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The value of shares of properties can be converted from a portion of NPI royalty pursuant to the exploration agreement.

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The amount of consideration to be paid by the counter party to the Company after exercising the option to purchase.

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The NPI royalty cap pursuant to the exploration agreement.

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The percentage of metallic rights within the Mining Claims from the company that would be acquired by the counter party once the option to purchase exercised.

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The percentage of net profits interest royalty over the metallic minerals produced from the mining claims that would be granted to the counter party once the option to purchase exercised.

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The amount of payments receivable from a counter party on or before each subsequent anniversary of the effective date during the exploration license term following the first anniversary of the effective date of the agreement.

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The amount of payments receivable from the counter party on or before the first anniversary of effective date of agreement.

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The amount of payments receivable from the counter party upon expiration of due diligence period pursuant to the exploration agreement.

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Represents the annual capacity of a mineral processing plant.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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