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TECHNOLOGY LICENCES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Technology Licences  
TECHNOLOGY LICENCES

NOTE 10 – TECHNOLOGY LICENCES

 

 

       
   December 31 
   2025   2024 
Opening balance  $2,115,000   $3,115,000 
Additional payments   1,005,025     
Impairment   (1,115,000)   (1,000,000)
Closing balance  $2,005,025   $2,115,000 

 

 

Plastic Recycling

 

Effective September 24, 2021, AGIG Plastics to Liquids LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of AGIG, entered into a technology license and service agreement with, an unrelated third party that has developed the technology to transform plastic waste into petrochemical products, which can be further refined into fuels, waxes, and new plastic production. The purpose of the license agreement was to permit AGIG to utilize this technology in its plastics recycling plants. An initial non-refundable deposit of $500,000 was paid in respect of this agreement during the year ended December 31, 2022, which has been capitalized and is creditable against future license fees. A further non-refundable deposit of $500,000 was paid in respect of this agreement during the year ended December 31, 2023, which has also been capitalized and is creditable against future license fees. During the year ended December 31, 2025, a further $1,005,025 was paid in connection with this license as a result of the Company commencing the construction of its first plastics recycling plant at its Baytown, Texas facility. As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, the total non-refundable deposit that had been paid in respect of this agreement was $2,005,025 and $1,000,000, respectively. Further ongoing license fees become due and payable indefinitely as plants are built and commissioned.

 

Effective December 31, 2025 and 2024, upon assessment of this license, it was determined that no impairment was required in respect of this license.

 

Biomass Conversion

 

Effective May 11, 2022, AGIG entered into a Services Agreement with a third-party manufacturer. The purpose of the Services Agreement is for the third party to manufacture and sell to AGIG the units required for the pyrolysis process used in our biomass to energy, fuels and chemicals process. At times through the terms of the agreement, the Company may be requested to provide payments at the request of the third party to fund costs associated with the agreement utilizing a cost-plus fixed fee method. These payments are applied to the initial deposit of the Services Agreement. During the year ended December 31, 2023, $240,000 was paid in additional deposits in respect of this agreement. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the total non-refundable deposits that had been paid in respect of this agreement was $1,115,000. The Services Agreement has an indefinite term. In connection with the Services Agreement, the Company entered into a separate License Agreement with the third-party manufacturer. The License Agreement provides the Company with a defined number of units of the Licensor’s intellectual property and the proprietary rights know-how to the successful assembly, installation and operation of the units. The effective date of the agreement is the earlier of (i) an event of default, (ii) an intellectual property transfer amongst the parties, and (iii) a force majeure termination. In an event of default, the Company acquires the proprietary, patent-protected, clean energy system if the third-party manufacturer defaults on the Services Agreement for cash considerations.

 

Effective December 31, 2025, upon assessment of this license, it was determined that due to obtaining further information about the effectiveness of the technology of the License in question, the Company now does not intend to use the technology going forward. Accordingly, management determined that this license deposit no longer had any future economic benefit as there were no expected future cash flows, no alternative use, and no marketability for sale or transfer. The Company therefore wrote off $1,115,000 at December 31, 2025 representing the full carrying value of this License. The impairment was recognized in operating expenses as impairment of technology licenses in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations and related to the Company’s Renewables segment.

 

Development Agreement

 

Effective November 23, 2022, AGIG entered into a Development, Collaboration & License Agreement (“DCLA”) agreement with a third-party technology company. Under the term the DCLA, which has an initial term of 3 years, both parties entered into a Joint Development Project with both parties being entitled to license each other’s existing intellectual property. During the year ended December 31, 2022, AGIG paid a $1 million collaboration fee to support the development of the project, which is creditable against future license payments under the terms of DCLA.

 

Effective December 31, 2024, upon assessment of this license, it was determined that based on the receipt of further information about the effectiveness of the technology of the License in question, the Company now does not intend to use the technology going forward. Accordingly, management determined that this license deposit no longer had any future economic benefit as there were no expected future cash flows, no alternative use, and no marketability for sale or transfer. The Company therefore wrote off $1,000,000 at December 31, 2024 representing the full carrying value of this License. The impairment was recognized in operating expenses as impairment of technology license in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.