NexMetals Mining Corp.

1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND GOING CONCERN

a) Nature of Operations

NexMetals Mining Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiaries’ (collectively, the “Company” or “NEXM”) principal business activity is the exploration and evaluation of the Selebi and Selebi North copper-nickel-cobalt (“Cu-Ni-Co”) mines in Botswana and related infrastructure (together, the “Selebi Mines”), as well as the exploration and evaluation of the copper, nickel, cobalt, platinum-group elements (“Cu-Ni-Co-PGE”) Selkirk mine in Botswana, together with associated infrastructure and four surrounding prospecting licences (collectively, the “Selkirk Mine” and together with the Selebi Mines, the “Mines”).

The common shares of NEXM (“Common Shares”) are listed and posted for trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market (the “Nasdaq”) and on the TSX Venture Exchange (the “TSXV”) under the symbol “NEXM”. The Company’s head and registered office is located at 1111 West Hastings Street, 15th Floor, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6E 2J3.

b) Going Concern

The Company, being in the exploration stage, is subject to risks and challenges similar to companies in a comparable stage of exploration and development. These risks include the challenges of securing adequate capital for exploration and advancement of the Company’s material projects, operational risks inherent in the mining industry, and global economic and metal price volatility, and there is no assurance management will be successful in its endeavours.

These unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the assumption that the Company will continue as a going concern, meaning it will continue in operation for the foreseeable future and will be able to realize assets and discharge liabilities in the ordinary course of operations. The ability of the Company to continue operations as a going concern is ultimately dependent upon achieving profitable operations and its ability to obtain adequate financing. The Company incurred a net loss of $10,623,437 for the three months ended March 31, 2026. To date, the Company has not generated profitable operations from its resource activities and will need to invest additional funds in carrying out its planned evaluation, development and operational activities.

It is not possible to predict whether future financing efforts will be successful or if the Company will attain a profitable level of operations. These material uncertainties cast substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. These unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts and classification of liabilities and the reported expenses and comprehensive loss that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern. These adjustments could be material.

The properties in which the Company currently has an interest are in pre-revenue stage. As such, the Company is dependent on external financing to fund its activities. In order to carry out the planned activities and cover administrative costs, the Company will use its existing working capital and raise additional amounts as needed.

Although the Company has been successful in its past fundraising activities, the Company will need further funding to support advancement of the Selebi Mines and the Selkirk Mine toward the development stage and there is no assurance as to the success of future fundraising efforts or as to the sufficiency of funds raised in the future.

2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

(a)Statement of Compliance

These unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements reflect the accounts of the Company and have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with US GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of a normal recurring nature, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented.

The accompanying unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025. The interim period results do not necessarily indicate the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the full fiscal year.

(b)Basis of Preparation

These unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified by the revaluation of any financial assets and financial liabilities where applicable. The preparation of these unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements in accordance with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. The Company assessed certain accounting matters that generally require consideration of forecasted financial information in context with the information reasonably available to the Company as of March 31, 2026, and through the date of this Report filing.

Operating segments are reported in a manner consistent with the internal reporting provided to executive management. The Company determined that it has one reportable operating segment being that of the acquisition, exploration and evaluation of mineral properties in three geographic segments, which are Canada, Barbados and Botswana (Note 15).

The Company’s presentation currency is Canadian dollars. Reference herein of $ or CAD is to Canadian dollars, US$ or USD is to United States dollars, and BWP is to Botswana pula.

The significant accounting policies used in the preparation of these unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements are consistent with those used in the preparation of the audited annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025. There were no changes in significant accounting policies during the three months ended March 31, 2026.

(c)Basis of Consolidation

These unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries as summarized in the table below. All intercompany transactions, balances, income and expenses are eliminated upon consolidation.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements and Disclosures Not Yet Adopted

(i) ASU 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures and ASU 2025-01 (Subtopic 220-40): Clarifying the Effective Date

In November 2024, Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) which will require entities to provide disaggregated disclosure of specified categories of expenses that are included on the face of the income statement, including: purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, amortization and depletion. In January 2025, FASB clarified the effective dates of this ASU, which becomes effective January 1, 2027. The Company is assessing the impact of this ASU, and upon adoption, may be required to include certain additional disclosures in the notes to its consolidated financial statements.

3. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

A summary of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents is detailed in the table below:

4. PREPAID EXPENSES

As of March 31, 2026, prepaid expenses include $2,095,715 relating to drilling consumables for the Selebi Main surface drilling program (December 31, 2025 - $64,411). These amounts represent advance payments for consumables not yet received by the Company.

5. OTHER RECEIVABLES

A summary of the Company’s other receivables is detailed in the table below:

VAT on purchases at December 31, 2025, includes a receivable in the amount of $4,813,564 (Note 8) arising from the second instalment payment in respect of the Selebi Mines and Selkirk Mine (Note 6), which the Company received on February 18, 2026.

6. EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS

The exploration and evaluation assets of the Company consist of the acquisition costs of mining assets located in Botswana:

The following is a description of the Company’s exploration and evaluation assets and the related spending commitments:

Botswana Assets - Selebi and Selkirk

In September 2021, the Company executed the Selebi Asset Purchase Agreement (“Selebi APA”) with the BCL Limited (“BCL”) liquidator to acquire the Selebi Mines formerly operated by BCL. In January 2022, the Company closed the transaction and ownership of the Selebi Mines transferred to the Company.

Pursuant to the Selebi APA, the aggregate purchase price payable to the seller for the Selebi Mines shall be the sum of $78,345,318 (US$56,750,000), which amount shall be paid in three instalments:

The total acquisition cost of the Selebi Mines includes the first instalment of $2,086,830 (US$1,750,000), the payment of the care and maintenance funding contribution of $6,164,688 (US$5,178,747), and the second instalment of $34,441,488 (US$25,000,000).

In addition to the Selebi APA, the purchase of the Selebi Mines is also subject to a royalty agreement as well as a contingent consideration agreement with the liquidator. The royalty agreement consists of a net smelter returns royalty (the “Selebi NSR”) of 2% on the net value of sales of concentrate or other materials with respect to production from the Selebi mining licence, of which the Company has the right to buy-back 50% (Note 11). The contingent consideration agreement consists of two components: (i) a sliding scale payment of US$0.50/tonne of ore up to US$1.40/tonne of ore with respect to the discovery of new mineable deposits greater than 25 million tonnes of ore from a base case of 15.9 million tonnes, with a minimum grade of 2.5% nickel equivalent, accrued at the time of a decision to mine; and (ii) price participation of 15% on post-tax net earnings directly attributable to an increase of 25% or more in commodity prices, on a quarterly basis, for a period of seven years from the date of first shipment of concentrate or other materials.

The Company also negotiated a separate asset purchase agreement (the “Selkirk APA”) with the liquidator of Tati Nickel Mining Company (“TNMC”) in January 2022 to acquire the Selkirk deposit and related infrastructure formerly operated by TNMC. The transaction closed in August 2022.

The Selkirk APA does not provide for a purchase price or initial payment for the purchase of the assets. The acquisition cost of the Selkirk Mine of $327,109 (US$244,954) was the care and maintenance funding contribution from April 1, 2021, to the closing date of the Selkirk APA. The Selkirk APA provides that if the Company elects to develop the Selkirk Mine first, the payment of the second Selebi instalment of $34,441,488 (US$25,000,000) would be upon the approval by the MMRGTES of the Company’s Section 42 and Section 43 applications (for the further extension of the Selkirk mining licence and amendment of the Selkirk mining program, respectively). The Company prepaid the non-refundable second instalment. For the third Selebi instalment of $41,817,000 (US$30,000,000), if the Selkirk Mine were to be commissioned earlier than the Selebi Mines, the payment would trigger on the Selkirk Mine’s commission date. The Selkirk APA provides for a three-year study phase originally expiring August 17, 2025, which has been extended for one year to August 17, 2026.

