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5. MINERAL LEASES
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Notes  
5. MINERAL LEASES

5.MINERAL LEASES 

 

Through its acquisition of 2020 Utah, the Company indirectly acquired certain mineral rights under three mineral leases entitled “Utah State Mineral Lease for Bituminous-Asphaltic Sands” between the State of Utah’s School and Institutional Trust Land Administration (“SITLA”), as lessor, and 2020 Utah, as lessee, covering certain lands in the PR Spring Area largely adjacent to each other (the “SITLA Leases”). The SITLA Mineral Lease consisted of the following and is included in oil and gas properties in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

 

 

 

SITLA

 

 

Mineral

 

 

Lease

Cost

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

$63,800 

Additions

 

- 

June 30, 2025

 

$63,800 

 

 

 

Accumulated Amortization

 

 

June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024

 

$- 

 

 

 

Carrying Amounts

 

 

June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024

 

$63,800 

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2025, and year ended December 31, 2024, the Company did not record any amortization of the lease rights as operations have not yet commenced.

 

The Company (through its subsidiary) holds mineral leases (or the operating rights under leases) covering approximately 5,880 net acres within the State of Utah. Terms of the SITLA Leases are set forth in the table below.

 

Reference

Gross Acres

Net Acres

Lease Expiry Date (1)

Annual Rent (2)

Annual Advance Minimum Royalty (3)

Production Royalty Rate (4)

ML-49927

4,319.9 

4,319.9 

5/31/2025

$4,320 

$43,200 

6.5% 

ML-51705

1,560.0 

1,560.0 

1/31/2030

1,560 

15,600 

8% 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

5,879.9 

5,879.9 

 

$5,880 

$58,800 

 

 

Notes:

1.Leases may be extended past expiry date by continued payment of annual rent and annual advance minimum royalty. 

2.Annual rent may be credited against production royalties payable during the year. 

3.Annual advance minimum royalty may be credited against production royalties payable during the year. 

4.The production royalty is payable on the market price of products produced from the leased substances, without deduction of costs for mining, overhead, labor, distribution or general and administrative activities.