Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

STOCK BASED COMPENSATION AND WARRANTS

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STOCK BASED COMPENSATION AND WARRANTS
9 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2018
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STOCK BASED COMPENSATION AND WARRANTS

Effective May 31, 2013, the Company adopted an incentive stock option plan (the “2013 Stock Option Plan”) which replaced the prior stock option and stock bonus plans, as ratified by the Company’s shareholders at the Company’s 2015 annual meeting of shareholders. A maximum of 9,379,857 common shares were reserved for issuance under the 2013 Stock Option Plan.

The Board approved a revised stock option plan (the “Revised Stock Option Plan”) and received stockholder approval at the annual meeting held on December 19, 2017, that will increase the number of shares reserved for issuance under the stock option plan from 9,379,857 to 18,993,274.

The material terms of the Revised Stock Option Plan are as follows:

(a) While the shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (“TSX-V”), options may be granted to employees, senior officers, directors and consultants of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company and to corporations wholly-owned by such an employee, senior officer, director or consultant. If the Revised Stock Option Plan becomes subject to NI 45-106, options may be granted to employees, executive officers, directors and consultants of the Company or any parent or subsidiary of the Company and corporations controlled by them.

(b) The maximum number of common shares which can be issued under the Revised Stock Option Plan will be 18,993,274: provided that, so long as the Company is listed on the TSX-V. This maximum was reduced to 20% of the issued and outstanding common shares on December 19, 2017.

(c) The term of any option granted under the Revised Stock Option Plan will be fixed by the board of directors at the time such option is granted, provided that options will not be permitted to exceed a term of ten years.

(d) The exercise price of any options granted under the Revised Stock Option Plan will be determined by the board of directors, in its sole discretion, but shall not be less than the closing price of the shares on the stock exchange on the day preceding the day on which the directors grant such options.

(e) While the shares are listed on the TSX-V, options will be non-assignable and non-transferable. If the Revised Stock Option Plan becomes subject to NI 45-106, options will be non-assignable and non-transferable except to certain permitted assigns including a spouse, a holding company of the option holder or spouse and a trustee, custodian or administrator acting on behalf of the option holder or spouse.

(f) So long as the shares are listed on the TSX-V, options on no more than 2% of the issued shares may be granted to any one consultant, or in aggregate to all persons performing investor relations activities, in any 12-month period.

(g) If the option holder ceases to be someone eligible to receive a grant of options under the Revised Stock Option Plan, then that holder’s existing options shall expire on the earlier of (i) the expiry date fixed at the time of the option grant, and (ii) ninety days after the date that the option holder ceases to be eligible to receive a grant of options under the Revised Stock Option Plan.

Year ended November 30, 2017

Warrants

On November 28, 2017, the Company closed the sale of 35,783,612 units on a private placement basis for gross proceeds of $3,793,063. Each unit consists of one common share of Company stock and one-half of a warrant. The Company issued 35,783,612 common shares and 17,891,806 warrants. Each whole warrant is exercisable for one common share of the Company stock on or before November 28, 2022 at an exercise price of $0.18. In addition to cash compensation, the Agent received 572,354 agent warrants. Each agent warrant is exercisable for one common share of the Company stock on or before November 28, 2022 at an exercise price of $0.15. The fair value of these Agent warrants was estimated at $78,332 using the Binomial option pricing model and reflected in additional paid-in capital. The valuation considered the following assumptions- risk free rate of 2%; expected dividends of 0%; expected forfeiture rate of 0%; expected volatility of 132%; market price of the Company’s common stock of $0.17 and expected life of 5 years. If the closing price of the common shares is over $0.30 per share for a period of 20 consecutive trading days ending after November 28, 2019, the Company may give notice accelerating the expiry date of the agent warrants to a date not less than 30 days following the date of that notice.

