I think they were just given (granted), not exercised. Sheila Paine, the corporate secretary, exercised some prior options (about 27,755 shares worth) @ $.30/share. The granted options were for about 600,000/individual.
For what it's worth, after my earlier post about the granted options, SEDI also reported Michael Haworth (director) was granted an option for 600,000 shares, option price unknown.