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Note 7 - Equity-Accounted Investments
9 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2026
Notes to Financial Statements  
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 7:

EQUITY-ACCOUNTED INVESTMENTS

 

As at  April 30, 2026, the Company owned 17,978,364 shares of Uranium Royalty Corp. (“URC”), representing a 12.3% ( July 31, 2025: 13.5%) interest in URC.  In addition, two of our executive officers are members of URC’s board of directors. Furthermore, one of these executive officers also holds an executive position within URC.  As a consequence, our ability to exercise significant influence over URC’s operating and financing policies continued to exist during the three and nine months ended April 30, 2026.  Should URC’s outstanding options be fully exercised, the Company’s ownership interest would decrease from 12.3% to 12.1%. URC is a public company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange with the trading symbol “URC” and on NASDAQ with the trading symbol “UROY”. As at  April 30, 2026, the fair value of our investment in URC was approximately $70.12 million ( July 31, 2025: $46.56 million). 

 

On April 29, 2026, the Company acquired beneficial ownership of and control over 10,989,011 newly issued subscription receipts (each a “Subscription Receipt”) of URC by way of a private placement, in consideration for $3.64 per Subscription Receipt for a total aggregate purchase price of $40.00 million. Each Subscription Receipt entitles us to receive, without any additional consideration, one common share in the event all escrow release conditions set out in the subscription agreement for the Subscription Receipts are satisfied, including satisfaction of the conditions precedent of an arrangement between URC and other third parties (the “Arrangement”) and receipt of conditional approval of the Arrangement from the Toronto Stock Exchange and approval from shareholders of URC. In the event that the escrow release conditions are not satisfied or the Arrangement is terminated, the Subscription Receipts will expire and the Company will be entitled to return of the subscription amount. As of April 30, 2026, the Subscription Receipts had a carrying value of $40.00 million, which was classified as other non-current assets on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

 

As at  April 30, 2026, the Company owned 50% of the outstanding shares of JCU (Canada) Exploration Company Limited (“JCU”). JCU is a private Canadian company engaged in the exploration and development of uranium assets in Canada.  The Company’s 50% interest in JCU is a joint venture, which is accounted for using the equity method.

 

During the nine months ended April 30, 2026, the changes in carrying value of our equity-accounted investments is summarized as follows:

 

 

 

Investment in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

URC

 

 

JCU

 

 

Total

 

Balance, July 31, 2025

 

$34,657

 

 

$21,168

 

 

$55,825

 

Capital contribution

 

 

-

 

 

 

821

 

 

 

821

 

Share of income (loss)

 

 

5,836

 

 

 

(2,953)

 

 

2,883

 

Gain on dilution of ownership interest

 

 

3,464

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

3,464

 

Foreign exchange difference

 

 

544

 

 

 

242

 

 

 

786

 

Balance, April 30, 2026

 

$44,501

 

 

$19,278

 

 

$63,779

 

 

For the three and nine months ended April 30, 2026 and 2025, income (loss) from our equity-accounted investments consisted of the following:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended April 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended April 30,

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Share of income (loss)

 

$3,450

 

 

$(2,256)

 

$2,883

 

 

$(3,750)

Gain on dilution of ownership interest

 

 

4

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

3,464

 

 

 

28

 

Total

 

$3,454

 

 

$(2,255)

 

$6,347

 

 

$(3,722)