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Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Notes to Financial Statements  
Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]

NOTE 1                  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

BUSINESS AND REFERENCES TO THE COMPANY

 

Unless indicated, the terms we, us, our, Comstock, or the Company mean Comstock Inc., and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

 

ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS

 

Comstock commercializes innovative technologies, systems and supply chains that extract, process, and convert under-utilized waste and natural resources into clean energy and clean energy supporting products, including truly sustainable solutions that produce renewed and repurposed electrification metals and minerals from end-of-life solar panels. Bioleum Corporation (“Bioleum”), the Company's subsidiary, seeks to commercialize technologies, systems and supply chains that produce renewable fuels from waste, purpose grown energy crops and other forms of woody biomass.

 

BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION

 

The condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) and include the accounts of Comstock Inc. and its wholly owned and majority owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated. The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all disclosures required of annual consolidated financial statements and, accordingly, should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025. Accordingly, operating results for the three-months ended March 31, 2026  may not be indicative of full year 2026 results.

 

In management's opinion, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments necessary for a fair statement of our financial position as of March 31, 2026, and our results of operations, changes in equity and cash flows for the three-months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.

 

GUARANTEES 

 

The Company accounts for guarantees in accordance with ASC Topic 460, Guarantees. Guarantee obligations are recognized as liabilities at the time the guarantee is contractually executed and are initially measured at fair value, reflecting the Company’s noncontingent obligation to stand ready to perform under the guarantee. The guaranteed liability remains outstanding until the Company is released from its exposure under the guarantee, which generally occurs upon expiration or settlement of the guarantee.

 

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES 

 

The condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis of accounting that assumes the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the ordinary course of business. The Company has had recurring net losses from operations and had an accumulated deficit of $388,110,925 at March 31, 2026. For the three-months ended March 31, 2026, the Company recognized a net loss of $9,383,417. Cash and cash equivalents increased by $36,016,156 from $16,951,645 at December 31, 2025 to $52,967,801 at March 31, 2026. At  March 31, 2026, the Company has no outstanding debt. The Company intends to fund our operations over the next twelve months from existing cash and cash equivalents, planned sales of non-strategic assets and other investments, sales and deferred revenue from our solar panel recycling business, and issuance of subsidiary-level equity (that is, by Bioleum Corporation). The Company also maintains access to capital from our existing shelf registration statement. Based on these existing and expected funding sources, management believes we will have sufficient funds to sustain our operations and meet our commitments under our investment agreements during the 12 months following the date of issuance of the consolidated financial statements included herein.

 

RECLASSIFICATIONS

 

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2026 financial statement presentation. Reclassifications had no effect on net income (loss), cash flows, or stockholders' equity as previously reported.

 

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

 

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, which requires disclosure about the types of costs and expenses included in certain expense captions presented on the income statement. The new disclosure requirements are effective for the Company's annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted, and may be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the ASU to determine its impact on our consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

 

Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards if currently adopted would have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements.