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Note 4 - Mineral Rights and Properties
12 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements  
Mineral Industries Disclosures [Text Block]
NOTE
4:
         
MINERAL RIGHTS AND PROPERTIES
 
Mineral Rights
 
As at
July 31, 2021,
we had mineral rights in the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Wyoming, in Canada and in the Republic of Paraguay. These mineral rights were acquired through staking and purchase, lease or option agreements and are subject to varying royalty interests, some of which are indexed to the sale price of uranium. As at
July 31, 2021,
annual maintenance payments of approximately
$3.4
million were required to maintain these mineral rights.
 
As at
July 31, 2021,
the carrying value of these mineral rights and properties was as follows:
 
   
July 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
 
 
899,854
     
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
 
   
 
67,711,387
     
67,581,387
 
Accumulated Depletion
 
 
(3,929,884
)
   
(3,929,884
)
   
 
63,781,503
     
63,651,503
 
                 
Databases and Land Use Agreements
 
 
2,458,808
     
2,458,808
 
Accumulated Amortization
 
 
(2,456,308
)
   
(2,454,808
)
   
 
2,500
     
4,000
 
   
$
63,784,003
    $
63,655,503
 
 
We have
not
established proven or probable reserves, as defined by the SEC, for any of our mineral projects. We have established the existence of mineralized materials for certain uranium 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.
 
Mineral property expenditures incurred on our projects were as follows:
 
   
Year Ended July 31,
 
   
2021
   
2020
 
Mineral Property Expenditures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Palangana Mine
 
$
889,597
    $
1,342,927
 
Goliad Project
 
 
237,515
     
190,278
 
Burke Hollow Project
 
 
1,445,797
     
1,130,467
 
Longhorn Project
 
 
9,154
     
17,023
 
Salvo Project
 
 
31,209
     
28,318
 
Anderson Project
 
 
78,601
     
71,170
 
Workman Creek Project
 
 
32,700
     
32,700
 
Slick Rock Project
 
 
52,117
     
52,521
 
Reno Creek Project
 
 
672,225
     
596,551
 
Yuty Project
 
 
31,279
     
65,679
 
Oviedo Project
 
 
371,966
     
350,211
 
Alto Paraná Titanium Project
 
 
198,969
     
230,350
 
Other Mineral Property Expenditures
 
 
427,678
     
474,208
 
   
$
4,478,807
    $
4,582,403
 
 
United States Projects
 
 
Palangana Mine, Texas
 
We hold various mining lease and surface use agreements granting us the exclusive right to explore, develop and mine for uranium at the Palangana Mine located in Duval County, Texas, approximately
100
miles south of our Hobson Processing Facility. These agreements are subject to certain royalty and overriding royalty interests indexed to the sale price of uranium and generally have an initial
five
-year term with extension provisions.
 
During Fiscal
2021
and Fiscal
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 consolidated financial statements.
 
 
Goliad Project, Texas
 
We hold various mining lease and surface use agreements granting us the exclusive right to explore, develop and mine for uranium at the Goliad Project located in Goliad County, Texas. These agreements are subject to certain fixed royalty interests based on net proceeds from sales or indexed to the sales price of uranium and have an initial
five
-year term with extension provisions.
 
 
Burke Hollow Project, Texas
 
We hold various mining lease and surface use agreements granting us the exclusive right to explore, develop and mine for uranium at the Burke Hollow Project located in Bee County, Texas. These agreements are subject to fixed royalty interests based on net proceeds from sales and have an initial
five
-year term with extension provisions.
 
 
Longhorn Project, Texas
 
We hold various mining lease and surface use agreements granting us the exclusive right to explore, develop and mine for uranium at the Longhorn Project located in Live Oak County, Texas. These agreements are subject to certain royalty interests indexed to the sale price of uranium and have an initial
five
-year term with extension provisions.
 
