NOTE 11 – LEASES

Philipsburg Operating Lease

In September 2024, the Company executed a contract to lease a metals concentration facility located in Philipsburg, Montana. The Company amended the lease in March 2025 extending the term of the agreement to September 2, 2026. As a result of the amendment in March 2025, the Company reduced the ROU asset and corresponding lease liability by $37,448. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company recorded $127,548 and $304,510, respectively, of lease expense related to this lease in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. During the first six months of 2026, there was no expense recorded for this lease since the agreement was terminated in September 2025. In the first quarter of 2026, the Company acquired a precious metals milling facility located in Radersburg, Montana, which replaced the Company’s need for the Philipsburg facility.

Dallas Operating Lease

In the first quarter of 2025, the Company executed a contract to lease office space for its corporate headquarters located in Dallas, Texas with a lease term of 24 months and total fixed payments during the term of $3,945 per month, or $94,680 in total. The Company is amortizing the lease on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. The Company recorded the present value of the lease payments over the term as a lease liability and ROU asset. The Company used its incremental borrowing rate as the discount rate since the rate implicit in the lease was not readily determinable. The lease does not include any transfer of ownership of the office space at the end of the lease, nor any option to extend the lease or purchase the facility, nor any residual value guarantees. The Company cannot terminate the lease without cause and must provide the office space to the lessor at the end of the lease in the same condition as it was received.

Canada Operating Lease

On October 1, 2025, the Company leased office space located in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada with a lease term of 60 months that expires on September 30, 2030. The Company is required to make monthly base rent payments of $1,050 in Canadian dollars which are converted to U.S. dollars using the spot exchange rate in effect on the payment date. The Company recorded $22,772 in U.S. dollars as the present value of the rent payments as a lease liability and corresponding ROU asset and is amortizing the lease on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. Since the monthly rent payments are made in Canadian dollars, the lease liability was initially measured using the spot exchange rate in effect on the lease commencement date and is remeasured into U.S. dollars at each reporting date with any resulting foreign currency transaction gains or losses recognized in earnings. The Company’s incremental borrowing rate was used as the discount rate since the rate implicit in the lease was not readily determinable. The lease does not include any transfer of ownership of the office space at the end of the lease, nor any option to purchase the facility, nor any residual value guarantees. The Company has the option to renew or extend the lease for one additional term of five years, provided written notice is given to the landlord at least six months prior to the lease expiring. The Company did not consider the additional lease term covered by the renewal option in the initial lease liability since exercise of the renewal option was not reasonably certain at lease commencement.

The following table summarizes expense and cash payments for both operating leases during the periods noted:

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At June 30, 2026, the weighted average remaining lease term of operating leases was 35 months and the weighted average discount rate for operating leases was 3.49%.

The following table is a maturity analysis of the future minimum lease payments for operating leases as of June 30, 2026:

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