INVESTMENTS | NOTE 6 – INVESTMENTS On August 12, 2020, the Company entered into the Beskauga Option Agreement with Copperbelt pursuant to which it had the exclusive right and option to acquire Copperbelt’s right, title and 100% interest in the Beskauga property located in Kazakhstan. On March 19, 2021, the Company transferred its interest in the Beskauga Option Agreement to its subsidiary, Arras. On September 24, 2021, pursuant to a Separation and Distribution Agreement, the Company distributed to its shareholders one Arras common share for each Silver Bull share held by such shareholders, or 34,547 ,838 Arras common shares in total (the “Distribution”). Upon completion of the Distribution, the Company retained 1,452,162 Arras shares, or approximately 4% of the outstanding Arras common shares, as a strategic investment. At the time of the Distribution, the Company determined that Arras was no longer a controlled subsidiary due to the dilution of its interest in Arras and the fact that Arras became a stand-alone company at the time of the Distribution. The net assets of Arras as at September 24, 2021, the date of disposition, was as follows: Cash and cash equivalents $ 505,228 Other receivables 13,319 Loan receivable 2,288,500 Property concessions 327,690 Office and mining equipment, net 108,534 Accounts payable (547,405 ) Accrued liabilities and expenses (553,428 ) Net assets – September 24, 2021 $ 2,142,438 The Company determined that the Company’s retained interest in Arras is accounted for using the fair value method for the period from September 24, 2021, onwards, and its investments in Arras is presented as an investment. On October 21, 2021, Arras completed a private placement. The Company did not participate in this private placement. As a result of the Arras common share issuance, the Company’s interest in Arras decreased to approximately 3% as of October 31, 2021. On December 6, 2021, the Company sold 600,000 common shares of Arras at a price of $CDN 1.00 per share for proceeds of $469,484 ($CDN 600,000). On June 15, 2022, the Company sold the remaining 852,262 common shares of Arras at a price of $CDN 1.50 per share for gross proceeds of $994,704 ($CDN 1,278,393) and incurred broker costs of $30,075 in relation to the sale. A summary of the changes in investments for the years ended October 31, 2022 and 2021 is as follows: Equity security – October 31, 2020 $ — Carrying value of investment on deconsolidation 75,817 Gain on investment 1,090,953 Equity security – October 31, 2021 $ 1,166,770 Sale of investment, net of costs (1,434,113 ) Gain on investment 301,493 Foreign currency translation adjustment (34,150 ) Equity security – October 31, 2022 $ — Non-Controlling Interest On April 1, 2021, Arras completed an initial private placement (the “Arras Private Placement”) for 5,035,000 common shares at a purchase price of $CDN 0.50 per share for gross proceeds of $2,000.319 ($CDN 2,517,500). No placement agent or finder’s fees were paid in connection with the Arras Private Placement. Arras incurred other offering costs associated with the Arras Private Placement of $20,687. The Arras Private Placement was considered a change in the ownership interest of a subsidiary that the Company controls and accordingly, the Company accounted for this as an equity transaction. The Company has correspondingly recorded a non-controlling interest for the portion of Arras not owned by the Company. As a result of the transaction, the Company maintains a controlling interest of 88% of Arras issued and outstanding common shares. Mainly due to this impact, the Company recorded a non-controlling interest for the dilution gain from changes in interest in subsidiary of $1,979,633. There were no changes in the number of Arras common shares held by the Company. On September 24, 2021, u pon completion of the Distribution, the Company retained 1,452,162 Arras common shares, or approximately 4% of the outstanding Arras common shares, as a strategic investment, and Arras became a stand-alone company. The Company ceased consolidating the consolidated financial statements of Arras effective September 24, 2021, as the Company determined that it no longer exercised control over Arras. Accordingly, the Company’s retained interest in Arras is accounted for using the fair value method. On September 24, 2021, the Company derecognized the net assets of Arras, and the non-controlling interest related to Arras. As of October 31, 2021, the Company held approximately 3% of the outstanding Arras shares, reduced from the distribution date due to Arras completing an equity financing. The carrying value of the non-controlling interest at October 31, 2021 was as follows: Non-controlling interests – October 31, 2020 $ — Changes in interests in subsidiary – April 1, 2021 1,979,633 Loss for the period (198,138 ) Distribution of interest in Arras (1,781,495 ) Non-controlling interests – October 31, 2021 $ — |