In addition to the Selkirk APA, the purchase of the Selkirk Mine is also subject to a royalty agreement as well as a contingent consideration agreement with the liquidator. The royalty agreement consists of a net smelter returns royalty (the “Selkirk NSR”) of 1% on the net value of sales of concentrate or other materials with respect to production from the Selkirk mining licence, which the Company has the right to buy-back in full (Note 11). The contingent consideration agreement is on similar terms as the Selebi Mines contingent consideration.

In August 2023, the Company entered into a binding commitment letter with the liquidator of BCL to acquire a 100% interest in two additional deposits (“Phikwe South” and the “Southeast Extension”) located adjacent to and immediately north of the Selebi North shaft. The agreement has since lapsed and in August 2025, the Company informed the liquidator of BCL that it would no longer be pursuing the acquisition of the Phikwe South and the Southeast Extension deposits. As a result, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $501,497 during the year ended December 31, 2025, related to care and maintenance costs during the evaluation period of the properties in 2023, which had been previously capitalized as part of the Selebi Mines acquisition cost.

Both the Selebi Mines and Selkirk Mine are subject to a royalty payable to the Botswana Government of 5% of all precious metals sales and 3% of all base metals sales.

General Exploration Expenses

Details of the general exploration expenses by nature are presented as follows:

7. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

The tables below set out costs and accumulated depreciation and amortization as at March 31, 2026, and December 31, 2025:

Notes:

8. TRADE PAYABLES AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES

A summary of trade payables and accrued liabilities is detailed in the table below:

Amounts due to related parties at December 31, 2025, includes severance payable of $500,000 to the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer in accordance with the succession plan announced on December 15, 2025, which was paid upon his departure in January 2026.

Trade payables at December 31, 2025, include $4,813,564 (Note 5) of VAT due to the BCL liquidator arising from the second instalment payment in respect of the Selebi Mines and Selkirk Mine (Note 6).

Severance payable at March 31, 2026, includes amounts due to the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer who departed the Company in December 2024 and July 2025, respectively, of which $48,697 is payable in equal monthly instalments until December 31, 2026, and $59,792 is payable in equal monthly instalments until July 31, 2026.

9. MORTGAGE PAYABLE

In August 2025, the Company’s indirectly wholly owned Botswanan subsidiary, Premium Nickel Resources Proprietary Limited (“PNRPL”), entered into a mortgage in respect of the Company’s previously acquired Syringa Lodge located near the Selebi Mines. The Company acquired the Syringa Lodge to house non-local personnel and consultants when visiting the Selebi Mines and for additional office space.

The remaining principal amount of the mortgage is $1,234,614 (BWP 12,358,504), is denominated in Botswanan pula, bears interest at Absa Prime Lending Rate (6.76% at March 31, 2026) plus 1.5% per annum, is repayable in fifty three (53) remaining equal monthly blended instalments of principal and interest with a maturity date of August 20, 2030, and is secured by the Syringa Lodge. There is no fee for prepayment, and the mortgage is subject to a cash flow to debt service covenant which takes into consideration parent company capital contributions and is to be assessed based on each calendar year. The Company was in compliance with this covenant as of December 31, 2025.

For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.

10. TERM LOAN

The Company had a three-year term loan (the “Term Loan”) with Cymbria Corporation (“Cymbria”), the lender and an affiliate of the Company’s largest shareholder, EdgePoint Investment Group Inc. (“EdgePoint”), in the amount of $20,882,353 which bore interest at a rate of 10% per annum and was to mature on June 28, 2026.

On March 18, 2025, the Company closed a financing transaction (the “March 2025 Financing”) which included a non-brokered private placement (Note 12(a)) and the conversion of the Term Loan to equity (the “Debt Conversion”).

The Company issued to Cymbria an aggregate of 3,480,392 units (each, a “Settlement Unit”) at a deemed issue price of $6.00 per Settlement Unit in full satisfaction of the $20,882,353 principal amount outstanding under the Term Loan. Each Settlement Unit consisted of one Common Share of the Company and one Common Share purchase warrant (each, a “Settlement Warrant”) of the Company. Accrued interest under the Term Loan, up to the date of the Debt Conversion, in the amount of $268,896, was settled in cash.

