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Going Concern
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Going Concern

3. Going Concern

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company had net loss of $12,534,414. As at December 31, 2022, the Company has working capital of $15,870,377 and had an accumulated deficit of $33,384,219. The Company has never generated profit from operations and relies on debt and equity financing for continued operations. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon the ability to generate cash flows from operations and obtain financing. The Company intends to continue funding operations through equity and debt financing arrangements, which may be insufficient to fund its capital expenditures, working capital and other cash requirements in the long term. There can be no assurance that the steps management is taking will be successful.

 

The Company has historically operated at a loss, although that may change as sales volumes increase. As of December 31, 2022, the Company had working capital of $15,870,377 (2021 – $32,235,216) and an accumulated deficit of $33,384,219 (2021 - $20,849,805). As of December 31, 2022, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $14,620,757 (2021 - $28,567,333). Despite the company almost having completed its purchasing of large manufacturing machinery, operational costs are expected to remain elevated and, thus, decrease cash and cash equivalents. Concurrently, the Company intends to begin manufacturing and increasing sales volumes within 2023, which should mitigate the effects of operational costs on cash and cash equivalents; this view is supported by the fact that the manufacturing facility of the Company is near completion and is expected to start generating more substantial revenue in the second quarter of 2023, barring unforeseeable delays.

 

The Company has successfully raised cash, and it is positioned to do so again if deemed necessary or strategically advantageous. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company, through its Reg-A public offering, private placement offering, underwritten public offering, and exercises of warrants, raised an aggregate of approximately $32,500,000. On September 30, 2022, the Company filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3, which was declared effective by the SEC on October 13, 2022 allowing the Company to issue up to $30,000,000 of common stock and up to $13,000,000 of common stock that may be issued and sold under an At The Market Offering Agreement dated as of September 30, 2022.

 

The Company has evaluated whether there are conditions and events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date the financial statements are issued. Based on its current operating plans, the Company believes it has a sufficient level of funding for anticipated operations, capital expenditures and debt repayments for a period of at least 12 months from the issuance date of this Annual Report. Still, these factors, among others, indicate the existence of a material uncertainty that cast substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. These adjustments could be material.