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Note 4 - Mineral Rights and Properties
6 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements  
Mineral Industries Disclosures [Text Block]
NOTE
4:
         
MINERAL RIGHTS AND PROPERTIES
 
Mineral Rights
 
At
January 31, 2021,
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
January 31, 2021,
annual maintenance payments of approximately
$2.2
million will be required to maintain these mineral rights.
 
Mineral rights and property acquisition costs consist of the following:
 
   
January 31, 2021
   
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
 
 
849,854
     
799,854
 
Los Cuatros Project
 
 
257,250
     
257,250
 
Slick Rock Project
 
 
60,000
     
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
 
   
 
67,661,387
     
67,581,387
 
Accumulated Depletion
 
 
(3,929,884
)
   
(3,929,884
)
   
 
63,731,503
     
63,651,503
 
                 
Databases and Land Use Agreements
 
 
2,458,808
     
2,458,808
 
Accumulated Amortization
 
 
(2,455,558
)
   
(2,454,808
)
   
 
3,250
     
4,000
 
   
$
63,734,753
    $
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
and
six
months ended
January 31, 2021
and
2020,
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
six
months ended
January 31, 2021
and
2020.
 
Mineral property expenditures incurred on our projects were as follows:
 
   
Three Months Ended January 31,
   
Six Months Ended January 31,
 
   
2021
   
2020
   
2021
   
2020
 
Mineral Property Expenditures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Palangana Mine
 
$
232,866
    $
528,699
   
$
431,668
    $
848,726
 
Goliad Project
 
 
71,267
     
36,843
   
 
117,056
     
96,807
 
Burke Hollow Project
 
 
185,838
     
220,812
   
 
315,616
     
869,673
 
Longhorn Project
 
 
2,289
     
2,289
   
 
4,577
     
12,446
 
Salvo Project
 
 
7,673
     
6,702
   
 
15,865
     
13,970
 
Anderson Project
 
 
19,425
     
13,433
   
 
38,891
     
29,486
 
Workman Creek Project
 
 
8,167
     
8,168
   
 
16,365
     
16,365
 
Slick Rock Project
 
 
12,993
     
13,271
   
 
26,129
     
26,405
 
Reno Creek Project
 
 
169,576
     
144,181
   
 
270,066
     
292,224
 
Yuty Project
 
 
8,334
     
16,718
   
 
14,328
     
30,914
 
Oviedo Project
 
 
98,804
     
123,117
   
 
146,415
     
229,055
 
Alto Paraná Titanium Project
 
 
29,463
     
110,085
   
 
45,914
     
166,333
 
Other Mineral Property Expenditures
 
 
114,562
     
99,005
   
 
220,128
     
214,370
 
   
$
961,257
    $
1,323,323
   
$
1,663,018
    $
2,846,774