Summary of significant accounting policies	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Summary of significant accounting policies	Summary of significant accounting policies Basis of presentation These Consolidated Financial Statements (“Financial Statements”) of the Company have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Use of estimates The preparation of the Company’s Financial Statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in these Financial Statements and accompanying notes. The more significant areas requiring the use of management estimates and assumptions relate to: the useful lives of long-lived assets; estimates of mineral resources; estimates of life-of-mine production timing, volumes, costs, and prices; future mining and future processing plans; environmental reclamation and closure costs and timing; deferred taxes and related valuation allowances; estimates of the fair value of liability classified warrants; and estimates of fair value for long-lived assets and financial instruments. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable at the time the estimate is made. Actual results may differ from amounts estimated in these Financial Statements, and such differences could be material. Accordingly, amounts presented in these Financial Statements are not indicative of results that may be expected for future periods. Reclassification of prior year presentation Certain prior period amounts have been combined for consistency with the current year presentation. These line items were combined to simplify the financial statement presentation, enhancing clarity without altering the total amounts reported in the financial statements. The combination of line items had no effect on the totals reported in the statement of operations, financial position, cash flows or stockholders’ equity Cash and cash equivalents The Company invests in AAAm rated U.S. Government Money Market Funds that are readily convertible to cash and the Company has included them in Cash and cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2025, cash consisted of the Company’s cash and money market fund balances. The Company has not experienced any losses on cash balances and believes that no significant risk of loss exists with respect to its cash. Supplies inventories, net Supplies are valued at the lower of average cost or net realizable value. Cost includes applicable taxes and freight. The Company monitors its supplies for turnover and obsolescence and records losses for excess and obsolete inventory, as appropriate. Equity investment securities The value of Equity securities is determined using the closing price on the last day of the period as quoted on the TSX Venture Exchange, which is the primary exchange for the underlying securities. The corresponding unrealized gain is included in Other income (loss), net. See Note 5 – Equity investment securities to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information. Property, plant, and equipment, net Expenditures for new facilities and equipment, and expenditures that extend the useful lives or increase the capacity of existing facilities or equipment are capitalized and recorded at cost. Such capitalized costs are depreciated using either the straight-line method over the estimated productive lives of such assets or the units-of-production method (when actively operating). For equipment and facilities that are constructed by the Company, interest is capitalized to the cost of the underlying asset while being constructed until such asset is ready for its intended use. The Company ceased capitalizing interest effective September 30, 2021, as mining and construction activities were suspended. The Company does not intend to resume capitalizing interest until such activities recommence. When the assets are available to be placed into service, the Company begins depreciation. See Note 6 – Property, plant, and equipment and assets held-for-sale, net to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information. Impairment of long-lived assets The Company’s long-lived assets consist of property, plant, and equipment, net. The Company reviews and evaluates its long-lived assets for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the related carrying amounts may not be recoverable. Events that may trigger a test for recoverability include, but are not limited to, significant adverse changes to projected revenues, costs, or future expansion plans or changes to federal and state regulations (with which the Company must comply) that may adversely impact the Company’s current or future operations. An impairment is determined to exist if the total projected future cash flows on an undiscounted basis are less than the carrying amount of a long-lived asset group. An impairment loss is measured and recorded based on the excess carrying value of the impaired long-lived asset group over fair value. In estimating future cash flows, assets are grouped at the lowest level for which there are identifiable cash flows that are largely independent of future cash flows from other asset groups. The Company’s estimates of future cash flows and estimates of fair value are based on numerous assumptions and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. These estimates are variables in the Company’s market-based approach to estimate the fair value for long-lived assets. See Note 6 – Property, plant, and equipment and assets held-for-sale, net to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information. During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company determined that there were no new triggering events. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company determined a triggering event had occurred as the Company had previously ceased mining and processing operations and, as such, the Company did not expect to have significant revenues or cash flows from operations during 2024. In addition, the 2023 Hycroft TRS did not include estimates of mineral reserves. As a result, the Company did not have a basis for projecting future cash flows on an undiscounted basis. The Company used a market-based approach for determining fair value based on sales transactions of comparable assets. Because the Company’s estimated fair value of long-lived assets held and used exceeded their carrying value, the Company determined no impairment of long-lived assets was necessary at December 31, 2024. Assets held-for-sale The Company classifies long-lived assets or disposal groups to be sold as held for sale in the period in which all of the following criteria are met: (i) management, having the authority to approve the action, commits to a plan to sell the asset or disposal group; (ii) the asset or disposal group is available for immediate sale in its present condition subject only to terms that are usual and customary for sales of such assets or disposal groups; (iii) an active program to locate a buyer and other actions required to complete the plan to sell the asset or disposal group have been initiated; (iv) the sale of the asset or disposal group is probable, and transfer of the asset or disposal group is expected to qualify for recognition as a completed sale within one year, except if events or circumstances beyond our control extend the period of time required to sell the asset or disposal group beyond one year; (v) the asset or disposal group is being actively marketed for sale at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value; and (vi) actions required to complete the plan indicate that it is unlikely that significant changes to the plan will be made or that the plan will be withdrawn. The Company initially measures a long-lived asset or disposal group that is classified as held for sale at the lower of its carrying value or fair value, less any costs to sell. Any loss resulting from this measurement is recognized in the period in which the held for sale criteria are met. Conversely, gains are not recognized on the sale of a long-lived asset or disposal group until the date of sale. The Company assesses the fair value of a long-lived asset or disposal group less any costs to sell each reporting period it remains classified as held for sale and report any subsequent changes as an adjustment to the carrying value of the asset or disposal group, as long as the new carrying value does not exceed the carrying value of the asset at the time it was initially classified as held for sale. Upon determining that a long-lived asset or disposal group meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale, the Company ceases depreciation and reports long-lived assets and/or the assets and liabilities of the disposal group as assets held-for-sale. Restricted cash The Restricted cash balance is primarily held as collateral for surety bonds that the Company uses to fulfill financial assurance obligations related to reclamation activity (see Note 9 – Asset retirement obligation to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further detail). Additionally, interest received on cash collateral balances is restricted as to its use and is included as an increase to Restricted cash with a corresponding recognition of Interest income when earned. Restricted cash is excluded from cash and is listed separately on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, the Company held $22.5 million and $27.5 million in Restricted cash, respectively. See Note 7 – Restricted cash to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information. Contract liabilities The Company’s contract liabilities consist of deposits received toward the purchase of assets held-for-sale. The Company records the deposits as contract liabilities until: (i) risk of loss and title to the equipment is transferred to the buyer and the sale is considered complete; (ii) there are no remaining performance obligations, and substantially all of the consideration received is non-refundable; or (iii) the contract has been terminated, and the consideration received from the customer is nonrefundable. Asset retirement obligation The Company’s mining and exploration activities are subject to various federal and state laws and regulations governing the protection of the environment. The Company’s Asset retirement obligation (“ARO”), associated with long-lived assets are those for which there is a legal obligation to settle under existing law, statute, written or oral contract, or by legal construction. The Company’s ARO relates to the Hycroft Mine and was recognized as a liability at fair value in the period incurred. An ARO, which is initially estimated based on discounted cash flow estimates, is accreted to full value over time using the expected timing of future payments through charges to accretion expense. As the Company’s 2023 Hycroft TRS did not include mineral reserves, the Company’s policy is to expense all asset retirement costs as incurred. In addition, once the Company establishes mineral reserves, asset retirement costs will be capitalized as part of the related asset’s carrying value