THUNDER MOUNTAIN GOLD INC - Annual Report: 2019 (Form 10-K)

Cautionary Statement about Forward-Looking Statements

This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes certain statements that may be deemed to be “forward-looking statements.”  All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this Form 10-K that address activities, events or developments that our management expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements.  Such forward-looking statements include discussion of such matters as:

The amount and nature of future capital, development and exploration expenditures; 

The timing of exploration activities, and; 

Business strategies and development of our Operational Plans. 

Forward-looking statements also typically include words such as “anticipate”, “estimate”, “expect”, “potential”, “could” or similar words suggesting future outcomes.  These statements are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by us in light of our experience and our perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors we believe are appropriate in the circumstances.  Such statements are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, including such factors as the volatility and level of metal prices, uncertainties in cash flow, expected acquisition benefits, exploration, mining and operating risks, competition, litigation, environmental matters, the potential impact of government regulations, many of which are beyond our control.  Readers are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Management's Discussion and Analysis is intended to be read in conjunction with the Company's financial statements and the integral notes (“Notes”) thereto for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.  The following statements may be forward looking in nature and actual results may differ materially.

Company History

The Company was originally incorporated under the laws of the State of Idaho on November 9, 1935, under the name of Montgomery Mines, Inc. In April 1978 controlling interest in the Montgomery Mines Corporation was obtained by a group of the Thunder Mountain property holders who then changed the corporate name to Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. with the primary goal to further develop their holdings in the Thunder Mountain Mining District, Valley County, Idaho.  

Change in Situs and Authorized Capital

The Company moved its situs from Idaho to Nevada, but maintains its corporate offices in Garden City, Idaho. On December 10, 2007, articles of incorporation were filed with the Secretary of State in Nevada for Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc., a Nevada Corporation.  The Directors of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. (Nevada) were the same as for Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. (Idaho).  

On January 25, 2008, the shareholders approved the merger of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. (Idaho) with Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. (Nevada), which was completed by a share for share exchange of common stock. The terms of the merger were such that the Nevada Corporation was the surviving entity.  The number of authorized shares for the Nevada Corporation is 200,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.001 per share and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share.

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The Company is structured as follows: The Company owns 100% of the outstanding stock of Thunder Mountain Resources, Inc. (TMRI), a Nevada Corporation. Thunder Mountain Resources, Inc. owns 100% of the outstanding stock of South Mountain Mines, Inc., an Idaho Corporation. South Mountain Mines, Inc. owns 75% of Owyhee Gold Territory, LLC.

We have no patents, licenses, franchises or concessions which are considered by the Company to be of importance. The business is not of a seasonal nature. Since the potential products are traded in the open market, we have no control over the competitive conditions in the industry. There is no backlog of orders.

There are numerous Federal and State laws and regulation related to environmental protection, which have direct application to mining and milling activities. The more significant of these laws deal with mined land reclamation and wastewater discharge from mines and milling operations. We do not believe that these laws and regulations as presently enacted will have a direct material adverse effect on our operations.

Subsidiary Companies

On May 21, 2007, the Company filed Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of State in Nevada for Thunder Mountain Resources, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc.  The financial information for the new subsidiary is included in the consolidated financial statements.

On September 27, 2007, Thunder Mountain Resources, Inc. (“TMRI”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. (“THMG”), completed the purchase of all the outstanding stock of South Mountain Mines, Inc., an Idaho corporation.  On November 8, 2012, South Mountain Mines, Inc., (“SMMI”) a wholly owned subsidiary of Thunder Mountain Resources, Inc., which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and Idaho State Gold Company II LLC (“ISGC”) formed Owyhee Gold Territory LLC (“OGT”) (aka Owyhee Gold Trust, LLC) a limited liability company (LLC).

On November 4, 2016, SMMI was granted Managing Member and controlling Member of OGT, through a judicially ratified settlement with ISGC II.  

Current Operations

Thunder Mountain Gold is a mineral exploration stage company with no producing mines.  The Company intends to remain in the business of exploring for mining properties that have the potential to produce gold, silver, base metals and other commodities.

A.$10 million; or  

B.20% the net present value of the South Mountain Project as calculated in a PEA 

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Payment may be satisfied by through the delivery of BMET common shares (Consideration Shares), a cash payment or a combination of Consideration Shares and cash. The BMET common shares will be issued at a deemed value based on the 5-day VWAP of Consideration Shares immediately prior to the date that BMET USA gives notice of its intention to exercise the option.

Payment(s) may be accelerated to exercise the Option Agreement, and restrictions will exist on resale of BeMetals common shares. The Company will not be granted any anti-dilution rights in respect of the Consideration Shares. There is no assurance that the transactions contemplated under the BeMetals Option Agreement will be completed.

Reports to Security Holders

The Registrant does not issue annual or quarterly reports to security holders other than the annual Form 10-K and quarterly Forms 10-Q as electronically filed with the SEC.  Electronically filed reports may be accessed at www.sec.gov.  Information may be obtained on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1 (800) SEC-0330.

Our business, operations, and financial condition are subject to various risks. This is particularly true since we are in the business of conducting exploration for mineral properties that have the potential for discovery of economic mineral resources.  We urge you to consider the following risk factors in addition to the other information contained in, or incorporated by reference into, this Annual Report on Form 10-K.  

We have limited income and resources.

The Company has historically incurred losses, however, under the BeMetals Option Agreement, the Company now has a recurring source of revenue, and recorded net income in 2019.  The Company`s ability to continue as a going concern is no longer just dependent on equity capital raises and borrowings.  The Company continues to have the ability to raise capital in order to fund its future exploration and working capital requirements. The Company’s plans for the long-term continuation as a going concern include financing the Company’s future operations through sales of its common stock and/or debt and the eventual profitable exploitation of its mining properties.

There is no guarantee that funds would be available from either source.  If we are unsuccessful in raising additional funds, we will not be able to develop our properties and will be forced to liquidate assets.  

We have no proven reserves.

We have no proven reserves at any of our properties. We only have measured, indicated and inferred, along with assay samples at South Mountain; and assay samples at some of our other exploration properties.

We believe we have the ability to continue as a going concern

Additional sources of cash, or relief of demand for cash, include additional external debt, the sale of shares of our stock, or alternative methods such as mergers or sale of our assets. No assurances can be given, however, that we will be able to obtain any of these potential sources of cash. We historically required cash funding from outside sources to sustain existing operations, to meet current obligations and to fund ongoing capital requirements and may be required to do so in the future.

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Based upon current plans, Thunder Mountain Gold management is confident that the Company will have the financial strength and opportunities to meet its financial obligations for the next 12 months.  Factors considered substantiating this conclusion include:

A.The Option Agreement for the South Mountain Project with BeMetals Corp. positions the Company for cash infusions, as well as equity considerations, that will more than cover the Company`s financial obligations for the next 12 months, and  

B.The ability to raise additional equity capital based upon the success of the exploration and development conducted by BeMetals during this option period, and  

C.The Officers of the Company and their willingness to fund any liabilities not currently covered by the Company, and finally, 

D.The potential for additional strategic partnerships and funding surrounding the Company`s Trout Creek Project in Nevada, by which discussions are currently being held. 

While there is much work to do, it is important to note that if BeMetals decides not to proceed with the South Mountain Project, BeMetals will not be obligated to make any additional payments. In that event, we will immediately commence with marketing the Project to other groups that have an interest in the Project.

We believe we have the ability to continue as a going concern, even though our total accumulated deficit of $5,751,527 as of December 31, 2019.  Our plans for the long-term continuation as a going concern include financing our future operations through sales of our common stock and/or debt and the eventual profitable exploitation of our mining properties. If we are not successful with our plans, equity holders could then lose all or a substantial portion of their investment.

At December 31, 2019, we had current assets of $271,239.  For the year ended December 31, 2019 net cash used for operating activities was $316,295.  Our future liquidity and capital requirements will depend on many factors, including timing, cost and progress of our exploration efforts, our evaluation of, and decisions with respect to, our strategic alternatives, and costs associated with the regulatory approvals. If it turns out that we do not have enough cash to complete our exploration programs, we will make every effort to raise additional funds from public offerings, private placements or loans.

Our exploration efforts may be adversely affected by metals price volatility causing us to cease exploration efforts.

The success of any exploration efforts is derived from the price of metal prices that are affected by numerous factors including: 1) expectations for inflation; 2) investor speculative activities; 3) relative exchange rate of the U.S. dollar to other currencies; 4) global and regional demand and production; 5) global and regional political and economic conditions; and 6) production costs in major producing regions. These factors are beyond our control and are impossible for us to predict.

There is no guarantee that current favorable prices for metals and other commodities will be sustained. If the market prices for these commodities weaken, we will temporarily suspend or cease exploration efforts.

The BeMetals Option Agreement may be adversely affected by exploration results, or adversely affected by metals price volatility causing us to cease exploration efforts.  Consideration to be received by the Company is highly contingent upon future events.

There is no guarantee that the BeMetals Option Agreement will be exercised. This Agreement, and associated payments to the Company, are a contingent consideration, and may be terminated at any time by BeMetals during the Option period.  The completion and exercise of the BeMetals Option Agreement is affected by the success of BeMetals exploration efforts is contingent upon 1) certain conditions precedent; 2) the price of metals that are affected by numerous factors including inflation, investor speculative activities, relative exchange rate of the U.S. dollar to other currencies, global and regional demand and production, global and regional political and economic conditions, and production costs in major producing regions. These factors are beyond our control and are impossible for us to predict.

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There is no guarantee that the BeMetals consideration shares, in the event BeMetals Corp. elects to use its shares as consideration, that may be issued to the Company will be tradeable or liquid, and the future valuation is subject to significant uncertainty and cannot be determined at this time. The amount of consideration shares is dependent upon the results of BeMetals Corp. exploration results, and the corresponding Preliminary Economic Analysis (PEA) that BeMetals Corp. will produce.  The Company will provide additional information to shareholders of the Company regarding the BeMetals Option Agreement in either a Schedule 14A proxy circular or a Schedule 14C information statement to be prepared in connection with obtaining the required shareholder approval to the BeMetals Option Agreement.

There is no guarantee that current prices for metals and other commodities will be sustained. If the market prices for these commodities weaken, then the BeMetals Option Agreement may not be exercised.

Our mineral exploration efforts may not be successful.

