UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 20-F

[ ] REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

[ x ] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year endedJanuary 31, 20112013

OR

[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

[ ] SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission file number0-18701001-32929

POLYMET MINING CORP.
(Formerly Fleck Resources Ltd.)
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

British Columbia, Canada
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

Suite 3905700 – 3600 Lysander Lane, Richmond, British Columbia V7B 1C3100 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5X 1C7
(Address of principal executive offices)

Douglas Newby
c/o PolyMetPoly Met Mining Inc.
PO Box 475444 Cedar Street, Suite 2060
6500 County Road 666
Hoyt Lakes,St Paul, Minnesota 5575055101
Tel: 212-867-1834651-389-4105
Fax: 646-365-3230651-389-4101
E-mail: dnewby@polymetmining.com
(Name, telephone, e-mail and/or facsimile number and address of Company contact person)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Common Shares, without par value
(Title of Class)

Name of each exchange on which registered

NYSE AmexMKT
Toronto Stock ExchangeTSX

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer's classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report. 154,825,191183,250,082

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
[ ]Yes[ x ]No

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 of 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
[ ]Yes[ x ]No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past ninety90 days.
[ x ]Yes[ ]No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Date File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
Yes[ ] No[ ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one)

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

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If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.
Item 17[ ]Item 18 [ x ]

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
[ ]Yes[ x ]No

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Financial Statements:

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report on Form 20-F (this “Annual Report”) contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). These statements appear in a number of different places in this Annual Report and can be identified by words such as "expects", “anticipates”, "believes", "intends", "estimates", “potential”, “possible”, "projects", "plans", and similar expressions, or statements that events, conditions or results “will”, “may”, “could”, or “should” occur or be achieved or their negatives or other comparable words. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements that may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The statements, including the statements contained in Item 3D “Risk Factors”, Item 4B “Business Overview”, Item 5 “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects” and Item 11 “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk”, are inherently subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ significantly. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding the outlook for our future operations, plans and timing for our exploration and development programs, statements about future market conditions, supply and demand conditions, forecasts of future costs and expenditures, the outcome of legal proceedings, and other expectations, intentions and plans that are not historical fact. Our actual results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements due to risks facing us or due to actual facts differing from the assumptions underlying our predictions. Some of these risks and assumptions include:

• completion of environmental review;
• obtaining permits on a timely basis;
• general economic and business conditions, including changes in interest rates and exchange rates;
• prices of natural resources, costs associated with mineral exploration and development, and other economic conditions;
• natural phenomena;
• actions by government authorities, including changes in government regulation;
• uncertainties associated with legal proceedings;
• changes in the resources market;
• future decisions by management in response to changing conditions;
• our ability to execute prospective business plans, and
• misjudgments in the course of preparing forward-looking statements.

All forward-looking statements included in this Annual Report are based on information available to us on the date of this Annual Report. We expressly disclaim any obligation to update publicly or otherwise these statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise except to the extent required by law.law, rule or regulation. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. You should carefully review the cautionary statements and risk factors contained in this and other documents that we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

NOMENCLATURE

In this Annual Report, unless the context otherwise dictates, “we”, “PolyMet” or the “Company” refers to PolyMet Mining Corp. and its subsidiaries.

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PART I

ITEM 1. IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISORS

Not required.

ITEM 2. OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE

Not required.

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ITEM 3. KEY INFORMATION

The following selected financial information,data, as ofat January 31, 2013 and 2012 and for the years ended January 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011 2010 and 2009 havehas been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements, which are included elsewhere in this Annual Report.under “Item 18, Financial Statements”. The selected financial data as of and for the years ended January 31, 2008 and 2007 have been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements not included in this Annual Report. Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"); the application of which conforms in all material respects for the periods presented with United States (“US”) GAAP, except as disclosed in the footnotes to the financial statements. The selected financial datainformation should be read in conjunction with “Item 5 - Operating and Financial Review and Prospects”, and in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto and other informationof the Company included elsewhereunder “Item 18 – Financial Statements."

Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in the Annual Report.

We are in the process of transitioning to reporting underaccordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"(“IFRS”). Our first quarter 2012, ending April 30, 2011, will include comparative information under IFRS. as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”), effective with our transition to IFRS on February 1, 2010.

Selected Financial Data
(US$ in 000’s, except loss per share and weighted average shares)

Unless otherwise indicated, all monetary amounts in this Annual Report are expressed in United States dollars, our reporting currency.

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Selected Financial Data – IFRS

D.

($'000s, except loss per share and weighted average shares)     Year     Year     Year     Opening       Ended     Ended     Ended     Balance       1/31/2013     1/31/2012     1/31/2011     Sheet                         2/1/2010   Revenue $  –   $  –   $  –         Income (loss) from Operations $  –   $  –   $  –         Net Loss $  (6,626 ) $  (3,045 ) $  (6,662 )       Loss Per Share $  (0.04 ) $  (0.02 ) $  (0.04 )       Diluted Net Loss Per Share $  (0.04 ) $  (0.02 ) $  (0.04 )       Dividends Per Share $  –   $  –   $  –         Weighted Average Shares   178,949,306     160,358,498     149,444,955         Working Capital $  2,629   $  16,375   $  4,199   $  16,313   Total Assets $  236,127   $  189,571   $  156,736   $  149,692   Long-Term and Convertible Debt $  34,458   $  32,690   $  29,406   $  33,395                             Shareholders’ Equity $  142,912   $  132,366   $  102,417   $  97,645                             Share Capital including Share Capital Premium $  184,222   $  170,566   $  143,248   $  132,066   B. Capitalization and Indebtedness Not Applicable C. Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds Not Applicable 7 D. Risk Factors

Factors thatOur business is subject to many risks and uncertainties, which may affect our future financial performance. If any of the events or circumstances described below occurs, our business and financial performance could causebe harmed, our actual results tocould differ materially from those described inour expectations and the forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Reportmarket value of our securities could decline. The risks and other documentsuncertainties discussed below are not the only ones we file with the Securitiesface. There may be additional risks and Exchange Commission include the risks described below. You should also referuncertainties not currently known to the other information in this Annual Report, including the consolidatedus or that we currently do not believe are material that may harm our business and financial statements and accompanying notes thereto.performance.

RISKS RELATING TO OUR BUSINESS

We may experience delays, higher than expected costs, difficulties in obtaining environmental permits and other obstacles when implementing our capital expenditure projects.

We are investing heavily in various facets of our NorthMet Project. Our projectNorthMet Project is subject to a number of risks that may make it less successful than anticipated, including:

• we may encounter delays or higher than expected costs completing the environmental review process necessary before construction and operating permits can be issued;

• delays in the issuance of permits after completion of the environmental review process;

• delays or higher than expected costs in obtaining the necessary equipment or services to build and operate our projects, and

• adverse mining conditions may delay and hamper our ability to produce the expected quantities of minerals.

Our future activities could be subject to environmental laws and regulations, which may have a materially adverse effect on our future operations, in which case our operations could be suspended or terminated.

We, like other companies doing business in the United States and Canada, are subject to a variety of federal, provincial, state and local statutes, rules and regulations designed to, among other things:

• protect the environment, including the quality of the air and water in the vicinity of exploration, development, and mining operations;

• remediate the environmental impacts of those exploration, development, and mining operations;

• protect and preserve wetlands and endangered species, and

• mitigate negative impacts on certain archeologicalarchaeological and cultural sites.

We are required to obtain various governmental permits to conduct exploration, development, construction and mining activities at our properties. Obtaining the necessary governmental permits is often a complex and time-consuming process involving numerous U.S. or Canadian federal, provincial, state, and local agencies. The duration and success of each permitting effort is contingent upon many variables not within our control. In the context of obtaining permits or approvals, we must comply with known standards, existing laws, and regulations that may entail greater or lesser costs and delays depending on the nature of the activity to be permitted and the interpretation of the laws and regulations implemented by the permitting authority. The failure to obtain certain permits or the adoption of more stringent permitting requirements could have a material adverse effect on our business, operations, and properties and we may be unable to proceed with our exploration and development programs.

Federal legislation and implementing regulations adopted and administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Army Corp of Engineers, Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, Mine Safety and Health Administration, and other federal agencies, and legislation such as the Federal Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Endangered Species Act, and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, have a direct bearing on U.S. exploration, development and mining operations. Due to the uncertainties inherent in the permitting process, we cannot be certain that we will be able to obtain required approvals for proposed activities at any of our properties in a timely manner, or that our proposed activities will be allowed at all.

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The process of obtaining federal and local regulatory approvals is increasingly cumbersome, time-consuming, and expensive, and the cost and uncertainty associated with the permitting process could have a material adverse effect on exploring, developing or mining our properties. Moreover, complianceCompliance with statutory environmental quality requirements described above may require significant capital outlays, significantly affect our earning power, or cause material changes in our intended activities. Environmental standards imposed by federal, state, or local governments may be changed or become more stringent in the future, which could materially and adversely affect our proposed activities.

Because the price of metals fluctuate, if the prices of metals in our ore body decrease below a specified level, it may no longer be profitable to develop our NorthMet Project for those metals and we will cease operations.

Prices of metals are determined by some of the following factors:

• expectations for inflation;

• the strength of the United States dollar;

• global and regional supply and demand, anddemand;

• political and economic conditions and production costs in major metalsmetal producing regions of the world.world;

• the strength of the United States dollar, and

• expectations for inflation.

The aggregate effect of these factors on metals prices is impossible for us to predict. In addition, the prices of metals are sometimes subject to rapid short-term and/or prolonged changes because of speculative activities. The current demand for and supply of various metals affect the prices of copper, nickel, cobalt, platinum, palladium and gold, but not necessarily in the same manner as current supply and demand affect the prices of other commodities. The supply of these metals primarily consists of new production from mining. If the prices of copper, nickel, cobalt, platinum, palladium and gold are, for a substantial period, below our foreseeable costs of production, we could cease operations.

We are dependent on our key personnel.

Our success depends on key members of our management. The loss of the services of one or more of such key management personnel could have a material adverse effect on us. Our ability to manage exploration and development activities, and hence our success, will depend in large part on the efforts of these individuals. We face intense competition for qualified personnel, and we cannot be certain that we will be able to attract and retain such personnel.

We may not be able to raise the funds necessary to develop our mineral properties.the NorthMet Project. If we are unable to raise such additional funds, we will have to suspend or cease operations.

We will need to seek additional financing to complete our development and construction of the NorthMet Project. Sources of such external financing include future equity and debt offerings, advance payments by potential customers to secure long-term supply contracts, grants and low-cost debt from certain state financial institutions, and commercial debt secured by the NorthMet Project. The failure to obtain such additional financing could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. We may not be able to secure the financing necessary to sustain exploration and development activities in the future. If we cannot raise the money necessary to continue to explore and develop our property, we will have to suspend or cease operations.

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Our metals exploration and development efforts are highly speculative in nature and may be unsuccessful.

As a development stage company, our work is speculative and involves unique and greater risks than are generally associated with operatingother businesses.

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The development of mineral deposits involves uncertainties, which careful evaluation, experience, and knowledge cannot eliminate. Although the discovery of an ore body may result in substantial rewards, fewFew properties explored are ultimately developed into producing mines. It is impossible to ensure that the current development program we have planned will result in a profitable commercial mining operation. Significant capital investment is required to achieve commercial production from successful exploration efforts.

We are subject to all the risks inherent to mineralthe mining industry, which may have an adverse affect on our business operations.

We are subject to all of the risks inherent in the mining industry, including, without limitation, the following:

• Success in discovering and developing commercially viable quantities of minerals is the result of a number of factors, including the quality of management, the interpretation of geological data, the level of geological and technical expertise and the quality of land available for exploration;

• Exploration for minerals is highly speculative and involves substantial risks, even when conducted on properties known to contain significant quantities of mineralization, and most exploration projects do not result in the discovery of commercially mineable deposits of ore;

• Operations are subject to a variety of existing laws and regulations relating to exploration and development, permitting procedures, safety precautions, property reclamation, employee health and safety, air and water quality standards, pollution and other environmental protection controls, all of which are subject to change and are becoming more stringent and costly to comply with;

• A large number of factors beyond our control, including fluctuations in metal prices and production costs, inflation, the proximity and liquidity of precious metals and energy fuels markets and processing equipment, government regulations, including regulations relating to prices, taxes, royalties, land tenure, land use, importing and exporting of minerals and environmental protection, and other economic conditions, will affect the economic feasibility of mining;

• Substantial expenditures are required to construct mining and processing facilities;

• Title to mining properties may be subject to other claims, and

• In the development stage of a mining operation, our mining activities could be subject to substantial operating risks and hazards, including metal bullion losses, environmental hazards, industrial accidents, labor disputes, encountering unusual or unexpected geologic formations or other geological or grade problems, encountering unanticipated ground or water conditions, cave- ins, pit-wall failures, flooding, rock falls, periodic interruptions due to inclement weather conditions or other unfavorable operating conditions and other acts of God. Some of these risks and hazards are not insurable or may be subject to exclusion or limitation in any coverage which we obtain or may not be insured due to economic considerations.

As a result of all of these factors, we may run out of money, in which case we will have to suspend or cease operations.

Our actual mineral reserves and mineral resources may not conform to our established estimates.

The figures for mineral reserves and mineral resources stated in this Annual Report are estimates and no assurances can be given that the anticipated tonnages and grades will be achieved or that the indicated level of recovery will be realized. Market fluctuations and the prices of metals may render reserves and mineral resources uneconomic. Moreover, short-term operating factors relating to the mineral deposits, such as the need for the orderly development of the deposits or the processing of new or different grades of ore, may cause a mining operation to be unprofitable in any particular accounting period.

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There is no assurance that any of our mineral resources, not currently classified as mineral reserves, will ever be classified as mineral reserves under the disclosure standards of the SEC.

Item 4.D of this Annual Report discusses our mineral resources in accordance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”).43-101. Resources are classified as “measured resources”, “indicated resources” and “inferred resources” under NI 43-101. However, U.S. investors are cautioned that the SEC does not recognize these resource classifications. There is no assurance that any of our mineral resources, not currently classified as mineral reserves, will be converted into mineral reserves under the disclosure standards of the SEC.

We have had no production history and we do not know if we will generate revenues in the future.

While we were incorporated in 1981, we have no history of producing minerals. We have not developed or operated any mines, and we have no operating history upon which an evaluation of our future success or failure can be made. We currently have no mining operations of any kind. Our ability to achieve and maintain profitable mining operations is dependent upon a number of factors, including our ability to either attract a partner to operate, or to successfully build and operate mines, processing plants and related infrastructure ourselves.

We are subject to all the risks associated with establishing new mining. We may not successfully establish mining operations or profitably produce metals at any of our properties. As such, we do not know if we will ever generate revenues.

We have a history of losses, which we expect will continue for the future. If we do not begin to generate revenues or find alternate sources of capital, we may either have to suspend or cease operations.

As a development stage company with no holdings in any producing mines, we continue to incur losses and expect to incur losses in the future. As ofat January 31, 2011,2013, we had an accumulated deficit of $78.832$88.4 million. We may not be able to achieve or sustain profitability in the future. If we do not begin to generate revenues or find alternate sources of capital, we may either have to suspend or cease operations.

We have prepared our consolidated financial statements on a going concern basis which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities in the normal course of operations.

We currently have negative cash flow from operating activities. The Company cannot predict if or when it will operate profitably, to generate positive cash flows. However, the Company intends to use proceeds raised primarily for construction engineering with respect to the development of the NorthMet Project thereby leading to construction and operation of the NorthMet Project.

We have taken steps to fund our operations through the issuance of equity and debt. We plan to meet our financial obligations to the point at which all regulatory approvals for our NorthMet Project have been obtained and which will allow us to raise capital to construct our mine and commence commercial production.

Since January 1, 2007, PolyMet has raised US$118 million in equity, US$25 million initial principal debt exchangeable into equity upon receipt of permits necessary to build and operate the NorthMet Project, and US$20 million initial principal debt that is not exchangeable into equity.

PolyMet will need to raise sufficient funds to meet its current obligations as well as fund ongoing development, capital expenditures and administration expenses, in accordance with the Company’s spending plans for the next year. While in the past the Company has been successful in closing financing agreements with Glencore and other parties, there can be no assurance it will be able to do so again in the future.

Since January 1, 2007, PolyMet has raised US$118 million in equity and US$25 million initial principal debt exchangeable into equity upon receipt of permits necessary to build and operate the NorthMet Project.

We will need to raise sufficient funds to meet our current obligations as well as fund ongoing development, capital expenditures and administration expenses, in accordance with our spending plans for the next year. While in the past the Company has been successful in closing financing agreements with Glencore and other parties, there can be no assurance it will be able to do so again in the future. Factors that could affect the availability of financing include the state of international debt and equity markets, investor perceptions and expectations and the global metals markets.

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We may not have adequate, orif any, insurance coverage for some business risks that could lead to economically harmful consequences to us.

Our businesses are generally subject to a number of risks and hazards, including:

• industrial accidents;

• railroad accidents;

• labor disputes;

• environmental hazards;

• electricity stoppages;

• equipment failure,failures, and

• severe weather and other natural phenomena.

These occurrences could result in damage to, or destruction of, mineral properties, production facilities, transportation facilities, or equipment. They could also result in personal injury or death, environmental damage, waste of resources or intermediate products, delays or interruption in mining, production or transportation activities, monetary losses and possible legal liability. The insurance we maintain against risks that are typical in our business may not provide adequate coverage. Insurance against some risks (including liabilities for environmental pollution or certain hazards or interruption of certain business activities) may not be available at a reasonable cost or at all. As a result, accidents or other negative developments involving our mining, production or transportation facilities could have a material adverse effect on our operations.

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The mining industry is an intensely competitive industry, and we may have difficulty effectively competing with other mining companies in the future.

We face intense competition from other mining and producing companies. In recent years, the mining industry has experienced significant consolidation among some of our competitors, as a result these companies may be more diversified than us.competitors. We cannot assure you that the result of current or further consolidation in the industry will not adversely affect us.

In addition, because mines have limited lives we must periodically seek to replace and expand our reserves by acquiring new properties. Significant competition exists to acquire properties producing, or capable of producing, copper, nickel and other metals.

If we are unable to successfully manage these risks, our growth prospects and profitability may suffer.

We may be subject to risks relating to the global economy.

Recent market events and conditions, including disruptions in the international credit markets and other financial systems and the deterioration of global economic conditions could impede our access to capital or increase the cost of capital. Since 2008 the U.S. credit markets have experienced a serious disruption due to, among other things, deterioration in residential property values, defaults and delinquencies in the residential mortgage market and a decline in the credit quality of mortgage backed securities. These problems led to a slow-down in residential housing market transactions, declining housing prices, delinquencies in non-mortgage consumer credit and a general decline in consumer confidence. These conditions caused a loss of confidence in the broader U.S. and global credit and financial markets and resulting in the collapse of, and government intervention in, major banks, financial institutions and insurers and creating a climate of greater volatility, less liquidity, widening of credit spreads, a lack of price transparency, increased credit losses and tighter credit conditions. Notwithstanding various actions by the U.S. and foreign governments, concerns about the general condition of the capital markets, financial instruments, banks, investment banks, insurers and other financial institutions caused the broader credit markets to further deteriorate and stock markets to decline substantially.

