disposal of property and equipment

-

-

41,780

Write off of exploration and evaluation assets

86,753

171,815

-

Write off of receivables

-

10,777

1,291

Investment income

-

(22,141)

(8,883)

Impairment of available-for-sale investments (Note 6)

441,320

5,934,443

20,148

Impairment of shares held in associate

-

-

855,632

Gain on sale of marketable securities

 (1,289,708)

 (81,217)

 (46,065)

Share of post-tax losses of associate

57,000

493,318

366,950

Share-based compensation

-

-

385,320

 

 (2,029,204)

 (1,831,620)

 (1,957,461)

Changes in non-cash working capital items:

 

 

 

Advances and other receivables

(4,544 )

(33,920)

295,770

Taxes receivable

545

37,777

312,494

Prepaid expenses and deposits

71,704

(10,903)

155,755

Long-term deposits

(8,841)

 -

 (3,198)

Due from related parties

33,817

83,130

424,942

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

18,531

 (152,242)

 (520,138)

 Cash used in operating activities

 (1,917,992)

 (1,907,778)

 (1,291,836)

 

 

 

 

INVESTING  ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

Investment in associate (Note 8)

 (830,000)

 -

 (215,254)

Expenditures on exploration and evaluation asset acquisition costs

 (118,775)

 (171,815)

                            -

Loans advanced (Note 9)

(800,000)

-

-

Investment income

-

22,141

8,883

Proceeds from mineral property option agreements

-

49,295

50,782

Proceeds from disposal of mineral property (Note 9)

-

-

98,750

Expenses incurred on sale of mineral property rights (Note 9)

-

-

(304,746)

Proceeds from sale of marketable securities and investments (Note 6)

3,350,858

2,575,812

                928,365

Proceeds from sale of property and equipment

-

-

4,078

Purchase of property and equipment (Note 7)

 (6,507)

 (1,234)

 (48,229)

 Cash provided by investing activities

1,595,576

2,474,199

522,629

(Decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents

 (322,416)

 566,421

 (769,207)

Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of year

1,560,788

994,367

1,763,574

Cash and cash equivalents - end of year

 $           1,238,372

 $           1,560,788

 $           994,367


The accompanying notes form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.







Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


1.

CORPORATE INFORMATION


Radius Gold Inc. (the “Company”) was formed by the amalgamation of Radius Explorations Ltd. and PilaGold Inc. effective on July 1, 2004.


The Company is domiciled in Vancouver, Canada and is engaged in acquisition and exploration of mineral properties or investment in companies which hold mineral property interests. The address of the Company’s head office is 650 – 200 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 3L6.  



2.

BASIS OF PREPARATION


Statement of Compliance


These 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”).  


Basis of Measurement


These consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by any revaluation of available-for-sale financial assets.


The consolidated financial statements are presented in Canadian dollars (“CDN”), which is also the Company’s functional currency.


The preparation of financial statements in compliance with IFRS requires management to make certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in applying the Company’s accounting policies. The areas involving a higher degree of judgment or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the financial statements are disclosed in Note 4.


Nature of Operations


These financial statements have been presented on the basis that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.  





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


3.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES


The accounting policies set out below have been applied consistently to all years presented in these consolidated financial statements.


a)

Basis of Consolidation


These consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. A wholly owned subsidiary is an entity in which the Company has control, directly or indirectly, where control is defined as the power to govern the financial and operating policies of an enterprise so as to obtain benefits from its activities. All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated on consolidation. Subsidiaries are deconsolidated from the date control ceases.


Details of the Company’s principal subsidiaries at December 31, 2014 are as follows:


 

Name

Place of

Incorporation

Interest

%

Principal Activity

 

Minerales Sierra Pacifico S.A.

Guatemala

100%

Exploration company

 

Radius Gold (U.S.) Inc.

Nevada, USA

100%

Exploration company

 

Geometales Del Norte-Geonorte

Mexico

100%

Exploration company

 

Radius (Cayman) Inc

Cayman Islands

100%

Holding company


b)

Investment in Associates


Where the Company has the power to participate in (but not control) the financial and operating policy decisions of another entity, it is classified as an associate. Associates are initially recognized in the consolidated statement of financial position at cost. The Company's share of post-acquisition profits and losses is recognized in the consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income, except that losses in excess of the Company’s investment in the associate are not recognized unless there is an obligation to fund those losses.


Profits and losses arising on transactions between the Company and its associates are recognized only to the extent of unrelated investors' interests in the associate. The investor's share in the associate's profits and losses resulting from these transactions is eliminated against the carrying value of the associate.


Any premium paid for an associate above the fair value of the Company's share of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities acquired is capitalized and included in the carrying amount of the associate. Where there is objective evidence that the investment in an associate has been impaired the carrying amount of the investment is tested for impairment in the same way as other non-financial assets.





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


3.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – (cont’d)


c)

Foreign Currency Translation


The functional and presentation currency of the Company and its principal subsidiaries is the Canadian dollar. Transactions denominated in a currency other than an entity’s functional currency are translated as follows: unsettled monetary items denominated in a foreign currency are translated into Canadian dollars at exchange rates prevailing at the date of the statement of financial position and non-monetary items are translated at exchange rates prevailing when the assets were acquired or obligations incurred. Foreign currency denominated revenue and expense items are translated at exchange rates prevailing at the transaction date.  Gains or losses arising from the translations are included in operations.


d)

Cash and Cash Equivalents


Cash and cash equivalents includes cash at banks and on hand, and other short-term, highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change of value.  


e)

Mineral Exploration and Evaluation Expenditures


Acquisition costs for exploration and evaluation assets are capitalized and include the cash consideration paid and the fair value of common shares issued on acquisition, at the earlier of the date the counterparty’s performance is complete or the share issuance date. Exploration expenditures, net of recoveries, are charged to operations as incurred. After a property is determined by management to be commercially feasible, exploration and development expenditures on the property will be capitalized. On transfer to development properties, capitalized exploration and evaluation assets are assessed for impairment.


Options are exercisable entirely at the discretion of the optionee and amounts received from optionees in connection with option agreements are credited against the capitalized acquisition costs classified as exploration and evaluation assets on the statement of financial position and amounts received in excess are credited to gain from exploration and evaluation asset option agreements on the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income.


Where the Company has entered into option agreements to acquire interests in exploration and evaluation assets that provide for periodic payments or periodic share issuances, amounts unpaid and unissued are not recorded as liabilities since they are payable and issuable entirely at the Company’s option. Option payments are recorded as exploration and evaluation costs when the payments are made or received and the share issuances are recorded as exploration and evaluation costs using the fair market value of the Company’s common shares at the earlier of the date the counterparty’s performance is complete or the share issuance date.


The Company is in the process of exploring and developing its exploration and evaluation assets and has not yet determined the amount of reserves available. Management reviews the carrying value of exploration and evaluation assets on a periodic basis and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable, the Company will test the asset for impairment based upon a variety of factors, including current exploration results, the prospect of further work being carried out by the Company, the assessment of future probability of profitable revenues from the asset or from the sale of the asset. Amounts shown for exploration and evaluation assets represent costs incurred net of write-downs and recoveries, and are not intended to represent present or future values.


Environmental expenditures that relate to current operations are expensed or capitalized as appropriate.  Expenditures that relate to an existing condition caused by past operations and which do not contribute to current or future revenue generation are expensed. Liabilities are recorded when environmental assessments and/or remedial efforts are probable and the costs can be reasonably estimated.  Generally, the timing of these accruals would be when the actual environmental disturbance occurs.





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


3.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – (cont’d)


f)

Property, Equipment and Amortization


Recognition and Measurement


On initial recognition, property and equipment are valued at cost, being the purchase price and directly attributable costs of acquisition required to bring the asset to the location and condition necessary to be capable of operating in a manner intended by the Company, including appropriate borrowing costs and the estimated present value of any future unavoidable costs of dismantling and removing items. The corresponding liability is recognized within provisions.


Property and equipment is subsequently measured at cost less accumulated amortization, less any accumulated impairment losses, with the exception of land, which is not amortized.


When parts of an item of property and equipment have different useful lives, they are accounted for as separate items (major components) of property and equipment.


Subsequent Costs


The cost of replacing part of an item of property and equipment is recognized in the carrying amount of the item if it is probable that the future economic benefits embodied within the part will flow to the Company and its cost can be measured reliably. The carrying amount of the replaced part is derecognized. The costs of day-to-day servicing of property and equipment are recognized in profit or loss as they are incurred.


Major Maintenance and Repairs


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 of the item can be measured reliably. All other repairs and maintenance are charged to the profit or loss during the financial period in which they are incurred.


Gains and Losses


Gains and losses on disposal of an item of property and equipment are determined by comparing the proceeds from disposal with the carrying amount, that are recognized net within other income in profit or loss.


Amortization


Amortization is recognized in profit or loss and property and equipment is amortized over their estimated useful lives using the following methods:


 

Leasehold improvements

7 8 years straight-line

 

Trucks

4 – 8 years straight-line

 

Computer equipment

25% - 50% declining balance

 

Field equipment

30% declining balance

 

Furniture and equipment

20% declining balance

 

Geophysical equipment

20% declining balance





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


3.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – (cont’d)


g)

Earnings / Loss per Share


Basic income/loss per share is calculated by dividing the net income/loss available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the year. Diluted earnings per share reflects the potential dilution of securities that could share in earnings of an entity.


For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, potentially dilutive common shares (relating to options and warrants outstanding at year-end) totalling 4,775,000 (2013: 4,915,000; 2012: 14,945,001) were not included in the computation of earnings/loss per share, because their effect was anti-dilutive (2013: their effect was anti-dilutive; 2012: were out of the money).  As such, basic and diluted earnings and losses per share are the same for the periods presented.


h)

Income Taxes


Income tax expense comprises current and deferred tax. Current and deferred tax are recognized in net loss/income except to the extent that it relates to a business combination or items recognized directly in equity or in other comprehensive loss/income.


Current income taxes are recognized for the estimated income taxes payable or receivable on taxable income or loss for the current year and any adjustment to income taxes payable in respect of previous years. Current income taxes are determined using tax rates and tax laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year-end date.


Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized where the carrying amount of an asset or liability differs from its tax base, except for those taxable temporary differences arising on the initial recognition of goodwill or on the initial recognition of an asset or liability in a transaction which is not a business combination and at the time of the transaction affects neither accounting nor taxable profit or loss.


Recognition of deferred tax assets for unused tax losses, tax credits and deductible temporary differences is restricted to those instances where it is probable that future taxable profit will be available against which the deferred tax asset can be utilized. At the end of each reporting year the Company reassesses unrecognized deferred tax assets. The Company recognizes a previously unrecognized deferred tax asset only to the extent that it has become probable that future taxable profit will allow the deferred tax asset to be recovered.


i)

Share Capital


Equity instruments are contracts that give a residual interest in the net assets of the Company. Financial instruments issued by the Company are classified as equity only to the extent that they do not meet the definition of a financial liability or financial asset. The Company’s common shares, share warrants, and options are classified as equity instruments.


Incremental costs directly attributable to the issue of new shares or options are shown in equity as a deduction, net of tax, from proceeds.


Warrants issued by the Company typically accompany an issuance of shares in the Company (a “Unit”), and entitle the warrant holder to exercise the warrants for a stated price and a stated number of common shares in the Company. The fair value of the Unit’s components sold is measured using the residual value approach.





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


3.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – (cont’d)


j)

Share-based Payments


Where equity-settled share options are awarded to employees, the fair value of the options at the date of grant is charged to the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income over the vesting period. Performance vesting conditions are taken into account by adjusting the number of equity instruments expected to vest at each reporting date so that, ultimately, the cumulative amount recognized over the vesting period is based on the number of options that eventually vest. As long as all other vesting conditions are satisfied, a charge is made irrespective of whether these vesting conditions are satisfied. The cumulative expense is not adjusted for failure to achieve a market vesting condition or where a non-vesting condition is not satisfied.


Where terms and conditions of options are modified before they vest, the increase in the fair value of the options, measured immediately before and after the modification, is also charged to the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income over the remaining vesting period.


Where equity instruments are granted to employees, they are recorded at the fair value of the equity instrument granted at the grant date. The grant date fair value is recognized in comprehensive loss/income over the vesting period, described as the period during which all the vesting conditions are to be satisfied.


Where equity instruments are granted to non-employees, they are recorded at the fair value of the goods or services received in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income. Options or warrants granted related to the issuance of shares are recorded as a reduction of share capital.


When the value of goods or services received in exchange for the share-based payment cannot be reliably estimated, the fair value is measured by use of a valuation model or the fair value of the shares granted.


All equity-settled share-based payments are reflected in other equity reserve, until exercised. Upon exercise, shares are issued from treasury and the amount reflected in other equity reserve is credited to share capital, adjusted for any consideration paid.


Where a grant of options is cancelled or settled during the vesting period, excluding forfeitures when vesting conditions are not satisfied, the Company immediately accounts for the cancellation as an acceleration of vesting and recognizes the amount that otherwise would have been recognized for services received over the remainder of the vesting period. Any payment made to the employee on the cancellation is accounted for as the repurchase of an equity interest except to the extent the payment exceeds the fair value of the equity instrument granted, measured at the repurchase date.  Any such excess is recognized as an expense.


k)

Provisions


Rehabilitation Provision


The Company is subject to various government laws and regulations relating to environmental disturbances caused by exploration and evaluation activities. The Company records the present value of the estimated costs of legal and constructive obligations required to restore the exploration sites in the year in which the obligation is incurred. The nature of the rehabilitation activities may include restoration, reclamation and revegetation of the affected exploration sites.


The rehabilitation provision generally arises when the environmental disturbance is subject to government laws and regulations. When the liability is recognized, the present value of the estimated costs is capitalized by increasing the carrying amount of the related exploration properties. Over time, the discounted liability is increased for the changes in present value based on current market discount rates and liability specific risks.


At December 31, 2014, exploration and evaluation rehabilitation costs were not considered significant.





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


3.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – (cont’d)


k)

Provisions – (cont’d)


Other Provisions


Provisions are recognized where a legal or constructive obligation has been incurred as a result of past events, it is probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefit will be required to settle the obligation, and a reliable estimate of the amount of the obligation can be made. If material, provisions are measured at the present value of the expenditures expected to be required to settle the obligation. The increase in any provision due to passage of time is recognized as accretion expense.


l)

Impairment of Non-Financial Assets


Impairment tests on non-financial assets, including exploration and evaluation assets are undertaken whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amount may not be recoverable. Where the carrying value of an asset exceeds its recoverable amount, which is the higher of value in use and fair value less costs to sell, the asset is written down accordingly.


Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the impairment test is carried out on the asset’s cash-generating unit, which is the lowest group of assets in which the asset belongs for which there are separately identifiable cash inflows that are largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets.


