Mineral Industries Disclosures [Text Block] | 8. MINERAL PROPERTIES West Pogo Chisna North Bullfrog LMS Terra Total (note 8(b)) (note 8(a)) (notes 8(e)) (note 8(c)) (note 8(d)) Balance, May 31, 2013 $ 370,271 $ 526,199 $ 1,923,902 $ 311,796 $ 311,796 $ 3,443,964 Acquisition costs Cash payments (note 8e)(ii)(1) and 8e)(ii)(4)) - - 1,135,989 - - 1,135,989 Gain from disposition (note 8d) - - - - 1,840,480 1,840,480 Proceeds on sale of capitalized acquisition costs - - - - (2,152,276) (2,152,276) Write-off of capitalized acquisition costs (395,485) - - - - (395,485) Currency translation adjustments 25,214 24,056 108,919 14,254 - 172,443 Balance, May 31, 2014 - 550,255 3,168,810 326,050 - 4,045,115 Acquisition costs Cash payments (note 8e)(ii)(1) - - 32,508 - - 32,508 Shares issued (note 8e)(ii)(1) - - 64,600 - - 64,600 Asset retirement obligations - - 132,579 - - 132,579 Currency translation adjustments - 80,950 462,915 47,967 - 591,832 Balance, May 31, 2015 $ - $ 631,205 $ 3,861,412 $ 374,017 $ - $ 4,866,634 West Pogo Chisna North Bullfrog LMS Total (note 8(b)) (note 8(a)) (notes 8(e)) (note 8(c)) 2015 Exploration costs: Aircraft services $ - $ 11,202 $ - $ - $ 11,202 Assay - 12,926 935,239 - 948,165 Drilling - - 1,577,253 - 1,577,253 Equipment rental - 1,466 232,808 - 234,274 Field costs 2,027 9,218 317,575 337 329,157 Geological/Geophysical 4,201 1,984 1,009,824 29,599 1,045,608 Land maintenance & tenure 11,023 77,972 263,754 27,331 380,080 Permits - - 1,700 - 1,700 Studies - - 920,301 - 920,301 Transportation - - - 1,130 1,130 Travel - 5,133 185,494 1,423 192,050 Total expenditures for the year $ 17,251 $ 119,901 $ 5,443,948 $ 59,820 $ 5,640,920 The following table presents costs incurred for exploration and evaluation activities for the year ended May 31, 2014: West Pogo Chisna North Bullfrog LMS Terra Gerfaut Total (note 8(b)) (note 8(a)) (notes 8(e)) (note 8(c)) (note 8(d)) 2014 Exploration costs: Aircraft services $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 1,778 $ - $ 1,778 Assay - - 1,774,143 440 - - 1,774,583 Drilling - - 2,719,667 - - - 2,719,667 Equipment rental - - 254,094 - 840 - 254,934 Field costs - 13,572 333,334 561 8 2,817 350,292 Geological/Geophysical - 12,287 1,097,613 12,647 32,073 31 1,154,651 Land maintenance & tenure 3,371 242,543 301,320 20,701 95,735 - 663,670 Permits - - 7,256 - - - 7,256 Professional fees - - - - 7,341 - 7,341 Studies - - 1,066,969 - - - 1,066,969 Transportation - 1,526 - 1,755 - - 3,281 Travel - 8,601 229,671 - 4,442 - 242,714 3,371 278,529 7,784,067 36,104 142,217 2,848 8,247,136 Cost Recovery - - - - (95,957) - (95,957) Total expenditures for the year $ 3,371 $ 278,529 $ 7,784,067 $ 36,104 $ 46,260 $ 2,848 $ 8,151,179 a) Chisna Property, Alaska The Chisna property is located in the eastern Alaska Range, Alaska, and is comprised of unpatented mineral claims owned 100 On November 2, 2009, ITH and Talon Gold Alaska, Inc. (ITH’s wholly-owned Alaskan subsidiary) (“Talon Gold”) entered into an agreement (as amended) with Ocean Park Ventures Corp. (“OPV”). Pursuant to the agreement, an Alaskan subsidiary of OPV (“Subco”) and Raven Gold formed a joint venture (the “OPV/Raven JV”) for the purpose of exploring and developing the Chisna property. On November 7, 2012, OPV withdrew from the joint venture and thereby returned 100% of the Chisna Project to the Company. On March 24, 2010, Raven Gold entered into a Mineral Exploration Agreement with Option to Lease with Ahtna Incorporated (“Ahtna”), an Alaska Native Regional Corporation, concerning approximately 26,516 The key terms of the Ahtna Agreement include the following: ⋅ exclusive right to explore, and the option to enter into a mining lease to develop and mine, the subject lands for a six-year period ⋅ annual option payments of USD 1.00 1.25 ⋅ minimum exploration expenditures of USD 4.00 8.00 ⋅ at the end of the third year, Raven Gold will release at least 50 ⋅ preferential contracting, hiring and training practice for Ahtna shareholders or designees ⋅ scholarship contributions to the Ahtna Heritage Foundation (USD 10,000 ⋅ all surface work subject to Ahtna archaeological and cultural clearance Upon Raven Gold having expended an aggregate of USD 1,000,000 2,500 ⋅ exclusive mining rights for an initial term of ten years and so long thereafter as commercial production continues ⋅ minimum exploration expenditures of USD 4.00 9.00 ⋅ advance minimum royalty payments of USD 6.00 12.00 50 ⋅ NSR production royalties for gold and silver scaled from 2.5 550 14 1,900 2.5 3 ⋅ Ahtna is also entitled to receive an amount by which 20 10 ⋅ Ahtna has the right to acquire a working interest in the lands subject to the lease, which is to be greater than or equal to 10 15 200 During the year ended May 31, 2015, the Company gave notification and terminated the Ahtna lease. b) West Pogo Property, Alaska The West Pogo property is located approximately 50 kilometres north of Delta Junction, Alaska, and consists of unpatented mineral claims owned 100 During the year ended May 31, 2014, the Company wrote off the West Pogo property, as there had been a delay in exploration work on the property for an extended period of time. On July 29, 2015, Raven Gold completed a transaction with Millrock Resources Inc. on the West Pogo and Goodpaster database projects in Alaska. The ownership position was sold for USD 120,000 3 1 1 1 5 1 2 ⋅ Total cash component for the asset will total USD 775,000 5 ⋅ The Company retained NSR royalty of 3 1 1 4 c) LMS Property, Alaska The LMS property consists of unpatented mineral claims owned 100 d) Terra Property, Alaska The Terra Property consisted of State of Alaska unpatented lode mining claims held by the Company and State of Alaska unpatented lode mining claims leased from an individual. During the year ended May 31, 2014, Raven Gold completed the sale of its minority interest in the Terra Property. As a result, there was a net gain on sale of $ 1,840,480 e) 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, a US subsidiary of ITH at the time (Corvus Nevada) completed the acquisition of all of the interests of Redstar Gold Corp. (“Redstar”) and Redstar Gold U.S.A. Inc. (“Redstar US”) in the North Bullfrog project, which consisted of the following leases: (1) Pursuant to a mining lease and option to purchase agreement made effective October 27, 2008 between Redstar and an arm’s length limited liability company, Redstar has leased (and has the option to purchase) 12 patented mining claims referred to as the “Connection” property. The ten-year, renewable mining lease requires advance minimum royalty payments (recoupable from production royalties, but not applicable to the purchase price if the option to purchase is exercised) of USD 10,800 10,800 16,200 1,000,000 4 1,250,000 1 5,000,000 (2) Pursuant to a mining lease made and entered into as of May 8, 2006 between Redstar and two arm’s length individuals, Redstar has leased 3 patented mining claims which form part of the North Bullfrog project holdings. The lease is for an initial term of 10 4,000 3,500 4,500 2 1,000,000 1 2,000,000 (3) Pursuant to a mining lease made and entered into as of May 8, 2006 between Redstar and an arm’s length private Nevada corporation, Redstar has leased 2 patented mining claims which form part of the North Bullfrog project holdings. The lease is for an initial term of 10 years, and for so long thereafter as mining activities continue on the claims or contiguous claims held by the lessee. The lessee is required to pay advance minimum royalty payments (recoupable from production royalties) of USD 2,000 2,000 3,000 3 850,000 1 2,550,000 2,400 2,400 3,600 (4) Pursuant to a mining lease made and entered into as of May 16, 2006 between Redstar and an arm’s length individual, Redstar has leased 12 patented mineral claims which form part of the North Bullfrog project holdings. The lease is for an initial term of 10 20,500 20,000 4 1,000,000 1 4,000,000 (5) Pursuant to a mining lease made and entered into as of May 22, 