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Note 2 - Significant Accounting Policies
9 Months Ended
Feb. 28, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]
2.
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
Basis of presentation
 
These condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form
10
-Q and Article
10
of Regulation S-
X
under the
Securities Exchange Act of
1934
, as amended. Accordingly, they do
not
include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for annual financial statements. These condensed interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended
May 31, 2018
as filed in our Annual Report on Form
10
-K. In the opinion of the Company’s management these condensed interim consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position at
February 28, 2019
and the results of its operations for the
nine
months then ended. Operating results for the
nine
months ended
February 28, 2019
are
not
necessarily indicative of the results that
may
be expected for the year ending
May 31, 2019.
The
2018
year-end balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements but does
not
include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP.
 
The preparation of these condensed interim consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of these condensed interim consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. These judgments, estimates and assumptions are continuously evaluated and are based on management’s experience and knowledge of the relevant facts and circumstances. While management believes the estimates to be reasonable, actual results could differ from those estimates and could impact future results of operations and cash flows.
 
Basis of consolidation
 
These condensed interim consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, the “Group”), Corvus Gold (USA) Inc. (“Corvus USA”) (a Nevada corporation), Corvus Nevada (a Nevada corporation), Raven Gold (an Alaska corporation), SoN Land and Water LLC (“SoN”) (a Nevada limited liability company) and Mother Lode Mining Company LLC (a Nevada limited liability company). All intercompany transactions and balances were eliminated upon consolidation.
 
Loss per share
 
Basic loss per share is calculated using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. The Company uses the treasury stock method to compute the dilutive effect of options, warrants and similar instruments. Under this method, the dilutive effect on earnings (loss) per share is calculated presuming the exercise of outstanding options, warrants and similar instruments. It assumes that the proceeds of such exercise would be used to repurchase common shares at the average market price during the period. However, the calculation of diluted loss per share excludes the effects of various conversions and exercise of options and warrants that would be anti-dilutive. For the period ended
February 28, 2019,
10,315,000
outstanding stock options (
2018
-
9,861,900
) were
not
included in the calculation of diluted earnings (loss) per share as their inclusion was anti-dilutive.
 
Recent accounting pronouncements
 
The Company continually assesses any new accounting pronouncements to determine their applicability. When it is determined that a new accounting pronouncement affects the Company's financial reporting, the Company undertakes a study to determine the consequences of the change to its consolidated financial statements and assures that there are proper controls in place to ascertain that the Company’s consolidated financial statements properly reflect the change.
 
In
March 2016,
the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”)
No.
2016
-
02,
Leases. The main difference between the provisions of ASU
No.
2016
-
02
and previous U.S. GAAP is the recognition of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities by lessees for those leases classified as operating leases under previous U.S. GAAP. ASU
No.
2016
-
02
retains a distinction between finance leases and operating leases, and the recognition, measurement, and presentation of expenses and cash flows arising from a lease by a lessee have
not
significantly changed from previous U.S. GAAP. For leases with a term of
12
months or less, a lessee is permitted to make an accounting policy election by class of underlying asset
not
to recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities. The accounting applied by a lessor is largely unchanged from that applied under previous U.S. GAAP. In transition, lessees and lessors are required to recognize and measure leases at the beginning of the earliest period presented using a modified retrospective approach. This ASU is effective for public business entities in fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after
December 15, 2018.
Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of any interim or annual reporting period. The Company has
not
yet determined the effect of the standard on its ongoing reporting.
 
In
June 2016,
the FASB issued ASU
No.
2016
-
13,
Credit Losses, Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. ASU
No.
2016
-
13
significantly changes how entities will measure credit losses for most financial assets and certain other instruments that are
not
measured at fair value through net income. The standard will replace the current incurred loss approach with an expected loss model for instruments measured at amortized cost. Entities will apply the standard's provisions as a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the
first
reporting period in which the guidance is effective. This ASU is effective for public entities for annual and interim periods beginning after
December 15, 2019.
Early adoption is permitted for all entities for annual periods beginning after
December 15, 2018,
and interim periods therein. The Company has
not
yet determined the effect of this standard on its ongoing reporting.