These unprecedented disruptions in the current credit and financial markets have had a significant material adverse impact on a number of financial institutions and have limited access to capital and credit for many companies.companies, including us. These disruptions could, among other things, make it more difficult for us to obtain, or increase itsour cost of obtaining capital and financing for itsour operations. Our access to additional capital may not be available on terms acceptable to it or at all.

We are also exposed to liquidity risks in meeting our operating and capital expenditure requirements in instances where cash positions are unable to be maintained or appropriate financing is unavailable. These factors may impact our ability to obtain loans and other credit facilities in the future and, if obtained, on terms favourable to us. If these increased levels of volatility and market turmoil continue, our operations could be adversely affected and the trading price of our shares could be adversely affected. As a result of current global financial conditions, numerous financial institutions have gone into bankruptcy or have been rescued by government authorities. As such, we are subject to the risk of loss of its deposits with financial institutions that hold our cash.12

RISKS RELATED TO THE OWNERSHIP OF OUR COMMON SHARES

We may experience volatility in our share price.

Our common shares are listed for trading on the Toronto Stock ExchangeTSX and on the NYSE Amex.MKT. Our shareholders may be unable to sell significant quantities of ourthe common shares into the public trading markets without a significant reduction in the price of theour shares, if at all. The market price of our common shares may be affected significantly by factors such as changes in our operating results, the availability of funds, fluctuations in the price of metals, the interest of investors, traders and others in development stage public companies such as us and general market conditions. In recent years the securities markets have experienced a high level of price and volume volatility, and the market price of securities of many companies, particularly small capitalization development companies similar to us, have experienced wide fluctuations, which have not necessarily been related to the operating performances, underlying asset values, or the future prospects of such companies. There can be no assurance that future fluctuations in the price of our shares will not occur.

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A large number of shares will be eligible for future sale and may depress our share price.

Our shares that are eligible for future sale may have an adverse effect on the price of our common shares. As ofat January 31, 20112013 there were 154,825,791183,250,082 of our common shares outstanding. The average trading volume for the three months prior to January 31, 20112013 was approximately 113,00051,000 shares per day on the Toronto Stock ExchangeTSX and 519,000173,000 shares per day on the NYSE Amex.MKT. Sales of substantial amounts of our common shares, or a perception that such sales could occur, and the existence of options or warrants to purchase common shares and debt convertible into common shares at prices that may be below the then current market price of our common shares, could adversely affect the market price of our common shares and could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of our equity securities.

Your ownership interest, voting power and the market price of our common shares may decrease because we have issued, and may continue to issue, a substantial number of securities convertible or exercisable into our common shares.

We have issued common shares, and options, restricted shares, restricted share units, convertible debt and warrants to purchase our common shares to satisfy our obligations and fund our operations (see Item 5.A). Since we currently do not have a source of revenue, we will likely issue additional common shares, options, warrants, preferred shares or other securities exercisable for or convertible into our common shares to raise money for our continued operations or as non-cash incentives to our own and our subsidiaries' directors, officers, and key employees. If conversions of warrants and/or options into common shares or additional sales of equity occur, your ownership interest and voting power in us will be diluted and the market price of our common shares may decrease.

Under our 2007 Omnibus Share Compensation Plan, (the “Plan”as amended and restated (“Omnibus Plan”), the aggregate number of our common shares that may be issuable pursuant to the Omnibus Plan may not at any time exceed the greater of (i) 10% of our issued and outstanding common shares and (ii)18,592,888 common shares, representing 13.62% of our outstanding common sharesshares. As at the time of the approval of the Plan, of which 4,640,000 common shares are reserved for issuance as awards other than options. As of January 31, 20112013, the aggregate number of Common Sharesour common shares issuable pursuant to the Omnibus Plan was 13,952,88814,920,000 shares. In addition, as at January 31, 2013, the Company granted bonuses comprising 785,882 restricted shares for U.S. employees and consultants and restricted shares units for Canadian employees and consultants with 709,882 of the restricted shares issued in trust to a third party. 50% of each award is to be issued upon receipt of permits and the balance to be issued upon start of production. Our bonus share incentive plan, (theor the “Bonus Plan”)Plan,” was established for our directors and key employees.employees and was approved by the disinterested shareholders at the Company’s shareholders’ meeting held on May 28, 2004. Under the Bonus Plan we may issue an additional 3,640,000 shares upon achieving certain milestones.

Upon any issuances or exercise of options issued, the ownership interests and voting power of existing shareholders may be further diluted.

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We have a Shareholders Rights Plan Agreement and certain employment and management contracts that contain provisions designed to discourage a change of control.

A Shareholders Rights Plan between us and shareholders effective as of June 27, 2007, and modified on June 17, 2008 and reapproved by shareholders on July 13, 2011 certain employment and management agreements contain provisions that could discourage an acquisition or change of control without our board of directors’ approval. Under the Shareholders’ Rights Plan, if a shareholder individually or in concert with other shareholders acquires 20% or more of our outstanding common shares without complying with the Shareholders’ Rights Plan or without the approval of our boardBoard of directors,Directors, all holders of record will have a right to receive one common share for each common share owned. We have also entered into agreements with certain key employees and officers that contain severance provisions in the event of a take-over bid. The Shareholders’ Rights Plan and the preceding agreements may make it more difficult for a third party to acquire control of us, even if such a change of control is more beneficial to shareholders.

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Conflicts of Interest

Certain of our directors, officers or promoters are directors, officers, significant shareholders or promoters of other U.S. and Canadian publicly traded companies. As a result, potential conflicts of interest may arise with respect to the exercise by such persons of their respective duties for us. In the event that such a conflict of interest arises at a meeting of our directors, a director who has such a conflict will abstain from voting for or against the approval of such participation or such terms. In the appropriate cases, we will establish a special committee of independent directors to review a matter in which several directors, or management, may have a conflict. Other than as indicated, we have no other procedures or mechanisms to deal with conflicts of interest. We are not aware of any conflicts of interest at the present time.

Because we believe that we will be classified as a passive foreign investment company, (aor “PFIC”), U.S. holders of our common shares may be subject to United States federal income tax consequences that are worse than those that would apply if we were not a PFIC.

Because we believe that we will be classified as a passive foreign investment company,PFIC, U.S. holders of our common shares may be subject to United States federal income tax consequences that are worse than those that would apply if we were not a PFIC, such as ordinary income treatment plus a charge in lieu of interest upon a sale or disposition of our common shares even if the shares were held as a capital asset. See “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Consequences”.

Absence of DividendsDividends.

We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our common shares and do not anticipate doing so in the foreseeable future. There can be no assurance that our board of directors will ever declare cash dividends, which action is exclusively within its discretion. Investors cannot expect to receive a dividend on our common shares in the foreseeable future, if at all.

Increased Costs and Compliance Risks as a Result of Being a Public CompanyCompany.

Legal, accounting and other expenses associated with public company reporting requirements have increased significantly in the past few years. We anticipate that general and administrative costs associated with regulatory compliance will continue to increase as a result ofwith recently adopted governance requirements, including requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as well as new rules implemented by the SEC, Canadian Securities Administrators, the NYSE MKT and the TSX. We expect these rules and regulations to significantly increase itsour legal and financial compliance costs and to make some activities more time consuming and costly. There can be no assurance that we will continue to effectively meet all of the requirements of these new regulations, including Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 and Canadian National Instrument 52-109 – Financial Disclosure (“NI 52-109”). Any failure to effectively implement new or improved internal controls, or to resolve difficulties encountered in their implementation, could harm our operating results, cause us to fail to meet reporting obligations or result in management being required to give a qualified assessment of our internal controls over financial reporting or our independent registered public accounting firm providing an adverse opinion regarding management’s assessment. Any such result could cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could have a material adverse effect on our share price. We also expect these new rules and regulations may make it more difficult and more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, and it may be required to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage. As a result, it may be more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified individuals to serve on our board of directors or as executive officers. If we fail to maintain the adequacy of our internal controls, our ability to provide accurate financial statements and comply with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and/or MINI 52-109 could be impaired, which could cause ourthe share price to decrease.

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ITEM 4. INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY

PolyMet Mining Corp. was incorporated under the British ColumbiaCompanies Actand continued under theBusiness Corporations Act(British Columbia) in British Columbia, Canada on March 4, 1981, under the name Fleck Resources Ltd., which we changed to PolyMet Mining Corp. on June 10, 1998.

Our corporate office is located at 100 King Street West, Suite 5700, Toronto, ON M5X 1C7, Canada and our principal executive office of our wholly owned Minnesota subsidiary, Poly Met Mining, Inc. (“PMI”), is situatedlocated at 444 Cedar Street, Suite 390 – 3600 Lysander Lane, Richmond, B.C. V7B 1C3. Our phone number is (604) 248-0939.2060, St. Paul, MN 55101, USA. Our registered and records office is located at our legal counsel’s offices situated at 2500 – 700 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, B.C. V7Y 1B3, Canada. Our operational headquarters are located at P.O. Box 475, 6500 County Road 666, Hoyt Lakes, MinnesotaMN 55750-0475, United States.USA.

We are a reporting issuer in the following Canadian provinces: Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario. Our common shares have been listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX)(“TSX”) since February 1, 2007 and formerly, on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V) (formerly the Vancouver Stock Exchange)(“TSX-V”) from April 13, 1984 to January 31, 2007 under the symbol "POM" and since June 26, 2006, our common shares have been listed on the NYSE Amex (formerly the American Stock Exchange)MKT under the symbol “PLM”.

Our registrar and transfer agent is Computershare Investor Services Inc. of 9th Floor,located at 100 University Avenue, 9th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2Y1, Canada.

During the years ended January 31, 2013, 2012, and 2011 2010, and 2009 we spent $16.519made net investments of $18.404 million, $17.754$16.137 million, and $22.776$16.519 million, respectively to acquire property, advance the environmental review, and perform work following completion of ourthe Definitive Feasibility Study (“DFS”) on our NorthMet Project located in Minnesota, USA.to obtain the necessary permits.

All of these expenses were incurred at our NorthMet Project and were funded from the proceeds of equity and convertible debt financings. Since completion of Definitive Feasibility Studythe DFS in September 2006, these expenditures and the Erie Plant acquisition have been capitalized.

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We are a development stage company engaged in the exploration and development of natural resource properties. Currently our sole mineral property is the NorthMet Project, which comprises the NorthMet copper-nickel-precious metals ore body and the Erie Plant, a polymetallic depositlarge processing facility located approximately six miles from the ore body in the established mining district of the Mesabi Iron Range in northeastern Minnesota, USA.

In the years ended January 31, 2011, 20102013, 2012, and 2009,2011, we conducted exploration, development and acquisition activities only and did not conduct any operations that generated revenues. Thus, we rely principally on equity or debt convertible into equity financings to fund our projects and expenditures.

Since 2003, we have focused on commencing commercial production on our NorthMet Project. We have focused our efforts on four main areas:

Acquisition of the Erie Plant.The Erie Plant is a large processing facility and associated infrastructure located approximately six miles west of our NorthMet deposit.ore body. On November 15, 2005 and December 20, 2006, wethe Corporation entered into a total of three Contracts for Deed with Cliffs Erie LLC, a subsidiary of Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (formerly Cleveland Cliffs, Inc.) of Cleveland, Ohio (“Cliffs”), under which we now own a large processing facility, a tailings disposal facility, and extensive associated infrastructure located approximately six miles west of our NorthMet deposit. In combination, the Erie Plant includes a 100,000 ton-per-day crushing and milling facility, a railroad and railroad access rights connecting the Erie Plant to the NorthMet deposit, as well asore body, tailings facilities, 120 railcars, locomotive fueling and maintenance facilities, water rights and pipelines, large administrative offices on site and approximately 6,000 acres to the east and west of the Erie Plant,and contiguous to the existing tailing facilities. As partial consideration, we have agreed to indemnify Cliffs for the liability related to final reclamation and closure of the acquired property.

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Environmental Review and permitting.Permitting.To commence commercial production at our NorthMet Project, various regulatory approvals are needed. In October 2005, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources ("MDNR"(“MDNR”) published its Environmental Assessment Worksheet Decision Document establishing the MDNR as the lead state agency and the USUnited States Army Corps of Engineers (“USACE"USACE”) as the lead federal agency (together, the “Lead Agencies”) for preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”) for the project.our NorthMet Project.

In OctoberNovember 2009, the Lead Agencies published the PolyMet Draftdraft EIS, which marked thatthe start of a period for public review and comment that ended on February 3, 2010. During this period, the Lead Agencies held two public meetings and received more than 3,700 submissions containing approximately 22,000 separate comments, including an extensive comment letter from the USUnited States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in its role as reviewer of projects that could impact the environment.

On June 25, 2010, the Lead Agencies announced that they intended to complete the EIS process by preparing a Supplemental Draftsupplemental draft EIS that incorporates a proposed land exchange with the USUnited States Forest Service ("USFS"(“USFS”) Superior National Forest and expands government agency cooperation. The USFS joined the USACE as a federal co-lead agency through the completion of the EIS process. In addition, the EPA has joined the effort as a cooperating agency. The MDNR remains the state co-lead agency.

On October 13, 2010, the USACE and the USFS published a Notice of Intent to complete the Supplemental Draftsupplemental draft EIS, which will:

• Supplement and supersede the Draftdraft EIS and respond to concerns identified by the US EPA and other comments on the Draftdraft EIS, and

• Incorporate potential effects from the proposed land exchange between the USFS Superior National Forest and PolyMet.us.

OnceWe have undertaken an extensive review of all aspects of the Supplemental DraftNorthMet Project, which has resulted in numerous improvements and reduced environmental impacts.

We partnered with GE Water & Process Technologies (“GE”) and Barr Engineering to design and operate a pilot water treatment plant using reverse osmosis membrane technology developed by GE. The reverse osmosis pilot plant has successfully treated approximately two million gallons of water, demonstrating the technical and regulatory viability that will enable us to meet state and federal water quality standards. We have also completed engineering control designs as well as the design of and inputs to groundwater, surface water and air dispersion models to assess potential environmental impacts from the NorthMet Project. Following extensive quality assurance/quality control review by Foth Infrastructure & Environment and Barr Engineering, we delivered these results to the state regulatory agencies and the EIS contractor for review, which is completed, itlargely complete.

The results are being incorporated into the preliminary supplemental draft EIS which will then be made availablereviewed by the EPA and other governmental and cooperating agencies prior to publication of the supplemental draft EIS for public review. We expect the public review priorperiod to preparationcommence during the summer of the Final EIS. 2013.

Completion of the Finalfinal EIS, incorporating appropriate responses to public comments, and a subsequent Adequacy Decisionadequacy decision by the MDNR and Record of Decision by the federal agencies are necessary before the land exchange can occur and various permits required to construct and operate the NorthMet Project can be issued.

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Prior to receipt of these permits, we intend to secure production debt financing that would be available upon receipt of key permits, with construction slated to start upon receipt of permits and availability of construction finance.

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Engineering and feasibility. We retained Bateman Engineering Pty. of Brisbane, Australia (“Bateman”) as the coordinating consultant to prepare a Definitive Feasibility Study (the “DFS”). In September 2006 we reported that the DFS confirmed the economic and technical viability of our NorthMet Project.

Bateman was responsible for completing the process design and detail engineering and cost estimates for the plant and infrastructure. This work was supported by other firms that provided geo-statistical reviews of the ore body, mine planning and scheduling of ore and waste, and assessment of the market for the metals and intermediate products planned to be produced.

SinceBetween September 2006 and October 2007 we have completed additional drilling and expanded the reserves. In May 2008 we completed an internal update of the DFS (the “DFS Update”), which contemplates an initial stage in which we would sell concentrate during completion of construction and commissioning of the hydrometallurgical plant that was contemplated in the DFS. This approach has the advantage of staging capital costs so that the hydrometallurgical plant can be funded in part from cash flow from sales of concentrate, and it reduces our reliance on delivery of long lead-time equipment before we start commercial production.

In February 2011, we announced that we plan towould build the NorthMet Project in two phases, the first to produce and market concentrates containing copper, nickel, cobalt and precious metals, and the second to process the nickel concentrate through a single autoclave, resulting in production and sale of high grade copper concentrate, value added nickel-cobalt hydroxide, and precious metals precipitate products.

The results of the 2007 drill program, the DFS Update and the February 2011 revisions are described in the technical report under NI 43-101 as amended, filed on EDGAR on April 5, 2013 and on SEDAR on January 23, 2013 (the “Technical Report”).

In February 2013, we announced improvements to the NorthMet Project and further progress in the environmental review that will reduce the NorthMet Project’s environmental impacts. The reduced environmental impacts include: reductions in sulfur dioxide, mercury and greenhouse gas emissions at the plant site, capture of groundwater and surface seepage with the construction of an in ground containment system to the north and west of the existing tailings basin, and all contact water discharged from the NorthMet Project will be treated through reverse osmosis plants.

Financing and corporate development. Since 2003 we have raised approximately $115$155 million from equity private placement financings.

In October 2008, we entered into a strategic partnership with Glencore AG (“Glencore”) whereby Glencore agreed (i) to purchase up to $50 million of our floating rate secured debentures, of which $25 million has been issued, which are exchangeable into our common shares, and (ii) to purchase all of our production of concentrates, metal, or intermediate products on market terms at the time of delivery, for at least the first five years of production. We also appointed a senior technical representative of Glencore to join our Technical Steering Committee and another officer of Glencore, Stephen Rowland, was appointed to our Board of Directors.

$7.5 million of the Debentures were issued in October 2008, $7.5 million were issued in December 2008, $5.0 million were issued in June 2009, and $5 million were issued in August 2009. The final $25 million was not issued.

In November 2009 we entered into an agreement with Glencore whereby, in two installments, Glencore purchased $25 million of our common shares at $2.65 per share.

In November 2010, we entered into a further agreement with Glencore whereby Glencore agreed to purchase 15 million shares of our common stock at $2.00 per share in three tranches over the next two years. In addition, Glencore agreed to extend the maturity date of the $25 million (initial principal) debentures issued to Glencore under the 2008 financing to September 30, 2012 and cancelled the final $25 million debenture financing commitmentfinancings and the 6.25 million share purchaseexercise of warrants issued as part of those financings. We have also issued $45 million initial principal debentures and have a loan of $4 million secured by land acquired with proceeds from the 2008 financing. We issued warrants to purchase 3 million shares at $2.00 per share at any time until December 31, 2015 as compensation for the other changes. On January 17, 2011 Glencore funded the first $10 million tranche of the November 2010 financing agreement and we issued 5 million of our common shares to Glencore.loan.

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At our annual shareholders' meetingSee additional discussion on July 7, 2010, Messrs. Corneliuson and Swearingen did not stand for re-election to our Board of Directors owing to personal commitments. Effective December 31, 2010, Mr. Murray stepped down as Executive Chairman and Mr. Molyviatis resigned from our Board. Mr. Murray continues to serve as a non-management director. Messrs. Forrest and Sims, both independent directors, now serve as our independent co-Chairmen. Mr. Forrest continues as Chair of the Audit and Compensation Committees and Mr. Sims continues as Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee.financing activities in section 5(b).

Poly Met Mining, Inc., incorporated in Minnesota, USA on February 16, 1989, is our only material, wholly owned operating subsidiary.

