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NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
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6. NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST

On December 13, 2022, Quaterra Alaska assigned and transferred all right, title and interest in the Groundhog property, Butte Valley Royalty, 100% of the outstanding membership interest held in Blue Copper LLC, and the interest in the Nieves project to FCC.

As consideration, Quaterra Alaska was issued 57,513,764 common shares of FCC which represented 79.3% of all issued and outstanding shares at December 13, 2022. This transaction was considered a transaction between entities under common control, and thus was recorded at carrying value.

On March 2, 2023, FCC completed a private placement financing of $2,000 by issuing 23,809,524 units at a price of $0.084. Each unit consists of one common share, and one common share purchase warrant exercisable at $0.15 for a period of 1 year.

In addition, the private placement was considered a "triggering event" for SAFE Notes. FCC had previously raised $868 in SAFE Notes and were converted into equity of FCC, resulting in FCC issuing an additional 21,629,382 common shares.

On September 6, 2023, FCC carried out a re-organization of its assets and capital structure (the transaction described herein is referred to as the "Reorganization").  On August 25, 2023, a new entity, BCR LLC was organized in Wyoming.  BCR LLC subsequently adopted an Operating Agreement that provided for issuance of LLC Interests to its Members in the same amounts as shares issued to Shareholders of FCC.  On September 6, 2023, two of the mining assets, referred to as the Butte Valley Royalty and the Nieves Royalty, that had been held by FCC were assigned to BCR LLC in exchange for 100% of the issued and outstanding LLC Interests of BCR LLC. The Nieves Royalty may only be transferred with the written consent of a third party which was received October 23, 2023, resulting in the Nieves property transferring immediately. The same LLC interests were immediately distributed pro rata to the shareholders of FCC. Furthermore, FCC had previously issued Warrants to purchase 7,936,508 (total of 23,809,524 common share purchase warrants) shares of Common Stock of FCC at a Warrant Price of $0.15 per Share.  As part of the Reorganization, these Warrants were exchanged by the Warrant Holders for two new Warrants; one issued by FCC to purchase 7,936,508 Shares of FCC at a Warrant Price of $0.1332 per Share, and the other issued by BCR LLC to purchase 7,936,508 LLC Units of BCR LLC at a Warrant Price of $0.0168 per LLC Unit. The exchange transaction was accounted for under ASC 815 whereby the effect of the exchange was measured as the excess of the fair value of the exchanged warrant over the fair value of the warrant immediately before it is exchanged. Using this method, the effect of the exchange was calculated to be $Nil. As a result of the Reorganization and the issuance and distribution of these LLC Interests, each shareholder of FCC holds the same percentage interest in FCC as the shareholders holds in BCR LLC.  Additionally, the Warrant Holders now holds two Warrants, one issued by each of FCC and BCR LLC, with the aggregate value of the two warrants equal to the aggregate value of the Warrant that they held prior to the exchange.  The net effect is that the capital structure of BCR LLC matches the capital structure of FCC, including the issuance of new Warrants, and the Butte Valley Royalty and Nieves Royalty are now held by BCR LLC rather than FCC.

On October 17, 2023, FCC issued 2,750,000 common shares at a price of $0.10 per common share for total proceeds of $275.

From February to May 2024, FCC issued a total of 11,637,931 common shares at $0.116 per common share for gross proceeds of $1,350.

During the six months ended June 30, 2025, FCC issued a total of 4,150,000 common shares at $0.116 per common share for gross proceeds of $482. FCC also granted 12,180,000 stock options exercisable into one common share of FCC with exercise prices ranging from $0.10 - $0.12 for five years from the dates of grant. The stock options were valued at $1,140 using the Black-Scholes model with the following estimates:

    January 5, 2025     April 14, 2025     May 28, 2025  
Risk-free interest rate   2.96%     2.74%     2.85%  
Expected life (years)   5.00     5.00     5.00  
Annualized volatility   109.67%     104.29%     99.79%  
Forfeiture rate   0%     0%     0%  
Dividend yield   0%     0%     0%  

As a result, the Company's ownership in FCC is reduced to 42.14% as of June 30, 2025 (December 31, 2024 - 43.46%), with the changes in NCI listed below:

Balance December 31, 2023 $ 3,117  
Issuance of common shares   1,350  
Net loss and comprehensive loss attributable to NCI   (807 )
Balance December 31, 2024 $ 3,660  
Issuance of common shares   482  
Grant of options   1,140  
Net loss and comprehensive loss attributable to NCI   (1,110 )
Balance June 30, 2025   4,172