An impairment loss is charged to the profit or loss, except to the extent they reverse gains previously recognized in other comprehensive loss/income.


m)

Financial Instruments


Financial Assets


Financial assets are classified into one of the following categories based on the purpose for which the asset was acquired. All transactions related to financial instruments are recorded on a trade date basis. The Company’s accounting policy for each category is as follows:


Loans and Receivables


These assets are non-derivative financial assets resulting from the delivery of cash or other assets by a lender to a borrower in return for a promise to repay on a specified date or dates, or on demand.  They are initially recognized at fair value plus transaction costs that are directly attributable to their acquisition or issue and subsequently carried at amortized cost, using the effective interest rate method, less any impairment losses. Amortized cost is calculated taking into account any discount or premium on acquisition and includes fees that are an integral part of the effective interest rate and transactions costs. Gains or losses are recognized in profit or loss when the loans and receivables are derecognized or impaired, as well as through the amortization process.


The Company’s loans and receivables comprise advances and other receivables, due from related parties, deposits and cash and cash equivalents in the consolidated statement of financial position.





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


3.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – (cont’d)


m)

Financial Instruments – (cont’d)


Available-For-Sale Investments


Non-derivative financial assets not included in the other categories are classified as available-for-sale and comprise principally the Company’s strategic investments in entities not qualifying as subsidiaries or associates.  Available-for-sale investments are carried at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income. Where there is a significant or prolonged decline in the fair value of an available-for-sale financial asset (which constitutes objective evidence of impairment), the full amount of the impairment, including any amount previously recognized in other comprehensive loss/income, is recognized in profit or loss. Any subsequent increase in the fair value of available-for-sale investments are recorded through other comprehensive income. If there is no quoted market price in an active market and fair value cannot be readily determined, available-for-sale investments are carried at cost.


Purchases and sales of available-for-sale financial assets are recognized on a trade date basis. On sale or impairment, the cumulative amount recognized in other comprehensive loss/income is reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income to profit or loss.


Impairment of Financial Assets


At each reporting date the Company assesses whether there is any objective evidence that a financial asset or a group of financial assets is impaired. A financial asset or group of financial assets is deemed to be impaired, if, and only if, there is objective evidence of impairment as a result of one or more events that has occurred after the initial recognition of the asset and that event has an impact on the estimated future cash flows of the financial asset or group of financial assets.


Financial Liabilities


Financial liabilities are classified as other financial liabilities, based on the purpose for which the liability was incurred, and comprise accounts payables and accrued liabilities. These liabilities are initially recognized at fair value net of any transaction costs directly attributable to the issuance of the instrument and subsequently carried at amortized cost using the effective interest rate method. This ensures that any interest expense over the period of repayment is at a constant rate on the balance of the liability carried in the statement of financial position.  Interest expense, in this context, includes initial transaction costs and premiums payable on redemption, as well as any interest or coupon payable while the liability is outstanding.


Accounts payables represent liabilities for goods and services provided to the Company prior to the end of the period which are unpaid. Accounts payable amounts are unsecured and are usually paid within forty-five days of recognition.


The Company has made the following designations of its financial instruments:


 

Cash and cash equivalent

 

Loans and receivables

 

Investments in available-for-sale investments

 

Available-for-sale financial assets

 

Advances and other receivables

 

Loans and receivables

 

Amounts due from related parties

 

Loans and receivables

 

Deposits

 

Loans and receivables

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

Other financial liabilities





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


3.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES – (cont’d)


n)

Adoption of New and Amended IFRS Pronouncements


Effective January 1, 2014, the Company adopted the following revised standards that were issued by the IASB.


IAS 24 Related Party Disclosures


The amendments to IAS 24 clarify that a management entity, or any member of a group of which it is a part, that provides key management services to a reporting entity, or its parent, is a related party of the reporting entity. The amendments also require an entity to disclose amounts incurred for key management personnel services provided by a separate management entity. This replaces the more detailed disclosure by category required for other key management personnel compensation. The amendments only affect disclosure and did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.  


IFRIC 21 Levies


The IASB issued IFRIC 21 – Levies (“IFRIC 21”), an interpretation of IAS 37 – Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets (“IAS 37”), on the accounting for levies imposed by governments. IAS 37 sets out criteria for the recognition of a liability, one of which is the requirement for the entity to have a present obligation as a result of a past event (“Obligating Event”). IFRIC 21 clarifies that the Obligating Event that gives rise to a liability to pay a levy is the activity described in the relevant legislation that triggers the payment of the levy. The adoption of IFRIC 21 did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.


IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentations (Amendment)


The amendments to IAS 32 pertained to the application guidance on the offsetting of financial assets and financial liabilities, focused on four main areas: the meaning of ‘currently has a legally enforceable right of set-off’, the application of simultaneous realization and settlement, the offsetting of collateral amounts and the unit of account for applying the offsetting requirements. The amendments did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.


o)

Standards, Amendments and Interpretations Not Yet Effective


The following new standard has been issued by the IASB but is not yet effective:


IFRS 9 Financial Instruments


IFRS 9 is part of the IASB's wider project to replace IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement. IFRS 9 retains but simplifies the mixed measurement model and establishes two primary measurement categories for financial assets: amortized cost and fair value. The basis of classification depends on the entity's business model and the contractual cash flow characteristics of the financial asset. In response to delays to the completion of the remaining phases of the project, the IASB issued amendments to IFRS 9 and has indefinitely postponed the adoption of this standard. The amendments also provided relief from the requirement to restate comparative financial statements for the effects of applying IFRS 9. IFRS 9 is effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of the new standard.





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


4.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND JUDGMENTS


The Company makes estimates and assumptions about the future that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities. Estimates and judgments are continually evaluated based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.  In the future, actual experience may differ from these estimates and assumptions.


The effect of a change in an accounting estimate is recognized prospectively by including it in comprehensive income/loss in the period of the change, if the change affects that period only, or in the period of the change and future periods, if the change affects both.


The key areas of judgment applied in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements that could result in a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities are as follows:


a)

Where the Company holds the largest shareholding in an investment and has the power to exercise significant influence through common officers and board members, such an investment is treated as an associate. The Company can exercise significant influence over Rackla Metals Inc. (“Rackla”) and Medgold Resources Corp (“Medgold”), as of November 4, 2014, when the Company increased its shareholding in Medgold from 14.4% to 19.1%;


b)

The determination of when an investment is impaired requires significant judgment. In making this judgment, the Company evaluates, amongst other things, the duration and extent to which the fair value of the investment is less that its original cost at each reporting period;


c)

Although the Company has taken steps to verify title to mineral properties in which it has an interest, these procedures do not guarantee the Company’s title. Such properties may be subject to prior agreements or transfers and title may be affected by undetected defects; and


d)

The application of the Company’s accounting policy for exploration and evaluation expenditure requires judgment in determining whether it is likely that future economic benefits will flow to the Company.


If, after exploration and evaluation expenditure is capitalized, information becomes available suggesting that the carrying amount of an exploration and evaluation asset may exceed its recoverable amount, the Company carries out an impairment test at the cash generating unit or group of cash generating units level in the year the new information becomes available.


The key estimate applied in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements that could result in a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities are as follows:


a)

The Company is subject to income tax in several jurisdictions and significant judgment is required in determining the provision for income taxes. During the ordinary course of business, there are transactions and calculations for which the ultimate tax determination is uncertain. As a result, the company recognizes tax liabilities based on estimates of whether additional taxes and interest will be due. These tax liabilities are recognized when, despite the company's belief that its tax return positions are supportable, the company believes that certain positions are likely to be challenged and may not be fully sustained upon review by tax authorities. The company believes that its accruals for tax liabilities are adequate for all open audit years based on its assessment of many factors including past experience and interpretations of tax law.  This assessment relies on estimates and assumptions and may involve a series of complex judgments about future events. To the extent that the final tax outcome of these matters is different than the amounts recorded, such differences will impact income tax expense in the period in which such determination is made.


b)

Option pricing models require the input of highly subjective assumptions, including the expected price volatility and options expected life. Changes in these assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate and, therefore, the existing models do not necessarily provide a reliable single measure of the fair value of the Company’s stock options.





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


5.

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS


Cash and cash equivalents are held for the purpose of meeting short-term cash commitments rather than for investment or other purposes. The Company does not hold any deposits with maturities of greater than three months from the date of acquisition. Cash at banks and on hand earns interest at floating rates based on daily bank deposit rates.



6.

AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE INVESTMENTS


Available-for-sale investments are recorded at fair value. As of December 31, 2014, available-for-sale investments consisted of 2,826,394 (2013: 3,883,394) common shares of B2Gold Corp. (“B2Gold”), and 1,007,406 (2013: 1,007,406) common shares of Focus Ventures Ltd. (“Focus”), all of which are public companies.


During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company entered into a strategic alliance agreement with Medgold whereby the Company has the right to option one of Medgold’s properties in Portugal (Note 9). As part of this strategic alliance, the Company acquired 5,000,000 common shares and 5,000,000 share purchase warrants in Medgold by way of a private placement at a cost of $500,000, with such instruments being classified as available-for-sale investments upon initial recognition. Each Medgold warrant entitles the Company to purchase an additional common share exercisable for two years at a price of $0.15. The Medgold share purchase warrants are not tradable on an exchange.  During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company determined that the decline in value of Medgold shares was significant and, accordingly, recorded an impairment of $300,000. Also during the current year, the exercise price for 3,000,000 of the Medgold warrants was reduced from $0.15 to $0.11 per share, for the one tranche, and the Company exercised the 3,000,000 warrants at a cost of $330,000. As a result of the Company’s holding in Medgold increasing from 14.4% to 19.1% upon the exercise of these warrants on November 4, 2014, the Company is able to exercise significant influence over Medgold and the investment in Medgold has been reclassified as an investment in associate (Note 8).

 

The Company originally received 4,815,894 B2Gold shares on August 10, 2012, pursuant to the disposal of a mineral property. The Company is entitled to sell a maximum of 10% of the original number of B2Gold shares within any 30-day period without encumbrance.  If the Company wishes to exceed this limitation, there may be a delay of up to 15 days before the selling of the shares can be completed. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company sold 1,057,000 (2013: 677,500; 2012: 255,000) B2Gold shares for proceeds of $3,350,858 (2013: $2,421,814; 2012: $928,365) and recorded a gain on sale of available-for-sale investments of $1,289,708 (2013: $77,664; 2012: $46,065).  Also during the year ended December 31, 2014, an impairment charge of $141,320 (2013: $5,863,925, 2012: $Nil) was charged against the B2Gold shares due the fair value of the shares being less than the adjusted cost base as of December 31, 2014.


During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company sold all of its 34,589 common shares of Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (“Fortuna”) for proceeds of $153,998.


As at December 31, 2014, the fair value based on quoted market prices of the available-for-sale investments was $5,561,555 (December 31, 2013: $8,687,428). An unrealized loss of $923,403 was recorded in other comprehensive income during the year ended December 31, 2014 (2013: unrealized gain of $517,005; 2012: unrealized gain of $97,132).  An unrealized loss of $893,181 for the current year related to B2Gold shares (2013: unrealized gain of $437,091; unrealized gain of 2012: $456,090).


During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company determined that the decline in value of the Focus shares was prolonged and, accordingly, recorded an impairment of $70,518 (2012: $20,148).


The fair value of quoted securities is based on published market prices.





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)



6.

AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE INVESTMENTS – (cont’d)


 

 

B2Gold

Focus

Medgold(3)

Fortuna

Rackla(1)(2)

Total

 

Balance, December 31, 2011

 $                -

 $   201,481

 $              -

 $     81,441

 $   358,785

 $       641,707

 

Acquisition of shares

16,662,993

-

-

50,782

-

16,713,775

 

Disposition of shares

 (882,300)

-

-

-

-

 (882,300)

 

Impairment adjustment

-

 (20,148)

-

-

-

 (20,148)

 

Net change in fair value recorded

   in other comprehensive income

456,090

-

-

 (36,051)

 (322,907)

97,132

 

Balance, December 31, 2012

16,236,783

181,333

-

96,172

35,878

16,550,166

 

Acquisition of shares

-

-

-

49,295

-

49,295

 

Disposition of shares

 (2,344,150)

-

-

 (150,445)

-

 (2,494,595)

 

Impairment adjustment

 (5,863,925)

 (70,518)

-

-

-

 (5,934,443)

 

Net change in fair value recorded

   in other comprehensive income

437,091

110,814

-

4,978

 (35,878)

517,005

 

Balance, December 31, 2013

8,465,799

221,629

-

-

-

8,687,428

 

Acquisition of shares

-

-

500,000

-

-

500,000

 

Disposition of shares

 (2,061,150)

-

-

-

-

 (2,061,150)

 

Impairment adjustment (Note 6)

(141,320)

-

 (300,000)

-

-

 (441,320)

 

Reclassification as investment in

   associate (Note 8)

-

-

(200,000)

-

-

(200,000)

 

Net change in fair value recorded

   in other comprehensive income

 (893,181)

 (30,222)

-

-

-

 (923,403)

 

Balance, December 31, 2014

 $  5,370,148

 $   191,407

 $              -

 $              -

 $              -

 $    5,561,555


(1)

The Company’s holding of 7,175,700 tradable Rackla warrants expired during the year ended December 31, 2013.

(2)

The Company also holds 9,866,376 free trading common shares of Rackla with a fair value of $147,996 as of December 31, 2014 but they are recorded as an investment in associate (Note 8).

(3)

The Company holds 8,000,000 free trading common shares of Medgold with a fair value of $560,000 as of December 31, 2014 but the investment was reclassified from an available-for-sale investment to an investment in associate during the year ended December 31, 2014 (Note 8).





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


7.

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT


 

 

Leasehold

improvements

Trucks

Computer

equipment

Furniture

and

equipment

Geophysical

equipment

Field

equipment

Total

 

Cost

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2012

 $           59,004

 $      215,638

 $        248,085

 $          62,656

 $           83,594

 $            2,480

 $        671,457

 

Additions

-

-

1,234

-

-

-

1,234

 

Balance, December 31, 2013

59,004

215,638

249,319

62,656

               83,594

2,480

672,691

 

Additions

3,758

-

2,749

-

-

-

6,507

 

Balance, December 31, 2014

 $           62,762

 $      215,638

 $        252,068

 $          62,656

 $           83,594

 $            2,480

 $        679,198

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated amortization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2012

 $           25,967

 $      175,425

 $        187,541

 $          29,739

 $           51,732

 $            1,447

 $        471,851

 

Charge for period

4,800

10,157

19,163

6,936

6,372

310

47,738

 

Balance, December 31, 2013

30,767

185,582

206,704

36,675

58,104

1,757

519,589

 

Charge for period

5,300

10,655

15,674

8,394

5,098

217

45,338

 

Balance, December 31, 2014

 $           36,067

 $      196,237

 $        222,378

 $          45,069

 $           63,202

 $            1,974

 $        564,927

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying amounts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, 2013

 $           28,237

 $        30,056

 $          42,615

 $          25,981

 $           25,490

 $               723

 $        153,102

 

At December 31, 2014

 $           26,695

 $        19,401

 $          29,690

 $          17,587

 $           20,392

 $               506

 $        114,271











Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


8.