Mineral Property - NorthMet Project, Minnesota, USA

Our primary mineral property is the NorthMet Project, a polymetallic project located in northeastern Minnesota, USA. Ourwhich comprises the NorthMet copper-nickel-precious metals ore body and the nearby Erie Plant facility is located approximately six miles west of the NorthMet ore body.facilities.

In the years ended January 31, 2011, 20102013, 2012, and 2009,2011, we conducted exploration, development and acquisition activities only and did not conduct any operations.

The NorthMet Projectore body is located immediately south of the eastern end of the historic Mesabi Iron Range in northeastern Minnesota. Mining in the Iron Range dates back to the 1880’s when high grade iron ore known as hematite was first mined commercially. During the 1940’s and 1950’s, with reserves of hematite dwindling, the iron industry began to focus on taconite, a lower-grade iron ore. Eight large crushing, grinding, milling and pelletizing facilities were built by various iron and steel companies to process the taconite, including the Erie Plant that we acquired in November 2005.

In the 1940s, copper and nickel were discovered nearby, following which, in the 1960s, United States Steel Corporation (“US Steel”) drilled what is now our NorthMet property.ore body. US Steel investigated the deposit as a high-grade, underground copper-nickel resource, but considered it to be uneconomic based on its inability to produce separate, clean nickel and copper concentrates with the metallurgical processes available at that time. In addition, prior to the development of the autocatalyst market in the 1970s, there was little market for platinum group metals (PGMs) and there was no economic and reliable method to assay for low grades of these metals.

In 1987, the Minnesota Natural Resources Research Institute (“NRRI”) published data suggesting the possibility of a large resource of PGMs in the base of the Duluth Complex. In 1989, we acquired a 20-year renewable mining lease over the property from US Steel and commenced an investigation into the potential for mining and recovery of copper, nickel, and PGMs. We re-assayed pulps and rejects from the previous US Steel drilling to obtain data on the PGMs. Sequentially we entered into joint venture agreements with Nerco and Argosy Mining, which assisted in identifying and quantifying potential PGM values. However, the challenge of producing separate concentrates of saleable copper and nickel remained.

In the mid-90’s, we began investigating the use of alternative metallurgical processes, including bio-leaching and pressure oxidation. In 1998 we focused on a hydrometallurgical technology that uses autoclaves, which are vessels operating at high temperature, high pressure, and in an oxygen-enriched environment, to oxidize the sulfidic ores and leach the metals therein. This technology was developed in the 1950s and has been used commercially in the copper, nickel, cobalt, and gold mining industries since the 1980s.

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In July 2000, we entered into a joint venture arrangement with North Limited (“North”), a major Australian mining company, to advance the NorthMet Project (which did not include the Erie Plant at that time) to commercial production. Under the joint venture arrangement, North had the opportunity to earn an 87.5% interest in the NorthMet Project by producing a feasibility study and funding 100% of the total capital costs to develop the project.

In August 2000, Rio Tinto Limited (“Rio Tinto”) acquired North. Subsequently, Rio Tinto decided not to proceed with the NorthMet Project and we exercised our 30-day pre-emptive right, under a “change of control” clause, to terminate the joint venture arrangement. As a result, we regained a 100% interest in the NorthMet Project.

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Following completion of metallurgical pilot plant work in November 2000, we commissioned a pre-feasibility study on the project that was completed in April 2001. The pre-feasibility study contemplated a 50,000 metric tonne-per-day (55,000 short tpd) operation and anticipated the construction of a new, stand-alone processing plant to produce copper, nickel and cobalt metals on site. The study found the economics of the NorthMet Project were unacceptably low owing to the capital cost of building a new plant facility combined with low metal prices prevailing at that time. No further work was done until March 2003, when a new management team took over our companyCompany and commenced a detailed review of the project.

The new management team believed that acquisition of the Erie Plant had the potential to substantially reduce the capital cost and to simplify the permitting process which could improve the project economics.

By a Memorandum of Understanding dated December 5, 2003 and an option agreement dated February 14, 2004, we obtained an option (the “Cliffs Option”) to acquire certain property, plant, and equipment (“Cliffs Assets”) from Cliffs Erie LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cliffs, located near our NorthMet Project.ore body from Cliffs. As consideration for the Cliffs Option, we paid $500,000 prior to January 31, 2004 and issued to Cliffs 1,000,000 shares of our common stockshares on March 30, 2004, valued at $229,320 to maintain our exclusive rights until June 30, 2006. On September 15, 2005 we reached an agreement with Cliffs on the terms for the early exercise of our option and expansion of the assets to acquirebe acquired to include 100% ownership of large portions of the former LTV Steel Mining Company ore processing plant in northeastern MinnesotaErie Plant (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”). Under this agreement we agreed to pay Cliffs $1 million in cash, 6.2 million of our common shares, and makecommence quarterly payments of $250,000 starting on March 31, 2006 for a total of $2.4 million plus interest at 4% per annum on the outstanding balance. The final payment was made on June 30, 2008.

On November 15, 2005, we consummated the Asset Purchase Agreement and completed the acquisition thereunder. The property, plant, and equipment assets we now own includes land, crushing and milling equipment, extensive spare parts, plant site buildings, real estate, tailings impoundments and workshops, as well as access to extensive mining infrastructure.final payment was made on June 30, 2008.

On September 14, 2006, we entered into an agreement through two separate contracts for deed with Cliffs whereby we would acquire property and associated rights (“Cliffs II.”) for 2 million of our common shares valued at $6.16 million and $15 million in cash and two notes, each for $7 million. We closed the transaction on December 20, 2006. 2006 and repaid the outstanding balance of the two $7 million notes plus accrued interest on December 21, 2011.

The transaction provides us withErie Plant facility includes land, crushing and milling equipment, extensive spare parts, plant site buildings, real estate, tailings impoundments and workshops, access to extensive mining infrastructure, a railroad connection linkingto the mine development site andof the Erie Plant as well asNorthMet ore body, a 120-railcar fleet, locomotive fueling and maintenance facilities, water rights and pipelines, large administrative offices on site and approximately 6,000 acres to the east and west of and contiguous to our existing tailings facilities.

The purchase price for this additional infrastructure consisted of 2 million of our common shares and US$15 million in cash to be issued and paid in four tranches:

• 2 million of our common shares;

• $1 million in cash was paid at closing;

• $7 million in cash is payable in quarterly installments of $250,000 commencing December 31, 2006 with the balance payable upon receipt of commercial financing. Interest on the outstanding amount is payable quarterly from December 31, 2006 at theWall Street JournalPrime Rate. As of March 31, 2011 the remaining balance was $2.5 million; and

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• $7 million in cash is payable in quarterly installments of $250,000 commencing on December 31, 2009 with a balloon payment of any unpaid balance due on December 31, 2011. Interest began to accrue on the outstanding amount beginning on December 31, 2009 and is now payable quarterly at theWall Street JournalPrime Rate. As of March 31, 2010 the remaining balance was $5.5 million.

We also assumed certain liabilities associated with the property.

As of January 31, 2011, we have expended $130 million primarily on the acquisition of the Erie Plant and related infrastructure. Under the Asset Purchase Agreement we have paid $3.4 million plus interest and owe Cliffs $nil. Under Cliffs II we have paid $5.5 million plus interest and owe $8.5 million. See additional discussion in section 4D(c)(ii).

Since inception, we have a cumulative deficit of $78.8$88.4 million, much of which has been incurred directly and indirectly in connection with our NorthMet Project. These expenditures supported drilling, sampling, assaying, environmental, metallurgical testing, and the pre-feasibility studies.

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The following diagram illustrates the location of the NorthMet Project.

Figure No. 1
NorthMet Project Map

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The NorthMet Project covers a total of approximately 16,700 acres or 25.9 square miles comprising two areas: the NorthMet mine site totaling approximately 4,300 acres or 6.5 square miles of leased mineral rights and the Erie Plant site totaling approximately 12,400 acres or 19.4 square miles of freehold land located approximately six miles west of the mine site. The property is located in St. Louis County in the Mesabi Iron Range Districtmining district about 60 miles north of Duluth, Minnesota. The NorthMet Project is easily accessible via state and county roads. The surfaced County Highway 666 links the plant to the town of Hoyt Lakes, itself approximately 25 miles east of Virginia, Minnesota which is located on State Highway 53. The mine site is accessible by an all-season gravel road from the plant site and a private railroad crosses the property immediately south of the deposit and runs to the plant site. The plant site is serviced by commercial railroad which connects into the US national and Trans-Canadian railroad systems, as well as a private railroad providing access to port facilities located on Lake Superior. Three high-voltageHigh-voltage power lines owned by Minnesota Power supply the plant site and there is ready access to industrial electric power at the mine site.

The northern Minnesota climate is continental, characterized by wide variations in temperature. The temperature in the nearby town of Babbitt averages -14ºC (7ºF) in January and 19ºC (66ºF) in July. The average annual precipitation is 28 inches with approximately 30% during the months from November to April and 70% from May through October.

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Pursuant to two lease agreements, we lease certain lands covering 4,282 acres or 6.5 square miles located in St. Louis County, Minnesota, known as the NorthMet Project:

• Pursuant to an agreement dated January 4, 1989, subsequently amended and assigned, we lease 4,162 acres from RGGS Land & Minerals Ltd., L.P (“RGGS”). During the year ended January 31, 2005, US Steel assigned the lease to RGGS. The initial term of the renewable lease was 20 years and called for total lease payments of $1.450$1.475 million. We can indefinitely extend the 20-year term by continuing to make $150,000 annual lease payments on each successive anniversary date. All lease payments have been paid or accrued to January 31, 2011.2013.
  
  We can, at our option, terminate the lease at any time by giving written notice to the lessor not less than 90 days prior to the effective termination.
  
  The lease payments are considered advance royalty payments and will be deducted from future production royalties payable to RGGS,the lessor, which range from 3% to 5% based on the net smelter return that we receive. Our recovery of the advance royalty payments is subject to the lessor receiving an amount not less than the amount of the annual lease payment due for that year.

• Pursuant to an agreement effective December 1, 2008, we lease 120 acres that are encircled by the RGGS property from LMC Minerals (“LMC”). The initial term of the renewable lease is 20 years and calls for minimum annual lease payments of $3,000 on each successive anniversary date until our project commences commercial production, or for the first four years, whichever is the shorter, after which the minimum annual lease payment increases to $30,000. The initial term may be extended for up to four additional five-year periods on the same terms. All lease payments have been paid or accrued to January 31, 2011.2013.
  
  The lease payments are considered advance royalty payments and will be deducted from future production royalties payable to LMC,the lessor, which range from 3% to 5% based on the net smelter return that we receive. Our recovery of the advance royalty payments is subject to the lessor receiving an amount not less than the amount of the annual lease payment due for that year.

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The Erie Plant
As set forth under the Asset Purchase Agreement, we have assumed certain ongoing site-related environmental and reclamation obligations of Cliffs in connection with the Erie Plant. Once we obtain our permit to mine and Cliffs is released from its obligations by certain state agencies, we will be directly obligated to comply with applicable environmental and reclamation obligations. Prior to Cliffs' acquisition of the plant from LTV Steel and prior to our acquisition of the plant from Cliffs, both Cliffs and we undertook environmental assessments and concluded that there were no material liabilities other than the ultimate closure and reclamation of the site. Until operating permits are granted to us, Cliffs remains the “Regulated Party” for such obligations although, as part of the Asset Purchase Agreement, we have indemnified Cliffs for such costs.

The Erie Plant comprises a large crushing, grinding and milling facility that was built by a consortium of steel companies in the mid-1950s and processed low grade iron ore known as taconite that was transported to the facility by railroad from nearby mines. In the mid-1980’s, the consortium was consolidated into a single owner – LTV Steel. Pickands-Mather and its successor Cliffs operated the plant on behalf of the owners, processing approximately 100,000 tons per day of taconite ore. The plant was shut down in 2001 when LTV Steel filed for bankruptcy protection. Since then it has been maintained initially by Cliffs and, since November 15, 2005, by us. The plant did not operate during the period12 months ended January 31, 2011.2013.

The plant is located approximately six miles west of our NorthMet ore body, about five miles north-northwest of the town of Hoyt Lakes, itself located about 25 miles west of Virginia, Minnesota. The plant site covers approximately 12,400 acres, or 19.4 square miles, and is powered by electricity from local power lines.

The plant facilities include two rail dump pockets, two primary 60” gyratory crushers, eight secondary 36” gyratory crushers, seven tertiary seven-foot standard cone crushers, 14 seven-foot short-head crushers, 30 mill circuits each comprising one 12’x 14' rod mill and one 12’x 14' ball mill, three 12'x 24' regrind mills, maintenance facilities and spare parts, extensive conveyors, feeders, bins, auxiliary facilities and offices, established infrastructure including a 225 MVA high voltage electrical substation, water supply, roads, tailings basins and rail facilities.

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With the completion of Cliffs II, we also own a 120-railcar fleet, locomotive fueling and maintenance facilities, water rights and pipelines, and large administrative offices on site.

Until the plant was closed in 2001, Cliffs had undertaken numerous programs to update and modernize control systems. The plant is generally in good physical condition and was operating at or near full capacity prior to its closure. We are not yet utilizing the Erie Plant but we have examined the plant in detail and have restarted certain pieces of equipment and believe it to be serviceable.

We plan to use approximately one-third of the historic productive capacity to crush and grind material that we expect to mine from the NorthMet deposit. We intend to construct new facilities to recover copper metal, nickel and cobalt hydroxides, and precious metal precipitates.

As set forth under the Asset Purchase Agreement, we have assumed certain ongoing site-related environmental and reclamation obligations of Cliffs in connection with the Erie Plant. Once we obtain our permit to mine and Cliffs is released from its obligations by certain state agencies, we will be directly obligated to comply with applicable environmental and reclamation obligations. Prior to Cliffs' acquisition of the plant from LTV Steel and prior to our acquisition of the plant from Cliffs, both Cliffs and ourselves undertook environmental assessments and concluded that there were no material liabilities other than the ultimate closure and reclamation of the site. Until operating permits are granted to us, Cliffs remains the “Regulated Party” for such obligations although, as part of the Asset Purchase Agreement, we have indemnified Cliffs for such costs.

On January 28, 2010, Cliffs received a notice of intent to sue pursuant to Section 505 of the Clean Water Act on behalf of the Center for Biological Diversity, Save Lake Superior Association and the Indigenous Environmental Network. Pursuant to the notice, these environmental groups intended to file a lawsuit in Federal court for alleged violations by Cliffs Erie of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ("NPDES") permits at three separate locations on the Cliffs Erie property.

On March 25,April 6, 2010 Cliffs entered a consent decree with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) under which it is obligated to proceed with both short-short and long-term mitigation of the alleged violations. As the indemnifying party, we are working closely with Cliffs on fulfillment of Cliff’s obligations under the consent decree. In 2010, Cliffs submitted short-term mitigation plans, which we participated in preparing. Field study activities were completed in 2010 and 2011 and short-term mitigations were initiated in 2011 as outlined in the plans. Long Term Mitigation Plans were submitted to the MPCA in April of 2012. In October 2012, a response was received from the MPCA approving plans for pilot tests of various treatment options to determine the best course of action.

As ofat January 31, 20112013 we estimate the total indemnification liability (including the additional liabilities associated with the consent decree) to be approximately $28.2$57.5 million in present day costs and, based on the expected timing of such payments, our cost of capital, and anticipated inflation rates, we made a provision of $3.8$53.5 million in our financial statements at that date.

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We commenced the environmental review and permitting process in early 2004. In October 2005, the MDNR published its Environmental Assessment Worksheet Decision Document establishing the MDNR as the lead state agency and the USACE as the lead federal agency (together the “Lead Agencies”) for preparation of an EIS for the project. In 2006 these Lead Agencies selected an independent environmental contractor (“the EIS Contractor”) to prepare the EIS. The EIS Contractor is Environmental Resources Management, a leading global provider of environmental, health and safety, risk, and social consulting services. The EIS Contractor team included members with expertise and experience in mining sulfidic ores. Several other government agencies (including the USFS, the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa and the Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa) joined the EIS preparation team as Cooperating Agencies, which brought their special expertise to the process.

In January 2007, we submitted a Detailed Project Description (“DPD”) to state and federal regulators. The DPD laid out our development plans and proposed environmental safeguards including a mine plan, a wetland mitigation plan, air and water quality monitoring plans and a closure plan with closure estimate. Since then, we have submitted a supplemental DPD as well as more than 100 supporting research studies, including comprehensive mine waste characterization studies, water quality modeling and air quality modeling.

Under state and federal guidelines and regulations, a Draft EIS identifies the environmental impact of a proposed project as well as evaluating alternatives and ways to mitigate potential impacts. We were involved in the process of alternative/mitigation development and had input into the technical and economicaleconomic feasibility of potential alternatives and mitigations. The EIS Contractor prepared a series of preliminary versions of the Draft EIS that were reviewed and commented on by the Lead Agencies, other governmental agencies, and PolyMet.

In OctoberNovember 2009, the Lead Agencies published the PolyMet Draft EIS with formal notification of publication in the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board (“EQB”) Monitor and the Federal Register, on November 2 and November 6, 2009, respectively. The formal notification of publicationwhich started a 90-day period for public review and comment, which ended on February 3, 2010. During this period, the lead Agencies held two public meetings – one in the town of Aurora, MN near the project location and one in Blaine, MN in the metropolitan Minneapolis-St. Paul area.

The Lead Agencies received more than 3,700 submissions containing approximately 22,000 separate comments, including an extensive comment letter from the EPA in its role as reviewer of projects that could impact the environment.

On June 25, 2010 the Lead Agencies announced that they intended to complete the EIS process by preparing a Supplemental Draft EIS ("SDEIS) that incorporates a land exchange proposed with the USFS Superior National Forest land exchange and expands government agency cooperation. The USFS joined the USACE as a federal co-lead agency through the completion of the EIS process. In addition, the EPA has joined the effort as a cooperating agency. The MDNR remains the state co-lead agency.

On October 13, 2010 the USACE and the USFS published a Notice of Intent to complete the Supplemental Draft EIS,SDEIS, which will:

• Supplement and supersede the Draft EIS and respond to concerns identified by the EPA and other comments on the Draft EIS,EIS; and
• Incorporate potential effects from the proposed land exchange between the USFS Superior National Forest and us.

PublicA preliminary SDEIS will be available for review of the scope of the land exchange ended on November 29, 2010. The Notice of Intent stated that the proposed land exchange would eliminate conflicts between the United States and private mineral ownership and consolidate land ownership to improve Superior National Forest management effectiveness and public access to federal lands. The proposed exchange is in accordance with Forest Service Strategic Plan Goals to provide and sustain long-term socioeconomic benefits to the American people, conserve open space, and sustain and enhance outdoor recreation activities.

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The NorthMet mine site encompasses approximately 2,840 of the 6,650 acres of land proposed for exchange to private ownership; the remaining federal property would improve intermingled and inefficient ownership patterns and eliminate conflicts if minerals development were to expand in the future.

The lands that would be received by the Superior National Forest consist of forest and wetland habitatCooperating Agencies (including the EPA). Comments from the Cooperating Agencies will be incorporated as well as lake frontage. These lands would enhance public recreation opportunities and complement existing federal ownership by eliminating or reducing private holdings surrounded by Superior National Forest land.

