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INVESTMENT IN MARKETABLE SECURITIES
12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
INVESTMENT IN MARKETABLE SECURITIES

NOTE 6 - INVESTMENT IN MARKETABLE SECURITIES

 

The Company’s investment in marketable securities consists primarily of corporate equities. The Company has also invested in income producing securities, which may include interests in real estate-based companies and REITs, where financial benefit could insure to its shareholders through income and/or capital gain.

 

 

As of June 30, 2022 and 2021, all of the Company’s marketable securities are classified as trading securities. The change in the unrealized gains and losses on these investments are included in earnings. Trading securities are summarized as follows:

 

       Gross   Gross   Net     
Investment  Cost   Unrealized Gain   Unrealized Loss   Unrealized Loss   Fair
Value
 
                     
As of June 30, 2022                         
Corporate                         
Equities  $643,000   $42,000   $(144,000)  $(102,000)  $541,000 
                          
As of June 30, 2021                         
Corporate                         
Equities  $4,987,000   $438,000   $(1,889,000)  $(1,451,000)  $3,536,000 

 

As of June 30, 2021, approximately 19% of the investment marketable securities balance above is comprised of the common stock of Comstock Mining, Inc. (“Comstock” - NYSE AMERICAN: LODE). As of June 30, 2022, the Company does not have any investment in the common stock of Comstock. The Company’s director and Chairman of the Audit Committee, William J. Nance, serves as Comstock’s director and Chairman of the Audit and Finance, Compensation and Nominating and Governance Committees of Comstock.

 

As of June 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company had $73,000 and $1,873,000, respectively, of unrealized losses related to securities held for over one year; of which $0 and $1,789,000 are related to its investment in Comstock, respectively.

 

Net (loss) gain on marketable securities on the statement of operations is comprised of realized and unrealized losses. Below is the breakdown of the two components for the years ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

 

For the year ended June 30,  2022   2021 
Realized (loss) gain on marketable securities  $(433,000)  $32,000 
Realized loss on marketable securities related to Comstock   (2,056,000)   (572,000)
Unrealized gain on marketable securities   1,348,000    336,000 
Unrealized gain on marketable securities related to Comstock   -    1,603,000 
Net (loss) gain on marketable securities  $(1,141,000)  $1,399,000