Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

MINERAL RIGHTS

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MINERAL RIGHTS
12 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2023
Extractive Industries [Abstract]  
MINERAL RIGHTS

NOTE 4 — MINERAL RIGHTS

 

The Company’s CK Gold property contains proven and probable mineral reserves and accordingly is classified as a development stage property, as defined in subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“S-K 1300”). None of the Company’s other properties contain proven and probable mineral reserves and all activities are exploratory in nature.

 

CK Gold Project

 

The Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Gold King Corp., a Nevada corporation, owns the Copper King gold and copper development project (the “CK Gold Property”), which is comprised of two State of Wyoming Metallic and Non-metallic Rocks and Minerals Mining Leases covering an area of approximately 1.8 square miles located in the Silver Crown Mining District of southeast Wyoming.

 

 

U.S. GOLD CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

APRIL 30, 2023

 

Keystone Project

 

The Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, U.S. Gold Acquisition Corporation, acquired the mining claims comprising the Keystone Project. The Keystone Project consists of 601 unpatented lode mining claims situated in Eureka County, Nevada.

 

Some of the Keystone Project claims are subject to pre-existing net smelter royalty (“NSR”) obligations.

 

Maggie Creek Project

 

On September 10, 2019, the Company, NumberCo and the NumberCo Shareholders, entered into the Share Exchange Agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, the Company agreed to issue to the NumberCo Shareholders 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in exchange for all of the issued and outstanding shares of NumberCo, with NumberCo becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Consequently, the Company acquired a certain option agreement for the exclusive right and option to earn-in and acquire up to 50% undivided interest in a property called Maggie Creek, located in Eureka County, Nevada

 

 

U.S. GOLD CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

APRIL 30, 2023

 

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”).

 

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 year ended April 30, 2023 as reflected in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations in connection with the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.

 

Northern Panther Merger Agreement

 

On August 10, 2020, the Company entered into the Merger Agreement with Acquisition Corp., NPRC and the Stockholder Representative named therein, pursuant to which Acquisition Corp. merged with and into NPRC, with NPRC surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Consequently, the Company acquired mineral rights on a gold exploration project in Idaho called the Challis Gold project. The Challis Gold project contains 77 unpatented lode mining claims in Lemhi County, Idaho covering approximately 1,710 acres.

 

 

U.S. GOLD CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

APRIL 30, 2023

 

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

 

SCHEDULE OF MINERAL PROPERTIES

    April 30, 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