Mineral exploration is highly speculative. It involves many risks and often does not produce positive results. Even if we find a valuable mineral deposit, it may take many additional years or more before production is possible because of the need for additional detailed exploration, pre-production studies, permitting, financing, construction and start up.

During that time, it may not be economically feasible to produce those minerals. Establishing ore reserves requires us to make substantial capital expenditures and, in the case of new properties, to construct mining and processing facilities. As a result of these costs and uncertainties, we will not be able to develop any potentially economic mineral deposits.

We face strong competition from other mining companies for the acquisition of new properties.

If we do find an economic mineral reserve, and it is put into production, it should be noted that mines have limited lives and as a result, we need to continually seek to find new properties. In addition, there is a limited supply of desirable mineral lands available in the United States or elsewhere where we would consider conducting exploration activities. Because we face strong competition for new properties from other exploration and mining companies, some of whom have greater financial resources than we do, we may be unable to acquire attractive new mining properties on terms that we consider acceptable.

Mining operations may be adversely affected by risks and hazards associated with the mining industry.

Mining operations involve a number of risks and hazards including: 1) environmental hazards; 2) political and country risks; 3) industrial accidents; 4) labor disputes; 5) unusual or unexpected geologic formations; 6) high wall failures, cave-ins or explosive rock failures, and; 7) flooding and periodic interruptions due to inclement or hazardous weather conditions.  Such risks could result in: 1) damage to or destruction of mineral properties or producing facilities; 2) personal injury; 3) environmental damage; 4) delays in exploration efforts; 5) monetary losses, and; 6) legal liability.

We have no insurance against any of these risks. To the extent we are subject to environmental liabilities, we would have to pay for these liabilities. Moreover, in the event that we ever become an operator of a mine, and unable to fully pay for the cost of remedying an environmental problem, should it occur, we might be required to suspend operations or enter into other interim compliance measures.

Because we are small and do not have much capital, we must limit our exploration. This may prevent us from realizing any revenues, thus reducing the value of the stock.

Because our Company is small and does not have much capital, we must limit the time and money we expend on exploration of interests in our properties. In particular, we may not be able to: 1) devote the time we would like to exploring our properties; 2) spend as much money as we would like to exploring our properties; 3) rent the quality of equipment or hire the contractors we would like to have for exploration; and 4) have the number of people working on our properties that we would like to have.  By limiting our operations, it may take longer to explore our properties. There are other larger exploration companies that could and may spend more time and money exploring the properties that we have acquired.

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We will have to suspend our exploration plans if we do not have access to all the supplies and materials we need.

Competition and unforeseen limited sources of supplies in the industry could result in occasional spot shortages of supplies. We have not attempted to locate or negotiate with any suppliers of products, equipment or materials. We will attempt to locate products, equipment and materials after we have conducted preliminary exploration activities on our properties. If we cannot find the products and equipment we need in a timely manner, we will have to delay or suspend our exploration plans until we do find the products and equipment we need.

We face substantial governmental regulation and environmental risks, which could prevent us from exploring or developing our properties.

Our business is subject to extensive federal, state and local laws and regulations governing mining exploration development, production, labor standards, occupational health, waste disposal, use of toxic substances, environmental regulations, mine safety and other matters. New legislation and regulations may be adopted at any time that results in additional operating expense, capital expenditures or restrictions and delays in the exploration, mining, production or development of our properties.

The Company has recorded $65,000 of liabilities in Accrued Reclamation cost regarding the South Mountain Mine project. Various laws and permits require that financial assurances be in place for certain environmental and reclamation obligations and other potential liabilities. Once we undertake any trenching or drilling activities, a reclamation bond and a permit will be required under applicable laws. Currently, we have no obligations for financial assurances of any kind, and are unable to undertake any trenching, drilling, or development on any of our properties until we obtain financial assurances pursuant to applicable regulations to cover potential liabilities.

If we fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls, we may not be able to detect fraud or report our financial results accurately, which could harm our business and we could be subject to regulatory scrutiny.

Internal control systems provide only reasonable assurance that fraud and errors will be detected within the normal course of operations.   Company’s management strives to maintain internal controls that are effective and commensurate for the size and scope of the business being conducted by the Company. The Company realizes the need to be proactive in this area and continues to evaluate ways for improving internal controls that are practical and cost effective for the size, structure, and future existence of our organization.    The Company’s Chief Financial Officer initiates and records all transactions. The transactions are reviewed and approved by the Company’s President and CEO and reviewed by the Company’s Vice President and COO. Capital Items and expenditures more than $5,000 must be approved by the Board of Directors, even if it is a line item in a Board Approved Budget. In addition, The Company has a Corporate Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the "Code") which is acknowledged by officers and directors.  This Corporate Governance applies to Thunder Mountain Gold Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company").

Not required for smaller reporting companies.

The Company, including its subsidiaries, owns mining rights, mining claims, and properties in the mining areas of Nevada and Idaho, which includes its South Mountain Property in Idaho, and its Trout Creek Property in Nevada.  

The Company owns 100% of the outstanding stock of Thunder Mountain Resources, Inc., a Nevada Corporation. Thunder Mountain Resources, Inc. owns 100% of the outstanding stock of South Mountain Mines, Inc. (SMMI), an Idaho Corporation., Inc. Thunder Mountain Resources, Inc. completed the direct purchase of 100% ownership of South Mountain Mines, Inc. on September 27, 2007, which consisted of 17 patented mining claims (approximately 327 acres) located in Owyhee County in southwestern Idaho. After the purchase, Thunder Mountain Resources staked 21 unpatented lode mining claims and obtained mineral leases on 545 acres of adjoining private ranch land.

The current land package at South Mountain consists of 17 patented mining claims encompassing approximately 326 acres, 21 unpatented mining lode claims covering approximately 290 acres, and approximately 489 acres of leased private land. In addition, the project owns 360 acres of private land (mill site) not contiguous with the mining claims.

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All holdings are in the South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho.

The Company’s plan of operation for the next twelve months, subject to business conditions, will be to continue to advance the South Mountain Project under the BeMetals Option Agreement, including continued baseline environmental and engineering work necessary to complete a Preliminary Economic Analysis. As time permits, the Company will also work on advancing the Trout Creek gold project, Lander County, Nevada.

South Mountain Project, Owyhee County, Idaho

Under the BeMetals Corporation (TSX-V:  BMET) Option Agreement, BeMetals and Thunder Mountain Gold formed a project team early in 2019 that is focused on advancing the South Mountain Project. This Boise Idaho-based team includes key management of Thunder Mountain Gold Inc., who have coordinated re-establishment of the Project site prior to the start of drilling.  In addition, BeMetals appointed a project manager and project geologist for this team, along with technical and underground support.

BeMetals (BMET) commenced drilling at South Mountain in July of 2019 and drilled twenty-one holes totaling 7,517 feet (2,290 meters) from five underground drilling stations within the Sonneman level. The drilling program was designed to test potential down plunge extensions, and overall continuity to the mineralized zones and confirm the grade distribution of the current polymetallic mineral resource. All of the drill core recovered from the drilling was logged on site and assayed by ALS Chemex. Selected intervals and results are summarized below in Tables 1 and 2.   

Long Section of Sonneman Level, (Looking northeast), showing Phase One 21 borehole locations

South Mountain Project - Background

The South Mountain Project is considered an advanced stage, high-grade zinc-silver-gold exploration or pre-development project. The land package at South Mountain consists of a total of 17 patented mining claims encompassing approximately 326 acres, 21 unpatented mining lode claims covering approximately 290 acres, and approximately 489 acres of leased private land. In addition, the project owns 360 acres of private land (mill site) not contiguous with the mining claims. All holdings are located in the South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho.

The property is located approximately 70 air miles southwest of Boise, Idaho and approximately 24 miles southeast of Jordan Valley, Oregon. It is accessible by highway 95 driving south from the Boise area to Jordan Valley Oregon, then by traveling southeast approximately 22 miles back into Idaho, via Owyhee County road that is dirt and improved to

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within 4 miles of historic mine site. The last 4 miles up the South Mountain Mine road are unimproved dirt road. The property is accessible year-round to within 4 miles of the property, where the property is accessible from May thru October without plowing snow. There is power distribution within 4 miles of the site as well. The climate is considered high desert. The Company has water rights on the property, and there is a potable spring on the property that once supplied water to the main camp.

South Mountain Mine History

The limited historic production peaked during World War II when, based on smelter receipts, the production of direct shipped ore totaled as follows:  

Anaconda Smelter – Toole Utah - Crude Ore Shipment Head Grades

1941-1953 Total Tons:  53,653 (48,670 tonnes)

In addition to the direct-ship ore, a flotation mill was constructed and operated during the late-1940s and early-1950s.

From the 1954 South Mountain Mill report, recoveries were reported as follows: 

1954 South Mountain Mill Report

These are historic grades and recoveries not confirmed by the Company, but reportedly

mined from a small 39,600-ton (35,900 tonnes) copper rich block in the Texas zone.

South Mountain Mines Inc. (an Idaho Corporation) owned the patented claims from 1975 to the time the Company purchased the entity in 2007. They conducted extensive exploration work including extending the Sonneman Level by approximately 1,500 feet to intercept the down-dip extension of the Texas sulfide mineralization mined on the Laxey Level approximately 400 feet up-dip from the Sonneman.  High grade sulfide mineralization was intercepted and confirmed on the Sonneman Extension.  In 1985 South Mountain Mines Inc. completed a feasibility study based on historic and newly developed ore zones exposed in their underground workings and drilling.  Although they determined positive economics, and that the resource was still open at depth with a large upside potential, the project was idled and placed into care and maintenance.

In 2008, the Company contracted Kleinfelder, Inc., a nationwide engineering and consulting firm, to complete a technical report “Resources Data Evaluation, South Mountain Property, South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho”. The technical report was commissioned by Thunder Mountain Resources, Inc. to evaluate all the existing data available on the South Mountain property.  Kleinfelder utilized a panel modeling method using this data to determine potential mineralized material remaining and to make a comparison with the resource determined by South Mountain Mines in the mid-1980s. Kleinfelder’s calculations provided a potential resource that is consistent with South Mountain Mines’ (Bowes 1985) historic reserve model.

In 2009, the Company contracted a third-party consulting firm that incorporated  all the new drill and sampling data into an NI 43-101 Technical Report.  This report was completed as part of the Company’s dual listing on the TSX Venture Exchange in 2010.  The Company is also traded in the U.S. on the OTCQB under ticker THMG.

