Mineral Industries Disclosures [Text Block] | 4. MINERAL PROPERTIES The Company had the following activity related to capitalized acquisition costs: North Bullfrog Mother Lode Total (note 4a)) (note 4b)) Balance, May 31, 2019 $ 4,761,257 $ 857,748 $ 5,619,005 Currency translation adjustments (81,660 ) (14,712 ) (96,372 ) Balance, August 31, 2019 $ 4,679,597 $ 843,036 $ 5,522,633 The following table presents costs incurred for exploration and evaluation activities for the three August 31, 2019: North Bullfrog Mother Lode Alaskan royalty interest Total (note 4a)) (note 4b)) (note 4c)) Exploration costs: Assay $ 151,720 $ 36,558 $ - $ 188,278 Asset retirement obligations 11,130 - - 11,130 Drilling 473,226 - - 473,226 Equipment rental 17,595 2,987 - 20,582 Field costs 78,798 82,298 - 161,096 Geological/ Geophysical 145,634 65,904 - 211,538 Land maintenance & tenure 307,713 107,814 - 415,527 Permits 1,617 31,140 - 32,757 Studies 31,823 141,028 - 172,851 Travel 23,718 1,989 - 25,707 1,242,974 469,718 - 1,712,692 Cost recovery - - (318,537 ) (318,537 ) Total expenditures (recovery) for the period $ 1,242,974 $ 469,718 $ (318,537 ) $ 1,394,155 The following table presents costs incurred for exploration and evaluation activities for the three August 31, 2018: North Bullfrog Mother Lode Total (note 4a)) (note 4b)) Exploration costs: Assay $ - $ 203,078 $ 203,078 Drilling - 502,000 502,000 Equipment rental - 13,890 13,890 Field costs 284 68,936 69,220 Geological/ Geophysical 14,298 136,659 150,957 Land maintenance & tenure 196,980 225,275 422,255 Permits 4,385 40,400 44,785 Studies 5,377 213,906 219,283 Travel - 27,632 27,632 Total expenditures for the period $ 221,324 $ 1,431,776 $ 1,653,100 a) North Bullfrog Project, Nevada The Company’s North Bullfrog project consists of certain leased patented lode mining claims and federal unpatented mining claims owned 100% (i) Interests acquired from Redstar Gold Corp. On October 9, 2009, six 33 ten The Company is required to pay annual advance minimum royalty payments (recoupable from production royalties) for as long as there are mining activities continuing on the claims or contiguous claims held by the Company. The required annual advance minimum royalty payments are: ☐ 39,800 ☐ 17,700 The lessor is entitled to receive a separate NSR royalty related to all production from the leased property of the various individual leases which may ☐ a 4% may 1,250,000 1% 5,000,000 ☐ a 2% may 1,000,000 1% 2,000,000 ☐ a 3% may 850,000 1% 2,550,000 ☐ a 3% may 770,000 1% 2,310,000 ☐ a 4% may 1,000,000 1% 4,000,000 ☐ a 2% may 1,000,000 1% 2,000,000 ☐ a 2% may 1,000,000 1% 2,000,000 The various NSR royalties above relate only to the property covered by each specific lease and are not The Company has an option to purchase a property related to twelve 1,000,000 4% may 1,250,000 1% 5,000,000 (ii) Interests acquired directly by Corvus Nevada ( 1 Pursuant to a mining lease and option to purchase agreement made effective December 1, 2007 ☐ Terms five December 1, 2007, five January 15, 2016 November 22, 2017, ten ☐ Lease Payments 10,000 50,000 ☐ Anti-Dilution: March 2015, 25,000 ☐ Work Commitments 100,000 first three 200,000 four six 300,000 seven ten 300,000 11 20 may not ☐ Retained Royalty 2% 400 3% 401 500 4% 500 ( 2 Pursuant to a mining lease and option to purchase made effective March 1, 2011 two ten ten not 30,000 March 1, 2019), 2% may 1,000,000 1%. 2,000,000 ( 3 Pursuant to a purchase agreement made effective March 28, 2013, five two 160,000 March 28, 2013). 0.02 12 240,000 4.77% December 31, 2015 ( December 17, 2015). $406,240 400,000 $157,408 $248,832 240,000 May 31, 2013. ( 4 In December 2013, 30 1,600 $1,100,118 1,034,626 ( 5 On March 30, 2015, three 2014. three seven 5,000 5,000 March 2019). 4% 500,000 1% 2,000,000 4% 300,000. b) Mother Lode Property, Nevada Pursuant to a purchase agreement made effective June 9, 2017 100% two 1,000,000 $0.81 5 1% 1,400 1% 2% 1,400 c) Alaskan Royalty Interest, Alaska On June 7, 2019, four $350,000. $31,463 $318,537. The general terms of the Alaskan royalty package sale include: · Chisna project 1% · LMS project 3% · Goodpaster District 1% · West Pogo project 2% 1% Acquisitions The acquisition of title to mineral properties is a detailed and time-consuming process. The Company has taken steps, in accordance with industry norms, to verify title to mineral properties in which it has an interest. Although the Company has taken every reasonable precaution to ensure that legal title to its properties is properly recorded in the name of the Company (or, in the case of an option, in the name of the relevant optionor), there can be no Environmental Expenditures The operations of the Company may not Environmental expenditures that relate to ongoing environmental and reclamation programs are charged against earnings as incurred or capitalized and amortized depending on their future economic benefits. Estimated future removal and site restoration costs, when the ultimate liability is reasonably determinable, are charged against earnings over the estimated remaining life of the related business operation, net of expected recoveries. The Company has estimated the fair value of the liability for asset retirement that arose as a result of exploration activities to be $423,225 318,000 May 31, 2019 - $419,286 309,000 not |