and depreciated on a straight-line method or units-of-production basis over the related long-lived asset’s useful life. The Company’s ARO is adjusted annually, or more frequently, if necessary, to reflect changes in the estimated present value resulting from revisions to the timing or amount of reclamation and closure costs. Estimated mine reclamation and closure costs may increase or decrease significantly in the future as a result of changes in regulations, mine plans, cost estimates, or other factors. Deferred gain on sale of royalty The Company’s Deferred gain on sale of royalty is carried at amortized cost with reductions calculated by dividing actual gold and silver production by the estimated total life-of-mine production from mineral reserves. Any updates to mineral reserves or the estimated life-of-mine production profile would result in prospective adjustments to the amortization calculation used to reduce the carrying value of the royalty obligation. Amortization reductions to the Deferred gain on sale of royalty are recorded to Production costs, which is included in Cost of sales. Estimated gold and silver expected to be produced over the next 12 months are classified as a current liability. The Deferred gain on sale of royalty and its embedded features do not meet the requirements for derivative accounting. Exploration and development costs Costs incurred for exploration, development and other project-related expenses that do not qualify for capitalization are expensed within Exploration and development costs, which is included in Operating expenses on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Exploration and development costs include expenditures for: (i) publishing technical studies; (ii) conducting geological studies; (iii) oversight and project management; and (iv) drilling, engineering, and metallurgical activities related to exploration and development. Mine site costs Mine site costs are costs related to care and maintenance activities at the Hycroft Mine, costs of activities that do not qualify for capitalization to production-related inventories, and adjustments to production inventories that are the result of recurring or significant downtime or delays, unusually high levels of repairs, inefficient operations, overuse of processing reagents, inefficient cost-volume structures, or other costs and activities, and cannot be recorded to production-related inventories based on the threshold established by the calculation of the estimated net realizable value per ounce of gold, which incorporates estimated future processing, refining, and selling costs, as well as the value for silver by-product. Stock-based compensation Stock-based compensation costs for non-employee directors and eligible employees are determined based on fair value at the grant date and recognized over the required service period. These costs are included in Operating expenses on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The fair value of awards is determined using the stock price on either the date of grant (if subject only to service conditions) or the date that the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors establishes applicable performance targets (if subject to performance conditions). The Company records forfeitures as they occur. See Note 14 – Stock-based compensation to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information. Disposal of carbon During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company generated scrap carbon containing gold and silver during its normal processing operations. In accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (the “FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 705-20, Cost of Sales or Services, proceeds from the sale of such scrap materials or byproducts are accounted for as a reduction to costs when the sale is primarily intended to manage raw material usage or offset production costs. As the Company does not currently have cost of sales due to its cessation of mining operations, these proceeds were recognized as a reduction to Mine site period costs. Fair value measurements ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements, defines fair value and establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below: Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical unrestricted assets or liabilities. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis; Level 2 – Quoted prices in markets that are not active, or inputs that are observable, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; and Level 3 – Prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable (supported by little or no market activity). Assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Certain financial instruments, including Cash, Restricted cash, Prepaids and deposits, and Accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other liabilities are carried at cost, which approximates their fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments. See Note 19 – Fair value measurements to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information. Warrants Equity classified warrants Warrants that are considered indexed to the Company’s own stock, which are not required to be recorded as a liability, are measured at fair value at the date of issuance and included in Additional paid-in capital on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and do not require subsequent remeasurement of the fair value. Liability classified warrants Warrants that are not considered