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In January of 2018, the Company engaged Hard Rock Consulting LLC (HRC) from Denver, Colorado to update the South Mountain Project 43-101. HRC concluded that significant potential exists to increase the known mineral resource with additional drilling, as well as to upgrade existing mineral resource classifications with additional infill drilling.  HRC also determined that the conceptual geologic model is sound, and, in conjunction with drilling results, indicates that mineralization is essentially open in all directions, and is continuous between underground levels and extends to the surface.  

Hard Rock Consulting also noted that:

THMG technical staff has thorough understanding of the geology of the South Mountain Project, and that the appropriate deposit model is being applied for exploration.  

Because the Project is largely located on and surrounded by private land, it greatly simplifies Project approvals compared to mining projects involving public lands.    

Initial metallurgical testing demonstrates that the South Mountain massive sulfide mineralization is amenable to differential flotation and concentration. 

The current mineral resource at the South Mountain Project is more than sufficient to warrant continued planning and development to further advance the Project. 

Gold Breccia

HRC also reviewed the data on the anomalous gold-bearing multi-lithic breccia that was identified by THMG conducting reconnaissance work at South Mountain.  In 2010, five holes were drilled in the anomaly for a total footage of 3,530 feet, and 705 total samples taken every five feet of drill hole. Of the 705 samples taken, 686 samples contained anomalous gold, or 97% of the samples. The highest-grade intercept ran 0.038 ounce per ton.   HRC reviewed the reports done on the breccia completed by both Kinross and Newmont; of note was Newmont’s comparison of the geology to the Battle Mountain Complex in Nevada.  

The Technical Report was authored by Ms. J.J. Brown, P.G., SME-RM, Mr. Jeffrey Choquette, P.E., and Mr. Randy Martin, SME-RM, all of Hard Rock Consulting, each of whom is an independent qualified person for the purposes of NI 43-101 The NI 43-101 Technical Report has an effective date of April 7, 2018 and has been filed in Canada on SEDAR in accordance with NI 43-101.  The Report can be reviewed on the Company`s website at www.thundermountaingold.com.

Note to United States investors concerning estimates of measured, indicated and inferred resources. Disclosure of the NI-43-101 has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of Canadian securities laws, including Canadian National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43-101”), which differ from the current requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) set out in Industry Guide 7.  The Highlights of South Mountain NI-43-101 section refers to “mineral resources,” “measured mineral resources,” “indicated mineral resources,” and “inferred mineral resources.”  While these categories of mineralization are recognized and required by Canadian securities laws, they are not recognized by Industry Guide 7 and are not normally permitted to be disclosed in SEC filings.  United States investors are cautioned not to assume that all or any of measured, indicated or inferred mineral resources will ever be converted into mineral reserves.  Under Industry Guide 7, mineralization may not be classified as a “reserve” unless the mineralization can be economically or legally extracted at the time the “reserve” determination is made.  "Inferred mineral resources" have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence and economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an inferred mineral resource will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Disclosure of "contained ounces" in a resource is permitted disclosure under Canadian reporting standards; however, Industry Guide 7 normally only permits issuers to report mineralization that does not constitute "reserves" by Industry Guide 7 standards as in-place tonnage and grade without reference to unit measures.  Accordingly, information contained in this 10-k containing descriptions of South Mountain’s mineral deposits may not be comparable to similar information made public by U.S. companies subject to the reporting and disclosure requirements of Industry Guide 7. 

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Phase I Drilling at South Mountain under BeMetals Option Agreement

The principal objectives of the Phase 1 work plan at South Mountain was to test for potential extensions of the mineralized zones and confirm the grade distribution of the current polymetallic mineral resource estimate. The Company has now successfully completed the phase 1 program comprised of 20 underground drill holes for a total of approximately 2,290 meters. Geological logging and sampling of all drill holes have now been completed with all analytical results received. These results have been compiled into the Project’s geological database and will be used to design the phase 2 drilling program for 2020. Following a planned phase 2 drilling program, all new results will be integrated into an updated mineral resource estimation for the Project, expected to be completed towards the end of this year. Further expansion and definition of the DMEA, Texas, and MB4 zones, as well as other targets within reach of underground drill testing from the Sonneman level, provide excellent exploration upside for the 2020 program.

Table 1. BeMetal`s Analytical and Assay Results for the Phase 1 Drilling Program

* Note: 1.00 meter (m) is equal to 3.28 feet (ft).  One gram per tonne (g/t) is equal to 0.032 ounces per ton (oz/t, or o.p.t.)

Table 2 below shows the latest results received from holes SM19-016, SM19-017 and SM19-018.

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Table 2. Drill Holes SM19-016, SM19-017 and SM19-018: Analytical and Assay Results

Note: Reported widths in tables 1 & 2 are drilled core lengths as true widths are unknown at this time. It is estimated based upon current data that true widths might range between 60-80% of the drilled intersection. For drill holes SM19-017* and SM19-018* true widths are unknown as these are the first drill intersections of the MD4 target. Intervals cut offs are based upon visual contacts of massive sulfide units with no more than 1.75 meters of internal skarn. For SM19-010 a nominal 0.5% copper cut off has been applied to determine the boundaries of the intersections for this skarn hosted mineralization with no more than 1.4m of internal dilution. For SM19-016† (intervals 1, 3 and 4) a nominal 0.46 g/t gold cut off has been applied to determine the boundaries of the intersections with no internal dilution. For SM19-017 & 018 a nominal 2.4% zinc cut off has been applied to determine the boundaries of the intersections for this skarn hosted mineralization with no more than 2m of internal dilution. (Note: See details below in QA/QC section). 1.00 meter (m) is equal to 3.28 feet (ft).  One gram per tonne (g/t) is equal to 0.032 ounces per ton (oz/t, or o.p.t.)

The above drill holes returned significant intersections of both massive sulfide and skarn styles of mineralization. Important sulfide minerals are pyrrhotite, sphalerite, galena, arsenopyrite and chalcopyrite. During the planned phase 2 campaign at South Mountain, the Company will carry out mineralogy and metallurgical test work studies to confirm historical other previous high-grade results.

Drill holes SM19-015, SM19-019, SM19-020 deviated from the target and did not return the anticipated drill intercepts.  However, this information is valuable in determining to the design and target areas of mineralization in the 2020 phase 2 program. Drill hole SM19-021 was terminated at 10 meters with a significant drill rig break down near the planned conclusion of the phase 1 program.

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Figure 1: 3D Perspective View inclined at 20 degrees looking north-north-east, showing locations of rib-sampling, priority target zones, and the phase 1 drill holes and highlighted the recent SM19-016, SM19-017 and SM19-018

Underground core drilling is being conducted to extend and upgrade the South Mountain resource - testing the continuity and down-dip extensions of the high-grade polymetallic massive sulfide zones.  The Company plans additional core drilling in the DMEA and Laxey zones to complete the confirmation and extensional drilling. In addition, there are plans to retrieve bulk samples for metallurgical test work. More than 15,000 feet (4,500 meters) have been drilled at South Mountain and included in the model. The South Mountain historic ore zones remain open down-dip on the zones encountered. The successful drilling and development work prove that the South Mountain resource continues to grow with potential to increase the resource substantially.

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Figure 2: Plan View of the Sonneman & Laxey Levels, South Mountain Deposit,

showing locations of rib-sampling, priority target zones, and drill holes SM19-016, SM19-017 and SM19-018

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Figure 3: Plan View of Sonneman & Laxey Levels,

showing locations of previously reported rib sampling

Underground Pre-Development Work Completed in 2012 thru 2014

The reconstruction of the Sonneman and Laxey drifts continued successfully until January 2014 when the Project went into care and maintenance.  The Sonneman Level advanced 2,711 feet from the portal and is constructed to 12 feet by 12 feet for future development and mining. Approximately 350 feet of drift remains to be rehabilitated to reach the historic Texas massive sulfide zone located at the end of the old workings.  This advance through this zone will allow for the drill stations and underground drilling to further define the high-grade resource encountered by William Bowes group in the 1980s.

The historic 2,200-foot long Laxey Level drift has been rehabilitated to 10 feet by 10 feet for approximately 720 feet.  At that point the old tunnel had recently collapsed at an intrusive dike and preparations were being made to advance through the caved area.  This old tunnel was rehabilitated and accessed along its full length in 2008, at which point it intercepted the Texas massive sulfide zone, one of many that had limited mining during and after the World War II period.  Excellent high-grade massive sulfide is exposed in this area, and the core drilling during 2013 proved its continuity between the Laxey Level and the surface, an up-dip distance of nearly 400 feet.

During the development of the Sonneman Level during 2012-2013 several massive sulfide mineralized zones were mined through.  Detailed rib sampling along some of these zones yielded the following results:

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Highlights from 2013-2014 Rib-Sampling Program

•  DMEA Zones 1/2/3; 130 ft. (39.62m) @ 16.76% Zinc (“Zn”), 4.11 ounces per ton (“o.p.t.”) (140.91 grams per tonne (“g/t”)) Silver (“Ag”), 0.089 o.p.t. (3.08 g/t Gold) (“Au”), 0.78% Copper (“Cu”) and 0.38% Lead (“Pb”)

•  Muck Bay #4 Zone; 23 ft. (7.01m) @ 14.69% Zn, 7.18 o.p.t. (246.17 g/t) Ag, 0.34% Cu and 0.65% Pb

•  Laxey Zone; 40 ft. (12.19m) @ 16.44% Zn, 13.97 o.p.t. (478.97 g/t) Ag, 0.020 o.p.t. (0.68 g/t) Au, 0.70% Cu and 0.86% Pb

(Results previously reported in the Company`s annual / quarterly reports; news releases; and the May 2019 independent technical report titled, “National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report Updated Mineral Resource Estimate for the South Mountain Project Owyhee County, Idaho, USA.” 1.00 meter (m) is equal to 3.28 feet (ft).  One gram per tonne (g/t) is equal to 0.032 ounces per ton (oz/t, or o.p.t.))

QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES

The South Mountain Project employs a rigorous QC/QA program that includes blanks, duplicates and appropriate certified standard reference material. All samples are introduced into the sample stream prior to sample handling/crushing to monitor analytical accuracy and precision. The insertion rate for the combined QA/QC samples is 10 percent or more depending upon batch sizes. ALS Global completed the analytical work with the core samples processed at their preparation facility in Reno, Nevada, U.S.A. All analytical and assay procedures are conducted in the ALS facility in North Vancouver, BC. The samples are processed by the following methods as appropriate to determine the grades; Au-AA23-Au 30g fire assay with AA finish, ME-ICP61-33 element four acid digest with ICP-AES finish, ME-OG62-ore grade elements, four acid with ICP-AES finish, Pb-OG62-ore grade Pb, four acid with ICP-AES finish, Zn-OG62-ore grade Zn, four acid digest with ICP-AES finish, Ag-GRA21-Ag 30g fire assay with gravimetric finish.

Qualified Person – Larry Kornze is the Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 responsible for the technical data reported in this report.

This property is without known reserves and the proposed program is exploratory in nature according to Instruction 3 to paragraph (b)(5) of Industry Guide 7. There are currently no permits required for conducting exploration in accordance with the Company`s current board approved exploration plan.

Trout Creek Project, Lander County, Nevada

The Trout Creek project is a highly prospective gold exploration target located along the western flank of the Shoshone Mountain Range in the Reese River Valley in Lander County, Nevada. The claim package consists of 78 unpatented mining claims (approximately 1560 acres) that are situated along a recognizable structural zone in the Eureka-Battle Mountain mineralized gold trend.  Because the project is surrounded by Newmont Mining`s land package, Thunder Mountain struck a joint venture agreement with Newmont Mining on some of their adjoining mineral rights sections and aliquot parcels from 2011 thru 2016. On October 27, 2016 the Company terminated the exploration agreement with Newmont Mining Corporation to concentrate their efforts on the South Mountain Project.  The Company retained the 78-claim package by paying annual fees to BLM of $3,255 and Lander County $940 fees.

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The Project is located approximately 155 air miles northeast of Reno, Nevada, or approximately 20 miles south of Battle Mountain, Nevada, in Sections 10, 11, 14, 16, 21, 22, 27; T.29N.; R.44E. Mount Diablo Baseline & Meridian, Lander County, Nevada. Latitude:   40    23’ 36” North, Longitude: 117   00’ 58” West. The property is generally accessible year-round by traveling south from Battle Mountain Nevada on state highway 305, which is paved.

The Trout Creek target is anchored by a regional gravity anomaly on a well-defined northwest-southeast trending break in the alluvial fill thickness and underlying bedrock.  Previous geophysical work in the 1980s revealed an airborne magnetic anomaly associated with the same structure, and this was further verified and outlined in 2008 by Company personnel, with consultation from Jim Wright – Wright Geophysics using a ground magnetometer. The target is covered by alluvial fan deposits of generally unknown thickness, shed from the adjacent Shoshone Range, a fault block mountain range composed of Paleozoic sediments of both upper and lower plate rocks of the Roberts Mountains thrust.

An extensive data package on the area was made available to Thunder Mountain Gold by Newmont during the joint exploration agreement period (2011-2016) that significantly enhanced the target area. This, along with fieldwork consisting of mapping and sampling the altered and mineralized structures that can be followed through the Shoshone Range.  Of importance is that these structures align with the Cortez-Pipeline deposits and the Phoenix deposit (part of the Eureka-Battle Mountain-Getchell Trend).  

In addition to the geologic fieldwork, Wright Geophysics conducted a ground gravity survey and CSMAT over the pediment target area and this provided insight into the gravel-bedrock contact as well as defining the favorable structural setting within the buried bedrock.  An untested drill target was identified under the gravel pediment along these structures, and the geophysics showed that the bedrock was within 500 feet of the surface, which is reasonable depth for exploration drilling and potential mining if a significant mineralization is encountered.

The ongoing exploration field work, including claim maintenance and assessment, is financed by the Company through sale of unregistered common stock using private placements with accredited investors.  Future work will be funded in the same manner or through a strategic partnership with another mining company.  

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There are currently no environmental permits required for the planned exploration work on the property. In the future, a notice of intent may be required with the Bureau of Land Management.  This property is without known reserves and the proposed program is exploratory in nature according to Instruction 3 to paragraph (b)(5) of Industry Guide 7.

Competition

We are an exploration stage company. We compete with other mineral resource exploration and development companies for financing and for the acquisition of new mineral properties. Many of the mineral resource exploration and development companies with whom we compete have greater financial and technical resources than us. Accordingly, these competitors may be able to spend greater amounts on acquisitions of mineral properties of merit, on exploration of their mineral properties and on development of their mineral properties. In addition, they may be able to afford greater geological expertise in the targeting and exploration of mineral properties. This competition could result in competitors having mineral properties of greater quality and interest to prospective investors who may finance additional exploration and development. This competition could adversely impact on our ability to finance further exploration and to achieve the financing necessary for us to develop our mineral properties.

Employees

Three of the Company’s officers began deferring compensation for services on April 1, 2015. On July 31, 2018, the Company stopped expensing and deferring compensation for the three Company officers in the interest of marketing the SMMI project. As part of the BeMetals agreement, the Company resumed compensation for these officers on May 15, 2019. The officers deferred compensation balances at December 31, 2019 and 2018 represent the balances deferred prior to the BeMetals agreement and are as follows:  Eric Jones, President and Chief Executive Officer - $420,000; Jim Collord, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - $420,000; and Larry Thackery, Chief Financial Officer - $201,500.

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Pursuant to Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the “Dodd-Frank Act”), issuers that are operators, or that have a subsidiary that is an operator, of a coal or other mine in the United States are required to disclose in their periodic reports filed with the SEC information regarding specified health and safety violations, orders and citations, related assessments and legal actions, and mining-related fatalities.

During the three months and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2019, the Company did not have any operating mines and therefore had no such specified health and safety violations, orders or citations, related assessments or legal actions, mining-related fatalities, or similar events in relation to the Company’s United States operations requiring disclosure pursuant to Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Act.

Market Information:

Our common stock is traded on the over-the-counter bulletin board (OTCQB) market regulated by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) under the symbol “THMG” The OTCQB quotations do not reflect inter-dealer prices, retail mark-ups, commissions or actual transactions.

On September 24, 2010, the Company’s common stock also began trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange Venture Exchange (“TSX-V”) in Canada and is quoted under the trading symbol “THM”.

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Holders:

As of December 31, 2019, there were approximately 1,468 shareholders of record of the Company’s common stock with an unknown number of additional shareholders who hold shares through brokerage firms.

Transfer Agent:

Our independent stock transfer agent in the United States is Computershare Shareholder Services, located at 8742 Lucent Blvd., Suite 225, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129. In Canada, our Agent is Computershare, TORU - Toronto, University Ave, 100 University Ave, 8th Floor, Toronto, ON M5J 2Y1, CANADA

Dividends:

No dividends were paid by the Registrant in 2019 or 2018, and the Company has no plans to pay a dividend in the foreseeable future. Dividends undertaken by the Company are solely at the discretion of the Board of Directors.

Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans:

On July 17, 2011, the Company Shareholders approved the Company`s Stock Incentive Plan (SIP). The SIP has a fixed maximum percentage of 10% of the Company’s outstanding shares that are eligible for the plan pool, whereby the number of Shares under the SIP increase automatically with increases in the total number of shares. This “Evergreen” provision permits the reloading of shares that make up the available pool for the SIP, once the options granted have been exercised. The number of shares available for issuance under the SIP automatically increases as the total number of shares outstanding increase, including those shares issued upon exercise of options granted under the SIP, which become re-available for grant after exercise of option grants. The number of shares subject to the SIP and any outstanding awards under the SIP will be adjusted appropriately by the Board of Directors if the Company’s common stock is affected through a reorganization, merger, consolidation, recapitalization, restructuring, reclassification, dividend (other than quarterly cash dividends) or other distribution, stock split, spin-off or sale of substantially all the Company’s assets.

The SIP also has terms and limitations, including without limitation that the exercise price for stock options and stock appreciation rights granted under the SIP must equal the stock’s fair market value, based on the closing price per share of common stock, at the time the stock option or stock appreciation right is granted. The SIP is also subject to other limitation including; a limited exception for certain stock options assumed in corporate transactions; stock options and stock appreciation rights granted under the SIP may not be “re-priced” without shareholder approval; stock-based awards under the SIP are subject to either three-year or one-year minimum vesting requirements, subject to exceptions for death, disability or termination of employment of an employee or upon a change of control; and shareholder approval is required for certain types of amendments to the SIP.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities; Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities:

On February 27, 2019, the Company entered into an Option Agreement, (the “BeMetals Option Agreement”) with BeMetals Corp., a British Columbia corporation (“BeMetals”), and BeMetals USA Corp., a Delaware corporation (“BMET USA”), a wholly owned subsidiary of BeMetals. Under the terms of the BeMetals Option Agreement, in the second quarter 2019, BeMetals purchased 2.5 million shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $0.10 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $250,000, in a private placement. Use of proceeds are for general corporate working capital. This private placement was approved by the TSX-V.

On April 27, 2018, Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. (the “Company’) closed a private offering solely to accredited investors. The Company sold, in the aggregate, 2,550,000 Units, consisting of 2,550,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001, together with a Warrant to purchase an aggregate of 1,275,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.20 per share. The Unit price is $0.14 per Unit, consisting of the one share of Common Stock and Warrant to purchase one-half of a share of Common Stock. (with a minimum purchase of one share). The Warrants have a one-year term and are immediately exercisable.  There is no minimum offering. There is no placement agent fee paid in the offering, and no accountable or unaccountable expense allowance.  

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Paul Beckman, an insider of the Company, purchased 1,000,000 Units under the Placement. Upon completion of the Placement, Mr. Beckman holds 12,133,645 common shares or approximately 21% of the total common shares issued and outstanding of the Company.

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The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation (“MD&A”) is intended to help the reader understand our financial condition. MD&A is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with, our financial statements and the accompanying integral notes (“Notes”) thereto.  The following statements may be forward-looking in nature and actual results may differ materially.

Plan of Operation:

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS: The following discussion may contain forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include the following: inability to locate property with mineralization, lack of financing for exploration efforts, competition to acquire mining properties; risks inherent in the mining industry, and risk factors that are listed in the Company's reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  

The Company commenced advancement of the South Mountain Project in 2019 with BeMetals Corp. – Vancouver B.C. (TSX-V: BMET) – under an option agreement to complete the pre-development work and produce a preliminary economic analysis (PEA).  The Company’s plan of operation for the next twelve months is to continue supporting BeMetals Corp. during their option period and help ensure that the South Mountain PEA is completed on schedule and within budget.

