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 4(a)) (note 4(b)) Balance, May 31, 2021 $ 4,503,297 $ 765,486 $ 5,268,783 Acquisition costs Cash payments (note 4(a)(ii)(1)) 80,589 - 80,589 Shares issued (notes 4(a)(ii)(1) and 6) 99,400 - 99,400 Currency translation adjustments 270,971 45,655 316,626 Balance, November 30, 2021 $ 4,954,257 $ 811,141 $ 5,765,398 The following table presents costs incurred for exploration and evaluation activities for the six November 30, 2021: North Bullfrog Mother Lode Total (note 4(a)) (note 4(b)) Exploration costs: Assay $ 69,334 $ 234,164 $ 303,498 Drilling 1,504,517 611,078 2,115,595 Equipment rental 43,811 58,073 101,884 Field costs 102,295 19,595 121,890 Geological/ Geophysical 463,369 376,788 840,157 Land maintenance & tenure 285,344 116,759 402,103 Permits 913,591 18,609 932,200 Studies 721,278 397,257 1,118,535 Travel 40,329 25,378 65,707 4,143,868 1,857,701 6,001,569 Cost recovery - (220,082 ) (220,082 ) Total expenditures for the period $ 4,143,868 $ 1,637,619 $ 5,781,487 The following table presents costs incurred for exploration and evaluation activities for the six November 30, 2020: North Bullfrog Mother Lode Total (note 4(a)) (note 4(b)) Exploration costs: Assay $ 148,430 $ 487,267 $ 635,697 Drilling 236,471 3,360,791 3,597,262 Equipment rental 17,398 111,913 129,311 Field costs 16,813 478,557 495,370 Geological/ Geophysical 288,565 685,619 974,184 Land maintenance & tenure 303,861 133,519 437,380 Permits 18,094 19,271 37,365 Studies 502,019 284,249 786,268 Travel 8,111 68,128 76,239 1,539,762 5,629,314 7,169,076 Cost recovery - (23,407 ) (23,407 ) Total expenditures for the period $ 1,539,762 $ 5,605,907 $ 7,145,669 (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, six 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 two 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, three 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 $346,176 (USD 270,000) ( May 31, 2021 - not |