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Note 3 - Mineral Rights and Properties
3 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Mineral Industries Disclosures [Text Block]
NOTE
3
:     MINERAL RIGHTS AND PROPERTIES
 
Mineral Rights
 
At
October 31, 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
October 31, 2019,
annual maintenance payments of approximately
$2.6
million will be required to maintain these mineral rights.
 
Mineral rights and property acquisition costs consisted of the following:
   
   
October 31, 2019
   
July 31, 2019
 
Mineral Rights and Properties
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Palangana Mine
 
$
6,027,784
    $
6,027,784
 
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
     
3,470,373
 
Workman Creek Project
 
 
699,854
     
699,854
 
Los Cuatros Project
 
 
257,250
     
257,250
 
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
 
   
 
67,451,387
     
67,451,387
 
Accumulated Depletion
 
 
(3,929,884
)
   
(3,929,884
)
   
 
63,521,503
     
63,521,503
 
                 
Databases
 
 
2,410,038
     
2,410,038
 
Accumulated Amortization
 
 
(2,409,437
)
   
(2,409,188
)
   
 
601
     
850
 
                 
Land Use Agreements
 
 
404,310
     
404,310
 
Accumulated Amortization
 
 
(392,411
)
   
(389,768
)
   
 
11,899
     
14,542
 
   
$
63,534,003
    $
63,536,895
 
 
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
three
months ended
October 31, 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
months ended
October 31, 2019
and
2018,
respectively. 
 
Mineral property expenditures incurred by major projects were as follows: 
 
   
Three Months Ended October 31,
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
Mineral Property Expenditures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Palangana Mine
 
$
320,027
    $
280,032
 
Goliad Project
 
 
59,965
     
18,822
 
Burke Hollow Project
 
 
648,861
     
108,545
 
Longhorn Project
 
 
10,157
     
15,376
 
Salvo Project
 
 
7,269
     
6,808
 
Anderson Project
 
 
16,053
     
22,214
 
Workman Creek Project
 
 
8,198
     
7,692
 
Slick Rock Project
 
 
13,134
     
17,224
 
Reno Creek Project
 
 
148,043
     
147,876
 
Yuty Project
 
 
14,196
     
23,403
 
Oviedo Project
 
 
105,938
     
20,725
 
Alto Paraná Titanium Project
 
 
56,248
     
25,833
 
Other Mineral Property Expenditures
 
 
115,362
     
171,693
 
   
$
1,523,451
    $
866,243