Results of Operations:

Total operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2019 of $695,295 increased from the same respective time frame ending 2018 by $87,502 or 14%. Exploration expenses for the twelve months ended December 31, 2019 decreased by $179,041 when compared to same period in 2018. This decrease can be attributed to the engagement of Hard Rock Consulting LLC to update the NI 43-101 in 2018. In addition, starting in June 2019, BeMetals has reimbursed the Company for exploration and other costs.   Legal and accounting costs increased from the same period in 2018 by $17,213 for a total of $135,015.  Management and administrative expense increased by $265,445 or 113% principally due to stock options compensation of $117,088 issued to our officers and directors in March 2019, and due to additional expenses incurred with the BeMetals agreement in 2019.

Liquidity and Capital Resources:

The consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019 have been prepared under the assumption that we will continue as a going concern. Such assumption contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. As shown in the consolidated financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2019, we have sufficient cash reserves to cover normal operating expenditures for the following 12 months.

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The liquidity of the Company was enhanced on February 27, 2019 when the Company entered into the BeMetals Option Agreement with BeMetals Corp., and BMET USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of BeMetals. Under the terms of the BeMetals Option Agreement, BMET USA will be entitled to purchase 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of SMMI from TMRI, both wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company. The term of the agreement is for two years with BeMetals completing a preliminary economic assessment ("PEA") completed by a mutually agreed third-party engineering firm. Over its term, this agreement requires cash payments to the Company of $1,350,000; $1,100,000 in cash and $250,000 in exchange for shares of the Company’s common stock.  Through December 31, 2019, cash proceeds of $350,000 and $250,000 in exchange for shares of the Company’s common stock have been received.   BeMetals also agreed to pay the Company $25,000 per month for management services.  In the event that BeMetals decides not to proceed with the South Mountain Project, BeMetals will not be obligated to make any additional payments.  

BeMetals issued 10 million BMET common shares (Consideration Shares) to TMRI in May 2019.   The fair value of the shares on the transaction date was $1,883,875.  These shares include certain resale restrictions, including a hold period, under applicable Securities Laws in addition to the restrictions set out in section 4.6 of the BeMetals Option Agreement.

The Company has historically incurred losses, however, under the BeMetals Option Agreement, the Company now has a recurring source of revenue, and its ability to continue as a going concern is no longer just dependent on equity capital raises and borrowings.  The Company believes it has the ability to raise capital in order to fund its future exploration and working capital requirements if necessary.

Potential additional sources of cash, or relief of demand for cash, include additional external debt, the sale of shares of our stock, or alternative methods such as mergers or sale of our assets. No assurances can be given, however, that we will be able to obtain any of these potential sources of cash.

Our plans for the long-term continuation as a going concern include financing our future operations through sales of our common stock and/or debt and the eventual profitable exploitation of our mining properties. Our plans may also, at some future point, include the formation of mining joint ventures with senior mining company partners on specific mineral properties whereby the joint venture partner would provide the necessary financing in return for equity in the property.

In addition to the BeMetals Corp. Option Agreement, we believe that the Company will be able to meet its financial obligations by the following:

February 25, 2020, we had $163,399 cash in our bank accounts. 

We do not include in this consideration any option payments mentioned below.  

The Company will also consider other sources of funding, including potential mergers and/or additional farm-out of its other exploration property. 

Our future liquidity and capital requirements will depend on many factors, including timing, cost and progress of our exploration efforts, our evaluation of, and decisions with respect to, our strategic alternatives, and costs associated with the regulatory approvals. If it turns out that we do not have enough cash to complete our exploration programs, we will attempt to raise additional funds from a public offering, a private placement, mergers, farm-outs or loans.

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We know that additional financing will be required in the future to fund our planned operations. We do not know whether additional financing will be available when needed or on acceptable terms, if at all. If we are unable to raise additional financing when necessary, we may have to delay our exploration efforts or any property acquisitions or be forced to cease operations. Collaborative arrangements may require us to relinquish our rights to certain of our mining claims.

Private Placement

The offerings are believed exempt from registration pursuant to the exemption for transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering under Section 4(6) the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  The securities offered, sold, and issued in connection with the private placement have not been or are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements.

Contractual Obligations

During 2008 and 2009, three lease arrangements were made with landowners that own land parcels adjacent to the Company’s South Mountain patented and unpatented mining claims.  The leases were for a seven-year period, with options to renew, with annual payments (based on $20 per acre) listed in the following table.  The leases have no work requirements.

(1)Amounts shown are for the lease periods years 12 through 16, a total of 4 years that remains after 2019. Lease was extended an additional 10 years at $30/acre after 2014. 

(2)The Lowry lease has an early buy-out provision for 50% of the remaining amounts owed in the event the Company desires to drop the lease prior to the end of the first seven-year period. 

(3)  OGT LLC, managed by the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary SMMI, receives a $5,000 per year payment for up to 10 years, or until a $5 million capped NPI Royalty is paid.

Critical Accounting Policies

We have identified our critical accounting policies, the application of which may materially affect the financial statements, either because of the significance of the financials statement item to which they relate, or because they require management’s judgment in making estimates and assumptions in measuring, at a specific point in time, events

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which will be settled in the future.  The critical accounting policies, judgments and estimates which management believes have the most significant effect on the financial statements are set forth below:

a)Estimates. Our management routinely makes judgments and estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain.  As the number of variables and assumptions affecting the future resolution of the uncertainties increase, these judgments become even more subjective and complex.  Although we believe that our estimates and assumptions are reasonable, actual results may differ significantly from these estimates.  Changes in estimates and assumptions based upon actual results may have a material impact on our results of operation and/or financial condition.  

b)Stock-based Compensation. The Company records stock-based compensation in accordance with ASC 718, “Compensation – Stock Compensation” using the fair value method. All transactions in which goods or services are the consideration received for the issuance of equity instruments are accounted for based on the fair value of the consideration received or the fair value of the equity instrument issued, whichever is more reliably measurable. 

c)Income Taxes. We have current income tax assets recorded in our financial statements that are based on our estimates relating to federal and state income tax benefits. Our judgments regarding federal and state income tax rates, items that may or may not be deductible for income tax purposes and income tax regulations themselves are critical to the Company’s financial statement income tax items. 

d)Investments. In a joint venture where the Company holds more than 50% of the voting interest and has significant influence, the joint venture is consolidated with the presentation of non-controlling interest.  In determining whether significant influences exist, the Company considers its participation in policy-making decisions and its representation on the venture’s management committee. 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders

Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. (“the Company”) as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the financial statements). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ DeCoria, Maichel & Teague, P.S.

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2005.

Spokane, Washington

March 20, 2020

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. (“Thunder Mountain”, “THMG”, or “the Company”) was originally incorporated under the laws of the State of Idaho on November 9, 1935, under the name of Montgomery Mines, Inc.  In April 1978, the Montgomery Mines Corporation was obtained by a group of the Thunder Mountain property holders and changed its name to Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc., with the primary goal to further develop their holdings in the Thunder Mountain Mining District, located in Valley County, Idaho. Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. takes its name from the Thunder Mountain Mining District, where its principal lode mining claims were located. For several years, the Company’s activities were restricted to maintaining its property position and exploration activities. During 2005, the Company sold its holdings in the Thunder Mountain Mining District. During 2007, the Company acquired the South Mountain Mines property in southwest Idaho and initiated exploration activities on that property, which continue today.

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company; its wholly owned subsidiaries, Thunder Mountain Resources, Inc. (“TMRI”) and South Mountain Mines, Inc. (“SMMI”); and a company in which the Company owns 75% and has majority control, Owyhee Gold Trust, LLC (“OGT”).    The Company’s consolidated financial statements reflect the other investor’s 25% non-controlling, capped interest in OGT.   Intercompany accounts are eliminated in consolidation.

Accounting Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The more significant areas requiring the use of management estimates and assumptions include the carrying value of properties and mineral interests, environmental remediation liabilities, deferred tax assets, and stock-based compensation. Management’s estimates and assumptions are based on historical experience and other assumptions believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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Revenue Recognition

Management service revenue is recognized when the Company has satisfied its performance obligation required under its management contract.    Such obligation is satisfied over time as work is performed and the Company has a contractual right to payment.   

The Company recognizes deferred income tax liabilities or assets at the end of each period using the tax rate expected to be in effect when the taxes are actually paid or recovered. A valuation allowance is recognized on deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

For the purposes of the balance sheet and statement of cash flows, the Company considers all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased to be a cash equivalent.

When required to measure assets or liabilities at fair value, the Company uses a fair value hierarchy based on the level of independent, objective evidence surrounding the inputs used.  The Company determines the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall.   The categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.   Level 1 uses quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities, Level 2 uses significant other observable inputs, and Level 3 uses significant unobservable inputs.  The amount of the total gains or losses for the period are included in earnings that are attributable to the change in unrealized gains or losses relating to those assets and liabilities still held at the reporting date. At December 31, 2019, the Company has one financial asset, investment in equity security, that is adjusted to fair value on a recurring basis for which the fair value is determined based on Level 1 inputs as the equity security is traded on a stock exchange.  The Company has no financial liabilities that are adjusted to fair value on a recurring basis.

The Company’s financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, investment in equity security and related party notes payable the carrying value of which approximates fair value based on the nature of those instruments.

Investments

The Company determines the appropriate classification of investments at the time of acquisition and re-evaluates such determinations at each reporting date. Equity securities determined to be marketable are carried at fair value determined using Level 1 fair value measurement inputs with the change in fair value recognized as unrealized gain (loss) in the consolidated statement of operations each reporting period. Gains and losses on the sale of securities are recognized on a specific identification basis.

The Company capitalizes costs for acquiring mineral interests, and expenses costs to maintain mineral rights and leases as incurred.  Exploration costs are expensed in the period in which they occur.  Should a property reach the production stage, these capitalized costs would be amortized using the units-of-production method based on periodic estimates of ore reserves. Mineral interests are periodically assessed for impairment of value and any subsequent losses are charged to operations at the time of impairment.

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Investments in Joint Venture

The Company’s accounting policy for joint ventures is as follows:

1.The Company uses the cost method when it does not have joint control or significant influence in a joint venture. Under the cost method, these investments are carried at cost. If other than temporary impairment in value is determined, it would then be charged to current net income or loss. 

