Note 3 - Property, Mineral Rights, and Equipment: | NOTE 3 PROPERTY, MINERAL RIGHTS, AND EQUIPMENT: The following is a summary of property, mineral rights, and equipment and accumulated depreciation at June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019, respectively: Expected Useful Lives (years) June 30, 2020 September 30, 2019 Mineral rights - Eureka - $ 5,949,334 $ 6,033,647 Mineral rights Investment in LLC - 7,560,004 7,560,004 Mineral rights Elder Creek - - 1,218,715 ARO asset - 110,000 110,000 Mineral rights Other - 50,000 50,000 Total mineral rights 13,669,338 14,972,366 Equipment and vehicles 2-5 53,678 53,678 Office equipment and furniture 3-7 70,150 70,150 Land - 51,477 51,477 Total property and equipment 175,305 175,305 Less accumulated depreciation (123,828) (123,828) Property, mineral rights, and equipment, net $ 13,720,815 $ 15,023,843 Depreciation expense for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, was nil and nil, respectively. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company received lease payments of $26,104 and $25,664, and $84,313 and $76,782, respectively, from a third party on two property blocks the Company leases at the Companys Eureka property. Monthly payments in the amount of approximately $8,500 are expected to continue to be received. These receipts are recorded as a reduction to property, mineral rights, and equipment. Elder Creek property: On May 23, 2018, the Company executed a definitive agreement with AGEI (the Definitive Agreement) for the purchase of interests in two mineral properties in Nevada (the Transaction). The mineral properties include the Elder Creek project, currently owned by McEwen Mining Inc., which includes an option to acquire up to 65% of the project interest, and an approximate 73.7% interest in the Paiute property (formerly ICBM), with LAC Minerals (USA) LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nevada Gold Corporation. The Company is the operator at both of these projects. The consideration for the Transaction consisted of ten million shares of the Companys common stock, valued at $0.0806 per share, or $806,000, and five million non-transferrable Class D-2 share purchase warrants (the Consideration Warrants), with each warrant exercisable to acquire one share of the Companys common stock for $0.24 for a period of three years. The warrants were fair valued at $240,000. (See Note 11 Commitments & Contingencies) In addition, an amendment to the Definitive Agreement required the Company to deliver to AGEI an additional 5,000,000 common stock purchase warrants with the same terms and in the same form as the Consideration Warrants when the Company meets the 2018 work commitment of $500,000. The Company met the 2018 calendar years work commitment, and issued 5,000,000 Class G warrants with a fair value of $176,000 on December 31, 2018. The Definitive Agreement included, among other expenditure requirements, that on June 30 of each year all Bureau of Land Management (BLM) unpatented claim fees and county fees would be paid to McEwen. On June 30, 2020, the Company was unable to make the required payment of the BLM and county fees to McEwen. As a result, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the Agreement terminated on July 9, 2020. As a result of the termination of the Agreement, operations of Elder Creek reverted back to McEwen and the Company retains no interest in Elder Creek. An impairment loss of $1,218,715 was recognized for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 due to the triggering event of the non-remittance of the required payment at the end of the quarter. The entire investment in Elder Creek became impaired and was expensed. Lookout Mountain LLC Related Party: On June 28, 2019, the Company entered into a Limited Liability Company Agreement (the Agreement) to form a Limited Liability Company, the Lookout Mountain LLC (the LM LLC) with PM&Gold Mines, Inc. (PM&G) for the advanced exploration, and if determined feasible, the development of the Companys Lookout Mountain Gold project. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company would contribute the claims that constitute the Lookout Mountain project and adjacent historical Oswego Mine area to the joint venture, and PM&G would expend US$6 million on exploration and development over a 2-year period, $3 million of which was to be expended by June 28, 2020. The LLC Agreement calls for PM&G to fund exploration and development activities in two stages for an earned equity in the project. Timberline contributed certain claims that constitute the Lookout Mountain project and adjacent historical Oswego Mine area (the Project) to the limited liability company in exchange for a 49% ownership position. Timberline is responsible for setting the exploration budget, plans and executing those plans for the project at least through Stage I of the investment, but does not control the LLC. PM&G shall retain the right to manage all Stage II activities with or without Timberlines participation. Concurrent with completion of the Agreement, PM&G also participated in a private placement and acquired 3,367,441 shares, or 4.99%, of Timberlines common shares. The placement includes the right of PM&G to maintain its position in Timberline by pro-rata participation in future financings. The initial interests in the LLC are 51% PM&G and 49% Timberline. The Company accounts for its investment in the LLC on the cost basis. During the three and nine months ended June 30, 2020, the Company paid $16,725 and $36,688, respectively, for Stage I exploration costs incurred by the Company on behalf of Lookout Mountain LLC, predominantly consulting and related expenses paid to consultants employed by the Company. The Company was fully reimbursed for these expenditures from the LM LLC. On June 28, 2020, PM&G did not meet the required expenditure of $3 million to the Project. As a result, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the Agreement terminated on July 28, 2020. As a result of the termination of the Agreement, at July 28, 2020, the claims that constitute the Lookout Mountain project and adjacent historical Oswego Mine area reverted back to the control of the Company, and PM&G retains no interest in the Project as of that subsequent date. Management evaluated this termination and determined there was no triggering event that would result in impairment of its investment in the LM LLC, due to the expectation that the Company will receive back all assets, consisting of claims, at the same carrying value as they were transferred to the LM LLC. Reclamation Bonds When the Company files an exploration plan with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in the State of Nevada, a reclamation bond is calculated by the BLM and paid by the Company. Since 2016, a bond of $205,194 has been held by the BLM for claims subsequently transferred to Lookout Mountain LLC, a related party. Because the Company is the legal obligor under a mining permit for these claims, as well as the associated Asset Retirement Obligation (ARO), neither the reclamation bond nor the ARO can be transferred to Lookout Mountain LLC until PM&Gs interest in the LLC Agreement vests with the completion of its funding requirements under the LLC Agreement, and the LLC becomes the legal obligor under the mining permit. During the quarter ended June 30, 2020, Lookout Mountain LLC remitted $205,194 cash to the Company as an advance, to be satisfied with any future transfer of the bond and the ARO to the LLC. The Company holds $87,488 in reclamation bond deposits for other claims it holds. During the nine months ended June 30, 2020, $12,500 excess deposits on other claims previously held by the Company were refunded, resulting in a reclamation bond deposit balance of $292,682 for the Company at June 30, 2020. At September 30, 2019, the reclamation bond deposit balance was $305,184. |