INVESTMENT IN ASSOCIATES


Medgold


On November 4, 2014, the Company acquired 3,000,000 common shares of Medgold by way of exercising 3,000,000 share purchase warrants at a cost of $330,000, bringing the Company’s total holdings in Medgold to 8,000,000 common shares, representing an increase from 14.4% to 19.1% of Medgold’s outstanding common shares.  Upon this transaction, Medgold met the definition of an associate and therefore reclassified its holdings in Medgold from an available-for-sale investment to investment in associate and has been equity accounted for in the consolidated financial statements.  As well as being the largest shareholder in Medgold, the Company also had two common directors as of December 31, 2014 and has common management members. As at December 31, 2014, the Company held 2,000,000 share purchase warrants of Medgold to purchase common shares of Medgold.  Each Medgold warrant entitles the Company to purchase an additional common share exercisable for two years at a price of $0.15. The Medgold share purchase warrants are not tradable on an exchange.


The following table shows the continuity of the Company’s interest in Medgold for the period from November 4, 2014 to December 31, 2014:


Available-for-sale investment reclassified as investment in associate

$             200,000

Increase in investment

330,000

Less: share of losses in associate

 (57,000)

Balance, December 31, 2014

 $           473,000


The Company’s share of losses in Medgold during the year is only for the period from November 4, 2014 to December 31, 2014.


The financial statement balances of Medgold are as follows:


 

December 31,

2014

Total current assets

 $          543,200

Total assets

        1,407,082

Total current liabilities

           561,853

Total liabilities

766,309

Net loss

2,048,113


At December 31, 2014, the fair value of the 8,000,000 common shares of Medgold was $560,000.





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


8.

INVESTMENT IN ASSOCIATES – (cont’d)


Rackla


As at December 31, 2014, the Company held 9,866,376 (2013: 9,866,376) common shares of Rackla, representing 19.5% of Rackla’s outstanding common shares.  As at December 31, 2012, the Company held 8,521,038 share purchase warrants of Rackla to purchase common shares of Rackla at $0.10 of which 7,175,700 of these warrants expired unexercised in 2013 and the remaining balance of 1,345,338 expired unexercised during the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

Rackla meets the definition of an associate and has been equity accounted for in the consolidated financial statements.  


The following table shows the continuity of the Company’s interest in Rackla for the period from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2014:


 

Balance, December 31, 2011

$          1,500,647

 

Increase in investment

215,254

 

Impairment on shares held in associate

 (855,632)

 

Less: share of losses in associate

 (366,950)

 

Balance, December 31, 2012

 $            493,319

 

Less: share of losses in associate

 (493,318)

 

Balance, December 31, 2013 and 2014

 $                       1


Since the Company’s share of losses in Rackla exceeds its interest, the Company has discontinued recognizing its share of further losses. The cumulative unrecognized share of losses for the associate is $566,982.


The financial statement balances of Rackla are as follows:


 

 

December 31,

2014

December 31,

2013

December 31,

2012

 

Total current assets

 $            59,064

 $             173,069

 $        1,073,515

 

Total assets

           209,044

          1,221,037

           5,691,377

 

Total liabilities

102,550

36,543

133,734

 

Net loss

1,081,000

4,373,259

1,856,402


At December 31, 2014, the fair value of the 9,866,376 common shares of Rackla was $147,996 (2013: $197,328).



9.

EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS


 

Acquisition costs

Guatemala

United States

Mexico

Total

 

Balance, December 31, 2012

 $      531,369

 $                    -

 $                  -

 $       531,369

 

Additions

-

-

171,815

171,815

 

Write-off acquisition costs

-

-

 (171,815)

 (171,815)

 

Balance, December 31, 2013

531,369

-

-

531,369

 

Additions

-

118,775

-

118,775

 

Write-off acquisition costs

-

(86,753)

 

(86,753)

 

Balance, December 31, 2014

 $      531,369

 $          32,022

 $                  -

 $       563,391





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


9.

EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS – (cont’d)


Idaho - USA


i)

Blue Hill Gold Property


During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company entered into an agreement with Otis Gold Corp (“Otis”) for the right to acquire a 70% interest in the Blue Hill Gold Property, subject to a 2.5% net smelter return royalty, which consists of 36 federal lode mining claims located on federal land comprising 295 hectares and one Idaho State lease comprising 33 hectares in the Cassia County, Idaho.  The option may be exercised by making cash payments to Otis totaling US$525,000 (US$30,000 paid) and incurring exploration expenditures on the property totaling US$5,000,000, over a period of four years according to the following schedule:


a)

US$30,000 cash upon signing of agreement (paid);

b)

US$50,000 cash and US$500,000 in exploration expenditures by the first year anniversary;

c)

US$100,000 cash and a cumulative of US$1,500,000 in exploration expenditures by the second year anniversary;

d)

US$100,000 cash and a cumulative of US$3,000,000 in exploration expenditures by the third year anniversary; and

e)

US$245,000 cash and a cumulative of US$5,000,000 in exploration expenditures by the fourth year anniversary.


ii)

Mineral Property


During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company entered into an agreement with Merrill Palmer to lease a 100% interest in the Mineral Property which consists of a series of federal mining claims in the historic Mineral Mining District, Washington County, Idaho. The lease of 100% of the Mineral Property (subject to a 3.0% net smelter return royalty) was for up to 99 years which the Company could keep in good standing by making annual advance royalty payments to Mr. Palmer of US$50,000 for the first year (paid) and increasing US$10,000 each subsequent year, for a total of US$1,100,000 over the first ten years.  Annual payments after the tenth year of US$150,000 would have been required until commercial production had commenced.  During the first five years of the lease, the Company could have reduced the NSR royalty to 1.5% by paying US$2.0 million to Mr. Palmer. Subsequent to December 31, 2014, the Company decided to terminate the lease. The Company also staked an additional 47 claims at a cost of $32,174 during the current year to be part of the Mineral Property. These staked claims were transferred to Mr. Palmer upon termination of the lease.


During the year ended December 31, 2014, a total of $86,753 in acquisition costs had been recorded for the Mineral property and then written off as of December 31, 2014.  


Portugal


i)

Medgold Strategic Alliance


On January 8, 2014, the Company entered into a strategic alliance agreement with Medgold whereby the Company has the right to option one of Medgold’s properties in Portugal. For a period of eighteen months, the Company may select one of the Medgold’s Portuguese properties in which the Company will be granted the option to earn a 51% interest by spending $3,000,000 on exploration and development of that property.  Upon exercise of the option, a joint venture will be formed between Medgold and the Company to further develop the property. As of December 31, 2014, the Company has not yet exercised its right to option one of the Portuguese properties.  





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


9.

EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS – (cont’d)


Mexico


i)

Tlacolula Property


The Company owns a 100% interest in the Tlacolula Property which consists of one granted exploration concession covering 12,642 hectares.  


By an agreement signed in September 2009 and subsequently amended in December 2012 and then again on November 10, 2014, the Company granted to Fortuna the option to earn a 60% interest in the Tlacolula Property by spending US$2 million on exploration of the Property and making staged payments totaling US$300,000 cash and US$250,000 in common stock no later than January 31, 2017 and according to the following schedule:


a)

US$20,000 cash and US$20,000 cash equivalent in shares upon regulatory approval (received);

b)

US$30,000 cash and US$30,000 cash equivalent in shares by the first year anniversary (received);

c)

US$50,000 cash and US$50,000 cash equivalent in shares by the second year anniversary (received);

d)

US$50,000 cash and US$50,000 cash equivalent in shares by the third year anniversary (received);

e)

US$50,000 cash within ten days after TSXV approval of the November 10, 2014 amending agreement (received subsequent to December 31, 2014);

f)

incurring US$2 million on exploration of the Property within 12 months of receipt of a drill permit, such work to include at 1,500 metres of drilling; and

g)

US$100,000 cash and US$100,000 cash equivalent in shares within 90 days of completion of the 1,500 metres of drilling.


The Company and Fortuna have two common directors.


ii)

Cerro Las Minitas Property


In November 2014, the Company loaned $800,000 to Southern Silver Exploration Corp. (“Southern Silver”) in order to fund Southern Silver’s final option payment to acquire the Cerro Las Minitas mineral claims in Mexico. In consideration of the loan, Southern Silver granted to the Company an exclusive option for 120 days to settle the terms of a business arrangement for the Company to acquire either a direct or indirect interest in the Cerro Las Minitas claims, whereby the Company would participate in the continued exploration and development of the property. Security for the loan consisted of an option to earn a 100% interest in the Cerro Las Minitas claims.


At the election of the Company, the loan could be converted into common shares of Southern Silver at a rate of $0.05 per share. The loan was repayable on demand, provided that the Company shall not demand payment for a period of one year. Interest was payable annually at 8% per annum, and the Company was restricted from holding more than 19.9% of the then issued and outstanding shares of Southern Silver in opting to receive shares of Southern Silver as repayment.


This hybrid instrument is convertible at Radius’ sole option, and hence contains both a host loan receivable and a derivative asset. The hybrid instrument was fair valued on initial recognition and as at December 31, 2014 at $800,000.


Subsequent to December 31, 2014, the Company decided to not pursue obtaining an interest in the Cerro Las Minitas claims. On March 17, 2015 the Company elected to have $300,000 of the hybrid instrument converted to 6,000,000 common shares of Southern Silver, and the remaining loan principal balance of $500,000 plus $21,742 in interest was paid to the Company in full satisfaction of the repayment of the loan. On conversion of the hybrid instrument, a fair value gain of $180,000 was recognized on the Southern Silver shares held.





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


9.

EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS – (cont’d)


Mexico – (cont’d)


iii)

Santa Brigida Property


In February 2013, the Company was granted by a private exploration company (the “Optionor”) the option to acquire a 100% interest in the Santa Brigida property which consists of eight contiguous concessions covering 10,802 hectares located approximately 80 km ENE of the City of Guanajuato in Mexico.  In order to exercise the option, the Company had to complete the following:


a)

Pay US$160,000 to the Optionor to cover outstanding underlying property payments (paid);

b)

Complete a 3,000 metre drill program (“Drill Program”) on the property within 12 months of the issuance of a drill permit; and

c)

Within 90 days of completing the Drill Program, pay US$700,000 to the Optionor.


During the year ended December 31, 2013, a total of $171,815 in acquisition costs had been recorded for the Santa Brigida property.  During the year ended December 31, 2013, management decided to terminate the Company’s option on the property and as a result, wrote-off the acquisition costs of $171,815.


Guatemala


i)

Southeast Guatemala Ag-Au Epithermal Fields (formerly called Banderas)


The Company’s 100% owned land holdings in southeast Guatemala as at December 31, 2014 consist of 34 concessions (three exploitation applications, 30 exploration applications, and one reconnaissance application) filed with the Guatemala Ministry of Energy and Mines covering a total of 230,489 hectares.  The three exploitation applications were filed in order to convert one previously granted exploration licence to exploitation; until the exploitation licences are granted, the granted exploration licence remains in place.


ii)

Tambor Project


In June 2008, the Company granted to Kappes, Cassiday & Associates (“KCA”) the option to earn a 51% interest in the Tambor gold project.


In August 2012, the Company sold its interest in its subsidiary, Exploraciones Mineras de Guatemala S.A., which holds the Tambor project, to KCA, giving KCA a 100% interest in the project.  As consideration, KCA agreed to repay approximately US$400,000 owing to the Company (US$100,000 paid upon signing and approximately US$300,000 to be paid once KCA has commenced shipment of gold produced from the property).  Also upon commercial production, KCA will make quarterly payments to the Company based on the then price of gold and the number of ounces produced from the property.  


A loss on the disposal of the property totaling $3,823,118, net of costs, has been charged to the consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2012 as follows:


Proceeds of disposition

 $           98,750

Less:

 

Carrying value of mineral property

 (3,489,495)

Transaction costs

 (2,645)

Write-off of amount receivable

 (429,728)

Net loss on disposal of mineral property

 $    (3,823,118)





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


9.

EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS – (cont’d)


Guatemala – (cont’d)


ii)

Tambor Project – (cont’d)


In 2013, due to the uncertainty of receiving future production payments from KCA, the Company wrote-off a receivable balance of $10,777 (2012: $429,728) and had not recognized a contingent gain on potential royalty payments.  Future payments from KCA, whether as a royalty or repayment of the outstanding receivable balance, will be recorded as revenue at such time they are virtually certain to be received, which was the position as at December 31, 2014.  Subsequent to December 31, 2014, as a result of commercial production having commenced, KCA paid to the Company US$341,063 as settlement for the outstanding receivable balance. The recovery will be recognized in fiscal 2015.  


iii)

Regional Exploration


During 2014, 2013 and 2012, the Company conducted property investigation work on other prospective properties.


Nicaragua


i)

Sale to B2Gold


Based on a previous option agreement with the Company, B2Gold earned in 2012 a 60% interest in the Company’s Trebol and Pavon gold properties in Nicaragua by expending a total of US$4 million on exploration, resulting in B2Gold and the Company holding 60% and 40%, respectively, of the rights and obligations to a joint venture.  In April 2012 the Company and B2Gold entered into a binding letter agreement pursuant to which B2Gold agreed, among other things, to acquire a 100% interest in the Trebol and Pavon properties. In August 2012 the sale was completed with the Company receiving consideration of 4,815,894 common shares of B2Gold, with a fair value of $16,662,993 at the time of issuance.  In addition, B2Gold agreed to make contingent payments to the Company of US$10 per ounce of gold on 40% of any proven and probable mineral reserves outlined at the Trebol property in excess of 500,000 ounces (on a 100% basis).


In connection with the sale, B2Gold and the Company terminated all other aspects of the existing option and joint venture arrangements entered into between the parties in respect of the Trebol, Pavon and San Jose exploration properties.


During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company recorded a gain on the sale to B2Gold of $16,278,410, net of costs, as follows:


Proceeds of disposition

 $       16,662,993

Less:

 

Carrying value of mineral property

 (82,482)

Transaction costs

 (302,101)

Net gain on disposal of mineral property

 $       16,278,410


ii)

Joint Venture Properties


As of the completion of the property sale described above, B2Gold and the Company entered into a joint venture agreement with respect to each of the Company’s San Jose and B2Gold’s La Magnolia properties in Nicaragua to jointly explore the properties with B2Gold and the Company owning 60% and 40%, respectively, of the rights and obligations of each joint venture.  In 2013, an agreement was reached whereby the Company would sell to B2Gold its 40% interest in the San Jose and La Magnolia properties in consideration of a 2% NSR royalty on each property, and B2Gold would have the right to purchase one-half of each royalty for US$1,000,000. The Company and B2Gold have since decided to relinquish the La Magnolia concession. Formal agreements were signed by the companies in October 2014.