2.If the Company enters into a joint venture in which there is joint control between the parties or the Company has significant influence, the equity method is utilized whereby the Company’s share of the venture’s earnings and losses is included in the statement of operations as earnings in joint ventures and its investments therein are adjusted by a similar amount. If other than temporary impairment in value is determined, it would then be charged to current net income or loss. 

3.In a joint venture where the Company holds more than 50% of the voting interest and has significant influence, the joint venture is typically consolidated with the presentation of non-controlling interest.  In determining whether significant influences exist, the Company considers its participation in policy-making decisions and its representation on the venture’s management committee. See Note 3 regarding the Company’s investment in Owyhee Gold Trust, LLC. 

The Company’s operations have been, and are subject to, standards for mine reclamation that have been established by various governmental agencies. The Company would record the fair value of an asset retirement obligation as a liability in the period in which the Company incurred a legal obligation for the retirement of tangible long-lived assets. A corresponding asset would also be recorded and depreciated over the life of the asset.

After the initial measurement of the asset retirement obligation, the liability is adjusted at the end of each reporting period to reflect changes in the estimated future cash flows underlying the obligation.

Determination of any amounts recognized upon adoption is based upon numerous estimates and assumptions, including future retirement costs, future inflation rates and the credit-adjusted risk-free interest rates.

For non-operating properties, the Company accrues costs associated with environmental remediation obligations when it is probable that such costs will be incurred, and they are reasonably estimable. Such costs are based on management’s estimate of amounts expected to be incurred when the remediation work is performed.

Share-based payments to employees and directors, including grants of employee stock options, are measured at fair value and expensed in the consolidated statement of operations over the vesting period.  

Accounting Standards Updates Adopted

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-02 Leases (Topic 842).  The update modified the classification criteria and requires lessees to recognize the assets and liabilities on the balance sheet for most leases.  The update was effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted.  Adoption of this update as of January 1, 2019 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.  The Company entered into an operating lease in February 2019 that was subject to the accounting proscribed by this update.  See Note 11.

In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-07 Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718):  Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting.  The update involves simplification of several aspects of accounting for nonemployee share-based payment transactions by expanding the scope of Topic 718 to include nonemployee

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awards.  The update was effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted.  Adoption of this update as of January 1, 2019 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Accounting Standards Updates to Become Effective in Future Periods

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-13 Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820):  Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement.  The update removes, modifies and makes additions to the disclosure requirements on fair value measurements.  The update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted.  Management is evaluating the impact of this update on the Company’s fair value measurement disclosures.

The Company is required to have dual presentation of basic earnings per share (“EPS”) and diluted EPS.  Basic EPS is computed as net income (loss) divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the periods. Diluted EPS is calculated based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period plus the effect of potentially dilutive common stock equivalents, including options and warrants to purchase the Company’s common stock.

For the year ended December 31, 2019, stock options of 960,000 are included in and 4,075,000 are excluded from the calculation of diluted income per share. Options are excluded because their exercise prices were greater than the average trading price of the Company’s common stock for the year.    For the year ended December 31, 2018, stock options of 3,710,000 and warrants of 1,275,000 are excluded in the calculation of diluted income per share as their effect would have been anti-dilutive due to the net loss recognized in that period.

The Company has two lease arrangements with landowners that own land parcels adjacent to the Company’s South Mountain patented and unpatented mining claims.  The leases were originally for a seven-year period, with annual payments of $20 per acre.  The leases were renewed for an additional 10 years at $30 per acre paid annually; committed payments are listed in the table below. The leases have no work requirements.

The Company has 78 unpatented claims (1,600 acres) in the Trout Creek area and 21 unpatented claims in the South Mountain area. The claim fees are paid on these unpatented claims annually as follows:

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3. South Mountain Project 

BeMetals Option Agreement:

On February 27, 2019, the Company entered into an Option Agreement, (the “BeMetals Option Agreement”) with BeMetals Corp., a British Columbia corporation (“BeMetals”), and BeMetals USA Corp., a Delaware corporation (“BMET USA”), a wholly owned subsidiary of BeMetals.   Under the terms of the BeMetals Option Agreement, BMET USA will be entitled to purchase 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of SMMI from TMRI, both wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company. SMMI is the Company’s subsidiary that holds the Company’s investment in the South Mountain project mineral interest.   The term of the agreement is for two years with BeMetals completing a preliminary economic assessment ("PEA") completed by a mutually agreed third-party engineering firm.

Pursuant to the BeMetals Option Agreement, BMET USA will be entitled to purchase 100% of the outstanding shares of SMMI from TMRI if the following obligations are satisfied: 

Tranche 1: cash payment of $100,000 to TMRI within 1 business day of delivery of voting support agreements from shareholders of THMG who hold or control shares carrying more than 50% of the voting rights attached to all outstanding THMG Shares.  Payment was received on March 5, 2019 and is nonrefundable.  

Tranche 2: within 3 business days following satisfaction of the Tranche 2 conditions (as defined and described below - the "Tranche 2 Completion Date"): 

issuance of 10 million common shares in the capital of BMET USA to TMRI; and 

BMET USA purchase of 2.5 million shares of THMG common stock at a price of $0.10 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $250,000, on a private placement basis.  

Tranche 3: cash payment of $250,000 on or before the 6-month anniversary of the Tranche 2. Payment was received on December 10, 2019 and is nonrefundable. 

Tranche 4: cash payment of $250,000 on or before the 12-month anniversary of the Tranche 2.  

Tranche 5: cash payment of $250,000 on or before the 18-month anniversary of the Tranche 2.  

Tranche 6: cash payment of $250,000 plus an additional payment paid in in cash, BMET USA common shares or a combination of both.  The calculation of the additional payment is an amount equal to the lesser of 50% of the market capitalization of BeMetals at the time, and the greater of either $10 million; or 20% the net present value of the South Mountain Project as calculated in a PEA.   

The “Tranche 2 Completion Date” as defined by the Option Agreement was subject to several conditions, including, among other things: 

all requisite consents and regulatory approvals, including exchange approval;   

approval of the shareholders of THMG which was received from 53.24% of shareholders holding or controlling the issued and outstanding shares of the Company as of February 28, 2019;  

delivery by THMG of a title opinion in respect of the South Mountain Project (including opinions relating to OGT, SMMI's ownership interest in OGT and TMRI ownership of SMMI Shares) (the "Title Opinion"), and related corporate legal opinions (met as of May 1, 2019);  

delivery by THMG of an updated technical report in respect of the South Mountain Project, re-addressed to SMMI and BMET USA and with such amendments as required to satisfy Exchange requirements (met as of May 6, 2019); and  

entry into the management contracts as defined by the Option Agreement (met as of May 13, 2019).  

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BeMetals provides funding to SMMI for ongoing project expenses, including office lease payments.    Under the terms of the Option Agreement, SMMI’s management provides BeMetals a request for fund monthly to cover the upcoming month’s expenses.   At December 31, 2019, advances received from BeMetals that have not yet been spent total $73,343.   

SMMI Joint Venture – OGT, LLC

The Company’s wholly owned subsidiary SMMI is the sole manager of the South Mountain Project in its entirety through a separate Mining Lease with Option to Purchase (“Lease Option”) with the Company’s majority-owned subsidiary OGT.  The Lease Option includes a capped $5 million less net returns royalties paid through the date of exercise.  The Lease Option expires in November 2026.  If SMMI exercises the option, the option payment of $5 million less advance royalties will be distributed 100% by OGT to OGT’s minority member.  Under the Lease Option, SMMI pays an advance $5,000 net returns royalty to OGT annually on November 4 which is distributed to OGT’s minority member.  OGT’s financial information is included 100% in the Company’s consolidated financial statements and reflects its minority member’s non-controlling interest.  Changes in the non-controlling interest equity balance is as follows:

4.  Investment in Equity Security

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2019 Activity:

On February 14, 2019 and May 9, 2019, Mr. Jones loaned an additional $10,000 (in exchange for an accounts payable balance due to him) and $30,000 in cash, respectively, at an interest rate of 1.5% per month and initially payable in full on June 30, 2019.  These notes were extended to December 31, 2019.   During the year ended December 31, 2019, Mr. Jones and Mr. Collord were each paid $30,000 reducing their notes payable balances. The notes payable balances to Mr. Jones and Mr. Collord were $66,768 and $39,808, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2019.   On December 31, 2019, all note balances due to Mr. Jones and Mr. Collord were amended changing the payment due date to December 31, 2020.

On January 18, 2019, the Company executed a promissory note payable with Paul Beckman, a director of the Company.  The amount of the note was $10,000 at an interest rate of 1.5% per month.  The amount was paid in full on June 17, 2019 with interest expense of $736.

2018 Activity:

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In addition to the related parties notes payable discussed in Note 6, the Company had the following related party transactions:  

Since 2017, Eric Jones has advanced funds to the Company for operating expenses. The balance of Mr. Jones’ advances at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 was $17,046 and $20,971, respectively; the balances are included in accounts payable and other accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet. At December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company has a payable to Jim Collord of $30,476 and $33,167, respectively, attributed to reimbursement of expenses for the SMMI project.   The balances are included in accounts payable and other accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet.

The Company’s common stock has a par value of $0.001 with 200,000,000 shares authorized. The Company also has 5,000,000 authorized shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.0001.

On February 20, 2018, the Board of Directors approved a Private Placement financing of up to $750,000 from the sale of equity units at a price of $0.14 per unit.  Each unit consisted of one share of the Company’s common stock and one-half of one common share purchase warrant.  Each whole warrant entitles the holder to purchase one additional share of common stock of the Company at a price of $0.20 for a period of 12 months. On April 27, 2018 the Company closed its Private Placement. The Company sold Units representing a total of 2,550,000 shares of common stock and 1,275,000 common stock purchase warrants for total proceeds of $357,000.    Of this amount, $252,988 was received in cash and $104,012 was in exchange for retirement of a convertible note payable and related accrued interest payable.   

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The Company has a Stock Incentive Plan (the “SIP”) that provides for the grant of stock options, incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, and incentive awards to eligible individuals including directors, executive officers and advisors that have furnished bona fide services to the Company not related to the sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction.  The SIP has a fixed maximum percentage of 10% of the Company’s outstanding shares  The SIP also has terms and limitations, including that the exercise price for stock options and stock appreciation rights granted under the SIP must equal the stock’s fair value, based on the closing price per share of common stock, at the time the stock option or stock appreciation right is granted.

