WRITE OFF OF DEFERRED DEVELOPMENT	9 Months Ended
Sep. 29, 2018
WRITE OFF OF DEFERRED DEVELOPMENT
WRITE OFF OF DEFERRED DEVELOPMENT	12. During July 2015, TMC began development of a granite mining property south of Colorado Springs. These costs included drilling the property to ascertain its suitability for mining, engineering studies and legal expenses related to the preparation of TMC’s application to obtain the required mining permits from the State of Colorado and El Paso County. TMC made its initial application for a mining permit from the state of Colorado in 2016. The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMS) of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources rejected issuing the permit by a 3 to 2 vote with one recusal and one absence. The DRMS invited TMC to resubmit its request to address the concerns raised during the hearing for the initial application. TMC filed its second application to the state in November 2017 addressing the issues cited during the first hearing. The Colorado Department of Natural Resources staff reviewed the mining application and recommended that the mining plan be approved as submitted. On April 26, 2018 despite the staff recommendation to approve the application, the head of the Department of Natural Resources, who has a seat on the DRMS Committee, voted against the permit. The permit was rejected 3 to 2 with two members recusing themselves. The Company wrote off all capitalized costs associated with the permit application in the first quarter of 2018. As of December 30, 2017 the Company had capitalized $5,430,000 of deferred development which was included in Property, plant and equipment on the consolidated balance sheet. As of March 31, 2018 TMC had invested $6,308,000 in the project. This amount plus an estimated $626,000 of additional expenses incurred during April 2018, a total of $6,934,000, was written off as of March 31, 2018. During the second quarter of 2018, final billings and adjustments related to the permit application resulted in a net recovery of $94,000 reducing the total write-off to $6,840,000 as of June 30, 2018.

12. During July 2015, TMC began development of a granite mining property south of Colorado Springs. These costs included drilling the property to ascertain its suitability for mining, engineering studies and legal expenses related to the preparation of TMC’s application to obtain the required mining permits from the State of Colorado and El Paso County.

TMC made its initial application for a mining permit from the state of Colorado in 2016. The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMS) of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources rejected issuing the permit by a 3 to 2 vote with one recusal and one absence. The DRMS invited TMC to resubmit its request to address the concerns raised during the hearing for the initial application. TMC filed its second application to the state in November 2017 addressing the issues cited during the first hearing. The Colorado Department of Natural Resources staff reviewed the mining application and recommended that the mining plan be approved as submitted. On April 26, 2018 despite the staff recommendation to approve the application, the head of the Department of Natural Resources, who has a seat on the DRMS Committee, voted against the permit. The permit was rejected 3 to 2 with two members recusing themselves.

The Company wrote off all capitalized costs associated with the permit application in the first quarter of 2018. As of December 30, 2017 the Company had capitalized $5,430,000 of deferred development which was included in Property, plant and equipment on the consolidated balance sheet. As of March 31, 2018 TMC had invested $6,308,000 in the project. This amount plus an estimated $626,000 of additional expenses incurred during April 2018, a total of $6,934,000, was written off as of March 31, 2018. During the second quarter of 2018, final billings and adjustments related to the permit application resulted in a net recovery of $94,000 reducing the total write-off to $6,840,000 as of June 30, 2018.