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


10.

COMMITMENTS


The Company has entered into operating lease agreements for its office premises. The Company also rents space to other companies related by common directors and officers on a month to month basis, the amounts of which are netted against rental expense; however, there are no commitments from these companies and thus the amounts presented below are the gross commitments.  The annual commitments under the leases are as follows:


2015

 $            300,998

2016

225,690

2017

190,608

2018

190,608

2019

190,608

 

 $         1,098,512


For the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company received a total of $211,473 (2013: $247,294; 2012: $235,454) from those companies it rents space to.



11.

SHARE CAPITAL AND RESERVES


a)

Common Shares  


The Company is authorized to issue an unlimited number of common shares without par value.


Fiscal 2014, 2013 and 2012


There was no share capital activity during the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012.


b)

Share Purchase Warrants  


The following is a summary of changes in warrants from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2014:


 

Number of warrants

 Weighted

average

exercise price

Balance, December 31, 2011

10,240,737

$0.59

Expired

 (905,736)

$0.49

Balance, December 31, 2012

9,335,001

$0.43

Expired

 (9,335,001)

$0.43

Balance, December 31, 2013 and 2014

-

-


As at December 31, 2014, no share purchase warrants were outstanding.





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


12.

SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS


a)

Option Plan Details


The Company has a formal stock option plan in accordance with the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange (“TSX-V”) under which it is authorized to grant options up to 10% of its outstanding shares to officers, directors, employees and consultants. The exercise price of each option is not less than the closing market price of the Company’s stock on the trading day prior to the date of grant. Options granted to investor relations personnel vest in accordance with TSX-V regulation. The options are for a maximum term of ten years.


The following is a summary of changes in options for the year ended December 31, 2014:


 

 

 

 

 

During the year

 

 

 

Grant date

Expiry date

Exercise price

Opening balance

Granted

Exercised

Forfeited / expired

Closing balance

Vested and exercisable

 

Jan 08, 2010

Jan 07, 2020

$0.29

    1,570,000

-

                 -

                      -

     1,570,000

1,570,000

 

May 26, 2010

May 25, 2020

$0.36

       100,000

-

                 -

                      -

        100,000

100,000

 

Sep 24, 2010

Sep 23, 2020

$0.69

       820,000

-

                 -

                      -

        820,000

820,000

 

Jul 27, 2011

Jul 26, 2021

$0.81

       290,000

-

                 -

(140,000)

        150,000

150,000

 

Dec 13, 2012

Dec 12, 2022

$0.20

    2,135,000

-

                 -

                      -

    2,135,000

2,135,000

 

 

 

 

    4,915,000

-

                 -

(140,000)

    4,775,000

4,775,000

 

Weighted average exercise price

$0.35

-

-

$0.81

$0.34

$0.34


The following is a summary of changes in options for the year ended December 31, 2013:


 

 

 

 

 

During the year

 

 

 

Grant date

Expiry date

Exercise price

Opening balance

Granted

Exercised

Forfeited / expired

Closing balance

Vested and exercisable

 

May 06, 2008

May 05, 2013

$0.26

575,000

-

-

 (575,000)

-

-

 

Jan 08, 2010

Jan 07, 2020

$0.29

1,570,000

-

-

-

1,570,000

1,570,000

 

May 26, 2010

May 25, 2020

$0.36

100,000

-

-

-

100,000

100,000

 

Sep 24, 2010

Sep 23, 2020

$0.69

820,000

-

-

-

820,000

820,000

 

Jul 27, 2011

Jul 26, 2021

$0.81

290,000

-

-

-

290,000

290,000

 

Dec 13, 2012

Dec 12, 2022

$0.20

2,255,000

-

-

 (120,000)

2,135,000

2,135,000

 

 

 

 

5,610,000

-

-

 (695,000)

4,915,000

4,915,000

 

Weighted average exercise price

$0.34

-

-

$0.25

$0.35

$0.35





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


12.

SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS – (cont’d)


a)

Option Plan Details – (cont’d)


The following is a summary of changes in options for the year ended December 31, 2012:


 

 

 

 

 

During the year

 

 

 

Grant date

Expiry date

Exercise price

Opening balance

Granted

Exercised

Forfeited / expired

Closing balance

Vested and exercisable

 

Apr 17, 2007

Apr 16, 2012

$0.52

565,000

-

-

 (565,000)

-

-

 

Sep 06, 2007

Sep 05, 2012

$0.56

850,000

-

-

 (850,000)

-

-

 

May 06, 2008

May 05, 2013

$0.26

575,000

-

-

-

575,000

575,000

 

Jan 08, 2010

Jan 07, 2020

$0.29

1,595,000

-

-

 (25,000)

1,570,000

1,570,000

 

May 26, 2010

May 25, 2020

$0.36

100,000

-

-

-

100,000

100,000

 

Sep 24, 2010

Sep 23, 2020

$0.69

1,570,000

-

-

 (750,000)

820,000

820,000

 

Nov 18, 2010

Nov 17, 2020

$0.69

75,000

-

-

 (75,000)

-

-

 

Jul 04, 2011

Jul 03, 2021

$0.60

55,000

-

-

 (55,000)

-

-

 

Jul 27, 2011

Jul 26, 2021

$0.81

320,000

-

-

 (30,000)

290,000

290,000

 

Dec 13, 2012

Dec 12, 2022

$0.20

-

2,255,000

-

-

2,255,000

2,255,000

 

 

 

 

5,705,000

2,255,000

-

 (2,350,000)

5,610,000

5,610,000

 

Weighted average exercise price

$0.50

$0.20

-

$0.60

$0.34

$0.34


There were no options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012.  


b)

Fair Value of Options Issued During the Year


There were no options granted during the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013. The weighted average fair value at grant date of options granted during the year ended December 31, 2012 was $0.17 per option.


The weighted average remaining contractual life of the options outstanding at December 31, 2014 is 6.51 years.


Options Issued to Employees


The fair value at grant date is determined using a Black-Scholes option pricing model that takes into account the exercise price, the term of the option, the impact of dilution, the share price at grant date, the expected price volatility of the underlying share, the expected dividend yield and the risk free interest rate for the term of the option.


Options Issued to Non-Employees


Options issued to non-employees are measured based on the fair value of the goods or services received, at the date of receiving those goods or services. If the fair value of the goods or services received cannot be estimated reliably, the options are measured by determining the fair value of the options granted using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


12.

SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS – (cont’d)


b)

Fair Value of Options Issued During the Year – (cont’d)


The model inputs for options granted during the year ended December 31, 2012 included:


 

Grant

date

Expiry

date

Share price at

grant date

Exercise

price

Risk-free

interest rate

Expected life

Volatility factor

Dividend

yield

 

12/13/12

12/12/22

$0.20

$0.20

1.80%

10 years

89%

0%


The expected volatility is based on the historical volatility (based on the remaining life of the options), adjusted for any expected changes to future volatility due to publicly available information. The risk free rate of return is the yield on a zero-coupon Canadian Treasury Bill of a term consistent with the assumed option life. The expected average option term is the average expected period to exercise, based on the historical activity patterns for each individually vesting tranche.


c)

Expenses Arising from Share-based Payment Transactions


Total expenses arising from the share-based payment transactions recognized during the year as part of share-based compensation expense were $Nil (2013: $Nil; 2012: $385,320).


As of December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012 there was no amount of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested share-based compensation awards.


d)

Amounts Capitalized Arising from Share-based Payment Transactions


There were no expenses arising from the share-based payment transactions that were capitalized during the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012.





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


13.

INCOME TAXES


Taxation in the Company and its subsidiaries’ operational jurisdictions is calculated at the rates prevailing in the respective jurisdictions.


The difference between tax expense for the year and the expected income taxes based on the statutory tax rate arises as follows:


 

 

December 31,

2014

December 31,

2013

December 31,

2012

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

$       (1,369,907)

$     (8,287,763)

$      8,929,357

 

Tax charge/(recovery) based on the statutory rate of 26% (2013: 25.75%; 2012: 25%)

(356,000)

(2,134,000)

2,232,000

 

Non-deductible expenses

72,000

277,000

190,000

 

Different tax rates in other jurisdictions

41,000

91,000

(3,172,000)

 

Non-taxable portion of capital gains

(110,000)

892,000

150,000

 

Reduction in statutory rate

-

(82,000)

-

 

Initial recognition exemption and other

(131,000)

8,000

197,000

 

Changes in unrecognized deferred tax assets  

484,000

948,000

403,000

 

Total income tax expense / (recovery)

$                         -

$                      -

$                      -


Effective January 1, 2014, the Canadian Federal corporate tax rate and provincial tax rate remained at 15% and 11% respectively.


The tax rate of 0.0% represents the federal statutory rate applicable for the 2014 taxation year for the Cayman Islands, 30.0% for Mexico, 5.0% for Guatemala and 30.0% for Nicaragua.


No deferred tax asset has been recognized in respect of the following losses and temporary differences as it is not considered probable that sufficient future taxable profit will allow the deferred tax asset to be recovered:


 

 

December 31,

2014

December 31,

2013

 

Loss carry forwards

$       1,393,000

$       1,066,000

 

Property and equipment

128,000

119,000

 

Mineral properties

774,000

604,000

 

Available-for-sale investments

574,000

633,000

 

Investment in Associates

109,000

72,000

 

Other deductible temporary differences

167,000

167,000

 

Unrecognized tax assets

(3,145,000)

(2,661,000)

 

 

$                      -

$                    -


As at December 31, 2014, the Company has estimated non-capital losses for Canadian income tax purposes that may be carried forward to reduce taxable income derived in future years.


Non-capital Canadian tax losses expiring as follows:


Year of expiry

Taxable losses

2026

$        108,000

2027

$     1,009,000

2028

$        653,000

2030

$        832,000

2032

$     1,091,000

2033

$        864,000

2034

$        800,000

Total

$     5,357,000





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


14.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS


The Company’s related parties with transactions during the year ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 consist of directors, officers and companies with common directors as follows:


 

 Related Party

Nature of Transactions

 

Mill Street Services Ltd. (“Mill Street”)

Management fees

 

Gold Group Management Inc. (“Gold Group”)

Shared general and administrative expenses

 

Rackla (Associate)

Shared general and administrative expenses

 

Fortuna

Shared general and administrative expenses

 

Focus

Shared general and administrative expenses

 

Medgold

Shared general and administrative expenses

 

Cordoba Minerals Corp.

Shared general and administrative expenses

 

Voyager Gold Corp.

Shared general and administrative expenses


In addition to related party transactions disclosed elsewhere in the consolidated financial statements, the Company incurred the following expenditures charged by non-key management officers and companies which have common directors with the Company in the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012:


 

  

2014

2013

2012

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

Salaries and benefits

 $             14,578

 $             15,969  

 $         34,488  

 

Mineral property costs:

 

 

 

 

Salaries and benefits

5,306

42,354

76,979

 

 

 $             19,884

 $             58,323

 $       111,467


Effective July 1, 2012, the Company reimburses Gold Group, a company controlled by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, for shared administrative costs and other business related expenses paid by Gold Group on behalf of the Company.  During the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, the Company reimbursed Gold Group the following:


 

 

2014

2013

2012

 

General and administrative expenses:

 

 

 

 

Consulting fees

 $                     -

 $               3,000

 $                      -

 

Office and miscellaneous

44,274

46,305

29,828

 

Property investigations

-

31,260

-

 

Public relations

8,719

3,963

4,048

 

Salaries and benefits

94,860

246,469

10,707

 

Transfer agent and regulatory fees

3,749

3,110

-

 

Travel and accommodation

17,494

17,304

18,949

 

 

 $          169,096

 $           351,411

 $            63,532

 

Exploration expenditures

$                      -

 $             59,333

 $                      -


Salary and benefits costs for the year ended December 31, 2014 include those for the Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary (2013 and 2012: Vice President Corporate Development, Chief Financial Officer, and Corporate Secretary).


These transactions are in the normal course of operations and are measured at the fair value of the services rendered.





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


14.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS – (cont’d)


Long-term deposits include an amount of $60,000 (December 31, 2013: $60,000) paid to Gold Group as a deposit on the shared office and administrative services agreement that became effective July 1, 2012.


Due from related parties of $Nil (December 31, 2013: $33,817) are amounts due from companies which have a common director with the Company and arose from shared administrative costs. These amounts were unsecured, non-interest bearing and due on demand.


Accounts payable and accrued liabilities include $34,297 payable to Gold Group for shared administrative costs (December 31, 2013: $31,369) and $Nil to Mill Street, a company controlled by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, for management fees (December 31, 2013: $7,500).


The Company acquired 5,000,000 common shares and 5,000,000 share purchase warrants in Medgold by way of the private placement that closed on February 5, 2014 at a cost of $500,000 and acquired 3,000,000 additional common shares of the Company by exercising 3,000,000 of the warrants at a cost of $330,000 (Note 8).


Key management compensation


Key management personnel are persons responsible for planning, directing and controlling the activities of an entity, and include certain directors and officers. Key management compensation comprises:


 

 

2014

2013

2012

 

Management fees

 $           102,000

 $            79,500

 $          141,000

 

Salaries, benefits and fees

27,527

119,743

105,429

 

Share-based payments

-

-

92,271

 

 

 $           129,527

 $           199,243

 $          338,700


Total share-based payments to directors not specified as key management personnel during the year ended December 31, 2014 was $Nil (2013: $ Nil; 2012: $81,165).



15.

SEGMENTED INFORMATION


Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker, or decision-making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. All of the Company’s operations are within the mining sector relating to precious metals exploration. Due to the geographic and political diversity, the Company’s exploration operations are decentralized whereby exploration managers are responsible for business results and regional corporate offices provide support to the exploration programs in addressing local and regional issues. The Company’s operations are therefore segmented on a district basis. The Company’s assets are located in Canada, USA, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Mexico and Caymans. Details of identifiable assets by geographic segments are as follows:





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


15.