indexed to the Company’s own stock are recorded as a liability, measured at fair value at the date of issuance and included in Accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Liability classified warrants are remeasured for subsequent changes in fair value with the change recognized as a non-operating component of Other income (loss) on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. If liability classified warrants are exercised or otherwise become indexed to the Company’s own stock, the warrant is reclassified to Additional paid-in capital on the Consolidated Balance Sheet with no subsequent remeasurement of the fair value. Income taxes The Company accounts for income taxes using the liability method, recognizing certain temporary differences between the financial reporting basis of the Company’s liabilities and assets and the related income tax basis for such liabilities and assets. This method generates either a net deferred income tax liability or asset for the Company, as measured by the statutory tax rates in effect at the anticipated time of reversal. The Company derives its deferred income tax provision or benefit by recording the change in either the net deferred income tax liability or asset balance for the year. See Note 16 – Income taxes to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information. The Company’s deferred income tax assets include certain future tax benefits. The Company records a valuation allowance against any portion of those deferred income tax assets when it believes, based on the weight of available evidence, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred income tax asset will not be realized. Evidence evaluated includes past operating results, forecasted earnings, estimated future taxable income, and prudent and feasible tax planning strategies. The assumptions utilized in determining future taxable income require significant judgment and are consistent with the plans and estimates used to manage the underlying business. As necessary, the Company also provides reserves against the benefits of uncertain tax positions taken on its tax filings. The necessity for and amount of a reserve is established by determining, based on the weight of available evidence, the amount of benefit that is more likely than not to be sustained upon audit for each uncertain tax position. The difference, if any, between the full benefit recorded on the tax return and the amount more likely than not to be sustained is recorded as a liability on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets unless the additional tax expense that would result from the disallowance of the tax position can be offset by a net operating loss, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward. In that case, the reserve is recorded as a reduction to the deferred tax asset associated with the applicable net operating loss, similar tax loss, or tax credit carryforward. Recently adopted accounting pronouncements In March 2022, the FASB issued ASU No. 2022-03, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities to Contractual Sale Restrictions (“ASU 2022-03”). The Company adopted ASU 2022-03 as of January 1, 2024, with no material impact on its financial statements or the related disclosures. In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures (“ASU 2023-07”). ASU 2023-07 requires that an entity disclose significant segment expenses impacting profit and loss that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker. The update is required to be applied retrospectively to prior periods presented, based on the significant segment expense categories identified and disclosed in the period of adoption. The Company adopted ASU 2023-07 as of January 1, 2024, with no material impact on its financial statements or the related disclosures. In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023.-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09”). ASU 2023-09 require annual disclosure on specific categories in the rate reconciliation and additional information on reconciling items equal or greater than 5% of the computed tax amount. The Company adopted ASU 2023-09 as of January 1, 2025, with no material impact on its financial statements or the related disclosures. Accounting pronouncements not yet adopted In March 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-02, Codification Improvements—Amendments to Remove References to the Concepts Statements (“ASU 2024-02”). The amendments are considered to be codification improvements only and therefore are not expected to significantly affect current accounting practice. The guidance is to clarify guidance, simplify wording or structure of guidance, and other minor improvements. The new guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that adopting this update will have on its Financial Statements and related disclosures. In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses (“ASU 2024-03”), and in January 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-01, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Clarifying the Effective Date (“ASU 2025-01”). ASU 2024-03 requires additional disclosure of the nature of expenses included in the income statement as well as disclosures about specific types of expenses included in the expense captions presented in the income statement. ASU 2024-03, as clarified by ASU 2025-01, is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that adopting this update will have on its Financial Statements and related disclosures.

