6.MINERAL LEASES 

Through its acquisition of 2020 Utah, the Company indirectly acquired certain mineral rights under two mineral leases for 5,879.9 acres 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 consolidated balance sheet.

The carrying amounts of the mineral leases are included in the totals of Oil and Gas Properties in Note 7. During the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company did not record any amortization of the lease rights as operations have not yet commenced.

Terms of the SITLA Leases are set forth in the table below.

Notes:

1.Leases may be extended past expiry date by continued payment of annual rent and annual advance minimum royalty, which the Company has done. 

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.