In March 2019 the Company granted 1,325,000 stock options to officers and directors of the Company. The options are exercisable on or before March 25, 2024 and have an exercise price of $0.09.  The fair value of the options was determined to be $117,088 using the Black Scholes model.  The options were fully vested upon grant and the entire fair value was recognized as compensation expense during the year ended December 31, 2019.    

The fair value of each option award was estimated on the date of the grant using the assumptions noted in the following table:

The following is a summary of the Company’s options issued and outstanding under the SIP:

The average remaining contractual term of the options outstanding and exercisable at December 31, 2019 was 2.03 years.  As of December 31, 2019, options outstanding and exercisable had a $19,200 aggregate intrinsic value.

10. Income Taxes  

The Company did not recognize a tax provision for the year ended December 31, 2019 due to the availability of net operating loss carryforwards.  The Company did not recognize a tax benefit for the year ended December 31, 2018 due to ongoing net losses.  

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At December 31, 2019 and 2018, net deferred tax assets were calculated based on expected blended future tax rates of 26.7% including both federal and Idaho state components.  Significant components of net deferred tax assets at December 31, 2019 and 2018 are as follows:  

At December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company had net deferred tax assets which were fully reserved by valuation allowances as management cannot determine that it is more likely than not that the Company will realize the benefits of the net deferred tax asset.   

The income tax benefit shown in the financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 differs from the federal statutory rate as follows:

The Company has analyzed its filing positions in all jurisdictions where it is required to file income tax returns and found no positions that would require a liability for uncertain income tax benefits to be recognized.  The Company is subject to possible tax examinations for the years 2017 through 2019.  Prior year tax attributes could be adjusted by taxing authorities.  If applicable, the Company will deduct interest and penalties as interest expense on the financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02 Leases (Topic 842). The update modifies the classification criteria and requires lessees to recognize the assets and liabilities on the balance sheet for most leases. The update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. The Company implemented this standard effective January 1, 2019. Upon implementation of the new guidance, the Company had no leases that met the classification criteria.  

In February 2019, the Company entered into an operating lease for its office that met the criteria of the update.  A liability and right-of-use asset of $29,617 was recognized on the lease inception date.  To calculate the liability and right of use asset, the Company utilized an 8.0% incremental borrowing rate to discount the future rent payments of approx. $1,300 per month over the lease term of 2.0 years.   The lease contains no renewal option.   

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As of December 31, 2019, total future payments required through the remaining lease term of 1.09 years are as follows: 

For the years ended December 31, 2019, costs relating to the operating lease were recognized in the consolidated statements of operations as follows:

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During the year ended December 31, 2019, there were no changes in independent audit firms or consulting firms who provide accounting assistance.

During the year ended December 31, 2019, there were no disagreements between the Company and its independent certified public accountants concerning accounting and financial disclosure.  

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

At the end of the period covered by this report, an evaluation was carried out under the supervision of, and with the participation of, the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a – 15(e) and Rule 15d – 15(e) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended).  Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were adequately designed and effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in its reports that it files or submits to the SEC under the Exchange Act, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time specified in applicable rules and forms.

Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have also determined that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that material information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow for accurate required disclosure to be made on a timely basis.

Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting.  The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed under the supervision of its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of the Company’s financial statements for external reporting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.  Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, using criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) and concluded that internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2019, based on these criteria.   

Changes in internal controls over financial reporting

During the quarter ended December 31, 2019, there have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting

None.

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This section sets forth certain information with respect to the Company’s current directors and executive officers, as well as information about appointments subsequent to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.

Directors and Executive Officers:

Background and experience:

Eric T. Jones – President and Chief Executive Officer - has over 30 years of mining, and financial experience, with a B.S. in Geological Engineering from the University of Idaho.  Mr. Jones joined the Board of Thunder Mountain Gold in 2006, the management team in 2008, and was appointed President and Chief Executive Office in 2011 by the Board.  Prior to that, Mr. Jones served as Chief Financial Officer, and Vice President of Investor Relations, and Secretary/Treasurer. From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Jones was General Manager at Dakota Mining`s Stibnite Mine gold heap leach operation in central Idaho.  He has held management positions for Hecla Mining at their Yellow Pine Mine, Stibnite, Idaho, and Environmental Manager at their Rosebud Mine, Lovelock, Nevada.  Prior to working with Hecla, Eric was the mine engineer at the Cactus Gold Mine in southern California and has worked throughout the western U.S. in both precious metals and oil and gas exploration.

James Collord has a MS degree in exploration geology from the Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno (1980).  He has been a mining professional for 42 years, employed in a variety of capacities, including mill construction superintendent, exploration geologist, mine construction and reclamation manager, and in environmental and lands management.  During the period 1975 through 1997, Mr. Collord worked for Freeport Exploration where he worked with a successful exploration team that discovered several Nevada mines.  Later in his Freeport career, he managed mining operations and lead permitting efforts at the Big Springs and Jerritt Canyon Mines.  For the period 1997 through 2005, Mr. Collord was Environmental and Lands Superintendent at Cortez Gold Mines, a large Nevada mine that was a joint venture between Placer Dome and Kennecott Minerals. After retirement from Cortez, and until his employment by Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. in April 2007, he managed the Elko offices for environmental and hydrogeologic consulting groups. He is the grandson of Daniel C. McRae, the original locator of the gold mines in the Thunder Mountain Gold Mining District in the early 1900s.

Paul Beckman is an entrepreneur and owner of Bella Vista Farms, in Eagle Idaho. Paul serves as Manager and Consultant to the Camille Beckman Corporation where he oversees technology, accounting systems, and daily facility operations. He currently serves on the Board of the Camille Beckman Foundation, and is the co-owner of two small gold mines in central Idaho. Paul attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force where he was a Director - Contracting Automation Systems, managing over 150 personnel responsible for Air Force Contracting Systems. During his service he consolidated two major commands and served as a Missile Launch Officer, Pilot, and Contracting Officer. Paul earned his M.A., in Administration at Webster College, and a B.Sc. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Idaho.

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throughout North America and Mexico.  Mr. Sabala was appointed Chief Financial Officer in May 2008 and Senior Vice President in March 2008.  Prior to his employment with Hecla Mining Company, Mr. Sabala was Executive Vice President – Chief Financial Officer of Coeur Mining from 2003 to February 2008.  Mr. Sabala also served as Vice President-Chief Financial Officer of Stillwater Mining Company from 1998 to 2002.  Mr. Sabala has served as a director of Arch Coal (NYSE:ACI) since February, 2015 until October 2016, and currently serves as a director of Dolly Varden Silver (TSX-V: DV).

Larry Thackery has a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from Weber State University, and over thirty years’ experience of a progressive accounting/operations career. On January 8, 2013, the Company appointed Larry Thackery as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Thackery brings a wide array of experience/knowledge from different industries, including work in retail with Mrs. Fields Cookies and Snug Co, to distribution with Idacold, and manufacturing with Baseline Inc., and NxEdge Inc. Mr. Thackery has a background in corporate planning, financial analysis, and financial reporting.  He is an experienced accounting controller and operations manager with strong analytical skills, computer experience, and proven successful operations development. Hands on experience with the overall operations process, inventory system, variance reporting, budgeting, and forecasting financial analysis of multimillion-dollar corporations.

Directorships in reporting companies:

James Sabala is the only director of the Registrant that is a director of another corporation subject to the requirements of Section 12 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934.

Significant Employees:

Three of the Company’s officers began deferring compensation for services on April 1, 2015. On July 31, 2018, the Company stopped expensing and deferring compensation for the three Company officers in the interest of marketing the SMMI project. As part of the BeMetals agreement, the Company resumed compensation for these officers on May 15, 2019. The officers deferred compensation balances at December 31, 2019 and 2018 represent the balances deferred prior to the BeMetals agreement and are as follows:  Eric Jones, President and Chief Executive Officer - $420,000; Jim Collord, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - $420,000; and Larry Thackery, Chief Financial Officer - $201,500.

Family Relationships:

None.

Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings:

None of the officers and directors of the Registrant have been involved in any bankruptcy, insolvency, or receivership proceedings as an individual or member of any partnership or corporation; none have ever been convicted in a criminal proceeding or is the subject of a criminal proceeding presently pending.  None have been involved in proceedings concerning his ability to act as an investment advisor, underwriter, broker, or dealer in securities, or to act in a responsible capacity for an investment company, bank savings and loan association, or insurance company or limiting his activity in connection with the purchase and sale of any security or engaging in any type business practice. None have been enjoined from engaging in any activity in connection with any violation of federal or state securities laws nor been involved in a civil action regarding the violation of such laws.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance:

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires the Company’s directors and executive officers and persons who beneficially owns more than ten percent of a registered class of the Company’s equity securities to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports of change in ownership of common stock and other equity securities of the Company.  Officers, directors and greater than ten percent shareholders are required by SEC regulations to furnish the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.  To our knowledge, no persons failed to file on a timely basis, the identified reports required by Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act during fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.

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Audit Committee:

The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the oversight and management of the Company.  On January 28, 2010, an Audit Committee was designated from members of the Board and currently consists of Douglas Glaspey, Ralph Noyes, and James Sabala as independent members of the committee.

Compensation Committee:

The Purpose of the Compensation Committee is to conduct an annual review to determine whether the Company’s executive compensation program is meeting the goals and objectives set by the Board of Directors. The Compensation Committee recommends for approval by the Board of Directors the compensation for the Chief Executive Officer and directors, including salaries, incentive compensation levels and stock awards, and reviews and approves compensation proposals made for the other executive officers.  During Fiscal 2018, The Compensation Committee consists of the following members: Doug Glaspey and Ralph Noyes. Mr. Glaspey was appointed as Chair of the Compensation Committee.  The Board first appointed the Compensation Committee in May of 2012 and met once in 2018. 

