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MARKETABLE EQUITY SECURITIES
9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
MARKETABLE EQUITY SECURITIES  
MARKETABLE EQUITY SECURITIES

4.  MARKETABLE EQUITY SECURITIES

As of March 31, 2021, our marketable equity securities include 3,949,575 common shares of Battle North Gold Corporation (“Battle North Gold”), and warrants to purchase up to 19,640,000 common shares of TriStar Gold Inc. Our marketable equity securities are measured at fair value (Note 12) each reporting period with any changes in fair value recognized in net income.

On March 15, 2021, Evolution Mining Limited announced it had entered into a definitive arrangement with Battle North Gold to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Battle North Gold at a price of $2.65 Canadian dollars per common share, payable in cash. The transaction remains subject to the affirmative vote of Battle North Gold’s shareholders, which is expected to be held in May 2021, and is expected to close during the quarter ending June 30, 2021.

As discussed in Note 2, on September 30, 2020, we sold 809,744 common shares of Contango for total consideration of $12.1 million and recorded a mark-to-market increase of $3.6 million on the sale, which is included in Fair value changes in equity securities in our consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income for the nine months ended March 31, 2021.

The fair value of our marketable equity securities increased $1.9 million and $4.0 million for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021, respectively, and are included in Fair value changes in equity securities on our consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. The carrying value of our marketable equity securities as of March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2020 was $9.8 million and $17.9 million, respectively, and is included in Other assets on our consolidated balance sheets.