Each Settlement Warrant entitles the holder to acquire one additional Common Share of the Company at a price of $8.00 per Common Share until March 18, 2028. If, at any time prior to the expiry date, the volume-weighted average trading price of the Common Shares is at least $40.00 per Common Share for a period of 20 trading days, the Company may, at its option, accelerate the expiry date with 30 days’ notice to the Settlement Warrant holders.

The fair value of the Common Shares issued as part of the Settlement Units was estimated at $17,727,018 and was determined by applying an implied discount of 37.9% per Common Share for lack of marketability to the market observed price on the date of issuance. The fair value of the Settlement Warrants was estimated at $7,398,104 using a Monte Carlo model. The $5,982,434 difference between the fair value of the Settlement Units issued of $25,125,122 and the carrying amount of the Term Loan of $19,142,687 was recognized as a loss in the three months ended March 31, 2025.

The Monte Carlo model used to value the Settlement Warrants was based on the following assumptions:

The volatility was determined by calculating the historical volatility of the Company’s share price over a 3-year period using daily closing prices. The formula used to compute historical volatility is the standard deviation of the logarithmic returns. The same implied discount for lack of marketability for purposes of the Common Shares valuation was also applied to the share price for the Settlement Warrants valuation.

In connection with the March 2025 Financing, the Company issued: (i)200,000 Common Shares to TriView Capital Ltd. (“TriView”) for its services as finder; (ii)450,000 Common Shares to Fiore Management and Advisory Corp. (“Fiore”) and 187,500 Common Shares to Bowering Projects Ltd. (“Bowering”) for certain advisory services; and (iii)179,335 Common Shares to a financial advisor for financial advisory services. The fair value of these shares was determined to be $5,179,586. In addition to the Common Shares, the Company incurred various legal, listing and financing fees payable in cash totalling $2,371,203. Certain of these fees were allocated between the non-brokered private placement (Note 12(a)) and Debt Conversion transactions based on the value of the units issued under each transaction.

All securities issued as part of the Debt Conversion were subject to a hold period, which expired July 19, 2025, with the exception of the Common Shares issued to Fiore and Bowering which had a hold period which expired March 18, 2026.

The following is a continuity of the Term Loan:

11. NSR OPTION

In 2023, Cymbria paid an aggregate of $2,750,000 (“Option Payment”) to two subsidiaries of NEXM to acquire a right to participate with such subsidiaries in the exercise of certain contractual rights. The Option Payment was allocated to PNRPL and PNGPL (defined below) for $2,500,000 and $250,000, respectively.

As the NSR options are exercisable entirely at the discretion of Cymbria and the underlying projects are in the exploration stage, the fair value of the call and put on the options as at March 31, 2026, and December 31, 2025, is $nil. The Option Payment received in cash was recorded as a non-current liability.

NEXM’s indirect wholly owned subsidiary, PNRPL, acquired the Selebi Mines in January 2022 out of liquidation. Pursuant to the acquisition agreement, the liquidator retained a 2% net smelter returns royalty on the Selebi Mines. PNRPL has a contractual right to repurchase one half of the Selebi NSR at a future time on payment by PNRPL to the liquidator of $27,878,000 (US$20,000,000).

NEXM’s indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Premium Nickel Group Proprietary Limited (“PNGPL”), acquired the Selkirk Mine in August 2022 out of liquidation. Pursuant to the acquisition agreement, the liquidator retained a 1% net smelter returns royalty on the Selkirk Mine. PNGPL has a contractual right to repurchase the entirety of the Selkirk NSR at a future time on payment by PNGPL to the liquidator of $2,787,800 (US$2,000,000).

