Three Months Ended June 30, 2025 compared to Three Months Ended June 20, 2024
The Company had a net loss of $1,925,086 for the three months ended June 30, 2025, compared to a net loss of $1,431,915 for the three months ended June 30, 2024.
Mineral property expenditures were $801,909 and $628,951 for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively. The increase of $172,958 was primarily due to a higher advance minimum royalty payment for an increase of $150,724 and timing variances for land-related legal services for an increase of $32,136, partially offset by a decrease of $9,902 for environmental activities.
Excluding share - based costs of $382,682 and $296,510 for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively, consulting fees were $56,672 for the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to $58,538 for the three months ended June 30, 2024.
Excluding share-based costs of $59,470 and $45,745 for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively, wages and benefits were $228,363 for the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to $213,808 for the three months ended June 30, 2024. The increase of $14,555 was primarily due to timing of payroll benefits.
Insurance costs were $65,136 and $51,211 for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively. The increase of $13,925 was primarily due to a timing variance due to a change in insurance providers.
Regulatory costs were $32,966 and $26,689 for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively. The increase of $6,277 was primarily due to timing variances for expenses related to services provided by the Company’s stock transfer agency.
Travel costs were $2,305 and $10,583 for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively. The decrease of $8,278 was primarily due to timing variances of actual travel.
Professional fees were $56,572 and $76,637 for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively. The decrease of $20,065 was primarily due to timing variances for legal services for a decrease of $19,868, accounting and tax services for a decrease of $2,503, and XBRL services for an increase of $2,306.
Excluding share-based payments, all other operating expense categories reflected only moderate changes period over period.
Share - based payment charges
Share - based payment charges for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 were allocated as follows:
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Expense category: | | June 30, 2025 | | June 30, 2024 |
Consulting | | $ | 382,682 | | $ | 296,510 |
Investor relations | | | 4,248 | | | 3,268 |
Wages and benefits | | | 59,470 | | | 45,745 |
Total | | $ | 446,400 | | $ | 345,523 |
Share-based payment charges were $446,400 during the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to $345,523 during the three months ended June 30, 2024. The increase of $100,877 was mainly the result of equity compensation issued or granted to certain contractors of the Company on December 2, 2024, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2024.
Other items amounted to total other expense of $161,522 during the three months ended June 30, 2025 compared to total other income of $54,208 during the three months ended June 30, 2024. As a result of the impact of exchange rates on certain of the Company’s U.S. dollar cash balances, the Company had a foreign exchange loss of $190,324 during the three months ended June 30, 2025, compared to a gain of $26,031 during the three months ended June 30, 2024. The average exchange rate during the three months ended June 30, 2025 was C$1 to $0.7226, compared to C$1 to $0.7308 during the three months ended June 30, 2024. Interest income was $28,772 for the three months ended June 30, 2025, compared to $28,177 for the three months ended June 30, 2024.