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ROYALTY INTERESTS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Royalty Interests  
ROYALTY INTERESTS

NOTE 4 - ROYALTY INTERESTS

 

Pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement with Golden Vertex, the Company has a 3% net smelter return royalty on the Moss Mine in Arizona.

 

Revenue recognition criteria is outline in Note 2 above. However, ASC 606-10-25-1(e) requires the Company to assess whether it is probable that it will collect substantially all of the revenue.

 

In early 2024, the Company was notified that Golden Vertex, which operates the Moss Mine, had suspended royalty payments to Patriot and other royalty holders in order to preserve liquidity. Patriot subsequently took legal action against Golden Vertex, relating to outstanding royalty payments which were owed to Patriot under its Moss Mine royalty. On April 9, 2024, Patriot initiated litigation in the State of Arizona. Subsequently, Golden Vertex requested a stay of creditor claims and processes under chapter 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code within the District of Arizona. On December 30, 2024, the US Bankruptcy court then provided that, until it makes a ruling relating to Patriot’s claims against Golden Vertex, certain Golden Vertex assets including cash, accounts receivable, rights to proceeds from mineral production, and other rights to payment, were to be segregated, accounted for, and preserved, and no distributions could be made of same, pending further order of the US Bankruptcy Court. Patriot sought to recover said assets under its turnover, constructive trust, and conversion claims. On October 22, 2025, the Court granted Patriot’s motions for partial summary judgment, determining that, pursuant to the Patriot Royalty Deed, Patriot owns and holds a real property interest in the minerals at the Moss Mine and the proceeds generated therefrom, and that Patriot’s interest is binding on Golden Vertex and any future owner of the mine. On December 22, 2025, the Court granted Patriot’s request for a preliminary injunction requiring Golden Vertex to provide monthly detailed calculations of all royalties owing in accordance with the terms of the Royalty Deed, including all data supporting or otherwise relating to the calculations; and segregate and hold in the United States the dollar amount of royalties payable to Patriot under the Royalty Deed. Pursuant to the summary judgment, royalties earned since the time the new owners of Golden Vertex began operation are being paid and the related revenue recognized (see Notes 2 and 5). As of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company had Royalties Receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $302,228 and $0, respectively.

 

Pursuant to the Bruner Purchase and Sale Agreement with Canamex Resources (“Buyer”) dated April 25, 2017, the Company has a 2% NSR royalty on the Bruner Gold/Silver mine in Nevada, including any claims acquired within a two-mile area of interest around the existing claims. The Buyer had the option to buy-down half of the NSR royalty retained by Patriot for $5 million any time during a five-year period following closing of the purchase and sale agreement. As of June 30, 2026, no royalties have yet been earned.

 

In March 2019, the Company purchased a Vanadium Oxide royalty interest from a related party. In exchange for a non-refundable payment of $300,000, the Company is to receive royalties based on the gross production of Vanadium Oxide (“Vanadium”) from a bitumen deposit covering 19 oil sands leases in Alberta. For each barrel of bitumen produced from the specified oil sands until March 21, 2039, or upon termination of mining, whichever is earlier, the Company is to be paid a royalty equal to 25 grams of Vanadium per barrel of bitumen produced, multiplied by the price of Vanadium Pentoxide 98% min in-warehouse Rotterdam published on the last business day of the month in which the gross production of bitumen occurred. While management believes the royalty interest continues to have value, there is no defined timeline to begin production of Vanadium and as such, the Company has fully impaired the royalty asset.