Each of PNRPL and PNGPL has agreed to grant Cymbria, in exchange for the Option Payment, an option to participate in any such repurchase of the applicable portion of its NSR from the relevant liquidator. Cymbria will, following the exercise of its option to participate in any such repurchase, acquire a 0.5% NSR royalty on the applicable property by paying an amount equal to one half of the repurchase price payable by PNRPL or PNGPL pursuant to the applicable NSR, less the Option Payment paid at closing pursuant to the relevant option agreement among Cymbria and PNRPL or PNGPL. Cymbria also has the right: (i) at any time following the date of any buyback exercise notice from PNRPL and/or PNGPL and prior to the first anniversary of sale of product, to terminate the option and receive from PNRPL and/or PNGPL a refund of the related option price paid by Cymbria; (ii) upon receipt from PNRPL and/or PNGPL of any termination, settlement or waiver of the buyback right or royalty agreement and prior to the first anniversary of sale of product, to exercise the option or terminate the option, and if terminated PNRPL and/or PNGPL shall refund the related option price paid by Cymbria; (iii) to exercise the option and compel PNRPL and/or PNGPL to exercise the buyback right at any time within the first nine months immediately following the first anniversary of sale of product and not less than 60 days prior to the date of exercise of the buyback right; and (iv) to require PNRPL and/or PNGPL to repurchase the option from Cymbria for an amount equal to the option price at any time commencing on the first anniversary of sale of product, provided PNRPL and/or PNGPL have not provided a buyback exercise notice or notice of any termination, settlement or waiver of the buyback right or royalty agreement to Cymbria.

Under the NSR option purchase agreements, Cymbria could acquire a 0.5% net smelter returns royalty on the Selebi Mines and Selkirk Mine upon payment of $11,294,075 (US$8,102,500) and $1,129,407 (US$810,250), respectively.

12. SHARE CAPITAL

The authorized capital of the Company comprises anunlimited number of Common Shares without par value and 20,000,000 Preferred Shares, issuable in series, of which 4,000,000 are authorized to be designated as Series 1 Convertible Preferred Shares.

There are currently 118,186 Series 1 Convertible Preferred Shares outstanding, without par value, which are convertible at a ratio of 180:1, to 657 Common Shares.

a) Common Shares Issued and Outstanding

Three months ended March 31, 2026

During the three months ended March 31, 2026,110,558 Common Shares were issued for the vesting and net settlement of restricted share units (“RSUs”), and 9,852 Common Shares were used for the vesting and net settlement of deferred share units (“DSUs”).

As at March 31, 2026, the Company had 35,623,164 Common Shares issued and outstanding (December 31, 2025 –35,502,754).

Year ended December 31, 2025

During the year ended December 31, 2025,2,124 Common Shares were issued for the net exercise of 12,000 options to purchase Common Shares (“Options”), and 16,212 Common Shares were issued for the vesting and settlement of RSUs.

November 2025 Financing

On November 17, 2025, the Company closed a brokered public offering in Canada (the “November 2025 Financing”) which consisted of issuing 14,035,100 units (each, a “November 2025 Unit”) of the Company at a price of $5.70 per unit for aggregate proceeds of $80,000,070. Each November 2025 Unit consisted of one Common share of the Company and one Common Share purchase warrant of the Company (each a “November 2025 Warrant”). Each November 2025 Warrant entitles the holder to acquire one additional Common Share at a price of $8.00 per share until November 17, 2027.

In connection with the November 2025 Financing, the agents received a total cash fee of $4,512,017 equal to 6.0% of the gross proceeds and a reduced cash fee equal to 2.0% for sales to certain individuals. The Company also incurred various legal, listing and financing fees payable in cash totalling $821,864.

The relative fair value of the Common Shares issued under the November 2025 Financing was estimated at $61,884,376 and was determined based on the market observed price on the date of issuance. The relative fair value of the November 2025 Warrants was estimated at $18,115,694 using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model. Gross proceeds raised of $80,000,070 and related issuance costs were allocated to the Common Shares and warrants based on relative fair values.

The fair value of the November 2025 Warrants was calculated using the following assumptions:

The volatility was determined by calculating the historical volatility of the Company’s share price over a 2-year period using daily closing prices. The formula used to compute historical volatility is the standard deviation of the logarithmic returns.

March 2025 Financing

On March 18, 2025, the Company closed the March 2025 Financing which included a non-brokered private placement and the conversion of its $20,882,353 three-year Term Loan with Cymbria (Note 10).

