Mineral Industries Disclosures [Text Block] | 3. MINERAL PROPERTIES The Company had the following activity related to capitalized acquisition costs: North Bullfrog Mother Lode Total (note 3(a)) (note 3(b)) Balance, May 31, 2021 $ 4,503,297 $ 765,486 $ 5,268,783 Acquisition costs Cash payments (note 3(a)(ii)(1)) 80,589 - 80,589 Shares issued (notes 3(a)(ii)(1) and 5) 99,400 - 99,400 Currency translation adjustments 203,195 34,558 237,753 Balance, August 31, 2021 $ 4,886,481 $ 800,044 $ 5,686,525 The following table presents costs incurred for exploration and evaluation activities for the three August 31, 2021: North Bullfrog Mother Lode Total (note 3(a)) (note 3(b)) Exploration costs: Assay $ 64,235 $ 164,896 $ 229,131 Drilling 1,230,974 519,491 1,750,465 Equipment rental 39,121 33,774 72,895 Field costs 80,600 9,035 89,635 Geological/ Geophysical 256,767 213,992 470,759 Land maintenance & tenure 278,325 112,501 390,826 Permits 650,544 157,836 808,380 Studies 327,917 344,712 672,629 Travel 23,591 14,655 38,246 2,952,074 1,570,892 4,522,966 Cost recovery - (96,703 ) (96,703 ) Total expenditures (recovery) for the period $ 2,952,074 $ 1,474,189 $ 4,426,263 The following table presents costs incurred for exploration and evaluation activities for the three August 31, 2020: North Bullfrog Mother Lode Total (note 3(a)) (note 3(b)) Exploration costs: Assay $ 127,998 $ 263,504 $ 391,502 Drilling 236,471 1,887,281 2,123,752 Equipment rental 17,398 61,909 79,307 Field costs 6,887 307,336 314,223 Geological/ Geophysical 172,275 450,368 622,643 Land maintenance & tenure 275,839 124,103 399,942 Permits 9,403 13,947 23,350 Studies 343,844 109,469 453,313 Travel 5,179 35,361 40,540 1,195,294 3,253,278 4,448,572 Cost recovery - (15,338 ) (15,338 ) Total expenditures (recovery) for the period $ 1,195,294 $ 3,237,940 $ 4,433,234 (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% by the Company. (i) Interests acquired from Redstar Gold Corp. On October 9, 2009, 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 USD ● 17,700 USD (adjusted annually for inflation) 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% NSR royalty, which may 1% ● a 2% NSR royalty on all production, which may 1% ● a 3% NSR royalty on all production, which may 1% ● a 3% NSR royalty on all production which may 1% ● a 4% NSR royalty on all production, which may 1% ● a 2% NSR royalty on all production, which may 1% ● a 2% NSR royalty on all production, which may 1% 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 ● Anti-Dilution: March 2015, September 12, 2021, August 12, 2021, 10 ● Work Commitments first three four six seven ten 11 20 may not ● Retained Royalty 400 401 500 500 ( 2 Pursuant to a mining lease and option to purchase made effective March 1, 2011 ten ten not March 1, 2021), may 1%. ( 3 Pursuant to a purchase agreement made effective March 28, 2013, five two March 28, 2013). December 31, 2015 ( December 17, 2015). May 31, 2013. ( 4 In December 2013, 30 ( 5 On March 30, 2015, 2014. three seven March 2021). 1% 4% (b) Mother Lode Property, Nevada Pursuant to a purchase agreement made effective June 9, 2017 100% two (c) Alaskan Royalty Interest, Alaska On June 7, 2019, four The general terms of the Alaskan royalty package sale include: ● Chisna project 1% NSR ● LMS project 3% NSR ● Goodpaster District 1% NSR ● West Pogo project 2% NSR. The Company has retained a 1% NSR in the West Pogo project which is immediately west of the operating Pogo mine in the Goodpaster District of Alaska. 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 $341,440 (USD 270,000) ( May 31, 2021 - not |