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The Company’s financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, restricted cash, deposits, accounts payable and accrued liabilities and notes payable. The Company is exposed to risks related to changes in interest rates and management of cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments.

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Credit risk

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Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash. These assets include Canadian dollar and U.S. dollar denominated certificates of deposit, money market accounts and demand deposits. These instruments are maintained at financial institutions in Canada and the U.S. Of the amount held on deposit, approximately $0.9 million is covered by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Securities Investor Protection Corporation or the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, leaving approximately $12.2 million at risk at June 30, 2020 should the financial institutions with which these amounts are invested be rendered insolvent. The Company does not consider any of its financial assets to be impaired as of June 30, 2020.

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All of the Company’s customers have Moody’s Baa or greater ratings and purchase from the Company under contracts with set prices and payment terms.

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Liquidity risk

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Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they come due.

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As at June 30, 2020, the Company’s financial liabilities consisted of trade accounts payable and accrued trade and payroll liabilities of $0.5 million which are due within normal trade terms of generally 30 to 60

days, two notes payable due within approximately two years and a note payable which will be payable over a period of approximately three years (see note 10).

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On May 15, 2020, we filed a universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the SEC in order that we may offer and sell, from time to time, in one or more offerings, at prices and terms to be determined, up to $100 million of our Common Shares, warrants to purchase our Common Shares, our senior and subordinated debt securities, and rights to purchase our Common Shares and/or senior and subordinated debt securities. The registration statement became effective May 27, 2020 for a three-year period.  Subsequent to June 30, 2020, we utilized the registration statement for a $4.68 million registered direct offering. See note 17 – Subsequent Event.

On May 29, 2020, we entered into an At Market Issuance Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with B. Riley FBR, Inc., under which we may, from time to time, issue and sell common shares at market prices on the NYSE American LLC through the Agent for aggregate sales proceeds of up to $10,000,000. The Sales Agreement replaces the prior At Market Issuance Sales Agreement entered into by the Company on May 27, 2016, as amended. We have not used the facility in 2020.

We expect that any major capital projects will be funded by operating cash flow, cash on hand, sales of existing inventories, and/or additional financing as required. If these cash sources are not sufficient, certain capital projects could be delayed, or alternatively we may need to pursue additional debt or equity financing to which there is no assurance that such financing will be available at all or on terms acceptable to us (see note 2).

Sensitivity analysis

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The Company has completed a sensitivity analysis to estimate the impact that a change in interest rates would have on the net loss of the Company. This sensitivity analysis shows that a change of +/- 100 basis points in interest rate would have a negligible effect on either the six months ended June 30, 2020 or the comparable six months in 2019. The financial position of the Company may vary at the time that a change in interest rates occurs causing the impact on the Company’s results to differ from that shown above.