Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
6 Months Ended |
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Jun. 30, 2026 | |
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NOTE 1 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
BUSINESS AND REFERENCES TO THE COMPANY
Unless indicated, the terms we, us, our, Comstock, or the Company mean Comstock Inc., and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS
Comstock commercializes innovative technologies, systems and supply chains that extract, process, and convert under-utilized waste and natural resources into clean energy and clean energy supporting products, including truly sustainable solutions that produce renewed and repurposed electrification metals and minerals from end-of-life solar panels. Bioleum Corporation (“Bioleum”), the Company's subsidiary, seeks to commercialize technologies, systems and supply chains that produce renewable fuels, primarily from dedicated energy crops from Bioleum's wholly-owned Hexas Biomass Inc. (“Hexas”) and other forms of woody biomass.
BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION
The condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) and include the accounts of Comstock Inc. and its wholly owned and majority owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated. The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all disclosures required of annual consolidated financial statements and, accordingly, should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025. Accordingly, operating results for the six-months ended June 30, 2026 may not be indicative of full year 2026 results.
In management's opinion, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments necessary for a fair statement of our financial position as of June 30, 2026, and our results of operations and changes in equity for the three and six-months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, and our cash flows for the six-months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025.
GUARANTEES
The Company accounts for guarantees in accordance with ASC Topic 460, Guarantees. Guarantee obligations are recognized as liabilities at the time the guarantee is contractually executed and are initially measured at fair value, reflecting the Company’s noncontingent obligation to stand ready to perform under the guarantee. The guaranteed liability remains outstanding until the Company is released from its exposure under the guarantee, which generally occurs upon expiration or settlement of the guarantee.
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
The Company has granted share-based incentive awards in the form of Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) and Performance Share Units (“PSUs”) to its employees and service providers pursuant to its 2026 Equity Incentive Plan. Stock-based awards to employees and non-employees are measured and recognized based on the grant date fair value of the awards. For employee awards, the expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is generally the period from the accounting grant date to the end of the probable vesting period. For non-employee awards, the expense for awards that actually vest is recognized based on when the goods or services are provided. The Company recognizes compensation expense for stock-based awards with graded vesting that require only service on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. The Company applies this policy consistently to all awards with similar vesting features. Stock-based compensation expense is recognized within Selling, General and Administrative Expenses, Research and Development and Cost of Goods Sold in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. The Company has elected to recognize forfeitures of stock-based compensation awards as they occur. For awards that include market conditions, the effect of the market condition is incorporated into the grant-date fair value of the award using an appropriate valuation technique. Compensation expense for these awards is recognized over the requisite service period regardless of whether the market condition is satisfied, provided that the applicable service condition is met. Accordingly, no subsequent adjustment to compensation expense is made based on the actual outcome of the market condition.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
The condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis of accounting that assumes the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the ordinary course of business. The Company has had recurring net losses from operations and had an accumulated deficit of $413,579,326 at June 30, 2026. For the six-months ended June 30, 2026, the Company recognized a net loss of $34,851,818. Cash and cash equivalents increased by $14,453,590 from $16,951,645 at December 31, 2025 to $31,405,235 at June 30, 2026. At June 30, 2026, Comstock Metals billed $2,309,422 of which $510,280 was for decommissioning services, recycling fees and off-take revenue and $1,799,142 of which represents fees for recycling services that have not yet been completed and are recognized as deferred revenue (see Note 13). At June 30, 2026, the Company has no outstanding debt. The Company intends to fund its operations over the next twelve months from existing cash and cash equivalents, expected proceeds from the announced sale of the mining business, planned monetization of other non-strategic assets, sales and deferred revenue from our solar panel recycling business, and issuance of subsidiary-level equity (that is, by Bioleum). The Company also maintains access to capital from our existing shelf registration statement. Based on these existing and expected funding sources, management believes we will have sufficient funds to sustain our operations and meet our commitments under our investment agreements during the 12 months following the date of issuance of the consolidated financial statements included herein.
RECLASSIFICATIONS
Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2026 financial statement presentation. Reclassifications had no effect on net income (loss), cash flows, or stockholders' equity as previously reported.
RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, which requires disclosure about the types of costs and expenses included in certain expense captions presented on the income statement. The new disclosure requirements are effective for the Company's annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted, and may be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the ASU to determine its impact on our consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards if currently adopted would have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements. |