SEGMENTED INFORMATION – (cont’d)


 

Year ended December 31, 2014

Canada

USA

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Mexico

Caymans

Consolidated

 

Exploration expenditures

 $                   -

$946,313

 $      177,774

 $       12,682

 $     218,046

 $               -

 $    1,354,815

 

Exploration and evaluation

   assets written off

                         -

                         86,753

                         -

              -

                         -

              -

                         86,753

 

Gain on sale of available-for-sale

   investments

1,289,708

-

-

-

-

-

1,289,708

 

Investment income

43,245

-

-

-

-

-

43,245

 

Amortization

26,573

-

13,319

5,446

-

-

45,338

 

Net income/(loss)

94,343

(946,313)

 (340,337)

 (20,849)

 (192,661)

 35,910

(1,369,907)

 

Capital expenditures*

6,507

118,775

-

-

-

-

125,282


 

Year ended December 31, 2013

Canada

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Mexico

Caymans

Consolidated

 

Exploration expenditures

 $                -

 $     478,760

 $       30,081

 $     530,468

 $                -

 $    1,039,309

 

Exploration and evaluation assets

   written off

                         -

                         -

                         -

              171,815

                         -

              171,815

 

Gain on sale of available-for-sale

   investments

81,217

-

-

-

-

81,217

 

Investment income

22,141

-

-

-

-

22,141

 

Amortization

34,298

12,758

682

-

-

47,738

 

Net loss

 (6,901,127)

 (641,786)

 (35,519)

 (681,204)

(28,127)

 (8,287,763)

 

Capital expenditures*

-

1,234

-

171,815

-

173,049


 

Year ended December 31, 2012

Canada

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Caymans

Consolidated

 

Exploration expenditures

 $                   -

 $       794,388

 $         17,406

 $         73,172

 $         884,966

 

Gain on sale of available-for-sale

   investments

46,065

-

-

-

46,065

 

Interest income

8,883

-

-

-

                  8,883

 

Amortization

41,125

10,964

1,776

-

                53,865

 

Net income/(loss)

 (2,779,050)

 (4,442,082)

 (450,324)

16,600,813

           8,929,357

 

Capital expenditures*

19,670

28,559

-

-

                48,229

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Capital expenditures consists of additions of property and equipment and exploration and evaluation assets


 

As at December 31, 2014

Canada

USA

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Mexico

Caymans

Consolidated

 

Total current assets

 $    7,430,559

 $                 -

 $        12,298

 $        8,003

 $       33,908

 $   266,154

 $    7,750,922

 

Total non-current assets

709,801

32,022

552,717

(413)

-

-

1,294,127

 

Total assets

 $    8,140,360

 $      32,022

 $      565,015

 $         7,590

 $       33,908

 $   266,154

 $    9,045,049

 

Total liabilities

 $       111,963

 $                 -

 $          2,933

 $         1,208

 $         5,486

 $               -

 $       121,590


 

As at December 31, 2013

Canada

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Mexico

Caymans

Consolidated

 

Total current assets

 $10,116,791

 $       53,207

 $         9,968

 $       32,223

 $     288,544

 $  10,500,733

 

Total non-current assets

248,029

566,034

5,032

-

-

819,095

 

Total assets

 $10,364,820

 $     619,241

 $       15,000

 $       32,223

 $     288,544

 $  11,319,828

 

Total liabilities

 $       93,762

 $         1,529

 $         2,178

 $         5,586

 $                4

 $       103,059





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


16.

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT


The Company is exposed to the following financial risks:


·

Market Risk

·

Credit Risk

·

Liquidity Risk


In common with all other businesses, the Company is exposed to risks that arise from its use of financial instruments.  This note describes the Company’s objectives, policies and processes for managing those risks and the methods used to measure them. Further quantitative information in respect of these risks is presented throughout these financial statements.


General Objectives, Policies and Processes


The Board of Directors has overall responsibility for the determination of the Company’s risk management objectives and policies and, whilst retaining ultimate responsibility for them, it has delegated the authority for designing and operating processes that ensure the effective implementation of the objectives and policies to the Company’s finance function. The Board of Directors receive periodic reports through which it reviews the effectiveness of the processes put in place and the appropriateness of the objectives and policies it sets.


The overall objective of the Board is to set policies that seek to reduce risk as far as possible without unduly affecting the Company’s competitiveness and flexibility.  Further details regarding these policies are set out below.


a)

Market Risk


Market risk is the risk that the fair value of future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices. Market prices are comprised of three types of risk: foreign currency risk, interest rate risk, and equity price risk.


Foreign Currency Risk


Foreign currency risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in foreign exchange rates. The Company is exposed to fluctuations in foreign currencies through its operations in foreign countries.  The Company monitors this exposure, but has no hedge positions. As at December 31, 2014, cash totalling $97,995 (December 31, 2013: $68,059) was held in US dollars, $680 (December 31, 2013: $694) in Nicaragua Cordoba, $99 (December 31, 2013: $4,213) in Guatemala Quetzal, $1,254 (December 31, 2013: $690) in Mexican Pesos and $84 (December 31, 2013: $709) in Peruvian Sols. Based on the above net exposures at December 31, 2014, a 10% depreciation or appreciation of the above currencies against the Canadian dollar would approximately result in a $10,000 increase or decrease in the Company’s after tax net earnings.


Interest Rate Risk


Interest rate risk is the risk that future cash flows will fluctuate as a result of changes in market interest rates.  The Company does not have any borrowings. Interest rate risk is limited to potential decreases on the interest rate offered on cash held with chartered Canadian financial institutions. The Company considers this risk to be limited as it holds no assets or liabilities subject to variable rates of interest.


Equity Price Risk


Equity price risk is the uncertainty associated with the valuation of assets arising from changes in equity markets.  The Company’s available-for-sale investments are exposed to significant equity price risk due to the potentially volatile and speculative nature of the businesses in which the investments are held. The available-for-sale investments held in B2Gold and Focus are monitored by the Board with decisions on sale taken by Management.  A 10% decrease in fair value of the shares would approximately result in a $556,000 decrease in equity.





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


16.

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT – (cont’d)


b)

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 credit risk is primarily attributable to its cash and cash equivalents, available-for-sale investments and advances and other receivables. The Company limits exposure to credit risk by maintaining its cash and cash equivalents with large financial institutions. The Company does not have cash and cash equivalents or available-for-sale investments that are invested in asset based commercial paper. For advances and other receivables, the Company estimates, on a continuing basis, the probable losses and provides a provision for losses based on the estimated realizable value.


c)

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’s approach to managing liquidity risk is to provide reasonable assurance that it will have sufficient funds to meet liabilities when due. The Company manages its liquidity risk by forecasting cash flows required by operations and anticipated investing and financing activities.  At December 31, 2014, the Company had working capital of $7.6 million (December 31, 2013: $10.4 million) available to apply against short-term business requirements. All of the Company’s financial liabilities have contractual maturities of less than 45 days and are subject to normal trade terms.


Determination of Fair value


Fair values have been determined for measurement and/or disclosure purposes based on the following methods. When applicable, further information about the assumptions made in determining fair values is disclosed in the notes specific to that asset or liability.


Management considers that due to their short-term nature the carrying amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities, which include cash, due from related parties, advances and other receivables, deposits, accounts payables and accrued liabilities, and due to related parties are assumed to approximate their fair values.


The fair value investments in associates are detailed in the following table:   


 

 

December 31,

2014

December 31,

2014

 

 

Book value

Fair value

 

Financial assets

 

 

 

Shares held in Rackla and recorded as investment in associate (Note 8)

 $                   1

 $        147,996

 

Shares held in Medgold and recorded as investment in associate (Note 8)

 $        473,000

 $        560,000





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


16.

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT – (cont’d)


Fair Value Hierarchy


Financial instruments that are measured subsequent to initial recognition at fair value are grouped in Levels 1 to 3 based on the degree to which the fair value is observable:


 

Level 1

 

Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

Level 2

 

Inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (i.e., as prices) or indirectly (i.e., derived from prices); and

 

Level 3

 

Inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).


The available-for-sale investments for B2Gold and Focus are based on quoted prices and are therefore considered to be Level 1.


There were no transfers between Levels in the year.



17.

CAPITAL MANAGEMENT


The Company’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern in order to advance its mineral properties. In order to facilitate the management of its capital requirements, the Company prepares periodic budgets that are updated as necessary. The Company manages its capital structure and makes adjustments to it to effectively support the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties. The properties in which the Company currently has an interest are in the exploration stage; as such the Company is dependent on external financing to fund its activities. In order to carry out the planned exploration and pay for general administrative costs, the Company will spend its existing working capital and raise additional amounts as needed. The Company will continue to assess new properties and seek to acquire an interest in additional properties if it feels there is sufficient geologic or economic potential and if it has adequate financial resources to do so.


Management reviews its capital management approach on an ongoing basis and believes that this approach, given the relative size of the Company, is reasonable. The Company monitors its cash, available-for-sale investments, common shares, warrants and stock options as capital. There were no changes in the Company’s approach to capital management during the year ended December 31, 2014. The Company’s investment policy is to hold cash in interest bearing bank accounts, which pay comparable interest rates to highly liquid short-term interest bearing investments with maturities of one year or less and which can be liquidated at any time without penalties. Neither the Company nor its subsidiaries are subject to externally imposed capital requirements and do not have exposure to asset-backed commercial paper or similar products. The Company expects its current capital resources to be sufficient to carry out its planned exploration programs and operating costs for the next twelve months.



18. CHANGE IN PRESENTATION


The Company has reclassified certain prior period expenses to conform to the current year presentation of expenses.





Radius Gold Inc.

(An Exploration Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)


19.

EVENTS AFTER THE REPORTING DATE


Subsequent to December 31, 2014, the following events which have not been disclosed elsewhere in these consolidated financial statements have occurred:


·

In March 2015, the Company acquired an option to earn a 100% interest in the Margarita Silver Project located in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico.  The Project consists of two mining exploration licenses comprising a total of 125 hectares. The Company can earn the 100% interest in the project by making cash payments to the property owners, two private Mexico corporations, totalling US$3,000,000 over a period of five years following issuance of a drill permit for the Project.  If the option is exercised by the Company, the property owners will be entitled to a 0.5% NSR royalty.  The Company may re-purchase the royalty at any time for US$500,000.


·

In April 2015, the Company purchased from Focus a production royalty equivalent to 2% of Focus’s 70% interest in future phosphate production from the Bayovar 12 project located in the Sechura district of northern Peru.  The purchase price for the royalty was US$1,000,000.  Focus will have the right for 12 months to buy back one-half of the royalty for US$1.0 million.  Should the Company decide at any time in the future to sell the royalty, Focus will retain a first right of refusal.  The Company and Focus are related parties.










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(the “Company”)


MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Year End Report – December 31, 2014



General


This Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) supplements, but does not form part of, the annual audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014. The following information, prepared as of April 27, 2015, should be read in conjunction with the December 31, 2014 consolidated financial statements. The Company reports its financial position, results of operations and cash flows in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). All amounts are expressed in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated.


The Company’s public filings, including its most recent unaudited and audited financial statements can be reviewed on the SEDAR website (www.sedar.com).


Forward Looking Information


This MD&A may contain “forward-looking statements” that reflect the Company’s current expectations and projections about its future results.  When used in this MD&A, words such as “will”, “may”, “should”, “estimate”, “intend”, “expect”, “anticipate” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, which, by their very nature, are not guarantees of the Company’s future operational or financial performance.


Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts, and include but are not limited to:


a)

Estimates and their underlying assumptions;

b)

Statements regarding plans, objectives and expectations with respect to the effectiveness of the Company’s business model, future operations, the impact of regulatory initiatives on the Company’s operations, and market opportunities;

c)

General industry and macroeconomic growth rates;

d)

Expectations related to possible joint or strategic ventures; and

e)

Statements regarding future performance.


Forward-looking statements used in this MD&A are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors, most of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond the control of the Company. These risks, uncertainties and other factors may include, but are not limited to unavailability of financing, failure to identify commercially viable mineral reserves, fluctuations in the market valuation for commodities, difficulties in obtaining required approvals for the development of a mineral project, and other factors.


Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this MD&A or as of the date otherwise specifically indicated herein. Due to risks, uncertainties and other factors, including the risks, uncertainties and other factors identified above and elsewhere in this MD&A, actual events may differ materially from current expectations. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise except as required by securities law.


Business of the Company


The Company has been exploring for gold in Latin America for over a decade which has resulted in the discovery of several gold deposits in Central America.  Following the sale of its Trebol and El Pavon projects in Nicaragua to B2Gold Corp. (“B2Gold”), the Company has a strong treasury of over 2.8 million common shares of B2Gold.  Management has been conducting an ongoing review of exploration projects and/or distressed junior companies that may be available for acquisition or joint venture with the aim of expanding the geographic and commodity focus of the Company.  


Proposed Change of Business


In light of the current state of the mineral exploration and mining sector and given the expertise and skill sets of the members of the Board of Directors and management, management and the Board of the Company believe that the ideal allocation of the Company’s working capital would be within the framework of a resources-focused investment company making investments in privately held and publicly traded corporations, while maintaining a limited number of mineral projects for direct exploration activities.  For those reasons, management and the Board have proposed that the Company undergo a Change of Business (the “Proposed COB”) from a Tier 2 Mining Issuer to a Tier 1 Investment Issuer in accordance with the rules and policies of the TSX Venture Exchange (“TSXV”).


Details regarding the Proposed COB are set out in the Company’s Management Proxy Circular dated March 20, 2015 which is available for viewing on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.  Shareholder approval to the Proposed COB was obtained at the Company’ annual and special meeting held on April 23, 2015.  Completion of the Proposed COB is subject to final approval by the TSXV.


A summary of the Company’s properties and recent transactions is provided below:  


Peru – Bayovar 12 Project Royalty


In March 2015, the Company agreed, subject to TSXV approval, to purchase from Focus Ventures Ltd. (“Focus”) a production royalty, equivalent to a 2% net smelter return, on Focus’s 70% interest in future phosphate production from the Bayovar 12 project located in the Sechura district of northern Peru.  The purchase price for the royalty is US$1.0 million.  Focus will have the right for 12 months to buy back one-half of the royalty for US$1.0 million.  Should the Company decide at any time in the future to sell the royalty, Focus will retain a first right of refusal.  The Company and Focus are related parties.  The royalty purchase was completed on April 15, 2015.


Mexico – Margarita Project


In March 2015, the Company acquired an option to earn a 100% interest in the Margarita Silver Project located in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico.  The Project consists of two mining exploration licenses comprising a total of 125 hectares located approximately 115 kilometres NW of the historic silver mining city of Parral, Chihuahua, in the Mexican Silver Belt, one of the most productive silver camps in the world.


Property Background


Mineralization on the Project is hosted in a series of parallel, steeply-dipping, northwest-trending veins, the most important of which, the El Tren-Margarita vein, outcrops prominently as an oxidized ochre-coloured banded quartz-limonite vein.  It is exposed over a strike length of 1.7 kilometres within the property boundaries, and is known to strike over 4 kilometres onto adjacent ground.


