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| Mineral Rights and Properties | Mineral Rights and Properties As of June 30, 2026, we had mineral rights in the states of Texas, Wyoming, South Dakota, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. These mineral rights were acquired through asset acquisitions, lease agreements or option agreements. As of June 30, 2026 and 2025, annual maintenance payments of approximately $2,242 and $1,961 are required to maintain these mineral rights. As of June 30, 2026, the activity of these mineral rights and properties was as follows:
The Company recognized depletion of $593 and $1,610 that was capitalized to inventory during the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, respectively, utilizing the units-of-production method. Of this amount, $96 and $378 was included in distributions to non-controlling interest and $497 and $769 was capitalized into ending inventory as of June 30, 2026, respectively. Texas Alta Mesa Project The Alta Mesa Project is located in Brooks County, Texas. In February 2024, the Company completed several transactions under a master transaction agreement with Boss Energy. The completion of these transactions resulted in the Company holding a 70% interest in the project while also remaining as the project manager. Boss Energy holds a 30% interest in the project. As of June 30, 2026, $110,799 was capitalized as Mineral rights and property on the Company’s unaudited consolidated balance sheets. See Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, for more information on all of our Texas projects. Wyoming Gas Hills The Company owns a 100% interest in the Gas Hills Project located in the historic Gas Hills Uranium District 45 miles east of Riverton, Wyoming, in Fremont County. The Gas Hills Project consists of approximately 1,280 surface acres and 12,960 net mineral acres of unpatented lode claims, a State of Wyoming mineral lease, and private mineral leases, within a brownfield site which has experienced extensive development including extraction and mill site production. For a more detailed discussion of the Gas Hills Project, see the section titled “Material Properties,” below for this project. Juniper Ridge The Juniper Ridge Project is an Exploration Stage Property located in Wyoming. The Company owns a 100% interest in the Juniper Ridge Project located in Carbon County that consists of approximately 640 surface acres and 3,240 net mineral acres of unpatented lode mining claims, a State of Wyoming mineral lease and is located within a brownfield site which has experienced extensive exploration, development, and mine extraction. South Dakota Dewey Burdock The Dewey Burdock Project is an ISR uranium project located in Fall River County, near Edgemont, South Dakota. Notably, the advanced stage Dewey Burdock Uranium Project (“Dewey Burdock” or “Dewey Burdock Project”) has demonstrated ISR resources, including a 2019 Preliminary Economic Assessment citing robust economics. Dewey Burdock has its source material license from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”) and its underground injection permits and aquifer exemption from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”). On September 2, 2025, the Company announced that Dewey Burdock had been approved for inclusion in the FAST-41 Program by the U.S. Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (“Permitting Council”). This is a component of the implementation of President Trump’s Executive Order on Immediate Measures to Increase American Mineral Production. The Dewey Burdock Project received its Source and Byproduct Materials License in 2014, from the NRC. The Company will work with the NRC as the lead agency for federal permitting with an objective to advance the Project into development and operation utilizing the ISR uranium extraction process. Under the Executive Order, the Permitting Council identifies priority infrastructure and critical mineral projects to receive accelerated permitting review. The addition of the first South Dakota ISR project supports the U.S. focus on domestic-sourced uranium production. This focus enables the development of essential clean energy, extracted through environmentally responsible ISR technology, to provide affordable, reliable domestic energy. During the three months ended June 30, 2026, the Bureau of Land Management approved the Dewey Burdock Project, authorizing the commencement of infrastructure construction. On September 16, 2025, the Company announced that the EPA Environmental Appeals Board (“EAB”) denied, in full, a petition for review filed by the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Black Hills Clean Water Alliance, and NDN Collective against the EPA’s issuance of Class III and Class V Underground Injection Control (“UIC”) permits for the Company’s 100%-owned Dewey Burdock Project. The decision allows the Dewey Burdock Project to advance through federal permitting with the intent to continue state permitting activities in 2026, accelerating the Project towards development. New Mexico McKinley, Crownpoint and Hosta Butte In April 2025, the Company executed a definitive sale and purchase agreement to sell certain mineral rights and properties that were classified as held for sale and owned by NM Energy Holding Canada Corp. (“NM Energy Canada”), an enCore subsidiary (the “Verdera Transaction”) that holds the Crownpoint and Hosta Butte projects located in McKinley County, New Mexico, to Verdera Energy Corp. (“Verdera”) pursuant to a share purchase agreement, dated March 17, 2025 (the “Share Purchase Agreement”). As a result of the Verdera Transaction, the Company received 50,000,000 Preferred Shares of Verdera. The Preferred Shares provide voting rights related to approval of a “Going Public Transaction”, which resulted in the common shares of Verdera being listed on a Canadian stock exchange and concurrent registration under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which the Company agreed to vote in favor of so long as the Going Public Transaction results in aggregate gross proceeds to Verdera of at least CAD $20 million. On February 20, 2026, Verdera announced POCML 7 Inc., acquired all issued and outstanding common shares of Verdera, and as a result of such transaction the resulting issuer was renamed Verdera Energy Corp. (“Resulting Verdera”) and listed on the TSX-V. The initial public offering resulted in the conversion of 15,000,000 non-voting preferred shares to common shares that the Company was issued as part of the NM Energy Canada Share Purchase Agreement. As a result of the transaction, the Going Public Transaction in the Verdera Transaction was satisfied, and the Verdera Transaction is now accounted for as a sale, resulting in the de-recognition of the NM Energy Canada assets and liabilities and recognition of the consideration received and any resulting gain or loss. The Company and Resulting Verdera entered into a Side Letter, dated March 31, 2026, to confirm the acquisition by POCML 7 Inc. and subsequent listing of Resulting Verdera’s common stock on the TSX-V satisfying the Going Public Transaction requirement pursuant to the Share Purchase Agreement while continuing to require Resulting Verdera to register its common shares under the Exchange Act. Verdera completed its listing on the TSX-V in March of 2026, and 15,000,000 Preferred Shares were converted into common shares of Verdera. As previously disclosed, the Company agreed, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including, but not limited to, the effectiveness of a resale registration statement of Resulting Verdera, to elect to convert the 35,000,000 Preferred Shares into common shares of Verdera and set a record date for, and complete, a distribution of such shares to the Company’s shareholders by way of stock dividend or similar distribution. As a result, the Company derecognized the $1,891 and $200 carrying values of NM Energy Canada’s mineral properties and intangible assets, respectively, and recognized consideration consisting of equity interests in Verdera, which the Company has elected to measure at fair value under the fair value option, with subsequent changes in fair value recognized in earnings. The fair value of the equity interests received as of February 20, 2026 was $36,530, which is included in marketable securities – current on the condensed consolidated balance sheets, with changes in fair value being recognized in gain (loss) on marketable securities, unrealized in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Refer to Note 4. Investments in Equity and Marketable Securities. During the six months ended June 30, 2026, the Company recognized a gain on sale of $34,438, which is included in gain on divestment of mineral properties in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
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