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Galiano Gold Inc. – ‘40-F’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.SCH’

On:  Tuesday, 3/26/24, at 5:02pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/23   ·   Accession #:  1062993-24-7145   ·   File #:  1-33580

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/26/24  Galiano Gold Inc.                 40-F       12/31/23  128:11M                                    Newsfile Corp./FA

Annual Report by a Canadian Issuer   —   Form 40-F   —   SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 40-F        Annual Report by a Canadian Issuer -- form40f       HTML    109K 
 2: EX-97.1     Clawback Policy re: Recovery of Erroneously         HTML     52K 
                Awarded Compensation -- exhibit97-1                              
 3: EX-99.1     Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit99-1                HTML     37K 
12: EX-99.10    Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit99-10               HTML     35K 
13: EX-99.11    Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit99-11               HTML     35K 
14: EX-99.12    Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit99-12               HTML     35K 
15: EX-99.13    Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit99-13               HTML     35K 
16: EX-99.14    Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit99-14               HTML     35K 
17: EX-99.15    Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit99-15               HTML     35K 
18: EX-99.16    Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit99-16               HTML     35K 
19: EX-99.17    Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit99-17               HTML     35K 
20: EX-99.18    Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit99-18               HTML     35K 
21: EX-99.19    Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit99-19               HTML     35K 
 4: EX-99.2     Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit99-2                HTML     37K 
 5: EX-99.3     Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit99-3                HTML     35K 
 6: EX-99.4     Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit99-4                HTML     35K 
 7: EX-99.5     Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit99-5                HTML    694K 
 8: EX-99.6     Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit99-6                HTML   1.17M 
 9: EX-99.7     Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit99-7                HTML    545K 
10: EX-99.8     Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit99-8                HTML     34K 
11: EX-99.9     Miscellaneous Exhibit -- exhibit99-9                HTML     34K 
27: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     99K 
28: R2          Consolidated Statements of Financial Position       HTML    100K 
29: R3          Consolidated Statements of Operations and           HTML     76K 
                Comprehensive Income                                             
30: R4          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity        HTML     54K 
31: R5          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow                HTML     90K 
32: R6          Nature of operations                                HTML     38K 
33: R7          Proposed business combination                       HTML     44K 
34: R8          Basis of presentation                               HTML     47K 
35: R9          Significant accounting policies                     HTML    104K 
36: R10         Changes in accounting standards                     HTML     40K 
37: R11         Significant accounting judgements and estimates     HTML     50K 
38: R12         Cash and cash equivalents                           HTML     42K 
39: R13         Balances due from/to related party                  HTML     39K 
40: R14         Financial assets                                    HTML     47K 
41: R15         Investment in joint venture                         HTML    173K 
42: R16         Share capital                                       HTML     38K 
43: R17         Equity reserves and long-term incentive plan        HTML    143K 
                awards                                                           
44: R18         Commitments and contingencies                       HTML     52K 
45: R19         General and administrative ("G&A") expenses         HTML     48K 
46: R20         Exploration and evaluation ("E&E") expenditures     HTML     47K 
47: R21         Finance income and expense                          HTML     50K 
48: R22         Income tax                                          HTML     77K 
49: R23         Income per share                                    HTML     45K 
50: R24         Supplemental cash flow information                  HTML     44K 
51: R25         Segmented information                               HTML     99K 
52: R26         Capital management                                  HTML     39K 
53: R27         Financial instruments                               HTML     97K 
54: R28         Related party transactions                          HTML     43K 
55: R29         Significant accounting policies (Policies)          HTML    130K 
56: R30         Basis of presentation (Tables)                      HTML     45K 
57: R31         Significant accounting policies (Tables)            HTML     39K 
58: R32         Cash and cash equivalents (Tables)                  HTML     42K 
59: R33         Financial assets (Tables)                           HTML     45K 
60: R34         Investment in Joint Venture (Tables)                HTML    166K 
61: R35         Equity reserves and long-term incentive plan        HTML    147K 
                awards (Tables)                                                  
62: R36         Commitments and contingencies (Tables)              HTML     50K 
63: R37         General and administrative ("G&A") expenses         HTML     47K 
                (Tables)                                                         
64: R38         Exploration and evaluation ("E&E") expenditures     HTML     46K 
                (Tables)                                                         
65: R39         Finance income and expense (Tables)                 HTML     50K 
66: R40         Income tax (Tables)                                 HTML     78K 
67: R41         Income per share (Tables)                           HTML     44K 
68: R42         Supplemental cash flow information (Tables)         HTML     43K 
69: R43         Segmented information (Tables)                      HTML    100K 
70: R44         Financial instruments (Tables)                      HTML     88K 
71: R45         Related party transactions (Tables)                 HTML     42K 
72: R46         Nature of operations (Narrative) (Details)          HTML     45K 
73: R47         Proposed business combination (Narrative)           HTML     68K 
                (Details)                                                        
74: R48         Basis of presentation - Disclosure of subsidiaries  HTML     59K 
                (Details)                                                        
75: R49         Significant accounting policies - Disclosure of     HTML     45K 
                detailed information about estimated useful life                 
                or depreciation rate (Details)                                   
76: R50         Cash and cash equivalents (Narrative) (Details)     HTML     36K 
77: R51         Cash and cash equivalents - Disclosure of cash and  HTML     42K 
                cash equivalents (Details)                                       
78: R52         Balances due from or to related party (Narrative)   HTML     56K 
                (Details)                                                        
79: R53         Financial assets (Narrative) (Details)              HTML     47K 
80: R54         Financial assets - Disclosure of detailed           HTML     50K 
                information about redeemable preference shares                   
                with no fixed redemption date (Details)                          
81: R55         Investment in joint venture (Narrative) (Details)   HTML    103K 
82: R56         Investment in joint venture - Disclosure of         HTML     42K 
                Investment in joint venture using equity method                  