On April 15, 2011 we reported that we and the Lead Agencies expect to finalize detailed modeling work plans by early May, 2011. Once final modeling confirms that the project meets state and federal standards required for it to be permitted, the third party contractor hired by the DNR will prepare a preliminary supplemental draft EIS,appropriate, which will then be reviewed by the lead agencies, cooperating agencies (including the US Environmental Protection Agency and tribal governments) and PolyMet, before being finalized for publication and public comment. The lead agencies anticipate publishing the supplemental draft EISpublished for public comment during the fall of 2011.review and comment. A final EIS will incorporate comments, after which a subsequent Adequacy Decision by the DNRMDNR and Record of Decision by the federal co-lead agencies are necessary before the land exchange can occur and various permits required to construct and operate the project can be issued.

A number of permits will need to be issued by the MDNR, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (PCA) and the USACE before construction can begin - the The major permits are:

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Prior to receipt of Engineers

• Section 404 Individual Permit for Impacted Wetlands

Minnesota Departmentthe permits, the Company intends to secure construction financing that would be available upon receipt of Natural Resources

• Permitkey permits, with construction slated to Mine
• Water Appropriations Permit
• Dam Safety Permit
• Wetland Replacement Plan

Minnesota Pollution Control Agencystart upon availability of construction finance. Construction of NorthMet is expected to be made up of four major components:

• National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit (storm water)
• State Disposal System (SDS) Permit
• Air Emissions Permit

As ofat January 31, 2011,2013, we had spent approximately $31.9$52.7 million on environmental review and permitting activities.activities comprising $6.5 million expensed prior to October 2006 and $46.2 million since October 2006.

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Prospectors first discovered copper and nickel near Ely, Minnesota about 20 miles north of NorthMet in the 1940s. Subsequently, the Bear Creek Mining Company conducted a regional exploration program resulting in the discovery of the Babbitt deposit (northeast of NorthMet). US Steel began an exploration program in the Duluth Complex in the late 1960’s and over the next few years drilled 114112 core holes into the NorthMet property (then called Dunka Road). to an average depth of 1,200 feet. In 1991, Nerco drilled an additional 2 shallow holes.

FromSince 1998 to present, we have conducted a series of drilling programs totaling 271323 holes for approximately 162,000172,000 feet of core and reverse circulation drilling. These holes, combined with earlier drilling by US Steel, bring therecompilation of all prior work, for a total to 418of 437 diamond and reverse circulation holes aggregating to approximately 318,000 feet. In addition, we have meticulously recompiled all prior306,000 feet, were the basis of our December 2007 resource and reserve estimates in our most recent Technical Report under NI 43-101 as amended, filed on April 5, 2013.

The historic drilling was conducted using industry standard procedures of the time. The core was retained and has been resampled by PolyMet. More recent work started by US SteelPolyMet has been conducted using standard industry protocols, including Quality Assurance/Quality Control procedures under the supervision of Qualified Persons. We believe that the resulting drill hole database is reliable and can be confidently used in 1969. We have also recently drilled an additional 37 holes totaling approximately 6,300 feetthe estimation of tightly-spaced grid drilling for detailed mine planning.the NorthMet resource and reserves.

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Mineral Resources and Reserves

Within the overall mineralized envelope defined by these exploration programs, the 2006 DFS defined measured and indicated mineral resources above the 500-foot elevation (approximately 1,120 feet below surface.) On August 9,The results of additional drilling through October 2007 we reported thatresulted in a further increase in measured and indicated mineral resources at the NorthMet Project had increased by 51% to 638694 million short tons from the 422 million short tons reported in the DFS. The revised mineral resource estimates are based on the same cut-off grades used in the DFS –namely a Net Metal Value (“NMV”) of US$7.42$7.42 per ton, reflecting mine planning at a copper price of US$1.25$1.25 per pound and a nickel price of US$5.60$5.60 per pound – see notes to the following table.

The increase in mineral resources reflects two changes:

• Data from the calendar 2007 drill program which confirmed the continuity of the main mineralized zone and the size of the Magenta Zone, which was extended down dip and to the west. These changes contributed 149 million short tons to the increase in measured and indicated mineral resources.

• Extension of the overall mineral envelope to approximately 1,620 feet below surface (0’ – elevation), compared with the prior cutoff at approximately 1,120 feet below surface (500’ – elevation). This change contributed 67 million short tons to the increase in measured and indicated mineral resources.

As a result, measured and indicated mineral resources have increased by 216 million short tons to 638 million short tons and inferred mineral resources have been expanded to 252 million short tons from 121 million short tons – all on the DFS cut-off grade. Details of the mineral resources are set out in the following table.

Updated Mineral Resources compared with DFS

The mineral resource estimate update was completed by a team from thePierre Desautels of AGP Mining Consultants in Toronto office of Wardrop Engineering working closely with PolyMet’s chief geologist, at the time, Richard Patelke. A NI 43-101 compliant report describing this increase was issued in September 2007October 20012, amended in January 2013, and has been filed as amended on PolyMet’s website (www.polymetmining.com)EDGAR on April 5, 2013 and on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Pierre Desautels of Wardrop and Richard Patelke of PolyMet are the Qualified Persons for this report.on January 23, 2013.

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On September 26, The 2006/2007 PolyMet reported thatdrill program also increased proven and probable mineable reserves at the NorthMet Project had increased by 51% to 275 million short tons from the 182 million short tons reported in the DFS.

These reservesProject. Reserves are constrained to mineable blocks associated with material contained in the measured and indicated resource blocks in the DFS for which detailed mining cost estimates, infrastructure planning, and waste rock stockpile locations were prepared as part of a larger study supporting the DFS. It should be noted that the inferred resources were not included in the DFS or in this interim reserve update.

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In conjunction with this increase in reserves, the strip (waste:ore) ratio for the revised mine plan declined to 1.46:1 from 1.66:1.

Updated Reserves compared with DFS

The reserve estimate update was completed by a team from theGordon Zurowski of AGP Mining Consultants (formerly Wardrop) in Toronto office of Wardrop Engineering working closely with our then team of Don Hunter and Richard Patelke. Gordon Zurowski of WardropAGP Mining Consultants and Don Hunter of PolyMet were the Qualified Persons.

The geology of northeastern Minnesota is predominantly Precambrian in age. Approximately 1.1 billion years ago, mid-continent rifting resulted in mafic volcanism and associated intrusions along a portion of the Midcontinent Rift System, which extends from Ohio, through the Lake Superior region to Kansas. The Midcontinent Rift consists of three parts: thick lava flows, intrusive rock and overlying sedimentary rock. There are three major intrusive complexes: the Coldwell Complex of Ontario, the Mellen Complex along the south shore of Lake Superior and the Duluth Complex along the north shore.

The Duluth Complex hosts the NorthMet mineralization. The Complex extends in an arcuate belt from Duluth to the northeastern tip of Minnesota. Emplacement of the intrusion appears to have been along a system of northeast-trending normal faults that form half-grabens stepping down to the southeast. The magma was intruded as sheet-like bodies along the contact between the Early Proterozoic sedimentary rocks of the Animikie Group and the mafic lava flows of the North Shore Volcanic Group.

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The Duluth Complex is represented by the Partridge River intrusion which overlays the Biwabik Iron Formation – the Partridge River intrusion is locally sub-divided into seven troctolitic units:

• Unit 7 and Unit 6 – texturally homogeneous plagioclase-rich troctolite, each with a persistent ultramafic base. Units 6 and 7 are each about 400 ft. thick.

• Unit 5 – coarse grained anorthositic troctolite (300 ft.) grading down to Unit 4.

• Unit 4 – homogeneous augite troctolite and troctolite, with a less persistent ultramafic horizon. The contact between Unit 4 and Unit 5 is difficult to establish and the two units may actually be a single unit.

• Unit 3 – the most easily recognized unit because of its mottled appearance due to olivine oikocrysts. It is fine grained troctolitic anorthosite to anorthositic troctolite. Average thickness is 250 ft. but locally can be up to 500 ft.

• Unit 2 – homogeneous troctolite with abundant ultramafic units and a generally persistent basal ultramafic. This unit shows the most variation in thickness and may be locally absent. Units 2 & 3 are modeled as a single package for resource estimation.

• Unit 1 – the most heterogeneous unit, both texturally and compositionally. Grain size is generally coarser at the top of the unit and fines downward. The unit contains abundant inclusions of the footwall rock and is noritic towards the base. This is the main sulfide mineral bearing unit. Two internal ultramafic layers are generally present. Unit 1 is probably the result of multiple pulses of magma injection. Average thickness is about 450 ft.

The general trend of the sedimentary rocks at the base of the NorthMet deposit is striking east-northeast and to dipping to the southeast about 15-25°, and the Partridge River intrusion appears to follow this general trend.

The majority of the rock at NorthMet is unaltered, with a minor alteration found along fractures and micro-fractures, consisting of serpentine, chlorite and magnetite replacing olivine, uralite and biotite replacing pyroxene, and sausserite and sericite replacing plagioclase. Sulfide mineralization does not appear to be directly related to the alteration.

The metals of interest at NorthMet are copper, nickel, cobalt, platinum, palladium, gold and lesser amounts of rhodium and ruthenium. In general, the metals are positively correlated with copper mineralization, cobalt being the main exception. Unit 1 mineralization is found throughout the deposit. A less extensive mineralized zone is found in Units 4, 5, and 6 in the western part of the deposit, it is copper-rich relative to sulfur, and moderately enriched in PGMs.

Sulfide mineralization consists of chalcopyrite, cubanite, pyrrhotite and pentlandite with minor bornite, violarite, pyrite, sphalerite, galena, talnakhite, mackinawite and valleriite. Sulfide minerals occur mainly as blebs interstitial with plagioclase, olivine and augite grains, but also occur within plagioclase and augite grains, as intergrowths with silicates, or as fine veinlets. The percentage of sulfides varies from trace to about 5%. Palladium, platinum and gold are associated with the sulfides.

The NorthMet deposit has been identified over a length of approximately 2.5 miles and has been found to a depth of more than 2,600 feet. It is covered by a thin layer of glacial till but otherwise reaches to the surface at the northern edge.

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Our development plans were set out in our Definitive Feasibility StudyDFS prepared by Bateman Engineering Pty. in September 2006. This contemplated the development of a new open pit mine at our NorthMet ore body, using rail infrastructure we acquired as part of Cliffs II to transport approximately 32,000 tons of ore per day from the mine site to our Erie Plant, where we would use our existing facilities to crush and mill the rock. The finely ground material would then pass to a new flotation circuit with waste material sent to existing waste tailings facilities and the concentrate being passed to a new hydrometallurgical plant that we plan to build at the Erie Plant site.

We believe that we have completed exploration work required for the initial phases of production at NorthMet, however, we may need to conduct further in-fill drilling during the anticipated life of the project. Since publication of the DFS, we have recognized the commercial potential to sell concentrates during the construction and commissioning of the new hydrometallurgical facilities.

DFS Update

On May 20, 2008 we reported revised plans and cost estimates for construction and operating costs. These revised plans included:

• the sale of concentrate during the construction and commissioning of new metallurgical facilities resulting in a shorter pre-production construction period (under twelve(12-15 months) and reduced estimates of capital costs prior to first revenues ($312 million versus $380 million) despite the inclusion of an estimated $65 million of additional measures to protect the environment;;
• the new metallurgical facilities to be constructed during initial production and sales of concentrate. We anticipate that much of the additional estimated $290 million of capital costs including $20 million(for total estimated project capital of additional environmental measures,$602 million) will be largely funded from cash flow from initial operations;
• mine plans (based on copper at $1.25 per pound) reflect the increase in reserves and decrease in stripping ratio reported on September 26, 2007, the use of 240-ton trucks, and owner versus contract mine operations, and
• $77an estimated $77 million of mining equipment, which was assumed to be provided by a mining contractor in the DFS has been incorporated as an operating lease in updated operating costs.

On February 2, 2011 we reported a further refinement toannounced that we had simplified the developmentproposed metallurgical process and now plan whereby we propose to build the project in two phases:

• Phase I: produce and market concentrates containing copper, nickel, cobalt and precious metals, and
• Phase II: process the nickel concentrate through a single autoclave, resulting in production and sale of high grade copper concentrate, value added nickel-cobalt hydroxide, and precious metals precipitate products.

Previous plans included a second autoclave and a copper solvent extraction/electro-winning (“SX-EW”) circuit to produce copper metal along with value added nickel-cobalt hydroxide and precious metals precipitate products. The changes reflect continued metallurgical process and other project improvements as well as improved environmental controls that are being incorporated into the Supplemental Draft EIS. The analysis is based on likely metal market conditions.environmental review process. The advantages, compared with the earlier plan, include a better return on capital investment, reduced financial risk, lower energy consumption, and reduced waste disposal and emissions at site.

Approximately $127 million of the total $602 million in total capital costs and ofestimated in the $290 million capital costs for the larger scale metallurgical facilities described in theMay 2008 DFS Update was attributed to the second autoclave and the copper circuit.will not be incurred in this revised plan.

We plan to provide a detailed project update when the project development plans now being analyzed in the Supplemental Draft EISSDEIS are finalized. This detailed project update will include revised mine plans, process and project improvements, and will incorporate the latest environmental controls.

Saleable Products
The DFS describes three products from NorthMet. During construction and commissioning of the hydrometallurgical plant, we anticipate that we will sell separate copper and nickel concentrates. Once the smaller-scale hydrometallurgical plant is operational, our long term products will comprise copper concentrate, a mixed hydroxide of nickel and cobalt that will be shipped to a third-party processor to produce nickel and cobalt metals, and a precious metals precipitate that will be shipped to a third-party refiner for production of palladium, platinum and gold.

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On September 4, 2008 we announced that we had reached an agreement with Glencore whereby Glencore would purchase our production of concentrates, metals, or intermediate products at prevailing market terms at the time of delivery for at least the first 5 years of production. We executed the agreement on October 31, 2008 as part of a strategic alliance between us and Glencore.

Capital Costs
Our May 2008 DFS Update set out that, on a like-for-like basis (excluding scope changes), the total capital cost had increased to an estimated $516.8 million. This increase reflects both cost inflation and design scope changes since the DFS, including facilities needed to ship concentrate during the construction and commissioning of the new hydrometallurgical plant. This staged approach shortens the initial construction period, makes the project less sensitive to the delivery schedule for long lead time equipment such as autoclave vessels, and means that we can commence operations of the mine, the existing crushing and milling plant, the existing tailings disposal facilities, and the new flotation circuit, before starting the new hydrometallurgical plant.

In addition to these scope changes and the effect of inflation, we anticipate spending an additional $85.1 million on measures to protect the environment, over and above the measures contemplated in the DFS. $76.6 million for mining equipment that was assumed to be provided by a mining contract in the DFS has been incorporated as an operating lease in updated operating costs.

May 2008 DFS Update Capital Costs
(US dollars, millions)

In February 2011 we announced that we had simplified the metallurgical process whereby we plan to build one hydromet circuit to process nickel concentrate, and continue producing and marketing copper concentrate over the long term. This revised process eliminates the planned copper solvent-extraction/electro-winning circuit. These elements represented approximately $127 million of the total $602 million capital costs, but have no effect on the capital cost for the concentrates-only phase of the project.

May 2008 DFS Update Operating Plans and Costs
The overall mining and operating plan remains the same as that defined in the DFS and which forms the basis of the plan being analyzed in the environmental impact statement. We intend to mine 32,000 tons of ore per day for an operating life of twenty years, processing a total of 224 million tons of ore. The mine plan continues to be based on the following metal prices: copper - $1.25/lb, nickel - $5.60 per pound, cobalt - $15.25/lb, palladium - $210 per ounce, platinum - $800 per ounce, and gold - $400 per ounce.

Operating costs per ton of ore processed have increased to $13.33 from $11.02 in the DFS reflecting higher fuel, mine equipment, and other consumable costs, as well as general inflation. The cost of mining and delivering ore to the plant is now estimated at $4.31 per ton compared with $3.80 per ton in the DFS. The increase in mining costs has been partially offset by the lower strip ratio, larger mining equipment, and owner versus contractor operation.

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The economic analysis is based on SEC-reserve standards using prices at the time, namely the three-year trailing average which we calculated at April 30, 2008 (the end of our first fiscal quarter).2008. This price deck is: copper - $2.90/lb, nickel - $12.20/lb, cobalt - $23.50/-$23.50/lb, palladium - $320/oz, platinum - $1,230/oz, and gold - $635/oz. While these prices are somewhat higher than those used on the economic analysis in the DFS, the price are slightly below the three-year average at the end of our fiscal 2009 year, namely: copper - $3.13/lb, nickel - $12.45/lb, cobalt - $27.34/-$27.34/lb, palladium - $342/oz, platinum - $1,343/oz, and gold - $733/oz.

The DFS Update prices translate into copper cash costs of $1.05 per pound using a co-product basis to calculate costs, compared with the DFS estimate of $0.81 per pound. Taking revenues from the other metals as a deduction against costs, the co-product basis shows a cost of $(0.28) per pound compared with $0.06 per pound in the DFS.

We plan to further update the DFS during the course of our current fiscal year to reflect all project changes that are being incorporated into the Supplemental Draft EIS.SDEIS.

Economic Summary
- May 2008 DFS Update Highlights

Key economic metrics include earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) which is projected to increase to $217.3 million on average over the first five years of operations from $175.3 million estimated in the DFS. The net present value of future cash flow (after tax) discounted at 7.5% is estimated to be $649.4 million compared with $595.4 million in the DFS, and the after tax internal rate of return is now estimated at 30.6% compared with 26.7% in the DFS. The table below also sets out the affecteffect on EBITDA of a 10% change in each metal price.

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May 2008 DFS Update Key Economic Highlights

The mining industry has been subject to increasing government controls and regulations in recent years. We have obtained all necessary permits for exploration work performed to date and anticipate no material problems obtaining the necessary permits to proceed with further development.

Disclosure Pursuant to Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction & Syria Human Rights Act

Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (“ITRA”), effective August 10, 2012, added a new subsection (r) to Section 13 of the Exchange Act, which requires issuers that file annual or quarterly reports with the SEC (including Form 20-F annual reports) to disclose in these reports whether, during the reporting period, they or any of their “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) have knowingly engaged in specified activities or transactions relating to Iran, including activities not prohibited by U.S. law and conducted outside the U.S. by non-U.S. affiliates in compliance with applicable laws. Issuers must also file a notice with the SEC if any disclosable activities under ITRA have been included in an annual or quarterly report.

Because the SEC defines the term “affiliate” broadly, our largest shareholder may be considered an affiliate of the Company despite the fact that the Company has no control over its actions or the actions of its affiliates. As such, pursuant to Section 13(r)(1)(D)(iii) of the Exchange Act, the Company hereby discloses the following information provided by our largest shareholder regarding transactions or dealings with entities controlled by the Government of Iran (“GOI”):

"During the year ended January 31, 2013, non-U.S. affiliates of the largest shareholder of the Company ("Shareholder Affiliates") entered into sales contracts for wheat and coal as well as sale and purchase contracts for metal oxides and metals with Iranian entities, which are either fully or majority owned by the GOI. The GOI is in the process of privatizing some of these entities. All transactions were conducted in compliance with applicable sanction laws and, where required, with the necessary prior approvals by the relevant governmental authorities.

