Mining Lease and Option to Purchase Agreement | 9 Months Ended |
Sep. 30, 2013 |
Notes to Financial Statements | ' |
Note 3 - Mining Lease and Option to Purchase Agreement | ' |
Effective August 11, 2011, the Company entered into a Mining Lease and Option to Purchase Agreement (the “Property Agreement”) with the Ellers Family Revocable Trust of March 24, 2000 (the “Owner”). Under the terms of the Agreement, the Company leased a mining property consisting of 65 acres of real property interests and 13 unpatented mining claims situated in Tuolumne County, California for a term of three years. |
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In accordance with the Agreement the Company is obligated to expend $150,000 per year of the lease developing the property, and pay annual advance royalty amounts of $50,000 for the first year (paid by an officer of the Company on behalf of the Company as of December 31, 2011), $50,000 in the second year (paid during the year ended December 31, 2012) and $60,000 in the final year, due by August 11, 2013 and paid on August 12, 2013. |
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In addition, the Company must pay a net smelter return royalty of 10% during the term of the lease until expiry of the Agreement or the exercise of the option to purchase. The option to purchase may be exercised by the Company, in its sole discretion, at any time during the three year term of the Agreement. The option to purchase is exercisable for a 75% interest in the property with the Owner retaining a 25% interest as tenants in common. The purchase price of the 75% interest is $2,000,000 in cash plus the ongoing payment of a net smelter return royalty of 2.5% to the Owner. |
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In connection with the Property Agreement, the Company entered into a Finder’s Fee Agreement with Tosca Capital Corp. (“Tosca”), a private British Columbia company, to formalize Tosca’s role in identifying a suitable mining property for the Company to lease or purchase, whereby the Company issued 11,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to Tosca on August 11, 2011. The grant date fair value of the common stock was $1,870 and was expensed during the period of issuance. |
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Effective August 9, 2012 the Company and the Owner amended the Property Agreement whereby the Company’s obligation for the annual exploration expenditures of $150,000 are to be met by December 31, 2012, December 31, 2013 and August 11, 2014. |
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Effective December 31, 2012, the Company and the Owner further amended the Property Agreement whereby the Company’s obligation for the annual exploration expenditures were met with its actual expenditures of $21,194 by December 31, 2012, and $200,000 and $150,000 are to be met by December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2014 respectively. |
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