The preparation of the Company’s Financial Statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in these Financial Statements and accompanying notes. The more significant areas requiring the use of management estimates and assumptions relate to: the useful lives of long-lived assets; estimates of mineral resources; estimates of life-of-mine production timing, volumes, costs, and prices; future mining and future processing plans; environmental reclamation and closure costs and timing; deferred taxes and related valuation allowances; estimates of the fair value of liability classified warrants; and estimates of fair value for long-lived assets and financial instruments. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable at the time the estimate is made. Actual results may differ from amounts estimated in these Financial Statements, and such differences could be material. Accordingly, amounts presented in these Financial Statements are not indicative of results that may be expected for future periods.

Certain prior period amounts have been combined for consistency with the current year presentation. These line items were combined to simplify the financial statement presentation, enhancing clarity without altering the total amounts reported in the financial statements. The combination of line items had no effect on the totals reported in the statement of operations, financial position, cash flows or stockholders’ equity

The Company invests in AAAm rated U.S. Government Money Market Funds that are readily convertible to cash and the Company has included them in Cash and cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2025, cash consisted of the Company’s cash and money market fund balances. The Company has not experienced any losses on cash balances and believes that no significant risk of loss exists with respect to its cash.

The value of Equity securities is determined using the closing price on the last day of the period as quoted on the TSX Venture Exchange, which is the primary exchange for the underlying securities. The corresponding unrealized gain is included in Other income (loss), net. See Note 5 – Equity investment securities to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

Expenditures for new facilities and equipment, and expenditures that extend the useful lives or increase the capacity of existing facilities or equipment are capitalized and recorded at cost. Such capitalized costs are depreciated using either the straight-line method over the estimated productive lives of such assets or the units-of-production method (when actively operating). For equipment and facilities that are constructed by the Company, interest is capitalized to the cost of the underlying asset while being constructed until such asset is ready for its intended use. The Company ceased capitalizing interest effective September 30, 2021, as mining and construction activities were suspended. The Company does not intend to resume capitalizing interest until such activities recommence. When the assets are available to be placed into service, the Company begins depreciation. See Note 6 – Property, plant, and equipment and assets held-for-sale, net to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

The Company’s long-lived assets consist of property, plant, and equipment, net. The Company reviews and evaluates its long-lived assets for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the related carrying amounts may not be recoverable. Events that may trigger a test for recoverability include, but are not limited to, significant adverse changes to projected revenues, costs, or future expansion plans or changes to federal and state regulations (with which the Company must comply) that may adversely impact the Company’s current or future operations. An impairment is determined to exist if the total projected future cash flows on an undiscounted basis are less than the carrying amount of a long-lived asset group. An impairment loss is measured and recorded based on the excess carrying value of the impaired long-lived asset group over fair value.

In estimating future cash flows, assets are grouped at the lowest level for which there are identifiable cash flows that are largely independent of future cash flows from other asset groups. The Company’s estimates of future cash flows and estimates of fair value are based on numerous assumptions and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. These estimates are variables in the Company’s market-based approach to estimate the fair value for long-lived assets. See Note 6 – Property, plant, and equipment and assets held-for-sale, net to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company determined a triggering event had occurred as the Company had previously ceased mining and processing operations and, as such, the Company did not expect to have significant revenues or cash flows from operations during 2024. In addition, the 2023 Hycroft TRS did not include estimates of mineral reserves. As a result, the Company did not have a basis for projecting future cash flows on an undiscounted basis. The Company used a market-based approach for determining fair value based on sales transactions of comparable assets. Because the Company’s estimated fair value of long-lived assets held and used exceeded their carrying value, the Company determined no impairment of long-lived assets was necessary at December 31, 2024.

The Company classifies long-lived assets or disposal groups to be sold as held for sale in the period in which all of the following criteria are met: (i) management, having the authority to approve the action, commits to a plan to sell the asset or disposal group; (ii) the asset or disposal group is available for immediate sale in its present condition subject only to terms that are usual and customary for sales of such assets or disposal groups; (iii) an active program to locate a buyer and other actions required to complete the plan to sell the asset or disposal group have been initiated; (iv) the sale of the asset or disposal group is probable, and transfer of the asset or disposal group is expected to qualify for recognition as a completed sale within one year, except if events or circumstances beyond our control extend the period of time required to sell the asset or disposal group beyond one year; (v) the asset or disposal group is being actively marketed for sale at a price that is reasonable in relation to its current fair value; and (vi) actions required to complete the plan indicate that it is unlikely that significant changes to the plan will be made or that the plan will be withdrawn.

The Company initially measures a long-lived asset or disposal group that is classified as held for sale at the lower of its carrying value or fair value, less any costs to sell. Any loss resulting from this measurement is recognized in the period in which the held for sale criteria are met. Conversely, gains are not recognized on the sale of a long-lived asset or disposal group until the date of sale. The Company assesses the fair value of a long-lived asset or disposal group less any costs to sell each reporting period it remains classified as held for sale and report any subsequent changes as an adjustment to the carrying value of the asset or disposal group, as long as the new carrying value does not exceed the carrying value of the asset at the time it was initially classified as held for sale.

