Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

MINERAL RIGHTS

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MINERAL RIGHTS
9 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2023
Extractive Industries [Abstract]  
MINERAL RIGHTS

NOTE 4 — MINERAL RIGHTS

 

As of the dates presented, mineral properties consisted of the following:

 

    January 31, 2023     April 30, 2022  
CK Gold Project   $ 3,091,738     $ 3,091,738  
Keystone Project     1,028,885       1,028,885  
Maggie Creek Project     -       1,986,607  
Challis Gold Project     10,249,632       10,249,632  
Total   $ 14,370,255     $ 16,356,862  

 

On November 9, 2022, the Company entered into an Assignment and Assumption Agreement (the “Assignment and Assumption Agreement”) with and among Orevada Metals, Inc., the Company’s indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary (“Orevada”), Nevada Gold Mines LLC (“NGM”), Orogen Royalties Inc. (“Orogen”) and Renaissance Exploration, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orogen (“RenEx”) whereby Orevada assigned its interest in that certain Exploration Earn-In Agreement with RenEx, dated February 19, 2019 (the “Original Earn-In Agreement”), to NGM. Pursuant to the Original Earn-In Agreement, Orevada, by making certain payments and incurring certain exploration expenditures, had the right to earn at least a 50% interest and up to a 70% interest in the Maggie Creek Property, owned by RenEx, in Eureka County, Nevada. Simultaneous with this assignment, NGM and RenEx entered into an Amended and Restated Exploration Earn-In Agreement, pursuant to which NGM can earn a 100% interest in the Maggie Creek Property (the “NGM Option”).

 

 

U.S. GOLD CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JANUARY 31, 2023

 

As consideration for the assignment of the Original Earn-In Agreement to NGM, U.S. Gold received an upfront cash payment of $2,750,000 from NGM, and NGM agreed that if it exercises the NGM Option and acquires the Maggie Creek Property, it will grant to U.S. Gold a 0.5% Net Smelter Returns royalty on all gold and other recovered and saleable minerals from the Maggie Creek Property (the “U.S. Gold Royalty”), pursuant to a separate royalty agreement (the “U.S. Gold Royalty Agreement”) between NGM and the Company, the terms of which have been fully agreed as part of this assignment. Under the U.S. Gold Royalty Agreement, NGM will have the right to buy back one-half of the U.S. Gold Royalty (reducing the royalty to 0.25% of Net Smelter Returns) for a fixed price of $500,000. In addition, the U.S. Gold Royalty Agreement will provide that the Company waives the first $800,000 of production royalty payments owed to it, regardless of whether NGM exercises its buy-back rights. Under the U.S. Gold Royalty Agreement, NGM will also have a right of first refusal to purchase the U.S. Gold Royalty if the Company decides to sell that royalty. Under the U.S. Gold Royalty Agreement, NGM will also have a right of first refusal to purchase the U.S. Gold Royalty if the Company decides to sell that royalty. Accordingly, the Company recognized gain from sale of asset of $763,393 during the nine months ended January 31, 2023 as reflected in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations in connection with the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.