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Note 4 - Mineral Rights and Properties
9 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Mineral Industries Disclosures [Text Block]
NOTE
4
:     MINERAL RIGHTS AND PROPERTIES
 
Mineral Rights
 
At
April 30, 2019,
we had mineral rights in the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming and Texas, in Canada and in the Republic of Paraguay. These mineral rights were acquired through staking, purchase or lease agreements and are subject to varying royalty interests, some of which are indexed to the sale price of uranium and titanium. At
April 30, 2019,
annual maintenance payments of approximately
$2,516,000
will be required to maintain these mineral rights.
 
Mineral rights and property acquisition costs consisted of the following:
   
   
April 30, 2019
   
July 31, 2018
 
Mineral Rights and Properties
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Palangana Mine
 
$
6,285,898
    $
6,285,898
 
Goliad Project
 
 
8,689,127
     
8,689,127
 
Burke Hollow Project
 
 
1,495,750
     
1,495,750
 
Longhorn Project
 
 
116,870
     
116,870
 
Salvo Project
 
 
14,905
     
14,905
 
Anderson Project
 
 
3,470,373
     
9,154,268
 
Workman Creek Project
 
 
649,854
     
1,657,500
 
Los Cuatros Project
 
 
257,250
     
257,250
 
Slick Rock Project
 
 
-
     
646,650
 
Reno Creek Project
 
 
31,527,870
     
31,527,870
 
Diabase Project
 
 
546,938
     
546,938
 
Yuty Project
 
 
11,947,144
     
11,947,144
 
Oviedo Project
 
 
1,133,412
     
1,133,412
 
Alto Paraná Titanium Project
 
 
1,433,030
     
1,433,030
 
Other Property Acquisitions
 
 
91,080
     
91,080
 
   
 
67,659,501
     
74,997,692
 
Accumulated Depletion
 
 
(3,929,884
)
   
(3,929,884
)
   
 
63,729,617
     
71,067,808
 
                 
Databases
 
 
2,410,038
     
2,410,038
 
Accumulated Amortization
 
 
(2,408,939
)
   
(2,405,192
)
   
 
1,099
     
4,846
 
                 
Land Use Agreements
 
 
404,310
     
404,310
 
Accumulated Amortization
 
 
(381,055
)
   
(354,388
)
   
 
23,255
     
49,922
 
   
$
63,753,971
    $
71,122,576
 
 
We have
not
established proven or probable reserves, as defined by the SEC under Industry Guide
7,
for any of our mineral projects. We have established the existence of mineralized materials for certain mineral projects, including the Palangana Mine. Since we commenced uranium extraction at the Palangana Mine without having established proven or probable reserves, there
may
be greater inherent uncertainty as to whether or
not
any mineralized material can be economically extracted as originally planned and anticipated.
 
During the
nine
months ended
April 30, 2019,
we completed a royalty purchase agreement (the "Royalty Purchase Agreement") with Uranium Royalty Corp. (“URC”), a private entity investing in the uranium sector, in connection with the purchase by URC from our Company of a
one
percent (
1%
) net smelter return royalty (collectively, the "Royalties") for uranium only, on each of our Slick Rock, Workman Creek and Anderson projects. On
December 4, 2018,
we closed the Royalty Purchase Agreement and received
12,000,000
common shares of URC (the “Consideration Shares”) with a fair value of
$9,077,842.
 
The fair value of the Consideration Shares, net of transaction costs of
$55,787,
was allocated to the respective underlying projects based on their identified mineral resources as follows:
 
Fair value of Consideration Shares
  $
9,077,842
 
Transaction costs
   
55,787
 
Net consideration
  $
9,022,055
 
 
Net consideration allocation to:
 
Allocation %
 
Net Consideration
Allocation
 
Anderson Project
   
63
%   $
5,683,895
 
Workman Creek Project
   
12
%    
1,082,646
 
Slick Rock Project
   
25
%    
2,255,514
 
     
100
%   $
9,022,055
 
 
The net consideration allocation amounts have reduced the carrying value of the Anderson Project by
$5,683,895,
the Workman Creek Project by
$1,082,646
and the Slick Rock Project by
$676,650.
The net consideration of
$2,255,514
allocated to the Slick Rock Project exceeded its carrying value of
$676,650
by
$1,578,864,
which was recorded as a gain on disposition of asset and included in the condensed consolidated statement of operations for the
nine
months ended
April 30, 2019.
 
During the
nine
months ended
April 30, 2019
and
2018,
we continued with reduced operations at the Palangana Mine to capture residual uranium only. As a result,
no
depletion for the Palangana Mine was recorded on our condensed consolidated financial statements for the
three
and
nine
months ended
April 30, 2019
and
2018,
respectively.
 
Mineral property expenditures incurred by major projects were as follows:
 
   
Three Months Ended April 30,
   
Nine Months Ended April 30,
 
   
2019
   
2018
   
2019
   
2018
 
Mineral Property Expenditures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Palangana Mine
 
$
248,687
    $
264,447
   
$
775,311
    $
740,977
 
Goliad Project
 
 
34,071
     
28,658
   
 
71,949
     
71,373
 
Burke Hollow Project
 
 
605,025
     
152,307
   
 
880,039
     
570,099
 
Longhorn Project
 
 
10,157
     
5,760
   
 
35,691
     
11,832
 
Salvo Project
 
 
6,702
     
6,702
   
 
20,211
     
20,338
 
Anderson Project
 
 
15,097
     
15,211
   
 
52,367
     
45,241
 
Workman Creek Project
 
 
7,673
     
7,673
   
 
23,037
     
23,627
 
Slick Rock Project
 
 
12,206
     
12,206
   
 
41,637
     
40,012
 
Reno Creek Project
 
 
178,722
     
158,546
   
 
474,015
     
1,126,918
 
Yuty Project
 
 
8,297
     
114,481
   
 
94,299
     
339,677
 
Oviedo Project
 
 
105,724
     
17,982
   
 
167,207
     
99,224
 
Alto Paraná Titanium Project
 
 
78,325
     
33,312
   
 
138,588
     
147,744
 
Other Mineral Property Expenditures
 
 
142,672
     
164,208
   
 
444,467
     
401,346
 
   
$
1,453,358
    $
981,493
   
$
3,218,818
    $
3,638,408
 
 
During the
three
and
nine
months ended
April 30, 2018,
and in connection with the acquisition of the Reno Creek Project, we issued
353,160
shares as settlement of certain reimbursable expenses totalling
$483,829
,
which was included in the mineral property expenditures on our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the
nine
months ended
April 30, 2018.