                (Details)                                                        
83: R57         Investment in joint venture - Disclosure of         HTML     77K 
                Statement of operations of Joint Venture (Details)               
84: R58         Investment in joint venture - Disclosure of Assets  HTML     93K 
                and liabilities of joint venture (Details)                       
85: R59         Investment in joint venture - Disclosure of         HTML     49K 
                Production costs of joint venture (Details)                      
86: R60         Investment in joint venture - Disclosure of         HTML     52K 
                detailed information about summary of finance                    
                expenses incurred by JV (Details)                                
87: R61         Investment in joint venture - Summary of            HTML     48K 
                inventories held by AGM of joint venture (Details)               
88: R62         Investment in joint venture - Disclosure of         HTML     52K 
                movement in the lease liabilities of the AGM                     
                (Details)                                                        
89: R63         Investment in joint venture - Summary of movement   HTML     43K 
                in asset retirement obligation (Details)                         
90: R64         Investment in joint venture - Disclosure of         HTML     58K 
                detailed information about cash flows of AGM of                  
                joint venture (Details)                                          
91: R65         Share capital (Narrative) (Details)                 HTML     38K 
92: R66         Equity reserves and long-term incentive plan        HTML     74K 
                awards (Narrative) (Details)                                     
93: R67         Equity reserves and long-term incentive plan        HTML     56K 
                awards - disclosure of number and weighted average               
                exercise prices of share options (Details)                       
94: R68         Equity reserves and long-term incentive plan        HTML     46K 
                awards - disclosure of detailed information about                
                options, valuation assumptions (Details)                         
95: R69         Equity reserves and long-term incentive plan        HTML     76K 
                awards - disclosure of range of exercise prices of               
                outstanding share options (Details)                              
96: R70         Equity reserves and long-term incentive plan        HTML     46K 
                awards - disclosure of amount and movement in                    
                restricted share units (Details)                                 
97: R71         Equity reserves and long-term incentive plan        HTML     46K 
                awards - disclosure of movement in RSUs liability                
                (Details)                                                        
98: R72         Equity reserves and long-term incentive plan        HTML     48K 
                awards - disclosure of amount and movement in                    
                performance share units (Details)                                
99: R73         Equity reserves and long-term incentive plan        HTML     45K 
                awards - disclosure of movement in PSUs liability                
                (Details)                                                        
100: R74         Equity reserves and long-term incentive plan        HTML     46K  
                awards - disclosure of amount and movement in                    
                deferred share units (Details)                                   
101: R75         Equity reserves and long-term incentive plan        HTML     42K  
                awards - disclosure of movement in DSUs liability                
                (Details)                                                        
102: R76         Equity reserves and long-term incentive plan        HTML     40K  
                awards - disclosure of movement in phantom share                 
                unit liability (Details)                                         
103: R77         Commitments and contingencies (Narrative)           HTML     39K  
                (Details)                                                        
104: R78         Commitments and contingencies - Disclosure of       HTML     52K  
                detailed information about commitments (Details)                 
105: R79         General and administrative ("G&A") expenses -       HTML     51K  
                Disclosure of detailed information about general                 
                and administrative expense (Details)                             
106: R80         Exploration and evaluation ("E&E") expenditures -   HTML     46K  
                Disclosure of exploration and evaluation                         
                expenditures (Details)                                           
107: R81         Finance income and expense - Disclosure of          HTML     41K  
                detailed information about finance income                        
                (Details)                                                        
108: R82         Finance income and expense- Disclosure of detailed  HTML     43K  
                information about finance expense (Details)                      
109: R83         Income tax (Narrative) (Details)                    HTML     42K  
110: R84         Income tax - Disclosure of detailed information     HTML     68K  
                about effective income tax expense (Recovery)                    
                (Details)                                                        
111: R85         Income tax - Disclosure of deferred taxes           HTML     46K  
                (Details)                                                        
112: R86         Income tax - Disclosure of temporary difference,    HTML     54K  
                unused tax losses and unused tax credits (Details)               
113: R87         Income per share (Narrative) (Details)              HTML     39K  
114: R88         Income per share - Disclosure of Earnings per       HTML     44K  
                share (Details)                                                  
115: R89         Supplemental cash flow information - Disclosure of  HTML     44K  
                changes in noncash working capital (Details)                     
116: R90         Segmented information (Narrative) (Details)         HTML     38K  
117: R91         Segmented information - Disclosure of geographic    HTML     63K  
                allocation of total assets and liabilities                       
                (Details)                                                        
118: R92         Segmented information - Disclosure of geographic    HTML     77K  
                allocation of the statement of operations and                    
                comprehensive income (Loss) (Details)                            
119: R93         Capital management (Narrative) (Details)            HTML     37K  
120: R94         Financial instruments (Narrative) (Details)         HTML     62K  
121: R95         Financial instruments - Disclosure of detailed      HTML     84K  
                information about financial instruments by                       
                category (Details)                                               
122: R96         Financial instruments - Disclosure of nature and    HTML     67K  
                extent of risks arising from financial instruments               
                (Details)                                                        
123: R97         Related party transactions - Disclosure of          HTML     41K  
                information about key management personnel                       
                (Details)                                                        
125: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    220K  
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124: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Report Info              XLSX    198K  
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</schema>

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