Stock Options:

On March 27, 2017, the board of directors granted options to the CEO to acquire a total of 1,150,000 common shares. These options were issued at an exercise price of CAD $0.13 ($0.10) per share and vest thirty-three and one-third (33 1/3) percent every six months commencing January 1, 2017, with an expiry term of five years. The fair value of each option used for the purpose of estimating the stock compensation is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:

  Risk free rate   2.00%  
  Expected dividends   0%  
  Expected forfeiture rate   0%  
  Expected volatility   134.27%  
  Expected life   5 years  
  Market price of the Company’s common stock on date of grant of options $ 0.10  
  Stock-based compensation cost expensed $ 61,358  
  Unvested stock-based compensation expense $ 39,047  

On May 26, 2017, the board of directors granted 895,000 options to directors and 75,000 options to a consultant to acquire a total of 970,000 common shares. These options were issued at an exercise price of CAD $0.20 ($0.15) per share and vested immediately with an expiry term of five years. The fair value of each option used for the purpose of estimating the stock compensation is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:

  Risk free rate   2.00%  
  Expected dividends   0%  
  Expected forfeiture rate   0%  
  Expected volatility   127.0 0%  
  Expected life   5 years  
  Market price of the Company’s common stock on date of grant of options $ 0.14  
  Stock-based compensation cost expensed $ 124,326  
  Unvested stock-based compensation expense $  Nil  

On June 19, 2017, the board of directors granted options to an employee to acquire a total of 150,000 common shares. These options were issued at an exercise price of CAD $0.20 ($0.15) per share and vest immediately with an expiry term of five years. The fair value of each option used for the purpose of estimating the stock compensation is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:

  Risk free rate   2.00%  
  Expected dividends   0%  
  Expected forfeiture rate   0%  
  Expected volatility   128.83%  
  Expected life   5 years  
  Market price of the Company’s common stock on date of grant of options $ 0.14  
  Stock-based compensation cost expensed $ 17,795  
  Unvested stock-based compensation expense $  Nil  

On August 10, 2017, the board of directors granted options to a new director to acquire a total of 96,667 common shares. These options were issued at an exercise price of CAD $0.20 ($0.16) per share and vest immediately with an expiry term of five years. The fair value of each option used for the purpose of estimating the stock compensation is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:

  Risk free rate   2.00%  
  Expected dividends   0%  
  Expected forfeiture rate   0%  
  Expected volatility   129.90%  
  Expected life   5 years  
  Market price of the Company’s common stock on date of grant of options $ 0.13  
  Stock-based compensation cost expensed $ 10,633  
  Unvested stock-based compensation expense $  Ni l  

As of November 30, 2017, there was $39,047 of unrecognized expense related to non-vested stock-based compensation arrangements granted.

Nine months ended August 31, 2018

Warrants

The Company did not issue any warrants during the nine- month period ended August 31, 2018.

Stock Options:

On March 27, 2017, the board of directors had granted options to the CEO to acquire a total of 1,150,000 common shares. These options were issued at an exercise price of CAD $0.13 ($0.10) per share and vest thirty-three and one-third (33 1/3) percent every six months commencing January 1, 2017, with an expiry term of five years. The Company expensed stock-based compensation expense of $39,046 regarding the vesting of options during the nine-month period ended August 31, 2018 leaving a balance of $nil as unvested stock- based compensation expense.

On April 13, 2018, the Company issued 1,500,000 options for shares of the Company’s common stock to the CTO, Mr. André Buys, with a strike price equal to the Company’s stock price on April 13, 2018 and a trigger price of $0.30, $0.50 and $1.00 for each batch of 500,000 options, respectively. The Company’s stock price must close above the trigger price for 20 days in order for the option to be vested. The options shall have a seven-year life from grant date and Mr. Buys must remain employed by the Company for three years for the options to vest. The fair value of each option used for the purpose of estimating the stock compensation is estimated using the Binomial Lattice model with the following assumptions:

  Risk free rate   5.50%  
  Expected dividends   0%  
  Expected forfeiture rate   0%  
  Expected volatility   188%  
  Expected life   7 years  
  Market price of the Company’s common stock on date of grant of options $ 0.16  
  Stock-based compensation cost expensed $ 6,341  
  Unvested stock-based compensation expense $ 44,386  

As of August 31, 2018, there was $44,386 of unrecognized expense related to non-vested stock-based compensation arrangements granted.