The non-brokered private placement (the “Private Placement”) consisted of issuing 7,666,667 units (each, a “Private Placement Unit”) of the Company at a price of $6.00 per unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $46,000,000. Each Private Placement Unit consisted of one Common Share of the Company and one-half of one Common Share purchase warrant (each whole warrant, a “Private Placement Warrant”) of the Company. Each Private Placement Warrant entitles the holder to acquire one additional Common Share at a price of $11.00 per share until March 18, 2028.

In connection with the March 2025 Financing, the Company issued: (i)200,000 Common Shares to TriView for its services as finder; (ii)450,000 Common Shares to Fiore and 187,500 Common Shares to Bowering for certain advisory services; and (iii)179,335 Common Shares to a financial advisor for financial advisory services. The fair value of these shares was determined to be $5,179,586. In addition to the Common Shares, the Company incurred various legal, listing and financing fees payable in cash totalling $2,371,203. Certain of these fees were allocated between the Private Placement and Debt Conversion (Note 10) transactions based on the value of the units issued under each transaction.

All securities issued as part of the Private Placement were subject to a hold period which expired July 19, 2025, with the exception of the Common Shares issued to Fiore and Bowering which had a hold period which expired March 18, 2026.

The fair value of the Common Shares issued under the Private Placement was estimated at $39,048,922 and was determined by applying an implied discount of 37.9% per Common Share for lack of marketability to the market observed price on the date of issuance. The fair value of the Private Placements Warrants was estimated at $6,951,078 using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model.

The fair value of the Private Placement Warrants was calculated using the following assumptions:

The volatility was determined by calculating the historical volatility of the Company’s share price over a 3-year period using daily closing prices. The formula used to compute historical volatility is the standard deviation of the logarithmic returns. The same implied discount for lack of marketability for purposes of the Common Shares valuation was also applied to the share price for the Settlement Warrants valuation.

b) Warrants

The following summarizes Common Share purchase warrant activity:

At March 31, 2026, the Company had outstanding Common Share purchase warrants exercisable to acquire Common Shares as follows:

c) Omnibus Plan

The Company has a long-term omnibus incentive plan (the “Omnibus Plan”) which provides for the award of RSUs, DSUs and Options (RSUs, DSUs, and Options collectively referred to herein as “Awards”) to directors, officers, employees and consultants upon approval by the board of directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors” or the “Board”). The maximum aggregate number of Common Shares issuable in respect of all past and future Awards granted or issued, at any point, shall not exceed 10% of the total number of issued and outstanding Common Shares on a non-diluted basis at such point in time, subject to certain participation limits on grants. No Award granted or issued under the Omnibus Plan, other than Options, may vest before the date that is one year following the date it is granted or issued.

Options

An Option is an Award that gives a participant the right to purchase one Common Share at a specified price. The exercise price of each Option shall not be less than the discounted market price on the grant date and as approved by the Board of Directors of the Company. The Options can be granted for a maximum term often years.

The following summarizes the Option activity:

No Options were exercised for the three months ended March 31, 2026. The total intrinsic value of Options exercised for the year ended December 31, 2025, was $30,996.

During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company granted an aggregate of 50,000 Options to consultants. The Options have a term of 2 years, vested immediately on the date of grant and have a weighted average exercise price of $8.00 per Common Share.

The fair value of Options granted was calculated using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model. The volatility was determined using the historical daily volatility over the expected life of the Options. The expected life of the Options considered the contractual term of the Options, as well as an estimate of the time to exercise. The Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model used the following assumptions:

For the three months ended March 31, 2026, a total of $252,699 (three months ended March 31, 2025 - $879,513) was recorded as share-based compensation expense and credited to additional paid-in capital related to Options.

Details of Options outstanding as at March 31, 2026, are as follows:

RSUs

An RSU is an Award that, upon settlement, entitles the recipient participant to receive one Common Share. The number, terms, and vesting conditions of RSUs awarded will be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. The Company uses the fair value method of accounting for the recording of RSU grants, and the fair value of the RSUs is determined based on the closing price of the Company’s Common Shares on the grant date.

During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company granted an aggregate of 134,300 RSUs to employees, directors, officers and consultants with 47,800 vesting in full on the first anniversary of the date of grant, and the remaining 86,500 vesting in equal instalments on the second and third anniversary of the grant date.

