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Note 9 - Long-term Debt
12 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements  
Long-term Debt [Text Block]
NOTE
9
:
LONG-TERM DEBT
 
On
December 5, 2018,
we entered into the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with each of Sprott Resource Lending Partnership, as agent, and our remaining lenders and participants (collectively, the “Lenders”), whereby we and the Lenders agreed to certain further amendments to our
$20,000,000
credit facility (the “Credit Facility”).
 
The key terms of the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement are summarized as follows:
 
 
extension of the maturity date from
January 1, 2020
to
January 31, 2022;
 
deferral of the prior monthly principal payments until the new maturity date of
January 31, 2022;
 
issuance on signing in Fiscal
2019
of
third
extension fee shares equal to
7%
of the principal balance outstanding or
$1,400,000
paid to the Lenders by way of the issuance of
1,180,328
shares of the Company; and
 
payment of anniversary fees to the Lenders on each of
November 30, 2019,
2020
and
2021,
of
7%,
6.5%
and
6%,
respectively, of the principal balance then outstanding, if any, payable at the option of the Company in cash or shares of the Company with a price per share calculated at a
10%
discount to the
five
trading-day volume-weighted average price of the Company's shares immediately prior to the applicable date.
 
Under the terms of the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Credit Facility remains non-revolving with an amended term from inception of
8.5
years maturing on
January 31, 2022,
subject to an interest rate of
8%
per annum, compounded and payable on a monthly basis. An effective interest rate of
16.67%
has been calculated under the assumption that the Company will carry the full principal balance of
$20,000,000
to its contractual maturity on
January 31, 2022
without exercising the prepayment feature where we can repay a partial or the full amount of principal without causing any penalties. Therefore, the anniversary fee payments of
$1,400,000,
$1,300,000
and
$1,200,000,
which are calculated on the full principal balance, will become due on each of
November 30, 2019,
2020
and
2021,
respectively.
 
The Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement supersedes, in their entirety, the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated and effective
February 9, 2016,
the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated and effective
March 13, 2014,
and the Credit Agreement, dated and effective
July 30, 2013,
with our Lenders.
 
At
July 31, 2020,
long-term debt consisted of the following:
 
   
July 31, 2020
   
July 31, 2019
 
Principal amount
 
$
20,000,000
    $
20,000,000
 
Unamortized discount and accrued fees
 
 
(130,523
)
   
(400,037
)
Long-term debt, net of unamortized discount
 
$
19,869,477
    $
19,599,963
 
 
During Fiscal
2020
and pursuant to the terms of the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, we issued an aggregate of
1,743,462
shares with a fair value of
$1,400,000,
representing
7%
of the
$20,000,000
principal balance outstanding at
October 31, 2019,
as payment of anniversary fees to the Lenders.
 
During Fiscal
2018
and pursuant to the terms of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, we issued
641,574
shares with a fair value of
$900,000,
representing
4.5%
of the
$20,000,000
principal balance outstanding at
January 31, 2018,
as payment of anniversary fees to the Lenders.
 
In Fiscal
2020,
the amortization of debt discount and accrued fees totaled
$1,669,514
(Fiscal
2019:
$1,464,989;
Fiscal
2018:
$1,180,139
), which was recorded as interest expense and included in our Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss.
 
The shares issued to the Lenders either as the
third
extension fees or the anniversary fees have been recorded as discounts on long-term debt, which are amortized using the respective effective interest rates at the time of issuance over the remaining contractual life of the long-term debt.
 
The aggregate yearly maturities of long-term debt based on principal amounts outstanding at
July 31, 2020
are as follows:
 
Fiscal 2021
  $
-
 
Fiscal 2022
   
20,000,000
 
Total
  $
20,000,000