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INTERNATIONAL TOWER HILL MINES LTD

For the period ended Jun 30, 2024. Filed Aug 9, 2024.

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A company's report for each of its first three quarters. The financial statements are not audited. It shows how the business has moved since the last annual report, and what management says changed.

Jun 30, 2024 · Filed Aug 9, 2024

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Previous report: 10-Q

Period ended 2024-03-31; filed 2024-05-10.

0001410578-24-000716

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Current report: 10-Q

Period ended 2024-06-30; filed 2024-08-09.

0001410578-24-001257

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.

Compared 40 previous paragraphs and 46 current paragraphs.

25 unchanged; 13 reworded; 7 added; 2 removed; 0 previous and 1 current paragraphs rearranged.

Tables are not compared: 3 previous and 3 current tables excluded. Dates, whitespace, punctuation and numbering changes are ignored; changes to financial figures remain significant.

A changed paragraph is not evidence that risk increased or decreased. An unchanged paragraph does not establish that risk stayed the same.

Added paragraphs (7)

Current report

Excluding share-based costs of $296,510 and $260,256 for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2023, respectively, consulting fees were $58,538 for the three months ended June 30, 2024 compared to $58,358 for the three months ended June 30, 2023.

Current report

Professional fees were $76,637 for the three months ended June 30, 2024 compared to $86,576 for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease of $9,939 was primarily due to decreased legal services of $8,591 and timing variances for accounting and tax services for an increase of $7,968, XBRL services for a decrease of $3,479, Sarbanes-Oxley Act review services for a decrease of $3,412, and audit services for a decrease of $2,425.

Current report

Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2023

Current report

The Company had a net loss of $1,977,223 for the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to a net loss of $1,971,434 for the six months ended June 30, 2023.

Current report

Excluding share-based costs of $297,373 and $261,523 for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2023, respectively, consulting fees were $115,238 for the six months ended June 30, 2024 compared to $114,726 for the six months ended June 30, 2023.

Current report

Regulatory costs were $94,139 for the six months ended June 30, 2024 compared to $86,176 for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The increase of $7,963 was primarily due to increased EDGAR/SEDAR filing expenses of $3,472, increased Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) listing fees of $2,882, and timing variances for other services for an increase of $1,609.

Current report

Professional fees were $118,896 for the six months ended June 30, 2024 compared to $127,881 for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease of $8,985 was primarily due to decreased legal services of $19,678 and timing variances for accounting and tax services for an increase of $8,399, XBRL services for an increase of $1,595, Sarbanes-Oxley Act review services for an increase of $1,247 and audit services for a decrease of $548.
Removed paragraphs (2)

Previous report

Office and miscellaneous costs were $4,475 for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to $2,908 for the three months ended March 31, 2023. The increase of $1,567 was primarily due to timing of conferences and increased costs relating to office supplies.

Previous report

Investing activities during the three-month period ended March 31, 2024 comprised solely the transfer of $1.0 million cash to one short-term bank certificate of deposit.
Reworded paragraphs (13)

Previous wording

The Company had a net loss of $545,308 for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to a net loss of $503,537 for the three months ended March 31, 2023.

Current wording

The Company had a net loss of $1,431,915 for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to a net loss of $1,467,897 for the three months ended June 30, 2023.

Previous wording

Excluding share-based costs of $12,084 and $17,734 for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023, respectively, wages and benefits were $196,208 for the three months ended March 31, 2024 compared to $97,915 for the three months ended March 31, 2023. The increase of $98,293 was primarily due to prior year-end payroll accruals reversing $82,867 and to the timing of payroll benefits $15,426.

Current wording

Excluding share-based costs of $57,829 and $55,574 for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2023, respectively, wages and benefits were $410,016 for the six months ended June 30, 2024 compared to $308,842 for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The increase of $101,174 was primarily due to prior year-end payroll accruals reversing of $82,867 and to the timing of payroll benefits of $18,307.

Previous wording

Mineral property expenditures were $130,104 for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to $145,895 for the three months ended March 31, 2023. The decrease of $15,791 was primarily due to timing variances for environmental activities for a decrease of $16,404, partially offset by an increase of $613 for legal services.

Current wording

Mineral property expenditures were $759,055 for the six months ended June 30, 2024, compared to $787,643 for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease of $28,588 was primarily due to decreased legal services of $26,198 and timing variances for environmental activities for a decrease of $6,519 and project-related expenses for an increase of $4,129.

Previous wording

Excluding share-based costs of $863 and $1,267 for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023, respectively, investor relations costs were $8,953 for the three months ended March 31, 2024 compared to $2,804 for the three months ended March 31, 2023. The increase of $6,149 was primarily due to increased investor relations services.

Current wording

Excluding share-based costs of $4,131 and $3,970 for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2023, respectively, investor relations costs were $37,957 for the six months ended June 30, 2024 compared to $30,841 for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The increase of $7,116 was primarily due to increased utilization of investor relations services.

Previous wording

Share-based payment charges for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 were allocated as follows:

Current wording

Share-based payment charges for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 were allocated as follows:

Previous wording

Share-based payment charges were $13,810 during the three months ended March 31, 2024 compared to $20,268 during the three months ended March 31, 2023. The decrease of $6,458 was mainly the result of the stock options for common shares of the Company issued to its employees and consultants on May 25, 2021 being fully vested during the three months ended March 31, 2024.