The El Tren-Margarita vein is a classic banded epithermal quartz vein with an apparent thickness of between 1 and 5 metres.  Recent project due diligence work by the Company’s geologists included in-chip channel sampling continuously across a five metre in situ exposure of the vein.  The sampling assayed 640 ppm Ag over 5.0 metres and include the following results:


Sample #

Type

Length (m)

Ag (ppm)

 

 

 

 

rmag023

Chip channel

1.0

975

rmag024

Chip channel

1.0

564

rmag025

Chip channel

1.0

995

rmag026

Chip channel

1.0

242

rmag027

Chip channel

1.0

423


There is evidence on the Margarita Project of near-continuous artisanal-scale surface and near-surface mining along the entire strike length of the vein, but there is no physical or recorded evidence of diamond drilling or other signs of modern exploration works.  The Company considers the exploration potential for a vein-hosted high grade silver deposit to be excellent.


The Margarita Project is located in the boundary region of the Sierra Madre Occidental volcanic province and the Mesozoic Chihuahua sedimentary basin.  District geology is dominated by a thick sequence of Cenozoic felsic volcanic rocks divided into two units: the Lower and Upper Volcanic Groups.  This metallogenic province hosts world-class silver mining camps, including San Julian (Fresnillo plc.), Pitarilla (Silver Standard), Dolores (Pan American Silver), and many others.


The Project concessions are surrounded on all sides by the Los Gatos concession package of Sunshine Silver Mines.  The Los Gatos Property consists of a large land package, and includes a series of generally northwest trending veins similar to El Tren-Margarita.  Los Gatos hosts a project-wide indicated resource of 5.5 Mt at 186 ppm Ag for a total of 32.9 Moz and an inferred resource of 14.3 Mt at 116 ppm Ag for a total of 53.2 Moz Ag.


Cautionary Language:  The Los Gatos resource is quoted from: “(NI) 43-101 Technical Report: Mineral Resources of the Los Gatos Project, Chihuahua, Mexico. Tetra Tech Inc. December 21st, 2012.” Radius’s Qualified Person has not verified the information regarding the Los Gatos resource.  The information on the Los Gatos resource is given to provide the geological context for the Margarita Project, and it is not necessarily indicative of similar mineralization on the Margarita Project.


Option Terms


The Company has the option to acquire a 100% interest in the Margarita Project by making cash payments to the property owners, two private Mexico corporations, totalling US$3,000,000 over a period of five years following issuance of a drill permit for the Project.  If the option is exercised by the Company, the property owners will be entitled to a 0.5% NSR royalty.  The Company may re-purchase the royalty at any time for US$500,000.


Mexico – Cerro Las Minitas Property


Pursuant to a loan transaction with Southern Silver Exploration Corp. (“Southern Silver”) described below, in March 2015 the Company has acquired a 13.5% interest in Southern Silver which owns the Cerro Las Minitas property located about 70 kilometres to the northeast of the city of Durango in Durango State, Mexico, and is accessed easily by road.  The property comprises 19 concessions covering approximately 13,700 hectares, and lies within heart of the Faja de Plata (Belt of Silver) of north central Mexico. The belt is one of the most significant silver producing regions in the world.


Management of the Company, after reviewing the past three years’ historical drill results provided by Southern Silver, feels that this property has the potential to host a significant silver deposit.  In November 2014, the Company advanced $800,000 to Southern Silver in order to fund Southern Silver’s final option payment to acquire the Cerro Las Minitas mineral claims in Mexico.  This secured loan granted the Company the exclusive right to conduct an in-depth review of the mineral claims and the exploration data, so that the Company could decide, by March 13, 2015, whether the Company wished to negotiate an agreement to acquire from Southern Silver either a direct or indirect interest in the Cerro Las Minitas claims.


Management of the Company decided to not pursue acquiring such an interest, and elected to convert $300,000 of the loan into common shares of Southern Silver.  Accordingly, on March 19, 2015, the Company acquired 6,000,000 shares of Southern Silver and was repaid the balance of the loan of $500,000, plus interest, in cash.


Idaho – Blue Hill Gold Property


In July 2014, the Company entered into an agreement whereby Otis Gold Corp. (“Otis”) has granted to the Company the right to acquire a 70% interest in the Blue Hill Property which consists of 36 federal lode mining claims located on federal land (comprising 295 hectares), and one Idaho State lease (comprising 33 hectares) in southeastern Idaho, 24 kilometres south of the town of Oakley and 4 kilometres north of the Utah border.


The Company has been granted the option to acquire a 70% interest in the property (subject to a 2.5% NSR royalty on a portion of the property). The option may be exercised by making cash payments to Otis totaling US$525,000 and incurring exploration expenditures on the property totaling US$5,000,000, over a period of four years.


In the fall 2014, the Company, completed five diamond drill holes totalling 1,308 metres.  The drill program was designed to test geophysical resistivity anomalies in the Paleozoic basement rocks to the historically known surface mineralization, which is hosted by Cenozoic-aged volcanic rocks.  The geophysical resistivity anomalies were interpreted as possibly representing subvertical structural zones that could correspond to feeder systems to the surface mineralization.  Drill holes BHC14-01, 02, and 03 were drilled through two separate resistivity anomalies, and did not encounter any structural feature, mineralization, or alteration zone related to a deep feeder system.  Drill holes BHC14-04 and 05 tested interpreted structural corridors for near-surface mineralization.


Although the near-surface mineralized intervals intercepted were consistent with historical drilling results in the same area, the drill program did not meet its primary objective of identifying feeder structures.  Post-mineral faulting may have offset the near-surface mineralization from its underlying feeders, or the hydrothermal plumbing system may not have passed through the Paleozoic strata where drill-tested.  More exploration work would be required to follow up on these results.  At this time the Company is considering its options for further exploration work on the property.


Idaho – Mineral Property


The Company had an agreement with renowned prospector, Merrill Palmer, to lease a 100% interest in the Mineral Property which consists of a series of federal mining claims in the historic Mineral Mining District, Washington County, Idaho. The lease of 100% of the Mineral Property (subject to a 3.0% net smelter return royalty) was for up to 99 years which the Company could keep in good standing by making annual advance royalty payments to Mr. Palmer of US$50,000 for the first year and increasing US$10,000 each subsequent year, for a total of US$1,100,000 over the first ten years.  Annual payments after the tenth year of US$150,000 would have been required until commercial production had commenced.  During the first five years of the lease, the Company could have reduced the NSR royalty to 1.5% by paying US$2.0 million to Mr. Palmer. In February 2015, after review of the Company’s first pass geological evaluation of the property, the Company decided to drop the lease.


Mexico - Tlacolula Property


The Company discovered silver mineralization in 2005 following a regional stream geochemical survey in various areas of the state of Oaxaca. An initial trenching program on the Tlacolula property defined a broad low grade silver/gold anomaly associated with opaline silica, indicating a high level system.  In late 2009, the Company optioned the Tlacolula silver project to Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (TSX-FVI) (“Fortuna”) and the option agreement was amended in December 2012 and in November 2014.  The 12,642 hectare property is located 14 kilometres east-southeast of the city of Oaxaca and 30 kilometres northeast of Fortuna’s 100%-owned San Jose silver-gold mine.


Pursuant to the option agreement as amended, Fortuna has the right until January 2017 to earn a 60% interest in the Tlacolula project by spending US$2 million on exploration, which includes a commitment to drill 1,500 metres within 12 months of issuance of a drill permit for the project.  To date, the Company has received US$200,000 in cash and 34,589 shares of Fortuna., and to complete the option payments, Fortuna must pay to the Company US$100,000 in cash and US$100,000 worth of shares in Fortuna within 90 days of completion of the 1,500 metre drill program.  Fortuna has not yet received a drill permit.  


Guatemala – Tambor Project Royalty


In 2012, the Company sold its interest in its subsidiary, Exploraciones Mineras de Guatemala S.A., which holds the Tambor gold project in Guatemala, to Kappes, Cassiday & Associates (“KCA”), giving KCA a 100% interest in the project.  In consideration therefor, KCA agreed to repay approximately US$400,000 owing to the Company (US$100,000 paid in 2012 and the balance to be paid once KCA has commenced shipment of gold produced from the property).  Commercial production commenced in late 2014 and accordingly, in January 2015 KCA paid to the Company US$341,063.  KCA will commence making quarterly royal payments to the Company based on the then price of gold and the number of ounces produced from the property.


Guatemala - Southeast Guatemala Ag-Au Epithermal Fields


As a result of continued uncertainty surrounding the granting of both exploration and exploitation concessions in Guatemala, and a general increase in the level of anti-mining activism in many parts of the country, the Company ceased its ongoing exploration activities in the country in the third quarter of 2013 though care and maintenance of the properties continue.  Management will reassess the Company’s plans for this country on a regular basis and exploration activities may be ramped back up if the mining investment climate improves.


Nicaragua


In 2012, the Company sold its Trebol and Pavon properties to B2Gold in consideration of 4,815,894 common shares of B2Gold with a fair value at that time of $16,662,993. In addition, B2Gold agreed to make contingent payments to the Company of US$10 per ounce of gold on 40% of any proven and probable mineral reserves in excess of 500,000 ounces which may in the future be outlined at Trebol (on a 100% basis). Any future royalty payments from B2Gold will be recorded as revenue at such time they are virtually certain to be received.


Also in 2012, B2Gold and the Company entered into joint venture agreements on 60% - 40% basis with respect to the Company’s San Jose and B2Gold’s La Magnolia properties in Nicaragua. In 2013, an agreement was reached whereby the Company would sell to B2Gold its 40% interest in the San Jose and La Magnolia properties in consideration of a 2% NSR royalty on each property, and B2Gold would have the right to purchase one-half of each royalty for US$1,000,000. The Company and B2Gold have since decided to relinquish the La Magnolia concession. Formal agreements were signed by the companies in October 2014, and the closing of the San Jose sale is anticipated to take place in the second quarter of 2015.


Qualified Person: David Clark, M.Sc., P.Geo., a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, is the Company’s Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, and has approved the disclosure of the technical information in this MD&A. The technical information regarding the Cerro Las Minitas property was provided to the Company by Southern Silver, and has not been independently verified by the Company.


Selected Annual Information


The following table sets forth selected annual financial information of the Company for, and as at, the end of each of the last three financial years ending December 31, 2014, 2013, and 2012:


 

2014 ($)

2013 ($)

2012 ($)

Total investment and other income

43,245

22,141

8,883

Exploration expenditures

1,354,815

1,039,309

884,966

Net income (loss) for the year

Total

Basic & fully diluted per share


(1,369,907)

(0.02)


(8,287,763)

(0.10)


8,929,357

0.10

Total assets

9,045,049

11,319,828

19,242,828

Total long-term liabilities

-

-

-

Cash dividends

-

-

-


The year ended December 31, 2012 shows a net income due a gain on sale of properties of $16.3 million which relate to the sale of mineral properties to B2Gold.  The net loss for the year ended December 31, 2013 was significantly impacted by an impairment charge on available-for-sale investments of $5.9 million. Total assets were higher as at December 31, 2012 due to the B2Gold shares received from the sale of mineral properties to B2Gold.  Total assets then decreased during the next two years as cash was used for operations and the market price of B2Gold shares has declined since December 31, 2012, thus leading to a lower available-for-sale investments carrying value.


Quarterly Information


The following table provides information for the eight fiscal quarters ended December 31, 2014:


Quarter ended

Dec. 31,

2014 ($)

Sep. 30,

2014 ($)

June 30,

2014 ($)

Mar. 31,

2014 ($)

Dec. 31,

2013 ($)

Sep. 30,

2013 ($)

June 30,

2013 ($)

Mar. 31,

2013 ($)

Exploration

   expenditures

524,667

519,535

212,066

98,547

148,152

196,232

371,754

323,171

Total investment income

16,115

11,227

11,985

3,918

5,355

6,285

7,679

2,822

Net income (loss)

(1,005,167)

(1,000,792)

(355,242)

991,294

(699,656)

(547,812)

(6,522,976)

(517,319)

Basic and diluted

   income (loss) per share


(0.01)


(0.01)


(0.00)


0.01


(0.01)


(0.01)


(0.07)


(0.01)


The quarter ended March 31, 2014 resulted in a net income before income taxes due to a gain on sale of available-for-sale investments of $1,289,708. For the quarter ended June 30, 2013, an impairment charge of $5,894,147 on available-for-sale investments significantly increased the loss before income taxes for that period. The net loss before income taxes for the quarters ended September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2014 included impairment charges on available-for-sale investments of $300,000 and $141,320, respectively.


Results of Operations


Quarter ended December 31, 2014


The net loss for the quarter ended December 31, 2014 was $1,005,167 compared to $699,656 for the quarter ended December 31, 2013, an increase of $305,511.  Exploration expenditures in the current quarter totalled $524,667 compared to $148,152 in the comparative quarter, an increase of $376,515. The current quarter recorded a write-off of exploration and evaluation asset costs of $86,753 whereas no such charge was recorded in the comparative quarter.  The comparative quarter recorded a share of post-tax losses of Rackla Metals Inc. (“Rackla”), an associated company, of $351,268 whereas the current quarter recorded a share of post-tax losses of Medgold Resources Corp. (“Medgold”), a company that became an associated company during the current quarter, of $57,000. Rackla incurred a loss during the current quarter as well but due to the carrying value of the Company’s investment in this associate being reduced to $1 in 2013, the Company no longer picks up its portion of the loss.


General and administrative expenses for the quarter ended December 31, 2014 were $208,591 compared to $199,588 for the quarter ended December 31, 2013, an increase of $9,003.  Notable cost increases were $10,521 in office and miscellaneous, $8,041 in public relations, $7,555 in legal and audit fees, and $7,137 in travel and accommodation. Office and miscellaneous costs were higher primarily because of the Company incurring more office lease expense. Public relations and travel and accommodation costs were higher due to more involvement in tradeshows during the current quarter. Legal and audit fees were higher due to additional legal services required. The only significant cost decreases were $20,479 in salaries and benefits which were lower due to a reduction in personnel that took effect at the beginning of the current fiscal year and $5,609 in property investigations.


Year ended December 31, 2014


The net loss for the year ended December 31, 2014 was $1,369,907 compared to $8,287,763 for the year ended December 31, 2013, a difference of $6,917,856. The significantly higher net loss for the comparative year is due to an impairment charge of $5,934,443 on available-for-sale investments compared to $441,320 charged in the current year.  The current year also recorded a gain of $1,289,708 from the sale of B2Gold shares whereas the comparative year recorded a gain from the sale of B2Gold shares as well but a much lesser amount of $81,217.  As with the quarterly comparison, the current year did not record its share of post-tax losses for Rackla but did record its share of Medgold’s post-tax losses totaling $57,000 whereas the comparative year recorded only a share of post-tax losses for Rackla totaling $493,318.  Both the current and comparative years recorded write-offs of exploration and evaluation asset costs of $86,753 and $171,815, respectively.  Exploration expenditures in the current year totalled $1,354,815 compared to $1,039,309 in the comparative year, an increase of $315,506.