The Restricted cash balance is primarily held as collateral for surety bonds that the Company uses to fulfill financial assurance obligations related to reclamation activity (see Note 9 – Asset retirement obligation to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further detail). Additionally, interest received on cash collateral balances is restricted as to its use and is included as an increase to Restricted cash with a corresponding recognition of Interest income when earned. Restricted cash is excluded from cash and is listed separately on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, the Company held $22.5 million and $27.5 million in Restricted cash, respectively. See Note 7 – Restricted cash to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

The Company’s contract liabilities consist of deposits received toward the purchase of assets held-for-sale. The Company records the deposits as contract liabilities until: (i) risk of loss and title to the equipment is transferred to the buyer and the sale is considered complete; (ii) there are no remaining performance obligations, and substantially all of the consideration received is non-refundable; or (iii) the contract has been terminated, and the consideration received from the customer is nonrefundable.

The Company’s mining and exploration activities are subject to various federal and state laws and regulations governing the protection of the environment. The Company’s Asset retirement obligation (“ARO”), associated with long-lived assets are those for which there is a legal obligation to settle under existing law, statute, written or oral contract, or by legal construction. The Company’s ARO relates to the Hycroft Mine and was recognized as a liability at fair value in the period incurred. An ARO, which is initially estimated based on discounted cash flow estimates, is accreted to full value over time using the expected timing of future payments through charges to accretion expense. As the Company’s 2023 Hycroft TRS did not include mineral reserves, the Company’s policy is to expense all asset retirement costs as incurred. In addition, once the Company establishes mineral reserves, asset retirement costs will be capitalized as part of the related asset’s carrying value and depreciated on a straight-line method or units-of-production basis over the related long-lived asset’s useful life. The Company’s ARO is adjusted annually, or more frequently, if necessary, to reflect changes in the estimated present value resulting from revisions to the timing or amount of reclamation and closure costs. Estimated mine reclamation and closure costs may increase or decrease significantly in the future as a result of changes in regulations, mine plans, cost estimates, or other factors.

The Company’s Deferred gain on sale of royalty is carried at amortized cost with reductions calculated by dividing actual gold and silver production by the estimated total life-of-mine production from mineral reserves. Any updates to mineral reserves or the estimated life-of-mine production profile would result in prospective adjustments to the amortization calculation used to reduce the carrying value of the royalty obligation. Amortization reductions to the Deferred gain on sale of royalty are recorded to Production costs, which is included in Cost of sales. Estimated gold and silver expected to be produced over the next 12 months are classified as a current liability. The Deferred gain on sale of royalty and its embedded features do not meet the requirements for derivative accounting.

Costs incurred for exploration, development and other project-related expenses that do not qualify for capitalization are expensed within Exploration and development costs, which is included in Operating expenses on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Exploration and development costs include expenditures for: (i) publishing technical studies; (ii) conducting geological studies; (iii) oversight and project management; and (iv) drilling, engineering, and metallurgical activities related to exploration and development.

Mine site costs are costs related to care and maintenance activities at the Hycroft Mine, costs of activities that do not qualify for capitalization to production-related inventories, and adjustments to production inventories that are the result of recurring or significant downtime or delays, unusually high levels of repairs, inefficient operations, overuse of processing reagents, inefficient cost-volume structures, or other costs and activities, and cannot be recorded to production-related inventories based on the threshold established by the calculation of the estimated net realizable value per ounce of gold, which incorporates estimated future processing, refining, and selling costs, as well as the value for silver by-product.

Consolidated Statements of Operations. The fair value of awards is determined using the stock price on either the date of grant (if subject only to service conditions) or the date that the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors establishes applicable performance targets (if subject to performance conditions). The Company records forfeitures as they occur. See Note 14 – Stock-based compensation to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company generated scrap carbon containing gold and silver during its normal processing operations. In accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (the “FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 705-20, Cost of Sales or Services, proceeds from the sale of such scrap materials or byproducts are accounted for as a reduction to costs when the sale is primarily intended to manage raw material usage or offset production costs. As the Company does not currently have cost of sales due to its cessation of mining operations, these proceeds were recognized as a reduction to Mine site period costs.

ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements, defines fair value and establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical unrestricted assets or liabilities. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis;

Assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Certain financial instruments, including Cash, Restricted cash, Prepaids and deposits, and Accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other liabilities are carried at cost, which approximates their fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments. See Note 19 – Fair value measurements to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

Warrants that are considered indexed to the Company’s own stock, which are not required to be recorded as a liability, are measured at fair value at the date of issuance and included in Additional paid-in capital on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and do not require subsequent remeasurement of the fair value.

Warrants that are not considered indexed to the Company’s own stock are recorded as a liability, measured at fair value at the date of issuance and included in Accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Liability classified warrants are remeasured for subsequent changes in fair value with the change recognized as a non-operating component of Other income (loss) on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. If liability classified warrants are exercised or otherwise become indexed to the Company’s own stock, the warrant is reclassified to Additional paid-in capital on the Consolidated Balance Sheet with no subsequent remeasurement of the fair value.

The Company accounts for income taxes using the liability method, recognizing certain temporary differences between the financial reporting basis of the Company’s liabilities and assets and the related income tax basis for such liabilities and assets. This method generates either a net deferred income tax liability or asset for the Company, as measured by the statutory tax rates in effect at the anticipated time of reversal. The Company derives its deferred income tax provision or benefit by recording the change in either the net deferred income tax liability or asset balance for the year. See Note 16 – Income taxes to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred income tax asset will not be realized. Evidence evaluated includes past operating results, forecasted earnings, estimated future taxable income, and prudent and feasible tax planning strategies. The assumptions utilized in determining future taxable income require significant judgment and are consistent with the plans and estimates used to manage the underlying business.

As necessary, the Company also provides reserves against the benefits of uncertain tax positions taken on its tax filings. The necessity for and amount of a reserve is established by determining, based on the weight of available evidence, the amount of benefit that is more likely than not to be sustained upon audit for each uncertain tax position. The difference, if any, between the full benefit recorded on the tax return and the amount more likely than not to be sustained is recorded as a liability on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets unless the additional tax expense that would result from the disallowance of the tax position can be offset by a net operating loss, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward. In that case, the reserve is recorded as a reduction to the deferred tax asset associated with the applicable net operating loss, similar tax loss, or tax credit carryforward.

In March 2022, the FASB issued ASU No. 2022-03, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Fair Value Measurement of Equity Securities to Contractual Sale Restrictions (“ASU 2022-03”). The Company adopted ASU 2022-03 as of January 1, 2024, with no material impact on its financial statements or the related disclosures.

In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures (“ASU 2023-07”). ASU 2023-07 requires that an entity disclose significant segment expenses impacting profit and loss that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker. The update is required to be applied retrospectively to prior periods presented, based on the significant segment expense categories identified and disclosed in the period of adoption. The Company adopted ASU 2023-07 as of January 1, 2024, with no material impact on its financial statements or the related disclosures.

In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023.-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09”). ASU 2023-09 require annual disclosure on specific categories in the rate reconciliation and additional information on reconciling items equal or greater than 5% of the computed tax amount. The Company adopted ASU 2023-09 as of January 1, 2025, with no material impact on its financial statements or the related disclosures.

In March 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-02, Codification Improvements—Amendments to Remove References to the Concepts Statements (“ASU 2024-02”). The amendments are considered to be codification improvements only and therefore are not expected to significantly affect current accounting practice. The guidance is to clarify guidance, simplify wording or structure of guidance, and other minor improvements. The new guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that adopting this update will have on its Financial Statements and related disclosures.

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses (“ASU 2024-03”), and in January 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-01, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Clarifying the Effective Date (“ASU 2025-01”). ASU 2024-03 requires additional disclosure of the nature of expenses included in the income statement as well as disclosures about specific types of expenses included in the expense captions presented in the income statement. ASU 2024-03, as clarified by ASU 2025-01, is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that adopting this update will have on its Financial Statements and related disclosures.