Correspondence 0001493152-23-045824 from Bunker Hill Mining Corp. (BHLL)
Bunker Hill Mining Corp.
Date: Dec. 22, 2023 · CIK: 0001407583 · Accession: 0001493152-23-045824
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File numbers found in text: 333-150028
Referenced dates: December 15, 2023
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Edward
R. Shaoul
303.892.7262
edward.shaoul@dgslaw.com
December
22, 2023
Via
EDGAR
Division
of Corporation Finance
Office
of Energy & Transportation
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
100
F Street, NE
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Attention:
Craig Arakawa, John Coleman and Myra Moosariparambil
Re: Bunker
Hill Mining Corp.
Form
10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022
Filed
April 17, 2023
File
No. 333-150028
Dear
Messrs. Arakawa and Coleman and Ms. Moosariparambil:
On
behalf of Bunker Hill Mining Corp. (the “Company”), set forth below is the response of the Company to the comments
received by the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission contained in the letter dated December
15, 2023 (the “Comment Letter”) regarding the above-referenced annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2023 (the “10-K”). In connection therewith, the Company has filed via EDGAR Amendment No. 1 to Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 (the “Amended 10-K”), which incorporates the changes
made in response to the Comment Letter.
For
ease of reference, the text of the Staff’s comment is reproduced in bold-face type below, followed by the Company’s response.
Item
2. Property, page 21
1. Please
disclose a property map as required by Item 1304(b)(1)(i) of Regulation S-K.
Response:
The Company has revised the disclosure in response to the Staff’s comment. Please see the Amended 10-K under “Property
Map of Bunker Hill Mine Land Ownership” on or around page 21.
2. Please
disclose the point of reference associated with the calculation of your mineral resources
as required by Item 1304 (d)(1) of Regulation S-K.
Response:
The Company has revised the disclosure in response to the Staff’s comment. Please see the Amended 10-K in Footnote 9 to Table
1-1 on or around page 23.
Davis
Graham & Stubbs LLP ■ 1550 17th Street, Suite
500 ■ Denver, CO 80202 ■ 303.892.9400 ■ fax 303.893.1379 ■ dgslaw.com
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
December 22, 2023
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3. Please
revise to include Item 1305 of Regulation S-K, regarding internal control disclosure.
Response:
The Company has revised the disclosure in response to the Staff’s comment. Please see the Amended 10-K under “Quality
Assurance/Quality Control” on or around page 22.
Item
9A. Controls and Procedures, page 68
4. Please
revise management’s report to identify the framework that you used to evaluate the
effectiveness of your internal control over financial reporting. To the extent you utilized
the criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee
of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, please ensure that your disclosure
specifies that you used the updated framework issued in 2013, if true. Please refer to Item
308(a)(2) of Regulation S-K.
Response:
The Company has revised the disclosure in response to the Staff’s comment. Please see the Amended 10-K under “Internal
Control Over Financing Reporting” on or around page 68.
Item
15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, page 77
5. Please
amend your filing to provide revised Section 906 certifications that refer to the correct
fiscal year end of December 31, 2022. In doing so, please refile the Form 10-K in its entirety,
along with updated certifications that are currently dated and refer to the Form 10-K/A.
Response:
The Company has revised the Section 906 certifications in response to the Staff’s comment. Please see Exhibits 32.3 and 32.4 to
the Amended 10-K.
Exhibit
96.1, page 77
6. We
note your disclosure in the adjacent property section of your technical report summary that
includes mineral resources for the Crescent Silver property. Please revise subsequent technical
reports to remove mineral resources or reserves that have not been prepared under S-K 1300
definitions and requirements.
Response:
The Company acknowledges the Staff’s comment and will ensure that subsequent technical reports required by Item 1300 of Regulation
S-K exclude mineral resources or reserves (including from the Crescent Silver property) that have not been prepared under S-K 1300 definitions
and requirements.
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
December 22, 2023
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We
have endeavored to provide you with everything requested. Should you have additional questions or comments, please contact the undersigned
at (303) 892-7262.
Sincerely,
/s/
Edward R. Shaoul
Edward
R. Shaoul
for
Davis
Graham & Stubbs LLP
Enclosure
cc:
Gerbrand Van Heerden, Bunker Hill Mining Corp.