The gross revenue of the non-U.S Shareholder Affiliates related to these transactions did not exceed the value of $645 million for the twelve months ended January 31, 2013. This figure includes the gross revenue of goods sold in the period but purchased in previous periods. The non-U.S. Shareholder Affiliates do not allocate net profit on a country-by-country or activity-by-activity basis, but estimate that the net profit attributable to the transactions with the GOI would not exceed a small fraction of the gross revenue from such transactions. It is not possible to determine accurately the precise net profit attributable to these transactions.

The non-U.S. Shareholder Affiliates believe that these transactions disclosed above do not constitute violations of applicable sanctions laws administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, and are not the subject of any enforcement actions under Iran sanction laws.

In accordance with applicable U.S. and foreign sanctions laws, the non-U.S. Shareholder Affiliates expect to continue to engage in similar activities in the future."

Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (i) engaged in any transactions or activities requiring disclosure under ITRA nor (ii) were involved in the transactions described in this section. As of the date of this report, the Company is not aware of any other activity, transaction or dealing by us or any of its affiliates during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2013 that requires disclosure in this report under Section 13(r) of the Exchange Act.

ITEM 4A. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

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ITEM 5. OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS

This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements. statements and related notes for the years ended January 2013, 2012, and 2011 appearing under Item 18 – Financial Statements and listed under Item 19 – Exhibits.

Our functional currency is the United States dollar and our financial statements arehave been prepared in accordance with Canadian Generally AcceptedInternational Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Principles (GAAP), which is in the process of transitioning to IFRS; however, the only significant difference between U.S. GAAP and Canadian GAAP with regard to our financial statements relates to the accounting for fair value of the conversion factor of convertible debt (see Item 3: Key Information – A. Selected Financial Data for the impact of this difference)Standards Board (“IASB”). All amounts in this discussion and in the consolidated financial statements are expressed in United States dollars, unless identified otherwise.

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Summary of EventsKey Developments During the Fiscal Year Ended January 31, 20112013

During the year ended January 31, 2011,2013, and through the date of the filing of this Annual Report, we continued to advance our NorthMet Project including the activities noted below.

In April 2010, Cliffs entered intoKey Developments – Environmental Review

Since February 1, 2012 our focus has continued to be advancing the NorthMet environmental review. The MDNR EIS Contractor has completed a consent decree with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (“MPCA”) relating to alleged violationssignificant amount of work on the Cliffs Erie Property. This consent decree required submissionSDEIS and is finalizing internal review of Field Study Plan Outlines, which have been approvedgroundwater, surface water, and air dispersion models including quality assurance/quality control review of data that is being incorporated into the SDEIS.

On September 11, 2012 we reported that we had hired Foth Infrastructure & Environment ("Foth") to assist in completion of the NorthMet environmental review and permitting process. Separately, we reported that we had completed a mine site groundwater monitoring program in order to addresses concerns expressed by the MPCA, and Short Term Mitigation Plans, which have not yet been formally approved. As partEPA in its review of its prior transactions with Cliffs, we had agreed to indemnify Cliffs for certain on-going site environmental liabilities.

At the annual shareholders' meeting held on July 7, 2010, Messrs. Corneliuson and Swearingen did not stand for re-election to our Board of Directors owing to other personal commitments. The Board thanked them for their contributions to the Company during their tenure.2009 Draft EIS.

On October 10, 2012 we announced that we had successfully treated over one million gallons of water through its Reverse Osmosis (RO) pilot water treatment plant. We partnered with GE Water & Process Technologies (GE) and Barr Engineering to design and operate the pilot plant using RO membrane technology developed by GE. The test work demonstrates the technical and regulatory viability of RO as a water treatment method that will enable us to successfully develop the NorthMet Project and meet state and federal water quality standards.

On November 19, 2012 we announced completion of engineering control designs as well as the design of and inputs to groundwater, surface water and air dispersion models to assess potential environmental impacts from the NorthMet Project. Following extensive quality assurance/quality control review by Foth Infrastructure & Environment and Barr Engineering, we delivered these results to the state regulatory agencies and the EIS Contractor for review, which is largely complete. The results are being incorporated into the SDEIS which will then be reviewed by the EPA and other governmental and cooperating agencies prior to publication for public review.

On February 14, 2013 we announced project improvements resulting from addressing comments on the draft EIS. We have undertaken an extensive review of all aspects of the NorthMet Project which has resulted in numerous improvements and reduced environmental impacts. Reductions in the environmental impact are a significant step toward completion of the SDEIS, which is on track for mid-summer 2013.

We also reported that we were commencing detailed capital and operating cost updates based on these project changes and are reviewing detailed construction plans and schedules to prepare for project construction upon receipt of permits.

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As discussed in Section 4D(c)(ii), we received a response from the MPCA in October 2012 approving pilot tests of various treatment options related to the Consent Decree to determine the best course of action for long term mitigation. Although there is substantial uncertainty related to applicable water quality standards, engineering scope, and responsibility for the financial liability, the October response from the MPCA provides clarification to the potential liability for the Long Term Mitigation Plan. The Company has included its best estimate of the liabilities related to this consent decree in its environmental rehabilitation provision for the period ended January 31, 2010, 1,100,0002013 in the amount of $31.8 million.

The Company’s best estimate of the environmental rehabilitation provision at January 31, 2013 was $53.5 million (January 31, 2012 - $22.8 million) based on estimated cash flows required to settle this obligation in present day costs of $24.5 million (January 31, 2012 - $23.9 million) for Cliffs I and $33.0 million (January 31, 2012 - $2.0 million) for Cliffs II, an annual inflation rate of 2.00% (January 31, 2012 – 2.00%), a risk-free interest rate of 2.79% (January 31, 2012 – 2.55%), a mine life of 20 years and a rehabilitation period of 10 years.

Other Key Developments

On March 9, 2012 we entered into an option agreement over certain land that it plans to have restored to wetlands through an agreement with AG for Waterfowl, LLP ("AG"). We paid AG $2.0 million cash and issued 2,788,902 of its common shares and warrants to purchase shares1,083,333 of PolyMetits common stock at $4.00 per share that had been issued to BNP Paribas Loan Services (“BNPP”) expired.

On November 12, 2010, we announced that Glencore had agreed to purchase 15 million shares of our common stock at $2.00 per share in three tranches over the next two years. In addition, Glencore agreed to extend the maturity date of the $25 million (initial principal) debentures issued to Glencore under the 2008 financing to September 30, 2012 and cancelled the final $25 million debenture financing commitment and the 6.25 million share purchase warrants issued as part of the 2008 financing. We have issued warrants to purchase 3 million shares at $2.00$1.50 per share at any time until December 31, 20152015. AG has provided us security over its requirement to perform the wetlands conversion work in the form of a $5.9 million face value five year zero interest rate mortgage over land currently in agricultural use that AG will restore to wetlands in order to earn wetland credits. The mortgage will be proportionately released as part of the lands are fully restored to approved wetland status, at which time we will receive formal wetland credits. Any lands that we have not requested be restored to wetland will revert to AG and the remaining mortgage, if any, will be released on February 28, 2017. We are committed to pay AG an additional $0.680 million over seven years as compensation for the additional financingwork AG is continuing to undertake. AG was subsequently acquired by Environmental Investment Partners (“EIP”) and other changes. we consented to the assignment of the agreement to EIP on September 7, 2012.

On 17 January 2011June 21, 2012 we closedannounced that Jon Cherry, a senior mining executive, would join us as CEO and President effective July 16, 2012. Mr. Cherry held increasingly senior positions at operations and projects for subsidiaries of Rio Tinto plc, one of the first trancheworld's largest mining companies. Most recently he was responsible for strategic direction in environmental permitting and compliance, legal matters, and external relations related to development of this private placement, issuingthe Resolution copper project in Arizona, a joint venture between Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton. Previously, he was responsible for permitting and initial development of the Eagle nickel-copper project in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. He started his career with Cyprus Thompson Creek in Idaho before joining Kennecott in Utah. Former CEO and President Joe Scipioni remains with us as Chief Operating Officer.

At our annual shareholders’ meeting on July 10, 2012, shareholders approved amendment and restatement of the 2007 Omnibus Share Compensation Plan (the "Plan") and reapproved the Plan and all unallocated option or awards entitled to be granted thereunder. The amended Plan (a) amended the number of common shares reserved for issuance, (b) increased the maximum term of expiry from seven years to ten years; and (c) clarified the definition of "Market Price". The amended Plan was approved by the TSX on July 19, 2012.

On October 15, 2012 we sold to Glencore 5 million of our common shares to Glencore at US$2.00 per Share forshare resulting in gross proceeds to us of US$10 million.

On December 16, 2010 the Board of the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board (“IRRRB”) approved, on the commissioner’s recommendation, a secured loan10,000,000 pursuant to our wholly-owned subsidiary, Poly Met Mining, Inc. of up to $4 million. A legal challenge as to whether the IRRRB was authorized to make such a loan was withdrawn following passage of state legislation that clarified that the IRRRB is an economic development agency with no regulatory oversight for mine permitting activities.

Proceeds from the loan will be used to purchase forest land, wetlands, and lakes with high natural resource and recreational value that would become available for public use and enjoyment. These properties, which we currently have under purchase option, would be purchased for future use as part of a proposed land exchange for surface rights at the proposed NorthMet mine site currently controlled by the USFS Superior National Forest.

With effect from December 31, 2010, William Murray stepped down as Executive Chairman and George Molyviatis resigned his board membership. Mr. Murray continues to serve as one of our directors. Ian Forrest and Frank Sims, both independent directors, serve as independent co-Chairmen. Mr. Forrest continues as Chair of the Audit and Compensation Committees and Mr. Sims continues as Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee.

On December 31, 2010, warrants to purchase 3,842,045 shares of our common stock at $3.00 per share, which had been issued in connection with the April 2007 financing, expired.

On January 17, 2011 we closed the first tranche of the November 2010 private placement with Glencore, issuing 5 million common shares of the Company to Glencore at US$2.00 per Share for gross proceeds of US$10 million.agreement.

On January 24, 2011 Bradley H. (Brad) Moore was appointed Executive Vice-President, Environmental & Governmental Affairs. Mr. Moore has more than 25 years experience in environmental regulation and review and is assuming overall responsibility for our effort to complete environmental review and obtain permits necessary for construction and operation of the NorthMet copper-nickel-precious metals project located in the established Mesabi mining district in northeastern Minnesota. Mr. Moore served as Commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency ("MPCA") from 2006 to 2008, and as Assistant Commissioner for Operations of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) from January 1999 to August 2006.

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On February 2, 2011 we announced that we had simplified the proposed metallurgical process and now plans to build the project in two phases:

• Phase I: produce and market concentrates containing copper, nickel, cobalt and precious metals, and
• Phase II: process the nickel concentrate through a single autoclave, resulting in production and sale of high grade copper concentrate, value added nickel-cobalt hydroxide, and precious metals precipitate products.

Previous plans included a second autoclave and a copper solvent extraction/electro-wining (“SX-EW”) circuit to produce copper metal along with value added nickel-cobalt hydroxide and precious metals precipitate products. The changes reflect continued metallurgical process and other project improvements as well as improved environmental controls that are being incorporated into the Supplemental Draft EIS. The advantages, compared with the earlier plan, include a better return on capital investment, reduced financial risk, lower energy consumption, and reduced waste disposal and emissions at site. Approximately $127 million of the total $602 million capital costs estimated in the May 2008 DFS Update will not be incurred in this revised plan.

On March 10, 2011 we appointed Alan R. (Al) Hodnik and Michael M. (Mike) Sill to our Board of Directors.

In March 2011, we entered into an agreement with the MDNR committing to an additional $2,818,000 work on environmental review through April 1, 2012.

On April 15, 2011 we reported that the Company and the Lead Agencies expect to finalize detailed work plans for the Supplemental Draft EIS by May, 2011. The detailed project, which includes the simplified metallurgical process and reduction in capital costs that we announced on February 2, 2011, will then be modeled to predict environmental impacts of the project. The third party contractor hired by the lead agencies will then prepare a preliminary supplemental draft Environmental Impact Statement, which will be reviewed by the Lead Agencies, cooperating agencies (including the US Environmental Protection Agency and tribal governments) and ourselves. Once that review process has been completed, the supplemental draft EIS will be finalized for publication and public comment. The lead agencies anticipate publishing the Supplemental Draft EIS during the fall of 2011.

On April 15, 2011 the Board of the IRRRB reapproved a secured loan to Poly Met Mining, Inc. of up to $4 million, which is expected to close on or before 30 June, 2011. The loan will be secured by the land to be acquired from proceeds of the loan, carry a fixed interest rate of 5% per annum, and will be repayable on June 30, 2016. Subject to regulatory approval, we also agreed to issue warrants giving the IRRRB the right to purchase up to 400,000 shares of our common stock at US$2.50 per share at any time until the earlier of June 30, 2016 and one year after we receive permits.

Summary of Operating Results

As(All figures in Thousands of January 31, 2011, we operated in one segment, the exploration and development of the base and precious metals at our NorthMet Project in Minnesota, United States. Head office comprises general and administrative costs, stock based compensation expense, financing expenses, foreign exchange interest income, assets, purchase of property, plant and equipment and amortization reported by the Canadian head office.

On November 12, 2010, we announced that we had entered into a definitive agreement with Glencore to sell in a private placement 15 million common shares at US$2.00 per share for gross proceeds of US$30 million, before deducting estimated offering expenses. Completion of the sale of these shares and funding are expected to occur in the following three tranches subject, in each case, to certain closing conditions:share)

• Tranche 1 of US$10 million closed on January 17, 2011;
• Tranche 2 of US$10 million will close on the earlier of (i) the date of the Company’s funding requirement as set forth in the Company’s three year operating budget to be approved by Glencore (the “Budget”), and (ii) 17 October 2011, and
• Tranche 3 of US$10 million will close on the earlier of (i) the date of the Company’s funding requirement as set forth in the Budget, ii) within ten business days following receipt by us of key permits, in a form reasonably acceptable to Glencore, that will enable the start of construction of the Project, and iii) 15 October 2012.

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Glencore has a right of first refusal to provide all material financings, subject to regulatory approval, if it owns 10% or more of our issued and outstanding shares and, if it owns more than 5% of our issued and outstanding shares, Glencore has the right to participate in any equity-related financing to maintain its partially diluted ownership interest (19.7% as of 31 January 2011).

In accordance with both Canadian GAAP and US GAAP, the 12 November 2010 transactions, whereby our existing convertible debt at that date with a book value of $26.730 million was deemed to have been extinguished and reissued, all of the costs associated with the transaction have been recorded as a non-cash expense of $3.647 million

Year ended January 31, 20112013 compared with the year ended January 31, 20102012

Overall.Overall: Our focus for the fiscal year ended January 31, 20112013 was to provide the Lead Agencies with input into the Supplemental Draft EISSDEIS and permit work at our NorthMet Project, and obtain additional financing and to continue to develop the NorthMet Project including updating the mineral reserves and mineral resources estimates and preparing for construction.financing.

Loss for the yearyear:. During the year ended January 31, 2011,2013, we incurred a loss of $7.283$6.626 million ($0.050.04 loss per share) compared to a loss of $9.023$3.045 million ($0.060.02 loss per share) during the year ended January 31, 2012. The increase in the net loss for the year was primarily attributable to the following:

• an increase in share based compensation in the current year to $2.255 million (prior year - $0.625 million) relating to grants of options and RSU’s, amortization of previously issued options, bonus shares, and RSU’s, and a shareholder approved modification of the expiry dates of outstanding share options;
• an increase in salaries and benefits in the current year to $1.394 million (prior year - $0.664 million) relating to restructuring and termination benefits incurred;
• an increase in filing and regulatory fees in the current year to $0.281 million (prior year - $0.099 million) related to renewal of the universal shelf registration;
• a decrease in the non-cash future income tax recovery in the current year to $nil (prior year - $0.657 million) relating to prior year expiration of share purchase warrants; and
• an increase in finance income and costs in the current year to $0.821 million (prior year - $0.351 million) primarily due to an increase in the accretion of the environmental rehabilitation provision as a result of the increased liability and increase in the discount rate.

These items were partially offset by the following:

• a decrease in professional fees in the current year to $0.374 million (prior year - $0.740 million) primarily due to transition to IFRS in the prior year.

Year ended January 31, 2012 compared with the year ended January 31, 2011

Overall:Our focus for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2012 was to provide the Lead Agencies with input into the SDEIS and permit work at our NorthMet Project and to obtain additional financing.

Loss for the year:During the year ended January 31, 2012, we incurred a loss of $3.045 million ($0.02 loss per share) compared to a loss of $6.662 million ($0.04 loss per share) in 2010.2011. The decrease in the net loss for the periodcurrent year was primarily attributable to:to the following:

• A$2.931 million non-cash future income tax recovery related to expirationloss on refinancing of stock purchase warrants previously issued of $1,390,000 (January 31, 2010 – $nil);convertible debt during the prior year;
• A non-cash reversal of previously recorded stock-based compensation costs relating to board and other management changes resulting in a credit of $119,000 in the current year (January 31, 2010 – expense of $915,000);
• A non-cash charge of $4.920 million for the amendment of stock warrantsour decision, in the prior year, period (current year period - $nil), and
• Investor relations and financing expenses of $420,000 due to the filing of an F-3 registration statement during the prior year period (current year period - $118,000).

These items were partially offset by the non-cash costs associated with extending the term of our debentures by a year, the fair value of the amendments to the Glencore warrants, which resulted in a non-cash charge of $3,647 million to our income statement. A further offset to the decrease in reported net loss derived from our decision to review alternatives for construction financing and not to renew our agreement with BNP Paribas Loan Services (which was to advise and assist us in all aspects of preparation for construction finance,finance) which expired on July 31, 2010. As such, the $1.830 million, $1.197 million of which was non-cash related to the fair value of warrants issued, recorded as a deferred financing cost asset was written off to the consolidated statement of loss in the prior year; and

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These items were partially offset by the following:

• an increase in share based compensation in the current year period as a result of our decision to reclassify an asset as held for sale and write-down its carrying value to fair value less cost to sell.

  Year ended January 31, 2010 compared with the year ended January 31, 2009

  Overall.Our focus for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2010 was to provide the state of Minnesota with input into the environmental impact statement and permitting work at our NorthMet Project, obtain additional financing and to continue to develop the Project including updating the mineral reserves and mineral resources estimates and preparing for construction.

  Loss for the year. During the year ended January 31, 2010 we incurred a loss of $9.023$0.625 million ($0.06 loss per share) compared to a loss of $5.523 million ($0.04 loss per share) in 2009. The increase in the net loss for the period was primarily attributable to:

  • A non-cash charge of $4.920 million for the amendment of warrants (prior year period - $544,000);
  • Stock-based compensation expense of $915,000 (prior year period - $487,000) with the increase being predominantly due to the granting of additional stock options in the first quarter and the extension of the term of all our stock options outstanding at June 24, 2009 by two years which was approved by the disinterested shareholders at our Annual and Special of shareholders on June 24, 2009;

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  • Interest income of $5,000 (prior year period - $154,000) with the decrease being due to lower cash balances and interest rates;
  • Investor relations and financing expenses of $420,000 due to the filing of an F-3 registration statement during the 2010 third quarter and additional financing related activities, and
  • A foreign exchange loss of $156,000recovery in the prior year period dueof $0.119 million including $0.212 million (January 31, 2011 – nil) relating to the strengtheningboard and other management changes;
  • director’s fees and expenses of the U.S. dollar versus the Canadian dollar, compared to $0.248 million (January 31, 2011 - nil);
  • a gain of $24,000 in the current year quarter.

  This was partially offset by an other-than-temporary impairment loss of $1,365,000 in the prior year period (current year period - $nil) and a foreign exchange loss of $156,000 in the prior year period (current year period - $24,000) due to the strengthening of the U.S. dollar versus the Canadian dollar.

  Effective February 1, 2009, we adopted CICA Section 3064 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets. As a result of this standard, the CICA withdrew EIC 27, Revenue and Expenses during the pre-operating period. With the withdrawal of EIC 27, we are no longer able to defer operating costs and revenues incurred prior to commercial production at its development project. The adoption of this standard resulted us retroactively ceasing to capitalize to mineral property accretionnon-cash future income tax recovery related to asset retirement obligations in our consolidated financial statements.

  We restated our financial statements for the items aboveexpiration of share purchase warrants previously issued of $0.657 million (January 31, 2011 – $1.390 million); and the impacts on certain line items of the financial statements with significant changes were as follows:

  Line Item		Year Ended
  		31 January 2009
  		As			Restated
  		Previously
  		Reported
  Mineral Property Plant and Equipment		93,067			91,910
  Loss for the period		4,536			4,979
  Deficit		60,825			61,982
  Loss per share		0.03			0.04

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  Effective November 1, 2009, we changed our accounting policy for accounting for amendments to warrants. Prior to this date, if the amendment related to warrants held by existing equity holders, we would debit the

• an increase in fair value as a result of an amendmentprofessional fees to the warrants to share capital. Under its new accounting policy, we record the debit to warrant amendment expense. This change in accounting policy has been applied retroactively, the impacts on certain line items of the financial statements with significant changes, after taking into account the above restatement with respect to Section 3064 / EIC 27, were as follows:

  Line Item		Year ended
  		31 January
  		2009
  		As			Restated
  		Previously
  		Reported
  Share Capital		104,768			105,312
  Loss for the period		4,979			5,523
  Deficit		61,982			62,526
  Loss per share		0.04			0.04

  
  

  (b)	Liquidity And Capital Resources

  Financing Activities

  On November 12, 2010, we entered into an agreement with Glencore whereby Glencore agreed to purchase 15$0.740 million common shares at $2.00 per share in three tranches to occur no later than certain agreed dates, and according to our needs based on a budget to be agreed. The first tranche of 5 million shares for gross proceeds of $10 million was funded on schedule on January 17, 2010. The remaining tranches, both for gross proceeds of $10 million, are scheduled to close on or before October 17, 2011 and the earlier of ten business days following receipt of key permits and October 15, 2012, respectively. Transaction costs for the first tranche totaled $106,000.

  On November 24, 2009 we closed an equity financing with Glencore for 3,773,585 common shares at $2.65 per share for gross proceeds of $10 million. On January 26, 2010, we closed the second tranche of the previously announced equity financing with Glencore of an additional 5,660,377 common shares at $2.65 per common share for gross proceeds of $15 million. Transactions costs for these two financings totaled $499,000.

  During the year ended January 31, 2011 we issued 845,000 common shares (prior year period – 775,000) upon exercise of options for proceeds of $808,000 (prior year period - $477,000) and nil common shares (prior year period 167,954) upon exercise of share warrants for proceeds of $nil (prior year period -$494,000).

  On August 27, 2009, we announced that we had filed a universal shelf registration on Form F-3 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). This universal shelf registration allows us to have the option to offer and sell, from time to time in one or more offerings, up to $500 million of our debt securities, common shares, warrants and units.

  On October 31, 2008, we entered into a financing with Glencore for an aggregate of US$50 million floating rate secured debentures due on September 30, 2011 issued by PolyMet US and guaranteed by the Company. The Debentures bear interest at 12-month US dollar LIBOR plus 4%. Interest is payable in cash or by increasing the principal amount of the Debentures, at Glencore’s option. The Debentures are secured by the assets of PolyMet and PolyMet US, including PolyMet’s 100% shareholding in PolyMet US.

  The Debentures are exchangeable into our common shares at Glencore’s option at US$4.00 per share. We can, at our option, prepay the Debentures if our shares trade at a 20-day volume weighted average price equal to or exceeding US$6.00, at which time, and at Glencore’s option, Glencore could exchange the Debentures for our common shares within 30 days in lieu of payment. Repayment between October 1, 2010 and September 30, 2011 would be at 102.5% of the outstanding principal.

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  On October 31, 2008, we issued to Glencore warrants (the "Purchase Warrants") to purchase 6.25 million our common shares at US$5.00 if exercised before the NorthMet Project has produced a total of 20,000 metric tonnes of concentrate, or US$6.00 thereafter.

  On November 17, 2009, we announced that we had agreed to modify certain terms of the above transaction. Under the new terms the Purchase Warrants entitled Glencore to purchase 6.25 million of our common shares at US$3.00 and expired on September 30, 2011. If the 20-day volume weighted average price of our shares were 150% of the exercise price or more ($4.50), and the Final EIS had been published in the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources EQB Monitor, PolyMet could accelerate the expiration of the Glencore Warrants to not less than 21 business days after the notice of acceleration. The incremental $158,000 increase in the fair value of the warrants due to the warrant exchange was debited to warrant amendment expense and credited to contributed surplus.

  Separately in November 2009, we agreed to modify the terms of the final $25 million Tranche E of the $50 million Debenture with Glencore such that Tranche E, if drawn, could be exchanged at US$2.65 per share. The first four tranches totaling US$25 million (excluding capitalized interest) that have already been drawn continue to be exchangeable at US$4.00 per share.

  On November 12, 2010, we announced that we had agreed additional modification of certain terms of the above transaction:

  • the maturity date of the Debentures was extended from September 30, 2011 to September 30, 2012;

  • Glencore’s commitment to purchase, and our commitment to issue, US$25 million of Tranche E Debentures, which were to be issued upon publication of the Final Environmental Impact Statement and other conditions, were cancelled;

  • warrants to purchase 6.25 million of our common shares at US$3.00 at any time until September 30, 2011 issued to Glencore were cancelled, and

  • warrants to purchase 3 million of our common shares at US$2.00 at any time until December 31, 2015, issued to Glencore in consideration of the amendments listed above (the "New Warrants") were issued.

  During the year ended January 31, 2010 we issued 775,000 shares (prior year period – 262,800) upon exercise of options for proceeds of $477,000 and 167,954 shares upon exercise of share warrants for proceeds of $494,000.

  During the year ended January 31, 2008 we issued 15 million units at US$2.75 per unit, with each unit comprising one common share and one-half of one warrant (for accounting purposes, the value of the units was bifurcated between the common shares and the warrants). Each whole warrant was exercisable into a common share at a price of US$4.00 at any time until October 13, 2008 (see amendment below), subject to an early trigger if the 20-day volume weighted average price of the common shares is US$6.00 or more. On October 10, 2008, we announced that we had received the consent from the holders of more than two-thirds of the 8,020,000 warrants issued as part of the April 2007 private placement to exchange those warrants into:

  • 4,010,000 warrants, each warrant entitling the holder to purchase one of our common shares at US$3.00 per share at any time until the sooner of 30 calendar days after publication of the draft Environmental Impact Statement by the State of Minnesota in the state’s Environmental Quality Board Monitor and October 13, 2009, and
  • 4,010,000 warrants, each warrant entitling the holder to purchase one of our common shares o at US$5.00 if exercised before the NorthMet Project has produced a cumulative total of 20,000 metric tonnes of concentrate, or US$6.00 thereafter and prior to August 31, 2011. We can accelerate the expiration of the warrants if our volume-weighted 20-day average share price trades at a 50% premium to the exercise price applicable at any time.

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  In October 2009, we received the consent from holders of more than two-thirds of the above warrants to exchange the 4,010,000 warrants due to expire on October 13, 2009 for 4,010,000 warrants, each warrant entitling the holder to purchase one share of our common stock at US$3.00 per share at any time until the sooner of 30 calendar days after publication of the draft Environmental Impact Statement by the State of Minnesota in the state’s Environmental Quality Board Monitor and December 31, 2009. The incremental $1,005,000 increase in the fair value of the warrants due to the warrant exchange was debited to warrant amendment expense and credited to contributed surplus.

  In November 2009, we received the consent from holders of more than two-thirds of the above warrants to exchange the 4,010,000 warrants due to expire the earlier of 30 calendar days after publication of the draft Environmental Impact Statement by the State of Minnesota in the state’s Environmental Quality Board Monitor and December 31, 2009 for 4,010,000 warrants, each warrant entitling the holder to purchase one share of our common stock at US$3.00 per share at any time until the sooner of 21 business days after publication of the final Environmental Impact Statement by the State of Minnesota in the state’s Environmental Quality Board Monitor and December 31, 2010. The incremental $3,757,000 increase in the fair value of the warrants due to the warrant exchange was debited to warrant amendment expense and credited to contributed surplus.

  Warrants to purchase 167,954 shares of our common stock had been exercised prior to 31 January 2010 and, on 31 December 2010 warrants to purchase 3,842,046 shares of our common stock at $3.00 per share expired. We recorded a future income tax recovery as the expiration of the warrants triggered a capital gain for tax purposes, which was offset by the application of tax losses carried forward resulting in a credit of $1,219,000.

  Year Ended January 31, 2011

  Cash used in operating activities in the year ended January 31, 2011 was $3.068 million compared to cash used in the prior year of $2.429 million. The variance is$0.365 million) primarily due to the cash based operating activity differences described above, $193,000 of exploration expenses in the current year (prior year -$nil)transition to IFRS.

(b) Liquidity and changes in working capital balances.

Cash provided by financing activities for the year ended January 31, 2011 was $8.666 million compared with $34.111 million in the prior year. The activity in the current year was primarily due to net proceeds of $9.894 million from a Glencore equity offering (prior year period $24.501 million), the net funding from issuance of exchangeable secured debentures of $nil (prior year period - $9.944 million), the scheduled repayment of $2,000,000 of debt (prior year period - $1,250,000) This was offset by the net funding from issuance of exchangeable secured debentures of $9,944,000 in the prior year (current year - $nil). During the current year period, we received $808,000 from the issuance of common shares on exercise of stock options (prior year period - $477,000) and $nil from the issuance of common shares on the exercise of share warrants (prior year period - $494,000).

Cash used in investing activities for the year ended January 31, 2011 was $16.519 million compared with $17.754 million in the preceding year, with the decrease being primarily the result of lower engineering, project and environmental / permitting costs in the current year period as we continued to scale back detailed engineering and design work that is not needed for permitting.

Total cash for the year ended January 31, 2011 decreased by $10.921 million for a balance of $10.361 million compared to the year ended January 31, 2010 when cash increased by $13.928 million to a balance of $21.282 million.Capital Resources

Substantially all cash and cash equivalents are held in United States currency.

As at January 31, 2011 we had working capital of $779,000 compared with working capital of $16.313 million at 31 January 2010 consisting primarily of cash of $10.361 million (January 31, 2010 - $21.282 million), prepaid expenses of $636,000 (January 31, 2010 - $512,000), accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $2.444 million (January 31, 2010 - $2.953 million), the current portion of the notes to Cliffs of $6.750 million (January 31, 2010 - $2.000 million) and the current portion of asset retirement obligations of $1.408 million (January 31, 2010 - $756,000). We expect to pay the remaining balance of $1.775 million (January 31, 2010 - $8.529 million) long term notes to Cliffs and the convertible debt principal balance of $25 million plus capitalized interest from working capital and additional financing. Our cash is primarily held in deposits and bearer deposits of a major Canadian bank and does not include any exposure to asset-backed commercial paper.

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Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the we will continue as a going concern, which assumes that the Company will be able to meet its commitments, continue operations, realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business for the foreseeable future. However, there are conditions that cast significant doubt on the validity of that assumption. We have incurred losses since inception and have an accumulated deficit of $78,832,000 at January 31, 2011.

We will need to raise sufficient funds to meet our current obligations as well as fund ongoing development, capital expenditures and administration expenses, in accordance with our spending plans.

On November 12, 2010, we announced that we had entered into a definitive agreement with Glencore AG (“Glencore”) to sell in a private placement 15 million common shares at US$2.00 per share for gross proceeds of US$30 million, before deducting estimated offering expenses. Completion of the sale of these shares and funding are expected to occur in the following three tranches subject, in each case, to certain closing conditions:

• Tranche 1 of US$10 million closed on January 17, 2011;
• Tranche 2 of US$10 million to close on the earlier of (i) the date of the our funding requirement as set forth in our three year operating budget approved by Glencore (the “Budget”), and (ii) October 17, 2011, and
• Tranche 3 of US$10 million to close on the earlier of (i) the date of our funding requirement as set forth in the Budget, (ii) the tenth Business Day following receipt by us of key permits, in forms reasonably acceptable to Glencore, that enable us to begin construction of the Project, and (iii) October 15, 2012.

In order to meet all of its obligations for the period to January 31, 2012, including paying off the current portion of our long-term debt, we will have to successfully receive all of the remaining equity tranches, or obtain alternate financing. We are in the latter stage of discussions with Glencore with respect to the budget and believe that agreement will be reached by June 30, 2011, which will enable us to access the second and third $10 million tranches of the equity funding in a timely manner that will enable us to meet our obligations. However, this cannot be assured.

We believe that, based upon the underlying value of the NorthMet Project, that it will be able to obtain the necessary financing from Glencore or other sources to meet our requirements on an ongoing basis; however, there can be no assurance that the necessary financing will be obtained. Factors that could affect the availability of financing include the state of international debt and equity markets, investor perceptions and expectations and the global metals markets.

The financial statements do not reflect any adjustments to the carrying values of assets and liabilities, reported expenses, and balance sheet classifications that would be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern, and these adjustments could be material.

Should we wish to continue to further advance the NorthMet Project to commercial production we will require additional funds. As we have no operating revenues, the only source of liquidity consists primarily of cash from proceeds of project debt, other debt and equity financing.

Debt

PursuantThe Company expects to Asset Purchase Agreements, our wholly owned subsidiary Poly Met Mining, Inc. signed three notes payable to Cliffs inrepay the amounts of $2,400,000, $7,000,000 and $7,000,000, respectively. The first note has been fully repaid. The second note is interest bearing at theWall Street JournalPrime Rate and is being paid in quarterly instalments equal to $250,000 commencing December 31, 2006, with the balance repayable upon receipt of commercial financing, for total repayment of $7,000,000. The third note is interest bearing at theWall Street JournalPrime Rate and is being paid in quarterly instalments equal to $250,000 commencing on December 31, 2009 for total repayment of $7,000,000 with final payment due on December 31, 2011. No interest was payable on the third note until December 31, 2009, which accordingly had been fair valued, for balance sheet purposes, by discounting it at 8.25% .

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Pursuant to a financing agreement with Glencore, we have entered into convertible debenture agreements for $25 million. The Debentures, originally due September 30, 2011, were extended under the same terms to September 30, 2012, bear interest at 12-month US dollar LIBOR plus 4%. Interest is payable in cash or by increasing the principal amount of the Debentures, at Glencore's option.

As at January 31, 2011 the outstanding long term debt was as follows:

We anticipate usingIRRRB long-term loan from working capital or additional financing and fundsto either exchange the Glencore debt into equity or repay from additional financing or from operations once commercial production has commencedcommenced.

Year Ended January 31, 2013 compared with the year ended January 31, 2012

As at January 31, 2013 we had working capital of $2.629 million compared with working capital of $16.375 million as at January 31, 2012 consisting primarily of cash of $8.088 million (January 31, 2012 - $17.478 million), trade and other receivables of $0.830 million (January 31, 2012 - $0.440 million), prepaid expenses of $0.771 million (January 31, 2012 - $0.934 million), trade payables and accrued liabilities of 5.269 million (January 31, 2012 - $1.679 million), and the current portion of environmental rehabilitation provision of $1.808 million (January 31, 2012 - $0.828 million).

Cash used in operating activities in the year ended January 31, 2013 was $1.116 million compared to meetcash used in the year ended January 31, 2012 of $2.955 million. The variance in cash is primarily due to changes in non-cash working capital balances and the above payment obligationsnoted operating variances.

Cash provided by financing activities for the year ended January 31, 2013 was $10.130 million compared to cash provided in the year ended January 31, 2012 of $26.209 million. The current year includes funding of the 2010 Glencore financing Tranche 3 and exercise of share options. The prior year includes funding of the 2010 Glencore financing Tranche 2, the 2011 Glencore financing, the IRRRB loan, and exercise of share options, partially offset by the repayment of the Cliffs loan.

Cash used in investing activities for the year ended January 31, 2013 was $18.404 million compared to cash used in the year ended January 31, 2012 of $16.137 million. The increase was primarily due to cash consideration paid to enter into wetland credit options and development agreements. See further discussion in the “Other Key Developments” section above.

Total cash for the year ended January 31, 2013 decreased by $9.390 million for a balance of $8.088 million compared to the year ended January 31, 2012 where cash increased $7.117 million to a balance of $17.478 million.

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Year Ended January 31, 2012 compared with the year ended January 31, 2011

As at January 31, 2012 we had working capital of $16.375 million compared with working capital of $4.199 million as at January 31, 2011 consisting primarily of cash of $17.478 million (January 31, 2011 - $10.361 million), trade and other receivables of $440,000 (January 31, 2011 - $318,000), prepaid expenses of $934,000 (January 31, 2011 - $636,000), asset held for sale of $nil (January 31, 2011 - $3.420 million); accounts payable and accrued liabilities of $1.679 million (January 31, 2011 - $2.444 million), the current portion of the notes to Cliffs of $nil (January 31, 2011 - $6.750 million) and the current portion of environmental rehabilitation provision of $828,000 (January 31, 2011 - $1.408 million).

Cash used in operating activities in the year ended January 31, 2012 was $2.955 million compared to cash used in the prior year of $3.068 million. The variance in cash is primarily due to changes in non-cash working capital balances and the above noted operating variances.

Cash provided by financing activities for the year ended January 31, 2012 was $26.209 million (prior year -$8.666 million). The current year activity was primarily due to the Glencore financings and the IRRRB loan and the issuance of share capital on the exercise of share options for $902,000 (prior year - $808,000), partially offset by the repayment of $8.500 million of debt (prior year - $2 million).

Cash used in investment activities for the year ended January 31, 2012 was $16.137 million compared with $16.519 million in the year ended January 31, 2011, with the decrease being primarily due to the sale of the used drill, partially offset by purchasing land for the USFS land exchange with funds received from the loan from the IRRRB.

Total cash for the year ended January 31, 2012 increased by $7.117 million for a balance of $17.478 million compared to the year ended January 31, 2011 where cash decreased $10.921 million to a balance of $10.361 million.

Financing Activities

On August 27, 2009 we announced that we had filed a universal shelf registration on Form F-3 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and short form base shelf prospectus with the various Canadian Provincial Security Commissions. This universal shelf registration statement expired in 2012. These documents allowed PolyMet to have the option to offer and sell, from time to time in one or more offerings, up to $500 million of its debt securities, common shares, warrants and units in the United States and Canada. A new universal shelf registration on Form F-3 and short form base shelf prospectus was filed and declared effective in January 2013 for the same offering limit and covering the same securities. Unless otherwise specified the net proceeds from the offering of the securities will be used for construction finance for our copper, nickel, precious metals development project located in Minnesota and for working capital.