 
Salvo Project, Texas
 
We hold various mining lease and surface use agreements granting us the exclusive right to explore, develop and mine for uranium at the Salvo Project located in Bee County, Texas. These agreements are subject to certain royalty interests indexed to the sales price of uranium and have an initial
five
-year term with extension provisions.
 
 
Anderson Project, Arizona
 
We hold an undivided
100%
interest in contiguous mineral lode claims and state leases at the Anderson Project located in Yavapai County, Arizona.
 
 
Workman Creek Project, Arizona
 
We hold an undivided
100%
interest in contiguous mineral lode claims in the Workman Creek Project located in Gila County, Arizona. The Workman Creek Project is subject to a
3.0%
net smelter royalty requiring an annual advance royalty payment of
$50,000
for
2016
and
2017,
and
$100,000
thereafter. We have an exclusive right and option to acquire
1.5%
of the net smelter royalty for
$1,000,000
at any time until
January 21, 2024.
Additionally, certain individuals hold an option to acquire a
0.5%
net smelter royalty exercisable by paying the Company the sum of
$333,340
at any time until
January 21, 2024.
 
During Fiscal
2021
and Fiscal
2020,
advance royalty payments of
$100,000
and
$100,000,
respectively, were capitalized as Mineral Rights and Properties and added to the carrying value of the Workman Creek Project.
 
 
Los Cuatros Project, Arizona
 
We hold an undivided
100%
interest in a state lease in the Los Cuatros Project located in Maricopa County, Arizona.
 
 
Slick Rock Project, Colorado
 
We hold an undivided
100%
interest in contiguous mineral lode claims in the Slick Rock Project located in San Miguel County, Colorado. Certain claims of the Slick Rock Project are subject to a
1.0%
or
3.0%
net smelter royalty, the latter requiring an annual advance royalty payment beginning in
November 2017.
 
During Fiscal
2021
and Fiscal
2020,
advance royalty payments of
$30,000
and
$30,000,
respectively, were capitalized as Mineral Rights and Properties and added to the carrying value of the Slick Rock Project.
 
 
Reno Creek Project, Wyoming
 
The Reno Creek Project consists of U.S. federal mineral lode claims, state mineral leases, various private mineral leases and certain surface use agreements which grant us the exclusive right to explore, develop and mine for uranium, which is located in Campbell County, Wyoming. The mineral leases and surface use agreements are subject to certain royalty interests with terms ranging from
five
to
20
years, some of which have extension provisions.
 
Canadian Project
 
 
Diabase Project, Canada
 
We hold a
100%
interest in the Diabase Project located on the southern rim of the Athabasca Basin uranium district in Saskatchewan, Canada.
 
Paraguay Projects
 
During Fiscal
2018
and Fiscal
2019,
we had communications and filings with the Ministry of Public Works and Communications (“MOPC”), the mining regulator in Paraguay, whereby the former MOPC took the position that certain concessions forming part of the Company's Yuty and Alto Parana Projects were
not
eligible for extension as to exploration or continuation to exploitation in their current stages. While we remain fully committed to our development path forward in Paraguay, we have filed certain applications and appeals in Paraguay to reverse the MOPC's position in order to protect our continuing rights in those concessions.
 
 
Yuty Project, Paraguay
 
The Yuty Project is a property under
one
exploitation concession and is subject to an overriding royalty of
$0.21
per pound of uranium produced from the Yuty Project.
 
 
Oviedo Project, Paraguay
 
The Oviedo Project is a property under
one
exploration permit and is subject to a
1.5%
gross overriding royalty over which we have an exclusive right and option at any time to acquire
0.5%
for
$166,667
and a right of
first
refusal to acquire all or any portion of the remaining
1.0%.
 
 
Alto Paran
á
 Titanium Project, Paraguay
 
The Alto Paraná Titanium Project is a property under certain titanium mineral concessions located in the departments of Alto Parana and Canindeyú in Paraguay. The Alto Paraná Titanium Project is subject to a
1.5%
net smelter returns royalty. We have the right, exercisable to
July 2023,
to acquire
0.5%
of the net smelter royalty at a purchase price of
$500,000.