Current wording

Share-based payment charges were $359,333 during the six months ended June 30, 2024 compared to $321,067 during the six months ended June 30, 2023. The increase of $38,266 was mainly the result of the DSUs issued on May 29, 2024 being expensed at $293,242 compared to the DSUs issued on May 23, 2023 being expensed at $257,553 for an increase of $35,689 and stock options for common shares of the Company issued to its employees and consultants vesting during the six months ended June 30, 2024 for an increase of $2,577.

Previous wording

Other items amounted to total other income of $67,601 during the three-month period ended March 31, 2024, compared to total other income of $14,793 during the three-month period ended March 31, 2023. As a result of the impact of exchange rates on certain of the Company’s U.S. dollar cash balances, the Company had a foreign exchange gain of $38,404 during the three-month period ended March 31, 2024, compared to a loss of $6,773 during the three-month period ended March 31, 2023. The average exchange rate during the three-month period ended March 31, 2024 was C$1 to $0.7380, compared to C$1 to $0.7394 during the three-month period ended March 31, 2023. Interest income was $29,197 for the three-month period ended March 31, 2024, compared to $21,566 for the three-month period ended March 31, 2023. The increase of $7,631 was primarily due to short-term investment certificates being re-invested upon maturity at a higher interest rate.

Current wording

Other items amounted to total other income of $121,809 during the six-month period ended June 30, 2024, compared to total other income of $5,685 during the six-month period ended June 30, 2023. As a result of the impact of exchange rates on certain of the Company’s U.S. dollar cash balances, the Company had a foreign exchange gain of $64,435 during the six-month period ended June 30, 2024, compared to a loss of $60,616 during the six-month period ended June 30, 2023. The average exchange rate during the six-month period ended June 30, 2024 was C$1 to $0.7361, compared to C$1 to $0.7421 during the six-month period ended June 30, 2023. Interest income was $57,374 for the six-month period ended June 30, 2024, compared to $55,821 for the six-month period ended June 30, 2023. The increase of $1,553 was primarily due to short-term investment certificates being re-invested upon maturity at a higher interest rate. Other income was $Nil for the six-month period ended June 30, 2024, compared to $10,480 for the six-month period ended June 30, 2023.

Previous wording

As at March 31, 2024, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $2,588,036 compared to $1,687,690 at December 31, 2023. The increase of approximately $0.9 million resulted mainly from net financing activities of $2.4 million partially offset by short-term investments of $1.0 million and operating activities of $0.5 million.

Current wording

As at June 30, 2024, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $2,269,940 compared to $1,687,690 at December 31, 2023. The increase of approximately $0.6 million resulted mainly from net financing activities of $2.3 million and a positive foreign exchange impact of $0.1 million partially offset by operating activities of $1.8 million.

Previous wording

Financing activities during the three-month period ended March 31, 2024 included the Private Placement pursuant to which the Company issued 3,807,911 common shares to existing major shareholders to raise gross proceeds of approximately $2.5 million.

Current wording

Financing activities during the six-month period ended June 30, 2024 included the Private Placement, pursuant to which the Company issued 3,807,911 common shares to existing major shareholders to raise gross proceeds of approximately $2.5 million.

Previous wording

The Company had no cash flows from financing activities during the three-month period ended March 31, 2023.

Current wording

The Company had no cash flows from financing activities during the six-month period ended June 30, 2023.

Previous wording

The Company had no cash flows from investing activities during the three-month period ended March 31, 2023.

Current wording

The Company had no cash flows from investing activities during the six-month periods ended June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2023.

Previous wording

As at March 31, 2024, the Company had working capital of $3,513,122 compared to working capital of $1,757,465 at December 31, 2023. The Company expects that it will operate at a loss for the foreseeable future, but believes the current cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to cover the anticipated 2024 work plan at the Livengood Gold Project and satisfy its currently anticipated general and administrative costs through at least the next 12 months.

Current wording

As at June 30, 2024, the Company had working capital of $2,373,525 compared to working capital of $1,757,465 at December 31, 2023. The Company expects that it will operate at a loss for the foreseeable future, but believes the current cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to cover the anticipated 2024 work plan at the Livengood Gold Project and satisfy its currently anticipated general and administrative costs through at least the next 12 months.

Previous wording

For a discussion of the accounting judgments and estimates that the Company's management has identified as critical in the preparation of the Company’s financial statements, please see “Critical Accounting Estimates” under Part II. Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023. There have been no significant changes in the Company’s critical accounting estimates during the three months ended March 31, 2024.

Current wording

For a discussion of the accounting judgments and estimates that the Company’s management has identified as critical in the preparation of the Company’s financial statements, please see “Critical Accounting Estimates” under Part II. Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023. There have been no significant changes in the Company’s critical accounting estimates during the six months ended June 30, 2024.
Rearranged current paragraphs (1)

Current report — wording carried from elsewhere

Excluding share-based payments, all other operating expense categories reflected only moderate changes period over period.