Glencore AG (“Glencore”) Financing

Since October 31, 2008 Glencore has entered into a series of financing agreements with us and a marketing agreement with us whereby Glencore committed to purchase all of our production of concentrates, metal, or intermediate products on market terms at the time of delivery, for at least the first five years of production. We agreed to propose, and shareholders approved, the election of a Glencore senior executive as a director and also appointed a senior member of Glencore's technical team to our Technical Steering Committee. As a result of the series of financing transactions and the purchase by Glencore of our common shares previously owned by Cliffs, Glencore's current and potential ownership of PolyMet comprises:

• 46,967,842 shares representing 25.6% of our issued and outstanding common shares;

• $25.0 million initial principal floating rate secured debentures due September 30, 2014. Including capitalized interest as at January 31, 2013, these debentures are exchangeable at $1.50 per share into 20,338,440 of our common shares upon us giving Glencore notice that we have received permits necessary to start construction of the NorthMet Project and availability of senior construction finance in a form reasonably acceptable to Glencore or are repayable on September 30, 2014. The exercise price of the exchange warrants and the number of warrants are subject to conventional anti-dilution provisions; and

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• Glencore holds warrants to purchase 5,600,000 common shares at $1.50 per share, subject to conventional anti-dilution provisions, at any time until December 31, 2015, subject to mandatory exercise if the 20-day Value Weighted Average Price (“VWAP”) of PolyMet common shares is equal to or greater than 150% the exercise price and PolyMet provides notice to Glencore that it has received permits necessary to start construction of the NorthMet Project and availability of senior construction finance, in a form reasonably acceptable to Glencore.

If Glencore were to exercise all of its rights and obligations under these agreements, it would own 72,906,282 of our common shares, representing 34.9% on a partially diluted basis, that is, if no other options or warrants were exercised or 32.4% on a fully diluted basis.

On November 12, 2010, Glencore entered into a definitive agreement with us (“2010 Agreement”) to:

None.On November 30, 2011, Glencore entered into a definitive agreement with us (“2011 Agreement”) to:

• Sell in a private placement to Glencore, 13,333,333 common shares at $1.50 per share for gross proceeds of $20 million (before deducting offering expenses) and issue to Glencore warrants (the 2011 Warrants) to purchase 2,600,000 of our common shares at $1.50 per share at any time until December 31, 2015, subject to mandatory exercise if the 20-day Value Weighted Average Price (“VWAP”) of our shares is equal to or greater than 150% the exercise price and we provide notice to Glencore that we have received permits necessary to start construction of NorthMet and availability of senior construction finance, in a form reasonably acceptable to Glencore. Approximately $7.0 million of the proceeds from the sale of these shares was used to repay outstanding notes (including interest) to Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.;

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• Extend the term of the $25 million initial principal debentures to the earlier of i) us giving Glencore ten days notice that we have received permits necessary to start construction of NorthMet and availability of senior construction finance, in a form reasonably acceptable to Glencore (the "Early Maturity Event"), and ii) September 30, 2014, on which date all principal and interest accrued to such date will be due and payable. Upon occurrence of the Early Maturity Event, the initial principal and capitalized interest would be exchangeable into common shares of PolyMet at $1.50 per share. Alternatively, Glencore has the right to exchange some or all of the debentures at any time under the same conversion terms; and

• Amend the terms of the warrants issued to Glencore in 2010 (the "2010 Warrants”) to conform to the 2011 Warrants, giving Glencore the right to acquire 3,000,000 of our common shares at $1.50 per share at any time until December 31, 2015, subject to mandatory exercise if the 20-day VWAP of PolyMet shares is equal to or greater than 150% the exercise price and we provide notice to Glencore that we have received permits necessary to start construction of NorthMet and availability of senior construction finance, in a form reasonably acceptable to Glencore.

On April 10, 2013, PMI agreed to issue a debenture with the principal amount of US$20,000,000 to Glencore and Glencore agreed to a Standby Purchase Agreement related to a $60,000,000 rights offering by us. The US$20,000,000 debenture is payable on the earlier of (i) a US$60,000,000 rights offering by us or (ii) May 1, 2014. The sale of the debenture was consummated on April 11, 2013. The debenture is guaranteed by us and is secured by the assets of us and our wholly-owned subsidiary. The debenture carried a fixed interest rate of 4.721% per annum. The debenture contains certain events of default that are customarily included in financings of this nature. In the event of default, Glencore may declare all of the then outstanding principal amount of the debenture, including any accrued and unpaid interest, to be due and payable immediately.

Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation Board ("IRRRB")
On June 30, 2011 we closed a $4.000 million loan from the IRRRB. At the same time, we exercised our options to acquire two tracts of land totaling approximately 5,300 acres of forests, wetlands, and lakes with high recreational value that are included as part of the proposed land exchange with the USFS. The loan is secured by the land acquired, carries a fixed interest rate of 5% per annum, compounded annually if not paid, and is repayable on the earlier of June 30, 2016 or the date which the related land is exchanged with the USFS (not expected to occur within 12 months from January 31, 2013). We issued warrants giving the IRRRB the right to purchase 400,000 of our common shares at $2.50 per share at any time until the earlier of June 30, 2016 or one year after permits are received.

AG for Waterfowl, LLP ("AG") Financing
On March 9, 2012 we acquired a secured interest in land (“AG Land”) owned by AG that is permitted for restoration to wetland. AG was subsequently acquired by Environmental Investment Partners (“EIP”) and we consented to the assignment of the agreement to EIP on September 7, 2012. EIP will restore the wetlands and, upon completion, wetland credits are to be issued by the proper governmental authorities. We plan to use the wetland credits to offset wetlands disturbed during construction and operation of the NorthMet Project. We hold a first mortgage on the AG land, which will be proportionately released as wetland credits are transferred to us. We have the option to exercise five separate phases of wetland credit development. Any option not exercised by February 28, 2017 will expire and the remaining mortgage, if any, will be released. As at January 31, 2013, we had exercised the option on phase 1.

We paid initial consideration of $2.0 million cash and issued 2,788,902 of our common shares valued at $3.375 million (of which 371,854 held in escrow pending completion of construction of the first phase) and a warrant to purchase 1,083,333 of our common shares at $1.50 per share at any time until December 31, 2015 as consideration for a $5.9 million mortgage to secure performance by EIP. In addition to the initial consideration, performance commitments for phase 1 totaling $0.68 million will be due over the seven years following wetland construction completion for ongoing maintenance by AG. Performance payments totaling $1.063 million per phase for completion and maintenance of phase 2 through 5 will only be incurred if and when we exercise our option on those phases, and will be due over the seven years following completion of each phase. If wetland credits are issued by the proper governmental authorities before the seven-year anniversary, any unpaid amounts are due upon issuance of the wetland credits.

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We have concluded the transaction was negotiated between unrelated parties and therefore at the fair value of the services received. To date, we have recorded $5.992 million to Wetland Credit Intangibles, which comprises the aggregate value of shares ($3.375 million), warrants ($0.525 million), cash ($2.0 million), and transaction costs ($0.092 million). Since we expect to exercise each of the remaining options prior to expiration, we determined that the total consideration price of approximately $10.833 million should be allocated equally amongst the total credits with approximately $2.167 million being allocated to each phase after all payments have been made.

Other Financings
On August 31, 2011, the unexercised warrants, to purchase 4,010,000 of our common shares at $5.00 per share if exercised before NorthMet has produced a cumulative total of 20,000 metric ton of concentrate, or $6.00 thereafter, expired. We recorded a deferred income tax charge as the expiration of the warrants triggered a capital gain for tax purposes, which was offset by the application of tax losses carried forward resulting in a credit of $657,000.

During the year ended January 31, 2013 we issued 185,000 shares (prior year period – 1,185,000) upon exercise of options for proceeds of $148,000 (prior year period - $902,000).

During the year ended January 31, 2013, we also issued 87,174 shares (prior year period – 135,000) as partial payment for options to purchase land.

See discussion of subsequent event financing in Item 8(b).

Escrowed Securities
As at January 31, 2013, we had the following outstanding securities held in escrow:

None.(c) Research and Development, Patents and Licenses, Etc.

None.

The following table lists as ofat January 31, 20112013 information with respect to the Company’sour known contractual obligations:

Long-term debt obligations (including the current portion) are comprised of long-term and convertible debt balances, are set out in this table on an undiscounted basis and include anticipated interest. Asset retirement obligation represents the undiscounted obligation at January 31, 2011.

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Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB which requires the use of certain critical accounting principles generally accepted in Canada thatestimates. These critical accounting estimates require management to make assumptionsjudgments and estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities as at the date of the financial statements. Significant

Critical accounting estimates usedand judgments made in the preparation of these consolidated financial statements include, amongst other things, expected economic livesare as follows:

(i) Determination of plant and equipment, anticipated costs of asset retirement obligations including the reclamation of mine site, valuation of options and share purchase warrants, and the assessment of impairment in value of long lived assets.mineral reserves

Mineral Property, Plant and Equipment

Mineral property costs, aside from mineral property acquisition costs, incurred prior to determinationReserves are estimates of the DFSamount of product that can be economically and legally extracted from our property. In order to estimate reserves, estimates are expensed as incurredrequired about a range of geological, technical and expenditures incurred subsequenteconomic factors, including quantities, production techniques, production costs, capital costs, transport costs, demand, prices and exchange rates. Estimating the quantity of reserves requires the size, shape and depth of deposits to be determined by analyzing geological data. This process may require complex and difficult geological judgments to interpret the DFSdata. In addition, management will form a view of forecast sales prices, based on current and mineral property acquisition costs are deferred/capitalized untillong-term historical average price trends. Changes in the property is placed into production, sold, allowed to lapse or abandoned. Acquisition costs include cashproven and fair marketprobable reserves estimates may impact the carrying value of common shares. As a result of the DFS on the NorthMet Project, the NorthMet Project entered the development stage effective October 1, 2006. We have deferred mineral property development expenditures related to the NorthMet Project from that date.

Plant and equipment are recorded at cost and depreciated over the estimated life of the related assets calculated on a unit of production or straight-line basis, as appropriate. Mineral property, plant and equipment, related to the NorthMet Project will begin to be amortized at the time the project commences operations.restoration provisions, recognition of deferred tax amounts and depreciation, depletion and amortization.

We perform impairment tests on(ii) Impairment of non-financial assets

The carrying amounts of our non-financial assets, including mineral property, plant and equipment, when events or changesand wetland credit intangible are reviewed at each reporting date to determine whether there is any indication of impairment. If any such indication exists, the asset’s recoverable amount is estimated at the greater of its value in circumstances indicate thatuse and its fair value less costs to sell. In assessing value in use, the carrying values of assets may not be recoverable. These tests require the comparison of the undiscountedestimated future cash flows are discounted to be derived from these assets withtheir present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset. An impairment loss is recognized if the carrying valueamount of an asset exceeds its estimated recoverable amount. An impairment loss previously recorded is reversed if there has been a change in the estimates used to determine the recoverable amount.

For our mineral property interest we consider both external and internal sources of information in assessing whether there are any indications of impairment. External sources of information we consider include changes in the market, economic and legal environment in which we operate that are not within our control and affect the recoverable amount of mining property interests. Internal sources of information we consider include indications of economic performance of the assets. If a shortfall exists,asset. No indicators of impairment for its mining property were identified for the assets are written down to fair value, determined primarily using discounted cash flow models.year ended January 31, 2013 or 2012.

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(iii) Provisions for Environmental Rehabilitation Costs

All stock-based awards made to directors, employees and non-employees are measured and recognized using a fair value based method. For directors and employees, the fair value of the options is measured at the date of the grant. For non-employees, the fair value of the options is measured on the earlier of the date at which the counterparty performance is complete or the date the performance commitment is reached or the date at which the equity instruments are granted if they are fully vested and non-forfeitable. For directors, employees and non-employees, the fair value of the options is accrued and charged either to operations orProvisions for environmental rehabilitation costs associated with mineral property, plant and equipment, with the offsetting credit to contributed surplus, on a graded method over the vesting period. If andare recognized when the stock options are ultimately exercised, the applicable amounts of contributed surplus are transferred to share capital.

We issue share purchase warrants in connection with certain equity transactions. The fair value of the warrants, as determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, is credited to contributed surplus. The recorded value of share purchase warrants is transferred to share capital upon exercise.

When we amend the terms of either stock optionsCompany has a present legal or share purchase warrants, the incremental change in the fair value of the options or warrants due to the amendment is charged to warrant amendment expense and contributed surplus.

Asset Retirement Obligations

We follows CICA Handbook Section 3110,Asset Retirement Obligationswhich requires the recognition of a legal liability for obligations relating to the retirement of property, plant and equipment and obligations arising from the acquisition, construction, development, or normal operation of those assets. Such asset retirement costs must be recognized at fair value, when a reasonable estimate of fair valueconstructive obligation that can be estimated inreliably, and it is probable an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the year in whichobligation. Provisions are determined by discounting the liability is incurred. Aexpected future cash flows at a pre-tax rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the liability.

Upon initial recognition of provisions for environmental rehabilitation costs, a corresponding increase to the carrying amount of the related asset where one is identifiable, is recorded and amortized over the life of the asset.

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Where a related asset is not easily identifiable with a liability, the change in fair value over the course of the year is expensed. The amount of the liability is subject to re-measurement at each reporting year-end. The estimates are based principally on legal and regulatory requirements. Following initial recognition of the environmental rehabilitation provision, the carrying amount of the liability is accreted to its future value over the life of the asset, reduced for actual reclamation payments incurred, adjusted for changes to the current market-based discount rate, and adjusted for changes in the amount and timing of the underlying cash flows needed to settle the obligation.

It is possible that our estimates of itsour ultimate reclamation and closureenvironmental rehabilitation liabilities could change as a result ofbe affected by changes in regulations, changes in the extent of environmental remediationrehabilitation required, changes in the means of reclamationrehabilitation, changes in the extent of responsibility for the financial liability or changes in cost estimates.

Our operations may in the future be affected from time to time in varying degrees by changes in environmental regulations, including those for future removal and site restoration costs. Both the likelihood of new regulations and their overall effect upon us may vary greatly and are not predictable.

Financial Instruments

Section 3855Our provision for environmental rehabilitation cost obligations represents management’s best estimate of the CICA Handbook requires that all financial assets, except those classified as heldpresent value of the future cash outflows required to maturity, and derivative financial instruments, must be measured at fair value. All financial liabilities must be measured at fair value when they are classified as held for trading, otherwise, they are measured at cost. Investments classified as held for sale are reported at fair market value (or mark to market) based on quoted market prices with unrealized gains or losses excluded from earnings and reported as other comprehensive income or loss. All financial assets and liabilities have been classified as either held-to-maturity, available-for-sale, held for trading or loans and receivables effective February 1, 2007. Investments subject to significant influence are reported at cost and not adjusted to fair market value.settle the liability.

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ITEM 6. DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES

Each Director serves until the next annual general meeting of shareholders or until his/her successor is duly elected, unless his/her office is vacated in accordance with our Articles of Incorporation.

Vacancies on the Board of Directors are filled by election from nominees chosen by the remaining Directors and the persons filling those vacancies will hold office until the next annual general meeting of shareholders, at which time they may be re-elected or replaced. (For more details on the process for nominating directors, see our Nominations Committee Charter, referenced hereto as Exhibit 11.2. )

The following is a list of the names and ages of our directors and executive officers:senior management:

W. Ian L. Forresthas served as a member of our board of directors since October 2003, and as our Co-Chair since January 2011.2011 and our Chairman since July 2012. Mr. Forrest previously served as Chairman of our board until February 5, 2008. He also serves on our audit, compensation, and nominating and corporate governance committees. Having played an important role in our revival in 2003, he was appointed Chairman in May 2004. Mr. Forrest is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and continues to practice as a public accountant in Geneva, Switzerland. Mr. Forrest has more than 30 years of experience with public companies in the resource sector. His experience encompasses the areas of promotion, financing, exploration, production and company management. He has also participated in several notable projects including Gulfstream's North Dome gas discovery, Qatar, Reunion Mining's Scorpion zinc, Namibia, which was subsequently developed by Anglo American, and Ocean Diamond Mining, which pioneered the independent diamond dredging industry off the west coast of southern Africa. He also servesserved as a director of MGold Resources Inc., until October, 2011 and Belmore Resources (Holdings) plc until July, 2011 when it was acquired by Lundin Mining Ltd. He currently serves on the boards of Georex SA and Georex SA..Poros SAS. Mr. Forrest was a director of Viatrade plc, which was put into receivership in August 2009. Mr. Forrest currently resides in Vaud, Switzerland.

Frank L. Simshas served as a member of our board of directors since February 2008, and as our Co-Chair since January 2011. He also serves on our audit, compensation, nominating and corporate governance, and safety, health and environmental committees. Mr. Sims has held a series of progressively senior positions with Cargill, Incorporated between 1972 and his retirement in December 2007. Most recently he served as Corporate Vice President. Minnesota-headquartered Cargill is an international provider of food, agricultural and risk management products and services. Mr. Sims currently serves on the board of Piper Jaffray Companies. Mr. Sims has previously served on the board of Tennant Company, as Vice-Chair of the U.S. Marine Transportation System National Advisory Council, was a Chairman of the board of the North American Export Grain Association, and as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Mr. Sims currently resides in Georgia, United States.

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Joseph ScipioniJonathan Cherry has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since February 5, 2008 and as a member of our board of directors since February 19, 2008.July 16, 2012. He also serves as the Chair on our safety, health and environmental committee. Mr. Scipioni served as our Chief Operating Officer since March 2007 and as General Manager of our Minnesota operations since July 2006. Prior to June 2006,July 2012, Mr. Scipioni'sCherry’s career spanned more than 3025 years with United States Steel CorporationRio Tinto where he worked in a number of progressively senior positions, including general manager, where he was responsible for permitting and the initial development of the Eagle Mine in operations.Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. His last position was Plant Manager at the Keewatin Taconite plantVice President with Rio Tinto, responsible for strategic direction in Minnesota. Mr. Scipioni is an active advisorenvironmental permitting and compliance, legal matters and external relations related to the University of Minnesota Natural Resources Research Institute based in Duluth, Minnesota and is an officermine development of the Northern Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration. In addition,Resolution copper project in Arizona. Mr. Scipioni has served in leadership positions with the Iron Mining Association of Minnesota, Central Iron Range Initiative, United Way of Northeastern Minnesota and Hibbing Chamber of Commerce.Cherry is a licenced Professional Engineer. Mr. ScipioniCherry currently resides in Minnesota, United States.

Douglas J. Newbyhas served as our Chief Financial Officer since November 2005. Mr. Newby has nearly 30 years of experience in the evaluation and financing of mining companies and projects around the world. Before coming to PolyMet, Mr. Newby served variously as a Director, Executive Vice President, interim Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Western Goldfields, Inc. (now New Gold, Inc.) a US-based gold mining company. Mr. Newby has also been President of Proteus Capital Corp., a corporate advisory firm that specializes in the natural resource industries, since July 2001. Mr. Newby served as Managing Director of Proteus Consultants Ltd. from January 1991 to July 2001 and Managing Partner of Moyes Newby & Co., Inc. from April 1994 to December 1998, both of which provided corporate advisory services primarily to the international energy and mining industries. From January 2004 to March 2006, Mr. Newby served as Vice-President of Cadence Resources Corporation, an oil and gas exploration and development company. Prior to January 1991, Mr. Newby held senior positions with the investment banking firms of S.G. Warburg & Co., Inc., Morgan Grenfell & Co., and James Capel & Co. Mr. Newby currently resides in New York, United States.

