12. LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS, RELATED PARTY

In August 2024, the Company invested $2,000,000 as an equity investment into LIST (which is a related party), as part of its $11.88 million seed funding round. This additional capital into LIST was anticipated to help fuel the development of its proprietary, patented advanced laser enrichment technology.

Concurrently with the Company’s investment in LIST, the Company entered into an agreement with LIST to collaborate and assist in developing LIST’s technologies to secure a fuel supply for the Company’s future operations and the wider nuclear energy industry. The parties intend that LIST will provide the Company with enriched UF₆ at no cost to be fabricated and sold to customers, with LIST to receive compensation as part of a profit-sharing arrangement to be agreed to between the companies in the future. Through collaboration with LIST, the Company anticipates building supportive facilities to compliment LIST’s planned enrichment facility, including those focused on deconversion and conversion.

The Company also leased approximately 7,000 square feet of dedicated space within its Oak Ridge, Tennessee, based nuclear technology facility to LIST to enable the next phase of the revitalization of its proprietary laser-based process. The Company leases this space to LIST for $7,000 per month. The lease became effective on September 2, 2024 and has a term ending on September 1, 2034.

The Company’s relationship with LIST is considered a related party transaction since the Company’s President and Chairman, Jay Jiang Yu, also serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman for LIST, and James Walker, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and director, and Jaisun Garcha, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, serve as consultants to LIST.  The Company’s investment in LIST was unanimously approved by all of the Company’s disinterested independent directors.