The following is a continuity of the RSUs which are fixed and are not subject to vesting conditions other than service:

For the three months ended March 31, 2026, a total of $647,357 (three month ended March 31, 2025 – $148,068) was recorded as share-based compensation expense and credited to additional paid-in capital related to RSUs. The total intrinsic value of RSUs redeemed during the three months ended March 31, 2026, was $422,650 and intrinsic value of shares withheld for taxes was $75,374 (three months ended March 31, 2025 – $nil and $nil, respectively).

DSUs

DSUs are granted annually by the Board of Directors and outstanding DSUs are settled in cash upon redemption. The number and vesting conditions of DSUs awarded will be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. Each director may elect to receive any part or all of their cash-based portion of director fees in DSUs.

The DSUs credited to the account of a director may be redeemed no earlier than 90 days after the end of the year in which they ceased to be a director, and no later than the end of the calendar year following the year in which the holder ceases to be a director.

The following is a continuity of the DSUs:

Note:

During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company didnot grant DSUs to Directors. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company recorded a fair value adjustment gain of $99,619 on the outstanding DSUs (three months ended March 31, 2025 – gain of $10,824). During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the DSU compensation, net of fair value adjustments was a net gain of $43,828 (three months ended March 31, 2025 - net gain of $10,824). The total intrinsic value of DSUs redeemed during the three months ended March 31, 2026, was $114,683 and intrinsic value of shares withheld for taxes was $54,699 (March 31, 2025 –$nil and $nil, respectively).

The DSUs are classified as a derivative financial liability measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recorded in profit or loss. The fair value of the DSUs was determined based on the closing price of the Company’s Common Shares on the respective balance sheet date. As at March 31, 2026, the Company reassessed the fair value of the DSUs at $214,882 and recorded the amount as a DSU liability (December 31, 2025 - $373,392).

13. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The following amounts due to related parties are included in trade payables and accrued liabilities (Note 8).

Amounts due to related parties at December 31, 2025, include severance payable of $500,000 due to the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer in accordance with the succession plan announced on December 15, 2025, which was paid upon his departure in January 2026.

Key management personnel are defined as members of the Board of Directors and certain senior management.

Key management compensation was related to the following:

14. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

ASC 820 - Fair Value Measurementestablishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy. The fair value hierarchy’s three tiers are based on the extent to which inputs used in measuring fair value are observable in the market, and are as follows:

Determination of fair value and the resulting hierarchy requires the use of observable market data whenever available. The classification of an asset or liability in the hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the measurement of fair value.

The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, trade payables, accrued liabilities, vehicle financing and mortgage payable approximate their fair value due to their short-term nature or are at market rates. A summary of the carrying value and fair value of other financial instruments were as follows:

Notes:

The following represents a summary of the Company’s future debt maturities based on the principal amounts outstanding for vehicle financing and mortgage payable at March 31, 2026:

15. SEGMENTED INFORMATION

The Company has identified its Chief Executive Officer as its Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”). The CODM evaluates the Company’s performance and segmented results based on Loss for the Period Before Other Items. The significant segment expenses reviewed by the CODM are consistent with the expense line items presented in Loss for the Period Before Other Items in the Company’s unaudited condensed interim consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The CODM uses Loss for the Period Before Other Items to assess segment performance against the Company’s planned results, and to allocate capital investment.

The Company operates inone reportable operating segment being that of the acquisition, exploration and evaluation of mineral properties inthree geographic segments, being Botswana, Barbados and Canada. The Company’s geographic segments are as follows:

16. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

There are no environmental liabilities associated with the Mines as at the acquisition dates as all liabilities incurred prior to the acquisitions are the responsibility of the sellers, BCL and TNMC. The Company has an obligation for the rehabilitation costs arising subsequent to the acquisitions. As of March 31, 2026, there were no material rehabilitation costs for which the Company expects to incur, and management is not aware of or anticipating any contingent liabilities that could impact the financial position or performance of the Company related to its exploration and evaluation assets.

17. GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

Details of the general and administrative expenses are presented in the following table:

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