Financial instruments

12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2023

Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [abstract]

23.	Financial instruments

Overview

This note provides disclosures relating to the nature and extent of the Company’s exposure to risks arising from financial instruments, including credit risk, liquidity risk, currency risk and interest rate risk, and how the Company manages those risks. In addition to currency risk, the Company has exposure to risks from disputed accounts receivables.

Credit risk

Credit risk refers to the risk of a loss if a customer or counterparty to a financial instrument fails to meet its contractual obligations. The Company regularly monitors credit risk exposure and takes steps to mitigate the likelihood of this exposure resulting in losses.

The Company’s exposure to credit risk currently relates to accounts receivable with one major customer (refer to Note 27), other receivable and derivative financial assets which it manages by dealing only with highly rated Canadian

financial institutions. Included in the consolidated statements of financial position are trade receivables of $12,798 (2022 – $10,659), all of which were aged under 60 days or received after year end. There was no amount recorded as bad debt expense for the years ended November 30, 2023 and 2022. Financial instruments other than cash and trade and other receivables that potentially subject the Company to

significant credit risk consists principally of bonds and money market funds. The Company invests its available cash in highly liquid fixed income instruments from governmental, paragovernmental, municipal and

high-grade

corporate bodies and money market funds (2023 – $6,290; 202

– $9,214). As at November 30, 2023, the Company believes it was not exposed to any significant credit risk. The Company’s maximum credit exposure corresponded to the carrying amount of these financial assets.

Liquidity risk

Liquidity risk refers to the risk that the Company will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they become due. As indicated in Note 24, the Company manages this risk through the management of its capital structure. It also manages liquidity risk by continuously monitoring actual and projected cash flows. The Board of Directors reviews and approves the Company’s operating and capital budgets, as well as any material transactions out of the ordinary course of business.

The Company has adopted an investment policy in respect of the safety and preservation of its capital designed to ensure that the Company’s liquidity needs are met. The instruments are selected with regards to the expected timing of expenditures and prevailing interest rates.

Pursuant to the Marathon Credit Agreement, the Company is required to maintain cash, cash equivalents and eligible short-term investments overtime between

$15,000

to $20,000

based on the last twelve months adjusted EBITDA-based targets, which restricts the management of the Company’s liquidity. Refer to notes 1 and 17.

The following are amounts due on the contractual maturities of financial liabilities as at November 30, 2023 and 2022.



									2023

	Carrying amount		Total contractual amount		Less than 1 year		From 1 to 2 years		More than 3 years


Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	28,471	$	28,471	$	28,471	$	-	$	-

Facility loan, including interest (1)		57,974		80,141		17,416		50,348		12,377

Lease liabilities		994		1,108		487		516		105


	$	87,439	$	109,720	$	46,374	$	50,864	$	12,482

(1)

Based on SOFR forward rates.


									2022

	Carrying amount		Total contractual amount		Less than 1 year		From 1 to 2 years		More than 3 years


Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	41,065	$	41,065	$	41,065	$	-	$	-

Term loan, including interest (2)		37,894		57,667		5,649		28,421		23,597

Convertible unsecured senior notes, including interest		26,895		29,081		29,081		-		-

Lease liabilities		1,922		2,196		595		1,145		456


	$	107,776	$	130,009	$	76,390	$	29,566	$	24,053

(2)

Based on SOFR forward rates. The maturities above reflect the fact that the Marathon Credit Agreement has been amended in the subsequent event period and, as such, the contractual maturities are used.

Currency risk

The Company is exposed to financial risk related to the fluctuation of foreign exchange rates and the degree of volatility of those rates. Currency risk is limited to the portion of the Company’s business transactions denominated in currencies other than US$, primarily cash, sale of goods and expenses incurred in CA$ and euros.

Exchange rate fluctuations for foreign currency transactions can cause cash flows, as well as amounts recorded in the consolidated statements of net loss, to vary from period to period and not necessarily correspond to those forecasted in operating budgets and projections. Additional earnings variability arises from the translation of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the US$ at the rates of exchange at each consolidated statement of financial position date, the impact of which is reported as foreign exchange gain or loss in the consolidated statements of net loss.

The following table presents the significant items in the original currencies exposed to currency risk as at November 30, 2023 and 2022.



			2023				2022

	CA$		EURO		CA$		EURO

Cash		358		123		1,547		236

Bonds and money market funds		8,543		-		12,387		-

Trade and other receivables		296		2		733		2,141

Tax credits and grants receivable		497		145		66		239

Accounts payables and accrued liabilities		(5,395)		(224)		(10,784)		(5,849)

Lease liabilities		(925)		(288)		(1,362)		(873)

Provisions		(326)		(3,192)		-		(3,486)


Total exposure		3,048		(3,434)		2,587		(7,592)

The following exchange rates are those applicable as at November 30, 2023 and 2022.



			2023				2022
	Average rate		Reporting date rate		Average rate		Reporting date rate


CA$ – US$		0,7404		0,7363		0,7722		0,7439

Euro – US$		1,0792		1,0903		1,0600		1,0406

Based on the Company’s foreign currency exposures noted above, varying the above foreign exchange rates to reflect a 5% strengthening of the CA$ or the euro would have an impact on net earnings for CA$ and in the accumulated other comprehensive loss for euro as follows, assuming that all other variables remained constant.



			2023				2022

	CA$		Euro		CA$		Euro

Positive (negative) impact		152		(172)		129		(380)

An assumed 5%

weakening of the CA$ or of the euro would have had an equal but opposite effect on the above currencies in the amounts shown above, assuming that all other variables remained constant.

Interest rate risk

Interest rate risk refers to the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market interest rates.

Short-term

bonds held by the Company are invested at fixed interest rates and/or mature in the short term.

Long-term

bonds are also instruments that bear interest at fixed rates. The risk that the Company will realize a loss as a result of a decline in the fair value of its bonds is limited because these investments, although they are classified as fair value through OCI, are generally held until close to maturity. The unrealized gains or losses on bonds are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).

Based on the value of the Company’s

short-

and

long-term

bonds as at November 30, 2023, an assumed 0.5% decrease in market interest rates would have increased the fair value of these bonds and the accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) by approximately

(2022 – $79); an assumed increase in market interest rates of 0.5% would have an equal but opposite effect, assuming that all other variables remained constant.

Cash and money market funds bear interest at variable rates. Trade and other receivables, accounts payable and accrued liabilities and provisions bear no interest.