Special Committee:

The Purpose of the Special Committee is to review and analyze the issues pertaining to potential strategic alternatives for Thunder Mountain Gold Inc. and its subsidiary(ies) (together, the “Company”), which analysis should include, but not be limited to, the advantages and disadvantages of any strategic alternatives available to the Company, and the appropriateness and form of any consideration in relation to the Company’s stockholders in connection with any proposed transaction which should also be considered. The Special Committee directs the Company management to take any actions on the part of the Company, in addition to those normally undertaken by management (such as instructions to the professional advisers of the Company), if the Committee considers that such actions are necessary or advisable. The Committee, appointed by the Board, is comprised of three independent directors; Jim Sabala (Chairman), Ralph Noyes, and Paul Beckman. Each member meets the independence requirements of the relevant securities exchanges and regulatory agencies as may apply from time to time and is independent of management and free from any relationship that, in the opinion of the Board, would interfere with the exercise of his or her independent judgment as a committee member.

Code of Ethics:

The Board of Directors has formally adopted a Code of Ethics in 2010. This Code of Ethics is published on the Company’s website.  

Indemnification of Directors and Officers:

The Company’s By-Laws address indemnification of Directors and Officers. Nevada law provides that Nevada corporations may include within their articles of incorporation provisions eliminating or limiting the personal liability of their directors and officers in shareholder actions brought to obtain damages for alleged breaches of fiduciary duties, as long as the alleged acts or omissions did not involve intentional misconduct, fraud, a knowing violation of law or payment of dividends in violation of the Nevada statutes. Nevada law also allows Nevada corporations to include in their Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws provisions to the effect that expenses of officers and directors incurred in defending a civil or criminal action must be paid by the corporation as they are incurred, subject to an undertaking on behalf of the officer or director that he or she will repay such expenses if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that such officer or director is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation because such officer or director did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation.

The Company’s Articles of Incorporation provide that a director or officer is not personally liable to the Company or its shareholders for damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer, except for liability for: (i) acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law, or (ii) the payment of distributions in violation of Nevada Revised Statutes, §78.300. In addition, Nevada Revised Statutes §78.751 and

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Article VII of the Company’s Bylaws, under certain circumstances, provide for the indemnification of the officers and directors of the Company against liabilities which they may incur in such capacities.

Summary Compensation

Compensation to directors also included reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses that are incurred in connection with the Directors’ duties associated with the Company's business. There are currently no other compensation arrangements for the Company’s Directors. The following table provides certain summary information for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 concerning compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and three other highest paid executive officers, including the Directors of the Company:

There are no compensatory plans or arrangements for compensation of any Director in the event of his termination of office, resignation or retirement.  

Long-term Incentives:

On July 17, 2011, the shareholders approved a Stock Incentive Plan (the “SIP”). The SIP was again approved by the Shareholders on January 20, 2015, and April 25, 2017. The SIP will be administered by the Compensation Committee or Board of Directors and provides for the grant of stock options, incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, and incentive awards to eligible individuals including directors, executive officers and advisors that have furnished bona fide services to the Company not related to the sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction.

The SIP has a fixed maximum percentage of 10% of the Company’s outstanding shares that are eligible for the plan pool, whereby the number of Shares under the SIP increase automatically with increases in the total number of shares. This “Evergreen” provision permits the reloading of shares that make up the available pool for the SIP, once the

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options granted have been exercised. The number of shares available for issuance under the SIP automatically increases as the total number of shares outstanding increase, including those shares issued upon exercise of options granted under the SIP, which become re-available for grant subsequent to exercise of option grants. The number of shares subject to the SIP and any outstanding awards under the SIP will be adjusted appropriately by the Board of Directors if the Company’s common stock is affected through a reorganization, merger, consolidation, recapitalization, restructuring, reclassification, dividend (other than quarterly cash dividends) or other distribution, stock split, spin-off or sale of substantially all of the Company’s assets.

The SIP also has terms and limitations, including that the exercise price for stock options and stock appreciation rights granted under the SIP must equal the stock’s fair market value, based on the closing price per share of common stock, at the time the stock option or stock appreciation right is granted. The SIP is also subject to other limitation including; a limited exception for certain stock options assumed in corporate transactions; stock options and stock appreciation rights granted under the SIP may not be “re-priced” without shareholder approval; stock-based awards under the SIP are subject to either three-year or one-year minimum vesting requirements, subject to exceptions for death, disability or termination of employment of an employee or upon a change of control; and shareholder approval is required for certain types of amendments to the SIP.

Employment Contracts:

During 2019, there were three Company employees - Eric Jones, Jim Collord, and Larry Thackery.  They were employed per resolution of the Board and other than a monthly salary, plus normal burden, there are no other contractual understandings in the resolutions.  Each is reimbursed for the use of personal office equipment and phones, and Jim and Eric are reimbursed for health insurance and related costs up to a set maximum amount, when the Company is financially able to cover the reimbursements.  

Share-Based Payments:

The Company did not grant any stock options in the year ended December 31, 2018.

In March 2019 the Company granted 1,325,000 stock options to officers and directors of the Company. The options are exercisable on or before March 25, 2024 and have an exercise price of $0.09.  The fair value of the options was determined to be $117,088 using the Black Scholes model.  The options were fully vested upon grant and the entire fair value was recognized as compensation expense during the year ended December 31, 2019.    

Employment Contracts and Termination of Employment or Change of Control

We have no plans or arrangements in respect of remuneration received or that may be received by our executive officers to compensate such officers in the event of termination of employment (as a result of resignation or retirement) or change of control transaction.

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of shares of the Company’s common stock as of December 31, 2019, by:

the Company’s named executive officers; 

the Company’s directors; 

all of the Company’s executive officers and directors as a group; and each person who is known to beneficially own more than 5% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock. 

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As of December 31, 2019, the number of shares of common stock that can be sold by officers, directors, principal shareholders, and others pursuant to Rule 144 was 60,145,579.

Changes in Control:

The Board of Directors is aware of no circumstances which may result in a change of control of the Company.

Transactions with Management and Others:

During the year ended December 31, 2018, we had the following transactions with related parties:

Three of the Company’s officers had been deferring compensation for services. The officer’s balances at December 31, 2018 are as follows:  Eric Jones, President and Chief Executive Officer - $420,000 (December 31, 2017 – $350,000), Jim Collord, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - $420,000 (December 31, 2017 – $350,000), and Larry Thackery, Chief Financial Officer - $201,500 (December 31, 2017 – $171,500). On July 31, 2018 the Company stopped expensing and deferring compensation for the three Company officers in the interest of marketing the SMMI project.

The Company engaged Baird Hanson LLP (“Baird”), a company owned by one of the Company’s directors, to provide legal services in 2018.  In advance of the BeMetals transaction Mr. Baird withdrew Baird Hanson LLP as counsel to avoid any appearance of a conflict with the then-proposed BeMetals Corp. transaction. During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company incurred $65,530 in legal expense with Mr. Baird. There was no expense for the year ended in 2019.  At December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the balance due to Baird was $216,685 and $241,685, respectfully.  

On December 18, 2018 Eric Jones advanced funds to the Company for operating expenses in the amount of $10,000. The balance of Mr. Jones’ advances at December 31, 2018 was $20,971 and is included in accounts payable and other accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet.

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During the year ended December 31, 2019, we had the following transactions with related parties:

Three of the Company’s officers began deferring compensation for services on April 1, 2015. On July 31, 2018, the Company stopped expensing and deferring compensation for the three Company officers in the interest of marketing the SMMI project. As part of the BeMetals agreement (Note 3), the Company resumed compensation for these officers on May 15, 2019. The officers deferred compensation balances at December 31, 2019 and 2018 represent the balances deferred prior to the BeMetals agreement and are as follows:  Eric Jones, President and Chief Executive Officer - $420,000; Jim Collord, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - $420,000; and Larry Thackery, Chief Financial Officer - $201,500.

The Company engages Baird Hanson LLP (“Baird”), a company owned by one of the Company’s directors, to provide legal services. There was no expense for the year ended in 2019.  At December 31, 2019 , the balance due to Baird was $216,685.  

Since 2017, Eric Jones has advanced funds to the Company for operating expenses. The balance of Mr. Jones’ advances at December 31, 2019 was $17,046; the balance is included in accounts payable and other accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet. At December 31, 2019, the Company has a payable to Jim Collord of $30,476, attributed to reimbursement of expenses for the SMMI project.   The balance is included in accounts payable and other accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet.

Certain Business Relationships:

There have been no unusual business relationships during the last fiscal year of the Registrant between the Registrant and affiliates as described in Item 404 (b) (1-6) of the Regulation S-K.

Indebtedness of Management:

No Director or executive officer or nominee for Director, or any member of the immediate family of such has been indebted to the Company during the past year.

Directors’ Stock Purchases

Stock transactions for directors and officers were reported on Form 4 or Form 5 and are available on the SEC website.

Director Independence

On December 31, 2019 Douglas Glaspey, Larry Kornze, James A. Sabala, Ralph Noyes, and Paul Beckman are independent Members of the Board of Thunder Mountain Gold Inc.

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ITEM 14 - PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

Audit and Non-Audit Fees

The following table presents fees billed to the Company relating to the audit of the Financial Statements at December 31, 2019, as provided by DeCoria, Maichel and Teague, P.S. We expect that DeCoria, Maichel and Teague, P.S. will serve as our auditors for fiscal year 2019. DM-T has served as an independent auditor for the Corporation since the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005. This firm is experienced in the field of accounting and is well qualified to act in the capacity of auditors.

The Company’s Board of Directors reviewed the audit services rendered by DeCoria, Maichel and Teague, P.S. and concluded that such services were compatible with maintaining the auditors’ independence. All audit, non-audit, tax services, and other services performed by the independent accountants are pre-approved by the Board of Directors to assure that such services do not impair the auditors’ independence from the Company. The Company does not use DeCoria, Maichel and Teague, P.S. for financial information system design and implementation. We do not engage DeCoria, Maichel and Teague, P.S to provide compliance outsourcing services.

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Documents filed as part of this report on Form 10-K or incorporated by reference:

(1) Our financial statements can be found in Item 8 of this report.  

(2) Financial Statement Schedules (omitted because they are either not required, are not applicable, or the required information is disclosed in the notes to the financial statements or related notes).  

(3) The following exhibits are filed with this Annual Report on Form 10-K or incorporated by reference: 

EXHIBITS

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

None

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 143 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf of the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

THUNDER MOUNTAIN GOLD, INC.

      /s/ Eric T. Jones

By                                             

Eric T. Jones

President, Director and Chief Executive Officer

Date: March 20, 2020

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934 this report signed below by the following person on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities on the date indicated.

      /s/ Larry Thackery

By                                             

Larry Thackery

Chief Financial Officer

Date: March 20, 2020

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