Asset Retirement Obligations

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Asset Retirement Obligations [Text Block]

8.	Asset Retirement Obligations
	The following summary sets forth the period changes to the Company’s asset retirement obligation relating to the Company’s Nichols Ranch ISR Uranium Project in Wyoming:

Balance at December 31, 2012	$	1,071,843
Liabilities incurred		33,121
Accretion expense		18,032
Revision of estimated cash flows		–
Balance at March 31, 2013	$	1,122,996

The current portion of reclamation and remediation liabilities of $39,000 at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, are included in accrued liabilities as these remediation activities are conducted on a recurring basis (see Note 6).

In 2008 the Company provided a bond in the amount of $622,500 to the State of Wyoming, Department of Environmental Quality or the Secretary of the Interior, United States Government. The bond is in lieu of depositing cash to guarantee reclamation of exploration drill holes in the Arkose Mining Venture and surety was provided by an insurance company. The bond applies to 250 drill holes on a revolving basis. The Company and the Arkose Mining Venture have a 100% record of completing reclamation without recourse to security provided.

In December 2010, the Company provided a $1,700,000 cash security to support a bond in the amount of $6,800,000 to the State of Wyoming, Department of Environmental Quality or the Secretary of the Interior, United States Government. The bond is in lieu of depositing cash to guarantee mine reclamation. The bond applies to the first year’s operation of the Company’s Nichols Ranch ISR Uranium Project. This amount together with other surety deposits of $368,399 have been classified as mineral property reclamation surety deposits.