General and administrative expenses for the current year were $758,562 compared to $844,056 for the comparative year, a decrease of $85,494. Salaries and benefits, consulting fees, legal and audit fees, and public relations saw decreases of $139,807, $28,000, $23,673, and $14,844, respectively, in the current year. Salaries and benefits were lower for the same reason given in the quarterly comparison.  Legal and audit fees were higher in the comparative year due to the sale of mineral properties in 2012 that required more auditor involvement in 2013. There were no consulting fees for the current year whereas the comparative year included a long standing consulting agreement that was terminated prior to the current year. Public relations costs were lower as the Company engaged in less promotional activities during the first nine months of the current year. Notable cost increases in the current year were $54,107 in office and miscellaneous, $46,629 in property investigations, and $22,500 in management fees. Office and miscellaneous costs were higher in the current year for the same reason as in the quarterly comparison. Property investigation costs were higher in the current year due to the Company’s activities investigating new opportunities. Management fees were higher due to the monthly compensation for the Chief Executive Officer being increased at the start of the fourth quarter in the comparative year.


Mineral Properties Expenditures


A summary of the Company’s expenditures on its mineral properties during the year ended December 31, 2014 is as follows:


United States – A total of $946,313 was incurred on exploration and property investigation.


Guatemala – A total of $177,774 was incurred on care and maintenance related costs.


Nicaragua – At total of $12,682 was incurred on care and maintenance related costs.


Mexico - A total of $218,046 was incurred on exploration, property investigation, and miscellaneous administrative costs.


Further details regarding exploration expenditures for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 are provided in the schedules at the end of this MD&A.


Liquidity and Capital Resources


The Company’s cash decreased from approximately $1.56 million at December 31, 2013 to $1.24 million at December 31, 2014. As at December 31, 2014 working capital was $7.6 million compared to $10.4 million at December 31, 2013. Included in working capital is the value of the Company’s investment in B2Gold common shares. As at December 31, 2014, these shares had a fair value of $5.37 million.  The Company is entitled to sell a maximum of 10% of the original number of B2Gold shares within any 30-day period without encumbrance.  If the Company wishes to exceed this limitation, there may be a delay of up to 15 days before the selling of the shares can be completed. During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company sold 677,500 B2Gold shares for proceeds of $2.42 million.  During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company sold an additional 1,057,000 B2Gold shares for proceeds of approximately $3.35 million.


In addition to the remaining 2,826,394 B2Gold shares, the Company currently holds 1,007,406 common shares of Focus Ventures Ltd. (“Focus”) and 6,000,000 common shares of Southern Silver as part of its available-for-sale investments. In February 2014, the Company acquired 5,000,000 Medgold shares and warrants by participating in a Medgold private placement financing at a cost of $500,000 and recorded this investment as an available-for-sale investment.  In November 2014, the Company then acquired an additional 3,000,000 Medgold shares when 3,000,000 Medgold warrants were exercised at a cost of $330,000. The investment was then reclassified as an investment in an associate beginning in November 2014. As at December 31, 2014, the Company and Medgold had two common directors. The Company currently holds a remaining balance of 2,000,000 Medgold warrants and although these warrants are transferable, they are not traded on an exchange. The 6,000,000 common shares held in Southern Silver were received subsequent to December 31, 2014 as partial settlement of a loan to Southern Silver. The Company held 7,175,700 warrants in Rackla that were tradable on the TSX-V until they expired unexercised in June 2013, and held a further 1,345,338 Rackla warrants that expired unexercised in October 2014.


As at December 31, 2014, the carrying amount for all available-for-sale investments was $5.56 million compared to $8.69 million as at December 31, 2013. The Company also currently holds 9,866,376 common shares in Rackla and the 8,000,000 common shares in Medgold referred to above with fair values as at December 31, 2014 of $147,996 and $560,000, respectively. However, the investments in Rackla and Medgold are being accounted for as investments in associates, using the equity method, since the Company is able to exercise significant influence on the investments.


The Company intends to use proceeds from previous and future sales of its equity investments to fund its exploration programs and general working capital requirements.


The Company expects its current capital resources to be sufficient to carry out its planned exploration programs and operating costs for the next twelve months;


Commitment


The Company has entered into operating lease agreements for its office premises. The Company also rents space to other companies related by common directors and officers on a month to month basis, the amounts of which are netted against rental expense; however, there are no commitments from these companies and thus the amounts presented below are the gross commitments. Expected lease payments due by period as at December 31, 2014 are as follows:


Less than 1 year

 $            300,998

1 – 3 years

416,298

4 – 5  years

381,216

After 5 years

-

 Total

 $         1,098,512


For the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company received a total of $211,473 from those companies it rents space to.


Capital Management


The Company’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern in order to advance its mineral properties. In order to facilitate the management of its capital requirements, the Company prepares periodic budgets that are updated as necessary. The Company manages its capital structure and makes adjustments to it to effectively support the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties. The properties in which the Company currently has an interest are in the exploration stage; as such the Company is dependent on external financing to fund its activities. In order to carry out the planned exploration and pay for general administrative costs, the Company will spend its existing working capital and raise additional amounts as needed. The Company will continue to assess new properties and seek to acquire an interest in additional properties if it feels there is sufficient geologic or economic potential and if it has adequate financial resources to do so.


Management reviews its capital management approach on an ongoing basis and believes that this approach, given the relative size of the Company, is reasonable. The Company monitors its cash and cash equivalents, available-for-sale investments, common shares, warrants and stock options as capital. There were no changes in the Company’s approach to capital management during the year ended December 31, 2014. The Company’s investment policy is to hold cash in interest bearing bank accounts, which pay comparable interest rates to highly liquid short-term interest bearing investments with maturities of one year or less and which can be liquidated at any time without penalties. Neither the Company nor its subsidiaries are subject to externally imposed capital requirements and do not have exposure to asset-backed commercial paper or similar products.


Financial Instruments and Risk Management


The Company is exposed to the following financial risks:


·

Market Risk

·

Credit Risk

·

Liquidity Risk


In common with all other businesses, the Company is exposed to risks that arise from its use of financial instruments.  This section describes the Company’s objectives, policies and processes for managing those risks and the methods used to measure them. Further quantitative information in respect of these risks is presented throughout the accompanying amended financial statements.


General Objectives, Policies and Processes


The Board of Directors has overall responsibility for the determination of the Company’s risk management objectives and policies and, whilst retaining ultimate responsibility for them, it has delegated the authority for designing and operating processes that ensure the effective implementation of the objectives and policies to the Company’s finance function. The Board of Directors receives periodic reports through which it reviews the effectiveness of the processes put in place and the appropriateness of the objectives and policies it sets.


The overall objective of the Board is to set policies that seek to reduce risk as far as possible without unduly affecting the Company’s competitiveness and flexibility. Further details regarding these policies are set out below.


a)

Market Risk


Market risk is the risk that the fair value of future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices. Market prices are comprised of three types of risk: foreign currency risk, interest rate risk, and equity price risk.


Foreign Currency Risk


Foreign currency risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in foreign exchange rates. The Company is exposed to fluctuations in foreign currencies through its operations in foreign countries.  The Company monitors this exposure, but has no hedge positions. As at December 31, 2014, cash totalling $97,995 (December 31, 2013: $68,059) was held in US dollars, $680 (December 31, 2013: $694) in Nicaragua Cordoba, $99 (December 31, 2013: $4,213) in Guatemala Quetzal, $1,254 (December 31, 2013: $690) in Mexican Pesos and $84 (December 31, 2013: $709) in Peruvian Sols. Based on the above net exposures at December 31, 2014, a 10% depreciation or appreciation of the above currencies against the Canadian dollar would approximately result in a $10,000 increase or decrease in the Company’s after tax net earnings.


Interest Rate Risk


Interest rate risk is the risk that future cash flows will fluctuate as a result of changes in market interest rates.  The Company does not have any borrowings. Interest rate risk is limited to potential decreases on the interest rate offered on cash held with chartered Canadian financial institutions. The Company considers this risk to be limited as it holds no assets or liabilities subject to variable rates of interest.


Equity Price Risk


Equity price risk is the uncertainty associated with the valuation of assets arising from changes in equity markets.  The Company’s available-for-sale investments are exposed to significant equity price risk due to the potentially volatile and speculative nature of the businesses in which the investments are held. The available-for-sale investments held in B2Gold and Focus are monitored by the Board with decisions on sale taken by Management.  A 10% decrease in fair value of the shares would approximately result in a $556,000 decrease in equity.


b)

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 credit risk is primarily attributable to its cash and cash equivalents, available-for-sale investments and advances and other receivables. The Company limits exposure to credit risk by maintaining its cash and cash equivalents with large financial institutions. The Company does not have cash and cash equivalents or available-for-sale investments that are invested in asset based commercial paper. For advances and other receivables, the Company estimates, on a continuing basis, the probable losses and provides a provision for losses based on the estimated realizable value.


c)

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’s approach to managing liquidity risk is to provide reasonable assurance that it will have sufficient funds to meet liabilities when due.  The Company manages its liquidity risk by forecasting cash flows required by operations and anticipated investing and financing activities. The Company believes that these sources will be sufficient to cover the known requirements at this time.


Determination of Fair value


Fair values have been determined for measurement and/or disclosure purposes based on the following methods. When applicable, further information about the assumptions made in determining fair values is disclosed in the notes specific to that asset or liability.


Management considers that due to their short-term nature the carrying amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities, which include cash, due from related parties, advances and other receivables, deposits, accounts payables and accrued liabilities, and due to related parties are assumed to approximate their fair values.


The fair value investments in associates are detailed in the following table:


 

December 31, 2014

December 31, 2014

 

Book value

Fair value

Financial assets

 

 

Shares held in Rackla and recorded as investment in associate

 $                   1

 $        147,996

Shares held in Medgold and recorded as investment in associate

 $        473,000

 $        560,000


Fair Value Hierarchy


Financial instruments that are measured subsequent to initial recognition at fair value are grouped in Levels 1 to 3 based on the degree to which the fair value is observable:


Level 1

 

Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

Level 2

 

Inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (i.e., as prices) or indirectly (i.e., derived from prices); and

Level 3

 

Inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).


The available-for-sale investments for B2Gold and Focus are based on quoted prices and are therefore considered to be Level 1.


There were no transfers between Levels in the year.


Related Party Transactions


The Company’s related parties with transactions during the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 consist of directors, officers and the following companies with common directors:


 Related party

Nature of transactions

Mill Street Services Ltd. (“Mill Street”)

Management fees

Gold Group Management Inc. (“Gold Group”)

Shared general and administrative expenses

Rackla (Associate)

Shared general and administrative expenses

Fortuna

Shared general and administrative expenses

Focus

Shared general and administrative expenses

Medgold

Shared general and administrative expenses

Cordoba Minerals Corp. (“Cordoba”)

Shared general and administrative expenses

Voyager Gold Corp.

Shared general and administrative expenses


The Company incurred the following expenditures charged by non-key management officers and companies which have common directors with the Company in the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013:

 

 

Three months ended

December 31,

Year ended

December 31,

 

2014

2013

2014

2013

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

Salaries and benefits

 $          6,056

 $          4,123

 $        14,578

 $        15,969

Mineral property costs:

 

 

 

 

Salaries and benefits

-

5,077

5,306

42,354

 

 $          6,056

 $          9,200

 $        19,884

 $        58,323


During the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company reimbursed Gold Group, a company controlled by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, for the following costs:


 

Three months ended

December 31,

Year ended

December 31,

 

2014

2013

2014

2013

General and administrative expenses:

 

 

 

 

Consulting fees

 $                  -

 $                  -

 $                  -

 $          3,000

Office and miscellaneous

       8,776

      11,348

     44,274

    46,305

Public relations

7,530

598

8,719

3,963

Property investigations

-

5,940

-

31,260

Salaries and benefits

32,513

54,286

94,860

246,469

Transfer agent and regulatory fees

-

-

3,749

3,110

Travel and accommodation

5,813

2,408

17,494

17,304

 

 $        54,632

 $        74,580

 $      169,096

 $      351,411

Exploration expenditures

 $                  -

 $          3,630

 $                  -

 $        59,333


Gold Group is reimbursed by the Company for certain shared costs and other business related expenses paid by Gold Group on behalf of the Company. Salary and benefits costs for the year ended December 31, 2014 include those for the Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary (2013 and 2012: Vice President Corporate Development, Chief Financial Officer, and Corporate Secretary).  These transactions are in the normal course of operations and are measured at the fair value of the services rendered.


Long-term deposits include an amount of $60,000 (December 31, 2013: $60,000) paid to Gold Group as a deposit on the shared office and administrative services agreement that became effective July 1, 2012.


Amounts due from related parties as of December 31, 2014 were $Nil (December 31, 2013: $19,047) due from Medgold, $Nil (December 31, 2013: $2,477) due from Fortuna, $Nil (December 31, 2013: $9,239) due from Focus, $Nil (December 31, 2013: $1,527) due from Rackla, and $Nil (December 31, 2013: $1,527) due from Cordoba.  These balances arose from the Company incurring office, administrative and personnel costs which were then shared with the related parties.


Accounts payable and accrued liabilities as of December 31, 2014 includes $34,297 (December 31, 2013: $31,369) payable to Gold Group for shared administrative costs and $Nil (December 31, 2013: $7,500) to Mill Street, a company controlled by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, for management fees.


Key management compensation


Key management personnel are persons responsible for planning, directing and controlling the activities of an entity, and include certain directors and officers. Key management compensation comprises:


 

Three months ended December 31,

Year ended

December 31,

 

2014

2013

2014

2013

Management fees

 $          25,500

 $        25,500

 $      102,000

 $        79,500

Salaries, benefits and fees

8,135

14,927

27,527

119,743

 

 $          33,635

 $        40,427

 $      129,527

 $      199,243


There were no share-based payments to key management personnel or directors not specified as key management personnel during the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013.


Other Data


Additional information related to the Company is available for viewing at www.sedar.com.


Share Position and Outstanding Options


As at April 27, 2015, the Company’s outstanding share position is 86,675,617 common shares and the following incentive stock options are outstanding:


STOCK OPTIONS

Number of options

Exercise

price

Expiry date

           1,570,000

$0.29

January 7, 2020

              100,000

$0.36

May 25, 2020

           820,000

$0.69

September 23, 2020

                150,000

$0.81

July 26, 2021

2,135,000

$0.20

December 12, 2022

           4,775,000

 

 


Significant Investments Accounted For By the Equity Method


Medgold


On November 4, 2014, the Company acquired 3,000,000 common shares of Medgold by way of exercising 3,000,000 share purchase warrants at a cost of $330,000, bringing the Company’s total holdings in Medgold to 8,000,000 common shares, representing an increase from 14.4% to 19.1% of Medgold’s outstanding common shares.  Upon this transaction, Medgold met the definition of an associate and therefore reclassified its holdings in Medgold from an available-for-sale investment to investment in associate and has been equity accounted for in the consolidated financial statements.  As well as being the largest shareholder in Medgold, the Company also had two common directors as of December 31, 2014 and has common management members. As at December 31, 2014, the Company held 2,000,000 share purchase warrants of Medgold to purchase common shares of Medgold.  Each Medgold warrant entitles the Company to purchase an additional common share exercisable for two years at a price of $0.15. The Medgold share purchase warrants are not tradable on an exchange.


The following table shows the continuity of the Company’s interest in Medgold for the period from November 4, 2014 to December 31, 2014:


Available-for-sale investment reclassified as investment in associate

$           200,000

Increase in investment

330,000

Less: share of losses in associate

 (57,000)

 

Balance, December 31, 2014

 $           473,000


The Company’s share of losses in Medgold during the year is only for the period from November 4, 2014 to December 31, 2014.


The financial statement balances of Medgold are as follows:


 

December 31,

2014

Total assets

 $       1,407,082

Total liabilities

766,309

Net loss

2,048,113


At December 31, 2014, the fair value of the 8,000,000 common shares of Medgold was $560,000.


Rackla


As at December 31, 2014, the Company held 9,866,376 common shares of Rackla, representing 19.5% of Rackla’s outstanding common shares.  As at December 31, 2012, the Company held 8,521,038 share purchase warrants to purchase common shares of Rackla at $0.10 of which 7,175,700 of these warrants expired unexercised in 2013 and the remaining balance of 1,345,338 expired unexercised during the year ended December 31, 2014.


Rackla meets the definition of an associate and the Company’s interest in Rackla has been equity accounted for in the consolidated financial statements.


The following table shows the continuity of the Company’s interest in Rackla for the period from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2014:


Balance, December 31, 2012

 $            493,319

Less: share of losses in associate

 (493,318)

Balance, December 31, 2013 and 2014

 $                        1


Since the Company’s share of losses in Rackla exceeds its interest, the Company has discontinued recognizing its share of further losses. The accumulative unrecognized share of losses for the associate is $566,982.


The financial statement balances of Rackla are as follows:


 

December 31, 2014

December 31, 2013

Total assets

 $          209,044

 $          1,221,037

Total liabilities

102,550

36,543

Net loss

1,081,000

4,373,259


At December 31, 2014, the fair value of the 9,866,376 common shares of Rackla was $147,996 (2013: $197,328).


Adoption of New and Amended IFRS Pronouncements


Effective January 1, 2014, the Company adopted the following new and revised International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) that were issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”):


IAS 24 Related Party Disclosures


The amendments to IAS 24 clarify that a management entity, or any member of a group of which it is a part, that provides key management services to a reporting entity, or its parent, is a related party of the reporting entity. The amendments also require an entity to disclose amounts incurred for key management personnel services provided by a separate management entity. This replaces the more detailed disclosure by category required for other key management personnel compensation. The amendments only affect disclosure and did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.


IFRIC 21 Levies


The IASB issued IFRIC 21 – Levies (“IFRIC 21”), an interpretation of IAS 37 – Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets (“IAS 37”), on the accounting for levies imposed by governments. IAS 37 sets out criteria for the recognition of a liability, one of which is the requirement for the entity to have a present obligation as a result of a past event (“Obligating Event”). IFRIC 21 clarifies that the Obligating Event that gives rise to a liability to pay a levy is the activity described in the relevant legislation that triggers the payment of the levy. The adoption of IFRIC 21 did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.


IAS 32 Financial Instruments: Presentations (Amendment)


The amendments to IAS 32 pertained to the application guidance on the offsetting of financial assets and financial liabilities, focused on four main areas: the meaning of ‘currently has a legally enforceable right of set-off’, the application of simultaneous realization and settlement, the offsetting of collateral amounts and the unit of account for applying the offsetting requirements. The amendments did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.


Future Changes in Accounting Policies


The following new standard has been issued by the IASB but is not yet effective:


IFRS 9 Financial Instruments


IFRS 9 is part of the IASB's wider project to replace IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement. IFRS 9 retains but simplifies the mixed measurement model and establishes two primary measurement categories for financial assets: amortized cost and fair value. The basis of classification depends on the entity's business model and the contractual cash flow characteristics of the financial asset. In response to delays to the completion of the remaining phases of the project, the IASB issued amendments to IFRS 9 and has indefinitely postponed the adoption of this standard. The amendments also provided relief from the requirement to restate comparative financial statements for the effects of applying IFRS 9. IFRS 9 is effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of the new standard.


Risks and Uncertainties


Mineral Property Exploration and Mining Risks


The business of mineral deposit exploration and extraction involves a high degree of risk.  Few properties that are explored ultimately become producing mines. At present, none of the Company’s properties has a known commercial ore deposit. The main operating risks include: securing adequate funding to maintain and advance exploration properties; ensuring ownership of and access to mineral properties by confirmation that option agreements, claims and leases are in good standing; and obtaining permits for drilling and other exploration activities.  


If the Company does not satisfactorily complete its contribution requirements to any joint ventures it may be a party to, the Company’s interest in a joint venture can be diluted to a point where all interest in the joint venture is forfeited.


Joint Venture Funding Risk


The Company’s strategy includes seeking partners through joint ventures to fund exploration and project development. The main risk of this strategy is that funding partners may not be able to raise sufficient capital in order to satisfy exploration and other expenditure terms in a particular joint venture agreement. As a result, exploration and development of one or more of the Company’s property interests may be delayed depending on whether the Company can find another partner or has enough capital resources to fund the exploration and development on its own.


Commodity Price Risk


The Company is exposed to commodity price risk. Declines in the market price of gold, base metals and other minerals may adversely affect the Company’s ability to raise capital or attract joint venture partners in order to fund its ongoing operations. Commodity price declines could also reduce the amount the Company would receive on the disposition of one of its mineral properties to a third party.


Financing and Share Price Fluctuation Risks


The Company has no source of operating cash flow and has no assurance that additional funding will be available to it when needed for further exploration and development of its projects. Further exploration and development of one or more of the Company’s projects may be dependent upon the Company’s ability to obtain financing through equity or debt financing or other means. Failure to obtain this financing could result in delay or indefinite postponement of further exploration and development of its projects which could result in the loss of one or more of its properties.


Securities markets have at times in the past experienced a high degree of price and volume volatility, and the market price of securities of many companies, particularly those considered to be exploration stage companies such as the Company, have experienced wide fluctuations in share prices which have not necessarily been related to their operating performance, underlying asset values or prospects. There can be no assurance that these kinds of share price fluctuations will not occur in the future, and if they do occur, how severe the impact may be on the Company’s ability to raise additional funds through equity issues or the value of the Company’s available-for-sale investments and corresponding effect on the Company’s financial position.  


Political, Regulatory and Currency Risks


The Company’s mineral properties are located in the United States and emerging nations.  The mineral properties in emerging nations may be subject to a higher level of risk compared to developed countries. Operations, the status of mineral property rights, title to the properties and the recoverability of amounts shown for mineral properties in emerging nations can be affected by changing economic, regulatory and political situations. The Company’s equity financings are sourced in Canadian dollars but for the most part it incurs its expenditures in US dollars, Guatemalan quetzals, Nicaraguan córdobas, and Mexican pesos. At this time there are no currency hedges in place.  Therefore a weakening of the Canadian dollar against the US dollar, Guatemalan quetzal, Nicaraguan córdoba, or Mexican peso could have an adverse impact on the amount of exploration conducted.


Insured and Uninsured Risks


In the course of exploration, development and production of mineral properties, the Company is subject to a number of hazards and risks in general, including adverse environmental conditions, operational accidents, labor disputes, unusual or unexpected geological conditions, changes in the regulatory environment and natural phenomena such as inclement weather conditions, floods, and earthquakes.  Such occurrences could result in damage to the Company’s properties or facilities and equipment, personal injury or death, environmental damage to properties of the Company or others, delays, monetary losses and possible legal liability.


Although the Company may maintain insurance to protect against certain risks in such amounts as it considers reasonable, its insurance may not cover all the potential risks associated with its operations. The Company may also be unable to maintain insurance to cover these risks at economically feasible premiums or for other reasons. Should such liabilities arise, they could reduce or eliminate future profitability and result in increased costs, have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results and a decline in the value of the securities of the Company.


Environmental and Social Risks


The activities of the Company are subject to environmental regulations issued and enforced by government agencies. Environmental legislation is evolving in a manner that will require stricter standards and enforcement and involve increased fines and penalties for non-compliance, more stringent environmental assessments of proposed projects, and a heightened degree of responsibility for companies and their officers, directors and employees.  There can be no assurance that future changes in environmental regulation, if any, will not adversely affect the Company’s operations.  Environmental hazards may exist on properties in which the Company holds interests which are unknown to the Company at present. Social risks are fairly significant in some of the Company’s areas of operations. Violence, kidnapping, theft and other criminal activities could disrupt supply chains and discourage qualified individuals from being involved with the Company's operations.


Competition

The Company will compete with many companies and individuals that have substantially greater financial and technical resources than the Company for the acquisition and development of its projects as well as for the recruitment and retention of qualified employees.


Mineral Properties Expenditure Detail (see following pages)


Mineral Properties Expenditure Detail



RADIUS GOLD INC.

CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF EXPLORATION EXPENDITURES

For the year ended December 31, 2014

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Mexico

 

 

General

Mineral

General

Mineral

General

General

 

 

Exploration

Properties

Exploration

Properties

Exploration

Exploration

Total

Camp, food and supplies

 $          132

 $      18,692

 $        6,305

 $               -

 $              -

 $         7,856

 $       32,985

Drilling

-

559,662

-

-

-

-

559,662

Environment

-

-

-

16,943

-

-

16,943

Exploration administration

-

366

6,393

523

3,408

1,452

12,142

Geochemistry

593

37,348

3,587

-

-

33,563

75,091

Geological consulting

8,792

108,147

60,335

-

-

121,203

298,477

Legal and accounting

-

-

7,459

1,371

2,334

9,590

20,754

Licenses, rights and taxes

-

8,197

-

1,401

-

-

9,598

Maintenance

-

-

2,992

-

-

-

2,992

Medical expenses

-

-

5,707

-

-

-

5,707

Public relations

-

-

1,369

-

-

-

1,369

Rent and utilities

-

3,645

13,552

6,725

1,408

-

25,330

Salaries and wages

-

128,765

27,504

-

5,532

9,775

181,881

Telephone and communications

-

2,368

-

-

-

761

3,129

Travel and accommodation

4,210

55,091

15,608

-

-

33,846

108,755

 

 $     24,032

 $    922,281

 $    150,811

 $     26,963

 $     12,682

 $     218,046

 $  1,354,815




Mineral Properties Expenditure Detail (cont’d)


RADIUS GOLD INC.

CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF EXPLORATION EXPENDITURES

For the year ended December 31, 2013

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guatemala

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Mexico

Mexico

 

 

General

Mineral

General

Mineral

General

Mineral

 

 

Exploration

Properties

Exploration

Properties

Exploration

Properties

Total

Camp, food and supplies

 $       36,989

 $            603

 $              -

 $                -

 $                -

 $         1,198

 $       38,790

Drafting, maps and printing

174

-

-

-

-

-

174

Drilling

-

-

-

-

-

93,281

93,281

Environment

-

-

-

-

-

1,939

1,939

Exploration administration

8,438

-

-

-

13,138

-

21,576

Geochemistry

24,196

-

-

-

1,441

13,918

39,555

Geological consulting

166,933

36,841

-

6,211

17,841

276,731

504,557

Legal and accounting

8,821

-

1,219

-

9,522

-

19,562

Licenses, rights and taxes

-

668

-

6,401

-

72,669

79,738

Maintenance

4,633

-

-

-

-

-

4,633

Materials

1,133

-

-

553

-

-

1,686

Medical expenses

10,089

-

-

-

-

-

10,089

Miscellaneous

348

642

3,190

4,899

-

-

9,079

Public relations

10,796

6,879

-

-

-

-

17,675

Rent and utilities

10,484

7,596

1,360

-

-

-

19,440

Salaries and wages

73,314

15,386

4,805

-

6,450

2,446

102,401

Shipping

1,247

-

-

-

-

377

1,624

Telephone and

   communications

             9,077

                256

             1,443

                     -

                156

                     -

             10,932

Travel and accommodation

42,624

593

-

-

9,765

9,596

62,578

 

 $     409,296

 $       69,464

 $     12,017

 $       18,064

 $       58,313

 $     472,155

 $  1,039,309





Mineral Properties Expenditure Detail (cont’d)


RADIUS GOLD INC.

CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF EXPLORATION EXPENDITURES

For the year ended December 31, 2012

(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Mexico

 

 

General

Mineral

General

General

Mineral

 

 

Exploration

Concessions

Exploration

Exploration

Concessions

Total

Camp, food and supplies

 $        32,994

 $        11,068

 $                  -

 $                  -

 $                  -

 $          44,062

Drafting, maps and printing

                  25

                103

                919

                     -

                     -

               1,047

Drilling

                     -

             1,884

                     -

                     -

                     -

               1,884

Exploration administration

           15,639

             4,493

                     -

                742

                     -

             20,874

Foreign Exchange

                329

                763

                     -

                     -

                     -

               1,092

Environment

                     -

           89,066

                     -

                     -

                     -

             89,066

Geochemistry

           32,008

             2,255

                     -

             1,099

                     -

             35,362

Geological consulting

         225,733

           58,982

                     -

           18,556

                     -

           303,271

Other consulting

                     -

                  59

                     -

                     -

                     -

                    59

Legal and accounting

             8,484

             2,484

             3,891

             9,601

                     -

             24,460

Licenses, rights and taxes

             5,837

             4,414

                     -

                     -

           15,540

             25,791

Materials

             2,450

             3,800

                     -

                     -

                     -

               6,250

Maintenance

             8,235

             3,286

                     -

                     -

                     -

             11,521

Miscellaneous

                606

                227

             2,762

                     -

                     -

               3,595

Medical expenses

           11,992

             3,972

                     -

                     -

                     -

             15,964

Public relations

             8,948

           16,083

                150

                     -

                     -

             25,181

Rent and utilities

             7,696

           14,103

             1,235

                     -

                     -

             23,034

Salaries and wages

           69,424

           60,229

             5,777

                     -

                     -

           135,430

Shipping

             1,268

                329

                639

                     -

                     -

               2,236

Telephone and communications

             6,521

             2,354

             1,984

                646

                     -

             11,505

Travel and accommodation

           52,704

           23,541

                  49

           26,988

                     -

           103,282

Balance - end of year

 $      490,893

 $      303,495

 $        17,406

 $        57,632

 $        15,540

 $        884,966




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