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Note 5 - Mineral Rights and Properties
9 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements  
Mineral Industries Disclosures [Text Block]
NOTE
5:
MINERAL RIGHTS AND PROPERTIES
 
Mineral Rights
 
As of
April 30, 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.  As of
April 30, 2021,
annual maintenance payments of approximately
$2.7
million will be required to maintain these mineral rights.
 
Mineral rights and property acquisition costs consist of the following:
 
   
April 30, 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
 
 
(2,455,933
)
   
(2,454,808
)
   
 
2,875
     
4,000
 
   
$
63,734,378
    $
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
nine
months ended
April 30, 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
nine
months ended
April 30, 2021
and
2020.
 
Mineral property expenditures incurred on our projects were as follows:
 
   
Three Months Ended April 30,
   
Nine Months Ended April 30,
 
   
2021
   
2020
   
2021
   
2020
 
Mineral Property Expenditures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Palangana Mine
 
$
216,791
    $
260,438
   
$
648,459
    $
1,109,164
 
Goliad Project
 
 
51,437
     
54,486
   
 
168,493
     
151,293
 
Burke Hollow Project
 
 
626,695
     
154,672
   
 
942,311
     
1,024,345
 
Longhorn Project
 
 
2,289
     
2,289
   
 
6,866
     
14,735
 
Salvo Project
 
 
7,672
     
7,843
   
 
23,537
     
21,813
 
Anderson Project
 
 
19,469
     
19,519
   
 
58,360
     
49,004
 
Workman Creek Project
 
 
8,168
     
8,168
   
 
24,533
     
24,533
 
Slick Rock Project
 
 
12,994
     
13,123
   
 
39,123
     
39,527
 
Reno Creek Project
 
 
215,725
     
159,088
   
 
485,791
     
451,312
 
Yuty Project
 
 
7,129
     
27,664
   
 
21,457
     
58,578
 
Oviedo Project
 
 
109,676
     
69,446
   
 
256,091
     
298,505
 
Alto Paraná Titanium Project
 
 
88,796
     
36,323
   
 
134,710
     
202,656
 
Other Mineral Property Expenditures
 
 
111,913
     
143,505
   
 
332,041
     
357,873
 
   
$
1,478,754
    $
956,564
   
$
3,141,772
    $
3,803,338