2006 between Redstar and two arm’s length individuals, Redstar has leased 3 patented mineral claims which form part of the North Bullfrog project holdings. The lease is for an initial term of 10 8,000 4,800 7,200 2 1,000,000 1 2,000,000 (6) Pursuant to a mining lease made and entered into as of June 16, 2006 between Redstar and an arm’s length individual, Redstar has leased one patented mineral claims which form part of the North Bullfrog project holdings. The lease is for an initial term of 10 2,000 2,000 3,000 2 1,000,000 1 2,000,000 As a consequence of the acquisition of Redstar and Redstar US’s interest in the foregoing leases, Corvus Nevada is now the lessee under all of such leases. The Company acquired all of the shares of Corvus Nevada on August 26, 2010 upon the completion of the Arrangement. (ii) Interests acquired directly by Corvus Nevada (1) Pursuant to a mining lease and option to purchase agreement made effective December 1, 2007 between Corvus Nevada and a group of arm’s length limited partnerships, Corvus Nevada has leased (and has the option to purchase) patented mining claims referred to as the “Mayflower” claims which form part of the North Bullfrog project. The terms of the lease/option are as follows: ⋅ Terms : Initial term of five years, commencing December 1, 2007, with the option to extend the lease for an additional five years. The lease will continue for as long thereafter as the property is in commercial production or, alternatively, for an additional three years if Corvus Nevada makes advance minimum royalty payments of USD 100,000 ⋅ Lease Payments : USD 5,000 25,000 5,000 20,000 20,000 108,750 46,250 10,000 50,000 10,000 50,000 126,924 10,000 50,000 35,871 10,000 50,000 21,200 ⋅ Anti-Dilution: Pursuant to an amended agreement agreed to by the lessors in March 2015, the Company shall deliver a total of 85,000 10,000 25,000 ⋅ Work Commitments : USD 100,000 200,000 300,000 ⋅ Retained Royalty : Corvus Nevada will pay the lessors a NSR royalty of 2 400 3 401 500 4 500 (2) Pursuant to a mining lease and option to purchase made effective March 1, 2011 between Corvus Nevada and an arm’s length individual, Corvus Nevada has leased, and has the option to purchase, 2 patented mineral claims which form part of the North Bullfrog project holdings. The lease is for an initial term of 10 20,000 25,000 30,000 2 1,000,000 1 2,000,000 (3) Pursuant to a purchase agreement made effective March 28, 2013, Corvus Nevada has agreed to purchase the surface rights of five patented mining claims owned by two arm’s length individuals for USD 160,000 0.02 12 4.77 406,240 400,000 157,408 248,832 240,000 (4) In December 2013, SoN completed the purchase of a parcel of land approximately 30 km north of the North Bullfrog project which carries with it 1,600 1,100,118 1,034,626 (5) On March 30, 2015, Lunar Landing, LLC signed a lease agreement with Corvus Nevada to lease private property containing the three patented Sunflower claims to Corvus Nevada, which are adjacent to the Yellowrose claims leased in 2014. The term of the lease is 3 7 5,000 The lease includes a 4% NSR royalty on production, with an option to purchase the royalty for USD 500,000 per 1% or USD 2,000,000 for the entire 4% royalty. The lease also includes the option to purchase the property for USD 300,000. 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 assurance that such title will ultimately be secured. Environmental Expenditures The operations of the Company may in the future be affected from time to time in varying degrees by changes in environmental regulations, including those for future removal and site restoration costs. Both the likelihood of new regulations and their overall effect upon the Company vary greatly and are not predictable. The Company’s policy is to meet or, if possible, surpass standards set by relevant legislation by application of technically proven and economically feasible measures. 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 $ 132,579 107,000 |