Bradley H Moorehas served as our Executive Vice President, Environmental & Government Affairs since January 24, 2011. Mr. Moore has nearly 30 years experience in government and regulatory positions. He served as Commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency from 2006 to 2008, and as Assistant Commissioner for Operations of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) from January 1999 to August 2006. Prior to that, he worked in leadership and policy analyst positions with the MDNR and the Minnesota Department of Public Service (now the Department of Commerce). In December 2008, Mr. Moore joined Barr Engineering as Senior Advisor, Public and Governmental Affairs where he advised several companies, including PolyMet, on environmental strategy. Mr. Moore currently resides in Minnesota, United States.

Niall Moorehas served as our Corporate Secretary since December 2006 and as our Group Controller since September 2006. Mr. Moore has over 25 years of experience with public companies in the resource sector. From November 2002 to May 2006, he was Director, Corporate Reporting for Placer Dome Inc. and from May 2006 until December 2006 he worked as a consultant to Barrick Gold, Inc. following that company’s acquisition of Placer. Prior to November 2002, Mr. Moore was an audit partner at Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Moore has extensive experience in financial reporting, compliance and valuation work. Mr. Moore currently resides in British Columbia, Canada.

Dr. David Dreisingerhas served as a member of our board of directors since October 2003. Dr. Dreisinger also served on our audit committee prior to June 2006. Currently, Dr. Dreisinger serves on our safety, health and environmental committee and on our corporate governance committee. Since 1988, Dr. Dreisinger has been a member of the faculty at the University of British Columbia in the Department of Materials Engineering and is currently Professor and Chairholder of the Industrial Research and Chair in Hydrometallurgy. He has published over 200 papers and has been extensively involved as a process consultant in industrial research programs with metallurgical companies. Dr. Dreisinger has participated in 1416 U.S. patents for work in areas such as pressure leaching, ion exchange removal of impurities from process solutions, use of thiosulfate as an alternative to cyanide in gold leaching, and leach-electrolysis treatment of copper recovery from sulfide ores, and the Sepon Copper Process for copper recovery from sulfidic-clayey ores. Dr. Dreisinger serves as a director of Search Minerals, Inc. and as Vice President – Metallurgy/Process for each of Baja Mining Corp, Clifton Star Resources and South American Silver Corp. Dr. Dreisinger currently resides in British Columbia, Canada.

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Alan R. Hodnikhas served as a member of our board of directors since March 9, 2011. He also serves on our compensation committee and our corporate governance and nominating committee. Mr. Hodnik was named President of ALLETE, Inc. in May 2009, CEO in May 2010, and CEOChairman of that company in May 2010.2011. Since joining ALLETE in 1982, Mr. Hodnik has served as Vice President-Generation Operations, Senior Vice President of Minnesota Power Operations, and Chief Operating Officer. As Chief Operating Officer, he led transmission, distribution, generation, and engineering for all aspects of the Company. Mr. Hodnik was the elected mayor of the City of Aurora, MN from 1988 to 1998. He is a member of the board of Essentia Health - East Region and of the Area Partnership for Economic Expansion (APEX). Mr. Hodnik currently resides in Minnesota, United States.

William Murrayserved as our Executive Chairman from February 5, 2008 to December 31, 2010 and has served as a member of our board of directors since March 2003. He previously served as our President and Chief Executive Officer from March 2003 until February 2008. Mr. Murray is an engineer in the mining industry with more than 35 years of experience in construction management, and project evaluation in North America and Africa. From April 1993 to 2003, Mr. Murray provided consulting services to the mining industry as a principal of Optimum Project Services Ltd. Prior to that, Mr. Murray was employed by Fluor Daniel, a large U.S. Engineering & Construction contractor, as the Director of New Business from October 1989 to April 1993. From September 1981 to May 1986, Mr. Murray was a Director of Project Services at Denison Mines where he was part of the core team than built the $1.2 billion Quintette Coal project. From September 1970 to August 1981, Mr. Murray held a number of positions at Anglo American Corp in South Africa, principally in the Gold Division. Mr. Murray is also a director of South American Silver Corp., Aura Minerals, Inc., and Prospero Silver Corp. Mr. Murray currently resides in British Columbia, Canada.

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Stephen Rowlandhas served as a member of our board of directors since October 30, 2008. He also serves on our auditcompensation and compensationnominating and corporate governance committees. Mr. Rowland has been an executive with Glencore, a privately held diversified natural resources company, since 1988. Mr. Rowland has held various positions with responsibility for international trading in metals and minerals in London, Switzerland, and the United States. Prior to joining Glencore, Mr. Rowland started his career in 1985 with Cargill, Inc. in Minneapolis. Mr. Rowland currently resides in Connecticut, United States.

Michael M. Sillhas served as a member of our board of directors since March 9, 2011. He also serves on our audit committee and our safety, health and environmental committeecommittee. Mr. Sill has served as President and CEO of Road Machinery & Supplies Co. since 1994, having joined the company in 1988. Road Machinery is a distributor of construction, mining and forestry equipment. Educated at Dartmouth College and J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Mr. Sill started his career as a financial analyst and commercial lending officer with The Northern Trust Company. He has served on the boards of the Associated Equipment Distributors, Association of MN, Associated General Contractors of MN,Minnesota, and the Twin Cities Regional Board of US Bank. Mr. Sill currently resides in Minnesota, United States.

- 42 -Frank L. Sims has served as a member of our board of directors since February 2008 and as our Co-Chair from January 2011 to July 2012. He also serves on our audit, compensation, and nominating and corporate governance committees. Mr. Sims has held a series of progressively senior positions with Cargill, Incorporated between 1972 and his retirement in December 2007. Most recently he served as Corporate Vice President. Minnesota-headquartered Cargill is an international provider of food, agricultural and risk management products and services. Mr. Sims currently serves on the board of Piper Jaffray Companies and South Jersey Industries. Mr. Sims has previously served on the board of Tennant Company, as Vice-Chair of the U.S. Marine Transportation System National Advisory Council, was a Chairman of the board of the North American Export Grain Association, and as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Mr. Sims currently resides in Georgia, United States.

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The following table sets forth the compensation paid to our Named Executive Officers for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2011:2013:

⁽¹⁾Balances represent Company contributions under 401k pension plans.

During the fiscal year ended January 31, 2011,2013, we had threefour Named Executive Officers (“NEOs”) (for the purposes of applicable securities legislation), namely:

DuringOther than the arrangements noted in the table below, during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2011,2013, no compensation was paid or is payable by us to the directors of the Company, other than the NEOsNamed Executive Officers (the “Other Directors”), or our subsidiaries, if any, for their services in their capacity as directors, including any amounts payable for committee participation or special assignments pursuantassignments;

During the quarter ended January 31, 2012, we sold a used drill for $3.68 million. A company controlled by one of our Directors, Michael M. Sill, received a commission of $0.200 million related to any standard or other arrangements; orthis sale.

The Company has no pension plan or other arrangement for non-cash compensation to the Other Directors, except as follows:Directors.

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All of our directors hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors have been elected and qualified. Our officers are elected by the Board of Directors at the first Board of Directors meeting after each annual meeting of shareholders and hold office until death, resignation, or upon removal from office.

None of our directors havehas a service contractscontract with us providing for benefits upon termination of theirhis employment.

Our Audit Committee consists of W. Ian L. Forrest (Chair), Stephen Rowland, Michael M. Sill, and Frank L. Sims, all of whom are independent directors. All four members of the Audit Committee meetMr. Forrest meets the criteria of an “Audit Committee Financial Expert” under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and such designation has been ratified by the Board of Directors. The Audit Committee oversees our auditing procedures, receives and accepts the reports of our independent certified public accountants, oversees our internal systems of accounting and management controls, and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors as to the selection and appointment of our auditors. The Audit Committee is governed by the terms of the Charter of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors which has previously been filed as Exhibit 16.1.

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Our Compensation Committee consists of W. Ian L. Forrest (Chair), Alan R. Hodnik, Stephen Rowland, and Frank L. Sims. The function of the Compensation Committee is to administer the 2007 PolyMet Omnibus Share Compensation Plan and to have authority over the salaries, bonuses, and other compensation arrangements of our executive officers.

Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee consists of Frank L. Sims (Chair), W. Ian L. Forrest, and Alan R. Hodnik.Hodnik, and David Dreisinger. The committee (1) identifies individuals qualified to become members of the Board, (2) selects, or recommends to the Board, the director nominees for the next annual shareholders meeting, (3) selects candidates to fill any vacancies on the Board, and (4) develops and recommends to the Board a set of corporate governance principles applicable to the corporation.PolyMet.

As ofat January 31, 20112013 we had 2120 full-time employees, with 31 located in our VancouverToronto office, and 1814 located in our Hoyt Lakes office,. and 5 located in our St. Paul office. None of our employees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement. We believe that our relations with our employees are good.

During the fiscal year endedAs at January 31, 2011,2013, we employed an average of 6had 3 consultants working out of our Vancouver, Toronto, and Minnesota offices.

For theE. Share Ownership

See Item 7(A) for shareholdings of our directors and executive officers seepersons listed in Item 7(A)6(B).

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ITEM 7. MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The following table sets forth, as of May 4, 2011,April 18, 2013, certain information regarding the ownership of our voting securities by each shareholder known to our management to be (i) the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding common shares, (ii) our directors, (iii) our current executive officers identified under Item 6(A), and (iv) all executive officers and directors as a group. We believe that, except as otherwise indicated, the beneficial owners of the common shares listed below, based on information furnished by such owners, have sole investment and voting power with respect to such shares.

*Less than 1.00%

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Our shareholdersshareholder who beneficially ownowns more than 5% of our common shares outstanding dodoes not have voting rights different from any other shareholders of common shares.

As of May 4, 2011,at April 18, 2013, there were 325354 holders of record of our common shares of which 249275 were U.S. residents owning 27.3%20.1% of our outstanding common shares.

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We have conducted transactions with key management personnel, comprising of certain members of senior management, officers, directors and persons or companies related to directorsthese individuals, and paid or accrued amounts as follows:

The amounts chargedShare-based payment represents the fair value determined at grant date to usbe expensed over the vesting period.

None of PolyMet’s directors has a service contract with the Company providing for the services provided have been determined by negotiation among the parties. These transactions werebenefits upon termination of his employment. There are agreements with certain key employees and officers that contain severance provisions for termination without cause or in the normal courseevent of operations and were measured ata take-over bid.

During the exchange value, which is the amountyear ended January 31, 2012, we sold a used drill rig for $3.680 million. A company controlled by one of consideration established and agreedour Directors, Michael M. Sill, received a commission of $0.200 million related to by the related party.this sale.

During the year ended January 31, 2011, we paid $59,000 (2010 - $59,000 and 2009 - $56,000) to Dr. Dreisinger for consulting fees primarily in connection with activities related to the processing / technical side of the NorthMet Project and related expenses (the latter were supported by invoices and receipts). The consulting fees were based on a monthly fee of Canadian $5,500 plus general sales tax. Throughout the term of his engagement, Dr. Dreisinger has conducted in-person and telephonic meetings with Mr. William Murray, the Company’s then Executive Chairman and formerly its President and Chief Executive Officer, and other members of management at which he provided both verbal and written updates on the status of test work and made recommendations for future activities. These meetings occurred approximately every two to three weeks for the past six years.

The agreement with Dr. Dreisinger was entered into at a time when our current business plans were being formulated and were month to month and oral in nature. The agreement was approved by Mr. William Murray. It was discussed with our board of directors who did not consider that formal approval and a written contract was necessary at that time. We believe that the contract was atnegotiated on terms at least as good as could be obtained from third parties. The agreement with Dr. Dreisinger was terminated effective January 31, 2011.

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

See Item 18.

Legal Proceedings and Regulatory Actions

Neither we, nor our subsidiaries,To the knowledge of Company’s management, there are no material legal proceedings or regulatory actions outstanding to which the Company is a party, or to norwhich any of its property is our propertysubject to during the financial year ended January 31, 2013, and no such proceedings or regulatory actions are known to the propertyCompany to be threatened or pending, as of our subsidiaries the subject of, any pending legal or arbitration proceeding that is material.date hereof.

Dividend Policy

Since itsour incorporation, we have not declared or paid, and have no present intention to declare or to pay in the foreseeable future, any cash dividends with respect to our common shares. Earnings will be retained to finance further growth and development of our business. However, if our board of directors declares dividends, all common shares will participate equally, and, in the event of liquidation, in our net assets.

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On April 10, 2013, the Company announced the filing of a preliminary prospectus with the securities regulatory authorities in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario in Canada and a registration statement on Form F-10 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an offering of rights (“Rights”) to holders of common shares of the Company to raise up to $60 million in gross proceeds (the “Rights Offering”).

The proceeds from the Rights Offering will be used for:

• Repayment of the Bridge Loan (as described below)
• Anticipated costs to complete the environmental review and permitting of NorthMet
• Detailed engineering in preparation for the start of project construction
• Commitments to long-lead time equipment
• Maintaining existing infrastructure
• General corporate purposes

Under the Rights Offering, all shareholders of PolyMet (subject to applicable law) will receive one Right for every common share of PolyMet owned on the record date (the “Record Date”), which will be set seven trading days after the final prospectus for the Rights Offering is filed with the applicable securities regulatory authorities. In accordance with the rules of the TSX, the subscription price (“Rights Price”) for the common shares of PolyMet to be purchased upon exercise of the Rights will be a discount of not less than 20% to the US dollar equivalent of the 5-day volume weighted average price (“VWAP”) of PolyMet common shares on the TSX on the day the final prospectus is filed. The number of Rights needed to subscribe for one new common share of PolyMet will be determined by the Rights Price and the number of common shares in issue at the time (currently approximately 183 million) in order to receive gross proceeds of $60 million.

Glencore has entered into a Standby Purchase Agreement with PolyMet whereby Glencore will purchase any PolyMet common shares offered under the Rights Offering that are not subscribed for by holders of the Rights, subject to certain conditions and limitations described below. Under the Standby Purchase Agreement, the maximum number of PolyMet common shares to be acquired by Glencore (the “Standby Commitment”) shall be the lesser of such number of PolyMet common shares:

• calculated by dividing $53.0 million (being 24.99% of PolyMet’s market capitalization on the date of the agreement less the aggregate of the Standby Fee and the fair market value of all other transactions contemplated by the Standby Purchase Agreement in so far as they relate to Glencore as determined by PolyMet’s board acting reasonably), and the Rights Price; and

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On February 2, 2011 we announced

• so that we had simplified the proposed metallurgical processtotal number of PolyMet common shares acquired by Glencore under the Rights Offering and now plan to build the project in two phases:
  • Phase I: produce and market concentrates containing copper, nickel, cobalt and precious metals, and
  • Phase II: process the nickel concentrate through a single autoclave, resulting in production and sale of high grade copper concentrate, value added nickel-cobalt hydroxide, and precious metals precipitate products.

  Previous plans included a second autoclave and a copper solvent extraction/electro-wining (“SX-EW”) circuit to produce copper metal along with value added nickel-cobalt hydroxide and precious metals precipitate products. The changes reflect continued metallurgical process and other project improvements as well as improved environmental controls that are being incorporated into the Supplemental Draft EIS. The advantages, comparedStandby Purchase Agreement, together with the earlier plan, include47.0 million PolyMet common shares currently held by Glencore, does not exceed 49.99% of the issued and outstanding PolyMet common shares immediately following the completion of the Rights Offering and the issue of shares under the Standby Commitment.

Glencore will receive a better return on capital investment, reduced financial risk, lower energy consumption, and reduced waste disposal and emissions at site. Approximately $127cash fee of approximately $1.06 million, which is 2% of the total $602 million capital costs estimated in the May 2008 DFS Update will not be incurred in this revised plan.

On March 10, 2011 we appointed Alan R. (Al) HodnikStandby Commitment. In addition, PolyMet and Michael M. (Mike) SillGlencore have agreed to our Board of Directors.

In March 2011, we enteredenter into an agreement with the State of Minnesota's Departmen of Natural Resources committing us to an additional $2.8 million of environmental and permitting review work through April1, 2012.

On April 15, 2011 we reportedcertain corporate governance arrangements under which, effective January 1, 2014, Glencore may appoint that we and the Lead Agencies expect to finalize detailed work plans for the Supplemental Draft EIS by early May 2011. The detailed project, which includes the simplified metallurgical process and reduction in capital costs that we announced on February 2, 2011, will then be modeled to predict environmental impactsnumber of the project. The third party contractor hired by the lead agencies will then preparedirectors of PolyMet which is proportionate to Glencore’s ownership of PolyMet common shares (on a preliminary supplemental draft Environmental Impact Statement, which will be reviewed by the lead agencies, cooperating agencies (including the US Environmental Protection Agency and tribal governments) and us. Oncefully diluted basis), subject to certain limitations including that review process has been completed, the supplemental draft EIS will be finalized for publication and public comment. The lead agencies anticipate that the public comment period will commence during the fall of 2011. A final EIS will incorporate comments, after which a subsequent Adequacy Decision by the DNR and Record of Decision by the federal agencies are necessary before the land exchange can occur and various permits required to construct and operate the project can be issued.

On April 15, 2011 the BoardGlencore may not appoint more than 49% (rounding down) of the IRRRB reapproveddirectors.

Separately, the Company and Glencore amended the existing convertible debt agreement pursuant to which Glencore provided a secured$20 million bridge loan (“Bridge Loan”) to our wholly owned subsidiary Poly Met Mining, Inc.fund operations until the completion of up to $4 million.the Rights Offering (“Bridge Loan”). The loan will beBridge Loan was funded on April 11, 2013 and is secured by the land to be acquired from proceedsassets of the loan, carryCompany on the same terms as the existing convertible debentures held by Glencore. The Bridge Loan is due on May 1, 2014, subject to mandatory repayment on closing of the Rights Offering, and carries a fixed interest rate of 5%4.721% per annum, and will be repayable on June 30, 2016. Subject to regulatory approval, we also agreed to issue warrants givingannum. Among other things, if the IRRRBRights Offering is not completed within 90 days of the execution of the Standby Purchase Agreement, Glencore has the right to purchase updeclare all of the then outstanding principal and interest under the Bridge Loan and all other debentures held by Glencore to 400,000 shares of our common stock at US$2.50 per share at any time until the earlier of June 30, 2016be due and one year after we receive permits. The loan is expected to close on or before 30 June, 2011.payable.

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ITEM 9. THE OFFER AND LISTING

The following table outlines the annual high and low market prices for the five most recent fiscal years:

The following table outlines the high and low market prices for each fiscal financial quarter for the two most recent fiscal periods:periods indicated:

The following table outlines the high and low market prices for each of the most recent six months:months and April 2013 to-date:

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In April 1984, our common shares commenced trading on what is now the TSX Venture Exchange in British Columbia, Canada under the symbol "POM.” On February 1, 2007, our common shares graduated to trading on the TSX Exchange in British Columbia under the symbol “POM”. In August 2000, our common shares began trading on the OTCBB under the symbol “POMGF.” On June 26, 2006, our common shares commenced trading on what is now the NYSE Amex (formerly the American Stock Exchange)MKT under the symbol “PLM.”

Not applicable.