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Note 4 - Mineral Rights and Properties
3 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements  
Mineral Industries Disclosures [Text Block]
NOTE 
4
:
MINERAL RIGHTS AND PROPERTIES
 
Mineral Rights
 
At
October 31, 2020,
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, 2020,
annual maintenance payments of approximately
$2.4
million will be required to maintain these mineral rights.
 

 
Mineral rights and property acquisition costs consisted of the following:
    
   
October 31, 2020
   
July 31, 2020
 
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
 
 
799,854
     
799,854
 
Los Cuatros Project
 
 
257,250
     
257,250
 
Slick Rock Project
 
 
30,000
     
30,000
 
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
 
   
 
67,581,387
     
67,581,387
 
Accumulated Depletion
 
 
(3,929,884
)
   
(3,929,884
)
   
 
63,651,503
     
63,651,503
 
                 
Databases and Land Use Agreements
 
 
2,458,808
     
2,458,808
 
Accumulated Amortization
 
 
(2,455,183
)
   
(2,454,808
)
   
 
3,625
     
4,000
 
   
$
63,655,128
    $
63,655,503
 
 
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 our 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, 2020
and
2019,
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, 2020
and
2019.
 

 
Mineral property expenditures incurred on our projects were as follows:
 
   
Three Months Ended October 31,
 
   
2020
   
2019
 
Mineral Property Expenditures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Palangana Mine
 
$
198,802
    $
320,027
 
Goliad Project
 
 
45,789
     
59,965
 
Burke Hollow Project
 
 
129,778
     
648,861
 
Longhorn Project
 
 
2,288
     
10,157
 
Salvo Project
 
 
8,192
     
7,269
 
Anderson Project
 
 
19,466
     
16,053
 
Workman Creek Project
 
 
8,198
     
8,198
 
Slick Rock Project
 
 
13,136
     
13,134
 
Reno Creek Project
 
 
100,490
     
148,043
 
Yuty Project
 
 
5,994
     
14,196
 
Oviedo Project
 
 
47,611
     
105,938
 
Alto Paraná Titanium Project
 
 
16,451
     
56,248
 
Other Mineral Property Expenditures
 
 
105,566
     
115,362
 
   
$
701,761
    $
1,523,451